History Fridge / ThorTheDarkWorld

* People like to say that Loki and [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] are NotSoDifferent, but actually this movie proves otherwise. Namely in how they treat people close to them and those lower than them. Tony? Despite his AwesomeEgo, he ''truly'' cares for his friends, trusts them on personal level, and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark can take criticism from them]]. Even at his less than lucid moments, he is always careful not to harm {{Innocent Bystander}}s, as shown in the climax of ''Film/IronMan2''. Yinsen's death was a major turning point of him, causing him to become TheAtoner. Loki? [[ManipulativeBastard He manipulates Thor for all it's worth,]] [[NeverMyFault always thinks he's in the right]], has no problem sacrificing his own kind and the people of Earth to forward his own goals, and [[spoiler:[[IgnoredEpiphany Frigga's death didn't stop him from taking over Asgard]]]].

* Loki let someone he knew was bad escape, only for them to kill the person closest to him. Marvel Studios didn't own the shared movie rights to SpiderMan in 2013, but they basically gave Loki his origin story.

* From Film/ThorRagnarok, one of the reasons Odin may so impassionately emphasize to Loki that "we are not Gods" may in part be because he's seen this sort of ambition and madness mindset overtake someone before: Hela.

* After Loki's death, the scene pans out to a massive storm in the distance which is notably absent a few seconds ago. Except, Thor is the God of Storms who has demonstrated earlier that he can control storm clouds at will. The storm in Svartalfheim is actually Thor’s magic reflecting his extreme grief at Loki dying.

* After Loki's death, the scene pans out to a massive storm in the distance, which is strange since if you look closely at the scenes it literally appears out of nowhere. Except, Thor is the God of Storms who has demonstrated earlier that he can control storm clouds at will. The storm in Svartalfheim is actually Thor’s magic reflecting his extreme grief at Loki dying.

** When Thor on Vanaheim says, "I accept your surrender", he's not talking to the rock giant that bellowed a challenge at him - he's talking to the marauders, knowing that they will try to surrender after he turns his opponent into gravel.

** ChrisEvans has played two Marvel superheroes ([[Film/FantasticFour2005 Johnny Storm]] and [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain America]]), whose personalities could not be any more different. What do you get when you combine the two of them? [[spoiler:Loki's imitation of Captain America!]]

* Loki's sly and treacherous nature didn't just come from a vacuum; he had learned it from Frigga, who's quite cunning in this movie. She visits him in his dungeon against Odin's command (and since Loki is an enemy of the Crown, her actions could be construed as treason).

** Rather Fridge Heartwarming: The reason Thor doesn't fall for Loki's illusions this time is that [[spoiler: he knows how close Loki was to Frigga, already when he was a child, since she was the one teaching him him his magic, and he knows that Loki would never be this calm and uncaring after their mother's death.]]

* Some {{In-Universe}} brilliance on the part of Ian. He smashes dark elf soldiers with a floating car, recognizing that while the wonky gravity may have reduced the car's ''weight'', its '''mass''' remains the same.

* When Heimdall meets Thor in the bar after [[spoiler:Frigga's death]], he puts his helmet on the table and Thor stares thoughtfully at it for several seconds. Heimdall's helmet has big horns and reminds Thor of Loki, and that he can use his help to escape Asgard without the Bifrost.

* People like to say that Loki and [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]] are NotSoDifferent, but actually this movie proves otherwise. Namely in how they treat people close to them and those lower than them. Tony? Despite his AwesomeEgo, he ''truly'' cares for his friends, trusts them on personal level, and [[WhatYouAreInTheDark can take criticism from them]]. Even at his less than lucid moments, he is always careful not to harm {{Innocent Bystander}}s, as shown in the climax of ''Film/IronMan2''. Yinsen's death was a major turning point of him, causing him to become TheAtoner. Loki? [[ManipulativeBastard He manipulates Thor for all it's worth,]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is perfectly fine to kill him if it suits his goals]], [[NeverMyFault always thinks he's in the right]], has no problem sacrificing his own kind and the people of Earth to forward his own goals, and [[spoiler:[[IgnoredEpiphany Frigga's death didn't stop him from taking over Asgard]]]].

* Loki let someone he knew was bad escape, only for them to kill the person closest to him. Marvel doesn't own the movie rights to SpiderMan, but they basically gave Loki his origin story.

* A retroactive one for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': It's made clear by [[spoiler: both the Collector and the two Asgardians in the mid-credits stinger that both the Tesseract and the Aether are Infinity Stones. If the Gauntlet is what the films are working towards, that means we should have six gems of different colors assembled from various sources. The blue one, in particular, is for Mind. Now, what color is the Tesseract? And what does the scepter do to people when it's powered by the Tesseract?]]
* One for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': We know that the Tesseract is one of the [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet Infinity Stones]]; more specifically[[note]]according to WordOfGod as of March 2014, but supported by instances from this film and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''[[/note]], it's the Space Stone. So what specifically did it ''do'' to people shot by those weapons?

* As we saw in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Loki made a deal with [[spoiler: Thanos]]; in return for the use of the Chitauri, Loki would give him the Tessaract. Now, Loki [[spoiler:is sitting on the throne of Asgard, and now has full access to the vault holding both the Tessaract.]] Furthermore, [[TheStinger the scene after the credits]] reveals that [[spoiler:the Tessaract is the MCU version of the Space Gem, and the Aether is the MCU version of the Reality Gem, two of the Infinity Gems needed to power the Infinity Gauntlet. And given that ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' makes it clear that Thanos]] intends to collect on Loki's end of their deal, this means that [[spoiler:two of the Infinity Gems are essentially within his reach.]]

* [[spoiler:Loki's position by the end of the film: he's lost the last positive influence in his life with Frigga's death and he now holds the throne under the guise of Odin. Chances are no one will notice, because he starts seeming more ruthless and cold, most people will just blame Frigga's death since Odin was previously furious enough to risk Asgard's existence to fight Malekith right after she died. Thor's abdicated the throne and will probably spend more time on Earth with Jane and the Avengers, and therefore won't notice until it's too late. We have no idea what happened to Heimdall, but chances are Odin didn't just give him a slap on the wrist for committing treason against him, so he probably won't be able to notice/help]]. Oh, and [[spoiler: Odin's fate remains unknown at this time. Loki hates him enough to maybe kill him, but when his scheme is inevitably revealed, killing Odin will likely put Thor in such a rage that it could spell his end. This leaves the question of where is he keeping Odin, if he lives?]]
* [[spoiler:Loki gives the dark elf Kurse the instructions to "take the stairs to the left" when he leaves the dungeons. This allows him to get through the palace undetected by Odin and the Asgardian soldiers. Unintentionally, and whether he realizes it or not, Loki played a part in his mother's death.]]

* Odin's viewing the Dark Elves as monsters that paying any price to wipe out would be worth it. It seems sort of jarring after he had the opposite attitude about the Jötun in the first film. Is it just Frigga's death though? Remember he took in a Jötun baby and raised it as his own... and Loki has attempted the genocide of one race and enslavement of another. Maybe Odin now thinks that some races just deserve to be wiped out.
* As we saw in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Loki made a deal with [[spoiler: Thanos]]; in return for the use of the Chitauri, Loki would give him the Tessaract. Now, Loki [[spoiler: is sitting on the throne of Asgard, and now has full access to the vault holding both the Tessaract and the ''Infinity Gauntlet''!]] Furthermore, [[TheStinger the scene after the credits]] reveals that [[spoiler: the Tessaract is the MCU version of the Space Gem, and the Aether is the MCU version of the Reality Gem, two of the Infinity Gems needed to power the Infinity Gauntlet. And given that ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' makes it clear that Thanos]] intends to collect on Loki's end of their deal, this means the [[spoiler: Infinity Gauntlet and two of the Infinity Gems are essentially within his reach.]]

** The last time we see Heimdall, he is [[spoiler:turning himself in to Odin for treason.]] In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', [[spoiler: Loki!Odin had banished Heimdall sometime before the movie starts. Heimdall was likely absent during Loki!Odin's entire reign.]]

* [[spoiler:Loki's position by the end of the film: he's lost the last positive influence in his life with Frigga's death and he now holds the throne under the guise of Odin. Chances are no one will notice, because he starts seeming more ruthless and cold, most people will just blame Frigga's death since Odin was previously furious enough to risk Asgard's existence to fight Malekith right after she died. Thor's abdicated the throne and will probably spend more time on Earth with Jane and the Avengers, and therefore won't notice until it's too late. We have no idea what happened to Heimdal, but chances are Odin didn't just give him a slap on the wrist for committing treason against him, so he probably won't be able to notice/help]]. Oh, and [[spoiler: Odin's fate remains unknown at this time. Loki hates him enough to maybe kill him, but when his scheme is inevitably revealed, killing Odin will likely put Thor in such a rage that it could spell his end. This leaves the question of where is he keeping Odin, if he lives?]]
* [[spoiler:Loki gives the Kursed dark elf the instructions to "take the stairs to the left" when he leaves the dungeons. This allows him to get through the palace undetected by Odin and the Asgardian soldiers. Unintentionally, and whether he realises it or not, Loki played a part in his mother's death.]]

* Odin's viewing the Dark Elves as monsters that paying any price to wipe out would be worth it. It seems sort of jarring after he had the oppisite attitude about the Joutun in the first film. Is it just Frigga's death though? Remember he took in a Joutun baby and raised it as his own... And Loki has attempted the Genocide of one race and enslavement of another. Maybe Odin now thinks that some races just deserve to be wiped out.
* As we saw in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Loki made a deal with [[spoiler: Thanos]]; in return for the use of the Chitauri, Loki would give him the Tessaract. Now, Loki [[spoiler: is sitting on the throne of Asgard, and now has full access to the vault holding both the Tessaract and the ''Infinity Gauntlet''!]] Furthermore, [[TheStinger the scene after the credits]] reveals that [[spoiler: the Tessaract is the MCU version of the Space Gem, and the Aether is MCU version of the Reality Gem, two of the Infinity Gems needed to power the Infinity Gauntlet. And given that ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' makes it clear that Thanos]] intends to collect on Loki's end of their deal, this means the [[spoiler: Infinity Gauntlet and two of the Infinity Gems are essentially within his reach.]]

* Exactly how long was it before anyone realised [[spoiler:that a gigantic carnivorous frost-beast from Jotunheim had been left loose in London at the end of the film]]?
* It is still unknown [[spoiler: how exactly Loki faked this death, but hadn't the Kurse thrown him to the ground after (seemingly) stabbing him, Loki might have been killed by the black-hole-grenade too]].

* Jane slapping Loki is kinda off, especially when you think about the absolute pounding he got in Avengers that he just up and walked away from with naught but a few cuts, bruises and a nicked ego. How can this puny mortal do anything to what is basically a god in Earth-terms? From that, it is obvious that Loki's seen it coming a mile off and just played along: why? Starting with the obvious, Thor, Lady Sif and the Warriors Three are watching: he'd be dust on the wind if he gave Jane some of her own medicine. So then the Trickster gets back at everyone by doing what he does best: fucking with the emotions of people around him. Beside unsettling Jane with his faked response, he needles Thor by reminding him that Jane is no Asgardian (and also of his threat against Jane while jousting in the Bifrost), and Sif by implying that this mortal, weak woman is beloved by Thor, unlike her own self - "I like her."
* Loki doesn't have a very high opinion of mortals believing them to be weak and insignificant. When he first meets Jane and starts to speak to her it is with a quiet, polite, slightly apologetic tone of voice because after everything he did on earth he's expecting her to be scared of him. Her slap doesn't really have much effect, like Thor earlier it's barely noticeable, but her outrage, attempt to hurt him and absolute lack of fear impress him leading to the 'I like her' comment which he genuinely means at that moment.

* [[spoiler:Odin allows Thor to keep Mjolnir when the latter renounces his intent to sit on the throne. Upon first glance, it appears that Odin is merely being a benevolent father, but upon the revelation that it's Loki sat on the throne in disguise as Odin, it becomes clear that the real reason is that Loki is unworthy of holding Mjolnir; and Odin not being able to do so would give away the deception or at the very least,Thor would notice that something was up.]]
* This time, Thor ''doesn't'' fall for Loki's illusion trick in prison, reflecting Loki's taunt of "Are you ever ''not'' going to fall for that?" in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. [[spoiler:This, of course, leads into another piece of FridgeBrilliance over Loki stepping up his deceptions from mere parlour tricks to an elaborate scheme involving his faked death.]]

* Why didn't [[spoiler:Loki's death]] cause him to lose the life-long [[spoiler:illusion spell making him look like an Aesir? Because he didn't really die]]. If you look carefully to the scene, it's still a close call: [[spoiler: his skin is notably paler and takes a blueish hue, and his eyes do not remain their usual colour either.]]

** ChrisEvans has played two Marvel super heroes ([[Film/FantasticFour2005 Johnny Storm]] and [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain America]]) whose personalities could not be any more different. What do you get when you combine the two of them? [[spoiler:Loki's imitation of Captain America!]]

* The "Deleted Scene" where Loki [[spoiler:impersonates Captain America (This time with Tom Hiddleston wearing Cap's uniform)]] is called "Loki: The First Avenger" - in the comics, it was Loki who brought the original Avengers team together.
* Why is Odin so angry at Loki he barely even treats him as his son? Odin clearly intended to raise Loki to prepare him to either overthrow Laufey and become the new King of Jotunheim, or become Thor's trusted advisor. By usurping the throne and attempting genocide against Jotunheim, forcing Thor to destroy the Bifrost to stop it, Loki has made it impossible for him to rule the Jotun, thrown the Nine Realms into chaos, and proven he's not trustworthy enough to become Thor's advisor. No wonder Odin's pissed off at Loki at the start of Dark World. Loki probably screwed up centuries of careful planning with his little stunt.

* A retroactive one for ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': It's made clear by [[spoiler: both the Collector and the two Asgardians in the mid-credits stinger that both the Tesseract and the Aether are Infinity Stones. If the Gauntlet is what the films are working towards, that means we should have six gems of different colours assembled from various sources. The blue one, in particular, is for Mind. Now, what colour's the Tesseract? And what does the sceptre do to people when it's powered by the Tesseract?]]

* Frigga fooling Malekith with an illusion of Jane when he can sense the Aether seems not to make much sense, nor does his killing her our of hand once he discovers the trick. However, as shown after Frigga dies, Jane was literally just in the next room. Malekith could sense the Aether was close, saw Jane, and assumed that's where it was. When Frigga refuses to tell him where Jane is, he kills her because he knows it's not far, and figures he can find Jane after a brief search (or that she'll give herself away once he's killed her protector, Frigga.) Thor shooting lightning in his face kaiboshed that plan, but still.

** Rather Fridge Heartwarming: The reason Thor doesn't fall for Loki's illusions this time ist that [[spoiler: he knows how close Loki was to Frigga, already when he was a child, since she was the one teaching him him his magic, and he knows that Loki would never be this calm and uncaring after their mother's death.]]

* This time, Thor ''doesn't'' fall for Loki's illusion trick in prison, reflecting Loki's taunt of "Are you ever ''not'' going to fall for that?" in ''Film/TheAvengers''. [[spoiler:This, of course, leads into another piece of FridgeBrilliance over Loki stepping up his deceptions from mere parlour tricks to an elaborate scheme involving his faked death.]]

* A retroactive one for ''Film/TheAvengers'': It's made clear by [[spoiler: both the Collector and the two Asgardians in the mid-credits stinger that both the Tesseract and the Aether are Infinity Stones. If the Gauntlet is what the films are working towards, that means we should have six gems of different colours assembled from various sources. The blue one, in particular, is for Mind. Now, what colour's the Tesseract? And what does the sceptre do to people when it's powered by the Tesseract?]]
* One for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': We know that the Tesseract is one of the [[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet Infinity Stones]]; more specifically[[note]]according to WordOfGod as of March 2014, but supported by instances from this film and ''Film/TheAvengers''[[/note]], it's the Space Stone. So what specifically did it ''do'' to people shot by those weapons?

* As we saw in ''Film/TheAvengers'', Loki made a deal with [[spoiler: Thanos]]; in return for the use of the Chitauri, Loki would give him the Tessaract. Now, Loki [[spoiler: is sitting on the throne of Asgard, and now has full access to the vault holding both the Tessaract and the ''Infinity Gauntlet''!]] Furthermore, [[TheStinger the scene after the credits]] reveals that [[spoiler: the Tessaract is the MCU version of the Space Gem, and the Aether is MCU version of the Reality Gem, two of the Infinity Gems needed to power the Infinity Gauntlet. And given that ''Film/TheAvengers'' makes it clear that Thanos]] intends to collect on Loki's end of their deal, this means the [[spoiler: Infinity Gauntlet and two of the Infinity Gems are essentially within his reach.]]

* Loki doesn't have a very high opinion of mortals believing them to be weak and insignificant. When he first meets jane and starts to speak to her it is with a quiet, polite, slightly apologetic tone of voice because after everything he did on earth he's expecting her to be scared of him. Her slap doesn't really have much effect, like Thor earlier it's barely noticeable, but her outrage, attempt to hurt him and absolute lack of fear impress him leading to the 'I like her' comment which he genuinely means at that moment.

* Some {{In-Universe}} brilliance on the part of Ian. He smashes dark elf soldiers with a floating car, recognizing that while the wonky gravity may have reduced the car's ''weight'', it's '''mass''' remains the same.