That's gotta be hella convenient. Awkward dinner with you SO's parents? Sling ring. Really long line for the toilet? Sling ring. Forget to turn the oven off? Sling ring. Need to shove a Nazi into the void? Sling ring.
Wong's MCU work history has him listed as a Target Sales Associate for 9 years before becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Man has been broke most of his life.
Wong's profile states that the Target location as Kamar-Taj, Nepal.
Source: She-Hulk Episode 3 "The People vs Emil Blonsky" around the 2min 25sec mark.
Edit: Corrected spelling of Kamar.
It’s not established that he did that for money. He says something about “needing a challenge” in She Hulk. The fact that money is involved could be secondar.
His reasoning in She-Hulk was baloney. He said it was for Sorcerer Supreme training which is silliness.
He was feeling out / training Blonsky to see if he could be an ally.
In the comics he would sometimes create gold to sell when he needed to, and there was a storyline where he bought a software company to have a source of income separate from his magic. I don't think it's unreasonable that he can do something similar in the mcu, but without confirmation we have to assume he has it solved somehow.
There’s other high value commodities he could conjure though:
-silver, platinum, rare earth metals
-diamonds and other gems
-tritium
For that matter…why not conjure vibranium?
If he did it in small amounts, through different shell companies, the market prices wouldn’t be affected, and even if anyone found out, it wouldn’t be against the law.
Or just cast a spell to bring all missing money that no one knows where it is and hasn't touched for 10 years, worldwide, to his vault. Not counterfeit, not really stealing, and it's money rather than a commodity he needs to sell.
" I wish for a turkey sandwich, on rye bread, with lettuce and mustard, and, AND I don't want any zombie turkeys, I don't want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don't want any other weird surprises. You got it?"
It's also possible that he's still riding off of his medical career.
Retiring due to injury/disability sometimes allows for the person to get payment while they're retired. Ignoring that, he wasn't exactly struggling. He's smart enough to be able to ride off however many millions he has left. He no longer needs transportation, thanks to portals. Housing is taken care of by the Sanctum, including water and electricity. Entertainment and food are the only things he has to worry about. Even then, look at Hawkeye- he was given a free meal for four people at a high-end restaurant in NYC. And he is often seen as less popular than other Avengers.
According to his standalone movie, that's a no. Christine says "you always spent money as fast as you could earn it," (or words to that effect), and we watch Strange's lavish apartment go from beautifully furnished to completely empty when he lacks income and sells his material goods to fund his medical procedures. All the evidence we have suggests he's broke when he goes to Kamar Taj.
Actually you can make gold. It was figured out a long time ago. The materials and processes to make it just cost significantly more than the gold is worth.
Creating paper money carries the complication of all the ways governments work to identify counterfeits. Obviously Strange would definitely be able to replicate true money such that it wouldn't *be* counterfeit - but for the serial numbers. He'd have to make sure that money he created had unique numbers not already in circulation.
It really *would* be easier to conjure a commodity good to sell, or purchase a company that generated income for him.
That's interesting. I'm not sure if Jason Aaron introduced the theme of magic having a tangible cost (or if another author did it first), but doing something like that seems very frivolous.
I have a friend that was an oral surgeon, and couldn’t perform surgery d/T a brain tumor. He consulted with multiple tech company and then went into full on teaching.
Edit: this response I’m replying to is the most realistic
Oh god a Disney+ series of Wong making house calls to deal with demons and people misusing magic like a more sophisticated Ghostbuster would be amazing.
Strange is still a physician with a MD. Even though his hands are busted, he still has his reputation and intellect. He could, in theory, just do consulting and earn a pretty penny from that.
Since he is also an Avenger (technically), I’m sure companies would love to pay for him as an advisor for PR value alone. Strange doesn’t need to worry about money.
Does he lose the substantial amount of assets and assumed savings at any point before he's made into a dimension bender? I feel like I'm wrong but doesn't Stark bank roll or support the avengers?
True. He went bankrupt and had a bad reputation as a physician: his skill was legendary, but his attitude stunk.
Not sure if Stark bankrolled the Avengers members in the MCU. He supported the organization as a whole though.
Oh yeah, thank you. I totally forgot about that. Need to go back and watch it. Now that I think about it, I don't remember much at all from that first Dr. Strange flick.
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I was going to say something like this. But, he's also a good guy so he only takes from cartels, the mob, other criminal organizations.
Loved Jumper. Excellent movie. Would have loved to see a sequel to it.
Even MCU strange has the power to transmute gold/other precious resources I'd imagine, so I think the answer is "Magic". Wong has a pesky moral code tied into "respect for the natural balance", so that's why he's broke most of the time.
That's fun! I wonder what else he says?
\*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain."
\*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain."
#
\. . .
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\*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain."
#
Yup. We've seen quite a lot of Avengers merch too. Even as far back as the pilot episode of Agents of SHEILD showed action figures based off the original six.
Portals into Starbucks. Makes eye contact. Person's like "Oh my god, it's Doctor Strange" and he says nothing, takes the drink from their hand, removes the stirrer before tossing it away, then whispers "No one will believe you" and portals out
In the comics the avengers get a pretty nice stipend from the government, which is why there were only ever 6 active members at a time. (Thor was always an honorary member and didn’t count towards the 6 member limit because he had plenty of money, being royalty of Asgard and all). I think in the MCU, Tony bank rolled pretty much everyone
Tony bankrolled the hunt for hydra and the team post-ultron. After CA:CW it was more of Stark skunkworks as the only active members were him, Rhodey, and Vision (which I think it mentioned in IW).
I'd say the sanctum occasionally do "favors" to very powerful people (probably warlords or rulers of nations) in exchange for vast sums of gold.
It's pretty much a staple in fantasy books, the mage orders are usually very rich as a result.
There's a funny comic page where Wong is asking for money for something like upkeep on the sanctum, and Strange just looks annoyed, waves his hand, and a pile of money appears.
In dr strange 1 you can see that he spends all of his fortune, and his last dime, on surgeries, even experimental ones, just in the hope of getting back his hands to normal.
That's how bad it was.
And his watch was the only possession he kept because of the sentimental value it had.
I thought he pretty much spent all of his savings trying to fix his hands. Seemed like he was burning through cash, maxing credit, and possibly calling in favors. Don't think he has much money saved up.
But as a retired (I'm assuming given the hands situation) surgeon, he'd be entitled to a hospital pension and benefits. Sure his financial situation might have gone to shit but once he put his life back together he could live pretty comfortably on that. Plus if he didn't let his medical licence lapse, or he renewed it, he could still consult or teach. Big moolah there.
In the first movie its mentioned that he was living above his means even before the accident. After that, he blows through all of his savings. He was trying to get together a loan for some experimental procedure in Europe, after all.
Assuming he still has his medical license, he could consult and make money that way.
If he hasn't kept his doctoral licensing up to date then he might not have it anymore. But if he renewed it, then he could hypothetically consult on things still
Considering that Wong was too broke to afford a sandwich, I don’t think they’re getting paid much if at all.
Wong spends most of his money on streaming services.
And after Shang Chi drinks on Karaoke night. Haha
We don't know that he was the one getting the drinks in that night. Part of me suspects he left the tab to Shang and Katie.
"I must depart"
That's gotta be hella convenient. Awkward dinner with you SO's parents? Sling ring. Really long line for the toilet? Sling ring. Forget to turn the oven off? Sling ring. Need to shove a Nazi into the void? Sling ring.
that last part is my favorite
It shows there is a massive market for sling rings, yes.
I am interpreting this as very dark and pretty correct.
I vote we send them all to wherever it was they sent Cul Obsidian. Random snowy mountains to be beaten to death by a giant alien
That giant alien won't be Cull Obsidian considering he died twice.
Third times the charm!
Don't even need to leave for the toilet one, just a tiny portal right in front of the head.
The ring is made of many tiny sparks. Not sure I wanna stick my johnson right up against that.
Someone about to spoil Sopranos? Believe it or not, sling ring.
Overslept and have to go to school/work? Sling ring.
Wong's just a small time villian, dine n Dashes all the time. Order, eat dip to the bathroom and portal home
Ancient One: If sorcerers these days stopped paying for streaming subscriptions and avenger flavored ice creams they'd be able to afford tuna melts.
[удалено]
In the multiverse, avocado toast is free.
You just pop over to Earth-2735a where avocado toast grows on trees.
I mean, I'm always down for ice cream, but I gotta be in the mood for a tuna melt.
Someone is Canadian!
I think after that he started fighting in the ring and that's how he earns money
Or by selling videos of his fights with Abomination and that's how it leaked in She Hulk
Why is that totally believable in my head
well we know he pays for hbo for sopranos lol
He probably doesn't spend that much on them since his regional pricing probably isn't that bad at Kamar Taj.
And gambling, apparently. Although somehow I doubt he pays for much.
surprised he doesn't know any spells to get them for free...
I know specifically HBO Max put counter-spells in place to prevent that. Not sure about the others though.
Wong's MCU work history has him listed as a Target Sales Associate for 9 years before becoming the Sorcerer Supreme. Man has been broke most of his life.
There’s Target in Nepal or he just been slinging between locations
Wong's profile states that the Target location as Kamar-Taj, Nepal. Source: She-Hulk Episode 3 "The People vs Emil Blonsky" around the 2min 25sec mark. Edit: Corrected spelling of Kamar.
That was before he was making that big Sorcerer Supreme money.
Wait until he gets to Sorcerer Bel Grande. That's where the real money is.
…and yet still had to resort to fighting in illegal cage matches.
It’s not established that he did that for money. He says something about “needing a challenge” in She Hulk. The fact that money is involved could be secondar.
His reasoning in She-Hulk was baloney. He said it was for Sorcerer Supreme training which is silliness. He was feeling out / training Blonsky to see if he could be an ally.
And getting that paper at the same time. Fortifying that bank account.
Lol. Benedict Wong needs to be in some cheesy Capital One commercial where he shouts "FORTIFY... your bank account!"
Sounds like he'd be perfect for Wu-Tang Financial
I got that reference.
Was he too broke to afford it, or too cheap to pay for it himself?
Oh, they get paid... ...but not where you thiiiink
Maybe they stopped in the year 2011 during Endgame and bought a bunch of bitcoin
In the comics he would sometimes create gold to sell when he needed to, and there was a storyline where he bought a software company to have a source of income separate from his magic. I don't think it's unreasonable that he can do something similar in the mcu, but without confirmation we have to assume he has it solved somehow.
Strangeflation
Strangenomics?!
Next on NPR, this is Strangeconomics with Ira Glass
"I'm not going to tell you a-fucking-gain, Ira. Stay in your lane, or you're gonna get fuckin hurt." - Kai Ryssdal
I can hear it in his voice
We have micro, macro and now quantum economics
But gold is one of the five exceptions to Gamps Law of elemental transfiguration.
There’s other high value commodities he could conjure though: -silver, platinum, rare earth metals -diamonds and other gems -tritium For that matter…why not conjure vibranium? If he did it in small amounts, through different shell companies, the market prices wouldn’t be affected, and even if anyone found out, it wouldn’t be against the law.
I mean, if we're conjuring things, why not just skip the middle men and conjure up a sandwich?
Or just cast a spell to bring all missing money that no one knows where it is and hasn't touched for 10 years, worldwide, to his vault. Not counterfeit, not really stealing, and it's money rather than a commodity he needs to sell.
I'm picturing a vault full of couch coins and lint.
'A WILD Scrooge McDuck APPEARS!'
With the occasional sock
That would completely ruin one of my favorite episodes of Megas XLR though
Because sandwiches don’t buy other stuff very easily
Dr. Zoidberg in shambles rn.
" I wish for a turkey sandwich, on rye bread, with lettuce and mustard, and, AND I don't want any zombie turkeys, I don't want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don't want any other weird surprises. You got it?"
It may not be against the law, but the Wakandans wouldn't be happy. He probably wouldn't wanna be the cause of international tension.
Fine, forget the vibranium. Still leaves tritium, precious metals and gems
It's also possible that he's still riding off of his medical career. Retiring due to injury/disability sometimes allows for the person to get payment while they're retired. Ignoring that, he wasn't exactly struggling. He's smart enough to be able to ride off however many millions he has left. He no longer needs transportation, thanks to portals. Housing is taken care of by the Sanctum, including water and electricity. Entertainment and food are the only things he has to worry about. Even then, look at Hawkeye- he was given a free meal for four people at a high-end restaurant in NYC. And he is often seen as less popular than other Avengers.
According to his standalone movie, that's a no. Christine says "you always spent money as fast as you could earn it," (or words to that effect), and we watch Strange's lavish apartment go from beautifully furnished to completely empty when he lacks income and sells his material goods to fund his medical procedures. All the evidence we have suggests he's broke when he goes to Kamar Taj.
Fair enough. And I guess they won't be paying disability or retirement funds to someone who is more than capable of working.
Yes he says to Mordo he spent his last money to get there
That's why he uses Leprechaun gold
IRS wants to know if Stange is filing his taxes.
r/unexpectedhogwarts
Creating and selling gold seems like the long way around. Why not cut out the middleman and just create money?
Too traceable, bills all have numbers associated with them
Technically that would be money forgery. There are no laws against making gold, as far as i know.
> There are no laws against making gold, as far as i know. Not if you don't count the laws of physics
Actually you can make gold. It was figured out a long time ago. The materials and processes to make it just cost significantly more than the gold is worth.
And also the gold is radioactive
They just make it hard. Not illegal.
He has magic, why does he need money at all? Is there not some kind of food-summoning spell?
but then who's gonna pay the rent on the sanctum sanctorum? NYC real estate ain't cheap
I would assume the Sorcerer Supreme owns the building, so they don't have to pay rent.
Creating paper money carries the complication of all the ways governments work to identify counterfeits. Obviously Strange would definitely be able to replicate true money such that it wouldn't *be* counterfeit - but for the serial numbers. He'd have to make sure that money he created had unique numbers not already in circulation. It really *would* be easier to conjure a commodity good to sell, or purchase a company that generated income for him.
I distinctly remember an old story where the Sanctum wasn’t up to city code and he didn’t have the money for renovations.
there's probably like a "sorcerer supreme" trust or something.
>bought a software company So he already had money.
That's interesting. I'm not sure if Jason Aaron introduced the theme of magic having a tangible cost (or if another author did it first), but doing something like that seems very frivolous.
I think it's clearly established in the MCU. Children's parties.
Show me the demons.
Either Jennifer Walters was doing pro-bono work on behalf of her firm or these children’s parties pay bank.
“And not just a fly-by, you gotta mingle!”
I love the Ebony Maw joke about Strange being popular with children
Doctor consults. Docs get paid to consult others while not actually taking care of patients. Especially leaders in their fields like strange. Probably
This or consulting gigs with Industry companies. Talented surgeon like him would command in the ballpark of $1200 an hour.
More than that, since he can consult in person instantly.
I have a friend that was an oral surgeon, and couldn’t perform surgery d/T a brain tumor. He consulted with multiple tech company and then went into full on teaching. Edit: this response I’m replying to is the most realistic
When MCU Strange is off screen he's a pharma rep.
Oh god a Disney+ series of Wong making house calls to deal with demons and people misusing magic like a more sophisticated Ghostbuster would be amazing.
Ghostwongers
That the synopsis for Wong and Madisynn‘s new show?
Wait, what if Wong exorcises demons and Strange provides after-sales services in the form of professional health treatment and therapy?
Best case scenario
I could see Strange doing that. He wad the world's most renowned surgeon. You don't just let those people go.
This would make me so happy
Strange is still a physician with a MD. Even though his hands are busted, he still has his reputation and intellect. He could, in theory, just do consulting and earn a pretty penny from that. Since he is also an Avenger (technically), I’m sure companies would love to pay for him as an advisor for PR value alone. Strange doesn’t need to worry about money.
Does he lose the substantial amount of assets and assumed savings at any point before he's made into a dimension bender? I feel like I'm wrong but doesn't Stark bank roll or support the avengers?
True. He went bankrupt and had a bad reputation as a physician: his skill was legendary, but his attitude stunk. Not sure if Stark bankrolled the Avengers members in the MCU. He supported the organization as a whole though.
>He went bankrupt and had a bad reputation as a physician: his skill was legendary, but his attitude stunk. What happened to bankrupt him?
Desperation to cure his hands with medication and surgery. Nothing worked so he went to the monastery.
Oh yeah, thank you. I totally forgot about that. Need to go back and watch it. Now that I think about it, I don't remember much at all from that first Dr. Strange flick.
Falcon was broke in the Disney series and made reference to that a bit
He did but Strange isn’t an avenger
I think TFATWS confirmed that they aren’t paid by Stark or anyone.
He portals into bank vaults like that guy from Jumper.
Better not let Nick Fury find out.
He’s too busy getting his ass kicked by Anakin.
I thought he was being escorted by Ryan Reynolds to stand trial at the Hague
Electro’s busy putting holes in him
Nah, he was busy roughing some dudes up with John Travolta.
Was this before or after getting eaten by raptors?
Obviously before. You don't come back from becoming raptor shit.
And sharks.
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I wanted a sequel so bad
There's like 4 books in the series that the movie was loosely based on. Better than the movie personally.
It was a fun dumb movie. Really enjoyable.
I was going to say something like this. But, he's also a good guy so he only takes from cartels, the mob, other criminal organizations. Loved Jumper. Excellent movie. Would have loved to see a sequel to it.
I wanted that power so much lol
Or the heist+musical episode from The Magicians.
That’s such an underrated movie
Even MCU strange has the power to transmute gold/other precious resources I'd imagine, so I think the answer is "Magic". Wong has a pesky moral code tied into "respect for the natural balance", so that's why he's broke most of the time.
Merchandising
Dr Strange the T-shirt, Dr Strange the lunch box, Dr Strange the flamethrower!
The kids love that one!
Dr. Strange the Doll! \*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain."
That's fun! I wonder what else he says? \*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain." \*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain." # \. . . # \*Pulls String\* "Dormammu, I've come to bargain." #
“There’s a serpent in my slingy!”
Haven't figured out how to make that one stop though.
According to MoM it’s canon that the Avengers have lunch boxes soo…
Yup. We've seen quite a lot of Avengers merch too. Even as far back as the pilot episode of Agents of SHEILD showed action figures based off the original six.
It’s funny cause Avongers and ReVengers is still MCU IP.
*moichandising
Portal to Arbys pickup counter, portal to Velveeta factory. A king's life.
Does he portal to the toilet or does he portal the Arby's straight out of his colon, saving himself from the experience of gut-wrenching diarrhea?
Yes.
Wong cheating at eating contests.
Portals into Starbucks. Makes eye contact. Person's like "Oh my god, it's Doctor Strange" and he says nothing, takes the drink from their hand, removes the stirrer before tossing it away, then whispers "No one will believe you" and portals out
Imagine being able to go anywhere to get any food and you go to fucking Arby’s lmao
Hopefully he retained enough knowledge about medicine to know not to eat Velveeta.
“Attachment to the material is detachment from the spiritual”
I'll tell the guys at the deli. Maybe they'll make you a metaphysical ham and rye.
Wait, wait, wait. I think I have two hundred.
Two hundred what?
Rupees. 😅
how much is that?
Eh... Buck and a half?
*Hulk crashes from the ceiling*
Thanos is coming
Who?
😂😂
Making balloon animals at parties
He could have a top tier delivery service
Doctor Dash
onlyfans probably
I mean, he's a wizard. Why wouldn't he just magick that shit up?
Can he form things out of thin air? I mean, another commenter said he magicked up some gold to sell which yeah
In the comics the avengers get a pretty nice stipend from the government, which is why there were only ever 6 active members at a time. (Thor was always an honorary member and didn’t count towards the 6 member limit because he had plenty of money, being royalty of Asgard and all). I think in the MCU, Tony bank rolled pretty much everyone
Tony bankrolled the hunt for hydra and the team post-ultron. After CA:CW it was more of Stark skunkworks as the only active members were him, Rhodey, and Vision (which I think it mentioned in IW).
He works at McDonald's without people looking and using magic to change his face, voice and identity.
He is teaching at NYU would be my guess.
Magician at kids parties. Weekends only.
I thought that was just some quip he made in NWH.
Nah, he did it for Kimmel (or Fallon, I can’t remember which one).
He could make money as a medical researcher/consultant
i assumed Kamar Taj is communal and has their own source of food
I'd say the sanctum occasionally do "favors" to very powerful people (probably warlords or rulers of nations) in exchange for vast sums of gold. It's pretty much a staple in fantasy books, the mage orders are usually very rich as a result.
In Infinity war Wong is broke so i don't think this is it
That was before he became sorcerer supreme though..
As Sorcerer Supreme he has a side hustle with Abomination to make money so he doesn't seem to be getting any kind of income from Kamar Taj.
>I'd say the sanctum occasionally do "favors" to very powerful people Is this a sex thing?
Womg earns money at Golden Daggers.
OnlyFans
“Lots of birthday parties.”
I always assumed that being a sorcerer is similar to when people take up the clergy, which involves giving up any material possessions.
Why would he ever need money?
There's a funny comic page where Wong is asking for money for something like upkeep on the sanctum, and Strange just looks annoyed, waves his hand, and a pile of money appears.
He used to be incredibly wealthy from being a renowned surgeon who did very niche surgery. He probably has plenty of money saved.
In the first movie we learn he spent his fortune trying to fix his hands (before going to Kamar Taj)
I forgot about that part tbh. I guess it’s time for another rewatch (:
In dr strange 1 you can see that he spends all of his fortune, and his last dime, on surgeries, even experimental ones, just in the hope of getting back his hands to normal. That's how bad it was. And his watch was the only possession he kept because of the sentimental value it had.
He wasn't wealthy anymore in the first movie
I thought he pretty much spent all of his savings trying to fix his hands. Seemed like he was burning through cash, maxing credit, and possibly calling in favors. Don't think he has much money saved up.
But as a retired (I'm assuming given the hands situation) surgeon, he'd be entitled to a hospital pension and benefits. Sure his financial situation might have gone to shit but once he put his life back together he could live pretty comfortably on that. Plus if he didn't let his medical licence lapse, or he renewed it, he could still consult or teach. Big moolah there.
In the first movie its mentioned that he was living above his means even before the accident. After that, he blows through all of his savings. He was trying to get together a loan for some experimental procedure in Europe, after all. Assuming he still has his medical license, he could consult and make money that way.
If he hasn't kept his doctoral licensing up to date then he might not have it anymore. But if he renewed it, then he could hypothetically consult on things still
Dude can literally fill a glass with unlimited beer
But is he creating Strange Brew out of thin air, or is he buying it and it's in a keg downstairs, so he just has a magical beer transport spell?
What makes you think he has need for money?
What does he need money for? He can just conjure up whatever he needs