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Avengers Doomsdays is the start of the culmination of the Multiverse saga, but unlike Infinity War and Endgame, which brought together just about everything, not everything in this saga is relevant to this movie.
the Multiverse saga
means the Multiverse storyline / story arc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
story = usually one story
This movie tells a love story.
saga = a huge, long-running story, often made up of many separate stories.
Think:
movie → story
several connected movies → series/franchise
a huge interconnected storyline spanning many movies → saga
There are things you can completely skip and others that you need to watch for Avengers Doomsdays. So, in this video, I’m going to be covering the entirety of the Multiverse saga in release order, movie by movie, TV show by TV show, and determine whether or not I think you need to watch this movie or
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TV show for Avengers Doomsdays. Obviously, we don’t know everything about this movie yet, and I am intentionally not looking at any leaks because I do not want to know, and I’m sure most of you don’t want to know, either. But, based on what we do know and the trailers, I think we can generally understand what movies and shows are necessary to watch and what aren’t. Before we start, I want to give a huge shout out to the King Tier members for the extra support. If you want to become a member, click the join
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button on my channel page. And while you’re at it, like the video and comment down below what you think is and isn’t required viewing for Avengers Doomsdays. To start, we have before the Multiverse saga, Avengers Endgame, which, of course, everybody has already seen. But, what people haven’t seen is Avengers Endgame Encore, which is a re-release of the movie this year featuring new scenes connecting directly to Avengers Doomsdays. Technically, that’s the very last release. Since we are going in
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release order, for the most part. That brings us to the Multiverse saga, and Doomsdays does genuinely manage to connect to a lot, but certainly not everything and not even most. The WandaVision saga, for instance, is mostly unconnected. The movie doesn’t feature Wanda, Vision, Billy, Tommy, or Agatha. So, we can eliminate WandaVision, mostly. We’ll get back to it. As well as Agatha All Along and Vision Quest. But, I am sure they will all come back to being relevant in Avengers Secret Wars with the
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appearances of all of those characters. Not everything will, though. There are projects that I am certain will be all but abandoned in this saga. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is not one of them. This series turned Sam into Captain America, but honestly, I’d argue that going from Endgame straight to Brave New World makes just as much sense in that regard. With the same going for the debut of Joaquin Torres. Yes, he debuts in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but he can just as easily be a
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debut character in Brave New World. What this show did accomplish, however, is the introduction of the story of John Walker. US Agent later joins the Thunderbolts and it’s the Thunderbolts that become important as the team now known as the New Avengers in Avengers: Doomsday and Thunderbolts we could already say is one of the most connected movies to Avengers: Doomsday. It even has an end credit scene from that movie. Black Widow is important for a similar reason. The introductions of Yelena
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Belova and Red Guardian. You could also argue that Ant-Man and the Wasp is important for the introduction of Ghost and I would largely agree, but it does feel wrong to say that it’s required viewing to the conclusion of the Multiverse saga considering it’s barely connected at all. Obviously, the other and main sequel to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captain America: Brave New World, is required viewing as well. It introduces the new Falcon, sets up the creation of Sam’s Avengers, and sets
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up some sort of vague multiversal threat. Speaking of Sam’s Avengers, the team also includes Ant-Man and Shang-Chi and the movie will also include Cassie Lang making Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings necessary watches for this movie. Although, Quantumania would have been far more important for the hypothetical Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and maybe Shang-Chi with his Ten Rings might have been as well. So, we kind of went out of the release order, but to
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recap so far, we have The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Captain America: Brave New World and the Thunderbolts all connecting to Avengers: Doomsday. But, there’s more. Back to the release order, we have Loki, the series that always felt the most important to the saga and despite the fact that they abandoned Kang, it definitely still is. Loki appears in the trailer. We see either him or somebody else holding a
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TVA card that shows the new tree multiverse behind it. This means, obviously, it takes place after Loki season 2. But, for some reason, I guess Loki is off the multiversal throne, not holding the timelines together at some point. Whatever might be happening, Loki’s two seasons are required viewing, more so than any other TV show. I think we could say confidently What If isn’t and never will be required viewing. I would say that’s a good thing, that an anthology series showcasing random
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universes is just random adventures and shouldn’t matter, but they did turn the series into a non-anthology, so it is still possible that the Watcher will appear, but I think if the series is relevant, it’ll be relevant only in a Watcher cameo, or maybe it will be in Secret Wars, but not Doomsday. Eternals is probably the least connected movie in the saga. The movie introduces a bunch of new heroes and new lore, but they have yet to be brought back in any meaningful way, nor do I think any of
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them will be in Doomsday or even Secret Wars. There’s rumors that the next Avengers movie after that will be Judgment Day, and that will incorporate them, but for now, the only bit of relevance this movie has is setting up the Celestial Adamantium plot that Captain America bravely the world, which is a movie with required viewing, but I don’t think that’s enough to make Eternals required viewing for Doomsday, like at all. Something similar is true for Hawkeye, since Yelena appears there,
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leading into her appearance in Thunderbolts. And while that’s a nice connection, it doesn’t make Hawkeye required viewing for Doomsday. Neither Hawkeyes are appearing in Doomsday and neither is the Kingpin, so Hawkeye is not relevant. Spider-Man: No Way Home includes the multiverse, which is important to the saga, but Spider-Man himself is not appearing in Doomsday as far as we could tell, and neither are either of the other Peters or Doctor Strange. Maybe on Doctor Strange. This movie is absolutely critically required
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viewing for Avengers: Secret Wars and obviously Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but not Doomsday. Although, it doesn’t really matter because if you watch Marvel movies, you’ve certainly seen Spider-Man: No Way Home. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is almost certainly required viewing as well. Doctor Strange hasn’t been officially confirmed to be appearing, Benedict Cumberbatch has hinted that he will be, But, regardless, the concept of incursions was introduced in the Multiverse of Madness, and incursions
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will almost certainly, like, there’s a 99% chance will have a big role in Avengers: Doomsday. Ms. Marvel isn’t appearing, and neither is Captain Marvel, so we would be able to eliminate both Ms. Marvel and The Marvels. Except, The Marvels includes an end credit scene that directly sets up the X-Men side of Avengers: Doomsday. As Monica ends up in an alternate X-Men universe, including a Beast and a version of her mother named Binary. There has yet to be confirmation of Monica or Binary appearing in this
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movie, but Beast is, as a part of this new X-Men lineup without those two. This seems like an unusual decision considering it was that end credit scene that set up this X-Men team, and Monica and Binary should be in that world. Then again, Beast and Nightcrawler are actually not shown in the trailers as of yet. So, maybe characters are being kept a secret. Maybe Beast’s scenes do involve Monica, and she just simply has not been confirmed to be in this movie. I’m not sure about Carol or Kamala, but
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I do think Monica Rambeau will be appearing in this movie as she’s in the X-Men’s world. Her appearance in WandaVision explains how she got her powers, but while that isn’t enough to make WandaVision required viewing, her inclusion and the X-Men’s inclusion makes The Marvels, or rather maybe just the end credit scene of The Marvels, required viewing. Thor: Love and Thunder might be a bit difficult to sit through, and Doomsday’s tone being so completely different might feel weird, but Thor is
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seeming like he’ll be the single most important character in this movie. He seems like he’ll have the most screen time, and the movie will feature his adopted daughter, who was introduced in Thor: Love and Thunder. So, Love and Thunder is unfortunately required viewing. We then have a bunch of skips in a row. I Am Groot isn’t even required viewing for the Guardian side of the world, it’s just fun side adventures. We could also lump in the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy projects in
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there as well. Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Volume 3 are are required viewing as it doesn’t seem like the Guardians are appearing in Doomsday and they might not even be appearing in Secret Wars. They kind of got a finale and that’s perfectly fine. With the exception of Star-Lord which could make Secret Wars connect to Volume 3, but I don’t think he’s appearing in Doomsday. Although, I think it would be cool if he is because Sam’s Avengers do not have enough members and he could be one of
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them. She-Hulk Attorney at Law feels like an alternate universe with different versions of Hulk and Daredevil and an almost cartoonishly comedy-focused Marvel Universe and a new son of Hulks who will never appear again most likely. Whatever it may be, no character in She-Hulk appears in Doomsday, so until Secret Wars, it’s not required viewing, but even then they’d have to bring back She-Hulk or Skaar back for it to rise to that level and even then because it’s so comedy-focused and not really relevant to anything, you
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probably never have to watch She-Hulk. Werewolf by Night is wholly standalone for now and likely will never be required viewing for anything other than a Midnight Sons movie which might be the case for Moon Knight as well. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is one of the main required movies as it makes major changes to the Wakanda side of the world which will have a big role in this movie. It kills off T’Challa and Ramonda, it turns Shuri into Black Panther and M’Baku with the king while introducing Namor and Talokan. As we see
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in the trailers, all of these characters and even locations will have large roles. Secret Invasion is an absolute waste of space piece of garbage which they should connect to Doomsday by confirming that it took place in its own separate universe. De-canonize it from the regular universe. Maria Hill is still alive and Gaea is not out there. She does not have all those powers. But then this alternate universe has an incursion with the She-Hulk universe destroying both. Frankly, it could be a pretty easy way to eliminate bad or
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non-important projects while also making it so that everything in the multiverse saga connects to Doomsday. This is the multiverse saga. Redcon everything bad and unwanted to be from other universes in the multiverse. Secret Invasion and She-Hulk are the ones that would fit that premise the best. That’s not what’s happening though, so Secret is absolutely not required. And even if it is, it’s not required anyway. And now there is Echo, which honestly doesn’t even feel required viewing for the
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Kingpin storyline that it tried to help set up. Deadpool and Wolverine is in a questionable position as it does have a few connections to Doomsday, but I’m not sure if it’s required viewing. It includes the TVA who will be featured somewhat in Doomsday and introduces Channing Tatum’s Gambit who will be on the X-Men team. Plus, generally it acted as the true reintroduction to the Fox or at least Fox-style X-Men, but I’m not sure. Deadpool is yet to be confirmed to be in this movie, although it is heavily
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rumored that he is. None of the other X-Men aside from Gambit appeared in Deadpool and Wolverine, and I highly doubt the events of the movie or the events surrounding the TVA will be relevant to Doomsday. I would, however, wager a bet and say that they might have deliberately added a few extra connections because of the huge success of Deadpool and Wolverine because there already is the Gambit connection. I would actually be relatively surprised if we don’t see a few other X-Men in this movie that they’re simply keeping a
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secret because they want some shock in the movie. So, I think we can relatively confidently say that this movie is required viewing. And also, prediction, Deadpool and Wolverine will both be appearing in Avengers: Doomsday. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is absolutely not required viewing, and the fact that it’s considered a part of the saga is weird. Daredevil: Born Again on the other hand, now that is the single most important thing to watch before Avengers: Doomsday. Since, and this is a
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leak, it’s been confirmed that Daredevil will whoop Doctor Doom’s ass. No, but in all seriousness, no, it’s not required. And then there’s Ironheart, Eyes of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies, Wonderman, and The Punisher: One Last Kill all have a very low chance of being relevant to Doomsday if at all. However, the Fantastic Four: First Steps absolutely is. Obviously, it introduces the Fantastic Four, Earth-838, and Franklin Richards’ cosmic power while setting up Doctor Doom who comes from that world.
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And finally, Spider-Man: Brand New Day. This movie is huge with Spider-Man, Hulk, Punisher. Is it important for Doomsday? I’d say almost certainly not. The movie’s actually releasing like in a few days, and I’m sure maybe it’ll have an end credit scene leading into Doomsday, in which case that end credit scene is relevant, but I don’t think the movie itself will be. I think Brand New Day and Doomsday are the two big movies this year that will come together in next year’s Secret Wars. So, Brand New
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Day will be important for Secret Wars and will connect a bit to Doomsday, but I do not consider it required viewing. Looking beyond the Multiverse saga, this movie is bringing back the X-Men, the Fox X-Men to be specific. So, are the Fox X-Men movies required viewing? Well, looking at the members, the cast is from the original movies, including X-Men, which introduces Cyclops, Professor X, Mystique, and Magneto. X2, which introduced Nightcrawler. X-Men: The Last Stand, which introduced Beast. And
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X-Men: Days of Future Past, which [music] is the last appearance of that cast until now. That said, while those movies might make you feel more connected to these characters, I don’t think any of them are required viewing for Doomsday, especially since I don’t think these are the Fox X-Men. It’s more like a new universe with the same actors as the Fox X-Men existing in a bit more of a colorful and comic booky reality. I mean, Gambit was never a member, Cyclops never wore a costume like this,
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Nightcrawler only ever appeared once, Beast was made through practical effects, not CGI, so he looked completely different, and Mystique lost her powers and was never a member of the X-Men, not counting the prequels, which is like, again, it’s so confusing. The Fox X-Men timeline never made sense, but even if this is some sort of new timeline of the Fox X-Men, maybe a direct continuation of the new timeline in Days of Future Past, maybe they’ll reveal that none of the other Fox X-Men movies take place in the Days of Future
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Past future timeline, I still cannot justify any of them being required viewing. So, that is the required viewing, but also there are levels to this. The projects that are not required at all includes What If seasons 1 to 3, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, I Am Groot seasons 1 and 2, She-Hulk Attorney at Law, Werewolf by Night, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Secret Invasion, Echo, Agatha: All Along, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Daredevil: Born Again, Ironheart, Eyes of Wakanda,
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Marvel Zombies, Wonderman, and The Punisher: One Last Kill. The projects that are not required, but do have a connection that something that does includes Ant-Man and the Wasp to Thunderbolts, Wanda Vision to The Marvels and credit scene, Hawkeye to Thunderbolts, Eternals to Captain America: Brave New World, and Spider-Man: No Way Home to Spider-Man: Brand New Days end credit scene. The projects that are required viewing for projects that are required viewing for Doomsday include The Falcon and the
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Winter Soldier for the Thunderbolts and Brave New World, and the Black Widow for the Thunderbolts. Required viewing and credit scenes are The Marvels and probably the Spider-Man: Brand New Day end credit scene, but finally, the actual required viewing includes Loki season 1, Loki season 2, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Deadpool and Wolverine, Captain America: Brave New World,
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Thunderbolts, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and Avengers: Endgame encore. Ten movies, two seasons of TV, and a few end credit scenes are absolute required viewing. But if you also include the projects that set up these projects, it makes up around a third of the Multiverse saga. They can connect another large portion, maybe even the other half in Secret Wars, but I doubt they’ll be able to connect absolutely everything. Unless they go down the route of putting the bad projects on alternate universes they destroy, which
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they absolutely should, but will not do. So, that’s it for now. Thanks so much for watching, and I’ll see you later.