History Main / CreativeClosingCredits

*** The credits for Episode 3-5 doesn't have the distorted text effects; they fade in and out normally.

* The credits for ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' have simple doodles of all the characters scattered around the credits, with some of them even foreshadowing certain episodes. It even includes half of the show's theme song, without Craig Bartlett's vocals. The special ''Back to Bortron 7'', technically being part of season 2, includes newer doodles, including [[spoiler: Mindy in a space suit, which foreshadows the fact that Mindy is going to space in season 2]].

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** As of Season 3, Bluey dancing is replaced by an object or a brief animation that served as a highlight of the episode's events that previously occurred.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': Its "alter-ego" credits showcase the characters in an array of alternate personae, costumes and even other animation styles. For example, [[LovableLibby Quinn]] as Hello Kitty, [[HippieTeacher Mr. O'Neill]] as Mr. T, etc.

* Season 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' first shows pictures of the voice actors (and animator Creator/MontyOum) before displaying the credits proper along graphics of objects from the animated scenes.

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* Many {{JRPG}}s have scenes that play out during the credits. Sometimes these are just montages of previously seen scenes (''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'', ''VideoGame/WildArms'' games) but sometimes they will show new footage (''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'', ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'').
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' has HilariousOuttakes of the game dialogue ("RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue; I'm gonna kill you, Doodley-doo").
* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' allows you to attack the credits.
* The credits in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' play after exiting the Animus, and over a section played as Desmond.
* ''VideoGame/BarrowHill'' shows some creepy cinematic-style images and spooky landscapes from the game during its closing credits.
* The closing credits of the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games tend to display artwork and scenes related to the game during the credits, particularly the later installments. If it's the end of a particular trilogy within the series, i.e. ''VideoGame/AtelierLydieAndSuelleTheAlchemistsAndTheMysteriousPaintings'', then it will show material from all three games in the trilogy. And then there's ''VideoGame/NelkeAndTheLegendaryAlchemistsAteliersOfTheNewWorld'', which being a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover celebrating the whole series features artwork and scenes from throughout the franchise, going back to the beginning before finally ending with the game itself and the ''Atelier'' 20th anniversary logo.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'':
** The opening credits are on headstones in a graveyard. Enzo "marks" director Hideki Kamiya's marker as "his territory" as the prologue proper begins.
** The game and [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 its sequel]] have little scenes between the credits and their spiffy music where the player relieves previous scenes of the game, ending with one last one relevant to the epilogue. Performace on these scenes grant medals, and these affect the player's ranking on the final chapter.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{beatmania}} beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]'' lets you use the turntable to pan around the abstract monochrome geometric world ... thing you float through over the staff roll.
** The original 5-key ''beatmania'' games let you make noises during the credits by hitting the keys or scratching.
* In the ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/BigBang'' (a.k.a. ''Thunder Dragon 2''), the letters of the credits can actually be shot down by your plane for extra points.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' has the characters break the fourth wall and discuss both the limitations of the game and the (lack of) quality of the writing, acting like AnimatedActors.
* In the end credits of ''VideoGame/BloodOmenLegacyOfKain'', one of the dev team yells "Coffee Guy!" over the appropriate credit.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''':
** The first piece of DLC "The Zombie Island Of Dr. Ned" takes this to its logical conclusion by [[spoiler: subverting the AnticlimaxBoss by having Dr. Ned come back as an [[OneWingedAngel undead abomination]], scream "It's not over yet!" and include a proper final boss fight]].
** The main game also has a sweet song and claptrap-style logos accompanying the scroll.
* The credits of ''VideoGame/BurgerShop'' do a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue for the different customer types like the Businessman, Cowgirl, etc.
* This trope is traditional in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series. The first game and ''United Offensive'' 's credits show several American paratroopers blowing through the German ranks with no discernible reason. ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 2'' 's credits show a squad of Rangers rescuing Captain Price from the Germans, in a sequence designed to use all the game's [[VideoGameSetpiece scripted animations]] in one level. ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' shows the POV of an AC-130 gunship's gunner while he casually disintegrates dozens of enemy soldiers with the gunship's armament. ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'''s credits shows museum visitors looking at exhibits containing dioramas of the game's levels, which is somewhat less awesome than the others.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': In lieu of a credits list (it would be too short, considering just one guy made the game all by himself), the game ends with a roll call for all the characters, enemies, and bosses. These are accompanied by pixel art renditions of scenes from the story, and cutscenes showing [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue where the characters end up after the end]]. These scenes change depending on which of the MultipleEndings you got.
* ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'', Creator/NaughtyDog's last ''Crash'' game, features all the playable racers (and Oxide) dancing over the end credits, overlaid with [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue short text blurbs telling what happened to them all after the game's events]]. After the credits, the player is also treated to a ConceptArtGallery slideshow with sketches, character designs, and promo renders of every game in the series so far, as a final farewell from Creator/NaughtyDog.
* [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/whiteboardwar/creeper-world-2-academy?acomplete=creep Creeper World 2: Academy]] features a playable level in its credits.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' shows the sync kill animations from the game alongside the credits.
* ''VideoGame/DeadHeadFred'' rolls the credits while Fred is interviewed by someone about himself and the events of the game.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' ends with Dante and Lady fighting against endless waves of demons as the credits scroll, with players controlling Dante and taking down as many demons as they can before the credits end. Killing at least one hundred of them gives you a [[TheStinger bonus post-credits scene]] which confirms [[spoiler:Vergil facing off against Mundus]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' challenges you to defend Kyrie from waves of scarecrows for ninety seconds, which is of course, made more difficult by the credits obscuring the entire screen. There's an added difficulty where you, as Nero, can't let even a single Scarecrow touch Kyrie in order to see an [[TheStinger extra ending]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' features two sections of playable credits with [[spoiler:Nero and Dante. If you kill enough enemies with Nero and kill more than Vergil with Dante, you unlock an extra taunt for Nero that heals a bit of health, and an alternate color for V. Accomplishing this feat on Son of Sparda difficulty or higher also unlocks an alternate color for Vergil.]]
* While the credits of ''VideoGame/DiceyDungeons'' can be viewed anytime, beating the main game will show a picture montage of the dice hanging out with [[spoiler:the minions after being released from the dungeons, having befriended them after the final showdown.]]
* The end credits for ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine'' features a roll call for all the opponents you faced, which is the only way to learn the names of some of them.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' has credits in the form of "Dixie Kong's Photo Album", showing each character in its natural habitat and then snapping a photo of it. Enemies, the Kongs, and the Animal Buddies all get their own skits. The Brothers Bear and bosses simply have a picture instead. It's a rather long sequence, at almost nine minutes.
* ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' ends with a sequence from the perspective of BK's quadcopter, which the player can fly around Donut County and see how the cast is rebuilding after the events of the game. The game's credits are hidden around the area for the player to look for as long as they want - afterwards, choosing to "power down" the quadcopter will take the player to the traditional credits.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', similar to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' example above, includes concept artwork overlayed with truly unforgettable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E4-2mwV97E music.]]
* Throughout the entire game of ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'', [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a man in a top hat descends from the sky and takes a picture of your party]] every time you step in one of many spots throughout the game for seemingly no reason. After the first credits sequence which credits all the game's characters, the ''real'' credits afterwards [[BrickJoke contain a montage of all the picture spots you found]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'' takes the cake by making you fight the TrueFinalBoss during them. You even determine which of Han's MultipleEndings you get, with his good ending requiring you to beat the boss and reclaim his lost leg.
* Several games like to put their ConceptArtGallery in the end credits, such as ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' and ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver''.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' had various FMV clips from the game play on the side of the scrolling credits while they turned on the vocal version of the game's theme: Melodies of Life.
*** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' [[OlderThanTheyThink did it first]], showing the various craziness of the main party characters as they celebrate in Balamb Garden. It's not until the very, ''very'' end of the credits that you get confirmation that [[spoiler: Squall is still alive]].
*** After the song "Hollow" ends and shortly after an orchestrated versoin of "Aerith's Theme" begins, the closing credits of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' show cutscenes from the beginning of the game to the very end.
** The credits of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' show sepia-toned concept art of the setting and characters by the main artist, Akihiko Yoshida. Considering the amazing similarity both of the game to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' series and Yoshida's art style to that used in the art for the Return Of The King's credit sequence, it's almost certainly a ShoutOut.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': Officially the most awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSen7DRQWU ending credits scene]] ever.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' game allows you to destroy the credits as they roll though there is no point.
* ''VideoGame/GroundControl'' shows you credits with pleasant music... and goldfish swimming in space.
* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'', where you actually PLAY the end song "Through the Fire and Flames"
** ''World Tour'' uses "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater, ''5'' uses "21st Century Schizoid Man", and ''Band Hero'' uses "American Pie." The last one, appropriately, being a MarathonLevel.
** Instead of a final encore, ''Warriors of Rock'' (on the UsefulNotes/XBox360 and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 versions only) has a special staff roll with cut-outs of Neversoft employees being loaded into a demonic looking rocket that gets blasted into space. While the sequence may have been to honor the fact that this was supposed to be the last ''GH'' game developed by Neversoft, the later announcement that the franchise was most likely being canned may have given it a greater meaning.
* The credits of more recent Eipix games have had mostly-amusing remarks after the name of everyone involved. In the credits for ''VideoGame/HiddenExpedition 7: The Crown of Solomon'' one staff member makes fun of it by having his say "Humorous statement up to 30 characters. Ha, ha, ha!"
* ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire'''s credits are talked over partially by the must-mentioned but never seen wife of Hou, then by the "actors" playing two of the supporting cast - their conversations cover the difficulties of filming, the interwebs, {{Shout Out}}s to ''Franchise/StarTrek'', not getting typecast and exactly what she does with [[NoodleImplements that banana]] on stage. And then your mentor telling you about the time you were decapitated as a child, but got better after walking it off. And then exploded a mountain by punching it. {{IN SPACE}}. [[http://uk.gamespot.com/users/edubuccaneer/video_player?id=ISE2njf45bwNvTI The credits can be seen here]], Hou's section starts at just before three minutes in, Dawn Star and Sagacious Zu at a little past five minutes.
* The closing credits of ''VideoGame/Jak3'' are accompanied by the models of many characters doing the standard walking animation with the ability to rotate them and adjust the camera.
* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' has you roll up the countries in the world during the closing credits.
** The [=PS2=] sequel has a credits minigame where you [[spoiler:run from the King of All Cosmos, using the Sun as a Katamari to roll up all the current Fans and Cousins. That's right: ''the freakin' sun'']].
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' had various characters walking in on the sides while they displayed the true quality of the GBA by playing [[AwesomeMusic/KingdomHearts the full vocal version of Simple and Clean with almost the same quality as on the PS2]].
** Similarly, the credits of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' had a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue going on, showing small videos of the different characters Sora met in his journey after all the problems were took care of. Special mention goes to King Mickey finally returning to his Queen and subjects at Disney Castle. Little guy [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned it]].
** This in turn was carried on in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. Many of these allude to future events and themes that would play on later, from [[spoiler: Isa and Lea buying sea salt ice cream from Scrooge [=McDuck=] to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Experiment 626]] flying off to a mysterious blue planet. Again, one of the most touching moments involves King Mickey, who, having failed to save the three heroes, returns the star shard and his keyblade to Master Yen Sid and turns to walk away... [[Heartwarming/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Only for Yen Sid to return the Keyblade to him]], signifying that he passed the Mark of Mastery exam.]]
* Franchise/{{Kirby}}:
** In the credits of ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', you can keep blasting the [[NoKillLikeOverKill already defeated final boss]] as the game counts your number of hits.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' put a cute fishing mini-game to play with the credits.Also, one of the medals required for OneHundredPercentCompletion is only found there.
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'''s credits are accompanied with a book's pages turning back, showing pictures from events in the game. In ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} 2: Lunatea's Veil'' and ''Klonoa: Empire of Dreams'', the credits are accompanied by pictures of the worlds after they have been saved, and everyone being happy.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' lists the four survivors as actors in a movie, with the player's handle as the actor playing their chosen character, with the survivors that didn't make it are listed under "in memory of". At the end of the credits, the number of kills is listed as "X zombies were harmed in the making of this film."
* The closing credits of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' present [[spoiler:a series of photographs giving hints into what the members of Class VII and certain other key characters are up to following the events of the game.]]
* ''VideoGame/LifeGoesOn'': The credits are actually a playable level but unlike the rest of the game features unseen dangers that will casually kill the player as the progress. As they do so text appears in the surrounding rock.
* ''VideoGame/LocoRoco 2'' has the Loco Rocos on the credits, letting you tilt them around as normal and collecting fruit to make them grow.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'''s credits show Juliet, her other family members, and Nick all running through all of the areas they previously visited, with a "wheel-like" effect. After the credits, you get one of two endings, depending on whether you rescued all of the saveable classmates or not.
* ''VideoGame/MadWorld'' has the [[LargeHamAnnouncer announcers]] viciously verbally violating the staff associated with the game. Including the script-writing "bastards who keep putting words in their mouths."
* The credits of ''VideoGame/RockBand'' are accompanied by a photo of every named Harmonix staff member [[ThePowerOfRock rocking out]].
%%* Creator/{{Capcom}} seems particularly fond of this trope: Almost all of the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games have this, with 3 being a particularly good example.
* The credits of ''[[VideoGame/MishapAnAccidentalHaunting Mishap: An Accidental Haunting]]'' have floating concept art in the background.
* ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'':
* In the Collector's Edition of ''Dire Grove'', there's a math puzzle in the end credits. Solving it gives you a seven-digit number. If you then replay the game, you can enter that number into a certain telephone and get a message about an upcoming Ravenhearst sequel.
* ''Escape From Ravenhearst'', a game in which you must spot objects whose appearance shifts back and forth, has some of its closing credits shift between the real names/headings and jokes.
* The credits of ''[[VideoGame/Nevertales3SmokeAndMirrors Nevertales 3: Smoke and Mirrors]]'' have a card knight which dances its way across the bottom of the screen.
* This trope is a staple of the ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros'' games.
** The ending credits of the original ''New Super Mario Bros.'' features a montage of every single level that had been played in the game. If you play a level that you hadn't before beating the game, it will be added to the credits the next time you see them. The player can also use the stylus to tap the letters in the names that appear in the credits; each letter plays a different sound effect.
** The outro of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' has every letter of the credits as unique brick block. You can destroy them to find coins, with up to four players competing, the player with the most coins at the end "wins". (Yes, the minigame consists of smashing the credits to pieces for coins.) Or you could just watch everyone dance along to the music.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'' had Mario[=/=]Luigi carry Peach home through an autoscrolling level, with patterns of flying coins you can pick up to add to your total. You can also [[FunnyBackgroundEvent watch Bowser and the Koopalings]] try to harass you, and [[EpicFail fail]].
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' has a competitive minigame during the credits. This time, you're trying to collect coins being spit out in bubbles by Baby Yoshis.
* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' has True Ending E, which features a virtually impossible BulletHell fight against the credits. Every time you fail, the game will ask if you give up in some kind of nihilistic message. Every time you resist and keep trying, messages of other players who went though the same thing will gradually appear more. Resist long enough, and their data joins the minigame and helps you to fight through it. All while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Weight of the World]] swells in the background.
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'''s credits still lets you control Octodad with a few random objects to play with. The sequel takes it up further by having the credits played on a movie screen with Octodad and other characters in the audience. Again, you can move him around and even go to the exit to stop the credits.
* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has quite a cool example upon finishing your starting protaganist's final chapter. As the Credits are playing it replays each of the killing blows you inflicted upon every story boss up til that point.
* In ''VideoGame/Pandemonium1996'', the end credits are a level, although it's very straightforward and your life meter isn't present, making you unable to die. There is even a secret.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'':
** ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'', and ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'' have parades go by, featuring characters and floats themed after all previous levels. The music is a medley of tracks from the game, too.
** ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand-Year Door]]'' mixed things up a bit by having a simple credits sequence with silhouettes of every single character marching through it.
** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'' has Mario and Luigi driving back from Peach's Castle, while the background changes to match previous areas and a [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue image slideshow of the characters]] runs alongside.
* In the DS version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', you can find some pretty interesting "fingerprints" during the credits. All the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' games, in fact, feature credits that act as a sort of WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue for the various characters you've met.
* The first ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' game let you explode the text by tapping it with your stylus while WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue-type scenes play on the top.
** Keeping with ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver's=]'' credits are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWqkhe37ks really, really sweet]]. Dancing Pokemon, gym leaders screwing around, TR getting chased by Lance, Silver kicking you...
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' initially displays sweeping close-up views of Reshiram (in ''White'') or Zekrom (in ''Black'') during the end credits. Afterwards, you get to see [[spoiler:N flying off on the dragon that appeared]] during TheStinger. The end credits after beating the TrueFinalBoss don't have a gimmick, though.
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is a montage of photos of many of the characters in the game (Trial Captains, the Aether Foundation, etc) doing things, up to and including surfing on the back of Tauros and fishing up Wishiwashi.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'': The end credits play over a montage of the pictures you took during the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'':
** The orginal's credits have an early-eighties computer effect, using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII ASCII]] symbols which show the lyrics to the end song playing alongside various symbols and models from the games in this format.
** ''VideoGame/Portal2'' works similar, except without any symbols or models, and the credits end with the computer shifting down revealing the middle of space, [[spoiler:where Wheatley was sentenced to be for all eternity. The Space Core is just there because it wants to.]]
--->''"[[spoiler:SPAAAAAACE!!]]"''
* ''VideoGame/PowerwashSimulator'''s credits feature time-lapsed videos of your progress throughout all the levels in the game as a retrospective of how far you and your business have come.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'', the credits play over the last section of the game; then, inexplicably, they roll ''again'' after you finish it.
* ''VideoGame/PunchOut'': The Wii game lets you punch the names in the credits. The important part is to look out for weird symbols, misspellings, and the names of characters from the game in particular.
* ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'' lets you control your character and destroy the credits as they scroll through the screen. You can also be lifted off the screen and [[KaizoTrap die]], sending you back to the credits' beginning.
* The end credits of ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' feature a {{machinima}} in which all the people who worked on the game, each represented by a different one of the game's character models, come out and take their bows.
* The original ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Hit The Road]]'' let you play shooting gallery (with Max) while the credits were rolling.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' has an interesting variation on this trope: All staff members shown in the credits can be written and used in the main game once you know their names, Edison Yan being particularly helpful.
* In ''Franchise/StreetFighter [=EX3=]'', while the credits roll, your fighter is placed at the center of a room in which you have to fight waves of opponents. Not fighting will not deny any benefits to you, nor will it spring a KaizoTrap, but the enemies come in such a sheer number that you're sure to take one hell of a wallop if you just stand there. Thankfully, their strength is inversely proportional to their ranks...
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}: Spyro's Adventure'' sees Flynn comment on the credits, mostly [[SmallNameBigEgo congratulating himself]] and encouraging the player to go into the PlayableEpilogue. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWpyB9uaHB8 Then he goes meta]] (at about the three-minute mark). He comments on the sequel's credits, too, though doesn't go quite as meta this time.
* Fan game ''VideoGame/SonicAfterTheSequel'' does this, [[spoiler: by making the credits into their own single act zone, complete with creator and musician commentary.]]
* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' has the game's characters giving the credits in dialogue. Yes, seriously. Omega eventually joins them. Playing as Sonic, you can eventually tell Tails to [[GetItOverWith shut up]]. This brings you back to the title screen.
** ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' has a credits sequence in which you can run on, jump into, homing attack, boost, and use Wisp powers on. While the [[GetItOverWith Sixteen-Minute-long credits sequence]] plays the game's theme, ''Reach For The Stars'', the ending theme, ''Speak With Your Heart'', and some orchestrated stuff.
** ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' has a screen off to the side showing footage of each of the nine levels as seen in their original games, while a medley of their themes plays for each one.
* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon|1}}'''s credits, and the many doodles that are drawn along them, are revealed by firing ink or tossing Burst Bombs in the opposite color at the screen as they scroll by. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' repeats the trick for the base campaign's credits, but the ''[[DownloadableContent Octo Expansion]]'' ditches it in favor of a more conventional credits roll.
* ''VideoGame/StarControl 2'' ends with some humorous dialogues from various alien species. The Zoq-Fot-Pik thank you for playing and argue about Frungy endorsements, the Orz have AnimatedOuttakes, the Yehat is writing a screenplay at his console, and a few characters think the sequel will star them, among ''many'' other scenes.
* The end credits to ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXMegaMan'' has most of the people involved in the creation of the game designed as classic Mega Man characters.
* The opening credits for ''VideoGame/SunsetOverdrive'' are done via fliers taped on the main character's fridge. The one for developer Creator/InsomniacGames is done as list of retro games, whose lineup is BlandNameProduct FictionalCounterpart versions of their game bibliography up to that point. ''VideoGame/{{Fuse}}'''s is named Overstrike, [[MythologyGag its original title]].
* In ''Super VideoGame/{{Karoshi}}'', the ending credits are a playable level. The last line of the credits are SpikesOfDoom.
* The ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' games tend to turn the ending credits into minigames. Mostly they ask the player to gather bananas (which counts toward the overall score), but bumping into the letters of the credits makes you lose bananas.
* The credits of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 '' allow you to jump all over the place, and yes, you ''can'' even die in the credits. If this happens, the credits fade with Mario's death, the "TOO BAD!" screen will be overlaid over the final shot, and TheStinger will play as normal. The stinger depicts Rosalina closing a book in front of an audience of excited Lumas, implying that the game was her telling a story to them--it becomes hilarious if Mario dies during the credits, as it means her book has a sudden and unexpected DownerEnding.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' ends with a parade of the game's entire cast, filled with plenty of visual gags and ending at night with a fireworks display that changes depending on a relatively minor mechanic from earlier in the game.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** The first game lets you pause, accelerate, target, or warp the end credits.
** The later games turn the credits into minigames. In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', it's a shooting minigame where you shoot the different names in the staff roll or portraits of the characters. In ''4'', it's another minigame where you must fill in a picture by attacking the names as they scroll by. ''Ultimate'' returns to being a shooting minigame, with certain thresholds of hit targets rewarding the player with bonus items.
** In ''Brawl'', the actual staff roll overshadowed by the awesome mini-movie at the right side of the screen, featuring scenes of the entire Subspace Emissary that go pretty well with the credits music.
* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVSCapcom'' has a minigame during the credits where you ride a bike with Doronjo and her lackeys. It even unlocks another minigame! And if you were playing as Roll, you can fly her broom instead.
* In the Master Modes of the ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster'' games, if you reach and pass level 999, the game doesn't end. The board clears, the credits begin to roll, and an extra stage starts in which you must survive 60 seconds at maximum speed. In [=TGM2+ =] and [=TGM3=], pieces become invisible 5 seconds after lock. If the player gets a high enough grade in normal play and passes through all sections by specific time standards, this could turn into an invisible roll instead, in which all pieces turn invisible the instant they lock, forcing players to go entirely by memory. Clearing this invisible credit roll is the only way to reach the highest possible grades. Good luck!
* ''VideoGame/{{Teleroboxer}}'' for the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy had the robot hands in the same first-person perspective used during the game. Pictures of the developers come into perspective and the hands start punching them, making them hilariously deformed before they are thrown into ATwinkleInTheSky--er, space. At the end the player can punch the Nintendo logo for a while.
* The credits sequence in ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' plays after the baby of two married Miis grows up. Fittingly, it's in the form of a family album featuring videos and photos of the family as the baby matured.
* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'' has ending credits similar to the mentioned above ''Brawl'', with the credits on one side of the screen done in the style of a film reel shaking around while on the other side a music video of the driver's story cutscenes plays with Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ''Paint It, Black'' in the background.
* ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead Typing of the Dead]]'' has a hilarious interactive credits sequence where you can type out the developers' names as they appear to make zombies dance.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
** The closing credits of the True Pacifist Ending turns into a [[BulletHell minigame]] where you have to dodge all the names to open a previously closed door. The names obviously include those of the developers but also of every person who backed the game at Kickstarter. At the end all touched names will be listed. If the player avoided them all instead the message "Incredible work. Somewhere, felt a door opening...!" will appear.
** Before that part, the various ingame characters will be shown alongside the name of the person(s) who created them. Some of them (mostly the major characters) will be featured in small animated windows showing [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to them]], while the others have short text under their sprite. This text changes between two different versions depending on the player's interaction (or the lack of it) with them.
* The end credits for ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' are dependent on how you play the game:
** If [[EveryoneDiesEnding all eight characters]] are killed, the credits are accompanied by a montage of their demises.
** If some make it and some don't, the credits are accompanied by a mixture of the killings of the luckless characters and the police interviews with the survivors (or survivor, if that's how it pans out). [[spoiler: And if Josh is one of the survivors, you also get TheStinger in the mines.]]
** If EverybodyLives, the credits are accompanied by everyone talking to the police.
* In ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe: Red Hot Rumble'' you get to control the character you ended the game with to break rocks that hold the names of the developers.
* In ''VideoGame/VivaPinata: Trouble in Paradise'', the credits are a minigame in which you can smash piñatas to get the credits to show up and earn the [[MoneyForNothing extremely useful]] wishing well. You can also smash the garden junk that [[BigBad Professor Pester]] has strewn around to unlock some accessories, and smashing all of his sour piñatas awards you with a new gamerpic.
* The ending credits for both ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} 3'' and its expansion feature little extras like a concert, a HilariousOuttakes, ShoutOut to a scene in the previous game, and a football game.
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' has everyone who worked on the game appearing as a Mii on a stage. You can move a portable hole around the stage and try to make the Miis fall through it.
* ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict'' expansion, ''Soviet Assault'' have credits with lots of funny photos/videos showing development team during work or at their free time plus many game engine glitches and funny scenes.
* In ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch'', there is a childhood photo of each member of the development team shown among props from the game. In the end, there is a group photo of the whole team.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has Lullaby For You (not used anywhere else in-game) playing over the credits, in addition to (mostly) unused scenery and character art.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' combines this with DevelopersRoom. The credits are a playable level called "Monsters Among Us", set in the Lucasarts offices, where you not only rescue people and kill monsters as usual, but also meet all the developers of the game. And Creator/GeorgeLucas.

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* The end credits of ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' ''sort of'' follow a conventional pattern -- black text scrolling along with images from the game, accompanied by a song set to the tune of the opening theme. However, they also serve as the final ending of the game's unconventional storyline: [[spoiler: a SuddenlyVoiced character from the game is BreakingTheFourthWall to sing a bittersweet goodbye to the player, and she's also visibly deleting the game files as the credits roll to make sure it can't be played again and the cycle of horror will end.]]
* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'': If you get a good ending, the end credits will be accompanied by the ConceptArtGallery for that girl.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* The credits sequence of episode 7 of ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity II'' has an instrumental of the song featured in the episode, "Keep on Cleaning".
* Season 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' first shows pictures of the voice actors (and animator Creator/MontyOum) before displaying the credits proper along graphics of objects from the animated scenes.
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* ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'' has True Ending E, which features a virtually impossible BulletHell fight against the credits. Every time you fail, the game will ask if you give up in some kind of nihilistic message. Every time you resist and keep trying, messages of other players who went though the same thing will gradually appear more. Resist long enough, and their data joins the minigame and helps you to fight through it. All while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic The Weight of the World]] swells in the background.
* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' turns the closing credits into a [[BulletHell minigame]] where you have to dodge all the names to open a previously closed door. The names obviously include those of the developers but also of every person who backed the game at Kickstarter. At the end all touched names will be listed. If the player avoided them all instead the message "Incredible work. Somewhere, felt a door opening...!" will appear.
** Before that part the various ingame characters will be shown alongside the name of the person(s) who created them. Some of them (mostly the major characters) will be featured in small animated windows showing [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue what happened to them]], while the others have short text under their sprite. This text changes between two different versions depending on the players interaction (or the lack of it) with them.
* The closing credits of ''VideoGame/Jak3'' are accompanied by the models of many characters doing the standard walking animation with the ability to rotate them and adjust the camera.
* Several games like to put their ConceptArtGallery in the end credits, such as ''VideoGame/{{Fahrenheit}}'' and ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKainSoulReaver''.
* Throughout the entire game of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a man in a top hat descends from the sky and takes a picture of your party]] every time you step in one of many spots throughout the game for seemingly no reason. After the first credits sequence which credits all the game's characters, the ''real'' credits afterwards [[BrickJoke contain a montage of all the picture spots you found]].
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'' had various characters walking in on the sides while they displayed the true quality of the GBA by playing [[AwesomeMusic/KingdomHearts the full vocal version of Simple and Clean with almost the same quality as on the PS2]].
** Similarly, the credits of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' had a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue going on, showing small videos of the different characters Sora met in his journey after all the problems were took care of. Special mention goes to King Mickey finally returning to his Queen and subjects at Disney Castle. Little guy [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned it]].
** This in turn was carried on in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''. Many of these allude to future events and themes that would play on later, from [[spoiler: Isa and Lea buying sea salt ice cream from Scrooge [=McDuck=] to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Experiment 626]] flying off to a mysterious blue planet. Again, one of the most touching moments involves King Mickey, who, having failed to save the three heroes, returns the star shard and his keyblade to Master Yen Sid and turns to walk away... [[Heartwarming/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Only for Yen Sid to return the Keyblade to him]], signifying that he passed the Mark of Mastery exam.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' had various FMV clips from the game play on the side of the scrolling credits while they turned on the vocal version of the game's theme: Melodies of Life.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' [[OlderThanTheyThink did it first]], showing the various craziness of the main party characters as they celebrate in Balamb Garden. It's not until the very, ''very'' end of the credits that you get confirmation that [[spoiler: Squall is still alive]].
** After the song "Hollow" ends and shortly after an orchestrated versoin of "Aerith's Theme" begins, the closing credits of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' show cutscenes from the beginning of the game to the very end.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
** The first game lets you pause, accelerate, target, or warp the end credits.
** The later games turn the credits into minigames. In ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', it's a shooting minigame where you shoot the different names in the staff roll or portraits of the characters. In ''4'', it's another minigame where you must fill in a picture by attacking the names as they scroll by. ''Ultimate'' returns to being a shooting minigame, with certain thresholds of hit targets rewarding the player with bonus items.
** In ''Brawl'', the actual staff roll overshadowed by the awesome mini-movie at the right side of the screen, featuring scenes of the entire Subspace Emissary that go pretty well with the credits music.
* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'' has ending credits similar to the mentioned above ''Brawl'', with the credits on one side of the screen done in the style of a film reel shaking around while on the other side a music video of the driver's story cutscenes plays with Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ''Paint It, Black'' in the background.
* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'''s credits still lets you control Octodad with a few random objects to play with. The sequel takes it up further by having the credits played on a movie screen with Octodad and other characters in the audience. Again, you can move him around and even go to the exit to stop the credits.
* ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVSCapcom'' has a minigame during the credits where you ride a bike with Doronjo and her lackeys. It even unlocks another minigame! And if you were playing as Roll, you can fly her broom instead.
* Creator/{{Capcom}} seems particularly fond of this trope: Almost all of the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' games have this, with 3 being a particularly good example.
* ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has Lullaby For You (not used anywhere else in-game) playing over the credits, in addition to (mostly) unused scenery and character art.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'' has an interesting variation on this trope: All staff members shown in the credits can be written and used in the main game once you know their names, Edison Yan being particularly helpful.
* The ending credits for both ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} 3'' and its expansion feature little extras like a concert, a HilariousOuttakes, ShoutOut to a scene in the previous game, and a football game.

* The credits of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' show sepia-toned concept art of the setting and characters by the main artist, Akihiko Yoshida. Considering the amazing similarity both of the game to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' series and Yoshida's art style to that used in the art for the Return Of The King's credit sequence, it's almost certainly a ShoutOut.
* The end credits for ''VideoGame/DoctorRobotniksMeanBeanMachine'' features a roll call for all the opponents you faced, which is the only way to learn the names of some of them.
* In ''Franchise/StreetFighter [=EX3=]'', while the credits roll, your fighter is placed at the center of a room in which you have to fight waves of opponents. Not fighting will not deny any benefits to you, nor will it spring a KaizoTrap, but the enemies come in such a sheer number that you're sure to take one hell of a wallop if you just stand there. Thankfully, their strength is inversely proportional to their ranks...
* In the DS version of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', you can find some pretty interesting "fingerprints" during the credits. All the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' games, in fact, feature credits that act as a sort of WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue for the various characters you've met.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': Officially the most awesome [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFSen7DRQWU ending credits scene]] ever.

* ''[[VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead Typing of the Dead]]'' has a hilarious interactive credits sequence where you can type out the developers' names as they appear to make zombies dance.
* This trope is a staple of the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games.
** The ending credits of the original ''New Super Mario Bros.'' features a montage of every single level that had been played in the game. If you play a level that you hadn't before beating the game, it will be added to the credits the next time you see them. The player can also use the stylus to tap the letters in the names that appear in the credits; each letter plays a different sound effect.
** The outro of ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' has every letter of the credits as unique brick block. You can destroy them to find coins, with up to four players competing, the player with the most coins at the end "wins". (Yes, the minigame consists of smashing the credits to pieces for coins.) Or you could just watch everyone dance along to the music.
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBros2'' had Mario[=/=]Luigi carry Peach home through an autoscrolling level, with patterns of flying coins you can pick up to add to your total. You can also [[FunnyBackgroundEvent watch Bowser and the Koopalings]] try to harass you, and [[EpicFail fail]].
** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' has a competitive minigame during the credits. This time, you're trying to collect coins being spit out in bubbles by Baby Yoshis.
* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}''' first piece of DLC "The Zombie Island Of Dr. Ned" takes this to its logical conclusion by [[spoiler: subverting the AnticlimaxBoss by having Dr. Ned come back as an [[OneWingedAngel undead abomination]], scream "It's not over yet!" and include a proper final boss fight]].
** The main game also has a sweet song and claptrap-style logos accompanying the scroll.
* ''VideoGame/WarioWare: Smooth Moves'' has everyone who worked on the game appearing as a Mii on a stage. You can move a portable hole around the stage and try to make the Miis fall through it.
* In the Collectors Edition of ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles: Dire Grove'', there's a math puzzle in the end credits. Solving it gives you a seven-digit number. If you then replay the game, you can enter that number into a certain telephone and get a message about an upcoming Ravenhearst sequel.
* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'':
** The orginal's credits have an early-eighties computer effect, using [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII ASCII]] symbols which show the lyrics to the end song playing alongside various symbols and models from the games in this format.
** ''VideoGame/Portal2'' works similar, except without any symbols or models, and the credits end with the computer shifting down revealing the middle of space, [[spoiler:where Wheatley was sentenced to be for all eternity. The Space Core is just there because it wants to.]]
--->''"[[spoiler:[[MemeticMutation SPAAAAAACE!!]]]]"''
* The original ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Hit The Road]]'' let you play shooting gallery (with Max) while the credits were rolling.
* ''VideoGame/CaveStory'': In lieu of a credits list (it would be too short, considering just one guy made the game all by himself), the game ends with a roll call for all the characters, enemies, and bosses. These are accompanied by pixel art renditions of scenes from the story, and cutscenes showing [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue where the characters end up after the end]]. These scenes change depending on which of the MultipleEndings you got.
* The end credits of ''VideoGame/{{Sacrifice}}'' feature a {{machinima}} in which all the people who worked on the game, each represented by a different one of the game's character models, come out and take their bows.
* The credits in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' play after exiting the Animus, and over a section played as Desmond.
* In ''Super VideoGame/{{Karoshi}}'', the ending credits are a playable level. The last line of the credits are SpikesOfDoom.
* In ''VideoGame/VivaPinata: Trouble in Paradise'', the credits are a minigame in which you can smash piñatas to get the credits to show up and earn the [[MoneyForNothing extremely useful]] wishing well. You can also smash the garden junk that [[BigBad Professor Pester]] has strewn around to unlock some accessories, and smashing all of his sour piñatas awards you with a new gamerpic.
* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'' has you roll up the countries in the world during the closing credits.
** The [=PS2=] sequel has a credits minigame where you [[spoiler:run from the King of All Cosmos, using the Sun as a Katamari to roll up all the current Fans and Cousins. That's right: ''the freakin' sun'']].

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'' has the game's characters giving the credits in dialogue. Yes, seriously. Omega eventually joins them. Playing as Sonic, you can eventually tell Tails to [[GetItOverWith shut up]]. This brings you back to the title screen.
** ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' has a credits sequence in which you can run on, jump into, homing attack, boost, and use Wisp powers on. While the [[GetItOverWith Sixteen-Minute-long credits sequence]] plays the game's theme, ''Reach For The Stars'', the ending theme, ''Speak With Your Heart'', and some orchestrated stuff.
** ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' has a screen off to the side showing footage of each of the nine levels as seen in their original games, while a medley of their themes plays for each one.
* The ''VideoGame/SuperMonkeyBall'' games tend to turn the ending credits into minigames. Mostly they ask the player to gather bananas (which counts toward the overall score), but bumping into the letters of the credits makes you lose bananas.
* In the Master Modes of the ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster'' games, if you reach and pass level 999, the game doesn't end. The board clears, the credits begin to roll, and an extra stage starts in which you must survive 60 seconds at maximum speed. In [=TGM2+ =] and [=TGM3=], pieces become invisible 5 seconds after lock. If the player gets a high enough grade in normal play and passes through all sections by specific time standards, this could turn into an invisible roll instead, in which all pieces turn invisible the instant they lock, forcing players to go entirely by memory. Clearing this invisible credit roll is the only way to reach the highest possible grades. Good luck!
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'':
** The opening credits are on headstones in a graveyard. Enzo "marks" director Hideki Kamiya's marker as "his territory" as the prologue proper begins.
** The game and [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 its sequel]] have little scenes between the credits and their spiffy music where the player relieves previous scenes of the game, ending with one last one relevant to the epilogue. Performace on these scenes grant medals, and these affect the player's ranking on the final chapter.
* This trope is traditional in the ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' series. The first game and ''United Offensive'' 's credits show several American paratroopers blowing through the German ranks with no discernible reason. ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 2'' 's credits show a squad of Rangers rescuing Captain Price from the Germans, in a sequence designed to use all the game's [[VideoGameSetpiece scripted animations]] in one level. ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 4: VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' shows the POV of an AC-130 gunship's gunner while he casually disintegrates dozens of enemy soldiers with the gunship's armament. ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare2'''s credits shows museum visitors looking at exhibits containing dioramas of the game's levels, which is somewhat less awesome than the others.
* ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' lists the four survivors as actors in a movie, with the player's handle as the actor playing their chosen character, with the survivors that didn't make it are listed under "in memory of". At the end of the credits, the number of kills is listed as "X zombies were harmed in the making of this film."
* ''VideoGame/{{Teleroboxer}}'' for the UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy had the robot hands in the same first-person perspective used during the game. Pictures of the developers come into perspective and the hands start punching them, making them hilariously deformed before they are thrown into ATwinkleInTheSky--er, space. At the end the player can punch the Nintendo logo for a while.
* In ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe: Red Hot Rumble'' you get to control the character you ended the game with to break rocks that hold the names of the developers.
* The first ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' game let you explode the text by tapping it with your stylus while WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue-type scenes play on the top.
** Keeping with ''Pokemon'', ''[=HeartGold=]'' and ''[=SoulSilver's=]'' credits are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFWqkhe37ks really, really sweet]]. Dancing Pokemon, gym leaders screwing around, TR getting chased by Lance, Silver kicking you...
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' initially displays sweeping close-up views of Reshiram (in ''White'') or Zekrom (in ''Black'') during the end credits. Afterwards, you get to see [[spoiler:N flying off on the dragon that appeared]] during TheStinger. The end credits after beating the TrueFinalBoss don't have a gimmick, though.
*** ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is a montage of photos of many of the characters in the game (Trial Captains, the Aether Foundation, etc) doing things, up to and including surfing on the back of Tauros and fishing up Wishiwashi.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'': The end credits play over a montage of the pictures you took during the game.
* In ''VideoGame/Pandemonium1996'', the end credits are a level, although it's very straightforward and your life meter isn't present, making you unable to die. There is even a secret.

* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008'', the credits play over the last section of the game; then, inexplicably, they roll ''again'' after you finish it.
* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'' ends with Dante and Lady fighting against endless waves of demons as the credits scroll, with players controlling Dante and taking down as many demons as they can before the credits end. Killing at least one hundred of them gives you a [[TheStinger bonus post-credits scene]] which confirms [[spoiler:Vergil facing off against Mundus]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'' challenges you to defend Kyrie from waves of scarecrows for ninety seconds, which is of course, made more difficult by the credits obscuring the entire screen. There's an added difficulty where you, as Nero, can't let even a single Scarecrow touch Kyrie in order to see an [[TheStinger extra ending]].
** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' features two sections of playable credits with [[spoiler:Nero and Dante. If you kill enough enemies with Nero and kill more than Vergil with Dante, you unlock an extra taunt for Nero that heals a bit of health, and an alternate color for V. Accomplishing this feat on Son of Sparda difficulty or higher also unlocks an alternate color for Vergil.]]
* In the credits of ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror'', you can keep blasting the [[NoKillLikeOverKill already defeated final boss]] as the game counts your number of hits.
* ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' put a cute fishing mini-game to play with the credits.Also, one of the medals required for OneHundredPercentCompletion is only found there.

* The credits of ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2 '' allow you to jump all over the place, and yes, you ''can'' even die in the credits. If this happens, the credits fade with Mario's death, the "TOO BAD!" screen will be overlaid over the final shot, and TheStinger will play as normal. The stinger depicts Rosalina closing a book in front of an audience of excited Lumas, implying that the game was her telling a story to them--it becomes hilarious if Mario dies during the credits, as it means her book has a sudden and unexpected DownerEnding.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' game allows you to destroy the credits as they roll though there is no point.
* ''VideoGame/BarrowHill'' shows some creepy cinematic-style images and spooky landscapes from the game during its closing credits.
* ''[[VideoGame/{{beatmania}} beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD]]'' lets you use the turntable to pan around the abstract monochrome geometric world ... thing you float through over the staff roll.
** The original 5-key ''beatmania'' games let you make noises during the credits by hitting the keys or scratching.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ehrgeiz}}'' takes the cake by making you fight the TrueFinalBoss during them. You even determine which of Han's MultipleEndings you get, with his good ending requiring you to beat the boss and reclaim his lost leg.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' shows the sync kill animations from the game alongside the credits.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' ends with a parade of the game's entire cast, filled with plenty of visual gags and ending at night with a fireworks display that changes depending on a relatively minor mechanic from earlier in the game.

* ''[[VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles Escape From Ravenhearst]]'', a game in which you must spot objects whose appearance shifts back and forth, has some of its closing credits shift between the real names/headings and jokes.
* ''VideoGame/ZombiesAteMyNeighbors'' combines this with DevelopersRoom. The credits are a playable level called "Monsters Among Us", set in the Lucasarts offices, where you not only rescue people and kill monsters as usual, but also meet all the developers of the game. And Creator/GeorgeLucas.

* The UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis ''VideoGame/AlteredBeast'' allows you to attack the credits.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}: Spyro's Adventure'' sees Flynn comment on the credits, mostly [[SmallNameBigEgo congratulating himself]] and encouraging the player to go into the PlayableEpilogue. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWpyB9uaHB8 Then he goes meta]] (at about the three-minute mark). He comments on the sequel's credits, too, though doesn't go quite as meta this time.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' has HilariousOuttakes of the game dialogue ("RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue; I'm gonna kill you, Doodley-doo").
* [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/whiteboardwar/creeper-world-2-academy?acomplete=creep Creeper World 2: Academy]] features a playable level in its credits.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', similar to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' example above, includes concept artwork overlayed with truly unforgettable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E4-2mwV97E music.]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Door to Phantomile'''s credits are accompanied with a book's pages turning back, showing pictures from events in the game. In ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}} 2: Lunatea's Veil'' and ''Klonoa: Empire of Dreams'', the credits are accompanied by pictures of the worlds after they have been saved, and everyone being happy.

* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'''s credits show Juliet, her other family members, and Nick all running through all of the areas they previously visited, with a "wheel-like" effect. After the credits, you get one of two endings, depending on whether you rescued all of the saveable classmates or not.
* ''VideoGame/GroundControl'' shows you credits with pleasant music... and goldfish swimming in space.
* ''VideoGame/DeadHeadFred'' rolls the credits while Fred is interviewed by someone about himself and the events of the game.
* In the ShootEmUp ''Big Bang'' (a.k.a. ''Thunder Dragon 2''), the letters of the credits can actually be shot down by your plane for extra points.

* The credits of ''VideoGame/BurgerShop'' do a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue for the different customer types like the Businessman, Cowgirl, etc.
* The credits of more recent Eipix games have had mostly-amusing remarks after the name of everyone involved. In the credits for ''Hidden Expedition 7: The Crown of Solomon'' one staff member makes fun of it by having his say "Humorous statement up to 30 characters. Ha, ha, ha!"
* The credits of ''Nevertales 3: Smoke and Mirrors'' have a card knight which dances its way across the bottom of the screen.
* The credits of ''Mishap: An Accidental Haunting'' have floating concept art in the background.

* The end credits for ''VideoGame/UntilDawn'' are dependent on how you play the game:
** If [[EveryoneDiesEnding all eight characters]] are killed, the credits are accompanied by a montage of their demises.
** If some make it and some don't, the credits are accompanied by a mixture of the killings of the luckless characters and the police interviews with the survivors (or survivor, if that's how it pans out). [[spoiler: And if Josh is one of the survivors, you also get TheStinger in the mines.]]
** If EverybodyLives, the credits are accompanied by everyone talking to the police.
* ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict'' expansion, ''Soviet Assault'' have credits with lots of funny photos/videos showing development team during work or at their free time plus many game engine glitches and funny scenes.
* The closing credits of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel II'' present [[spoiler:a series of photographs giving hints into what the members of Class VII and certain other key characters are up to following the events of the game.]]
* The credits sequence in ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' plays after the baby of two married Miis grows up. Fittingly, it's in the form of a family album featuring videos and photos of the family as the baby matured.
* ''VideoGame/LifeGoesOn'': The credits are actually a playable level but unlike the rest of the game features unseen dangers that will casually kill the player as the progress. As they do so text appears in the surrounding rock.
* In ''VideoGame/WhatRemainsOfEdithFinch'', there is a childhood photo of each member of the development team shown among props from the game. In the end, there is a group photo of the whole team.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlazingDragons'' has the characters break the fourth wall and discuss both the limitations of the game and the (lack of) quality of the writing, acting like AnimatedActors.
* The closing credits of the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' games tend to display artwork and scenes related to the game during the credits, particularly the later installments. If it's the end of a particular trilogy within the series, i.e. ''VideoGame/AtelierLydieAndSuelleTheAlchemistsAndTheMysteriousPaintings'', then it will show material from all three games in the trilogy. And then there's ''VideoGame/NelkeAndTheLegendaryAlchemistsAteliersOfTheNewWorld'', which being a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover celebrating the whole series features artwork and scenes from throughout the franchise, going back to the beginning before finally ending with the game itself and the ''Atelier'' 20th anniversary logo.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry3DixieKongsDoubleTrouble'' has credits in the form of "Dixie Kong's Photo Album", showing each character in its natural habitat and then snapping a photo of it. Enemies, the Kongs, and the Animal Buddies all get their own skits. The Brothers Bear and bosses simply have a picture instead. It's a rather long sequence, at almost nine minutes.
* ''VideoGame/StarControl 2'' ends with some humorous dialogues from various alien species. The Zoq-Fot-Pik thank you for playing and argue about Frungy endorsements, the Orz have AnimatedOuttakes, the Yehat is writing a screenplay at his console, and a few characters think the sequel will star them, among ''many'' other scenes.
* ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' ends with a sequence from the perspective of BK's quadcopter, which the player can fly around Donut County and see how the cast is rebuilding after the events of the game. The game's credits are hidden around the area for the player to look for as long as they want - afterwards, choosing to "power down" the quadcopter will take the player to the traditional credits.
* ''VideoGame/PowerwashSimulator'''s credits feature time-lapsed videos of your progress throughout all the levels in the game as a retrospective of how far you and your business have come.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' has quite a cool example upon finishing your starting protaganist's final chapter. As the Credits are playing it replays each of the killing blows you inflicted upon every story boss up til that point.

** If [[KillEmAll all eight characters]] are killed, the credits are accompanied by a montage of their demises.

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveller'' has quite a cool example upon finishing your starting protaganist's final chapter. As the Credits are playing it replays each of the killing blows you inflicted upon every story boss up til that point.

* The end credits of ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' ''sort of'' follow a conventional pattern -- black text scrolling along with images from the game, accompanied by a song set to the tune of the opening theme. However, they also serve as the final ending of the game's unconventional storyline: [[spoiler: a SuddenlyVoiced character from the game is BreakingTheFourthWall to sing a bittersweet goodbye to the player, and she's also visibly deleting the game files as the credits roll to make sure the cycle of horror will end.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' and [[VideoGame/Bayonetta2 its sequel]] have little scenes between the credits and their spiffy music where the player relieves previous scenes of the game, ending with one last one relevant to the epilogue. Performace on these scenes grant medals, and these affect the player's ranking on the final chapter.

%% Can also happen with the [[TitleSequence opening credits]] if they are more than just {{Title Card}}s, with AnimatedCreditsOpening being prime examples. In this case, the creativity part of this trope aims to establish tone and style instead of complementing them after everything has been said and done.

Can also happen with the [[TitleSequence opening credits]] if they are more than just {{Title Card}}s, with AnimatedCreditsOpening being prime examples. In this case, the creativity part of this trope aims to establish tone and style instead of complementing them after everything has been said and done.

If you have further interest on the subject, [[http://watchthetitles.com/ Forget the Film, Watch the Titles]] and [[http://www.artofthetitle.com/ The Art of the Title Sequence]] are entire sites devoted to showcasing creative closing and opening titles (with accompanying WordOfGod and videos).

* [[CreativeClosingCredits/AnimatedFilms Films - Animation]]
* [[CreativeClosingCredits/LiveActionFilms Films - Live-Action]]

*** Taken a step further with the main cast section of the credits, in which, similar to ''Series/WandaVision'', each episode has only the names of any actors whose characters appear in that episode appear during the corresponding section (i.e. Creator/EmilyVanCamp not being credited until Episode 3 onwards despite her character's picture appearing after those of Creator/AnthonyMackie and Creator/SebastianStan's characters), while Mackie and Stan alternate top billing between episodes.

** ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' has blocky, simply colored animations meant to evoke David Aja's artwork.

** ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'': The closing credits are a sequence of courtroom sketches.

* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetalBlack'' has ending credits similar to the mentioned above ''Brawl'', with the credits on one side of the screen done in the style of a film reel shaking around while on the other side a music video of the driver's story cutscenes plays with Music/TheRollingStones ''Paint It, Black'' in the background.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'''s credits, and the many doodles that are drawn along them, are revealed by firing ink or tossing Burst Bombs in the opposite color at the screen as they scroll by. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' repeats the trick for the base campaign's credits, but the ''[[DownloadableContent Octo Expansion]]'' ditches it in favor of a more conventional credits roll.

* [[CreativeClosingCredits/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
* [[CreativeClosingCredits/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]

** Downplayed with ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'', which simply shows concept art used for the preceding episode’s events.
** ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' has blocky, simply colored animations meant to evoke David Aja’s artwork.

* ''VideoGame/DonutCounty'' ends with a sequence from the perspective of BK's quadcopter, which the player can fly around Donut County and see how the cast is rebuilding after the events of the game. The game's credits are hidden around the area for the player to look for as long as they want — afterwards, choosing to "power down" the quadcopter will take the player to the traditional credits.

* ''Animation/BoonieBears'': The end credits show multiple animations of the characters, some of them directly interacting with the credits text (such as Logger Vick running into it, for example).