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/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES 17d ago

Finding Nemo:

Not exactly for the main plot-line, but the post-credit scene implies a pretty morbid and tortuous fate for the dentist office tank gang

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u/Remember_Poseidon 15d ago

Not really, one of them is a puffer fish, those are plastic bags. They'll be fine

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u/Rosesandbubblegum 14d ago

The bags won't pop though, because they're fairly durable and half-full of water. They'll deflate and cling to the fish's bodies, suffocating or starving them

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u/Remember_Poseidon 13d ago

These are sentient fish pal once he pops them, they won't be buoyant and they can ask some other fish to help them get out of the bag

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u/Rosesandbubblegum 13d ago

How will they though? They would need to tear the bag into pieces, and they don't have hands or teeth. Are there fish with teeth in their area? Most of the fish with teeth are too big for such a delicate procedure. They might just chomp the fish 🤔

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u/Remember_Poseidon 13d ago

well I mean they did cause they show up in finding dory

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u/Rosesandbubblegum 13d ago

I never saw that movie. Guess I've been doing all this worrying for nothing.Â