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[[File:NewAvengers_6865.jpg|frame|[[Avengers Assemble]]!]]
 
The [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|all-star superhero team]], rebranded for the new millennium. It was published., off and on, from January 2005 to November 2016.
 
After ''[[Wham! Episode|Avengers Disassembled]]'', Tony Stark disbanded the Avengers. [[Time Skip|Six months later]], a prison riot at the Raft proved that the world needed an Avengers team, so [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] recruited the other heroes who helped stop the riot - [[Iron Man]], [[Spider-Man]], [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]] &and [[Spider-Woman]] - to form the New Avengers. As the first few arcs went on, the team was joined by [[Wolverine]], [[The Sentry]] &and Ronin (a disguised Echo, sent by [[Daredevil]] in his place). Following ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' through to the end of ''[[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]]'', the team was forced underground, but with the beginning of the Heroic Age they were free to operate openly.
 
Not to be confused with [[The New Avengers|the 1970s spy TV series of the same name]].
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* [[Arch Enemy]]: [[The Hood]], the [[Dark Avengers]]
* [[The Atoner]]: Daredevil, due to the events of ''[[Shadowland (comics)|Shadowland]]'', and [[Doctor Strange]] to some extent.
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: [[Captain Obvious|Duh]]. Not so much after [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] &and [[Iron Man]] both left the team.
{{quote|'''Luke Cage:''' Avengers! WHUP HIS ASS!
'''Spider-Man:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|Uh, is that the catchphrase now?]]
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* [[Badass in Distress]]: The first things the second line-up do are {{spoiler|try to retrieve Captain America's body from S.H.I.E.L.D. after learning that he may still be alive}}, before flying to Japan to save Echo from being [[Brainwashed and Crazy|forced into the Hand]].
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: [[Doctor Strange]].
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Iron Man &and Spider-Man shared this sort of relationship, {{spoiler|until ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''}}.
* [[Book Ends]]: Vol. 2 #16 (The final ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]'' tie-in) opened with Hawkeye questioning what makes someone "Avengers material" &and several Avengers arguing that certain people don't belong on the team; the issue ends with the same Avengers pointing out that applying [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] means that same person ''is'' very much the type of person who should be an Avenger.
* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: Naturally, [[You Fight Like a Cow|Spider-Man]] is the chief offender, but they all have their moments.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Ronin. Despite being on all of the early covers, the character didn't appear until the midway point of the original line-up's run (and then immediately [[Put on a Bus|went to Japan to spy on the Hand]]), before becoming part of the team properly after ''Civil War''.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Echo, after ''[[Secret Invasion]]''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Spider-Man asking if anyone knew where she'd gone; and again with her reappearance when Luke Cage &and Jessica Jones were looking for a Nannynanny, as she angrily asks if Cage even remembers that she used to be on the team.
* [[Costume Copycat]]: Spider-Man [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the Dark Avengers use of costumes previously worn by ''actual'' heroes.
* [[A Day in The Spotlight]]: During ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', each issue focused on an individual member of the team who didn't have their own series, with Captain America &and Iron Man also getting issues due to scheduling conflicts with their own series.
* [[Deep Sleep]]: After witnessing Brother Voodoo repel Agamotto's invasion (with [[Heroic Sacrifice|tragic results]]), Doctor Strange wakes up in the next issue and is told he's been asleep for fifteen hours.
* [[Disability Superpower]]: Daredevil has enhanced senses, including a "radar sense" that shows him the world around him.
* [[Double Agent]]: Victoria Hand, with the requisite "whose side is she really on?" questions.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: [[The Sentry]] grabs [[Complete Monster|Carnage]] and flies him out into space &and tears the symbiote in two. The second arc established the Sentry's character to a fuller extent, but this established that he was ''not'' going to be a low-level hero.
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: Spider-Man &and Jessica Jones, complete with the embarrassing revelations that ''she'' had a crush on ''him''; and that Peter ''didn't even realise'' that Jessica Jones, superhero &and former Bugle co-worker, went to the same school as him as he only knew her as "Coma Girl".
* [[Fake Kill Scare]]
* [[Fantastic Voyage Plot]]: In one story arc, Hank Pym and Doctor Strange enter Luke Cage's body to remove an explosive device from his heart.
* [[Fastball Special]]: With Wolverine on the team, one of the heavy hitters will occasionally perform the traditional variant.
** Spider-Man &and Iron Fist used a variant in a battle with Ragnarok, with Iron Fist as the projectile.
* [[Five-Man Band]]
** The original line-up
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*** [[The Lancer]]: Iron Man
*** [[The Big Guy]]: Luke Cage
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Iron Man &and Spider-Man
*** [[The Chick]]: Spider-Woman {{spoiler|(Veranke)}}
*** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Wolverine, The Sentry
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* [[Groin Attack]]: The Hood to Wolverine. With bullets.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Echo, a deaf woman with photographic memory; Daredevil, a blind man with "Radar Sense".
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Luke Cage &and Iron Fist, naturally.
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]
{{quote|'''Spider-Man''': I'm telling you. This is fishy. Fishy fishy.
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** Avengers Tower until its destruction during ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]''.
** Avengers Mansion (current)
* [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies]]: Daredevil pulls this when Captain America first approaches him to be part of the first line-up. He tries to pull it again when Luke Cage &and Jessica Jones ask him to join the team following ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]'', but they point out it doesn't really work, since he'd be an Avenger &and they'd have his back.
** Doctor Strange tries a similar argument after Daniel Drumm swears vengeance on him, which sets up one of Luke Cage's better lines. "Okay. Raise your hand if any of you [the gathered members of the New Avengers] have ever had the bad guy threaten all holy hell on you before he died, went to jail, disappeared, vanished, or just in general felt like lipping off." Every hand in the room goes up.
** On the other hand, Jessica Jones walked away from the team because her daughter's life was threatened by Norman Osborn.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Subverted - After {{spoiler|the death of [[Captain America (comics)|Steve Rogers]]}}, Luke Cage states that they ''are'' Avengers, because Captain America said they were.
** Played straight, however, in Clint Barton assuming the Ronin name after {{spoiler|Captain America's death}} and keeping it until the start of the Heroic Age.
** Discussed by Iron Fist &and Doctor Strange following ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'', with the two of of them bearing mantles (Sorcerer Supreme &and the Iron Fist) that had been previously passed down to them, and they will later pass on in their lives.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: In the initial arc, Maria Hill informs Captain America that he can't just form a new team of Avengers because he feels like it. Cap then tells her that she can check his S.H.I.E.L.D. file &and verify for herself that he was previously given "Full Champion License" during Nick Fury's tenure as S.H.I.E.L.D. director; which means that he has the authority to assemble any team he sees fit to go on any mission he sees fit &and they don't need S.H.I.E.L.D. permission to put the Avengers back together.
** When Brother Voodoo challenges Agamotto one-on-one, he uses a spell that gathers the collective strength and fighting ability of the New Avengers into a single person.
* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Spider-Woman is really the Skrull Queen Veranke until after ''[[Secret Invasion]]''}}.
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{{quote|'''[[The Sentry]]:''' I don't throw ''everything'' into the sun... }}
* [[Terrible Interviewees Montage]]: Luke and Jessica trying to find a superpowered nanny for their daughter. Some candidates are horrible, some are offended, and some take the opportunity to get in a few zings at the team. But the [[Squirrel Girl|last one]] is perfect.
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Wolverine, of the [[Necessarily Evil]] kind. [[Iron Man]] notes to [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]] that, aside from strengthening human/mutant relations, this would be an important reason to have Logan around - He'd be able (and willing) to do [[Thou Shall Not Kill|things that none of the other team members would]].
{{quote|'''Wolverine''': [''to Brother Voodoo''] Bub, I can do what needs to be done in a way you can't.
'''The Thing''': I think that's a compliment, by the way. }}
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* [[Unstoppable Force Meets Immovable Object]]: "I've always wondered what would happened if I [[Buffy-Speak|Iron Fisted]] a Hulk..." <ref>[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Let's just say the object moves]].</ref>
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Issue 31 - {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]] that the Skrulls were covertly replacing high powered figures on Earth [[Secret Invasion|in preparation of an invasion]].}}
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]: There are three characters who have been in the book since the very first arc - Luke Cage, Spider-Man &and Wolverine. Guess which one's the [[Creator's Pet]] &and which two this trope applies to.
 
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