Spoilers for all works set prior to Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame are unmarked.
Master Wong
"Attachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Nepalese
Affiliation(s): Masters of the Mystic Arts
Portrayed By: Benedict Wong
Voiced By: Víctor Manuel Espinoza (Latin-American Spanish dub), Santi Lorenz (European Spanish dub), Henri Carballido (French dub), Pierre-Étienne Rouillard (Canadian French dub), Miō Tanaka (Japanese dub), Fábio Moura (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
Appearances: Doctor Strange | Avengers: Infinity War | Avengers: Endgame | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
"While heroes like the Avengers protect the world from physical dangers, we sorcerers safeguard it against more mystical threats."
A student of the Ancient One tasked with protecting Kamar-Taj's most valuable relics and books and training potential Sorcerers Supreme.
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- Actually Pretty Funny: Wong consistently fails to find humor in Strange's jokes. But the Bond One-Liner after defeating Kaecilius in the climax causes him to burst out laughing, earning him surprised looks from Strange and Mordo.
- Adaptational Badass: Wong in the comics isn't exactly a weak bystander, but for many years was characterized as a manservant to Strange (later retellings changed it into a bodyguard). He's given more purpose and skill here, basically being Kamar-Taj's resident Drill Sergeant Nasty and (as the resident librarian) Badass Bookworm. As of Spider-Man: No Way Home, he's now the Sorcerer Supreme, although Strange claims he only got the job on a technicality (i.e. the fact that Strange himself was unavailable due to being Blipped).
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, he is Strange's servant and non-magical sidekick. In the MCU, they're both Masters of the Mystic Arcs and for that, equals and Bash Brothers during their battles in Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Spider-Man: No Way Home reveals that Wong was promoted to Sorcerer Surpreme during the Blip, making him ranked over Doctor Strange.
- While in both comics and movies, Strange and Wong can be considered as friends, the MCU versions have a more rocky relationship and banter a lot.
- Advertised Extra: Similar to Captain Marvel and Okoye in Endgame, Wong was featured in poster marketing for both Infinity War and Endgame, indicating that he might be a major player in both films, even getting his own character poster. However, he only appears during the beginning of Infinity War as a Guest-Star Party Member, returning to the Sanctum after the fight with Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian, not to be seen again for the rest of the film, and at the end of Endgame during the Battle of Earth and Tony Stark's funeral.
- Affectionate Nickname: "Wongers" by Madisynn which he doesn't seem too happy about.
- Affirmative-Action Legacy: The two previous Sorcerers Supreme (The Ancient One and Stephen Strange) were Caucasians while Wong is Asian.
- Age Lift: Typically much more youthful-looking than Strange, this version of Wong is made to look and dress in an older and more subdued manner to stress his seniority. Benedict Wong, likewise, is also five years older than Cumberbatch.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: In Multiverse of Madness, Wong tries to beg Wanda to stop when she uses her powers to torture some sorcerers in order to make him reveal everything he knows about the Darkhold.Wong: Wanda, stop! Wanda, please!
- Air Quotes: He does this in "Is This Not Real Magic?" when explaining to Jennifer Walters how Donny Blaze is a "magician" at the "Mystic Castle", all the while explaining how he's using the gesture to show his displeasure with Blaze.
- The All-Solving Hammer: During his first two appearances in She-Hulk: Attorney of Law, Wong constantly suggests to Jennifer Walters to send the people who cause them problems into the Mirror Dimension, no matter how many times she tries to tell him that this isn't a good idea.
- Alternate Self: Wong has two alternate counterparts who are both dead. He also has a third possible one who's running naked from a clown.
- The Archmage: Spider-Man: No Way Home shows that he was made Sorcerer Supreme because of Stephen Strange being absent for five years during the Blip.
- Ascended Extra: A fairly innocuous character both in the source material, and in Phase 3 he only has a secondary role in his debut film and a minor role in both Infinity War and Endgame. Phase 4 however makes Wong a much more prominent recurring character, with a surprise appearance in both Shang-Chi and No Way Home, expanded role in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and a major secondary part in She-Hulk.
- Authority Sounds Deep: He has a deep, gravelly voice that adds to his intimidating demeanor. The "authority" part comes from his knowledge of sorcery, to the point of even becoming Sorcerer Supreme.
- Back for the Finale: In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong played a significant role in episodes 3 and 4, but stopped appearing afterwards. However, he eventually makes a brief return in The Stinger of the final episode to get Emil Blonsky out of jail.
- Back from the Dead: At the end of Doctor Strange, he is killed when Kaecilius destroys the Hong Kong Sanctum. Strange has to use the Eye of Agamotto in order to bring him back.
- Badass Bookworm: He's a librarian and a very skilled sorcerer and combatant. And all of this is before he becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme.
- Badass Teacher: He's one of Strange's mentors, and a badass to boot. He becomes an even bigger badass teacher following his promotion to Sorcerer Supreme.
- Bald Mystic: Was originally bald and is a Master of the Mystic Arts but grows his hair out in later films.
- Bash Brothers: With Strange, since the two of them tend to work together in protecting New York after the death of the Ancient One.
- Big Damn Heroes: Doctor Strange and Wong's first on-screen words to each other in Endgame suggest that Wong coordinated the Gondor Calls for Aid moment of the Avengers' allies. Strange came with the Guardians, who would've told him about the Ravagers. Wong brought the sorcerers and instructed them to bring the Asgardians, Wakandans, and the returning Avengers who are in Wakanda, and possibly help bring the Ravagers. How Strange and Wong communicated across the galaxy isn't stated, but it may be similar to how Heimdall and Thor communicated in Ragnarok.
- In Infinity War, he also switched battles this way when he saved Banner and Stark from being killed by Cull Obsidian.
- Does this again during his first scene in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. After Gargantos has knocked out Doctor Strange and managed to catch America Chavez with one of its tentacles, Wong unexpectedly shows up and uses an energy whip to release the young girl from its grip.
- Big Fun: He's slimmed down since his earlier appearances, but Wong remains one of the more jovial and fun-loving characters in the MCU. He loves karaoke, tuna melts, chilling at home and watching television shows, and even engages in cage matches in his free time.
- Big "NO!": His reaction when Master Wolfe declares she's More Expendable Than You and moves to attack the Darkhold, both of them knowing the impending consequences she will suffer.
- Blade on a Rope: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness shows Wong fighting Gargantos with swords attached to a magical rope. He later uses another as a form of grappling hook on Mount Wundagore.
- Breakout Character: For such a minor character in the comics, he's proven to be rather popular in the MCU; to the point where he was even involved in the official promo for Avengers: Infinity War. He's also appeared in more installments than Doctor Strange himself, and tends to pop up in places viewers would least expect him; including a fighting ring in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and gets involved with some legal matters in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- The Cameo:
- Wong only shows up for one scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home, where he complains about Spider-Man's infamy and the Sanctum being filled with snow thanks to a Siberian blizzard. He promptly portals off to somewhere warmer after cautioning Strange about the dangers of the memory-wiping spell.
- He also makes a brief appearance during The Stinger of the She-Hulk episode "Whose Show is This?", where he helps Emil Blonsky escape prison to Kamar-Taj.
- Characterization Marches On:
- In the first Doctor Strange film, Wong is characterized as being rather stoic and unfriendly towards Strange, minus the part where he bursts into laughter upon hearing his Bond One-Liner. His subsequent appearances give him a little more levity and friendliness overall, as he expresses Hypocritical Humor regarding tuna melts in Avengers: Infinity War, and inexplicably joins a fighting ring in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, complaining that his opponent is hitting him too hard.
- Wong also was implied to know very little about the outside world outside of Kamar-Taj, with him being unmoved and confused at Strange's references to modern-day musicians such as Adele or Beyoncé. Wong would later be established as not being quite as clueless about the popular culture of today, as he expresses familiarity with Avengers-themed ice cream in Avengers: Infinity War, and watches lots of American television shows in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Bring It: After successfully killing one of the demonic monsters on Wundagore Mountain, Wong confidently challenges the others, who respond by throwing rocks at him.Wong: Come on!
- The Comically Serious: He does not understand jokes. Or at the very least he has a very demanding sense of humor, as suggested later in the first Doctor Strange film.
- Deadly Dodging: In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, he gets punched by the Abomination, then returns the favor with weaponized portals.Wong: That hurt, Emil! Want me to show you how it feels?
- Deadpan Snarker: Wong can be quite snarky when he is having specific conversations with Strange. Strange's first attempts at levity with Wong fall flat for this reason.Doctor Strange: You know, people used to think that I was funny.
Wong: Did they work for you? - Deus Exit Machina: He is shown leaving the Sanctum Sanctorum to parts unknown fairly early in No Way Home, as his more advanced expertise in magic compared to Strange would've likely averted much of the plot. Later invoked by Strange after the spell goes awry, as he really doesn't want Wong to find out how badly he and Peter screwed up.
- Didn't Think This Through: While hanging on the side of Mount Wundagore, Wong manages to kill one of its demonic guardians with his bladed rope and challenges the others to come and get him. Then he remembers that he is still hanging on the side of the mountain and that the monsters can easily throw large rocks at him.
- Disney Death: He's thrown from the top of Mount Wundagore by an enraged Wanda after he's outlived his usefulness but he survives by landing on a mountain ridge not far down from the Darkhold Castle.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: He can be very tough on his students, though clearly cares about them.
- Drink-Based Characterization: Wong mentions in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law that he enjoys drinking gin and tonic. He also tried vodka with yak's milk at Tony Stark's wedding, but it apparently was so disgusting that he swore off ever drinking it again.
- Dual Wielding:
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness shows Wong using magic to conjure two swords into his hands.
- He also forms a magical Yuanyang Tomahawk in each of his hands to fight the winged demons in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
- Due to the Dead: He's one of the many people who pay their respects to the ultimate sacrifice made by Tony Stark by attending their funeral.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Wong was nearly bald when he was first introduced in Doctor Strange, but has gradually started to grow his hair out in every subsequent appearance. Notably, his hair growth notes where Wong becomes less stoic and more comedic.
- Fight Clubbing: He and the Abomination are the star attractions in Xu Xialing's fighting ring in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Post-Doctor Strange, with Strange having become far more adept since that film, Wong's interactions with his former student are more or less of equals at least, having severely loosened up around him and the two pretty much behaving like close friends.
- Forced to Watch: He assures Wanda that even under the threat of an agonizing death, he will not reveal any information regarding the Darkhold. She coerces the knowledge out of him by instead picking up several of his students and torturing them with magic.
- Genocide Survivor: His poster in Endgame not being black and white proves that he did not die in the Snap as the Snap victims have black and white posters.
- Glass Cannon: Despite being one of Kamar-Taj's most competent sorcerers, he's still human and is capable of getting killed by the same things that could kill a normal human as shown when he gets killed by a piece of debris fighting off the Zealots and has to be resurrected by Strange through the Time Stone.
- The Gloves Come Off: Goes easy on the Abomination in their cage match until the Abomination punches him into a wall. He remarks that that really hurt, and he quickly wins the fight by opening a sling ring portal that causes the Abomination to knock himself out.
- Go for the Eye: During his fight against Gargantos, Wong tries to throw a magical blade at the demon's enormous eye, but Gargantos manages to protect himself with one of his tentacles. Fortunately, Strange is more successful shortly after.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings reveals that Wong likes to spar with none other than the Abomination himself in an underground fighting club in Macau. After fighting and defeating him, he gives Blonsky some genuine tips on how to improve his fighting style as he's leading him back to his self-contained prison.
- Gratuitous Spanish: He briefly speaks Spanish with America Chavez to make fun of Strange while the three are talking about the multiverse.
- Guest-Star Party Member: Wong serves this role for Iron Man's group in Avengers: Infinity War. He helps to fight Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian when they attack New York in order to get the Time Stone, even managing to cut off Obsidian's arm. Shortly after the fight is over, he returns to New York to protect the Sanctum as Strange has been captured, and he is not seen again for the rest of the film. He returns in Endgame, leading his own team of sorcerers for the Final Battle.
- Headphones Equal Isolation: Due to Wong's refusal to let him borrow the books he's most interested in, Strange takes advantage of him listening to Beyoncé with headphones to take the books from the library through Sling Ring portals without him realizing it.
- Heroism Won't Pay the Bills: Since the Masters of the Mystic Arts do their work for the good of the universe and not for capital gain, Wong doesn't have a lot of money to his name. In Infinity War, before Bruce Banner crashes through their roof at the New York Sanctum, Stephen and Wong are debating about going out and picking up sandwiches from the deli despite not having any disposable capital.
- Hiding Behind the Language Barrier: He gets in some snarking about Strange in Spanish with America when they both realize he doesn't understand the language.
- Hypocritical Humor:
- During the scene reintroducing Doctor Strange and Wong at the start of Infinity War, they are debating which of them is going to buy lunch. Wong doesn't carry currency on his person, justifying it by saying that attachment to material wealth comes at the expense of spiritual enlightenment. He then realizes that he does have some change on him, specifically 200 rupees or about $1.50 in US money. Strange relents and offers to pay, upon which Wong expresses a hankering for a tuna melt.
- During She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong intends to prosecute Donny Blaze for abusing the mystical abilities of a Sling Ring as part of his magic act, noting that his usage of cosmic energy for self-serving and petty reasons could spell disastrous consequences. And yet, Wong has no problem with sending Donny to the Mirror Dimension just to torment him, even if doing so may possibly kill him.
- I DO NOT Want to Know: When he sees Stephen Dreamwalking in Defender Strange's corpse:Wong: I don't even want to know!
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He suffers this on a piece of debris before Strange's rewind of time outside the Hong Kong Sanctum restores him to life.
- Implied Love Interest: To Sara Wolfe in Multiverse of Madness. Sam Raimi confirmed that there was a romance for Wong and Sara originally written, but those scenes were cut. There's still some palpable affection between the two of them in the very brief screentime they have together, such as Sara holding his chin as they share a Held Gaze, but it's all implied and understated.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He can be rather gruff and sarcastic, but he’s still a good-hearted hero. In No Way Home, he loses his bluster when he sees Strange is willing to help Peter out of the goodness of his heart and agrees that Peter has been through enough, allowing Strange to perform the spell while he looks the other way. In Multiverse of Madness, he quickly bonds with America Chavez and does everything possible to protect her from Scarlet Witch.
- Karaoke Bonding Scene: During the end credits of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, he goes out to a karaoke bar with Shang-Chi and Katy, singing Hotel California.
- Kicked Upstairs: Because Strange had blipped for five years, Wong had to take over the duties and responsibilities of the Sorcerer Supreme.
- Killed Offscreen: Wong is found dead by Stephen and Mordo when they enter the destroyed Hong Kong Sanctum. Thanks to the Eye of Agamotto's time reversal, it doesn't last.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia:
- Apparently, Doctor Strange used the amnesia spell to make Wong forget about a full moon party that was held at Kamar-Taj at some point.
- Along with the rest of the world, Wong forgets about Peter Parker due to Strange's spell in the climax of Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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- Magic Librarian: He's basically Kamar-Taj's resident librarian. It's listed as "work experience" on his social media profiles, before "Sorcerer Supreme" and after "Target Sales Associate".
- Make an Example of Them: After finding out that his former student Donny Blaze is using real magic during his stage shows, Wong goes to see Jennifer Walters and tells her that he wants to sue him to demonstrate what happens to people who mess around with magic.Wong: I need to make an example of Donny Blaze. Set a precedent that no unlicensed persons ever attempt to practice the Mystic Arts again.
- Moment Killer: In the She-Hulk episode "Is This Not Real Magic?", Wong teleports to Jen's house to ask for her help just as she was about to kiss her date, much to her disappointment.
- Mr. Exposition: Being the librarian of Kamar-Taj and later the Sorcerer Supreme, Wong has a lot of knowledge about everything related to magic and is often the one who has to explain things to Doctor Strange or other characters.
- After Stephen Strange was caught fooling around with the Eye of Agamotto in Doctor Strange, Wong gives him a lengthy lecture on the purpose of the Master of the Mystic Arts, the line of Sorcerers Supreme, the function of the Sanctums, and finally the threat posed by Dormammu and the Dark Dimension.
- At the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, Wong explains the origins and powers of the six Infinity Stones to Bruce Banner and Tony Stark.
- When Wong is forced to take Wanda to Mount Wundagore in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, he tells her about the demon Chthon and how his spells were transcribed into the Darkhold.
- My Card: Wong magically conjures his business card to give it to Jennifer Walters at the end of their meeting in the episode "Is This Not Real Magic?".
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Wong's fight club sessions with Emil Blonsky end up being exposed to the public in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, which complicates the titular character's attempts to represent him in court. It also comes to bite Wong in the ass personally as he's forced to testify in front of a parole board to explain his actions, which involves confessing to a crime.
- Noodle Incident: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law reveals that Wong apparently worked as a Target Sales Associate in Nepal for nine years sometime before or in-between his time being a Kamar-Taj librarian and Master of the New York Sanctum. Of course, no other details on it are provided.
- No Sense of Humor: In the first film, Wong never laughs at any of Stephen Strange's jokes, much to his dismay. Or at least, not until the ending.
- No Sympathy: Downplayed. When Peter Parker enters that Sanctum Sanctorum in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Wong briefly expresses annoyance with his unexpected intrusion, and mildly grouses at Peter's inability to keep his identity a secret. He does at least allow Strange to cast a memory-wiping spell, so long as he's kept out of the action.
- Not So Above It All: Despite Wong putting up a stoic and serious persona when in front of people for the most part, it's not too difficult to get him to engage in some funny moments.
- In regards to Stephen's remarks about modern music, as he's seen listening to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" while working, seeming somewhat fascinated and/or confused with the song as Strange is stealing books from behind him. He also laughs heartily at one of Strange's one-liners at the end of the film, which understandably surprises Strange, given he'd been trying to get him to laugh the entire film and had failed miserably.
- In Infinity War, when Stark and Strange get into a snark-off and the topic of Ben & Jerry's making an Iron Man-flavored ice cream is brought up, he interjects that he prefers the flavor they made to honor the Hulk. Likewise, in their first scene, when Strange offers to spot Wong (because the very few rupees he has only amount to $1.50) at the deli, he eagerly asks for a tuna melt. Before that, the fact that Wong's searching for whatever cash he has is effectively him backpedaling after Strange snarks at his ascetic attitude towards having money.
- After having a very serious conversation with Shang-Chi, Katy, Captain Marvel, and Bruce Banner about the origin and power of the Ten Rings, Wong joins Shang-Chi and Katy in a karaoke session, loudly belting out "Hotel California" without a care in the world. He also clearly relishes in the crowd cheering him on after defeating the Abomination in an illegal fighting ring.
- In Multiverse of Madness, he interrupts a conversation about the titular Multiverse between him, Strange, and Chavez in order to confirm that his recurring nightmare of him running away from a clown while naked means that there's a universe out there where that's perpetually happening.
- During Episode 4 of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong ends up deciding to take legal action against Donny Blaze, a cheap magician who attempts to use a Sling Ring as part of his act. He does this partially because he has the potential to bring supernatural consequences to Earth, and because he ends up teleporting Maddisyn, a drunken party girl to his place who proceeds to spoil parts of The Sopranos to him. Guess which part of that is the Rage Breaking Point?
- Later on in said episode, Wong ends up inviting Maddisyn to his place in Kamar-Taj, and they ends up discussing their favorite drinks together while watching TV and eating popcorn. He's clearly enjoying himself in the moment.
- Not So Stoic:
- He's obviously mildly panicking after Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto without realizing its dangers.
- In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Wong is even more frightened when he learns that Wanda Maximoff is the Scarlet Witch, and intends to stage an assault on Kamar-Taj. He's also incredibly unnerved when he sees Doctor Strange possessing Defender Strange's rotting corpse, and outright exclaims that he doesn't want to know about how it's happening.
- "Not Wearing Pants" Dream: Mentions a dream where he was naked and got chased by a clown, and wonders if this has actually happened in another universe.
- Number Two: He's the Ancient One's second-in-command, alongside Mordo.
- Odd Friendship:
- In Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Wong is shown to have become good friends with his sparring partner Emil Blonsky, a.k.a. The Abomination, of all people. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law shows that while the two of them were really only fighting to help Wong become Sorcerer Supreme, Wong does care enough for Emil to defend him in court for his actions, and even grants him sanctuary in Kamar-Taj after he's imprisoned there again.
- In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law a party girl named Madisynn is transported to his chamber in Kamar-Taj. He's initially frustrated by her, especially when she spoils The Sopranos for him, but by the end of the episode they're hanging out watching TV together.
- Oh, Crap!: Wong's subtle reaction (combined with a bit of This Is Gonna Suck) at knowing that the Scarlet Witch is actually real rather than a myth.
- Omniglot: Wong is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Sanskrit, and Spanish.
- Only One Name:
- He is only ever addressed as Wong and it's unclear if that's his given name or surname. Lampshaded by Strange, who teases him about this by bringing up other famous people that only go by one name.
- She-Hulk: Attorney at Law reveals that it evidently is just "Wong". That is what is on his social media profile, and what he testifies in court under oath as.
- Opt Out: At the beginning of No Way Home, he asks Strange to leave him out of any proceedings with Spider-Man instead of taking an opinion on what should be done regarding his revealed identity.
- Papa Wolf: In Multiverse of Madness, Wong helps Strange in protecting America Chavez from Wanda Maximoff. Later on, he willingly reveals the history of the destroyed Darkhold to Wanda to prevent her from continuously torturing his students for information.
- Pet the Dog: At the end of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong risks getting himself arrested by portaling into Emil's cell to once again offer the man sanctuary at Kamar-Taj. He graciously accepts it.
- Popcultural Osmosis Failure: To help break the tension created by Wong's stoic demeanor, Strange keeps making quips comparing him to other "one name" celebrities like Adele or Eminem only to be met with stony indifference. Strange reaches the point of exasperation when Wong doesn't even react to Beyoncé. Less than a minute later, Wong is shown listening to "Single Ladies" on his MP3 player, and looks somewhat confused at what he's hearing. By the time of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, he's started to watch American TV shows such as The Sopranos and This Is Us in his spare time, and is invested enough in them to the point where he gets upset when an uninvited guest spoils parts of the former show for him.
- Portal Cut: He gets rid of Cull Obsidian by sending him through a magic portal to Antarctica. When The Brute tries to reach back to him, Wong closes the portal, severing Cull Obsidian's arm in the process.
- Ring of Power: Like many other Master of the Mystic Arts, he has a Sling Ring that allows him to open an inter-dimensional portal to almost anywhere.
- Pragmatic Hero: When it seems like there are truly no other options to stop Wanda and with several entire universes at risk of annihilation, he urges Strange to take America's powers (and life) in spite of the bond they both formed with her.
- Purple Is Powerful: The color of Wong's robe is primarily purple, and he becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme after Strange got temporarily dusted by Thanos.
- Refuge in Audacity: Wong explains in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law that he essentially kidnapped the Abomination and forced him into their sparring matches at Macau as part of the process to officially claim the title of Sorcerer Supreme. After admitting all of this to Blonsky's parole board, Wong promptly portals back to Kamar-Taj to avoid jail time.
- Reimagining the Artifact: Scott Derrickson went to great pains to try and modernize Wong and give him a less subservient role, as he felt Wong being Strange's Asian butler would come across as offensive and politically incorrect to modern viewers.
- Ring of Power: Like every other Master of the Mystic Arts, Wong has a Sling Ring that allows him to open a portal to pretty much anywhere.
- Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training: While Wong isn't completely cut off from the modern world, his grasp on it seems a tad off and tends to view things as a sorcerer rather than someone with dual-citizenship in America.
- In Doctor Strange, he owns an iPod that he listens too while he works, but he had never heard of internationally beloved music sensation Beyoncé despite him listening to "Single Ladies" in a later scene.
- In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, he thinks that his mission to become Sorcerer Supreme exempts him from the legal ramifications of freeing the Abomination from a maximum-security prison (even temporarily), and that a verbal agreement is binding enough to legally bar someone from misusing the Mystic Arts.
- Saved by the Platform Below: After Wanda blasts him, Wong falls from Wundagore Mountain, seemingly to his death. He is revealed a couple of scenes later to have landed on a narrow ledge and be none the worse for wear. He then proceeds to climb back up in time to help Strange for his final confrontation with Wanda.
- Say My Name: He gleefully yells out, "Strange!" and laughs when his friend arrives on Mount Wundagore in a Big Damn Heroes moment.
- Scary Librarian: He's a rather overbearing presence, at least at first, and a definite badass. Considering what happened to his predecessor, it's likely deliberate on the Ancient One's part.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In She-Hulk he testifies to a parole board that he forced Emil Blonsky to break out of prison so he could fight Abomination. When the board informs him that doing so is a crime, Wong responds by portalling out of the hearing room and back to Kamar-Taj.
- Seen It All: When Strange possesses the rotting corpse of one of Defender Strange, Wong's only reaction was an exasperated: "I don't even want to know."
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears in one scene in Spider-Man: No Way Home but he's the one who unintentionally gives Strange the idea of using the forgetting spell that kicks off the movie's main plot.
- Smoking Barrel Blowout: After he knocks out Abomination in the ring in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, he makes a Finger Gun with the hand carrying his sling ring and blows it.
- Spiteful Spit: When Wanda tries to interrogate him about his knowledge of the Darkhold, Wong spits on the ground before telling her that he'd rather die than reveal anything to her.
- Spontaneous Weapon Creation:
- He does this several times in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. In addition to often manifesting energy whips and chains, Wong also conjures a blade attached to a magic rope during his fight against Gargantos, and later creates two swords when he prepares to fight the demonic monsters in the Darkhold Castle.
- In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong also conjures a pair of Yuanyang Tomahawk when he prepares to fight the winged demons accidentally summoned by Donny Blaze.
- Stating the Simple Solution: In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Wong suggests to Jen that he sends Emil Blonsky and Donny Blaze to the Mirror Dimension in both of their cases instead of taking them to a hearing. Jen shuts the idea down due to its legal ramifications.
- The Stoic: Most events don't seem to impact him much. This being said, see Not So Stoic.
- Stop Hitting Yourself: In the Macau fighting ring, when fighting the Abomination, he opens two portals so the Abomination ends up punching into one portal and hitting himself exiting the other, knocking him out.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: He got promoted to Sorcerer Supreme over Doctor Strange, due to the latter being snapped out of existence for 5 years. Also not helping his case, Strange ignores Wong's warnings and tries to cast a spell that ends up jeopardizing the whole world. Despite being talented, Strange is still arrogant and inexperienced.
- Technician vs. Performer: The Technician to Strange's Performer. Strange has a flair for the creative and thinking outside the box. Wong is generally faster at preparing for battle and enacting spells, and has far more experience and knowledge.
- Theme Music Power-Up: In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, whenever Wong gets to do something impressive, his little musical leitmotif fills the air.
- Thinking Up Portals: Like most Masters of The Mystic Arts in the MCU, he travels by creating portals with a Sling Ring. He even weaponizes it to make people punch themselves through small portals.
- Third Party Stops Attack: When Doctor Strange flies towards the Darkhold Castle at the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, one of the demonic guards prepares to fire a magic blast at him. Fortunately, Wong stops it by throwing a magical dart through its head and then pulling it over the edge.
- This Is Gonna Suck:
- He has this reaction when Strange informs him that Wanda Maximoff is the Scarlet Witch, and that she plans to attack Kamar-Taj if they don't yield America Chavez to her.
- Later on, he can only mutter, "Uh oh..." when three of the beasts protecting Mount Wundagore leer down at him and begin picking up large rocks to throw at him after he kills one with a surprise attack.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness: He lightens up more with each of his appearances. It seems that being around Stephen has made him more relaxed and open to the finer things in life.
- Try to Fit That on a Business Card: When he comes to testify at Emil Blonsky's trial, Wong insists on being called "Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, Master of the Mystic Arts, leader and former librarian of Kamar-Taj".
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: He's Master Hamir's son in the comics, but there's no sign of this relation in the films.
- Unwilling Suspension: He's strung up by the wrists (with his feet additionally bound) in the burning ruins of Kamar-Taj after Wanda's rampage.
- Victory Pose: To celebrate his triumph over Abomination in the fighting ring, Wong throws both his arms up and looks out to the crowd cheering his name.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Wong and Strange snark at each other endlessly, even (or especially) after Wong becomes the Sorcerer Supreme, but they're all but inseparable and very loyal to each other.
- Weak, but Skilled: Even more than Strange. Wong isn't even as talented as Strange but he managed to take out the likes of Cull Obsidian and Abomination, who are much, much stronger and faster than him through his resourceful use of portals.
- Weaponized Teleportation: Is quite adept at using his portals for attack and defense along with Strange, including working together at one point to send Ebony Maw's projectiles right back at him that way.
- Weapons That Suck: During the battle at the Mystic Castle, Wong turns his Sling Ring portal into a vortex to absorb all the demons accidentally summoned by Donny Blaze.
- Weapon Twirling: As the sorcerers arm themselves to defend the Hong-Kong Sanctum from the impending attack by Kaecillius and his Zealots, Wong spins the Wand of Watoomb in his hand while telling the others not to allow anyone to enter. Later, he does it again when he and Mordo prepare to face the Zealots while time is frozen.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: In Infinity War, Wong goes back to protect the Sanctum after Strange is kidnapped as Tony and Peter go after him. His fate as of the end of the film and the fingersnap was not shown on screen and wasn't revealed until the sequel's #AvengeTheFallen marketing campaign that confirmed his status as a survivor and he kept the New York Sanctum going while Strange was dusted. Spider-Man: No Way Home elaborates that Wong has been elected as the new Sorcerer Supreme during Strange's absence.
- Would Hit a Girl: Wong tries to cast some magical attacks against Wanda Maximoff when she comes to Kamar-Taj, and later he entraps her in an energy prism with the Souls of the Damned during the final battle. Justified, since she has become a particularly dangerous enemy by that point.
- You Are in Command Now: After the Ancient One's death, he takes over as leader of Kamar-Taj, although he does not claim the mantle of the "Sorcerer Supreme". Spider-Man: No Way Home reveals that he eventually took the mantle during the five-year Time Skip between the Snap and the Blip.
- You Are Not Ready: When the still-learning Stephen Strange comes to the Kamar-Taj library to ask for books on Astral Projection, Wong turns him down on the grounds that he's not ready for it yet.
Relics
The Wand of Watoomb
The Wand of Watoomb
Appearances: Doctor Strange
A powerful relic used by Wong against Kaecilius and the Zealots.
- Alliterative Name: The Wand of Watoomb. Lampshaded by Strange at one point.Karl Mordo: There are many relics. The Wand of Watoomb. The Vaulting Boots of Valtorr.
Doctor Strange: Really just roll off the tongue, don't they? - Energy Absorption: The Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary states that one of its capabilities is the ability to absorb energy.
- Magic Wand: The weapon Wong uses at the climax of Doctor Strange is the Wand of Watoomb, a classic Doctor Strange artifact, albeit a bit larger than usual.
- The Unreveal: We don't actually get to see Wong use it, so its magical powers are currently unknown.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Although this was apparently Wong's weapon in Doctor Strange, Wong is never shown using it again in any of his subsequent appearances.
Variants
Doctor Strange Supreme's Wong
Wong
"Well, I'm going to start the kettle. I suggest you join me before you do something reckless."
Species: Human
Voiced By: Benedict Wong
Appearances: What If...?
The Wong of Earth-91233.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: While his main universe counterpart is alive and well, he gets killed alongside the rest of the universe as a result of Strange Supreme undoing the Absolute Point in time.
- Death by Adaptation: He gets killed alongside the rest of the universe at the end of the episode.
- Face Death with Dignity: He has no qualms over potentially dissolving into nothingness due to Strange Supreme's influence. He spends his last moments wishing his Strange the best of luck and casting a protection spell for him.
- Killed Offscreen: He dies along with the rest of the universe as a result of Strange Supreme breaking the Absolute Point, but he's never seen dying.
- Protective Charm: He gives Strange one called the Guardian Vishanti so he can defend himself against Strange Supreme's powerful spells. It does well to defend him but it wasn't enough to help Strange beat his misguided counterpart, who then absorbs him and gains his full power.
- The Stoic: He maintains his composure even as the universe is dissolving, and him along with it.
Zombie Apocalypse Wong
Wong
Species: Zombified human
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Wong of Earth-89521, who became zombified.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: He's infected by the Quantum Virus and later decapitated by his own portal, making him this to his Sacred Timeline counterpart.
- Death by Adaptation: Is zombified then killed by getting beheaded by his own portal.
- Face–Monster Turn: Getting infected with the Quantum Virus stripped away his humanity, turning him into a ravenous monster who only wants to eat human flesh.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: He gets decapitated by his own portal as a result of the Cloak of Levitation holding him as it closes.
- It Can Think: Still capable of using magic, in particular, weaponizing Sling Rings to attack his prey and ferry around his fellow zombies.
- Noodle Incident: Whatever caused Wong to be infected by the horde isn't explained.
- The Noseless: Like most zombies seen in the episode, he doesn't have a nose because it rotted away.
- Off with His Head!: He gets beheaded by his own portal as a result of the Cloak of Levitation holding him as it closes, killing him.
- Our Liches Are Different: He's a sorcerer who became zombified and can still use his magic while he's undead.
- Portal Cut: He is destroyed when the Cloak of Levitation yanks him back through one of his portals mid-pounce, decapitating him when it closes.
- The Undead: He's one of the many zombies shown in What If… Zombies?!
- Undeathly Pallor: He has a pale complexion as a zombie.
"Sometimes, I do wonder... of my other lives. Yet I remain grateful in this one. Even with each tribulation."
