DC Super-Pets Takes The MCU's Post-Credits Problem Even Further
The animated film DC League of Super-Pets has a post-credits scene that really only succeeds at two things: advertising Black Adam and putting focus on a problematic movie trend that was popularized by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since 2008, MCU credits scenes have done a fantastic job of incentivizing audiences to keep watching until after the credits. However, they've also resulted in the extensive use of this trend in movies that don't necessarily require them, such as DC League of Super-Pets.
After the Super-Pets save the day, the DC League of Super-Pets post-credits scene sees Superman and Krypto playing fetch at the park. This wholesome moment gets interrupted when Krypto's infamous squeezy Batman toy is instead caught by a dog called Anubis, who is then revealed to be the pet of Black Adam. In the DC League of Super-Pets post-credits scene, Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson voices not just Krypto, but also Black Adam and Anubis. Johnson has revealed that this sequence was his idea, and that it was reportedly conceived after several tequila shots.
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The DC League of Super-Pets post-credits scene does a fine job at satirizing this overused superhero movie trope, but it also worsens a problem that was created by the MCU, which now affects practically the entire superhero genre. Indeed, audiences today are much more inclined to stay until the end credits in anticipation of a rewarding sequence or two at the very end. In superhero movies, this typically means a tease or outright reveal of upcoming projects. This wasn't the case with DC League of Super-Pets. The end sequence is basically an advert for Johnson and a strange nod towards Black
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