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"**What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?**"
"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?"
What If...? episode
Episode no.	Season 3; Episode 4
Directed by	Stephan Franck
Story by	Bryan Andrews; Matthew Chauncey; Ryan Little;
Teleplay by	Matthew Chauncey; Ryan Little;
Editing by	Anton Capaldo-Smith
Original release date	December 24, 2024
Running time	32 minutes
Cast
	Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis; Seth Green as Howard the Duck; Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury; Tom Hiddleston as Loki; Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson; Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta; Matt Friend as Grandmaster; Josh Brolin as Thanos; Rachel House as Topaz; Jared Butler as Kaecilius; Andrew Morgado as Laufey; Darin De Paul as Zeus; Chris Hemsworth as Thor; Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw; Steven French as Malekith; Kari Wahlgren as Carina; Hamish Parkinson as Beerbot 5000;
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"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" is the fourth episode of the third season and 22th episode overall of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. Set in the timeline of Season 1's seventh episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?" while also serving as its sequel, the episode follows Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis as they embark on a long mission to protect their unhatched child from factions who are greedy for their egg's hidden power. The episode was written by Bryan Andrews, Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little and directed by Stephan Franck.

Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of Kat Dennings, Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Michael Rooker, Matt Friend, Josh Brolin, Rachel House, Jared Butler, Andrew Morgado, Darin De Paul, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven French, Kari Wahlgren, and Hamish Parkinson.

"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" was released on Disney+ on December 25, 2024.

Plot

During Thor's party on Earth,^[a] Howard the Duck marries Darcy Lewis and they have a baby that takes the form of an egg. Thanks to Thor's party that the other aliens attended, Earth has improved its technology and now has things like space travel.

Howard and Darcy join the Grandmaster on his intergalactic cruise, but he takes the egg and attempts to cook it for a breakfast before Yondu Udonta steals it. As the couple gives chase, Nick Fury and Phil Coulson explain that because their child was born during a rare alignment of the Nine Realms called the Convergence, it is destined for great things and has become highly sought after by several factions.

On Knowhere, Yondu delivers the egg to Kaecilius who kills Yondu and attempts to use the egg as a host body for Dormammu. S.H.I.E.L.D. attacks, intending to acquire the egg, though the couple recovers it.

Howard and Darcy seek shelter from Loki on Jotunheim as he is working to promote his ski resort to his father Laufey. However, Laufey and his fellow Frost Giants, Malekith, Zeus, and Thanos and his Black Order are also after the egg, and a chase ensues. Loki persuades his father to withdraw from the pursuing. As the couple is cornered, the egg suddenly glows gold, rises into the sky and subdues the pursuers with golden energy while Zeus escapes claiming that he has an orgy to attend.

The egg hatches into a human/duck hybrid which Howard and Darcy name Byrdie. While Laufey accepts Loki's ski result proposal, Fury admits that the child should stay with her parents and they return home peacefully.

Production

Development

TBD

Casting

Jeffrey Wright narrates the episode as the Watcher,^[1] with Marvel planning to have other characters in the series voiced by the actors who portrayed them in the MCU films.^[2]^[3] The episodes stars the voices of Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, Seth Green as Howard the Duck, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta, Matt Friend as Grandmaster (who was originally reprised by Jeff Goldblum in the previous episodes), Josh Brolin as Thanos, Rachel House as Topaz, Jared Butler as Kaecilius, Andrew Morgado as Laufey, Darin De Paul as Zeus, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw, Steven French as Malekith, Kari Wahlgren as Carina, and Hamish Parkinson as Beerbot 5000.

Animation

Reception

Notes

^ As depicted in the first season episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?"

References

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External links

"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" at IMDb

[1] As depicted in the first season episode "What If... Thor Were an Only Child?"

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