Strange Supreme

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Inconsistently Heinous

Full Name

Stephen Vincent Strange

Alias

Doctor Strange

Strange
Doctor Strange Supreme
Strange Supreme
Sorcerer Armani (by O'Bengh)

Origin

What If...?

Allies

The Watcher

Guardians of the Multiverse:

Captain Carter
Ravager T'Challa
Gamora
Prince Killmonger (formerly)
Party Prince Thor
Natasha Romanoff

Powers / Skills

Genius-level intellect
Expert martial artist
Expert swordsman
Master sorcerer
Arcane mastery:
Eldritch magic manipulation
Transmutation
Binding spell
Protection spell
Atmospheric spell
Dimensional traveling
Conjuration
Astral projection
Cloak of Levitation/Insect's Cloak:
Flight
Sling Ring:
Teleportation
Interdimensional travel
Via Cagliostro's teachings:
Absorption
Transformation
Barrier creation
Umbrakinesis
Summoning

Goals

Gain enough power to break an Absolute Point in time to bring Christine back to life (succeeded, but quickly backfired).
Assist The Watcher in stopping Infinity Ultron and saving the Multiverse to atone for his crimes (succeeded).
Fix what he did to his home universe and especially Christine Palmer (succeeded at the cost of his own life).

Worst Actions

Absorbing the souls of various supernatural beings, including that of his good counterpart, to increase his power.

Kidnapping quadrillions of variants and attempting to feed them to the Forge in order to restore his own universe.

Kill Count

Incalculable (accidentally, undone)

1 (deliberately)
Incalculable (attempted)

Crimes

Malefic/usage of dark magic

Assault and battery
Grand theft animarum
Attempted mass murder
Mass manslaughter
Omnicide (accidentally)

Type of IH

Tragic Soul Collector

“	How many nights did we sit in the Sanctum Sanctorum, Time Stone in the palm of our hand, knowing we could go back, gathering the courage? Well, I had the courage. I spent centuries, sacrificed everything for Christine.	„
	~ Strange Supreme to his temporal paradox version.

Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange, M.D. Ph.D, also known as Strange Supreme, is one of the main protagonists of the first season of the Marvel animated anthology series What If...?, serving as the titular protagonist of "What If... Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?", a minor character of "What If... Ultron Won?", and one of the protagonists of "What If... the Watcher Broke His Oath?". He later appears as the main antagonist of the series' second season.

He is a variant of Doctor Strange who was in a closer relationship with Christine Palmer than his original counterpart was. When she died in a car accident, in a misguided attempt he tried to bring her back to life despite being warned by the Ancient One of the consequences, leading to the destruction of his universe.

Like his original version, he was voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch. While impersonating Christine Palmer and Steve Rogers, he was voiced by Rachel McAdams and by Josh Keaton respectively.

His Evil Ranking[]

What Makes Him Heinous?[]

In General[]

Despite the high heinous standard of the MCU, Strange Supreme stands out easily for stealing an undisclosed sum of souls and trying to burn billions of people on a cosmic altar.
He doesn't have moral agency issues, as he willingly consumed a bunch of interdimensional beings to fall further into corruption and was in full control of his actions to imprison innocent people like Kahhori.
While he has some comedic moments such as his bad social skills for example, these moments (as well as his pride and arrogance) don't subvert him being taken fully seriously and he always remained a serious threat throughout.

Season 1[]

He refused to listen to the Ancient One's warnings about breaking an Absolute Point in time and chose to travel into the past to learn how to do it.
He spends centuries summoning creatures from other dimensions and absorbing their power to strengthen himself.
After unfreezing himself in time, he finds his counterpart and attempts to absorb his power so he could finally resurrect Christine. During the fight, he refuses to listen to reason despite his counterpart warning him of the consequences and the destruction of their reality, and even attempts to manipulate his counterpart by disguising himself as Christine.
He absorbs his other counterpart despite his pleas.
He breaks an Absolute Point in time by resurrecting Christine, which results in the destruction of his universe and timeline and the deaths of everyone in it, including Christine.

Season 2[]

He imprisoned villains and heroes alike and tried to feed them to the Forge in order to rebuild his universe that he had destroyed, and when Captain Carter and Kahhori tried to stop this heinous act, he did everything in his power to murder both of them. This was also after the Watcher gave him a second chance.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]

He has a sympathetic backstory. He lost the love of his life in a car crash, and his entire motivation is to bring her back to life. He is then forced to endure seeing Christine die multiple times in his attempts to save her from her fate, which drove him insane. Later, upon seeing his universe fall apart, he attempts to keep it from being destroyed, and when he sees The Watcher, he begs for him to save his universe and punish him instead of the world, expressing strong guilt when his accidental omnicide happens anyway.
He cares for Christine, as the whole point of his agenda was to restore her, as well as for O'Bengh, as when he sees him dying of old age, he attempts to use the Time Stone to restore him to his youth, not wanting to see him die.
He chose to help The Watcher save the multiverse from Infinity Ultron alongside the Guardians of the Multiverse. He also puts Arnim Zola and Prince Killmonger in a pocket dimension to prevent either of them from gaining the Infinity Stones, and watches over them to ensure neither of them escape. And he later earns full redemption by sacrificing himself to kill the manifestation of his grief, resulting in the restoration of his universe at the cost of his existence.
He has some honor, as he admitted Captain Carter got a good shot after she hit him with her shield and where he could have easily exacerbated the situation with Infinity Ultron, he chose not to.
His death is played for sympathy, as Uatu and Captain Carter mourn him as a friend, and he is also a scapegoat because he resurrected his universe at the cost of his own life.