There was that thing at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy, that scene with Neil Patrick Harris in Gone Girl, and many more, which are ranked by level of shock below. Obviously, ALL OF THE SPOILERS are ahead!
22 Jump Street
The post-credit sequels sequence
What is better than one self-aware movie sequel of an adaptation of a bygone '80s TV show? How about a credits sequence that previews, that’s right, 21 more sequels, including 25 Jump Street: Semester at Sea, 31 Jump Street: Ninja Academy, 39 Jump Street: The Electronic Game, and 43 Jump Street: Mariachi School.
Yes, that is definitely better.
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Howard the Duck returns to the movies
There is much about Marvel Studios' latest film that runs counter to expectations. This is, after all, a summer blockbuster — the highest grossing movie in the U.S. this year, in fact — that features a foul-mouthed raccoon and a talking tree who can only say "I am Groot." But director James Gunn saved his strangest twist for the movie's post-credits scene, when we learn that Taneleer Tivan (Benicio Del Toro) has been keeping a talking, drinking, cigar-chomping duck named Howard in his vast collection. It's a nod to Marvel's cult comic Howard the Duck — and a small helping of cinematic redemption after the character's infamous 1986 live-action flop. After so many Marvel Studios movies with post-credits scenes that point to the next step in their vast cinematic universe, it was an unexpected delight to see Guardians wrap things up with such a cheeky lark.
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The fate of Gwen Stacy
In a way, this is almost the anti-OMG moment. Gwen Stacy’s death is regarded as one of the seminal moments in modern comic book history, and paparazzi photos of Emma Stone on the set of the film wearing Stacy’s iconic coat from that 1973 comic book issue had long since primed fans to expect her untimely demise. Still, this death stung, in no small part because Stone had made Stacy into such a vital character, and her undeniable chemistry with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man was the best thing about the darker, grittier, and ungainly second go at the Spider-Man movie franchise. Killing her off was a genuine, gutsy loss.
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