With Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania<\/a> now out in cinemas, fans are getting themselves acquainted with the new big bad of the MCU: Kang the Conquerer.<\/p>\n The hugely significant new Ant-Man film, which also acts as the first instalment in the MCU\u2019s Phase 5, gives us our first proper look at the comic book villain, played by Jonathan Majors, after he made a brief appearance in the Disney Plus<\/a> series Loki<\/a> as a different variant of the character.<\/p>\n Here, he takes centre stage, as he battles it out with Paul Rudd\u2019s Scott Lang, Evangeline Lilly\u2019s Hope Van-Dyne and the rest of the Ant-fam in the Quantum Realm, the subatomic universe which, after Avengers: Endgame, became a crucial part of the Marvel canon.<\/p>\n With this crucial battle set up and plenty of nods towards Marvel comics lore throughout the film, you may find yourself wanting to get to grips with exactly what happened at the film\u2019s ending. If you want it unpacked, we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the ending of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania<\/a>.<\/p> Upon being sucked into the Quantum Realm, the film\u2019s heroes are initially split into two groups \u2013 Scott and Cassie on one hand, and Hope, Hank, and Janet on the other.<\/p>\n Although they see all sorts of weird and wonderful sights, it doesn\u2019t take long for it to emerge that arriving in the Quantum Realm was a big mistake: during her previous time here, Janet had become acquainted with a man named Kang, who is now desperate to find her and get revenge.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, we also learn from Bill Murray\u2019s character Lord Kryler that Janet has a secret.<\/p>\n Around halfway through the film, we learn that many years earlier, Kang had initially introduced himself to Janet as a multiverse traveller who had become trapped in the Quantum Realm when his ship stopped working. She had helped him fix it in exchange for the promise of more time \u2013 desperate to get back the time she had lost with her daughter, Hope.<\/p>\n While she had been working for him, however, she discovered he was evil and so decided to destroy the core of his ship they had been repairing, consequently trapping them both in the Quantum Realm indefinitely \u2013 and meaning that Janet would no longer be able to reunite herself with Hope.<\/p>\n The move also had repercussions for the inhabitants of the Quantum Realm. From that moment onwards, Kang became the Conquerer and established himself as a brutal dictator in the Realm, \u201cturning his prison into an empire\u201d as he puts it himself<\/p>\n The only way Kang is now able to fix his ship is by getting his hands on Pym particles, and so he tracks down Scott and threatens him \u2013 either he works with him or he will kill Cassie. Meanwhile, he also outlines his grand plan: once he has escaped, he intends on taking his new empire with him such that he can conquer all universes.<\/p>\n After a rather trippy scene that sees Scott enter a \u201cprobability storm\u201d, this naturally all leads to one massive fight which sees Cassie and Scott become giant versions of themselves and also includes Hank utilising a bunch of ants who come to help save the day.<\/p>\n During the fighting, much of Kang\u2019s citadel is destroyed and his ally MODOK (who was earlier revealed to be Darren Cross from the original Ant-Man film) is killed.<\/p>\n But before all this, MODOK switches sides and confesses he was wrong for aligning himself with Kang \u2013 eventually playing a vital role in helping Scott and co defeat his former boss. (Amusingly, the thing that appears to cause MODOK to change his allegiance is when Cassie insults him, before telling him that \u201cit\u2019s never too late to change\u201d.)<\/p>\n In his final moments, MODOK \u2013 now going by the name Darren once again \u2013 says that he can at least die having become an Avenger, and the other hesitantly agree.<\/p>\n By the end of the battle, the major players other than MODOK have all survived, and it briefly looks like the heroes will be able to make it out of the Quantum Realm safely, leaving Kang still stranded and unable to fix his ship.<\/p>\n However, Scott is prevented from leaving at the last minute and becomes engaged in an epic duel with Kang on the latter\u2019s ship, during which the villain initially appears to get the upper hand.<\/p>\n Thankfully, Hope returns to the Quantum Realm to save him, and the pair work together to destroy the Multiversal Engine once and for all with Pym particle discs before Hope kicks Kang into the engine as it collapses, appearing to kill him.<\/p>\n And so the version of Kang that we met in this film does die, but as the post-credits scene teases, there\u2019s a lot more where he came from, with the Council of Kangs now working together to take drastic action against the Avengers to stop further meddling with the multiverse.<\/p>\n Yes \u2013 after defeating Kang, Scott and Hope are able to make their way out of the Quantum Realm to reunite with Hank, Janet, and Cassie.<\/p>\n Back in the normal world, Scott appears to be enjoying his life as a celebrity once again, but it is clear that he continues to be plagued by Kang\u2019s earlier threat that something big is coming which could potentially lead to everyone being killed\u2026<\/p>\n This is certainly not the last we\u2019ll see of Kang.<\/p>\n Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is in UK cinemas now. 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