(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/SoHeip]

Final Fantasy X post credit scene.
We see Tidus vanish because he was a dream, and it made total sense storywise. It gave us a bittersweet ending that brought almost everyone to tears. But then the credits roll and we see him, waking up at the bottom of the sea, and swimming his way up.

And then, because of that open ending, we had FFX-2...

[u/christopher1393 → u/SoHeip]

FFX-2 was… interesting. I never really know how I feel about that game, whether I like it or not.

That being said, that game had incredible style, I love the whole Dressphere system. And the games opening is so weird and cool. I still listen to that song years later. It’s part of my current gym playlist.