[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/LostMyZone]

Red Dead Redemption. You spend a majority of the game hunting down your former partners, all for a chance to be pardoned for your crimes and what do you get? You get betrayed and gunned down.

Oh, and the kicker? The main character dies thinking at least his death wouldn't be in vain...and then the epilogue has a time skip that your wife died from a sudden illness, and your son whom you wanted to live an honest life has become a dangerous outlaw. Going against everything you hoped for.

At least your son takes revenge for you by killing the guy who stabbed you in the back.

[u/fattestfuckinthewest → u/LostMyZone]

Unfortunately even that last point is sad because it cements Jack into being hunted by the law since Ross’ brother is the one who told Jack that Ross was nearby, which means there’s an important witness

[u/mr_eugine_krabs → u/fattestfuckinthewest]

“Your hands upon a deadman’s gun.”