The Avengers (2012 film): Difference between revisions

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== A-D ==

* [[Action Film Quiet Drama Scene]]: Used to great effect in the movie. Notably, after a rather chaotic battle in the Helicarrier, Fury talks to Steve and Tony about what he really wanted out of the Avengers.

** Powers Boothe, {{spoiler|who in ''[[24]]'', ordered a nuclear strike on a foreign country, appears as a member of the World Security Council who orders a nuclear strike on Manhattan island.}}

* [[Ad Hominem]]: Nick Fury uses the "Tu quoque" (hypocrite) version of this while arguing with Stark.

'''Fury:''' "Remind me again [[Arms Dealer|how you made your fortune, Stark?]]" }}

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Several:

{{quote|'''Tony:''' There's no throne, there is ''no'' version of this where you come out on top. ''Maybe'' your army comes, and ''maybe'' it's too much for us, but it's all on you... Because if we can't protect the Earth, you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it.}}

** Loki himself gives one complete with an [[A God Am I]] line, unfortunately he just had to do it to {{spoiler|the Hulk. No need to say it [[Shut UP, Hannibal|didn't end up well]]}}.

* [[Badass Crew]]: Of course!

* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Loki, while not wearing Asgardian attire. Agent Coulson and most S.H.I.E.L.D. agents also wear suits.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Steve slips into a [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic]] version for a moment thanks to Tony forgetting that he's a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]].

{{quote|'''Iron Man:''' I need you to check that panel and tell me which breakers are in overload position. How's it look?

'''Iron Man:''' Well, you're not ''wrong...'' }}

* [[The Captain]]: Captain America (duh) but the man proves his rank isn't just for show when he displays terrific organization and leadership abilities. During the final battle he manages to get everyone together and quickly tells them all how to play to their strengths for maximum group benefit. (Hawkeye being the team spotter, himself and Black Widow evacuating people on the ground, Stark and Thor taking out enemies in the air, and Hulk... [[Phrase Catcher|smashing stuff]].)

** Also, when she and Hawkeye are standing side-to-side once again against heavy opposition, Black Widow with her handgun and Hawkeye with his bow and arrow:

{{quote|''(fighting techno-organic alien invaders)''

'''Hawkeye:''' You and I remember Budapest ''very'' differently. }}

** Coulson and Black Widow's very casual conversation while she was being held hostage and tied to a chair. She then shows she wasn't really in danger by knocking out the guys holding her hostage while [[Seen It All|Coulson is still on the phone just waiting for her to finish.]]

* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: {{spoiler|Agent Phil Coulson gets stabbed. Despite this, he gives Loki a [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] and blasts him through a wall with a BFG. He tells Fury he's okay with going out this way, because it will give the Avengers -- specifically Tony and Cap -- the push they need to work together as a team.}}

* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: Thor and Loki have a rather rocky reunion. Hemsworth has noted that Thor's attitude in this movie is something of a mix between anger, disappointment, and protectiveness towards his little brother.

'''Thor:''' ([[Beat|hesitantly]]) ...He's adopted. }}

* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: The team is comprised of enough Type A personalities that there will almost always be conflict. And as with most examples, it more than likely will come and go. Bruce Banner provides an adequate description for the team:

** Hawkeye, especially {{spoiler|after being freed from his brainwashing.}} He's going to be having nightmares for a while.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: "You people are so petty... ''and tiny''." And:

'''Thor:''' ([[Beat|hesitantly]]) ...He's adopted. }}

* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: Bruce Banner's secret to keeping his Hulk Mode on standby is to {{spoiler|stay just angry enough... ''all the time''}}.

* [[I Have No Son]]: Subverted and Double Subverted by Thor with regards to his adoptive brother Loki. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

{{quote|'''Bruce Banner:''' I don't think we should be focusing on Loki. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. You can smell crazy on him.

'''Thor:''' ([[Beat|hesitantly]]) ...He's adopted. }}

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Thor's fight with Hulk starts off as this, but Thor stops trying pretty quickly.

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

** Steve gives one to Tony that actually stings:

'''Steve:''' I know guys with none of that worth ten of you. }}

** Stark proceeds to fire right back at him.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: When Black Widow tells Captain America and Bruce Banner to enter the interior of the aircraft carrier, Captain America deduced from her comment of it "soon becoming hard to breathe" that the aircraft carrier doubled as a submarine. Turns out it was actually a literal aircraft as well.

* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: Invoked. Tony Stark taunts Thor by speaking in mock-Shakespearean English (although, in the ''Thor'' movie, Asgardians didn't speak like that). Doubles up as a [[Mythology Gag]].

'''Tony:''' Uh... [[Your Costume Needs Work|Shakespeare in the park?]] ([[Large Ham|makes Shakespeare pose]]) "Doth mother know [[Superheroes Wear Capes|you weareth her drapes]]?" }}

* [[Yin-Yang Clash]]: What happens when Thor's hammer, the most powerful weapon in the MCU, is [[Drop the Hammer|dropped]] on Captain America's shield, the most indestructible defense in the MCU? '''''[[Kung Fu Sonic Boom|BOOM]]'''''

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== ''The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week'' contains the following tropes: ==

* [[Another Side Another Story]]: Much of the later issues involve the Black Widow as she [[The Gump|Forrest Gumps]] her way through the chronologically-later MCU films.

** [[Captain America: The First Avenger|The HYDRA Trooper who fell out of the flying wing]]? {{spoiler|Made it to his flying bomb and strapped in, but [[Killed Mid-Sentence|hit the ground in the middle of yelling]], "Heil Hydra!"}}

* [[Happily Ever Before]]: The junior novelization only adapts the first part of the movie, up to the point where Loki is locked up on the Helicarrier, and thereby leaves out a lot of subsequent events that might upset or just confuse younger readers.