Dog rule
Dog rule
Dog rule
I feel like this is a reference to something but can't quite firgure it out
It's a fairly common (though fairly uncommon nowadays) trope from older video games (often RPGs) where you end up in a game over state and then you'd be asked if you want to continue (from your last save usually)
Thousand year door maybe?
Super Smash Bros Brawl had it for the adventure mode too