Ant-Man and the Wasp is lighter Marvel Studios fare, coming as a palate cleanser after the disastrous events of the preceding Avengers: Infinity War — until its shocking mid-credits scene.
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In the scene — spoiler warning — a newly reunited Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), Hope (Evangeline Lilly) and a long-missing Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) ignite a smaller Quantum Tunnel, intending to send Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) back into the Quantum Realm to collect Quantum healing particles.
The mission complete, Scott awaits the trio to retrieve him for re-entry, only to receive no answer. We return to the outside world, where we see the remnants of Hank, Hope and Janet as their dusty remains dissipate into thin air.
An Infinity War tie-in might have been expected, but the after-effects of Thanos’ (Josh Brolin) devastating snap — responsible for annihilating half of all life in the universe — proved extra shocking for some moviegoers:
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Me the entire time watching #AntManandTheWasp vs me after seeing THAT end credit scene pic.twitter.com/pne44QMOFc
— FANDOM (@getFANDOM) July 7, 2018
Man, the post credit scene in #AntManAndTheWasp hit me like !!!!!! pic.twitter.com/kkl4KKb53H
— daydream (@nervous_energyy) July 8, 2018
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EVERYTHING WAS FINE IN #AntManAndTheWasp UNTIL POST CREDIT SCENE CAME IN pic.twitter.com/fnl41voPhe
— Mimi △̶ (@Mimi_princess7) July 8, 2018
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Guys I just saw #AntManAndTheWasp and this was my reaction to the post credit scene pic.twitter.com/00OX93LzOK
— Captain Loki saw AntMan and the Wasp (@Captain__Loki) July 4, 2018
LITERALLY!!!!!!! then marvel hits us like this pic.twitter.com/1wQTkVMaRZ
— ashcash ? (@_ashleeygxrcia) July 6, 2018
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Me during #AntManAndTheWasp vs me during the post credit scene pic.twitter.com/7ygQb1Efyj
— GO WATCH ANT-MAN AND THE WASP!!! (@williammoalaeua) July 6, 2018
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My goodness, the #AntManAndTheWasp post-credit scene… pic.twitter.com/z3yUSDLurW
— Chris Manning (@LD2K) July 6, 2018
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me throughout the whole movie vs the post credit scene #AntManAndTheWasp pic.twitter.com/IZ24Xuyoay
— ena (@ainazulkifly) July 7, 2018
Me during #AntManAndTheWasp vs Me after the that post credit scene: pic.twitter.com/c98fzqrcAk
— Drake Frems (@DFremsGoTitans) July 8, 2018
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Yall… the first post credit scene for #AntManAndTheWasp tho pic.twitter.com/yPcnV428vr
— ploy? (@ohgodbenny) July 4, 2018
I just got home from seeing #AntManandTheWasp and it was really good! But that end credit scene though… pic.twitter.com/liNH7Si7G9
— Flick SAW AMATW // 32 ? (@adorescevans) July 6, 2018
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#AntManAndTheWasp is amaaaaazing !!!
— bianca (@ENFAKlD) July 8, 2018
But the post credit scene? pic.twitter.com/Ln172wY7G7
Me while watching #AntManAndTheWasp vs me after watching the post credit scene..#Marvel #AmazingMovie pic.twitter.com/T3P2aBIcu7
— MunchkinLetty (@MunchkinLetty) July 8, 2018
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Ok that first post credit scene #AntManandTheWasp pic.twitter.com/rmPIQAdnNb
— Vetti saw amatw ?????? (@AriMCUGallavich) July 8, 2018
The last post credit scene ????????????????????? #AntManandTheWasp pic.twitter.com/2YQpd0ghlr
— Vetti saw amatw ?????? (@AriMCUGallavich) July 8, 2018