The latest episode of Marvel’s What If..? animated series on Disney Plus puts a twist on Natasha Romanoff’s death scene from Avengers: Endgame in a storyline that asks, “what if Ultron won?”
Be warned, spoilers for this week’s episode follow.
In the new episode, which made its debut this morning on Disney’s streaming service this morning, Clif Barton’s Hawkeye and Natasha Romanoff’s Black Widow are the only survivors of an Ultron-triggered apocalypse. This time around, the diabolical automaton manages to defeat the Avengers, and it’s up to Romanoff and Barton to set things right.
In the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe, Romanoff originally chooses to sacrifice herself during a time heist in order to allow the Avengers to obtain the Soul Stone before Thanos has a chance to get his hands on it, thereby eliminating half of all life in the universe.
But in the latest episode of What If..?, it’s Barton who chooses to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save Romanoff. The alternate scene is a clear callback to Romanoff’s tragic death from Endgame, as The Direct points out, and recreates many of the same shots in reverse. This includes Barton telling Romanoff he “doesn’t want to fight anymore,” which makes sense given Ultron murdered Hawkeye’s entire family.
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