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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania post-credits scenes explained

February 17, 2023

Full spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania follow.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has arrived in the cinemas – and the Wonder It’s unlikely that the Cinematic Universe (MCU) will ever be the same again. Not only is the Quantum Realm a whole new world for our characters to explore, but Kang the Conqueror – the MCU’s next Thanos-level threat – is officially in the game.

You can read our full Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania review for a spoiler-free version of the film. However, if you have already seen either Marvel phase 5 movie, or you want to indulge yourself silly with the details of the post-credits scene, read on.

This is your final warning: significant ant man 3 spoilers to follow.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania mid-credits scene explained – what’s the Kangs’ advice?

Is Kang the Conqueror dead or not? (Image credit: Marvel Studios)

At the end of it superhero movie, the banished Kang is presumed dead. He was sucked into the core of his time chair, apparently confirmed by a shadowy figure ominously saying, “The Exile is dead.”

The character is Jonathan Majors, dressed and dressed differently than another variant of Kang. His high-necked hat and sumptuous robes seem (at least from our cursory glance) to be indicative of Immortus, traditionally the oldest and most powerful of Kang’s many variants.

He’s talking again to – surprise, surprise – Jonathan Majors, who is wearing an ancient Egyptian headdress. In the comics, Kang rules Egypt as the pharaoh Rama-Tut for a time, and it appears this role has been given to another Kang variant and reimagined as the right-hand man of Immortus.

That’s not all. A third Kang variant, bald and decked out in futuristic armor, joins the duo as they discuss an incursion. This is not the first time we have heard this word: explained in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, A slump is what happens when universes collide and end up with one of those universes being destroyed.

Rama-Tut asks Immortus, “How many of us have you summoned?” to which Immortus replies, “All of us.” You walk out into a large coliseum where a cheering crowd of Kang variants appear through teleportation devices, a bit like the doors the TVA uses Loki season 1. There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of them, all behaving differently in individual variations on the villain’s classic outfits. This is the advice of the Kangs, hinted at earlier in the film when Kang (this is getting confusing, so let’s call him Prime Kang from now on) warned of the coming of “me… much of me.” The variant we assume Immortus appears to be leading this council.

A masked Kang stares offscreen at a Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

How many kangs did you spot in the mid-credits stinger? (Image credit: Marvel Studios)

It’s safe to say that these Kang variants will set off a multiversal war that will surely form the main storyline Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and be dissolved Avengers: Secret Warsboth of which are part of Marvel phase 6.

Just like in the Secret Wars comics, this will likely result in some of these universes merging into a single Earth Prime via the aforementioned Incursions. The problem with multiverse stories is that once you get too far down the rabbit hole, there’s no use for the heroes: anything that could happen, happens somewhere. It makes sense that Secret Wars would try to restore the main MCU once all the alternate reality shenanigans are over.

At the end of most MCU movies, there’s a legend like “Ant-Man and the Wasp (or whoever the heroes of the movie are) will return,” indicating that their story isn’t over yet. This time, however, the white text reads “Kang will return” instead.

As noted in our review, this is Kang’s movie rather than Scott and Hope’s, and Marvel is pulling out all the stops to get its audience excited for 2025 The Kang Dynasty by heralding the Master of Time as a real threat to the Marvel Multiverse.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Post-Credits Scene Explained – Mister Timely

Tom Hiddleston's Loki stares at a Sylvie offscreen in Loki Episode 2

Yeah, about that Loki season 1 finale stinger, um, Loki… (Image credit: Disney Plus/Marvel Studios)

In ant man 3‘s post-credits scene, Kang reappears in late 18th-century clothes and takes the stage in a vaudeville-style theater as “Mister Timely”. He addresses a packed crowd in a very HG Wells-esque monologue about his new temporal device. In the audience is Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Owen Wilson’s Mobius, which ties this film together nicely Loki season 2which will debut on DisneyPlus later this year.

Though Mobius asks in disbelief “That’s the guy you’re worried about?” Loki, the god of mischief, encountered a variant of Kang, also known as He Who Remains, in the Loki Season 1 Finale, and understands the threat he poses. Where does this scene fit into Loki’s timeline? MCU fans will have to brace themselves for Season 2 to find out.

For more Marvel-based coverage, check out our ranking Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in our The best Marvel movies Guide. Also find out how to watch the marvel movies in orderor learn If ant man 3 could end up on Disney Plus.

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