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How It Should Have Ended
Genre	Comedy Parody
Created by	Daniel Baxter Tommy Watson Christina "Tina" Alexander
Original language	English
Original release
Network	HowItShouldHaveEnded.com(2005–2007) YouTube(2007–present)
Release	April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23) – present

How It Should Have Ended (HISHE) is ananimatedweb series that parodies popular films by creatingalternate endings and pointing out perceived flaws.^[1][2][3] Endings for many major films have been presented, using thetagline "Sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like".

The series won theStreamy Award for Best Animated Web series at the2nd Streamy Awards in 2010.

How It Should Have Ended began after Daniel Baxter and Tommy Watson started discussing alternate endings for a film they had watched.^[4][5] In 2005, their first animation "How Star Wars Should Have Ended" was completed and soon after in July 2005 the website was established.^[6] Christina "Tina" Alexander,^[7] who has previously worked with Baxter, joined the team shortly thereafter.

HISHE was awarded the "Best Internet Parody" award for "How Superman Should Have Ended" bySpike TV at the 2006Scream Awards at theHollywood Pantages Theatre in California.^[8] and was featured in an MTV Comedy and Talent Showcase at theHollywood Improv. It has also been featured as a Yahoo! Profile Pick and has appeared in bothFade In andWired magazines.^[9]

On March 5, 2007,HISHE was launched onYouTube as HISHEdotcom. It has attracted notable appearances such asStan Lee himself in the parody ofThe Amazing Spider-Man.^[10]

In September 2009,How It Should Have Ended joinedStarz Digital Media which now handles all licensing. In April 2010,How It Should Have Ended was awarded theStreamy Award for Best Animated Web Series at theOrpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.^[11][12]

On June 30, 2013, a video was uploaded onTheFineBros channel which features theTeens React teens watching theLord of the Rings,Harry Potter, andHunger GamesHISHE episodes.

In November 2013,Batman andSuperman fromSuper Café guest starred in theNostalgia Critic's review ofMan of Steel, at the end of the episode where The Critic parodiesSuper Café.HISHE also featured in theScreen Junkies seriesHonest Trailers in the episodes aboutThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies andStar Trek Into Darkness, withHISHE in turn inviting members of Screen Junkies onboard as guest writers.

As of April 2, 2025^[update],HISHE had 10.5 million subscribers and more than 3.3 billion views.^[13] At the same time,HISHE had amassed over 353,000 followers on itsFacebook account,^[14] over 119,000 followers on itsInstagram account^[15] and over 31,400 followers on itsTwitter account.^[16]

The series features running gags, including, but not limited to:

• In theSuper Café segments, Batman and Superman discuss the actions of characters in current or upcomingsuperhero films, to which Batman almost always says he can do them better "Because I'm Batman!". Whenever an attractive female character appears in the café, Batman flirts with her by offering to reveal his secret identity.
• InStar Wars episodes (and on rare instances, episodes based on other films such asGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2)Darth Vader (or some variation of Anakin Skywalker depending on the era) gets overly giddy and excited when he finds out about his descendants or when someone's lineage is revealed, much to the chagrin of those around him.
• In episodes themed aroundCaptain America films, the characters teaseCaptain America by singing a parody of his theme song fromThe Marvel Super Heroes, bringing up everything that did not surrender to him in theMCU up to that point.
  • This was further referenced in the episode forAvengers: Endgame when Steve did it toFalcon after passing the mantle, and in the episode forThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, by Sam andBucky afterJohn Walker, the government appointed Captain America, lostthe shield after one of theDora Milaje stole it.
• Characters frequently tend to reference or parody other characters played by the same actors as them. For instance, in any film featuring a character played by actorAndy Serkis (i.e.Supreme Leader Snoke fromStar Wars sequel trilogy,Ulysses Klaue from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, etc.), the parody features the character with the voice ofGollum from theLord of the Rings film series, Serkis' best known film role.
• In some episodes about superhero films (Marvel or DC), whenever a character is about to utter a profanity in a key scene, Captain America quickly jumps in and cuts them off, exclaiming "Language!" (referencing the opening scene inAvengers: Age of Ultron where he does so toIron Man). In one episode parodyingAvengers: Endgame, the role is reversed, with Captain America nearly swearing and being cut off byDeadpool.
• In alternate endings where certain characters survive films they would have died in (e.g.Quicksilver inAvengers: Age of Ultron,Polka-Dot Man inThe Suicide Squad,Aunt May inSpider-Man: No Way Home andGilgamesh inEternals) said character says "One of us might have died" in the aftermath.
• TheJoker regularly annoying and mockingLord Voldemort in different ways.
• In episodes forSpider-Man films, a man in a lab coat appears and says "Here's a bright idea!", before advising the characters in certain scenes to do something different than what they were planning to do (with more common sense), thereby alleviating the advances of the plot that would have resulted (usually with the villains coming to power). The first instance of this occurring was in the episode forSpider-Man 3, in which the man who says "Here's a bright idea!" orders the scientists who were running the sand particle experiment to check the sand after initially believing the change in the silicon mass to be a bird. This would result in Flint Marko being arrested and preventing his transformation intoSandman.

Tubefilter ran an article coveringHow It Should Have Ended and discussing its fanbase.^[17]

HISHE was described by Ben Mitchell as "another revived entry in the pantheon of web series. Each episode astutely appropriates both what makes a viral film stand out (humor, topical references, accessible satire, fastpaced timing while appealing to its audience's love/hâte relationship with pop culture)".^[3]

Kennedy Unthank ofPlugged In wrote: "Often,How It Should Have Ended's changes point out the more obvious, logical response that characters likely would have had if the movie was a bit more realistic. However, the YouTube channel's satire is soft enough that it's clear the point of each video isn't to mock the movie, but to point out its flaws through constructive criticism."^[18]

Writing forFugues, Benoit Migneault found the versions proposed "irresistibly funny" and "sometimes touching".^[19]

The series won theStreamy Award for Best Animated Web series at the2nd Streamy Awards in 2010.^[20][21]

On May 12, 2015,HISHE launched a series namedHISHE Features.^[22] This series aims to put the spotlight on lesser known YouTube animators or film-related channels. It is also used to bridge the gap betweenHISHE's own videos.The series has been a success, both in terms of views and features, which include Ricepirate, OnlyLeigh, BrotherhoodWorkshop^[23] as well as Hank & Jed. The series has however received some criticism from fans who believe the content is not up to par withHISHE's own and could therefore damage their reputation.HISHE has responded by refuting these claims stating that it is beneficial to all parties involved.

HISHE launched an additional channel called HISHE Kids, with the showFixed Fairy Tales.

Fixed Fairy Tales is an animated series that takes classicfairy tales and gives them a new twist. The stories are narrated by a talking owl named Vincent Featherbottom, who usually tells a summary to the actual story while pointing some flaws and starts to narrate his own version of the story.

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Super Café /The Villain Pub is a segment that debuted at the end of "How Superman Should Have Ended" which featuredSuperman discussing the alternate events of the 1978Superman film in a café withBatman, which began the trend ofSuper Café. Though it is thought to be based onSeinfeld, the clips are actually based on the final scene of Daniel Baxter's favorite film,Swingers, with Superman standing in for Trent and Batman standing in for Mike.^[24]In various superhero episodes ofHow It Should Have Ended, altered or added scenes are shown from the superhero film, followed by the superheroes that appear in the film interacting with Batman and Superman (both voiced by Daniel Baxter) in the Super Café; it also always appears at the end of each episode (except theHISHE episodes forSam Raimi'sSpider-Man trilogy, which the café was only shown at the near beginning). TheSuper Café segment is featured in every superhero film the series has covered so far. Superman and Batman also make a brief appearance in a café in the "How Pulp Fiction Should Have Ended". The segment was also used in theNostalgia Critic's review ofMan of Steel.^[25] A companion segment calledThe Villain Pub which is modeled fromCheers and features many popular villains likeLoki, theJoker,Voldemort,General Zod and many more began with "How Thor: The Dark World Should Have Ended". In those segments, EmperorPalpatine is the bartender,Bowser is the bouncer (bownser),Thanos is the janitor,HAL 9000 is the security system andJaws is the executioner. TheCheers theme song was rewritten as a theme.There are numerous running gags in theSuper Café segments, the most notable being in which Batman always explains his various accomplishments and abilities or finds some kind of excuse to say his catchphrase "Because I'm Batman!", much to Superman's irritation. In theHISHE episode forSuicide Squad, Batman discovers the Villain Pub and inThe Villain Pub's episode "The Boss Battle", goes to confront the villains congregating there, nearly successfully, only to be tempted by Emperor Palpatine by his weakness – the ladies. It is then thatHarley Quinn, who had used her vexing charms to be allowed back into the pub, knocks out Batman from behind. Batman is then taken into the cellar to be fed to the shark Jaws, who is comically depicted as talking in a high-pitched voice, chained up and stripped of his equipment. He barely escapes after being rescued by Dr. Strange, a fact that is reiterated in theHISHE episode forDoctor Strange (which also cryptically contained a spoiler for theAvengers: Infinity War trailer). Later, in theHISHE episode forGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, things begin to take a turn for the dire when Ayesha, disgusted by heroes congregating in a café to meet, decides to punish superheroes whom she blames for her failure by destroying their café and unleashes her superweapon Martha (a parody ofAdam Warlock, who was teased in the actual end-credits scene ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and deliberately named to taunt both Batman and Superman for their mothers having the same name). The arrival of Martha to decimate the café is foreshadowed in further videos like theHISHE episodes forWonder Woman,Spider-Man: Homecoming andThor: Ragnarok. At last, in theHISHE episode forJustice League, Martha (voiced byJames Rallison) arrives and succeeds in his primary objective of destroying the café but upon facing the Justice League, joined byGreen Lantern, who comically resemblesSteve Trevor, gets his neck snapped by Superman, much to the irritation of Batman, who had wanted to take down Martha through his own plan. The café is later rebuilt by Black Panther in theHISHE episode forBlack Panther.In theHISHE episode forDeadpool,Deadpool gets himself bounced from both the Super Café and the Villain Pub. He gets bounced from the Super Café because he likes killing enemies like a villain, and from the Villain Pub because he is not evil enough to be allowed there. Deadpool cannot even swear at the pub, with his attempts being givenbleep censors.

Stand-alone episodes ofSuper Café separate from theSuper Café segments ofHow It Should Have Ended (HISHE) episodes.Note: Each episode featuresSuperman andBatman.

Note: Each episode features patrons theJoker,^[a]Loki,General Zod,^[b]Lord Voldemort and bartenderPalpatine. Some times janitorThanos andKhan Noonien Singh make an appearance in some episodes.

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