Marvel Cinematic Universe: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"You think you're the only superhero in the world? Mr. Stark, you've become part of a bigger universe. You just don't know it yet."''|'''[[Samuel L. Jackson|Nick]] [[Nick Fury|Fury]]''', in [[The Stinger]] to ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]''}}

A [[Continuity Overlap|combined setting]] occupied by most of the movies produced by Marvel Entertainment (and distributed ~~mostly~~ by [[Paramount Pictures]], but now [[Disney]] is in charge of that), starting with ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]''. Unlike in previous Marvel licensed movies, there exists continuity between different movies.<ref>i.e., the [[X-Men (film)|X-Men]] and [[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]] are not part of this canon. For many years neither was [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]], but in 2015 Sony cut a deal to share him with Marvel, and he makes his first MCU appearance in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''.</ref> Most prominently, the organization SHIELD ties together the different films as a common element.

A [[Continuity Overlap|combined setting]] occupied by most of the movies produced by Marvel Entertainment (and distributed initially by [[Paramount Pictures]], but now [[Disney]] is in charge of that), starting with ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]''. Unlike in previous Marvel licensed movies, there exists continuity between different movies.<ref>i.e., the [[X-Men (film)|X-Men]] and [[Deadpool (film)|Deadpool]] are not part of this canon. For many years neither was [[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]], but in 2015 Sony cut a deal to share him with Marvel, and he makes his first MCU appearance in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]''.</ref> Most prominently, the organization SHIELD ties together the different films as a common element.

'''Current films included as part of the setting''':

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{{quote|'''Captain America:''' When I went under, the world was at war. When I woke, they said we won. They didn't say what we lost.}}

* [[Batman Gambit]]: The short film ''The Consultant'' included on the ''Thor'' DVD features Agents Coulson and Sitwell how get out of the WSC's request that {{spoiler|the Abomination be placed on the Avengers instead of the Hulk}} by having General Ross refuse the request. {{spoiler|They send Tony Stark, in the hopes he'll piss Ross off and get him to refuse to release Blonsky}}. It works.

* [[Big Bad]]: Most of the films and all the TV and Netflix show seasons have their own, but [[Thanos]] is being slowly built up as this for the movies as a whole.

** Hydra is also this for multiple films.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: So far, four movies have this...

** ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'': {{spoiler|Bruce defeats the Abomination and saves both Betty and General Ross. But in the process, he becomes a fugitive living somewhere in British Columbia, away from his loved one. And Dr. Sterns is on his way to become Leader soon.}}