10 Comic-Book Movie Post-Credits Scenes That Weren't Worth Waiting For

Thor: The Dark World is commonly regarded as one of the MCU's weaker entries - and a Metascore of 54, the lowest in the franchise, certainly indicates as much - and its final after-credits scene followed suit, bringing literally nothing of importance to the Thor trilogy, or the MCU as a whole.

In it, Jane Foster can be seen sitting miserably in her home, before Thor's signature multi-coloured sky-beam appears outside her window and she rushes out to greet him. The two kiss, then the scene cuts to an alien creature (that landed in London during the movie's final battle) running amok through a storage yard.

This scene tells us three things, obvious or not; one, Thor and Jane are a couple; two, Thor is back on Earth; and three, there's an extra-terrestrial beast on the loose in London.

The problem is, we already knew Thor and Jane were a couple and we already knew Thor would have to be back on Earth in time for Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Did we really need this extra tidbit to state the obvious, especially after the pretty great, hugely informative mid-credits scene that we'd already sat through?

And, in retrospect, this scene becomes even more of a letdown than it was at the time; Jane Foster has been absent from the MCU ever since, meaning that showing her and Thor reunite with one another was literally pointless.

This was a cute, but ultimately unnecessary scene that did nothing to aid future movies and nothing to elevate the movie that just happened - and given the enormous expectations audiences have of post-credits scenes (especially in the MCU) that's just not good enough.