Captain America: Brave New Worldhas one post-credits scene, and while it does set up some interesting possibilities, it also proves a metaMCUjoke right almost a decade later.Brave New Worldmakes a few changes to the standard format of an MCU film. It doesn’t start with the traditional Marvel fanfare. Instead, it shows brief flashes of the Marvel Studios logo in black and white. There is also onlyoneCaptain America: Brave New Worldpost-credit scene, making audiences wait until the end of the credits to see the stinger for what Marvel has in store.
WhileBrave New World’s story features a few events that could have major implications forthe MCU timeline, it doesn’t further the multiverse narrative that Marvel is building beforethe release ofAvengers: Doomsday. That is, until the post-credits scene, which includes a tease about the numerous universes expected to collide. Still, it doesn’t reveal any new information about the MCU’s multiverse, and it makes an 8-year-old joke fromSpider-Man: Homecomingmore relevant than ever.
Captain America: Brave New World’s Post-Credit Scene Provided Very Little New Information About The Multiverse Saga
Brave New World’s plot revolves around Sam Wilson thwarting Samuel Sterns', a.k.a. The Leader’s, revenge against Thunderbolt Ross. The Leader was slowly poisoning Ross by putting small doses of gamma radiation in his pills, eventually transforming him into Red Hulk. After stopping Red Hulk from destroying Washington D.C., Sam visits Sterns, now imprisoned in The Raft. Sterns delivers a menacing warning about the multiverse, telling Sam this isn’t the only world he needs to worry about. Here is his full speech:
“We share the same world, don’t we? This world you would die to save. It’s coming. I’ve seen it in the probabilities, seen it plain as day. All you heroes protecting this world, do you think you’re the only ones? Do you think this is the only world? We’ll see what happens when you have to protect this place from the others.”
5 Credits Scenes I Would’ve Liked For Captain America: Brave New World
Captain America: Brave New World’s post-credits scene teases the franchise’s biggest event so far, but other key stories could have been addressed.
The MCU is approachingAvengers: Doomsday, so this scene does set the tone for the rest of the Multiverse Saga. However, it doesn’t reveal any new information.The audience already knows other universes exist, thanks to films likeAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,Spider-Man: No Way Home, andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Leader also never mentions Doctor Doom, so viewers will have to wait for the first mention of Robert Downey Jr’s incoming villain.
Brave New World’s Post-Credit Scene Proves Steve Roger’s Spider-Man: Homecoming Post-Credits Joke Can Still Apply To The MCU
Spider-Man: Homecomingfeatures a hilarious running joke of Steve Rogers' Captain America filming several cheesy videos for schools featuring inspiring life lessons. Evans does an incredible job with the delivery, and the joke’s ultimate punchline comes in the film’s second post-credit scene. After sitting through all the credits to find out what happens next, audiences are greeted by Captain America, who teaches them about patience, stating:
“Sometimes patience is the key to victory. Sometimes it leads to very little, and it seems like it’s not worth it, and you wonder why you waited so long for something so disappointing.”
It’s a meta joke for Marvel, mocking the viewers who sit through all the credits hoping there will be an epic tease for another project.Captain America: Brave New Worldunintentionally makes this joke feel relevant, sinceaudiences waited for The Leader to tell them exactly what they already knew. That said, Marvel has had recent problems with cool post-credit scenes that go nowhere, so maybe it’s better that the studio kept things simple.
