Does ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ Have an End Credits Scene? The Mid-Credits and Post Credits Scenes, Explained

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is in theaters now! It’s not even summer and we have a new Marvel movie in theaters. Leave it to Scott Lang to defy our expectations! And, wow, does Quantumania ever defy our expectations. This is another one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s wild rides, taking us all the way into the unexplored Quantum Realm and introducing us to the MCU’s next major threat: Kang (Jonathan Majors)

Well, okay, the movie introduces us to a more proactive and conquer-y version of this threat. We actually met a version of Kang played by Majors back in the Loki Season 1 finale in 2021. And if you know anything about the comics, you know that Majors is gonna play way more than just two iterations of this guy. Things are about to get confusing in the mighty Marvel manner.

But back to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: what happens in the film’s post-credits scenes? Do those scenes have any ties to future Marvel TV shows? Here’s what we can tell you — spoilers ahead.

Does Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania have any post-credits scenes?

Does an ant have six legs? Yes. And this movie has two post-credits scenes, so make sure you stick around until the very end.

If you want to know more about the scenes in question, keep on reading. Spoilers ahead, obviously.

What is the Ant-Man 3: Quantumania mid-credits scene?

Ready for spoilers? Here we go. The mid-credits and post-credits scene have one major thing in common: Jonathan Majors. Both of the scenes in question spotlight his new Marvel villain Kang — rather, they introduce a whole lot of variants of Kang.

First up is the mid-credits scene. It features a scheming trio of Kang variants, none of which are Kang Kang but all three of which are played by Jonathan Majors. Sound confusing? Then Marvel is doing its job. Kang is maybe the most confusing character in all of Marvel, and the MCU is treating him as such. These characters are Rama-Tut, the Scarlet Centurion, and Immortus. They’re all variants of Kang — more on them in a bit (keep scrolling).

Anway — the death of Kang the Conqueror (that’s what we’ll call the primary villain of Quantumania, played by Jonathan Majors) at the end of the film has triggered exactly what Kang the Conqueror warned against. Y’see, Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the Quantum Realm because he was too much of a war-mongering handful and way too into destroying entire timelines. The Council of Kangs (as they’re known in the comics) were monitoring the Conqueror’s imprisonment in the Quantum Realm and they were alerted to his death at the hands of [checks notes] the Avenger who talks to ants. This acts as a warning to the council that the heroes of Earth are starting to trifle in matters of the Multiverse, which is the dominion of Kang. They’ll have to put a stop to this.

Now, this does beg a couple of questions. Kang the Conqueror mentions a massive war between all the Kangs, which is something that He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) mentioned in the Season 1 finale of Loki.

These are the same wars, right? And He Who Remains put a stop to that war by creating the TVA (Time Variance Authority)… right? So was He Who Remains also responsible for banishing Kang the Conqueror? Or was He Who Remains part of the Council at that time? Also is the war that He Who Remains mentioned the one that’s already happened or is it about to happen?

The other question: why did Kang tell Scott Lang that Earth would be safe if they let him escape? Kang the Conqueror warned the Avenger that if they defeated him, if they prevented Kang from escaping the Quantum Realm, then a whole army of Kangs would descend upon his universe/planet/timeline/etc. Why? Was the Conqueror inferring that if he were to escape, he would immediately destroy the Council, thus there’d be no Kangs left to invade Earth? We’ll never know because that Kang did indeed die and — as we see at the end of the mid-credits scene — thousands of Kang variants are freaking the hell out and just super, super pumped about the idea of launching an assault on those who would muck around with the timeline.

But also wait — are the Kangs just now noticing that the multiverse and timeline is getting messed with…? Did they not pick up on that after Avengers: Endgame, Loki, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness? Lord, who knows!

What happens in the Ant-Man 3: Quantumania post-credits and end-credits scene?

The second post-credits scene isn’t so much of a Quantumania post-credits as it is most likely just a snippet of a scene from Loki Season 2 (premiering on Disney+ this summer). The scene is set in what appears to be the turn of last century, circa 1900, and features a showman inventor on a stage showing off some doodad. That showman inventor is Victor Timely (Jonathan Majors). And watching him from deep in the audience are Mobius (Owen Wilson) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston), both dressed in period-appropriate attire. Mobius incredulously asks Loki if that nerd is the massive threat they need to worry about. And Loki, having encountered He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) last season, says, “Yes.” Why doesn’t Mobius recognize Victor Timely as the same guy whose likeness is literally carved all over TVA HQ? I dunno, maybe it’s the wacky professor hair, glasses, and lack of body armor.

So who the hell are all of these Kang variants in the Quantumania post-credits scenes?

Let’s start with the trio we meet in the mid-credits scene.

Pharaoh Rama-Tut

This is actually the identity that Kang debuted under way, way back in 1963’s Fantastic Four #19. In that issue, the FF travel back to Ancient Egypt and encounter a time-traveler from the year 3000 playing pharaoh. Rama-Tut explains that he comes from an era of peace and, craving some chaos, he chose to travel back in time and make some trouble.

Kang as we know him, purple and green armor and all, debuts a year later in Avengers #8.

The Scarlet Centurion

During his reign as Rama-Tut, Kang encountered the FF villain Doctor Doom. Inspired by Doctor Doom’s whole vibe, he assumed the identity of the Scarlet Centurion in 1968’s Avengers Annual #2. This was pretty much a one-and-done failure for Kang — but you bet other Marvel writers took this idea and spun it off into stories set in other universes wherein the Scarlet Centurion would become Kang’s primary conquering moniker.

Immortus

After assuming the Kang identity and doing a lot of conquering, our guy eventually settles on the Immortus identity (introduced in 1964’s Avengers #10 but not revealed to be Kang’s future self until 1974’s Giant-Size Avengers #3). In the comics, Immortus’ primary gig is essentially ridding the timeline of all of his divergent selves. Because of this, there is only one Immortus, unlike all of the Kangs and Scarlet Centurions running around the multiverse.

And moving on to the post-credits Kang…

Victor Timely

Lastly there’s Victor Timely, one of the guises that Kang came up with in order to get the drop on the heroes of the 20th century decades before their emergence. To do this, Kang traveled back to the year 1900 and established the town of Timely, Wisconsin (as told in the 1992 “Citizen Kang” storyline). Timely is itself a dated reference to Marvel, as that was Marvel’s name back in 1939 when they started publishing superhero comics. Considering the post-credits scene we see, it looks like this premise will be explored in at least one episode of Loki Season 2.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is in theaters now. Loki Season 2 is expected to premiere on Disney+ this summer.