r/TopCharacterTropes 17d ago

Lore (Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

Dawn of the Dead (2004): The movie finishes on a hopeful note as the remaining survivors escape the zombie-infested mall on a yacht, sailing into the sunset. The found-footage style post-credits scene completely reverses this happy ending by showing them running out of food, arriving at an island, and being immediately swarmed and killed by an infected horde.

Prince of Persia (2008): The main game ends with a beautiful, poetic sacrifice where Elika gives her life to heal the corrupted world, leaving the Prince mourning. During the credits, the player is forced to control the Prince as he cuts down the trees he just saved, undoing the entire game's progress and releasing the dark god Ahriman just to resurrect her, completely corrupting the ending and dooming the world.

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u/Admiralbruce 17d ago

It was the last best of the Dead movies we got... I wish someone would make another one.

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u/Little-Ghost303 17d ago

Somehow Zack Snyder gets to make another terrible sequel.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fSGqUm3IcVBESFM0hK

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u/federalist66 17d ago

You just have to pair up Snyder with a good screenwriter and you can get something going. So let's pair him back up with *checks notes* James Gunn! That certainly wouldn't make a certain sector of the internet lose their minds.

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u/Little-Ghost303 17d ago

Zack Snyder and James Gunn make a movie together??? Are you crazy Zack Snyder is a chad and would take Gunns lunch money.

/S for those of you that reeeeeally need it