Contrary to popular belief, the most chaotic MCU characters aren't always the bad guys. What makes the MCU heroes so charming is that they're all a bunch of knuckleheads, even those with serious military backgrounds who appear a touch spiky on the surface. At the end of the day, all of these characters make a lot of crazy choices. And, while some of these judgments are dreadful and have disastrous consequences, many of these out-of-the-box ideas have contributed to the Avengers' sustained success.
What other superhero team would use a time machine to undo their biggest defeat to their deadliest foe? With personalities like Scott Lang and Peter Parker on hand, you never know how odd an idea will be or whether it will succeed.
1. Iron Man Attempted To Swipe The Tesseract By Letting Himself A Cardiac Event
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Following the events of Avengers, Iron Man leads a group in an effort to steal the Tesseract from the Avengers (2012). Iron Man from the future arranges a cardiac crisis for Iron Man from the past in order to produce a diversion in which Tony drops his stone. Sure, it works, but retrieving a stone appears to be more difficult than it needs to be.
2. Thor Destroyed Asgard So Hela Couldn't Take Control Of It
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Hor knows better than to put his people's fate in the hands of a slim possibility of defeating her. As a result, Thor uses his concealed ace card to summon Surtur into his realm. Surtur ushers in the legendary Ragnarok, wiping out Asgard and Hela in the process.
3. Doctor Strange Tested The Time Stone On The Fly To Trick Dormammu Into A Time Loop
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Strange devises an outlandish plot to defeat Dormammu in the Dark Dimension. Strange realizes he won't stand a chance against a foe with this much power, so he devises a scheme to lock himself and Dormammu in an unending loop using his Infinity Stone. Dormammu slays Strange an endless number of times in the loop, only for Strange to quickly return and challenge him. The scheme eventually succeeds, and Dormammu promises to leave Earth if Strange can get him out of the loop.
4. Tony Stark Penetrated A Terrorist Sanctuary Armed With Makeshift Weapons From A Hardware Store
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Stark utilizes his new weaponry to trip, tase, and blow up the different armed guards in the Mandarin's mansion. If it doesn't sound crazy enough, keep in mind that this is a compound controlled by an international terrorist organization, and one of Stark's weapons is an exploding Christmas ornament.
5. Thor Threw Mjolnir To Get Loki To Reveal Himself
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Thor learns his brother is impersonating his father, but before he can act on this information, he must first persuade the royal guards and other Asgardians that Loki is impersonating his father. As a result, Thor snatches Loki's throat and tosses Mjolnir into the distance. Nothing will be able to stop the hammer from returning to Thor's hand, which means Loki's skull will be destroyed when it does so. Loki transforms into his real form and stuns the crowd before his head is smashed. The hammer toss is a powerful persuasion tool, but it's also quite dangerous.
6. Rocket Filled A Forest With Traps To Play Joke On The Ravagers
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The Ravagers are on their way to grab the reward on the Guardians' heads. Rocket, on the other hand, has been anticipating their coming and has set up traps around the woods. Hundreds of needles are rigged to launch at passers-by; sticky tasers Rocket sticks to the Ravagers' faces; and mines intended to send assailants soaring dozens of feet into the air are among the carnival of armament. Rocket's use of such mines, in particular, irritates the Ravagers, as he sends them hurtling up above the treeline for his own
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7. Nick Fury Broke Into Captain America's Apartment To Fake His Death
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Fury visits Rogers' residence in order to lay the framework for his forthcoming fictitious death. Fury is aware that Hydra will be listening in on Rogers' apartment because he bugged it himself. As a result, it's unlikely that Fury was surprised when the Winter Soldier sniped him through the window when he was at the apartment. Fury is then able to take a serum that reduces his pulse rate while in the hospital, and no one notices.
8. Star-Lord With His Dance-Off
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Peter Quill turns up the volume on his eccentricity and challenges Ronan the Accuser to a dance-off. After Ronan has been sufficiently perplexed, Peter discloses his true plan: to divert Ronan's attention long enough for Rocket to destroy Ronan's strong Cosmi-Rod. Peter then adds to the mayhem by snatching the Infinity Stone with his own hands, nearly killing himself in the process.
9. Hulk Hit Loki Around Like A Doll
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Hawkeye fires a brilliantly shot explosive arrow when Loki lays siege to New York, causing Loki to collide with Avengers Tower. In the penthouse, Hulk meets Loki, who attempts to stall his roll by giving a lecture about being a god. Hulk retaliates by grabbing Loki's legs and slamming his body into the ground until all Loki can do is stare up at the ceiling in disbelief. It's brusque, straightforward, chaotic, and really successful.
10. Wasp Destroyed A Motorcycle With A Huge Hello Kitty Pez Dispenser
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Outside of enabling Scott Lang to grow or shrink, the Pym Particles are utilized in a variety of inventive ways in Ant-Man and the Wasp. The film's shrinking abilities are best demonstrated during a vehicle pursuit near the end. During the chase, the Wasp shrinks her own vehicle and the vehicles surrounding her to elude her captors. While it's thrilling to see the Wasp flee in a toy van, the finest part of the scenario occurs when Wasp takes her hands off the steering wheel and walks to the back of the van.
11. Spider-Man Imitated A Old Movie To Fight Ebony Maw
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Despite Iron Man's displeasure at having a web-slinging companion, Spider-Man is the one who devises the plan to save Strange, thanks to a "very old movie" he saw. The scheme is straightforward, but it is quite risky. Spider-Man has Iron Man blast a hole in the side of the spaceship they're all in to save Strange. This produces a large vacuum, sucking Ebony Maw from the ship and nearly killing all of the Avengers on board until Iron Man can patch it up. The plan works well, but Strange is dangling in space for a short time, so it is not without risk.
12. Ant-Man Went Into The Quantum Realm To Beat Yellowjacket
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The most important guideline to remember when using the Ant-Man suit is to never go sub-atomic. In Scott Lang's final battle with Yellowjacket, though, he accomplishes just that to get inside Yellowjacket's armor and defeat him. To vanquish his foe, Ant-Man shrinks to the point where he is lost in another universe, just to deactivate one man's suit.
13. Scarlet Witch Defeated Vision And Wrecked Several Floors
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Hawkeye appears to be able to subdue Vision on his own for a brief while, but the powerful robot quickly demonstrates that the archer is no match for him. Scarlet Witch is left to eliminate her companion, which she accomplishes by increasing his molecular mass to the point where he tears through numerous stories of the Avengers Compound and the Earth below. This solution fixes her dilemma and eliminates Vision, but it comes at a cost to Stark's cash (as well as her temporary residence). But, hey, we're in the middle of a war.
14. Hawkeye Tried To Take Control Of Thor
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As a non-powered man in a world populated by powerful men, Hawkeye must carefully consider his actions. Hawkeye is summoned by Phil Coulson to keep an eye on Thor as he attempts to reclaim Mjolnir from the US government in Thor.
Hawkeye, as his name suggests, enjoys getting a bird's-eye view of any scenario. As a result, when the would-be god enters the facility he's meant to defend, Hawkeye decides to ride in a crane far above everything. As if the heights weren't terrifying enough, it's also raining heavily as Clint Barton watches Thor fail to hoist Mjolnir from a great height.