History Recap / WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Avengers naturally rose to meet the zombie threat. Unfortunately, Hank ambushed them using the Ant-Man suit, quickly turning the Avengers and dooming the planet.
-->'''Uatu:''' ''Within 24 hours, the entire Pacific Northwest was infected. Ironically, it was the Avengers' heroism that sealed humanity's fate. Because once Earth's Mightiest Heroes joined the infected, no one else stood a chance. Unless, of course, they knew the rules.''

-->'''Uatu:''' ''Like too many great catastrophes, this one sprang from a place of love and hope. Two weeks earlier, Dr. Hank Pym journeyed into the quantum realm, searching for his long-lost wife. But in this universe, Janet van Dyne contracted a quantum virus that corrupted her brain. So when she finally reunited with her husband after thirty long years… [[BlackComedy Oof. That happened.]] Alas, Hope Van Dyne's long-awaited family reunion was not to be.''

* LosingYourHead: Vision managed to save Scott, but only his head.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Falcon is bisected head-to-toe by Okoye.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Spider-Man manages to stay unzombified unlike his comic counterpart in the Marvel Zombies storyline.]]

* WholePlotReference: To the ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' comic series.

* CallBack: Vision sacrifices the lives of innocents to keep his wife alive, [[Series/WandaVision just as she did in the Sacred Timeline]].

* OutsideContextProblem: The Zombie Infection happens shortly before Thanos starts his hunt for the stones in earnest, and all parties involved in the conflict are completely blindsided by the nature of this threat. Best shown when Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw arrive on Earth and starts his hammy speech... but rather than putting the Avengers on high alert, they become the latest meal for a group of zombies.

-->'''Uatu:''' Like too many great catastrophes, this one sprang from a place of love and hope. Two weeks earlier, Dr. Hank Pym journeyed into the quantum realm, searching for his long-lost wife. But in this universe, Janet van Dyne contracted a quantum virus that corrupted her brain. So when she finally reunited with her husband after thirty long years… Oof. That happened. Alas, Hope Van Dyne's long-awaited family reunion was not to be.

-->'''Uatu:''' Within 24 hours, the entire Pacific Northwest was infected. Ironically, it was the Avengers' heroism that sealed humanity's fate. Because once Earth's Mightiest Heroes joined the infected, no one else stood a chance. Unless, of course, they knew the rules.
* OutsideContextProblem: The Zombie Infection happens shortly before Thanos starts his hunt for the stones in earnest, and all parties involved in the conflict are completely blindsided by the nature of this threath. Best shown when Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw arrive on earth and start their hammy speech... but rather than putting the Avengers on high alert, they become the latest meal for a group of zombies.

* WrittingAroundTrademarks: Due to the terms of the licensing agreement between Marvel and Sony, Spider-Man’s costume is slightly different to the one he wears in the Sacred Timeline.

Banner returns to a world where humanity has been decimated by a zombie plague.

* ForWantOfANail: In this universe, Janet van Dyne was infected with a quantum virus and was Patient Zero for the zombie plague. She infected Hank, and from there the world was gone inside a week.

-->'''Uatu:''' Like too many great catastrophes, this one sprang from a place of love and hope. Two weeks earlier, Dr. Hank Pym journeyed into the quantum realm, searching for his long-lost wife. But in this universe, Janet van Dyne contracted a quantum virus that corrupted her brain. So when she finally reunited with her husband after thirty long years... Oof. That happened. Alas, Hope Van Dyne's long-awaited family reunion was not to be.

-> ''"Even in the darkest of times, humans will give all to save their planet. Even if it might bring an end to the universe..."''

* TheWorfEffect: Just how deadly is this zombie disease? The zombified Avengers were able to take down Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw with ease, even though they were a significant challenge in the Sacred Timeline. And if that's not enough, the ending reveals that Thanos, the [[NighInvulnerability impenetrable]] Mad Titan himself, has succumbed to the plague.

-> ''"Like too many great catastrophes, this one sprang from a place of love and hope. Two weeks earlier, Dr. Hank Pym journeyed into the quantum realm, searching for his long-lost wife. But in this universe, Janet van Dyne contracted a quantum virus that corrupted her brain. So when she finally reunited with her husband after thirty long years... Oof. That happened."''

* HeyYouHaymaker: Zmbie Iron Man ambushes Ebony Maw with a Sling Ring-assisted repulsor to the back of the head.

-->-- '''Uatu'''

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* CallBack: Vision sacrifices the lives of innocents to keep his wife alive, [[Series/Wandavision just as she did in the Sacred Timeline]].

* HeyYouHeymaker: Iron Man ambushes Ebony Maw with a Sling Ring-assisted repulsor to the back of the head.

* ZombieInfectee: Hope is scratched by Sharon while exploding her from the inside. The others refuse to kill her immediately because there remains hope for a cure. She decides to go out on her own terms when the train runs out of fuel in the middle of a zombie horde, enlarging to carry the others across as the zombies swarm her.