Warning: This post contains spoilers for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the world of the game to life, and includes a hilarious post-credits scene to close out its story. Directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley from a screenplay by them and Michael Gilio, Honor Among Thieves combines comedy and fantasy for an adventure that is said to be a crowd-pleaser for fans of the game and newcomers to the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
There are a plethora of movies these days that include a post-credits scene. Whether they’re meant to tease what’s to come or simply be a fun addition to the overall narrative, post-credits scenes have become the norm. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves s the multitude of movies with post-credits scenes, delivering a tonally perfect addition to a humor-filled film. In this instance, the scene actually lands at the mid-credits point, arriving shortly after the first phase of credits have played. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor of Thieves’ mid-credits scene is ultimately aligned with all that came before in the film.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' Credits Scene Continues 1 Of The Movie's Best Gags
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has plenty of comedic moments, but one of the best gags is when Edgin, Holga, Simon and Doric resurrect Holga’s ancestors in a bid to obtain information about the Helmet of Disjunction. The post-credits scene confirms the filmmakers didn’t forget about the skeleton who was unfortunately left behind by the characters, left alone in a cemetery with no hope of being asked another question so that he could get back to his rest in death.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ post-credits scene sort of breaks the fourth wall as well, as the resurrected skeleton asks the audience to ask him a question so that he could go back to being dead. The interrogation scene was funny to begin with, and the film’s post-credits scene cleverly carried on with the joke without having to tease any additional parts to the story.
Why D&D: Honor Among Thieves Didn't Need A Sequel Set-Up In Its Credits Scene
Honor Among Thieves works well as a stand-alone film. It didn’t need its mid-credits scene to hint there was potentially more story to come, or set up a sequel. It’s very much on par with movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, which had several sequels the original film didn’t intentionally set up. To that end, there is room for Dungeons & Dragons to continue the characters’ stories in a sequel, but it doesn’t need to tack anything on to the original film to make it work. Whatever story comes next would also be its own thing, and it doesn't have to hinge on whatever might have occurred in the post-credits scene.
Leaving out a sequel setup in the post-credits scene allows Dungeons & Dragons to end on its own without doling out promises for a sequel that hasn’t even been given the green light. It also didn’t need to include one, and the mid-credits scene the film did have works well with the style and tone of the film. It’s a nice addition that is simply there for the fun of it, and that’s exactly what Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is ultimately going for anyway.
