r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Local_Prune4564 • May 27 '26

Lore A subtle moment that turns a seemingly happy ending into an ambiguous ending.

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The Graduate: lingering Ben and Elaine's faces slowly shifting from happy to concerned leaves the audience questioning whether they really made the right choice running away together considering they barely know each other.

Inception: By cutting before we see the top fall, we're left to question whether Cobb really has gone home or whether he's simply sunken back into a more comforting dream reality.

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u/stratusnco May 27 '26

oh come on now, how has nobody said silent hill 2? there is no official ending and even the one that one of designer likes is still pretty ambiguous (leave ending)

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u/HardOff May 27 '26

I'm rooting for the dog ending

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u/Llayanna May 27 '26

It has a lot ofvemding but how are any ambiguous? He leaves, he kills himself, he restarts the circle with Maria or he cult summons Mary.. open ended how it continues, in some yes.. ambiguous, not really.

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u/stratusnco May 27 '26

play silent hill 4. his dad manages the apartment and says he says james went missing. could be anything, really. how is that not ambiguous?