History Characters / MCUThanos

** After completing the Infinity Gauntlet and doing the Snap, he destroys the Infinity Stones. This is partially to ensure no one can undo what he has done, but also because he recognized that keeping them around would only serve to tempt him into abusing their power more.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: When he learns of the Avengers' plans to undo his original plan for wiping out half the universe, he dismisses them as ungrateful, failing to realize that half the universe constituted their friends and comrades. Furthermore, it occurs to neither of his present nor past selves that people would be anything but grateful for a less populated and more resource-rich universe when everyone's friends and family suddenly disappears into dust all at once.

* AdaptationalSympathy: In the comics, he is mostly portrayed as a genociadial tyrant madly in love with death and it's antromorphic personification. In the MCU, his actions are driven by guilt for not being able to save his home planet. He also genuinely believes wiping put half of the population of the universe would save it. However, he's still a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who in ''Endgame'' plans to destroy the whole universe to create a new one.

* GoodCounterpart: While he might be a ReformedButNotTamed TokenEvilTeammate, this version of Thanos did pull a HeelFaceTurn unlike all his variants who remained villains. Unlike the BigBad of the Infinity Saga, this Thanos is a GentleGiant trying to be a GoodParent to Nebula and make up for his past.

* AdaptationalSympathy: In the comics, he is mostly portrayed as a genociadial tyrant madly in love with death and it's antromorphic personification. In the MCU, his actions are driven by guilt for not being able to save his home planet. He also genuinely believes wiping put half of the population of the universe would save it. However, he's still a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who in ''Endgame'' plans to destroy the whole universe o create a new one.

* AdaptationalSympathy: In the comics, hr is mostly portrayed as a genociadial tyrant madly in love with death and it's antromorphic personification. In the MCU, his actions are driven by guilt for not being able to save his home planet. He also genuinly believes whiping put half of the population of the universe would save it. However, he's still a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist who in ''Endgame'' plans to destroy the whole universe o create a new one.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoshBrolin, Damion Poitier (''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''), Creator/SeanGunn (motion-capture, ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'')
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Klaus-Dieter Klebsch (German dub), Creator/JuanCarlosTinoco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jorge García Insúa (European Spanish dub), Creator/BanjoGinga (Japanese dub), Creator/PaulBorne (European French dub), Leonardo José Letchmacher (Brazilian Portuguese dub), Sergey Vorobyov (Russain dub)

* AnArmAndALeg: In the opening of ''Avengers: Endgame'', a retired and crippled Thanos is ambushed by the Avengers, with Thor cleaving off Thanos's left arm to get at the Infinity Gauntlet. Unfortunately, it's for naught; the Gauntlet is empty, Thanos having destroyed the Infinity Stones (he had no further need of them, he wanted to remove any temptation to use them again, and wanted to prevent anyone from undoing the work he'd carried out).

* WorldsBestWarrior: Thanos is the greatest warrior in the MCU. His immense physical power is further supported by his combat experience, cunning, and pragmatism. On top of that, he shows more proficiency with Infinity Stones than any character before him and pulls off moves that the heroes can never predict. In ''Infinity War'', he tends to fight others directly before using the Gauntlet and easily [[CurbStompBattle defeats anyone]] he faces. In ''Endgame'', relying only on his blade, his 2014 self is able to surpass the skill of Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor together. Thanos then defeats the more powerful Captain Marvel by being more skilled and smarter than her, and knocks out Thor and Rogers who try to use Stormbreaker to kill him while he is unarmed. It's only due to his arrogance that Tony outsmarts him and uses the Infinity Stones to kill him.

* ButtMonkey: Completely, utterly {{subverted}}. In point of fact, it's worth noting that the 616 version of Thanos is just about the only one who ''isn't'' a complete jobber by any standard, and poses such a grim threat that there's only a one-in-a-fourteen-million chance of beating him. His variants, on the other hand...well, just look down bellow at their respective folder entries, but to summarize: One is a big softie who gets his butt whooped by his own children, one gets infected by a zombie virus, one got hilariously anti-climactically bisected by Ultron, one got defeated by the [[GoldfishPoopGang Illuminati]] on their first attempt, one was killed by Gamora with - ''of all things'' - [[Film/ThorRagnarok the Melt Stick]], and one had his campaign of "balance" ended unceremoniously by a redeemed Hela. This variant of Thanos genuinely has no idea just how good he's got it.

* ButtMonkey: Completely, utterly {{subverted}}. In point of fact, it's worth noting that the 616 version of Thanos is just about the only one who ''isn't'' a complete jobber by any standard, and poses such a grim threat that there's only a one-in-a-fourteen-million chance of beating him. His variants, on the other hand...well, just look down bellow at their respective folder entries, but to summarize: One is a big softie who gets his butt whooped by his own children, one gets infected by a zombie virus, one got hilariously anti-climactically bisected by Ultron, one got defeated by the [[GoldfishPoopGang Illuminati]] on their first attempt, one was killed by Gamora with little trouble, and one had his campaign of "balance" ended unceremoniously quickly by a redeemed Hela. This variant of Thanos genuinely has no idea just how good he's got it.

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When Gamora strikes him with the melt stick, he simply looks at his daugther with an almost ''bored'' reaction as he begins melting.

* VillainHasAPoint: Played with:
** While his "solutions" are undeniably wrong, insane and twisted to the core (except to him of course), Thanos is technically right that having too many people and not enough resources is a problem.
** As immensely dark and evil as it is, Thanos's conclusion in ''Endgame'' recognizes the fatal fault of his original goal, which was carried out in the events of ''Infinity War'': you can't just wipe half the universe's sentient beings without accounting for how the other half will feel in the aftermath and their reaction to it. They will never be "grateful" that they now have more resources on which to live and instead only dwell on that which was taken from them. Those that survive will hunt ravenously for any sliver of hope that it can be undone, which the Avengers found and did. The only way to ensure a universe in balance gets to live as Thanos wants, resource-abundant and thankful that they live without fear of overpopulation, you need to eradicate all life and begin anew with no memory of what transpired.

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