r/TopCharacterTropes • u/macho_boy-420 • Sep 15 '26

Lore [very common Trope] A universally supposed Good thing turns out to be a Bad thing

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1. The Hero defeating the Villain (Gameoverse): You'd think that after the defeat of the very evil Big Bad means the day is saved, right? Well, no. Because the day is about to end, along with your entire world, your friends and family, all because the hero did what they thought was the right thing.

2. Believing into Getting adopted to a new loving "Family" (The Promised Neverland): Hey, Sweetie. What's that? You think you're going to live with a new caring and family? WRONG. You're actually the next new meal to bunch of demons. Hope you're doing well in the next life.

3. The 'Great Beyond' (Sausage Party): same premise as the Promised Neverland. The food all think they going to a wonderful place called 'The Great Beyond', being treated as Nirvana and sees us as their Gods. Well... You all know what we do with food, right?

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u/LaurZaur Sep 16 '26

Early retirement, The Outer Worlds

Its been a hot minute since I played the game, so I’m a little fuzzy on the details but (spoiler warning) The early retirement district is a lottery advertised as a chance to live as the richest of Byzantium do; parties, luxury, never having to work, etc. In actuality, you are sent down a long elevator and immediately gunned down by robots. The belongings you brought with you are also probably sold.

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u/Open-Source-Forever Sep 16 '26

Lemme guess: after the pc finds this out, he tears the robot a new 1?

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u/LaurZaur Sep 16 '26

The robots are quickly and efficiently reduced to scrap, yes. Although I did find it to be a bit of a tough fight

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u/Open-Source-Forever Sep 16 '26

Dang. How do the human villains take the fact that someone actually managed to survive that trap?

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u/LaurZaur Sep 16 '26

Well, there isn’t much talk about it because I imagine they just put new robots down there, but you can lie to the lady who gave you the quest and get her to go down there (presumably to be killed.) She has no idea what happens other than the official story about it, but she’s an incredibly pompous asshole to you and your companions feel no qualms about it

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u/Open-Source-Forever Sep 16 '26

They probably never foresaw someone fighting back against the robots either

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u/LaurZaur Sep 16 '26

I mean, probably not, and on another note, I do recommend the game. It’s probably one of my favourites even if it’s not the most well made

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u/Open-Source-Forever Sep 16 '26

I’m more a boomer shooter guy as far as actually playing games is concerned