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This is the second of my videos on the Doctor Strange post-credits scenes.
In my first video, I discussed the mid-credits scene from the film which teases a major plot
point from an upcoming Marvel Phase 3 movie, but in this video I'm going to discuss the
final post-credits scene that appears right at the end of the movie after all the credits
have rolled.
Just so you're aware, if you haven't seen Doctor Strange yet, there is a major spoiler
here for a future movie, so if you want to avoid that you can check out my spoiler-free
review of the film right here.
The scene opens with a hooded figure walking into a workshop where Jonathan Pangborn is
working.
Pangborn asks "can I help you?" and the hooded figure takes off his hood, revealing himself
as Mordo.
Mordo replies: "I carried you to Kamar-Taj on a stretcher.
Look at you now Pangborn."
Just to recap: Pangborn is the paralysed man who Doctor Strange refused to meet when he
was a neurosurgeon as he said he was untreatable.
However, after his own accident, Strange met with Pangborn and learned that Pangborn had
discovered the power of magic at Kamar-Taj and was using it to heal himself so he could
live his life without being paralysed.
As for Mordo, he starts the film as Doctor Strange's ally, but by the end of the movie
is furious at Strange for using the Eye of Agamotto to manipulate time.
And on top of that, Mordo is also angry because he discovered that the Ancient One was using
power from the Dark Dimension to live longer than would normally be possible for a human
being.
Ok, back to the post-credits scene: Pangborn senses there's something wrong about Mordo,
so reaches for a crowbar.
He asks Mordo what he can do for him.
Mordo explains that he's been away for several months and had a revelation that "the true
purpose of a sorcerer is to twist things out of their proper shape, stealing power, perverting
nature, like you."
Pangborn replies that he's stolen nothing and that the power he holds is his own.
Mordo retorts ominously that "Power has a purpose."
Pangborn, who now realises Mordo has evil intent, tries to attack him with the crowbar,
but Mordo reaches into Pangborn's stomach and extracts a yellow light causing Pangborn
to collapse, his body now shaking as he's lost the magic he used to fight his paralysis.
Mordo then says he now understands what is wrong with the world, which is that there
are too many sorcerers.
The scene ends and cuts to the words "Doctor Strange will return."
So, this scene sets up a possible Doctor Strange sequel and a villainous role for Mordo in
the future MCU.
In the comics, Mordo studied with the Ancient One, but had nefarious objectives, and in
this final post-credits scene, we get to see his character tie up with his traditional
depiction as a villain in the comics.
In a Doctor Strange sequel, some of the plot could revolve around Mordo trying to rid the
world of sorcerers, for example, by taking their powers like he did with Pangborn and
amassing them for himself, getting ever more powerful.
Or what about this for a potential sequel idea involving Mordo?
Strange obviously succeeded in angering Dormammu in the movie by trapping him in a time loop
and forcing him to agree to end his assault on Strange's world and never come back.
Well, Strange also drew the wrath of Dormammu in the Strange Tales comics when Doctor Strange
told Dormammu: 'you must vow never to invade the earth'; and Dormammu agreed though he
was determined to get revenge on Strange.
Then later in the comics, Dormammu got around that agreement by using Mordo as a proxy,
telling Mordo, 'I shall give you power without limits so you may destroy Doctor Strange'.
So, perhaps we'll see Mordo ally with Dormammu in a similar way in a Doctor Strange movie
sequel.
Or Mordo could come back before then, for instance, in Avengers: Infinity War, if he
gets recruited by Thanos to help him recover the Infinity Stones.
By the way, I also felt there was an interesting, unintended, parallel between the post-credits
scene in Doctor Strange and the mid-credits scene in the Green Lantern movie where Mark
Strong's Sinestro, who's previously been on the Green Lantern's side, takes off his green
ring and puts on the yellow ring signalling his transformation into a villain, as well
as setting up a potential Green Lantern sequel that never was.
So, that was the post-credits scene for Doctor Strange.
Were you excited to see Mordo turn to the dark side and fulfil his comic-book villain
role?
And what would you like to see in a Doctor Strange sequel?
If you haven't seen it yet, you can check out my breakdown of the mid-credits scene
here and do make sure you're subscribed and you've got your notifications turned on for
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egg breakdown, my movie review, WTF facts about the film and also interviews with the
cast.
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