The BEST episodes of What If…?
Every episode of What If…? ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of What If…?!
Reimagining noteworthy events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and creating a multiverse of infinite possibilities.
#1 - What If… Ultron Won?
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/29/2021
Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton seek to destroy killer-robot Ultron following a cataclysmic event.
#2 - What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath?
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/6/2021
Captain Carter, T'Challa, Gamora, Killmonger, Thor and Dr Strange are gathered by the Watcher, who breaks his vow of non-interference. The heroes team up to save the multiverse from Ultron and the Infinity Stones.
#3 - What If… Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2021
A grief-stricken Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto in a dangerous effort to change the past.
#4 - What If… T’Challa Became a Star-Lord?
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2021
The rough-and-tumble space pirates known as the Ravagers abduct T’Challa instead of Peter Quill.
#5 - What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2021
Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer.
#6 - What if… Strange Supreme Intervened?
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/30/2023
Captain Carter discovers the greatest threat to all existence may be closer than she realizes.
#7 - What if… Hela Found the Ten Rings?
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/28/2023
Hela, stripped of her powers and banished to Earth, comes across a source of power: the Ten Rings.
#8 - What if… the Avengers Assembled in 1602?
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2023
Captain Carter tries to undo the anomaly that strands familiar heroes and villains in the year 1602.
#9 - What If… Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2021
When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world’s first super soldier.
#10 - What If… Zombies?!
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2021
When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.
#11 - What if… Kahhori Reshaped the World?
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/27/2023
A Mohawk woman ventures into the waters of the Forbidden Lake to help save her people.
#12 - What if… Peter Quill Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/23/2023
When Ego and a young Peter Quill threaten Earth in 1988, Howard Stark and Peggy Carter form a team.
#13 - What if… Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/26/2023
Captain Carter’s mission to save Steve Rogers sets her on a collision course with new enemies.
#14 - What if… Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/25/2023
Tony Stark challenges The Grandmaster, leading to a grand prix-turned-demolition-derby death match.
#15 - What If… Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2021
An American soldier called Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan.
#16 - What If…The Watcher Disappeared? (1)
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/28/2024
The Watcher must stand trial for his many interventions.
#17 - What If…What If? (2)
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2024
The end of the beginning.
#18 - What if… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2023
In a world where Ronan deposes Thanos long before the events of "Infinity War", Nebula is recruited to join the Nova Corps. Desperate to escape her father's shadow, she sets out to prove her detective chops.
#19 - What If… Thor Were an Only Child?
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/2021
Thor, who never learned to be a good hero, throws an out-of-control intergalactic party on Earth.
#20 - What If…The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/24/2024
The Red Guardian takes it upon himself to join a high-profile mission and prove himself to his superiors. When his antics interfere with the Winter Soldier's own mission the kill Howard Stark, the two Soviet super soldiers must form an alliance.
#21 - What if… Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/24/2023
Avengers Tower is under attack during the holiday party and it's up to Happy Hogan to stop it.
#22 - What If…The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/26/2024
In a Universe where the Eternals never stopped The Emergence, the birth of an incubating Celestial shatters the Earth. Civilization endures on the rocky remnants of our planet, where Quentin Beck leads an authoritarian regime.
#23 - What If…1872?
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/27/2024
In a universe where the heroes of the MCU live in the Old West, Shang-Chi and his pistol-packing partner, Kate Bishop, traverse the frontier, saving the innocent from the evils of The Hood.
#24 - What If…Howard the Duck Got Hitched?
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/25/2024
Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis find themselves on an intergalactic pleasure cruise. When dangerous factions from across the galaxy descend to threaten their trip, they must discover their own cosmic powers to withstand the onslaught.
#25 - What If…The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/22/2024
Captain America, Sam Wilson, must suit up in a colossal mech suit to battle Bruce Banner, after an attempt to cure himself of the Hulk goes horribly wrong. Bucky Barnes, Monica Rambeau, Moon Knight, and others must join Sam.