What Sonic The Hedgehog 2's Credits Scene Means For Future Movies

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is now in cinemas in North America. That means two things. One, more and more people are learning just how good it is, which appears to be the general consensus as it has a very high audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Two, spoilers will become harder to avoid for those of you who haven't yet seen the sequel. Anyone who has come here for a deep dive on Sonic 2's credits scene shouldn't need to be told this, but the rest of this article will feature some very heavy spoilers. If you don't want to know what happens in the movie, stop reading now, go to the cinema, and come back in 122 minutes.

Superhero movies, particularly Marvel, have led to a trend of movie-goers refusing to leave the cinema until the lights are up and the credits have rolled. As frustrating as it can be, especially if you stick around for an extra ten minutes only to be rewarded with nothing at all, it's also a pretty clever way to make people stick around and appreciate the hundreds of people who helped piece the movie together. While not a Marvel movie, Sonic 2 does indeed have a mid-credits scene, which you'll have to wait for the initial credit splash, but not the entire roll.

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As was the case with the first movie, the credits begin with an homage to some of the original Sonic games. Replaying the key moments from the movie as if they were a sidescroller from the early '90s. Between that and the regular credits in the first movie, fans were introduced to the movie version of Tails for the first time. In Sonic 2, that moment was reserved for Shadow. The evil hedgehog was shown suspended in liquid in a secret lab somewhere, and it could mean the next