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Every gaffer and best boy should write a thank-you note to Marvel Studios chiefKevin Feige.
But you may have been rewarded with confusion by the post-credits sequence.
Dont worry, weve gotcha covered.
So who is that guy?
Why, its none other than James Buchanan Bucky Barnes, Captain Americas onetime sidekick!
If you want to know the characters long comics and movie history, check outour feature on him.
But if you dont have time for all that and just want a quick rundown, read on.
Heres the basic deal.
After an epic battle, he was presumed dead.
But as it turned out, he had been kidnapped by the sinister organization known as HYDRA.
Buckys name was cleared, but he was still suffering from brainwashing.
TChalla kindly offered to help him hide away and get mentally repaired using Wakandan science.
So what youre seeing at the end ofBlack Pantheris noble, tortured Bucky in recovery.
has led the effort to overcome his HYDRA programming, and the two have formed a nice little bond.
This is also a teaser for the next Marvel movie, MaysAvengers: Infinity War.
The mid-credits scene doesnt really require any explanation, but is quite sweet.
In it, TChalla appears before the United Nations.
He also says the world is better off when it builds bridges instead of barriers.
(Could it be that that word is a tweak of a certain someone in the Oval Office?)
A UN delegate, confused, asks what a country of farmers has to teach the community of nations.
Itll be interesting to see inInfinity Warwhat the repercussions are of Wakandas opening up.
One things certain: we need a Bucky/Shuri spinoff post-haste.
