The Living Tribunal - Guardian of the Marvel Multiverse

Today on Variant, we tell you everything you need to know about the #LivingTribunal to get you ready for their live action debut in #DoctorStrange in #TheMultiverseofMadness!
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[@zius2140]

Fun fact: You can actually see him while America and Strange are traveling through universes

[@reallyhimongod]

No shit sherlock🙄

[@PunkNStein]

Thin line between fun fact and spoiler; jk

[@TheMoises1213]

When

[@TheMoises1213]

@@PunkNStein any smart person wouldn’t watch things like this if they haven’t watched the film yet

[@chimichangaparty1222]

@@TheMoises1213 this is a comic book channel not a MCU movie channel.

[@imaheadout457]

What's amazing is that since the Living Tribunal is the judge of the Marvel Multiverse, there's only one of him that exists. Meaning, the other Marvel/MCU universes are under the administrative jurisdiction of the same Living Tribunal!

[@kwalterrasquinha413]

No, the comics and the mcu are different multiverses and don’t correlate with each other

[@carlospedro7050]

@@kwalterrasquinha413 no, the living tribunal is not just multiversal. He oversees all of reality. This proven when he himself was a hinted to be able to have some degree of controll over the DC megaverse.

[@carlospedro7050]

@@kwalterrasquinha413 he "lives outside every multiverse.

[@kwalterrasquinha413]

@@carlospedro7050 he doesn't, because otherwise he wouldn't have died as easily as he did to the beyonders LT is multiversal plus

[@carlospedro7050]

@@kwalterrasquinha413 1)the beyonders are quite literally beyond the marvelsphere and the let's control. Not only that but he fought 3 of the most powerful beyonders.

[@hackarc1431]

Dude you fill my empty head before I watch any marvel movie.Thank you.

[@benparrish672]

You may want to get that looked at

[@archangel5627]

Aris is a total Boss when it comes to giving us amazing comic book information, especially when a new movie or tv show is about to drop. Even though I’ve been an avid comic book fan/reader my entire life, even I still need some info on certain things and Variant never disappoints!

[@beastmode2196]

He's always looking out for us lol

[@Cornyboa]

would’ve been cool to see him play a role in the film

[@yes-wh1zj]

Can't really happen the movie will be over in a couple of minutes

[@blackshadexl]

@@yes-wh1zj Not really, LT would’ve never intervened in that case anyway. The matter would’ve been trivial to him…

[@yes-wh1zj]

@Miki rin what did I say made you think that I am thinking about the fight I said if lt fought the movie would be over in minutes are you blind

[@yes-wh1zj]

@Miki rin because if the living tribunal fought wanda she will be dead fast

[@TiberiusELP]

@@yes-wh1zj yea not really it could be the same thing In this video. Living tribunal threat Doctor strange to delete his earth but given the time given can be enough time use in the movie

[@HShango]

I was so tired today, but this content is interesting to learn about the judge tribunal

[@NamelessGamingNG]

Maybe he can balance the messy X-Men timeline 😂

[@reydez84]

LOL

[@ChineduOpara]

I'm afraid fixing the Fox X-Men movie timelines is nigh -impossible.

[@513hook513]

He'd end up quitting his job trying to fix that

[@niki_0069]

Thanos: "snaps fingers with infinity gauntlent" The Living Tribunal : "No"

[@Archangel2025]

Yea you can only see him briefly when Chavez and Strange are jumping through universes

[@eisenhowergonzalez1458]

How a video about a timeline out of all the marvel movies 👍🏽

[@darthmaul72]

Very well researched. Nicely done ✔️ 👏

[@kingshadow8782]

Yep

[@pantheon678]

I’m still confused on how the beyonders “killed” the living tribunal in an alternate reality where all versions from my knowledge coexist with their multiversal counterpart so how does that work??

[@mosj9876]

Writers..... A mutant even vested The Living Tribunal

[@theonlychickensama8353]

Wasn't Pre retcon baby Beyonder above him too?

[@terrygallinger1090]

I think it's kinda like Darkside. there is a Main version and what we see is but an aspect and small version of that Main version.

[@cunnyman]

@@terrygallinger1090 That’s not the case anymore. That was prior to COIE when the worlds were infinite. Darkseid is now just some evil dude cuz the worlds only has 52. There is one in each multiverse. There are also many more powerful beings than Darkseid.

[@vojinpetrovic1]

Its Comics... In some stories he is stronger in some weaker. Like legit in one story Eternity and Living Tribunal defeated Pre Retcon Beyonder

[@fredericrodrigue3059]

I always though that the Living Tribunal was part of and so restricted to one universe. Just like when Adam Warlock became the Living Tribunal in one universe as an experiment for fun for the One above all, suggested by of course Thanos. But, you guys are always my reference, so I will believe you

[@justinarzola5782]

Me too but it seems there's only one cosmic being in the multiverse so if he shows up in the mcu it's the same from the comics.

[@justinarzola5782]

Except Galactus since there's multiple versions of him.

[@charlesepps86]

I just got home from watching Doctor Strange it's great

[@TTV-OXIDE145]

At 3:34 reminded be of a big blue book my brother gave me one day and it had pictures and synopsis of the charactera and couple comics themselves....god memories

[@krisskrosssss]

Living Tribunal, Celestials, Incursions, He Who Remains, Kang, The Watcher, and the Multiverse!? I never thought Marvel would ever get to this point. It's full blown deep comic lore now and I love it.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

THE LIVING TRIBUNAL: The decision has been made! DR. STRANGE: Can I file for an appeal?

[@RedAugust08]

The Living Tribunal needs to be voiced by Danny DeVito. If The One Above All ever makes an MCU appearance, it needs to be Kevin Feige or maybe Stan Lee. But since Stan is gone now I kinda hope that'd be the only time they use him in a film again.

[@travisderby115]

That seen of him in the trailer is all you get in the movie

[@himum3429]

Why the hell would you not even put a spoiler warning lol. 😂.

[@tanmayambekar1924]

Oh shit

[@reallyhimongod]

@@himum3429 cause its not a spoiler you clown.. it happened so fast I wouldnt even call it a cameo

[@TheMoises1213]

@@himum3429 why you even here? You do it to yourself

[@thor6927]

Living Tribunal is inside the movie but for just 1 second

[@Salrous]

I can’t wait for the review I loved the movie and was 100% entertained

[@RetroEd23]

The Living Tribunal: I am the second only to God himself The Beyonders: We’re about to end this man’s whole career.

[@anubusx]

I nearly passed out when they killed him.

[@theobnoxiousguy3425]

Beyonders are creation of hack writers no one really respects.

[@thefallenjeans3051]

Well I mean it was three omnipotent beings against one

[@theaveragefryingpan]

Beyonders r the definition of teamers xd

[@thefallenjeans3051]

@Miki rin the living tribunal is still one being lol? Those three faces share a single body, the beyonders are their own

[@seskypapaya]

sort of a spoiler alert: dont expect the living tribunal to have role in MoM, its just a small frame.

[@TheMoises1213]

Where?

[@ivangomez123]

I know, something very dissapointing. I could imagine a voice actor like Dick Van Dyke, Andy Serkis or even Patrick Stewart as the voice or voices of the Living Tribunal.

[@SaintNicholasOfficial]

NO SPOILER: The movie is great, lacks in character development but the action is amazing! Spooky scenes and the movie is mind bending, definitely a Sam Rami film and also this movie gets brutal!

[@hulksmashjr13]

Character Development: Wanda turns completely gangsta 🤣🤣

[@lmao2351]

The multiverse is cool and all but i didnt really like it.

[@christiansawyer9798]

There is so much character development what are you talking about.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Living Tribunal should get a comic someday. Once the effective King or Chancellor of the multiverse but somehow loses his position and finds himself bound to a child who's a fan of Marvel's superheroes who is the only one who can see him as the two end up forming an unlikely and impossible bond and go on impossible adventures. Something like that. Something similar to Secret Wars 2 or something.

[@mutungiedmund2355]

I enjoyed watching Marvel Studios Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness. I saw the living Tibunal

[@RaiderNation86]

What crazy is the portal that Mr.Fantstic drops out of is just like the TVA portals except a different color.

[@darkstar12344]

Well makes sense cause remember Kang is a descendant of reed richards

[@PeterInglis21]

Thank you so much for this man. Appreciate it. 😁 of to see Dr Strange tomorrow 😁🔥

[@anubusx]

Seeing it on Saturday.

[@RexKiller17]

It’s prolly top 3 marvel movies EASY💯🔥

[@jonahstirbis3408]

The living tribunal is pretty much the marvel version of spectre but the spectre is cooler.

[@justinarzola5782]

Living tribunal is cooler.

[@thefallenjeans3051]

stop the cap

[@nooraizkhatib3883]

if the living tribunal can erase realities to protect the multiverse he should be able to destroy the marvel zombie-verse since the zombies r now travelling to other universes

[@paultith3758]

They have a purpose just like the phoenix force

[@thesecret6019]

In Secret Wars 2, the second only to One Above All was scared to death just by the mere presence of pre-retcon Beyonder. For pre-retcon Beyonder, he was naught but a speck of dust

[@incasolja1]

Actual involvement of the tribunal in the movie woulda made the story much better

[@ragingdemon3681]

Saw the movie yesterday on its opening day where I live and it was awesome! I am thinking of seeing it again! Also great release as always Variant! Props to you Arris! ☺️

[@pickedceasar1216]

I hope if they ever do the one above all he's cast as Kevin Feige

[@Lordcoby]

I was literally the only one yelling in the theater when I saw the Living Tribunal

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of Alfred Pennyworth, Batwing, Flame Bird, Batwoman, Azrael, Signal(Duke Thomas), Bluebird, Stephanie Brown and Carrie Kelly?

[@vondoom8586]

living tribunal appeared while dr strange and chavez travelling through other universe

[@wargeneralbonez]

Fun fact: Since Iron God is an equal to Power Cosmic Korvac, a guy who killed both The Living Tribunal & The In-Betweener. Means that both of them are more powerful.

[@KurayamiNeko1026]

4:30 just a little thing this part got me thinking of for fun, but if you take out the Tribunals omnipresence for a moment, it still wouldn't be affected right? there is only just one of it and you can't half one the way comic Thanos is thinking of? (another fun thing to think of, if it does get snapped in half, does it get half vertically or horizontally lol)

[@professionalfurret]

It wouldn't be affected by it because it's insignificant to him. It's like throwing a pebble at a fully grown man.

[@jameskatu6339]

The movie dropped Wednesday here in New Zealand which is a day a head of most of the world as our main release day is usually Thursday. I booked tickets for my Wife & I for Saturday(Tomorrow) OH RIGHT!!

[@MT-UK]

People who make those Dr Manhattan destroys marvel - need to be introduced to this dude Oh and Beyonder Molecule Man Franklin Richards Legion

[@513hook513]

In the beginning of the video he said some version of TLT would appear in the movie which is wrong. There is only 1 living tribunal in marvels entire multiverse. Which means the same living tribual in the comics is the same one that appeared in the movie

[@thegobber8603]

It’d be cool learning ab what he’s all ab in a fantastical setting like in the movie, but u know a KZbin thumbnails cool too

[@inkdweller8584]

I have one question if he’s to maintain the multiverse where was he during the incursions which lead to 2015 secret wars

[@jbeastjj7936]

Wasn’t he being killed by the Beyonders at that point, I know he was in a story pretaining to that.

[@durellpowell3324]

@@jbeastjj7936 yes

[@justinarzola5782]

He was dead at that point.

[@senecavanzandt4425]

The cosmic entities like the Living Tribunal, Mistress Death, Eternity, and Infinity would be a good storyline for Eternals 2 since they deal with a bunch of cosmic quests...

[@alvnsj]

You just get a glimpse of the living tribunal . I just saw it a few hours back

[@shermanshecapio3944]

Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the screenwriters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, revealed that the Living Tribunal was originally planned to have an appearance in the latter, in which they would have judged Thanos for all of the crimes he had committed against the universe, including "The Blip".

[@smitzy8617]

True Form Oblivion Summary would be cool

[@quentinfogger5755]

Can you do history of the villains of the Stargirl TV show like Mr_Bones, Dragon king, Brainwave and Icicle? When are you going to do history of the Flash Villains Mirror Master and Top since the second half of season 6 of the Flash has finished? Can you do history of the Atom, Major_Force, Captain Atom, Plastique, the Blackhawks, Rocket Red Brigade, Blue_Beetle, Mr Terrific and Plastic Man along with the history of the Villains Dr Alchemy and Abracadabra?

[@derrangedweirdo6925]

Lucifer morningstar: * Pardon!?!? I NEVER KNEW A "GUARDIAN OF MULTIVERSES" EXISTS...FINALLY A WORTHY OPPONENT!! OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY *

[@OdinSonTX10]

Very brief version in the film. Less than a second. Still cool.

[@keithaguirre4927]

Liked and subbed...thanks for the breakdown

[@quentinfogger5755]

Is the Living Tribunal making sure that the Multiverse is balanced? What do you think he's going to be like when he makes his MCU debut in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, will he be judging Doctor Strange for the memory spell he casted in Spider-Man No Way Home or will he be going after the Scarlet_Witch for messing with the Darkhold to find Speed and Wiccan?

[@archangel5627]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Speed and Wiccan show up in Doctor Strange 2. After all, they are members of the Young Avengers and we already know Marvel has been slowly gearing up towards bringing the Young Avengers together as one team. With so many different and wild things going on in Doctor Strange 2, it’s going to be absolutely amazing to see how the MCU looks after the events of the movie.

[@mettayowomack3306]

POSITIVITY MOVING FORWARD. #MARVEL

[@joshdavis6061]

Ari's you deserve a Nobel prize

[@quentinfogger5755]

When are you going to do history of Marvel's Sandman and Kurt Conners the Lizard since they made a live action comeback in Spider-Man No Way Home along with the Elementals who were mentioned in Spider-Man Far From Home?

[@donkey7577]

Anson Mount is a busy actor today.....Dr. Strange & Star Trek A Strange New Worlds ....

[@vincentcloud]

If he balances good and evil and cosmic balance how does he interact with Phoenix? Phoenix is technically the embodiment of all life past, present and future...seems like thats pretty OP. It is an omniversal power, does he just issue a free pass or what?

[@jameskatu6339]

No phoenix has a purpose for its existence etc if it deems necessary TLT will remove it. Or TOA will change its programming

[@archangel5627]

@@jameskatu6339 That’s an excellent answer. 👌🏻😎

[@Vincesjones]

Phoenix force was under the supervision of the living tribunal just like other cosmic abstract

[@theoversphere7023]

DAYUM nice nice can you do one on amatsu mikaboshi .

[@justrandom947]

Finally an update

[@charlesa1234]

i saw his statue in Multiverse of Madness movie

[@MrBlue-os7su]

That guy is on the cover of a saucerful of secrets

[@jamante1996]

I’m just a hour away fro Dr.Strange 😮‍💨

[@laaams]

Beyonders: Hold my beer🍺

[@savagehiro1720]

Variant Gang 🤜🏿🤛🏿

[@Jeromimo8]

I didn’t see the tribunal in the movie still good tho

[@justinjohnson1360]

damn he looks fantastic

[@IAmImprintJones]

The living tribunal vs the spectre let's go!!!

[@wesleyvl8572]

Can you makke a vidoe about dc lucifer plz

[@kdgamer5311]

2nd one is beyonder

[@Arkyuu]

I wonder how will he be involved with Kang the Conqueror with all Kang's timeline jumping and TVA shenanigans

[@justinejules2941]

He has a quick cameo in the movie

[@lospollinos1978]

TLDR: Immortal, unstoppable, golden boi

[@vanillaplayz2376]

looks like a higher up to silver surfer imo really sick tho regardless

[@wocathoden]

@ 0:17 Mega nerd here... Is that the Phoenix Force battling The Living Tribunal? Did I just spoil something?

[@ponchopalito3953]

Could u also do a video about the darkhold since that's gonna be the reason we will have a 3rd Dr strange movie where Dr strange got corrupted by it and Wanda sacrificed her life to closed it? I mean because of that Wanda become the villain of the movie and kill all Illuminati which contain by black captain marvel, Carter america, Richard reed, profx, and bolt which btw no tom ironman and Deadpool sab but true 💯👍 btw living tribunal wasn't been on the movie like at all

[@TheStandardBearer]

We enjoyed the movie. It's worth a watch. 😌👌

[@RacerC45]

Where was he when the "No more mutants" thing went down?

[@wallsterrence]

That's actually a good question

[@anubusx]

He wanted to see how it would play out.

[@gaveshaperera3560]

Hey man can you do a video about marvel's Zhered-Na.

[@reallyhimongod]

Fun fact Adam Warlock became the New Living Tribunal thats why the new version looks like the old Warlock..

[@koreywilliams4570]

Dr strange was dope af. Im not 100% into it tho there were some wtf moments where shit could have been better but over all it was really good. Going to need to look up the background on one of the characters tho. wish I could say more but no spoilers 😁 go check it out and when variant comics makes an episode about it we can all share like crazy. Untill then.

[@Antoinne9]

Where's he at when infinity ultron mess everything up?

[@banjomojo9976]

So where was this guy, when ultron was a threat to the multiverse in the “What If…” show?

[@ghostspud]

Wasn't enough of a threat

[@bitlashripad8721]

He missed the part where that’s his problem

[@ronanchristiana.belleza9270]

Perhaps the Writers Aren't Ready Yet? But Seriously Bro you should ask the Writers, with or Without Excuses why he din't appear, it will always the Writers have a Say when he will appear

[@gokuvegeta602]

Make a video on the one above all pls

[@kylebraun8026]

No mention of the Beyonders running a train on old boy?

[@nickolaibernar16]

Phantom Stranger vs The Living Tribunal

[@fredericklockard3854]

Impressive. Very nice. Let’s hear Paul Allen’s analysis.

[@celerymorales6664]

Suggestion: it’ll be cool you made a variant comic discord

[@drvince0725]

Yo whaaat I didn’t know living tribunal will be in The movie

[@D0nkih0te91]

Well, if he was in the movie, I sure as shit missed him during the first viewing ... PS. Googled it, and found the scene which was 1 second long. Probably blinked during it.

[@A11ucard]

He was in it for 3 seconds lol

[@moyai7594]

Nah like 0.3 seconds lol I saw it but almost missed it

[@既存]

So possibly the avengers may remember peter...

[@TheDeadCobraTheDeadCobra]

So besides the creator this is the one you should not mess with no matter how powerful you are

[@Kimm134Saya]

Nah, it's just a 2-second clip of an alternate universe with statues of what looks like The Living Tribunal.

[@israelvibrations100]

I'm confused I thought the beyonder and molecule man were second from the one above all?.....now the living tribunal is...can someone explain this video?

[@zone8521]

The Living Tribunal is only second in authority not in power and that was pre Retcon beyonder and molecule man who were the strongest marvel character excluding toaa

[@youfoundme7404]

Thanos with IG taking over the MU, Darkseid at a distance- Pathetic!

[@JayWalker117]

Can you make video about Marvel characters that have no variant.

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Trinston was here. .

[@tanner1158]

So who's more powerful living tribunal or spectre from dc comics

[@judemartin1001]

Dude's the second most powerful entity but was killed by the beyonders🥲

[@davidr.4288]

If this was back 04 every one would think he is the worlds biggest nerd