I've always wondered if people knew about it back then. Wasn't really common to have a post credit scene. And I can't imagine a casual watcher sitting through the credits.
DiabolicalDoug2025-10-05 08:16
Word of mouth had spread. Also after Pirates of the Caribbean and X-Men 3, post credits were a known thing even if not super common
impuritor2025-10-05 09:31
You think too little of people. It was widely known almost instantly
Grootfan852025-10-05 03:33
“Sir, we found it.”
That was the moment I knew Marvel Studios knew what they were doing.
After-Dog-65932025-10-05 04:29
I got on the MCU hype train super late so I already knew Thor was in the Avengers and I still freaked out when I saw this for the first time
Grootfan852025-10-05 04:32
For me it specifically was the slow reveal of Mjolnir, and the cut to black with the crack of thunder.
After-Dog-65932025-10-05 05:19
So much aura
Redditeer282025-10-05 03:43
Cap waking up in the present day wasn't a post credits scene. It was just the end of the movie.
Regenitor_2025-10-05 03:56
Neither was the pictured scene in The Incredible Hulk. It was just at the end of the film as well.
avw942025-10-05 04:47
IIRC it was supposed to be a post-credit scene that last minute was moved to the end of the movie
Left_Maize8162025-10-05 08:58
Post credits was the avengers trailer
edwpad2025-10-05 03:59
Iron Man 1 is definitely the most iconic and the starting point of the MCU having credit scenes.
However, the Thanos one is my favorite out of Phase 1.
Dismal-Apricot98892025-10-05 04:06
In theaters, Captain America waking up in the present day was followed by the full trailer for The Avengers. The trailer wasn’t available online except in bootleg form and was first revealed as part of the end credits. The audience went wild. It was the loudest and most excited I’ve ever seen a crowd get for an end-credits scene across all phases of the MCU.
a_o2025-10-05 04:12
it’s a 6-way tie in my opinion.
Notoriously_So2025-10-05 04:16
All of them built up the hype. The best will always be Iron Man 1 and the first appearance of Nick Fury, but the hammer from IM2 was almost even more hype at the time.
Cool_Nerd22025-10-05 04:24
The first one literally set up the entire universe for the next 17 years
Lil_Critter_2001_2025-10-05 04:29
100% agree with you. But I also feel that the second one was just as important since it really showed how interconnectivity that marvel was trying to do early in establishing the MCU.
GarySoneji2025-10-05 04:39
The second was a rehash of the first; we already knew it was happening.
Lil_Critter_2001_2025-10-05 04:43
Yeah, but it further cemented the idea that a shared universe was being built. Plus it was the first time a superhero from one movie appeared in a movie focused on a completely different superhero.
Cookie-Dunker2025-10-05 08:31
I still recall a lady in the theater saying with shock “that’s Tony Stark.” It was something special to see.
AllegedlyGoodPerson2025-10-05 04:41
I kinda wish we would have got Hulk breaking ice and revealing frozen Steve Rogers.
Of these, Thors hammer probably works best for me cause it made SHIELD feel bigger with a bit of an X-Files vibe. Then in Thor 1 teasing Hawkeye when Thor came for the hammer. All of it was so good.
JmanProds2025-10-05 04:45
Honestly, there’s just something so raw about that shot of Thor’s hammer
Bearjupiter2025-10-05 04:49
Something about the Hammer made it feel so real…like oh shit theyre actually doing the build up
crimsonf1sh2025-10-05 05:02
Thor’s hammer got me the most hyped. We hadn’t yet seen something as magical and fantastical as Thor in the MCU and I remember being so interested in how they were gonna make it work
Cool_Nerd22025-10-05 05:20
The one with Captain America wasn’t even a post credits scene. It was before the credits even started. Same as the one with Tony Stark in The Incredible Hulk
HEYYYYYYYY_SATAN2025-10-05 05:29
I left my seat when I saw Thor’s hammer.
Daranhatu2025-10-05 05:30
The first was the best because it opened our eyes to the dream that was about to come true.
lIlIIIlIIl2025-10-05 05:37
For me, it was Tony Stark and General Ross at the end of the Incredible Hulk. At the time, it was cross-studio continuity and it was amazing to see that the MCU was going to not just be in the Iron Man movies. Suddenly everything was possible.
VakarianJ2025-10-05 05:51
The original Iron Man after credits will always remain the GOAT.
But man, that Mjolnir tease in Iron Man 2 was insane. There was a lot of speculation of what Thor would look like & how far they’d go with the mystical stuff. A lot of people were thinking Thor’s design would be based on The Ultimates, which I’m not a fan of. I was so happy to see that we were getting a classic 616 style hammer.
Jaideco2025-10-05 10:51
So you are telling me that the post credits used to lead to something that they actually used in an upcoming film… what a radical idea.
BaronLoyd2025-10-05 11:32
Nick and Thanos hands down
Nick,because the world they plan is much more larger
Thanos showcasing that Avengers are just little people that got into much larger galactical conflict
Aromatic-Cupcake48022025-10-05 13:34
Technically Tony meeting Ross is at the end of the movie before the credits role. It would have to go to the first one. I always think about the deleted version of it where he mentions radioactive bug bites and mutants, how far the MCU has come that they can use all their characters that they own or share rights with.
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That was the moment I knew Marvel Studios knew what they were doing.
However, the Thanos one is my favorite out of Phase 1.
Of these, Thors hammer probably works best for me cause it made SHIELD feel bigger with a bit of an X-Files vibe. Then in Thor 1 teasing Hawkeye when Thor came for the hammer. All of it was so good.
But man, that Mjolnir tease in Iron Man 2 was insane. There was a lot of speculation of what Thor would look like & how far they’d go with the mystical stuff. A lot of people were thinking Thor’s design would be based on The Ultimates, which I’m not a fan of. I was so happy to see that we were getting a classic 616 style hammer.
Nick,because the world they plan is much more larger
Thanos showcasing that Avengers are just little people that got into much larger galactical conflict