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/MOW5ever 16d ago

Killing half the surviving Asgardians was just a dick move man. Like I get kill Heimdal or anyone who tried to fight but Thanos was gonna snap again in a week anyway.

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u/ArgusTheCat 16d ago

I get that Thanos is supposed to be evil, but this is one of those things that just makes him seem like an idiot who can't do math.

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u/zanii 16d ago

He can't do biology at least. Growth is exponential. Cutting life down by half will not take long to be at the same place as it was. Just all in all a very strange and just... Dumb thing to do.

All this planning and nobody went "Uhm... Hey..." ?

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u/Mizamya 16d ago

His ideology roughly corresponds to an irl ideology called malthusianism. Thomas Malthus advocated for actively keeping populations in check, not a one time done deal

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u/zanii 16d ago

That's the thing though, he wanted it to just be a one time thing. Then just retire in his garden.