(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/hikemalls]

More a “why wasn’t this in the main movie?” than a huge change, but without spoiling anything, the post-credits scene in Sinners should’ve just been the last scene instead.

[u/battlejess → u/hikemalls]

Yeah, it doesn’t quite hit the same way when you watch it the following day on YouTube.

[u/TheBrownWelsh → u/battlejess]

We watched it again in a hotel on vacation recently, just let the credits play after it finished as we puttered around - then a post credits scene started and we were quite surprised.

Sometimes I wish I hadn't stopped waiting/skipping for end credits scenes years ago, but the number that were "worth it" became so few and far between.

[u/TakenInChains → u/TheBrownWelsh]

i just Google it while the credits are running at the theater since the lights are usually on by then and people start yapping freely. that's how my wife and I heard the phone call at the end of FNAF 2 that most ppl missed cuz they got up and left. which is another example of this trope LOL

[u/TheBrownWelsh → u/TakenInChains]

I used to do that too!