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[[File:Avengers Endgame - Chinese poster.jpg|thumb|caption|Death is inevitable.]]

Starting three weeks after the cataclysmic events of Thanos's victory, half of the universe's sentient life is gone, and the completed Infinity Gauntlet has disappeared with the Mad Titan to a faraway world. However, even in this seemingly hopeless situation, the surviving heroes of the universe (Avengers, Guardians, and anyone else who is brave enough to fight on) are left to pick up the pieces. With a bit of hope, they intend to revive their friends and allies and the untold trillions of living beings that Thanos killed, and find a way to defeat him once and for all. But it won't be easy, and devastating sacrifices will have to be made in order to restore reality to a normal state.

''Avengers: Infinity War'' and this film collectively serve as the culmination of everything that has happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe up until the end of Phase 3, filmed back-to-back (with reshoots) between 2017 and 2018. As such, the cast for these movies is quite substantial.

* [[Adult Fear]]: When Scott learns about the snap, he's desperately searching the memorial monuments, praying that Cassie survived. 

* [[All for Nothing]]: Essentially the film's take on the events of ''Captain America: Civil War''. Thanos is such a powerful [[Enemy Mine]] that the ideological differences of the Avengers don't matter. 

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: A generous way of describing the battle on Titan II. An early hint that there's more to come.

* [[Badass Beard]]: While Cap shaved his, Thor's [[Beard of Sorrow]] takes on a Viking flare in the finale.

** Morgan wants a [[Iron Man (film)|cheeseburger]].

** {{spoiler|When Past!Thanos grips the Power Stone, his hand starts to break up like the Guardians' in their first film.}}

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Natasha in the second act. It gets to the point that she has to be talked out of doing rescue operations for an underwater earthquake... that will harm absolutely no one. 

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]:

* [[Composite Character]]:

** Most of the traits of "Ronin" (a black-clad vigilante brutally murdering criminals due to the death of his wife and kids) are drawn from [[The Punisher]].

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Tony himself still fits the bill, {{spoiler|even taking into consideration the Infinity Gauntlet used to snap people back to existence could fall into Thanos' hands and making sure that, even if he had the Gauntlet, ''he wouldn't have the Gems''. He manages to pull a [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] at its finest on Thanos.}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Like its predecessor, this film is significantly darker than the other films in the setting. The mere backstory involves a universal-scale genocide with potentially wide-reaching collateral damage, and those heroes who didn't die in ''Infinity War'' are facing their [[Darkest Hour]]. Though see [[Lighter and Softer]] below.

* [[Darkest Hour]]: Let's see... Most of our heroes are dead, along with half of all life in the universe, and the most obvious means to fix everything — the Infinity Gauntlet — is still with Thanos. To say that our heroes have their work cut out for them is a massive understatement.

* [[Deader Than Dead]]: {{spoiler|Natasha. Bruce confirms that he tried to bring her back, but the Soul Stone doesn't work that way.}}

** Tony is convinced he's done this which is why he initially opts out of the time machine plot.

** {{spoiler|After all the trials and tribulations, the snap finally gets undone and everyone who was dusted is brought back to life.}} 

* [[Eleventh-Hour Ranger]]:

** Captain Marvel. After being absent from Earth's events throughout the MCU timeline, she returns to assist the other survivors of Thanos' finger snap.

* [[Exact Words]]: Well, exact thoughts in this case. {{spoiler|Tony tells Bruce to bring back everyone who died five years ago. ''Not'' make everything as it was five years ago.}} 

* [[Famous Last Words]]:

** “'''''[[Dying Moment of Awesome|And I... am...]]'''''{{spoiler|'''''Iron Man.'''''}} {{spoiler|Tony Stark/Iron Man}}

* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: The Avengers essentially reforge their bonds here after ''Civil War''. 

* [[He's Back]]:

** Miek and Korg return.

** Hawkeye joins the rest of the Original Six Avengers after sitting out ''Infinity War''.

** {{spoiler|Natasha jumps off the altar at Vormir so Clint can get the Soul Stone}}.

** {{spoiler|Tony steals the Infinity Stones from Thanos, assimilates them into his armor, and snaps his fingers, the energy wave killing him, but stopping the invasion and saving the Earth}}.

** Thanos is quickly ambushed and restrained on Titan II with Thor lobbing off the Gauntlet. Rocket then flips it over only to find the Stones missing.

** {{spoiler|Once Bruce undoes Thanos' snap, everyone cheers, pats themselves on the back, and is ready to take it slow... then Past!Thanos starts a bombardment.}}

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{Spoiler|Natasha}}, {{Spoiler|Thanos}}, and {{Spoiler|Iron Man}}. Poor Vision is also dead and gone without the Mind Stone.

* [[Lesser Star]]: Brie Larson/Captain Marvel is much less prominent in the film than the pre-release information would lead you to believe.

* [[Magically-Binding Contract]]: Bruce Banner tries to {{Spoiler|resurrect Natasha alongside with Thanos' victims but the Soul Stone doesn't work that way.}} A soul for a Soul.

* [[Mundane Solution]]:

** The heroes' initial plan to stop Thanos is simply to steal back the Infinity Gauntlet and use it to undo the snap.

* [[One-Man Army]]: When the ''Benatar'' arrives at Titan II, Carol says the planet's only inhabitant is Thanos, with no army or defenses. Nebula grimly notes that that's sufficient deterrent.

* [[Other Me Annoys Me]]: When meeting his 2012 self, Cap actually seems annoyed by his own sheer determination.  

* [[Passing the Torch]]:

** {{spoiler|Thor decides he's not cut out to be a king and passes the mantle of leadership onto Valkyrie.}}  

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Thanos' last words are him thanking Nebula for defending his honor and saying he was too hard on her.  

* [[Puny Earthlings]]: When the Black Order of 2014 sees a hologram of the Avengers, they're pretty dismissive.  

** Tony and Steve aren't exactly super-spies. A secretary is pretty quick to figure out that they're not supposed to be in the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

* [[Seen It All]]: Frigga's incredible non-reaction to meeting a future version of Thor.

* [[Series Fauxnale]]: It's the end of the story that started back in ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' but not the end of the MCU.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: {{spoiler| Past!Thanos learns of the Avengers' plan because the cybernetic implants of 2023 Nebula and 2014 Nebula are both using the same network to store their memories.}}  

* [[Superman Stays Out of Gotham]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Rhodes outright asks]] Carol where the hell she's been since [[The Nineties]]. She's been traveling space, being a hero on other planets [[Justified Trope|who don't have counterparts to the Avengers]]. Cue [[Stunned Silence]] from Rhodey.