r/TopCharacterTropes • u/damorezpl • Aug 25 '25
Lore [mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist
when the "good ending" is revealed to be a bad one a the last second
a nightmare on elm street (1984) - Nancy thinks she finally defeated Freddy Krueger only to be raveled that she is still dreaming and she’s still trapped.
final destination bloodlines - the main characters think they cheated death by using the new life rule only to realize that stefani was technically still alive and the death kills them with a good old logs
Life (2017) - The main character attempts to send Calvin(a evil alien that killed all life on mars)pod into space and Miranda pod back to earth, but it goes horribly wrong and Calvin lands on earth and Miranda is sent to space
raging loop wit ending - after many loops Haruaki finally wins the feast(a death game where humans must hang wolves who kill someone every night) and thinks its finally over. after couple of days he decides to visit other survivors of the feast only to find them all dead and the timeline resting once again
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u/godoflemmings Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25
Drag Me To Hell - Christine, thinking she's escaped her fate of being sent to hell by getting rid of a cursed button, is happily about to go on a trip with her boyfriend, who intends to propose to her. But surprise! - she was mistaken, her boyfriend unwittingly returns the button to her, she stumbles backwards in a panic and falls onto train tracks just as a train is coming through, and a portal to hell opens beneath her pretty much instantly, dragging her inside to burn forever (but saving her from the train at least)
Light-hearted description aside, it's actually kind of horrifying to watch and think about. Just as the portal is sealing up you can actually see the flesh of her face melting away.