Post-Credits & Mid-Credits Setups
Post-credits stingers and mid-credits scenes have transformed modern cinema by rewarding patient moviegoers with shared-universe teasers, sequel cliffhangers, and humorous character payoffs across Marvel, Harry Potter, and DreamWorks.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Lockhart Gets a Post-Credit Joke About His Own Memory Loss
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Post-Credit Scene
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Lockhart's Escape Luggage Reveals That Even His Hair Is Fake
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Prop Detail
Iron Man (2008)
Nick Fury's Post-Credits Visit Teases the Avengers Initiative
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Post-Credit Setup
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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
The Peach Seed Sprouts in the Post-Credits Scene
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Post-Credit Callback
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Agent Coulson's Desert Call Reveals Mjolnir
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Post-Credit Setup
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Stark Expo Displays Phineas Horton's Synthetic Man
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Comic Callback
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Thor (2011)
Thor Borrows a Donald Blake Name Tag
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Comic Callback
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers' Post-Credits Shawarma Meal Pays Off Tony's Joke
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Post-Credit Callback
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers Mid-Credits Scene Reveals Thanos
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Villain Tease
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Tony Stark's Narration Turns Out to Be a Story He Told Bruce Banner
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Post-Credit Callback
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Thor: The Dark World (2013)
The Collector's Aether Scene Counts Down the Infinity Stones
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Infinity Stone Setup
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Nick Fury's Tombstone Quotes Samuel L. Jackson's Pulp Fiction Role
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Actor Reference
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Howard the Duck Appears in the Collector's Ruined Museum
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Character Cameo
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Ant-Man (2015)
Ant-Man's Post-Credits Scene Drops Into Captain America: Civil War
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Next-Film Setup
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Ant-Man (2015)
Hank Pym Shows Hope the Prototype Wasp Suit
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Hero Setup
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Thanos Takes Up the Infinity Gauntlet Himself
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Villain Tease
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Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Stan Lee Delivers a Package for "Tony Stank"
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Stan Lee Cameo
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Doctor Strange (2016)
Wong Identifies the Eye of Agamotto as an Infinity Stone
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Infinity Stone Reveal
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Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Principal Morita Keeps a Howling Commandos Photo
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Continuity Callback
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Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Ragnarok's Mid-Credits Scene Brings Thanos' Ship Into View
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Infinity War Setup
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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Red Skull Returns as the Soul Stone's Keeper
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Character Callback
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Black Panther (2018)
Shuri's Self-Forming Sneakers Nod to Back to the Future Part II
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Movie Reference
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Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Endgame Ends With the Sound of Tony Building the First Iron Man Suit
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Audio Callback
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Captain Marvel (2019)
Stan Lee Rehearses His Mallrats Cameo in Captain Marvel
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Creator Cameo
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Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
J.K. Simmons Returns as J. Jonah Jameson in the Mid-Credits Scene
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Actor Callback
Saw X (2023)
The Mid-Credits Scene Returns to Saw's Original Bathroom
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Location Callback
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