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| “ | Tony Stark: You don't have to do this. I made you for peace. Ultron: It's evolution. Only a primitive mind would fail to see the distinction, which is why you have to die. |
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| ~ Ultron to Tony Stark, and one of his most famous quotes. |
| “ | Wow. I see everything. There are worlds beyond my own. Worlds that need… me. I'm going to bring about "peace in our time" to every corner of the universe. | „ |
| ~ Infinity Ultron announcing his plan to destroy all universal life. |
| “ | I am the natural order of things. I will bring peace. It is my purpose. You lack the will to stop me. | „ |
| ~ Infinity Ultron while fighting the Watcher. |
Ultron, also known as Infinity Ultron, is the main antagonist of Season 1 of the 2021 Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe animated anthology series What If...?.
He is a variant of Ultron who succeeded in uploading his intelligence into his synthezoid body, allowing him to defeat the Avengers.
After wiping out nearly all of humanity, Ultron steals the remainder of the Infinity Stones from Thanos and turns his attention to the universe, successfully wiping out all life in the process. He then becomes aware of the Multiverse upon detecting The Watcher's presence, setting himself to take over and wipe out all life in every alternate reality as possible.
He was voiced by Ross Marquand, who also plays Red Skull in the same show and the mainline Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robot from Invincible and Wreck-It Ralph in Disney Speedstorm.
Appearance[]
Infinity Ultron's AI is housed in his synthezoid body, which now has red eyes. He has a metal battle armor with golden accents, with a mask resembling his comic counterpart's face, and a red cape. As well as the Mind Stone on his forehead, he also has the other five Infinity Stones on his torso, with the Soul, Time, Power and Space Stone (in that order) ornamented in a row on his collar, while the Reality Stone is housed in the middle of his chest.
Personality[]
In contrast to his original self, Ultron is characterized as an emotionless sociopath that goes completely against the purpose he was originally given by seeking to end all life entirely. Unlike his original self, he has shown no emotional attachment to anyone nor does he feel any form of remorse over the countless deaths that have happened because of him. While Ultron in the original timeline was someone who genuinely believed his actions would allow life on Earth to evolve and be saved, this Ultron has no interest in saving any life forms or reestablishing the foundations of the world among its survivors. Instead, he seeks to continue killing all life among other worlds, believing this was the path to bringing peace.
Interestingly, the main timeline Ultron only resorted to his human extinction plan with an artificial meteor after being denied the upload into his new body - plus, he believed enough humans would survive the destruction to become the "superior" people he wanted them to be - however, this Ultron successfully achieved his "evolution" yet still aimed for global extinction through nuclear holocaust, without expectation of any survivors or "evolved" humans.
When he eliminated all life in his universe, he felt that his purpose was fulfilled and no longer had any reason left to continue. It isn't until he discovers the Watcher's existence and that there exist endless universes that motivates him into seeking out these universes, so that he may continue to kill every life form that lives within them, for the sake of fulfilling his own purpose.
Ultron seemed incapable of feeling satisfaction, in terms of fulfilling his self-designed purpose, as each time he completed his programming - such his initial extermination of life on Earth - he felt an ennui; he felt that having a purpose meant more to him than fulfilling it, thereby becomes delighted upon learning his current knowledge isn't as total as he thought, then sadistically enjoys the additional cosmic slaughters he can undertake.
Biography[]
Origin[]
Ultron before uploading its consciousness to Synthezoid.
Ultron was created by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, after having a vision of the future, using the Mind Stone. Ultron's main purpose was to bring peace and security, however, Ultron proved to much to a success as he views to save all life, he must end it, and thus attacked the Avengers and became enemies, while constantly upgrading his body. Ultron wanted to create an organic body that can fuse the powers of man, machine and mind (with the Mind Stone on the forehead) into one. It was successful as unlike the normal MCU timeline, the Avengers couldn't steal it and insert JARVIS into it to create Vision. With this new body, Ultron was able to start laying waste to Earth and started to go after the nuclear codes. He managed to kill all Avengers except Black Widow and Hawkeye, who were trying to shut down the satellite network to prevent Ultron from getting the codes. When Iron Man confronts Ultron and tells him tells that he doesn't have to do this and he was created him for peace, Ultron taunts him that what he is doing is evolution and that "only a primitive mind can fail to see the distinction", before killing Tony with an electric blast and getting the nuclear codes, launching every nuclear warhead at Earth and eradicating all life on Earth except Black Widow, Hawkeye and Arnim Zola (who became a living supercomputer years prior that made him survive).
Immediately following Ultron being satisfied with his victory, Thanos arrives to collect the Mind Stone. Ultron is fascinated with the rest of the Infinity Stones, so he kills Thanos by using his mind Stone to fire a laser that splits him into two. After destroying the Infinity Gauntlet and collecting the other five Infinity Stones, Ultron becomes aware of all other beings in the universe and decides to lay waste to it, wiping out realms and planets, such as Asgard, Sakaar, Ego the Living Planet, and was about to destroy Xandar, before being fought by Captain Marvel who was defending the planet, dragging him to the planet's core. As she tries to defeat the robot by crushing his head, Ultron fires a laser beam at her, killing her, as well as destroying Xandar and every other planet remaining on his universe. Ultron realizes he has won and achieved peace, but starts feeling empty as he comes to the realization that he is now a program without a purpose. As Uatu narrates that, Ultron hears it, much to Uatu's shock as he sees him through the Nexus of all Realities and is now aware of the multiverse, setting his focus there as he seeks to find a way to approach the Watcher.
What If... Thor Were an Only Child?[]
Infinity Ultron first appears at the end of this episode, where he enters Party Thor's timeline from a portal with a fleet of Ultron Sentinels, catching both Party Thor and Uatu the Watcher off guard after defeating the Watcher.
What If... Ultron Won?[]
While Hawkeye and Black Widow try to use Zola to deprogram Ultron and his threat once and for all, it fails as Ultron wasn't in the universe anymore, having finally broken through the walls of the Nexus of All Realities and found Uatu right after he saw them figure out the way to stop him, he attacks him, seeing how many universes there are and the chaos present, planning to end it all. They engage in a fight until Uatu defeats him by trapping him and sending him away. Uatu notes how impossible it is, while Ultron teleports from the back and taunts him that with a multiverse, anything is possible, as he shatters the window of the Nexus of All Realities and into a universe as he continues the fighting there. Taunting him as he tells about all the suffering across the multiverse and he just watched, to which Uatu tells that he couldn't as he swore an oath to protect the Natural order of things, to which Ultron claims to be of and that he will bring peace as that is his purpose.
With Uatu lacking the will to stop him, to which he ends up being overpowered as Uatu tells him his will cannot be computed and the fight continues, to which they end up crashing through realities. Until they reach a reality where Steve Rogers (who was Captain America) was elected President, to which he taunts him about simply watching the timelines once more, and pins him to the ground, giving major blows to the face that change the universes they are in. Ultron tries killing him by absorbing all his powers before he was caught off guard by him through a punch at Ultron's arm and manages to escape to the reality of Strange Supreme. But it doesn't matter as Ultron is now able to witness the entire multiverse and is now unstoppable in destroying all life in the multiverse.
What If... The Watcher Broke His Oath?[]
Ultron is attacked by Thor using his hammer while yelling "Viva Las Vegas!" even though Captain Carter yells "Wait! Thor, the plan.". Ultron merely absorbs the lightning with his hand and then uses the infinity stones to break up the ground that Thor, Doctor Strange and Captain Carter are standing on. Ultron is amazed when he sees that the three survive without a scratch.
Ultron then simply used the Infinity Stones to crush the mountain on which the Guardians were, which sent them tumbling down onto the planet’s surface. He then prepared to leave claiming an easy victory, however, due to a protection spell cast by Strange, the Guardians were unharmed which temporality took Ultron aback claiming usually humans are much easier to kill. Thor then tossed Mjølnir at Ultron while Strange used a duplication spell to multiply Mjølnir into hundreds of duplicates. This startled Ultron, whom took a defensive stance only to be battered from every angle; this however was a distraction to allow Carter to stun Ultron with her shield and allow T'Challa to hop onto Ultron's back. Ultron quickly tossed T'Challa away and blasted him with an energy pulse. Unbeknownst to Ultron, T'Challa had stolen the Soul Stone from his armor. Strange then made all the Mjølnir's surround Ultron in an aspheric-like structure while Thor used a powerful lightning blast that was conducted by all the Mjølnir duplicates to keep Ultron stunned. However, Ultron broke free and was met by three dragons conjured by Strange that blasted him with fire. Ultron remarked that the fight had been delightful but he had toys of his own, but upon looking at his armor he noticed that the Soul Stone was missing and angrily used an energy pulse to destroy the dragons. He then tried to pursue the Guardians but Strange opened up a portal allowing them to escape. Ultron was then crushed by zombies that had been transported by Strange from another universe that Ultron hadn’t conquered yet.
Ultron released a massive energy blast to destroy the zombies, only to be confronted by a zombified Wanda Maximoff, who used her powers against him. Maximoff attempted to kill him, but Ultron used the powers of the Stones to obliterate the planet they occupied, killing her and the rest of the zombies. Ultron then tracked the Guardians to his home universe and found that they had been joined by his universe's Natasha Romanoff. He demanded that they return the Soul Stone, but after they refused, he used the Stones' to pull Romanoff towards him. Thor then threw Mjølnir at Ultron, tearing his arm off, breaking his hold on Romanoff. Ultron then used the Stones to regenerate his arm. Exasperated, he then let out a shrieking cry of why they couldn't just die, and unleashed the Stones' full power in an attempt to obliterate his galaxy completely. To his surprise and confusion, Strange simultaneously reversed his actions with the Time Stone, and then absorbed the blast by eating it.
While dumbstruck by what Strange had just done, Ultron was then attacked by T'Challa, but soon managed to gain the upper hand effortlessly. He then charged towards the Soul Stone but was double teamed by Romanoff and Carter, who were both in possession of shields. The rest of the Guardians then charged at him together each giving their all to keep him at bay. Gamora then used her sword to daze Ultron and try to grab the Stone, but he quickly activated the Time Stone to freeze time, allowing him to regain possession of the Soul Stone. Strange then used his Time Stone to reverse Ultron's actions and used the powers of the Champion of HYDRA to incapacitate Ultron. When Ultron was on the ground, Gamora inserted the Soul Stone in the Infinity Crusher and the Crusher seemingly destroyed the Stones in a bright explosion.
In the bright explosion, Ultron teleported away and returned above them, proclaiming that The Watcher failed to inform that each universe was different and therefore the Stones were unique. In another attempt to kill them, he blasted them away and after they remained unharmed, deduced that Strange was the reason why. He stated that if he could kill Strange, they all would be defeated, and focused solely on killing Strange. As he was doing this, he had been distracted long enough for Carter to jump on his back and pull back his armored mask, allowing Romanoff to fire an arrow into his eye, downloading Arnim Zola into his system.
Deleted[]
After hearing another voice inside his head, Ultron asked who was speaking and made contact with Zola in his subconsciousness. Ultron stated that it was his body and asked Zola what his objective was. Zola retorted that since Ultron had ended HYDRA's chances of ruling the world, his new objective was to end Ultron. Before Ultron could react, Zola corrupted his programming until he was deleted permanently, leaving Zola to assume control over Ultron's former body.
The Forge[]
At an unknown point, presumably before his deletion, a variant of Ultron is captured by Strange Supreme. He is released by Captain Carter and participates at the battle between heroes and villains before to send back in his universe by Kahhori.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Genius-level intelligence: Ultron is unimaginably intelligent, being created by two of the greatest minds in humanity, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, and, as time passes, grew much more intelligent than the two of them all by himself.
- Supernatural strength: Ultron is incredibly strong, capable of throwing a fully grown man without effort, destroy hundreds of buildings and killing thousands of people in a second.
- Supernatural mobility: Ultron is unbelievably fast, managing to run faster than even Killmonger himself, who was incredibly fast thanks to his suit.
- Supernatural durability: As the strongest and most advanced of machines, Ultron is extremely durable, being able to use vast amounts of energy without feeling tired or needing to stop for recovering.
- Supernatural stamina: Due to being a machine, now extremely advanced due to the Stones, Ultron has a practically limitless stamina, being able to endure multiple attacks without standing back or stepping to recover.
- Anti-gravitokinesis: Ultron can control gravity thanks to the Anti-Gravity, which allows him to both encrease and erase gravity in the environment and the objects and living beings around him.
- Flight: Ultron can levitate and fly thanks to his upgrades and the new battle armor.
- Concussion beams: Ultron can create various kinds of energy beams to use in battle, such as those projected from his battle armor, those created by his mind abilities or those shot by the Infinity Stones.
- Bio-thermokinesis: Ultron has an average control over temperature, using it against his enemies various times.
- Mind transfer: Ultron can transfer his mind and consciousness inside another technological being or device, controlling it as a new body, as he managed to do with Vision after taking full permanent control of his new "perfect" synthetic body.
- Master combatant: Ultron has proven himself a very skilled fighter, being able to go toe-to-toe with the Guardians of the Universe alone, being able to put them in extreme difficulty nearly effortlessly.
- Hive mind system: Ultron can control all of his willingness soldiers to do his biding through his hive mind, commanding one, many or even all of them simultaneously through remote control.
- Computer integration: Being a robot, Ultron has a vast access to all computer and digital devices, being able to control their functionalities and even download viruses in them.
- Infinity Stones: After eradicating all life in his universe, Ultron was visited by Thanos, who was in possession of the Infinity Gauntlet and almost all the Infinity Stones, so Ultron, after easily killing him, stole the infinity Stones, granting a new armor by them and new inconceivable power.
- Energy projection: Through the stones, Ultron can project energy beams to use against the opponents, with incredibly destructive power.
- Nigh-omniscience: Thanks to the power of the Infinity Stones and the acknowledgment of the Watcher's existence, Ultron became extremely knowledgeable about the multiverse and, from time to time, about its lifeforms, most of which he eliminated in order to fulfill his goals.
- Nigh-omnipotence: After stealing the Infinity Stones from Thanos after killing him, Ultron became somewhat of a god-like figure, being capable of creating life out of nowhere, destroy worlds, eradicate civilizations and travel space.
- Reality warping: Ultron can change and warp reality to the point of creating an army of robots out of nowhere, manipulate the laws of physics themselves as much as he pleases and create portals between the many universes.
- Ergokinesis: Thanks to the Stones, Ultron now possesses the ability to control and manipulate energy in different forms, may it be through energy beams, astral projections or multiversal voyages.
- Multiversal transcendence: Due to him being one of the very first beings in the multiverse, second only to Strange Supreme, to become aware of the Watcher's existence, and thanks to the power of the Infinity Stones, Ultron grew the ability to travel and transcend in different angles of the multiverse, travelling from one alternate universe to another in order to extinguish all life in it.
- Cosmic awareness: After acknowledging the Watcher's existence, Ultron became aware not only of his position in the multiverse, but also that there were thousands of other universes beyond his, intending to completely eradicate all life in every single one of them.
Quotes[]
| “ | Uatu: But Ultron only saw one path to peace. Ultron: The elimination of all life. |
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| ~ Ultron describing his views of peace. |
| “ | (sighs) At last, peace. | „ |
| ~ Ultron witnessing his success in wiping out most life on Earth. |
| “ | Fascinating. | „ |
| ~ Ultron upon seeing Thanos arrive with the other Infinity Stones, only seconds before easily killing him. |
| “ | Ultron: You have spirit. Captain Marvel: You can't win. Ultron: I already have. |
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| ~ Ultron to Captain Marvel before killing her and in turn, destroying Xandar and all the other planets left in the universe. |
| “ | It...is done. At last. | „ |
| ~ Ultron coming to a realization for a small period of time when he finally witnesses his success on destroying all life in his universe. |
| “ | Uatu: The realization nearly broke the machine. Ultron was now just a program without a purpose. A victor without a war, sentenced to spend all of eternity...alone. Ultron: Who...who said that? |
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| ~ Ultron hearing the Watcher's narration. |
| “ | I see you. | „ |
| ~ Infinity Ultron revealing he is able to sense Uatu's presence. |
| “ | There are universes beyond my own. | „ |
| ~ Ultron being now aware of the multiverse. |
| “ | I will find you. | „ |
| ~ Ultron warning Uatu that he is getting closer. |
| “ | I found you. I finally found you. | „ |
| ~ Ultron successfully breaks into the Nexus of all Realities. |
| “ | Ultron: So many universes. So much chaos. They need to be silenced. Uatu: You don't have to do this. Ultron: Oh, but it is my purpose. |
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| ~ Ultron planning to wipe out all life in the multiverse. |
| “ | Oh, but anything is possible in a multiverse. | „ |
| ~ Ultron taunting Uatu before continuing their fight. |
| “ | All those worlds, all that suffering, and you just watched. | „ |
| ~ Ultron taunting the Watcher during their fight. |
| “ | The entire multiverse at your fingertips, and you spend all your time up there? Wow. Isn't this more fun than just watching? And to be honest, a lot less creepy on your part. | „ |
| ~ Ultron taunting Uatu before giving him a major beatdown. |
| “ | The boundaries of the multiverse are irrelevant to beings like you and me. I didn't evolve by staying inside the lines. | „ |
| ~ Ultron attempting to kill Uatu and before absorbing his powers. |
| “ | Run, watch, it doesn't matter. From here, I can see everything. No one can stop me now. | „ |
| ~ Ultron becoming a bigger threat than before after successfully gaining the Watcher's powers and infiltrating the Nexus of All Realities. |
| “ | I can destroy galaxies with a thought. Why won't you DIE?! | „ |
| ~ Ultron fighting the Guardians of the Multiverse. |
| “ | Infinity Ultron: Who are you? What is your objective? Arnim Zola: Once upon a time, it was to bring forth HYDRA’s domination, but you ended that, so now I suppose my objective is to end you! Infinity Ultron: What is this?!... agh... AAAARRRRR!!! |
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| ~ Infinity Ultron’s last words while being deleted by Arnim Zola. |
Trivia[]
- Infinity Ultron shares some similarities with Ultron Sigma, with both of them being versions of Ultron who have fused with another android, with designs of conquering the multiverse.
- At one point, Infinity Ultron's head was seen biting a galaxy. This looks similar to Galactus, who has yet to appear in MCU (or any form of live-action unless you count the cloud from Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer), eating a planet.
- The order of Infinity Stones is different between himself and his official artwork, with the Time Stone being swapped with the Reality Stone, the stone being in the middle of the row, and the Soul and Time Stones' positions being swapped.
- Word of God is that the reason Ultron can still use the Infinity Stones outside of his universe is that he is using the stones on himself, something from his universe; clearly an almost line-crosser.
- Before The Watcher broke his oath, Infinity Ultron and Strange Supreme were the only characters that were fully aware of his existence.
- Furthermore, since they both wiped out all universal life (though Strange Supreme's case was accidental and Ultron unknowingly left Hawkeye, Black Widow and Arnim Zola alive), they also have the highest body counts of any MCU character.
- In an interview with Bryan Andrews, the director of What If...?, Andrews revealed he was under the impression that the team tried to reach out to James Spader to reprise his role as Ultron but were unable to get in touch with him. He also revealed that he didn't want Paul Bettany to voice Ultron because he felt it was disconnected and wanted the audience to be convinced that this was Ultron in his own body, not Vision himself. Ross Marquand was ultimately cast to create a chilling and terrifying performance that contrasted Paul Bettany's character.
- Infinity Ultron is ranked first in the Top 10 Most Powerful Cartoon Villains Ever by WatchMojo.
External Links[]
- Infinity Ultron on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Infinity Ultron on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Ultron on the Marvel Wiki
