Twas released on the night before Christmas but we're finally chatting about Marvel's What If? 203 What if Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Does Happy Die Hard when he's left Home Alone by the Avengers? We chat all about it in spoiler filled detail.

Marvel's What If? 203 What if Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Synopsis

Executive Produced by: Bryan Andrews, A.C. Bradley, Brad Winderbaum with Kevin Feige

Head Writer: A.C. Bradley

Episode Written by: A.C. Bradley and Matthew Chauncey

Episode Directed By: Bryan Andrews

One small change can ruin the holidays!

On Christmas Eve, Happy Hogan is assigned to oversee preparations for the annual Christmas party with Darcy as well as security in the Avengers Tower, along with Director Maria Hill after Jarvis has been taken offline for debugging. But the annual holiday party is crashed by Justin Hammer and his henchmen Sergei and Rusty who lay siege to the Tower for Tony Stark's technology and Bruce Banner's Hulk blood sample.

Attempting to save the Hulk blood sample, Hogan, working with Maria Hill and Darcy under the call sign “Puffin-2”, is accidentally injected with it, causing him to slowly transform into a purple Hulk-like monster, though he manages to retain his intelligence. 

With the Avengers busy with the festive engagements and J.A.R.V.I.S. inactive, Hogan contacts Darcy, who is tasked to find an A.I. to reboot the Tower's system; but Darcy and Maria Hill are captured by Hammer, Sergei, and hold them hostage in the penthouse to lure Hogan into the open. A fully transformed Hogan confronts him and destroys the hijacked Iron Legion robots. 

Justin Hammer takes control of Stark's Hulkbuster armor, Veronica. As Hogan battles Hammer the Avengers arrive who mistake him as the aggressor until corrected by Darcy and Hill. With Hammer subdued by Hulk Hogan, Tony Stark deactivates Veronica and Hammer is taken into custody. Hogan is praised for his efforts as he and the Avengers resume their Christmas party before Thor arrives and wonders what he missed.

Marvel's What If...? 203 Cast

The Watcher played by Jeffrey Wright

Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan / "The Freak",

Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis, 

Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, 

Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer, 

Chris Hemsworth as Thor, 

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, 

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, 

Mick Wingert as Tony Stark / Iron Man, 

Lake Bell as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, 

Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers / Captain America,

Isaac Robinson-Smith as Sergei, 

Matthew Waterson as Rusty,

Ross Marquand as W.E.R.N.E.R.

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