WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Deadpool 2, in theaters now.

For the past decade, Marvel Studios has conditioned audiences to remain in their seats past the credits to watch bonus scenes that tease what's to come in the cinematic universe, or offer a laugh. Although Fox's 2016 hit Deadpool wasn't part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the film still featured a post-credits scene -- albeit not exactly one fans were expecting. In it, Wade Wilson paid homage of John Hughes' 1986 classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, while also teasing the arrival of Cable in the inevitable (and not-yet-announced) sequel.

In Deadpool 2, we once again get a fourth wall-breaking after-scene, albeit one that's totally different from its predecessor. Better still, it’s already become a huge crowd-pleaser. The tag not only hints at things to come, it also manages to erase the past in a way that's hilarious, satisfying and yes, somehow organic to the story of the Deadpool franchise.

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Early on in Deadpool 2, it’s established that Cable (Josh Brolin), who comes from the near-future, possesses a means of time travel. However, to limit the use of such a device, we're informed that now he's in the present, Cable only has one charge left — enough juice for one final trip, to take him back home. However, circumstances force his hand, and Cable instead chooses to use the device to save Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds). That means that time travel is no longer an option ... or so we think.

However, in the mid-credits scene -- actually separated into five vignettes -- Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and her girlfriend Yukio (Shioli Kutsuna) repair Cable’s device, which Wade promptly decides to abuse. And yet, although his stops through time start off relatively as we expected, they eventually turn into sonething wholly unexpected.

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First on his list is saving the people he lost in the film — the people he loves. No, there aren’t a whole lot of people Wade Wilson loves, but there are at least two. Naturally, Wade travels back in time, to near the beginning of the film, and saves his girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) from a grim death. Then, it’s off to save Peter (Rob Delaney), the mustachioed member of X-Force whom Wade swore to keep safe. Yes, Peter lives to tweet another day.

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But then, this is where things get really interesting. Next, Wade finds himself in the third act of 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There, he interrupts the climactic fight between Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Weapon XI, a poor representation of what Deadpool should have been. That depiction of “Deadpool” has been the subject of much ridicule over the years, with Reynolds leading the charge. In fact, the first Deadpool didn’t pull any punches when it came to references to X-Men Origins. So, naturally, Wade now has the means to erase the travesty that was Weapon XI by putting a bullet in his head. And another. And another. And quite a few others after that, just to make sure it never gets back up again.

Wade explains his actions by saying he's correcting the timeline, making sure that 2016’s Deadpool is the only cinematic version of the regenerating degenerate. But Wade doesn’t stop here. Next, he travels to Ryan Reynolds’ home, where the actor is finishing reading the script of 2011's Green Lantern, another film widely ridiculed by fans — and by Reynolds himself. But before Reynolds can sign onto the role, he gets shot in the head by Deadpool, who successfully prevents Green Lantern from being produced.

Reynolds has always been willingly laugh at himself, and in the mid-credits scene of Deadpool 2, he takes it even further. In the first movie, he joined in on the fun by bashing both X-Men Origins and Green Lantern, effectively apologizing for the role he played in those movies, and the mistakes made by the studios that produced them. Now, he doesn’t just address those mistakes, he actively erases them from the timeline.

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After nine years, Deadpool 2 found an in-story way to course-correct Reynolds’ spotty comic book roles, giving fans a scene that's both warranted and incredibly well-received. It’s something fans have wanted to see, even if they didn't realize it. It’s the perfect ending for Deadpool 2, and one that even manages to open the doors for the future. Now that Deadpool has formed X-Force, and now that he has the means to time travel, the team’s mission can officially begin.

In theaters now, director David Leitch’s Deadpool 2 stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular Deadpool, Morena Baccarin as Vanessa, T.J. Miller as Weasel, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Stefan Kapičić as Colossus, Zazie Beetz as Domino, Julian Dennison as Russell and Josh Brolin as Cable.