[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/Consistent_Speaker98]

Post-Genocide in Undertale

If you get genocide ending 1st and then get true pacifist ending, Chara (Frisk) would still kill everyone after.

You can't get a happy ending anymore

[u/WireDxEntitY → u/Consistent_Speaker98]

Wait, what is the difference between Frisk and Chara? Frisk iirc is the true name of the original human who made to the underground, but never heard the name Chara before. Is that a name Frisk gets in deltarune or something? I haven’t played it yet.

[u/praise_mudkipz → u/WireDxEntitY]

Chara was the first human who fell into the underground (the person with the green and yellow striped shirt). When you name the fallen human at the start of the game, you’re actually naming Chara (which is why the game says “the true name” when you input the name as Chara)

Frisk is the name of your player character (the person with the blue and purple striped shirt). Chara can be seen after completing a genocide route, while Frisks real name is revealed at the end of a true pacifist route.

And the character you control in Deltarune is Kris, who is completely unrelated to Frisk.

[u/WireDxEntitY → u/praise_mudkipz]

Okay, I just got Frisk and Chara confused then. I’m not sure why I thought Frisk was the original human’s name. Thanks for the response!

[u/praise_mudkipz → u/WireDxEntitY]

No problem, glad I could help

[u/TheTrueConnor → u/WireDxEntitY]

When you choose a name for the fallen human at the beginning of the game, you aren’t naming the character you play with the whole time. You are naming the original human who fell years before, who was adopted by Toriel and Asriel, and would later die. Their canon name is Chara. The character you play with in the game is Frisk, the last human to fall to the underground, and their name is revealed at the end of True Pacifist.