The Super Mario Movie Ending And Post-Credits Scenes Explained

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It took a few decades, but we finally have our second big-screen adaptation of the Super Mario Bros franchise. And it was worth the wait--the new animated film starring Chris Pratt and Charlie Day as the titular brothers manages to be both quite charming and a feast for the eyes from the very start, and it doesn't let up until the very end of the credits.

And it's also, potentially, the start of a new movie franchise. That shouldn't come as any kind of surprise to anyone, of course, since there aren't many brands with more entertainment cultural cachet than Nintendo and Mario. But it means that The Super Mario Bros Movie isn't just telling its own story--it's also setting up potential future ones.

And in the age of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that usually involves bonus scenes after or during the end credits. Does The Super Mario Bros Movie follow that trend, or is it safe to exit the theater and never look back once the credits begin?

Surprising probably no one, The Super Mario Bros Movie features both a mid-credits and a post-credits scene.

Warning: The remainder of this article will contain meaningful spoilers for The Super Mario Bros Movie.

While the normal Marvel trend is to deliver the serious, forward-looking tease during the credits and do something jokey at the very end of the credits, The Super Mario Bros movie does the opposite. Our mid-credits scene follows up with Bowser (Jack Black), as he delivers another rendition of his stalker-ish «Peaches» song from behind a piano.

The camera slowly pulls out during the performance until we see that, sure enough, Bowser is still suffering from the effects of the mushroom he ate during the film's climax--so he's still little, and his prison cell is a bird cage. It's