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** ''[[The Avengers (Film)|The Avengers]]'' has a more mild version of this: {{spoiler|The day is saved and the world is celebrating the victory, but the fact remains that many people died during the fight in Manhattan, and the team is at least temporarily disbanding, partially so that they and SHIELD won't have to deal with all of the political and legal questions surrounding the incident. All of this is small potatoes, though, to the big thing that makes this bittersweet, although they don't know it yet: '''[[Thanos]] [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant|has become interested]] [[Oh Crap|in Earth.]]'''}}
* [[The Cameo]]: Often, and it helps to establish a connected universe (such as {{spoiler|Tony Stark}} appearing in ''Incredible Hulk'' and {{spoiler|Nick Fury}}'s brief scenes in ''Thor'' and ''Captain America''.
** [[Early
** [[Creator Cameo]]: Plus, as is standard procedure for Marvel productions, [[Stan Lee]] always makes a cameo. J. Michael Straczynski also appears in ''Thor'' as he served as a script consultant.
** Lou Ferrigno makes another Hulk-related cameo, and in the same film, Bill Bixby makes a pseudo-cameo when Bruce is watching "The Courtship of Eddie's Father."
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: SHIELD Agent Phillip Coulson. Became a [[Canon Immigrant]] as of the ''Battle Scars'' miniseries, which came right before the ''Avengers'' movie.
* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]
* [[Clarke's Third Law]]: The films seem to be heading in a generally Sci-Fi direction, though [[Clarke's Third Law]] is quoted and specifically referenced in ''[[Thor (Film)|Thor]]'', with Thor saying that in Asgard science and magic are the same thing, rather than sufficiently advanced science passing as magic or magic taking the form of a complex science. Furthermore, the semi-magical Bifröst of Asgard is an [
* [[Comic Book Movies Don't Use Codenames]]: Most characters don't have them. Iron Monger, Abomination, Black Widow, War Machine, Whiplash, Hawkeye, Red Skull... all of their codenames have been referenced only a few times or not at all.
* [[Continuity Overlap]]: See below.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Both varieties, in regard to the US military and its affiliates. In ''Captain America: The First Avenger'', most of the army and SSR characters are undoubtedly good at heart, though Philips is often scathing towards Rogers early on. The modern day military and political establishment, by contrast, is unashamedly Type 2 ([[My Country, Right or Wrong|Rhodes]] notably excepted), from [[General Ripper|General Ross]] and [[Drunk On the Dark Side|Blonsky]] to [[Strawman Political|Senator Sterns]] and [[Chaotic Stupid|Justin Hammer]]. Even the minor generals only seem to give a damn about getting a hold of the Iron Man technology and nothing else.
** SHIELD is much more morally grey in comparison, but it's not clear whether it's a US agency given Fury reports to the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|World Security Council]].
* [[Extremely Short Timespan]]: So far, most of the movies take place almost at the same time even though they were all made years apart. ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]] 2'' contains references to ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' and ''[[Thor (Film)|Thor]]'' that indicate all three films happened at roughly the same time, and the original ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]]'' was only six months earlier. (''[[Captain America the First Avenger]]'', on the other hand, took place mainly 70 years ago during WWII; and we aren't told when the modern-day bits are in relation to the other films - although SHIELD's world map in ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]] 2'' includes a marking at what would be about the right spot for where Cap was found, meaning the final scenes of that film also probably happen at about the same time). To balance it out, The Avengers takes place at least a year later.
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* [[Hero of Another Story]]: Many of the movies tease that there are other superheroes out there, [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] pops up in ''[[The Incredible Hulk (Film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', [[Nick Fury]] has appeared at least by name in every film so far, Hawkeye as an Agent of SHIELD in Thor, etc.
** ''[[Captain America the First Avenger]]'' features a blink and you'll miss it appearance by the original Human Torch as a statue at Stark's expo (doubles as a [[Mythology Gag]]).
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: A twofer -- For all of the well known actors appearing in the films, and for the various [[The Cameo|cameo appearances]] in the films by characters from other entries in the universe.
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: Obviously.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Bound to be several considering their comic book origins. A few in particular come to mind:
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* [[Truer to The Text]]: ''[[Captain America the First Avenger]]'' is significantly more faithful to the source material than ''[[Captain America 1990]]'' was, to say nothing of the 1979 films starring [[Reb Brown]].
* [[The Verse]]: The MCU is designated Earth-199999 in the overall Marvel Multiverse.
* [[Wham! Line]]: [[The Stinger]] from ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]]''. Whilst there had been talk of Marvel ''wanting'' to make an Avengers movie at some point, this was the moment that it became a reality.
{{quote| '''Nick Fury''': I'm here to talk to you about [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|the Avenger Initiative]].}}
** And the second big [[Wham! Line]] of the MCU; not so much for what's being said as who it's said ''to'':
{{quote| {{spoiler|''The Other'': To challenge them is to court death... ''[cue [[Thanos]]]''}}}}
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Averted. Everyone with gadgets has a good explanation for where they got them. More often than not, these weapons are built by a member of the Stark family or designed by SHIELD.
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