Quotes / Superhero Movie Villains Die

Tony: Wait, Loki's alive?
Thor: Indeed.
Tony: Uh, what the hell?
Thor: Bruce didn't kill the Abomination!
Tony: Yyyeah, Bruce, what the hell was that about?
Bruce: Well- (sighs) My girlfriend...told me...not to.
(Beat)
Tony: Pussy.

—Marvel Musical hanging a lampshade on the trope

Superman: I don’t want you to destroy or end anything.
Black Adam: Do you not destroy your enemies?
Superman: Not by killing them!
Batman: Uh…well… I mean technically, you killed Zod practically the same way he killed Sabbac.
Superman: That was a really long time ago.
Batman: And Wonder Woman chopped off Steppenwolf’s head.
Superman: That was…technically also a really long time ago.
Batman: And Aquaman killed a bunch of people on a submarine.
Superman: Uh huh.
Batman: And me and my mini-guns on the Batmobile.

—How It Should Have Ended, How Black Adam Should Have Ended

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