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AllThereInTheStinger is a sub-trope. Compare SigningOffCatchPhrase. See also TheTag. Not to be confused with a musical {{Sting}}, though a suitably dramatic Stinger will have a Sting. TheTeaser works at the ''opposite'' end. See OnTheNext for when there's a preview of the next episode. Also not to be confused with the body part on the back of a bee, scorpion, or wasp.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad

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* Several novels in the [[Literature/TheCulture Culture]] setting end with an epilogue which is generally humorous/uplifting even if the end of the novel proper was {{bittersweet|Ending}} and/or followed Banks's [[KillEmAll "trademark"]]. One notable exception to this pattern is ''Look to Windward'', whose epilogue depicts a shape-shifting Culture assassin taking horrific revenge on the Chelgrians who had orchestrated the foiled terrorist plot by torturing them to death in terrifyingly sadistic ways. For example, it turns into a swarm of bees to suffocate one of them. It also makes sure that the attacks are recorded, so that the rest of the Chelgrians get the message. Bearing in mind that the plotters are ''unarmed monks'', this is quite a departure in tone for a novel that is not generally either scary or action-packed, and which portrays the Culture almost exclusively favourably up to this point.

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* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': After the author's closing words in the final chapter there is a short extra scene: Shinji and Asuka's wedding.
* The post-Author Notes scene in the end of ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'''s first StoryArc reveals who stole Satan Girl's child: Darkseid.
* After the final credits in ''Fanfic/LastChildOfKrypton'', there's a joke scene in which [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Pen Pen]] shows up and claims that he was behind everything.
* Every issue of ''[[FanFic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' ends with a preview of what's coming up in the next issue. The second Halloween Special is different. After next issue's preview, the Special has a brief monologue from the issue's villain, a murderous [[ScaryScarecrows scarecrow demon]] who plans to escape his supernatural prison and pay a very "special" visit in the near future to the youths he very nearly murdered...
* The last scene after the Author's Notes at the end of the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fic ''Fanfic/ImHereToHelp'', which shows Rei/Sailor Mars meeting up with Emerald's past self several years later.
* ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'' always ends each chapter with an exhortation by the author to review the story. The original Stinger was "Review, Haruhi-worshippers! Your yellow ribbon-wearing goddess demands it!" Beginning in Chapter 56 this was altered to "Review, Haruhi-worshippers! Your yellow-ribboned, headband-wearing goddess demands it!" in response to a reviewer correcting the writer on Haruhi's IconicOutfit. Starting in Chapter 85, he changes it to the more natural-sounding, "Review, Haruhi-worshippers! Your goddess with the yellow headband and ribbons demands it!" The author has since said that he intends to change the stingers on the previous chapters to the newer ones, but has not yet done so.
* The Final Words is a short scene following the epilogue of ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' from Gil Graham's perspective, as he puts his plan for the Book of Darkness into motion.
* At the end of the credits of [[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov SWAG.MOV]], we see Fluttershy having tea in her shed (which doesn't appear to have any of the animal corpses from before) when Discord's head lands on it. He opens his eye to see Fluttershy glaring at him and saying "You're in my shed."
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': All episodes save the first and last end with a single piece of dialogue by one character that slightly {{foreshadow|ing}}s a future event. The final episode ends with a CrypticConversation involving Princess Celestia and someone heavily implied to be Mia Fey, indicating that she was the one who recommended Phoenix for Rainbow's defense. The later released HilariousOuttakes also have a stinger, but of teasing nature instead.
* At the end of the credits of ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorneyCase5TurnaboutSubstitution'', we see Rhea standing in a cell, with blood in her hair, glaring at a (photoshopped?) picture of Apollo and herself standing together. [[NightmareFuel While the music from the intro cutscene is playing.]]
* The beginning and end of almost every chapter in the ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' has a short hilarious scene that involves the Author and characters discussing the previous and following chapters. These frequently involve [[RageAgainstTheAuthor the author being strangled for what he's written]].
* ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'':
** An odd InUniverse example from the original version of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'' -- the CreditsGag shows the characters watching the movie itself, and the stinger is a static screen saying [[TakeThatAudience "DROP DEAD!"]] They are offended.
** ''Fanfic/AttackOfTheTeacherCreature'' ends with a SequelHook: Retro forcing Galaxoid and Nebular to destroy Calvin.
* Yudhaikeledai's ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony]] [[VideoGame/TheSims In The Sims]]'' includes these for humor value from the third episode onwards. One such stinger features Derpy happily talking in Simlish to a ghost about [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries the Brotherhood of Nod.]]
* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' is fond of doing this in its sidestories, showing extra scenes after the main plot has been resolved. Examples include:
** The Koga & Janine Gaiden has a brief scene showing Ash helping his mother with the gardening when he was fourteen.
** Hala & Hau Interlude shows Frax and Velvet volunteering at a Bug-Catching Contest as extra credit after failing a school assignment.
** Gladion Interlude ends with Gladion and his Pokemon grabbed by the Bewear who'd normally bother Team Rocket.
** Big P Pokémon Race Interlude ends with Ash's Pidgeot arriving on Vaniville Town and delivering Ash's message to Serena.
** Clair Interlude ends with with a scene of Tobias and Clembot traveling to an unspecified time period as they try to track Celebi and Wes.
** Steven Interlude ends with Steven contacting Lysandre for help in searching for the Megalith shards to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. It also has a scene of Steven and Wallace discussing the events with the Draconids and deciding to have a friendly battle with each other.
** Ghosts of Maiden's Peak ends with Agatha's Gengar talking a Growlithe pack out of attacking a nearby village and leading them to a forest where they could live peacefully and undisturbed by humans. It also shows Gastly deciding to add him to his stories to keep alive in the future.
** Melemele Grand Trial ends with several, including Frax encountering a Hawlucha, Team Skull attacking a Team Cipher ship coming into Alola on orders of Lusamine, and Lusamine detecting a Cosmog and calling for Zilant to go track it down for her.
* ''Fanfic/Earth27''. Literally called the Stinger, it reveals that not only did Fangirl survive the Bleed, but she has come upon a parallel earth where Batman and Wonder Woman have a daughter, and Lincoln March is not the Mayor of Gotham City. This thanks to the to a whole in the damaged walls that closes of Earth-27 from the other Earths.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityCrisis'': The final chapter has a series of them: Secretary Ross recruits Helmut Zemo into a "Project Thunderbolts"; Miles Morales is a powered resident of Black Lightning's home town; Sin has landed on the Justice League Earth and been recruited by Amanda Waller; Lena Luthor is in reality Morgan Le Fey; and trapped in the Phantom Zone, Thanos has joined in an alliance with Zod and Darkseid.
* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' includes a joke at the end of every episode. One version was a clip from something, paired with that [[MemeticMutation internet meme]] about [[Film/{{Superman}} Lex Luthor telling Lois Lane to "say the line"... that little exchange that ends in "WRONG!"]] To clarify -- the video is taken from the series, while the audio is a random sound bite from somewhere else -- examples are Gorillaz's 'Feel Good Inc.', Dan Green's "I'm going to do my laundry!" comment, the above Lex/Lois exchange, and a self TakeThat on Creator/LittleKuriboh's marriage proposal over Website/YouTube. Sometimes the video isn't from the series -- one episode involved the Drama Hog, which was played again at the end with the caption "Rejected ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' Monster".
* Although many abridged series have an after episode stinger, in a rare case in ''WebVideo/TenchiMuyoAbridged'' in the season 1 finale, after the credits roll that credit every single person involved in the series to that point, a shot of space is shown as Kagato's dismembered hand is seen floating seemingly lifelessly through space until it suddenly bursts open and teleports away as Kagato is faintly heard to say "bitch".
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' has one at the end of every episode (and the season one finale has three), after the credits. Either they're an extra joke that didn't fit elsewhere in the episode, or (similar to ''Yu Gi Oh The Abridged Series'') they're a scene redubbed with audio from an outside source.
* Four episodes of ''WebVideo/AdultWednesdayAddams'' have scenes after the credits:
** One-Night Stand has Brian calling a locksmith to come take the chains off his legs. A later episode reveals that 100 locksmiths were unable to remove them but Brian does not mind because of his love for Wednesday.
** Driver's Ed has the instructor reconnecting with his mom over the phone after Wednesday scares him into appreciating life more.
** The Reality Star has an intern saying that Wednesday is "crazy but nice".
** The Flea Market has an alternate take of the bearded guy running away from Wednesday after she tells him she's hiding a rusty knife behind her back.
* ''WebAnimation/FreedomFightersSonicXFreedomPlanet'' has the first episode end with a post-credits scene, in which the main villain is revealed to be [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogInfinite Infinite]], who sensed the new power in the world of Avalice and seeks to harness it for his own means.
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'''This is an EndingTrope, so beware of unmarked spoilers!'''

** Big P Pokémon Race Interlude ends with [[spoiler: Ash's Pidgeot arriving on Vaniville Town and delivering Ash's message to Serena.]]
** Clair Interlude ends with with a scene of [[spoiler: Tobias and Clembot traveling to an unspecified time period as they try to track Celebi and Wes.]]
** Steven Interlude ends with Steven contacting [[spoiler: Lysandre for help in searching for the Megalith shards to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands]]. It also has a scene of Steven and Wallace discussing the events with the Draconids and deciding to have a friendly battle with each other.

* The season 2 finale of ''AudioPlay/WereAlive'' features a post-credits piece that the reveals the Mallers found someone in [[spoiler:the rubble of Tower]].

* At the end of the credits of ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorneyCase5TurnaboutSubstitution'', [[spoiler:we see Rhea standing in a cell, with blood in her hair, glaring at a (photoshopped?) picture of Apollo and herself standing together. [[NightmareFuel While the music from the intro cutscene is playing.]]]]

* In ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'', after [[spoiler: Ruby, Tom, and Jay have escaped the Metal Glen and are riding away on a tram, the final panel (after one showing the last verse of the poem ''The Metal Glen'') shows Daisy (a minor character killed relatively early on) [[SequelHook reviving in a locker]], [[BookEnds mirroring Ruby's position at the beginning of the quest]]]].

* ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity II'' has a stinger at the end of every episode. A few contribute to the plot, such as teasing [[spoiler:the return of Taco.]]

* The 16th issue of ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'' ends on a BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: her brother]] has successfully prevented her from ever entering the main Creator/MarvelComics universe, but there's the promise that Gwen's life in her own world could improve, and she'll be happy. The page even ends with "The End" at the bottom. The next page is the letters to the editor, which show up at the end of every issue. And the real, FINAL page shows that Gwen notices the little "The End" at the bottom of the page and picks it up. When she drops it, it breaks, and a "To be continued..." shows at the end of the page, letting us know that the original ending wasn't the finale.

* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': After the author’s closing words in the final chapter there is a short extra scene: [[spoiler:Shinji and Asuka's wedding.]]

* The last scene after the Author's Notes at the end of the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' fic, ''Fanfic/ImHereToHelp,'' that shows [[spoiler: Rei/Sailor Mars meeting up with Emerald's past self several years later]].

* The Final Words is a short scene following the epilogue of ''Fanfic/{{Game Theory|LyricalNanoha}}'' [[spoiler:from Gil Graham's perspective, as he puts his plan for the Book of Darkness into motion.]]
* At the end of the credits of [[WebAnimation/PonyDotMov SWAG.MOV]], [[spoiler:we see Fluttershy having tea in her shed (which doesn't appear to have any of the animal corpses from before) when Discord's head lands on it. He opens his eye to see Fluttershy glaring at him and saying "You're in my shed."]]
* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': All episodes save the first and last end with a single piece of dialogue by one character that slightly {{foreshadow|ing}}s a future event. The final episode ends with a CrypticConversation involving Princess Celestia [[spoiler:and someone heavily implied to be Mia Fey, indicating that she was the one who recommended Phoenix for Rainbow's defense.]] The later released HilariousOuttakes also have a stinger, but of teasing nature instead.

* Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}:

** ''Fanfic/AttackOfTheTeacherCreature'' ends with a SequelHook: [[spoiler:Retro forcing Galaxoid and Nebular to destroy Calvin.]]

** Melemele Grand Trial ends with several, including Frax encountering a Hawlucha, Team Skull attacking a Team Cipher ship coming into Alola on orders of Lusamine, and Lusamine [[spoiler: detecting a Cosmog and calling for Zilant to go track it down for her.]]

* Several novels in the [[Literature/TheCulture Culture]] setting end with an epilogue which is generally humorous/uplifting even if the end of the novel proper was {{bittersweet|Ending}} and/or followed Banks's [[KillEmAll "trademark"]]. One notable exception to this pattern is ''Look to Windward'', whose epilogue depicts [[spoiler:a shape-shifting Culture assassin taking horrific revenge on the Chelgrians who had orchestrated the foiled terrorist plot by torturing them to death in terrifyingly sadistic ways. For example, it turns into a swarm of bees to suffocate one of them. It also makes sure that the attacks are recorded, so that the rest of the Chelgrians get the message. Bearing in mind that the plotters are ''unarmed monks'', this is quite a departure in tone for a novel that is not generally either scary or action-packed, and which portrays the Culture almost exclusively favourably up to this point.]]
* At the end of the first Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard book, there's PerspectiveFlip which shows us that [[spoiler: Magnus's uncle Randolph was working with Loki the whole time, and that the god's the BigBad.]]

* ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'' (second book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): The last chapter is narrated by Hoid, the King's Wit, as he waits for someone on a random plain. [[spoiler:Then Jasnah teleports in]].

* The second ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' novel, ''Drastic Measures'', has a scene after the About the Author and acknowledgements [[spoiler: suggesting that the real Captain Lorca is still alive in the Mirror Universe]].

* In the music video to Music/{{Disturbed}}'s "Asylum", after the song ends we're treated to a shot of the charred corpse of the protagonist sitting in a morgue who'd just tossed himself into a furnace to escape his pursuers[[note]]The doctors trying to help him[[/note]] ([[CuckooNest thinking his was just having a delusion]] and that [[ResetButton he would end up back in his padded cell]]).[[spoiler: The corpse opens its eyes, [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness implying that even this was somehow just a delusion]]]].
* Music/NineInchNails' unreleased ([[KeepCirculatingTheTapes officially at least]]) ''Broken Movie'' has a Stinger where [[spoiler: the severed head of the serial killer, who had just been hanged, suddenly hits the ground.]] This occurrs about a minute after it seems to end, making it more than a little jarring.

* ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'': Almost all of the radio episodes followed the FindOutNextTime narration with an announcer delivering either a brief advertisement for some in-universe publication/product or a mock advisory warning. A few episodes also had a main character coming back to say one more thing, e.g. [[spoiler:Zaphod noticing the fairy cake in the Total Perspective Vortex and eating it]].
* The AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho audio ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E4TheBookOfKells The Book of Kells]]'' ends with the revelation that the Meddling Monk's companion Brother Lucianus, is actually [[spoiler: the Doctor's ex-companion Lucie Miller]].

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* The scene at the end of the credits of the ''WebVideo/StarTrekNewVoyages'' episode "To Serve All My Days", [[spoiler:which reveals that most of the entire episode was AllJustADream]].

* The plot threads left hanging by the ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' were arguably a sequel hook to begin with. But then, just when you think it's over, one more video is uploaded. We see the now-penultimate video being taped from a different angle, then at literally the last second, reveal the blogger to be none other than [[spoiler:TheDragon]]...

* In WebVideo/BennettTheSage's ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' review, we were treated to a scene at the end where [[spoiler:Bennett holds up the infamous, rare and uncut VHS version of ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' in hand, lamenting that many people want him to review it, but it's so rare, there's not even a torrent of it and plans to keep it that way, resulting in him throwing the tape off a bridge and into a river, fading to the credits.]] But there's still a minute or two left after credits. What do we get? [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel VIOLENCE IS COMING]].]] [[TheEndOrIsIt This might not be the last we seen of]] [[spoiler: ''Violence Jack'']].
* WebVideo/{{Phelous}} ended his ''Film/JacobsLadder'' review [[spoiler: revealing that every review of his from the past five years has never really happened due to him dying at the end of first review, ''Film/MacAndMe'', resulting in him never leading go of his life, forced to keep reviewing shitty movies. He then accepted his death and we were treated to the last image of his death from his first episode]] before we cut to the credits, which was in complete silence unlike his other reviews. [[spoiler: But then you start hearing what appears to be siren sounds in the background slowly increasing in volume before we're treated to a quick scene of Phelous' door and the door knocking.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' doesn't usually have a post credits scene, but, due to ExecutiveMeddling, the season 2 finale "True Colors" showed the season 3 intro at the end to reassure viewers that [[spoiler: Marcy is OnlyMostlyDead]].
* 1997-2005 releases of ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'', ''WesternAnimation/ThreeTwoOnePenguins'', and ''WesternAnimation/LarryBoyTheCartoonAdventures'' always had an "A pop" after the credits where the 'A' in Big Idea would sort of bounce with a sound effect taken from the episode.
** The 5th episode, "Dave and the Giant Pickle" ended with the credits having Larry-Boy (who is stuck to the camera) asking Bob for help.
* Creator/CartoonNetwork originals from the mid-2000s are known for these (normally during the credits):
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'''s stinger (which occurs during the credits) manages to also incorporate a "puppet mode" ArtShift while it's at it. Of course, there's the CreditsPushback problem...
** The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' had a stinger featuring [[spoiler:Megatron and Starscream, stranded in space, bickering with each other]], which was apparently [[ThrowItIn entirely improvised]]. To the annoyance of the show's fans, the Canadian "host" of the network started talking over them as soon as the show's credits rolled and everyone had to wait until the American version aired to find out what exactly they were saying.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' started doing these during the credits in later seasons.
*** At the very end of the end credits (in earlier seasons) is a garbled, demonic-sounding sound clip. Playing it backwards reveals it to be creator Maxwell Atoms saying, "No, no, no! These are the ''end'' credits! You're playing it backwards!"
*** ''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure'' had one after the credits where [[spoiler:[[EnsembleDarkHorse Fred Fredburger]] is revealed to have taken over the world in two weeks' time]].
*** However, this trope is normally inverted, having Mandy talking before the title card.
** ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' throws in jokes or resolves minor plot issues during the credits of each episode.
** ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has one after every episode except for the pilot. It's usually just an extra joke, but it's occasionally more serious.
** ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddysBigPictureShow'' had one after the credits, where [[spoiler:Jonny and Plank were plotting their revenge, only to realize that the series was now over]]. This was [[CreditsPushback squashed to the side and voiced-over to make room for ads in the initial broadcasts]], so fans had to wait until the American airing to figure out what was going on.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'' episodes have a five-second stinger after every episode. However, when aired along another 15-minute show, the stinger is not shown. The stinger always relates to something from part of the episode.
*** The HalloweenEpisode ends with Creator/MorganFreeman telling us he's gonna narrate the heck out of the credits. He does so... but CreditsPushback prevents us from hearing it.
* Almost every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' TV show has a quick scene, some more humorous than others, after the credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' had the episodes of [[PostScriptSeason Season 4]] end with humorous stingers.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' had its credits stingers alternate between short, humorous scenes that often serve as [[BrickJoke a punchline to an earlier gag]] and scenes that advance/address the overall MythArc in some manner.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' did the same type of stinger as well during its second season.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' has a stinger every episode, but it's almost always just a replay of whatever song was featured in the episode;sometimes, it's played for laughs by playing a completely original song based on a song from earlier in the series such as "Rusted" from the episode "Wizard of Odd". In "The Chronicles of Meap", the writers created a trailer for a sequel episode called "Meapless in Seattle" ([[RealTrailerFakeMovie which they never intended to make]]). Fans wanted to see the episode so badly that the writers [[SubvertedTrope actually made the episode]].
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' usually ends by recycling a quote from earlier in the episode; generally one that benefits from a lack of context to make it funny. One or two episodes even had an additional line of dialogue relating to what was going on before the credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'': "Gooooooooooooo bye-bye!" (a few episodes even {{lampshade|Hanging}} this.)
* The last episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' had one after the credits rolled. [[spoiler: After finding that Rog is not actually dead after he fights with the big red monster, Berk idly wonders where the red monster went. The monster then jumps into shot, and its echoing roar plays over the final credits.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SolarOpposites'': {{Averted|Trope}}, unlike [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Justin's other show]] the episodes don't have post credits scenes.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** The series would roll the credits while the closing theme played, ending with a close-up shot of the water tower. The WB logo would swing open, showing a random main character, who would deliver either his/her CatchPhrase or one last joke.
-->'''Dot''': I can't think of the end of this show...\\
'''Yakko''': (a la Creator/GrouchoMarx) I can't think of anything else.
** Once such episode ended with the Warner sibling conversing with each other thinking the camera's off and making fun of the show's staff and crew (including their ''own voice actors'') before realizing they're still being watched.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' had a similar end-of-credits gag. (The funniest was Elmyra leaning out and proclaiming [[WhatAnIdiot "Let the show begin!"]])
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'' did this as well.
** Unfortunately British viewers had to put up with Creator/{{ITV}}'s insistence on showing episodes with the end credits from "Her Wacky Highness" edited on ("The Moral Of The Story: Elmer Fudd Is A Dolt").
* Every episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'' would end with Jay in a theater, having [[NestedStory just watched that episode]], being told by an usher that "Excuse me sir, the show's over". His response would vary. There was also a special case where he decides to stay with Alice and they kiss over the show's credits. When the usher tries to get them to leave, Alice promptly tells him to buzz off.
* A number of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' end with the characters interacting with the shushing woman in the Gracie Films logo after the end-credits (often in reference to something which has occurred in the episode itself). In some instances, the characters respond directly to the woman (eg: "Bart Star", which has Homer yelling, "You're cut too, shushy!"), while in others the "shhh!" itself is substituted with dialogue from the episode (eg: "Homer the Great", where Carl's "Shut up!" is heard in its place). In addition, for the Treehouse of Horror episodes, the normal Gracie Films music is replaced by a spooky organ version and a shriek.
** Goes even farther in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E12GooGooGaiPan Goo Goo Gai Pan]]", which ends with director David Silverman giving the audience a tutorial on how to draw Bart.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIllusionist (2010)'' has a drunken Scotsman crawling across the floor in London after the credits.
* Creator/KlaskyCsupo was fond of doing this on their Nicktoons, having a quote of dialogue heard from the episode that just ended play underneath the Nickelodeon "haypile" VanityPlate. It was first done on a handful of Season 3 episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', but then they began doing it more frequently with ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'' and other subsequent Nicktoons they produced, along with using it more on the UnCancelled ''Rugrats'' seasons.
* A very rare example from a non-Klasky-Csupo Nicktoon was at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' episode, "Why June Refuses To Turn The Page". At the end of the episode, June doesn't want to close the comic book, as she believes if she didn't, the show would go on forever. So after she locks the pages together, Henry leaves her there as he turns the lights off on the set. After the ending credits and production logos show, it then cuts back to June in complete darkness [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes with only her eyes showing]], yelling, "Henry! Get me out of here!". This is the only time the show used a stinger.
* The two-part finale of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeRenegades'', "Revelations", ends with [[BigBad Cobra Commander]] stumbling out of the ruins of his mansion and badly scarred, and he vows, [[ThisMeansWar "They want to start a war with Cobra? Then Cobra... Will finish it."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' has special stingers every episode which consist of an animatic showing a scene that didn't make it into the finished episode, either an extended version of a specific scene or a completely original scene.
* Every ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' episode ended on a small animation of Blue playing with her ball after the credits end, followed by [[BookEnds the book from the opening closing]] and the production logos.
* The third and fourth seasons of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' incorporate some type of background event within the credits itself. The third season often would show running gags in the background (like Wolf or Brucely sleeping, or Lobo's severed finger regenerating), or occasionally meaningful moments (one episode has the sounds of the characters eating a Thanksgiving meal), but true stingers sometimes reared their head there, as one episode showed [[spoiler:Granny Goodness reporting that the Anti-Life Equation was found]], and another had, after all the credits rolled, [[spoiler:Lobo's finger finishing regenerating into a new young Lobo, which the original promptly destroys]]. Season 4 takes it to a new level where with no music playing, the credits overlay dialogue exchanges. Sometimes it's played for humor, such as [[spoiler:Superman hiding out on the Watchtower from taking care of his son only to realize he has to hurry when his son has powers, leaving his boots behind]], other times for emotional tragedy, such as [[spoiler:M'gann sobbing over Conner's death at their altar]]. The season 4 episodes in Artemis' arc have a different type of stinger: the background is overlaid with her reading of classic literary excerpts by authors from Creator/CharlesDickens to Creator/MayaAngelou.
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* ''Anime/AldnoahZero'':
** The series has a pretty major one at the end of Episode 3, in which Slaine confronts Trillram [[spoiler:and then [[BewareTheNiceOnes shoots him dead]]]].
** Season 2 Episode 6 has another pretty major one, as [[spoiler: Lemrina attempts to turn off Asseylum's life support, only to decide she can't go through with it. Just as Lemrina leaves, Asseylum then starts to wake up...]]
* ''Anime/AngelBeats'': After the credits, [[spoiler:there is a brief scene where Yuzuru passes Kanade in a busy street, they both apparently having been reborn, and recognizes her by the song she is humming (My Song). He then turns around and runs after her, reaching out to try and touch her as the screen fades to white.]]
* ''Anime/APlaceFurtherThanTheUniverse'' often ends its episodes this way, having scenes that foreshadow the next question in lieu of a preview.
** Episode 1 ends with a brief shot of Hinata at her convenience store job, looking at Antarctica on a globe.
** Episode 4 ends with Megumi in a café, getting an email from Kimari and noticeably being silent.
** Episode 8 ends with Gin bringing flowers for someone, presumably Takako.
** Episode 9 ends with an email arriving from Yuzuki's mother.
** Episode 10 ends with a list of the people calling in for New Year's. The viewer's heard of most of them before... with the exception of Hinata's "friends."
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' ends the anime with one, which brings in one of the biggest revelations of the manga. At the end of the credits for the last episode, the camera zooms in on one of the walls; part of the wall cracks and falls away, [[spoiler:revealing a Titan. THERE ARE TITANS ''INSIDE THE WALLS''.]]
* The final episode (not counting the three OVA specials) of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' had a post-credits scene with Issac and Miria who [[spoiler:after decades of not aging thanks to immortality, finally figure out they don't age and... ]]come to the wrong conclusion.
* ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'' has this in its anime adaptation.
** Episode 1 ends with Touko officially announcing her candidacy for student council president, and asking Yuu to be her campaign manager.
** Episode 10 ends with Touko dreaming about [[spoiler:the day her sister died]], and resolving to become the person Mio was.
* ''Manga/BlueExorcist'' has one after the credits in most episodes so far. Some are comedic, but the one in the end of the second episode actually sets up where the plot is going to take place.
* ''Anime/BlueSubmarineNo6'' actually has ''entire parts of the plot'' that aren't repeated in the next episode. If you skip over them, you'll miss something potentially important or interesting.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has a specific set-up for anime episodes: after the ED with the credits, there is a stinger - a preview of the next episode if a multi-parter is continued, or a funny scene happening right after the scenes ending the current episode otherwise, then a 'Next Conan Hint' giving a--usually not spoilery--hint on to events of the next episode and finally a shot of the main protagonists with a voice-over with usually an atrocious pun, exhorting the viewer not to miss the next episode. The movies usually also have a joke scene conclusion after the credits.
* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'':
** Episode "Jupiter Jazz, part II" replaced the normal credits music "The Real Folk Blues" with different music ("Space Lion" by The Seatbelts), and the usual "See you space cowboy" with [[{{Engrish}} "Do you have comrade?"]] Before you ask, yes, it was fixed in the English dub.
** Another episode ends with Andy deciding not to be a storybook cowboy (since Spike was a better one). The final scene shows Andy as rides by the Teddy Bomber's prison wagon in full samurai regalia. The final line this time is "See you... space samurai".
** The final episode ends with the tag [[Music/TheBeatles "You're gonna carry that weight."]]
* {{Omake}} skits in ''Manga/DailyLivesOfHighSchoolBoys'', like the ''High School Girls are Funky'' series and Episode 2's ''Daily Life of a Lady'', were made into stingers.
* The new ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' season (''Gemini of the Meteor'') does this at the end of every episode, right before the preview of the next episode. They're nearly all contributions to the MythArc or {{cliffhanger}}s.
* In ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'', watching through the credits reveals that [[spoiler:Chikane, who [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed her life for Himeko]]'s in the GrandFinale, is indeed reborn and meets Himeko at an unspecified time later]].
* ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'': Frieza ends up in the exact same place he started the movie from: {{Hell}}.
** The GrandFinale of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' has a credits montage of the characters going back to their daily lives after the Tournament of Power (namely, Vegeta comes back to Bulma crying TearsOfJoy and hugging him, Android 17 being gifted Bulma's boat from [[Recap/DragonBallSuperBattleOfGodsArc the first arc in the series]], Goku dealing with Chi-Chi, etc).
* ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'':
** Episode 1: A young girl named Laeticia prays to Jeanne d'Arc, then Jeanne is summoned and takes over her body.
** Episode 5: Shirou Kotomine brainwashes the other Masters of Red into giving him their Command Spells.
** Episode 9: Just as Mordred is about to kill Astolfo, Sieg arrives and challenges her.
** Episode 14: Kairi and Fiore meet and agree to team up for the time being.
** Episode 18: William Shakespeare writes in his book and dramatically narrates the events that happened so far, then he breaks the fourth wall to ask how Jeanne's conflict with Shirou will go, and what role Sieg will play.
** Episode 21: An injured Astolfo wakes up and wanders through flaming surroundings. Achilles shows up and gives him one of his Noble Phantasms to honor Chiron's request.
** Episode 23: Jeanne attempts to engage Semiramis, who sends her off to confront Shakespeare instead, as she anticipates the arrival of a few guests.
** Episode 25 (the final episode): [[spoiler:Jeanne wanders the Reverse Side of the World until she finds Sieg, who had been turned into a dragon. When she touches him, he returns to normal. Happy to see each other, they agree to go on a journey together, then Jeanne confesses she is in love with him.]]
* Some of the ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' movies had them:
** Episode 1 had a minor conversation between Azaka and Touko concerning Kirie Fujyou.
** Episode 2 had [[spoiler:a foreshadowing of Asagami Fujino and Shirazumi Lio's appearances.]]
** Episode 4 [[spoiler:showed how Asagami Fujino and Fujyou Kirie got their abilities.]]
** Episode 5 had a minor conversation between Shiki and Mikiya discussing the aftermath of the events.
** Episode 6 had [[spoiler:Araya Souren awakening Shirazumi Lio's origin.]]
** Episode 7 had [[spoiler:an epilogue showing Shiki and Mikiya walking together after Shiki got out of the hospital.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters'': After Haruo Sakaki's team is [[spoiler:annihilated by the original Godzilla, Haruo wakes up in a hut being tended to by a pink haired girl in tribal clothing and a mask. When she sees he is awake, she removes her mask and shows she is human, indicating the humanity left behind on Earth is not extinct.]]
** ''Anime/GodzillaCityOnTheEdgeOfBattle'': It replays an earlier scene where Metphies whispered into Harou's ear and reveals what he said. [[spoiler:He was telling Haruo about King Ghidorah.]]
** ''Anime/GodzillaThePlanetEater'': Several years in the future, [[spoiler:an elderly Maina watches as children pray to a statue of the deceased Harou and his mech the Vulture. They call him a "wrathful god" and ask him to take away their fears and anxieties.]]
* During the end credits of the {{OVA}} ''[[Manga/Golgo13 Golgo 13: Queen Bee]]'', [[spoiler: after Golgo succeeds in his task of killing Queen Bee, he does Queen Bee's final request, to assassinate Thomas Waltham on his boat.]]
* ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'': After the credits, the old woman from the beginning returns to the grocery store where Mario and Luigi work, only to be confused when she is happily greeted by [[spoiler:Bowser and some of his Koopas, who seem to work there now.]]
* ''Anime/GreatPretender:'' After the credits roll after the final episode, it cuts to a small fishing village off the coast of Taiwan: [[spoiler: It turns out that the presumed-dead Dorothy is [[DisneyDeath alive after all,]] albiet [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]]--and her adoptive father figure just found her ring in the belly of a fish.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00's]]'' second season had one after every episode, often with crucial plot developments, much to the chagrin of fans when the dub got aired on Sci Fi, as they got cut out.
** After the credits roll in ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer'', [[spoiler: we cut to 2091 A.D., where we see E.A. Ray talking to Aeolia Schenburg that humanity must unite in order to reach the future. Fifty years later, the ELS is now co-existing with humanity and a ship named after Sumeragi is preparing for travel, the crew featuring Innovators, and Amia Lee, the girl who was attacked by the ELS earlier. We later see Setsuna, now an ELS/Innovator hybrid, visiting an older and blind Marina playing the piano, who embraces her. The movie then ends with the saying, [[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."]]]]
** Nearly all of ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' and ''Anime/GundamBuildFightersTRY'' episodes features additional scene after ending credits, usually it's telling something important to the story or just for comedic purpose. ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'' don't have as many and are less comedic.
* ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U. Trilogy]]'' ends with a stinger conversation between Pi and Yata. It seems to be connected to the [[NoExportForYou .hack//Link]] PSP game.
* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': In the ''Disappearance'' movie, Yuki is shown reading by herself in the library. She then sees [[CallBack a boy helping a girl make a library card]]. Yuki then looks toward the camera and does that adorable move where she holds her book in front of her face with only her eyes peeking out over it. As if the rest of the movie isn't enough proof that Yuki doesn't need emotions to be {{moe}}.
* The ''[[VideoGame/HarukanaruTokiNoNakaDe Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Maihitoyo]]'' movie [[BittersweetEnding ends]] with [[spoiler:Akane purifying [[DeadAllAlong Suefumi]] to allow him to leave the world for the afterlife]]. After the credits[[note]]which consist of random pretty pictures accompanied by a somewhat sad yet catchy song[[/note]], there's one more scene where Akane takes her [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys team of pretty guys]] along with [[GayOption the token girls]] to the place Yorihisa showed her earlier in the movie to adore the beautiful view of Kyou; [[spoiler:Suefumi is added to the list of people who are important to her, meaning he isn't going to be forgotten]].
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
** At least two episodes have one. The school festival two part has a scene with Naraku visiting a demon with very big ears to search for one of the last jewel shards. And the final episode of the first Inuyasha series, has Kagome trying on new shoes after her old ones got acid-eaten and heading out again.
** All four movies have these as well, the third movie's Stinger also resolving [[spoiler:how [=InuYasha=] still has his kotodama rosary in subsequent episodes of the anime despite it breaking into pieces and flying off earlier in the movie.]]
* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'', the post-credits scene for the fifth episode of the anime's first season shows Kaguya and Shirogane walking by Ishigami.
* The ending credits to the anime ''[[Anime/LRLicensedByRoyalty L/R: Licensed By Royalty]]'' shows Jack and Rowe driving off on another assignment after [[spoiler:Rowe was supposedly killed by the revenge-seeking son of the BigBad.]]
* ''Anime/LupinIII'' usually doesn't do this, but two out of the three movies of the [[AlternateContinuity Lupin the IIIrd]] movies have them:
** ''Anime/GravestoneOfDaisukeJigen'' has Inspector Zenigata [[spoiler: looking over at the graves of Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko.]]
** ''Anime/FujikoMinesLie'' has Lupin waking up in the middle of desert and saying it would be hard to forget a woman like Fujiko.
* ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'':
** The anime does this with some episodes, but not all. Some of the scenes are minor... however, most of the major villains make their first anime appearances in said stingers, so if you're watching the show, take the time to check for a stinger after you've finished an episode so you don't miss anything.
** The fourth series concludes just after Endeavor's fight with the High-End Nomu. After the ending credits play, the scene cuts to the U.A. dorms at night, where Midoriya has a dream about [[spoiler:the previous wielders of One For All]], before [[spoiler:one of his six hidden Quirks activates in his sleep, destroying much of his room]].
* All ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' movies have post-credit scenes.
** In the credits of ''[[Anime/NarutoTheMovieNinjaClashInTheLandOfSnow Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow]]'', there is a scene involving [[spoiler:new Daimyo of the Land of Snow]] Yukie Fujikaze revealing to Naruto and the gang the script for her next movie... [[spoiler:which happens to be the film adaptation of Jiraiya's ''Icha Icha Paradise'', which Kakashi [[MythologyGag orders tickets for]] in Episode 101]].
** After the credits of ''[[Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovie Naruto Shippuuden: The Movie]]'', there's a scene where [[spoiler:Shion decides to continue her line of {{miko}}, and Naruto unwittingly agrees to ''sire her children'']].
** After the credits of ''[[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie The Last: Naruto The Movie]]''. The HappilyMarried [[spoiler:[[OfficialCouple Naruto and Hinata]]]] are seen playing with [[spoiler:their two children, Boruto and Himawari]].
** After ''[[Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie Boruto: Naruto the Movie]]'''s credits, a chat between Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki reveals [[spoiler: that Mitsuki's parent is none other than Orochimaru]].
* The ''Spring'' and ''Summer'' {{OVA}}s of ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' throw in one last joke regarding a seemingly dropped side plot after the credits. The former has the {{Chupacabra}} some of the cast were hunting watching their plane fly away while the latter shows Asuna's last attempt to fend off [[MadScientist Hakase's]] out-of-control bathing robot.
* The credits for ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion]]: The End of Evangelion'' appear half-way through the movie, rendering the ''entire second half'' this trope.
* In the ''Manga/OnePiece'' special, "[=3D2Y=]", as the credits end, there's a brief scene in which [[spoiler:Sabo, the brother Ace and Luffy thought was dead, pours three cups of sake at Ace and Whitebeard's grave]].
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'''s final episode had one, which was so obviously and shamelessly tacked on, and comes so completely [[{{asspull}} out of nowhere]] that it seems like an intentional parody of stingers. After returning from the battle with the BigBad, [[spoiler: Stocking [[FaceHeelTurn slices Panty into 666 pieces and declares that she's actually a demon]]. Then [[BigBad Corset]] reappears and tells Brief that he'll have to follow the pieces to the next city over and unlock another hellgate to save Panty, ending with a "To be continued" message (as a parody of shows that are cancelled before they can resolve their plot). Also, Garter spontaneously dies for no reason, then comes back to life for no reason.]] Yes, [[GainaxEnding this is a Gainax anime]], [[MindScrew why do you ask?]]
* ''Anime/Persona5TheAnimation'' has a stinger for each episode except for 15 and 16, both of which end on a CliffHanger.
* The closing credits for all of the ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movies are set in front of what Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, and the gang were doing following the film's events, usually scenes of them leaving for the next city/town, but sometimes there are more. For example, the last thing we see at the end of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' is a shot of Mew flying away into a mountainous background. In ''[[Anime/Pokemon3 Spell of the Unown]]'', the scene of Molly reuniting with her parents was originally a stinger in the Japanese version, but it was moved to before the credits in the English dub because the producers were worried that viewers would walk out of the theater when the credits rolled and would miss it.
* In ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars DX 3'', after the credits, we're greeted with [[spoiler:Chypre, Coffret and Potpourri sitting forlornly on the Great Heart Tree before noticing something. The screen switches over to the Cures at the time trying to act normally after TheMagicGoesAway... until all of their fairy partners drop from the sky. The thing the three fairies noticed was the MacGuffin regrowing, thus allowing them to return to their friends and thus, TheMagicComesBack. What, did you expect a DownerEnding like that when ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' just started?]]
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has one in the final episode. [[GainaxEnding It's a little weird]], though it's easy enough to understand - the big questions are "Where does it take place?", "''When'' does it take place?" and "What is with [[spoiler:those wings?]]". Then there's the part after it which [[spoiler:displays the five main characters from the back]], followed by them becoming the center of a row of silhouettes. This all might be part of a SequelHook.
** WordOfGod has stated that it was a homage to ''Film/{{Blade}}'', of all things.
** The CompilationMovie keeps this stinger, and adds a trailer for the movie sequel after the credits.
** The continuation movie, ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'', actually [[MindScrewdriver explains the series stinger]]. [[spoiler:Most of the movie takes place in that desert, inside a LotusEaterMachine. In the end, Homura becomes a winged demon and absorbs the universe into her labyrinth, in the same way that her weird wings absorbed the screen at the end of the series.]] And to keep the ending inexplicable, it adds a surreal stinger of its own: [[spoiler:Homura, who has apparently just [[MindRape Mind Raped]] Kyubey, dances around happily before doing a CrucifiedHeroShot and falling off a cliff.]]
** The spinoff anime ''VideoGame/MagiaRecordPuellaMagiMadokaMagicaSideStory'' has them after Episodes 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10.
* In ''Anime/RealDrive'', you see Minamo rushing off to meet [[spoiler:a rejuvenated Haru stepping out of the sea]].
* The second ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movie has a pretty major one. The movie ends with [[spoiler:Shinji starting [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact]]. After the credits, Kaworu shows up, impales Shinji's Eva with a giant spear to halt Third Impact, and says that he'll show Shinji "true happiness".]]
* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Seisōhen ends with Kenji (dressed like Kenshin) walking with a young girl beneath the cherry blossoms, saying that they will live happily together.
* In the "Nationals Arc" for ''Manga/{{Saki}}'', which ends after the quarterfinals, there's a shot of Teru standing on a roof, turning to the camera, and whispering "Saki..." as it cuts to the title card.
* In ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'' Episode 22, the end theme plays through most of the way normally, then begins to slow down and replaced by some rather spooky music (which is rather jarring over the sweet and sunny slideshow of Fuu's childhood) ending with the credits interrupted by [[spoiler:Shige leaping out of his grave]].
* Episode 10 of ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' has a scene showing Makoto at the airport trying to find Setsuna, who is leaving for Paris. A flashback Setsuna has reveals that Setsuna was originally supposed to have the classroom seat next to Makoto, but Sekai begged her to switch seats.
* In ''Anime/ShatteredAngels'', the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Kannamiko'' of sorts, a similar scene reveals that [[spoiler:Kyoshiro and Setsuna found the reborn Kuu many years after the events of the series]].
* After the credits of episode 13 of ''[[Anime/{{Slayers}} Slayers Revolution]]'', there is a stinger shot of assassin Zuuma.
* The credits of the last episode of ''Anime/SoltyRei'' show scenes from the series in "old film" sepia tone, and are followed by the ''true'' ending: [[spoiler:Roy and Yuto go into space and find Solty, who has preserved herself for several years with her energy shield.]]
* After the "Preview of the next episode" of every ''Manga/SteamDetectives'', a still frame of a completely random scene from the episode (totally regardless of its importance in the plot) appears for a few second, with some cheesy music. The same thing happens in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub''.
* ''[[Anime/SuperSonico Super Sonico the Animation]]'' has one at the end of Episode 8 that reveals the answer to the episode's LockedRoomMystery, and shows that [[ObfuscatingStupidity Ena isn't as stupid as she seems]].
* Both ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' theatrical films have one.
** In ''Anime/TamagotchiTheMovie'', there is a scene after the end credits where Tanpopo finds her Tamagotchi toy in a box in her room, which surprises her since she had left it on Tamagotchi Planet. She finds Mametchi and Chamametchi communicating with her through it, with Mametchi explaining he was the one who sent the toy back. Tanpopo responds to them, mentioning she'd love for them to see her little brother some day.
** ''Anime/TamagotchiHappiestStoryInTheUniverse'' has a post-credits scene where Mametchi and his friends are eating some heart-shaped fruits together, are informed a new book has been added to the Flying Library (which carries books that [[PortalBook one can physically enter]]), and decide to visit the Library to see what the new book is.
* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' has several plot-significant ones, such as [[spoiler: showing more of Lunatic and how much he knows about the heroes (establishing why he doubts Kotetsu's guilt in later episodes), and a SequelHook (removed from the [=DVD=]s??) in the final episode.]]
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul''' has a few:
** After the credits for the penultimate episode of season 2, we see the One-Eyed Owl regurgitating Yoshimura and revealing itself to be none other than [[spoiler:Sen Takatsuki, the popular author]].
** The final episode of the same season had an extra scene featuring Touka opening a new coffee shop called [[SequelHook :re]].
** The final episode of ''Tokyo Ghoul:re'' finished with Kaneki, Touka and [[spoiler:their daughter Ichika]] watching the sky.
* The first episode of ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' ends with ChildSoldier L-Elf mercilessly murdering [[spoiler: TheHero, Haruto]] via stabbing him through the heart and shooting him three times. But in the post-credits, we see [[spoiler: Haruto]] ''get back up'' and [[spoiler: bite L-Elf in the neck.]]
* Done in episode 10 of ''Manga/YourLieInApril'' to show audience reaction toward Kousei's piano playing that has changed since his last piano competition from robotic, down to the notes to become more colorful; and also to introduce his mother's best friend that later become his ParentalSubstitute as well as his mentor, Hiroko, to the series.
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* Series/AmericasGotTalent has two
** One at the end of the Season 14 finale live-broadcast as a MoodWhiplash, delivered by [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Slappy Squirrel]], following Kodi Lee's win as well as some emotional moments.
-->'''Slappy Squirrel:''' It's over. Go away! [slams the door]
** The Season 15 finale live broadcast ends with the official trailer for the 2020 reboot of [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 Animaniacs]] being shown for the first time as a final surprise for the viewers.
* An "advertisement" for Icelandic Ultra Blue that appeared on Creator/AdultSwim ends with Dr. Samuelson telling you to buy the stuff. He then talks into the back of his wristwatch saying that "Phase One is complete" and all the scientists smile at the viewer as creepy music plays.
* The season finales of ''Series/AgentCarter'' have these. The first one involves [[spoiler: Dr. Fennhoff's cellmate being Arnim Zola, Red Skull's HYDRA scientist]], and the second involves [[spoiler: Thompson being shot by an unknown assassin.]]
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has one of these after every episode, the first most notable being after episode two, [[spoiler:when Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) appears.]]
* ConversationalTroping in the closing theme of ''Series/AlasSmithAndJones'', which explains that they're ''not'' going to do this:
-->That's it, there'll be no funny bits,\\
After this bit, this is the end of it,\\
No tiny titbit, stuck on just after it,\\
This is the end, end, end, end, end.
* In ''Series/AuctionKings'', most episodes end with some kind of finagling with an incident earlier in the show, such as an item purchased or some altercation, making this double as a BrickJoke.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' often featured bonus scenes in this manner, often after the official airing slot was over therefore thwarting many efforts to record it for later viewing.
* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' does this with the season finale of each series. It also tends [[spoiler: to end with him (and the rest of the main cast) dead]], leading to a bit of FridgeLogic.
** ''The Black Adder'' has one in the first ''and'' last episodes. In the first [[spoiler: the three witches who told Edmund he would be King of England suddenly realise he ''wasn't'' Henry Tudor]], and in the last [[spoiler: once all the rest of the main cast is dead of poison, Baldrick and Percy burst in shouting "Don't drink the wi... oh."]]
** ''Blackadder II'' features one where it is discovered that [[spoiler: Prince Ludwig (Creator/HughLaurie) has murdered the entire cast, and has now taken the place of Queen Elizabeth I ([[FridgeBrilliance neatly explaining why she was The Virgin Queen]]).]]
** ''Blackadder the Third'''s: [[spoiler:The whole season finale revolved around the plot that Blackadder had swapped places with the Prince Regent so the former could fight a duel with the Duke of Wellington in the latter's place, which had inadvertently ended with the Duke shooting the real Prince Regent (and Blackadder - masquerading as the Prince - becoming King). In the stinger, the real Prince (supposedly dead) turned out to not be dead at all, that in fact he had a cigarillo case as well (calling back to an earlier scene where Blackadder had survived a ''cannonball'' to the chest because he had one in his pocket). Then, he searches around in his pockets and realises "Damn, I must have left it on the dresser" and promptly dies.]]
** Averted in ''Blackadder Goes Forth'', because there were [[PlayedForDrama no jokes to be made]].
* Defunct British SoapOpera ''Crossroads'' used these (in its original incarnation), with a very brief coda (usually just a line or two) inbetween the end credits and the VanityPlate. This type of stinger was later resurrected by the unrelated teen-aimed soap ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}''.
* The "Moment of Zen" at the end of ''Series/TheDailyShow'', usually a slightly longer clip from one of the day's stories but sometimes just a random funny video.
* [[Creator/DisneyChannel Disney Channel Original Movies]] have been known to have these:
** ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting2016'': As the end credits roll the children are looking the pictures that Lola (one of the two babysitters) has sent them of their adventures that night. [[spoiler: The last shot is one of Mrs. Anderson looks in horror at a picture she was sent by mistake of the Andersons' dog Lady Marmalade being hurriedly cleaned up by two of the kids during their (successful) attempt to clean up the house/their new car before the Andersons got home... ]]
** At the end of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', Zeke is surprised in the gym by Sharpay freaking out over the cookies he made for her earlier, which she finally ate and loved.
** ''[[Film/HighSchoolMusical Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure]]'' had one where Ryan Evans, absent for the whole movie despite it being set where he goes to school, turns up to explain that he was on tour with a show, congratulate Sharpay on becoming a star, and get stuck in her foldout bed. For some reason this didn't make it onto the DVD.
** ''Film/TeenBeachMovie'' ends with [[spoiler: the characters from ''Wet Side Story'' arriving in the real world, and meeting a surfer played by Music/JustinBieber]].
** In ''Zapped'', [[spoiler: Zoey's boy-controlling cellphone - which she stepped on and smashed in the gym climax - is discovered in the trash. [[SequelHook It still works]]...]]
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E12DeathInHeaven "Death in Heaven"]], in lieu of the usual "[[OnTheNext Next Time]]" preview, instead has a Stinger partway through the credits that sets up the Christmas special.
** Surprisingly, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E10FaceTheRaven "Face the Raven"]] had one after the credits, revealing that Rigsy has been returned to Earth safely, and has spray painted a flowery memorial on the TARDIS for the late [[spoiler:Clara Oswald]]. The "[[OnTheNext Next Time]]" preview appears immediately after that. This was noted as being the first time the series had ever done an actual proper stinger. (It actually backfired, as many fans tuned out before the credits ended. As a result, when the memorial appeared again in a later episode, many did not understand where it had come from.)
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'', much like ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', does this after almost every episode, often to tease about mysterious characters like Harrison Wells.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' had a dialogue-less stinger at the end of each episode, under the metaphorical closing theme.
* ''Series/GameOn'': "Roundheads and Cavaliers" ended on one of these which is a reference to Matt having just been [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrined]] that episode. It features the cast preparing to watch ''Series/{{Roseanne}}''. Martin then asks "I wonder who's playing the daughter this week?!" to which Mandy responds with: "Don't you just hate that, when they keep the same character and change the actor?" Both Mandy and Martin then look subtly yet strangely accusingly at Matt, sitting between them on the sofa, who proceeds to look worried.
* The Season 2 finale of ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' had one, showing [[spoiler:Hannibal flying off to Europe, with Bedelia beside him]]. Season 3 finale had another one, with [[spoiler:drugged-up, one-legged Bedelia sitting at the table, her leg roasted and serving as the main course]].
* ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' did this for episode three of the TV series, explaining which character bruised their arm in the attack. (This was the same stinger as in episode three of the radio series, from which it was adapted.) Done at the end of the chapter in the book, as well. In fact, it's a BrickJoke; the beginning of the missile attack sequence is interrupted by the narrator, and in order to alleviate any undue stress, [[{{Spoiler}} reveals several plot-relevant points]], adding that someone on board the Heart of Gold bruises their arm. The identity of the person who is bruised, however, is withheld at this point, since it was not particularly plot-relevant, and considered a safe level of suspense. As a result, the reveal is tacked on, seemingly as an afterthought.
* ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'' has both dramatic and comedy stingers. They range from scorned lovers looking longingly at a photo of their lost love to relatively young women having random dreams about seducing the middle-aged pub landlord.
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' generally featured bloopers.
* ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' had a website promo play after the final link and before the following show (usually ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'').
* ''Series/LaughIn'' usually threw in a few additional gags after the closing credits (which ran over the Joke Wall segment). Gary Owens would always make a [[SelfDeprecation self-depreciating gag]] concerning how the show was pre-recorded (example: "This broadcast was pre-recorded to give the cast a chance to make a run for it.") During Arte Johnson's run on the show, Arte would appear as [[ThoseWackyNazis a Nazi soldier]] and say [[FunetikAksent "Veddy interestink!"]]
* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' subverted this trope every way possible. Some earlier episodes ended with an additional stinger pertaining to a previous sketch (such as Karl Marx and Che Guevara enjoying the afterglow), or a non-sequitur (an explosion followed by Michael Palin saying, "And then...") or an entirely different sketch ("The Argument Clinic"). One show displayed the closing credits immediately after the opening credits and then did the show, making the ''entire show'' the stinger. Even the first few episodes of Season One, which adhered more closely to the norm, featured narrative stingers that dealt with the show ("And the final score for 'The Epilogue'; God exists by two falls to a submission.")
* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' (the TropeNamer) had a clip from that episode's featured movie, usually the silliest bit of acting or dialogue from the film. Ridiculous laughter was a common feature.
** This started during the second Creator/ComedyCentral season, the third of the show's production counting KTMA. For those keeping score, the episode was 205, ''Film/RocketAttackUSA'', with a blind man walking around while a siren blares before uttering "Help me."
** It was always preceded by a blaring guitar chord (the end of the closing theme), leading some to call the entire sequence the "Blang".
** Season 8 featured some unusual stingers in four consecutive episodes -- "The Thing That Couldn't Die", "The Undead", and "Terror from the Year 5000" (all featuring Pearl and Prof. Bobo visiting the Observer planet) all feature the Observers holding their brain pans up to the camera while a {{sting}} plays, while "The She-Creature" had Bobo laying in pain after his failed attempt to fix a flat tire on Pearl's widowmaker.
* Somewhat of a literal example in the short-lived 80s game show ''Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime''- the "[[{{Whammy}} Stinger]]'' would be a letter that wasn't in the puzzle- it'd be [[ShowTheFolksAtHome shown to the viewers]], but not to the contestants. If they hit it, they lost their turn to the other team.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' went with the bloopers-during-the-credits version from ''Zeo'' to ''Space'' (the fourth-to-sixth seasons).
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' ends with the Rangers retiring from duty, the world returning to life, and [[spoiler:Venjix alive and hiding within Scott's morpher. It would be [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers nine-to-ten years before that finally paid off.]]]]
* ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' has a particularly funny one. At one point there's a stinger at the end of an episode starring Stinger, the orange ranger. He even lampshades it. "Ha ha, how funny, a stinger for Stinger."
* ''Series/{{QI}}'': The eighth season Christmas episode "Hocus Pocus" ends with a demonstration of stage illusions, in which Graham Norton "beheads" special guest Creator/DanielRadcliffe''. A brief stinger after the closing credits shows Daniel Radcliffe's head in the basket, turning suddenly and grinning to the camera, presumable to assure his fans that he's okay.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has one for the episode "The Beginning". In it, the Dwarfers discuss the time they were attacked by a corrosive chameleonic microbe (a reference to the Series VIII episode "Only the Good.." which ended on a cliffhanger and was never resolved) which Rimmer claims to have saved them from. Kryten is about to set things straight but [[{{Unreveal}} he is interrupted by Hogey the Roguey before he does so.]]
%%* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' is doing blooper/comedy type Stingers as of its current (possibly final) season.
%%* The "bald Newman" bit in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* Both the UK version (''Series/{{Shameless|UK}}'') and the US version (''Series/{{Shameless|US}}'') feature this in the middle of the ending credits, usually showing a short funny scene concerning one character's storyline from that episode.
* Appeared occasionally in the British sketch comedy ''Smith and Jones''. This is noteworthy because it happened in complete defiance of the closing theme song, which claimed that "That's it, this is the end of it / No tiny titbit stuck on just after it".
* Cirque's television series ''Solstrom'' had stingers after each episode's credits. They generally served as one last joke involving a character or two, but the GrandFinale also revealed that [[spoiler:the matronly woman who turned up in each of the previous 12 shows is the observer/narrator's mom]].
* Israeli teen vampire drama ''Split'''s first season's last episode ends with [[spoiler:Dima and his clones dancing around, with Dima saying, "The blood age is over... Now it's our turn! OUR TURN!" and finally roars ominously at the camera]].
* ''Series/{{Switched}}'': After the credits of the last episode, we see the four teens meeting after school to hang out. They've clearly become friends.
* Every episode of ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' has a stinger in which Geraldine tells Alice a joke -- often a rude one -- and Alice would completely fail to understand it or take it far too literally. Sometimes played with: In the episode where Alice gets married, Geri tells the joke to David Horton while she's on her honeymoon, and is delighted that he actually gets it; In the episode where ''Geri'' gets married, Harry explains the basic principles of a joke to Alice since Geri isn't going to go on the honeymoon ''until'' she gets it; and in another episode with an ''extremely'' rude joke, it turns out Alice understood it perfectly, she just didn't find it funny.
* Throughout season 5, ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' had a number of post-credits scenes featuring the [[spoiler: return of Morgan, who the audience had last seen in a single episode two season prior. And before that, not since [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse the very first episode.]]]]
* ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision'' had "This has been a [blank] production", where the blank is a pun referencing the subject of the episode, followed immediately by a SelfDeprecation gag also relating to the episode's theme.
* ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' would have an extra scene between the closing credits and funding credits, usually a blooper reel or an advertisement to visit the show's website.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'':
** Has one in the middle of the credits that was a SequelHook, with [[spoiler:Maggie's second word: "Sequel?"]]
** A more traditional one happens near the end of the credits, where we see the Squeaky Voice Teen cleaning up the theater. He then gives the following exchange:
--->'''Squeaky Voice Teen:''' Assistant manager isn't all it's cracked up to be... four years of film school for this?
* At the end of the credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheTripletsOfBelleville'', the guy from whom the protagonist rented a boat is seen, [[OffscreenInertia still waiting for it to be returned]].
* After the credits roll in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', we see that Dragon and Donkey [[spoiler:had half-dragon, half-donkey hybrid babies.]]
* ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' has a rather bizarre sequence in which [[TheFaceless some kid]] plays a mechanical carnival game wherein he controls a rhino which attempts to butt spinning copies of the titular hero's horrific aunts; a successful hit causes the target's head to [[YourHeadASplode pop off]].
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'': During the ending credits, we see [[spoiler:the dentist office fish free from their plastic bags]]. At the end of the credits there is a scene with the angler fish. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivcSKLnl-lY Seen here]].
** [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory The sequel]] features Gerald trying and failing to get back on the rock--but the ''real'' stinger comes in the form of [[spoiler:[[BrickJoke the Tank Gang from the first film]] arriving at the Marine Life Institute, their bags dirty from the journey. They quickly get swiped up by the same volunteer who captured Dory and presumably put in Quarantine.]] "No respect for marine life," indeed.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' ends with the rats Nick and Fletcher getting into a chicken/egg debate. Toward the end of the credits, they are heard still debating, until Rocky tells them to knock it off, causing them to grouse about him and how they did all the work as the credits end.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'', we actually get to see one more footage of stop-motion animation before the film finally ends.
* About halfway through the credits of ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'', the Stephen Colbert-esque President can be seen determining which one of the two {{big red button}}s dispenses the coffee. He accidentally [[BrickJoke presses the wrong one instead.]]
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', we actually get to see the minivan couple that's lost in the desert [[BrickJoke get lost even further.]]
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'', there is a brief video of Koda telling the viewers that [[NoAnimalsWereHarmed ''absolutely'' no fish were harmed in the movie.]] [[TemptingFate Cue random fish swimming away screaming while being chased by a bear.]]
--> IT'S GONNA EAT ME!!!
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', we see a cartoon rat sitting on top of the final credit listing. When it disappears, the rat falls to the ground and limps away.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'', the closing credits are actually revealed to be pulled by a cartoon hamster in an exercise wheel. The hamster then gets tired and walks away, and as a result, another hamster had to finish the job for him, and starts pulling the credits again to end the movie.
* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle'', we actually get to see Chicken Little and his father Buck Cluck in the movie theater one last time. This scene, however, is exclusive to the theatrical and Blu-ray 3D releases of the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQGQnjUzRAE as seen here]].
* The last part of the closing credits for ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' are played over an extra scene where Sulley and Mike are shown presenting a musical based on the film's plot (written by themselves) to the public.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' has a [[BrickJoke brick joke]] after the credits. Remember the scene with the slug who was trying (emphasis on "trying") to make it to his first class on the first day of school? Well, after the credits, we find out that the slug ''finally'' made it to class... [[spoiler:but it turns out it took him the ''entire'' school year for him to get there.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' ends with Po and Shifu eating together by a peach tree. Next, the seed Shifu planted earlier in the film finally growing out of the ground.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** After the ending credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', to give closure to the FramingDevice at the beginning of the film, we see the pirates still sitting in the theater, and the female usher tells the pirate they have to leave the theater, and they do so.
** After the ending credits of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', we see Gary still chasing Plankton.
* ''WesternAnimation/WallE'' follows the ending credits with the title character replacing the burnt out bulb of Luxo Jr. after taking the place of the I in the Creator/{{Pixar}} [[VanityPlate logo]], and then he replaces the R after knocking it down. Uniquely, this was not shown in theatres (aside from a few trailers) but added to the home video releases. An additional one occurs immediately afterwards, where the "[=BnL=]" logo appears complete with the "[=BnL=]" jingle.
* ''Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}}'s WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has one with Hades (who was left trapped in the river Styx at the end of the story) complaining that everybody got a happy ending but him... and then {{lampshade|Hanging}}d the fact that the audience is probably gone by now by wondering out loud if anybody's listening.
* As the credits roll in the second ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}'' movie, ''Legends of Metru Nui'', the masks of the main characters slowly appear and fade to black. The final mask belongs to the BigBad Makuta Teridax. After the text has passed, the mask stays there for a moment, a pair of [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] light up inside the eye sockets, and only then does the mask fade, leaving us with an image of two sinister eyes glowing in the darkness, accompanied by chilly musical tunes. This doesn't count as a spoiler, though, since everyone knew Makuta would return (the movie's a prequel, duh). As for the third movie, there is a quick shot of an attacking Visorak spider that breaks the silence with a sudden buzzsaw-y screech.
* In some editions of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', the Genie is heard saying "You have been a fabulous audience! Tell ya what, you've been the best audience in the whole world! Take care of yourselves! G'night, Alice! G'night, Agrabah! ''¡Adios, amigos!''" over the Disney logo.
** In the direct-to-video sequel ''[[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar The Return of Jafar]]'', HarmlessVillain [[MeaningfulName Abis Mal]] made two wishes before agreeing to help Genie Jafar get revenge on Aladdin and his friends. But, before the climax of the final battle, Abis found himself hung up on a tree, and seemed to be forgotten by the story. After the credits, Genie Jafar has been defeated and destroyed, but [[BrickJoke poor, pitiful Abis Mal is shown still dangling helplessly from that tree]].
-->'''Abis Mal:''' Does this mean [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I don't get my third wish?]]
* After the credits of ''WesternAnimation/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves'', the Genie appears on the black screen and says "[[Film/{{Aliens}} Game over, man! Game over!]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' - Right before the credits roll, Wilbur is shown still waiting on Marahute's nest.
-->'''Wilbur:''' HELP! Anybody! Bernard? Bianca! WHERE ARE YOU?! Okay, that's it, I'm outta here! This is ridiculous! You can't leave me here alone! Hahaha! I'm gone! I am GONE! Whew! ''[The sounds of eggs hatching and chicks chirping]'' Aw, no. Stay in those eggs! That's a direct order! Awww... ''(To one of the chicks)'' Hey! You're kind of a cute little feller. [[CutenessProximity Coochie-choocie-coo]] ''[We hear the sound of the chick [[{{Fingore}} biting his finger]]]'' '''YOW!''' WHOA! Ooh! (''groans'')
* After ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAbracadabraDoo'', there's a picture of the Mystery, Inc. van, along with the voice of the (rather snarky) [=GPS=] saying that the movie is over and the children watching it should go on with the rest of their lives. Cue laugh, followed by him saying he needs car gas. This happens after the credits ''and logos'' finish.
* Almost all the installments in the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooDirectToVideoFilmSeries'' feature a post-credits scene. Similar to the one listed above, most of them are fairly light-hearted and humorous, even in some of the darker Scooby films. ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare'' is notable for breaking the mold and featuring a JumpScare instead [[spoiler: by revealing one of the ghosts in the film was RealAfterAll.]] It manages to be [[NightmareFuel genuinely scary]].
** VHS copies of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'' had the pilot of ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' "The Chicken From Outer Space", with a new title card but retaining the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoon'' credits, after the movie's credits.
* The 2011 ''WesternAnimation/{{Winnie the Pooh|2011}}'' movie ends with... well, remember all that stuff Winnie and the gang laid out in an attempt to attract the Backson? Well, they succeeded... [[spoiler: in confusing him. Luckily, he seems pretty obliging about falling down the hole they dug for him.]]
** This is notable as the last known minute of traditional animation in the WesternAnimation/DisneyAnimatedCanon.
* After the credits of ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'', there's a cool little time-lapse sequence showing the construction of the Norman puppet/model from metal armature up. It ends with the completed Norman getting up, yawning, and walking offscreen.
* Remember the scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' when Merida arranges to buy all of the Witch's woodcarvings if she'll make her a spell as well and the Witch tells her they'll be delivered in a fortnight? [[spoiler: After the end credits and before the Disney and Pixar logos, the same guard who was asleep on the job earlier (the one who had half his moustache cut off by Merida's brothers) wakes up again to see the Witch's familiar has indeed delivered them all ("Sign here, please!").]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', a brief clip of Hugo bidding the audience goodbye and laughing plays before cutting to the Disney logo.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'':
** Right at the very end of the credits, the Walt Disney castle glitches up in a parody of the ''VideoGame/PacMan'' KillScreen.
** ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' has [[spoiler:a ClickbaitGag in the form of a trailer for ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', which turns out to be a JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} on Ralph's part, though observant viewers who watched the credits beforehand knew this was coming.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'':
** After the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', we see [[spoiler:Marshmallow, Elsa's {{Snowlems}} bodyguard]] survived his DisneyVillainDeath. He finds Elsa's lost tiara, puts it on, and settles in as ruler of the empty castle, seemingly content.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'', Olaf comically sums up the movie's climax to Marshmallow and the Snowgies after the credits.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
** Towards the end of the credits of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls1 the first movie]], [[spoiler: a humanized Derpy can be seen dancing with a muffin]].
** Meghan [=McCarthy=] suggested sticking around after the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'', and with good reason: after said credits sequence, we see [[spoiler:a girl very similar to Twilight Sparkle (with a different hairstyle and a pair of glasses) claiming that there is something strange about Canterlot High.]] (This scene is sadly missing in the Creator/DiscoveryFamily broadcast, partially due to CreditsPushback.) [[spoiler:The fact that the dog behind her (who looks exactly like Spike) does not talk lets us to think that this is the Twilight Sparkle of the Equestria Girls universe, who has just now found out about the events of the two movies.]]
** Discovery Family's broadcast of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'' places its stinger before the end credits (and since this was the first time the movie was being seen in America, they had a good reason to keep it). In this stinger, Princess Twilight's only appearance in the movie is [[spoiler:her going through the portal and stating that she was unable to get in touch due to being stuck in a time loop]] (this is a pretty big spoiler, since it refers to the end of season 5) [[spoiler:and stating that it was the strangest experience of her life, but not before looking at human Twilight and correcting herself stating that it was the second strangest experience of her life.]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'', the post-credits sequence has [[spoiler:the girls finally finish rebuilding the dock. Pinkie Pie celebrates by throwing confetti and a few marshmallows at it, completely forgetting that anything with sugar she throws explodes. The dock gets blown up. The girls stare in complete disbelief, and Rarity faints.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoxtrolls'', [[spoiler:Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles have an existential discussion, wondering if there really is free will and [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall if they're just the puppets of some higher bodies.]] As they're having this discussion, the camera slowly zooms out to show the tiny set and the scene turns into a time-lapse of the animation of Trout and Pickles, still discussing the universe.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', [[spoiler:the team helps get back Private's cuteness by using [[WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}} Mort]] in Dave's ray. Mort has no visible side effects... but he is able to eat King Julien in one bite now]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', [[spoiler: Fred finds out that his father is a retired superhero, and his father ([[InkSuitActor modeled after and voiced by]] [[TheCameo Stan Lee]]) tells him, "Son, we have a lot to talk about...]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'', the message-passing mushrooms deliver a final one [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly to the audience]], mangled as usual by the guy who actually says it: [[TheEnd Tea Blend]].
* At the beginning of the credits for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', the emotions are shown residing in the heads of several minor characters in the real world.
* ''Anime/TheSkyCrawlers'' initially appears to end with [[spoiler:various characters walking away from the base runway after Kannami is killed by The Teacher]], but a post-credits scene [[spoiler:shows his replacement landing at the base and meeting Kusanagi. It's a far more satisfying ending.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank'' has two stingers, one directly after the Voice Actor Credits, and one at the very end of the credits. The first one shows [[spoiler: Dr. Nefarious being turned into a robot like his in-game appearance]] while the second one has [[spoiler: [[FourthWallObserver The Plumber]] berating the viewers for sitting through the credits when the film is already over.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'' provides an interesting example, which in a way combines this trope with OneGameForThePriceOfTwo. During the credits, a watermark is displayed in the background. If this is scanned in ''VideoGame/AngryBirdsAction'', a new area in the game opens, along with an additional scene from the movie being available for viewing.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'', [[spoiler: Tamatoa, the giant coconut crab, is [[BrickJoke still stuck on his back]] from when Maui reclaimed his fishhook earlier in the movie. He then [[BreakingTheFourthWall complains to the audience]] if he was [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 named Sebastian and had a Jamaican accent]], they would want to help him.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KuboAndTheTwoStrings'' features a time-lapse sequence during the credits in which [[spoiler:the Gashadokuro, a giant skeleton puppet, is assembled and prepped for a scene. It comes to life and attacks the nearest crew member.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', Tim's talking clock Wizzie appears at the end of the credits, telling us "Be gone and live your peasant lives. Be gone with you."
* In ''WesternAnimation/HappilyNEverAfter'', a mid-credits scene reveals Frieda was transported to the Arctic after getting knocked through a portal. She complains as she gets surrounded by elephant seals.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', at the very end of the credits after the "I 2 I" song finishes, Creator/BillFarmer's version of the [[StockScream Goofy Holler]] is heard.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'', the stinger appears approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the film credits and lasts for about 20 seconds. Other than being included for RuleOfFunny, it serves as a visual transition from the CreativeClosingCredits appearance to the classic ClosingCredits appearance. Featuring a RunningGag, BrickJoke, and some witty dialogue, the stinger is a bonus scene taking place after the events of the movie. [[spoiler: It ties up a minor narrative loose end as Minion finds the real, re-hydrated Bernard in the washing machine--and calls out Megamind for it. ''"Sir, you really need to empty your pockets more often!"'']]
* The WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse featured quite a few:
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox''[='=]s saw Parademons fly out of a Boom Tube, leading into ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueWar''.
** ''War'' saw one with Ocean Master blaming the surface world for the death of his father during the invasion, leading into ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueThroneOfAtlantis''.
** ''Throne of Atlantis'' saw Lex Luthor approach a captured Orm, though this became an AbortedArc since while Luthor returned, Orm didn't.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueVsTeenTitans''[='=]s stinger leads into ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTheJudasContract'' by showing Terra coming up to Titans Tower.
** ''The Judas Contract'' sees [[spoiler:Jericho having survived the attempt by Mother Mayhem to kill him. As with Orm teaming up with Luthor, this is an AbortedArc thanks to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' being the GrandFinale.]]
** ''WesternAnimation/ReignOfTheSupermen'' sets up ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar'' with the League talking about going after Darkseid.
** ''WesternAnimation/WonderWomanBloodlines'' sees [[spoiler:Wonder Woman confront Veronica Cale over her role in Villainy Inc. and Cale swear revenge; likewise an AbortedArc thanks to ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDarkApokolipsWar''.]]
* ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': The Fox Spirit gives something in a box to a dark force beneath the water.
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* Each episode of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' ends with a probverb, written in the same surreal tone as the rest of the series.
* ''Podcast/UnwellPodcast: Several episodes have an extra scene after the credits, and most episodes have a fact about Mount Absalom.

* The third and fourth seasons of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' incorporate some type of background event within the credits itself. The third season often would show running gags in the background (like Wolf or Brucely sleeping, or Lobo's severed finger regenerating), or occasionally meaningful moments (one episode has the sounds of the characters eating a Thanksgiving meal), but true stingers sometimes reared their head there, as one episode showed [[spoiler:Granny Goodness reporting that the Anti-Life Equation was found]], and another had, after all the credits rolled, [[spoiler:Lobo's finger finishing regenerating into a new young Lobo, which the original promptly destroys]]. Season 4 takes it to a new level where with no music playing, the credits overlay dialogue exchanges. Sometimes it's played for humor, such as [[spoiler:Superman hiding out on the Watchtower from taking care of his son only to realize he has to hurry when his son has powers, leaving his boots behind]], other times for emotional tragedy, such as [[spoiler:M'gann sobbing over Conner's death at their altar]].

** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' ends with the Rangers retiring from duty, the world returning to life, and [[spoiler:Venjix alive and hiding within Scott's morpher.]]

* ''Series/RedDwarf'' has one for the episode 'The Beginning'. In it, the Dwarfers discuss the time they were attacked by a corrosive chameleonic microbe (a reference to the Series VIII episode Only the Good.. which ended on a cliffhanger and never resolved) which Rimmer claims to have saved them from. Kryten is about to set things straight but [[{{Unreveal}} he is interrupted by Hogey the Roguey before he does so.]]

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