# Apparently post credit scenes in movies have a name: stinger.  Who knew?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 8, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-post-credit-scenes-in-movies-have-a-name-stinger-who-knew/495752 "2009-05-08T15:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-post-credit-scenes-in-movies-have-a-name-stinger-who-knew/495752/21 "2009-05-10T12:16:40Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> I knew that from Mystery Science Theater, which made a tradition of it. But at this point, I think of post-credit scenes as “obligatory 5-second wastes of my time that weren’t important enough to be in the movie in the first place, and are not worth my sitting through 12 minutes of credits when I could already be out the door and halfway to dinner.”
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> Stinger’s shorter, though.

This. Someone please tell my husband this. He just doesn’t understand when I try to say it. He pretends to be all interested in the credits and stuff, too…he’s not the least bit interested in who works on movies any other time! We waited through the credits for Wolverine, and there actually was a stinger, and I was still pissed. Who freaking cares?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-post-credit-scenes-in-movies-have-a-name-stinger-who-knew/495752/22 "2009-05-10T15:38:55Z")

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> [@Tamex](#):
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> This. Someone please tell my husband this. He just doesn’t understand when I try to say it. He pretends to be all interested in the credits and stuff, too…he’s not the least bit interested in who works on movies any other time! We waited through the credits for Wolverine, and there actually was a stinger, and I was still pissed. Who freaking cares?

You two just were not meant for each other. There are credit watchers, and there are credit scoffers. It’s like the Montagues and the Capulets. I just pray it doesn’t end in tragedy…TRM (who has the same arguments with my girlfriend)

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