What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?
- Episode aired Dec 24, 2023
- TV-14
- 29m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
4.9K
YOUR RATING
Happy Hogan sets out to prove his hero chops when Justin Hammer lays siege to Avengers Tower during the annual holiday party.Happy Hogan sets out to prove his hero chops when Justin Hammer lays siege to Avengers Tower during the annual holiday party.Happy Hogan sets out to prove his hero chops when Justin Hammer lays siege to Avengers Tower during the annual holiday party.
Jeffrey Wright
- The Watcher
- (voice)
Jon Favreau
- Happy Hogan
- (voice)
- …
Kat Dennings
- Darcy Lewis
- (voice)
Cobie Smulders
- Maria Hill
- (voice)
Sam Rockwell
- Justin Hammer
- (voice)
Chris Hemsworth
- Thor
- (voice)
Mark Ruffalo
- Bruce Banner
- (voice)
Jeremy Renner
- Clint Barton
- (voice)
- …
Mick Wingert
- Tony Stark
- (voice)
- …
Lake Bell
- Natasha Romanoff
- (voice)
- …
Josh Keaton
- Steve Rogers
- (voice)
- …
Isaac Robinson-Smith
- Sergei
- (voice)
- …
Matthew Waterson
- Rusty
- (voice)
Ross Marquand
- Werner
- (voice)
David W. Collins
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as David Collins)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Werner AI is a tribute to German director, writer and actor Werner Herzog (who played The Client in The Mandalorian, a Jon Favreau creation). Ross Marquand voices Werner and gives a reasonable imitation of Herzog's distinctive voice. Evidently, the real Herzog was asked to voice the role, but it was said he politely declined.
- Quotes
Justin Hammer: But I didn't get the BB gun that Christmas. Do you know why? 'Cause this is America, and if you want something, you gotta take it.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Featured review
Stark the herald angels sing.
A second movie parody! In just three episodes! Whilst this third episode didn't exactly stick to the format, it was a lot of fun - therefore I assume has been badly reviewed by the characters on here. I thought it was a decent diversion and that Kat Jennings remains the best thing in any Marvel project she's part of.
It's Christmas time and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) is charged with organising the Party at Avengers Tower designed, unfortunately, to take place whilst the heroes are off site and Jarvis is down for scheduled maintenance. The building is attacked by Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) who commandeers the robotic Iron Man suits and uses them to take control. His aim is to steal a vial of Hulk's (Mark Ruffalo) blood. Hogan, with Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) as his only real aid, tries to get to the blood first.
So, it's difficult to say exactly what the "What if" is this time. I guess it's what if, sometime before Age of Ultron, Justin Hammer gets out of Prison and tries to steal Christmas. It's not entirely clear how he gets out, but he does and that leads us into a neat Marvel Die Hard parody, which isn't excused by name checking the film in the script, even though it's done in one of the funny moments. Kat Jennings' Darcy is the MVP again, with a laugh from almost every line she has.
Again, the animation style is good and I liked the "freak" version of Hogan Hulk (Hulk Hogan) that we see in this. The voices are mostly the MCU cast, with the exception of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. Shame that Werner Herzog doesn't do "his" voice in this, but Ross Marquand has a decent impression and it's a good punchline for a long meta joke.
It's perhaps not as deep as the first season was thus far, but it's certainly been a lot of fun.
It's Christmas time and Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) is charged with organising the Party at Avengers Tower designed, unfortunately, to take place whilst the heroes are off site and Jarvis is down for scheduled maintenance. The building is attacked by Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) who commandeers the robotic Iron Man suits and uses them to take control. His aim is to steal a vial of Hulk's (Mark Ruffalo) blood. Hogan, with Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) as his only real aid, tries to get to the blood first.
So, it's difficult to say exactly what the "What if" is this time. I guess it's what if, sometime before Age of Ultron, Justin Hammer gets out of Prison and tries to steal Christmas. It's not entirely clear how he gets out, but he does and that leads us into a neat Marvel Die Hard parody, which isn't excused by name checking the film in the script, even though it's done in one of the funny moments. Kat Jennings' Darcy is the MVP again, with a laugh from almost every line she has.
Again, the animation style is good and I liked the "freak" version of Hogan Hulk (Hulk Hogan) that we see in this. The voices are mostly the MCU cast, with the exception of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson. Shame that Werner Herzog doesn't do "his" voice in this, but Ross Marquand has a decent impression and it's a good punchline for a long meta joke.
It's perhaps not as deep as the first season was thus far, but it's certainly been a lot of fun.
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- southdavid
- Feb 7, 2024
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