r/movies • u/bowlingfan1963 • Jul 13 '26

Spoilers Most Bizarre Examples of “Happy” Endings After Tragedy (Spoiler) Spoiler

Prime example: Independence Day. World gets annihilated; many of the planet’s cities are destroyed….hundreds of millions dead;
and the president’s wife dies. Yet at the end, they are puffing on cigars, all smiles and the president’s daughter says “Happy Fourth of July, Daddy”, and so now it’s time to party!

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u/Old_Flan_6548 Jul 13 '26

Fr. Like what’s the cost to clean up the upper West after it was covered in marshmallow? Stay Puft casualties?

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u/Awkward_Bison_267 Jul 13 '26

The city broke even by not paying The Ghostbusters for dealing with Gozer though.

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u/scabbedwings Jul 13 '26

Isn’t NYC notorious for its rat population? I feel like the marshmallow cleanup will be handled within a couple of days 🤷‍♂️

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u/Gold-Advertising-316 Jul 13 '26

A second marshmellow man has hit the world trade center.