# What do you call the movie post-credits joke scene **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223 "2013-08-14T16:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/1 "2013-08-14T16:30:47Z")
My husband and I have always called it a “Monk’s Reward”, which came from _Ebert’s Little Movie Glossary_, a precursor to TVTropes. [This wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-credits_scene) also lists “credit cookie”, “tag”, “stinger” and “coda”. I like “credit cookie” better than “monk’s reward” but it still seems to call out for something cleverer. You’re Dopers! You’re cleverer! Tell me what you got. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/2 "2013-08-14T16:39:46Z")
Kicker. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/3 "2013-08-14T17:03:46Z")
I am probably _not_ cleverer, but I usually call it the “after-credits scene”. I would suggest that whatever term is used ought to have a variation to indicate a mid-credits scene – the one that usually comes after the initial bunch of credits (whatever you call that) but before the scrolling credits. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/4 "2013-08-14T17:11:57Z")
Never really had a name for it. Until _The Avengers_. I have a small side gig reviewing movies and so my wife and I first saw _The Avengers_ at a press/publicity screening about two weeks before it was released. I’d heard there was a post-credits scene and so we waited. And then nothing. Turns out it hadn’t been attached to the print at our screening. So it opens and we starting hearing about the shawarma scene that we missed. So now, at the end of any movie where we think it is possible we say some version of “do you think there’s shawarma?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/5 "2013-08-14T17:13:26Z")
I’m gonna have to start using “shawarma”. That’s just perfect. Up to now we’ve been calling it Godot, 'cause we’re not always sure it will come. ---
**Author:** ![Reverse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@Reverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reverse)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/6 "2013-08-14T17:18:17Z")
It’s a stinger. ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/7 "2013-08-14T17:26:31Z")
I don’t go to the theater for films as much as I used to. It used to be that as soon as the credits started or even when people _thought_ the credits were about to start, they would bolt out of the auditorium like Olympic runners. (I always sat through the credits because I’m a movie nerd.) Has the proliferation of credit cookies lessened this behavior? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/8 "2013-08-14T18:13:09Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Never really had a name for it. Until _The Avengers_. > > I have a small side gig reviewing movies and so my wife and I first saw _The Avengers_ at a press/publicity screening about two weeks before it was released. I’d heard there was a post-credits scene and so we waited. And then nothing. Turns out it hadn’t been attached to the print at our screening. > > So it opens and we starting hearing about the shawarma scene that we missed. > > So now, at the end of any movie where we think it is possible we say some version of “do you think there’s shawarma?” Good one! In a similar vein, we call them “bleeds” (or bleads?) in our household due to the memorable shawarma after Cannonball Run: Burt Reynolds: “I’m gonna shove those rosary bleeds right up your nose” Dean Martin: “These bleeds right here?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/9 "2013-08-14T18:23:04Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I don’t go to the theater for films as much as I used to. It used to be that as soon as the credits started or even when people _thought_ the credits were about to start, they would bolt out of the auditorium like Olympic runners. (I always sat through the credits because I’m a movie nerd.) Has the proliferation of credit cookies lessened this behavior? Lessened, yes, obliterated, no. And only for movies where the audience expects that there may be stingers. A serious drama will still have people rushing for the exits as soon as the lights come up. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/10 "2013-08-14T18:23:24Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > I don’t go to the theater for films as much as I used to. It used to be that as soon as the credits started or even when people _thought_ the credits were about to start, they would bolt out of the auditorium like Olympic runners. (I always sat through the credits because I’m a movie nerd.) Has the proliferation of credit cookies lessened this behavior? Ray Bradbury had a short story titled _The Anthem Sprinters_. It had to do with people running for the exits after a film(in Dublin, Ireland) ended and before the national anthem started playing. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/11 "2013-08-14T18:24:25Z")
One of the most interesting examples was _Wild Things_. If you had walked out when the end credits started, you’d be missing a major portion of the movie. As the credits rolled, they began playing additional scenes that revealed major plot points. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/12 "2013-08-14T18:34:05Z")
I call it a stinger, because I’ve got [www.mediastinger.com](http://www.mediastinger.com) bookmarked on my phone. It’s a site that tells you if there’s a stinger or not, so you don’t wait through the credits pointlessly. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/13 "2013-08-14T18:35:47Z")
I call it an Easter egg. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/14 "2013-08-14T18:42:48Z")
i call them bonus clips. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/15 "2013-08-14T18:43:50Z")
The 2004 remake of **Dawn of the Dead** had some pretty important scenes during the credits. I’ve never thought about what to call these. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/16 "2013-08-14T18:46:22Z")
I’ve called it a stinger since I’m not sure when. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/17 "2013-08-14T18:46:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > One of the most interesting examples was _Wild Things_. If you had walked out when the end credits started, you’d be missing a major portion of the movie. As the credits rolled, they began playing additional scenes that revealed major plot points. No kidding. If you missed those scenes you saw a completely different movie. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/18 "2013-08-14T18:48:29Z")
Tag or stinger is what I’ve always called them. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/19 "2013-08-14T18:54:14Z")
I thought the official name was “stinger.” I’ll call it that or just “end credits scene.” ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223/20 "2013-08-14T18:57:08Z")
I remember the original Muppet Movie had Animal after the credits telling everyone “Bye bye!”. But the funnier one was the guy waiting in the taxi at the end of Airplane! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-movie-post-credits-joke-scene/666223.md?page=2)