History Film / Thor

* HotScientist: Jane, a lovely astronomer. Also Darcy, as played by Creator/KatDennings, who is admittedly only a ''[[NotThatKindOfDoctor political]]'' [[NotThatKindOfDoctor scientist.]] [[Series/WandaVision For now.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: Volstagg brings an axe into battle.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Averted, but definitely worth mentioning partly because Thor's WeaponOfChoice ''is'' a hammer and partly because it's part of Thor's CharacterDevelopment. Mjölnir is a fine example of a SwissArmyWeapon, able to shoot lightning, return to its wielder's hand when thrown, and grant flight, just for starters. The trick is thinking of nonviolent uses for it, which doesn't occur to Thor at the start of the movie.

* ContinuityEditing: Blink and you'll miss it, but the movie shows Thor's a BigEater in the diner by cutting to him taking in a ''huge'' mouthful of food every time they cut away from Darcy or Jane. Three huge mouthfuls in as many seconds (eggs and pancakes) followed by a mug of coffee.

* HeroismAddict: [[spoiler:Loki makes an arrangement for the Jotuns to enter Asgard and kill Odin while he sleeps. His actual plan is to sweep in and kill them thereby making himself the hero of Asgard with a good excuse to wipe out their entire planet.]]

** The ultimate fate of the The Destroyer and the Casket of Ancient Winters remains unexplored. Presumably S.H.I.E.L.D. took custody of the former while the latter is last seen in the Bifröst [[spoiler:before it was destroyed.]] In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' it is revealed S.H.I.E.L.D. recovered the remains of the Destroyer and reverse engineered it.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The Warriors Three, Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg.

* VillainHasAPoint: Laufey's right and quick to point out that pre-CharacterDevelopment Thor is just a boy who tried to prove himself a man, and he's also right about how much a war between Asgard and Jötunheim would cost both sides.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The way the Bifröst is opened. Thor spinning his hammer also has quite awesome results.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Two worlds. One hero.]]''[[note]]From left to right: Jane Foster, ComicBook/{{Loki}}, [[Characters/MarvelComicsAsgardians Odin]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsAsgardians Heimdall]]. In the center: [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].[[/note]]]]

* AgeCut: We go from young Thor and Loki telling Odin each was ready to be king to a grown Thor having Mjolnir passed to him.

* AgeCut: We go from young Thor and Loki telling Odin each was ready to be king to a grown Thor having Mjölnr passed to him.

* KnifeNut: Loki is able to throw knives with unerring aim.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Loki took manipulated and took advantage of the events of the film first to steal Thor's thunder, and later to sieze the throne of Asgard.]]

* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Asgardians again. Lampshaded several times. It doubles as SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic; Thor states that many of the things humans now call science used to be dubbed magic, and Asgard has simply stopped bothering with the pretense -- probably around the time that they stopped needing physical tools to practice it. QED, they simply say that [[MagicAisMagicA Loki is a spell caster...]]

* NotUsingTheZWord: None of the Asgardians ever claim to be a "god" -- and all the modern-day humans seem to immediately categorize them as SufficientlyAdvancedAliens -- though Odin and Volstagg do reference the fact that at one time humans had identified Asgardians as gods.

** In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', a news reporter briefly mentioned in passing a "freak thunderstorm somewhere in the Midwest."

** After first learning of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s presence, Selvig warns Jane about them by mentioning [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk a scientist who was brilliant in the field of gamma radiation]] in whom S.H.I.E.L.D. took an interest and who hasn't been heard from since.
** In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', a news reporter briefly mentioned in passing a "freak thunderstorm somewhere in the Midwest."

** Two other entries in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] is mentioned, as is a certain [[Film/TheIncredibleHulk expert on gamma-radiation]]. See TheStinger as well.

* CastingGag: It almost certainly wasn't intentional, but this isn't [[Film/TheProfessional the first time]] Natalie Portman has been the much younger partner in a romantic relationship (though at least this one is reciprocal and... y'know what? It's still kind of a problem to have a relationship between a 30ish woman and a 1000ish godman, but nowhere near as bad as Mathilda's crush on Leon).

** The scene where Loki speaks to the imprisoned Thor is extremely similar to a scene in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates 2''.

* IThoughtItWasForbidden: What Sif says to Thor about raiding Jötunheim. He talks her into it, anyways.

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Mjölnir in the crater; they even have people lining up to try to pull it out. (Referred to by some as the [[invoked]] [[FanNickname Banishing Crater]].)

* BattleInTheRain: Thor's battle against the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to recover his hammer takes place on a cloudy night that rains harder and harder the closer Thor gets to failure. Culminating in a drenching downpour. Thor gives his coat to Jane before he heads in, hinting he knows the rain is coming and it's due to his proximity to Mjöllnir.

** Second when he tries to lift Mjöllnir and can't, then sees the spell cast on it by Odin.
** Third when he calls on Heimdall to open the Bifröst so he can stop Loki's plan, [[CallBack only nothing happens]].