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** The short appearance of Loki's motif from a [[The Ring of the Nibelung|certain famous opera]] deserves special mention for [[Music of Note|being meta]] ''and'' super-awesome.

* [[Catharsis Factor]]: {{spoiler|[[Metronomic Man-Mashing|The Hulk smacking Loki around.]]}} After seeing the latter spend the entire movie being a bastard--{{spoiler|and especially his callous murder of Agent Coulson}}--this was quite satisfying. Unsurprisingly, this scene was a ''hit'' with audiences with many packed movie theaters breaking out into applause and cheers at {{spoiler|Loki's defeat.}}

** Shown as [[The Stinger]] to ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger]]''. It's as awesome as one would think, and then some.

** Also the Super Bowl trailer, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt-saFvkNk especially the extended cut.]

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Go on, look at Tumblr. Search for Loki. We dare you. The fangirls have gone ''nuts'' about Loki ever since the first ''[[Thor (film)|Thor]]'' film. It was more understandable in ''Thor'', but here it's baffling to see this genocidal psycho attract so many apologists.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: The Hulk (and Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner. Remarkable for [[The Other Darrin]].)

** Agent Coulson has also become very popular. Not bad for someone who was created specifically for the movies and never appeared in the comics.

** Some fans complained about Black Widow's lack of a Russian accent. {{spoiler|She identifies herself as Russian in the film but talks about having been raised in the United States and then spending a lot of time abroad.}} Additionally, she's an international spy who has mastered multiple languages. So obviously, she can speak with a perfect accent. If she couldn't, she wouldn't be very good at her job. The comic character has never been described as having a Russian accent and in fact, has passed herself off as an American citizen more than once so it is safe to say that the original version speaks English with a US accent.

** "Thorbuster" for Coulson's unnamed [[BFG]]<ref>The name came from an Iron Man suit Tony designed based on Norse weaponry in case he had to take on the pantheon.</ref>

** Shawarmavengers, for the second [[The Stinger|stinger]].

** [http://sephirona.tumblr.com/post/24312145916/sephirona-yeah-okay-idk-dont-hurt-me Steelix] for the giant biomechanical Leviathan-things.

** {{spoiler|Considering that it took going unconscious to break Loki's [[Mind Control]], take a look at Hawkeye and Selvig throughout the movie. This is especially true for Selvig--he never changes clothing and starts noticeably growing stubble. It's clear that Loki is forcing those he controls to stay awake constantly in order to complete his project. It also explains why Hawkeye looks worse and worse. It may also have affected him while fighting with Natasha.}}

* [[Genius Bonus]]: Loki exploits his infamous [[Leitmotif]] from Wagner's [[The Ring of the Nibelung]] to make a dramatic entrance. He even waves his scepter around as if he were conducting the music, suggesting that [[Wicked Cultured|he's listened to such things a lot]].

** Cap and Thor. Seriously. That searching look Thor gives Cap when Cap goes on fighting after he's hit...it's like a light went on inside his head.

** As in the comics, Cap even gets this with Stark. During their arguments, one can't help but think, [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|"Just KISS already!"]]

** Agent Coulson's fanboy tendencies toward Cap is played for laughs, but the way he tells him "I watched you when you slept" can be interpreted in some ways...

* [[Holy Shit Quotient]]: As befitting.

** [[Tom Hiddleston|LOKI'D!]]

** [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4750avRVV1qbpgcpo1_400.png "Kids, in 2012, your Aunt Robin decided to join the Avengers...]

** "His name is Agent!"

** "His name is/was Phil."

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Harry Dean Stanton as the random security guard. "Son, you've got a condition."

** The old German man who stands up to Loki when he orders a crowd of people to bow to him, who is all but said to be a Holocaust survivor.

* [[Take That]]:

** The album of [[Alan Silvestri]]'s score (as opposed to the song album - of which exactly ''one'' track is in the film). How can a soundtrack be a [[Take That]], you ask? Well, soundtrack fans have long complained about digital releases having extra material not on the CD (most recently with Silvestri's ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]'', which doesn't have [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVC7Zvo_NyQ this] on the disc and was only available as a download). The digital album of the score of ''The Avengers'' lasts 64:25... but the physical CD runs 76:17, and several of the tracks on the download last longer on the CD (in particular "Tunnel Chase"--[[Back to the Future (film)|not the first time]] [[Predator 2|Silvestri's used that title]]--and "Stark Goes Green"), capped with the CD having a whole extra cue ("Interrogation"). Of course, if you're strictly download-only...

* [[The Woobie]]: Bruce Banner. The poor guy knows that he's always one bad mood away from turning into an unstoppable rage machine, and absolutely hates it.