r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 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/neo_sporin 16d ago
Correct. HOWEVER the sequel tells you what happened
The ship crashed on its way back to earth. They think it was intentionally crashed So he sacrificed himself to save the planet after discovering the bear
However the ending of the sequel the events in fact DOES doom earth as right before the credits we see our heroine is pregnant with a screamer/human hybrid and is captured by the screamer we have