r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MeepMan324 • 6d ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) Endings so awful they completely destroy the legacy of the media.

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  1. Two and a Half Men's final episode teased Charlie Sheen's character coming back and going to harm the other characters whilst also having insults to his character and Charlie Sheen himself. It's clear the director had a grudge and the ending where his character comes up to knock then get crushed by a piano before it cuts to the director before he says "winning" before getting crushed by another piano
  2. This was an upbeat animated show about a magical teen princess. The writers desperately wanted a romantic endgame for her and her best friend, but the way they got there was essentially multiversal omnicide. To stop a villain, the main character unilaterally decides magic is the root of all evil and destroys it entirely. By doing this, she casually commits mass genocide against every purely magical being in the multiverse. It also triggers a massive apocalyptic event that violently crashes different dimensions together into a chaotic hellscape. But the show frames this horrific, mass-extinction catastrophe as a sweet, triumphant ending just because two teenagers get to hold hands in the rubble (Star Vs The Forces Of Evil)
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u/Justice9229 6d ago

Terminator Series. Peaked at 2, and each following movie was worse than the last.

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u/Pokesabre 6d ago

I feel like I'm one of the few people who genuinely enjoyed T3 and salvation

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u/CryptographerIcy5130 6d ago

3 is mostly mid but that gut punch ending is so well done and memorable. Completely redeems the whole thing.

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u/BigBallsMcGirk 6d ago

But they made the Terminator a hot chick that could increase the size of her BOOBS.

Absolute cinema.

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u/CryptographerIcy5130 6d ago

I agree with your assessment, Big Balls.

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u/C0RDE_ 6d ago

T3 was just weak comparatively. Salvation was good, but again they're being compared to two genre defining classics that are cultural touchstones to this day. It's like coming on to do a stand up gig after Robin Williams is walking off stage. Unless you're on the same level, people will view you negatively.

I really enjoyed the peek into the Post-apocalypse Salvation brought, it was really well done.

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u/Embarrassed-Phrase30 6d ago

They were so much better then genesis or dark fate

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u/Gre8g 6d ago

I consider those two as just fanfics

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u/Embarrassed-Phrase30 6d ago

That’s just a insult to fanfic writers lol

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u/Gre8g 6d ago

hell haha creepypastas are better than those two

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u/Omega_Zarnias 6d ago

T3 was fun but it wasn't great.

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u/p_yth 6d ago

It’s fine but the first two are untouchable

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u/transemacabre 6d ago

I defend Salvation to this day. The twist on the time travel trope was good, and we actually get to see John meet Kyle (!!!).

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u/SkylineGTRR34Freak 6d ago

Absolutely loved Salvation for its setting as well. I wish it would have gotten some sort of sequel, but alas...