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* HardHead: Thor. At one point, he headbutts a fully-suited Iron Man, and the latter ends up in far more pain (this is assuming Thor felt any pain at all, which he may not have). If you look closely, you can even see that Iron Man's ''helmet is dented.'' Then, when Captain America breaks up the fight, he throws his shield to get their attention. It bounces off of Thor's bare forehead, and the way he reacts (or, really, ''doesn't'' react) makes it look like Cap's shield is made of Styrofoam.

* InvokedTrope: A favorite of Natasha's; she twice sets herself up as [[TheChick a weak, vulnerable girl who's in over her head]] to get intel she needs out of her antagonists. It works both times.

* Help,I’mStuck!: When Bruce Banner along with Natasha Romanoff get thrown into another room due to an explosion, Romanoff’s leg is tightly stuck under metal poles. As she tries to free herself, Bruce starts turning into the Hulk. With a big yank, Black Widow was able free her leg.

** TheChick -- Black Widow, by virtue of being the girl of the group, her ability to get to places where people don't want her to be, and her use of emotions to manipulate villains. She's almost a heroic version of the DarkChick.

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** Another subtle one for ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': Before Banner suggests other methods, S.H.I.E.L.D. attempts to find Loki by tapping into pretty much every camera or digital device on the planet. [[spoiler:This is also how HYDRA will pinpoint targets for its KillEmAll scheme to eliminate any and all potential challengers before they even suspect danger.]]

** Actually Thor takes this trope UpToEleven. He is the physically strongest member of the team (perhaps rivaled somewhat by the Hulk), able to break out of the Hulk's designed cell, is agile enough to dodge a plane wing hurled at him by the Hulk, and travels at great speed. He even looks like a blur when he [[BigDamnHeroes saves]] Black Widow from the Hulk. Also, he can actually harness the power of lightning with his hammer, [[JustForPun making this trope both figurative and literal.]]

** [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk.]]

** Some hints that this is happening to [[spoiler:Hawkeye]]. He shoots Fury in his armored vest, which Fury notes in a deleted scene. Also, when Loki asks him what the Tesseract showed him, he responds "My next target," while looking at Loki. And more than that, [[spoiler:when fighting Natasha (his closest friend) on the Helicarrier]], both his arrows fail to hit her. The first one she had sidestepped at close-range before he even fired, but the other was from a distance... [[ImprobableAimingSkills which he's best at]].

* IHaveTheHighGround: When Captain America throws his shield at Thor and Iron Man to get them to stop fighting and catch their attention, he does so from the top of a tree trunk.

** Thor also starts slipping into this when everyone in the lab argument scene was succumbing to the discord field that Loki's staff was giving off.

* InNameOnly: The alien invaders are called the Chitauri. In the comics, the Chitauri are the Ultimate Marvel version of 616 Marvel's Skrulls, shape-shifting aliens whose modus operandi is impersonation and infiltration (see the Skrull-centric storyline ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''). The movie Chitauri take a blunt AttackAttackAttack approach. They do resemble heavily-armored Skrulls, however. The movie rights to Skrulls are technically tied to the Fantastic Four, and therefore owned by Fox. The choice to use the Ultimate equivalent is a conscious use of this trope.

''[realizes he's describing Stark Tower and [[NotSoDifferent in turn, himself]]]''\\

** This is Loki's favorite tactic, but it is used against him in the climax. Tony realizes that he and Loki are NotSoDifferent, and this helps him figure out that Loki would sacrifice pragmatism for showmanship, which would end up biting Loki hard.

* TheGhost: Jane Foster is mentioned as working at a private observatory in Tromsa and doesn't make a proper appearance in the movie at all.

* ExpertConsultant: Mentioned in passing to explain why [[Film/{{Thor}} Jane Foster]] isn't present; S.H.I.E.L.D. set her up as a consultant for a distant, remote observatory to keep her out of harm's way.

-->'''Loki:''' This usually works...
-->'''Tony:''' Well, performance issues, it's not uncommon. One out of five...
-->'''Loki:''' ''<chokes Tony>'' You will all fall before me!

* InTheBlood: Thor's "He's adopted" line always gets a laugh, but this is what he's really implying about Loki.