In the mid-credits scene of Jumanji: The Next Level, a horde of ostriches can be seen running wild outside of NoraвЂ™s restaurant, insinuating that the sequel may feature a return to the original formula of Jumanji, where the elements of the game invade the real world.

Related: All Jumanji Movies Ranked, Worst To Best Apart from being a treat for Jumanji fans as Neuwirth reprises her role almost 25 years later, the meaning behind Nora ShepherdвЂ™s appearance in Jumanji: The Next Level is unclear, as is her continued role in a possible sequel. After the events of Jumanji, it appears that Nora is living out her dreams of running a bed and breakfast on a smaller scale by owning her own restaurant. Nora appears towards the end of Jumanji: The Next Level as the owner of NoraвЂ™s, a restaurant that was formerly owned by Eddie and Milo.

Despite their varied experiences, the two characters who actually lived inside of the Jumanji universe had one thing in common: they were both actively playing the game. Alex, on the other hand, seemed surprised when the other characters told him that 21 years had passed and he himself had not physically aged since he spent that time personified as the avatar Jefferson вЂњSeaplaneвЂќ McDonough (Nick Jonas). Alan, who was playing the board game version of Jumanji in 1995, was fully aware of the passage of time and even aged as he spent 26В years of his life stuck inside the board game. While both characters ended up being trapped inside of the Jumanji game for a number of years, time functioned differently for the two of them. The way that time functions in the Jumanji universe has been briefly addressed in past films through Robin WilliamвЂ™s character Alan Parrish in the original Jumanji (1995) and Colin Hanks' character Alex Vreeke in the more recent rendition Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Related: Jumanji's Best Move Was Forgetting The Book (& Original Movie) Is it possible that Van Pelt was being played by the same person controlling Jurgen? Has there been an ultimate showdown between our heroes and this unknown villain in the works since the reboot? Whoever the villain may be, this plot twist adds a new sense of agency to the actions of the villain avatar, meaning that while our heroes believed the villains in Jumanji were simply NPCs, the person playing the villain might have known they were facing other real-world players. If Jurgen the Brutal was an avatar, then itвЂ™s also likely that Professor Van Pelt (Bobby Cannavale), the evil archeologist who stole the jewel JaguarвЂ™s Eye, was also an avatar that was selected and played by someone in the real world. The next question that comes to mind is who is this mystery player controlling the actions of the antagonist? Is it someone weвЂ™ve met in past films? Or will it be someone completely new whoвЂ™s been trapped in the game for years attracted to the power and authority that comes with playing an evil villain? Knowing this bit of information about Jurgen the Brutal, it also makes you rethink the events of Welcome to the Jungle. Wishing to regain that confidence, Spencer reenters the Jumanji video game and is followed shortly after by his friends, his grandfather Eddie (Danny DeVito), and EddieвЂ™s estranged friend Milo (Danny Glover), both ofВ whom enter the game accidentally. From college to volunteering, everyone appears to have moved on since their experiences inside the world of Jumanji except for Spencer, whose college life lacks the purpose and adventure he once found embodying the avatar Dr. Jumanji: The Next Level picks up three years after the events of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, following Spencer (Alex Wolff), Martha (Morgan Turner), Bethany (Madison Iseman), and вЂњFridgeвЂќ (SerвЂ™Darius Blain) as they embark on their own separate paths post high school.

Based on the film Jumanji (1995), Jumanji: The Next Level is a modern retelling about a group of kids who get trapped inside of a life-threatening video game and need to play their way out to return to the real world.

Jumanji: The Next Level, the latest installment in the Jumanji franchise, raised some important questions about the Jumanji universe that were left unanswered by the time the credits rolled.

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