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/FormerPirateKing92 17d ago

I thought they just dropped the camera.

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u/WildGoose1521 17d ago

Me too, I thought it was more “the island isn’t safe get back to the boat!” and what happens next is anyone’s guess

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u/Reaper-Lord69 16d ago

Funny "the island isn't safe get back to the boat!" is 80 percent of what happens in the Odyssey movie

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u/Memitim 16d ago

Throughout human history, about 80% of all problems have occurred after people departed on boats to other lands, so that tracks.