What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?

"What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?"
What If...? episode
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Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 3
Directed by	Bryan Andrews
Written by	A. C. Bradley Matthew Chauncey
Editing by	Graham Fisher
Original release date	December 24, 2023 (2023-12-24)
Running time	29 minutes
Cast
Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan / Freak Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer Chris Hemsworth as Thor Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye Mick Wingert as Tony Stark / Iron Man Lake Bell as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers / Captain America Isaac Robinson-Smith as Sergei Matthew Waterson as Rusty Ross Marquand as W.E.R.N.E.R.
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"What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?" is the third episode of the second season and twelfth episode overall of the American animated television series What If...?, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. It explores what would happen if Happy Hogan had to prove himself when the Avengers Tower is attacked by Justin Hammer during a holiday party. The episode was written by head writer A. C. Bradley and Matthew Chauncey and directed by Bryan Andrews.

Jeffrey Wright narrates the series as the Watcher, with this episode also starring the voices of Jon Favreau (Hogan), Kat Dennings, Cobie Smulders, Sam Rockwell (Hammer), Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Mick Wingert, Lake Bell, Josh Keaton, Isaac Robinson-Smith, Matthew Waterson, and Ross Marquand. Work on a second season of What If...? had begun by December 2019, with Andrews and Bradley returning from the first season. Animation was provided by SDFX Studios, with Scott Wright serving as head of animation.

"What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?" was released on Disney+ on December 24, 2023.