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* SeriesContinuityError: It's heavily implied in ''Film/Avengers2012'' that the cage used to hold Peter was built to contain the Hulk. But MCU Bruce Banner would only be a child in 1988.
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* SeriesContinuityError: It's heavily implied in ''Film/Avengers2012'' ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'' that the cage used to hold Peter was built to contain the Hulk. But MCU Bruce Banner would only be a child in 1988.
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* HeelRealization: When Hope calls out the Avengers how they are treating Peter, even though he just a kid and just wants to go home. She agrees to tell her father where he only if he agrees to help, pointing to Hank it’s what Janet would have wanted. Hearing that Hank realizes his daughter is right.
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* SuddenlySpeaking: The Winter Soldier starts speaking once the Avengers begin talking about what they need to do with Peter after he escapes, saying they to kill him.
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* KarmaHoudini: Yondu gets away with kidnapping Peter and handing him to Ego.
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* KarmaHoudini: Yondu gets Yondu, Kraglin, and Taserface get away with kidnapping Peter and handing him to Ego.
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* KarmaHoudini: Yondu gets away with kidnapping Peter and handing him to Ego.
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* BondingOverDeceasedParents: How Hope and Peter become closer, when they both talk about losing their moms.
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* BondingOverMissingParents: How Hope and Peter become closer, when they both talk about losing their moms.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Avengers decide the only way to defeat Ego is to convince Peter to fight him.
-->'''T'Chaka:''' There is an ancient Wakandan proverb from the days before our tribes united: "One only wins a two-front war by getting out of your enemy's way."
-->'''T'Chaka:''' There is an ancient Wakandan proverb from the days before our tribes united: "One only wins a two-front war by getting out of your enemy's way."
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* PreMortemOneLiner: Peter to Ego before destroying Ego's Earth seedling:
-->'''Ego:''' Deep down, I guess I've always known you'd turn out to be a disappointment. You are human after all.\\
'''Peter:''' Actually, old man, my mom says [[SayMyName I'm a Star-Lord]]!
-->'''Ego:''' Deep down, I guess I've always known you'd turn out to be a disappointment. You are human after all.\\
'''Peter:''' Actually, old man, my mom says [[SayMyName I'm a Star-Lord]]!
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* TeamPowerWalk: The episode ends with a shot of the full '80s Avengers team doing this.
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* YouCanTalk: Bucky's teammates reaction when he advocates for [[MurderIsTheBestSolution killing Peter]].
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* BondingOverDeceasedParents: How Hope and Peter become closer, when they both talk about losing their moms.
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* BittersweetEnding: Thankfully one leaning more towards the "sweet" this time around. Though Ego managed to destroy much of the Nine Realms and his planetary core is still a vying threat, the Avengers form several years earlier and manage to stop him from destroying Earth, and Peter is adopted into the Pym-van Dyne family.
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* BittersweetEnding: Thankfully one leaning more towards the "sweet" this time around. Though Ego managed to destroy much of the Nine Realms and his planetary core is still a vying threat, the Avengers form several years earlier and manage to stop him from destroying Earth, and Peter is adopted into the Pym-van Dyne family. Not to mention that Bucky has left HYDRA in order to reclaim his past.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Peter is on Coney Island, despite destroying the stall where got a a stuffed raccoon, he is mostly enjoying himself and having fun, he only starts create more destruction after the Avengers start attacking him. This is a sign he really means no harm and it’s Ego who controlling him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Howard Stark notes that they don't have anyone on Earth to deal with Peter. Cue Thor, from ''Asgard'', arriving to kick ass at the Coney Island fight.
** While Peter is on Coney Island, despite destroying the stall where got a a stuffed raccoon, he is mostly enjoying himself and havingfun, he fun. He only starts create creating more destruction after the Avengers start attacking him. This is a sign he really means no harm and it’s Ego who controlling him.
** Howard Stark notes that they don't have anyone on Earth to deal with Peter. Cue Thor, from ''Asgard'', arriving to kick ass at the Coney Island fight.
** While Peter is on Coney Island, despite destroying the stall where got a a stuffed raccoon, he is mostly enjoying himself and having
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* TheEighties: This episode takes place in 1988, with the setting truly leaning into the setting as it collects the heroes of this era to galvanize against Ego. There are several on-the-nose references to the Cold War, MTV, and 80s technology, just in case you forgot what year it is.
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* TheEighties: This episode takes place in 1988, with the setting truly leaning into the setting as it collects the heroes of this era to galvanize against Ego. There are several on-the-nose references to the Cold War, MTV, and 80s music and technology, just in case you forgot what year it is.
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** Peter complains that Ego's ship doesn't have a tape deck, unlike the ship Peter builds as an adult.
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* GreatOffscreenWar: Thor says that Ego and Peter destroyed the other worlds of the Nine Realms, including Asgard.
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* TacticalWithdrawal: Once the '80s Avengers see how powerful Peter is, Hank recommends that they retreat.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: The Winter Soldier, who helps little during the '80s Avengers' first fight with Peter and later recommends killing him. After Hank promises Hope that he won't hurt Peter, Bucky goes rogue and almost snipes Peter, but Howard [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight is able to break through to the old Bucky]].
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* TheEighties: This episode takes place in 1988, with the setting truly leaning into the setting as it collects the heroes of this era to galvanize against Ego.
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* TheEighties: This episode takes place in 1988, with the setting truly leaning into the setting as it collects the heroes of this era to galvanize against Ego. There are several on-the-nose references to the Cold War, MTV, and 80s technology, just in case you forgot what year it is.
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* BigApplesauce: Rather than going directly to his hometown in Missouri, Peter Quill starts his AlienInvasion by crash-landing in New York. And [[NewYorkIsOnlyManhattan Time Square, no less]].
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* EveryoneMeetsEveryone: The '80s Avengers all meet in a S.H.I.E.L.D. base in the Mojave desert.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: No one seems phased at all by the existence of aliens -- Peter Quill, Wendy Lawson, or Thor -- or the revelation that Wakanda is an AdvancedAncientAcropolis.
* FantasticallyIndifferent: No one seems phased at all by the existence of aliens -- Peter Quill, Wendy Lawson, or Thor -- or the revelation that Wakanda is an AdvancedAncientAcropolis.
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* GooGooGodlike: Peter has the powers of a celestial god, but he only uses them to have a fun at a carnival. It's [[OmnicidalManiac his father who uses them to destroy worlds]].
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!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
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!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
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* AdaptationalBadass: In the Sacred Timeline, Hank Pym, Bill Foster and King T'Chaka were {{Heroes of Another Story}} whose superhero careers were long past them in the present day. Here, not only do we get to see them in action, but they help fight against Ego the Living Planet himself, something their Sacred counterparts never did.
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* AdaptationalBadass: AdaptationalBadass:
** In the Sacred Timeline, Hank Pym, Bill Foster and King T'Chaka were {{Heroes of Another Story}} whose superhero careers were long past them in the present day. Here, not only do we get to see them in action, but they help fight against Ego the Living Planet himself, something their Sacred counterparts neverdid.did.
** Peter has far more control of his celestial powers than his Sacred Timeline self did despite being far younger, likely due to the six months of training he got from Ego. Also unlike his Sacred Timeline self, Peter retains his celestial powers by absorbing the celestial seedling, noting that it means a piece of Ego will always live inside him.
* AdaptationalDiversity: Compared to the Sacred Timeline Avengers, the team in this universe is far more diverse with characters of different ethnicities and nationalities.
** In the Sacred Timeline, Hank Pym, Bill Foster and King T'Chaka were {{Heroes of Another Story}} whose superhero careers were long past them in the present day. Here, not only do we get to see them in action, but they help fight against Ego the Living Planet himself, something their Sacred counterparts never
** Peter has far more control of his celestial powers than his Sacred Timeline self did despite being far younger, likely due to the six months of training he got from Ego. Also unlike his Sacred Timeline self, Peter retains his celestial powers by absorbing the celestial seedling, noting that it means a piece of Ego will always live inside him.
* AdaptationalDiversity: Compared to the Sacred Timeline Avengers, the team in this universe is far more diverse with characters of different ethnicities and nationalities.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Ego still reveals to Peter that he killed his mother in this universe, which leads to Peter fully turning on him.
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* InSpiteOfANail: InSpiteOfANail:
** Ego still reveals to Peter that he killed his mother in this universe, which leads to Peter fully turning onhim.him.
** Thor still joins the Avengers while Asgard is destroyed, just decades earlier.
** While it happens much earlier and under different circumstances, Bucky Barnes frees himself from the control of HYDRA and goes on the run.
* InternalReveal: Both Peggy and Howard discover that the Winter Soldier is their old ally Bucky Barnes, having heard rumours that implied the possibility but never fully believing them.
** Ego still reveals to Peter that he killed his mother in this universe, which leads to Peter fully turning on
** Thor still joins the Avengers while Asgard is destroyed, just decades earlier.
** While it happens much earlier and under different circumstances, Bucky Barnes frees himself from the control of HYDRA and goes on the run.
* InternalReveal: Both Peggy and Howard discover that the Winter Soldier is their old ally Bucky Barnes, having heard rumours that implied the possibility but never fully believing them.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The original ''What If?'' comics featured one issue that explored a world where the Avengers formed in the [[TheFifties 1950s]], featuring heroes active during that era. While it uses none of the same characters, within the context of the MCU it explores a similar idea of the Avengers being created decades earlier.
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* ArtisticLicenseMusic: Hope is shown unplugging her headset so she can play her music through the speakers for an imprisoned Quill to hear. Walkmans in the 80s didn't have external speakers.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: When Thor first arrived, Peter mistakes for a member from Music/VanHalen, not being from Earth Thor doesn’t know who Van Halen is.
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* BigDamnHeroes: In the fight on Coney Island, Peter was about to destroy the Avengers, when Thor arrives and knocks him out.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: While Peter is on Coney Island, despite destroying the stall where got a a stuffed raccoon, he is mostly enjoying himself and having fun, he only starts create more destruction after the Avengers start attacking him. This is a sign he really means no harm and it’s Ego who controlling him.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Due to only being young children here, both Peter Quill and Hope van Dyne have different voice actors here, being Mace Montgomery Miskel and Madeline [=McGraw=] respectively.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Due to only being young children here, both Peter Quill and Hope van Dyne have different voice actors here, being Mace Montgomery Miskel and Madeline [=McGraw=] [=McGraw=][[note]]who previously played young Hope in a flashback during ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''[[/note]] respectively.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Howard hacks The Winter Soldier's comm, appealing to him by calling him his true name and reminding him of his friendship with Steve and he knows he wouldn't just shoot a kid like Peter. It ultimately works, and he doesn't take the shot.
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* SixthRanger: Thor joins The Avengers after the initial team is already established, at the end of their first encounter with Peter.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: On the Sacred Timeline, Hope and Hank's relationship deteriorated after the loss of Janet van Dyne, especially since Hank shipped her off to boarding school because he couldn't deal with his grief. Here, the two seem to have a much healthier relationship, with Hank wholly trusting and loving her even without Janet keeping them together.
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* TheEighties: This episode takes place in 1988, with the setting truly leaning into the setting as it collects the heroes of this era to galvanize against Ego.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: On the Sacred Timeline, Hope and Hank's relationship deteriorated after the loss of Janet van Dyne, especially since Hank shipped her off to boarding school because he couldn't deal with his grief. Here, the two seem to have a much healthierrelationship, father-and-daughter dynamic, with Hank wholly trusting and loving her Hope even without Janet keeping them together.together.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the Sacred Timeline, Hank Pym, Bill Foster and King T'Chaka were {{Heroes of Another Story}} whose superhero careers were long past them in the present day. Here, not only do we get to see them in action, but they help fight against Ego the Living Planet himself, something their Sacred counterparts never did.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In this universe, the Avengers form several decades earlier than they do on the Sacred Timeline due to the threat of Ego looming over Earth at this time.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: On the Sacred Timeline, Hope and Hank's relationship deteriorated after the loss of Janet van Dyne, especially since Hank shipped her off to boarding school because he couldn't deal with his grief. Here, the two seem to have a much healthier
* AdaptationalBadass: In the Sacred Timeline, Hank Pym, Bill Foster and King T'Chaka were {{Heroes of Another Story}} whose superhero careers were long past them in the present day. Here, not only do we get to see them in action, but they help fight against Ego the Living Planet himself, something their Sacred counterparts never did.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In this universe, the Avengers form several decades earlier than they do on the Sacred Timeline due to the threat of Ego looming over Earth at this time.
* BittersweetEnding: Thankfully one leaning more towards the "sweet" this time around. Though Ego managed to destroy much of the Nine Realms and his planetary core is still a vying threat, the Avengers form several years earlier and manage to stop him from destroying Earth, and Peter is adopted into the Pym-van Dyne family.
* TheCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
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* GodzillaThreshold: The threat of Peter decimating Earth is so great that the Soviets (and by extension, HYDRA controlling that branch of it) willingly send the Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D in stopping him, compromising the Winter Soldier's secret existence in the process.
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* GodzillaThreshold: The threat of Peter decimating Earth is so great that the Soviets (and by extension, HYDRA controlling that branch of it) willingly send the Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D in stopping him, compromising the Winter Soldier's secret existence in the process. Furthermore, King T'Chaka takes up the Black Panther mantle to assist in the matter despite generally not getting involved with global affairs due to how serious the threat is.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first. With that said, he still loves his daughter Hope, and immediately suits up when he sees just how dangerous Quill is.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
** Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first. With that said, he still loves his daughter Hope, and immediately suits up when he sees just how dangerous Quill is. When he sees that Peter is just a grieving kid being used by his father to carry out his Expansion, Hank calmly talks to him and encourages him to do the right thing.
** Howard Stark is still as abrasive as ever in this universe, but he still believes that Bucky Barnes still exists within the Winter Soldier, and manages to talk him out of following up on the Soviet Union's orders to kill Peter Quill by reminding him of Steve Rogers and how good he was.
** Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first. With that said, he still loves his daughter Hope, and immediately suits up when he sees just how dangerous Quill is. When he sees that Peter is just a grieving kid being used by his father to carry out his Expansion, Hank calmly talks to him and encourages him to do the right thing.
** Howard Stark is still as abrasive as ever in this universe, but he still believes that Bucky Barnes still exists within the Winter Soldier, and manages to talk him out of following up on the Soviet Union's orders to kill Peter Quill by reminding him of Steve Rogers and how good he was.
* MultinationalTeam: This iteration of the Avengers has several people of varying ethnicities here, with two black men (one Wakandan, one African-American), a British woman, two Caucasian Americans and two aliens being part of the team.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Hank’s first reaction to Howard calling him? Hang up.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Hank’s Hank's first reaction to Howard calling him? Hang up.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Due to only being young children here, both Peter Quill and Hope van Dyne have different voice actors here, being Mace Montgomery Miskel and
* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Due to only being young children here, both Peter Quill and Hope van Dyne have different voice actors here, being Mace Montgomery Miskel and
* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.and Madeline [=McGraw=] respectively.
* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
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* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: On the Sacred Timeline, Hope and Hank's relationship deteriorated after the loss of Janet van Dyne, especially since Hank shipped her off to boarding school because he couldn't deal with his grief. Here, the two seem to have a much healthier relationship, with Hank wholly trusting and loving her even without Janet keeping them together.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: As Uatu points out, Yondu never had his change of heart in this universe.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Thor takes a liking to light beer at the end of the episode, describing it as exotic.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Thor takes a liking to light beer at the end of the episode, describing it as exotic.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: As Uatu points out, Yondu never had his change of heart in this universe.
universe, willingly giving Peter to Ego to get himself and his crew handsomely paid.
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Like T'Chaka, Thor takes a liking to light beer at the end of the episode, describing it asexotic.exotic.
* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed raccoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** Howard suggests they toss the seedling "down the garbage disposal", the same thing his son Tony [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar suggested they do to the Time Stone]].
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Like T'Chaka, Thor takes a liking to light beer at the end of the episode, describing it as
* AllohistoricalAllusion:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed raccoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** Howard suggests they toss the seedling "down the garbage disposal", the same thing his son Tony [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar suggested they do to the Time Stone]].
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
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* CommonalityConnection: Hope and Peter bond over losing their moms recently.
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* CommonalityConnection: Hope and Peter bond over losing their moms recently.recently in their lives, and Hank brings up his own problems with moving on from Janet when trying to break through to Peter.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Ant-Man and The Wasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first.
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* {{Jerkass}}: JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Ant-Man and The Wasp'', ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first.first. With that said, he still loves his daughter Hope, and immediately suits up when he sees just how dangerous Quill is.
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* KilledOffscreen: Asgard and the Nine Realms suffer this fate thanks to Ego using Peter's body to decimate them.
* MythologyGag:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** Howard suggests they toss the seedling "down the garbage disposal", the same thing his son Tony [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar suggested they do to the Time Stone]].
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
* NiceGirl: Hope is friendly towards an imprisoned Peter, helps him escape, and gives him her mom's walkman.
* MythologyGag:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** Howard suggests they toss the seedling "down the garbage disposal", the same thing his son Tony [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar suggested they do to the Time Stone]].
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
* NiceGirl: Hope is friendly towards an imprisoned Peter, helps him escape, and gives him her mom's walkman.
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* KilledOffscreen: Asgard and the Nine Realms suffer this fate thanks to Ego using Peter's body to decimate them.
* MythologyGag:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone comparesthem. This motivates Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisonedjoin the Avengers to take down Ego and avenge those that were lost.
* MythologyGag: Thor joining the Avengers in thesame type of cell that was planned for battle against Ego brings to mind how the Hulk.
** Howard suggests they tosstwo of them were recurring enemies of each other in the seedling "down the garbage disposal", the same thing his son Tony [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar suggested they do to the Time Stone]].
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
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* NiceGirl: Hope is friendly towards an imprisoned Peter, helps him escape, and gives him her mom's walkman. Notably, she's the first person to actually see Peter as a kid, and not just a dangerous tool of his father.
* MythologyGag:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares
** Peter is imprisoned
* MythologyGag: Thor joining the Avengers in the
** Howard suggests they toss
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
* NiceGirl: Hope is friendly towards an imprisoned Peter, helps him escape, and gives him her mom's walkman. Notably, she's the first person to actually see Peter as a kid, and not just a dangerous tool of his father.
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* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
* VoiceOnlyCameo: The credits show that the voice speaking to the Winter Soldier as he's preparing to shoot Quill is none other than Vasily Karpov, the HYDRA soldier that Helmut Zemo drowns in the Sacred Timeline.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: At the end, Thor points out that while Ego's physical body has been destroyed, his original form is still out there, and plans to go deal with him. The Avengers decide to come with him.
* CharacterCheck: Thor has more of his pre-''Ragnarok'' characterization, barring the occasional moment here and there.
* {{Jerkass}}: Hank, true to Bill Foster's comments about what he used to be like from ''Ant-Man and The Wasp'', is pretty grouchy and difficult towards everyone at first.
* MythologyGag:
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
** At Coney Island, Peter acquires a stuffed racoon toy from an abandoned stall.
** Someone snarks at Hank Pym and Bill Foster for [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp measuring sizes]].
** Once again, someone compares Thor to The Dude from ''Film/TheBigLebowski''.
** Peter is imprisoned in the same type of cell that was planned for the Hulk.
** When confronted, Ego once again dismisses Peter's anger at him as "the mortal in you".
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Peter goes on a rampage across New York state, but once captured it turns out he isn't the one who's been destroying planets. All he wanted to do was go back to Missouri.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Thor, initially, wants justice for Asgard and was willing to punish Peter severly before he backs down. Bucky almost plays this straight when he has Peter in his sights at the graveyard, but Howard hacks into his coms and convinces him to stand down.
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* StealTheSurroundings: Hope helps bust Peter out of SHIELD's cell by shrinking the cell and carrying it away.
* StickyFingers: Hope steals her dad's security pass and a sample of Pym Particles without him ever noticing.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: S.H.I.E.L.D. security is so tight a teenaged girl can swipe her father's access card and just dance through the facility and make off with a high-tech cell without ''anyone'' noticing until she's already done it.
* WouldHurtAChild: Thor, initially, wants justice for Asgard and was willing to punish Peterseverly severely before he backs down. Bucky almost plays this straight when he has Peter in his sights at the graveyard, but Howard hacks into his coms and convinces him to stand down.
* StickyFingers: Hope steals her dad's security pass and a sample of Pym Particles without him ever noticing.
* SwissCheeseSecurity: S.H.I.E.L.D. security is so tight a teenaged girl can swipe her father's access card and just dance through the facility and make off with a high-tech cell without ''anyone'' noticing until she's already done it.
* WouldHurtAChild: Thor, initially, wants justice for Asgard and was willing to punish Peter
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* DramaticIrony: Peggy notes that the Winter Soldier looks uncannily like Bucky, to which Howard points out that such a thing is impossible, since Sgt. Barnes died in the war.
* EnemyMine: Peter is a big enough threat that the Soviets send the Winter Soldier (a.k.a Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D against him.
* EnemyMine: Peter is a big enough threat that the Soviets send the Winter Soldier (a.k.a Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D against him.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Hank’s first reaction to Howard calling him. Hang up.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Hank’s first reaction to Howard calling him. him? Hang up.
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* BumblingDad: Hank Pym is introduced adding potato chips to Hope’s cereal, considering them a vegetable.
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* DramaticIrony: Peggy notes that the Winter Soldier looks uncannily like Bucky, to which Howard points out that such a thing is impossible, since Sgt. Barnes died in the war.
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* PointOfDivergence: Yondu handing Peter Quill over to his father, rather than adopting him as his own.
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* SitcomArchNemesis: Hank’s first reaction to Howard calling him. Hang up.
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* CommonalityConnection: Hope and Peter bond over losing their moms recently.
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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Thor takes a liking to light beer at the end of the episode, describing it as exotic.
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* TheReveal: King Azzuri, who's the father of T'Chaka and N'Jobu and the grandfather of T'Challa, Shuri, and N'Jadaka, was revealed to be the one who donated the vibranium to Howard Stark that Howard would go on to make Captain America's shield with because he allied Wakanda to the United States during the war.
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* TheReveal: King Azzuri, who's the father of T'Chaka and N'Jobu and the grandfather of T'Challa, Shuri, and N'Jadaka, was revealed to be the one who donated the vibranium to Howard Stark that Howard would go on later be used to make Captain America's shield with because he Azzuri allied Wakanda to the United States during the war.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* EnemyMine: Peter is a big enough threat that the Soviets send the Winter Soldier (a.k.a Bucky) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D against him.
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* EnemyMine: Peter is a big enough threat that the Soviets send the Winter Soldier (a.k.a Bucky) Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D against him.him.
* GodzillaThreshold: The threat of Peter decimating Earth is so great that the Soviets (and by extension, HYDRA controlling that branch of it) willingly send the Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D in stopping him, compromising the Winter Soldier's secret existence in the process.
* GodzillaThreshold: The threat of Peter decimating Earth is so great that the Soviets (and by extension, HYDRA controlling that branch of it) willingly send the Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D in stopping him, compromising the Winter Soldier's secret existence in the process.
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* TheReveal: King Azzuri, who's the father of T'Chaka and N'Jobu and the grandfather of T'Challa, Shuri, and N'Jadaka, was revealed to be the one who donated the vibranium to Howard Stark that Howard would go on to make Captain America's shield with because he allied Wakanda to the United States during the war.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Bill Foster is more heroic here, if still having beef with Hank Pym.
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* EnemyMine: Peter is a big enough threat that the Soviets send the Winter Soldier (a.k.a Bucky) to aid S.H.I.E.L.D against him.
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* NiceGirl: Hope is friendly towards an imprisoned Peter, helps him escape, and gives him her mom's walkman.
* WouldHurtAChild: Thor, initially, wants justice for Asgard and was willing to punish Peter severly before he backs down. Bucky almost plays this straight when he has Peter in his sights at the graveyard, but Howard hacks into his coms and convinces him to stand down.
* WouldHurtAChild: Thor, initially, wants justice for Asgard and was willing to punish Peter severly before he backs down. Bucky almost plays this straight when he has Peter in his sights at the graveyard, but Howard hacks into his coms and convinces him to stand down.
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* InSpiteOfANail: Ego still reveals to Peter that he killed his mother in this universe, which leads to Peter fully turning on him.
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* KickTheDog: The first thing Ego does when he meets Peter is destroy his mom's Walkman and morph it into a ball of light.
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!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
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* KilledOffscreen: Asgard and the Nine Realms suffer this fate thanks to Ego using Peter's body to decimate them.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: As Uatu points out, Yondu never had his change of heart in this universe.
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In a world where Yondu sent Peter to Ego instead of taking him as his own, Howard Stark and Peggy Carter form a team to stop the Celestial father and son when they threaten Earth.
!! "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?"
!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
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* JourneyToFindOneself: The Winter Soldier appears to be on his way to one at the end of the episode, heading to New York City to discover more about who he was.
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!! "What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?"
!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''
!!"What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?" contains examples of:
* JourneyToFindOneself: The Winter Soldier appears to be on his way to one at the end of the episode, heading to New York City to discover more about who he was.
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