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So, I read an interesting fan theory a while back, where people speculated that his character in every appearance is actually the same individual. Some even believe, especially after GotG vol 2, that he is some kind of cosmic observer who reports to the Watchers. And, based on the latest Defenders teaser, he was also there at various points in the 4 Netflix shows.

What makes it interesting to me is that Kevin Feige has at least somewhat confirmed part of the theory in an interview a little while back:



I was wondering what others here thought about this.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdenticalStranger

Originally posted by HulkIsHulk
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Well, like I said, Feige himself has suggested it's the same guy throughout, because he references one of his previous cameos while talking to the Watchers.

I think its a neat bit if fanboy magic on their part.

Originally posted by riv6672
I think its a neat bit if fanboy magic on their part.

Agreed. I think it's really cool myself. Essentially, Stan Lee's cosmic reporter cameo character can be a link between all the unofficial Marvel movie universes over the past two decades (Fox X-Men-verse, MCU, Fantastic Four '05 and '07, Raimi Spider-Man, etc.).

He's Uatu.

Originally posted by Mindset
He's Uatu.

That would actually be a clever way of the MCU having Uatu without having him named as such. Because, IIRC, Fox actually owns the rights to that specific character (even though Disney and Fox share the Watchers as a race), so they can't have a character officially called that.