Alternative Avengers Endgame Endings

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Also known as: The Other 14 Million · 14 Million Futures

Alternative Avengers Endgame Endings are 2019 Reddit text posts and image macros depicting humorous alternate scenarios from the 14 million possible futures in *Infinity War*.

Alternative Avengers: Endgame Endings are fan-written humorous scenarios imagining what the other 14 million possible futures from *Avengers: Infinity War* might have looked like. The trend kicked off on Reddit in April 2019, right around the release of *Avengers: Endgame*, and quickly spawned a dedicated subreddit that pulled in over 12,000 members in less than a week2.

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Overview

The meme format builds on a specific scene from *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) where Dr. Strange uses the Time Stone to look into millions of possible futures. He tells the other Avengers he found only one winning outcome out of 14,000,605 possibilities3. That massive number of alternate timelines became the perfect setup for comedy. Fans started writing absurd, often vulgar, and always creative scenarios describing what those other 14 million losing timelines might have looked like.

Posts typically follow a formula: a brief setup describing an alternate Endgame scenario, often involving characters doing something wildly out of character or inserting pop culture references where they don't belong. Some versions used original artwork or edited movie screenshots to illustrate the joke1.

*Avengers: Infinity War* premiered in Hollywood on April 23, 2018 and hit U.S. theaters on April 273. The "14 million futures" scene struck a nerve with audiences. When Dr. Strange told Tony Stark he'd seen 14,000,605 possible outcomes and they only win in one, fans immediately latched onto the obvious question: what happened in those other timelines?

The meme didn't take off until almost a year later, timed to the release of the sequel. Before *Avengers: Endgame* opened on April 26, 2019, an anonymous user wrote a text post describing a joke alternate ending where Thanos challenges the Avengers to a penis measuring contest. On April 26, 2019, Reddit user gdawg311 shared this text on the r/copypasta subreddit, where it picked up over 470 upvotes in three weeks1.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit
Key People
Unknown, MrPyroTek, Elleyart
Date
2019

*Avengers: Infinity War* premiered in Hollywood on April 23, 2018 and hit U.S. theaters on April 27. The "14 million futures" scene struck a nerve with audiences. When Dr. Strange told Tony Stark he'd seen 14,000,605 possible outcomes and they only win in one, fans immediately latched onto the obvious question: what happened in those other timelines?

The meme didn't take off until almost a year later, timed to the release of the sequel. Before *Avengers: Endgame* opened on April 26, 2019, an anonymous user wrote a text post describing a joke alternate ending where Thanos challenges the Avengers to a penis measuring contest. On April 26, 2019, Reddit user gdawg311 shared this text on the r/copypasta subreddit, where it picked up over 470 upvotes in three weeks.

How It Spread

The real explosion came in May 2019. On May 11, Reddit user MrPyroTek created a dedicated subreddit called r/TheOther14Mil, designed specifically for users to submit their own theories about what the other doomed timelines contained. The community grew fast, gaining over 12,300 subscribers within just five days.

The subreddit filled up with both text posts and image-based submissions. Some were elaborate fan fiction, others were quick one-liners. On May 14, 2019, user Plazm0z cross-posted a submission from r/TheOther14Mil to r/thanosdidnothingwrong that featured artwork by Instagram artist Elleyart. That post hit over 33,900 upvotes. The success on r/thanosdidnothingwrong brought a wave of new attention to the format, and similar posts spread across multiple Marvel-related subreddits in the following days.

The meme's popularity was tightly linked to the Endgame release window. As the initial wave of spoiler culture and movie discussion wound down through summer 2019, posts in the format slowed significantly.

How to Use This Meme

The format typically works like this:

1

Set up the premise by referencing the 14 million futures. Common openers include "Timeline #4,567,283" or "In one of the other 14 million timelines..."

2

Describe an absurd alternate ending to *Avengers: Endgame* or *Infinity War*. The humor comes from the scenario being wildly inappropriate, referencing other franchises, or putting characters in mundane situations.

3

The punchline is often that this timeline still results in a loss for the Avengers, or that the absurd scenario is the one where they actually win.

Fun Facts

The "14,000,605" number from the film was chosen by the Russo Brothers and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and gave fans a specific (and very large) canvas for jokes.

r/TheOther14Mil grew by roughly 2,400 subscribers per day during its first week.

The highest-performing single post in the format earned over 33,900 upvotes on r/thanosdidnothingwrong using artwork by Instagram artist Elleyart.

*Avengers: Infinity War* grossed over $2 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing films of all time and giving the meme a massive built-in audience.

Frequently Asked Questions

Alternative Avengers Endgame Endings

2019Text post / image macro / fan fictiondead

Also known as: The Other 14 Million · 14 Million Futures

Alternative Avengers Endgame Endings are 2019 Reddit text posts and image macros depicting humorous alternate scenarios from the 14 million possible futures in *Infinity War*.

Alternative Avengers: Endgame Endings are fan-written humorous scenarios imagining what the other 14 million possible futures from *Avengers: Infinity War* might have looked like. The trend kicked off on Reddit in April 2019, right around the release of *Avengers: Endgame*, and quickly spawned a dedicated subreddit that pulled in over 12,000 members in less than a week.

marvel reddit memes copypasta memes fan fiction memes absurdist humor memes

Overview

The meme format builds on a specific scene from *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) where Dr. Strange uses the Time Stone to look into millions of possible futures. He tells the other Avengers he found only one winning outcome out of 14,000,605 possibilities. That massive number of alternate timelines became the perfect setup for comedy. Fans started writing absurd, often vulgar, and always creative scenarios describing what those other 14 million losing timelines might have looked like.

Posts typically follow a formula: a brief setup describing an alternate Endgame scenario, often involving characters doing something wildly out of character or inserting pop culture references where they don't belong. Some versions used original artwork or edited movie screenshots to illustrate the joke.

*Avengers: Infinity War* premiered in Hollywood on April 23, 2018 and hit U.S. theaters on April 27. The "14 million futures" scene struck a nerve with audiences. When Dr. Strange told Tony Stark he'd seen 14,000,605 possible outcomes and they only win in one, fans immediately latched onto the obvious question: what happened in those other timelines?

The meme didn't take off until almost a year later, timed to the release of the sequel. Before *Avengers: Endgame* opened on April 26, 2019, an anonymous user wrote a text post describing a joke alternate ending where Thanos challenges the Avengers to a penis measuring contest. On April 26, 2019, Reddit user gdawg311 shared this text on the r/copypasta subreddit, where it picked up over 470 upvotes in three weeks.

Origin & Background

Platform
Reddit
Key People
Unknown, MrPyroTek, Elleyart
Date
2019

*Avengers: Infinity War* premiered in Hollywood on April 23, 2018 and hit U.S. theaters on April 27. The "14 million futures" scene struck a nerve with audiences. When Dr. Strange told Tony Stark he'd seen 14,000,605 possible outcomes and they only win in one, fans immediately latched onto the obvious question: what happened in those other timelines?

The meme didn't take off until almost a year later, timed to the release of the sequel. Before *Avengers: Endgame* opened on April 26, 2019, an anonymous user wrote a text post describing a joke alternate ending where Thanos challenges the Avengers to a penis measuring contest. On April 26, 2019, Reddit user gdawg311 shared this text on the r/copypasta subreddit, where it picked up over 470 upvotes in three weeks.

How It Spread

The real explosion came in May 2019. On May 11, Reddit user MrPyroTek created a dedicated subreddit called r/TheOther14Mil, designed specifically for users to submit their own theories about what the other doomed timelines contained. The community grew fast, gaining over 12,300 subscribers within just five days.

The subreddit filled up with both text posts and image-based submissions. Some were elaborate fan fiction, others were quick one-liners. On May 14, 2019, user Plazm0z cross-posted a submission from r/TheOther14Mil to r/thanosdidnothingwrong that featured artwork by Instagram artist Elleyart. That post hit over 33,900 upvotes. The success on r/thanosdidnothingwrong brought a wave of new attention to the format, and similar posts spread across multiple Marvel-related subreddits in the following days.

The meme's popularity was tightly linked to the Endgame release window. As the initial wave of spoiler culture and movie discussion wound down through summer 2019, posts in the format slowed significantly.

How to Use This Meme

The format typically works like this:

1

Set up the premise by referencing the 14 million futures. Common openers include "Timeline #4,567,283" or "In one of the other 14 million timelines..."

2

Describe an absurd alternate ending to *Avengers: Endgame* or *Infinity War*. The humor comes from the scenario being wildly inappropriate, referencing other franchises, or putting characters in mundane situations.

3

The punchline is often that this timeline still results in a loss for the Avengers, or that the absurd scenario is the one where they actually win.

Fun Facts

The "14,000,605" number from the film was chosen by the Russo Brothers and screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, and gave fans a specific (and very large) canvas for jokes.

r/TheOther14Mil grew by roughly 2,400 subscribers per day during its first week.

The highest-performing single post in the format earned over 33,900 upvotes on r/thanosdidnothingwrong using artwork by Instagram artist Elleyart.

*Avengers: Infinity War* grossed over $2 billion worldwide, making it one of the highest-grossing films of all time and giving the meme a massive built-in audience.

Frequently Asked Questions