What If...The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?

"What If...The Red Guardian Stopped the Winter Soldier?" is the third episode of the third season of the Disney+ streaming television series, What If...? and the twenty-first episode of the series overall. The episode was written by A.C. Bradley and directed by Bryan Andrews. It premiered on December 24, 2024.
==Synopsis==
It is 1991, and the Red Guardian takes it upon himself to join a high-profile mission and prove himself to his Red Room superiors. When his antics interfere with the Winter Soldier's own mission to kill Howard Stark, the two Soviet supersoldiers must form an alliance to escape the United States.
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher
*David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian
*Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
*Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster/Goliath
*America Ferrera as Ranger Morales
*Piotr Michael as General Dreykov
*Gene Farber as Vasily Karpov
*Kiff VandenHeuvel as Obadiah Stane/The Rook
===Guest stars===
*Robin Atkin Downes as Additional Voices
*Terri Douglas as Additional Voices
*Melanie Minichino as Additional Voices
*Dave B. Mitchell as Additional Voices
*Toby Larsen as Additional Voices
*Luke Lowe as Additional Voices
*Lucy Lowe as Additional Voices
*Maggie Lowe as Additional Voices
*Zeno Robinson as Additional Voices
*Kaitlyn Robrock as Additional Voices
*Tanya Wheelock as Additional Voices
*Matthew Wood as Additional Voices
*Secunda Wood as Additional Voices
==Trivia==
*The Red Guardian stopping Winter Soldier is the polar opposite to what was shown in Captain America: Civil War. Red Guardian is able to prevent Bucky from killing Howard and Maria Stark in this timeline, while the assassin was successful in the film, which was shown to Tony Stark.
*This episode takes place on December 16, 1991; the date in which Howard and Maria were assassinated by the Winter Soldier, but they are saved by the Red Guardian. The scene in which the couple are followed by the Winter Soldier is paralleled, but now with Red Guardian following them as well, to stop the killing.
==Gallery==
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==External links==
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Category:What If...? episodes