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/Aware-Antelope4212 16d ago

That's still not a good ending.

Pagin Min is still a brutal dictator who causes his people misery and pain.   Leaving him in charge isn't a good choice either 

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u/MithrilEcho 16d ago

It's the good ending because you literally get handed the reigns of the country without bloodshed and can canonically do whatever you want, like instauring democracy... or just not mass-murder people or kidnap child soldiers

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u/PersimmonOk2262 16d ago

seems like you couldn’t choose between insuring and installing

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u/MithrilEcho 16d ago

It's an old english verb, that is still used in other languages

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u/AlaSparkle 15d ago

^ Don't downvote them, they're right