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Fans Are Freaking Out About ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Massive End Credit Scenes

by Amanda Yeo  3 July 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

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Spider-Man: Far From Home dropped on Monday, and the widespread consensus is that the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first post-Endgame entry is a thwippin’ good time.

Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon are as charming as always, the villain feels contemporary, and there are some amazing action sequences that could have come straight from a comic.

Far From Home also includes a few touching nods to the Avengers, and explores how the world has dealt with the events of Infinity War and Endgame.

However, the moment Marvel fans are dying to talk about is Far From Home‘s mid-credits scene, which completely changes the MCU.

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Snape kills Dumbledore.

Okay, for real this time.

In Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s mid-credits scene, Spider-Man drops MJ off on the sidewalk after taking her for an exhilarating swing through the city. She expresses a desire to never, ever do that again, and Spider-Man takes his leave. MJ may know he’s Peter now, but everyone else would probably find it weird to see Spider-Man on a date with a high schooler.

Spidey swings up to perch atop a lamppost. However, before he can swing away, his attention is drawn by a news report displayed on a giant outdoor screen, featuring J.K. Simmons making a triumphant surprise return as Daily Bugle editor-in-chief J. Jonah Jameson.

It turns out that, before he died, Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) recorded footage of himself and part of their altercation, framing Spider-Man as the one responsible for the drone attacks. And now, that footage has made its way to a national news outlet.

This alone would be enough to turn Peter’s life into a nightmare. So much for that friendly relationship with law enforcement he had in the trailers.

But then Mysterio goes one step further, announcing to the world that Spider-Man’s secret identity is high school student Peter Parker.

It’s a status quo-changing scene for the MCU. Up until now, Spider-Man’s identity has remained a secret in every Spider-Man film to date (the Tobey Maguire train messiah scene absolutely does not count). The lack of anonymity will likely force Peter to drastically change how he operates.

This isn’t the first time the world has found out Spider-Man’s secret identity. In the comics, Peter held a press conference to unmask himself in 2006’s Civil War #2, and it took a literal deal with a devil to rebag that cat.

The following year, the widely derided One More Day storyline had the demon Mephisto save Aunt May’s life and wipe the world’s memory of Spider-Man’s identity. In return, Peter and MJ agreed to have their marriage removed from ever existing.

Fans, critics and even the writer hated the story, so it’ll be interesting to see how the MCU handles the unmasking problem. Peter doesn’t have a marriage to sell this time, but perhaps he could interest Satan in a burgeoning high school romance.

Peter’s unceremonious unmasking isn’t the only extra scene in the film. At the very end, after all the credits have scrolled, there is a second scene featuring Nick Fury and Maria Hill. Driving in a car, the pair reveal themselves to be Skrulls — more specifically, married couple Talos and Soren from Captain Marvel.

It turns out the two have been standing in for Fury and Hill, who are away on other business. Precisely what that business is remains unclear, though it is hinted that it involves the other Avengers as, reporting in, Soren complains to Fury he had trouble explaining the heroes’ absence to Peter.

Fury, for his part, is unconcerned. He is relaxing on a sunny beach — at least, he appears to be. Upon standing, the white sand and clear water are revealed to be holograms, and we find out he’s actually on a space ship or station populated with Skrulls. Fury then declares that it’s time to get back to work.

This reveal helps fans excuse some of the questionable decisions Fury seemed to make during Far From Home, such as telling Peter to unmask to Mysterio. Still, it’s unclear what this scene could be leading to.

In the 2008 comic storyline Secret Invasion, it was revealed the shape-shifting aliens had covertly abducted and replaced many of Earth’s superheroes over several years, preparing for an all-out invasion. However, the Skrulls of the MCU have thus far been allies to Earth’s heroes, and it appears that Fury is in some position of authority amongst them, so it’s unlikely this is what is happening.

It remains to be seen why Fury needs to be off-world, as well as keep it hidden from Peter. Hopefully, we’ll find out more as the MCU moves into Phase Four, which will include a Black Widow solo film and introduce martial artist Shang-Chi.