Leaked Avengers: Endgame Encore Scene Reportedly Pairs Hulk With Doctor Doom, and It Raises a Wild Paradox

A leaked scene teased for Avengers: Endgame Encore reportedly puts Hulk and Doctor Doom together for the first time, and if it holds up, it creates a genuine paradox about whether Hulk is even in Avengers: Doomsday at all.

At the end of this week, Avengers: Endgame Encore is set to hit theaters with what the Russos have referred to as a sneak peek at Doomsday. Based on the coverage of that footage and recent reports, the total amount of new material, both in the new cut of the film and the extra post credit stuff, only amounts to about three, four, or at most five minutes. That means they have to make the most of what they are putting in there, especially for the price of a full movie ticket for a film we can otherwise watch endlessly for free on Disney Plus.

A Fellow YouTuber Claims Hulk and Doctor Doom Share a New Scene

This update came from fellow YouTuber Robert Meyer Burnett, who is not a source I have covered before. People may know him from his own work or from John Campea's channel. I have never spoken to Rob directly, but I am a fan of his, and this is what he said point blank: "I do know that Hulk and Doom have a new scene together in Avengers: Endgame Encore."

That is exactly the kind of scene I want out of this rerelease. If moviegoers are paying full price for a ticket to get extra Avengers: Doomsday footage, I want something brand new, and Hulk and Doom overlapping in a scene is the sort of thing that makes me glad I bought a ticket. But we have to stop and consider what the details of that scene would actually be if Hulk and Doom are going to overlap.

Which Endgame Moment Could This New Scene Slot Into

There are only a couple of scenes at the end of Avengers: Endgame that include Hulk. The first is Tony's funeral. The other is when Hulk sends Steve Rogers back through time. We know Steve does not do exactly what he is supposed to after returning the Infinity Stones and Mjolnir, and instead goes back to live his life with Peggy Carter. If that decision is truly the impetus for the first incursion, the event that ends up costing Doctor Doom his family, then it could be that very moment that causes Doom to try to intervene.

That makes me wonder if the Hulk and Doom overlap is actually Doctor Doom suddenly appearing in connection with that scene. I do not think they shot new footage during the actual moment in Endgame where old Steve Rogers shows up on the bench to hand over the shield. I think there is too much locked into that scene already and they will leave it picture locked. But in the wake of Steve going back and living his life, there may be an additional scene where Professor Hulk is approached by Doctor Doom, either before or after, in an attempt to stop Steve from making that choice, since Doom knows it ultimately leads to the death of his family.

The Paradox: Rumors Say Hulk Isn't Even in Doomsday

Here is where it gets complicated. Because of what just happened in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and based on a lot of rumors, there is a good chance Hulk is not actually in Avengers: Doomsday. Instead, the theory goes that he, Spider-Man, and Jean Grey show up again later in Avengers: Secret Wars. That sets up an interesting paradox for this leaked footage.

If Hulk is part of any footage that comes after Endgame Encore and overlaps with Doom in a meaningful way, we assume that footage is from Doomsday, since we are supposedly just getting a sneak peek at that film, and the Russos have even called it that. But if Hulk is not in Doomsday, then whatever is going on between Doom and Hulk must have been shot recently and specifically for Endgame Encore, without actually reconning the original film in any way.

That is what has me scratching my head. Either this is genuinely a sneak peek from Doomsday, or it is a piece of new footage being inserted into Endgame itself, and either scenario means it was shot very recently. I honestly thought messing with the actual cut of Endgame was something they would not do, though it now seems more and more likely. Or maybe the rumors about Hulk skipping Doomsday got it wrong all along, and he really is in the film, with this footage just giving us an early look.

Could This Be a Multiverse Variant of Hulk Instead

Either way, my inkling is that this scene centers on Doom either approaching Hulk before or after he sends Steve Rogers back, trying to intervene and stop whatever is going to kill his family. If there is any meaningful dialogue involved, it is most likely the Professor Hulk variant we know we do not have anymore in the MCU, rather than Savage Hulk.

That said, we do know Doom has already been traveling the multiverse with his followers, the witches. So it could be that this is a variant of Hulk pulled from across the multiverse rather than the Professor Hulk we know. I think we have somewhat stopped talking about the multiverse as central as it actually is to this saga, because the movie already feels full enough with variants from the X-Men universe and the 616. But early plot leaks and rumors indicated there may be a couple of pocket dimensions we actually visit during Doomsday, featuring variants of Avengers and superheroes we have never seen before, and this could be Doom plucking a Hulk out of one of those.

What Happens Next

All credit goes to Robert Meyer Burnett for these details, but the best part about getting a scoop only days before the movie drops is that we are going to know within the next 72 hours whether this is true and what this footage actually is. I am also assuming that within the next 24 to 48 hours we will get a confirmed leak of the footage itself, since that is how it has worked with Marvel for some time now.

In the meantime, we are left to speculation. Doom overlapping with Hulk in any meaningful way is exactly the kind of scene that brings a sense of wonder to the table, the kind that makes me excited again that I bought a ticket and makes it worth the price of admission for a movie we can otherwise watch for free on Disney Plus. The only other explanation I can think of is that they inserted Doom into the actual principal photography of Endgame Encore, and I just do not believe that is something they would do.

Is there an angle being missed here for how Hulk and Doom could naturally overlap, and if Hulk really isn't in Doomsday, how could there already be a sneak peek scene of the two of them together?