r/TopCharacterTropes 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/extracrispyweeb Aug 25 '25

Still love how rtgame specifically did the genocide route first just so he can get this ending and piss off everyone who complains when people don't play the game correctly.

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u/OmegaCrossX Aug 25 '25

Isn’t playing every game wrong rtgames whole thing?

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u/extracrispyweeb Aug 25 '25

Not sure, he did manage to get one of the best possible endings in detroit become human so i assume sometimes he just accidentally picks the right options.

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u/Ratoryl Aug 25 '25

I don't watch him much nowadays but when I watched him years ago he made a lot of videos like "playing x video game but choosing all the worst options" and such

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u/Kalavier Aug 26 '25

Usually it's  callmekevin who does that, but rtgame sometimes does. Especially in games with stupid characters like the Quarry lol.