Warning: This article contains spoilers for What If...? episode 2.

Avengers: Infinity War.

Marvel's change also has other consequences. Because Peter stays on Earth, What If...? erases the events of the Ego (Kurt Russell), Peter's Celestial dad. Ego wants to use Peter's Celestial power to help him take over the universe, and now no one's around to stop him. Without any Marvel heroes aiding Peter, Ego's plan could turn out to be more devastating than Thanos' finger snap.

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Marvel also includes a sad Peter Quill Easter egg in What If...?. Ego reveals he planted one of the seeds he hopes to spread throughout the universe nearby. As shown by the Dairy Queen's identical signs in both What If...? and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Peter works at the same restaurant.

Ego meets Peter Quill in What If.

The Dairy Queen Easter egg is a sad callback. Up to this point, Peter's mom has died, he's been denied his trip to the stars, and he's slinging ice cream for minimum wage. In addition, Peter likely has no idea he's working at the same Dairy Queen his mom and dad visited way back when. He's also not aware that the location connects to his mom's demise. After all, Ego kills her so she wouldn't take him away from his plan for his seeds to grow throughout the universe. The place has all that history, and Peter has no idea.

Now the location may be even more tragic. Because T'Challa's Star-Lord changes the timeline in What If...? episode 2, Ego ends up finding Peter at the Dairy Queen. Peter tells him that the restaurant is closed, but Ego doesn't flinch. "What, Peter? Can't spare a little time for dear old Dad?" Ego replies. Now, Ego may be planning Peter's demise at the same place that's so connected with his mother's. It's fitting that Peter works at an ice cream store because Marvel gives him some cold treatment.

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Marvel's What If...? releases new episodes Wednesdays on Disney+.

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