The show is also liberal with plot-related breadcrumbs for the audience to follow. Before Agatha All Along began airing on September 18, it was revealed the original song used to access Witches’ Road contained details about how the plot would progress. Sharon Davis’ death was one event heralded by the lyrics of “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road,” but another hint was contained in the credits as white lilies – flowers typically associated with death – were included next to her name. This fact makes me believe there are more clues hidden in the Agatha All Along credits.
How Lisa Simpson Can Appear In Agatha All Along’s End-Credits Sequence
The Simpsons Is Now Owned By Disney
The credits sequence at the end of Agatha All Along episodes contains a litany of witch-based references that mostly comprise paintings depicting the trials and tribulations of convicted witches throughout history. Other pop culture references are scattered alongside these, including a shot of Snow White‘s Evil Queen in her witch form cackling. Surprisingly enough, Lisa Simpson from The Simpsons is also shown wearing a witch’s outfit from season 20, episode 4: “Treehouse of Horror XIX.”
Given Disney owns Marvel Studios, seeing a Disney-owned character like the Evil Queen isn’t an unexpected addition to a pop culture-laden montage. The once Fox-owned Simpsons characters now also fall under Disney’s purview following its acquisition of the studio in 2019, which is also why Fox’s X-Men have been appearing throughout the MCU. This is also why The Simpsons is available to stream on Disney Plus. Given the credits already signposted one big development, however, I’m convinced that using a shot from this Simpsons episode, in particular, runs deeper than Disney simply flaunting its rights.
How Agatha All Along’s Simpsons Reference Fuels Wiccan Theories Explained
Lisa Insists In That Scene That She Is A Wiccan
Despite sporting a stereotypical witch’s outfit, Lisa Simpson insists in “Treehouse of Horror XIX” that she is a Wiccan and not a witch after Millhouse compliments her “witch costume.” Marvel may be replicating this misunderstanding by including Lisa in a montage full of witches, but I doubt it. Marvel has a famous track record of hiding pertinent Easter eggs throughout its movies and shows, and Agatha All Along is rife with them. Instead, I am sold on the theory that Lisa’s Wiccan costume was included purposefully to signify the presence of one “Wiccan” in this coven of witches.
It feels prudent for Marvel to debut Wiccan soon as its Young Avengers have started assembling and he is a founding member of the group in Marvel Comics.
The prevailing theory about the true identity of Joe Locke’s Teen is that he is Billy Kaplan/Maximoff, AKA Wiccan from Marvel Comics. Many hints in Agatha All Along suggest this, from his sexuality to the shots of him using Wiccan’s signature blue magic in the trailer. The Lisa Simpson reference may be particularly niche, but I love the idea that it was specifically included to hide the truth in plain sight – that Teen, like Lisa in this scene, is not a witch, but Wiccan.
The MCU’s Simpsons Cameo Could Mean More Unusual Crossovers In The Future
The MCU Already Showed That Alternate Universes House Different IPs
So far, the “strangest” crossovers in the MCU have been when two Marvel IPs have collided, such as the three Spider-Men in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the myriad cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine. These have all been facilitated in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga by the multiverse itself, making it entirely explicable that the non-MCU Marvel movies of yesteryear take place in alternate universes. Including a shot of The Simpsons in the Agatha All Along credits alludes to the notion that the now Disney-owned franchise is also among these alternate universes.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness canonized universes in which everything is a cartoon in a fleeting sequence.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness canonized universes in which everything is a cartoon in a fleeting sequence. During their brief jaunt across the multiverse, America Chavez and Doctor Strange briefly find themselves in a comic book-style universe that even changes their own biology to match their surroundings. With The Simpsons now being shown in Agatha All Along, the eventuality of featuring the Simpsons as part of another universe before the Multiverse Saga is through seems more feasible than ever – though I honestly hope the franchise refrains from capitalizing on the opportunity.
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