How Marvel Killed The Post-Credits Scene

[@FoulOne]

My favorite end credits scene in the MCU was the Shawarma scene from Avengers. No future setup for additional hype, just a funny post-ending where all our exhausted heroes are chowing down in silence.

[@oliverhendrix8176]

That reminds me of the end credits scene in Doctor Strange 2 where it’s just the hot dog finally gets to stop hitting himself.

[@TheHomelander2099]

​@@oliverhendrix8176😂

[@resonanceytv]

True

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@ArchangelExile]

​@@master-of-mind5881Yes, we know already. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@joshbotofborg2577]

The problem with post credit scenes nowadays is that it emphasizes what a movie sets up is more important than what's in the actually movie, when the opposite should be true.

[@TyandOnGoing]

Exactly the movie still has to be the main meal while nowadays it is those short post credit scenes which is the problem.

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

Yeah

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

​@@TyandOnGoingyeah

[@lyonspell]

That's exactly the point with The Marvels post credit scene. It was way bigger and way more important than the whole movie!

[@thegreatacolyt1277]

@@lyonspell man

[@gowzahr]

My big take away is that studios need to stop pretending to have a plan and actually formulate a plan.

[@Ben-zg8xk]

Sometimes it works. Marvel didn’t have a solid plan and changed the MCU a lot behind scenes but it still worked

[@bizuett]

No. Just make standalone movies, everybody is tired of multi-connected universes

[@sandal_thong8631]

Well, they seldom have a plan. I think they threw some of the most popular X-Men and their villains together at seeming random for the first _X-Men_ movie, because they didn't think it would be successful otherwise, and there might never be a sequel. Then they come out with junk for a sequel (not including _X-Men 2)_ and the series gets cancelled anyway.

[@One.Zero.One101]

Yeah post credit scenes have become pointless now. When they show the tease, you know they wouldn't be writing the script for another 6 months, so it's basically a crap shoot whether any of those will actually be included in the next movie.

[@conjam86]

lol they definitely do not have a plan anymore

[@1.21jiggawatts2]

The best post credit scene without a doubt is Spiderman Homecoming’s. Earlier in the movie while Peter was at highschool, we see that his teacher turned on a boring video where Captain America gave some basic advice directed at students. When the final credits finales rolled, we see a white room and Captain America walks on screen. He then talks about how patience is an important skill and that sometimes you might patiently wait for something only to be disappointed. Now remember that this movie released right during the peak of the MCU, between Civil War and Infinity War, so the end credit scenes was super important. I remember anxiously waiting for the credits to end to get some hint towards what’s going to happen next and when I saw this I started laughing out loud. It was one of the funniest things ever to me and that’s why it’s my favorite end credit scene.

[@darrengordon-hill]

Good times

[@lelandatkinson5470]

It’s kinda applicable to Phase 4 of the MCU as a whole. We wait patiently for a really well crafted movie, and sometimes we get one (Spider-Man Far from Home) but most of the time, we wait and get disappointed.

[@Vivi_9]

@@lelandatkinson5470 even Far From Home wasn't that great, the cameos were the best part and the plot was complete nonsense

[@KestraBeats]

Lets be honest Tom Haland spiderman trilogy is not the best , its okay it got carried by the hype of phase 3 , the last one was meh they made sure to bring old spidermans to give it a little hype but still wasnt great

[@violentgravy01]

You're high

[@RainbowMan9407]

I honestly miss the post credits scenes that were just the characters hanging out and relaxing, like the Avengers post credits scene. I tend to prefer the ones that are just funny epilogues, rather than teases that go nowhere.

[@christianwise637]

It’s also why of the two post-credits scenes in Multiverse of Madness, I much preferred the one with Pizza Poppa, it was a funny little follow-up to a throwaway gag from earlier in the film and it felt like a nice note to end the film on (plus, more Bruce Campbell is always a good thing)

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Exactly. Even though the MoM post credit scene wasn't anything special, I loved that it ended with the movie and didn't build hype towards anything.

[@jefftakesdscakes30]

​@@benjaminngopwaamos6878with Charlie it don't end there

[@Lyendith]

Hell, call me crazy, but I liked Aquaman 2’s cockroach burger scene for that reason.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@xavevoncroy]

The thing is the post-credits scenes we used to have before marvel (for example in the Pirates of Caribbeans trilogy) or in the first marvel movies teasing the avengers, felt more like a secret scene, a brief easter egg, a sort of blink-and-miss-it curiosity for the rare fews that would have had the weird idea of watching the end credits. Now it's clearly established that we HAVE TO watch the end credits, those scene aren't a secret and aren't used as such any more. It's no longer a quick joke or a dispensable but sweet candy, it's become a mandatory scene, so why the hell wasn't it in the film? The mid-credit of Black Panther is more like an epilogue than a joke or a teasing and therefore it should have been before the credits. We lost the excitement of secrecy and the feeling of having unlocked a bonus scene, now it just feels like watching the scene is doing what is expected from us if we want a chance of following the story.

[@wjrasmussen666]

Yes, the first post credit scene came from The Silencers in 1966. Marvel has overused it and many other things. Time for something new.

[@miliba]

Nothing beats a bloopers compilation at the end of a Pixar movie

[@AVdE10000]

Or a Jackie Chan movie

[@chrisblanc663]

So true!! I loved the blooper real, as if they were on a movie set. So funny!!

[@demonkingnetsu4045]

Yeah, but they stopped doing that after Monsters Inc.

[@12thMandalorian]

Harry Styles appearing at the end of The Eternals was truly one of the most bizarre and pointless post-credits scenes the MCU have ever done

[@TheEternalHyperborean]

That’s fitting because The Eternals was one of the most bizarre and pointless movies in the MCU.

[@benjaminwatt2436]

Everything Harry styles does seems bizarre and pointless. his only coherent thought is "no ones talking about me...better put on a dress

[@scruffd0g193]

That’s very true. So much post credits scenes that set up, well nothing yet.

[@Darth_Bateman]

Harry Styles appeared at the end of The Eternals?

[@kutter_ttl6786]

​@@Darth_Bateman4:24 Yes

[@captaincanaveral]

The Post-Credits scenes worked so well back in Phase 1 because they didn’t blatantly show what was coming next. Nick Fury talks about the “Avengers Initiative”, Tony mentions to Ross *they’re* putting a team together, Coulson spots Mjolnir, Fury tells Selvig humans have always had a *History* with the Tesseract, and even the Thanos tease, it still left things vague for fans to anticipate whatever’s coming next. Now characters from whatever series is happening next are showing up, with costumes and all, like Clea, Beast, and Maria Rambeau as Warbird.

[@dyll_pyckle]

Warbird? I thought Maria was supposed to be Binary? Doesn't really matter, though.

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Marvel just spawn characters they won't be using anytime soon (or maybe never) in these scenes. Look at Hercules, Clea, Starfox, and the Shang-Chi post credit scene that will most likely lead to nothing.

[@timothygodwin7575]

@@benjaminngopwaamos6878i think you’re wrong. I think everyone you mentioned will be coming to the MCU soon enough. The ending of the marvels was to tease the X-men which is definitely coming soon, a lot of the others will be coming back in secret wars. Remember, most of these scenes are teasing the next big event, which will be secret wars. I think secret wars is going to be phenomenal because of all the work they’ve put in building hype by means of all these post credit scenes which you claim will amount to nothing. Plus we’re getting the thunderbolts and the young avengers which was teased in the black widow post credit scene and the marvel’s post credit scene. I agree phase 4 was slow and phase 5 seemed to be going the same way but now it feels like things are finally starting to speed up again and we are about to get the big pay off that we’ve been waiting for. All those “boring” movies will soon pay off in a major way. I mean, thanos showed up in a post credit scene what? 5 or 6 years before infinity war came out? We had to wait 5 years for that big payoff but it still happened. You can’t expect every post credit scene to payoff in the very next movie. I mean we got the first post credit scene at the end of iron man in 2008 referring to the avengers and that didn’t pay off until 4 years later in 2012. That’s what makes these scenes so much fun. We don’t know when it will pay off but it’s a little teaser to tell us ITS COMING. some scenes get a pay off within a year but some don’t get that satisfying payoff for half a decade. That’s what makes it so fun. I think the longer it takes to pay off the better. It’s more impressive to know that they had something planned for years and were slowly building up to it as opposed to them simply teasing a movie thats already half completed and will be in theaters in a matter of months.

[@ryannathaniel9296]

​@@timothygodwin7575🥱 Too long didn't read

[@ArchangelExile]

Maria Rambeau wasn't Warbird in the end credits scene. She was Binary.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

I just watched Casablanca, released in 1942. After the credits, there was an hour and 41 minutes of post-credit scenes. I watched them all; well worth the time.

[@GQtheGamer]

Is this a joke I didn't get?

[@moistsqueegee9567]

@@GQtheGameryeah credits used to run at the beginning of older movies, rather than at the end like they do in modern movies

[@GQtheGamer]

@moistsqueegee9567 Oh, gotcha. I knew that, I just didn't get the joke😅

[@ifan160]

Technically, the ending of Batman Begins would work like a post credit scene (as it hyped up the potential return of Joker), yet it was actually part of the movie and fitted in perfectly.

[@sonjaimmonen6610]

I like the type of post credit scenes that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and John Wick Chapter 4 had. Stylisticly different (comedy vs tragedy), but they expand on a side character in a "I wonder what happened to that guy" type of way. Both scenes are ones that don't fit in with the main run of the movie, but work as individual scenes. They don't change the main story and you wouldn't know, if you missed them.

[@DoctorJammer]

Great examples

[@00ammy00]

There's a post credit scene in Chamber of Secrets?? This I never knew. What was it?

[@ericbresson7631]

@@00ammy00if I remember correctly, it’s a strung out Lockhart after the wand incident in Diagon Alley just being a goof

[@sonjaimmonen6610]

@@00ammy00 It's a clip from Diagonally and there is a new Lockhart book in the window of Flourish and Blott's. The book is called Who am I? And has Lockhart on the cover wondering who he is. It's a short one shot scene and not in the books.

[@jeremycarl2401]

Like Hannibal Chau cutting himself out of the baby Kaiju in Pacific Rim, or the shawarma scene in Avengers. Just little more time with your favorite characters, nothing more.

[@LinktoSonic]

Tails appearing at the end of the Sonic movie was super hype. Didn’t get as hyped about Yoshi in the end of the Mario movie tho, but it was still pretty neat

[@jamboree615]

I was looking for this comment! I loved seeing Tails at the end credits of the Sonic movie! So much nostalgia! Even seeing Shadow at the end of the second Sonic movie was pretty amazing. I agree about the Yoshi scene, but I know others who were more excited about it.

[@randoman9122]

Oh yeah that one was good

[@Kirbicle]

The funny thing with the yoshi ending is that if the internet didn’t exist, I think 90% of people wouldn’t even know it existed

[@randoman9122]

@@Kirbicle I didn’t know it existed and only found out because of the internet lmao

[@alexandercorbett1147]

You see, strangely enough, the Sonic movie trilogy and the Mario movie are current examples of post-credit scenes done right imo. Unlike series like Marvel that will either straight up tell you what the next story will be or have a plot line that goes nowhere, both Sonic and Mario actually have post credit scenes that actually feel like teasers for what's to come but not exactly saying what it is, and because of how linear the stories are we can count on the fact they won't be dead ends for the story. Sonic 1 had Tails, but we didn't know why he was there other than he was tracking Sonic. Sonic 2 revealed the existence of Shadow, and as of now, we still don't know anything about him in terms of the movies. Mario has the reveal of a Yoshi egg hatching in the sewers of New York City, and what that entails we don't know, but it still gives the feeling that there's still more to come.

[@Bards.98]

For me the worst part of post credit scenes is that I now wait for the credits in every movie, doesn't matter the genre, which maybe it's even a good thing since the credits gives acknowledgements to everyone who were a part on it

[@TheEternalHyperborean]

That’s on you though. Nobody is forcing you to wait. Also you can check online if there are post-credit scenes for whatever movie you’re seeing.

[@ArchangelExile]

You probably don't even read the credits anyway.

[@Bards.98]

and get spoiled xD@@TheEternalHyperborean

[@Bards.98]

I do, nothing else to do while waiting 🤷@@ArchangelExile

[@sandal_thong8631]

I heard there was a credits scene in a Jane Fonda movie from 2023, but I left and didn't see it.

[@anubusx]

I remember there was a version of the post credits in Iron Man 1 where Fury mentioned Spider-Man and mutants.

[@bradastra6111]

not a post credits.. that was a deleted scene.

[@anubusx]

@@bradastra6111 If only it wasnt!!!

[@UncleAir]

They floated alt. takes of that scene incase they were legally able to get the X-Men/Spidey back then...

[@Deadpool50923]

It also mentions the Hulk which is canon for obvious reasons.

[@anubusx]

@@UncleAir Could you imagine what the mcu would be like now if Marvel Studios had the rights to all their characters when Iron Man was made.

[@mrbrookah4117]

The trouble with extended universes or some other way of tying movies together, is that if one movie falls they all fall eventually, like a stack of dominos.

[@EmmanQuinones5234]

Agreed. Unless the directors and producers planned out a story that spans a couple of movies, PCSs will most likely just fall flat if promises are not kept.

[@syauqifirdaus2704]

yeah like dark universe or green lantern

[@Armakk]

100%. That's a testament to MCU's insane run from 08-19. Never been anything like it. I never thought they'd even get to an Avengers let alone four of them.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@MyNameBeeKayy]

So like.... (Asking as an example) Current and future marvel live action being so bad it makes the MCU as a whole look bad? Like the DCCU?

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Now Hollywood needs to stop with sequel baiting Is no longer worth it Having a sequel greenlit is no longer certain Especially now that basically everything is bombing at the box-office

[@COCO-tm3gp]

I find it pretty hilarious that Across the Spider-Verse accidentally made the Morbius post-credit scene make sense

[@chobochobus]

how so?

[@COCO-tm3gp]

@@chobochobus When Kingpin’s collider sent tons of villains scattered across the wrong dimensions, this included MCU Vulture

[@NobodyNowhere888]

@@COCO-tm3gpI’ve grown tired of multiverses.

[@Flash4ML]

When Into the Spiderverse released, I was excited at the prospect of the spiderverse being linked to the MCU and someday getting a live action Miles Morales. Now I just dread it, Marvel has gone so far downhill that associating the Spiderverse movies with it will just drag them down, they’re better off just staying away from that sinking ship

[@test-bu8xc]

I thought he was referring to No Way Home

[@Mediados]

They turned it around in a way that today, people don't get excited to see a post-credit scene but rather get angry when they don't get a post-credit scene.

[@12thMandalorian]

frustratingly true

[@lonestarr1490]

I wonder why. I mean, the cinemas I go to always make an effort to clearly communicate whether or not there will be a post credit scene: if the lights stay out during the credits, there's a scene, if the lights go on, there isn't. Simple as that.

[@user-x7dc2pq7n]

Because a lot of MCU fans just want fan service. One review for the Marvels said the post credits scene was the only reason they liked the movie

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@scientificthesis]

I just looked up on google if theres a post credit scene at the end of the movie and leave if there isnt

[@taylorlibby7642]

The MCU managed to make the concept of the multiverse that had existed happily in the comics for five decades seem old and tired after five years. No particular surprise that they could accomplish the same thing for the post credits scene in record time too.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@mayotango1317]

The Multiverse thing is a DC idea.

[@henriqueabreu9706]

The first Nick Fury Post Credit Scene hyped me a lot when I was a kid. Today it's so overused that it lost the impact to me

[@billymays313]

I don't even feel like they're overused, I just hate that a lot of them nowadays feel like they're hooks for something that will never actually come out.

[@abdelali9279]

The issue is that now we're forced to the idea of expansive universes instead of making a proper single story at a time, no wonder people aren't interested in them since they're not interested in the solo stories told as they lack that focus

[@thomassparrow5230]

I think Into the Spider-Verse did a good job at establishing hype for what’s to come next with the idea of a team consisting of Spider-Men that come from all over the multiverse to ensure it’s safety. And not including one in Across the Spider Verse was a good move in my opinion since it’s, you know…

[@misterfevillord1588]

You know what

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

@@misterfevillord1588Well what?

[@MARVEL_KING1114]

@@misterfevillord1588 because it ends on a cliffhanger

[@MARVEL_KING1114]

i heard there was a deleted scene where spot goes to a villian bar and gets laughed at, and then in the post credits scene spot destroys them all. they could've added that and it would've worked great, idk why they didnt use it. it wouldnt change the storyline but it would show how powerful spot

[@misterfevillord1588]

@@MARVEL_KING1114 well, my bad. Now I don't know what I wanted to ask...

[@paracyntrix]

I was honestly excited by the post credits scene in Kong Skull Island, where they showed a cave painting of Kong fighting Godzilla. I still like post credits scenes, in the hope they do connect to more characters in the universe.

[@RHGarciaApr85]

I was super thrilled

[@bobwilson679]

I agree, I think people overlook the Monsterverse a lot, and think of the movies as silly cash grabs, but that are probably the current most successful franchise movie universe outside of the MCU right now. Hell, none of their past like 4 movies have been flops, they’ve all done quite well at the box office, because people love seeing giant CGI monsters beat the crap out of each other. All of their post credits scenes have worked very well, because they do successfully build hype for the following movies.

[@ArchOfWinter]

Thor Love and Thunder's end credits works. Out of the all of the phase 4 post credit scenes, this actual is the best because it didn't preview or drum up hype for future movies. It is an epilog for Jane. If it was part of the ending, it would have lessen the impact of her death and her being in Valhalla is too disconnected from the rest of the ending for it to work. Having it placed post credits is the best because none of the characters knew what happened to her.

[@pennywisethedancingclown2246]

Fun fact: It was actually DAREDEVIL (2003) which was the first superhero film to feature a post credits scene. Bullseye awakens in hospital and kills a fly on the wall with a needle

[@zsoltbartus169]

They are doing it like it's prescription or obligatory. Totally agreed. Not just the other franchises, but the MCU's own bonus-scenes are just... meh. Don't even remember most of them from phase 4. The MCU forgot the balance between interconnection and separately, on their own enjoyable films. Now their content are either feels oddly separated, or forcedly about some chaotic, supposed to be mysterious overarching plot.

[@jaybone2321]

I truly do miss the days when a writer had a dream of putting his story, his vision, on the BIG screen to be enjoyed by the masses. In the nigh impossible chance that he was given an opportunity to bring his dream to fruition, he created one movie. Not a franchise, no trilogy, no promise of a sequel. At a time when a prequel was but an imaginative whisper, he told one story, carefully plotted and thought out from beginning to end, and it was darn good!

[@tjsmith5276]

Yeah, some movies are good, but it simply doesn't mean they deserve sequels. I'm thinking of 'The Incredibles.' I found the sequel to be underwhelming, albeit mildly entertaining. I'm not at all surprised that it wasn't as good as the first one, even after the fourteen-year wait. I really love seeing artists share their vision through storytelling.

[@danny90099]

Those people still out there. Stop watching super heroes or Disney crap . Also open mind about foreigner movie outside hollywood . There hidden gold mine people over look .

[@puppiekit]

​@@tjsmith5276if they had to continue the incredibles franchise it 100% should gave been through like, a kini series exploring the different heroes and their powers. Wasted chance!

[@darrengordon-hill]

Good times

[@billhoult3262]

If you look at the biggest blockbusters of the last few years, I think we're headed back in this direction. Barbie, Oppenheimer, Top Gun: Maverick, even Avatar 2 and GOTG 3 are more director passion project than studio slop. The studio-led franchise movies have higher budgets and are returning lower revenues. With so many franchise flops since the pandemic, the studios will see where the profit is.

[@owl4522]

I find it really telling that I wasn’t recognizing any of the newer marvel post credit scenes you were showing. I didn’t stay to watch them.

[@rodingalindez458]

Imagine that marvel before used as a case study to study how to become a successful movie franchise, but now it is so sad that Marvel is using it as a case study but how to avoid becoming a failed movie.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@gothxm]

@@master-of-mind5881 why do you keep commenting this same thing?

[@izaakdamon1979]

@@gothxm Becouse it a Bot if you ignore it, it go away

[@Zombiesnyder13]

VENOM had the writer from 50 SHADES OF GREY MORBIUS had the writers from GODS OF EGYPT And KRAVEN THE HUNTER has the writers from TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT Sony's Spider-Man Universe is doomed to fail, and all because of AVI ARAD

[@auroninja]

I know everyone hates the Green Lantern film, but I always loved it, and I think Mark Strong was the perfect choice for Sinestro. I would have loved to see him come back with the Sinestro Corp.

[@chloeirnes]

Absolutely! When I first heard him speak, I was like; that is exactly what Sinestro sounds like! They fucking nailed him!

[@matityaloran9157]

I’m with you on this

[@ninjanibba4259]

One character doesn’t make the movie good, plus he wasn’t even in it much

[@kevin10001]

@@ninjanibba4259the movie isn’t as bad as people make it out to be and has the best green lantern ring design I have seen in years before and after the movie u can tell at times Ryan is only doing the movie to get money to get Deadpool made thst he had been fighting to make for years at that point and I wouldn’t have picked Hal Jordan to be the lantern of the movie I would have went with John Stewart cause I find him to be a cooler lantern

[@ninjanibba4259]

@@kevin10001 you’re just making the point even more that the movie is bad

[@typemasters2871]

The issue is post-credit scenes that tease movies that don’t happen (most of the time due to the movie the post-credit scene it is in flopping) Meanwhile the best post-credit scenes are those that are an epilogue to the movie or provide an enjoyable scene

[@crystalfairy912]

One of the best post (technically mid) credits scenes that introduced me to the concept was Shrek 2. A perfect way to tie up Donkey’s loose end regarding his relationship with Dragon.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

Post-credit scene have grown stale because they embodies one of the many issue affecting current Hollywood productions: there is an increasingly smaller desire to tell a c satisfying story with a movie, and more interest in creating a new franchise to milk. But why shoud I be excited about seeing more interconnected movies each with very little to say on its own?

[@juniorlks1]

I'm disappointed you didn't mention Scream 6 post-credit scene. As every Scream fan knows, each film on the series tackles and makes fun of current trends in cinema, and Scream 6 take was on franchises. As usual wth Scream, they nailed it on that post-credit scene.

[@dutch_asocialite]

The original post-credit scenes were those little teasers you'd get at the end of novels showcasing a scene in the next book. Now those were hype 😊

[@KingAdrock420]

It’s rather odd you didn't mention that the entire Pirates of the Caribbean series all had stingers. It's a major film franchise that pre-dates the MCU.

[@watcherofwatchers]

It's a little dismaying how often you declare something in cinema is dead or played out when, really, it's just the case that there's been a recent lack of creativity, commitment, or leadership in various studios. The end credit scene isn't played out - the movie industry especially was rocked by the ridiculous global response to Covid, and studios have focused on all the wrong things, in my opinion, to get audiences back in the theatre. I am not a movie industry cynic, and I usually decry declarations like money grab, milking, or other excuses people make when a movie really was just badly conceived, written, directed, or whatever, but the studios have lost their minds when it comes to these big properties. They aren't ensuring propertiess are high quality, they're reactionary, and they trend chase too much. Those are the problem - not the end credit scene being played out. Those scenea can be just as effective if the properties were being treated well.

[@OctoStar20]

Remember when Nick Fury was cool?

[@Ripplin]

They're good, but "well, I'll give him another 20 minutes, but that's it" is still the best post-credits scene ever. ;)

[@sharpfang]

The Lego Movie and its sequels. No teasers, no bs. Just funny bonus scenes, extended epilogue.

[@Lowlight23]

Yeah those GIJoe ones hurt! I loved GIJoe ever since I was a kid and even I was like “I’ll believe it when I see it” after that Transformers post credit scene with GIJoe. 😭

[@Zatyme94]

Paramount confirmed at CinemaCon that the crossover movie is going to happen either in 2025 or 2026

[@yonderjam]

Hearing the Transformers ROTB GI Joe scene in this video is funny for two reasons: 1. It's not even the post credit scene. The post credit scene is a cheap resurrection of Mirage 2. They have literally announced a crossover. You could be correct about the lack of planning the project and it could suck, but the film is definitely happening.

[@MikePiesco]

I remember a time when you didn't have to Google the title of the movie followed by "Is there a scene" to find out whether or not you had to waste your time waiting in the theater.

[@Zethoro]

If you feel like watching the credits are a waste of your time, then these scenes are not for you. You won't miss much, just leave them alone.

[@undercoverduck]

In my opinion, these post-credits scenes in Marvel movies set a wrong precedent from the start. I much prefer Dan Harmon's style of post-credits scenes in 'Community' and 'Rick and Morty'. Most are them are non-essential jokes or bonuses, a nice little easter egg shaped cherry on top. Only a handful of them foreshadow future events. The key is that the viewer has no idea which is which beforehand (and sometimes until much later). They're fun in and of themselves rather than reliant on the pay-off that may never come.

[@JeffBob-w3w]

Guardians 1 had the deepest post credits scene

[@jeanshortswag]

Lmaoooo

[@alfredomaclaughlin1185]

I agree, the universe of madness post-credit scene absolutely ruined the pathos of Strange getting a third eye in like 5 seconds. The eye should have been the post credit scene. But Skull Island was brilliant, it starts with a dark screen and a voice asks you “you are still here, sitting in the dark...?” Then goes into the introduction of the extended universe. Too bad the movies that followed were so bad-not even in the same time period! Skull Island was surprisingly good

[@D35p3r4d0]

My friends and I used to call these "The Picard Scene" as the first one that seemed to hint at things to come actually came from X-Men: The Last Stand when Xavier's consciousness ended up in a braindead nameless character in Moira McTaggart's lab. The thing that really gets me though are the three camps that formed as a result of the MCU's use of end-credit scenes. Those who think every movie now has them, those whom are still strangely oblivious to the fact they exist, and those who expect them solely in Marvel movies. It always amuses me hearing my fellow movie-goers making comments revealing their particular belief when the film is over. I'll admit, these days, if I am aware of the property (because little is original these days) I will immediately check online before the credits finish.

[@anubusx]

The first post credits scene i saw was in Masters Of The Universe. That film and Avengers Assemble are very similar.

[@TheShockwave114]

Post credit screen for 22 jump street is how its done. A lot of thought went into that

[@kins1894]

Back in 2011, the sinestro Corps, was teased great. But no movie came after

[@MM-vs2et]

Disney forgot what made the once-in-a-lifetime payoff of Infinity War and Endgame was the 10 years of setup that it had. Now they expect to have one every year, only for it to fail spectacularly every time. Year after year. The closest was Guardians 3, but that was great because it wasn't trying to achieve the highs of Endgame, and was focused more on being a good movie.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Sony should let PHIL LORD and CHRIS MILLER in charge of their cinematic universe They can save it from AVI ARAD, just like they did with SPIDER-VERSE

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Since Lord & Miller recently had a controversy of their own regarding Across the SpiderVerse. It’s gotta take a lot more than being in charge of a cinematic universe.

[@PogFrogy1210]

I liked scream 6 post credit scene where it. Litterely just said not every movie needs a post credit scene lol

[@monkaWGiga]

One of my favourites.

[@kyokoyumi]

I prefer the post credits scenes that are basically a "continuation" of the end of the film and just like some small extra to let you know what happened after the film ended and the credits started rolling.

[@oopsy444]

The best post credit scene was the post credit scene in Deadpool saying there is no post credit scene

[@dikeledimusi3871]

Along that line, I think the post credit scene from Spider-Man: Homecoming is better.

[@oopsy444]

@@dikeledimusi3871 what about it makes it better? I just rewatched and nothing interesting or memorable came from it imo. If its your favorite then more power to you but im curious why

[@joshfactor1]

i don't know about that but they definitely killed a lot of kidneys

[@SpinfoilHat]

the best post-credit stuff out there are bloopers, i wish that was shown more often

[@cosmicspacething3474]

I feel like it’s certainly become a trope by now, but tropes can still be done well.

[@orionlandianproductions]

6:23 this one didn’t age quite so well

[@RaindropsBleeding]

I miss when the post credits scene was just funny, either making a joke about what happened next or wrapping up a tiny thread no one actually cared about. Best example is the post credits scene from Moana, featuring Tamatoa, still on his back, and making a joke about the Little Mermaid. I hate leaving with the big crowd so the post credits scene was always a great way to make the time I spent waiting for the crowd to leave worthwhile. I wish more films did just a funny gag that didn't make sense in the rest of the film

[@madhukarg8052]

the concept of the Post Credit Scene went from being Amazing to Confusing which is like total anticipation to total disinterest

[@R1ch4d8]

Even though Age of Ultron obviously needed an Infinity War tease, Thanos' saying "Fine, I'll do it myself" always annoyed me. He's talking as if he had anything to do with the events of Age of Ultron or was even aware of what was happening during the film. It's not like he saw Ultron and went "But I'LL defeat the Avengers!" Cos he doesn't really care about beating the Avengers, he wants to get the stones and destroy half the universe. The Avengers are incidental to his plan.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Thanos just got tired of waiting for people to get the infinity stones over to him, who’ll eventually betray him. So he decided to things himself.

[@thegamingprozone1941]

​@ShockwaveFPSStudios which is what we see in IW fucking awesome

[@R1ch4d8]

@@ShockwaveFPSStudios I know... but in the context of the film it just followed it's presented as if he's talking about what just happened, even if it makes no sense.

[@ResistTheGreatReplacementEU]

Obviously they just didn’t plan out Thano’s intentions and character very well by that point

[@snacktime2497]

First end credits scene I ever saw was the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. So when me and a friend went to see On Stranger Tides in 2011, I waited for an end credits scene. My friend said, "why, is Sam Jackson gonna recruit Jack Sparrow to the Avengers?"

[@Y2Jerms]

The first venom end credit scene was amazing. I was super hyped afterwards. And gi Joe/transformers exists as a comic already. It's only a matter of time they did it with batman and ninja turtles already.

[@katmore9]

That movie was an animated, direct to home video release though. They're aiming much bigger than that with a GI Joe/Transformers movie.

[@calydlee]

Basically the problem is that credit scenes have become ads for movies that either don’t exist or don’t need to exist. Credit scenes that are simply there to be “bonus content,” especially when used humorously, are still fine.

[@andyx181x]

Seeing Mark Strong wear the yellow lantern ring and never coming to fruition was the biggest kick to balls for any green lantern fan.

[@deadbeatdynamo]

Monty Python beat Ferris Bueller to the punch by fifteen years with the post-credits scene of "Salad Days" in Episode 33. "Seashore Interlude Film" sees an apologetic John Cleese alone on a beach explaining that the show has run a little long and that, while there is another minute or so of film, "...there's not really a great deal of point in your, sort of hanging on at your end, because I'm afraid there aren't any more jokes or anything." Credit where credit is due.

[@prateekkhanna5540]

Marvel used to do 2 things with these post credit scenes.....either tease how the characters/plot in the movie is gonna fit into the larger universe or how the characters/plot is gonna pick up in the sequel of that particular sub-franchise Now that the MCU isn't as tight as it used to be....most of the scenes are either limited to that sub-franchise or hint to a larger narrative that hasn't been realised yet We have to take into consideration that a mid/post credit scene shouldn't be considered abandoned or useless until the future project that "can" pick it up actually abandons that set-up We also have to consider that Marvel is running a whole Phase behind from their original schedule.....we would have been inching closer towards Kang Dynasty by now, it was supposed to come out later this year By now we would have got so many pay offs if we were on schedule...... almost every mid/post credit scene regarding the larger universe would have been paid off because we would have got movies like Blade, Cap 4, Thunderbolts, Dr Strange 3 and Armor wars which are set to pick up a lot of setups from phase 4 and every scene regarding that specific sub-franchise would have been dependent on when that sub-franchise gets their own movie.....it could have been before Secret Wars or in the next Saga All that is to say.....Marvel is doing what they have been doing for years, its just the negative aura surrounding Marvel right now that will make it seem that everything that they are doing, SUCKS

[@ryukami404]

The last time I ever found a post credits scene worthwhile was the end of Sonic 2 that revealed Shadow for the next movie and that was only because the guy sitting behind me and my roommate at the time shouted "Forget Marvel's post-credit scenes! Sonic has them beat!"

[@Wendy_O._Koopa]

I miss fake bloopers, like Pixar used to do. Those were always fun. And unlike real blooper reels, they weren't all "cast just laughs a whole lot" because you needed something better to justify the animation.

[@tommystrickland6268]

I'm like 95 percent sure gi Joe and Transformers will make a crossover , they keep making both franchises even tho people seem to hate them so I don't think there's much that's going to stop them from making more

[@rocwelledwards8942]

its gone from cool lucky extra bit of movie when you want more, to an after show ad.

[@fandomcentralstation]

It wasn’t exactly a scene, but I liked the tease at the end of the FNAF movie with the Puppet’s voice spelling out “Come find me”

[@franjinhabr5041]

A 8 minute video to say something that could be done in 4-5 lines of text, so unnecessary as the post-credit scenes you described

[@Schumilex5]

pretty much

[@pain3236]

The Metal Gear series has really interesting post credits scenes, where prequel games actually "forshadow" the ones that already happened, like Kaz dying before MGS, Outer Heaven's purpose, and Ocelot supporting Eli. MGS in 1998 even forshadowed 2, with Ocelot reporting back to Solidus.

[@Vexcenot]

That moment sonic the hedgehog of all things does post credit movies scenes the best

[@G0LDMUS_PRIME]

Just a quick curiosity: the "post-credit scene" in Transformers Rise of the Beasts is not a post-credit scene, it's actually right before the credits begin. And a Transformers x Gi Joe movie was confirmed so...

[@tallcartoons123]

The part that bothers me the most is at the comic con when they first announced multiverse of madness. Someone in the crowd asked if it was going to be rated R and kevin feige replied with "no but you're going to watch anyway" they can do anything even if it goes nowhere but were gonna watch

[@sandal_thong8631]

I love the term "Spider-Manless" regarding the Sony movies. Odd how Amy Pascal can say with a straight face she's only responsible for the "good" Spider-Man movies. Seems like Sony was following DC rather than emulating the MCU. And it looks like Kevin Feige is back from wherever he went after _Endgame,_ to "fix" bad Marvel movies and shows. Maybe he was on a space station or had long-haul COVID? Too bad about how mid-credit and end-credit scenes became pointless. They were quite the spectacle at their height when they meant something.

[@Dyno_98]

I honestly think the texts and images that play during the credits of Godzilla: King of the Monsters are one of the best "post credit" scenes ever. They show little by little how every titan is co-existing with humans and even improving the environment, and it goes gradually to a more ominous tone with the pan over Skull Island and the reveal than the kongs used to battle against Godzilla and that the next movie will be Godzilla vs Kong, all accompanied by a superb version of Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult by Serj Tankian and Bear McCreary

[@bigbionk]

It’s like we only watch current MCU movies for the end credits only

[@Me-wx1mt]

my favorite part of the x-men movies are the post credit scenes that always set up a movie with these insanely comic accurate costumes that never pay off

[@SteveRudzinski]

I feel like midcredits scenes and post credits scenes are two different things. If there are still credits after a scene, then the scene is not POST credits.

[@taurinstraiter2325]

1:44 "The Post Credit Sequence wouldn't fully catch on until it was embraced by the first wave of Marvel films" I would like to know, ON WHAT are you basing this statement on? I watched only "some" (which means chances are, there are more) recognizable movies a few months ago and here's what I found: Scary Movie (2000) has a post credit scene Not Another Teen Movie (2001) has a post credit scene The Sweetest Thing (2002) has a post credit scene. Not a huge movie, but it counts IMO. Stealth (2005) has a post credit scene, actually setting up a sequel. Now, to counter your argument with this: X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND (2006) has a post credit scene. The movie made more money than the previous two X-Men films, the conclusion of the first trilogy in the resurgence of Superhero Movies, still very conclusive until the future of DOFP. And those things aren't even the important part. Here's what's important: The Movie DOES set up the mid credit scene of The Wolverine (2013) and that follows up with X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Speaking of which there are callbacks to X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006) in that movie as well. And the movie WAS produced by Kevin Feige! I really like coming back to your channel but MAN, you CANNOT IGNORE FACTS. It makes you seem like you squeeze out that MCU fanboy juice ever and ever again without control! That's why I'm here for every so often to bring on some facts and make things more relative to what was actually happening years ago.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

As a Marvel Fan… yeah Nerdstalgic can be less nerdy than what their channel’s supposed to be.

[@Burnlit1337]

Some time after Endgame, I noticed a drastic shift from positive to negative reaction when someone mentions the post credit scene(s).

[@colin8802]

I kinda hate the way credits have become. You used to be able to accept that a movie was over when the credits started rolling. Now it's not uncommon for there to be two mid-credits scenes AND a post-credit scene. It makes it seem like the director doesn't know how to end the movie, and takes away the sense of finality from the first ending.

[@curtisjoelcarboo-se2gi]

Now all the post credit scenes are just someone in the heros house saying we need to talk

[@Vedrlaufnir]

My favorite post scene credits is Captain America's speech about Patience, which shows that all these post credits scenes don't need to be all hype and tease about the next thing to come, but they could be a little dumb surprise for those who stood until the end.

[@brianvetrano6817]

I have thoroughly every post credit scene in the MCU.

[@micalishis]

Marvel also started putting post-credit scenes in their tv shows too. The problem was that it felt completely random as to whether an episode would have one or not, and sometimes they were important to the story, so if you didn't check for each episode you might miss something. Like with Wandavision, episodes 7, 8, and 9 had them, but none of the episodes up to that point had one.

[@HeartbeatCN]

This is why I was so glad Fantastic Beasts pretty much resisted any suggestions of having post-credit scenes. They still fell-through with the announced 5 films but it was mainly because movie 3 flopped. At least what we got still felt like an ending.

[@OkieOtaku]

Argyle had an insane post credit scene. Like, I had a feeling, but the way they actually revealed it was so good

[@SonicLegends]

I'm glad that the Sonic Cinematic Universe is doing it right from the 1st film with Tails to then the 2nd film with how much hyped Shadow delivered.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Oh yeah, i like how Tails was an afterthought in the 2nd Sonic movie.

[@noobmasterruben5167]

Correct

[@cs_kevin]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off is what I think of when I think of post credit scenes

[@zkry2952]

Who would have thought corporate greed is ruining movies

[@GaboCO316]

Worst thing is, the transformers scene wasnt even a post credit scene, it was the final scene from the movie💀💀💀

[@jeffreycarman2185]

You forgot about the post credit scene for The Eternals that was hinting at a team up with Blade (and the Blade reboot keeps getting postponed or maybe has been cancelled by now).

[@devofficialchannel]

Funny thing is that NO ONE even knew it was Blade talking at the post credits scene and the director herself had to reveal it during an interview that it was indeed Blade. Sure, we heard Mahershala Ali's voice, but since the character is offscreen, we don't even know how Blade is gonna look or sound in the MCU.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend.

[@pepperidgefarm1003]

I often find the most memorable end credits scenes are jokes (but actually funny ones. Think more the schwarma scene from Avengers, less 'cat spits out the tesseract') My favorite post credits scene ever comes from Ralph Breaks the Internet. In the trailers for the movie there was this two minute long comedy bit about a a child watching a bunny explode inside of an ipad game. Then you watch the movie, and it isn't there, as it often happens with Disney blockbusters and animated movies that include jokes in the trailers and then they aren't in the movie, or are altered/edited different. Then the post credits scene starts, and we see a random child and mother in a car. Its silent for a bit. And then the mom goes "What did you think of the movie?", and the kid, in a deadpan voice, says something along the lines of "Well, there was a scene I liked from the trailers, but it wasn't in there, and that made me very sad." The mom responds "Well, you can play with your ipad, I bet that'll cheer you up", and then they proceed to play the two minute bunny scene from the trailers, completely uncut and unaltered, after which the movie just fucking ends. I feel like this was a direct callout to the audience, and specifically the people who complain about precisely these things, and its saying "Ok, here you go, here's the scene again. Fuck you."

[@danielharmon15]

The first big movie I remember having a lot of buzz over a post credit scene was the first Pirates of the Carribean movie

[@DavidMartinez-ce3lp]

DC should have done something different than the MCU with their post credit scenes. Build up the world. Make short films. Do something different. I had an idea of a post credit scene to a DC movie about Supergirl and Batgirl teaming up. The short film would be about Barbara sitting in her apartment doing something mundane like talking on the phone or watching tv, when suddenly she hears a knock on the door. And faint music starts to play. She opens the door to find a Jack-in-the-box with the handle turning on its own and music playing. The handle continues to turn, and the music reaches the final notes. The screen cuts to black.

[@master-of-mind5881]

Fun fact: Iron man wasn’t the first superhero/comicbook movie to feature a post credits scene. It was Xmen the last stand. Moira MacTaggert discovered Charles was alive in another body. Therefore fox did it first before the MCU. The MCU just made it a trend…