The Multiverse Is Collapsing - Avengers: Endgame Encore's TVA Scene Explained

"Avengers: Endgame Encore" blew everyone away at the box office. People clearly wanted to relive the theatrical experience of seeing Falcon (Anthony Mackie) say "On your left" in a giant theater like they did in 2019. But Marvel Studios sweetened the deal with the inclusion of a few post-credits scene to pave the way for "Avengers: Doomsday," coming out on December 18. Easily, the most important scene involves the Time Variance Authority, so for the full breakdown, watch Looper's video above. 

The TVA was introduced on "Loki" as an all-powerful organization that monitors timelines. The TVA would prune errant offshoots in order to preserve the Sacred Timeline, but by the end of "Loki" Season 2, their mission had changed to protecting all timelines within the multiverse. That's what makes the post-credits scene so troubling, as Mobius (Owen Wilson), Ouroboros (Ke Huy Quan), and Casey (Eugene Cordero) see two universes collide with each other in what's been referred to as an incursion. These initial worlds are Earth-10005, which has been the designation for 20th Century Fox's X-Men universe, and Earth-1127, which doesn't have a designation yet. 

It's not just that the two worlds are colliding, but they're also firing weapons at each other. This could explain why the X-Men universe as seen in the "Avengers: Doomsday" trailers looks so barren. Most of that world has probably been destroyed at this point. Mobius doesn't seem concerned initially, but as the number of worlds experiencing incursions immediately rises to 3,000, Ouroboros lays out the stakes plainly: "The multiverse is collapsing."

If you look in the background of the TVA post-credits scene, you'll notice some universes have already been destroyed. A monitor states Earth-400083 is destroyed, which belongs to the 2003 "Hulk" movie. Earth-15866 also bit the dust, which was the home of the 2015 "Fantastic Four" film, as well as Earth-82111, which is where Captain Carter originated from in the "What If...?" series. 

It's also probably worth noting that 3,000 Earths are set for incursions. Given Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) told his daughter, "I love you 3,000" in "Avengers: Endgame," it lends credence to the idea that Doctor Doom (Downey) is a Stark variant. That number could hold significance to him, too, especially if he's lost a child as part of some multiversal tampering. 

In the MCU, incursions occur when the boundary between two realities dissolves. This can occur as a result of too much multiversal traveling or from tampering with the timeline, which is precisely what Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) does at the conclusion of "Endgame" when he stays in the past to be with Peggy (Hayley Atwell). Given that another one of the post-credits scenes in "Encore" sees Loki (Tom Hiddleston) visit Steve and Peggy, there's a good chance he's there to tell them about the damage they're about to cause. 

The question is whether Doctor Doom is behind all of these incursions, or is Steve inadvertently responsible? Either way, messing with the timeline has earned Doom's ire, and he's likely out to reshape reality in a way he sees fit. But the X-Men universe will stick around a little while longer, so to learn more about that wonky timeline, watch Looper's video above.