Does Everything Everywhere All At Once have an after-credits scene — perhaps one that sets up a potential sequel movie? It's commonplace nowadays for many movies to have something in the credits, either a full-fledged post-credits scene teasing a sequel or the next installment in an ongoing franchise, or just a splash on-screen for fun. For example, The Batman recently kicked off a viral marketing site by quickly showing the URL at the end of its credits.
Most of the time, credits scenes are reserved for superhero movies, but given Everything Everywhere All At Once is a multiverse film that features characters with powers, it somewhat falls under the category of what a comic book movie would be — if it was based on a comic, that is. Its ending perfectly concludes one story but leaves room open for so much more. In that regard, a post-credits scene for Everything Everywhere All At Once would make sense, but does it have one?
No, Everything Everywhere All At Once does not have an end-credits scene or anything else that audiences can engage with (a movie website to visit or a phone number to call, as happened in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood's credits). Rather, like many modern films, Everything Everywhere All At Once's epilogue at the IRS building serves as the movie's proper denouement without any need to set up the future.
How Everything Everywhere All At Once's "Parts" Show It Never Needed A Stinger
Everything Everywhere All At Once is split into multiple parts, breaking up the title into core narrative arcs. It first begins with "Everything," tying all the storylines together — even those from the Alpha-Verse — before moving onto "Everywhere," in which Evelyn follows in her daughter, Joy's, footsteps and accesses as many parallel universes as possible while trying to build up enough strength to beat Jobu Tupaki. Once it's all resolved, Everything Everywhere All At Once ends with "All At Once," which highlights the movie's epilogue that sees the Wang family return to the IRS to fix their tax issues with Deirdre Beaubeirdra.
Everything Everywhere All At Once proves that it doesn't need to have a post-credits scene because the story is already complete. Separating the movie into parts created a concrete beginning and middle, and it provides Everything Everywhere All At Once's ending, which wraps everything up succinctly and leaves no room for the story's continuation. The first part of the story introduces Evelyn's situation, as well as the strange multiverse, to which the ending circles back when she must finally face the IRS. The "Everywhere" portion delves further into her psyche, as she tries to defeat Jobu Tupaki. This is also resolved by the movie's conclusion. Finally, the "All At Once" portion completes Evelyn's journey, showing that she now has the courage to face the music head-on having experienced every possible outcome of her decisions.
That scene could've been used as an Everything Everywhere All At Once end-credits scene, giving audiences a glimpse into what happened after Evelyn saved Joy (and ultimately saved the multiverse). However, it's placed instead as a kind of coda to the film. Perhaps an Everything Everywhere All At Once sequel could happen at some point, but that doesn't seem likely based on the story as well as the Daniels' past — writing and directing stunning original concepts first and foremost.
