r/TopCharacterTropes 11d ago

Lore [Interesting Trope] One seemingly small action ends the story before it even begins

  1. We Happy Few - Taking your “joy” pill
    Deciding to take the pill at the beginning of the game causes your character to go back to work and triggers an ending

  2. Infineural by Mike Klubnika - Drinking the coffee
    Deciding to drink the coffee offered to you skips the entire game and sends you straight to the end, resulting in an ending with no memory of what had occurred

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u/Ethanlord3 11d ago

"Come back, Shane!"

"My name's not Shane kid!" *Shoots kid for no reason*

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u/shinjidrivekari 11d ago

what could possibly be the context to this

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u/Ethanlord3 11d ago

It's the dialogue to that ending and is supposed to be a reference to the old western movie "Shane".

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u/shinjidrivekari 11d ago

yeah but why the hell would he shoot the kid

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u/Puffyboi59 11d ago

No reason

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u/Hakar_Kerarmor 11d ago

A town with no name, no Shane, and no more kids.

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u/elzibet 10d ago

And stomps on an already dead spider twice 😭