How many post credit scenes in Dr Strange 2

Doctor Strange 2 has officially arrived in theaters, but should you be waiting around after the credits of the Marvel movie if you’re sitting in a theater? Does the film have a post-credits scene?

The time has finally arrived to enter the Multiverse of Madness! After months of anticipation, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is finally hitting theaters across the globe.

In fact, if I had to guess, you’re likely reading this very post from your local theater wondering whether you should prepare to stick around after the movie comes to a close or if it’s safe to head out after the closing scene of the movie.

It’s a legitimate question to ask and a frequent one for Marvel fans who have become accustomed to sticking around through the credits in hopes of being treated to a bonus scene or two used to tee up a future Marvel project… or sometimes just provide a bit of a laugh.

So what exactly has Marvel planned out for Doctor Strange 2?

Does Doctor Strange 2 have two end credits scenes?

There are a total of two post-credits scenes included in Doctor Strange 2, so you’ll want to be sure to stick around for a post-credits scene as well as for an end-credit scene as there is one of each within Multiverse of Madness. 

Without getting into spoilers — after all, the post and end-credits scenes are always fun surprises and we want to maintain that element of surprise — we will note that the post-credits scene seems to be used to tease a future Marvel project, while the end-credit scene appears to be more of a humorous scene connected to a moment from the film.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 6.

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Are you excited to hear there is not only a post-credits scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness but also an end-credit scene? Will you be sticking around to watch both scenes? Let us know in the comments!

In a mid-credits scene, Strange is happily strolling through Manhattan's streets, having seemingly accepted the corruption caused by his use of the Darkhold. He's intercepted by a blonde sorcerer in a purple and pink costume (Charlize Theron). She opens a portal to the Dark Dimension, the hellish reality ruled by 2016 Doctor Strange big bad Dormammu.

"You created an incursion and we're gonna fix it... unless you're afraid?" she says.

"Not in the least," he responds, his Darkhold-induced third eye opening.

What does it mean?

She isn't named until the credits start rolling after this scene, but Theron's character is Clea -- a Dark Dimension magic wielder who's been in the comics since the '60s.

She's the daughter of Dormammu's sister Umar and Dark Dimension Prince Orini, and became fascinated by Strange during one of his early adventures in that reality. Their paths have crossed many times in the years since, with Clea becoming Strange's student and later his wife.

Following the events of 2021's Death of Doctor Strange miniseries (you can imagine the premise), Clea replaced Strange as Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Stephen will undoubtedly be resurrected and return to the role soon though, since status quo shifts like this seldom last long in the comics.

You might have been too busy reeling or screaming with joy when Reed Richards (John Krasinski) explained what incursions were earlier in the movie, but they're catastrophic events that occur when a multiversal reality crashes into another. In the comics, this happened in 2015 event Secret Wars.

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It's unclear how Strange caused an incursion -- he jumped through a whole bunch of realities in Multiverse of Madness -- or what this means for the MCU, but it could see elements from a different cinematic universe crossing into this one.

Such a crossover already created a dangerous scenario (filled with delightful cameos) in No Way Home, so it's possible we'll see characters from Fox's X-Men reality next. The presence of Professor X (Patrick Stewart) may have been foreshadowing this.

Or maybe that's just more wishful thinking.

Poppa Pizza returns

In an alternate reality's Manhattan, rude street vendor Pizza Poppa (Bruce Campbell) earlier accused America Chavez of stealing his precious dough balls. Strange hit the poor guy with a spell to get him off their backs, and they left him to be attacked by his own hand.

The post-credits scene brings us back to Pizza Poppa just as his meat hook's campaign of violence ends.

"It's over!" he says joyously.

What does it mean?

This scene is unlikely to have any MCU-scattering implications, since it's more of an homage to Campbell and Raimi's relationship. The pair have been friends since high school, and the actor played hero Ash Williams in Raimi's 1981 breakout feature The Evil Dead. In that movie's 1987 sequel, Ash's hand is bitten by one of the undead, becomes possessed and tries to kill him.

Unlike Pizza Poppa, he tries to solve the problem by severing his hand and replacing it with a chainsaw (which is extremely metal). His former hand stalks him for the rest of the movie.

Campbell also shows up in Raimi's non-MCU Spider-Man trilogy, seemingly playing three different characters. He was a wrestling announcer in the first movie, a snooty usher in the sequel and a French maître d' in the third. If the scrapped Spider-Man 4 had come to fruition, the actor could have played Mysterio, Raimi confirmed to Rolling Stone.

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