Each good Marvel fan is aware of to remain of their seat after the credit roll on an MCU film. Marvel has mastered the artwork of the next-movie tease, introducing characters as influential as Thanos within the post-credits of The Avengers and seeding plotlines like Nick Fury being in area in Spider-Man: Far From Residence. Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity naturally maintains this sample, with an thrilling mid-credit scene that will have confused followers who aren’t acquainted with the deeper cuts of Physician Unusual lore. Haven’t any concern: We all know what was up with the purple woman and we’re pleased to share with you.

The mid-credit scene in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity begins with the nice talker strolling down the road in Greenwich Village with a conspicuous hipster scarf and never a care on this planet – till a mysterious blonde lady performed by the Charlize Theron emerges from a portal sporting an (admittedly tacky) purple sorcerer’s getup. She tells Unusual that his work shouldn’t be achieved and reveals that her portal results in the Darkish Dimension, the placement the place Physician Unusual encountered and defeated Dormammu in Physician Unusual (bear in mind “Dormammu, I’ve come to discount?”). Unusual whips off his scarf, which is revealed to be his Cloak of Levitation in disguise, and follows the lady into the neon abyss.

The blonde hair, purple swimsuit, and partnership with Stephen Unusual all level to Charlize Theron enjoying Clea, an enormous determine in Physician Unusual’s comedian ebook historical past. She is a princess of the Darkish Dimension, daughter of Prince Orini and topic of Dormammu, who we recall was nonetheless alive on the finish of Physician Unusual. She is a robust sorceress who turns into Physician Unusual’s ally, lover, and later his sort-of spouse (interdimensional marriages are tough to legally implement).

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Getting an actor as revered as Charlize Theron to play Clea hints that her character will a big position in Physician Unusual 3 or different Marvel motion pictures. As to how precisely the MCU will interpret her, it is laborious to inform. Unusual’s journey in Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity makes it clear that he is prepared to maneuver on from his emotions for Christine, so the romantic side of their relationship is unquestionably on the desk. That, or the previous Sorcerer Supreme simply gained a cool new ally. If she would not find yourself being a villain, that’s.

Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity is now in theaters.