Who Is Ralph Bohner On ‘WandaVision’?

The WandaVision series finale had tons of huge reveals, and poignant moments, but none were bigger than the revelation that was Evan Peters’ character’s true name. Is he Pietro Maximoff? Peter Maximoff? Fietro? Nope: Evan Peters is Ralph Bohner. But who is Ralph Bohner? And is there a Ralph Bohner in Marvel Comics?

These are fantastic questions that I am about to provide the answers to, right after this spoiler warning.

Spoilers for WandaVision Episode 9 “The Series Finale” after this point.

Ralph Bohner is a “boner” joke. Did you not get it? Here, I’ll explain it for you.

When a man gets an erection, it is sometimes colloquially referred to as a “boner.” Boner, unequivocally, is a pretty funny word. Not that penises are serious anyway, they’re all pretty stupid looking. But the term “boner” captures that stupidity and amplifies it to the nth degree, and is often used as a punchline for a joke. It also sometimes means “a mistake,” or something that’s gone wrong. But mostly it refers to the first thing I mentioned.

Anyway, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) is captured by Fietro, who is now a total stoner dude complete with a smoothie machine and a severe fandom for Steven Seagal. It’s all very funny, and even though he still seemingly has Quicksilver’s super-speed thanks to the witchcraft of Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn), he’s not a serious threat. Pretty quickly, in fact, Monica gets the better of him, knocks him down, and removes the magical beaded necklace that Agatha is using to control him/give him powers.

Right before that, though, she discovers his headshot. Fietro is not a mutant, or even someone with superpowers. He’s the worst kind of human being imaginable: an actor. And not only that, he’s an actor named “Ralph Bohner.”

To drive it home, disgusted, Monica says, “Bohner?” And if you were wondering, you do not pronounce the “h.” His name is pronounced “boner.” Like a boner. Pretty funny stuff.

This also establishes that Evan Peters is actually playing the “husband Ralph” that Agatha/Agnes has been referring to all season long, the one that’s seemingly been off-screen. Whether that means he has in some way been in cahoots with the centuries old witch all along? Well, probably not. We’ve seen Agatha manipulating him like a puppet in the closing credits banger “Agatha All Along,” and as we’ve just said, he’s an actor. Unlike the headshots shown off by Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) a few episodes back that explained who the “real” people in Westview were, this is not a town populated by failed actors, like most of the rest of New Jersey in real life. This is a regular town that just happens to have an actor living there, and his name is Ralph Bohner.

Is Ralph Bohner a character from Marvel Comics? Great question. No. He is a boner joke. That is it. That’s the whole thing that’s going on here. There’s no Ralph Bohner mentioned previously (or probably afterwards) in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). There’s no Ralph Bohner in Marvel Comics. There’s barely even a Ralph Bohner on WandaVision. Ralph Bohner is, quite simply, a joke.

…Unless, of course, he’s secretly Mephisto?????????????????????

No, he’s not. That’s it! Now on to the real questions, like “what happened to Jimmy Woo’s guy in witness protection, and is his name Josh Cojones?” We’ll never find out!

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