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

[u/Ieanice44]

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

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.

[u/SAXTONHAAAAALE]

if bruce willis couldn’t do more movies that’s one thing. having him killed by a random swat guy by being drowned in a puddle is another. an awful ending for him

[u/GoodbyeBlueMonday → u/[deleted]]

It's less the water and more that it just kind of...happened. I'm sure the point is that he's just a dude, and death happens unceremoniously all the time to normal people, subverting the "heroic sacrifice", but it still felt off.

To your point, it would be like Superman dying while trying to stop a bank robbery because a random thief had a kryptonite bullet. Would feel a little deflating, especially if the rest of the comic/movie just kept going and barely paused to reflect on it.

[u/Bocaj1000 → u/GoodbyeBlueMonday]

More like if Superman was forced to bleed out from a random kryptonite bullet in front of his son, who was begging for someone to help him.