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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Loki and the Chitauri. In the comics it's explained that Loki speaks the "All-Tongue," which is understood by anyone as their native language.
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Loki manages it three times: the S.H.I.E.L.D facility, the Helicarrier, and finally {{spoiler|Stark Tower (which becomes his [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]).}}
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Not the conventional example, but the Iron Man mk VI suit<ref> the only time a suit's made it into a sequel, ''[[Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]] 2'' started with a new mk IV</ref> goes through a ''lot'' of abuse before finally making way for the mk VII. The helicarrier turbine pretty much seals the deal on that.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: Not just with the actors themselves, but with all the heroes involved, as a movie of this magnitude was thought to be impossible a decade ago.
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: The Global Council does not even ''flinch'', much less hesitate, in its decision to [[Nuke Em All|MURDER millions of innocent civilians with a nuclear warhead]] just so the Chitauri invasion can ''probably'' be stopped.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Barton's description of what it's like to be brainwashed by Loki.
* [[And Starring]]: [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as Nick Fury.
* [[And This Is For]]: "I forgot to mention, there's one more person you pissed off. His name was {{spoiler|Phil."}} Both an example of this trope and an [[It's Personal]]. Notice in Tony's immediately prior headcount, Tony included, "Your brother, the demigod
* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: Inverted by Loki for extra sadism. The Trickster God describes to Black Widow how he will first force {{spoiler|Hawkeye}} to kill her, then realize what he'd done, and only then kill him.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: The Avengers are all over the sliding scale.
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** This role is surprisingly given to Iron Man via his struggle to find his role on the team and the efforts he must make to identify with each and every one of them; the living legend Captain America, the fellow [[Cursed with Awesome]] Bruce Banner, and the habitual loner Thor.
** They also use Captain America in this role for exposition since he's a [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]].
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: Invoked. When Iron Man arrives in Stuttgart to back up Captain America, he first hacks the nearest sound
* [[Avengers Assemble]]: [[Trope Namer|Naturally]]. Though the line itself is only used in a begrudging sarcastic tone by Stark, as seen in the preview.
* [[Awesome Anachronistic Apparel]]: Steve still dresses like he's in the 40s. And parts his hair like it, too. [[Mr. Fanservice|No one minds.]]
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** Natasha directly calls Clint "Hawkeye" when she's riding a Chitauri hovercraft on piggyback because it's his radio callsign. Dr. Selvig also refers to him as "the Hawk" in the first scene.
** Tony is once again never referred to as "Iron Man" during the film, with closest being Thor calling him "Metal Man" and a reporter making the clear distinction of "Tony Stark's Iron Man" during one of the reports on the battle in Manhattan.
** A mention is made of Captain America trading cards and Banner mutters the name once. A civilian bystander also refers to him as Captain America in an interview on the news during the epilogue. In conversation, though, he's always just addressed as "Steve" or as "Captain"
** Whilst being interrogated, Natasha Romanov is referred to as "the famous Black Widow", but Clint refers to her as Tasha or Nat.
* [[Concepts Are Cheap]]: Loki's words about [[The Evils of Free Will]] hardly come up except a few times in the beginning, and hardly matter (except to briefly [[Godwin's Law|compare him to Hitler]].)
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** Black Widow's first appearance in the film has her utilizing the rather unique interrogation techniques on some rogue Russians, and then kicking ass and taking names when Coulson contacts her about Hawkeye being compromised by Loki.
* [[Evil Brit]]: Played straight with Tom Hiddleston's Loki, [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|partly]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|subverted]] with the British member of the World Security Council, and averted with Jarvis. Also averted with Thor. Although Hemsworth is Australian, Thor speaks with an RP accent (of varying quality).
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Loki apparently thinks breaking the Avengers team up is enough to eliminate them as a threat. It doesn't occur to him that their better nature as heroes might bring them together
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Loki has taken a level in bombast since his last appearance.
* [[Evil Will Fail]]: "You’re going to lose. It's in your nature... You lack conviction."
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** Coulson's [[BFG]] which was created from the [[Magitek|Destroyer]] in ''Thor''.
** [[Loki]]'s [[Mind Control|mind-controlling]] [[Blade on a Stick|scepter]].
** [[Hawkeye]]'s [[Trick Arrow|Trick Arrows]]
** [[Black Widow (comics)|Black Widow]]'s [[Static Stun Gun|taser bracelets]].
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]:
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** "Hi, you've reached the Life Model Decoy of Tony Stark." Life Model Decoys were often used in the comics as robotic "clones" for heroes.
** The Captain America trading cards display artwork by [[Jack Kirby]], save for the one that has a picture of Cap in his stage show outfit.
** Possibly ''[[Norse Mythology|literal]]'' [[Mythology Gag|Mythology Gags]]
*** {{spoiler|When Loki has his mouth sealed shut at the end of the film, it echoes how he had it sewn shut by dwarves in myths. }}
*** After Thor pulls Loki from the Quinjet, they land on a cliff side and it looks like two ravens fly past, evoking Odin's two ravens.
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** Hulk punches Thor ''right out of the shot'' at one point.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Natasha's reaction when she realizes that she's been tasked with recruiting The Hulk.
{{quote|'''Natasha Romanoff:''' ''Bozhe moi!'' <ref> [[Gratuitous Russian]] for "Oh my God"</ref>}}
** The S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot's reaction when he tries to distract the Hulk by shooting at him with a Gatling gun {{spoiler|and the Hulk jumps toward the plane}}:
{{quote|'''Pilot:''' Target angry! ''Target angry!!''}}
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* [[Pop Cultural Osmosis Failure]]: Steve doesn't get a lot of references the other characters make. When someone puzzles Thor by mentioning [[The Wizard of Oz|"flying monkeys"]], Steve's happy that he finally got one. It also goes the other way, when Thor describes an Asgardian beast that Coulson is unfamiliar with.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Obviously a major theme in the movie.
* [[Power Walk]]: Right before the final battle, the team walks out all together in full [[Badass|Badassery]]
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: Both Thor and Cap toss their weapons around with this effect. Thor is justified by it being a magic hammer that he can summon to his hand whenever he wants. Cap is just apparently really good at calculating ricochet angles in fractions of a second.
* [[Preemptive "Shut Up"]]: Delivered by Cap to a SHIELD pilot.
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** The Confrontation: S.H.I.E.L.D. interrogates Loki and they get more than what they bargained for.
** The Resolution: The big battle in Manhattan.
* [[Throwing Down the Gauntlet]]: During a particularly heated argument, Captain America demands Stark to put on his armor so they can fight. Tony refuses, however, saying he "isn't afraid to punch an old man" without putting on the suit. <ref> The line "put on the suit" takes on a very different meaning almost immediately after this, when an explosion rocks the entire transport. This time, Tony quickly agrees and puts on the suit.</ref>
* [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: For most of the movie. By the final act, the heroes learn to work together.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: While Loki's sitting in the S.H.I.E.L.D. transport, having "surrendered", and notices the raging storm outside, he cottons on that he's about to have an uncomfortable reunion...
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** Hulk trying to lift Mjölnir. Alas, he wasn't worthy.
* [[Unusual User Interface]]: The Chitauri chariots are piloted by an elaborate harness that makes it looks like they're steering with their ''faces''.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Loki's plan to foil S.H.I.E.L.D. hinges on Bruce
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The only reason why the grand schemer Loki would taunt and antagonize the Hulk near the end of the film. Also, pretty much the only reason why Loki does anything in this film. With the throne of Asgard out of reach, he apparently wants to be ruler of someone, anything, ''no matter what''.
* [[Visible Invisibility]]: The SHIELD carrier has this, flipped on after it lifts off, but it ceases to be a plot point after that (and certainly didn't help when Loki's posse came knocking).
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* [[You Have No Idea Who You're Dealing With]]: Said almost word for word by Thor
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Everyone is well aware that Loki plans on doing this to his mind controlled minions. Thor worries deeply about Selvig's fate, and Loki promises to Black Widow that he will do this to Barton in as horrific a way as possible.
* [[You Just Told Me]]: This is how Natasha Romanoff/The Black Widow managed to deduce what Loki was planning as his escape
* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: The Hulk, as expected considering he is the [[Trope Codifier]]. Subverted. He's ''always'' angry. And you won't like him when he loses control. But you ''definitely'' won't like him when he decides to ''voluntarily'' unleash the Hulk. Notice how fast and comparatively painless the transformation is before the final battle now that he's accepted the Hulk as part of himself?
* [[Zerg Rush]]: The aliens, given the kind of opposition they face, rely on sheer numbers to whittle down the heroes. Of particular note is when a good dozen or so of them ''simultaneously'' focus fire on [[The Hulk]], effectively pinning him in place under the combined fire.
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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.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Black Widow as usual, who has no problem navigating through a number of superhuman battlefields.
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** [[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!"}}
==The junior novelization contains the following tropes:==
* [[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.
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