Scripted series · Disney+
What If...?
One question changes everything.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Jeffrey Wright
The Watcher (voice)
26 eps
Dominic Cooper
Howard Stark (voice)
2 eps
Stanley Tucci
Dr. Erskine (voice)
2 eps
Josh Brolin
Thanos (voice)
3 eps
Shane Sweet
Additional Voices (voice)
2 eps
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Ebony Maw (voice)
3 eps
Matthew Yang King
Additional Voices (voice)
3 eps
Danai Gurira
Okoye (voice)
3 eps
Michael Rooker
Yondu (voice)
3 eps
Debra Wilson
Additional Voices (voice)
9 eps
Taika Waititi
Korg (voice)
4 eps
Karen Gillan
Nebula (voice)
4 eps
Seth Green
Howard the Duck (voice)
5 eps
Chadwick Boseman
T'Challa / Black Panther (voice)
4 eps
Rachel House
Topaz (voice)
3 eps
Clancy Brown
Surtur (voice)
3 eps
Michael Ralph
Additional Voices (voice)
6 eps
June Christopher
Additional Voices (voice)
4 eps
Kaitlyn Robrock
Additional Voices (voice)
3 eps
Jeremy Renner
Clint Barton / Hawkeye (voice)
4 eps
Alexandra Daniels
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (voice)
4 eps
Dave B. Mitchell
Additional Voices (voice)
9 eps
Frank Grillo
Brock Rumlow (voice)
4 eps
Shelby Young
Additional Voices (voice)
10 eps
Sebastian Stan
Bucky Barnes (voice)
7 eps
Fred Tatasciore
Additional Voices (voice)
15 eps
Kat Dennings
Darcy (voice)
4 eps
Toby Jones
Arnim Zola (voice)
3 eps
Mark Ruffalo
Bruce Banner / Hulk (voice)
5 eps
Benedict Cumberbatch
Doctor Strange (voice)
6 eps
Arthur Ortiz
Additional Voices (voice)
4 eps
Helen Sadler
Additional Voices (voice)
9 eps
Matthew Wood
Additional Voices (voice)
22 eps
Jon Favreau
Sir Harold 'The Happy' Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice)
4 eps
Robin Atkin Downes
Additional Voices (voice)
14 eps
Terri Douglas
Additional Voices (voice)
25 eps
Kimberly Bailey
Additional Voices (voice)
3 eps
Kurt Russell
Ego (voice)
3 eps
Piotr Michael
Additional Voices (voice)
8 eps
Ross Marquand
Infinity Ultron (voice)
6 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How What If...? actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
What If...? reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 26 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20219 episodes
7.0IMDbBest episode · S01E04 What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20239 episodes
6.5IMDbSeason two continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the vast multiverse, introducing brand new and familiar faces throughout the MCU.
Best episode · S02E07 What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20248 episodes
5.5IMDbSeason 3 follows classic characters as they make unexpected choices that will mutate their worlds into spectacular alternate versions of the MCU.
Best episode · S03E03 What If... The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
A grief-stricken Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto in a dangerous effort to change the past.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by A.C. Bradley
S01E08
What If... Ultron Won?
Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton seek to destroy killer-robot Ultron following a cataclysmic event.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by Matthew Chauncey
S01E09
What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?
The Watcher breaks his oath and recruits heroes from across the multiverse to battle against Ultron.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by A.C. Bradley
S01E05
What If... Zombies!?
When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by Matthew Chauncey
S01E02
What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?
The rough-and-tumble space pirates known as the Ravagers abduct T’Challa instead of Peter Quill.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by Matthew Chauncey
S01E03
What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer.
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by Matthew Chauncey, A.C. Bradley
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S03E07
What If... The Watcher Disappeared? (1)
- Directed by Stephan Franck
S03E05
What If... The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?
- Directed by Stephan Franck
S03E04
What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?
- Directed by Stephan Franck
S03E03
What If... The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?
- Directed by Bryan Andrews
- Written by A.C. Bradley
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Kevin Feige
Executive producer
Victoria Alonso
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt
Executive producer
Louis D'Esposito
Executive producer
Brad Winderbaum
Executive producer
Bryan Andrews
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
A.C. Bradley
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Ryan Little
Writer
Matthew Chauncey
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kevin FeigeExecutive Producer
- Victoria AlonsoExecutive Producer
- Carrie WassenaarProducer
- Danielle CostaProducer
- Dana Vasquez-EberhardtExecutive Producer
- Dana Vasquez-EberhardtProducer
Writing
- Ryan LittleWriter
- Matthew ChaunceyWriter
- A.C. BradleyWriter
Direction
- Bryan AndrewsDirector
- Stephan FranckDirector
Music
- Laura KarpmanOriginal Music Composer
- Nora Kroll-RosenbaumOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Disney PlusStreaming
The wider universe
Connected Series
Marvel Television
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, episode by episode.
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