Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Waymond serves divorce papers because their marriage has been struggling for years. He uses the IRS meeting as an opportunity to finally address their failing relationship, hoping to get Evelyn's attention about their marital issues before Gong Gong arrives for Chinese New Year.

Foreshadowing: Earlier timeline events show their marriage has been deteriorating, with Waymond desperately seeking a way to communicate with Evelyn.

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• evelyn
• divorce
• marriage
• irs

Verse-jumping is the ability to access alternate versions of oneself across parallel universes. Alpha-Waymond grants this power to Evelyn by giving her the ability to tap into other realities where different versions of her made different life choices, allowing her to gain their skills and knowledge.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond reveals that every choice creates a new parallel universe.

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• multiverse
• alpha-waymond
• powers

Jobu Tupaki is the splintered mind of Alpha-Joy, who verse-jumped so extensively that her consciousness fragmented across the multiverse. She can manipulate reality itself and has created the everything bagel, a black hole-like object that threatens to destroy all existence.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond warns that Jobu has become too powerful after intense verse-jumping.

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• alpha joy
• threat
• multiverse
• bagel

Alpha-Gong Gong believes that destroying Joy, the original Alpha-Joy, will stop Jobu Tupaki, since Jobu splintered from Alpha-Joy's mind. He sees eliminating the source as the only solution to prevent universal destruction.

Foreshadowing: This extreme suggestion comes during the escalating crisis when Jobu's threat becomes clear.

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• alpha joy
• jobu
• kill
• plan

The everything bagel is a chaotic black hole-like sphere that Jobu Tupaki constructs, representing her nihilistic belief that nothing matters. It has the power to unravel reality itself, threatening to consume all existence in the multiverse.

Foreshadowing: Jobu's nihilistic worldview, developed through her verse-jumping, leads her to create this destructive weapon.

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• jobu
• nihilism
• destruction
• multiverse

Evelyn defeats Jobu by embracing Waymond's teachings about kindness and compassion. Rather than battling her, Evelyn enters the everything bagel, expresses unconditional love for Joy, and shows her that despite meaninglessness, choosing to care about others matters.

Foreshadowing: Waymond's earlier pleas for kindness echo as Evelyn faces the everything bagel.

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• jobu
• kindness
• love
• defeat
• bagel

Joy becomes Jobu Tupaki through extreme verse-jumping. As Alpha-Joy jumped through countless realities searching for meaning, her mind fractured under the weight of experiencing every possible outcome, turning her into the nihilistic Jobu Tupaki.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond warns that too much verse-jumping can shatter the mind.

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• jobu
• alpha joy
• verse-jump
• fracture
• nihilism

Alpha-Waymond is killed by Jobu Tupaki during the confrontation at the everything bagel. His death serves as a pivotal moment that drives Evelyn to fully embrace her journey and confront Jobu directly.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond's sacrifice occurs as the battle reaches its peak.

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• death
• jobu
• killed
• battle

Alpha-Waymond transfers the verse-jumping ability to Evelyn during the IRS meeting. He gives her a device or technique that allows her mind to travel to alternate versions of herself while her physical body remains in the original universe.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond explains the multiverse theory before granting her powers.

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• verse-jump
• powers
• alpha waymond
• ability

Evelyn slaps Deirdre Beaubeirdre in a moment of confusion and stress while her mind is partially verse-jumping to other realities. The overwhelming situation causes her to react impulsively when accused of fraud during the tense meeting.

Foreshadowing: This occurs as Evelyn's mind begins transitioning between universes during the IRS meeting.

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• deirdre
• slap
• irs
• confusion

Returning to the IRS represents Evelyn's renewed ability to handle ordinary life challenges after her multiverse journey. It symbolizes her growth, facing mundane problems with the same courage and compassion she used to save reality, demonstrating that small moments matter as much as cosmic ones.

Foreshadowing: The IRS meeting was the catalyst that thrust Evelyn into the multiverse adventure.

• irs
• meeting
• evelyn
• return
• resolution
• growth

Jobu searches for an Evelyn who shares her nihilistic worldview because she wants companionship in her despair. Having experienced the meaninglessness of all realities, she seeks someone who can validate her perspective rather than try to change it.

Foreshadowing: Jobu's nihilism drives her to create the everything bagel and eliminate those who disagree.

• jobu
• evelyn
• nihilism
• meaning
• search
• validation

Evelyn reconciles by finally accepting Joy's relationship with Becky, acknowledging her love for Waymond, and telling Gong Gong she loves him despite his sternness. Her willingness to embrace her family unconditionally, even in the face of cosmic nihilism, heals their fractured relationships.

Foreshadowing: Evelyn's refusal to let Gong Gong kill Joy begins the reconciliation process.

• evelyn
• family
• reconciliation
• joy
• becky
• gong gong
• waymond

Alpha-Waymond helps Evelyn because in the Alphaverse, she was a legendary warrior who saved his world. He believes she is the only one capable of defeating Jobu Tupaki and stopping the multiverse destruction, fulfilling his role as her guide and ally.

Foreshadowing: Alpha-Waymond reveals their history and his admiration for Alpha-Evelyn.

• alpha waymond
• motivation
• help
• evelyn
• alphaverse

Evelyn chooses kindness because Waymond's teachings about compassion resonate with her during the crucial moment at the everything bagel. She realizes that fighting fire with fire only perpetuates chaos, and that showing unconditional love is the only way to reach Joy buried within Jobu.

Foreshadowing: Waymond consistently advocates for kindness throughout the film, even in his regular universe persona.

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• kindness
• jobu
• choice
• love
• compassion