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Earth-21818 (Ravager T'Challa)
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Corvus Glaive
Corvus Glaive
Species: Unknown
Affiliation(s): Black Order, Tivan Group
Voiced By: Fred Tatasciore
Appearances: What If...?
The Corvus Glaive of Earth-21818, who works under the Collector, managing security at his museum on Knowhere.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: This version of Corvus Glaive was shot by Nebula during the heist.
Proxima Midnight
Proxima Midnight
Species: Unknown
Affiliation(s): Black Order, Tivan Group
Voiced By: Carrie Coon
Appearances: What If...?
The Proxima Midnight of Earth-21818 who works under the Collector, managing security at his museum on Knowhere.
- Uncertain Doom: She is last seen being lifted away by a giant stalk while Nebula and Thanos escape, but we don't see what happens with her afterwards.
Ebony Maw
Ebony Maw
"No, not like that Carina. Even by a slave's standards, you are foolish."
Species: Unknown
Affiliation(s): Black Order, Tivan Group
Voiced By: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Appearances: What If...?
The Ebony Maw of Earth-21818, who works under the Collector.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Although not strictly a torturer like his Sacred Timeline counterpart, his main job under the Collector is to dissect living specimens which he takes great pleasure in.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: This version of Ebony Maw was shot in the back by Carina during the heist.
- In the Back: Carina shoots him in the back with a laser rifle while he's in the midst of telekinetically torturing T'Challa.
- Kick the Dog: He berates Carina for screwing up something early as T'Challa and his Ravager clan are executing his planned heist.
Cull Obsidian
Cull Obsidian
Species: Unknown
Affiliation(s): Black Order, Tivan Group
Appearances: What If...?
The Cull Obsidian of Earth-21818, who works under the Collector, managing security at his museum on Knowhere.
- Cruel and Unusual Death / Dies Differently in Adaptation: He swallows a potent terraforming MacGuffin and explodes into massive growing vines.
- Neck Lift: Does this to Nebula in their fight. Unfortunately, this gave Nebula the opportunity to use the Embers of Genesis on him, which ends up killing him.
Earth-29929 (Infinity Ultron)
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Arnim Zola
Arnim Zola
"Well, he (Ultron) will not be the first genocidal megalomaniac I have had to contend with, ja?"
"Your team-building instincts need work."
Click here to see him in the Season 1 finale
Species: Machine
Citizenship: None
Voiced By: Toby Jones
Appearances: What If...?
On Earth-29929, an AI copy of Zola in Moscow is brought back online during Ultron’s genocidal quest for peace.
- Adaptational Badass: Especially when compared to his Sacred Timeline self. Thanks to Natasha Romanoff uploading his consciousness into one of Clint's arrows, Zola is able to possess one of Ultron's drones, allowing him to move around more than as a supercomputer. He later gets Ultron's Vision-type prime body after a Battle in the Center of the Mind, and immediately starts a (fortunately interrupted) Wizard Duel with Killmonger over the Infinity Stones. If he had won, Zola would have become just as powerful as Infinity Ultron.
- Bat Deduction: After his data pulse fails to subvert Ultron's Hive Mind, Zola speculates that Ultron himself "does not appear to be within the observable universe". He's right, as by that point Ultron is fighting the Watcher in the Void Between the Worlds.
- Battle in the Center of the Mind: He manages to win against Ultron himself after being uploaded directly into him, permanently destroying his consciousness and assuming control over his prime body.
- Drunk on the Dark Side: Implied. After taking full control of Ultron's body, Zola immediately attempts to take back the Infinity Stones and the armor it comes with, claiming that they specifically belong to him as he triumphantly laughs.
- Enemy Mine: He's forced to work with Natasha and Clint to fight Ultron, under threat of being permanently destroyed if he doesn't.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Zola refers to both Ultron and Red Skull as "genocidal megalomaniacs". When he finally confronts the former face-to-face, he condemns the android for essentially ruining HYDRA's scheme in taking over the world, deciding to delete his consciousness and assume control over his body as retribution.
- Evil Laugh: Lets out quite a sinister cackle as he attempts to take the Infinity Stones from Erik Killmonger.
- Evil Versus Evil: Zola and Killmonger engage in a Wizard Duel over the Infinity Stones and Ultron's armor, and Strange Supreme traps them together before the outcome is decided.
- Evil Versus Oblivion: The Evil to Ultron's Oblivion. Upon being brought online by Natasha Romanoff and being brought up to speed as to what has happened to Earth, Zola is quick to side with her and Clint, due to him realizing that with Ultron destroying the universe, HYDRA's cause is utterly worthless.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Barely subverted. Zola goes from being an electronic consciousness within a 70s supercomputer with no special capabilities, to nearly becoming the single most powerful being in the entire multiverse simply by pulling a Grand Theft Me on Ultron. Fortunately, Strange Supreme seals him and the Infinity Stones he tries to take within a small pocket dimension before he can truly elevate to the "nightmare" part.
- Godzilla Threshold: Natasha sees bringing him back to life as the only way to have an inkling of a chance against Infinity Ultron.
- Grand Theft Me: He erases Ultron's consciousness and takes control of his body.
- Handicapped Badass: His legs are shot off by Natasha, but he is still an Ultron drone equipped with laser blasters. Later averted once he gets into Infinity Ultron's prime body, granting him the power to start a short-lived Wizard Duel with Killmonger.
- Hijacking Cthulhu: In the climax of Episode 9, Zola is uploaded directly into Infinity Ultron's body, enabling him to overwrite the AI and take control. Fortunately, Zola is sealed away in a pocket dimension before he can do anything with his newfound power.
- Last of His Kind: While numerous copies of Zola apparently existed, Ultron's nuclear holocaust destroyed all but one of them, leaving this particular A.I as the last remnant of Zola within his native universe.
- Mortality Phobia: When Zola realizes that he's the only remaining copy of his mind left in existence, he quickly becomes terrified at the notion of being destroyed by Clint. This is especially noteworthy since, assuming events pre-Age of Ultron played out the same way, he had showed little fear of being destroyed at Camp Lehigh during the events of The Winter Soldier (implying that in both universes, the Camp Lehigh copy of Zola was Not Afraid to Die only because he knew the other copy of his mind in Russia would live on).
- Mythology Gag: When Zola possesses Ultron's body in the season finale, his digitized face is embedded in Ultron's chest, just like his robot bodies in the comics.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Zola stops Killmonger from immediately escaping with the Infinity Stones, wanting to claim them for himself. This results in a tug of war between the two villains, giving Strange Supreme an opening to seal both of them away in a pocket dimension and end the multiversal threat.
- Not So Stoic: While Zola acts much like his cold, robotic self in the Sacred Timeline, he does falter at the prospect of being permanently destroyed by Clint when he initially refuses to cooperate. He also can't help but express annoyance in a whiny tone about having his Ultron-drone legs shot off.
- Our Souls Are Different: Given his status as a copy of a dead man's mind, whether or not he really has a soul is ambiguous. Zola himself lampshades this, noting that he can't quite swear on his life, because he technically isn't alive.
- Post-Final Boss: He is one of the final villains opposed in Season 1 of What If after Infinity Ultron is defeated, sharing this role with Killmonger. The two attempt to take the Infinity Stones for themselves, but Strange Supreme traps them in a pocket dimension for all eternity.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: Ends up being trapped with Killmonger is a pocket dimension, frozen in time fighting over the Infinity Stones, under the watchful eye of Strange Supreme.
- Sealed Evil in a Duel: Arnim Zola (in Ultron's body) and Eric Killmonger (wearing Ultron's armor) end up trapped inside a temporally-displaced pocket dimension, frozen in the midst of their cataclysmic and equally-matched struggle over the infinity stones. The time bubble is left in the care of Strange Supreme in his dead universe, with the Watcher warning him of the chaos that would unfold if the bubble cracks and the villains resolve their contest.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Natasha shoots out the legs of Zola's drone, just in case he was thinking of betraying them and escaping, which prompts Zola to engage in some Lampshade Hanging:Zola: Your team-building instincts need work.
Clint: Yeah yeah yeah yeah, tell it to HR. - Truer to the Text: Zola slowly gains more resemblance to his comic book counterpart than he did in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, starting with getting uploaded into an Ultron drone body and then into Infinity Ultron's prime body. After taking over Infinity Ultron's body, his computer visage is now displayed on his chest and the android's head only has one fuctioning eye, just like his android body from the comics.
- Uncertain Doom: He's nowhere to be seen in Strange's lair in the season 2 finale, but Killmonger is. Given he's in possession of the armor and all six stones, it doesn't suggest Zola won their duel.
- Wizard Duel: Controlling Infinity Ultron's bio-vibranium body, Zola attempts via telekinesis to take the infinity stones and nanomachine armor from Killmonger (who is wearing the armor at the time). Killmonger resists, also using telekinesis, and the clustered stones are suspended in mid-air between them as spectacular cosmic energies radiate outwards. After Strange creates a time bubble around them, Zola and Killmonger are left frozen at the height of their struggle for eternity.
Earth-32938 (King Killmonger)
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Obadiah Stane
Obadiah Stane
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: Kiff Vandenhuevel
Appearances: What If...?
On Earth-32938, Obadiah Stane never had the chance to become the Iron Monger and was exposed for his betrayal of Tony Stark by Erik Killmonger.
- Adaptational Wimp: As a result of being exposed by Killmonger for his conspiracy against Tony (as well as Tony never coming up with the Iron Man suit), Obadiah Stane never gets to be the Iron Monger and is taken out by Happy with a single punch.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Since this Stane never got the Iron Monger suit, he's nothing more than a Corrupt Corporate Executive whose plan completely falls apart once Killmonger exposes his involvement with the Ten Rings to the public.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He was planning to have Tony killed so he could take over Stark Industries for himself. Thanks to Killmonger, this is all he winds up being.
- Oh, Crap!: His pants were more than a few shades brown when Killmonger exposed his dirty laundry on the internet for all to see.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Instead of being killed by the arc reactor like in the Sacred Timeline, he's simply arrested after Killmonger exposes his crime of selling out Tony to the Ten Rings.
Okoye
General Okoye
"Oh, please. They're built by Americans. We'll be home in time for lunch."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Wakandan
Voiced By: Danai Gurira
Appearances: What If...?
On Earth-32938, Okoye helped Killmonger in protecting Wakanda after the death of T'Challa.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: With Killmonger during the battle against the Liberator Drones.
Earth-51825 (King Loki)
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Alexander Pierce
Secretary Alexander Pierce
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...? note
The Alexander Pierce of Earth-51825, who was briefly seen in a photo by Black Widow.
- The Ghost: We never get to see this variant of Alexander Pierce in the flesh, with only a picture of his file seen as Natasha is scoping online to find out who the true murderer of the Avengers Initiative is.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Even though he's not involved in the plot to murder the candidates of the Avengers Initiative, he's still the leader of the HYDRA infiltration within S.H.I.E.L.D. as in the Sacred Timeline.
- Red Herring: His orders to have Natasha Romanoff brought to him after her arrest for the death of Tony Stark make him a suspect for the audience familiar with the plot of Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Brock Rumlow
Agent Brock Rumlow
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: Frank Grillo
Appearances: What If...?
The Brock Rumlow of Earth-51825.
- The Cameo: He only appears near the start of the episode.
Jack Rollins
Agent Jack Rollins
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Jack Rollins of Earth-51825.
- The Voiceless: He has no lines.
Earth-82111 (Captain Carter)
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Georges Batroc
Georges Batroc
"I thought you were more than just a shield."
Species: Human
Citizenship: French-Algerian
Voiced By: Georges St-Pierre
Appearances: What If...?
The Batroc of Earth-8211.
- Gratuitous English: He mocks Captain Carter in English while battling her, in contrast to his Sacred Timeline counterpart who spoke exclusively in French during Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
- Not His Sled: In contrast to his original mission in The Winter Soldier, this version of Batroc was transporting the version of Steve Rogers seen in Captain Carter's universe.
- Unsportsmanlike Gloating: He makes a few cracks about how he's too fast for Agent Carter while fighting her.
HYDRA
Appearances: What if...?
"HYDRA. Hitler's own Supernatural Sciences Division."
Rather than being the Nazi Deep Science Division in Captain Carter's universe, HYDRA here is instead established as the Nazi Supernatural Sciences Division under SS General Johann Schmidt. Much like their Sacred Timeline counterpart, they fought for the Nazi cause at the beginning of the war, ultimately recovering the Tesseract. However, thanks to Captain Carter's first outing which sees both Dr. Arnim Zola and the Tesseract in Allied hands, Schmidt is forced to come up with a completely different war-winning plan...
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: They're established as the Nazi Supernatural Sciences Division in Captain Carter's universe, rather than as the Nazi Deep Science Division.
- Adaptational Wimp: They recover the Tesseract much later in the war and lose it and Dr. Arnim Zola to Captain Carter just days after acquiring it. Thanks to these occurences, the organization lacks any of the advanced Tesseract-powered weapons and vehicles wielded by their main timeline counterparts. Instead, they're forced to continue using standard Wehrmacht weapons and vehicles right until the end of World War II. It's even implied in Season 2 that unlike in the Sacred Timeline, HYDRA was actually defeated and never infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D after the war thanks to the HYDRA Stomper and Bucky Barnes.
- In Spite of a Nail: Despite losing the Tesseract and Dr. Zola, Schmidt still decides to split HYDRA from the Nazis anyway, albeit having to wait for the Nazi regime to come close to collapsing in order to get away with it.
- Putting on the Reich: In this timeline, they stay with the Nazis for much longer, retaining their SS uniforms and fighting alongside the rest of the Wehrmacht. Late in the war, however, they invert this and break away from the Nazis once they're no longer in a position to win.
- Renegade Splinter Faction: Late in the European War, Schmidt, having already lost Hitler's favor thanks to his repeated failures against the Allies, decides to let the losing Third Reich collapse in on itself, and have HYDRA continue existing without it.
- Rogue Soldier: Schmidt and HYDRA's soldiers eventually decide to abandon the collapsing Third Reich's cause and continue fighting on as their own faction.
- Stupid Jetpack Hitler: Averted. With the loss of the Tesseract and Dr. Arnim Zola, HYDRA is just another conventionally armed and equipped SS Division that the Allies end up fighting.
- Those Wacky Nazis: Compared to their Sacred Timeline counterpart, they fight for the Nazi cause for much longer, but ultimately abandon the regime once it's clear that they're going to lose the war.
- You Have Failed Me: Downplayed. They're the receiving end of this trope from the Nazi leadership late in the war. After being fed up with Schmidt's failure to secure the Tesseract and HYDRA's numerous defeats in battle against the Allies and Captain Carter, Hitler, through Roeder, orders Schmidt to be reassigned back to Berlin and report to the Fuhrer. Schmidt's response is to kill Roeder, have HYDRA abandon the collapsing Nazi regime, and have the organization survive on its own.
Arnim Zola
Dr. Arnim Zola
"Scheiße!"
Species: Human
Citizenship: German, Swiss, American
Voiced By: Toby Jones
Appearances: What If...?
On Earth-82111, Zola is captured by Captain Carter.
- Demoted to Extra: In contrast to Sacred Timeline Zola, this Dr. Zola has only two scenes, and doesn't play much of a part in HYDRA's war effort. Justified, due to being captured alongside the Tesseract during Captain Carter's first mission.
- Dirty Coward: He quickly sells out HYDRA to save his own skin after being interrogated by Peggy.
- Minion with an F in Evil: Just like his Sacred Timeline counterpart, Zola is shown to be a pretty ineffectual member of HYDRA here, with his capture actually making HYDRA less prepared against the Howling Commandos as a whole.
Heinz Kruger
Heinz Kruger
Species: Human
Citizenship: German
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Heinz Kruger of Earth-82111, who assassinates Dr. Erskine.
- Adaptational Weapon Swap: He wields a Luger P08, rather than the Walther P38 his Sacred Timeline counterpart carried, when he kills Erskine and Col. Philips.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In Captain America: The First Avenger, he commits suicide via cyanide tablet. Here, he's shot by Peggy Carter after he sets off the charges early and shoots Steve before he can receive the serum.
- Hero Killer: Aside from killing Dr. Erskine, he also ends up shooting Col. Chester Philips to death during his attempt to steal the Super Soldier Serum.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Him setting off the bomb early and shooting both Steve and Colonel Phillips results Peggy being forced to become a super soldier in the former's place, and allows John Flynn to be promoted to Colonel in his stead, thus altering the timeline greatly.
- The Voiceless: He never speaks in his short appearance.
Roeder
Oberst-Gruppenfuhrer Roeder
"The Fuhrer demands your presence in Berlin!"
Species: Human
Citizenship: German
Voiced By: Darrell Hammond
Appearances: What If...?
The Roeder of Earth-82111, who orders Johann Schmidt to report to Hitler in 1945.
- Adaptational Jerkass: He's apparently turned a blind eye to Schmidt's Norway incursion in this timeline, being far more concerned with HYDRA's repeated failures against the Allies than anything. He also openly insults Schmidt and laughs in his face when the former proclaims himself as a god who can turn the tide of the war.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: He's visiting Schmidt not to inspect on the progress of HYDRA's weapons programs, but to order Schmidt to report to Berlin for HYDRA's failure to stop Captain Carter, the SSR, and the Allies in a series of battles.
- Age Lift: He's noticeably older in this timeline, looking a good 10 to 15 years older.
- Bullying a Dragon: He should have known better than to belittle and taunt Schmidt in his own headquarters, surrounded by troops fanatically loyal to him and not the Nazis.
- Commissar Cap: He's shown wearing a German officer's cap in his short appearance, indicating his status as a high-ranking Nazi officer.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: He ends up getting shot in the chest by Schmidt and left to bleed to death, rather than getting vaporized with a laser gun.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Downplayed. In this timeline, he gets to live about two years longer than his Sacred Timeline counterpart, before getting shot by Schmidt.
HYDRA's Champion
HYDRA's Champion
Species: Unknown
Citizenship: None
Appearances: What If...?
A tentacled monstrosity from beyond the stars, brought to Earth by the Red Skull of an alternate universe to serve as HYDRA's champion.
- Combat Tentacles: Fitting for an Eldritch Abomination, it uses these to fight Captain Carter, and in another universe, uses them to give Doctor Strange a sound thrashing.
- Eldritch Abomination: The champion is only described as "a being from beyond the stars," and what little is seen looks like it would fit in perfectly with other Lovecraftian horrors.
- Final Boss: Kills Red Skull and threatens to destroy the world in the climax of the first episode of What If...?
- Lovecraft Lite: Looks like a standard Eldritch Abomination, but doesn't drive anyone who sees it insane and Peggy could hold her own against it.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: When it finds itself cornered by Captain Carter, the HYDRA Stomper, and the Howling Commandos, it reveals its mouth and unleashes a high-pitched scream to stun them.
The Red Room's Leader
Melina Vostokoff
The new leader of the Red Room, and master of the HYDRA Stomper.
- Adaptational Villainy: Her Sacred Timeline self worked to bring down the Red Room. This version is leading it.
- Ambiguously Bi: Claims she has no idea whether to kiss Peggy, kill her or dissect her, and admits she's willing to go for all three.
- Evil Matriarch: For Nat, who still refers to her as her mother. Melina has no problem ordering her death, or telling the Widows about old injuries they can exploit. When that fails, she decides to just try and kill Natasha herself.
- Kill It with Fire: Is dragged into the exploding Red Room by the HYDRA Stomper.
- Villain Respect: Has a great deal of admiration for Captain Carter, even claiming she has all her Widows watch the movie they made of her.
Earth-89521 (Zombie Apocalypse)
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The Quantum Virus
The Quantum Virus
Appearances: What If...?
A virus contracted by a Variant of Janet van Dyne in the Quantum Realm, which quickly decimated her Earth.
- Adaptational Nonsapience: Played with. The Marvel Zombies virus distinguished itself by creating fully sapient zombies whose villainy is driven by an uncontrollable Horror Hunger. Here, the zombies are your bog-standard mindless flesh-eaters, although they still know how to use their weapons, gear and powers, much like the zombies in the comic books did. There are however a few exceptions of some zombies still possibly possessing sentience.
- There's a brief moment where the zombified Scarlet Witch stops chasing the heroes to cradle Vision's corpse, implying that there may be something left of Wanda Maximoff.
- Zombie Happy still says "Blam!" when using his repulsor, showing they can at least speak simple phrases.
- Zombie Thanos is shown grinning after collecting six of the Infinity Stones, suggesting he still has enough sentience to complete the gauntlet and with every intention of using it.
- This is also a double example, in that the Marvel Zombies comics actually depicted the virus itself as sentient, which isn't alluded to here.
- Arc Villain: The zombies as a whole are the main antagonists of "What If... Zombies?!"
- Expy: Of the Hunger Gospel from Marvel Zombies.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: As much as a virus can get. It seems untouchable in its debut episode. Fast-forward to "What If...The Watcher Broke His Oath?" and some of, if not all its infectees are wiped out by Infinity Ultron. If they truly are all gone, the virus may have very well ended with it.
- Logical Weakness: As powerful as the virus is, it is still restricted to infect organic beings. Therefore, Vision, an android, and the Cloak of Levitation, a sentient piece of cloth, are immune to its influence.
- No Name Given: The virus is never given a proper name, save for Uatu identifying it as "a quantum virus" for having originated in the Quantum Realm.
- Our Zombies Are Different: Typical feral zombies, save for the inclusion of Elite Zombies formed from fallen superheroes, who retain their unique powers and combat skills.
- Outside-Context Problem: It shows up shortly before its timeline's equivalent of Infinity War and promptly derails everything.
- Zombie Apocalypse: It quickly spreads to cover the entire world and turning the entire population into zombies.
Ebony Maw
Ebony Maw
Species: Alien (formerly), Zombified alien
Voiced By: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Appearances: What If...?
The Ebony Maw of Earth-89521, who became zombified.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: He is turned by Zombie Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Wong, and has to be killed by Wasp's insect swarms.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: As mentioned above, he's turned into a zombie and subsequently eaten by the Wasp's ant swarms, rather than being sucked out into space or Reduced to Dust by Iron Man.
- Eaten Alive: First by zombies, then he's stripped to the bone by Wasp's insect swarms.
- Gory Discretion Shot: His death, along with Cull Obsidian's, is obscured by clouds of dust and a quick cut to Bruce Banner's reaction.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: Is in the middle of his usual preaching when the Zombies get him.
- It Can Think: He can still use his metalbending and telekenetic powers, even as a zombie.
- The Undead: He gets turned into a flesh-eating zombie.
Cull Obsidian
Cull Obsidian
Species: Alien (formerly), Zombified alien
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Cull Obsidian of Earth-89521, who became zombified.
- Adaptational Wimp: The Cull Obsidian of the Sacred Timeline has almost indestructible skin that can only be damaged by certain things, in this timeline, he is easily bitten like any other victim, and even gets his arm ripped off.
- An Arm and a Leg: Zombie Wong rips his arm off to eat.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: He is turned by Zombie Iron Man, Doctor Strange, and Wong, and has to be killed by Wasp's insect swarms.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Rather than being crushed by Giant-Man or disintegrated by a Wakandan forcefield, this Cull Obsidian is turned into a zombie and subsequently Eaten Alive by the Wasp's ants.
- Eaten Alive: First by zombies, then he's stripped to the bone by Wasp's insect swarms.
- Gory Discretion Shot: His death, along with Ebony Maw's, is obscured by clouds of dust and a quick cut to Bruce Banner's reaction.
- In Spite of a Nail: Despite the events of Infinity War being utterly derailed, Cull still loses his left hand, this time to ravenous zombies.
- The Undead: He becomes a zombie after being eaten by three of them.
Earth-91233 (Strange Supreme)
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Dormammu
Dormammu
Species: Faltine
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Dormammu of Earth-91233.
- Ambiguous Situation: As Dormammu is stated to exist outside of time, it's unclear if this really is a Variant or if this is the same entity as the one in the first Doctor Strange film.
- The Cameo: He only makes a brief appearance in the beginning of the episode.
- In Spite of a Nail: His role in this timeline is seemingly the same as the one in the Sacred Timeline with no major differences.
- The Voiceless: He has no lines.
Earth-96283 (Raimi-Verse)
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Norman Osborn and the Green Goblin have their own page.
Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus and Flint Marko/The Sandman can be found on the MCU: Multiversal Villains page.
Earth-120703 (Webb-Verse)
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Dr. Curtis Connors/The Lizard and Max Dillon/Electro can be found on the MCU: Multiversal Villains page.
Undesignated Universes
Earth-TRN01 (Destroyed Earth)
See The Lighthouse
Earth-TRN02 (Slayer of Thanos)
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Earth-TRN05 (Corpsman Nebula)
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Nova Prime
Nova Prime
Appearances: What If...?
The Leader of the Nova Corps.
- Adaptational Villainy: She's driven to make a deal with Ronan to give up Xandar in exchange for keeping her position.
- Disney Villain Death: She falls off a skyscraper to the streets below.
Earth-TRN06 (Celestial Star-Lord)
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Earth-TRN07 (The Freak)
Justin Hammer
Species: Human
Affiliation(s): Hammer Industries
Voiced By: Sam Rockwell
Appearances: What If...?
A variant of Tony's self-proclaimed "rival" who attempts a hostile takeover of Avengers Tower on Christmas Eve.
- Adaptational Intelligence: In the Sacred Timeline, Hammer is a Smug Snake who is far out of his depth and gets played hard by Ivan Vanko. This version actually plays The Chessmaster and has the cred to back up his boasts.
- Crazy-Prepared: When Happy has seemingly got him cornered, he reveals he has the Hulkbuster on call and assembles it around him.
- Expy: Considering the whole episode is a "Die Hard" on an X plot, this Justin Hanmer takes more than a few cues from Hans Gruber.
- Heroic Wannabe: He broke into the tower to procure and ingest a vial of Hulk blood, for the purpose of becoming the next big superhero.
- Laughably Evil: He makes a lot of wise cracks.
- Took a Level in Badass: Strategically speaking. He effortlessly seizes control of Avengers Tower and the Iron Legion shortly after walking in the front door.
Earth-TRN08 (Marvel 1602)
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Sir Harold Hogan / The Freak
Sir Harold "The Happy" Hogan / "The Freak"
"You're an angry one. But not as keen as my fisticuffs!"
Species: Enhanced human
Citizenship: English
Affiliation(s): Odinson Royal Family
Voiced By: Jon Favreau
Appearances: What If...?
A variant of Happy Hogan in 1602, who served as a soldier for the Odinson royal family and was an enhanced human known as the Freak.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: Unlike his variants, Sir Hogan seemingly hates Tony and sees him as a madman.
- Adaptational Villainy:
- Unlike the friendly ally to the Avengers like his Sacred Timeline self and other variants, this Hogan is loyal only to the monarchy and is happy to help kill the Avengers.
- This also applies to his Freak persona, who is actively malicious towards the main characters instead of just attacking things indiscriminately.
- Berserk Button: Steve slashing off the feather on Happy's hat causes him to transform into The Freak in a rage.
- Dastardly Whiplash: This variant of Happy has a thin, twirly mustache, and he's far more villainous than his Sacred Timeline self.
- Flowery Insults: Happy has a tendency to give his enemies a series of silly insults while fighting them, including "rapscallion" and "poltroon".
- Hulking Out: Just like the Trope Namer, Happy getting angry enough will cause him to transform into The Freak.
- Motormouth: Tends to let loose a barrage of jibes and taunts at opponents.
- Noodle Incident: How Happy became The Freak in this universe and gained the ability to change into him at will isn't ever explained.
- Purple Is Powerful: He primarily wears purple clothing, his Freak persona has purple skin, and is the right-hand man to King Thor.
Earth-TRN09 (Kahhori)
Spanish Empire
Queen Isabella
Queen Isabella of Spain
Appearances: What If...?
The Queen of Spain, who declares the New World hers by divine right.
- Bullying a Dragon: Kahhori teleporting into her throne room doesn't make her break stride for even an instant. She's pretty lucky the young woman had no interest in killing her.
- Evil Wears Black: The predominant color of her wardrobe is black.
- Historical Domain Character: Based on the real life Queen Isabella.
- Historical Villain Upgrade: The real Isabella was actually against the idea of enslaving the natives historically and even made some laws to prevent this, but here she believes she's ordained by God to rule Kahhori and her people.
Rodrigo Gonzolo
Rodrigo Alfonso Gonzolo
Appearances: What If...?
A conquistador sent by the Queen to claim the Fountain of Youth.
- Alternate Self: In his quest for the Fountain of Youth, he would appear to be his world's version of Juan Ponce de León.
- Canon Foreigner: Is an original character to What If? like Kahhori.
- Fantastically Indifferent: His reaction to seeing Kahhori's powers stops at calling her a witch, and he just gets back to trying to kill her.
- A Father to His Men: The only thing he's got resembling a redeeming trait is he cares about his men, trying to save them and being distraught they fall into the lake seemingly to their death.
- The Heavy: Ultimately, he's just serving his Queen's will. Three more follow after him before Kahhori confronts Isabella directly.
Other
Surtur
Surtur
Species: Fire Demon
Voiced By: Clancy Brown (English)
Appearances: What If...?
A variant of Surtur who caused Ragnarok much sooner, chasing the Tesseract to land somewhere else on Earth.
- Death by Adaptation: He dies much sooner thanks to enacting Ragnarok much earlier on.
Earth-TRN10 (Queen Hela)
Characters with their own pages
Others
Loki Variants
During his multiversal jaunt through the TVA, Loki discovered many Variants of himself - old, young, female, and even animalistic.
See here for Variant L1130
See here for Variant L1190/Sylvie
See here for other Loki Variants
The Visitors
The Visitors
"They're starting to come through, and I can't stop them!"
Species: Humans (some enhanced)
Appearances: Spider-Man: No Way Home | Morbius note
"Parker, don't you realize that in the multiverse, there are an infinite number of people who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man? And if that spell gets loose, they're all coming here!"
— Stephen Strange
When Doctor Strange tried to erase everyone's memory that Spider-Man was Peter Parker, Peter's insistence on changing the spell as it was being cast invited a number of visitors who knew about Spider-Man's secret identity into the MCU. With how large the Multiverse is, that's a lot of people. While Strange kept most from coming through (albeit with a cost), they did get close enough for us to have some idea as to who they would've been.
- Alternate Self: Some of the characters have appeared in the MCU and the universes where the two visiting Spider-Men came from. To wit;
- Silk, Mysterio, and Scorpion have already appeared in the MCU, though Scorpion was only a normal criminal, while Silk (presumably) doesn't have powers and is a normal civilian.
- Both the Rhino and Black Cat previously appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, though the latter was (presumably) only a normal civillian.
- Anti-Villain: A number of the heroic characters being sucked into the MCU — aside from the Spider-Men who help resolve the crisis — are inherently this, as they're part of a much larger problem and are being forced into the universe against their wills.
- Face Framed in Shadow: None of their faces can be seen, only their silhouettes.
- Light Is Not Good: All of them are surrounded by a bright glow. While not all of them are evil, as the other versions of Spider-Man can attest to, many of them are, and even the good guys in the crowd are inherently a threat to the world due to their sheer numbers.
- Logical Weakness: Their arrival was predicated on the nature of the spell summoning those who knew that Peter Parker was Spider-Man to the MCU — so Peter telling Doctor Strange to cast a spell that makes people forget who Peter Parker is in the MCU naturally undoes the predicament, preventing their invasion.
- Mythology Gag: Multiple members of the Spider-Man Rogues Gallery can be seen as part of the crowd, including Kraven the Hunter, Scorpion, the Rhino, the Doppelganger, the Superior Spider-Man, Mysterio and Man-Spider. Allies like Black Cat and Silk can also be seen.
- Sinister Silhouettes: Though they're blindingly white silhouettes rather than black as you'd expect.
- Truer to the Text: The most noticeable among them is clearly the Rhino, his silhouette far more comic-accurate than the Mini-Mecha version from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. A Scorpion is also seen, who in his current form in the MCU is just an ordinary criminal with that as a nickname and tattoo.
- Overpopulation Crisis: Even ignoring that most of these individuals are recognizable and dangerous Spider-Man antagonists, who are here specifically because they know Spider-Man's secret identity, the absolute vastness of the multiverse means there's also an infinite number of them, as Strange makes clear some time before they appear — so to say that the threat they pose to the MCU is an overpopulation crisis would not even begin to describe the problem.
