Jimmy Kimmel Hired Dr. Strange for a Kid's Birthday Party, and It Didn't Go Well

Watch what happened when Jimmy Kimmel hired Benedict Cumberbatch's Dr. Strange for a kid's birthday party.

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Based on the rapturous early reviews of Dr. Strange, it looks like Marvel has another juggernaut on its hands, which means, you guessed it: sequels, sequels, and more sequels. The good news for Marvel is that since the good Doctor just happens to be a Master of the Mystic Arts, his ability to hop from dimension to dimension means there are plenty of ways to expand the Dr. Strange universe for years to come.

But on Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel and Dr. Strange himself, Mr. Benedict Cumberbatch, may have beaten Marvel to the punch. In a brief but hilarious skit, Kimmel hires the Sorcerer Supreme to perform magic at a kid's birthday party. Think about it: Instead of taking on the usual super villain and his army of world-destroying aliens, our hero must tame a group of children who have just embarked on the world’s most insane sugar rush. In other words, it's The Avengers meets Kindergarten Cop. Now that's a pitch.

Dr. Strange for one, has his work cut out for him. Upon seeing the demons, er, children, he asks Kimmel, "I don’t understand—are they possessed?" After Kimmel makes Strange promise that there’ll be "no vanquishing" of the pint-sized party guests, he resorts to making balloon animals instead. But super heroes love to vanquish, and when one snot-nosed kid tells Dr. Strange that his balloon animals suck, Strange goes ahead and vanquishes the hell out of him, sending him to an alternate dimension for the rest of time. That'll show him.

For more vanquishing, catch Dr. Strange when it hits theaters on Oct. 26. 

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