History TheStinger / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed: After the Project "Umbrella" ending and the first half of the credits, [[spoiler:reporter Saewoo F. Oh announces Prof. Choi's Rainwater Collection Drive the following month. It was organized by Jane Kim after finding that he was [[EmotionSuppression Fixed]] and exiled for infiltrating CARI to pour the Fixer antidote over Ajik City. She and her son Wonsu began the drive to gather rainwater containing the antidote to cure Prof. Choi.]]

* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has Lamarr, Dr. Kleiner's pet headcrab, drop out of a ventilation shaft after the credits roll and leap at the camera in typical headcrab fashion, along with the sound of Dr. Kleiner searching for the animal from somewhere off-screen.
** ''Episode One'' had a teaser for ''Episode Two'', which was removed after the latter's release.

** The end of ''VideoGame/Mortal Kombat 1'' [[spoiler:shows a Titan Havik among other multiversal kombatants lamenting that the great multiversal Armageddon is over and vowing that they not only will recreate it again, but make sure the next one never ends.]]

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': ** At the end of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'',[[spoiler:Liu Kang and Kitana, both still revenants, are the new rulers of Netherrealm. Raiden appears before them, presents Shinnok's [[NotQuiteDead still-living]] [[OffWithHisHead head]], and promises that he will no longer simply protect Earthrealm, but will destroy any who threaten it.]]
** The end of ''VideoGame/Mortal Kombat 1'' shows a Titan Havik among other multiversal kombatants lamenting that the great multiversal Armageddon is over and vowing that they not only will recreate it again, but make sure the next one never ends.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'': [[spoiler:Liu Kang and Kitana, both still revenants, are the new rulers of Netherrealm. Raiden appears before them, presents Shinnok's [[NotQuiteDead still-living]] [[OffWithHisHead head]], and promises that he will no longer simply protect Earthrealm, but will destroy any who threaten it.]]

*** The fourth stinger: [[spoiler:[[AuthorAvatar Fahmi]] himself drops by along with Freya, the latter who introduces him to the Barista as her friend who'll be moving in with her to the writer's residency. Freya then excuses herself to prepare for the trip, while Fahmi reunites with his cat Tofu, the white cat that has been occasionally visiting the café. Fahmi then orders his favorite drink, Green Tea Latte, and tells the Barista that Freya will show him around Seattle the next day before they settle at the writer's residency the day after. The Barista wishes him and Tofu the best of luck on their journey.]]

** Done immediately after the credits in ''Battle Network 2'', when [[spoiler:the real Bass appears and hunts down a clone of himself, then mentions something about [[TheChessmaster Dr. Wily]] secretly manipulating the game's villains and producing clones of him behind his back.]] In a massive subversion, this not only helps set up the next game, but the area in which the cutscene takes place is actually the game's BonusDungeon, with {{Bonus Boss}}es that will indirectly answer some of your questions. You can unravel part of the mystery yourself while waiting for ''3''!

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has a Stinger in its DLC pack Golems of Amgarrak. After killing 'The' Harvester, the BonusBoss of the setting (meaning Origins and all the DLC packs) - it's unbeatable by certain ''builds'', player skill notwithstanding, on the higher difficulty levels - there's the standard victory cutscene. Then ''hundreds more'' Harvesters storm out of the dungeon, unbeknownst to everyone. For now.

* ''VideoGame/{{Earthbound}}'' has a playable stinger where [[spoiler:Ness [[BookEnds awakes in his bed]] from a knock at the door. It's Picky Minch with a mysterious letter from Pokey. Cue TheEndOrIsIt.]]

* ''VideoGame/KnightBewitched'': A post credit scene [[spoiler:shows what happened in the Sealed Tower: Typhus actually refused to fight Mogoroth for some unknown reason, implying that Morgoth has a part to play in the plans of Lilith's master, though even he doesn't know what. Worse yet, it turns out Morgoth gave Hydrax the password to the tower, which allowed Typhus's unsealing. Combined with Keller saying Mogoroth was sick and Typhus last words, this implies he will play a major part in the sequel. In the ''Enhanced Edition'', there's an additional scene where Lilith returns to her boss arena and reminisces about a battle she fought a century ago, but she takes the dark-skinned blond appearance she has in a later game, ''Absinthia'']].

** ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' started a trend across the next few games of the stinger being a phone call, usually with us only hearing a single half. [[spoiler:Revolver Ocelot is revealed to have been working for the President of the US and manipulating the villains for their cause.]] The stinger then gets its ''[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment own]]'' stinger when the final line of dialogue reveals that the President himself [[spoiler:is a third clone of Big Boss.]]

** In ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPortableOps Portable Ops]]'', [[spoiler:after assassinating his former employer, the DCI, Ocelot retrieves the remainder of the Philisopher's Legacy and reports back to his new employer, the founder of the Patriots, whom we find out in the next game is none other than Zero, Big Boss's former CO.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots Guns of the Patriots]]'' takes the cake, with a full scene that ''interrupts'' the end credits and effectively turns the credit that just came up as it happens into a {{Boss Subtitle|s}}. [[spoiler:In it, Big Boss turns out to '''still''' be alive, and explains the last hanging threads of the series. It makes the BittersweetEnding a bit happier, but not really.]]
*** ''Guns of the Patriots'' even has a second Stinger. It's the first in the MGS series to ''not'' reveal some sort of conspiracy. Instead [[spoiler:it features Solid Snake explaining to Otacon that he's finally going to retire from the battlefield and live out the remaining months he has to live peacefully. He also quits smoking.]] Notably, this stinger is implied to be a FramingDevice as [[spoiler:Otacon says he wants to pass on Snake's story... and it would not be out-of-character for [[IShouldWriteABookAboutThis him to make a video game series about it]].]]

* If you've got all the secret digits in ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'', you get to fight the BonusBoss. The ending cutscene also has Trouble Bruin take control of the ruined castle.

* ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' have a scene after the credits setting up the sequel. ''Mother'' sees someone at a phone mentioning that "something new has come up", while ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' has TheDragon's little brother show up and deliver a message to the protagonist.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' has a music-box version of the World 1-1 theme from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''.

** After the credits of the original game, the stork places Baby Mario and Baby Luigi on a doorstep of a mushroom-shaped house. It then cuts to the parents' hands holding them up as a slowed-down version of the Level Complete music from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' plays, with text reading, "Heroes are born! THE END" (Or "Our heroes are born!" if you're playing the Advance version). The game is then stuck at this screen forever unless you turn off or reset the SNES.

** Episode 2 has multiple stingers, which change depending on how many endings you've seen:

** Episode 2 has multiple stingers, which change depending on how many achievements you've collected:

*** The third stinger: [[spoiler:Lucas drops by the café to encourage the Barista to continue "checking things off their checklist", a subtle reminder to continue collecting achievements to see the next stinger.]]

* TheStinger:

* ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'':

** After the credits of Episode 2, [[spoiler:Riona returns to the café to look for an item she dropped. She tells the Barista that she's found it, reminding them that they should double-check their drawer to make sure not to drop anything again. Riona then gives them a hint to replay the game to find out what's causing some of their items to mysteriously disappear.]] [[spoiler:Another variant of the stinger has an invisible customer enter the café, and the Barista serves them and tells them that they're welcome to visit anytime.]]

** After the credits of Episode 2, [[spoiler:Riona returns to the café to look for an item she dropped. She tells the Barista that she's found it, reminding them that they should double-check their drawer to make sure not to drop anything again. Riona then gives them a hint to replay the game to find out what's causing some of their items to mysteriously disappear.]]

** After the credits of Episode 2, [[spoiler:Riona returns to the café to look for an item she dropped. She tells the Barista the she's found it, reminding them that they should double-check their drawer to make sure not to drop anything again. Riona then gives them a hint to replay the game to find out what's causing some of their items to mysteriously disappear.]]

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' features two stingers. The first is unlocked simply by beating the game, and features Sora and Riku conversing at Destiny Islands while watching the sun set, before being interrupted by Kairi arriving with a message in a bottle from King Mickey, [[AndTheAdventureContinues hinting at a new adventure]]. The second is unlocked by completing certain goals based on the difficulty level (though the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Final Mix]]'' release just requires the player to beat the game), featuring a trio of armored Keyblade wielders (later identified as Terra, Ventus, and Aqua) standing in a wasteland covered in Keyblades as a mysterious figure walks towards them. The ''Final Mix'' release adds another stinger, also unlocked by completing certain goals dependent on the difficulty level, and serves as a continuation to the base game's second stinger, featuring the three Keyblade wielders (one of whom now being identifiable as [[{{Superboss}} the Lingering Will]] engaging in battle against an evil looking old man (later identified as Master Xehanort) and his masked ally (later identified as Vanitas), ending with Xehanort summoning Kingdom Hearts and the arrival of King Mickey.

** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsMelodyOfMemory Melody of Memory]]'' ends with a stinger featuring Kairi, King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and Yen Sid discussing their next move in their plan to find Sora, with Kairi deciding she wants to train under Aqua, Donald and Goofy being assigned with update their allies on their progress, and Mickey being assigned with going to Scala ad Caelum to investigate the ancient Keyblade wielders.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts02BirthBySleepAFragmentaryPassage'' ends with a stinger, starting with Aqua meeting with Ansem the Wise, as seen in the stinger for ''Birth by Sleep'', then cutting back to the present as after King Mickey had finished with his story, discussing Riku and Mickey's plan to go to the Realm of Darkness to find Aqua while Kairi goes to train with Lea, then ending with Sora returning to the Mysterious Tower before him, Donald, and Goofy head off to Olympus to train with Hercules. The last part of this stinger also serves as the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''.

** While the original PC release of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX χ]]'' did not feature a stinger, its mobile phone rerelease/continuation, ''Union χ'' ends with one, featuring [[spoiler:Ephemer waking up in the ruins of Daybreak Town, Diablo bringing Maleficent's cloak to the Mysterious Tower (as seen in ''KingdomHearts II''), Lauriam waking up in a field of flowers, Elrena waking up in a thunderstorm, Ventus being found unconscious by a mysterious figure in a wasteland, Luxu continuing his journey with the black box, before removing his hood to reveal that he's possessed Brain's body, and finally ending with Brain waking up in Scala ad Caelum, being greeted by a man named Sigurd, who reveals that Ephemer is the founder of the city]].

** The first [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI two]] [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII games]] for the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation 2}} have teasers for sequels that can be watched if you achieve HundredPercentCompletion or beat the games on Proud Mode.
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Chain of Memories]]'' has an extra story that can be played as Riku after completion of the main story. And completing ''that'' earns you a cameo of Roxas, who stars in the [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII next game.]]
** In the unusually long stinger for ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Birth by Sleep]]'', [[spoiler:Terra and Xehanort's hearts are [[SealedEvilInADuel locked in an eternal struggle for control,]] Aqua meets Ansem the Wise in the Realm of Darkness and Sora is about to take his quest to save the Wayfinder Trio.]]
** The Nintendo DS [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded coded]]'' has Yen Sid order Mickey to gather Sora and Riku [[spoiler:for their Mark of Mastery exam in the next game.]]
** ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance Dream Drop Distance]]'' has [[spoiler:Yen Sid speak with Riku and Mickey about the looming threat of the True Organization XIII, and he has called on Kairi to assist.]]
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' has a standard stinger and the secret one. The standard one [[spoiler: involves the return of the Foretellers from ''Kingdom Hearts Union X'' meeting up with Xigbar, who not only survived but is revealed to be Luxu, the sixth apprentice of the Master of Masters. Then The Boy in White and The Boy in Black start a new game of chess, implying that the Fortellers will be the new villains]] The secret ending [[spoiler: reveals that Sora is still alive and has ended up in Shibuya, specifically the Shibuya featured in ''The World Ends With You'', while Riku has ended up in the world of ''Verum Rex'', the video game featured in the Toy Story world, making it and the protagonist Yozora RealAllAlong]]