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The Best Episodes of What If...?

Every episode of What If...? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of What If...?!

The Best Episodes of What If...?

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.
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    What If...? Season 1 Episode 4 - What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?
    8.9/10(22883 votes)

    #1 - What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

    S1:E4

    A grief-stricken Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto in a dangerous effort to change the past.

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  2. What If...? Season 1 Episode 8 - What If... Ultron Won?
    8.9/10(17737 votes)

    #2 - What If... Ultron Won?

    S1:E8

    Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton seek to destroy killer-robot Ultron following a cataclysmic event.

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  3. What If...? Season 1 Episode 9 - What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?
    8.4/10(13811 votes)

    #3 - What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?

    S1:E9

    The Watcher breaks his oath and recruits heroes from across the multiverse to battle against Ultron.

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  4. What If...? Season 1 Episode 3 - What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?
    7.8/10(17667 votes)

    #4 - What If... The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?

    S1:E3

    Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer.

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  5. What If...? Season 2 Episode 7 - What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?
    7.8/10(6301 votes)

    #5 - What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings?

    S2:E7

    Hela—stripped of her powers and banished to Earth—comes across a new source of power: the Ten Rings.

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  6. What If...? Season 2 Episode 8 - What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?
    7.8/10(5770 votes)

    #6 - What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?

    S2:E8

    Captain Carter tries to undo the anomaly that strands familiar heroes and villains in the year 1602.

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  8. What If...? Season 1 Episode 2 - What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?
    7.7/10(19926 votes)

    #7 - What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?

    S1:E2

    The rough-and-tumble space pirates known as the Ravagers abduct T’Challa instead of Peter Quill.

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  9. What If...? Season 1 Episode 5 - What If... Zombies!?
    7.7/10(17291 votes)

    #8 - What If... Zombies!?

    S1:E5

    When The Avengers are infected by a zombie plague, surviving heroes search for a cure.

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  10. What If...? Season 2 Episode 6 - What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?
    7.4/10(7124 votes)

    #9 - What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?

    S2:E6

    A Mohawk woman ventures into the waters of the Forbidden Lake to help save her people.

    Director:Bryan Andrews

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  11. What If...? Season 2 Episode 9 - What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?
    7.4/10(6064 votes)

    #10 - What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?

    S2:E9

    Captain Carter discovers the greatest threat to all existence may be closer than she realizes.

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  12. What If...? Season 2 Episode 2 - What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?
    7.2/10(6719 votes)

    #11 - What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?

    S2:E2

    When Ego and a young Peter Quill threaten Earth in 1988, Howard Stark and Peggy Carter form a team.

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  13. What If...? Season 2 Episode 4 - What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?
    7.2/10(6267 votes)

    #12 - What If... Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster?

    S2:E4

    Tony Stark challenges The Grandmaster, leading to a grand prix-turned-demolition-derby death match.

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  14. What If...? Season 2 Episode 5 - What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?
    7.1/10(6001 votes)

    #13 - What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?

    S2:E5

    Captain Carter's mission to save Steve Rogers sets her on a collision course with new enemies.

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  15. What If...? Season 1 Episode 1 - What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?
    7.0/10(22023 votes)

    #14 - What If... Captain Carter Were the First Avenger?

    S1:E1

    When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world’s first Super Soldier.

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  16. What If...? Season 2 Episode 1 - What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?
    7.0/10(7133 votes)

    #15 - What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?

    S2:E1

    When Nebula is recruited to join the Nova Corps, she sets out to prove her detective skills.

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  17. What If...? Season 3 Episode 7 - What If... The Watcher Disappeared? (1)
    6.7/10(3543 votes)

    #16 - What If... The Watcher Disappeared? (1)

    S3:E7

    The Watcher must stand trial for his many interventions.

    Writer:Unknown

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  18. What If...? Season 1 Episode 6 - What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?
    6.6/10(14621 votes)

    #17 - What If... Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark?

    S1:E6

    An American soldier called Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan.

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  19. What If...? Season 2 Episode 3 - What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?
    6.6/10(6419 votes)

    #18 - What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?

    S2:E3

    When Avengers Tower is attacked during the holiday party, Happy Hogan must prove his hero chops.

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  20. What If...? Season 3 Episode 3 - What If... The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?
    6.6/10(4241 votes)

    #19 - What If... The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?

    S3:E3

    It is 1991, and the Red Guardian takes it upon himself to join a high-profile mission and prove himself to his Red Room superiors. When his antics interfere with the Winter Soldier's own mission to kill Howard Stark, the two Soviet supersoldiers must form an alliance to escape the United States.

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  21. What If...? Season 1 Episode 7 - What If... Thor Were an Only Child?
    6.4/10(15155 votes)

    #20 - What If... Thor Were an Only Child?

    S1:E7

    Thor, who never learned to be a good hero, throws an out-of-control intergalactic party on Earth.

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  22. What If...? Season 3 Episode 8 - What If... What If? (2)
    6.4/10(3650 votes)

    #21 - What If... What If? (2)

    S3:E8

    The end of the beginning...

    Director:Bryan Andrews
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. What If...? Season 3 Episode 5 - What If... The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?
    6.3/10(3786 votes)

    #22 - What If... The Emergence Destroyed the Earth?

    S3:E5

    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 until freedom fighters recruit Riri Williams on a deadly mission to take him down.

    Writer:Unknown

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  24. What If...? Season 3 Episode 6 - What If... 1872?
    6.2/10(3461 votes)

    #23 - What If... 1872?

    S3:E6

    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.

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  25. What If...? Season 3 Episode 4 - What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?
    5.7/10(4203 votes)

    #24 - What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?

    S3:E4

    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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  26. What If...? Season 3 Episode 1 - What If... The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?
    5.6/10(5002 votes)

    #25 - What If... The Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?

    S3:E1

    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 as his new team of Mech Avengers.

    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" is the best rated episode of "What If...?". It scored 8.9/10 based on 22883 votes. Directed by Bryan Andrews and written by A.C. Bradley, it aired on 9/1/2021. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "What If... Ultron Won?".