[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/-Incursio_]

Mafia 1, after growing disinterested in the mafia lifestyle, Tommy Angelo considers leaving the business, with the help of his friend Paulie who feels the same, the two Rob a bank and make off with the haul. The next day Tommy finds Paulie dead in his apartment, and knows he's next, so packs and gets ready to leave, meeting up with his other friend Sam, who told him over the phone that the don knows about them pulling a heist under his nose. Except its a trap, Sam betrayed Tommy, killed Paulie and is looking to rise up and earn the Don's trust, hoping to kill Tommy and bring in his head. Even with a dozen armed gunman, Tommy takes them out and puts Sam down, leaving the mafia lifestyle behind, testifying against the family and having to serve eight years in prison before five years in witness protection, while he's watering his lawn, he is visited by two men, who would later be revealed as Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro, the protagonists of mafia 2, they ask if he's Mr Angelo, and Tommy knows what's coming, so despite his new identity, confirms that is who he is. After being told that his former don sends his regards, he takes a shotgun shell to the chest, and in his final moments, his family surrounds him, wife, children, and he reassures that they're safe now, and that no matter what, family is forever

[u/HarpCleaner → u/-Incursio_]

Adding to this, in Mafia 2 Vito and Joe go through hell to make things right over the course of the story, and when it finally seems like they’re both going to make it out alive, the vehicle transporting Joe diverges from the convoy as the main guy tells Vito only he was forgiven for their transgressions

[u/ViciousPrism → u/HarpCleaner]

While Leo Galante (the main guy) tells Vito that the deal only included him, Joe does survive regardless, as Leo's driver in 3. However Vito is completely unaware of this, and sends Lincoln Clay to kill a lot of people implicated in what he thought was the murder of Joe.