History TearJerker / TheAvengers

** Oh, and the reason Pepper doesn't answer her phone? She's watching the TV report on the fight in Manhattan, horrified and knowing Tony is somewhere in there.

-->'''Old man:''' "There are always men like you.

-->'''Old man:''' "There are always men like you."\\

* This might be minor, but I can't help tearing up when Loki says he has no home. Just the idea that he never felt like he belonged somewhere ...

** [[spoiler: Thor's reaction to it as he was inside the cage and helpless to stop it. Especially since he was grateful to Coulson for making sure Jane Foster was safe.]]

* Even after all that Loki has done and will do over the course of two movies, Thor still [[BigBrotherInstinct considers him family and tries to protect him]]. Culminating in a scene where Thor embraces his adopted brother and asks him to "come home," it makes Loki's cold rejection of him and the resulting pain in Thor's eyes all the more heartbreaking to watch.

* This might be minor, but I can't help tearing up when Loki says he has no home. Just the idea that he never felt like he belonged somewhere ...
* How about the elderly German man [[spoiler: who refuses to bow for Loki.]] It gets even worse when you realise that it is likely that the man is old enough to have been alive in Nazi Germany. He's seen this happen before and he will not let it happen again.
-->'''Loki:''' "There are no men like me."
-->'''Old man:''' "There are always men like you."\\

* Banner tells Fury he can't be killed, because he's already tried putting a bullet in his mouth - 'the other guy spat it out'. The man's been driven to actual suicide, and has had even that release denied him.

* Even after all that Loki has done and will do over the course of two movies, Thor still [[BigBrotherInstinct considers him family and tries to protect him]]. Culminating in a scene where Thor embraces his adopted brother and asks him to "come home," it makes Loki's flat-out rejection of him and the resulting pain in Thor's eyes all the more heartbreaking to watch.

* Even after all the Loki has done and will do over the course of two movies, Thor still [[BigBrotherInstinct considers him family and tries to protect him]]. Culminating in a scene where Thor embraces his adopted brother and asks him to "come home," it makes Loki's flat-out rejection of him and the resulting pain in Thor's eyes all the more heartbreaking to watch.

-->'''Loki:''' "There are no men like me." \\

-->'''Old man:''' "There are always men like you."\\

* This might be minor, but I can't help tearing up when Loki says he has no home. Just the idea that he never felt like he belonged somewhere ...

* The wall of remembrance shown in the aftermath videos, reminding us that even though the Avengers won the day, a ''huge'' number of ordinary people still died in the battle, despite all that the heroes could do.

* The wall of remembrance shown in the aftermath videos, reminding us that even though the Avengers won the day, a ''huge'' number of ordinary people still died in the battle, despite all that they could do.

* The wall of remembrance shown in the aftermath videos, reminding us that even though the Avengers won the day, a ''huge'' number of ordinary people still died in the conflict.

* Tony's HeroicSacrifice. He's flying the nuke into the wormhole, calls Pepper, there is a long moment as the phone rings and Pepper doesn't pick up, the line goes dead, the suit goes dead, Tony closes his eyes and lets himsel fall, all while tear-jerking music plays. He doesn't die, but ''still''.

* The wall of remembrance shown in the aftermath videos, reminding us that even if the Avengers won the day, a huge number of ordinary people still died in the conflict.

* Tony's HeroicSacrifice. He's flying the nuke into the wormhole, calls Pepper, there is a long moment as the phone rings and Pepper doesn't pick up, the line goes dead, the suit goes dead, Tony closes his eyes and lets himsel fall, all while tear-jerking music plays. He doesn't die, but ''still''.

* Tony's HeroicSacrifice. He's flying the nuke into the wormhole, calls Pepper, there is a long moment as the phone rings and Pepper doesn't pick up, the line goes dead, the suit goes dead, Tony closes his eyes and lets himsel fall, all while tear-jerking music plays. He doesn't die, but still.

** [[spoiler: The trading cards. Just... the trading cards. Even if that was a ruse by Fury.]]

* [[spoiler:The Death of Agent Phil Coulson. We just spent four movies getting to know the guy through supporting roles and cameos and he even gets fleshed out somewhat in the movie, only to be summarily stabbed by Loki. His final line to his boss is an apology for dying and telling Nick that "[the team] needed something to....*dead*". That being said it's also a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for him, as he delivers a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Loki and then blasts him with a BFG]].

* Coulson's death, although the events which immediately precede it are [[DyingMomentOfAwesome both]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]] and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny]].
-->'''Coulson''': It's all right boss. It wasn't going to work ... unless they had something to ...

* Also the reactions of the team, and Coulson's bloodstained trading cards are heartwrenching.

* Also the reactions of the team, and Coulson's bloodstained trading cards are heartwrenching.