# Films You Have To Wait Until AFTER The Credits To See The Ending **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 10, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009 "2008-11-10T07:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/1 "2008-11-10T07:07:21Z")
Just saw **Zack And Miri Make A Porno** …not great, but decent film with some laughs. For some reason, I figured there would be “more” after the credits, so my SO and I waited. We were the ONLY people in the theater at that point and, yep, the film continued and you were finally able to see what happened with Zack and Miri. Probably 5 minutes more of the film and it answered everything. It sort of pisses me off when they do this without warning… I mean, there were probably another 100 people in that theater who left without knowing how the film really ended, and we only stayed because of a hunch I had. I waited to the end of **Dreamgirls** credits to see that final scene. Also waited after credits and saw the final scene of **The Producers** (musical version) with Mel Brooks. So, what other films have I missed that continued on after the credits? (And damn them for not at least hinting you should hang around to see those scenes!) ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/2 "2008-11-10T07:47:09Z")
Idiocracy has a post-credits scene where super-pimp Upgrayedd (with two D’s for a double dose of his pimpin’) gets out of one of the tricked-out army coffins and vows “I’m gonna find this ho.” It doesn’t add much to the movie but it’s hilarious that Rita was right about him finding her. I think it would be hilarious if he catches up to her in a sequel and demands all the money she owes him plus interest and she busts out one of those multimillion dollar bills without blinking. ---
**Author:** ![Galwegian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galwegian/32/3426_2.png) [@Galwegian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galwegian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/3 "2008-11-10T09:33:50Z")
Iron Man has an after-credits scene introducing Nick Fury and SHIELD, with some big pointers about how the franchise will develop. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/4 "2008-11-10T10:05:39Z")
Pirates of the Caribbean had a ‘ten years later’ scene after the credits. Young Sherlock Holmes had a scene explaining the origin of Moriarty. Napoleon Dynamite had his brother’s wedding. A lot of comedies just have outtakes. I always stay til the end of the credits just in case, but I can’t think of any that would be considered the ‘real ending’. Mostly they are just an interesting scene, maybe with a twist, or a short epilogue. I don’t think they compete with the pre credits ending - they are just a little something extra to reward people who stay. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/5 "2008-11-10T11:27:45Z")
I’m betting there was something after the credits in _Role Models_, which I saw yesterday; I would have stayed, but the party I was with wanted to move on. Would you say it’s just a stupid gimmick now? It’d be different if movies didn’t have such long credits these days. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/6 "2008-11-10T12:48:37Z")
I don’t think they qualify as “final scenes”. but, in addition to the above, the following films have post-credit scenes: **Adventures in Babysitting** **Ferris Bueller’s Day Off** All of the **Pirates of the Caribbean** movies **The Howling** has a clip from **The Wolfman** This site apparently is devoted to such things: [http://moviestinger.com/](http://moviestinger.com/) ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/7 "2008-11-10T13:39:17Z")
I’ve started waiting till the credits are finished on most movies I see just in case. I end up feeling stupid when I sit through 5 minutes of credits and nothing comes after it. Hmm, maybe they should have an indicator on IMDB or something about that. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/8 "2008-11-10T14:36:07Z")
I usually check this board to see if people are mentioning an after-credits scene! Then I know to wait for it. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/9 "2008-11-10T14:43:12Z")
I nearly always stay to the end. I stayed for Zack and Miri but I did leave Madagascar II but I was looking forward to the end of that anyway. \*Airplane \*was another that had a final gag plus gag credits. > [@](#): > > Hmm, maybe they should have an indicator on IMDB or something about that. **SenorBeef** , I believe there is. It usually makes it way into the [Crazy credits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1007028/crazycredits)link. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/10 "2008-11-10T14:47:12Z")
The latest Hulk movie has a bit after the credits as well. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/11 "2008-11-10T14:50:32Z")
**Dawn of the Dead** (2004) - the story continued _during_ the credits with the ultimate fate of the remaining characters revealed after the credits. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/12 "2008-11-10T14:50:56Z")
I think **Wild Things** sets a record for after (during)-credits action. The \*whole movie \*changes if you stick around until the end. ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/13 "2008-11-10T15:02:42Z")
Max Payne had a extra ending after the credits, ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/14 "2008-11-10T15:13:16Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > **Dawn of the Dead** (2004) - the story continued _during_ the credits with the ultimate fate of the remaining characters revealed after the credits. That’s the one I came in to mention. I was talking about the hopeful ending with my daughter, and she said “You turned it off too soon.” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/15 "2008-11-10T15:58:25Z")
It’s been years since I’ve seen it, but after the credits for **The Muppet Movie** I remember a short scene with Animal telling the audience “Go home!” ---
**Author:** ![tripletaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@tripletaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripletaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/16 "2008-11-10T16:02:26Z")
Michael Haneke’s _ **Caché** _ does something similar. Luckily my film teacher told us to concentrate on the credits. Although, even then I didn’t catch it. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/17 "2008-11-10T16:52:59Z")
_It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/18 "2008-11-10T17:29:38Z")
Dodgeball. “Fucking Chuck Norris” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/19 "2008-11-10T17:42:33Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ 😃 For that matter, practically every film until the late 1970s or so. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009/20 "2008-11-10T19:32:52Z")
**DMark:** Can you spoil what happens after the credits in _Zack and Miri_? I enjoyed the movie, but not enough to see it again just to catch the last five minutes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-you-have-to-wait-until-after-the-credits-to-see-the-ending/472009.md?page=2)