Lost Its Magic

''But not like a magic wand suddenly not working. Not actual magic.''

One of the terrible things about fiction aging is that it can lose what made it so lovable, leaving it as a hull of its former self, existing for almost no reason other than its creator trying to Beat Every Dime Out Of It or to have the audience remember the good ol' days of when everyone loved the franchise. Unfortunately, most times if this happens, it's not going to have its magic restored any time soon and, as a result, it'll become a Zombie Franchise. If the franchise can somehow regain some or, even more rarely, all of its former glory, that's How Franchise Got Its Magic Back. Losing Magic is very common with reboots. See The Reboot Curse for more info on this.

A way to keep a franchise from Losing Its Magic is by going out with a bang by making a final episode or installment that most properly ends the franchise by being filled with every ounce the creators' love, working on it so hard, making sure to buff out as many errors as possible, and giving the audience a masterpiece to truly enjoy as they see their favorite media say its goodbyes.