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* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:A flashback depicts 838-Black Bolt killing 838-Strange by [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream saying]], "I'm sorry."]]
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* MakeMeWannaShout: [[spoiler:Marvel's own [[{{Pun}} king]] of this trope, Black Bolt, shows up as a member of the Earth-838 Illuminati. We only get a brief look at his potential before he's gruesomely killed by Wanda,]] but he's every bit as powerful as his comics counterpart, annihilating 838-Doctor Strange by whispering [[ApologeticAttacker "I'm sorry."]]
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* SuperScream: [[spoiler:Marvel's own [[{{Pun}} king]] of this trope, Black Bolt, shows up as a member of the Earth-838 Illuminati. We only get a brief look at his potential before he's gruesomely killed by Wanda,]] but he's every bit as powerful as his comics counterpart, annihilating 838-Doctor Strange by whispering [[ApologeticAttacker "I'm sorry."]]
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* MythologyGag:
** The scientists of Earth-838 use a designation system that lists the "main" MCU as Earth-616, which in the wider Marvel Franchise is the designation of the main comics universe.
** [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/mediaviewer/rm3723238657/ One poster]] displays statues of a tiger with wings and a female goddess. These are Hoggoth and Oshtur, who, along with Agamotto, form the trio of gods of magic known as the Vishanti.
** An example involving literal mythology, specifically Greek. When Strange uses a Hydra spell against [[spoiler:Wanda, she]] defeats it by destroying the heads and burning the stumps.
** Professor X moves around in the classic bright yellow hoverchair popularly associated with ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', as well as a green suit similar to the one he wore on the show. Music/DannyElfman's score even invokes that nostalgia with a brief reprisal of Ron Wasserman's iconic Nineties ''X-Men'' theme. We also get the concentric circles effect when he uses his powers.
** Professor X -- as opposed to his fellow Illuminati members -- [[spoiler:is the only one who's willing to at least give 616-Strange a chance to prove that he isn't the greatest threat to the multiverse as every other Strange does]]. He justifies this [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast with the very same quote one of his variants used to motivate his younger self to try and save their future.]]
--->'''Professor X:''' Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn't mean they are lost forever.
** "Defender Strange" is a reference to Dr Strange traditionally being a member of Comicbook/TheDefenders. His red and black costume is based on his outfit as part of the 2011 team.
** Tying the Scarlet Witch to Chthon and Mount Wundagore is a reference to the ''Nights of Wundagore'' storyline in ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', which reveals that the Maximoff siblings were born at the base of the mountain and Wanda was infused with some of Chthon's power.
** The demon guards of Chthon's fortress are visually based on Chthon's recent appearances in the comics.
** The scene with the Scarlet Witch in the Mirror Dimension is a visual reference to [[https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/7032/avengers_1963_171 ''Avengers'' #171]], where she is trapped in a room full of mirrors and can't figure out how to cast a hex without reflecting it back on herself.
** [[spoiler:Reed Richards makes his entrance using a time platform, which was a common weapon of Doctor Doom's in the comics before it was taken, studied, and duplicated by Richards. Additionally, while not mentioning them by name, Reed alludes to his wife Susan and their children Franklin and Valeria during his ill-fated confrontation with Wanda.]]
** [[spoiler:The Strange of the Illuminati's world wore a blue cloak rather than a red one, much like the comic incarnation of Strange did during his earliest Silver Age appearances.]]
** The talk of Incursions is very similar to the ones that led to the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
** Maria Rambeau is Captain Marvel in the alternate universe. In the comics her daughter Monica Rambeau was called "Captain Marvel" for a time, despite having no connection to the character who previously went by that name[[note]]Marvel Comics constantly maintaining some character under the name "Captain Marvel" was a legal strategy to prevent DC from gaining that trademark for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} their own Captain Marvel]][[/note]].
** Wanda defeats [[spoiler:Black Bolt]] by [[spoiler:wiping his mouth]], in a very similar fashion to the way Thanos neutralized Starfox's CompellingVoice in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''.
** At one point in the climax, when Stephen is [[spoiler:casting the Dreamwalking spell, the Souls of the Damned appear to engulf him in the shape of a substance composed of black tendrils crawling all over him, bearing a striking resemblance to the Venom Symbiote in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.]]
** At the end of the movie, Doctor Strange [[spoiler:gains a third eye on his forehead as a side effect of using the Darkhold]]. In the comics, invoking the power of the Eye of Agamotto often caused a similar visual effect on its user.
** Wanda defeating [[spoiler:Black Bolt by removing his mouth]] mirrors a similar scene during the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where her comic book counterpart casts an identical spell on Magneto to silence him and stop his rampage.
** The scientists of Earth-838 use a designation system that lists the "main" MCU as Earth-616, which in the wider Marvel Franchise is the designation of the main comics universe.
** [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/mediaviewer/rm3723238657/ One poster]] displays statues of a tiger with wings and a female goddess. These are Hoggoth and Oshtur, who, along with Agamotto, form the trio of gods of magic known as the Vishanti.
** An example involving literal mythology, specifically Greek. When Strange uses a Hydra spell against [[spoiler:Wanda, she]] defeats it by destroying the heads and burning the stumps.
** Professor X moves around in the classic bright yellow hoverchair popularly associated with ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', as well as a green suit similar to the one he wore on the show. Music/DannyElfman's score even invokes that nostalgia with a brief reprisal of Ron Wasserman's iconic Nineties ''X-Men'' theme. We also get the concentric circles effect when he uses his powers.
** Professor X -- as opposed to his fellow Illuminati members -- [[spoiler:is the only one who's willing to at least give 616-Strange a chance to prove that he isn't the greatest threat to the multiverse as every other Strange does]]. He justifies this [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast with the very same quote one of his variants used to motivate his younger self to try and save their future.]]
--->'''Professor X:''' Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn't mean they are lost forever.
** "Defender Strange" is a reference to Dr Strange traditionally being a member of Comicbook/TheDefenders. His red and black costume is based on his outfit as part of the 2011 team.
** Tying the Scarlet Witch to Chthon and Mount Wundagore is a reference to the ''Nights of Wundagore'' storyline in ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', which reveals that the Maximoff siblings were born at the base of the mountain and Wanda was infused with some of Chthon's power.
** The demon guards of Chthon's fortress are visually based on Chthon's recent appearances in the comics.
** The scene with the Scarlet Witch in the Mirror Dimension is a visual reference to [[https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/7032/avengers_1963_171 ''Avengers'' #171]], where she is trapped in a room full of mirrors and can't figure out how to cast a hex without reflecting it back on herself.
** [[spoiler:Reed Richards makes his entrance using a time platform, which was a common weapon of Doctor Doom's in the comics before it was taken, studied, and duplicated by Richards. Additionally, while not mentioning them by name, Reed alludes to his wife Susan and their children Franklin and Valeria during his ill-fated confrontation with Wanda.]]
** [[spoiler:The Strange of the Illuminati's world wore a blue cloak rather than a red one, much like the comic incarnation of Strange did during his earliest Silver Age appearances.]]
** The talk of Incursions is very similar to the ones that led to the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
** Maria Rambeau is Captain Marvel in the alternate universe. In the comics her daughter Monica Rambeau was called "Captain Marvel" for a time, despite having no connection to the character who previously went by that name[[note]]Marvel Comics constantly maintaining some character under the name "Captain Marvel" was a legal strategy to prevent DC from gaining that trademark for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} their own Captain Marvel]][[/note]].
** Wanda defeats [[spoiler:Black Bolt]] by [[spoiler:wiping his mouth]], in a very similar fashion to the way Thanos neutralized Starfox's CompellingVoice in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''.
** At one point in the climax, when Stephen is [[spoiler:casting the Dreamwalking spell, the Souls of the Damned appear to engulf him in the shape of a substance composed of black tendrils crawling all over him, bearing a striking resemblance to the Venom Symbiote in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.]]
** At the end of the movie, Doctor Strange [[spoiler:gains a third eye on his forehead as a side effect of using the Darkhold]]. In the comics, invoking the power of the Eye of Agamotto often caused a similar visual effect on its user.
** Wanda defeating [[spoiler:Black Bolt by removing his mouth]] mirrors a similar scene during the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where her comic book counterpart casts an identical spell on Magneto to silence him and stop his rampage.
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* MythologyGag:
** The scientists of Earth-838 use a designation system that lists the "main" MCU as Earth-616, which in the wider Marvel Franchise is the designation of the main comics universe.
** [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/mediaviewer/rm3723238657/ One poster]] displays statues of a tiger with wings and a female goddess. These are Hoggoth and Oshtur, who, along with Agamotto, form the trio of gods of magic known as the Vishanti.
** An example involving literal mythology, specifically Greek. When Strange uses a Hydra spell against [[spoiler:Wanda, she]] defeats it by destroying the heads and burning the stumps.
** Professor X moves around in the classic bright yellow hoverchair popularly associated with ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', as well as a green suit similar to the one he wore on the show. Music/DannyElfman's score even invokes that nostalgia with a brief reprisal of Ron Wasserman's iconic Nineties ''X-Men'' theme. We also get the concentric circles effect when he uses his powers.
** Professor X -- as opposed to his fellow Illuminati members -- [[spoiler:is the only one who's willing to at least give 616-Strange a chance to prove that he isn't the greatest threat to the multiverse as every other Strange does]]. He justifies this [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast with the very same quote one of his variants used to motivate his younger self to try and save their future.]]
--->'''Professor X:''' Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn't mean they are lost forever.
** "Defender Strange" is a reference to Dr Strange traditionally being a member of Comicbook/TheDefenders. His red and black costume is based on his outfit as part of the 2011 team.
** Tying the Scarlet Witch to Chthon and Mount Wundagore is a reference to the ''Nights of Wundagore'' storyline in ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', which reveals that the Maximoff siblings were born at the base of the mountain and Wanda was infused with some of Chthon's power.
** The demon guards of Chthon's fortress are visually based on Chthon's recent appearances in the comics.
** The scene with the Scarlet Witch in the Mirror Dimension is a visual reference to [[https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/7032/avengers_1963_171 ''Avengers'' #171]], where she is trapped in a room full of mirrors and can't figure out how to cast a hex without reflecting it back on herself.
** [[spoiler:Reed Richards makes his entrance using a time platform, which was a common weapon of Doctor Doom's in the comics before it was taken, studied, and duplicated by Richards. Additionally, while not mentioning them by name, Reed alludes to his wife Susan and their children Franklin and Valeria during his ill-fated confrontation with Wanda.]]
** [[spoiler:The Strange of the Illuminati's world wore a blue cloak rather than a red one, much like the comic incarnation of Strange did during his earliest Silver Age appearances.]]
** The talk of Incursions is very similar to the ones that led to the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
** Maria Rambeau is Captain Marvel in the alternate universe. In the comics her daughter Monica Rambeau was called "Captain Marvel" for a time, despite having no connection to the character who previously went by that name[[note]]Marvel Comics constantly maintaining some character under the name "Captain Marvel" was a legal strategy to prevent DC from gaining that trademark for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} theirMythologyGag: [[MythologyGag/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Has its own Captain Marvel]][[/note]].
** Wanda defeats [[spoiler:Black Bolt]] by [[spoiler:wiping his mouth]], in a very similar fashion to the way Thanos neutralized Starfox's CompellingVoice in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''.
** At one point in the climax, when Stephen is [[spoiler:casting the Dreamwalking spell, the Souls of the Damned appear to engulf him in the shape of a substance composed of black tendrils crawling all over him, bearing a striking resemblance to the Venom Symbiote in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.]]
** At the end of the movie, Doctor Strange [[spoiler:gains a third eye on his forehead as a side effect of using the Darkhold]]. In the comics, invoking the power of the Eye of Agamotto often caused a similar visual effect on its user.
** Wanda defeating [[spoiler:Black Bolt by removing his mouth]] mirrors a similar scene during the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where her comic book counterpart casts an identical spell on Magneto to silence him and stop his rampage.page.]]
** The scientists of Earth-838 use a designation system that lists the "main" MCU as Earth-616, which in the wider Marvel Franchise is the designation of the main comics universe.
** [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9419884/mediaviewer/rm3723238657/ One poster]] displays statues of a tiger with wings and a female goddess. These are Hoggoth and Oshtur, who, along with Agamotto, form the trio of gods of magic known as the Vishanti.
** An example involving literal mythology, specifically Greek. When Strange uses a Hydra spell against [[spoiler:Wanda, she]] defeats it by destroying the heads and burning the stumps.
** Professor X moves around in the classic bright yellow hoverchair popularly associated with ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', as well as a green suit similar to the one he wore on the show. Music/DannyElfman's score even invokes that nostalgia with a brief reprisal of Ron Wasserman's iconic Nineties ''X-Men'' theme. We also get the concentric circles effect when he uses his powers.
** Professor X -- as opposed to his fellow Illuminati members -- [[spoiler:is the only one who's willing to at least give 616-Strange a chance to prove that he isn't the greatest threat to the multiverse as every other Strange does]]. He justifies this [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast with the very same quote one of his variants used to motivate his younger self to try and save their future.]]
--->'''Professor X:''' Just because someone stumbles and loses their way, doesn't mean they are lost forever.
** "Defender Strange" is a reference to Dr Strange traditionally being a member of Comicbook/TheDefenders. His red and black costume is based on his outfit as part of the 2011 team.
** Tying the Scarlet Witch to Chthon and Mount Wundagore is a reference to the ''Nights of Wundagore'' storyline in ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'', which reveals that the Maximoff siblings were born at the base of the mountain and Wanda was infused with some of Chthon's power.
** The demon guards of Chthon's fortress are visually based on Chthon's recent appearances in the comics.
** The scene with the Scarlet Witch in the Mirror Dimension is a visual reference to [[https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/7032/avengers_1963_171 ''Avengers'' #171]], where she is trapped in a room full of mirrors and can't figure out how to cast a hex without reflecting it back on herself.
** [[spoiler:Reed Richards makes his entrance using a time platform, which was a common weapon of Doctor Doom's in the comics before it was taken, studied, and duplicated by Richards. Additionally, while not mentioning them by name, Reed alludes to his wife Susan and their children Franklin and Valeria during his ill-fated confrontation with Wanda.]]
** [[spoiler:The Strange of the Illuminati's world wore a blue cloak rather than a red one, much like the comic incarnation of Strange did during his earliest Silver Age appearances.]]
** The talk of Incursions is very similar to the ones that led to the ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''.
** Maria Rambeau is Captain Marvel in the alternate universe. In the comics her daughter Monica Rambeau was called "Captain Marvel" for a time, despite having no connection to the character who previously went by that name[[note]]Marvel Comics constantly maintaining some character under the name "Captain Marvel" was a legal strategy to prevent DC from gaining that trademark for [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} their
** Wanda defeats [[spoiler:Black Bolt]] by [[spoiler:wiping his mouth]], in a very similar fashion to the way Thanos neutralized Starfox's CompellingVoice in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''.
** At one point in the climax, when Stephen is [[spoiler:casting the Dreamwalking spell, the Souls of the Damned appear to engulf him in the shape of a substance composed of black tendrils crawling all over him, bearing a striking resemblance to the Venom Symbiote in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.]]
** At the end of the movie, Doctor Strange [[spoiler:gains a third eye on his forehead as a side effect of using the Darkhold]]. In the comics, invoking the power of the Eye of Agamotto often caused a similar visual effect on its user.
** Wanda defeating [[spoiler:Black Bolt by removing his mouth]] mirrors a similar scene during the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where her comic book counterpart casts an identical spell on Magneto to silence him and stop his rampage.
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* CallBack:
** The teaser begins with echoes of lines from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Defender Strange says to America that in the grand calculus of the Multiverse, her sacrifice is worth more than her life, the same thing that 616-Strange said of the displaced villains in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Many to ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s fourth episode [[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"]]. The scene in the alternate Manhattan has reality slowly dissolving in a similar fashion to how it did in that episode. Similarly, Strange says that he "never meant for this to happen", nearly the ''exact'' words that his alternative self from the episode, Strange Supreme, said when he brought his universe's end on himself. Sinister Strange himself bears some similarities to Strange Supreme, but while Strange Supreme went down the wrong path for what he believed was a noble reason (albeit with blind disregard of the consequences), Sinister Strange [[spoiler:has been corrupted by the Darkhold]].
*** The episode also suggests that Christine and Stephen can never be together, and that trying to force the issue would break the universe. This movie reinforces that message by revealing that there is no universe in which they can get together. Another Strange Variant trying to force the issue also led to the destruction of his universe.
** Stephen turns Christine's glass of water into red wine, similar to the way he refills Thor's mug in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** When the topic of Spider-Man is brought up, America, who doesn't know about the Wall-Crawler, asks Strange and Wong whether he can shoot web from his butt. Peter-1 asked a similar question to Peter-2 in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** When Strange comes to recruit Wanda she admits that she's done horrible things, alluding to her actions in ''Series/WandaVision'', only for Strange to confirm that he's not here to talk about Westview.
** The teaser poster features bars containing variants of Strange and Wanda. The first Dr. Strange film had one of Stephen's first spells (in Mordo's words "tampering with continuum probabilities") use this visual.
** When Strange hears that Earth-838 has a group called [[spoiler:the Fantastic Four]], he notes that said group was a band that "charted in the sixties," which nods to the encyclopedic knowledge of music history he displayed in his first film.
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter says "I can do this all day" while fighting 616-Wanda, just like Steve Rogers used to do [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger in]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame films]].]]
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter is also cut in half at the waist with her own shield by 616-Wanda, much like [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies Zombie Captain America]] was by Bucky Barnes.]]
** [[spoiler:The possessed, and undead, Defender Strange]] can be seen doing a variation of the multi-armed illusion that 616-Strange did to Thanos on [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Titan]]. Only this time, the arms are skeletal and black.
** 838-Wanda and her sons are living in a house that looks very similar to the one 616-Wanda created in ''[=WandaVision=]''.
** Earth-838 Wanda is seen crushing the head of an Ultron Sentry, much like she did to the heart of Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'', Stephen tried to use a cup-like relic against Kaecilius but did not know how to use it. Here, [[spoiler:Christine uses this relic to fight off a group of damned souls attacking Stephen's body by holding a candle in the other hand which makes the cup unleash blasts of fire.]]
** As with ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the titular conflict [[spoiler:eventually came to the ruins of Titan on Earth-838 (and with that world's Strange also on that particular battlefield). The look of Earth-838's Titan and its Thanos also matches the looks of their Earth-616 counterparts).]]
** After drinking some tea [[spoiler:tampered with by 838-Mordo to put Strange and America to sleep]], America asks what was in the tea. Stephen asked a similar question after drinking with the Ancient One in [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 his debut film]].
** When Baron Mordo argues against helping Doctor Strange find the Book of Vishanti, Charles Xavier responds by echoing the words his ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' counterpart said to his past self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
** In ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda's Hex accidentally gave [[SuperEmpowering Monica Rambeau]] superpowers. In this movie, the Scarlet Witch shows that if she can give superpowers, logically she can [[DePower take them away]], which she does [[spoiler:on Monica's own mother's 838 counterpart]].
** Strange uses Dreamwalking to possess and reanimate the corpse of his counterpart, invoking [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies another zombified Dr. Strange]] that appeared not too long.
** Wanda angrily [[AdHominem calls Strange a hypocrite]] for dreamwalking, much like Kaecilius did the same towards the Ancient One for also using forbidden magic from the Dark Dimension.
** As in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', the Darkhold is shown explicitly corrupting the minds of all those who read it.
** [[spoiler:Strange's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]]: [[ILetGwenStacyDie not being able to save a sibling's life]] (in his case a sister) is similar to [[Series/MoonKnight2022 Marc Spector's backstory]] (in his case, it was his brother).]]
** The teaser begins with echoes of lines from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Defender Strange says to America that in the grand calculus of the Multiverse, her sacrifice is worth more than her life, the same thing that 616-Strange said of the displaced villains in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Many to ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s fourth episode [[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"]]. The scene in the alternate Manhattan has reality slowly dissolving in a similar fashion to how it did in that episode. Similarly, Strange says that he "never meant for this to happen", nearly the ''exact'' words that his alternative self from the episode, Strange Supreme, said when he brought his universe's end on himself. Sinister Strange himself bears some similarities to Strange Supreme, but while Strange Supreme went down the wrong path for what he believed was a noble reason (albeit with blind disregard of the consequences), Sinister Strange [[spoiler:has been corrupted by the Darkhold]].
*** The episode also suggests that Christine and Stephen can never be together, and that trying to force the issue would break the universe. This movie reinforces that message by revealing that there is no universe in which they can get together. Another Strange Variant trying to force the issue also led to the destruction of his universe.
** Stephen turns Christine's glass of water into red wine, similar to the way he refills Thor's mug in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** When the topic of Spider-Man is brought up, America, who doesn't know about the Wall-Crawler, asks Strange and Wong whether he can shoot web from his butt. Peter-1 asked a similar question to Peter-2 in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** When Strange comes to recruit Wanda she admits that she's done horrible things, alluding to her actions in ''Series/WandaVision'', only for Strange to confirm that he's not here to talk about Westview.
** The teaser poster features bars containing variants of Strange and Wanda. The first Dr. Strange film had one of Stephen's first spells (in Mordo's words "tampering with continuum probabilities") use this visual.
** When Strange hears that Earth-838 has a group called [[spoiler:the Fantastic Four]], he notes that said group was a band that "charted in the sixties," which nods to the encyclopedic knowledge of music history he displayed in his first film.
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter says "I can do this all day" while fighting 616-Wanda, just like Steve Rogers used to do [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger in]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame films]].]]
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter is also cut in half at the waist with her own shield by 616-Wanda, much like [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies Zombie Captain America]] was by Bucky Barnes.]]
** [[spoiler:The possessed, and undead, Defender Strange]] can be seen doing a variation of the multi-armed illusion that 616-Strange did to Thanos on [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Titan]]. Only this time, the arms are skeletal and black.
** 838-Wanda and her sons are living in a house that looks very similar to the one 616-Wanda created in ''[=WandaVision=]''.
** Earth-838 Wanda is seen crushing the head of an Ultron Sentry, much like she did to the heart of Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'', Stephen tried to use a cup-like relic against Kaecilius but did not know how to use it. Here, [[spoiler:Christine uses this relic to fight off a group of damned souls attacking Stephen's body by holding a candle in the other hand which makes the cup unleash blasts of fire.]]
** As with ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the titular conflict [[spoiler:eventually came to the ruins of Titan on Earth-838 (and with that world's Strange also on that particular battlefield). The look of Earth-838's Titan and its Thanos also matches the looks of their Earth-616 counterparts).]]
** After drinking some tea [[spoiler:tampered with by 838-Mordo to put Strange and America to sleep]], America asks what was in the tea. Stephen asked a similar question after drinking with the Ancient One in [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 his debut film]].
** When Baron Mordo argues against helping Doctor Strange find the Book of Vishanti, Charles Xavier responds by echoing the words his ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' counterpart said to his past self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
** In ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda's Hex accidentally gave [[SuperEmpowering Monica Rambeau]] superpowers. In this movie, the Scarlet Witch shows that if she can give superpowers, logically she can [[DePower take them away]], which she does [[spoiler:on Monica's own mother's 838 counterpart]].
** Strange uses Dreamwalking to possess and reanimate the corpse of his counterpart, invoking [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies another zombified Dr. Strange]] that appeared not too long.
** Wanda angrily [[AdHominem calls Strange a hypocrite]] for dreamwalking, much like Kaecilius did the same towards the Ancient One for also using forbidden magic from the Dark Dimension.
** As in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', the Darkhold is shown explicitly corrupting the minds of all those who read it.
** [[spoiler:Strange's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]]: [[ILetGwenStacyDie not being able to save a sibling's life]] (in his case a sister) is similar to [[Series/MoonKnight2022 Marc Spector's backstory]] (in his case, it was his brother).]]
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* CallBack:
** The teaser begins with echoes of lines from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Defender Strange says to America that in the grand calculus of the Multiverse, her sacrifice is worth more than her life, the same thing that 616-Strange said of the displaced villains in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Many to ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s fourth episode [[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"]]. The scene in the alternate Manhattan has reality slowly dissolving in a similar fashion to how it did in that episode. Similarly, Strange says that he "never meant for this to happen", nearly the ''exact'' words that his alternative self from the episode, Strange Supreme, said when he brought his universe's end on himself. Sinister Strange himself bears some similarities to Strange Supreme, but while Strange Supreme went down the wrong path for what he believed was a noble reason (albeit with blind disregard of the consequences), Sinister Strange [[spoiler:has been corrupted by the Darkhold]].
*** The episode also suggests that Christine and Stephen can never be together, and that trying to force the issue would break the universe. This movie reinforces that message by revealing that there is no universe in which they can get together. Another Strange Variant trying to force the issue also led to the destruction of his universe.
** Stephen turns Christine's glass of water into red wine, similar to the way he refills Thor's mug in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** When the topic of Spider-Man is brought up, America, who doesn't know about the Wall-Crawler, asks Strange and Wong whether he can shoot web from his butt. Peter-1 asked a similar question to Peter-2 in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** When Strange comes to recruit Wanda she admits that she's done horrible things, alluding to her actions in ''Series/WandaVision'', only for Strange to confirm that he's not here to talk about Westview.
** The teaser poster features bars containing variants of Strange and Wanda. The first Dr. Strange film had one of Stephen's first spells (in Mordo's words "tampering with continuum probabilities") use this visual.
** When Strange hears that Earth-838 has a group called [[spoiler:the Fantastic Four]], he notes that said group was a band that "charted in the sixties," which nods to the encyclopedic knowledge of music history he displayed in his first film.
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter says "I can do this all day" while fighting 616-Wanda, just like Steve Rogers used to do [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger in]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame films]].]]
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter is also cut in half at the waist with herCallBack: [[CallBack/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Has its own shield by 616-Wanda, much like [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies Zombie Captain America]] was by Bucky Barnes.]]
** [[spoiler:The possessed, and undead, Defender Strange]] can be seen doing a variation of the multi-armed illusion that 616-Strange did to Thanos on [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Titan]]. Only this time, the arms are skeletal and black.
** 838-Wanda and her sons are living in a house that looks very similar to the one 616-Wanda created in ''[=WandaVision=]''.
** Earth-838 Wanda is seen crushing the head of an Ultron Sentry, much like she did to the heart of Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'', Stephen tried to use a cup-like relic against Kaecilius but did not know how to use it. Here, [[spoiler:Christine uses this relic to fight off a group of damned souls attacking Stephen's body by holding a candle in the other hand which makes the cup unleash blasts of fire.]]
** As with ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the titular conflict [[spoiler:eventually came to the ruins of Titan on Earth-838 (and with that world's Strange also on that particular battlefield). The look of Earth-838's Titan and its Thanos also matches the looks of their Earth-616 counterparts).]]
** After drinking some tea [[spoiler:tampered with by 838-Mordo to put Strange and America to sleep]], America asks what was in the tea. Stephen asked a similar question after drinking with the Ancient One in [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 his debut film]].
** When Baron Mordo argues against helping Doctor Strange find the Book of Vishanti, Charles Xavier responds by echoing the words his ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' counterpart said to his past self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
** In ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda's Hex accidentally gave [[SuperEmpowering Monica Rambeau]] superpowers. In this movie, the Scarlet Witch shows that if she can give superpowers, logically she can [[DePower take them away]], which she does [[spoiler:on Monica's own mother's 838 counterpart]].
** Strange uses Dreamwalking to possess and reanimate the corpse of his counterpart, invoking [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies another zombified Dr. Strange]] that appeared not too long.
** Wanda angrily [[AdHominem calls Strange a hypocrite]] for dreamwalking, much like Kaecilius did the same towards the Ancient One for also using forbidden magic from the Dark Dimension.
** As in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', the Darkhold is shown explicitly corrupting the minds of all those who read it.
** [[spoiler:Strange's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]]: [[ILetGwenStacyDie not being able to save a sibling's life]] (in his case a sister) is similar to [[Series/MoonKnight2022 Marc Spector's backstory]] (in his case, it was his brother).page.]]
** The teaser begins with echoes of lines from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Defender Strange says to America that in the grand calculus of the Multiverse, her sacrifice is worth more than her life, the same thing that 616-Strange said of the displaced villains in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** Many to ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'''s fourth episode [[Recap/WhatIfS1E4WhatIfDoctorStrangeLostHisHeartInsteadOfHisHands "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?"]]. The scene in the alternate Manhattan has reality slowly dissolving in a similar fashion to how it did in that episode. Similarly, Strange says that he "never meant for this to happen", nearly the ''exact'' words that his alternative self from the episode, Strange Supreme, said when he brought his universe's end on himself. Sinister Strange himself bears some similarities to Strange Supreme, but while Strange Supreme went down the wrong path for what he believed was a noble reason (albeit with blind disregard of the consequences), Sinister Strange [[spoiler:has been corrupted by the Darkhold]].
*** The episode also suggests that Christine and Stephen can never be together, and that trying to force the issue would break the universe. This movie reinforces that message by revealing that there is no universe in which they can get together. Another Strange Variant trying to force the issue also led to the destruction of his universe.
** Stephen turns Christine's glass of water into red wine, similar to the way he refills Thor's mug in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.
** When the topic of Spider-Man is brought up, America, who doesn't know about the Wall-Crawler, asks Strange and Wong whether he can shoot web from his butt. Peter-1 asked a similar question to Peter-2 in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.
** When Strange comes to recruit Wanda she admits that she's done horrible things, alluding to her actions in ''Series/WandaVision'', only for Strange to confirm that he's not here to talk about Westview.
** The teaser poster features bars containing variants of Strange and Wanda. The first Dr. Strange film had one of Stephen's first spells (in Mordo's words "tampering with continuum probabilities") use this visual.
** When Strange hears that Earth-838 has a group called [[spoiler:the Fantastic Four]], he notes that said group was a band that "charted in the sixties," which nods to the encyclopedic knowledge of music history he displayed in his first film.
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter says "I can do this all day" while fighting 616-Wanda, just like Steve Rogers used to do [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger in]] [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame films]].]]
** [[spoiler:Captain Carter is also cut in half at the waist with her
** [[spoiler:The possessed, and undead, Defender Strange]] can be seen doing a variation of the multi-armed illusion that 616-Strange did to Thanos on [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Titan]]. Only this time, the arms are skeletal and black.
** 838-Wanda and her sons are living in a house that looks very similar to the one 616-Wanda created in ''[=WandaVision=]''.
** Earth-838 Wanda is seen crushing the head of an Ultron Sentry, much like she did to the heart of Ultron in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
** In ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'', Stephen tried to use a cup-like relic against Kaecilius but did not know how to use it. Here, [[spoiler:Christine uses this relic to fight off a group of damned souls attacking Stephen's body by holding a candle in the other hand which makes the cup unleash blasts of fire.]]
** As with ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', the titular conflict [[spoiler:eventually came to the ruins of Titan on Earth-838 (and with that world's Strange also on that particular battlefield). The look of Earth-838's Titan and its Thanos also matches the looks of their Earth-616 counterparts).]]
** After drinking some tea [[spoiler:tampered with by 838-Mordo to put Strange and America to sleep]], America asks what was in the tea. Stephen asked a similar question after drinking with the Ancient One in [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 his debut film]].
** When Baron Mordo argues against helping Doctor Strange find the Book of Vishanti, Charles Xavier responds by echoing the words his ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' counterpart said to his past self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
** In ''Series/WandaVision'', Wanda's Hex accidentally gave [[SuperEmpowering Monica Rambeau]] superpowers. In this movie, the Scarlet Witch shows that if she can give superpowers, logically she can [[DePower take them away]], which she does [[spoiler:on Monica's own mother's 838 counterpart]].
** Strange uses Dreamwalking to possess and reanimate the corpse of his counterpart, invoking [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies another zombified Dr. Strange]] that appeared not too long.
** Wanda angrily [[AdHominem calls Strange a hypocrite]] for dreamwalking, much like Kaecilius did the same towards the Ancient One for also using forbidden magic from the Dark Dimension.
** As in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', the Darkhold is shown explicitly corrupting the minds of all those who read it.
** [[spoiler:Strange's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest regret]]: [[ILetGwenStacyDie not being able to save a sibling's life]] (in his case a sister) is similar to [[Series/MoonKnight2022 Marc Spector's backstory]] (in his case, it was his brother).
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** Wanda vs Captain Carter: despite Peggy managing to hold her own against Wanda, it doesn't matter because the latter fought alongside her own version of Captan America, meaning she knows Cap's combat style first-hand and it's implied that Wanda and Steve created a combination attack with the shield. Indeed, when Peggy launched the shield against Wanda, she easily catch it with her magic and returned it to Peggy with fatal results.
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** Wanda vs Captain Carter: despite Peggy managing to hold her own against Wanda, it doesn't matter because the latter fought alongside her own version of Captan America, meaning she knows Cap's combat style first-hand and it's implied that Wanda and Steve created a combination attack with the shield. Indeed, when When Peggy launched launches the shield against Wanda, she easily catch catches it with her magic and returned returns it to Peggy with fatal results.
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* RejectionAffection: Strange with Christine. It was made clear in their frist film that they were through romantically. But Strange once again confesses to Christine at her wedding that he still has feelings for her. She once against tells him it wasn't going to work between them. When he meets 838 Christine, he tries to introduce himself & she interrupts him to tell him she doesn't care to know him. She ventually warms up to him and she confesses again that he loves her and has in every universe. It is here that she also rejects him & encourages him to love other people, whereuopn he finally gives up on the idea that he will ever be with her.
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* RejectionAffection: Strange with Christine. It was made clear in their frist first film that they were through romantically. But Strange once again confesses to Christine at her wedding that he still has feelings for her. She once against tells him it wasn't going to work between them. When he meets 838 Christine, he tries to introduce himself & she interrupts him to tell him she doesn't care to know him. She ventually eventually warms up to him and she he confesses again that he loves her and has in every universe. It is here that she also again rejects him (although very gently) & encourages him to love other people, whereuopn whereupon he finally gives up on the idea that he will ever be with her.
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* RejectedAffection: Strange with Christine. It was made clear in their frist film that they were through romantically. But Strange once again confesses to Christine at her wedding that he still has feelings for her. She once against tells him it wasn't going to work between them. When he meets 838 Christine, he tries to introduce himself & she interrupts him to tell him she doesn't care to know him. She ventually warms up to him and she confesses again that he loves her and has in every universe. It is here that she also rejects him & encourages him to love other people, whereuopn he finally gives up on the idea that he will ever be with her.
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* RejectedAffection: RejectionAffection: Strange with Christine. It was made clear in their frist film that they were through romantically. But Strange once again confesses to Christine at her wedding that he still has feelings for her. She once against tells him it wasn't going to work between them. When he meets 838 Christine, he tries to introduce himself & she interrupts him to tell him she doesn't care to know him. She ventually warms up to him and she confesses again that he loves her and has in every universe. It is here that she also rejects him & encourages him to love other people, whereuopn he finally gives up on the idea that he will ever be with her.
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* LoveHungry: Strange's usbplot this film focuses on his inability to move on from Christine, to the point of asking if his variants from other universes ever ended up with her. Negative. He confesses he still has feelings for Christine at her wedding which she responds kindly tto, but lets him know they were never going to work out. Finally, he falls for her 838 variant and confesses he loves her, but she also rejects him. It is only at that point, he finally gives up on the idea of having any version of Christine.
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After [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome his botched attempt to restore Peter Parker's secret identity nearly resulted in a massive multiversal crisis]], [[Characters/MCUDoctorStrange Doctor Stephen Strange]] (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) must now prevent another one as he faces a new threat in the form of [[Characters/MCUScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] (Creator/ElizabethOlsen), who's been unable to cope with the loss of the [[Series/WandaVision children she materialized when she altered the reality of Westview]] and wants to be reunited with them at all costs. As the Scarlet Witch, Wanda recklessly uses spells from the witchcraft book known as the Darkhold, which has the effect of corrupting her mind, and she's after [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam America Chavez]] (Creator/XochitlGomez), a teenage girl who has the power to open portals to other parts of the Multiverse. It's up to Strange to protect Chavez and prevent Wanda from becoming a multiversal threat.
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After [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome his botched attempt to restore Peter Parker's secret identity nearly resulted in a massive multiversal crisis]], [[Characters/MCUDoctorStrange Doctor Stephen Strange]] (Creator/BenedictCumberbatch) must now prevent another one as he faces a new threat in the form of [[Characters/MCUScarletWitch Wanda Maximoff]] Maximoff/The Scarlet Witch]] (Creator/ElizabethOlsen), who's been unable to cope with the loss of the [[Series/WandaVision children she materialized when she altered the reality of Westview]] and wants to be reunited with them at all costs. As the Scarlet Witch, Wanda recklessly uses spells from the witchcraft book known as the Darkhold, which has the effect of corrupting her mind, and she's after [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam America Chavez]] (Creator/XochitlGomez), a teenage girl who has the power to open portals to other parts of the Multiverse. It's up to Strange to protect Chavez and prevent Wanda from becoming a Wanda's multiversal threat.
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** Wanda defeating [[spoiler:Black Bolt by removing his mouth]] mirrors a similar scene during the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', where her comic book counterpart casts an identical spell on Magneto to silence him and stop his rampage.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Stephen-838, Wanda, and, back in ''Series/WandaVision'', Agatha all end up with blackened fingers thanks to their use of the corrupting magics of the Darkhold. [[spoiler:Stephen ends up with an eye in the middle of his forehead.]] Look around and you'll find that the blackened fingers are due to the fact that the Darkhold isn't just a collection of spells, but a ritual meant to turn the user into a host for the rebirth of the God of Evil, Chthon. [[spoiler:Stephen's third eye is the Third Eye of Agomotto protecting him.]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: Stephen-838, Wanda, and, back in ''Series/WandaVision'', Agatha all end up with blackened fingers thanks to their use of the corrupting magics of the Darkhold. [[spoiler:Stephen ends up with an eye in the middle of his forehead.]] Look around and you'll find that the blackened fingers are due to the fact that the Darkhold isn't just a collection of spells, but a ritual meant to turn the user into a host for the rebirth of the God of Evil, Chthon. [[spoiler:Stephen's third eye is the Third Eye of Agomotto protecting him. This doesn't explain why Sinister Strange also had the eye. Probably Raimi was just using all of the elements from the comics for full BodyHorror rather than hewing closely to their canon.]]
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* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler:Wanda]] forces Wong to reveal the location of Wundagore Mountain by threatening to kill several of his fellow sorcerers in front of him.
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* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler:Wanda]] Wanda forces Wong to reveal the location of Wundagore Mountain by threatening to kill several of his fellow sorcerers in front of him.him, or perhaps [[AmbiguousSituation return them to unlife and torture their souls in front of him]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Wanda destroys the temple of Wundagore with a collapse and an explosion of magic, destroying every copy of the Darkhold in existence]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: Either Strange takes America's power or Wanda does. Stephen convinces America to master it instead.
