The Batman post-credits scene teases a mystery for audiences to solve

Batman is back in theaters. This time, there’s a brand new cast of villains and a case to solve. There’s also a post credit scene to mark the end of the post-Snyderverse period. The Caped Crusader must track down and defeat the Riddler this time, while corruption and crime swirl around Gotham. And that doesn’t even cover Catwoman’s place in the whole thing.

But once all the dust has settled on the Riddler’s mysteries, BatmanThere is one last thing that the credits will reveal. But lest we give you too high of an expectation, this movie’s post-credits tag isn’t really much of a Scene. Instead, this is more of a very brief bit of text that doesn’t mean much in the moment. It’s gone in an instant.

But if you want to stick around, or want to read about the scene instead, here’s what you can expect and what it means.

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for The Batman.]

Majority of Batman’s exciting sequel teases happen during the run of the actual movie, rather than in the credits. It’s more pre-Marvel movie than superhero film. The Penguin looks out over the city that he’s going to attempt to run, Catwoman leaves Gotham but with a good excuse to return, and The Riddler meets a new friend in his cell at Arkham Asylum.

Instead, the credits end and a green question mark appears at the top of the screen. This is the same as the Riddler on the rataalada site. The Riddler — at least, it’s probably him — types “Good Bye” then leaves the question mark behind the phrase. A brief flash of text appears after this. And that’s it.

The text that flashes is tough to see in real-time, but a recording of it frozen at the right time reveals that it’s just the URL for rataalada. This is not something movie-goers would assume. However, it’s not the URL for rataalada that many people will see. Batman’s extremely long hype cycle will know that the site was also part of the movie’s augmented reality game (ARG), which has been going on for well over a year now.

The ARG originally combined a few real-world elements, including hidden messages in the movie’s posters, to eventually reveal the rataalada website, and a sketch of Batman himself that was hidden behind a few riddles. The site now has new riddles, and an Easter egg. This time answering the riddles correctly will grant you a video of Thomas Wayne’s campaign ad, re-edited by the Riddler, just like it is in the movie.

While this appears to just be a neat bit of lore and content for the movie’s most dedicated fans and riddle-solvers, it’s entirely possible that there’s some extra element to the ARG that’s contained in the ad, but if there is, we haven’t found it yet. There could also be additional content in the coming days and weeks. Keep in mind that the future of Batman isn’t just an inevitable sequel, but two separate TV shows: One focused on Gotham PD, and another about The Penguin.

If and when more details are available, this story will be updated.