There's a fine line between dark and gratuitous though. I thought the original ending to AO was pretty dark as it is; betrayed by your comrades, dropped into a fan and seeing your giblets bouncing off the blades. Adding a shot where you see them shipping a big order of fresh Mudokon Pops is icing on the cake (or popsicle), and I don't think it needs to be any more explicit than that.
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