Even with all the cross-over the MCU can muster, there are major characters with whom Thor
has never shared the screen. A few are missed connections. Others were lost when Thor came
back to reverse the Thanos snap heard 'round the universe. These are the six heroes that
would make Thor say…
"Who the hell are you guys?"
Since Peter Parker has been in so many movies, it feels odd that he and Thor haven't had
a formal introduction. They'd probably get on famously, there's no doubt the impressionable
Parker would be very starstruck to meet not just another magical hero like Doctor Strange,
but a god, and all that. Meanwhile, Thor would no doubt find the young man's enthusiasm very
charming.
"Hey we haven't officially met. Cool."
Unfortunately, all the times Peter has been most relevant to a movie's plot were specifically
those times Thor was not just unavailable, but also usually in a whole other corner of
the galaxy. Plus, there was that whole period of time when Peter had turned to dust. Everyone
was on screen in Avengers: Endgame, of course, but that doesn't make for a real introduction.
Character-wise, they're both in a similar place right now: questioning their identities
as heroes, having crises of faith, and feeling they haven't lived up to their potential.
That's a lot of good stock for a relatable dynamic to come together.
This one's a two-fer: Thor hasn't met either of the Wasps, either Hope or Janet van Dyne.
He's met Scott Lang, and they seemed to get along as well as any random guy with an electrical
engineering degree can with a near-immortal alien who can channel lightning and is currently
living through a really deep depression. But Janet and Hope both were snapped out of existence
by Thanos, and, of course, Thor was nowhere near San Francisco and Pym Labs at any time
during either Ant-Man or Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Just imagine how great a conversation between Thor, traveler of the cosmos, and Janet, long-lost
vagabond of the Quantum Realm, might be.
Technically, there's no proof as to whether Thor has ever met Sharon Carter. Big, ensemble
movies by their very nature have to hand-wave over a lot of detail, which meant Sharon never
got a whole lot of screen time outside of The Winter Soldier.
As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Sharon is almost definitely used to encountering the fantastic,
and had zero problem dealing with the likes of Steve Rogers. So if she ever did meet Thor,
she likely wouldn't tolerate much attitude from yet another superhuman blonde dude.
"Captain Rogers."
"Neighbor."
Including T'Challa, King of Wakanda, may amount to a technicality, as he and Thor were both
at the Battle of Wakanda. T'Challa did, at least, see Thor, but it was only at the very
end, when the latter made his big, splashy arrival with Groot and Rocket. Considering
the fact that, very shortly thereafter, the good Wakandan king got himself snapped, the
two have never actually been acquainted.
It's kind of a shame that they haven't met, honestly. They have a lot in common: Both
their fathers died, both have had to fight for their place in the world, and both have
to reconcile the fathers they loved with terrible legacies about which they were never previously
told. The powers that they were given were at first taken for granted, and then had to
be re-earned through suffering. T'Challa has done well bearing that emotional burden, so
Thor could really use a friend like him post-Endgame.
Yondu has been dead a while, so obviously Thor will never get an opportunity to meet
him. That might not feel all that relevant, but consider how important the Guardians,
especially Rocket, have become to Thor. Rocket personally dealt with his own grief when Yondu
died, and that was a critical step in his journey towards learning to express empathy.
If Rocket hadn't experienced that as part of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, he wouldn't
have been nearly as well-equipped to help Thor in the way that he did throughout both
Infinity War and Endgame.
"I know who you are, boy, because you're me."
Considering all this, it's a shame that Thor will never have the opportunity to meet someone
that has provided so much context to the Guardians' lives.
Both Bucky and Thor fought in the big battle of Endgame, at the battle of Wakanda, and
they also attended Tony's funeral. That said, they've never exchanged dialogue, and given
the friendship-shattering effect Bucky had on the Avengers' dynamic in Thor's absence,
who knows what the god of thunder would think. As it stands, there's no on-screen confirmation
that Thor even knows who Bucky is. All Bruce Banner ever told him in Thor: Ragnarok was
that the Avengers fell apart, not why. You know, the whole "Bucky killed Tony's parents"
thing.
Until recently, he had absolutely no one to rely on. He's a man completely out of time
and place, and is only just starting to readjust.
"She's gotta be 100 years old."
"So are we, pal."
Meanwhile, most of Thor's closest friends are dead, and he's feeling a lot of guilt
over his actions leading to a lot of death he never intended. That's an unexpected common
thread between them, and would be an interesting dynamic to explore, should their narrative
threads ever truly cross.
Wait, Gamora? But Thor met her in Infinity War, right? She thirsted over his muscles!
"It's like his muscles are made of Cotati metal fibers."
"Stop massaging his muscles."
All true! Thor met a Gamora, one who no longer exists in the MCU. The Gamora that fans came
to know and love in the MCU died in Infinity War. A past version of the green-skinned Guardian
of the Galaxy from 2014, one with different motivations than that of the heroes her future
self fought alongside, appeared in Endgame. A huge chunk of Peter Quill's emotional struggle
in Endgame is coming to the understanding that the woman who unknowingly got a second
life in a new timeline isn't the same woman he fell in love with.
"I thought I lost you."
"Don't touch me."
The 2014 version of Gamora who flashes forward to the year 2023 in Endgame didn't experience
Guardians of the Galaxy, and there's no getting that time back and living it over again. Gamora
herself knows something is wrong, which is why she ultimately sided with Nebula and betrayed
Thanos in a new way. This Gamora must have that same emotional journey along a different
path, and that story will likely be part of the plot of Guardians of the Galaxy 3. She
took off on her own, and the rest of the team is determined to find her and bring her back
into the family where she belongs, she just doesn't know it yet.
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