Hey everyone, I'm The Canadian Lad and today I'm gonna explain the mid and post-credit
scenes of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania! So you know there will be massive, massive
spoilers, so if you haven't watched the movie yet, then please come back to this video once you have!
But of course if spoilers don't matter to you or you have seen the film,
let me dig deeper and explain what the post-credit scenes of this movie really mean!
Because be assured, I'm gonna give you one detail at the end that will blow your mind!
But first things first, lemme give you a synopsis of the movie,
so you better understand the context.
But don't worry I won't waste time talking about the entire film because I understand
you're here for the post-credit scene breakdown, and not the entire film.
Now I'm gonna take a bit faster because I don't wanna take too long recapping the movie!
The movie opens with some flashback sequence where Janet Van Dyne meets Kang the Conqueror.
Kang has a ship that allows him to travel through the multiverse but Janet figures out
Kang is evil and essentially destroys his ship. Trapping them both deeper in the Quantum Realm.
Now, Kang has been The Conqueror ever since and he's been looking for Janet for revenge.
Now in Present Day Scott, Cassie,
Hank, Janet and Hope get sucked into the Quantum Realm by Cassie's device.
Scott tries to calm Cassie down by saying being in the Quantum Realm is just like camping.
We see a whole civilization living in the Quantum Realm.
And there Scott meets Kang. Now, Kang wants Scott to help him get out of the
Quantum Realm and says they should work together. Kang claims to be the only one who can stop
what's coming. When Scott asks what that is, Kang simply says "Me".
Kinda like what happened in Loki Season 1 where He Who Remains said this:
Scott then gets into the Quantum Nexus, where he meets several different versions of himself.
And he teams up with some of them to fight MODOK.
Scott has an emotional moment with Cassie, saying he messed up a lot in his life,
but she was the only thing he never did. He promises Cassie he'll get her home.
Kang tells Janet that she gave him a lot of time to plot his revenge by leaving him stranded in the
Quantum Realm. He tells her that when he leaves, the first universe he'll claim will be hers.
Kang reveals he has built an empire and says he'll take it with him to conquer all the universes.
We see Giant Cassie fighting MODOK and she tries to talk him into switching sides.
Giant Scott and Giant Cassie run to each other for a hug. He jokes about it feeling
like he's hugging Godzilla. Kang then has a standoff
with Scott, Hope, and Cassie. And there Hank flies in with a legion
of battle-armored ants and they attack Kang. Now towards the end of the film, Ant-Man slams
Kang's Multiversal Engine with a handful of pym particle discs and the engine starts collapsing!
And there Hope intervenes and kicks Kang into the Multiversal Engine
and that's how Kang gets killed. So that now you know what happens
in the movie and how the movie ends, let's dive into the mid-credit scene!
The mid credit scene is 80 seconds long and is very significant if
we consider the future of the MCU. It begins by showing us a Colosseum
surrounded by 3 giant Kang statues! And we hear a voice saying "So the
exiled one is dead." And the first Kang
variant we see here is Rama-Tut. Now, Rama-Tut was Kang's original
alias when he ruled ancient Egypt. He's originally from Earth-6311, where
he used his ancestor's time machine that took him to ancient Egypt where he seized the opportunity
and established himself as the Pharaoh Rama-Tut. And he asks "Are you sure the exiled one is dead?"
And the one answering him is another Kang Variant aka Scarlet Centurion, although he's
not red like he's in the comics. And he says "If it wasn't true,
I wouldn't call you" Rama-Tut then replies back "It must really eat
you up that you're not the one who killed him." And then we see another Kang variant aka
Immortus for the first time in the MCU, as the leader of The Council of Kangs.
He calls himself the Master of Time! "Gardener of Time" is more fitting!
He prunes away realities deemed by others to be dangerous, reducing reality to a bloodless meadow!
And he says "None of us killed him, they did. They're beginning to touch the multiverse."
And just as he says it, a portal opens up in front of them and we see the same branches
of time we've seen in Loki Episode 6. And then he says "And if we let them,
they will take everything. So let's stop wasting time, we are late."
And here we get a moment where Rama-Tut gives a stare at Scarlet Centurion.
So, they are NOT happy that their exiled variant was killed by others and not them.
Meaning they still hate Kang, the one who Hope killed, but they're just angry that an
outsider killed a Kang variant, and not them! Because that means the outside superheroes
are getting stronger by the day! If they could kill Kang the Conqueror, they might
end up killing some of the other Kangs as well. And that's why in The Council of Kangs, they call
upon all other Kangs for support, so they can all team up together and fight our superheroes!
The scene then ends in the Colosseum full of Kang variants, which shows like
a thousand different variants of Kang! And they're all cheering and screaming.
And if you're wondering why, it's because they're happy to see Immortus,
Rama-Tut and Scarlet Centurion. To all the other Kangs, these 3
are like the top tier of the group! All of these Kangs cheering also
goes to show how each Kang variant will follow Immortus' instructions and try to impress him!
And amidst the thousand different Kangs, we see a Skrull version! Meaning Marvel’s
Secret Invasion which comes out this year in Spring, may have another Kang variant's cameo!
Then comes the post credit scene and this is by far my favorite!
It's 40 seconds long and probably gives us a glimpse of what's coming next in the MCU because
it's footage directly taken from Loki Season 2. So it's not directed by Peyton
Reed who directed Quantumania. Anyway, it begins by showing us a stage that
has a lot of modern equipment for its time! And we hear Jonathan Majors'
voice saying "Time is everything." So obviously this equipment has to do
something with time, or perhaps it could be a time machine that he's building.
And then as the curtains of the stage move, we see exactly who this variant is!
It is none other than Victor Timely. Now in the comics, Victor Timely is a name taken
on by Nathaniel Richards aka Kang the Conqueror when he decides to travel back to the early 20th
century and set up a new base of operations. After losing a battle against the Avengers, Kang
escaped to the year 1901 where he called himself Victor Timely, and founded a town in Wisconsin
called Timely, and established himself as mayor. Over the decades, Victor Timely would continue to
rule the town, often using robots as stand-ins for himself as he continued to conquer the multiverse.
These robots could even age, allowing Kang and his stand-ins to pose not only as Victor Timely
but also as Victor Timely Jr. and Victor Timely the third as the years went by.
At the same time, he used his 20th-century base of operations to develop new technology.
And that is exactly what we could be seeing here in this post credit scene.
His inventions were even used by the Fantastic Four in the comics.
He also constructed Chronopolis in the comics, the city that we see in this movie.
Now, He Who Remains in Loki Season 1 actually talked about Victor Timely,
although he didn't take his name. Now I found an amazing hidden detail
here that I haven't seen anyone point out yet. And that is we see Victor Timely having a
gorgeous mustache just like he does in the comics. Now what if I tell you Victor Timely was already
shown to us visually in the final episode of Loki! That's right, take a look at this scene again:
Now, when He Who Remains was explaining how his variants helped each other before
starting a multiversal war, whatever he was saying, we could visually see
them through these holographic figures! Now notice the figure that appears when
he talks about Victor Timely. This figure has a mustache
just like Victor Timely. So Loki season 1 which
came out in 2021 has actually foreshadowed the arrival of Victor Timely 3 years ahead in time!
And that's what I call an easter egg! And this also means whoever was in
charge of CGI ing these figures, knew what Victor Timely looks like in the comics.
So hats off to Marvel for such incredible attention to detail.
Now coming to the post credit scene, I think the premise of Loki Season 2 is that he's
gonna try to track down the exact variant of Kang who ends up becoming He Who Remains!
Because Loki believes Sylvie shouldn't have killed him,
because that opened the door to another multiversal war!
So perhaps Loki is trying to track that exact variant which will end up becoming He Who Remains.
And that's why with the help of Mobius, he goes back in time to find Victor Timely.
And that's why this scene looks like it's taking place in the early 19th century!
Now Victor Timely says "Time shapes our lives, but perhaps we can shape it."
And seeing him doing the presentation, Loki says "It's him."
But Mobius of course gets deceived by Victor's disguise and says to Loki "But you made him sound
like he's a terrifying figure!" And Loki simply says "He is!"
And just like in the comics, people seem amazed at his presentation not knowing
Victor Timely is actually from the future. And that's how the post credit scene ends.
So its needless to say that the 2 post credit scenes of this film
are laying the groundwork for the next 5 years of the MCU!
The mid credit scene perfectly summed up what Kang Dynasty might look like,
and the post credit scene established we're gonna go deeper into Kang's backstory.
And I just realized, this will be the first time in the history of MCU that we are gonna
see the same actor aka Jonathan Majors play the villain role in almost all the major projects.
So hopefully you now have a better understanding of the 2 post credit scenes.
Lemme know if you noticed any other details or points from these scenes,
I'll be reading comments everyday! Till then, watch my breakdown of Loki
Season 1 where I watched all the episodes at 0.25x speed and found some incredible details.
My full breakdown of the film releases on 23rd. I'll see you lads in the next one!