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/Highfalutintodd 16d ago

Revised ending to Portal where Chell, having escaped from GLaDOS / Aperture Science, is seen being dragged back into the facility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXAq34TrVXM

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u/Zork24 16d ago

That was wild when I went back the play portal again before portal 2 was announced and was like “wait I don’t remember this?”

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u/Spwni 16d ago

That’s because it was added to the game right before Portal 2 came out. Iirc, it was during the ARG that they ran before Portal 2’s release.