In the film when Scott returns back home he eats a cake which he says tastes awful. Now, this could simply be bad baking skills. However many fans have theorized that Scott didn't return to his version of Earth. That's why the cake tasted bad, because this is not his universe i.e. 616.
Why does the cake taste bad at the end of Ant-Man?
Many fans have also pointed out that the cake that Scott Lang eats at the end tastes bad, suggesting that something isn't right. But that's not all. Others suggest that Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly's superpowered heroes haven't left the Quantum Realm at all. After all, Cassie Lang brings them both out way too easily.
Scott Lang winced after eating his ice cream cake in the Ant-Man: Quantumania end scene because it was made by his former boss who hadn't made an ice cream cake in years, and apparently he didn't do a very good job when he made that one for Scott.
And in the movie's final scene, they're all sharing a cake for Cassie's fake birthday party, a gesture Scott says is to make up for the ones he missed during the blip. It's all very cute!
Overall, Quantumania's original ending would have cost the heroes dearly, as Scott and Hope remained in the Quantum Realm. Scott and Hope's sacrifice would have perfectly mirrored Janet's original storyline while also setting up Kang as a worthy successor to Thanos as the MCU's next big bad.
QUANTUMANIA Final Scene: Scott's Timeline CHANGED?
What made Quantumania so bad?
“In the end, with its clumsy collision of influences, star power, CGI that is often rubbery or outright ugly, and a convoluted plot that should have an Excedrin tie-in, 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania' is like a child's mixed media project, made of paper mache, glitter, and hunks of rotting ground meat,” she said.
In Quantumania, Ant-Man and Co. ultimately defeat Kang, but the film's two end-credits scenes reveal that his reign is far from over. The film also ends with an ominous stinger, reading: "Kang will return." Here, we break down Quantumania's two post-credits scenes and their implications for the wider MCU.
In the scene, the trio of Kanga discusses how the Exiled One was killed by an Avenger. They seem concerned about the Avengers messing with the Multiverse, as this could spell doom for everything they've built. That's why Immortus summons every Kang Variant from every timeline to discuss the matter.
Kang's mistreatment of MODOK comes back to bite him, as Cassie convinces the deformed Darren Cross to revolt, ending in a heroic sacrifice. With Kang assumed dead, the heroes escape from the Quantum Realm through a portal, but upon Kang's return, Scott Lang stays behind to fight, ensuring their mutual destruction.
The three variants, pulled from the pages of the comic books, are Immortus, the blue-skinned and robed elder of the three; Rama-Tut, the pharaoh who established an empire in ancient Egypt; and a silver cyborg version who appears be a new take on the Scarlet Centurion.
Ant-Man. Margaret Lang is the former wife of Scott Lang, they both have a daughter named Cassie. After VistaCorp incident and the subsequent arrest of Lang, Maggie decided to divorce him to give a quieter life to her daughter. While Lang was serving his sentence, she engaged with a police officer, Jim Paxton.
Kang is sucked into the probability field of the energy source, supposedly dying, and the portal back to Earth is closed. It seems like Scott and Hope are trapped inside the Quantum Realm, a heavy price to pay for their victory.
Kang the Conqueror was exiled to the MCU Quantum Realm by his own variants in the Council of Kangs due to his attempts to eradicate them and become the sole Kang in the multiverse.
Is there anything inappropriate in Ant-Man Quantumania?
In addition to the violent scenes and scary visual images mentioned above, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has some scenes that could scare or disturb children aged 8-13 years. For example: Janet is confronted by a huge spider which splits in 2 and then 4.
But then when he and Hope learn that Janet has been lying to them since she got back (not to mention that she and Hank both cheated on each other during their time apart), it's all just brushed aside breezily.
Rather, he's Darren Cross (Corey Stoll), aka Yellowjacket from the original 2015 Ant-Man movie. After being trapped in the Quantum Realm at the end of his debut film, Darren was transformed by the Pym Particles in his malfunctioning Yellowjacket armor, creating his new giant-headed appearance.
What was the original ending of Ant-Man Quantumania?
Let's get to the point of this post which is to showcase some of the changes made to Quantumania from page to screen that we know through leaks and production info. The original ending had Ant-Man and the Wasp stuck in the Quantum Realm at the end. They reshot that 1 month before the movie came out.
The scene at the very end of the credits shows Kang or a Kang variant (again, played by Majors) giving a presentation in an early 1900s show about the fabric of space-time. In the audience, we see two characters from the show Loki: Loki himself and a man names Mobius (Owen Wilson).
The MCU can easily explain Kang the Conqueror's absence or recasting in future films using Loki's role as God of Stories in the multiverse. Loki's control over the multiverse allows him to see and eliminate any Kang variants seeking to cause chaos.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania mid-credits scene explained. The first of the two scenes at the end of the movie has perhaps the greatest significance for the future of Phase 5 at large – introducing us to many different Kang variants after the death of the one we met in the main film, whom they had previously exiled ...
Given how large the MCU timeline has become, it isn't surprising that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is full of Easter eggs regarding the previous movies and TV shows in the franchise, as well as keying-up important storylines.
What does the post-credit scene in Quantumania mean?
The Quantumania end-credits scene introducing Immortus, Rama-Tut and Scarlet Centurion also effectively reveals the Council of Kangs, though that name is never used. In the comics, the Council of Kangs is led by Prime Kang, who tricked Immortus into eliminating all other variants of Kang across the multiverse.
