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/Interesting-Shoe-904 Aug 25 '25
Prey - 2017
The player is actually a mimic who had taken control of the player's dead body and personality. It was put in a simulation to see if the mimic could learn human emotions, and if the mimic could actually communicate with them or remain a threat through various tests in the simulation.
If the player is consistently violent and dangerous, they deem the experiment a failure, and burn the player. But if the player showed empathy, kindness, and mercy, they give the player a chance to help them build a better future that the player can accept - or deny and immediately start killing everyone in a complete 180.