God Bless ‘Bottoms’ For Bringing Back End-Credits Bloopers

Bottoms, which opened in theaters this weekend, is all about the early 2000s nostalgia. Though it’s not overt that that’s when the movie takes place, a few key clues—like flip phones and portable CD players—nod to that era. It’s absolutely perfect, therefore, that this movie brings back the lost ’90s and early 2000s art of featuring bloopers over the Bottoms end credits.

In Bottoms, Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri star two as two queer, high school seniors who decide to start a fight club as a way to meet girls. Zany, absurd, hilarious shenanigans ensue. The movie reunited 28-year-old Shiva Baby filmmaker Emma Seligman with Sennott. (Seligman directed, and co-wrote the script with Sennott.) But the tone of Bottoms couldn’t more different than the naturalistic feel of Shiva Baby. This teen comedy is all about heightened reality and ridiculous jokes, all carried by its very funny and very talented cast. That includes Havana Rose Liu and Kaia Gerber as the popular-girl love interests, Red, White & Royal Blue‘s Nicholas Galitzine as the dumb jock, and the hilarious Marshawn Lynch as the laid back teacher who agrees to sponsor the fight club. And it’s absolutely delightful to watch all of the above talented actors being their goofy, silly selves in the Bottoms bloopers.

Does Bottoms have an end credits scene?

No. Beyond the delightful bloopers, which begin playing as soon the credits start to roll, there is no extra scene feature mid- or post-credits in Bottoms. But do stick around to watch those bloopers, because they are great.

The Bottoms blooper reel begins with the cast dancing in various locations, which is a classic bloopers move. (The cast of Bring It On dancing to Baby Tate’s “Hey, Mickey!”? Always iconic.) Then we go into actors flubbing or forgetting their lines. I understand that this is not funny to the actors or anyone on set at the time, but I can’t help but love it. Actors: They mess up just like us! They just look hotter while doing it!

But my favorite part of the Bottoms bloopers? Former NFL football star Marshawn Lynch delivering alts. I don’t know if these jokes were given to him by the writers or improved by Lynch himself, but the blooper jokes might just cement Lynch as my favorite performer of the film. “This is beyond me. Not beyond meat, beyond me,” killed me.

Anyway, God bless Bottoms for following in the tradition of Bring It On, Rush Hour, Superbad, and Monsters Inc. by bringing back this crucial facet of cinema. Long live the end-credits blooper reel.