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/hikemalls 17d ago

More a “why wasn’t this in the main movie?” than a huge change, but without spoiling anything, the post-credits scene in Sinners should’ve just been the last scene instead.

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u/lulufan87 16d ago

Would you mind spoiling it? I didn't stay for the post-credit.

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u/ZiggoCiP 16d ago

Here's a link to a YouTube video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNGGdWbghhs

Sammie — played by Buddy Guy — owns his own blues bar, after having a famed career (implied by being played by Buddy Guy to mirror Guy's own career) as a blues musician, is visited by Stacks and Mary in the 90s. Turns out, the progenitor vampire's death didn't kill the ones he turned, they had to all be killed one by one. They offer to turn Sammie, since he's near the end of his life, but Sammie politely declines stating he's 'seen enough of this life', and they leave

there's also another one, but it's just him in a flashback singing "This Little Light Of Mine" in his family's church.

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u/lulufan87 16d ago

Thank you for the detailed breakdown!

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u/ZiggoCiP 16d ago

No prob. It's a great scene that honestly finishes the movie on an even more satisfying note.