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"What If... 1872?"
What If...? episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 6
Directed byBryan Andrews
Written byMatthew Chauncey
Editing byAnton Capaldo-Smith
Original release dateDecember 27, 2024 (2024-12-27)
Running time32 minutes
Cast
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"What If... 1872?" is the sixth episode of the third season and 24th episode overall of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. TBD. The episode was written by Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little and directed by Bryan Andrews.

Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of TBD.

"What If... 1872?" was released on Disney+ on December 27, 2024.

Plot

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In the 1860s, Xu Xialing fled to America for a better life only to fall victim to the Hood's plan to enslave Chinese immigrants in order to consolidate his power. In 1872, Xu Shang-Chi is searching for his sister alongside Kate Bishop, who wants revenge on the Hood for killing her family. They find a decimated township and meet a boy, Kwai Jun-Fan, who claims the Hood attacked and left on a train. Shang-Chi, Bishop, and Jun-Fan find and board the train, where they discover that the missing immigrants have been brainwashed by the Hood's enforcer Sonny Burch. The Watcher helps Jun-Fan survive while Shang-Chi and Bishop are taken to the Hood, who is revealed to be a corrupted Xialing, who killed the original Hood and stole his powers. Burch confesses to killing Bishop's parents and attempts to brainwash her, until Jun-Fan rings the bell, freeing the prisoners and allowing Bishop to knock Burch out. Shang-Chi refuses to join or fight Xialing and Bishop kills her, freeing Xialing from the Hood's influence. Later, the pair observes Jun-Fan with the immigrants and rides off into the sunset. Subsequently, the Watcher is punished by the other three Watchers for his interference, causing shards of their observatory to spill into the multiverse.

Production

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Development

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TBD

Casting

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Jeffrey Wright narrates the episode as the Watcher,[1] with Marvel planning to have other characters in the series voiced by the actors who portrayed them in the MCU films.[2][3] The episodes stars TBD

Animation

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Reception

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Notes

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References

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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference S2ReturningActors was invoked but never defined (see the help page).