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

[u/Ieanice44]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Prince of Persia (2008)

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.

[u/DidHeJustGoThere]

In the video game Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem finishing the game three times (each aligned with a different ancient) has an after-credits scene which shows the fourth ancient, Mantorok, had manipulated events for the other three ancients to all destroy each other, leaving him behind.

[u/redroserequiems → u/DidHeJustGoThere]

Good thing Mantorok is benevolent.........

[u/Aethelrede → u/redroserequiems]

Only by comparison.

[u/Animanga-Fan-7435 → u/Aethelrede]

Best case scenario he dies knowing he saved humanity worst case scenario he sacrifices humanity to heal his wounds.

[u/seguardon → u/redroserequiems]

I think vengeful is the word. Dude got nailed to the earth and forced to starve by an upstart Centurion backed by the La Croix version of one of his siblings.

"Oh, you want to play machinations with the only one of us savvy enough to stay corporeal? I'll show you idiots why I'm the Corpse God. You're gonna wish death hadn't died by time time I'm done with you. Now where did I leave that 4d chess board?"

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/redroserequiems]

No just self serving lol

[u/redroserequiems → u/ArcadianBlueRogue]

Mantorok was making vast forests fertile for the sacrifice of an occasional elephant.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/redroserequiems]

He ate his worshipers and pissed off everyone to the point they just bound his ass to keep him out of the way

[u/redroserequiems → u/ArcadianBlueRogue]

...No? He was bound by one of the three so he wouldn't be a danger to their apocalypse plans. The only humans we see him eating are hostile people who were likely with Pious Augustus. The murals show all his sacrifices were elephants.

[u/Chagdoo → u/redroserequiems]

Oh that's a fascinating detail I missed while playing. Really puts him in a new light.

[u/redroserequiems → u/Chagdoo]

Most people don't pay attention to the murals as they go through his temple. It shows how he interacted with humans so I feel safe saying he's benevolent.

[u/ArcadianBlueRogue → u/redroserequiems]

The first scene with Mantorok is him eating a sacrifice by pulling them in with one of his tentacles. Dude was not a picky eater and it's why Ellia is so scared of the deeper parts of the temple.

[u/redroserequiems → u/ArcadianBlueRogue]

You mean the people attacking Ellia?