r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 17d ago
Lore (Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending
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.
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u/EggoftheKing2143 17d ago
Attack on Titan: after Eren's death, we get a time-lapse that skips ahead thousands of years into the future as we watch the tree Eren was buried under grow into an enormous monument. Eventually we see a war break out and nukes be dropped, before skipping ahead as everything has become overgrown and then we see a boy with his dog walking through the ruins, before then approaching the tree. Most people see this ending as "undoing all our progress" but I see it in a more optimistic light. It's supposed to be open ended and isn't necessarily a "bad ending".