This ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Theory Say Ant-Man Has a Secret Backstory

Sometimes the best way to figure out the huge plot twists of upcoming superhero movies is to look for plot holes in older ones. In other words, some Marvel fans think that the key to Ant-Man saving the day inAvengers: Endgameis connected to a wonky plothole in the firstAnt-Manfilm. Here’s the scoop.

Possible spoilers forAvengers: Endgameahead.

Over the weekend, anew theory emerged on Redditthat suggests Ant-Man — Scott Lang — will time-travel all the way back to 1993 where he would meet a younger version of Hank Pym. The idea here is that in the firstAnt-Manmovie Hank is pretty trusting with Scott using his super suit, even though Scott is a criminal. Why? The idea here is there’s a time paradox involved and that in 2015, the older Hank hasalready met Scottvia time travel. But, the act of Scott traveling back in time to the ’90s is in our future. Supposedly, afterScott is stranded in the Quantum Realm at the end ofAnt-Man and the Wasp, he could time travel…anywhere?

How Scott would then get back to 2019 isn’t clear, but the theory suggests that the ’90s time travel iswhyCaptain America thinks the security camera footage of Scott is old. In thefirstEndgametrailer, he says “Is an old message?” to which Black Widow responds, “It’s the front door.” So, maybe Cap thinks there’s an old message involvedbecausethey already know that Scott is time traveling at this point in the movie.

Then again, if An-Man is time traveling to the ’90s, does that mean he’ll meet Captain Marvel?

CaptainMarvelis out everywhere on March 8.

Avengers: Endgameis out on April 26.