MCU What If...? - 10 Biggest Takeaways From Episode 5

10. Another Reality Ruined By Hank Pym

Throughout the main MCU timeline, Hank Pym has been something of an important character while sitting in the background. He helped set up SHIELD, he was the original Ant-Man, and his Pym Particles and Quantum technology allowed the Avengers to go back in time and procure the Infinity Stones.

While he is yet to appear outside the Ant-Man franchise in live action, he has now made two huge appearances in What If…? across two different realities, and in both he has kickstarted cataclysmic events.

In episode two, after the death of his daughter, Hank took revenge on Nick Fury and SHIELD. He went through five of the original Avengers and killed them off in a fit of rage, however this is nothing compared to what he did in episode five.

As he went into the Quantum Realm to try and rescue Janet, without thinking of what else he might be bringing back with him, he unleashed onto the world the virus that would eventually turn almost the entire population into zombies. Who would have thought that Hank Pym would be one of the most dangerous men in the world across multiple timelines?