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A [[Live Action Adaptation]] of ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' comic book directed by [[Joss Whedon]], with a cast composed of:

 

{{Unmarked Spoilers}} '''Spoilers from the earlier films will be unmarked. Spoilers from the film may be, accidentally, unmarked. Please fix any you find.'''

 

{{tropelist|''The Avengers'' assembles the following tropes together:}}

* [[Bench Breaker]]: Black Widow does a flip ''while tied to a chair'', shattering it on impact and freeing herself.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Tony's is pushed when {{spoiler|Coulson dies}}. As was previously shown in the first ''Iron Man'' film, Tony reacts badly when someone he sees as a much better man sacrifices themselves because they believe in ''him'' more.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: The climactic fight sequence occurs in Manhattan. For once this is fully justified; it is explicitly stated that Loki is trying to show off and make a spectacle of it, so it makes sense that he'd deliberately choose New York. Captain America tells the Avengers to try to contain the Chitauri in Midtown around Stark Tower(In [[Real Life]] the site of the Met Life Building), and within three blocks of the [[wikipedia:Park Avenue Viaduct|Park Avenue Viaduct]] in front of Grand Central Terminal.

* [[Big Bad]]: Loki.

* [[Bigger Bad]]: {{spoiler|Thanos.}}

* [[Bigger Stick]]: {{spoiler|SHIELD's}} true plans for the cube. {{spoiler|The consequence of the dawning age of superheroes.}}

** [[Norse Mythology|Mjölnir]], [[The Mighty Thor|Thor]]'s [[Drop the Hammer|hammer]].

** The [[Iron Man]] [[Powered Armor|armor]].

** [[Loki]]'s [[Mind Control|mind-controlling]] [[Blade on a Stick|scepter]].

** [[Hawkeye]]'s [[Trick Arrow|Trick Arrows]].

* [[Once More, with Clarity]]: Just like in ''Thor'', a Stinger from a previous movie (''Captain America: The First Avenger'' in this case) is fully elaborated here.

* [[One of Us]]:

** The usually dry and reserved Agent Coulson turns out to be a huge Captain America fanboy. He even collected the entire vintage set of Captain American trading cards in near-mint condition.

** Tony feels this way in-universe about Bruce Banner. Banner being the only one who can understand and speak [[Techno Babble]] back to him.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]:

** Loki's ''other'' other favorite tactic.

{{quote|'''Agent Coulson''' You're going to lose. You lack conviction.}}

** Steve gives one to Tony that actually stings:

** Loki taunts Nick Fury about coming so close to unlimited power, the very same phrase used by Palpatine when he killed Mace Windu in''Franchise/ [[Star Wars]]''. Both recipients of the speech were played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]].

** Tony briefly asks Jarvis if he's ever heard of [[The Bible|the story of Jonah]], immediately before he goes through the mouth of one of the leviathans and blows it up from the inside out.

** The shot during the final battle when Cap, Black Widow and Hawkeye are looking up at the portal watching the first Leviathan come out is shot in the exact same manner in which Peter, Ray, and Egon look at Gozer's portal opening in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mNuG25oq_b0 (The scene is at 2:19.)]

* [[Signs of Disrepair]]: Invoked. After the final battle, the '''STARK''' on Stark Tower is reduced to an '''A''' for Avengers.

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