Most Bizarre End Credits You've Never Seen

1992's Lethal Weapon 3 might not be anybody's favorite in the series, but it was a perfectly functional Riggs and Murtaugh delivery device with cinematography by Jan DeBont, who'd soon make his directorial debut with Speed. In the first scene, the pair bungle the defusing of a bomb and inadvertently blow up an old building—which only gets them busted down to patrol duty since the building was empty, and this is a movie. The post-credits scene creates a nice little bookend for the opening, as recent history (sort of) repeats itself.

Riggs and Murtaugh are seen driving up to yet another old building where a bomb threat has been made, with Riggs commenting that the bomb squad is nowhere in sight, and maybe they ought to just take a look. Murtaugh tries desperately to talk him out of it, but there's no need to bother; the building blows up before they can even get out of the car. Interestingly, this building was the 68-year old Soreno Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida. The film's producers agreed to help the city bring the old structure down just for this sequence after the credits.

1993's Super Mario Bros., one of Hollywood's first attempts to cash in on the popularity of video games, was an unmitigated disaster. Despite the presence of overqualified actors Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper, the big-screen adventures of these mushroom-stomping Italian plumbers didn't sit well with critics or fans. As huge a misfire as it was, the fact that it got made at all stands as a testament to just how big a deal the Super Mario Bros. game series was, and it helped open the floodgates for the many video game adaptations that would soon follow.

Two of the film's villains, Iggy and Spike, are cousins of the villainous King Koopa (Hopper, in his most thankless role). The post-credits stinger sees two Japanese businessmen whom we assume to be talking to Mario and Luigi, proposing an idea for a video game based their adventures—but it turns out Iggy and Spike are actually on the other end of the negotiations. They kick a around couple of ideas for the name of their game before settling on "Super Koopa Cousins," which actually has a pretty nice ring to it.

The Paranormal Activity series revitalized the found-footage horror genre by adding new wrinkles to its central conceit—like security cameras, or cameras mounted on oscillating fans—with each new entry. They're also more smartly written than they need to be, and deploy their scares like well-oiled machines; however, by the fourth installment, plot connections to the series' central storyline had started to grow strained. Paranormal Activity 4's post-credits sequence was meant to tease the next installment in the series, a film that may have ended up helping to kill the franchise for good.

In the sequence, unknown videographers are shooting inside what looks like a bodega, with crosses and other religious iconography briefly in view. Suddenly, a creepy old woman appears out of nowhere speaking Spanish, and the guys behind the camera promptly flee. This was a teaser for Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, a spinoff aimed primarily at the Latino market. Unfortunately, the film itself just wasn't very good, garnering terrible reviews and grossing far less than any previous film in the series. A final film, subtitled The Ghost Dimension, fared even worse critically and commercially, putting an end to the Activity once and for all.

The 2013 reboot/remake/possible continuation of The Evil Dead is one sterling example of how a revival of a decades-old property doesn't have to suck. Its relentless, masterfully executed barrage of demons and gore was accomplished using nearly all practical effects as opposed to CGI, and first-time director Fede Álvarez displayed a veteran's mastery of composition and pacing. It was among the most well-received horror films of this decade, and gave Álvarez license to have quite a bit of freedom with his next project, 2016's similarly acclaimed Don't Breathe.

Of course, fans of Sam Raimi's original Evil Dead trilogy couldn't help but feel the absence of Bruce Campbell, whose iconic lead character Ashley J. Williams was the series' ferociously determined, slightly unbalanced heart. Give Álvarez credit for giving them what they want: filmgoers who stuck around after the reboot's credits suddenly hear a dramatic musical cue as their hero's face appears in backlit profile to utter one word: "Groovy." Of course, this quickly gave rise to rumors that Ash would be featured in the sequel and team up with the reboot's protagonist, Mia; while Álvarez hasn't specifically shot this down, he has said it's only likely to happen if Raimi agrees to direct.

Speaking of Finding Dory, the belated yet fantastic sequel kept the post-credits tradition alive by unexpectedly revisiting some characters from the previous film, which Nemo spends a good portion of trapped in a fish tank at a dentist's office. His fellow prisoners call themselves the Tank Gang, and Finding Nemo's mid-credits sequence reveals how they were able to escape the dentist's office and make their way to the harbor—each still trapped inside their own individual plastic bag, but hey, freedom is freedom.

After the credits of Finding Dory, we finally catch up with them. Their algae-caked plastic bags roll into view alongside the sea lions' rock, and they congratulate themselves on having made it so far. The words "we won't have any problems from here on out" are barely out of the mouth of Gill, the leader, before staff members from the Marine Life Institute scoop them up and haul them off to be quarantined. At least we know they'll be taken good care of—it's just too bad they just missed their old friend Nemo.