Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Trivia: SPOILER: This marks the first appearance in film for a member of the Inhumans, with Black Bolt being a member of the Illuminati. The Inhumans were originally supposed to have their own movie as part of the MCU's phase 3, but it was scrapped and adapted into a negatively received TV series on ABC, which was canceled after one season. Anson Mount, who plays Black Bolt here, also played Black Bolt in the TV series.

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Trivia: The large tentacled creature with one eye is Shuma-Gorath. Due to rights issues over its name, it will be known as Gargantos in the film instead.

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Trivia: After Gargantos throws Strange through the store window and refocuses its attention on America Chavez, the music that is playing is an homage to Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain."

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Trivia: During Strange's meeting with the Illuminati, Professor X says that just because someone stumbles and loses their way, it doesn't mean they are lost forever. He says the same thing to his younger self in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

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Trivia: The 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 that is featured in nearly every Sam Raimi film can be seen floating in the air when Doctor Strange and Christine first arrive in the universe of the corrupted Doctor Strange.

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Trivia: SPOILER: When Wanda kills Professor X inside the mind of her possessed alternate self, it first appears that she snaps his neck. However, if you watch it in slow motion, you can see she actually rips his head in half.

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Trivia: The scene in which Wanda gets angry and screams "Stop it!" at her variant's children was real. The boys were throwing things at her for part of the scene, and accidentally smacked Elizabeth Olsen hard in the face, hurting her. But they didn't realise they hurt her and kept throwing things. Seconds later, she reflexively screamed "Stop it!", legitimately terrifying them. She immediately felt terrible about snapping at them, but it worked for the scene - it was the take used in the final movie.

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Trivia: When Doctor Strange and America Chavez first travel through numerous universes, they pass through a space showing multiple heads with glowing eyes. This is the Living Tribunal, who was referenced in the first film.

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Trivia: The version of Doctor Strange seen at the very beginning of the film has been dubbed "Defender Strange." This is because his outfit is taken from the comics when he was a member of the Defenders.

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Trivia: SPOILER: The woman who approaches Doctor Strange in the mid-credits scene is Clea, who in the comics is one of Strange's disciples and love interests. She is also Dormammu's niece, in the comics at least.

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Trivia: When Professor X first appears onscreen, he is accompanied by the theme from the 90's X-Men animated series. This is the first live action film to adapt this theme. The Fox X-Men films ironically never used it, despite also producing the aforementioned animated series.

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Trivia: Following the release of the second trailer, Patrick Stewart jokingly denied his involvement in the film, stating that he was at home watching the trailer, so it couldn't have been him, and insisting that someone was impersonating his voice.

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Trivia: SPOILER The film marks the third time that Patrick Stewart playing Professor X has died. The first time was in X-men 3 (2006). The second time was in Logan (2017). So his death in this makes it three times.

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Trivia: One of the universes Strange and America go to, a green light meant stop and red meant go. In the pilot episode of "Sliders", the first world Quinn goes to a green light meant stop and red meant go. "Sliders" was about a group of people traveling between parallel universes.

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Trivia: There is a persistent rumor that Daniel Craig was going to have a cameo as a member of the Illuminati. Craig allegedly would have played Balder the Brave, a sibling of Thor. While it has not been 100% confirmed, reports suggest Craig was cast in the role, but ultimately dropped out due to a sudden rise in COVID cases during the film's production. (He didn't want to risk travelling and getting his family sick.) Thus, the character was simply written out and replaced with another Marvel hero.

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Trivia: The identity of the film's main antagonist was the subject of much speculation in the months leading up to its release. Nightmare was rumored, and the release of a toy line for the film showed action figures for the characters Sleepwalker and D'Spayre, neither of whom actually appear in the film.

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Trivia: The six members of the Illuminati in the film are Mordo, Maria Rambeau, Captain Carter, Reed Richards, Professor X, and Black Bolt. The latter three are also members in the comics, however, the other three slots in its original incarnation were occupied by Doctor Strange, Namor, and Iron Man.

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Trivia: This film was banned in Saudi Arabia due to Disney's unwillingness to cut 12 seconds of dialogue in which the character America Chavez mentions having two moms.

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Trivia: After 22 years and a dozen film appearances, this is the first time Professor X is shown using his iconic gold hoverchair from the comics and 90's X-Men animated series. He is also wearing a green suit jacket with a black and blue tie, which were what he wore in the aforementioned series.

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Continuity mistake: At the wedding, Christine tells Stephen something quite hurtful; wide-eyed, he asks her how long did she have it in the barrel; a black partygoer walks behind him but is gone in the reverse shot. Moreover, she replies "Long time" and a couple walks past her, only to walk again past Stephen in the next shot.

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Wanda Maximoff: You break the rules and become a hero. I do it and I become the enemy. That doesn't seem fair.

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Question: If the Vishanti bracelets stop prisoners from using their powers how was America able to punch through her cage?

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Answer: This suggests her powers are stronger than the bracelets.

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Or that the bracelets may only be able to constrain powers from Earth-838, and don't work as well on people from other earths.

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