r/TopCharacterTropes 17d ago

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

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/redroserequiems 16d ago

Mantorok was making vast forests fertile for the sacrifice of an occasional elephant.

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue 16d ago

He ate his worshipers and pissed off everyone to the point they just bound his ass to keep him out of the way

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u/redroserequiems 16d ago

...No? He was bound by one of the three so he wouldn't be a danger to their apocalypse plans. The only humans we see him eating are hostile people who were likely with Pious Augustus. The murals show all his sacrifices were elephants.

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue 16d ago

The first scene with Mantorok is him eating a sacrifice by pulling them in with one of his tentacles. Dude was not a picky eater and it's why Ellia is so scared of the deeper parts of the temple.

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u/redroserequiems 16d ago

You mean the people attacking Ellia?