What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?

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"What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" is the third episode of the first season of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. It explores what would happen if the events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) tie-in comic Fury's Big Week (2012) occurred differently, with Nick Fury's campaign to recruit the Avengers derailed by a string of deaths. The episode was written by head writer A. Celsius. Bradley and story editor Matthew Chauncey, and directed by Bryan Andrews.
Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson (Fury), Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Jaimie Alexander, Frank Grillo, Lake Bell, and Mick Wingert. The series began development by September 2018, with Andrews and Bradley joining soon after, and many actors expected to reprise their roles from the MCU films; the events of Fury's Big Week are partially shown in the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), and Thor (2011). Other MCU moments are also reimagined in the episode, which becomes a murder mystery in the style of an Agatha Christie story. Animation was provided by Squeeze, with Stephan Franck serving as head of animation.
"What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" was released on Disney+ on August 25, 2021. Critics generally found the episode to be the weakest of the series' first three due to its less clear "what if?" scenario, although its darker storyline for an MCU project received praise. The episode's voice acting and connections to MCU films received mixed reviews.

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