Who died in Avengers Endgame?
Who didn't come back?
Well, today, we're breaking down all of the deathly details for you here on Top 10 Nerd.
I think it goes without saying that this video has some major, MAJOR spoilers in it, and
will give While compared to Infinity War, there are
significantly less deaths of main characters, but we're going to be talking about the three
major ones that did occur in this video.
In addition to that, we'll also be discussing some other deaths and lack of appearances
in the film too.
So with that in mind, let's jump in!
THANOS The first major death to happen on screen
was Thanos'.
The Mad Titan was killed twice - the first time in the present day, when the Avengers,
after rescuing Tony and Nebula, find out where the mad titan was thanks to some very helpful
intel from his half robotic daughter.
Rocket does some research and discovers that the infinity stones had been used again, with
traces of their power surrounding another planet in the galaxy.
The Avengers fly over there, and they all approach Thanos while he's busy making himself
some soup.
Don't you just hate it when you make yourself some lunch and then the Avengers storm on
in and decapitate you?
Yeah, I hate it too.
Anywho, Thanos tells them that he used the stones to destroy the stones, to which Thor
then reacts by decapitating the mad titan.
The second time Thanos dies is at the very end of the film, after the final major battle
scene . So for context, the Avengers, with the help of Ant-Man, use the quantum realm
to time travel to the past to acquire all of the Infinity Stones in an attempt to reverse
Thanos' snap.
Thanos from 2014, in the past, gets wind of this when present day Nebula, being a robot,
connects with 2014 Nebula's network, and their memories are shared.
Thanos comes after them after they've managed to collect all of the stones, compiling them
into a gauntlet built out of one of Iron Man's blaster gloves.
A wicked battle ensues after Thanos blows up the Avengers compound, and the mad titan
gets his big purple mitts on the new gauntlet, only for Tony Stark to attack him, tricking
him and ripping the stones off.
Tony then attaches the stones to his Iron Man suit and uses them to completely wipe
out Thanos and his army, dusting them.
Talk about poetic justice.
BLACK WIDOW But before we talk more about the ending of
the film, let's talk about something that happened in the middle - specifically, Black
Widow's death on Vormir.
As you recall, in Infinity War, Thanos manages to obtain the soul stone on Vormir by sacrificing
the thing he loves most - Gamora.
When the Avengers time travel and split up into teams, Black Widow and Hawkeye go to
Vormir, and encounter Red Skulls' spirit, who tells them what they have to do to get
the stone.
Natasha and Clint fight over who should go, but Nat bests him and sacrifices herself.
Black Widow's story arc in Endgame is a really potent one - there's a wonderful scene post
the time jump five years later where we really get to see the emotional trauma the snap has
had on Natasha, with her pained that the only family she's ever known, the family that made
her better, are partially lost thanks to the snap.
It's some of the best character development we've ever gotten from Black Widow, so seeing
her go was painful, to say the least.
That being said, there was a moment at the end of the film where Bruce Banner aka Bannerified
Hulk tells Captain America before he time travels back to the past to return the stones
that while he was wearing the gauntlet, he tried real darn hard to bring Natasha back.
Considering he was successful in restoring the lives of all of the people who had been
eliminated when Thanos snapped the first time in Infinity War, there could be a chance that
Banner was successful in bringing Nat back too when he snapped.
There is still a Black Widow solo feature in the pipeline at Marvel Studios, which fans
have already speculated will be a prequel following her time in the Red Room, but at
this point, who knows.
The Infinity Stones are strange and complex objects.
IRON MAN After Iron Man successfully defeated Thanos,
the power of the stones proved to be too much, and drained him of his life force.
There's a tragic scene in which we witness Tony's last moments alive, surrounded by some
of his closest friends, and of course Pepper, who showed up to the fight wearing the Rescue
suit he had made for her.
She tells him he can finally rest now, and he passes away.
It's a real tear jerker, and really does complete his story arc that's been playing out for
the last ten years now.
While it was a satisfying end to the Infinity Saga, it was still one that tugged at our
heart strings, and I think I speak for fans everywhere when I say how much Tony Stark
will be missed.
WHO DIDN'T COME BACK All of the characters who were dusted in Infinity
War were brought back and appeared in the final showdown at the destroyed Avengers compound
to face off against Thanos' army.
It was an epic moment.
But one character in particular was very absent - we're talking Vision.
The AI android, who was killed in Infinity War during that film's final battle scene,
died twice on screen - once when Scarlet Witch destroyed him in order to prevent Thanos from
getting the Mind Stone, and a second time when Thanos used the Time Stone to reverse
time, bring Vision back to life, and take the Mind Stone for himself.
Vision was absent in the big battle, and confirmed to still be dead when Wanda and Clint had
a discussion after Tony's funeral, lamenting their losses - Vision and Natasha.
WHO REMAINS A QUESTION Loki's survival is perhaps one of the biggest
question marks.
One of the Avengers groups during the time travel mission heads back to the Battle of
New York to attempt to acquire three of the infinity stones.
Tony and Ant-Man fail to get the tesseract when an unexpected factor comes into play
- the Hulk, who had been forced to take the stairs down Stark Tower, smashed through a
door and goofed up their scheme.
Loki, who was in hadcuffs at the time, took advantage of the situation and grabbed the
tesseract, teleporting away.
This is why Steve and Tony had to go back to the 70s in order to obtain it then, and
also obtain more Pym particles so they could successfully make the journey home.
But Loki teleporting away had many fans wondering if that change in the timeline will alter
whether or not Loki dies, since the character wouldn't be in Asgard for Thor the Dark World,
and therefore wouldn't have taken over as Odin for years afterwards, only to be unveiled
in Thor Ragnarok.
There are a lot of questions pertaining to some changes in the past caused by this time
travel, including whether or not Captain America - who, at the end of the film, decided to
stay in the past and be with Peggy rather than return to present day - will affect events
to come, and if that means certain characters or certain events will pan out differently.
In addition to that, considering Vision didn't make an appearance, there's a lot of speculation
as to whether the Wanda Vision spin off show will still include the android, or whether
it will be a prequel of sorts.
Considering that Vision was one of the characters who was sacrificed for the stones, it seems
that those consequences that remained from Infinity War might prove to remain for any
other characters that died prior to the snap, including Heimdall, and characters that died
this time around, like Black Widow.
Sorry to potentially debunk that fan theory from earlier.
It's also worth noting that Gamora stayed dead, but her character has returned from
2014, now in present day, and is somewhere in the galaxy, unknown.
Note that this is pre Guardians Gamora, and this Gamora hasn't fully met the Guardians
yet, meaning it's likely that the next Guardians film will be centered around the team reuniting
with her.
THE BIG BATTLE It wouldn't be fair to do a kill count video
and not mention that a ton of Thanos' army, and the Wakanda-sorcerer, etc army, likely
died during the final conflict.
Thanos' reign of fire literally bombarded the battle field, and as Ebony Maw warned,
likely killed a ton of his troops in the process.
Speaking of, The Black Order
While the Black Order make a cameo in this film (with Ebony Maw really getting the only
lines out of the group) during the epic end fight scene, we do get to see the remaining
Black Order members get dusted after Tony Stark pops the Infinity Stones onto his suit
and uses them to end Thanos' reign of terror.
You can spot certain members of the black order being dusted in the shot of Thanos looking
around after Tony has snapped his fingers, just before Thanos himself bites the dust.
Alright there we have it friends!
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Who do you think is going to come back?
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