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"It was all a dream" is honestly the worst and laziest twist for any TV show or movie

The mother dying wasn't the problem. They teased for years that the mother was dead. It was the whole Barney and Robin relationship they had been building up for years and spent an entire season getting then married only for them to be divorced within the first 15 minutes of the finale because of really stupid reasoning, just so Ted could get back with Robin.

Honestly I never hated anything as much as I hate How I Met Your Mother ending... It just didn't make sense for me. All that time building up Barney's and Robin's realitionship just to destroy it in few minutes and pushing her back to Ted wasn't right. I mean come on...

Robin had so much more chemistry witb Barney. It was such a let down how they ended that show.

The finale for How I Met Your Mother literally negated the purpose of the entire 9th season

What about pretty little liars? It was such a freaking mess

Dan being Gossip Girl makes no sense!!!!!

The HIMYM finale poisoned most of the show for me. God bless the guy who made the alternate ending.

I still love HIMYM Tbh.. But They really shouldn't have seperated Barney and Robin, The entire final season was based on d wedding and the last episode they throw it all away!

How I Met Your Mother left such a horrible taste in my mouth. The last season was already weak except for the resolutions, but then the last episode basically retconned all our expectations

Newhart's dream ending was brilliant. It was a joke on Dallas, and the fact that they recreated The Bob Newhart Show complete with his old bedroom, and even brought back Suzanne Pleschette for that one scene, was hilarious.

The ending of HIMYM nullified the whole show, all the emotions and the development of the characters turned out to be absolutely worthless. It is impossible to rewatch the episodes without feeling depressed thinking that Barney and Robin will divorce and the mother will die. That finale killed the vibe of the whole show.

I can never watch HIMYM again because of that stupid ending.

I'm still pissed of about HIMYM 's ending!!! What was the point of the whole show???????

What about the plot twist that Charlie was still alive at the end of Two and a Half Men just to kill him again

I'm okay with the mother being dead at the end of it, that to me was okay and made sense. However, I do think that Ted going after Robin again was a mistake. The whole show they did allude that they were more than friends, but every time they were in a relationship it didn't work for many reasons. The whole 9th season dealt with Ted having to let go of Robin, but then he just falls back into her. They were never a happy, perfect couple and they had many differences that didn't work, which made the ending seem weird. I felt that after the show was over, if the story continued, Ted would fall in love with Robin again and it wouldn't work out again, leaving him even more crushed. I love Robin and how the character was written, but it was clear she was not right for Ted. However, I am okay with the mother (Tracy) being dead, even though I wished they developed her more and we got to know more about her. The whole series, there were no perfect, happy endings for anyone, and that's not always how life works. Even if Ted went through a lot during the series, it doesn't mean everything in his life will be perfect just because he got married. It also gives a reason why Ted is telling the story, I know it's years later, but I still think it's something Ted would do for his kids. with that being said, Victoria is the best girlfriend Ted ever had

I came to see that stupid himym ending

Pretty little liars Spencer has a twin named Alex

The worst plot twist was that HIMYM was not the top of this list.

I have never in my life heard a Buffy fan enraged over bringing Dawn into the series. It was incredibly smart and preplanned. I love seeing the clues when you rewatch the show. Joss Whedon planned Buffy 2-3 seasons in advance. In the last episode of season 3 Buffy has a dream where Faith says: “Little Miss Muffet counting down from 730”, foreshadowing someone, which we now know is Dawn, two years later. There are other hints much closer to her first appearance. Also, her being the Key is revealed very early on in the fifth season.

“After nearly a whole season” Did any of you even watch Buffy? Dawn is introduced at the very end of the first episode of season five and Buffy finds out who she is in episode five. That’s not nearly a whole season. Dawn was even hinted at as early as season three. It was very subtle, but this show was planned out pretty well. Although I’m pretty sure asking WatchMojo to actually do research is a bit too much.

how i met your mother's ending actually ruined the entire series.

The HIMYM ending was the most frustrating thing I’ve ever witnessed

technically dawn wasn't a plot twist or a secret in "buffy" she was new and they explained why she was there and how. they only acted like she had always been there because in there minds atleast she had been

Her death was not bad it was the robin bit which was shit

Dawn doesn't belong on this list. Her appearance is perfectly consistent with the premise of a show about the supernatural. I mean, the show was about vampires, werewolves, demons and witches for god's sake. You want to tell me people had a problem with a girl being magically inserted into Buffy's life? Nope, love Dawn.

Y'all are insane; the ending of "Newhart" was the greatest series ending EVER!!! It turned the whole "it was a dream" trope on its ear. It wasn't bad; it was GENIUS!

Buffy doesn’t deserve to be here. The plot twist made enough sense in the narrative. It also didn’t negate nor ruin anything previously established in the show.

The HIMYM twist was just such a slap in the face to all the fans, robin admits when asked that she doesn't love ted and in final season describes him as "guy i probably should have ended up with", I understand that disease is obviously a real thing and the show was going for a somewhat more grounded ending but would it have really been that much to ask for him to end up with the mother, still burnt from that ending :(

I give a pass to the Simpsons plot twist. They acknowledged they would all pretend it never happened. They were ripping on shows that pull that sort of stuff.

The "Newhart" ending was actually amazing. One, it was clearly a parody of the Dallas dream thing. Two, it made it a dream of his character from his previous show, and actually got Suzanne Pleshette to come back to reprise his wife from said show.

The Buffy twist was actually really smart tho. Tf are y'all smoking?

WHAT? Buffy's 5th season is Buffy's best season. Few shows are able to introduce new regular characters and refresh a show like Dawn's introduction did

Buffy's plot twist with her sister doesn't belong here, 1st of all, Dawn is not Buffy's secret sister. Then it wasn't brought at the end that Dawn turns out to be a key to another world, we know that way before the character does. To continue, everybody does act like everything is normal because they were implanted fake memories so that Dawn's presence flies under the radar, so to say....So sorry modjo, but you got it wrong.....

Re Buffy: Dawn was a fantastic plot twist, it took real guts by the writers and it worked! Plus, Dawn was a great addition to the show and became one of my favourite characters.

Why the hell is Buffy on the list? Because people dislike Dawn? That doesn't make it a bad plot twist

How I met your mother's ending wounds me deeply

HIMYM is definitely the worst plot twist !

The HIMYM finale completely ruined the show for me. I have no interest in ever watching it again.

“Dad is this gonna take awhile.” “Yes dear. It will take about 8 years, 9 seasons, and one terrible scenario to tell you kids who I met your mother... who dies so that I can actually boink my friend.”

HIMYM... Where do I even begin? The one and only show I have never given a re-watch because of how depressing it was. Just can’t put myself through it again and I LOVE those characters.

Buffy doesn’t deserve to be on this list because viewers knew there would be a good reason for Dawn.

"After nearly a whole season of frustratingly few answers, she was revealed to be the key to hell." Ummm you mean after 4 episodes of a 22 episode season????? The audience (and Buffy, Giles, and Joyce) find out about Dawn in episode 5. Joss had that planned and even foreshadowed on more than one occasion since season 3. Do your research!!

I can remember screaming at my tv for a while after I saw the end of HIMYM. That being said, I only saw it once and it was a BIG mistake.

I actually liked the Dawn plot twist in Buffy.

The Newhart ending is brilliant.

You missed the perfect opportunity to say “The Gossip GIRL was actually a Gossip GUY”

You forgot Sherlock's secret sister or that Charlie was alive on the 2 and a Half Men Finale.

The Newhart show being a dream, was actually well received. It was a comedy making fun of the of the problems it had with the last 2 seasons, by making the whole thing a dream, thus making fun of the show and the cliche, both.

"After nearly a whole season of frustratingly few answers, Dawn was revealed to be the key to hell." Well... 5 episodes but... I guess that's basically the same huh

Watchmojo seriously need to stop roasting HIMYM every possible chance they get

The himym ending only shows ted going after Robyn again, I personally chose to believe that barney is currently sitting naked on her couch

HIMYM ending still burns.

I hated the how I met your mother ending but for the DVD they did alternative ending you can search it up on KZfaq

No Way! The series finally of “Newhart” was the greatest of all time.

I don't think that the whole "Seymour Skinner secretly being an imposter" twist will ever really be forgotten, but for mostly the wrong reasons. The show writers were obviously trying for shock value, but they threw a huge curveball at us by having Skinner not be who we thought he was. It's arguably the moment where the show's quality dropped, and the plots stopped relying so much on realism that the previous seasons were fueled on. Even many of the writers have disowned this episode, and it's hardly ever mentioned again!

The Newhart ending was a brilliant use of being a dream. It worked because the show was bizzare from the beginning with all the weirdo denizens of that New England town. The ending explained everything and was a perfect coda to Newhart's original show.

Buffy really doesn’t deserve to be on this list- the twist was amazing and the end of Season 5 was brilliant and heartbreaking

How I Met Your Mother pissed me off so much.

No. You must show the entire "Newhart" clip. It's actually brilliant.

Dawn coming into season 5 of "Buffy" was planned since the prior year (if not since the beginning). The reason was revealed in episode 6, not the end of the season! Dawn was the character that Buffy was willing to die for. Do you actually watch these show?s!

I'm sorry but what the hell is Buffy doing on this list. Dawn's coming was already foreshadowed in Season 3 finale. "BE BACK BEFORE DAWN"

The ending of Newhart was genius, and HIMYM was way worse than anything else. Other than that... yeah, you've pretty much got it right.

Um I’m sorry WatchMojo but the Buffy one was fully explained out in the 3rd or 4th episode...... so anyone who watched it knew from then onwards

Dreams as plot twists are so lazy in my opinion, if they can be wonderfully executed with the story then they can be fine a little cliche at most but most of the time dreams being the thing to explain it all isn’t the best.

Buffy has a secret sister?!?! That's not a secret it was huge plot point

Himym made us deeply care for the mother so much so that we cared for here more than the other cast members by the and of the series, accepting the fast integration of her into the group but in the end they had to kill her.....if not they would have been able to make a few ep to seasons if they wanted to in the future....

Man that HIMYM final season in general. I expected the mother to die hence Ted telling the story but Cristin Mioloti was amazing so it's tragic she wasn't introduced earlier. Spending a whole season building up a wedding to then break Barney and Robin in the finale was an insane decision. As was showing Josh as old Ted in that final segment after years of Bob Sagat narration.

Newhart had the greatest and funniest plot twist of all time.

The ending of "Newhart" was flat out EPIC!

The Newheart twist is amazing and hilarious. I can’t believe you’d put it on par with the How I met your mother twist. Disgraceful

Newhart was actually hilarious at the time. It connected the old show with the new and was a twist no one saw coming.

Just based on the ones I've seen in depth, I agree that the Simpsons and Heroes twists here were poor, but actually they revealed the truth about Dawn fairly early on; the only 'season-long' part of the storyline was how long it took Glory to learn the truth.

Don‘t know who thought HIMYM had to end with the mom‘s death an Robin and Ted getting back together would be a good idea.

Buffy having a sister was not the twist. That was the set-up. Dawn being revealed to be The Key was not a twist, it was a revelation. A plot twist is something unexpected. Also, she is revealed to be The Key within the first 10 episodes.

I haven't watched any of the shows on this list except from How I Met Your Mother and that show ending pissed me off a lot

I wish Quantum Leap was on here somewhere, because everyone thought he would be able to go home from all the good he did, but was stuck in time for the rest of his life. Saddening.

The ending of "How I Met Your Mother" pretty much renamed it, "How Meeting Your Mother Never Mattered, Because I Just Want to Bang Your "Aunt"." I really disliked "Buffy", but I thought that the sister plot was actually kind of clever and added to what was generally a soap opera with "vampires".

It wasn't a bad plot twist for Buffy. The key would have been a bad plot twist if it had been done at the end of a season. Dawn was actually mentioned in a few episodes at the end of the previous season, just in a very cryptic way because there was no reason to think they meant Dawn as a name and not just the word. But moreover, it was good for the story arc and made Buffy grow as a character. It can be debated, but I don't think she would have jumped in the portal if the monks hadn't done exactly what they did.

The milisecond I saw How I Met Your Mother, I click, 1 like 1 sad react. Such an amazing series, though somewhat sensible and decent was a shitty twist :(

Family Guy did a parody of the Dallas plot twist.

Rewatching HIMYM the ending actually makes sense. When we first saw it air weekly and we were anxious to find out who the mom is, the ending seemed like a let down. But if you rewatch it without the teasing and waiting, you'll see the show was always leading up to him and Robin.

The ending of Newhart was brilliant.

If you haven't done already, can you do Top 10 best CSI Las Vegas Episodes or moments.Also I really enjoyed the flash sideways episodes in Lost

The “Newhart” thing was funny

Dawn's arrival in Buffy is extremely well-foreshadowed and the season in which she emerges is probably the series' most popular season. Doesn't belong on this list.

Newheart’s finale was GENIUS!!

The Newhart ending was lampooning the "it was all a dream" plot twist.

*The HIMYM & Gossip Girl twists pissed me off HUGELY when they happened!* 😧😧😧

the worst twists are the ones that reveal that the entire show was a dream or an alternate reality or that important events never really happened. whenever they do this it pretty much invalidates the whole series. it's one of the reasons i despise the LOST finale.

Rose Quartz being Pink Diamond was one of the worst twists ever.

What a twist...

the Bob newhart show was one of the best show ending ever

"How i meet your mother"'s end was soooo sh#t i swear i was so DISAPPOINTED!!!!😲😲😢

Hey, the Newhart ending was hysterical.

The Dawn twist actually worked pretty well, and season 5 ended up being one of the best in the series

Wow I'm disappointed no Dexter

I am sorry but "Buffy has a secret sister" is an absolutely wonderful twist and it was written pretty well.

Buffy´s one was epic, EPIC!