First Reactions Surface for Marvel's WHAT IF...? Season 2 Tease "An Absolute Blast!"

The first reactions for Marvel’s What If...? Season 2 animated series have surfaced, and it sounds like the show is going to deliver some fun, great, and wild stories! The buzz is starting with a positive attitude, which is awesome! I enjoyed the first season, and it sounds like we are going to get some great new stories with Season 2.

The second season consists of nine episodes and a new episode will be released daily. So, every day until December 30th, we will have a new episode to watch. The characters that the series will explore include Hela, Captain Carter, Scarlet Witch, Iron Man, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Nebula, Peter Quill, and a new Native American character Kahhori.

The two episodes that were screened at the event include "What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?" and "What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?". They sound pretty wild!

Check out what people are saying about these first two episodes below:

Saw the first two episodes of #WhatIf and they were an absolute blast! Really fun and a mix of serious and silly in the best way way! @marvelstudios @disneyplus @whatifofficial pic.twitter.com/AI7XRRmtgT

— Jenna Busch-Henderson (@JennaBusch) December 12, 2023

Just screened the first 2 eps of #WhatIf. Extremely entertaining and intriguing! First ep kicks it off with a dark thriller that follows Nebula and what if she joined the Nova Corp. 2nd ep has a more of a holiday theme that I don’t spoil. Just know it’s a fun one. #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/sWo5URZhAO

— Wendy Lee Szany (@WendyLeeSzany) December 12, 2023

Lemme tell you, #WhatIf @MarvelStudios made one of my favorite holiday episodes ever? pic.twitter.com/yeDBvLH7Yb

— Notorious DHK (@THEDHK) December 12, 2023

I watched the first two episodes of #WhatIf & #WhatIfSeason2 is great, the animation is beautiful. Returning & new characters makes the stories very exciting , fun & there is one of the best holidays episodes ever! @whatifofficial @DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/xTEWYUPBPj

— Jana N Nagase - Jana On Camera (@janaoncamera) December 12, 2023

Just watched two SPECTACULAR episodes of #WhatIf season two and WOW! The holiday episode is full of #DieHard references and is awesome! Can't wait to watch the others! @MarvelStudios @DisneyPlus @whatifofficial pic.twitter.com/kgV1i0QZxT

— Junior Felix (@JuniorFett) December 12, 2023

Watched 2 episodes of the second season of #WhatIf and it is even stronger than the first! The animation is even smoother and the genre play continues to be fantastic! Nebula has a great arc and Happy Hogan is front and center in an episode perfect for the holiday season! pic.twitter.com/B2I9LpBpz4

— Caitlin Tyrrell (@caitlin_tyrrell) December 12, 2023

Just watched two episodes of #WhatIf season 2 & they were so much fun! Loved the holiday episode which referenced so many great Christmas movies! Plus a Nebula / Nova Corp one with tons of amazing surprise characters! Lots of laughs & great animation! Can't wait to see the rest! pic.twitter.com/TSVDluOAzg

— Tessa Smith - Mama's Geeky (@MamasGeeky) December 12, 2023

The real highlight of both episodes of What If that were shown is the animation. It’s stunning, better than the first season. It captures action, emotion, and a whole range of emotion. Can’t wait for more of What If. #WhatIf @whatifofficial @MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/N4EXNAGjJJ

— Hunter Bolding (@HunterBVideo) December 12, 2023

Watched 2 eps of #WhatIf The Nebula episode has a mix of cyberpunk and noir aesthetics. However it dragged in parts. The Christmas ep was fun and spotlights Happy Hogan getting superpowers and is inspired by Die Hard. pic.twitter.com/zVi7RMWjfG

— John Nguyen (@JohnSpartan300) December 12, 2023

Just screened the first two episodes of #WhatIf season 2. @MarvelStudios animation is awe-inspiring. The holiday special is filled with nods to the season and holiday films. Look out for the Die Hard homage. And there's @Laura_Karpman's score. She is having the best year.

— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) December 12, 2023

Director Bryan Andrews previously talked about the new season, teasing that it gets a lot wackier and wilder than the first season:

"Obviously more unique stories that slowly get a little bit wilder. The first season Kevin wanted to keep it a little bit closer to the vest, have a little thing that was different and that little thing made these things different, but still tied very much to either a moment in the movies or a particular film itself.

"Now there's more films and things to pull from, so we don't have to have just a tiny moment. We can expand out and things can get a little bit wackier. We take it up a notch in season two and then in season three we just go even wackier. In season two, we have different characters that we haven't really got a chance to play with before and we see how they'll integrate with some of the favorites that come back. There's lots of really cool stuff and I can't wait for people to see it."

There’s no doubt it’s going to be fun. We also have a list of titles of the episodes and they offer a tease of what the season will entail:

Episode 201: What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?

Episode 202: What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes?

Episode 203: What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?

Episode 204: What If... Hela found the Ten Rings?

Episode 205: What If... lron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?

Episode 206: What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?

 Episode 208: What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?

Episode 209: What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?

 Episode 210 : What If... Strange Supreme Intervened?

A synopsis was previously released for “What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?” and it reads: “What If…? asks what would happen if the Tesseract fell to Earth and landed in the sovereign Haudenosaunee Confederacy before the colonization of America. The Tesseract takes on a new life and a new mythology, transforming a lake into a gateway to the stars and leading Kahhori, a young Mohawk woman, on a quest to discover her power."

There were also details released for the Hela episode, which sees the return of Cate Blanchett. That story involves the villain acquiring the Ten Rings from Marvel’s Shang-Chi martial arts movie. As for how the story for Hela will play out, insider CWGST offered some insight on that, saying Hela will be "kicked out of Asgard like in Thor: Ragnarök. But instead of being imprisoned in Hel, she finds herself accepted by Ta-Lo and their inhabitants, learning their martial arts. Odin will invade and war between Asgard and Ta-Lo will break out. Hela’s armor will be all white instead of black and green."