What If…?
monition : This article curb SPOILERS for What If … ? time of year 2 installment 3 .
Summary
What If … season 2 episode " What If … Happy Hogan keep Christmas " evidently continues a post - EndgameMCUtrend . The animated anthology survey through with the obligatory post - credits scene established by the MCU , but with a twist . The Christmas - themed episode concludes with a seasonally appropriate post - credits panorama featuring Darcy Lewis , the sometimes darling lineament from theThorfranchise andWandaVision .
Although the series more often than not follow an anthology bodily structure , with each episode tackle an independent story taking place in a different alternate world , time of year 1 ofWhat If … sets up multiversal implications for the hereafter of the MCU . The Watcher , who narrates the show , transforms from a being who only observed the different universes without interfering to the"Protector of the Multiverse"over the row of the show . While time of year 2 thus far has reverted to the anthology approach , there are sure to be more scourge to the multiverse follow .
Yippee Ki - Yay , Happy Hogan ! The MCU ’s first outright movie parody is the perfect gay concomitant . Here what happens and what it all think of .
What If Season 2 Episode 3’s Post-Credits Explained
The post - credits shot forWhat If … season 2 instalment 3 is n’t so much a visual " scene " — rather it features Darcy ’s voice . Given the vacation - themed nature of the episode , the post - credits scene is a featherbrained take on the classic Christmas songGood King Wencelas(or , as this rendition goes , " Good Queen Darcy " ) . The moment is a precious Marvel - ified takeoff , without any substantial reveals or hint at next MCU project .
The lyrics , as follows , reference Marvel hero and do n’t take themselves too earnestly :
Good Queen Darcy last look down
On the feast of Steve Rogers
When the snow lay on the ground
Something something something
Thor has a elephantine neck
It is full of muscles
He ’s just a schmoopy noodle
Going through the cosmos
The whole goofy affair closes with a laugh and good wishing for the holidays from Darcy .
What If Continues A New MCU Post-Credits Trend
The post - credits scene is audio - based , with no accompanying visual ; an approach that began with 2019’sAvengers : Endgame . The latter prefer out of the traditional post - credits scene , rather playing the meaningful strait of a hammer clinking against metal over the Marvel logotype . Thisreferences Iron Man build his suitin the first movie , but , rather than bespeak a hereafter for the character , it was an court to the first hero in the MCU .
The lack of an real post - credits scene in the case ofEndgamemakes sensation , given that the film closes out a X - long arc . As the MCU uphold to correct up new stories , however , it seemsthis trend of more emblematic , audio frequency - based mail - credits Easter testis continueswith it . The trend was furthered in theLokiseason 2 , episode 5 post - creditswhere a television biz vocalisation , evidently reference a Zaniac arcade game seen originally in the episode , says " You died ! Insert your coin , failure ! " over the Marvel logo . These post - credit view seem more focussed on thematic and tonal connections to their several undertaking than hints to the MCU future , withWhat If … plainly the latest MCU project to observe the vogue .
What If … is available to stream on Disney+ .
