Agatha Harkness is lastly again.
After inflicting some havoc and serving to finish Wanda Maximoff’s idyllic small-town household life in “WandaVision,” the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s favourite devious and evil witch will take heart stage in “Agatha All Along,” a brand new spinoff collection coming to Disney+ on Wednesday.
Played by Kathryn Hahn, the character was launched as Wanda and Vision’s nosy neighbor, Agnes. The New Jersey housewife’s true id was ultimately revealed as Agatha Harkness, a strong witch who was drawn to the neighborhood by Wanda’s magic.
As normal, Marvel Studios has saved a lot of the brand new present beneath wraps. “Agatha All Along” picks up a while after the occasions of “WandaVision” and can comply with an Agatha who has been stripped of her powers. The collection will presumably see the witch again as much as her outdated methods with the assistance of some new pals.
“WandaVision” aired in 2021, and many of the characters, together with Agatha, have not been seen or talked about within the MCU for years. Ahead of the premiere of “Agatha All Along,” this is a refresher on the character, her historical past, and every little thing it’s essential know.
“Agatha All Along” is about a while after the occasions of “WandaVision” and can inform the story of an Agatha who has had her powers eliminated.
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Who is Agatha Harkness?
Agatha’s backstory is revealed in “WandaVision” episode 8. In 1693, in Salem, Mass., a younger Agatha was dragged and tied to a stake to face prices of betraying her coven. Her alleged crimes included stealing information past her age and station and working towards “darkest” magic.
After Agatha begged for mercy, claiming that she had solely damaged the foundations, her coven, led by her mom, attacked her. Agatha then absorbed all of her coven’s magical powers and killed them within the course of. In the “WandaVision” finale, Agatha says that her “factor” is “taking energy away from the undeserving.”
What was he doing in “WandaVision”?
Unlike the opposite residents of Westview, Agatha is conscious of the city’s enchanted state and was merely enjoying together with Wanda’s sitcom life. Drawn to Wanda’s reality-altering powers, the centuries-old witch had been manipulating occasions to uncover how Wanda was pulling off the immense magical feat of enchanting a whole New Jersey city. (Speaking of evil: Agatha even admits to killing Wanda’s household canine.)
Eventually, Agatha’s endurance runs skinny and he or she tries to power Wanda to disclose her secrets and techniques. She discovers that the grieving Wanda is a wielder of chaos magic, making her the legendary Scarlet Witch. Agatha’s need to steal Wanda’s energy for herself results in an epic magical showdown within the “WandaVision” finale.
Despite centuries of data, Agatha cannot defeat the Scarlet Witch. Wanda makes use of one of many elder witch’s classes towards her and absorbs all of Agatha’s magic. Wanda additionally makes use of her energy to wipe Agatha’s thoughts so she will be able to reside her life in Westview as nosy neighbor Agnes.
Teen (Joe Locke), left, Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza), Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) and Jennifer Kale (Sasheer Zamata) in “Agatha All Along.” The collection will presumably see the witch again as much as her outdated methods with the assistance of some new pals.
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What did Agatha do after “WandaVision”?
There has been no point out of Agatha Harkness within the MCU after the occasions of “WandaVision,” so it’s probably that she’s nonetheless residing a magic-free life as Agnes.
Is Agatha like this within the comics?
Not fairly. With comedian e-book origins relationship again to the late Sixties, Agatha was launched within the “Fantastic Four” collection because the governess to the son of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman). Marvel’s first household is about to make their official MCU debut (the 2005 movie was distributed by twentieth Century Fox, earlier than being acquired by Disney) within the upcoming “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” scheduled for launch in 2025.
Usually depicted as an older girl, Agatha is a strong witch who’s ultimately referred to as upon to assist Wanda together with her magic and turns into her pal and mentor. She has been killed a number of occasions through the years, however that hasn’t stopped her from exhibiting up when wanted, at the same time as a spirit. Her son, Nicholas Scratch, is a villain who has clashed with the Fantastic Four.
Agatha has performed a big position in quite a few storylines involving Wanda’s relationship together with her sons, Billy and Tommy. In 2015-2017 “Scarlet Witch“, Agatha accompanies Wanda on her journey alongside the Witches’ Highway.
Joe Locke and Kathryn Hahn in “Agatha All Along”.
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What is “Agatha All Along”?
Set after the occasions of “WandaVision,” “Agatha All Along” will see the eponymous witch crew up with a goth teen to type a motley coven of misfit witches in an try to regain her powers. The spin-off collection takes its title from the catchy song written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez who revealed Agatha’s id in episode 7 of “WandaVision”.
Created by “WandaVision”’s Jac Schaeffer, the nine-episode collection additionally stars Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuPone and Aubrey Plaza.
Wait, what occurred to Wanda and Vision after ‘WandaVision’?
At the conclusion of the collection, Wanda was proven finding out Agatha’s copy of the Darkhold, a tome of darkish magic also referred to as the Book of the Damned. Her need to be reunited together with her sons Billy and Tommy results in the occasions of “Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness” (2022). Wanda was final seen destroying each copy of the “Darkhold” and being crushed beneath a pile of rubble within the course of.
The Vision that Wanda created together with her magic disappeared on the finish of “WandaVision” after Wanda undid the magical spell that altered Westview’s actuality. But the rebuilt Vision despatched to destroy Wanda flew out of city after having access to her earlier reminiscences as an Avenger. This Vision’s story is about to proceed within the upcoming collection “Vision Quest,” scheduled for launch in 2026.
