History Recap / WhatIfS1E9WhatIfTheWatcherBrokeHisOath

* ArcWelding: Protagonists from the apparently self-contained Episodes 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and [[CallForward 1]][[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers 0]] team up to oppose Infinity Ultron, zombies from Episode 5 are briefly used to distract him, and Survivor Natasha relocates to the reality of Episode 3 after the story's end.

* AbortedArc: In a sense. The episode exploring the alternate Gamora and Iron Man on Sakaar was pushed back to season two due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, so they appear without any real explanation after their story appears to have already finished. {{Subverted|Trope}} in regards to everyone else, as Uatu returns them back to what they were doing before they were recruited except for Killmonger, who remains trapped in a pocket dimension.

* BoxedCrook: Averted for Strange Supreme. After defeating Ultron, Strange returns to his dead universe, though now he is charged with guarding [[SealedEvilInACan Killmonger and Zola]].

** Peggy reveals to ''Ultron''-verse Natasha that she knows her father(s) (i.e. her biological father Ivan, and her [[Film/BlackWidow2021 adoptive father figure Alexei]]). While it's not out of the realm of possibility that she could learn this information in her universe, the ''Ultron''-verse Natasha followed the main MCU up to the near-present, so she wouldn't know the identity of her real father (Natasha only learned this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', as a consequence of her and Clint searching for the Soul Stone).

!!"What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?"

->''"You have been chosen... for a mission that is both highly dangerous and absolutely necessary for the continuation of life as you know it. At first, I scoured eternity for one true hero. Then I saw the bigger picture. This mission requires a team. The perfect combination of skills and experience that alone will triumph."''

!!"What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?" contains examples of:

-->'''Killmonger:''' The Watcher owes us this. With these stones, we can fix our worlds. Our lives. T'Challa, Thor, are you going to turn down the one thing guaranteed to save your homes? Peggy, you can be with your fella again. Strange, you more than anyone know that this is it. This is our only chance...

-->'''Thor:''' VIVA LAS VEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...

** At one point Ultron uses the Time Stone to slow everyone down so that he can retrieve his Soul Stone... but Strange Supreme has his own Time Stone protecting him, and he uses it to cancel out Ultron's time stop.

-->'''Thor:''' Slow down a little bit. There's a few people in the room that don't understand... not me, I get it.

* WhamLine: In the stinger, Captain Carter and Black Widow find the HYDRA Stomper, but that's not all...
--> '''Natasha:''' Someone's inside...

->''"That's it, isn't it? All creatures searching for a place to belong... To call home. As for me, I am the Watcher. TheMultiverse, every single world, every story is my home, and I will protect it to the end..."''

->''"You have been chosen."''

* TokenEvilTeammate: The Watcher recruits Killmonger for his team to stop Ultron. Everyone else on the team is a hero (including Doctor Strange Supreme, who's TheAtoner). He actually planned for the villain's ChicBackstabbingDisorder to inadvertently help end the threat of Infinity Ultron.

* TakeThatAudience: Natasha's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Watcher about him seeing the multiverse as a mashup of stories with fictional characters fighting, winning and losing to no end is clearly a dig towards the audience and fandom of every stories and franchise (not only Marvel) in general.

* TokenEvilTeammate: The Watcher recruits Killmonger for his team to stop Ultron. Everyone else on the team is a hero (including Doctor Strange Supreme, who's TheAtoner). He actually planned for the villain's ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to inadvertently help end the threat of Infinity Ultron.