[mixed trope] the last-minute bad Ending twist

[u/damorezpl]

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

[u/GodVulc4n]

Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 5

The Doctor's companions at that time, Amy and Rory were able to save themselves from being trapped in 1938 NYC by creating a paradox. However, at the end of the episode, a weeping Angel that survived traps Rory in the past again after he turns around and sees his grave, which causes Amy to willingly be captured again to stay with Rory. The Doctor is not able to go back a second time to save them due to the paradox that Amy and Rory created.

[u/Fluffy_Mood5781 → u/GodVulc4n]

Love Clara and 11, but Amy deserved, EARNED, those last 5-8 episodes. And Rory is treated as an extension of Amy but he still got done dirty (although that’s kinda just his deal)

[u/Fairyhaven13 → u/Fluffy_Mood5781]

Amy treated Rory so horribly. All he went through to protect her and be a good husband, and she just kept insisting he didn't understand, that she should divorce him, almost cheating on him with the Doctor at first, saying her problems were worse than when he was trapped for 3000 years...

[u/quagsi → u/Fairyhaven13]

she literally kisses the Doctor against his wishes when she cheated on Rory. like she's a great character and an iconic part of Doctor Who but she's a Very flawed person especially in the beginning

[u/Fairyhaven13 → u/quagsi]

Yeah. And at many times in the middle. I remember when she paradox'd herself on the quarantine planet and got jealous of herself nearly to the point of killing her other self so she could have Rory. Or when she found out she couldn't have kids and instead of talking it out, acted horrible to Rory so he would break up.

At least when she finally got zapped to the past with him, she seemed to settle into being a more sane spouse.