Avengers: Endgame Encore Post-Credits Scenes Explained

Contains spoilers for “Avengers: Endgame Encore”

“Avengers: Doomsday” is generating major box-office momentum well ahead of its official theatrical release. The anticipation reflects the film’s promise to unite several corners of Marvel’s live-action universe while bringing a turbulent chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe toward its conclusion. As fans debate potential storylines and surprise appearances, the excitement has received another boost from the theatrical return of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.”

Now screening as “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” the re-release gives audiences another chance to experience the cultural phenomenon on the big screen while adding several teases for “Avengers: Doomsday.” Alongside a slightly expanded ending, the updated version includes multiple credit scenes that point toward the next “Avengers” film. Those additions are particularly intriguing because they may confirm the involvement of familiar MCU characters in the upcoming multiversal conflict.

So what unfolds in the new “Endgame Encore” material, and how might those scenes connect to the larger story of “Avengers: Doomsday?” Here’s a closer look at everything the re-release appears to reveal.

The setup for “Avengers: Doomsday” begins before the credits roll. In the original ending of “Avengers: Endgame,” Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) share a dance inside their home in an alternate timeline or universe. The moment initially plays exactly as it did in 2019, with the couple enjoying the life they finally found together. But just as the scene seems ready to fade out, a sudden knock interrupts them.

Steve steps out of sight, hinting that he may not belong in the reality where he and Peggy now live. When Peggy opens the door, she finds Tom Hiddleston’s Loki standing outside. This is the same version of Loki who headlined both seasons of “Loki” and briefly appeared in the original “Endgame” timeline after escaping with the Tesseract.

Wearing his TVA uniform, Loki tells Peggy that he can help “both of you.” Steve then emerges from hiding and comes face to face with the former enemy he battled years earlier before the scene cuts away. The nature of Loki’s assistance remains unclear, but his extensive experience with the multiverse throughout “Loki” is clearly about to become useful.

Loki’s unexpected offer to aid Steve and Peggy also reinforces a central idea seemingly developing in “Avengers: Doomsday”: allies and enemies may switch sides in surprising ways. That concept is already reflected in Robert Downey Jr.’s transformation from Tony Stark into a character positioned as the new equivalent of Thanos.

Bruce Banner’s future looks even bleaker after the events of “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” In that film, Sadie Sink’s Jean Grey uses telekinesis to break through the restraints Banner (Mark Ruffalo) had placed on his Hulk persona. The calm Smart Hulk seen in “Avengers: Endgame” disappears, replaced by the savage version audiences remember from earlier MCU films such as “The Avengers.” Banner’s final scene shows him being taken away in an ambulance, anxiously asking whether he hurt anyone while transformed. The movie offers no further explanation of his fate.

One of the new “Avengers: Doomsday” scenes now provides an answer. Banner appears to be recording a message inside an underground military facility, explaining that he has spent his time away from society studying gamma science. As he begins, the lights flicker and an eerie green glow spreads across the floor. The image briefly cuts out, and Banner asks an unseen visitor who he is. Doctor Doom then responds that he is “here to collect” Banner.

A Hulk roar suddenly echoes through the facility as broken images of the green portal Doom used to enter the universe flash across the screen. Whatever hope Banner had of finding peace has clearly vanished.

Several major characters introduced through Disney+’s Marvel series, including Moon Knight and She-Hulk, have yet to appear in a theatrical MCU film. Owen Wilson’s Mobius, therefore, stands out as one of the few streaming characters to make the jump to the big screen, alongside Wyatt Russell’s John Walker and Danny Ramirez’s Joaquin Torres. Mobius’ first substantial theatrical appearance—apart from the repurposed “Loki” footage in the post-credits scene of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”—arrives in a new “Avengers: Endgame” credits sequence.

The scene is set inside the Time Variance Authority, where Mobius enters a control room filled with monitors. The screens show two Earths attacking one another, including the reality inhabited by the Fox “X-Men” characters last seen in “Deadpool and Wolverine.” Ke Huy Quan’s O.B. explains that each universe is attempting to destroy the other before an Incursion takes place. Then the displays begin filling with new realities—thousands of them. The warnings from the TVA’s Miss Minutes videos and intercom announcements about keeping universes apart are being ignored.

Mobius can only watch as O.B. delivers the grim conclusion: the multiverse is collapsing. That catastrophe presumably sets the stage for the various MCU realities to collide in “Avengers: Doomsday.” It may also give Owen Wilson’s Mobius a much larger role in the crisis.

The Steve-and-Peggy scene, Banner’s encounter with Doom, and the Mobius sequence make up most of the new material in “Avengers: Endgame Encore.” The re-release also repurposes audio from the original film, featuring Tony Stark hammering together his armor. This time, the sound suggests that Victor von Doom is forging his metal mask. Taken together, the additions underline one major point: the mythology established in “Loki” remains central to Marvel’s plans.

When “Loki” premiered, fans immediately speculated that its story could influence every project in MCU Phase Four. That possibility now appears to be taking shape, with the TVA positioned as an important part of the next major Avengers storyline.

Marvel has recently indicated that its television projects and theatrical films will operate more independently. Still, the TVA’s major presence in “Deadpool and Wolverine,” combined with its connection to the multiverse, made its involvement in “Avengers: Doomsday” increasingly likely. An interactive attraction at Disney’s 2026 D23 fan expo had already hinted at this direction by allowing visitors to explore a devastated TVA. The new Mobius and O.B. sequence in “Endgame Encore” strengthens the case that these “Loki” characters will play a key role in the multiversal upheaval ahead.

That does not necessarily mean every MCU series will be essential viewing before “Avengers: Doomsday.” However, the major concepts and characters from “Loki” appear to be directly connected to the film’s central conflict. The question now is whether additional elements from the series will emerge as the story expands.

Robert Downey Jr.’s casting as Doctor Doom has already established that “Avengers: Doomsday” will explore the shifting line between heroism and villainy. Ian McKellen’s Magneto appears to be aligned with the heroic mutants, while former MCU antagonists such as John Walker/U.S. Agent and Ava Starr/Ghost are expected to fight alongside the Avengers. Doom’s apparent plan to recruit Hulk in the “Endgame Encore” footage adds another layer to that reversal of loyalties.

The scene may also lend credibility to one of the more persistent “Avengers: Doomsday” theories. For some time, fans have speculated that Doctor Doom could recruit former Avengers—including Doctor Strange or Wanda Maximoff—to help him battle the heroes. Nothing involving those characters has been confirmed, but Doom’s attempt to “collect” Hulk proves that at least one MCU superhero may end up under his control. If Banner is only the beginning, Doom could have an even more formidable lineup waiting in the wings.

If Hulk is just the tip of the iceberg for the super-powered pre-existing characters Doom is working with, then “Doomsday” will become a tragic enterprise full of multiverse calamities, leading former friends to turn on one another. Doomsday truly does bring out unexpected alliances.