MCU: 10 Possible Uses Of The Multiverse In Phase 4 (And Beyond)

6. To Link The Live-Action Movies With The "What If?" TV Show

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The upcoming Disney Plus streaming service is set to feature a bunch of MCU TV shows, including ones centred on Vision and Scarlet Witch, Falcon and Winter Soldier, and Loki. There's also going to be a What If? animated series, which will explore key moments in the MCU's history, but give them a different outcome. For example, one episode will revolve around a timeline where Loki found Mjolnir instead of Thor.

It's a huge coincidence that Marvel Studios is building a What If? series at the same time it's introducing the multiverse into the movies, and while it's been said that the show will not be considered canon in the MCU, the multiverse will allow Earth-616 to remain unaffected by these What If? timelines, restricting them to their own alternate universes.

From here, the Earth-616 MCU could choose to integrate these alternate timelines as and when it pleases. Look at that timeline where Loki finds Mjolnir instead of Thor: what if, at some point in the future, Loki is brought back into the movies, but as this hammer-wielding variant? Another episode of the show will feature Peggy Carter as Captain America, and not Steve Rogers: so, what if Peggy's Cap is also brought into the films one day?

Part of the appeal of What If? is being able to tell wacky, ridiculous stories without being tied down by the restrictions of the main timeline. But with the multiverse, the MCU could have the best of both worlds.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!