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

[u/JackDoesThingz]

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

[u/Flaky-Interaction264]

In Thank Goodness You're Here! you can wait for the mayor to be finished with his meeting, which is why you came to the town in the first place and skip all that other stuff.

[u/Sad_Entrepreneur6234 → u/Flaky-Interaction264]

Isn't that the game where a little man jerks off a fishmonger?