Film guide · 2023

Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaComplete Guide

The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.

Released
2023
Runtime
125 min
Set in
2025

Good to know before watchingNo spoilers

Ant-Man's third film

It follows Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Linked to Loki

Kang looks just like the man at the end of Loki Season 1.

Mostly set in the Quantum Realm

Full of strange creatures and cities.

Scenes during and after the credits

Both lead into the larger multiverse story.

Character mapSpoilers

Who's who in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), with Scott Lang at the center. His family is above; people of the Quantum Realm below.

Because of copyright, we can't use stills, posters or any other images of the characters as they appear in the film. All face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors themselves (non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site; people without a photo are shown with initials).

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All characters

About the images

Face photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).

StorySpoilers

Read the story (spoilers up to the ending)

1. Scott the celebrity

Scott is a famous hero with a bestselling book. His daughter Cassie has built a device to send signals into the Quantum Realm.

2. Pulled in

The device goes haywire and pulls the whole family into the Quantum Realm.

3. Janet's secret

Janet never told her family about a man she met here 30 years ago.

4. Kang's deal

Kang offers to send Scott's family home if Scott retrieves his ship's power core.

5. Rebellion

The family joins the realm's people to rise up against Kang.

6. The way home

With Kang defeated, the family tries to get home.

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Key terms

The Quantum Realm
A world beyond the subatomic, with its own people and creatures.
Kang
A man called the Conqueror, who travels through time and worlds, trapped in the Quantum Realm.
The power core
The device that powers Kang's ship. With it, he can escape.
The probability storm
A strange place where countless possible versions of Scott appear at once.
M.O.D.O.K.
Kang's henchman with a giant head.

Confusing parts, explainedSpoilers

Contains spoilers about the ending.

Is Kang the man from Loki's Citadel?

He's a variant of the same person. The mid-credits scene reveals there are many Kangs.

Why was Kang in the Quantum Realm?

Other Kangs exiled him there.

Who is M.O.D.O.K.?

Darren Cross, the first film's villain, transformed in the Quantum Realm.

Easy-to-miss details

Scott's book

Scott has written a memoir called Look Out for the Little Guy.

Janet's old flame

A man Janet knew in the Quantum Realm shows up, and Hank gets jealous.

Evolved ants

Hank's ants have evolved into an advanced civilization in the Quantum Realm.

The ending and post-creditsSpoilers

After the end credits

Mid-credits: a Council of Kangs gathers. Post-credits: Loki and Mobius spot Victor Timely.

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