Thor: Love and Thunder

Thor: Love and Thunder is a 2022 American superhero film with comedy and Science Fantasy elements based on The Mighty Thor. It is the fourth film in the Thor series, sequel to Thor: Ragnarok, and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It is directed by Taika Waititi, who also reprises his role as Korg. Chris Hemsworth reprises his role as the eponymous character.

'''WARNING: This film involves Late Arrival Spoilers for all previous works involving Thor. Spoilers for these will be unmarked. Read on at your own risk!'''

Some time after Avengers: Endgame, Thor's attempt to find himself while journeying with the Guardians of the Galaxy is interrupted by a distress signal from Sif (Jaimie Alexander), who warns him of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the death of all gods. To battle this new threat, Thor leaves the Guardians to return to New Asgard on Earth and reunites with Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman returning after her absence from Thor: Ragnarok) who now wields a reassembled Mjolnir, and also seeks the aid of other gods like Zeus (Russell Crowe).


 * Alien Blood: Olympians bleed gold, like the ichor in the Greek myths.
 * Big Bad: Gorr and his slaughtering of the gods is the primary source of conflict. The main plot involves preventing him from gaining access to a means to slaughtering all gods at once, which he seeks because he realised he would never kill all of them before even a natural death as their number given the size of the universe is on likely trillions.
 * The Bus Came Back: This film marks Jane's return after missing out on Ragnarok.
 * Celestial Body:
 * Eternity has this, just like in the comics.
 * Clothing Damage: Zeus "flicks" off Thor's disguise, but flicks too hard and strips him entirely down to bare ass that is pixelated in the trailers but on full display in the film proper.
 * Deliberately Monochrome: In the Shadow Realm, almost all colour disappears except for that temporarily produced by lightning. Korg does Lampshade Hanging, showing that it's also happening in-universe.
 * Disappears Into Light: What happens to all gods, not just Odin as shown in Ragnarok, when they die.
 * Do Not Call Me "Paul": Heimdall's son insists on being known as Axl rather than his birth Gender Blender Name of Astrid.
 * Eucatastrophe:
 * Framing Device: The film is presented as a story told by Korg.
 * The Gods Must Be Lazy:
 * Gold and White Are Divine: Zeus wears gold armour over a white toga.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * In Name Only: Compared to his serious, fearless and extremely powerful (to rival Odin) 616 incarnation, the MCU Zeus is basically a coward and a buffoon which resembles him little in personality or power. The few similarities they have are adaptations of the original of Greek Mythology.
 * Irony: For all of his power and anti-theist declarations, Gorr's plan involves going to Eternity, basically a Top God, and wish for it to undo all the other so-called gods. In other words, a prayer.
 * Light Is Not Good:
 * Gorr's god Rapu wears gold and doesn't care the slightest bit about the death of all the rest of his devotees. When he gets renounced by Gorr, Rapu's immediate reaction is to make with the strangling.
 * Deathly pale and wearing a white robe, Gorr seeks the death of all gods.
 * Losing Your Head:
 * Mood Whiplash: One of the most common criticisms of the film is its tendency to suddenly shove levity into serious dramatic moments.
 * Not Quite Dead: The second stinger has a variation -
 * Offscreen Moment of Awesome: A villainous one, but still - Gorr's slaying of various gods and literal disarming of Sif all happen offscreen.
 * Put on a Bus: The Guardians of the Galaxy end up departing from the film quite early on.
 * Sadistic Choice: Gorr restrains Thor and chokes Jane and Valkyrie, trying to get him to summon Stormbreaker or else watch them die.
 * The Stinger:
 * Mid-credits:
 * Post-credits:
 * Super Empowering:
 * Jane becomes able to wield the reassembled Mjolnir and its powers.
 * Before the final battle, Thor
 * Villain Opening Scene: The film starts with Gorr's Start of Darkness.
 * Before the final battle, Thor
 * Villain Opening Scene: The film starts with Gorr's Start of Darkness.