Does Coco have a post-credit scene?
2017 · Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina · 105 min
The answer
No post-credit scene
No story scene, no gag, no sequel tease — but stay anyway. After the credits, Coco displays a note about Día de Muertos and then an ofrenda: a mosaic of real photographs of the deceased relatives who inspired the people who made the film.
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Scenes
- None
- Credits
- Nothing during or after
- Verdict
- Safe to leave
What plays over the credits instead
Coco has no post-credits scene in the ordinary sense. There is no extra story beat, no joke, no Dante gag and nothing setting up another film. If you are waiting for a stinger, there isn't one.
There is, however, something after the credits, and it is arguably the most affecting thing Pixar has ever put there.
Once the names have rolled, a card appears reading roughly: 'Día de Muertos is a Mexican heritage tradition with roots in indigenous culture. To learn more, visit your local library.' Then the screen fills with an ofrenda — a photo mosaic assembled from real photographs of the dead relatives of the people who made the movie. Crew members submitted pictures of their own grandparents, parents and great-grandparents, and the film ends by putting them on the altar.
The reason this lands so hard is that the entire film has just spent ninety minutes establishing the rule that governs its world: the dead persist only as long as someone living remembers them and puts their photograph on the ofrenda. Forget them and they fade. So the closing mosaic is not a dedication in the usual credits-crawl sense. It is the film's own mechanic, applied by the filmmakers to their own families, in public — the movie doing the thing it just told you to do.
So: no scene, and yes, stay.
The short version
- Is there a post-credit scene in Coco?
- No — Coco has no post-credit scene. No story scene, no gag, no sequel tease — but stay anyway. After the credits, Coco displays a note about Día de Muertos and then an ofrenda: a mosaic of real photographs of the deceased relatives who inspired the people who made the film.
- Does Coco have a mid-credits scene?
- No. Coco has neither a mid-credits scene nor a scene after the final card. Whatever the credits roll itself carries is covered in the full breakdown above.
While you’re here
Coco hides 11 more things worth catching
The credits are the last thing this film hides, not the only one. 6 of the 11 entries are confirmed by an official source.
- The axe is the Overlook's, and the barrel beside it spells REDRUM
- A113 is the office number at the Bureau of Family Grievances
- Ernesto de la Cruz is built from two real Golden Age superstars — who also appear
Last updated 2026-08-19 · Verdicts are checked against the theatrical cut. Spotted a change?

