# Cool things that happen after the film's credits, like in Pirates of the Carribean **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511 "2003-08-29T21:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/1 "2003-08-29T21:11:44Z")
Just saw “Pirates of the Carribean”. What a great character Johnny Depp created in Captain Jack Sparrow! I don’t even want to know how, near the beginning of the film, when he is in handcuffs and slids down a rope from the top of a mast to the ground, he gets ON the rope then OFF the rope. Think about it. It’s just the kind of thing he can do, I guess. But that’s not why I’ve called you here. I’m the kind of movie guy who always sits through the film’s closing credits. Heck, at the showing of “Pirates…” I attended, half the audience was out the door before we even saw Captain Jack return to the Black Pearl. So I may be the only one around who knows that after the credits end… Spoiler Space. I don’t know how to do the box. …the monkey removes a coin from the chest and UNDOES the result of all the activity in the movie. Setting up the sequel, no doubt. Pretty cool. But that’s not why I’ve called you here. I’ve noticed a lot of these extra scenes, post-credits, in recent years. There’s a pretty funny one at the end of “Finding Nemo” depicting the revenge of the little nervous fish. I’ve always thought of these extra scenes as kind of a reward to the audience members who stayed and watched the names of all the people who worked to make the film. You find out interesting things by doing so. Like that the Crying Boy seen sitting on the ground and then scooped up by his mom during the first pirate attack in “PotC” is played by TWO kids. He’s only in one shot! Go figure. Am I the only one who knows about these extras? I’ll bet you can name more great post-credit movie scenes. If not, it’ll be a short thread. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/2 "2003-08-29T21:40:18Z")
Two that come immediately to mind are: _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets_ A zoom-in on a new book by Gilderoy Lockhart in a store window, called “Who Am I?” and the moving image of Lockhart in a straightjacket _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ When Ferris comes out of his room, looks at the camera and says, “You’re still here? It’s over! Go home!” (didn’t do a spoiler on the latter, since it’s been around for a long time) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/3 "2003-08-29T22:38:28Z")
Wild Things. The plot twists are explained, and it sort of made sense. ---
**Author:** ![gawen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@gawen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gawen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/4 "2003-08-29T23:01:45Z")
not exactly the same but in Hot Shots (or so i think) there are fun lines even in the credits, you’ve go grip boy number 1,etc and then a recipe , and then a joke,… also in Wayne’s world: gary and wayne asking people if they liked the movie and then waiting for someone to tell them to leave until a fade to black ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/5 "2003-08-30T01:25:29Z")
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. At the beginning of the movie, Steve Martin is at a meeting where the head honcho is trying to choose between three ad posters for the product. He cannot make up his mind and dismisses the meeting. After the credits, you see the head honcho still looking at each picture in turn, from different angles and the like. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/6 "2003-08-30T02:36:35Z")
The very end of _Being There_ has some terrific outtakes, with Sellers blowing his lines fabulously. ---
**Author:** ![thi6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@thi6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thi6)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/7 "2003-08-30T02:40:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by randwill \* > \*\*Just saw “Pirates of the Carribean”. What a great character Johnny Depp created in Captain Jack Sparrow! I don’t even want to know how, near the beginning of the film, when he is in handcuffs and slids down a rope from the top of a mast to the ground, he gets ON the rope then OFF the rope. Think about it. It’s just the kind of thing he can do, I guess. > > \*\* I only saw the movie once, (I didn’t stay for the credits, thanks for the tip), but as far as I remember, Jack held his wrists together, flipped the doubled chain over the rope, and then held on to the chain so he could slide down. Sorry if that sounded awkward, that’s the only way I can think to describe it. (Spoilered because \*\* randwill \*\* doesn’t want to know how he did it 😉 ) I remember sitting in the theater after Matrix Reloaded to see the trailer for Revolutions. I’m not sure if that’s the same kind of thing, though. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/8 "2003-08-30T02:49:09Z")
DAMN! After I saw it and everything, it didn’t even occur to me what would happen as a result of the monkey’s actions! I just thought it was a funny little scare moment for the audience, but you’re right, he kind of undid everything! ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/9 "2003-08-30T02:54:31Z")
Yes, fessie, I forgot about that! That was so very entertaining. I believe because Peter Sellers is on the screen almost 100% of the time, and you are so used to the Chauncy (sp?) character, and he is so wonderful in the role, that when you suddenly see him break character, it’s like, whoa! - yeah that’s right, he’s Peter Sellers, not Chauncy Gardner! What a great actor in one of his finest hours. Though not strictly a post credit scene, I’m reminded of a funny bit at the end of “Animal House”. Back when it was released, Universal Pictures always had a little title card that appeared after the credits of their films. It said, “When in southern California, visit Universal Studios”. It was an ad for their studio tour. At the end of “Animal House” the fate of each of the main characters is described in a freeze frame and caption. The Babs character is said to have become: “A tour guide at Universal Studios”. Sure enough after the credits have rolled, the “When in southern California…” ad appears, only this time at the bottom of the screen “Ask for Babs” is added. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/10 "2003-08-30T03:17:34Z")
Big Bad Voodoo Lou - notice that when the monkey takes the coin out HE changes back into a ghost. So it only follows… thi6 - Maybe I’m confused about what you call a “doubled chain”. I remember that he only had wrist cuffs connected by a single chain. If so, try it with a piece of string tied to each of your wrists. Now try to get _onto_ a rope tied to a mast, and slide down it. Well, okay, maybe not, but it would be impossible. Maybe there was excess chain hanging from one of his wrist cuffs. Now that would do it. I’ll wait to see on the DVD, unless another Doper who hasn’t been to see it yet wants to go and help us out. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/11 "2003-08-30T04:12:47Z")
The best one was in Airplane! when they show the guy still waiting in the taxi. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/12 "2003-08-30T04:48:23Z")
**randwill** , let me try some bad ascii art (the “O”'s represent hands). Hold your wrists together. There’s a length of chain hanging down from between your wrists (it will be doubled). ```auto O O | | | | | | \ / U ``` Flip this over the rope. ```auto / ______ / / ____ \ / / / \ \ O O / | | / | | / U ``` and grab it with your hands. ```auto / ____ /_ / ____ \ \ \/ \ \ \/\ | | /\ \ / / / \ \ / O O ``` Slide down rope. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/13 "2003-08-30T04:53:57Z")
According to Roger Ebert, such scenes are called “Monk scenes,” in reference to the monk-like patience of the audience members who sit through the credits to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/14 "2003-08-30T05:19:06Z")
At the end of _Young Sherlock Holmes_, Holmes and Watson have defeated the main bad guy (Rathe) and he’s apparently dead. As the credits roll, the camera follows a carriage traveling along a path through the woods–for a long, long time. The carriage arrives at an inn, and Rathe, still alive gets out. He registers for a room and we see his new pseudonym: Moriarity. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/15 "2003-08-30T05:59:39Z")
What a coincidence! I just recently started a page on my movie website called “Stay for the Credits, Dammin!” This thread is giving me lots of fodder. Thanks, gang! Check it out at [http://tnmc.homestead.com/stayforcredits.html](http://tnmc.homestead.com/stayforcredits.html) ---
**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:** [August 30, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/16 "2003-08-30T06:05:04Z")
Nobody has mentioned “28 Days Later” yet, where the pre-credits ending is an inexplicably happy and upbeat conclusions. But after the credits, you get the much truer to form gloomy and doomy ending that was no doubt originally intended by the director…Timmy ---
**Author:** ![doctordoowop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecc23a/32.png) [@doctordoowop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctordoowop)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/17 "2003-08-30T06:08:17Z")
MLS- FWIW that guy is/was Howard Jarvis- co-author of Calif’s Proposition 13 from 1978- froze property taxes basically. Rush Hour I & II had funny out takes & Diner had a conversation over the credits. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/18 "2003-08-30T07:01:44Z")
_Masters of the Universe_ had a brief appearance by Skeletor at the end (“I’ll be back!”). _The Fast and the Furious_ had a scene with Vin Dissel, recapping his character’s philosophy on life. _Masters’_ was better…come to think of it, the whole movie was better than “Furious.” ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/19 "2003-08-30T07:51:37Z")
The end of _Auston Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me_ shows the cliff that one guy fell off of - he’s still down there, begging for help. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511/20 "2003-08-30T08:00:07Z")
**Ghost World** Steve Buscemi’s character Seymour in an alternate take of the altercation in the quickie mart. This time he beats Doug up easily, trashes the place and spouts off dialogue of ‘Mr. Pink’ (his character in Reservoir Dogs). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-things-that-happen-after-the-films-credits-like-in-pirates-of-the-carribean/198511.md?page=2)