How many end credit scenes does Dr Strange have?

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness lands in theaters across the US today. The official theatrical release is May 7th, but early previews go live Thursday evening.

The latest MCU film is looking to kick off the blockbuster season with style, proving once again that the movie theater business is far from dead, at least where superheroes are concerned.

Spider-Man: No Way Home was the first film since the pandemic began to really prove that things were not all doom and gloom at the box office. That film went on to become the third top-grossing domestic box office hit of all time (sixth worldwide).

Earlier this year, The Batman rocketed up to #49 of all time, despite being way, way too long.

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is sure to set some of its own records. In many ways, this is the Captain America: Civil War of the current MCU phase, weaving together threads from Shang-Chi, WandaVision, No Way Home and more into what is both a sequel to the first Doctor Strange but also so much more.

Doctor Strange 2 Post-Credits Scenes

Now, as you prepare to see the movie—or as you sit in the audience as the credits roll—you might be wondering if, like so many other MCU outings, there are post and mid-credits scenes. You might also be wondering if these scenes are worth sticking around for or if you should make a run for the bathrooms.

Well, here’s some answers.

First off, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness has one mid-credits scene and one post-credits scene.

The mid-credits scene is definitely worth sticking around for, as it sets up whatever is coming next for the titular Doctor and his bizarro adventures, whether that’s Doctor Strange 3 or some other ensemble affair. This scene falls right after the flashy credits that come before the long crawl.

If you can make it past the long crawl to the very, very end you’ll get to the next scene. This is a bit less important to stick around for if you’re in a hurry (though you could probably make it back from the bathroom in time if you’re quick and lines aren’t too bad). This scene is more of a fun little callback to an earlier scene in the movie.

The one-two punch of a more serious/important mid-credits scene and a more lighthearted/throwaway post-credits scene has been the pattern for Marvel films lately. These used to be a little more random, but it seems they’ve settled into a bit of a rhythm now, which is fine. At least audiences can have a pretty good idea what to expect.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which is available to stream on Disney Plus after landing in theaters in May, sends the Marvel Cinematic Universe's charmingly grumpy sorcerer on an adventure that spans multiple realities. The 28th MCU movie brings director Sam Raimi back to Marvel for the first time since 2007's Spider-Man 3 and leans hard into his signature horror style, with one of the two post-credits scenes riffing on a classic moment from early in his career.

The movie takes place after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which saw Strange offering Peter Parker some magical help as the teen dealt with the entire world knowing his secret identity.

Let's step into a portal and explore a universe full of SPOILERS. We also have a separate ending explainer, a deep dive into the Illuminati and a list of WTF questions the movie left us with.

Another sorcerer

In a mid-credits scene, Strange is happily strolling through Manhattan's streets, having seemingly accepted the corruption caused by his use of the Darkhold. He's intercepted by a blonde sorcerer in a purple and pink costume (Charlize Theron). She opens a portal to the Dark Dimension, the hellish reality ruled by 2016 Doctor Strange big bad Dormammu.

"You created an incursion and we're gonna fix it... unless you're afraid?" she says.

"Not in the least," he responds, his Darkhold-induced third eye opening.

What does it mean?

She isn't named until the credits start rolling after this scene, but Theron's character is Clea -- a Dark Dimension magic wielder who's been in the comics since the '60s.

She's the daughter of Dormammu's sister Umar and Dark Dimension Prince Orini, and became fascinated by Strange during one of his early adventures in that reality. Their paths have crossed many times in the years since, with Clea becoming Strange's student and later his wife.

Following the events of 2021's Death of Doctor Strange miniseries (you can imagine the premise), Clea replaced Strange as Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Stephen will undoubtedly be resurrected and return to the role soon though, since status quo shifts like this seldom last long in the comics.

You might have been too busy reeling or screaming with joy when Reed Richards (John Krasinski) explained what incursions were earlier in the movie, but they're catastrophic events that occur when a multiversal reality crashes into another. In the comics, this happened in 2015 event Secret Wars.

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It's unclear how Strange caused an incursion -- he jumped through a whole bunch of realities in Multiverse of Madness -- or what this means for the MCU, but it could see elements from a different cinematic universe crossing into this one.

Such a crossover already created a dangerous scenario (filled with delightful cameos) in No Way Home, so it's possible we'll see characters from Fox's X-Men reality next. The presence of Professor X (Patrick Stewart) may have been foreshadowing this.

Or maybe that's just more wishful thinking.

Poppa Pizza returns

In an alternate reality's Manhattan, rude street vendor Pizza Poppa (Bruce Campbell) earlier accused America Chavez of stealing his precious dough balls. Strange hit the poor guy with a spell to get him off their backs, and they left him to be attacked by his own hand.

The post-credits scene brings us back to Pizza Poppa just as his meat hook's campaign of violence ends.

"It's over!" he says joyously.

What does it mean?

This scene is unlikely to have any MCU-scattering implications, since it's more of an homage to Campbell and Raimi's relationship. The pair have been friends since high school, and the actor played hero Ash Williams in Raimi's 1981 breakout feature The Evil Dead. In that movie's 1987 sequel, Ash's hand is bitten by one of the undead, becomes possessed and tries to kill him.

Unlike Pizza Poppa, he tries to solve the problem by severing his hand and replacing it with a chainsaw (which is extremely metal). His former hand stalks him for the rest of the movie.

Campbell also shows up in Raimi's non-MCU Spider-Man trilogy, seemingly playing three different characters. He was a wrestling announcer in the first movie, a snooty usher in the sequel and a French maître d' in the third. If the scrapped Spider-Man 4 had come to fruition, the actor could have played Mysterio, Raimi confirmed to Rolling Stone.

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