History Awesome / TheAvengers

** Coulson's threat deserves credit. The man calls up the bad guy, threatens to blow up ''the entire block'' if he tries to run, and makes him put Black Widow on the phone. When Coulson's on the case, shit gets ''done''.

--> '''Fury''': Like the Pharaoh's of old.

** ''"[[Film/IronMan1 I'd like to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative]]"''. Ten words which made comic fans the world over {{Squee}}. Fast forward four years and [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk fo]][[Film/IronMan2 ur]] [[Film/{{Thor}} fi]][[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger lms]], and they led to ''this''. The amount of work to build a running story over five films to culminate in something even generally accepted to live up to the hype is definitely a moment of awesome for all involved.

*** [[AntMan Hank Pym]], the usual ButtMonkey of the Marvel superhero community and [[MyGreatestFailure the creator]] of [[AIIsACrapshoot Ultron]]. Who proceeds to destroy Ultron by ''savagely beating him'' with AppliedPhlebotinum that [[AchillesHeel dissolves metal]]. And if you don't understand the significance of that: Ultron is a robot.

** The sight of [[spoiler:Loki]] embedded in the floor afterwards is what makes this moment. He's just left staring silently up with this great shocked/terrified, 'What the flying hell just happened?' look on his face.

** It's also a sign of great acting talent when Loki's actor managed to keep a straight-face while being filmed wheezing in a crater. Well, after a few takes.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Finally, [[ConquerorFromTheFuture Kang the Conqueror]] has [[TakeOverTheWorld taken over the world]]. [[TheBadGuyWins He has won]] at long last. But only the WorthyOpponent shall sign the Articles of Surrender...]]

* In issue 5, the Avengers are dealing with a large, alien rock that is about to detonate and can only be neutralized if it's hit very hard in the one spot that isn't pulsing. Thor's hammer would be perfect for the job... except that he was knocked unconscious as Donald Blake. So the Wasp deliberately agitates the Hulk into attacking her. He punches the vulnerable spot, which destroys the rock and saves the world.

* Loki makes an ''awesomely''-timed DynamicEntry as the piece of classical music that's playing in the background reaches to its crescendo.

* The awesomeness of the film's ending was underscored when the HowItShouldHaveEnded webseries did their own take on the Avengers...and didn't alter the ending ''at all''. It was shortened, obviously, and comically exaggerated, but that's it. These guys will change the endings of ''anything'' (even ToyStory3 for crying out loud!) but this is the one time they didn't. It was as if they were saying, "This film's ending was so awesome even we don't think it should've ended any differently!"

--> "Divert all power to thrusters!" "I just did."

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BigDamnHeroes The moment we've all waited for.]]]]

* The old German gentleman who decides he'd rather die than kneel to a guy like Loki. Bonus points for his ShutUpHannibal one-liner.

*** WordOfGod says that he's a Holocaust survivor.
*** Although it would be less on-the-nose and make him even more bad-ass if he was instead just someone who lived through the Nazi era like millions of other Germans, but has learned from it. The Shoah Foundation doesn't have a moral trademark on the phrase Never Again.
** It gets better when you hear Joss Whedon's commentary, and learn the character was put in because he realized the scene would have quite the UnfortunateImplications without it. Taking a flaw in your script and turning it into a stand and cheer moment? That's Whedon for you.
** Special mention goes to Loki, who makes an ''awesomely''-timed DynamicEntry as the piece of classical music that's playing in the background reaches to its crescendo. Then he shows off his fighting skills by [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] Captain America.

--> '''Romanov''': Guys.... (A new wave of Chitauri is coming through the portal.)\\
'''Stark''': Call it, [[TheLeader Cap]]. (Endorsing Steve Rogers as the tactical commander of the group.)\\

Alright, listen up. Until we can close that portal our priority is containment. (so six people aren't trying to cover the whole city, even though the Chitauri are flying in from above)\\

[[{{ComicBook/Hawkeye}} Barton]], I want you on that roof, eyes on everything. Call out patterns and strays. (Clint, with his superior eyesight in an optimal vantage-point, can tell the other Avengers what's happening and keep a running commentary, so everyone knows exactly what's going on where -- while providing cover for them with his arrows.)\\

[[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], you've got the perimeter. Anything gets more than three blocks out, you turn it back or you turn it to ash. (so Tony is in the position where he can unleash the full potential of his firepower and maneuverability, and he's not wasting his capabilities on individual skirmishes.)\\

[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], you've gotta try and bottleneck that portal. Slow 'em down. You've got the lightning; light the bastards up. (to limit the spread of the army and keep them tripping over themselves as they try to pass through.)\\

[[Comicbook/BlackWidow You]] (Natasha) and me, we stay on the ground, keep the fighting here. (they can leave the heavy-duty work to the more powerful members, and keep the individual Chitauri busy as well as rescue civilians.)\\

And [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]? [{{Beat}}.] ... ''Smash''. (Hulk's job was sowing general disarray and keeping the forces unorganized. The guy was damn near impossible to stop unless contained and everything he touches pretty much folds right then and there. His aptly put 'Smash' is generally what kept the heat off of most of the Avengers because Hulk was bouncing around and disrupting what semblance of an attack command they had left. Once the Hulk was cornered, the battle went downhill).

* Black Widow tricks Loki into revealing his intention to unleash the Hulk inside the Helicarrier and thanks him for his cooperation -- in other words, [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu the best spy on Earth manages to fool the]] ''[[DidYouJustScamCthulhu God of Lies]]''. She walked in to talk to the Trickster God in a battle of wits with no real cards to play except for Loki's anger and confidence, and she walked out with exactly what she wanted. What's more, she did this even though Loki was fully-informed on her thanks to Hawkeye, who's undoubtedly familiar with her method of choice.
** Of course, Loki still got what he intended in the end, so it's also an MOA for him.
*** I think the fact that she managed to actually ''throw Loki off guard'', even for a moment, should count for something.

** Something to note about the Mk 7. JossWhedon wanted to use the circular arc light instead of the triangular one, so the Mk 7 was made. However, Joss also gave the Mk 6 a good run: [[spoiler: trading hits with Thor, having more fire power than in IronMan2, and surviving the helicarrier turbine well enough for Stark to fly back to Stark Tower.]] This is prominent because when it comes to alterations in comic book worlds, creators tend to be... petty.