10 Secret post-credits movie scenes that were absolute genius
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00:00Given that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has basically programmed audiences to stay in their seats for those ever-present post-credits scenes,
00:07it's safe to say that more movies than ever are now giving patient audiences something to wait around for.
00:13And while many of those scenes are nothing more than forgettable, throwaway gags,
00:17every so often they'll serve up something clever, creative, or totally unexpected.
00:23Granted, the internet has mercifully preserved them for prosperity, teaching one vital lesson to moviegoers.
00:29No matter the movie, there's always the possibility the filmmakers will leave some added value
00:34for those who spend 10 minutes of their lives watching the credits roll.
00:38So let's take a cheeky look at some, shall we?
00:41I'm Adam, this is WhatCulture, and here are 10 secret post-credits movie scenes that were absolutely genius.
00:53When you think of movies with post-credits scenes, let alone brilliant ones,
00:57you probably don't think of Curtis Hansen's legendary film noir masterpiece, L.A. Confidential.
01:02Even ignoring the fact that it released more than a decade before the MCU popularised the post-credits stinger,
01:08it's fair to say that audiences assumed a film as artful and meticulous as this one said everything it needed to in the movie.
01:15But surprisingly, those who stick around through the end credits will find one final gift,
01:20a tribute to the movie's deceased detective protagonist Jack Vincennes,
01:24who prior to his demise moonlighted as a consultant on the fictional cop TV show Badge of Honor.
01:30Post-credits were briefly shown a typical 1950s family sitting down to watch an episode of the show,
01:35which ends with a dedicated to Sergeant Jack Vincennes title card.
01:39It's a smart, playful and non-invasive cherry on top of one of the finest films of the 90s,
01:45and you probably never even knew it was hiding right there in plain sight.
01:50It's no secret that the second Austin Powers film features two scenes plastered front and centre during the middle of its credits,
02:01Scott Evil appearing on Jerry Springer and Felicity Shagwell preparing to go to bed with both Austin Powers and his time-travelling doppelganger.
02:09But those few who bother to sit through another few minutes of black-on-white credits will find one final gag
02:15that's easily one of the funniest jokes in the entire movie.
02:19Post-credits were returned to Dr. Evil's henchman Mustafa, who fell off a cliff earlier in the movie and was seemingly left there to rot.
02:26Ever more desperate, Mustafa directly addresses the audience and begs for someone in the lobby to call him an ambulance,
02:32while he tries to use a makeshift splint to walk, which goes horribly, bone-breakingly wrong.
02:38Sure to leave those viewers who stuck around cracking out a few more laughs.
02:44Etta is Moriarty, young Sherlock Holmes.
02:47Barry Levinson's take on a younger iteration of Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective remains a cult classic with Sherlock fans,
02:54but even those who grew up with the movie may well be unaware that it serves up a deliciously expectation-defying final stinger.
03:01At the tail end of the credits, a figure in a top hat and suit is seen checking into an inn,
03:06before signing himself under the name of Holmes' mythological nemesis, Moriarty.
03:11We then cut to Moriarty's face, revealing that he was none other than the movie's primary antagonist, Professor Wrath, a.k.a. Etta, all along.
03:20This naturally causes the viewer to completely reconsider the entire movie within a new context,
03:25but it's a reveal that's also easily missed if you walked away once the credits started rolling.
03:30Sadly, the film was a massive box office bomb despite broadly positive reviews and fan enthusiasm,
03:36so Anthony Higgins sadly never got a chance to play a fully-outed Moriarty.
03:40Though he did, ironically, play the detective himself in 1993's TV movie Sherlock Holmes Returns.
03:50Pixar is no stranger to rewarding audiences who stick around for the credits with incredible four blooper reels for their animated masterworks,
03:58but it's the low-key post-credits tag in their movie Coco that might prove the most quietly and brilliantly poignant of them all.
04:06At the very end of the credits, a message appears reading,
04:08to the people across time who supported and inspired us, as a huge collage of hundreds of pictures appears,
04:14paying tribute to the departed friends and family of Pixar employees.
04:18Given Coco's primary theme of death and allowing the dead to live on by remembering them,
04:23it's a perfectly fitting coda and a welcome antidote to the glut of throwaway post-credit tags that tend to conclude major Hollywood movies these days.
04:32It's a hell of a lot better than some dancing animated sing-song, right?
04:39Terry Swigov's Comedy is another movie you wouldn't really expect to leave anything waiting for audiences after the credits,
04:46but true to the movie's off-kilter tone, it saves a most peculiar and hysterical final scene for the very end.
04:53Earlier in the film, sad-sack Seymour learns that Enid's friend Josh has been mocking him behind his back
04:59and heads to the convenience store where he works to confront him.
05:03Seymour makes a rather pathetic attempt to trash the store, before nunchuck-wielding customer Doug subdues him.
05:09But after the credits, we're offered an alt-universe remix of the scene,
05:12where a decidedly more assertive Seymour fights off Doug and soundly beats the crap out of him.
05:18Before making his exit from the store, however, Seymour shouts at everyone in the vicinity in truly Mr. Pink-inspired style,
05:25MOTHERF**KERS, YOU F**K WITH ME?!
05:27For anyone who ever wanted to see Steve Buscemi go totally A**, this was expert wish fulfilment.
05:38Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story is perhaps cinema's most hilariously skewering of lazy musical biopics.
05:45It's a film jam-packed with outrageously over-the-top humour, a collection of genuinely catchy tunes,
05:51and a killer John C. Reilly performance that has to be seen to be believed.
05:55But director Jake Kasdan leaves one final laugh for anyone who braved the five minutes of end credits,
06:01a clip featuring the actual Dewey Cox, on who Reilly's performance is apparently based.
06:07Of course, it's just Reilly wearing some face makeup to make himself look slightly different,
06:12adding yet another delicious layer to the film's self-aware meta-commentary about the played-out genre.
06:21Saw VI, Director's Cut
06:23Now, here's a post-credits scene you absolutely didn't see when Saw VI hit cinemas,
06:28because the scene was only added to the unrated version of the film's home video release.
06:33Considering how it fundamentally alters the context of several entries into the franchise,
06:38and is just super interesting for fans, it's a damn shame it was relegated to a placement where few would actually catch it.
06:45The scene is a flashback to the end of Saw III, where Jeff learns that his daughter Corbett has been sealed away by Jigsaw,
06:52and by killing the criminal mastermind moments earlier, Jeff will never find out where she is.
06:57Of course, Corbett ends up being rescued by Jigsaw's apprentice, Detective Hoffman, as seen in Saw V,
07:03but in Saw VI's post-credits scene, we see Jigsaw's other apprentice, Amanda Young, telling young Corbett not to trust the one who saves her.
07:11Granted, the scene might actually raise more questions than it answers.
07:15Would Corbett even know what she's talking about?
07:17And what if Rigg or Strom ended up surviving their games and rescuing her?
07:22Nevertheless, it adds a meaty extra angle to Amanda and Hoffman's uneasy relationship.
07:30It's often said that the Jason Statham-starring actioner Crank might just be the best video game movie ever made.
07:36They just never bothered to make the video game first.
07:39It's apt, then, that after the film concludes with Statham's put-upon protagonist taking a fatal tumble from a helicopter to the ground below,
07:47directors Neville Dean and Taylor hold one video game-inspired easter egg for the very end of the credits.
07:53After the Lionsgate logo, an 8-bit video game-style recreation of some of the movie's action flashes up,
07:59showing the protagonist going on a murderous rampage before his heart explodes from all the intensity.
08:04In addition to making everyone wonder why no indie dev was commissioned to make this game for real,
08:09it's just a damn snazzy and artful addendum to a movie that's ultimately anything but artful.
08:20Deadpool 2 features arguably the funniest batch of mid-credits scenes in cinema history,
08:25as Deadpool travels back through time to fix the timeline, rescuing his fiancée Vanessa and X-Force member Peter from death,
08:33exterminating his old-naff-Barackapool version of Deadpool, and even murdering Ryan Reynolds before he can sign on to play Green Lantern.
08:41And though Reynolds talked about shooting a scene where he planned to murder Baby Hitler, a prospect mentioned by Deadpool during the film,
08:48the scene was ultimately cut due to test audiences taking umbrage with the merc with a mouth murdering a baby, no matter the grander intent.
08:56However, the scene was eventually restored for Deadpool 2's unrated super-duper cut,
09:01albeit with so little fanfare, most likely just turned the movie off after those original mid-credits scenes played out again.
09:09If you stick around though, you'll find the infamous and insane scene stapled to the very end of the cut,
09:15with Deadpool travelling to 1889 to kill a newborn Hitler.
09:19However, Wade chickens out, deciding instead to change young Adolf Snappy while telling him that he'll bring back Cable to do the job, because he loves killing kids.
09:31Curse of Chucky Unrated Edition
09:342013's Curse of Chucky turned out to be a surprisingly sturdy straight-to-video sequel, though it certainly saved its biggest surprise for last,
09:42albeit one that's cut from both the R-rated home video release and the version streaming worldwide on Netflix.
09:48The unrated Blu-ray, the only version of Curse of Chucky you should watch, honestly,
09:53rewards franchise fans with one final scene set six months later, where original Child's Play protagonist Andy Barclay receives a package containing Chucky himself.
10:03Chucky plans to murder Andy once and for all, but in a terrific final rug pull, Andy surprises him with a shotgun,
10:11blasting Chucky in the face as we smash-cut to black.
10:14This wasn't only a cracking set-up for the next sequel, Cult of Chucky, but helped bring the series full circle in a satisfying manner like never before.
10:23And given that it initially seemed like nothing more than a convenient way to kill off Andy for easy shock value,
10:29the shotgun out of nowhere makes this an all-time-a-fan-service post-credits scene.
10:34And there we have it, folks, our list of 10 secret post-credit movie scenes that were absolutely genius.
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