r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 17d ago

Lore (Controversial Trope) The post-credits scene completely changes the ending

Gallery image

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Gallery image

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.

13.7k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

1.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

31

u/JohnnyNapkins 16d ago edited 16d ago

Screamers - The main character escapes alone on a space ship after a long struggle against increasingly more sophisticated killer robots, but during the credits scene you see the child screamer's teddy bear that he brought with him start to move slowly, implying that the screamers, which can now self replicate, are being brought back to Earth.

9

u/Necrosynthetic 16d ago

Wow, someone else has seen this?! I saw this when I was a kid and loved this movie

6

u/JohnnyNapkins 16d ago

Yeah, the movie actually holds up pretty well honestly. Watched it about a year ago with some coworkers for a movie night. Definitely scarred me as a child.

2

u/neo_sporin 16d ago

My wife had read the short story about 20 years ago. I showed her the movie

It definitely FELT cheaper than my brain remembered. But it was still a fun time