The MCU’s first foray into the realm of animation has arrived, as Wednesday morning brought the series premiere of Marvel’s What If…? to Disney+. The debut episode is all about Peggy Carter taking the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers, becoming Captain Carter and helping take down Hydra in World War II. While the episode is mostly straight-forward, there is a supernatural element in its third act that has fans believing a major Marvel monster has made its way to the MCU, albeit in an alternate reality.
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As teased in the trailer, Captain Carter has a run-in with some sort of tentacled alien creature, though we’ll save the specifics of the encounter to avoid any spoilers. Plenty of fans are convinced that the creature is actually Shuma Gorath, the villainous monster that is rumored to be the antagonist of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
There’s no confirmation as to whether or not the creature in What If…? is Shuma Gorath, but there’s plenty of evidence to support it. Not only does it have the right look, but it also makes sense in the context of the greater MCU, with Doctor Strange 2 arriving early next year.
Regardless, Marvel fans took to Twitter to theorize about the alien’s identity, and what it could mean going forward.
Obvious?
#WhatIf Spoilers
โ val (@rivccan) August 11, 2021
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i think this is obvious that it is Shuma Gorath, but idk akshdksjsn pic.twitter.com/tsD3s1dfvW
Could It Be?
What Ifโฆ? Ep 1 Spoilers.
โ The One Above All (@Spectacular_PVR) August 11, 2021
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If this is supposedly Shuma Gorath, and both Shuma Gorath, and Captain Carter are reported to appear in โDoctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madnessโ, could Shuma Gorath be this version of that reappears in the film?? pic.twitter.com/uQEIZZg8dT
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So its likely that sheโll be in DS2 this looks like Shuma Gorath 9/10 episode โฃ๏ธ #WhatIf #CaptainCarter pic.twitter.com/cuYOaTUmYf
โ rayven she/her (@scarletstrangee) August 11, 2021
Getting My Hopes Up
Me getting my hopes up for Shuma Gorathโs MCU debut after I saw green tentacles come out of a portal pic.twitter.com/Wv8bwlNYxq
โ James Degnan (@JamesDegnan12) August 11, 2021
Right??
So the octopus creature thing in #WhatIf was Shuma Gorath right??
โ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ (@eternalwhitman) August 11, 2021
Theories
About the first episode of What If:
โ ๐ข Nightmare’s bitch (@godof_magic) August 11, 2021
If you thought those green tentacles were Shuma-Gorath, but disbelieved after seeing a mouth with teeth and thought “It’s not Shuma-Gorath, he has no teeth, just a big eye”, don’t worry, your/our theories may still be right. That is why: pic.twitter.com/2I1RdyzMk2
Had To Be
#WhatIf SPOILERS
โ That’s the way… (@Maahi_Veh) August 11, 2021
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THAT HAD TO BE… SHUMA GORATH?! Oh my lord. pic.twitter.com/1OlTawhBaO
Put Money On It
I would put money on the #WhatIfMarvel Squid thing being Shuma Gorath, and that would be the perfect way to show a live action Captain Carter in MoM
โ white trash (@toothless_daddy) August 11, 2021
Multiverse of Madness
#WhatIf Potential Spoilers
โ connor in the multiverse of madness โค๏ธ๐ซ (@whoronomy) August 11, 2021
I’m betting any money that the final scene of Captain Carter will be set AFTER Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and that wherever her and Shuma Gorath went will be somewhere that Strange and that stumble across in the film. pic.twitter.com/wBSiWTnb5f
On The Case
trying to figure out if that squid was Shuma-Gorath pic.twitter.com/nE3O3o2iv6
โ the bad guy (@thescarletprint) August 11, 2021
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