This seventh episode of What If...? showcases a Thor who has not proven his worth and learned responsibility, instead he is Party Thor! In a van in the middle of nowhere, for some reason the headlights are on, and we hear Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) saying, “For the win. This is it.” She is amusing herself flicking peanuts into a coffee cup and on her umpteenth time, makes it. Then, the equipment starts beeping, so Darcy wakes up Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). This would be the first time Portman appeared as Jane since Thor: The Dark World (2013). She tries to contact the director S.H.I.E.L.D. about an alien invasion, but gets the dial tone. Jane tries again noting that the Star Alpha Icarus flared and was destroyed. She is talking to a rep from Parks and Rec, I’m thinking she’s talking to Andy Dwyer. Darcy gets Jane to go up top to see the cosmic light send a blast across the sky. In Las Vegas, the blast strikes the streets, an Elvis impersonator says, “Holy moly!”, very funny! The light reveals shadowy forms including a big guy who makes an announcement to the people of Midguard, this is obviously Chris Hemsworth, who hasn’t been in the MCU since Avengers: Endgame (2019).
They are awed until Thor steps into the light as the Party Prince! Hemsworth has been able to bring more humor to the part since the second Thor movie. This is Party Thor unleashed with a rave to rock the universe! The Watcher explains that the timeline changes can happen with relationships, in this case, Loki. Odin returns Loki to the frost giants. This is told in a sequence of comic book panels, wonder about who is the artist? Thor is casual as Frigga (Josette Eales) sets her husband into the Odinsleep to recharge. Eales is an actress who appeared in the comedy, Blended (2014). Frigga is off to go with her sisters and tells Thor as king that he must study and not party with Heimdall watching him. The Warriors Three, Fandral (Max Mittleman), Volstagg (Fred Tatasciore), and Hogun (David Chen), plus Sif (Jaime Alexander) question Thor as they head down steps. Mittleman voiced Hobgoblin in the 2017-2020 Spider-Man cartoon and Chen provided voices in the animated film, Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020). Alexander’s last MCU appearance was voicing Sif in "What If…The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?"
Thor tells them that the party will be at a place unwatched by Heimdall, Midguard. At Vegas, Thor welcomes The Executioner, intro’d in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), to the party. Also there is Jane and Darcy, Jane is scanning the party to determine who was the first extraterrestrial to arrive and finds Thor. She is about to talk to him, when Darcy points out Howard the Duck (Seth Green). Thor is having a group of Skrulls shapeshift their faces to look like himself. He is tapped by Jane and he has to look down at her. Thor shows her the food at the party including a cake tasted by the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum) and his assistant, Topaz (Rachel House). Party Thor, as he is credited, really feels like Thor: Ragnarok instead of the first Thor. Jane tells him about the destruction of Star Alpha Icarus eighteen months ago. She shows him the star on her iPad and he recognizes it as another party site. Jane tells him that it destroyed a planet, but Thor is more interested in the “light box.” Thor says she’s a genius and then faltters Jane about her eyes. Howard the Duck takes Darcy to get some nachos. Jane dances with Thor as the Grandmaster acts as dj.
Nebula (Karen Gillan) rolls some dice next to Korg. Volstagg crashes into a pool which amuses Drax (Tatasciore again). Elvis gets Darcy and the Duck married! Jane and Thor get “Magic” and “Science” tatoos! It all turns to white. The aftermath of the party. Jane is wakened in bed by a cell phone call and then a knocking at the door. Brock Rumlow (Frank Grillo) is knocking on the door when Jane opens it, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) steps forward. She explains why is Acting Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury tries to crash the party, he is charged by the bouncer, Korg! The helicarrier hovers above Vegas, Jane tries to explain what she did before the party, and Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) reports that the party is spreading around the world including Pennsylvania Dutch Country, funny! He also reports that Thor is flying, Jane asks where, and Maria notes to Paris. Rumlow brings a case he calls the “last resort.” Inside, is the pager that Maria activates to summon Captain Marvel. Thor is taking pics in Paris when Fandral and Sif come up warning him. It is the Frost Giant Loki. He is also there to party. They notice a shooting star. It heads towards them and revealed in a bright light is Captain Marvel (Alexandra Daniels).
She cancels the party. Thor likes calling her "party pooper." Her punch sends Thor flying which makes Prince Loki laugh. Next, Captain Marvel’s upper cut sends Thor into orbit. Carol Danvers is about to send away the party goers, but is struck by Mjolnir. Thor winds up his magic hammer and sends her to Stonehenge, “`Tis a magic place”! Like National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) before it, the standing stones fall. Captain Marvel socks him to Monument Valley. He summons Mjolnir and continues the battle. Of course, we wanted to see Thor take on Captain Marvel, this is a silly, superhero fight on the level of Superman II (1980). We get some goofy closeups of Thor getting smacked around. He blasts Captain Marvel with Mjolnir, but this only charges her up with “phenomenonal cosmic power”! She punches him back to Vegas. She later realizes that she can’t send away Thor without causing destruction to the planet. Episode seven is a combination of Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) similar to what is promised with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. It is just a world party, if you take it seriously, you are just a party pooper. This is really a comedy episode of What If...?, the first part is real fun, but no real consequences until the end which is very Weird Science (1985)!
Three Pagers out of Five!
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