WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Marvel's Ant-Man and The Wasp, in theaters now.


It's typical for a film for a major Hollywood studio to unleash an avalanche to trailers and television spots employing clever editing of footage and dialogue. Sometimes the intention is merely to convey a lot of information in a limited time, or to ratchet up the drama. Other times, as with Marvel Studios' campaign for Avengers: Infinity War, it's meant to mislead the audience, in order to avoid spoiling key plot details. In the end, some of those scenes don't make it into the theatrical cut, as they fall victim to the editing process, or else they don't appear quite like they did in the marketing.

Therefore, it's not entirely surprising that among the many promos released for director Peyton Reed's Ant-Man and The Wasp, there was some footage that didn't make it into theaters this weekend.

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However, unlike Infinity War, which had plenty of secrets to withhold, the story of Ant-Man and The Wasp unfolds before the events of that blockbuster, which means most of its plot details didn't require as much safeguarding. Still, there are a handful of moments from the trailers and TV commercials that you won't see in the theatrical cut.

More of Hank & Janet Teaming Up

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In the second trailer, we got our first look at Michelle Pfeiffer's Janet van Dyne as she seemingly teamed up with Michael Douglas' Hank Pym to take down a bad guy. While the film did flashback to the fateful trip that left Janet stranded in the Quantum Realm, the scene teased in the trailer didn't make the final cut. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though.

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What we actually see in the film -- an extended flashback from 2015's Ant-Man -- is far more vital in that it helps to move the story forward, while also giving viewers a better idea of who Janet is and why she ultimately decided to go subatomic, knowing it meant she'd have to leave behind her young daughter Hope.

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'Me Eat People'

Ant-Man and The Wasp

In one of the funniest scenes from the TV spots, Paul Rudd's Giant-Man takes to the water is brought face to face with the terrified passengers on a ferry who try to make sense of what they're seeing. As Scott Lang looms above them, he jokes, "Me eat people." Of course, this being Scott Lang, he makes it a point to tell them he's only kidding. It's a delightful sequence that would have fit in just fine in the film, so it's curious as to why the line was cut -- especially considering it would have only added a minute or two to the actual ferry scene.

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In the end, what we see in the theatrical release if far more straightforward: Scott acts on instinct to try and secure the lab before Sonny Burch gets away, ignoring his usual wise-cracks in favor of completing the task at hand.

Wings and Blasters

In one of the final TV spots for Ant-Man and The Wasp, there's an extended scene in which Scott and Hank discuss Hope's costume and her wings and blasters. While that scene, for the most part, did make the film, what we didn't see is Hope's reaction to their conversation. As she goes to exit the building after taking down Sonny's men, and before Ghost makes her first appearance, Hope (Evangeline Lilly) teases Scott by insisting that it isn't simply wings and blasters that helped her to win: "It was skill."

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While it would have been great to see this part make the film, its exclusion actually makes sense. In the TV promo, we're led to believe Hope has successfully completed her mission as Hank and Scott observe from the van. But, of course, that isn't how events actually go down. Although Hope does successfully take down Sonny's men, she's ultimately defeated by Ghost, who can't be stopped by either blasters or skill because of her inability to fully stabilize.

They Call Her The Wasp

Ant-Man and The Wasp teaser trailer

"Skillful, agile, and fast," Hank Pym says in a voiceover. "They call her The Wasp." It's a line that stated in one of the TV spots for the film. And yet, not once in Ant-Man and The Wasp does Pym -- or anyone, for that matter -- actually call Hope The Wasp. It's a line that appears to have been recorded simply for marketing purposes, much like Scott Lang's comments about Hope being "more intense." And that's not necessarily a bad thing.


In theaters now, director Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man and The Wasp stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Judy Greer, David Dastmalchian, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Randall Park, and Walton Goggins.