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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it took years for him to do it, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it took toke years for him to do it, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it tokw years for him to do it, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it tokw took years for him to do it, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it years for him to do, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it tokw years for him to do, do it, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Strange starts stealing the powers and souls of multiple demonic entities but it turns out it years for him to do, and the Eye of Agamotto was what kept him young. By the time he has finished his new friend O'Bengh is dying of old age.
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* LivingClothes: Strange Supreme steals a cloak from one of his monstrous targets that flies around similarly to the Cloak of Levitation. Humorously, when the two Dr Stranges face off against each other, their cloaks detach and fight a battle of their own.
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* {{Determinator}}: Stephen is very determined to avert Christine's death... to no avail.

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* RiddleForTheAges: Christine's presence in the car doesn't explain why his hands remained unaffected by the accident.

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Christine's presence in the car doesn't explain why his hands remained unaffected by the accident.accident.
** Much is made of the fact that Christine’s death is unavoidable due to being a fixed event in time. Why at least one timeline we know of, the Sacred Timeline, ''did'' manage to avoid it, is not brought up.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Benedict Cumberbatch's British comes out quite noticeably on the last word of "I spent centuries, sacrificed everything!"
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* BaitTheDog: Stephen manages to safely get back into his lane behind the truck, only for another car to rear-end them and cause the crash.
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Doctor Stephen Strange offers to drive Doctor Christine Palmer to an award ceremony. However they get into a car accident, resulting in her death in this reality. Fueled by grief, [[Film/DoctorStrange Stephen sets off to learn about the mystic arts, and eventually stops Dormammu.]] In the aftermath, Strange then begins a dark journey to gain the power needed to resurrect her, bringing about dangerous consequences as Doctor Strange Supreme.

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Doctor Stephen Strange offers to drive Doctor Christine Palmer to an award ceremony. However However, they get into a car accident, resulting in her death in this reality. Fueled by grief, [[Film/DoctorStrange Stephen sets off to learn about the mystic arts, and eventually stops Dormammu.]] In the aftermath, Strange then begins a dark journey to gain the power needed to resurrect her, bringing about dangerous consequences as Doctor Strange Supreme.



* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Strange Supreme, in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, begs Uatu to save the universe, but the Watcher refuses, citing this, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech additionally stating he of all people should know of the consequences of manipulating time and space to his extent]].

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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Strange Supreme, in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, begs Uatu to save the universe, but the Watcher refuses, citing this, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech additionally stating he of all people should know of the consequences of manipulating time and space to his this extent]].



* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: With a Vishanti spell protecting Stephen, Strange Supreme is forced beat the spell off him in order to fully absorb him; every punch he lands causes the protective runes to fly off.

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* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: With a Vishanti spell protecting Stephen, Strange Supreme is forced to beat the spell off him in order to fully absorb him; every punch he lands causes the protective runes to fly off.



* TheFinalTemptation: In a last ditch effort to get Strange to agree with his plot, Strange Supreme disguises himself as Christine to talk him out of fighting back. He almost agrees, but the memory of all of reality being erased is enough to get him to see through the illusion.

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* TheFinalTemptation: In a last ditch last-ditch effort to get Strange to agree with his plot, Strange Supreme disguises himself as Christine to talk him out of fighting back. He almost agrees, but the memory of all of reality being erased is enough to get him to see through the illusion.



** The divergence in this reality is that Christine Palmer died in a car accident rather than Stephen being by himself and losing use of his hands.

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** The divergence in this reality is that Christine Palmer died in a car accident rather than Stephen being by himself and losing the use of his hands.



* IveComeTooFar: Spoken verbatim by Strange Supreme with regards for his refusal to stop trying to save Christine.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The sequence of Strange attempting to avert Christine's death show the alternate paths that night took (standing her up, taking an alternate route, reaching the award ceremony, spending the night at a local diner) and how her death was guaranteed in each path (caught in an exploding building, being run over by a truck, having a fatal heart attack, being gunned down by another customer).

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* IveComeTooFar: Spoken verbatim by Strange Supreme with regards for to his refusal to stop trying to save Christine.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The sequence of Strange attempting to avert Christine's death show shows the alternate paths that night took (standing her up, taking an alternate route, reaching the award ceremony, spending the night at a local diner) and how her death was guaranteed in each path (caught in an exploding building, being run over by a truck, having a fatal heart attack, being gunned down by another customer).

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* CasualDangerDialogue: Even while reality dissolves around them, Wong and Strange take their time forming a plan, with the sorcerers agreeing this isn't even the weirdest thing to befall them.



* EvilCostumeSwitch: Strange Supreme's descent into villainy is marked by a cape with black and purple in contrast to the red of the Cloak of Levitation. His clothing proper also has additional red highlights and a gold sash.



* TheFinalTemptation: In a last ditch effort to get Strange to agree with his plot, Strange Supreme disguises himself as Christine to talk him out of fighting back. He almost agrees, but the memory of all of reality being erased is enough to get him to see through the illusion.



* IveComeTooFar: Spoken verbatim by Strange Supreme with regards for his refusal to stop trying to save Christine.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The sequence of Strange attempting to avert Christine's death show the alternate paths that night took (standing her up, taking an alternate route, reaching the award ceremony, spending the night at a local diner) and how her death was guaranteed in each path (caught in an exploding building, being run over by a truck, having a fatal heart attack, being gunned down by another customer).



* WizardDuel: The climax of the episode resulting in Strange Supreme using his magic to absorb Stephen Strange, with Stephen using his own to fight him off.



* WizardDuel: The climax of the episode resulting in Strange Supreme using his magic to absorb Stephen Strange, with Stephen using his own to fight him off.
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* TheFaceless: This is the only manner in which Mordo appears in the flashbacks; his silhouette is seen, but no more, and he says nothing.


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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Christine Palmer is a major character here, and there’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo from [[TheBusCameBack Christine]] [[Film/IronMan Everhart.]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: Christine’s causes Strange to seek out Kamar-Taj, and everything thereafter up to the end of reality.


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* SpikesOfVillainy: The collar on Strange Supreme’s new cloak evokes this.


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* WhamEpisode: For the first time, Uatu the Watcher is acknowledged by another character, and they have a harsh conversation.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Doctor Strange begs Uatu to intervene, telling him not to punish the rest of his universe for his actions. Uatu declines, saying that he cannot interfere

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Doctor Strange begs Uatu to intervene, telling him not to punish the rest of his universe for his actions. Uatu declines, saying that he cannot interfereinterfere.


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* AllohistoricalAllusion: Another WhosOnFirst joke is made at Strange's expense, originally by Kaecilius in ''Film/DoctorStrange'', but by O'Bengh here.
* ApocalypseHow: A ApocalypseHow/ClassX4 example: Strange Supreme absorbing constant amounts of dark magic sets up a RealityBreakingParadox, finalized by his resurrection of Christine, causing the universe to collapse on itself save for a tiny pocket of land.
* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: With a Vishanti spell protecting Stephen, Strange Supreme is forced beat the spell off him in order to fully absorb him; every punch he lands causes the protective runes to fly off.
* CallBack: The Kraken from [[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger the first episode]] as one of the monsters Strange summons and draws power from.


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* WizardDuel: The climax of the episode resulting in Strange Supreme using his magic to absorb Stephen Strange, with Stephen using his own to fight him off.
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** No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.

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** No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s It's revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to because without it Strange would never have become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.gained the power to travel back in time to change it.
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* TimeCrash: The result of Strange's attempt to undo the Absolute Point -- reality dissolves and breaks apart around him.

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* AGodIAmNot: Uatu rebukes Strange Supreme calling him a god, while also saying the same of him.


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* AGodIAmNot: Uatu rebukes Strange Supreme calling him a god, while also saying the same of him.

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* DownerEnding: The universe outside of a small pocket ends as a result of Strange Supreme's attempts to revive Christine, who ends up fading from existence once again.



* DownerEnding: The universe outside of a small pocket ends as a result of Strange Supreme's attempts to revive Christine, who ends up fading from existence once again.



* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Uatu points out that while Strange Supreme's motivation was understandable, he knew the consequences of tampering with time, was warned several times about it from his friends and mentors... yet still pursues the dark path of his own free will. This is best shown when Good Strange rejects the illusion of a revived Christine, causing Strange Supreme to fly in a rage.

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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Uatu points out that while Strange Supreme's motivation was understandable, he knew the consequences of tampering with time, was warned several times about it from his friends and mentors... yet still pursues the dark path of his own free will. This is best shown when Good Strange rejects the illusion of a revived Christine, causing Strange Supreme to fly in into a rage.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Uatu points out that while Strange Supreme's motivation was understandable, he knew the consequences of tampering with time, was warned several times about it from his friends and mentors... yet still pursues the dark path of his own free will. This is best shown when Good Strange rejects the illusion of a revived Christine, causing Strange Supreme to fly in a rage.


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* PyrrhicVillainy: Strange Supreme absorbs Good Strange and proceeds to revive Christine. He got what he wanted, only for Christine to become terrified of Strange and the collapsing universe around them. And then it turns out Christine cannot survive with the universe being destroyed and is once again dead, erased from existence. All that's left is a regretful Strange Supreme trapped in his pocket universe, forever alone to live with his actions.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Uatu gives one to Strange Supreme, berating him for calling Uatu a god and noting that Strange Supreme was given more than enough warnings that what he was doing was wrong, but nevertheless choose the dark path.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Christine's presence in the car doesn't explain why his hands remained unaffected by the accident.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Doctor Strange begs Uatu to intervene, telling him not to punish the rest of his universe for his actions. Uatu declines, saying that he cannot interfere



* AllForNothing:
** Stephen's attempt at saving Christine destroys his universe, and also results in Christine getting erased from existence.
* EnemyWithout: The Ancient One splits Doctor Strange's existence into two in hopes of saving the universe. Unfortunately, this fails, as this version of Strange falters and is absorbed by Strange Supreme anyways.

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* AllForNothing:
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AllForNothing: Stephen's attempt at saving Christine destroys his universe, and also results in Christine getting erased from existence.
* EnemyWithout: The Ancient One splits Doctor Strange's existence into two in hopes of saving the universe. Unfortunately, this fails, [[AllForNothing as this version of Strange falters and is absorbed by Strange Supreme anyways.anyways]].

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* EnemyWithout: The Ancient One creates a GoodCounterpart out of Doctor Strange in hopes of saving the universe. Unfortunately, this fails, as this version of Strange falters and is absorbed by Strange Supreme.
** The Ancient One splitting Dr. Strange's existence into half is neutered as Evil Strange absorbs Good Strange anyways

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* EnemyWithout: The Ancient One creates a GoodCounterpart out of splits Doctor Strange Strange's existence into two in hopes of saving the universe. Unfortunately, this fails, as this version of Strange falters and is absorbed by Strange Supreme.
** The Ancient One splitting Dr. Strange's existence into half is neutered as Evil Strange absorbs Good Strange anyways
Supreme anyways.

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** The Ancient One splitting Dr Strange's existence into half is neutered as Evil Strange absorbs Good Strange anyways

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* EnemyWithout: The Ancient One creates a GoodCounterpart out of Doctor Strange in hopes of saving the universe. Unfortunately, this fails, as this version of Strange falters and is absorbed by Strange Supreme.
** The Ancient One splitting Dr Dr. Strange's existence into half is neutered as Evil Strange absorbs Good Strange anyways



* EveryoneHasStandards: Dr Strange will absorb anything that comes from the portal... except for bugs (doesn't stop him from stealing their capes though)

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Dr Dr. Strange will absorb anything that comes from the portal... except for bugs (doesn't bugs. Doesn't stop him from stealing their capes though)capes, though.



* YouCantFightFate: No matter what Stephen tries, Christine is fated to die that day. Stopping it from happening quite literally destroys that reality.

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* YouCantFightFate: No matter what Stephen tries, Christine is fated to die that day. Stopping it from happening quite literally destroys that reality.reality.
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-> ''"One life, one choice, one moment can destroy the entire universe."''

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* ForWantOfANail: The divergence in this reality is that Christine Palmer died in a car accident rather than Stephen being by himself and losing use of his hands.

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* ForWantOfANail: ForWantOfANail:
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The divergence in this reality is that Christine Palmer died in a car accident rather than Stephen being by himself and losing use of his hands.hands.
** The Ancient One causes another divergence when she confronts Strange, creating two timelines in one reality; one where Strange goes unimpeded in his pursuit to become more powerful and another where Strange gives up on saving Christine, in order to give the universe a fighting chance against the former. Unfortunately, the Good Strange isn't enough to stop Strange Supreme.
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* AllForNothing:
** Stephen's attempt at saving Christine destroys his universe, and also results in Christine getting erased from existence.
** The Ancient One splitting Dr Strange's existence into half is neutered as Evil Strange absorbs Good Strange anyways


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* EveryoneHasStandards: Dr Strange will absorb anything that comes from the portal... except for bugs (doesn't stop him from stealing their capes though)

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** No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.

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** No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.Dormammu.
* YouCantFightFate: No matter what Stephen tries, Christine is fated to die that day. Stopping it from happening quite literally destroys that reality.

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* InSpiteOfANail: No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.

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* InSpiteOfANail: ForWantOfANail: The divergence in this reality is that Christine Palmer died in a car accident rather than Stephen being by himself and losing use of his hands.
* InSpiteOfANail:
** Even with Christine’s death, Stephen still becomes a sorcerer, defeats Dormammu and protects the New York Sanctum Sanctorum while watching over the Eye of Agamotto alongside Wong. The only difference besides Christine’s absence seems to be that Stephen mastered his magic quicker with his hands uninjured in this reality.
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No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.
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Doctor Stephen Strange offers to drive Doctor Christine Palmer to an award ceremony. However they get into a car accident, resulting in her death in this reality. Fueled by grief, [[Film/DoctorStrange Stephen sets off to learn about the mystic arts, and eventually stops Dormammu.]] In the aftermath, Strange then begins a dark journey to gain the power needed to resurrect her, bringing about dangerous consequences.

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Doctor Stephen Strange offers to drive Doctor Christine Palmer to an award ceremony. However they get into a car accident, resulting in her death in this reality. Fueled by grief, [[Film/DoctorStrange Stephen sets off to learn about the mystic arts, and eventually stops Dormammu.]] In the aftermath, Strange then begins a dark journey to gain the power needed to resurrect her, bringing about dangerous consequences.
consequences as Doctor Strange Supreme.



* InSpiteOfANail: Enforced and discussed. No matter what Strange does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.

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* InSpiteOfANail: Enforced and discussed. No matter what Strange Supreme does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.

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-> ''“We have watched how one moment, one choice, can ripple across space and time, giving birth to new stories, heroes, whole universes. But what if it’s the wrong choice? What if the best of intentions has very strange consequences?”''
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Doctor Stephen Strange offers to drive Doctor Christine Palmer to an award ceremony. However they get into a car accident, resulting in her death in this reality. Fueled by grief, [[Film/DoctorStrange Stephen sets off to learn about the mystic arts, and eventually stops Dormammu.]] In the aftermath, Strange then begins a dark journey to gain the power needed to resurrect her, bringing about dangerous consequences.



* FallenHero: Strange Supreme goes from stopping Dormammu to causing the end of his universe.

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* FallenHero: Strange Supreme goes from stopping Dormammu to causing the end of his universe.universe.
* InSpiteOfANail: Enforced and discussed. No matter what Strange does to alter the past, Christine dies. It’s revealed that her death is an Absolute Point, a point in time that cannot be changed as Stephen is destined to become a sorcerer and defeat Dormammu.
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* DownerEnding: The universe outside of a small pocket ends as a result of Strange Supreme's attempts to revive Christine, who ends up fading from existence once again.

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* DownerEnding: The universe outside of a small pocket ends as a result of Strange Supreme's attempts to revive Christine, who ends up fading from existence once again.again.
* FallenHero: Strange Supreme goes from stopping Dormammu to causing the end of his universe.
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!!! '''Alternate take on:''' ''Film/DoctorStrange''

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!! "What If… Dr. Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?" contains examples of:

* AGodIAmNot: Uatu rebukes Strange Supreme calling him a god, while also saying the same of him.
* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Strange Supreme, in a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, begs Uatu to save the universe, but the Watcher refuses, citing this, [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech additionally stating he of all people should know of the consequences of manipulating time and space to his extent]].
* DownerEnding: The universe outside of a small pocket ends as a result of Strange Supreme's attempts to revive Christine, who ends up fading from existence once again.

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