History YMMV / WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies

* QuestionableCasting: A minor one, but given that Creator/JoshKeaton is on the cast for this series, it's a bit disappointing that they didn't have him [[RoleReprise reprise his fanY-favorite role]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan as Spider-Man.]] Although it's justified given that they wanted a voice match for Creator/TomHolland's Spider-Man.

* WTHCastingAgency: A minor one, but given that Creator/JoshKeaton is on the cast for this series, it's a bit disappointing that they didn't have him [[RoleReprise reprise his fan-favorite role]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan as Spider-Man.]] Although it's justified given that they wanted a voice match for Creator/TomHolland's Spider-Man.

** Just after Bruce witnesses the (though [[KickTheSonOfABitch well-deserved]]) slaughter of Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw and is saved by Hope, we're treated to one of Peter's homemade videos á la ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Homecoming]]'' that, while much better edited this time around, features Pete taking the piss out of a still unamused Happy Hogan, [[MrFanservice a]] [[NakedPeopleAreFunny half-naked]] Bucky Barnes, and Sharon Carter taking a toy dart to the face, with her being less than amused at Peter's shenanigans.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Power Broker, of all people, shows up in this episode.

* WTHCastingAgency: A minor one, but given that Creator/JoshKeaton is on the cast for this series, it's a bit disappointing that they didn't have him [[RoleReprise reprise his fan-favorite role]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan as Spider-Man.]] Although it's justified given that they wanted a voice match for Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

** A number of detractors of the ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' comics have praised the episode, which takes inspiration from those comics, for largely avoiding the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring unrelenting darkness]] that turned some readers off of those books.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Ironically, the episode's attempt at levity ended up instilling this feeling for a decent number of viewers. The survivors keep on making jokes even as, or rather ABOUT, their friends and allies getting zombified or slaughtered (by the own hands at that). While the jokes are meant to come across as a coping mechanism in-universe and from a meta-perspective is supposed to prevent the story from becoming too bleak, the overuse of humour made it difficult for audiences to stomach.

*** Scott also doesn't seem too horrified by Kurt's death at the hands of zombie Scarlet Witch and seems to quickly move on to his accidentally WaxingLyrical, despite the fact Kurt is the only member of the survivor party to have actually been close to Scott pre-apocalypse and he is killed literally in front of him..

'''Hope:''' ''(chuckling)'' No. No, how do you stay so... upbeat? After everything? \\
'''Peter:''' Practice, I guess. My mom, dad, Uncle Ben, Mr. Stark. Now Happy. I've... I've lost a lot. But my Aunt May says... ''used'' to say, that if [[StepfordSmiler we don't keep smiling when they can't]], then we might as well be gone, too. And... well, they'd want us to keep going.
** Scott. Again, despite being as [[{{Keet}} chipper as he always is]], he's not only lost Hank and Hope, but [[FridgeHorror it's very likely his entire family (Cassie especially) weren't spared from the zombie apocalypse]] like he was... even if he has to live out the rest of his days as a head in a jar, however.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After a lot of complaints about the lack of mention of Uncle Ben in the MCU, this episode established that Uncle Ben does indeed exist, despite it being a simple name drop as Peter lists off his dead loved ones.
** Fans weren't happy with the lack of the Hulk in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', and especially the film's failure to make clear he was refusing to come out due to resentment of Bruce ordering him around and seeing him as nothing but a tool, which was made worse after a deleted scene showing Banner and Hulk "working it out" and Hulk reappearing to fight Cull Obsidian in Wakanda was released. Here, he does make an appearance after Bruce makes an impassioned, humble plea for help.
** We finally get to see what capabilities the Mind Stone has on its own after the Infinity Saga only showed its powers being used inside Loki's scepter, embedded in Vision or as part of the Infinity Gauntlet.
** A number of detractors of the ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' comics have praised the episode, which takes inspiration from those comics, for largely avoiding the [[TooBleakStoppedCaring unrelenting darkness]] that turned some readers off of those books.

*** Add to that the joke made in response to the above statement, about losing a close team mate, about spiderman carrying hand sanitizer. Made even more sociopathic by the fact Hope was infected by this act and dies as a result.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Ironically, the episode's attempt at levity ended up instilling this feeling for a decent number of viewers. The survivors keep on making jokes even as their friends and allies get zombified or slaughtered (by the own hands at that). While the jokes are meant to be a coping mechanism in-universe and from a meta-perspective prevent the story from becoming too bleak, the overuse of humour made it difficult for audiences to stomach.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Ironically, the episode's attempt at levity ended instilling this feeling for a decent number of viewers. The survivors keep on making jokes even as their friends and allies get zombified or slaughtered (by the own hands at that). While the jokes are meant to be a coping mechanism in-universe and from a meta-perspective prevent the story from becoming too bleak, the overuse of humour made it difficult for audiences to stomach.