10 Insane Alternate Versions Of Black Panther You Won't Believe Exist

8. Happy Pants Panther

Symbiote Black Panther
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So Black Panther can be something of a grumpy cat, I think we can all agree on that point. He's not completely joyless, but the responsibilities of being a King mean he has to often be more serious than most other Marvel heroes. While this was good at showing that an MCU movie can indeed do just fine without constant quips, it does make you wonder what a more jovial Black Panther would look like.

Enter the hilariously named Happy Pants Panther.

Also known as Fruity Pebbles Panther or Looney Tunes Panther, our good buddy Happy is actually an older version of T'Challa from the future brought back via King Solomon's magical frogs - for the love of God, please don't ask.

Older T'Challa gets his more jovial attitude from a knowledge that he's slowly dying of a brain aneurysm, so he decided to live however much time he had left to the fullest.

Happy Pants was a hilarious addition to the cast for the short time he was around. However, of course, the aneurysm did end up claiming his life, and presumably, will end up killing our T'Challa as well.

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