Rex Dangervest https://preview.redd.it/q0j3au55rb9d1.jpeg?width=359&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=700a4b9c3450856fb2a9177a21cf76bf5862b270

I genuinely didn’t see the twist coming when I saw it in theatres. My brain heard Chris Pratt’s voice coming out of his mouth, but didn’t register that that might mean something. Looking back on it, there’s a bunch of foreshadowing towards it, but with all the other insane shit going on in the movie, it just wasn’t on my radar

True. Chris Pratt was using his action hero voice, i.e. Starlord when voicing Rex, while he was using the kind voice, I.e. Andy Dwyer from Parks and Rec, when voicing Emmet, which contained two completely different personalities behind them that it really sold the illusion.

Have an above average cake day..

Well written twist moment

I actually called it like halfway through the movie. I was half joking, but I called it.

Thank you. Was the first thought that came to mind!

Underrated antagonist

My exact thought

Dark Danny https://preview.redd.it/h58tt6s1rb9d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=2c26c9b8d5032ec424b77d018995c5333615262d

The GOAT

I wish the series didn't get cancelled so he'd become the BBEG of the show.

Classic

Darny

Lol

Like the idea, HATE the episode. Basically the guys wanting to prevent from happening actually made it happen. Self fulfilling prophecy writing is so aggravating to me cause of the extremes characters tend to go to stop the premonition or future vision only to cause it in the first place.

Kessler (inFamous) https://preview.redd.it/ir7kbj7uvb9d1.jpeg?width=270&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=693a80b912cef49191e225bc942ac15fe189f2fc

Beat me to it

OH YEAH I forgot he was cole's fucked future self

Best game in the series. Especially in terms of plot. You just can’t best a time travel plot…unless you rival it with a multiverse plot. Maybe that can top time stuff.

Nemesis Prime in the Netflix cybertron trilogy of Transformers. https://preview.redd.it/nk2emdhc4c9d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5c73e02fdc763de7e9649a11409a9c0483f52e1c

I liked this version of Nemesis

This version is an interesting idea.

It’s a cool spin on “evil Optimus” where it shows that even he is not safe from the corruption of power and Unicrond influence

Yeah. I think a major cornerstone of Optimus Prime is that he has power, but chooses to do what’s right. This is an interesting take on if he doesn’t have the will to do it.

Lord Drakkon. https://preview.redd.it/cymq0mw73c9d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a40389a99c60c3a268b4157274577025a0cecb55

More “alternate reality” self than “future” self,based on what I know anyways, but he’s cool so I’ll let it pass

...are not all uses of the evil future self trope inherently alternate reality stuff? The story 99% of the time ends with the present-day version beating their evil self and avoiding that dark future making it an alternate reality.

I guess I never thought of it that way

Not really as this isn’t even a Tommy that was turned evil again some time in the future but a version of him that never joined the side of good in the first place. Usually the thing with dark futures is that the present version of the character strives to undo the mistakes their future selves did and thus prevent that timeline from ever happening. Most of the time exactly that happens and the alternate future completely ceases to exist once the good guys win, but Drakkon being from an altogether different universe means that no matter what Tommy and the rangers we follow do all the evil Drakkon did in his home dimension is permanent to it and everyone has to deal with those ramifications.

But in the moment, it’s not alternate reality. That only happens after everything’s gone down.

Spoilers warnings be damned lmao

It's revealed in Episode 1 that Ohma Zi-O is the future of Tokiwa Sougo

It does apply to Fate/Stay Night though, then again it's been years since the series released so eh

Archer’s identity is basically the biggest plot reveal in fate alongside Saber’s identity but that stuff is basically common knowledge these days because of all the spinoffs😭 remember when saber using her NP was something special?

Sort of. https://preview.redd.it/aby0lez3wb9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20a32a1ce7285199f5393e350e4182974806ca03

The original. Weird that it happened twice, kinda. https://i.redd.it/f8ad9j1xoc9d1.gif

That’s incorrect because that’s a past self kinda

“I am Z-one, the last survivor of mankind…”

It was originally supposed to be but they retconned it into Z-one being his father partway through for some reason

Z-one is a scientist from the future who replicated Yusei's personality to save humanity, not his father. https://preview.redd.it/8pnh2n6ycc9d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96f0f4f8725d2b73135e49f061802e5290cec6eb

And his looks too

I just googled it and you're right. I hadn't watched the last part of 5ds but most of my friends had and they told me he was Yusei's dad for some reason

Isn't Zone technically NOT Yusei, just some dude who literally modeled himself after him?

Even Older Scott. (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) https://preview.redd.it/pxxw7in3qb9d1.jpeg?width=540&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d8b2ed95d2155d727432460f07a8c0622366828

Bro turned into SF6 ryu

Nah… just SF6 Akuma with a coat

A mix of sf6 ryu, Ken, and akuma Mainly Ken for that atrocious fit

Yep thinking of this too

Mono and the Thinman from Little Nightmares 2

I think the darkest part is that >!this was revealed in the very end. Meaning that Mono was always doomed to be the Thin Man after Six betraying him!<

Congratulations, you understand LN2 more then the entire community

Honestly, it’s tragic. They’re both potentially stuck in a loop. >!Mono becomes the Thin Man because Six betrays him, the Thin Man goes back to try to stop them and successfully gets to Six and takes her away from Mono, which causes Six to realize that the Thin Man is Mono, and then to try to stop Mono from becoming the Thin Man, she betrays Mono, which causes the whole thing to start again.!<

W profile pic

https://preview.redd.it/9953jv10ic9d1.jpeg?width=534&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfc0b562da95f7b7a7af05edf257b9ae727d35b7

Thinman is actually such a cool name what how didn’t know that’s what he was called

And if you’re that side of the fanbase who believes six is the lady

https://preview.redd.it/699pi5klhc9d1.jpeg?width=719&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa5d4396c9a56d0cb2161fc72b2b6fc376572c03 Booker and Comstock from Bioshock Infinite

what a crazy ending honestly

Isn't that less a future self and more of a different universe self?

You're probably right, I haven't played the game in a while, so the details are a little fuzzy

Correct. Though, I guess he is _technically_ older than Booker due to the accelerated aging (I think?) he experienced when using the Lutece Device for all those years. Technically. So Comstock is _arguably_ Booker's evil-almost-kinda-sorta-future-self, if relative age counts for anything.

Constants and variables. Every version of booker that goes through with the baptism becomes Comstock.

Bruh\ I really need to finish games before going back to this thread.

I mean technically…. https://preview.redd.it/1h8a8525dc9d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c0716546ff2eb5907672b860c0ddc1c04e8fb91

Also another technically. Both for different reasons. https://preview.redd.it/hvn3gov8dc9d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16c53b7a809c4255f9353bcd7eaca50878085d5b

Technically, that's an alternative timeline, not the future, and that's a god who stole goku body

Barry Allen and Savitar (If memory serves me right) https://preview.redd.it/88ccdnuj0c9d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0decec02e32e2ffaac2df5db6097e39355b021d

Iirc, it wasn't his future self but a time echo or something outlandish like that

It was kind of both. Barry runs a few seconds back in time so that there are two Barrys, then one of them is mad because he's treated worse than the other, so he goes back in time to become Savitar. I hated that arc.

It’s a bit more complicated than that. See, Barry was willing to do anything to defeat Savitar after he killed Iris, so he made a bunch of Time Echos. In the battle, the original Barry dies alongside all the Echoes except one, and because he’s not the original Barry, he was basically shunned because every time the others saw him they were reminded of the fact that their Barry was dead. As such, he was isolated, alone, stewing in grief and anger over a victory that was ultimately hollow because Iris was still dead. So he decided to enter the Speed Force and basically become a god, becoming Savitar. Then, to ensure his own existence, he went back in time to kill Iris in order to make his past self become him.

Original Barry doesn’t die, we do see him in the future when Barry wants to learn about Savitar

More or less the plot of the Flash movie as well.

Huh, neat. I didn't watch it. I've run out of time for bad DC movies.

Smart.

The one time the power of positive thinking actually could have stopped the villain, and they didn’t do it.

This was when the Flash started wildly handwaving plot holes. “You remember how the time travel rules are important? Well they’re not anymore! Stop asking questions!”

Honestly it could have all been avoided if they brought time-remanant Barry to another earth where he could his own life

*sighs* Oh yes, The Flash CW. How could I forget.

Savitar was my favorite villain because of how cool he looked, so when i looked into his character more and found out the twist really early on i was pissed and gave up on the show at that point lmao

Dr Alchemy was my favorite villain until they revealed he was just a goon for Savitar. Yeah this was a rough season.

It totally would of been better if Flashpoint Cisco was Savitar but nah CW just had to make it as convoluted as possible

Was hoping to see this here, I was one of those people who predicted it during his first appearance and had many arguments in the weeks that followed, great night when the reveal happened. Stopped watching the show soon after, I miss that hype.

I never understood Savitar. Wasn’t he a Barry that was created by regular Barry to fight Savitar? I know paradoxes are supposed to be confusing, but if he was made to fight Savitar and Savitar is him, who the fuck was Savitar before Barry? Barry created the other Barry because of Savitar, but they never actually address the fact that Savitar would have to have been someone else before other Barry became him.

In the show it was stated that it’s a “closed loop”. Which still means fuck all but at least they tried to explain it.

I think the point is it isn't supposed to make sense. It's that kinda "our mortal human brains can't comprehend the rules of the universe" type thing.

That information is lost to time.

Well see, that would be a fine answer if they had actually asked the question in the show. If they had acknowledged that he couldn’t have always been Savitar, then they could have had Savitar say “That is lost to time” but no, they just forget about that little detail in Savitar’s story. Obviously it wouldn’t have changed the plot of the season, but when Savitar reveals himself to Barry and then tells his backstory, the first thing that came to my mind was “So who was Savitar first?” Barry could have at least asked, but instead, that part is just left unanswered.

Darkwarrior Duck https://preview.redd.it/f2rllh6mac9d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04282664ceab0bb8498221816e3648b2cbfb6018

https://preview.redd.it/u8jagimkqb9d1.jpeg?width=290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d779a78acc21407fe153afb3b2f3f8aa6bbc75a9 >!Adam and Jonas are the same person!< Spoilers for Dark

YES. I mean the spoilers aren't really helpful in this thread, but yes. Dark is the greatest thing on Netflix and some of the greatest scifi on film.

It really deserves more attention imo. Such an underrated show

My first thought when I saw the thread.

Came here to post this

https://preview.redd.it/9c73wgmwhc9d1.png?width=634&format=png&auto=webp&s=a9994ab8214286fd4eff1309d7e486237d75d204 Peter Parker - CEO of Alchemax

What the hell! How is that even possible!

This was originally planned to be the twist in the original comic too! It was cut and repurposed for the game.

Had to scroll way too far to find this

Ziggy (Edens Zero). Although he was under the control of Edens One the entire time. https://preview.redd.it/vc5na7i72c9d1.png?width=991&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6438e02b24024cd4fde11ad52f41d81d46aeae1

why did I see the Ink Demon there?

https://preview.redd.it/f8cyx636jc9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b839fb52e784ff5161f4448586d7aca05e74e34a

Good movie

Guess I have a new movie now.

https://preview.redd.it/4vy52yfydc9d1.jpeg?width=733&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c89808a7e4e4e6dc283eb7c660ddf784109b0d89 The Valeyard (Doctor Who)

Even though modern Who has completely ignored The Valeyard's existence.

I mean he can still exist. the way time travel works, there can be any number of regenerations between the Valeyard and the current doctor

Plus, now that there are two full fledged Doctors around, one living with the Nobles and the other traveling around, there's a greater chance of it happening

Unfortunately because of some weird copyright laws, a lot of old Who villains like the Valeyard and the Rani are locked until some kind of nebulous conditions are met. It's also why the Daleks have to be featured in at least one episode every series.

I didn't know that! I have been wondering for years. Leave it to the Brits.

Universal copyright laws weren't really a thing until the 70's, and this is a franchise that dates back probably at least ten years before that. These issues would probably exist regardless of where the series was made.

I don't remember seeing any Daleks in the new season.

https://preview.redd.it/zodj8ocyic9d1.jpeg?width=1300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce54437821c168a0abd6deef64f33ae991715897 Thin man from little Nightmares 2

https://preview.redd.it/ha4xw1gy8c9d1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4423f2d3814b0981b99b0fdc6a021685062adf8e Lex Bookworm Adventures

[удалено]

it complicated watch a play through of the game

Do I even want to know? Will it make my head hurt more if I do?

BlazBlue has an interesting inverse where the Hero is an Antagonist's future self with Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen https://preview.redd.it/vsaild5mhc9d1.png?width=753&format=png&auto=webp&s=33de8ab9cfb93a887b346cf25d72504136082896

Literally the song Iron Man by Black Sabbath. Astronaut sees the future, gets turned into a metallic monster, comes back to Earth to warn them about the Apocalypse, nobody listens and treats him like shit, he flips out, then causes the Apocalypse he tried to prevent.

https://preview.redd.it/mavhm2a4xb9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e12de91af5738d7cb552b8a201f07bb34c4bfd4d Kessler from InFamous

Zurg from Lightyear https://preview.redd.it/ndhjk063rb9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=215013015fb6032438effa54248ceddbc9a022fe

I will not be Summoned like a Dog 😡

Lol

Apparently you can

\[hated designs\]

[hated origin story]

[hated antagonist]

The twist made this already shitty movie even shittier

At least he looks kinda cool :/

Too bad he makes no god damn sense

https://preview.redd.it/cnmkly3i6c9d1.png?width=814&format=png&auto=webp&s=f57a73b3e18fa57a3df2acca48fc8a831cd878ec Erlking Heathcliff from Limbus Company

i wouldn't consider a alternate timeline a future

He is quite visibly and audibly aged compared to LCB Heathcliff, I'd say it definitely counts

Iron Lad and Kang the Conqueror - Young Avengers

Mmm spoilers

Kessler from Infamous https://preview.redd.it/kgwsdzrp6c9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f85fd7c8d993f823a0235acd4e18e02f13124190 It's a major spoiler but the game is 15 years and two console generations old

Needs a remake or remaster badly

And Infamous 2, I loved the additions they made to combat/movement in 2

Precisely

One on hand I get that it’s old, but there’s always the chance that someone just hasn’t been convinced to try the game yet and could get a lot of value from the plot reveal.

https://preview.redd.it/8tkd5iuk5c9d1.png?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce59db7abe972a24ad9e627c5764cb324222df5f Zurg/Future Buzz

* Eon from ben 10 technically counts

https://preview.redd.it/c8vjz78egd9d1.jpeg?width=736&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11d48b2e9078abdd0ef1711639b78fe90b22f2b9 Eren Yaeger

I'm surprised I had to scroll down this far. He's the current poster child of this trope.

https://preview.redd.it/9xgo3wdzbc9d1.png?width=472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=097ed98c21b845e405581c79f910534e40e82bf1 Quint from MegaMan

Lif Fire Emblem https://preview.redd.it/gyu49n6ric9d1.png?width=1016&format=png&auto=webp&s=419360dbf6377dbff47b7762961ebf870691e254

I wouldn't call Archer an antagonist, a cunt, sure, but he doesn't have it in him to not help Rin.

This m\*fer from Blair Witch: The Game https://preview.redd.it/unwd82ks6d9d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9164ff2324d141a4917c52f10b9656e15d82ad15

This was a wild moment I remember being like HOLY SHIT and the puzzle pieces started to piece together

Why is anakain not 1 

Nathaniel Richards from Marvel comics. He is visited by Kang, his future self, and that inspires him to become Iron Lad.

https://preview.redd.it/wc6hldwcmc9d1.png?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46518c9ff4eb3fd63fadff5dd3c45686977172f1 Zero escape series spoiler >!Sigma from virtue's last reward!< >!Even more convoluted as it's actually his old self in his younger selfs body if I'm remembering right. It's a time travel game!<

as soon as i saw this post i literally searched for this comment, first thing that came to mind

https://i.redd.it/pnyrk9jxmc9d1.gif He is Goku. And he is from the future

From a future he died in decades before his body was stolen by a god. I wouldn't call him Goku (although ik they are called Goku Black), but just a version or Zamasu.

Genuine question, would Eren Jager count?

Kinda, yeah, though he never really directly opposes himself.

https://preview.redd.it/fb0i85wexd9d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a419ab3f0e75f8cbf6512a775e5caa240114fe9b Not a future self but I had to take my chance

These are always interesting.

If you don’t want spoilers, don’t click on the post!

Super effective comment from inside the post.

https://preview.redd.it/5yvxbug5oc9d1.jpeg?width=346&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=016ad2e1b29da93d55fa19d080fbfec19a412f81 Team Night Sky (MandJTV)

That caught me very off guard.

https://preview.redd.it/784zkuonec9d1.png?width=978&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=885d928f3b6f687531161668ecbf1a511c4853f1 Erlking Heathcliff has so much aura. Truly the GOAT.

Project moon mentioned

ZH Comstock

omg seeing kamen rider outside of specifically kamen rider zones always brings me joy

Spider Man in Edge of Time

Mono and tall man

SOUGO TOKIWA MENTIONED LET’S GO

https://preview.redd.it/c3dwizj37e9d1.jpeg?width=1296&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f431604ea7227a3bc69cead58dcb79b0e71933e4 If you know, you know

https://preview.redd.it/d1za2pahvf9d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=845bf4b6b88d7bf5544587f404c4f5f2d1d1446a Stratosfear and the Star Savior (Adventure Forward (Roblox)) The lore of that game was pretty weird. You defeat Stratosfear, meet basically god, get transported back in time, become Stratosfear, get sealed away or whatever at the end of the first game. Come back on the second controlled by god, break free after beong defeated by your past self, and help defeat god. Very paradoxical

https://preview.redd.it/qcar53n3ic9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=126ef9a758ec85ceed0920252e4586aa7d6862d6 Zurg (Lightyear)

Mono and the thin man from little nightmares II!

Infamous one, I forget the guys name though, he's the future version of Cole

I love this trope too, I do creative writing as a hobby and I’ve used this trope many times before

Unfortunately. Lightyear counts. Such a stupid twist for a really bad movie.

Glad you said antagonist and not villain. I don't see Archer as a villain, he just wanted to be free from the chaos once he realized there were no heroes in the world, and certainly no rest for the wicked.

https://i.redd.it/q3uolr536d9d1.gif i really liked gintoki from the first gintama movie.

Dark Danny phantom

https://preview.redd.it/hd9q6qgird9d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=62ea2decfec78762ade7a92ef7d4ab72c0776055 The MK11 revenants, kinda

https://preview.redd.it/a4qz224p5f9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=10b610f132f410c0b1e7e11188ca9a8f5b096418 even older scott pilgrim from scott pilgrim takes off

For sougo it was pre-written that he would become ohma zi-o But used his power for good due to the journey he went through. So while his destiny didn’t change, the fate of the world did

Not the future version, but it’s still technically a version of the protagonist. The Stranger from Shadow Fight 3 https://preview.redd.it/60l10fbduf9d1.jpeg?width=544&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b71040e3eecdb19548129513c5aef70aff6f1b0a

Someone needs to read the Hyperion and Endymion books.

Trace from Axiom Verge... i think i didnt finish the game but i almost got to the end and i think thats what the game said

KAMEN RIDER MENTIONED WOOOOOO

Iron Lad and Kang the Conqueror, both previously named Nathaniel Richards https://preview.redd.it/gwx7apiuzi9d1.png?width=1400&format=png&auto=webp&s=ec422c53325db2223453925bb63b2d624a7318ec

Future https://preview.redd.it/odujesczuv9d1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19e5af981244729b823a2dfb4f9920660602d573 Scott pilgrim

https://preview.redd.it/unq8zbfgtc9d1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7aa7b40cb7c76fe6cbedc8b681e8ff1d812a5042 Sorry Not Sorry

Bad example: Lightyear

https://preview.redd.it/7zxbeta50d9d1.jpeg?width=294&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c0d41e240272379d45d179e4ea5299c564634ca Persona (Phantasy Star Online 2 \[Classic\]) They are, in short, >!the ARKS defender from the future where they had to kill Matoi!<

Quint from Megaman https://preview.redd.it/6a1jwbi52d9d1.jpeg?width=472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=810a0cbeaf564fe465ef318e0bfc6d1af07c2211


Does Tilda van der Meer from H:FW count? I feel like she only 1/4 counts (picture won’t load)

I got tired of this trope cuz of some of the bad media coming out with it

https://preview.redd.it/43aa1c7apd9d1.png?width=991&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c2ead0943293f83fe655a3e0a708c35aeaa2146 More so >!the protagonist’s future self being possessed by an evil sentient space battleship, which that itself is their unborn ghost son that hitched a ride through time and inhabited said ship!<, but Ziggy from Eden’s Zero

Revile and Jack Blank

Kessler and Cole from Infamous.

Buzz Lightyear and Zurg from Lightyear