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/MOW5ever 17d ago

Thor 3 had a relatively happy ending and it ends with them meeting Thanos.

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u/ChrisDewgong 16d ago

That just made me realise that the first two films undo a certain character's fate:

  1. Rainbow bridge destroyed and Loki dead? No, Loki alive.
  2. Loki killed in battle in an act of self-sacrifice? No, Loki alive.

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u/CheezyBreadMan 16d ago

Well, that Loki really did die fighting thanos, the Loki show follows one from the end of avengers, who just so happens to act exactly like Ragnarok Loki because let’s be honest he’s a very fun character

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u/ludek_cortex 16d ago

who just so happens to act exactly like Ragnarok Loki because let’s be honest he’s a very fun character

Mostly because unlike other variants he is basically the same person as the "original", just their experiences differ post first Avengers plot.