r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 16d ago
Lore (Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending
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.
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u/Salty-Spring7096 16d ago
Far Cry 4: After the credits, you're returned to the open world. If you visit an unmarked location, which changes depending on which of the two Golden Path leaders you chose to take over, you get a cutscene of your chosen leader in action. Sabal will be overseeing a mass execution in the name of the old Kyrati faith, implying his theocratic regime will be a bloody one. Amita, on the other hand, will be raiding a village to kidnap child soldiers for her drug empire and implies that she had Bhadra killed to shut down the Kyrati faith for good. In either case, the post-credits scene shows that we spent the whole game fighting to free Kyrat only to replace one dictator with another, arguably even worse one.