WHAT IF 1x06 Easter Eggs BREAKDOWN + Did Tony CREATE Vibranium? | Marvel Series EXPLAINED

[@ScreenCrush]

What did you think of the episode?

[@sh1nyking076]

It was great!😀

[@SirOctaviusII]

I thought it was alright but would of prefered more tony.

[@spritvio639]

Great.

[@bigcazza5260]

wasnt as good as episode 4, that one was special

[@chadkelley]

It was the weakest episode of the series so far. 2.5 stars out of 5 for me.

[@EducatedCaveman]

Finally, the first channel who comments on the fact that Kilmonger has no powers, but he just threw a freaking missle with his bare hands.

[@locnar99]

Yeah, I would liken that missile to a Hellfire based on its size and usage here, and those are about 100lbs each. Picking it up one-handed and throwing it far enough away to not be caught in the blast is ludicrous.

[@Mannyr-bu7qv]

I was like "wtf" but it's okay because it's marvel

[@choppydell]

It's MAHVEL Baby!?

[@taelim6599]

@@locnar99 Yeah. It's like that time Gamora picked up and fired an entire ship-mounted autocannon without any sign of difficulty, despite there being no other sign before or since that she has any form of superstrength whatsoever.

[@locnar99]

@@taelim6599 Well, at least she’s an alien, so there’s some measure of unknown in there. We know that humans doing caber tossing get at most about 20 feet throwing those 100+ lb things with two hands and using their legs for the majority of the movement.

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

Bruh, killmonger be like palpatine orchestrating war for both sides.

[@Saintphish]

That’s what I was thinking

[@shlatekkin]

Execute order 66

[@omarcrespo77]

In this timeline, Killmonger IS the Senate!

[@acutefailure1]

This is all I could think

[@nanokapp7794]

Bro went full Vladimir Makarov, "It doesn't take the world's most powerful nations to create the next global conflict. Just the will of a single man." Headass

[@arthurcampos6238]

The only problem with what if, is that it ends with a taste of "I want more of this story"...

[@ochaco31]

I hope the next season has sequels to some of these episodes

[@Tom-me3vn]

@@ochaco31 There will be most likely. Some trailer footage that we haven’t seen yet has shown both T’challa star lord and killmonger teaming up with Thor and the guardians. Season 2 will have the second parts I’m sure

[@mandolorian162]

Think next week is the ragnarok variant one, and yeah even almost 30 minutes and it seemed to blow by

[@ochaco31]

@@Tom-me3vn That is super exciting! I'm really curious about the zombies episode and the Killmonger episode

[@sebastianparra8218]

I felt that especially with this episode,

[@EYYYYYJustin]

When T'chaka dies and meets his son in the afterlife that's gonna be a very awkward conversation

[@bensenzo]

Lol

[@LighttoneGryphStar]

T'challa: So... you made my murderer into the next king. T'chaka: Yeah, he a good soul... Wait, WHAT?! And we just hear Killmonger's father laughing in the background.

[@felixlara2945]

@@LighttoneGryphStar idk his dad was still loyal to Wakanda he just disagrees with their isolationism

[@domblue]

I totally forgot that Shuri at this point during the first Iron Man movie was still around 10 or 11 years old. The events of the Black Panther movie wouldn't be until 10 years after Iron Man. Really puts things into perspective when they introduce characters from the later films and put them all the way at the beginning. Loved it entirely. In this What If, she's still basically a young genius.

[@qbyrd0015]

I didn’t catch that at first. I was wondering why she didn’t know that the killmonger’s plan would work. She should have thought of that herself. But she was younger, so that made since.

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

Another Easter egg Is kilmonger claiming his design for the robot was due to him liking anime which I believe is due to Michael b Jordan's public affection for anime.

[@thompsonwelds]

See, this is an actual Easter egg. Not just a regurgitation of what happened like this entire video

[@jennbruin]

He produced and was in an anime show that was on Adult swim

[@zmaxx21]

@@thompsonwelds Yeah, I think I might just cancel my Disney plus & watch them on Screen crush

[@yes-ilovepizza]

I liked how when Shuri swivelled around in her chair her feet didn’t touch the ground because she’s so small.

[@Zarya.Nicole98]

Lol, she’s like 10

[@kevinmacdonald3574]

I'm wondering if the part where Ross takes Tony's property is a subtle nod to the Armor Wars series that's coming.

[@domblue]

Trailer: [implies that this is a universe where Killmonger is a good guy] Killmonger: "Well, yes... but actually no."

[@omarcrespo77]

Same vibes here

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

Man whoever's did the voice of Tony I got to say he was absolutely fabulous and carried the energy of RDJ ,but still no one can overcome RDJ other than himself.

[@omarcrespo77]

Agree. Same with whoever played Obidiah Stane! They sound just like RDJ and Jeff🌁

[@jsb331]

Went through the whole episode and was so distracted by how good everything else was that I totally never even realized that was actually Ross.

[@generalilbis]

To be fair...compared to Mick Winegert (sp?) and his impression of RDJ, the voice actor picked to be Thaddeus Ross is failing pretty badly to convey William Hurt's smarm and menace IMO.

[@redswasted8624]

Ryan’s breakdowns, and his ability to spot my mum in everything, are second to none

[@ianalexander7662]

The bit about the king also invokes Cottonmouth and the whole thing with the Crown. Also, you missed the vibranium structure formed hexagons! (NOT THE BEES!)

[@irasnalida]

Tony didn't make Vibranium in Iron Man 2. If it was Vibranium then Jarvis would say "Sir you created Vibranium" because they already know Vibranium exist so they know it's composition and atomic number. The element Tony created was similar to the Tesseract which contains the Space Stone. His father studied the The Cube and devised a new element, which Tony synthesized in his basement. We know this because Tesseract can be used as a battery for clean and renewable energy. Because this element was similar to Space Stone is the reason why Loki wasn't able to mind control him with Mind Stone in Avengers.

[@TheProfessorWhat-t2y]

I thought it was because he wasn’t able to touch it with the scepter, since his heart was covered by the Arc reactor.

[@thealmightytruffles9622]

first off, the scepter couldn't affect him cause of the reactor in his chest. second as Ryan said, the novelization even said it was vibranium, well, synthesized vibranium. the novelization came out a few months prior to iron man two. also jarvis couldnt have known it wouldve been vibranium cause keep in mind, he was created by tony with stuff tony had access to, his father had vibranium and knew about it, and the black market keeps low key about things.

[@irasnalida]

@@thealmightytruffles9622 what if the writers just searched for a fictional element in Marvel Comics and named the element Tony made Vibranium.... They just needed a name for it. After all Vibranium is the magic metal of MCU, the writers can make it do whatever they want to.... Don't forget that before making the element Tony read his father's notes. And Tony was taking his own notes from that. On one of the page we even see a cube representing the Tesseract. His father had worked with both Vibranium and Tesseract. So there's no doubts that he did research on both and knew about the atomic structure. (The new element Tony made can be a mixture of both) As far as mind control is concerned, I think Hawkeye was wearing some clothing and bullet proof vest which still covers his body. So it shouldn't work on him either for the same reason it didn't work on Tony. Plus it's mind control not heart control...lol I don't think it matters where you touch the person.

[@redsauce9135]

@@thealmightytruffles9622 It used to be Vibranium yes, that was until The First Avenger when Vibranium was cemented as an already existing element that practically nobody has (besides SHIELD, and Wakandans but they didn’t know that). You can’t invent something that already existed.

[@DikaWolf]

@@thealmightytruffles9622 There's a huge difference between the element created in Iron Man 2 and the element created in What If. The points (I'm not sure what they are...quarks maybe?) in the element in Ironman 2 form triangles, while the element on What if form hexagons. Plus any novelizations before Phase 2 aren't really cannon as they were overseed by Perlmutter and Geoff Johns therefore not overseed at all.

[@grimshock6983]

Another interesting thing is Michael B Jordan likes anime. He even appears in an American Gundam style anime called Gen:Lock

[@TheRealAlpha2]

He was an executive producer on it too if I recall.

[@gritynity]

Great show, it's getting a second season!

[@grimshock6983]

@@gritynity Too bad it drained too much money from Rooster Teeth

[@mk7893]

@@grimshock6983 mostly gray's fault tho sadly :(

[@bobthedopeman7327]

Nah. I like obadiahs twist. Jeff bridges played a great villain. He got to run the company for years and just because tony turned 18 it got snatched from him. Soooo.... he wanted it back, he didnt want to work for someone younger, and he didn't want to clean up after/ babysit tony. Good villain in my opinion.

[@MrZer093]

It wasn’t that he disliked that he was a villain but rather that he was the one who tried to get Tony killed in Afghanistan. He said he just wanted him to be greedy and take the company from him and have the Ten Rings be an entirely separate group with their own goals.

[@TekkLuthor]

@@MrZer093 I always thought this was the case in the MCU as well. He say him up to get him killed

[@bobthedopeman7327]

@@MrZer093 but it makes sense to me. He was already arms dealing under the table. So he could get rid of tony using the terrorist group and turn it into a business opportunity.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I agree. Obadiah had motive and opportunity with him being in a war zone to set a terrorist group up for the Death of Stark, and then he could turn around and continue to sell them weapons.

[@darkamora5123]

Tony was 21 when his parents were killed (born 29 May 1970 they died 16 December 1991). Obadiah had a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, as interim CEO before Tony recovered from their deaths and asserted his control. He took over the company almost immediately, not years later. Obadiah was never anything more than the COO (Chief Operations Officer) and business partner to Howard and later Tony, for any significant time. He didn't have years running the company only to have Tony take over at 18. He may have covered for Tony when the latter was being irresponsible, but the Starks maintained personal control for all but those few weeks in almost 70 years (1939-2008).

[@TheTrumpist]

All What If episodes till date are simply brilliant. That said, my fav one continues to remain What If Dr Strange Lost His Heart and Not His Hands.

[@chemicolle7016]

My question is: Why is Nebula selling projectors? Did she get bored of the Guardians?

[@thatomanaka323]

Pretty sure they didn't even meet

[@alexricky87]

I do you one better: How is Nebula selling projectors?

[@MrDeathBunny]

Its her side hustle.

[@ianaaronson5237]

This is a shit joke so shut up and just take my thumbs up

[@terryprentice9657]

It's based off her eye projector technology.

[@kylabacerdo2607]

“the difference between you and me, is that you don’t know the difference between you and me” is such a powerful quote. It shows how even though some people may not be racist, they are still oblivious about the struggles and challenges POC face. This is why Killmonger is the best villain

[@mon_nobi]

That was a good line. In the main MCU I found his dialogue mundane and his character a bit boring despite the decent motivation, but here his dialogue and machinations were pretty well executed

[@fracturedfingers]

Killmonger is such a great MCU villain. Glad to see him again.

[@MrDeathBunny]

I couldn't stop staring at his hair

[@jsb331]

Oh, and that moment with Angela Bassett... When I realized immediately what they might be doing with her in the future, I clutched my chest I was so excited. I want to see some version of that live action.

[@gatfatf]

Mommas got one last job to do

[@lukewright9031]

When Killmonger meets T'Chala on the ancestral plain, it kind of mirrors Thanos meeting a baby Gamora projection in Infinity War after getting all the stones right down to the question; _Was it worth it?_

[@petermercedes2626]

Love that you caught that "boy" remark by Klaue and Killmonger's reaction!!

[@universalshadow]

I believe the difference of this timeline was that T'Chaka didn't kill Killmonger's father, Killmonger was telling the truth when the told Tony he died via "gang violence", this is why Killmonger wasn't as resentful to Wakanda as he was in Black Panther and why he didn't kill T'Chaka. This may also be why he didn't see his father in the astral plane.

[@julianxamo7835]

That makes a lot of sense, I was waiting for Killmonger to kill T'Chaka but he never did

[@msquared9605]

Nice

[@nguyenquoctoan6354]

Reading your comment makes me realize that Tchalla might also know he was killed as a stepping stone in Killmonger's plan, not because he was a target of revenge.

[@mon_nobi]

What I want to know is why was T’Challa the black Panther already even though in the main timeline he wasn’t given the title until after his father’s death at the hands of Zemo?

[@msquared9605]

@@mon_nobi nope he was already black Panther. He wasn’t king until his father died

[@Majere613]

I'm guessing that the remote Killmonger used was designed to make the Liberators reactivate, but without their link to JARVIS, so they fell back to their default programming. He wanted an enemy that would look scary, but actually be fairly easy for the Wakandans to defeat. Personally I thought this one was the least interesting so far, but it was still enjoyable enough to see the Wakandans, Killmonger and Klaw again. It's hard to see what the Watcher is going to find useful in this reality.

[@Getwright-]

I would imagine either Pepper or shuri. Whichever using weapons designed by shuri

[@grimshock6983]

I actually think the least interesting might be Captain Carter. It was cringey sometimes, but I did like Howard Stark

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

What's useful for The Watcher is that Tony never becoming Iron Man leading to a ripple effect; what would the Avengers look like? What happens in the fight against Thanos? Without Tony's famous "I'm Iron Man" snap, how does the fight with Thanos end? Remember that it was Tony Stark who designed the tech for the time heist, so without Tony, Thanos's snap is probably permanent. For the *Watcher, this is the Universe where half of life gets wiped out permanently.* That sounds like a big deal!

[@AirHarp]

When Tony talks about a miniaturized Arch Reactor he puts his hand on his chest in the exact place he has it in actual timeline .

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

I love how the Watcher looked visibly concerned with killmonger was watching the sunset you know the situation is Fubar when the watcher is scared.

[@omarcrespo77]

You mean the Watcher🤔

[@crispybox]

When Okoye talks about American weaponry. It is similar to when her and Shuri were driving in Korea saying “Gun… so primitive…”

[@Zarya.Nicole98]

You mean Nakia

[@cwise0603]

T’Challa’s mother is named RamonDA, not Ramona, and Danai Gurira’s first name is pronounced Dah-Nye, not Danny

[@mon_nobi]

Yea Idk why but that annoyed me a lot. Ryan gotta do better and put more than the barest minimum into pronouncing Black women’s names

[@MasukaMutenda]

And it’s John Kah-nee (Kani) and not kay-nee. So lazy of Ryan

[@VenniVenomous]

“It’s unlikely that killing one air force colonel…” Are you kidding me!?! Wars have been started for MUCH less. Let’s also remember that Rhodey was also super celebrity, America’s favorite son Tony Stark’s best friend. On top of General Ross itching for a fight, it makes sense. America’s Adventurism in the real world is notoriously overreaching. Especially if they think the country/people/region are inferior. I’m sure the MCU’s America is no different.

[@numa3816]

I wondered if the drone used by General Ross and given to Killmonger are green just as Hulk to show that's it's another one of Ross' mistakes thinking he's in charge when in fact he doesn't have a clue about what's going on.

[@khaansulu5695]

5:49 When Tony has the idea to miniaturize the arc reactor, he's looking at the baseball. In Honey I Shrunk The Kids, it was the baseball that made the shrink ray work.

[@DustinSinger]

Tony didn’t die from the spear in the shoulder; Killmonger approached him afterwards and stabbed him with a small knife, probably in the heart.

[@gustavoalcocer4199]

I'm pretty sure he is marking himself another kill.

[@DustinSinger]

@@gustavoalcocer4199 He did both.

[@omarcrespo77]

Well, that proves that Tony Stark has a hea-- Ok, ok, I'm leaving. Geez... 🚪🚶🏻‍♂️. . . .

[@darkamora5123]

At a guess the super effective killer, Killmonger, hit Tony's brachial artery (or given the more central location, the sub-clavian artery), with the spear itself compressing and sealing the wound. Eric then approached Tony and forced the spear deeper while twisting it, opening the wound completely and tearing that artery (a trick the Gurkhas used on the femoral artery, twisting the blade to prevent the ways the body reacts to prevent major blood loss from major vessels being transected). Completely sever either vessel, as Killmonger appeared to do, and the massive blood loss would render you unconscious in as little as 15 second, with death following a minute or two later. We only see him use the knife on himself, not Tony. Which, oddly, means Tony was dead already. Remember, each scar was a confirmed kill, he likely wouldn't mark himself for a knockout or in advance.

[@thedoctor4327]

The final battle reminded me of the Gungans vs Trade Federation army in The Phantom Menace (a robotic army marching into a energy dome covering a grassy plane where they do battle with an army of organic beings that combine primitive spears and mounted Calvary with high tech shields and other weapons). Thought you would mention that but you went with a completely different Phantom Menace shout out

[@thedoctor4327]

*grassy plain

[@omarcrespo77]

If the Gungans where near as badass as Wakandans, the Star Wars universe would've been at another level right now...

[@chrisleneil]

Really enjoyed the ending moment with Pepper & Shuri! Can’t wait to see where their story goes!

[@bensenzo]

How did Shuri get to the US by herself? Surely she's too young here to fly herself 🤣🤣

[@aristotle29]

Killmonger is such a good marksman he doesn't even need sights on his rifles.

[@darkamora5123]

Well in Black Panther, Everett Ross does say he went "to Afghanistan, where he racked up confirmed kills like it was a video game". Seems with skills like that a no scope without the 360° prerequisite would be "super easy, barely an inconvenience " for him (thanks Ryan).

[@RTTagalog]

Being able to add those ‘your mom’ jokes gets me everytime.

[@J.mcrae706]

It’s always so subtle too 😭😭

[@SomethingSomewhereJustOnce]

I always forget that ge does that and it gets me everytime. 😂

[@SenatorLeiaOrganaSolo]

The tears flowing down Queen Ramonda’s face when she destroys that droid and screams his name makes me emotional every time. Even replaying it in this video brought tears to my eyes. I’d love to see this in live action in Wakanda Forever with Angela Basset. The whole film is going to leave me in a puddle.

[@StuntinSince]

I wonder what type of workout routine Killmonger is on that he can throw a missile with one hand lol 🤔

[@TheRealAlpha2]

Push-Ups, sit-Ups, and plenty of Juice.

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

Liberator juice.

[@lukewright9031]

Navy SEAL training from Annapolis is definitely no joke.

[@nicholasgarrick7546]

T'challa in the ancestral sphere? Damn that its deep: rest in power Chadwick boseman marvel doing good job keeping his legacy alive.

[@mon_nobi]

They really are doing well to keep his memory alive. It’s quite impressive

[@Christian_Luczejko]

Queen Ramonda screaming "for T'Challa" on the battle field choked me up real hard. Also, yeah. Tony's death totally took me by surprise because he was only stabbed in the shoulder and died almost instantly. I though he just fell unconscious and Pep was going to find him.

[@darkamora5123]

Get hit in the right place (brachial or sub-clavian artery) and a shoulder wound can render you unconscious in as little as 15 seconds, and dead in a couple minutes. Looking at it, probably the sub-clavian (which is between your clavicle, or collar bone, and your uppermost rib) and not the brachial (which goes below your shoulder joint running deep in your armpit). They are both major vessels that are under a LOT of pressure (like the carotid in your neck) because of their size and proximity to your heart. Completely transecting either of them (cutting or tearing them all the way across) would spray blood like a proverbial firehose. There really is no good place to suffer penetrating trauma like that to your torso, or high on your extremities. Especially with someone like Killmonger, who'd know exactly where to hit for it to be quickly fatal.

[@LostMySauce]

This was my favorite episode so far because I love Killmonger as a villain and MBJ does a great job portraying him.

[@khoward0167]

I have to sat, Killmonger and this episode gave me Anikin Skywalker, Senator Palpatine vibes... I love it...

[@ADdude]

Officially the element Tony found he calls if Badassium

[@unlockingsnow73]

Unofficially, the registration for elements didn't like the name and asked him to change it. And he might call it something but it might still reflect the properties of vibranium

[@omarcrespo77]

I've had it before! It tastes like coconut... and metal...

[@michaelkaszynski7658]

When Killmonger puts his spear in the drone across the logo it reads, "STARK IN DUST."

[@thinkingbumbero2756]

his press conference takeaway went different because he never met Ho Yinsen.. It was him who change Tony's heart..

[@Stringlord]

At 9:35 you mention the Watcher looking more corporeal. I've noticed that his facial features are more and more similar with the actor voicing him (Jeffrey Wright). I expect to see him playing the Watcher in real life movies in the future.

[@Piccolorick]

When the Gundam army lights all start turning on in the distance, it reminded me of Game of Thrones when all the Dothraki torches go out in the distance

[@Dark-ki7lf]

About General Ramonda, as this takes place way before Black Panther. She's still the Queen. It may be that whoever is Queen will be General. So when T'Chaka dies, she's no longer the Queen and retired. But we can see this beast avatar of Queen Ramonda in Wakanda Forever. I actually have doubts if Black Panther 2 fully takes place in the future 🤔

[@kyleferguson2176]

Interesting take on the cost of Killmongers vengeance was the death of two black men. I agree that Stane didn't need to be a mastermind

[@CDiesel720]

"Ayo lesson here Bey....you come at the king...you best not miss" The Wire is still one of the greatest shows to ever grace a television screen. R.I.P Michael Williams (Omar)

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

What's interesting for The Watcher is that Tony never becoming Iron Man leading to a ripple effect; what would the Avengers look like? What happens in the fight against Thanos? Without Tony's famous "I'm Iron Man" snap, how does the fight with Thanos end? Remember that it was Tony Stark who designed the tech for the time heist, so without Tony, Thanos's snap is probably permanent. For the *Watcher, this is the Universe where half of life gets wiped out permanently.* That sounds like a big deal!

[@elsiemon]

I think the spear in Tony's right shoulder is meant to parallel how he was impaled with shrapnel in the sacred timeline on his left side, close to his heart. Killmonger spared his heart because of their time together but had to kill Tony, in comparison to how he enjoyed killing Klaue and Tchalla to some degree

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

KillMonger stabbed him also with the knife he used to carve another scar.

[@darkamora5123]

@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 no he doesn't. Watch it again, he forces the spear deeper (with both hands) Tony collapses, Killmonger draws his knife, marks himself, and returns the knife to its sheath. He never stabs Tony with the knife.

[@AD-nv7nw]

My favorite part of this episode was just getting to hear killmongers theme again its so fucking good. The mix between the wakandan music and modern rap/hiphop

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

I loved this episode of *What If...?* and the way Killmonger's strategic thinking was put on display shows why he is the best and most thorough villain in the MCU (well, until *Kang,* natch). When Klaue called him "boy" I said out loud "BOY?!!" and my expression and Killmonger's were the same. I loved that touch from the director, writers and animators. They captured the Black Death Glare really well.

[@garrisonsloan2466]

He connected a random throwaway line to The Phantom Menace but not the fact that there was a giant battle between battle between battle droids and soldiers with shields inside of a giant shield bubble?!?

[@iron-nia]

He literally even called them super battle droids

[@mjc73090]

One of Kilmongers military medals is the doctor strange symbol

[@FrameRage]

One thing I caught was that the mountain Killmonger watches the sunset/rise from in both Black Panther and this episode is called "Mount Bashenga". Bashenga is the name of the first Black Panther, the one to basically establish Wakanda

[@thosh3376]

The actual point where this universe splits off is where Ross joins the Air Force instead of the Army

[@JBBell]

I cannot wait for the inter-service shit-talking that's going to pop up here.

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

No the point it changed is tony had a different phone then the one he had in ironman 1. The episode is what if tony had his sidekick vs his flip Motorola.

[@darkamora5123]

@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 assuming a causal relationship, Ross joining the Air Force predates the invention of that particular phone by decades. That choice, obviously, led to the sidekick phone not being invented, and all the other changes. 😉

[@davidm4566]

Moral of the story: the wrong phone can get you into a bad timeline?

[@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79]

That’s the twist that turned everything, he had the wrong phone. Lol

[@davidm4566]

@@iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 LOL Killmonger started out just trying to get his phone back and it led him to all of the evidence against Obadiah.

[@KingPhilip_ULP]

Since the "when you come for the King" quote is from "The Wire," its kinda fitting since Michael B. Jordan was a character on the show. 🤔

[@MissingPleiad]

Killmonger continues to get some of the best lines : "The difference between the two of us is that you can't see the difference." Gave me chills.

[@maryham6533]

The guy Mick who voices Tony Stark is freaking awesome at it! Just saying...that's my opinion... that if anyone else thinks so... He's awesome! 😆

[@sampatterson2434]

So both Ross and Killmonger are villains. Ross is very up from with his obsessions and evil whereas Killmonger is duplicitous and manipulative. He is also smarter and is a sociopath. I love that Shuri steps up and shows she’s smarter than everyone else. I would love to see part 2 of this what if.

[@dland25]

Immediately had to see this video after processing that episode!

[@TiffanyLicorish]

I loved this episode but was just a little confused about the timeframe. Both T'challa and Eric would have been in their very early 20s in 2008 when Tony goes to Afghanistan, and Eric most likely wouldn't have had that hairdo or the number of kills as he would have probably just become a Seal. And wouldn't T'Chaka have still been the Black Panther at that time? And didn't the South African guy steal the vibranium from Wakanda years later? I have many questions...

[@Cyber_von_Aachen]

diffrent timeline diffrent events i guess

[@P1PWR]

Only thing I can say is that T’challa was hopping around in the BP suit before he was the BP right? Like how he was in Civil War

[@Getwright-]

Klaw (the South African) stole the vibranium while killmongers father was still alive. Helping him steal it was the crime that got killmonger father in trouble. It was implied that Okoyes husband (the rhino herder) had been waiting a long time for justice

[@darkamora5123]

If he was the same age as his actor, then Killmonger would have been, but T'Challa would have been around 30. You see,, the T'Challa becomes Starlord episode gives us a 9-11 year old T'Challa in 1988 (hard to say his age, exactly, but at least that old). Assuming all variants of an individual share a birth year, 20 years later in 2008 he'd be 29-31. Honestly they made T'Challa Chadwick Boseman's age (Chadwick was born in 1976) making him 31 or 32 depending on his birthdate and the date of the episode setting. Further, they might be fudging, and making Killmonger quite a bit older than Michael B. Jordan. MBJ is 34, which would make him 21 in 2008. However the opening scene of Black Panther, when Killmongers dad dies, is set in 1992 and the young Erik was played by an 11 year old, so despite reality, the adult character is six years older than MBJ, at 27 in 2008. Also, as another response pointed out, it was helping Klaue steal the vibranium that led to the 1992 confrontation between T'Chaka and Killmonger's dad. The tie in comics (which expand on some back story) has main time-line T'Challa becoming Black Panther in 2009. While Iron Man was set in 2008, the events of this episode may have dragged that far enough out of line to keep that 2009 date. Another explanation could be different reality different dates, or even simpler, a slight continuity oopsie. Take your pick.

[@TheShadowchiefstudio]

The mech nod is also a nod to Gen:lock, a mecha anime series Michael B Jordan was behind

[@Grimsg]

Man, Killmonger was fricken scary in this episode having played BOTH sides. He was pretty full on in the Black Panther film but the What If animation really shows how frighteningly smart and tactical he is.

[@loonaden9519]

Interesting detail - Killmonger's strategy to win T'chakka's trust is basically the same as Loki's in the movie, Thor: remove the beloved son from the scene, entice the enemy to enter, kill them in front of your family to earn their trust, prove that you are worthy of succession/ adoption into the realm/kingdom, and finally, become that successor to the noble position. In this What If episode, the tactic worked, in the case of Loki, it backfired to him. Also, while Loki was doing this, he made a visit to Thor (exiled on Earth) in what was supposed to be his last conversation with him. Here, Killmonger also had a final conversation in the ancestral plain with T'challa before he finally became Black Panther. The required intervention by good willed companions happened in time (Lady Sif & Warriors 3 was able to reveal Loki's scheme) to save Thor and prevent Loki from succeeding in his scheme. In this episode, Shuri's intervention is a little late to save T'challa but, who knows, maybe she has enough time to prevent Killmonger to continue his evil plan.

[@ahsokatano5583]

Is it just me or do these just keep getting better each episode?

[@djkittycat]

And an Omar reference from The Wire is extra awesome because MBJ played Wallace.

[@ebonieprincess1972]

This is the first video where you actually told the truth, THAT WAS MY MOM 😂😂

[@Hawk7886]

Nice!

[@RevengeOfThaNerd]

I'm very appreciative that you or someone on your team noticed and pointed out that Killmonger isn't truly a liberator just after vengeance and is using it as a conduit for his trauma. This was and still is a heavy topic in Blerd communities. Was Killmomger the hero and T'Challa the villain in Black Panther? The truth lies somewhere near the middle.

[@dshaynietheawesome]

One detail i noticed is that killmongers panther suit is different then the one from the 2018 Movie because shuri hasn’t made the nano tech suits yet and as a matter of fact it resembles the style of the 2016 panther suit tchalla wears in civil war and even this episode

[@TitanicTruths]

Nobody seems to be talking about when Tony and Killmonger are at the bar, and Tony compares them to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Pepper tells them that they (Butch and Sundance) both die in the end of their story. Mirroring how Tony and Killmonger died at the end of their stories in the MCU. Granted there is a possibility Killmonger may be coming back like the comics. But its still pretty symbolic.

[@jorgecarbajal8076]

7:52 In this episode, Ross is an Air Force general. This is a deviation from the main MCU where he is actually a US Army general.

[@redcomet7024]

The expression on Killmongers face when he's looking at the Wakandan sunset makes me think that like Dr. Strange maybe he saw the watcher too. The look was like surprise turning into a grin

[@aemzso]

Dr. Strange sensed the Watcher because he's a practitioner of magic. There's no reason why Killmonger would've sensed him. The Watcher isn't even there.

[@redcomet7024]

@@aemzso one, it's only assumed that's why Strange saw him. It could have been because ge had a strong spirit or the Watcher could have let him see him, we don't know. Second he's literally in the same shot as killmonger standing on the cliff so what do mean he's not there?

[@Steppin2theAM]

I loved watching this plan take its course. Putting emphasis on his mental acuity as opposed to his brawn. Sure wished they’d do the same with Batman one day 🥱

[@domblue]

I couldn't help but notice that Killmonger's plan to win Wakanda was similar to Loki's in 1st Thor movie. Making the enemies attack on his own kingdom and then killing the enemies to prove his loyalty.

[@PapaSplat]

I wish there was a What If/Multiverse version of Kilmonger who is actually a good guy and can be the next Black Panther by coming to the universe that we are familiar with. I just love the actor Michael B Jordan, and feel like he would play the role well. Besides, it is a little interesting how they got a “Big Hollywood Name” to return, to only voice one 30 minute long episode…isn’t it? His character felt a little expired by this point, sort of strange.

[@Triforce9426]

This episode really fired home just how cunning and tenacious Killmonger could be.

[@mk7893]

Also im just going to say that MBJ was in an anime called Gen:Lock which had giant gundam robots as well :)

[@FarzinAhammed]

Killmonger didn't see Tchalla in BP was because Tchalla was alive. But in What if Tchalla died hence, The field where they run forever as he quoted in Civil War and What if E5

[@bastiangierahn2313]

Killmonger's first name Erik is an Old Norse name that means solitary ruler. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the meaning of the name does fit his character :)

[@mmraf1]

12:45 the sign says "ONLY YOU CAN AVENGE TONY STARK" Thats tight

[@grimshock6983]

0:44 so it’s really, “What if Killmonger saved Tony Stark. And Tony used a different phone”

[@legoguystudio2211]

1:23 when I watched Killmonger vs those shooter, it feels like one of them didn't get shot

[@EverettBurger]

Still scratching my head as to why such a "shoot first, ask questions later" guy like Ross became Secretary of State.

[@ordinary_deepfake]

We literally have that now with general Milly talks with China

[@EverettBurger]

@@ordinary_deepfake Milley isn't Secretary of State.

[@AngieCarr]

Bruh, the fact you caught that Wire reference is 👌🏽, you’re the first reviewer I’ve seen to catch it. RIPMKW 🙏🏽

[@zemuzzy]

When we see only the drones's red lights from afar it reminds of Game Of Thrones in the Batthe of Winterfell against the White Walkers, when the Starks are watching from the castle

[@Allacorro]

Cool episode, but stupid how easy the drones went down. They ain’t super human so it doesn’t make any sense. Also dumb how arms dealer Tony Stark didn’t think to have the drone just shoot Killmonger. He straight up should have died in that fight.

[@guyshepard9658]

Alot of stupid shit in this episode. Like why didn't Tony just have the Robot hold Kilmonger down when he trapped him in his house. He could have taken the spear or just run to a saferoom while the police or military or whatever arrived. He just stood there like an idiot. Kilmongers just some dude he can't out muscle a giant fuckin robot that weights several tons. Or throw a missile several hundred feet into the air.

[@strawhatkane]

I'm guessing the drones went down so easy because Killmonger was seemingly controlling them, and he wanted the Wakandans to win to further his plan, and Tony made the original drone fight hand to hand because he assumed KM had no chance, gotta remember this version of Tony is still uber arrogant. That's just my opinion tho

[@050679rudy]

Omg!! Thank you for saying that about Tony dying from the spear... in the shoulder

[@andrewshandle]

I think a "what if King T'Chaka didn't kill his brother N'Jobu?" would have been more interesting, Killmonger grows up in Wakanda with slightly different beliefs sparking a civil war/fight for the throne with T'Chala or something. This just felt like mashing together Ironman and Black Panther movies into a hybrid movie...it was pretty, but not very interesting.

[@Mannyr-bu7qv]

Once I saw kilmonger I thought okay he's going to rule the planet

[@ssotkow]

Your dog being transfixed by the projector is adorable.

[@andrewshandle]

I know for the sake of timing that things have to move fast in the show (as they do in the What If comics), but people just trusted Killmonger in like 30 seconds in this episode. ;)

[@bangbangkill7431]

Right that's what I said wtf they just given him everything.

[@guyshepard9658]

@@bangbangkill7431 It's cuz he's dressed like Vegeta the Prince of all Sayans, so he must be the Prince of all Wakanda now.

[@msquared9605]

Yeah but he’s not just done regular Wakandan. He’s of royal blood

[@bangbangkill7431]

@@guyshepard9658 😂😂true that!!!! OK I changed my statement now 100%!!

[@andrewshandle]

@@msquared9605 Who's father was killed by the king of Wakanda.

[@ericthomas6241]

Not comment on this specific episode but I really like your youtube channel. I like forward to watching this on my lunch break almost as much as I look forward to the new episode (whatever show it is). Keep up the good work!

[@christopherwitt9062]

Tony was only able to miniaturize the Arc reactor because of the flash of insight he got during the torture/waterboarding in the Afghan cave. Without the stress, he couldn’t crack it. That’s why he dismissed it so fast in this episode. This is another huge ramification since the tech influenced all later armors, Spider Man’s suit, quinjets, and the SHIELD hover carriers

[@DestroIABM]

The vegetta costume was a Micheal B Jordan addition because he really does just love anime that much

[@peanutboys1]

This episode's content consisted of Iron Man 1-2, Civil War and Blackpanther at the same time crazy!