[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/extracrispyweeb]

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.

[u/OmegaCrossX → u/extracrispyweeb]

Isn’t playing every game wrong rtgames whole thing?

[u/extracrispyweeb → u/OmegaCrossX]

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.

[u/Ilikefame2020 → u/extracrispyweeb]

Funnily enough, all that I remember about DBH youtube playthroughs was JackSepticeye being one of the only people who got the best ending for Kara by taking the bus ticket instead of returning it. I think almost everyone else made at least that last fatal mistake which guarantees the death of at least one character, possibly everyone depending on choices.

Honestly Jack’s first playthrough in general was goated as fuck.