Marvel Studios
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hit theaters on May 6.
- The film was chock full of cameos from Marvel heroes from other universes.
- Marvel fans had some jokes about the appearance of the Illuminati in the movie.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hit theaters over the weekend and delivered on the promise of its title by using the premise of the multiverse to unleash all sorts of chaos in the MCU, particularly when it came to the appearance of famed Marvel heroes from other realties.
Warning: this article will contain spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
At about the halfway point of the film, as Wanda is chasing Doctor Strange and America Chavez through the multiverse, the heroic pair take refuge in Earth-838, which is the universe that’s home to the Illuminati.
Essentially the P.H.D. version of the Avengers, Earth 838’s Illuminati consists of Chiwetel Ejiofor as an alternate Baron Mordo, Lashana Lynch as an alternate Captain Marvel, Haley Atwell as Captain Carter, Anson Mount as Black Bolt, Patrick Stewart as Professor X, and finally, John Krasinski as Mr. Fantastic.
Marvel fans crack jokes about Mr. Fantastic and the Illuminati getting bodied by Wanda
Despite the excitement of the Illuminati’s introduction, their departure was just as quick as Wanda Maximoff absolutely MOPPED the floor with them, killing each member in a way more brutal than the last:
DOCTOR STRANGE MOM SPOILERS#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness #wanda
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me being excited
that reed richards
& professor x are 5 mins later:
in the mcu: pic.twitter.com/aZSWbxoMlc— Lucy🪻 (@lucyax04) May 5, 2022
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/Black Bolt, Reed Richards, Captain Carter, Captain Marvel getting absolutely decimated.
Professor X: pic.twitter.com/IwmxQUiVTZ
— Kristian (@sleptonzzz) May 8, 2022
#MultiverseOfMadness spoilers
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me when reed richards was played by none other than john krasinski only to lose him in the next scene:pic.twitter.com/q7OQtm6lHf— ame (@ihrtlivs) May 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/LaFlamesWeeknd/status/1522474046100848640
https://twitter.com/uknowlefteye/status/1523651506968227840
"The smartest man alive, Reed Richards" – couldn’t keep his mouth shut revealing Black Bolt’s superpower to Wanda pic.twitter.com/x97wKTP6WV
— Rithik's Legion (@Cinema_Legion) May 8, 2022
#DoctorStrange spoilers
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richards: "he can k!ll you with just a whisper from his mouth"wanda: "what mouth?"
the illuminati: pic.twitter.com/8mD6NRWjYh
— wien (@somuchforwien) May 6, 2022
#MultiversOfMadness spoilers!!
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I cannot believe they really said "the smartest man alive, reed Richards" and he got turned into spaghetti not more than 5 mins later….. pic.twitter.com/mdZ3UfF0Xy
— Bruce who's anus ? banner (@Dorkybanner) May 7, 2022
https://twitter.com/lAMSCARLETWITCH/status/1520742456475717633
"The smartest man alive, Reed Richards" – couldn’t keep his mouth shut revealing Black Bolt’s superpower to Wanda pic.twitter.com/x97wKTP6WV
— Rithik's Legion (@Cinema_Legion) May 8, 2022
Reed Richards: “black bolt can kill you with a whisper from his mouth”
Wanda: “what mouth”
Black Bolt: *dies*
Wanda: pic.twitter.com/pcblDjgHbL
— 🐚 (@trevraidn) May 8, 2022
All the people who wanted Tobey Maguire Spider-Man to be apart of the Illuminati or just to be in Multiverse of Madness in general would have looked like this in the theater as soon as Wanda got her hands on him. pic.twitter.com/rI0RbH2znx
— Storm Chavez (@Klownfrontation) May 8, 2022
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i hope the illuminati are embarrassed because they were like “we can handle that little witch you’re the real danger stephen” and then 5 minutes later wanda bodied tf outta them barefoot and wearing mom jeans pic.twitter.com/SHy7FoWYJ2— emmy (@lunasleo) May 6, 2022
https://twitter.com/STARKNPETER/status/1522563942291505153
https://twitter.com/juste_MZ/status/1523154112245866496
Illuminati spoilers with no context #DoctorStrange#MultiverseOfMadness pic.twitter.com/QETVImVKlF
— Avatar Fdm (@Fdmdarkshadow) May 6, 2022
#MultiverseOfMadness SPOILERS
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the Illuminati: we can handle that little witch
*2 minutes later*
the Illuminati: pic.twitter.com/rFnFcA8Cxu— ︎︎ ︎ (@jrvsscarlet) May 7, 2022
If anyone doubts how powerful Wanda is, remember she wrecked the Illuminati in Mom Jeans.
— Robert Jefferson (@comicsexplained) May 9, 2022
When the Illuminati Five minutes
appeared later#DoctorStrange #MultiverseOfMadness pic.twitter.com/mTpo7EfDPL— ⎊ DowneyBatch۞ (@DowneyBatch101) May 6, 2022
The illuminati when Wanda said “What mouth?” #MultiverseOfMadness pic.twitter.com/HzdXhi9BlH
— ….. (@blu_cilla) May 6, 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which was directed by Spider-Man filmmaker Sam Raimi and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams, hit theaters in the United States on Friday, May 6.
Multiverse of Madness will be the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film of 2022, followed by Thor: Love and Thunder on July 8 and then Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on November 11. There’s also the bevy of TV series hitting Disney+ — such as Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, and season two of What If…? — this year.
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