History Awesome / CaptainAmericaCivilWar

* WebVideo/AndreTheBlackNerd pointed this out: the fact that ''Civil War'' has three black main characters with three distinct personalities and three distinct ways of being heroes. Rather than any of them being a TokenMinority, they're fleshed out enough to be individuals and still fight for good. See Hollywood? It IS that easy.

** Even more impressive, the villain is... [[VillainousUnderdog just an unpowered man. Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, all the superpowered beings and armies broke upon the Avengers like water on a rock, but one special forces officer, with nothing but his cunning, training, patience and hatred, managed to do what no supervillain could do -- tear apart the Avengers from the inside and reduce the team to a shell of its former self.]] If anything, [[Characters/MCUThanos Thanos]] owes his (initial) success in Film/AvengersInfinityWar to this man--for contributing to the fragmentation of forces aligned with the Avengers.

** Even more impressive, the villain is... [[VillainousUnderdog just an unpowered man. Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, all the superpowered beings and armies broke upon the Avengers like water on a rock, but one special forces officer, with nothing but his cunning, training, patience and hatred, managed to do what no supervillain could do -- tear apart the Avengers from the inside and reduce the team to a shell of its former self.]]

* The entire final battle. A three-way fight between Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Iron Man, where both sides pull a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown against each other with extreme efficiency. Iron Man, who has now a [[YouKilledMyFather personal vendetta]] with the Winter Soldier, fights both of them in the most ruthless way he's ever displayed in the entire MCU, while Cap and Bucky give as good as they get with brilliant teamwork against the enraged Iron Man. Despite being outnumbered and Bucky [[AttackItsWeakPoint attempting to tear the Arc reactor off his armor]], Iron Man still manages to even the odds and ''blows Bucky's mechanical arm off.'' Cap then roars back into the fight and corners Tony under an avalanche of blows, which Tony can only stop by having Friday take over the armor. He then lays a brutal beatdown on Cap, and is seemingly ready to kill him...until Bucky makes one last final distraction move with his remaining arm. Tony brutally kicks him down again, but it's enough of a distraction for Cap to, against all odds, knock Tony down and take his helmet out. Cap then seemingly prepares himself for the unthinkable, raising his shield to deliver the coup de grâce to Tony's exposed head... only to [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt destroy his chest Arc reactor]], which Tony has left unguarded by shielding his face, by slamming it with the shield, disabling the armor.]]

--> '''Tony:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner Let's kick his ass.]]

** Right before Cap brings his shield down on the arc reactor we see Tony throw his hands over his face, palms outwards. Tony had a clean shot with both repulsors directly at Steve's head, and could have ended the fight right there and then. The only thing keeping him from doing so was the fact that Bucky was his primary target, not Steve.

'''Zemo:''' Tell that to the dead. ''[tucks gun under his chin]''\\
'''T'Challa:''' ''[diverts the gun at the last instant and subdues Zemo]'' The living are not done with you yet.

** Heck, Panther doesn't simply have an advantage in his fights with Bucky, he decisively has the upper hand in most of them. In his first fight with Bucky, Bucky ''doesn't land even one clean hit on him''! In their second fight, despite Bucky being in Winter Soldier mode, he is only able to land a few solid punches in comparison to the several blows T'Challa lands on him though it should be noted that he blindsided him to begin with and more importantly, Barnes' focus was on escaping, which he did. And every time T'Challa brings out his claws, he has Bucky dead to rights and needing someone to bail him out. It's only during the airport fight that Bucky finally looks somewhat even with him, showing how monstrously capable of a fighter T'Challa is.

* While the preview clips spoil some of the action, getting to see the Winter Soldier - ''not'' Bucky - in action proves that spending two years on the run has not dulled his ruthless programming or fighting skill. After being activated by Zemo in captivity, he tears through Captain America, Falcon several squads of trained soldiers, Tony Stark (without the armor), Sharon Carter, ''and'' Black Widow without breaking a sweat. Only T'Challa gives him some trouble, overpowering him during a struggle. But even then, the Soldier keeps a cool head and just disappears. It's safe to say that his OneManArmy credentials aren't going away anytime soon.

*** This becomes even more awesome for [spoilers: The Avengers as when Endgame rolls around, the Avengers have been reassembled, completely rendering his victory moot.]

-->'''Cap''': Tony, someone dies on your watch, you don't give up.\\
'''Stark''': Who says we're giving up?\\
'''Cap''': We are if we're not taking responsibility for our actions. This document just shifts the blame.\\
'''Rhodes''': Sorry, Steve, that - that is ''dangerously'' arrogant. This is the ''United Nations'' we're talking about. It's not - the World Security Council, it's not SHIELD, it's not HYDRA-\\
'''Cap''': But it is run by people with agendas, and agendas change.\\
'''Stark''': That's ''good''. That's why I'm here. When I realized what my weapons were capable in the wrong hands, I shut it down, stopped manufacturing.\\
'''Cap''': Tony, you ''chose'' to do that. If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. What if this panel sends us somewhere we don't think we should go? What if there's somewhere we ''need'' to go and they don't let us? We may not be perfect, but the safest hands are still our own.\\
'''Stark''': If we ''don't'' do this now, it's going to be done to us ''later.''

-->'''Steve''': We're outside the law on this one. So if you come with us, you're a wanted man.\\
'''Scott''': ''[shrugs]'' Yeah well, what else is new?

-->'''Natasha''': Looking over your shoulder should be second nature.

-->'''Vision''': If you do this, they will never stop being afraid of you.\\
'''Scarlet Witch''': [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech I can't control their fear, only my own.]]

-->'''Scott''': [[YouShallNotPass You wanna get to them? You gotta go through me!]].

-->'''Clint''': ''[slow clapping]'' The futurist, gentleman! The futurist is here! He sees all. He knows what's best for you, whether you like it or not.
-->'''Tony''': Give me a break, Barton. I had no idea they'd put you here, come on.
-->'''Clint''': ''[angry]'' Yeah, well you knew they'd put us somewhere, Tony.
-->'''Tony''': Yeah, but not some super max, floating in the ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs, this isn't a place for...
-->'''Clint''': Criminals? Criminals, Tony. I think that's the word you're looking for. Right? That didn't use to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda. But here we are.
-->'''Tony''': 'Cause you broke the law.
-->'''Clint''': ''[sarcastically]'' Yeah.
-->'''Tony''': I didn't make it. You read it, you broke it.
-->'''Clint''': The law, the law, the law.
-->'''Tony''': All right? You're all grown up, you got a wife and kids. I don't understand, why didn't you think about them before you chose the wrong side?
-->'''Clint''': You gotta watch your back with this guy. ''[angrily slams on the glass]'' There's a chance he's gonna break it.

-->'''Scott''': Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.
-->'''Tony''': Who are you?
-->'''Scott''': Come on, man.

-->'''T'Challa''': Vengeance has consumed you. It's consuming them. I'm done letting it consume me. Justice will come soon enough.\\
'''Zemo''': Tell that to the dead. ''[tucks gun under his chin]''\\
'''T'Challa''': ''[diverts the gun at the last instant and subdues Zemo]'' The living are not done with you yet.

** Also, Tony [[MundaneMadeAwesome deciding to put Senator Ross' call for help on hold, knowing that it's probably Steve since he's already in the middle of reading his letter, which pretty much allows the breakout to succeed while Tony [[GuileHero just looks like he was too busy at the moment to respond]]]].

** Then Spidey takes a page out of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and uses his web to tie Giant-Man's legs together before Iron Man and War Machine [[CombinationAttack punch the guy down simultaneously (ala a {{Shoryuken}})]], not unlike how the Rebels use the Snowspeeder's tow cable to take down an [[HumongousMecha AT-AT]]. Spidey even refers to the film by name!

** While everything Black Panther does is awesome, his fight with Hawkeye has two specific moments of awesome: 1) he dodges multiple arrows from Hawkeye, who, as stated only a minute prior, never misses, and 2) he catches two explosive arrows midair and then [[NoSell doesn't even flinch at the small explosions that occur inches from his face. These would be the same explosive arrows that ruined ''Loki's'' day in ''Film/TheAvengers2012''.]]

** Wanda flings several cars at Spider Man but not one of them can touch him. On her side, Wanda deflects ever web Soudey fires at her.

** What makes this scene more awesome is that both Steve & Bucky do this with the intent of making sure [[EverybodyLives no one is killed, and succeed brilliantly]]! The only hiccup is when Bucky knocks one of the policemen over the rail, but Steve is able to catch them, gives Bucky a brief and exasperated "Come on, man!", before placing the policemen out of harms way.

** Wanda flings several cars at Spider Man but not one of them can touch him.

* While the preview clips spoil some of the action, getting to see the Winter Soldier - ''not'' Bucky - in action proves that spending two years on the run has not dulled his ruthless programming or fighting skill. After being activated by Zemo in captivity, he tears through Captain America, several squads of trained soldiers, Tony Stark (without the armor), Sharon Carter, ''and'' Black Widow without breaking a sweat. Only T'Challa gives him some trouble, overpowering him during a struggle. But even then, the Soldier keeps a cool head and just disappears. It's safe to say that his OneManArmy credentials aren't going away anytime soon.

* The entire final battle. A three-way fight between Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Iron Man, where both sides pull a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown against each other with extreme efficiency. Iron Man, who has now a [[YouKilledMyFather personal vendetta with the Winter Soldier, fights both of them in the most ruthless way he's ever displayed in the entire MCU, while Cap and Bucky give as good as they get with brilliant teamwork against the enraged Iron Man. Despite being outnumbered and Bucky [[AttackItsWeakPoint attempting to tear the Arc reactor off his armor]], Iron Man still manages to even the odds and ''blows Bucky's mechanical arm off.'' Cap then roars back into the fight and corners Tony under an avalanche of blows, which Tony can only stop by having Friday take over the armor. He then lays a brutal beatdown on Cap, and is seemingly ready to kill him...until Bucky makes one last final distraction move with his remaining arm. Tony brutally kicks him down again, but it's enough of a distraction for Cap to, against all odds, knock Tony down and take his helmet out. Cap then seemingly prepares himself for the unthinkable, raising his shield to deliver the coup de grâce to Tony's exposed head... only to [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt destroy his chest Arc reactor]], which Tony has left unguarded by shielding his face, by slamming it with the shield, disabling the armor.]]

** One for Bucky and Steve, which might double as foreshadowing depending on what happens during ''Infinity War'': at one point, they're passing Cap's shield back and forth as they team up against Tony, and ''both are using the shield equally well''. We haven't seen anyone but Steve using the shield, and Bucky is able to wield it just like him. It's not unlike Thor tossing Vision his hammer during ''Age of Ultron''.

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** The CallBack to the first movie [[spoiler:of a beaten and bloody Cap still raising his fists and saying "I can do this all day." The number of fans who wanted to hug him at that point is probably over infinity and counting.]]

*** [[spoiler:The awesome is subverted in the movie when you see that it's Vision's friendly fire that nearly kills Rhodes; he missed his target, which was Falcon's jet pack.]]

** Scarlet Witch using her powers on the Vision, and despite his having [[spoiler:an Infinity Stone]] embedded in his forehead, she succeeds in subduing him.

-->'''Cap''': Tony, someone dies on your watch, you don’t give up.\\
'''Stark''': Who says we’re giving up?\\
'''Cap''': We are if we’re not taking responsibility for our actions. This document just shifts the blame.\\
'''Rhodes''': Sorry, Steve, that - that is ''dangerously'' arrogant. This is the ''United Nations'' we’re talking about. It’s not - the World Security Council, it’s not SHIELD, it’s not HYDRA-\\

'''Stark''': That’s ''good''. That’s why I’m here. When I realized what my weapons were capable in the wrong hands, I shut it down, stopped manufacturing.\\
'''Cap''': Tony, you ''chose'' to do that. If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. What if this panel sends us somewhere we don’t think we should go? What if there’s somewhere we ''need'' to go and they don’t let us? We may not be perfect, but the safest hands are still our own.\\
'''Stark''': If we ''don’t'' do this now, it’s going to be done to us ''later.''

* The trailers all show a guy in a PoweredArmor giving Cap a run for him money, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom even once sending him flying with a punch]]. Apparently [[spoiler: HYDRA]] finally decided to be clever and send an actual superhuman to take out Cap.
** [[spoiler: It becomes even better in the movie. It's Brock Rumlow.]]

* The second one goes to the Redwing droid [[spoiler: who silently trails the truck ridden by the opposition and scans it to find an armed rider]].
* Wilson's upgraded wings and experience in general. Specifically he smoothly lands in front of Wanda and turns his wings into a shield to protect them both. He has [[spoiler: mini-missiles in his suit!!]]
* The perfectly-executed lab robbery in the opening, courtesy of HYDRA. First, they [[spoiler: crash a truck through the gates while the driver ditches it. Immediately, a few more trucks arrive, blocking the roads and sending out armed men with guns blazing and in gas masks, taking out the well-trained and well-armed guards. Then they shoot knockout gas canisters into the building, clearing out any more opposition]]. Then just as they think everything is finished, cue Cap-missile!

* Cap vs [[spoiler: [[TookALevelInBadass upgraded]] and very angry Brock Rumlow/Crossbones.]]
** Despite the guy being armed to the teeth, [[spoiler:Cap ''still'' wins.]]
** [[spoiler: Crossbones manages to turn the loss into a victory for HYDRA at the cost of his own life.]] In a way, [[spoiler: Cap didn't win on his own efforts, because Rumlow came close to killing Captain America when he attempted to blow himself up. The only reason Steve was not killed was because Wanda managed to move the explosion to a different area. Rumlow managed to get Cap to expose him by getting rid of his shield with the first explosive and then getting him to come close by mentioning Bucky. Had Wanda not been there, Cap would have been blown to pieces.]]
** Wanda telekinetically containing the explosion a split second after Rumlow detonates his bomb. Even though [[spoiler:it ends badly when she lifts him up and it destroys the floor of a building killing a dozen people]], she still saves Cap and the lives of a hundred more.

* After [[spoiler: his father's death]], T'Challa is sitting on a bench, staring off into space. Nat tries to offer her sympathies as he holds his father's ring in his hands, explaining his people's beliefs to a sympathetic Natasha. But then his face hardens, he puts the ring on, and coldly declares one hell of a BadassBoast. Up until now, all the audience has seen is a young, somewhat headstrong, Wakandan prince. As soon as that ring goes on his finger, we're looking at [[spoiler: ''Black Panther'']].
-->'''Natasha:''' ''[cautiously]'' T'Challa, the task force will decide who brings in [[spoiler: Barnes]].

* [[spoiler: Black Panther shows up to take revenge on the Winter Soldier]], and a furious fight and chase ensues.
** Steve, Bucky and [[spoiler: Black Panther]] all outrunning cars. While Steve has proven to be fast, he's no match for the other two when it comes to speed and so hijacks a car. Bucky and his pursuer, meanwhile, are busy running up and down cars ''while they're moving at full speed''.
** Falcon knocking away the attack helicopter firing on [[spoiler:the three]]. To elaborate, he doesn't use weapons, and he doesn't tag it with his drone. He performs a ''flying doublekick'' right on the tail section opposite the stabilizing rotor, forcing it into an uncontrolled spin.

** [[spoiler: Black Panther hitching a ride on an unwilling Falcon.]]
** The explosion we see in the trailer? [[spoiler: It was a bomb Bucky carried in person, [[CrazyPrepared just in case]], which he uses in an attempt to escape.]] Black Panther gets his own CMOA by jumping through the collapsing rubble and grabbing Bucky's bike.
* While the preview clips spoil some of the action, getting to see the Winter Soldier - ''not'' Bucky - in action proves that spending two years on the run has not dulled his ruthless programming or fighting skill. After [[spoiler: being activated by Zemo in captivity]], he tears through Captain America, several squads of trained soldiers, Tony Stark (without the armor), Sharon Carter, ''and'' Black Widow without breaking a sweat. Only T'Challa gives him some trouble, overpowering him during a struggle. But even then, the Soldier keeps a cool head and just disappears. It's safe to say that his OneManArmy credentials aren't going away anytime soon.

* The brief footage of Spider-Man that Tony views is just amazing. [[spoiler: Among other acts, in his homemade costume, Spidey stops a moving car from slamming into a bus by jumping in front of it, ''stopping it cold with his bare hands'' and swinging away.]] Keep in mind that he's only been a hero for barely a few ''months.''
** He's only 15 and yet has [[spoiler: invented his own effective web shooters and even has a makeshift costumes. When he gets to the airport, he then shows how utterly powerful he is by catching Bucky's punch, moving too fast for anyone to catch up with him, webbing Falcon and Bucky to the floor, throwing Cap around like he's a ragdoll with his web threads and taking down Giant Man.]] By the end of the movie, while the Avengers have been practically destroyed, he's still there to continue fighting crime and helping the little guys survive.

* Wanda's escape from [[spoiler: her GildedCage, the Avengers compound, that Tony locked her in with Vision as her jailer]]. She shows the full extent of her power by completely dominating [[spoiler:Vision, by seemingly taking control of the Mind Stone, making him go intangible to release Clint, then increasing his density so much that it brings him to his knees and then blasts him with enough force to send him crashing through several floors, creating an impressive crater at the same time. He couldn't even lift a finger.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Vision]]''': If you do this, they will never stop being afraid of you.\\

** Hawkeye himself gets a minor one by getting the drop on [[spoiler:Vision, at least for a moment.]]

* When Black Widow and Tony [[spoiler: are tasked to find Falcon, Cap, and Bucky within 36 hours, they decide they need some help. Black Widow is thinking of Black Panther, and asks Tony who he's thinking of. Then there's a cut, and the location name on the screen reads [[Comicbook/SpiderMan "QUEENS"!]] Queens]] audiences reportedly went ''crazy'' when this happened.

** Just after Cap and Tony have exchanged words, [[spoiler: Cap raises his arms and Hawkeye shoots out the webs restraining them, followed by a shrunk Ant-Man jumping on Spider-Man, back-flip kicking him, snatching away the shield and returning it to Cap.]]
** Hawkeye and Wanda [[spoiler: pulls a fast one on Stark. Hawkeye never misses but Iron Man easily dodges the arrows. Only a distraction, Wanda starts raining cars down on Iron Man.]]

** [[spoiler: Ant-Man has Cap throw a blue Pym particle disk, then a shrunken tanker truck on it, both aimed at War Machine. Cue the OhCrap from War Machine, and the fiery explosion.]]
** Spider-Man takes on [[spoiler: Falcon and Bucky inside the airport, managing to web down both of them before Redwing drags him off. He even catches a punch from Bucky's metal arm with one hand and remarks on it while moving it. For comparison, the Winter Soldier Bucky fought had to use both hands to overpower his metal arm, while Spidey is ''casually'' moving it around.]]
** [[spoiler:Spider-Man mostly dominating Cap in their fight thanks to Tony telling him to go for Cap's legs. Spider-Man then maintains his distance and uses his superior speed and agility to blitz attack Steve. Cap uses his experience, fighting skills, and CombatPragmatism to even the odds.]] Cap ends the fight by cutting out the supports of a passenger stairway over Spidey, who is able to hold up a collapsed passenger stairway and continue talking! No wonder Cap [[WorthyOpponent complimented him]].
** [[spoiler: Wanda]] flings several cars at Spider Man but not one of them can touch him.

** Ant-Man and Hawkeye teaming up to take down Iron Man, with Ant-Man [[spoiler: riding on one of Hawkeye's arrows so he can infiltrate Iron Man's armor just like he did with Falcon and Yellowjacket, sabotaging critical systems.]]
*** Made even better by Tony's reaction. [[spoiler: When he hears Ant-Man talking to him from inside the armor, he looks pretty damn scared.]]

** While everything Black Panther does is awesome, his fight with [[spoiler: Hawkeye has two specific moments of awesome: 1) he dodges multiple arrows from Hawkeye, who, as stated only a minute prior, never misses, and 2) he catches two explosive arrows midair and then [[NoSell doesn't even flinch]] at the small explosions that occur inches from his face. These would be the same explosive arrows that ruined ''Loki's'' day in ''Film/TheAvengers2012''.]]

* [[spoiler: Ant-Man becomes [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Giant-Man]] to provide a distraction while Cap and Bucky run to the Quinjet. His Giant-Man form seriously cripples the Pro-Regs, who are barely able to take him down.]]

** [[spoiler: Giant Man grabs War Machine by transforming when right on top of him and then throws him across the airport. Spider-Man tries to catch him with his webs but only goes flying along with him a long way before he is able to slow him down]]
*** Spidey [[spoiler:gets a CMOA in that when he hits a truck hard enough to knock it over but isn't too bothered by that, showing how tough the web-slinger is.]]
** [[spoiler: When Giant-Man picks up and swings a boarding gangway at War Machine, Rhodey proceeds to unload his arsenal on the gangway, obliterating it, showing that he is still reluctant to use his full arsenal on Giant-Man.]]
** Vision [[spoiler: sends Giant-Man reeling with a flying headbutt to his midsection. That's right, Giant-Man can take missiles to the face no problem, but Vision's headbutt to the midsection staggers him enough to knock back the plane behind him.]]
** War Machine carries an entire truck and then [[spoiler: smashes it on Giant Man's shin.]]
** Then Spidey takes a page out of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and uses his web to tie [[spoiler: Giant-Man's legs together before Iron Man and War Machine [[CombinationAttack punch the guy down]] simultaneously (ala a {{Shoryuken}})]], not unlike how the Rebels use the Snowspeeder's tow cable to take down an [[HumongousMecha AT-AT]]. Spidey even refers to the film by name!
** The fact that [[spoiler:Giant-Man]] needed to be defeated by the combined effort of [=#TeamIronMan=]'s three heavy-hitters (sans Vision) shows us how powerful and resistant [[spoiler:Giant-Man is. He took a volley of missiles to the chest like it was nothing. He was unbothered by sonic attacks. He swung his arms around and walked about and still caused huge damage. He threw airplanes and vehicles around like tennis balls.]] He really TookALevelInBadass.
** [[spoiler: Vision is not fooled by Giant-Man's diversion for long and passes through him, then tries to prevent Cap and Bucky from reaching the Quinjet by collapsing the nearby control tower over the hangar with his forehead beam, and Wanda gets her own moment by holding up the tower and, as it clearly shows, with supreme effort.]]
** War Machine [[spoiler: downing Wanda with sonics.]]
** Black Widow decides to [[spoiler: let Cap and Bucky escape. She manages to keep Black Panther at bay long enough with a paralyzing gadget of hers for Cap and Bucky to take off with the Quinjet. Black Widow is the only person in the entire movie (excluding Scarlet Witch) who was able to incapacitate Black Panther for more than a few seconds. Granted, it still wasn't very long, but it still counts.]]

** [[spoiler: Falcon sacrificing Redwing by having it ram Iron Man directly in the face to distract him.]]
** While Wanda did not pull off any particularly big plays, her powers helped save her teammates from otherwise devastating blows at the last second by pulling away, blocking, or distracting the other side's attacks. Also, she [[spoiler: took the cars from the parking lot nearby and made them ''rain'' on Iron Man]] and one-shotted Black Panther when he tries to kill Bucky.
** One of the many [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you-miss-it]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background]] moments during the splash panel shot: [[spoiler:After having received a [[CurbStompBattle rather thorough thrashing]] from him earlier, it's nice to see ''Hawkeye'' actually one-up ''The Vision'' of all people, if only briefly. He nails Vision with a couple of electric arrows early in the splash-panel clash while the android is distracted by War Machine vs Falcon, sending the poor fellow offscreen for most of the fight!]]
** After the fight, [[spoiler: Iron Man effortlessly blocks a punch from, and then restrains Spider Man when Spidey thought he was a someone from the opposite team trying to sneak up on him. Stark then orders him to go home before he gets hurt any further.]]
* One goes to one of the other [[spoiler: Winter Soldiers who Bucky was training with in the flashback. Not only does he kick Bucky's ass,]] he then (admittedly with both hands) overpowers Buck's metal arm, something Cap failed to do.
** Then he makes the colonel and Bucky retreat, and the last time we see him, [[spoiler: he's demolishing the riot guards. As are his companion Super Soldiers.]]
** The reason it happened? [[spoiler: One of the riot guards decided to try and control the other Winter Soldier by hitting him. [[BullyingADragon Bad move]]. A CMOH as well, since the other super soldiers immediately jumped up and attacked when the guard struck their fellow soldier. AxCrazy killing machines or not, they went into the program together and are still comrades to the end.]]

-->'''Clint''': ''[slow clapping]'' The futurist, gentleman! The futurist is here! He sees all. He knows what’s best for you, whether you like it or not.
-->'''Tony''': Give me a break, Barton. I had no idea they’d put you here, come on.
-->'''Clint''': ''[angry]'' Yeah, well you knew they’d put us somewhere, Tony.
-->'''Tony''': Yeah, but not some super max, floating in the ocean pokey. You know, this place is for maniacs, this isn’t a place for…
-->'''Clint''': Criminals? Criminals, Tony. I think that’s the word you’re looking for. Right? That didn’t use to mean me. Or Sam, or Wanda. But here we are.

-->'''Tony''': I didn’t make it. You read it, you broke it.

-->'''Tony''': All right? You’re all grown up, you got a wife and kids. I don’t understand, why didn’t you think about them before you chose the wrong side?
-->'''Clint''': You gotta watch your back with this guy. ''[angrily slams on the glass]'' There’s a chance he’s gonna break it.

* The entire final battle. [[spoiler: A three-way fight between Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Iron Man, where both sides pull a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown against each other with extreme efficiency. Iron Man, who has now a [[YouKilledMyFather personal vendetta]] with the Winter Soldier, fights both of them in the most ruthless way he's ever displayed in the entire MCU, while Cap and Bucky give as good as they get with brilliant teamwork against the enraged Iron Man. Despite being outnumbered and Bucky [[AttackItsWeakPoint attempting to tear the Arc reactor off his armor]], Iron Man still manages to even the odds and ''blows Bucky's mechanical arm off.'' Cap then roars back into the fight and corners Tony under an avalanche of blows, which Tony can only stop by having Friday take over the armor. He then lays a brutal beatdown on Cap, and is seemingly ready to kill him...until Bucky makes one last final distraction move with his remaining arm. Tony brutally kicks him down again, but it's enough of a distraction for Cap to, against all odds, knock Tony down and take his helmet out. Cap then seemingly prepares himself for the unthinkable, raising his shield to deliver the coup de grâce to Tony's exposed head... only to [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt destroy his chest Arc reactor]], which Tony has left unguarded by shielding his face, by slamming it with the shield, disabling the armor.]]

** The mere fact that Tony was able to hold his own is impressive: Steve and Bucky are hand to hand fighters, with their training and powers going in that direction, while Tony's greatest advantages are his mobility and long-range weaponry, and from the previous scene at the Raft, he is also sporting an injured arm. There, fighting in a confined space with no room for maneuvers, he couldn't put his ranged capabilities to good use, and had to fight in melee multiple times with his injured arm, the field his opponents are best in. ''In addition'', they were two against one. [[spoiler: Still, Tony came extremely close to winning and lost only because of his refusal to hurt Cap. Had he been in good condition and made full use of the opportunities he got to kill Cap as well instead of focusing solely on Bucky which allowed Cap to protect both Bucky and himself, both soldiers would have almost certainly been dead.]]
** Bucky nearly [[spoiler: wins the fight by almost ripping out the suit's arc reactor.]] Iron Man [[spoiler: wins that round by teaching Bucky that the reactor is also a chest blaster and blows off Bucky's mechanical arm.]]
** This moment has possibly the biggest CatharsisFactor in the entire movie. [[spoiler: The arc reactor, Howard Stark's ultimate creation, is used to destroy the hand which killed him and his wife. Howard Stark had his revenge on the Winter Soldier. At the same time, this is symbolic for Bucky being finally purged from his Winter Soldier alter ego.]]
** Adding to the above [[spoiler: Tony actually had both Cap and Bucky pinned and helpless, and then down and out at different points of the fight. [[NightmareFuel If he had been up against only one...]] ]]

* T'Challa is so stealthy as Black Panther that [[spoiler: he managed to track Bucky, Steve and Tony to the Siberian compound, sneak around the base behind their backs and capture Zemo]], all without them noticing that he was even there.
* T'Challa [[spoiler: overcoming his thirst for revenge because he realizes he and Zemo are NotSoDifferent. After being an unreasonable, revenge-driven jackass for most of the film, he chooses to be the better man]].

* The fact that for the first time in a Marvel movie, [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]].
** [[spoiler: Even more impressive, the villain is... [[VillainousUnderdog just an unpowered man.]] Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, all the superpowered beings and armies broke upon the Avengers like water on a rock, but one special forces officer, with nothing but his cunning, training, patience and hatred, managed to do what no supervillain could do -- tear apart the Avengers from the inside and reduce the team to a shell of its former self.]]
** Despite Vision's talk of escalating superpowered threats, in the end [[spoiler: all it took was a single man to destroy the Avengers. A man who knew he couldn't kill them face-to-face, but still persevered and succeeded anyway.]]
** Zemo apparently [[spoiler: [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome killed all other Winter Soldiers]] offscreen. They ''were'' still on ice and not active; we see in a close-up that he headshot them while they were still frozen]], but it's a testament that he still has a conscience and rejects the temptation to use such weapons.
*** He also [[spoiler: doesn't like using Bucky as a weapon. He tries to get the information he wants another way, and doesn't like controlling Bucky against his will.]]
** His final scene was awesome too. When he's being taunted by his captor and asked how it felt that his plan failed. His answer? [[spoiler: "Did it?"]]
*** Say what you will about [[spoiler: Zemo's actions]] but there's something satisfying about Ross losing his smug satisfaction for just a moment.
* Bucky [[spoiler: willingly going under ice for God knows how long so that his brainwashing can be completely removed. Same goes to Panther for giving Bucky and Cap refuge during the process, and for being willing to put the safety of Wakanda on the line for his new allies.]]
* At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Cap breaks into the Raft, the most secure prison facility on the planet, singlehandedly in order to rescue his imprisoned comrades, and clears out all the security. The look on Falcon's face when he sees Cap leaves no question that they were expecting him to come break them out sooner or later.]] Note that Cap does this [[spoiler: without his shield or costume, seemingly completely unarmed.]]
** Also, [[spoiler: Tony [[MundaneMadeAwesome deciding to put Senator Ross' call for help on hold]], knowing that it's probably Steve since he's already in the middle of reading his letter, which pretty much allows the breakout to succeed while Tony [[GuileHero just looks like he was too busy at the moment to respond]]]].
* T'Challa's last scene. Steve warns him about the repercussions he might face for [[spoiler: agreeing to hide Bucky within his borders. He replies "Let them try" as the camera moves outside the complex to reveal a giant roaring panther statue surrounded by lush jungle.]]
* The last shot of the post-credits scene. For the first time in film we get to see [[spoiler: [[BatSignal The Spider-Signal!]]]]
* This gem of an exchange between [[spoiler: Aunt May and Peter in TheStinger, when Pete tells her he got the bruise from [[ExactWords fighting a guy called Steve from Brooklyn and his huge friend]]]].

* This movie highlights Tony's hand to hand combat very brilliantly. While yes, he mostly fights with his suit, during his [[spoiler: brief fight with Bucky early in the film he displays some decent talent with little more than a fingerless mechanical glove weapon to help him. Later, when fighting Cap at the airport, he also shows martial arts talent that shows it isn't just the suit that makes Tony a good fighter.]]
** Also, on two occasions in [[spoiler: in the final fight, Tony gets an advantage over Cap and Bucky through pure skill when fighting them one-on-one. When Bucky starts wailing on him with a metal pipe, Tony grabs the pipe, pulls Bucky towards him, disarms him, spins him around and gets him in sleeper hold, all in one move. Then later, when Cap gets him in a sleeper hold, Tony pulls off a thruster powered backflip to get out of the grip, and then when Cap uses his right hand to grab Tony's left hand for a followup, Tony immediately moves in and pins Cap's right side under his weight and starts pummeling him. Both times the supersoldiers needed their partners to bail them out of it]]

** In fact, he is literally the ''only'' character – aside from arguably [[PhysicalGod Vision]] – who comes out of the movie in essentially no worse a position than he started (although TheStinger does point out that he might face diplomatic reprisal [[spoiler:or even war if other countries find out he's hiding Cap and Bucky]]). The other heroes end up injured or at least on the run, but T'Challa arguably ends up better off as he is able to realize his mistakes before his emotions consume him.
** Before it's revealed that T'Challa is Black Panther, he gets one by being able to spot the bomb [[spoiler:at the UN Convention in Vienna]]. Without his suit, he managed to save dozens of lives. Then there is the [[InASingleBound super leap]] he does in an attempt to reach his father before the bomb goes off.
** [[spoiler:Black Panther]] gets another one for one thing: being one of the few people in the MCU capable of taking on Cap and Bucky in hand to hand combat and have the advantage at times.
** Cap and [[spoiler:the Winter Soldier in the flashback]] needed ''both of his arms'' to grapple with Bucky's metal arm. Panther needs ''just one''.[[note]]Well, not without the suit, but still. Heck even then, he did a much better job than anyone else did, holding it down in one place for several seconds while Cap can barely do it for few seconds with both arms[[/note]]
** Heck, Panther doesn't simply have an advantage in his fights with Bucky, he decisively has the upper hand in most of them. In his first fight with Bucky, Bucky ''doesn't land even one clean hit on him''! In their second fight, despite Bucky being in Winter Soldier mode, he is only able to land a few solid punches in comparison to the several blows T'Challa lands on him [[spoiler: though it should be noted that he blindsided him to begin with and more importantly, Barnes' focus was on escaping, which he did]]. And every time T'Challa brings out his claws, he has Bucky dead to rights and needing someone to bail him out. It's only during the airport fight that Bucky finally looks somewhat even with him, showing how monstrously capable of a fighter T'Challa is.
* Heck, Peter Parker during the entire movie. In general, Spider-Man [[spoiler: has an excellent first showing, proving to be a handful for a group of heroes with oodles of combat experience. In fact, in nearly every single fight, Spider-Man is only defeated due to his lack of experience and focus. Other than that, he matches or outclasses his opponents in speed, strength, and creativity... all at the tender age of 15! Imagine how much damage he'll be able to do when he has both battle experience and a more developed physique!]]

* Wilson's upgraded wings and experience in general. Specifically he smoothly lands in front of Wanda and turns his wings into a shield to protect each other. He has [[spoiler: mini-missiles in his suit!!]]

** While it does have better demonstrations, the clip also shows the sheer power of Bucky's metal arm when compared to humans. Natasha is using both of her arms and both legs to try and pry it off of her throat, and is completely failing before T'challa arrives

* In one of the deleted scenes, Natasha strolls into a room to psychoanalyze T'challa, calling him 'naive' at one point in thinking he could take Bucky as his prisoner, only to find out that T'challa has anticipated her tactics and secured an extradition before she even walked into the room. This is the same Black Widow who outwitted the God of Lies, and she just got shellacked in less than a minute by a guy who didn't even need to get out of his chair.

** After the release of [[Film/BlackPanther his own movie]], this all becomes even more impressive, as he actually hadn't yet gotten the Black Panther powers and is going entirely on his natural physical abilities and the suit itself.
*** Actually he already had his powers. If you recall he had to drink the depowering drug to strip away his powers before answering M’baku’s challenge which occurred just a couple days after Civil War.

** Keep in mind that [[spoiler:Tony was going all out trying to kill Bucky and incapacitate Cap, while Steve and Bucky were fighting non-lethally and only trying to disarm him. They still won even though they weren't going all out.]]

* [[TheDeterminator I can do this]] [[ArcWords all day.]]

* [[Determinator I can do this]] [[ArcWords all day.]]