Viewers first met Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness when she was masquerading as Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) nosy neighbor in Westview, Ohio, the dream city that Wanda created with a really highly effective hex in WandaVision, which got here out early in 2021.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s model of the highly effective purple witch differs barely from that which seems within the comedian books. Her context and setup could be gleaned from sure earlier MCU tasks forward of her standalone sequence, which premieres Sept. 18 on Disney+.
Learn on for a abstract of what to look at and take note earlier than Agatha All Alongside.
WandaVision (Particularly the Final 3 Episodes)
In Episode 7 of WandaVision, “Breaking the Fourth Wall,” Agnes revealed her true id as Agatha Harkness, a really highly effective and outdated witch who’s after Wanda’s supply of energy. That episode additionally launched the earworm theme music “Agatha All Alongside.” Within the comics, Agatha is portrayed an older girl who turns into a buddy and mentor to Wanda, however she has way more animosity towards The Scarlet Witch on the small display.
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in ‘WandaVision’
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The eighth episode of WandaVision introduced viewers again to a key a part of Agatha’s backstory — her execution scene. Surrounded on the stake by a number of members of her coven and her mom, Agatha tricked the witches into blasting her with their powers as a result of one among her distinctive skills is absorbing that energy and siphoning it off the opposite witches. Afterward within the episode, she additionally gave Wanda a runes lesson. The top of Episode 8 first pointed to the concept Wanda is the Scarlet Witch, a legendary being whose powers are able to spontaneous creation.
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The finale of WandaVision includes a large showdown between Wanda and Agatha the place Wanda utilized Agatha’s runes lesson. Earlier than her defeat, Agatha revealed that she was in possession of the Darkhold, or the e-book of the damned. The black e-book is a robust and lethal supply of magic that requires an immense sacrifice to own. Agatha All Alongside went by way of a pair title adjustments just like the phases of the moon, and one among them was Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.
Ultimately, Agatha remained trapped in Westview as Agnes, appearing out varied tv plots, now unaware of her true id attributable to a hex forged upon her by Wanda. She’s additionally been stripped of her magic. That’s the place audiences will discover her firstly of the brand new sequence.
Dr. Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity (2022)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Unusual and Benedict Wong as Wong in ‘Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity’
Agatha doesn’t seem in Dr. Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity, however Wanda’s destiny on the finish of the movie may maintain clues as to if a resurrected model of The Scarlet Witch may return to the spooky sequel sequence.
Wanda turned a villain of types within the second Dr. Unusual film as a result of she gained possession of the Darkhold, which corrupted her. She was making an attempt to dream-walk with the lethal e-book to be able to reunite along with her two sons — Billy and Tommy — variations of whom she created, and misplaced, in WandaVision. America Chavez (Xochitl Gonzalez) used her interdimensional powers to carry the Scarlet Witch model of Wanda to Earth-838, which frightened that universe’s model of Wanda’s sons. This introduced Wanda to make one other sacrifice, letting go of the dream world she created in WandaVision as a result of it was hurting the Westview residents. She additionally introduced down the supply of the Darkhold’s energy and destroyed all copies of the Darkhold throughout the multiverse within the course of.
Bonus – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron launched Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff, and this movie additionally sae the creation of Imaginative and prescient (Paul Bettany), who obtained lots of screentime in WandaVision. Imaginative and prescient additionally has a standalone sequence — Imaginative and prescient Quest — within the works.
For much more additional credit score, Wanda additionally seems in Avengers: Civil Struggle, Avengers: Infinity Struggle and Avengers: Endgame, as she was an official member of The Avengers.
