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- Adaptation Displacement: Largely did this to Norse Mythology once it premiered. In the actual myths, Odin and Loki were Blood Brothers, just to start. But now everyone knows them as father and son. The most notable one is the complaints about Loki being "too sympathetic" when he WAS sympathetic in mythology (the comics gave him the Everybody Hates Hades treatment).
- Alas, Poor Villain: Loki's apparent suicide, both to the audience and to his family.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: The seventh episode of What If...? casts doubt on Laufey's motivation for leaving Loki. Odin assumes that Loki was left to die by Laufey but What If...? shows Laufey being happy when Odin reunites him with his missing son. Did Laufey not want Loki and simply put on act in What If...? or did he legitimately just lose his son and Odin misinterpreted the situation?
- And the Fandom Rejoiced: Brian Blessed was cast as Odin, people were excited... Until Anthony Hopkins took the role, which still excited some people.
- And You Thought It Would Fail: Probably the biggest invoker of this trope in Phase 1. With the success of Percy Jackson & the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus fresh in everyone's minds, a film based on any mythology but Classical Mythology was seen as absurd, with most predicting that the film would quietly become a Box Office Bomb. Instead it turned into quite the Sleeper Hit.
- Awesome Music: Walk. Considering he a Badass Long Hair with a Badass Beard, maybe Dave Grohl is an Asgardian. The film's actual score is not to be sniffed at either, though Thor Kills The Destroyer probably stands out due to its use as a particularly heroic Theme Music Power-Up.
- Base Breaker:
- Darcy Lewis. To one half of the fanbase, she's a hilarious OC Stand In, making her very popular for Ships That Pass in the Night, and the Only Sane Man of the film. For the other half, she's The Scrappy and removing her would make the movie so much better.
- Loki's reaction to his past. While everyone agrees it grants him sympathy, the debate is how sympathetic it makes him. Some will wave away anything he does, others say that his past doesn't justify what he's doing.
- Common Knowledge: Many fans interpreted the film's Sufficiently Advanced Alien take on the Asgardians as Doing in the Wizard, saying that the Asgardians had no magic at all. The film actually says that the Asgardians are so advanced that they've perfected Magitek to the point that there's virtually no difference between the two in their society.
- Crosses the Line Twice: Jane hits Thor with her car, twice. The first time, it's treated as a dramatic "oh no!" moment. The second time, it's just hilarious.
- Draco in Leather Pants: Loki. And going by Loki, those pants actually are leather.
- As a result of being Loki's biological people, some fans of his are perfectly willing to excuse the Frost Giants' dark deeds, some going so far as to rationalize them as the good guys. These being the same people who struck first in a war of conquest and would have frozen Earth out of petty spite.
- Fan-Preferred Couple: Thor/Sif, Loki/Jane, Loki/Sif, and any crack pairing with Darcy.
- Foe Yay: There's a bit of Sif/Loki, if you look at their interactions a certain way. Probably only one-sided, though, and might be insinuated as to how Odin wanted the "joining of the kingdoms" to go. You could do worse than having your enemy's son marry into your own nobility.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Everything about Odin's reaction to pre-Character Development Thor following Thor: Ragnarok. He doesn't just fear Thor creating chaos, he fears that Thor might become a second Hela. Notably, Odin's voice quivers when he refers to Thor as "my first born".
- The opening following Avengers: Infinity War. It hammers in just how much Thor has lost over the course of the MCU.
- Hell Is That Noise: The sound of the Destroyer's beam weapon.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: This movie gives Iron Man 2's post-credit scene a completely different context.
- Ho Yay: From a deleted scene, before Thor's coronation:
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Loki: I've looked forward to this day as long as you have. You're my brother and my friend. Sometimes I'm envious, but never doubt that I love you. |
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- It Was His Sled: That the manipulative mastermind behind it all turns out be Loki comes as no surprise to anyone who's even vaguely familiar with Norse mythology and/or the Thor comics.
- Or just saw the trailers and his Obviously Evil gaze in the promotional posters.
- Or played/watched various Marvel based vide games or cartoons.
- Or just recognized his name from The Mask movies, really.
- Jerkass Woobie: Despite his flaws, it's hard not to feel bad for Loki. Especially when he keeps making those Puppy Dog Eyes.
- Like You Would Really Do It: OK, did anyone really think Thor was dead?
- Similarly, Loki's "suicide" at the end of the movie is also one of these. As if you would kill off potentially the best villain in the franchise at the end of the first movie. This also inevitably has turned itself into a Late Arrival Spoiler for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Magnificent Bastard: Loki.
- Memetic Badass: Almost in-universe. When Heimdall summons you, Oh Crap is the proper expression.
- Memetic Mutation: Conan O'Brien's "I'M THOR" from his abridged trailers have gotten some notoriety from fans. See right here.
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- ANOTHER! *smash*
- I NEED A HORSE!
- Calling Agent Coulson "Son of Coul".
- Odin's growl at Loki when he tries to intervene on Thor's behalf has gained this status. It's usually rendered as something along the lines of HRROWRR!
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- Narm: Well, someone here is channeling some Hannibal Lecter condescension for a line. BUT YER NOT!"
- Somehow, Loki manages to out-Narm both his father and brother (no easy feat), with such memorable moments as, "TELLLLLLLLL MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!"
- Narm Charm: But half the fun of the movie is watching how dramatic all these big, goofy Norse god characters can get. In the comics, not only is the obverblown drama half the fun, but it's also what makes Thor charming and different from the other Avengers.
- Nightmare Fuel: The scene with Sif and the Destroyer. He's speared through the back and appears to be dead, and just when it looks like he's scrap metal, he raises his head and completely turns around to attack Sif.
- Just the Destroyer itself. A giant robot thing designed to destroy. And the fact that he always appears to be scowling doesn't help.
- One-Scene Wonder: Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye.
- Colm Feore only has about two scenes as Laufey (One of them very brief) but he makes the absolute most of his screen time and proves with little more than a sinister word that he is a very threatening foe of Asgard. When he tells you to leave "while he still allows it", you damn sure better leave.
- Ron the Death Eater: To counterbalance Loki's Draco in Leather Pants status, it's very easy to find fics who demonize the Asgardian species, Odin in particular, as a band of war-hungry conquerors and Jerk Jocks who bully those poor Frost Giants.
- Strangled by the Red String: This seems to be a growing opinion on the love scenes, and of the entire romance subplot.
- Kenneth Branagh must have realized this, and says in the DVD commentary that their relationship wasn't meant to be true love, but more a mutual crush and respect.
- Unfortunate Implications: The Frost Giants' realm of Jötunheim, especially as pronounced by the main characters, sounds very much like "Jüdenheim," which would basically mean "Home of the Jews" in German. Since "Jötunheim" was the Old Norse name of the Giants' home in the original myths, this is an unavoidable coincidence.
- See WTH? Casting Agency below. The entire discussion had very Unfortunate Implications for many, especially considering the long-standing historical ties between Norse Mythology and pro-Aryan racism, such as in the music of Wagner, and by extension, the political philosophy of Adolf Hitler.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Loki, almost literally.
- WTH? Casting Agency: There was an outcry over the casting of Idris Elba as Heimdall by comic fans who wanted to stick as closely as possible to the material, and by a self-avowed racist organization.
- Idris Elba being totally awesome in the role is a major point towards Kenneth Branagh's tendency for Colorblind Casting, though.
- While not a member of the cast, Kenneth Branagh was not a name people expected to hear in the context of a superhero movie ... until they remember that he does grand Shakespearean drama. Naturally, he admits that the movie is heavily inspired by The Bard.
- Visual Effects of Awesome: The effects team created an absolutely perfect Destroyer for the screen.
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