Marvel

[@abhimanyutimbadia8467]

UM ACTUALLY, in the first question, you state that war machine was a deceased hero who was brought back to life but he was actually alive throughout endgame.

[@derj1981]

I was shouting at my phone!

[@jmpollak]

@@derj1981 lmao same

[@maxberardi2146]

that first one had a lot of possible corrections

[@FiresofDarkness]

THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING

[@ryanadams4812]

I thought I was going crazy lol

[@ivenstorm]

Um, actually.... wouldn't Stan Lee count as an actor who portrays multiple roles in the MCU? I know he isn't a trained actor, but as a background character he still fits the description.

[@TheOnlyArtifex]

Yes, but no. I presume he always plays the same guy in universe. So it's not different roles, though his character does have different jobs.

[@e.d.5766]

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, he is presented as an informant for the Watchers, which could cover all of his MCU appearances, but that may not extend to appearances in Sony or FOX films like Spider-Man or X-Men. That also may have been ret-conned by What If's presentation of the Watchers.

[@whotheheckcares]

He's not two distinct characters, as he could potentially be the same guy as others have stated. Also, Quill's mom was in Captain America and appears earlier in the film than Howard the Duck, so she beats Seth Green to that one.

[@vincevvn]

@@TheOnlyArtifex I’m sure he’s credited as different characters in each movie tho

[@kaffall]

@@whotheheckcares Ooooo now that’s Um Actually levels of picky. I love it!

[@daem0nfaust]

Umm actually, War Machine was with Nebula taking the Power stone. He wasn't dusted.

[@Bad_Moon_Rising]

beat me to it !

[@maxblonde]

@@Bad_Moon_Rising Me too.

[@djgreenranger]

Um actually it was later discovered that war machine was switched with a skrull.

[@CaptHayfever]

@@djgreenranger We don't know when he was switched, & the real one was still alive either way.

[@CivilWarMan]

Fun fact about Robert Bruce Banner: Stan Lee had a difficult time remembering the names of all of the characters he was writing, and so he gave them alliterative names (eg Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Matt Murdoch, Reed Richards, etc) under the assumption that it would be easier to remember the character names that way. However, with the Hulk, that didn't work, hence the "Bob Banner" mixup.

[@sytuma]

Was going to say the same., he even admitted the still messed up the names. Amazing Spider-Man #1 features Peter Palmer. 😀

[@jeffdroog]

It's also very true that everyone working on these back then was on drugs of all kinds,and usually drunk lol It's hard to remember things like names when you're always trashed lol

[@that-gay-dork3749]

Um actually, the list of heroes killed in the Snap is EXTREMELY incorrect. War Machine was not a victim of the Snap because he is clearly seen at the end of Infinity War looking for Falcon while Falcon is the one who is dusted. It could also be said that none of the victims in the Snap died, because they were simply erased from existence instead of truly dying like Loki, Gamora, or Black Widow.

[@thogthemighty7960]

That's what I was going to say

[@calebokeefe376]

War Machine was super in End Game. He goes with Nebula to retrieve the power stone when Star Lord gets it. He also spends half of his scenes picking on Ant-Man, "what's up regular-sized man?".

[@rishabhpb]

they also weren't really waiting, no time had passed for them

[@harrybarrylarryiii]

I was screaming this at my screen lol

[@tigamaki1345]

Also since they were dusted when the original thanos died if they WERE waiting they wouldn’t have stopped when he died

[@EssBJay]

My favorite thing about Squirrel Girl is that not only did she defeat Thanos, but in the panel where she's standing over him they put a Watcher in the frame to basically look straight at the audience and go, "Yes, really."

[@jb888888888]

But later it was established that Thanos had become capable of creating duplicates of himself so realistic that they'd fool anyone, even Watchers. Same guy wrote both.

[@joeyfromschool]

@@jb888888888 not sure if it was the same guy, but later squirrel girl did make the point, out loud, “if you and you’re simulacrum are similar enough that even the watcher can’t tell the difference, what does it matter if I beat you or the other one?” It’s great, 10/10

[@jameshughes1500]

Hate this so much. It doesn't make squirrel girl better, it just makes Thanos, and by extension, every character he's ever beaten worse.

[@therealfriday13th]

@@jameshughes1500 as is often said in Naruto fanfiction in some way or another: all it takes to kill a Kage is a kunai in the right place and time.

[@yipyipyipi]

​@therealfriday13th which itself is a reference to "Book of Jhereg" as well as the rest of the books in that series, in which the characters often remark that no matter how powerful the wizard, a knife in the back will still do the job.

[@ReinBelmont]

13:19 in defense of yellow Daredevil, he's blind, give him a break

[@eliescover]

I would love to see (*cough* and maybe be in idk *cough*) a College Humor themed Um, Actually episode. Skit plots, song lyrics, College Humor lore - which exists and it is weird - and inside, repeated jokes... I don't know I just think it would be really fun.

[@michaelkrulock3069]

Yes

[@denisconnelly390]

Jake and Amir.

[@sclh]

too soon...

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

Great idea

[@frankthetank2550]

In the Collegehumor ep, there could be a statement about Trapp killing Pat- and the cast has to accept that Trapp did not kill Pat to get the point.

[@renniholmes408]

Um actually, speaking chronologically in terms of appearances, Laura Haddock would be considered the first actor to portray 2 different roles in the MCU, with the first being as an autograph seeker in Captain America: The First Avenger and the second being Quill's mom in Gotg. Iron Man 2 did come out a year before CATFA, but Haddock's 2nd appearance happens earlier than Seth Green's in GOTG, making Laura Haddock the correct answer.

[@DarthPoyner]

Stan Lee, or more to the "different characters" point, Patton Oswald in Shield. Plus, the netflix marvel shows (defenders) were not part of the MCU, period. But Shield technically was.

[@michaelpayne4069]

Does Jaime Alexander have her beat? She plays Sif and when Thor has Sif's appearance (in Thor: The Dark World when Loki and Thor are escaping the palace and Loki shifts their appearances). Or, if we're only counting voiced characters, it'd be Chris Evans since Loki shifts to be portrayed by Evans with voicing immediately after. Thor: The Dark World came out the year before Guardians.

[@DozenMarks]

@@DarthPoyner They weren't part of the MCU even though they directly reference MCU events early on in that group of shows?

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

@@DozenMarks The shows acknowledge the MCU, but the MCU doesn't necessarily acknowledge the shows. Like how Star Wars treats the Clone Wars and Rebels cartoons.

[@DozenMarks]

@@thewanderingmistnull2451 Do they need to though? After the connection is established, they're just doing their own thing in their part of it. No reason to beat people over the head with "This is all connected! Don't ever forget everything is together!"

[@elitepwner1284]

Um actually, in the first question, you make it seem that war machine was previously dead from the snap, but in fact was one of the remaining survivors.

[@GC-yw1mn]

That pissed me off so much.

[@personbear]

Yeah, I had all three objexions!

[@derj1981]

It was literally shouting at my phone!

[@jeffdroog]

RIGHT! THEY OBVIOUSLY EED TO FIX THIS MISTAKE OR ELSE! It's completely inexcusable,and disgusting they messed this up ENTIRELY.I say we burn their houses down! I'm so mad and pissed off! Screaming at my phone doesn't even begin to describe the injustice here.This is literally worse than all the jews being murdered by nazis.DOWN WITH UM ACTUALLY FOREVER! I care so much about a fake thing,that never even existed,that now I'm SUPER FUCKING mad about a mistake someone made about that fake,TOTALLY made up,not real thing I care so deeply about. Lol...

[@TheLordofMetroids]

@@jeffdroog Dude, it's a show about correcting people... I think you've kind of missed the plot here.

[@discodecepticon]

I put a lot of thought into this "barrier to entry" issue and I thought of something that might help. You know how some of the best books don't explain EVERYTHING to you up front, and the characters seem to have actually had a life before you met them in the pages of the book? Try to approach comics like that. The character had a life (and with it, adventures) before you met them. When ever they mention something that happened in their past, just roll with it... You will get the gist of it over time... and if it seems like a REALLY interesting story... Go read it! Unlike the book example those stories already exist, and you don't have to wait for a prequel. Alternatively: If a character interests you. Read their wiki pages, and then jump into their comics with what ever the most recent beginning to a new arch is.

[@brunof1996]

Yeah... but the book give the information in the best order posible, and you don't start a book from the middle, finding were start is the problem in comics.

[@discodecepticon]

@@brunof1996 I can agree with that. but on the other hand, comic characters are (for the most part) unchanging. Once you have the basic concept of their archetype you're mostly good. Look at it this way. Almost no one has read all of even one characters comics (Unless its a relatively new character). We all started somewhere and just picked up the missing info over time (And not even from reading the older comics). As an example, I started reading SpiderMan in 97, stopped in 04 started again in 16, and stopped in 19. but I know who Mary Jane is, I know what happened to Stacy. I know that Doc Ock took over Peters body... I don't know HOW Peter came back, but I have got the gist just by reading the later comics. I don't know what is happening know, but I will figure it out over time once I start reading SpiderMan again. Even when I read comics religiously in my teens I never read every issue of every arc of almost any character. For where to start. Pick an arch that interests you (Based on tittle or synopsis) and buy the first issue of that arc. Then go back and read old arcs IF you want. (I intend on reading the Superior SpiderMan and Spiderverse arcs at some point, but I'll probably read SV first even though it came out later...SV just interests me more)

[@benrickinmarks3639]

Um actually, in most Greco-Roman epic poems, the story starts in the middle

[@sourwitch2340]

For me, the problem is that a book will hint that someone was married and is now divorced, by showing them pawn off their marriage ring at the start of a scene. A superhero comic will hint that they were married to a hologram, while the person they were in love with was actually turnt into a lizard and traded to the hero's archnemesis, by having the character start crying when they see a gecko and their friend clapping their shoulder saying "We'll make that bastard pay", to then never address it again in that issue whatsoever. What I'm saying is, to be clear, that the comment above is absolutely right. But you also need to understand that if you don't get it, that's probably because it often wasn't written with an audience who lacks context in mind, unlike a book (unless that book too is not the first in its series), so if you continue onward, you might get a clearer picture of what's happening, or you might not, but if the writing's good you should get an idea of what they're going through, even if you have no clue what caused it and it's possibly unfathomably unusual. Don't let that discourage you, the nonsense is part of the beauty, and you still can follow their emotional journey.

[@cobrasys]

+1 for going to the wiki and catching up, and I would add that the same works for other stuff, like long book series or long-running TV shows.

[@romxxii]

28:34 Umm Actually anyone who's hit the gym knows that there is a significant distinction between the upper and lower portions of the pectoralis major muscle group. While chest press exercises like pushups or bench presses work the entire muscle group as a whole, the upper region mostly gets worked in incline positions, while the lower region does the most work in flat and decline positions, or when the arms are pushing down and away from the chest. And yes, if you only get super powers in one portion and just a regular vigilante ex-cop's in the other, it's better to get the Captain America super soldier serum in the lower region, as it will get to do more work.

[@goodknightcarolina]

Science nerds and gym bros: based Everyone else: wha. . .

[@romxxii]

@@goodknightcarolina I thought Trapp would've gotten it too since he had his gym phase when he got really skinny, but I guess his workout program didn't get to the point where he had to do incline dumbbell bench presses and complain to his trainer why he has to do it.

[@vincevvn]

Yea was also thinking this. I thought at least one of them would have known something about muscles lol

[@greenredblue]

_Um actually,_ I've been going to the gym for many years and I still don't know jack. :-P

[@ccggenius]

I prefer the nipple explanation.

[@geoffreypeterson8903]

Um actually, for the question of an actor playing two distinct roles in the MCU, doesn't Stan Lee count? Sure, they're cameos, but they are often longer than any of Seth Green's appearances. Yes, I acknowledge that Stan Lee was confirmed to be a Watcher Informant in Guardians 2, but then you open the gates of any actor who appeared twice in "different" roles was just hiding their true identity.

[@Ghelasin]

That's what i was thinking as well.

[@whotheheckcares]

Also, the actress who plays Starlord's mom was in Captain America, and she's in Guardians earlier than Howard, so she should take that one.

[@cinammonstyx7622]

In interviews Lee had said that all of his cameos were the same character, and that his character is human. The Watcher or One Above All theories are fun but knowing Stan Lee's sense of humor the canon answer is probably he's Stan Lee.

[@leelu2753]

amy “it’s just fun to talk comics with people” dallen. my god i love her personality so much!!

[@anilmehta4714]

Um actually, regarding Comboman's chest, there's 2 distinct muscle groups present. He must of had Punisher's pectoralis major and Captain America's pectoralis minor. However, should this character make a return, I believe he should be retconned to have all Punisher chest and instead have Captain America's ass. I know he has Century's thighs, but he can have Cap's glutes or quads

[@ccggenius]

He can't have that ass, it belongs to America.

[@jasongarman]

And give him daredevil’s ears instead of his hands or whatever. I mean, come on.

[@anilmehta4714]

@@jasongarman yeah, and human torch can get the hands instead of the KNEES

[@helenl3193]

I mean surely he needs Deadpool or Wolverine's knees - to be able to regenerate after every superhero landing. Those will ruin a normal knee, and likely even a flaming one!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

"I feel like adamantium is like the gift that keeps on giving..." I liked Dr. Horrible's secret element, 'wonderflonium.'

[@geneva1895]

DO NOT BOUNCE

[@paulmorales1607]

I’m very happy you’re doing more themed episodes like this one and the Muppets one.

[@iamjeramy]

Um, actually.... for the final question - the wording of the question seems to imply that taking KI at the recommended levels was a treatment for radiation exposure when it is actually preventative. You need to have the KI in your body when you are exposed to protect you, or ingest it immediately (within minutes if possible) post-exposure. Taking KI after exposure doesn't protect you, as your thyroid has already received the dose of radiation and will have absorbed any radioactive iodine that was present. Once you are no longer being exposed to radiation, the KI will not protect you. The KI just "fills" the capacity of your thyroid for absorbing any form of iodine, so protects against active radiation events. People need to IMMEDIATELY leave the area if there is a nuclear accident. Sources - Me, nuclear reactor operator for 8 years, and CDC website.

[@sternis1]

Great to have that clarified! I do remember something about this from the Fukushima distaster, that you give people non-radioactive Iodine pills to avoid their bodies taking up radioactive isotopes of Iodine in case they would be exposed the radiation.

[@iamjeramy]

@@sternis1 I remember I was driving down the west coast for a big move and my sister kept calling me with updates about Fukushima, I kept telling her it should be fine, they have ways to keep the reactors cooled even without power. Then she told me they lost their water supply, and I told her, it should be ok, they have backups - you know it is a real problem if they start talking about elevated levels of hydrogen, because that means they are no longer able to cool the reactors. Sure enough, she called and said hydrogen levels were going up, and that is when I said this is a big deal and they could end up having explosions that will breach containment and release radioactive products into the atmosphere. I was hoping they were evacuating the area as fast as possible. Shortly after that was the first of many hydrogen explosions and breaches in containment. This was the by far the worst disaster in a long, long time. Nuclear power is still by far the safest and most efficient overall power generation process we have, but it can be scary when the worst-case scenarios come to pass.

[@artiction]

With the words "preventing your body from taking in" sounds like it means preventive-enough for me though. The radiation you took will be there but you won't take any more of it after some KI.

[@jongalonja9233]

Um actually, other than the pleaothra of other mistakes in that Snap question, I'd also like to point out the nit-picky fact that the "snapped" heroes were not technically "waiting" to kill thanos because they didn't exist. as far as they're concerned they lost and got snapped then the very next moment doctor strange is getting them all back to the fight to kill thanos. No waiting required on their part.

[@siremorich]

This is so sad... I loved watching these when lock down started because it reminded me of better times. Seeing everyone on zoom again is depressing

[@anthonypaparo]

This I believe is an old episode just posted up to KZbin. Things are 🆗

[@flord10]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Since there's such a delay between the filming and the release its kinda sad that we're just now getting into the lockdown era from last year and are gonna have zoom episodes for a while now.

[@joseaguilar3323]

They recently returned the set. You can watch the new episodes by becoming a member on ch main channel

[@whatcanidooo]

Yeah. I'm only watching this one because it's themed but it's a little hard

[@ladykoiwolfe]

I really felt that when Trapp said he found comics intimidating because there's such a backlog, and yeah we're told you don't have to read them all, but the feeling that you really should is still there. I've tackled it by buying mine as volumes so I can get a full story, and not get that anxiety about "what if I miss something".

[@helenl3193]

Yes, buying by volume, or series/arch was the only approach that seemed manageable to me. But I also felt like a large part of the barrier/intimidation was actually from the gate-keeping guys who, with hindsight, are usually just dicks to be avoided. You get them in every arena/culture - I stopped enjoying football (I'm a Brit, you may call it soccer but you're wrong 😜) for the same reason. Why would I want to spend time proving myself via my understanding of the offside rule, etc.?! So I'd add that if that is what puts you off, join me in ordering volumes online (still from my local bookshop, fuck amazon I give my cash to tax paying businesses) and feel free to assume that most gatekeeper behaviour actually tells you more about the person doing it than about the topic itself. (shit, I just realised as I finished typing that this is what 41y.o. me wishes I could tell lil 14y.o. Me!)

[@ladykoiwolfe]

@@helenl3193 absolutely. I was practicing my archery in my backyard when my neighbor came over snd is talking to me and casually mentioned he gas a "real" bow. I just said I was using a lighter poundage out of community safety concerns, I have a heavier one inside. About two months later I'm guessing he meant he's got a compound bow, while I prefer and was using a recurve.

[@daff42]

@@ladykoiwolfe Presumably by "real" bow, he means one he carved out of a tree branch, with a bowstring made from deer hide and stone arrowheads that he made himself.

[@ladykoiwolfe]

@@daff42 I wish. He's not that kind of guy. Now me, I would do that.

[@herrficture4690]

Scarlet Witch is a glass cannon, a glass cannon refers to a character that has remarkable offensive abilities with terrible defense. Wanda’s powers are far beyond than most but at the same time she can be killed by just a random civilian with a gun.

[@beenieweenie1986]

Would you say its because she has no vision?

[@RazeAndSew]

MCU Scarlet Witch, who is a science experiment? Yes, definitely. Original Scarlet Witch, who is a mutant, and not a science experiment? No, she isn't really a glass canon, because she can basically stop anything with her mutant abilities

[@jeffdroog]

Thanks? I sure hope you feel better after getting that off your chest.

[@RazeAndSew]

@@jeffdroog getting it off my chest? Lol there are people that only know Marvel characters from the movies, so you have to keep people from being misinformed

[@jeffdroog]

@@RazeAndSew oh you just haaaave to for sure.If not they'd all be super stupid for not knowing something about a fake person.Thank you for saving everyone from their own ignorance! You're basically fucking Jesus! Thumbs up 👍

[@LeMayJoseph]

Amy, how DARE you apologize to people whose favorite Spider-Man was Reign? They do not deserve such an apology.

[@noxlotl_]

ok, I saw your comment and got really curious and went to wiki and was contemplating on asking you what made it so bad , till i read the semen thing , which was also the exact time they said it ... so lmao nevermind xD

[@bronsoncarder2491]

Robert Bruce Banner doesn't really correct anything you said in the statement. You didn't specify that you were using his full name with Bruce Banner. It's not incorrect to call him by his preferred name...

[@romxxii]

IT is however, incorrect to state that he was first introduced as Bruce Banner if he was instead introduced as Bob Banner.

[@jb888888888]

@@romxxii He was first introduced as Bruce Banner. A little while later (in an FF appearance IIRC) Rick Jones referred to him as Bob Banner. When that was pointed out Stan Lee decided his full name was Robert Bruce Banner, but he went by his middle name.

[@4203105]

But it is incorrect to say that he was "born as normal man Bruce banner" as he was of course born as a baby boy, not as a grown man.

[@nakenmil]

If they ever do a Warhammer-themed episode of this, it will probably tank, but I will squirm out of happiness.

[@DozenMarks]

If they ever do a Warhammer-themed episode they need to find a way to get Henry Cavill on. It won't ever happen, but it would be amazing and he'd probably do really well.

[@blairthomasedu]

UM actually this is the most heartwarming episode I'm so thankful the nerds who love comics get to make and influence them some way and have a platform to talk about them.

[@captaingmoneys]

Um actually, with the first question, the "wanting to kill thanos" is still technically correct as many of those characters were "dusted" while Thanos was still alive. Thus, they would not have be able to kill him a second time, only the first.

[@wildheartrazorfang6]

Um Actually, War Machine was never snapped. He was paired with Falcon in the Battle of Wakanda and went looking for Sam when he was snapped, then he worked to retrieve the Power Stone with Nebula, and there was that whole thing of Rocket Raccoon riding on his shoulder into battle in the Avengers Compound.

[@mattiascrowe2549]

UM ACTUALLY as per your wording, the dusted heroes WERE waiting to kill thanos as they werent existent during the first thanos kill!

[@flimflammer2395]

Um actually, the first "actor" to play two distinct roles in the MCU was Stan Lee. Additionally, the Luke Cage series and the other Netflix shows are not yet canonically part of the MCU.

[@protalghulnist4126]

But they were when they were first created, just like agents of shield. It was later RETCONNED so that they no longer were because of reasons I myself don't fully understand. That's why they reference the avengers and the chitauri invasion in both Jessica Jones and Luke cage I believe, but don't address thanos

[@tallyprestin1881]

Came here to say this. RIP Stan.

[@johnpotts8308]

Isn't it implied in one of the end scenes that they're all the same character (one of the Watchers, IIRC)?

[@tallyprestin1881]

@@johnpotts8308 not that he is one, but he is talking to them. He mentioned when they leave that they are his ride back to earth.

[@apex2000]

I assumed Stan Lee was 1 character, god-like ala the watchers or celestial.

[@dndeadly6883]

Um, actually: if cameos count as an MCU role, then Stan Lee would have been the first, as he appeared in many movies before then. Also, you mentioned the question was only discussing the MCU, and Luke Cage is not a part of the MCU.

[@142doddy]

Luke Cage's canon is. Uh. Not really clear?

[@ughgaming5615]

Um, actually in gotg 2 i belive in the post credit scene it is revealed that stan lee’s character is in fact a watcher therefore being the same character

[@helenl3193]

@@142doddy I think the point is they've stated the TV shows aren't MCU canon and the casting, etc, doesn't necessarily carry over. So that would mean that her casting there, much like Evans in the F4 films, wouldn't apply in the context. I could be wrong, but that was my understanding of it

[@davidw7531]

If Squirrel Girl doesn't communicate with Squirrels the same way as Kronk in Emperors new Groove, I'll be severely disappointed...

[@cantaloupegodling352]

Squirrel Girl's powers give her the ability to speak the language of squirrels physically so she chitters to them and they to her but she can only do this because she has squirrel vocal chords. She does, at a later point in her comics, teach some of her friends how to understand Squirrels so, though they can only speak back to Squirrels who learned how to understand English, they would communicate to them in that way.

[@Aurich88]

You guys should do more Marvel episodes. It might feel like selling out, but if everyone's having fun with it then everyone wins.

[@gollum1ring]

I loved the moment when the contestants took a moment to freely discuss how daunting comics can be as a medium. As someone who reads primarily X-Men titles, I see this from both perspectives. Because there is a lot of history and large amount of titles within the one IP, even self-contained arcs can feel like there is a lot going on, and more characters than a new reader can easily keep track of. But then when I venture into the other realms of Marvel, I suddenly feel like I've gone from being the expert to being the clueless dumb dumb because I chose to specialize and know the bare minimum or less about some other franchises in the same fictional universe.

[@nakenmil]

This is something kinda weird or specific to American superhero comic books, I think. A lot of other comics in Europe or Asia don't necessarily run the same characters for eternity in semi-constant retcons or reboots that still echo each other. It's interesting that we've kinda come to see it as default for "comics" in general.

[@arthurzonatto4447]

Um, Actually you guys may use a Google Jamboard to do Shiny Questions! You can easily upload the images you use and make up to 20 slides (each player could edit their slide in real-time too: writing stuff, dragging and dropping, etc.).

[@JoshuaStDenis]

So many things wrong with that first question. I'll point out something that others haven't already: those who come back from dusting would not have known that thanos was killed prior and would still be "waiting to kill him". :)

[@JayQwery]

Um actually, you didn't say Um actually.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

i love the mental image of Squirrel Girl climbing the world's tallest tree, to chitter angrily at Galactus, and huck an acorn at his head.

[@cantaloupegodling352]

She actually just stole an Iron Man suit (she had to steal it because nobody else knew he was coming cause Squirrels noticed him first) and then used his computer to find a planet with only plant life and filled with Nuts because they're more nutritional. The squirrel girl comics are dumb but they're hilarious and I love them.

[@IceMetalPunk]

In the tiny thumbnail, I could *swear* Sam Maggs was Maude Garrett 😂

[@mikegarcia8004]

Why did you choose people who don’t seem to know very much about the topic to play this episode? You’ve had guests on here that would have crushed this, but instead we have to watch these 3 blunder around.

[@michaelbrown5794]

Um, actually, Laura Haddock played both "Autograph Seeker" in Captain America and Meredith Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy making her the first actor/actress to play two parts in the MCU if we exclude Stan Lee (which we should as he was an informant for the Watchers)

[@michaelpirrone]

Um actually, he's technically only a single character across all his appearances (as you say, the Watcher Informant), and Iron Man 2 came out in 2010 vs. Captain America's 2011, so Seth still takes it.

[@michaelbrown5794]

@@michaelpirrone ah dang you're right iron man 2 came before captain America why do I forget that. I mean if we say whose second appearance was first in gotg tho... ;)

[@MSte21]

Everyone already dogpiled on the War Machine answer, but I just wanna say that Markeia's answer doesn't really make sense. They died. They were dead. They were killed by the Snap. They could all be brought back because they were all killed by a single thing. The others died in separate incidents, which is why they couldn't return, not because their deaths were somehow more permanent.

[@raknorak]

Thanos always talks about erasing them from existence, not killing them. I think that's what she was going for.

[@thaneofstuff7340]

I will also say, it would probably be pretty stressful to think about undoing the initial snap and bringing back individuals that Thanos killed outside of it, such as Vision or Loki, but Natasha and Gamora were very specifically different deaths since they died for the Soul Stone, and Bruce did try to bring Natasha back since he knew her so well but he was unable to do so.

[@BioYuGi]

@@raknorak If I say I destroyed my dinner that still means I ate it. They were killed, dead, deceased.

[@raknorak]

@@BioYuGi I agree. But this entire show is based on being super pedantic and specific with wording.

[@DestinyTrioInc]

Until this episode, I didn't realize Mike Trap has a name where it feels wrong to me if I only hear him referred to by his first name.

[@brycebaker6888]

Um Actually, no one in the snap actually "died". From the movie Dr. Strange it is established that you cannot look into the future passed your death, using the time stone. In Infinity War, Dr. Strange was able to see himself living post snap meaning the snap was not dead. This however is muddled by Disney's What If? series.

[@andrewp6738]

I know everyone else has already pointed out that War Machine obviously wasn’t snapped in IW - please tell me when they redubbed Trapp reading the question, he repeated it incorrectly and nobody caught it. I refuse to believe the researchers/writers and contestants all missed that really easy error, which anyone who payed attention to the movie could tell you

[@theskyisteal8346]

To be fair War Machine is one of the most forgettable characters in the movies (and arguably in the comics depending on how obscure you want to go)

[@helenl3193]

Yeah, I'm not a big marvel comic fan and I've only watched Endgame once, and I think IW maybe twice, but even I picked up on that error immediately! Really surprised they missed it

[@ProdigalGeek]

I watched this episode to marvel (pun intended!) at Amy Dallen's genius and was not disappointed. I was disappointed with how much Sam tried to dominate the episode though she was clearly out of her league.

[@loganrenfrow2544]

So technically Chris Evans did play two different characters in the MCU. He played Loki for a couple of seconds in Thor: The Dark World.

[@chazwhirl5201]

I wish Amy had contestants who respected marvel as much as she does. This episode gave me a headache.

[@1337pino]

It's Amy + two jaded people

[@catey2270]

Loved this episode! Would love a Star Wars or Harry Potter themed episode next.

[@RazeAndSew]

Um actually, vibranium does not win against adamantium. Adamantium is virtually indestructible, while vibranium can only take so much before it is destroyed. While vibranium can absorb things like kinetic energy, it can only absorb so much, before breaking down. Adamantium can cut through anything, given how strong the one using it is. So if someone as strong as Odin used an adamantium sword, it would take him a few strikes, but he would be able to cut through it. The only time vibranium has an advantage, is when it is the Antarctic Vibranium, as that has a reverse function compared to regular/Wakandan Vibranium, where it gives off vibrations that can melt any metal.

[@142doddy]

True, vibranium is more versatile but adamantium is stronger. Although of course Proto adamantium aka Captain America's shield does contain vibranium as part of it's alloy

[@RazeAndSew]

@@142doddy which is why it's a good option for defense, as it stops basically anything, aside from a few instances

[@benackers2655]

Um actually war machine wasnt dusted

[@MiWill1988]

9:54 I feel like this commentary is just out of place with the last question asked. I respect what they said, but due to when it played in the video, it sounds as if Deadpool is Golden Age or Silver Age. On that tiny detail alone... Um Actually, he's not.

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

I mean, Daredevil is blind, so he has an excuse for not knowing which color scheme would work the best. Although later issues claimed that he could somehow feel the difference between the different-colored fabrics.

[@sylvernale]

You're right though that knowing the hues would not make up for not having an aesthetic sense

[@christopherrobinhood9802]

Um Actually, the Continuity Stone debuted in 2014. So, it’s actually from recent comics.

[@Morboxx]

With the Bruce Banner question, I would've gone a different way, and I think I would've gotten away with it: Banner was NOT a "normal" guy at all when the gamma radiation hit him, he was one of the top scientists of the world.

[@jb888888888]

Banner wasn't a normal guy, he had MPD well before he got exposed to the Gamma radiation. His father Brian thought that he may have been exposed to radiation pre-natally too.

[@BronyEd]

My answer was "hulk wasn't born a regular guy. Hulk is his own entity"

[@ZipplyZane]

Plus, well, his name **is** Bruce Banner. Leaving out one name is fine. We apparently don't even know Mike Trap's middle name, but no one would say the host's name is not Mike Trap.

[@JoeE37]

Combo Man is basically Amazo but his main weakness is he needs snacks 🤣We need to see a versus in the Amalgam universe!

[@jonathanshaw6784]

This is such a lovely episode, everyone is so enthusiastic and supportive of each other!

[@NicholasHolman3dfx]

Um actually Laura Haddock played 2 characters before seth green. She played autograph seeker in Captian America: the first avenger and meridith quill in Guardians of the Galaxy (earlier in the film than seth greens cameo as howard the duck)

[@ConManAU]

If he got the powers and weaknesses of Iron Man, does that just mean he got rich with crippling alcoholism and a heart condition?

[@groofay]

I feel like having Amy Dallen on a Marvel theme episode is the equivalent of having Mercer on a D&D theme episode.

[@Sexpizza]

Amy's smile is just infectious. Her existence just makes me happy.

[@SatyreIkon]

YES! Good ol' Sweet-as-buttons! Always love her energy, no matter where I see her.

[@smargio]

I don't think that Spider-Man reign is a common favorite comic. If I recall correctly I've yet to meet someone that likes it much less it being their favorite.

[@DarthPoyner]

Plus they get all pissy about how MJ died. But it would happen like that. Pete and MJ were married trying to have a family. His nut is radioactive, therefore she got cancer. Are they pissed because that's how babies are made? She is not the focus of the comic. She is a side character. Side characters are very often killed or harmed in order to build the main character's personality or show growth. Fuck off with this "They always kill the woman" bullshit.

[@SirDumplin]

the zoom verison of um actually feel different

[@TheKindredblades]

Um actually, War Machine is NOT one of the Snap's victim. He survived.

[@calebowens693]

The Marvel focus for this episode made it one of the best yet (arguably THE best of the series). More franchise-focused episodes would be great (DC, Star Wars, Doctor Who, maybe something fairly specific like table-top RPGs, etc...). Granted, some viewers would skip them entirely, but while I don't watch every episode, I made sure to watch this one because of the theme. The contestants would need to be carefully chosen for this. For example, if the theme was table-top RPGs and Matt Mercer was a player it wouldn't be very fair (although you could just focus on less common systems, like Mutants & Masterminds, Paranoia, one of the Star Wars systems, etc... and end up with a more even game).

[@sabrel4975]

Um actually, the Hulk did not participate in the final battle of Avengers: Endgame as he was incapacitated from using the Infinity Stones

[@LeMayJoseph]

The one time being a radiation protection technologist would've had me crushing the Life Skills question!

[@ReelRandomProductions]

Umm actually War Machine wasn’t dusted….

[@VforVictory00]

Adamantium vs Vibrainium: Marvel editors have stated that adamantium is more durable than Vibrainium. Vibrainium is more vibration absorbent for impact strikes, but less durable than adamantium.

[@DarthPoyner]

Well, "True" and "Proto" Adamantium anyway. Recently found out there are like 6 different types.

[@UndeadRoshi]

UM actually War Machine didn't die! He did want to kill Thanos as a baby!

[@inacityalone]

i absolutely love when the players are wildly supportive of each other's points! great energy every time

[@krakenhoard2695]

UM ACTUALLY Sam Maggs complains about Marvel inclusivity in the Golden, Silver, and Bronze/Cooper Age because she didn't know a question referencing a Deadpool comic that came out in 2014. Also UM ACTUALLY The Continuity Stone was in Deadpool VOL 5 Issue 27 not VOL 3. It was his 3rd on going series but the 2 4 issue limited series are considered VOL 1 and VOL 2 with his first on going series being VOL 3.

[@DavidChong]

um actually with regard to marvel explaining away continuity errors it became such a trope that the "no prize" was a thing awarded to people whose letters got published in the letters pages if they highlighted a continuity error and provide within the same letter an explanation for why it's not actually an error.

[@herrficture4690]

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[@StarkMaximum]

The original "um actually"s getting their point.

[@nickt_274]

Um actually, 3 things wrong with the first statement: 1. The fact stated that they did already kill thanos; 2. War machine was not among the ones that were snapped; 3. Hulk did not really partake in the direct killing of thanos either times.

[@jasonlebeau1288]

the upper and lower chest are actually seperate pectoral muscles so yes.. the punisher's upper chest muscles and captain america's lower chest muscles to make a complete and more filled out full chest..

[@Wreckageforever]

The upper and lower pec are not separate muscles. The pectoralis major is the muscle most people think of as it make up most of the chest musculature. The upper and lower portions are the same muscle. The pectoralis minor is hidden beneath the major.

[@jasonlebeau1288]

@John damnit you made me Google.. as I knew pectoralis major and minor are two separate muscles with different attachment points and different jobs but hey thanks for incorrecting me

[@cantaloupegodling352]

YEAH! SQUIRREL GIRL NENTION 🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🎉🎉🎉 I got that shit in a second. She is "similar but medically distinct from a mutant" I believe one explanation from a fan that a writer liked and said they'll consider canon is that she is not a mutant, her powers come from a recessive mutation in both her parents so while she herself is not a mutant but both her parents, though they have no superpowers, are. Now to just gush about Squirrel Girl for a bit: Her comic series is one of the funniest comics I've ever read and all the characters are great, she has canonically defeated major villains like Thanos - singlehandedly - and Dr Doom more than once, in fact Doom considers her one of his greatest threats while she does not even think of him as her main nemesis. A version of her declared war on humanity for how they treat squirrels and nearly defeated the entire marvel universe by using everyone's powers agaisnt one another.

[@Purzius]

Loved this episode, felt very glad and Amy always crushing xD

[@thephony1651]

UM ACTUALLY, No Way Home was released before this video, which canonized the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man movies. Stan Lee appears in Spider-Man and Iron Man, which would make him the first.

[@DarthPoyner]

Blah, blah, blah. Quit with the excuses and play the game. No one has ever said you have to know everything about a fandom to be able to play a game on it. You are being insecure and trying to cover for your lack of knowledge. It's OK. We watch this show to be entertained and only rarely to learn anything useful.

[@GeekMasterGames]

Love that they don't even need to qualify the video title or advertise it--Just "Marvel." If you know the show, you know.

[@GC-yw1mn]

Um actually, War Machine wasn’t killed by the snap.

[@KelpTheGreat]

I've never read Spider-Man: Reign, but I've heard of the radioactive semen thing before and I have to say, it's not THAT stupid on a surface level. I don't know how they actually handled it in the series, but it sounds like a classic case of fridge logic being played out to its conclusion (can't remember what that trope's called though). They even established relatively early on in the original run of The Amazing Spider-Man that Peter's bodily fluids are radioactive and harmful - there's one time where he gives Aunt May a blood transfusion, and they find out later that it made her sick and he has to get some miracle cure or something to heal her.

[@kerlyenai]

Loved all the guests but Amy is my new favorite person!

[@cademadson1035]

Well, Technichally the woman who played Peter Quill’s mother also appears in Captain America The First Avenger

[@The_Authority]

Um, actually, before Seth Green returned as Howard the Duck, Stan Lee portrayed countless characters in almost every Marvel film

[@izzikat9252]

Um, Actually...Doesn't Patton Oswalt play separate brothers in Agents of Shield, season 1, which was released before Guardians of the Galaxy? (Or are identical brothers not distinct characters?)

[@knifetoucher]

Lady didnt deserve that first point, they were all dead, only reason why Natasha didn't come back was because her soul was sacrificed for the stone, so she couldn't come back.

[@kptmaci4979]

Um Actually, doesnt the actress that plays star lords mom would be the first to play TWO different roles? She plays chick that flirst with Cap in Cap America 1 and then is Star Lords mom in GotG vol1, so she actually starts first in her second role, cause Howard the Duck cameo happens in the end of the movie?

[@twelvefootnine]

Can I just say that I *LOVE* it when Amy Dahlen gets all soup-boxy about the accessibility of of geek culture.

[@GryphonBrokewing]

Is that some new slang I've missed, or a typo of "soap box"?

[@azazel56]

Um actually, Bruce Banner wasn't born normal. The hulk was already a part of him, it was the radiation that brought it out of him in a physical manner. I think. Or I made it up.

[@SirStrangefolk]

UM ACTUALLY, there was a golden age character called Falcon (Carl Burgess) who appeared in 1940 two months before Claire Voyant Black Widow. As such Falcon should be second in the lineup after Human Torch.

[@silverhellfire]

It's really irrelevant feedback two years post fact, but for the order Shiny Question, they should do it like they did the "name as many of X". Each player gets to guess until they get something wrong, then the next person goes, and just keep looping until it's finished.

[@caitlinjones5984]

MARKEIA YOU ARE KILLING ME GIRL!!!!!!! Say Um, Actually! I would have to make myself the sign too 😁😁😁 Thank you for the soap box y'all, it IS important that we keep talking about entering the Fandom however you like, down with gatekeeping! This whole game is ultimately a meta commentary on the gatekeeping aspect of Fandom and I am here for it ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Love this ep, y'all are in my hall of fame of guest panels and such a different group approach to comics that feels like something I could get into

[@N3ur0m4nc3r]

It's funny/annoying when contestants don't realize they can just immediately re-buzz in when they forget to say "um, actually". So many people just sit there while someone else buzzes to take the point.

[@EmperorSeth]

I love that Combo Man has the Punisher's Chest. "Congrats, your chest has the body of a very normal, not remotely bulletproof man! Enjoy no change whatsoever there!" Honestly, my guess would have been that he had some part of Cyclops other than his eyes, because that's just the sort of stupid this character rolls with.

[@ZipplyZane]

Eh. Cyclops's eyes are probably the most difficult part of him to deal with, since he literally cannot open them without blasting people, unless he has his eye protection.

[@FlamingoSandwich]

Um Actually DareDevil is blind he barely knows what red is how is he suppose to work out colour co-ordination

[@garagechemistlab]

its crazy how u could predict the scores with their backdrops. winner had shelves of marvel hardcovers, runner-up had some random lootcrate-looking bs, and dead-last was just some pintrest-y photo board

[@BioYuGi]

And that last one is literally someone who has WRITTEN Marvel comics before.

[@joemorgan2390]

Was there something edited out? Because they went from an answer based around a relatively recent Deadpool thing to a discussion of "Well I just don't know Golden/Silver Age comic stuff."

[@therealjp5480]

Nah just explaining why Sam hasn’t gotten a point, because of the lack of knowledge in those era

[@EzraColdsGarage]

"We'll just sit in this for a moment" dude, that's what killed Mary Jane.

[@WOLF7356]

I gotta say, the questions are normally good but this episode had some of the worst questions from Um, Actually

[@dalexhurley9939]

Um actually, it's well established that Peter Parker's various bodily fluids are radioactive, as his blood being radioactive was a significant plot point in a Silver Age comic where he donates blood to save Aunt May. So while it may seem ridiculous, the plot point of Mary Jane getting sexually transmitted cancer does have continuity backing it.

[@joseaguilar3323]

It's just a very funny time for comics to remember that radiation gives people cancer instead of superpowers.

[@dalexhurley9939]

@@joseaguilar3323 Valid point

[@meowpurpur]

It was also probably an allegory for AIDS...

[@csn583]

Poor Mary Jane, colorectal cancer is a killer.