Spider-Man: No Way Home Redefines MCU Post-Credits Scenes
Warning: Spider-Man: No Way Home andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness spoilers ahead
The teasers and set-ups in the MCU’s end-credits scenes have long been a staple for the franchise, but Spider-Man: No Way Home refreshingly redefined their immediate significance and approach for future projects. While the MCU certainly didn’t invent end-credits scenes, the franchise set forward a trend in requiring nearly every blockbuster film or series to include a follow-up scene that sets up the future of its story. With the vast characters, realms, and specific objects within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, every end-credits scene in the franchise has become their own event, as they typically either set up in-universe connections for future projects or tease a surprise twist.
Spider-Man: No Way Home featured two post-credits scenes, both of which had the difficult task of following up the poignant ending where Peter doesn’t keep his promise to MJ and Ned, instead letting them continue their lives without knowledge of Peter Parker. The mid-credits scene sees Sony’s Eddie Brock/Venom in a bar being caught up on the happening of the MCU. He’s quickly zapped back to his own universe, but not without leaving behind the black goo that could infect an MCU character. No Way Home’s post-credits stinger wasn’t a scene at all, as it served as the official teaser trailer for the upcoming MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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Unsurprisingly, Spider-Man: No Way Home’s credits scenes were divisive among fans, as they weren’t the type of jaw-dropping teasers that the MCU is known for. While No Way Home’s credits stingers were different from most in
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