

The MCU has made extensive use of mid- and post-credit scenes (often both) which typically serve as a teaser for a future Marvel Studios film.

This has been described as "Marvel's first post-credit scene". The first post-credits scene involving Marvel Comics characters occurred prior to the MCU, in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, showing Charles Xavier / Professor X to be alive after his apparent death by the hands of the Phoenix earlier in the film. 3 (2023), the MCU has featured 75 post-credits scenes across 42 properties.
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In some cases, MCU films have multiple mid-credits and post-credits scenes, and MCU television series have employed them after some episodes. Individual scenes have been widely discussed, ranked, and criticized. The use of such scenes as a whole has changed movie-goer expectations, and has received both praise and criticism. Roses are also featured on wallpaper in some of the show's marketing material.Īgnes also makes special note of Dottie's prize roses, saying, " Her roses bloom under penalty of death." The ominous line may provide a clue to Dottie's larger role in the overarching plot, perhaps hinting that she is the true villain of the series.Mid-credits and post-credits scenes have been used in various Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media, since the beginning of the franchise with the 2008 film Iron Man. It is notable that roses shown in a piece of art hanging in the Scarlet Witch and Vision's living room. The color red, clearly referencing the Scarlet Witch, features heavily in the show as well, occasionally intruding on the episodes' black and white palate (with the SWORD helicopter, the toaster's flashing red light, and Dottie's blood).

Roses symbolize love and romance, making it an apt choice for a show following the Avenger power couple. However, considering rumors that she may serve as an antagonist in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the revelation may end up being a breaking point for the Scarlet Witch.Įven after only two episodes, roses have continually been present throughout the story and, therefore, it is unsurprising when we see one constructed from red pixels in the show's end credits. Perhaps Vision is really still dead and much of WandaVision's conclusion will center on Wanda's acceptance of that reality. Fans have wondered how Vision could have come back to life and Wanda using her formidable powers to rebuild loved ones is not without precedent in the comics. It is notable that these pixels first reveal themselves after the camera zooms in through Vision's eye, possibly hinting that he has been constructed by Wanda herself. When Wanda uses her reality-warping abilities in House of M (and in other recent appearances), they are often represented by small blocks reshaping the objects and people around her. In the arc, a grieving Scarlet Witch rewrites the universe after learning that her children never existed, creating a world in which she can be reunited with them. The end credits of both episodes use a strange pixel-effect, one that is incredibly reminiscent to art in Marvel Comics famous "House of M" storyline, which has been long-rumored to serve as source material for WandaVision. Therefore, piecing together her road from Avengers: Endgame to the pristine streets of Westview will certainly be a big part of WandaVision's coming story. With her foe defeated, the audience left Wanda truly alone for the first time in her cinematic history, presumably left to cope with the trauma of losing another loved one. However, it becomes clear in Avengers: Endgame that Wanda - now reconstituted - has a score to settle, showing off extraordinary power when dueling the Mad Titan. Unfortunately, Wanda's understandable grief was cut short when she was snapped away minutes later. Successful in destroying the stone (and her synthezoid lover), Wanda was forced to watch him die again when Thanos, rebuilding him with the Time Stone, murdered him graphically. In the final minutes of Avengers: Infinity War, Wanda was forced to kill Vision, who was willing to sacrifice his life to prevent Thanos from obtaining the Mind Stone. When audiences last saw WandaVision's titular heroes, things were far from peachy.
