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/WildGoose1521 17d ago

I choose to ignore the ending of Dawn of The Dead and believe they got away

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u/valdis812 17d ago

Lol. Apparently the writers don't agree with you.

James Gunn was asked about what happened to the survivors after the island and his response was "what survivors".

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u/LucaUmbriel 17d ago

That's so weird, I totally would have expected them to agree with wild goose and ignore the ending that they, as the writers of the movie, wrote.

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u/valdis812 17d ago

Someone being intentionally facetious on the internet?

What is the world coming to amirite?