Marvel’s THUNDERBOLTS* Features the Longest Post-Credits Scene in MCU History and It Sets Up Something Big

At this point, no one should have to tell you to stay after the credits of a Marvel movie because fans just know that there are going to be one or two post-credits scenes. With Thunderbolts* Marvel Studios drop their longest-ever post-credits scene in this film, and it sets up something massive for the future of the MCU.Clocking in at two minutes and 54 seconds, this stinger builds toward’s what’s coming next. As noted by IGN, this scene officially beats out previous record-holders, even outlasting the total runtime of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s five separate post-credit sequences, which together ran 2 minutes and 51 seconds. We’re excluding the extended Rogers: The Musical gag from Hawkeye because that was a whole different kind of post-credits flex.So what’s in this nearly three-minute Marvel morsel? We’ll, I’ll tell you, so if you don’t want to know stop reading now! Spoilers ahead!The scene picks back up with the Thunderbolts at the Watchtower a repurposed Avengers Tower now under Val’s command roughly a year after the events of the film. There’s plenty of fun snarky banter between the team, but the real sparks fly when Sam Wilson enters the chat (metaphorically). Turns out, Sam has officially copyrighted the “Avengers” name and isn’t too thrilled about Bucky Barnes trying to rebrand the Thunderbolts as a new Avengers squad.That tension might sound like it’s gearing up for a new Civil War, but it’s probably more of a simmer than a full-on boil… for now.Then comes the big kicker: an interdimensional ship appears, crashing through the sky, and it’s Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four. This marks their cinematic arrival ahead of The Fantastic Four, but more importantly, it points directly toward Avengers: Doomsday. A recent rumor teased “multiple Avengers teams trying to fight Doom,” and this scene certainly hints that the MCU is building not toward a single unified front, but toward a fractured one with different factions of heroes attempting to take down an escalating threat in their own way.Directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, and Hannah John-Kamen, Thunderbolts* brings together some of the MCU’s most complicated characters and introduces a new superpowered figure known only as Bob aka The Sentry aka The Void. Thunderbolts* officially closes out Marvel Phase 5 on the big screen. The saga continues with Fantastic Four in July, with Avengers: Doomsday in 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars set to bring the Multiverse Saga to a close in 2027.

May 2, 2025 - 17:09

Marvel’s THUNDERBOLTS* Features the Longest Post-Credits Scene in MCU History and It Sets Up Something Big

At this point, no one should have to tell you to stay after the credits of a Marvel movie because fans just know that there are going to be one or two post-credits scenes.

With Thunderbolts* Marvel Studios drop their longest-ever post-credits scene in this film, and it sets up something massive for the future of the MCU.

Clocking in at two minutes and 54 seconds, this stinger builds toward’s what’s coming next. As noted by IGN, this scene officially beats out previous record-holders, even outlasting the total runtime of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’s five separate post-credit sequences, which together ran 2 minutes and 51 seconds.

We’re excluding the extended Rogers: The Musical gag from Hawkeye because that was a whole different kind of post-credits flex.

So what’s in this nearly three-minute Marvel morsel? We’ll, I’ll tell you, so if you don’t want to know stop reading now! Spoilers ahead!

The scene picks back up with the Thunderbolts at the Watchtower a repurposed Avengers Tower now under Val’s command roughly a year after the events of the film.

There’s plenty of fun snarky banter between the team, but the real sparks fly when Sam Wilson enters the chat (metaphorically). Turns out, Sam has officially copyrighted the “Avengers” name and isn’t too thrilled about Bucky Barnes trying to rebrand the Thunderbolts as a new Avengers squad.

That tension might sound like it’s gearing up for a new Civil War, but it’s probably more of a simmer than a full-on boil… for now.

Then comes the big kicker: an interdimensional ship appears, crashing through the sky, and it’s Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four.

This marks their cinematic arrival ahead of The Fantastic Four, but more importantly, it points directly toward Avengers: Doomsday. A recent rumor teased “multiple Avengers teams trying to fight Doom,” and this scene certainly hints that the MCU is building not toward a single unified front, but toward a fractured one with different factions of heroes attempting to take down an escalating threat in their own way.

Directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Lewis Pullman, and Hannah John-Kamen, Thunderbolts* brings together some of the MCU’s most complicated characters and introduces a new superpowered figure known only as Bob aka The Sentry aka The Void.

Thunderbolts* officially closes out Marvel Phase 5 on the big screen. The saga continues with Fantastic Four in July, with Avengers: Doomsday in 2026 and Avengers: Secret Wars set to bring the Multiverse Saga to a close in 2027.