I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?
I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?
Assuming it’s a surprise, this is Earth All Along. Genre Shift is similar, but that’s more about tone than plot
Flintsonian/Jetson
Specifically the After the End variant
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomatoSurprise is the wider trope
You maniacs, you blew it all up!