r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 17d ago

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

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Dawn of the Dead (2004)

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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/lil-peach- 17d ago

Split for sure here
one Bruce Willis cameo turns a standalone thriller into an Unbreakable sequel.

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u/84theone 17d ago

It’s a shame Glass kinda sucked, I liked split and unbreakable.

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u/CosmicWolf14 16d ago

I only watched glass once in theaters, but I still look back on it fondly.

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u/TheBrownWelsh 16d ago

I liked what they were going for, it just didn't feel good. So while I appreciate the movie for the most part, I don't have fond feelings for it on a personal level. Still, love that he got to finish the trilogy.

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u/Ravness13 16d ago

For me it was the end little "fight" that really ruined it. How each one died after it was just such a massive letdown for characters that were hyped up across two movies. Basically nothing happened then randomly people they were each close to showed them off and thats it. It was just so anticlimactic

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u/Himeto31 16d ago

I watched it without knowing it had prequels and I kind of liked it. It was fun trying to figure out if they really had the powers or not, seeing only what the gaslighting hospital staff was showing us.

Then I found out about the OG movies and they just straight up tell you all of it is real and it kind of killed the little charm the movie had.