ICYMI : Post-credits scenes of the Marvel Avengers Cinematic Universe

Tony Stark returns to his mansion late at night to find S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury there waiting for him. Fury informs Stark that there are more superheroes in the world besides him, and brings up the subject of the Avengers Initiative.

Disgraced after the incident with Emil Blonsky, Thaddeus Ross sulks in a bar. Intoxicated, he is greeted by Tony Stark, who tells him that a special team is being put together.

Foreshadowing Thor, Phil Coulson arrives at a large crater in New Mexico, where a mysterious hammer has crashed. He quickly calls his superiors, informing them that he has found the object.

Dr. Erik Selvig is brought to a secret underground S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, where he is greeted by Nick Fury. Fury shows him the Tesseract, which S.H.I.E.L.D. hopes to harness for world benefit. Fury asks Selvig to head its research, and Selvig, who is actually being controlled by Loki, agrees.

Foreshadowing The Avengers, Steve Rogers is hanging out at a gym in New York City, when he is approached by Nick Fury, who relays Rogers with an assignment with the fate of the world in jeopardy.

In a mid-credits scene, the Other informs his master, Thanos, of Loki's failure at procuring the Tesseract. When he brings up the subject of the Avengers, saying that challenging them would be like courting Death, Thanos smiles sadistically.

This gem of a scene shows the Avengers are all gathered at the Shawarma Palace following the Battle of New York, on Iron Man's suggestion. Beaten and exhausted from the battle, the Avengers eat in silence.

Tony Stark tells Bruce Banner the story of his battle with Aldrich Killian. When he finishes, he realizes that Banner slept through most of it. Thinking nothing of it, Stark starts talking about more life experiences, much to Banner's chagrin.

Jane Foster and her colleagues are relaxing in Foster's flat, when a portal opens up on the flat's balcony. Foster runs out and finds Thor, and the two kiss. Elsewhere, a Jotunheim Beast accidentally brought to Earth by the Convergence runs amok, chasing birds through a warehouse.

In a mid-credits scene foreshadowing Guardians of the Galaxy, Sif and Volstagg arrive at the museum of Taneleer Tivan. They present Tivan with the captured Aether, not realizing that Tivan was already seeking it and the other Infinity Stones.

In a mid-credits scene foreshadowing Avengers: Age of Ultron, Wolfgang von Strucker is seen in a secret facility, where various objects, including the Chitauri Scepter, are being studied. Strucker stops at a pair of holding cells, where twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are contained.

After the Battle at the Triskelion, the Winter Soldier arrives at a Captain America exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution, when he sees information regarding Bucky Barnes, shedding some light on his past.