"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" is the fourth episode of the third season and 22th episode overall of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. TBD. The episode was written by Matthew Chauncey and Ryan Little and directed by Bryan Andrews.

Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of TBD.

"What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" was released on Disney+ on December 25, 2024.

During Thor's party on Earth,^[a] Howard the Duck marries Darcy Lewis, and they have a baby that takes the form of an egg. They join the Grandmaster on his intergalactic cruise, but he takes the egg and attempts to cook it for a breakfast before Yondu Udonta steals it. As the couple gives chase, Nick Fury and Phil Coulson explain that because their child was born during a rare alignment of the Nine Realms called the Convergence, it is destined for great things and has become highly sought after by several factions. On Knowhere, Yondu delivers the egg to Kaecilius who kills Yondu and attempts to use the egg as a host body for Dormammu. S.H.I.E.L.D. attacks, intending to acquire the egg, though the couple recovers it and seeks shelter from Loki on Jotunheim. However, Laufey, Malekith, Zeus, and Thanos and his Black Order are also after the egg, and a chase ensues. As the couple is cornered, the egg suddenly glows gold, rises into the sky and subdues the pursuers with golden energy. It hatches into a human/duck hybrid which Howard and Darcy name Byrdie. Fury admits that the child should stay with her parents, and they return home peacefully.

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Jeffrey Wright narrates the episode as the Watcher,^[1] with Marvel planning to have other characters in the series voiced by the actors who portrayed them in the MCU films.^[2][3] The episodes stars TBD

• "What If... Howard the Duck Got Hitched?" at IMDb