Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania wraps up Paul Rudd’s solo Marvel trilogy, following his fellow Avengers Iron Man, Captain America and Thor. Marvel’s three sequels tend to be epic in terms of size, scale, and stakes, and the dwindling superhero has certainly come a long way. In the trailers, we’ve seen Scott Lang and his family sucked into the Quantum Realm, where they come face to face with the MCU’s new Thanos-tier villain, Kang the Conqueror. Here are the franchise outings to watch, especially that Disney Plus TV episode, before watching the new movie for a proper rundown and hopefully an understanding of what’s going on in the multiverse.
Ant-Man (2015)
Scott Lang entered the MCU at the end of Marvel Phase 2. The thief meets the original Ant-Man and creator of the Pym particle, Dr. Hank Pym. His subatomic particles can increase and decrease in mass, density, and strength, giving his suit wearer the ability to shrink or increase in size.
After being ousted from his company by his former protégé Darren Cross, Pym trains Scott as the new Ant-Man to prevent Cross from using the same technology as a weapon for evil. He manages to defeat Cross, aka Yellowjacket, who had been harnessing the technology for HYDRA. The last we saw of the bad guy was shrinking into the Quantum Realm, where he will reappear in Quantumania as MODOK, a giant evil head that has undergone mutagenic medical experiments.
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Sam Wilson’s Falcon recruits Ant-Man to join Steve Rogers’ team in opposing the Sokovia Accords, which subjected the Avengers to government scrutiny. Scott turns into a giant ant in the epic German airport scene before being captured and imprisoned on the raft. Captain America then breaks him out of prison.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Ant-Man finds himself under house arrest two years after the events of Civil War. Scott is kidnapped by Hank and his daughter Hope van Dyne and the trio work to rescue the scientist’s wife, Janet, the original Wasp, from the Quantum Realm where she has been residing since 1987. They need to buy a piece of it from black market dealer Sonny Burch. , but he betrays them when he realizes the profit he can make from Pym’s work. He is later defeated and Janet is released from the Microverse.
During the mid-credits scene, the Pym family is keeping an eye on Scott, who is in the Quantum Realm collecting Quantum Energy. However, all three turn to dust after Thanos’ snap, which takes place simultaneously during the events of Avengers Infinity War. Scott is trapped in the Microverse and no one knows he’s there.
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Loki S1 E6: Forever. Always (2021)
The 2012 variant of Loki who escaped with the Tesseract in Avengers Endgame was apprehended by the Time Variation Authority, whose job it is to preserve the MCU’s sacred Timeline. In the final episode, Loki and his female variant, Sylvie, enter the Citadel at the end of time, where they meet a man called the One Who Remains. This is a variant of Kang the Conqueror, who created the TVA after the first multiverse war. The conflict was between 31st century variants of him who attempted to conquer other universes.
Jonathan Majors’ He Who Remains offers Loki and Sylvie the choice to either kill him and end the sacred timeline, which would either risk another multiverse war sparked by their variants, including Kang, or succeed him in TVA management. Sylvie kills him by triggering multiple Nexus events. Back at the TVA, the timeline has changed and Loki’s colleagues do not recognize him, while a statue of Kang the Conqueror stands tall.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
From what can be divulged from the trailers, Kang the Conqueror is trapped in the Quantum Realm and offers Ant-Man a Faustian deal, which Janet warns him not to accept: help the villain get out of the Microverse in exchange for time back. . with his daughter that he lost during 2018-2023.
Whatever happens, Ant-Man kicks off a multiverse story that will continue through Loki season 2 later this year and through 2025’s Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and 2026’s Avengers: Secret Wars.
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania hits theaters on February 17, 2023.
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