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1	'''Basic Trope''': A scene which takes place after the ending of a work.
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3	* '''Straight''': After the credits of ''[[ActionGenre The Crime Punchers]]'', the audience is treated to a final scene where the villain [[EyeAwaken wakes up]].
4	* '''Exaggerated''':
5	** [[MovieMultipack An entire new film]] is attached to the end of the credits.
6	** The end credits play ''before'' the movie even starts.
7	* '''Downplayed''': Nothing is shown, but [[LastNoteNightmare the end credits music suggests things take a turn for the worse...]]
8	* '''Justified''': [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Certain minor questions]] have not been answered by the time the credits roll.
9	* '''Inverted''': [[BatmanColdOpen The film starts with a vingette]] [[FlashForward which may have some bearing on the action]].
10	* '''Subverted''': The film pauses for a moment in blackness, as if something is about to start playing. [[AntiClimax Nothing happens]].
11	** Turns out the dramatic scene was just part of an ad.
12	* '''Double Subverted''': Until: [[LyricalColdOpen "Okay, we doing this or what?"]]
13	* '''Parodied''': The characters [[BreakingTheFourthWall speculate on what the post-credits scene will entail]].
14	* '''Zig Zagged''': The movie doesn't have a post-credits scene... as part of the theatrical release. [[BetterOnDVD The digital download]] contains a special scene added as part of a [[ReCut director's cut]].
15	* '''Averted''': The only thing at the end of the credits are copyright notices and the studios' [[VanityPlate vanity plates]].
16	* '''Enforced''': [[ExecutiveMeddling The studio asked]] for a scene to clear away any [[FridgeHorror unpleasantries]] in the script, which the director decided to place at the very end.
17	* '''Lampshaded''': The post-credits scene involves [[SomethingWeForgot tying up a very important loose end]].
18	* '''Invoked''': Onscreen text informs the audience there will be a post-credits scene.
19	* '''Exploited''': [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Post-credits scenes are used to show fans "scenes from next week's episode"]].
20	* '''Discussed''': [[DeadHorseTrope "When will folks get tired of watching tiny movies after the movie they already watched?"]]
21	* '''Conversed''': [[CyclicTrope "Probably after people stop doing it enough for it to become novel again."]]
22	* '''Implied''': Something very important [[PlotHole was left unaddressed at the film's end]]; audience members who watch past the end credits are treated to [[AllThereInTheStinger the real climax of the film]].
23	* '''Deconstructed''':
24	** The post-credits scene is totally superfluous to the action of the main story, making its inclusion within the film pointless.
25	** Most of the audience leave before the post-credits scene plays.
26	* '''Reconstructed''':
27	** The post-credits scene contains the seeds for the director's next project, making it a stinger on a meta level.
28	** The advertising for the movie promotes that there is an important post-credits scene at the end.
29	* '''Played for Laughs''': The post-credits scene is a {{Blooper}}.
30	* '''Played for Drama''': The post-credits scene is a [[InMemoriam tribute to an actor who died during production]].
31	* '''Played for Horror''': The post-credits scene is a JumpScare.
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34	''[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff "You're still here? It's over!]]'' ''[[TheStinger Go home, go!"]]''

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