# Post-credit scenes. Love them or hate them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540 "2017-04-01T21:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/1 "2017-04-01T21:32:27Z")
I’m sure everyone is aware of this phenomenon. I don’t know when it started, I can’t even recall when I first saw one, but they’re being used all the time now in movies and TV. A couple of the most recent examples were the post-credit scene in the finale of Legion, which was essential to knowing where the show was going next season, and that in the Netflix movie The Discovery with Robert Redford. In the latter you had to sit through 5 full minutes of credits to watch an absolutely pointless 25-second scene of one of the characters putting his guitar away. I realized after watching that one in The Discovery that I’d actually read all the credits while waiting to see if there was something at the end. And the very fact that I did wait to see shows just how common these scenes are becoming. It’s as if I feel forced to watch most things until the bitter end for fear of missing something that everybody else will be discussing. That’s actually how I got into this habit. I’d come here or to reddit to discuss a show and find that everyone was talking about ‘that great scene after the credits.’ Then I’d have to go back and find it. It’s a pain. So how many of you guys like this sort of thing and how many of you hate it. I’m firmly in the latter camp. It wouldn’t surprise me to find that this was a deliberate ploy by Hollywood to make people stay to watch all the credits! Damn them, now they’ve turned me into a conspiracy nut! BTW could you assist by naming some of the films or TV shows that have done this? I want to know if there’s anything I’ve seen but missed something at the end. Didn’t one of the Marvel films do this? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/2 "2017-04-01T21:39:44Z")
First one of these I ever saw was “The Pirate Movie” with Kirsty McNichol, where there was a brief out-take after the credits. I loved it, and I love the concept to this day. Maybe it is a tricky way to get us to stay through the credits. (Shrug; I always did that anyway.) ---
**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:** [April 1, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/3 "2017-04-01T22:11:50Z")
I first remember intra- and post-credits scenes in the movies Burt Reynolds did with Hal Needham, like **Hooper** and _Cannonball Run_. Mostly they were outtakes and bloopers. Doesn’t the end of _Wild Things_ have scenes cut all through the credits that totally alter the way you see things? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/4 "2017-04-01T22:19:29Z")
Who cares about the scenes - I’ve always stayed through the credits for research as I am writing a book about Jewish Key Grips. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/5 "2017-04-01T22:23:07Z")
The Avengers got shawarma. Pretty funny watching them all sitting around a table. “Young Sherlock Holmes” had a scene after the credits. Something to do with Moriarty, maybe? Not sure, lousy film. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/6 "2017-04-01T22:27:28Z")
_Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ (1986) is the first movie I remember with scenes in the credits. My favorite was Ferris getting a snack from the refrigerator and turning to the camera, saying, “What, are you still here? It’s over. Go home. Go.” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/7 "2017-04-01T22:36:01Z")
“Airplane” (1980) had a doozy. Heck, the credits were a scream. The music, too. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/8 "2017-04-01T22:40:09Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > . . . It’s as if I feel forced to watch most things until the bitter end for fear of missing something that everybody else will be discussing. . . nobody’s forcing you to do anything. If your self worth is so fragile that you cant stand to be left out of the discussion, that’s on you. All of those people listed at the end played an important role in the making of the movie you just enjoyed. Why shouldn’t you take five minutes out of your precious phone rubbing time and acknowledge their contribution? mc ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/9 "2017-04-01T22:41:38Z")
The earliest I can remember first seeing a stinger was in Disney’s Aladdin: Return of Jafar, wherein Jason Alexander’s character Abis Mal whimpers “I guess this means I get no third wish.” I think the third had one, too; pretty sure the Disney Animated Canon original doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/10 "2017-04-02T02:57:36Z")
Is my bladder full or not. “Wild Things” did some fun stuff with their closing. They interspersed credits with flashbacks showing you all the stuff that happened off screen during the main part of the film. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/11 "2017-04-02T07:05:39Z")
The wife and I love them. We always stay to the end of the credits anyway and are often the only ones to see the after scenes. It feels it gives us a leg up on the suckers in the audience. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/12 "2017-04-02T10:07:34Z")
I don’t love them, but I like them. I was in the habit of staying through the credits anyway (usually to ID some song), and I enjoyed them when they came along. The earliest one I remember was _Cannonball Run_ (which is both a Burt Reynolds movie and a Jackie Chan movie — did Burt start the trend, or did Jackie?). The earliest ones I remember with relevant-to-the-story stingers were _The Mission_ and _Young Sherlock Holmes_. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/13 "2017-04-02T11:33:01Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > nobody’s forcing you to do anything. If your self worth is so fragile that you cant stand to be left out of the discussion, that’s on you. All of those people listed at the end played an important role in the making of the movie you just enjoyed. Why shouldn’t you take five minutes out of your precious phone rubbing time and acknowledge their contribution? > > mc Wow, who pissed in your cornflakes? We’re talking movies not politics or religion. And, yes, sometimes I will watch all the credits if they’re presented in an entertaining way but I’m not going to do so just for the benefit of the cast and crew. I’ve already acknowledged their work by paying for my ticket or subscription or the DVD. Lighten up, for God’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/14 "2017-04-02T11:56:48Z")
The “outtakes” for the animated _A Bug’s Life_ were funny – I thought that was such a clever idea at the time. Well, it was, but it’s been done a lot since then, so it wouldn’t feel so fresh today. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/15 "2017-04-02T13:30:31Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ (1986) is the first movie I remember with scenes in the credits. My favorite was Ferris getting a snack from the refrigerator and turning to the camera, saying, “What, are you still here? It’s over. Go home. Go.” The original Muppet Movie (1979? 80?) had Animal after the credits saying “Go home!” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/16 "2017-04-02T13:57:47Z")
I think I liked the idea more when it was a rare occurrence, but now that it’s semi-ubiquitous (at least in super-hero movies) it seems more perfunctory than special. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/17 "2017-04-02T14:18:18Z")
Since we always watch movies all the way through, I don’t think of post-credit scenes as anything special. They’re just part of the movie. And like the main part of the movie they can be either good or bad. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/18 "2017-04-02T15:36:52Z")
So it looks like _The Muppet Movie_, 1979, is the earliest so far. I wonder if that was the first. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/19 "2017-04-02T15:43:36Z")
Nope. _Hooper_ was in 1978, and mentioned in Post #3. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540/20 "2017-04-02T15:43:50Z")
And after a quick google I find [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-credits_scene) (of course) has an entry for this and **Shoeless** hit the nail right on the head with The Muppet Movie. That was the first modern mainstream film to have a post-credits sequence although amazingly the 1903 movie _The Great Train Robbery_ has one too, the famous scene of the robber pointing his six-gun straight at the audience and firing. Sorry, **silenus** , missed your post. Good find, that wiki needs editing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-credit-scenes-love-them-or-hate-them/783540.md?page=2)