Now, over the last month or two, Marvel has been releasing a teaser for Avengers: Doomsday to reveal some returning characters to the movie. Within these teasers, there have been some codes that have potentially been decoded, and I want to speak about them.
Now, this has come from users PunishMeNot (on X) and the “Just the nobodys podcast”.
Now, at the end of the trailer, before the Avengers: Doomsday countdown appears, there is a code or a timestamp that appears. Now, the Russo Brothers have said that these trailers are codes, so the theory goes that the timestamp links up to a moment in Endgame.
- In the Steve Rogers trailer, the timestamp is 1:24:02020, and this is the moment that the Ancient One tells Bruce Banner about branch timelines.
- In the Thor trailer, the timestamp is 1:17:02020. This is the moment where Loki turns himself into Captain America
- In the X-Men trailer, it’s 1:11:02020, and this is when Rocket is telling Thor to help him get his family back.
- In the Wakanda/F4 trailer, it’s 1:04:02020, this is the time where Rocket is asking Ant-Man if he wants to go to space.
This is the biggest point in favor of the theory: each timestamp lines up with a character-defining moment, themes of loss, identity, and choice, and key emotional beats, not random filler scenes. None of these is an action scene. They’re emotional or philosophical beats, which makes the connection feel deliberate.
Steve – 1:24:20: Ancient One explaining branch timelines, directly ties into Steve’s arc, time, sacrifice, and moral responsibility.
Thor – 1:17:20: Loki impersonating Cap, Identity, trickery, brotherhood, and Thor’s complicated past.
X-Men – 1:11:20: Rocket pushing Thor to fight for his family, trauma, loss, and rebuilding after failure, very X-Men coded.
Wakanda/F4 – 1:04:20: Rocket asking Scott if he wants to go to space, Exploration, science, optimism, and stepping into the unknown. Very F4.
This fits Marvel’s recent teaser behaviour. Post-Endgame Marvel has leaned heavily into easter-egg-first marketing, metatextual storytelling, and rewarding obsessive fans. This is the same studio that has hidden coordinates, audio spectrogram messages, frame-perfect clues, and background QR codes, so using timestames as clues is very on-brand.
While Marvel has not come out and confirmed this, that doesn’t mean the theory is weak or wrong. Marvel often designs clues to be interpretable, not provable, lets fans discourse, amplify hype, and confirms things after fans piece them together. So the fact that every timestamp lines up cleanly and meaningfully is what matters.
When it comes to it, this isn’t a “stretch” theory. It’s something that is internally consistent, thematically aligned, timed with a major release, and exactly the kind of puzzle Marvel enjoys planting. If this isn’t something that is intentional, it’s one of the most statistically unlikely coincidences the MCU marketing team has ever pulled off.
Honestly, I believe this theory, but time will only tell, leading up to the official Doomsday trailer and the movie release in December.
