Spider-Man: No Way Home
TheSpider - Man : No Way Hometrailer showed Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) casting a reckless tour , butWhat If … ?explains why his misunderstanding produce sense . Some viewers picked apartDoctor Strange ’s actions in theNo Way Hometrailer , paint a picture that he seemed off compared to hisAvengers : Endgameappearance . installment 4 ofWhat If … ? , “ What If … Doctor Strange Lost His ticker alternatively of His Hands ? ” , provides a good looking at at the grapheme and explain just how on - brand the move is for Stephen Strange .
The poke forSpider - Man : No mode Hometeases Peter Parker ( Tom Holland ) asking for Doctor Strange ’s help to make the world forget his secret identity . While Master Wong ( Benedict Wong ) apprise heavily against it before his departure before his portal , Doctor Strange go ahead and wander the spell anyway after a coy wink to Peter , causing the multiverse to collapse in on itself beforehand ofDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness . What If … ?episode 4 catch Strange trying to commute the timeline in a different way , one that create anevil version of Doctor Strangethat threatens to ruin that timeline ’s universe .
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InWhat If … ?the Ancient One attempts to stop unusual by using siphoning powerful magic from the Dark Dimension to split up Doctor Strange in two , causing his evil and safe way of life to happen simultaneously within that timeline . When she appears the succeeding version of the “ good ” Strange , he is nimble to indicate out that splitting Strange ’s timeline might not have been the “ simplest or smartest ” mode to attempt to save the reality . The Ancient One coolly brushes this off say that it ’s “ super dangerous , actually . ” As Doctor Strange was guided in the orphic graphics by the Ancient One , the fact that her response to being called out on having done something impulsive and life-threatening is one of seeming smugness at her own power explains why Strange ’s training did not curb urges toprove himself in hazardous ways when Peter Parkercomes to ask for help .
While the Doctor Strange of theSpider - Man : No Way Hometrailer might seem drastically unlike from the Strange that audience saw inAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgame , it is extremely similar to the character reference in the original movie . InDoctor Strange , the character is implike and reckless as he sneaks books from the library and consistently defies the prescript in his drive to learn more and find solutions to his problem . The Doctor Strange of theAvengersmovies might seem tame by comparability , but he is facing a universe - encompassing cataclysm , is cursed with the cognition allow by the Time Stone , and is on - concealment next to even morereckless part like Iron Man and Star - Lord .
Both the trailer forSpider - humans : No Way HomeandMarvel ’s What If … ?episode 4 use the same proficiency to call back to Stephen Strange ’s rebelliousness of Wong back when he work as the librarian . In each , immediately before Strange goes forth with his bad mind , Wong attend what he is thinking , advises him against it , and then leaves him to make his own conclusion . Doctor Strange might now be the Sorcerer Supreme of the Masters of the Mystic Arts , but he will always be the same Stephen Strange who chafes against an authority that attempt to abnegate him his quest to do something impressive and show off his world power .
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