These days, after-credits scenes in superhero movies are the new norm thanks to both the MCU and DCEU. The post-credit scenes usually offer a little joke in the end, tease the upcoming movies by showing characters from them or pay homage to the heroes who appeared in the movie.
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However, just like not every superhero movie is great, some post-credit scenes also leave a lot to be desired, even though they might have appeared in otherwise solid movies. Of dozens of after-credit scenes in superhero movies, several failed to leave a positive impression and are mostly forgotten these days, usually for a good reason.
6The Trailer For Avengers In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The first Captain America solo movieended with the Captain meeting Nick Fury and learning that he was now in the future and has slept for the past seventy years or so. The movie could have very well ended with Captain America realizing all the things that he had missed. However, instead, the audience got another post-credit scene, but not a usual one.
The movie included the trailer for the Avengers team adventure, the 2012 movieAvengers. While that might have made the audience even more excited about the movie, there was no reason why the trailer couldn’t have been released separately instead of including it in the movie. After all, by this point, every MCU fan knew anyway that Captain America would join the Avengers, and they would start working together as a team.
5Thor And Jane Kiss In Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Thor: The Dark Worldis considered by many fansone of the weaker MCU movies. And the post-credit scene also doesn’t offer anything special. Thor and Jane Foster reunite in the scene and share a passionate kiss.
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While the scene is exciting for all fans of the couple, it didn’t age well considering that the couple soon separated and were never seen together again. Unlike many other MCU post-credit scenes, this one didn’t have any impact on future MCU movies nor did it serve to foreshadow what the superheroes (or villains) would do next.
4The Trailer For Doctor Strange 2 In Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Another weaker post-credit scene in aSpider-Mansolo movie makes the same mistake as the first Captain America movie - it includes a trailer as a post-credit scene instead of an actual scene. While there’s no denying that it’s exciting for the MCU fans to get a glimpse of the upcoming movieDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the MCU could have once again released the trailer separately and not made it a part of the movie.
After all,Doctor Strange 2 will premiere one day soon, making the post-credit scene eventually obsolete. The good news is that at least the audience briefly got to see some other MCU favorites, such as Scarlet Witch, who showed up the last time inWandaVision.
3The Flash And Superman Race In Justice League (2017)
The original version of theJustice Leaguethat ran in cinemas features a post-credit scene in which the Flash and Superman have a race to determine which one is faster. The scene presents a nice nod to the comics in which Barry and Clark organized a similar race because it wasn’t clear which superhero could achieve a higher speed. Unfortunately, the post-credit scene cuts things off before they can get fascinating.
Not only don’t the viewers see where the race takes the heroes, but most importantly, they don’t even get to see who won the race! That makes the whole post-credit scene anti-climatic, and it means that it doesn’t leave a strong impression. What’s more, Henry Cavill has his mustache removed in this scene as well, and it doesn’t look very realistic, further diverting the attention from the race.
2Blade Drives A Car In Blade: Trinity (2004)
Some post-credit scenes in superhero movies were rather brief, but they still managed to leave a strong impression (such asbaby Groot dancing inGuardians of the Galaxy). But back in 2004, the concept of post-credit scenes in superhero movies wasn’t yet as developed as it is today.
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That might account for the rather disappointing post-credit scene in the not-so-well-ratedBlademovie, the final one in the trilogy. Blade doesn’t do anything spectacular, meaningful, or breathtaking in the scene. He’s simply driving a car. While Blade manages to look badass even when driving, the scene gives very little additional meaning to the movie.
X-Men Origins: Wolverinegot a lot of criticism from the audience for its story as well as the unfortunate portrayal ofDeadpool. These days, every Marvel fan knows thatRyan Reynolds got the chance to portray a much better version of the iconic antihero, but in 2009, the disappointment from this movie was prevalent.
The post-credit scene wasn’t helpful as it didn’t fix Deadpool’s character in the slightest. In the scene, Deadpool’s head is lying there, someone finds it, the head opens its eyes suddenly and says: “Shh.” To make matters worse, it’s not even Ryan Reynolds in the scene. Luckily, at least there’s the chance that once Deadpool appears in the MCU, he gets a much better post-credit scene.
