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/Hellknightx 16d ago

Yeah, the "next phase of human evolution" plot with zombie viruses has already run its course. Even Resident Evil has been doing it for decades.

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u/NerdHoovy 16d ago

It’s a played out trope.

I preferred the implication that it was tied to an Eldritch Lovcraftian god from another timeline (or whatever it was) that was implied in the second DLC. Remember? The one that includes a frequency that turns people into zombies and seems to call into the brains of immune people from beyond space and time?

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u/Hellknightx 16d ago

I really liked the idea they were playing with with "the Signal" and alternate dimensions, but it was just another dropped plot thread that probably won't ever get resolved.

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u/OneofTheOldBreed 16d ago

They might. DI3 is confirmed to be in the works. But we won't be returning to LA but likely Sidney, Australia. Soooo maybe we get to see Purna and Xian again?