Creative Closing Credits: Difference between revisions

But they don't have to be! Sometimes, the producers shell out a bit of extra coin and the result is closing credits with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]] [[Award Bait Song|music]], awesome graphics, and an awesome concept. TheseSuch credits'''Creative Closing Credits''' exist to entertain the audience even after the film is over, so they'll stick around-- andaround—and the cast and crew will ''finally'' get some of the recognition they deserve.

== Anime[[Film]] ==

** ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3'' has a kind of [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] montage during the credits. Suffice it to say that the story simply doesn't end when the credits begin.

* ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]'', which works as a kind of epilogue to the film, has [http://www.artofthetitle.com/2009/10/26/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs/ a 2D animated epilogue] that includes [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]]s, and [[Everything's Better with Rainbows|lots and lots of rainbows]].

{{quote| '''Bart''': Come on, dad, let's go! I've been holding it in since they put the dome on the town!<br />

* ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'' has [http://watchthetitles.com/articles/0072-Kung_Fu_Panda cool and funny credit] s at the beginning, then some pictures showing bits of the life of the protagonists after the film, some kinda [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]] (namely, Shifu and Po's father playing Chinese Chess -- ShifuChess—Shifu's losing! -- or Tigress making her own comical impersonation of Shifu).

* ''[[Legend of the Guardians: theThe Owls of ga Ga'Hoole]]'' has the film's events as a pretty shadow puppet show.

* ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' pretty well started the [[Hilarious Outtakes]] form of credits sequence, and most [[Burt Reynolds]] movies had outtakes playing over the end credits.

{{quote| '''[[The Nostalgia Chick]]''': "We know the movie was Spice Crap! We did that on purpose!"}}

{{quote| '''Crow''': "'Puppet wranglers'? There weren't any puppets in this movie!"}}

* The ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' remake's end credits starts with clips from the rich jerkass's video camera (which appears to be a parody of Paris Hilton's infamous sex tape), then shows the survivors landing on an isolated island.

* ''[[West Side Story]]'' had most of the credits as graffiti -- Igraffiti—I'm talking about almost [[Room Full of Crazy]]-levels of writing on walls, doors, dusty windows, and street signs. These literal [[Walls of Text]] were arranged by [[Title Sequence]] master [[wikipedia:Saul Bass|Saul Bass]].

* Both ''[[Never Been Kissed]]'' and ''[[I Love You, Beth Cooper]]'' featured high school-era photos of the stars, director, writers, producers and other crew members. Which in the case of the latter made for an amusing contrast between [[Hayden Panettiere]] and Paul Rust.

* Some consider the ending credits for ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)]]'' (with [[Russell Crowe]]) the best part of the entire film-- notfilm—not because the film was terrible, but because the credits are so awesome.

** The end credits for ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]'' is set against various 1940s propaganda posters, befitting the tone of the movie.

** ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' has its credits set against various icons and gear associated with each Avenger ([[Captain America]]'s shield and uniform, the [[Iron Man]] armor, [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s hammer, etc.).

* The ''[[Doom (seriesfilm)|Doom]]'' movie had the credits in the same vein as it's first-person segment, complete with the names getting shot and killed. {{spoiler|The only names to not get shot are those of the actors that played characters that survive, or of the backstage staff. [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] gets particularly shot up, as he's the film's equivalent of a [[Final Boss]]}}

* Horror comedy ''[[Waxwork II Lost in Time]]'' has the credits roll over a music video for the rap title theme tune "Lost In Time". As well as displaying [[Video Full of Film Clips|clips from the movie]] and behind the scenes moments, the video also features the cast dancing around in the various sets used throughout the film.

** ''[[Blackadder]] 2'' ended each episode with Edmund walking away from the camera into a garden, while being followed by (and interacting with) the minstrel singing the closing theme.

* Throughout the entire game of ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'', [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene|a man in a top hat descends from the sky and takes a picture of your party]] every time you step in one of many spots throughout the game for seemingly no reason. After the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|first credits sequence]] which credits all the game's characters, the ''real'' credits afterwards [[Brick Joke|contain a montage of all the picture spots you found]].

** Similarly, the credits of ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' had a [[Where Are They Now]] thing going on, showing small videos of the different characters Sora met in his journey after all the problems were took care of. Special mention goes to [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|King Mickey finally returning to his Queen and subjects at Disney Castle]]. Little guy [[Earn Your Happy Ending|earned it]].

** This in turn was carried on in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]''. Many of these allude to future events and themes that would play on later, from {{spoiler|1=Isa and Lea buying sea salt ice cream from Scrooge McDuck to [[Lilo and Stitch (Disney film)|Experiment 626]] flying off to a mysterious blue planet. Again, one of the most touching moments involves King Mickey, who, having failed to save the three heroes, returns the star shard and his keyblade to Master Yen Sid and turns to walk away... [[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep/Heartwarming|Only for Yen Sid to return the Keyblade to him]], signifying that he passed the Mark of Mastery exam.}}

* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]].'' lets you pause, accelerate, target, or warp the end credits. The two sequels turn the credits into a shooting minigame.

* ''[[TatsunokovsTatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'' has a minigame during the credits where you ride a bike with Doronjo and her lackeys. It even unlocks another minigame! And if you were playing as Roll, you can fly her broom instead.

* Many [[JRPG|JRPGs]]s have scenes that play out during the credits. Sometimes these are just montages of previously seen scenes (''[[Final Fantasy IX]], [[Chrono Cross]], [[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' games) but sometimes they will show new footage (''[[Xenosaga]], [[Kingdom Hearts]]'', ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'').

* The outro of ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' has every letter of the credits as unique brick block. You can destroy them to find coins, with up to four players competing, the player with the most coins at the end "wins". (Yes, the minigame consists of smashing the credits to pieces for coins.) Or you could just watch everyone dance along to the music.

* The last level of ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' plays out beneath the credits.

**The [[Play StationPlayStation 2]] sequel has a credits minigame where you [[spoiler:run from the King of All Cosmos, using the Sun as a Katamari to roll up all the current Fans and Cousins. That's right: the freakin' sun.

** Instead of a final encore, ''Warriors of Rock'' (on the 360 and [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] versions only) has a special staff roll with cut-outs of Neversoft employees being loaded into a demonic looking rocket that gets blasted into space. While the sequence may have been to honor the fact that this was supposed to be the last ''GH'' game developed by Neversoft, the later announcement that the franchise was most likely being canned may have given it a greater meaning.

* The first ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' game let you explode the text by tapping it with your stylus while [[Where Are They Now]]-type scenes play on the top.

* ''[[Jade Empire]]'''s credits are talked over partially by the must-mentioned but never seen wife of Hou, then by the "actors" playing two of the supporting cast - their conversations cover the difficulties of filming, the interwebs, [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Star Trek]]'', not getting typecast and exactly what she does with [[Noodle Implements|that banana]] on stage. And then your mentor telling you about the time you were decapitated as a child, but got better after walking it off. And then exploded a mountain by punching it. [[In Space]]. [http://uk.gamespot.com/users/edubuccaneer/video_player?id=ISE2njf45bwNvTI The credits can be seen here]{{Dead link}}, Hou's section starts at just before three minutes in, Dawn Star and Sagacious Zu at a little past five minutes.

* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'' challenges you to defend Kyrie from waves of scarecrows for ninety seconds, which is of course made more difficult by the credits obscuring the entire screen. There's a bonus cutscene [[The Stinger|at the end]], though.

* ''[[MadWorld]]'' has the [[Large Ham Announcer|announcers]] [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|viciously verbally violating]] the staff associated with the game. Including the script-writing "bastards who keep putting words in their mouths."

* ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' game allows you to destroy the credits as they roll though there is no point.

* ''[[Ehrgeiz]]'' takes the cake by making you fight the [[True Final Boss]] during them.

* ''[[Zombies Ate My Neighbors]]'' combines this with [[Developer's Room]]. The credits are a playable level called "Monsters Among Us", set in the Lucasarts offices, where you not only rescue people and kill monsters as usual, but also meet all the developers of the game. And [[George Lucas]].

* ''[[Punch -Out!!]]'' on the Wii lets you punch the names in the credits. The important part is to look out for weird symbols, misspellings, and the names of characters from the game in particular.

** The movie "Is It Fall Yet?" had [[Animated Actors|supposed bloopers]], while "Is It College Yet?" used the "alter-ego" format for a not-necessarily-canon [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]].

{{quote| :''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|"You're still here? It's over! Go home!.... Go!"]]''}}

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