History Memes / AvengersInfinityWar

* "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1367843-avengers-infinity-war Where]] [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1365770-avengers-infinity-war are]] Series/TheDefenders"? [[labelnote:Explanation]]It's very common to jokingly ask where are the superheroes from the Marvel tv shows (not necessarily the Defenders from the Netflix series, but ''Series/Runaways2017'', ''Series/CloakAndDagger2018'' and ''Series/AgentsOfShield'') while this whole crisis is going down. Of course, the in-universe reasons are that there wasn't much the New York-based heroes could do when Ebony Maw was already gone from their city, Iron Man doesn't have any contact with them whatsoever (just because they are [[RealityEnsues superheroes doesn't mean they know each other]]) and Team Coulson is offworld at the time; the meta-reason is that the movie's cast is already too big and adding ''even more'' could risk overcrowding, and [[ScrewedByTheNetwork the incredible difficulty it would be to coordinate with multiple showrunners with vastly different writing/filming schedules, on top of the movie and TV divisions being owned by different people]].[[/labelnote]]

* "A small price to pay for salvation." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said by Thanos to justify his actions to Gamora. Used for whenever a beneficial solution came at a cost, in a similar vein to "WorthIt".[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://i.imgur.com/16I4ssj.jpg "Hawkeye is powerful and useful, too."]] [[MemeticLoser "''Is'']] [[MemeticLoser he]], [[MemeticLoser though?"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Originally dialogue from ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' when Bruce insists he's powerful and useful without becoming the Hulk, [[JerkassHasAPoint much to Thor's skepticism]]. Change Banner's name with Hawkeye to reflect Hawkeye's absence.[[/labelnote]]

* [[https://i.imgur.com/16I4ssj.jpg "Hawkeye is powerful and useful, too."]] [[MemeticLoser "Is]] ''[[MemeticLoser he]]'', [[MemeticLoser though?"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]Originally dialogue from ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' when Bruce insists he's powerful and useful without becoming the Hulk, [[JerkassHasAPoint much to Thor's skepticism]]. Change Banner's name with Hawkeye to reflect Hawkeye's absence.[[/labelnote]]

* "This day extracts a heavy toll." [[labelnote:Explanation]]This line is typically used on the internet for mourning, such as for Stan Lee's death. In the context of the film it is Thanos' reaction to Ebony Maw being killed, right after Thanos killed Gamora.[[/labelnote]]

* "Perfectly balanced. As all things should be." [[labelnote:Explanation]]This line from Thanos revealing his plan has been used whenever a statement contains an equal result.[[/labelnote]]

* "A small price to pay for salvation." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used for whenever a beneficial solution came at a cost.[[/labelnote]]
* "All that for a drop of blood."

* "Reality is often disappointing." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanos says this as he reveals his death at the hands of Gamora to be an illusion created by the Reality Stone.[[/labelnote]]
** "Reality can be whatever I want." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Another Thanos line, from the same scene as he's inspecting the gauntlet[[/labelnote]]

* "A small price to pay for salvation." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Used for whenever a beneficial solution came at a cost[[/labelnote]]

* Instantly after the release of [[http://media.comicbook.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-character-posters-captain-america-1099222.jpeg this poster]], Captain America's butt became a meme onto itself because of how much attention his pose center on it.

* "''Infinity War'' is the most ambitious crossover event in history." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote used in reference to the film, used in tandem with either a image of another MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover, or things that normally don't go together (orange juice and milk, students and good grades, etc). There's also jokes about it being in competition with ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' to see which will be the biggest crossover of 2018.[[/labelnote]]

* Rocket Racoon will get Bucky's arm[[labelnote:Explanation]]Rocket asked Bucky how much was Bucky's arm, but when Bucky walked away, Rocket insisted he get that arm. Cue memes showing methods of getting the arm such as [[https://pics.me.me/ig-blerd-vision-im-really-sorry-about-this-dude-but-25591788.png this]] and [[https://pics.me.me/it-was-at-this-scene-age-of-war-that-we-3884328.png this]]. And now that Bucky's dead due to the BadassFingersnap and Rocket is still alive... oh wait, Bucky's arm disintegrated with him.
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* "Fun isn't something one considers when balancing the universe. But this does put a smile on my face."[[labelnote:Explanation]]This quote from Thanos is typically used as an exploitable, changing what "Balancing the universe" is to something else, such as Net Neutrality being lost, [[Creator/JoshBrolin Josh Brolin being described]], or Disney buying Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox or even Creator/DCComics, with even their logos being photoshopped on Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet.[[/labelnote]]

* The secret behind Thanos's beauty [[labelnote:Explanation]]jabs aplenty at the change in complextion in Thanos's skin from Guardians of the Galayx to Infinity war with [[https://imgflip.com/i/26p8su this]], which mutated to responses such as [[https://imgflip.com/i/26p8su this]] and [[https://static0.thegamerimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/iw-memes-3.jpg this]].[[/labelnote]]

* How sweet, ComicBook/NickFury [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas was thinking about his own mother]] [[FamousLastWords in his last moment]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury]]'s [[PrecisionFStrike curse]] being [[CurseCutShort cut short]] in [[KilledMidSentence his death]], some fans jokingly mishear them as only "Mother..." Even more amusingly, in the official South Korean subtitles, it's literally translated as "Mom", causing much annoyance to Korean fans of Samuel L. Jackson.[[/labelnote]]

* Fans have taken to call Thanos "[[FanNickname rock collector]]" along with images that makes him look [[DracoInLeatherPants somewhat innocent]] [[https://pics.me.me/cnn-live-breaking-news-rock-collector-brutally-attacked-on-vacation-42965269.png such as this]].

* "[[FunWithAcronyms T.H.A.N.O.S.]] Theory Confirmed."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Before the film was released, a [[EpilepticTrees wild but popular fan theory]] was that all of the Infinity Stones made up an acronym for "T.H.A.N.O.S." - '''T'''esseract, '''A'''ether, '''N'''ecklace of Agamotto, '''O'''rb of power, and Loki's '''S'''cepter, with the Soul Stone being the unaccounted-for "H". After the Soul Stone was revealed, a common joke is that the theory was confirmed and "H" stands for "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Hurling your daughter off a cliff.]]" while more serious guesses are H for Hydra since the Red Skull guards the stone, or H for the Helgentar system, the location of Vormir in the comics.[[/labelnote]]

* "You should have gone for the head." [[labelnote:Explanation]]Thanos telling Thor that he might've won if he had struck his head instead of his body moments before unleashing his life ending finger-snap.[[/labelnote]]

** "Ant Man will defeat Thanos".[[labelnote:Explanation]]It's been joked since before the film came out that Ant Man could easily defeat Thanos by shrinking down to microscopic size, [[{{Squick}} crawling up his asshole]], and [[TeleFrag returning to normal size while still inside of him]].[[/labelnote]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Tropers? I don't feel so good...]]

* "[[FunWithAcronyms T.H.A.N.O.S.]] Theory Confirmed."[[labelnote:Explanation]]Before the film was released, a [[EpilepticTrees wild but popular fan theory]] was that all of the Infinity Stones made up an acronym for "T.H.A.N.O.S." - '''T'''esseract, '''A'''ether, '''N'''ecklace of Agamotto, '''O'''rb of power, and Loki's '''S'''cepter, with the Soul Stone being the unaccounted-for "H". After the Soul Stone was revealed, a common joke is that the theory was confirmed and "H" stands for "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Hurling your daughter off a cliff.]]" while more serious guesses are H for Hydra since the Red Skull guards the stone.[[/labelnote]]

* [[BlatantLies Hulk isn't afraid of Thanos]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]In what was most likely an attempt to preserve Hulk's badassery, [[WordOfGod the Russo Brothers denied that Hulk's absence for the majority of the film was because of becoming scared of Thanos after their brawl, but rather finally being fed up with Banner constantly bringing him out to do what he wanted]]. Fans are rolling their eyes and don't believe this explanation one bit. [[/labelnote]]

* "This will be the end of Wakanda." "Then it will be the noblest ending in history".[[labelnote:Explanation]]Conversation between M'Baku and Okoye before the Battle of Wakanda, often applied to other FaceDeathWithDignity situations[[/labelnote]]