Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in “The Naked Gun.”
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Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson’s The Naked Gun has end-credits and post-credits scenes that you may want to stick around for, especially if you’re a fan of the original Naked Gun movies and Police Squad! TV series.
Directed by Akiva Schaffer (Saturday Night Live) and produced by Seth McFarlane, The Naked Gun opens in theaters nationwide on Friday. In the film, Police Squad Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Neeson) follows in the bumbling footsteps of his late father, Lt. Frank Drebin Sr. (Nielsen).
Nielsen, of course, originated the role of Drebin in Police Squad!, which had a six-episode run on ABC-TV in 1982. After that, Drebin’s character leaped to the big screen with The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad! in 1988, followed by the sequels The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear in 1991 and The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult in 1994.
The new version of The Naked Gun continues the same comedic pattern as Police Squad! and the original Naked Gun trilogy with plenty of sight gags, slapstick and base humor. Anderson stars as Beth Davenport opposite Neeson’s Frank Jr. in The Naked Gun, as the pair attempt to bring down tech billionaire Richard Cane (Danny Huston) for murdering Beth’s brother to obtain a computer device for nefarious intentions.
Rated PG-13, The Naked Gun also stars Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy and Eddie Yu.
Note: The next section reveals spoilers of what happens during the end-credits and post-credits scenes for “The Naked Gun.”
The End Credits For ‘The Naked Gun’ First Recall A ‘Police Squad!’ Gag
Generally, end-credits and/or post-credits scenes either wrap up loose ends from earlier in a film or signal the potential for a sequel.
As such, the post-credits scene alludes to a scene earlier in The Naked Gun, but the end credits scenes don’t necessarily indicate that another movie is on the way. That doesn’t mean a sequel won’t happen. It’s just like any other movie, The Naked Gun’s future depends on the film’s reception at the box office.
The first end credits scene gives a big nod to the end credits of the Police Squad! series, which mocked freeze-frame endings of sitcoms at the time. The only thing is, the frame didn’t freeze during the end credits, and instead Nielsen and his co-stars would remain still in their poses for the duration.
The end credits for the new Naked Gun begin with a shot from the newly reopened Police Squad headquarters, which was shut down by the city’s mayor due to Frank Drebin Jr.’s wreckless actions.
However, thanks to Drebin’s heroic actions, Frank Jr.’s boss, Chief Davis (CCH Pounder), announces at a press conference that Police Squad’s office headquarters is reopening. While speaking, Chief Davis told reporters Drebin would be held accountable for all of the crimes he committed while pursuing Richard Cane and that he was undergoing an Internal Affairs investigation.
The scene then cuts to an Internal Affairs gathering, which is essentially one big party set at a tropical resort. While Frank Jr. and Beth are conversing, the film goes into freeze-frame mode, a la Police Squad! and the two hold their poses.
However, when they take notice of their strange surroundings, Frank Jr. and Beth unfreeze and start to examine the frozen characters and the environment they’re stuck in. The scene ends with Frank Jr. and Beth breaking the fourth wall and starting to talk to the audience, with Frank Jr. eventually attempting to poke his way through the big screen.
The second end-credits scene is not really a scene, but more of an homage to the opening of Nielsen’s Police Squad! series and Naked Gun movies. Each of them began with a shot from the viewpoint of the top of a police squad and a single flashing emergency light as the car drives around the city. The scene ends in front of a doughnut shop, which, of course, alludes to the cliché that all police officers have an affinity for doughnuts.
Following the second end-credits scene, the credits continue to roll as we hear Neeson singing a racy song ballad, “My Sweet Beth,” which was written by director Akiva Schaffer and songwriter Greg Chun (Don’t be surprised if Paramount Pictures submits the tune for Best Original Song consideration during awards season).
The post-credits scene wraps up a scene from earlier in the film, where “Weird Al” Yankovic appeared in a promotion for a “Doomsday” party that was meant to take place once Richard Cane exacted his plans for himself and a group of fellow billionaires to start a new version of society.
The post-credits scene shows Yankovic — who played himself in cameos for the first three Naked Gun movies — playing in front of a bunch of empty chairs at a celebration meant for the billionaires before Cane’s plans went off the rails.
The Naked Gun opens Friday in theaters nationwide.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/08/01/the-naked-gun-what-happens-in-end-credits-and-post-credits-scenes/