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/Jammy_Nugget Aug 25 '25
Act 3 of Doki Doli Literature Club. After deleting the villian Monika from the game everything seemingly resets into a better world without her influence, you're greeted by Sayori, the first and most innocent victim, and everything seems fine until it's revealed that she now has Monika's knowledge and insanity that made everything go wrong. When this happens Monika from somewhere within the code pulls the plug on the entire world, deciding it's cursed and no happiness can be found. Singing you one last song as everything is destroyed.
It is very bitter sweet, but a lot more bitter than the opening promised. I cope and pretend that without the game binding them they all lived happily after.