History YMMV / AvengersAgeOfUltron

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:

** Throughout the movie, it's rather explicitly hypothesized (and even somewhat confirmed by his fear-dream) that Cap sees fighting a perpetual war as the only way to keep going, believing a normal life with love and family as too late for him. As such, his anger at finding out Tony was building Ultron is significantly built on how wrong it turned out but maybe also seeing Tony's motive (releasing his friends from the burden of Earth's only defense) as Tony taking his one reason to live away from him and making him obsolete. That might also be a way of making ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' less [[GreyAndGrayMorality morally one-sided than the original comic indicated]]. It also throws some of Cap's previous actions into question. In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', just when Cap is thinking about getting out of the military life, he not only declares war on HYDRA, but he destroys S.H.I.E.L.D. in the process and creates a real necessity for the Avengers. All in all, is Steve Rogers a true hero [[ChronicHeroSyndrome whose virtue and goodness compel him to always help those in need]], or is he simply a (borderline) BloodKnight who needs to feel validated by fighting whenever possible and hiding behind a smokescreen of morality (or perhaps some combination of the two)?
*** Alternatively, is it that he simply wants to keep fighting with the Avengers because he has nothing else tying him to the modern world, not because of any particular desire for combat? Given that Steve Rogers lost pretty much everything after waking up from the ice, maybe he feels that there's nothing left but Captain America and the mission. Particularly because only about ''six months'', at most, passed between his defrosting and being called on as an Avenger, meaning that he didn't really have much of a chance to get out into the world and make new connections. The finale of ''Endgame,'' where he [[spoiler: goes back to live with Peggy]], may lend credence to this idea.
** A retroactive one for Cap courtesy of ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The famous moment of Cap causing Mjolnir to budge (provoking an OhCrap look from Thor)... followed by Cap grunting loudly and giving up--an indication that Cap's only ''sort of'' worthy... or is he just faking not being able to lift it, in the name of "good fun"? [[spoiler:At the 2015 SDCC, Joss Whedon was asked; “How is Steve Rogers not worthy?” Whedon responded teasingly, “Is he not? Are we sure? Did he fail? Or did he ''stop?''” So it's likely that when Steve budged it, he realized he ''could'' lift it if he chose, but chose ''not'' to so as to ruin what was supposed to be a fun party game. ''Endgame'' outright confirms that he's worthy, and later in separate instances, the Russos and Kevin Feige confirmed that he was ''always'' worthy of it; he just didn't pick it up fully here because being the NiceGuy he is, he was being polite to Thor. On the other hand, ''Endgame'' screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen [=McFeely=] disagree and believe that Cap was not yet worthy in this scene, due to him concealing the involvement of HYDRA - and Bucky - in the death of Tony's parents, and it's not until after he comes clean in ''Civil War'' that the worthiness kicked in.]] There's also the possibility that "worthiness" includes self-confidence, and that he didn't see himself as being Worthy until a moment of crisis in Endgame.
** Same scene, but let's look at it from Thor's point of view... at the time this movie came out, his expression when Steve budges Mjolnir the tiniest bit certainly looks like an "OhCrap" reaction, but watching the scene after the events of ''Endgame'', where Steve is able to lift Mjolnir with the greatest of ease, and Thor's reaction is one of unabashed glee ("I knew it!"), one has to wonder if his reaction during the party in ''Age of Ultron'' isn't worry, but puzzlement; "Really? I thought for sure ''he'' would be able to lift it..."
** Another for Cap... is it really, as Ultron says, that he's man who can't live without a war to fight? Or is it that he's afraid when ''everyone else'' thinks the wars are over, they really aren't, and he's the OnlySaneMan who realizes it? The dream Wanda gives him can lean towards this, with it very obviously being a postwar celebration, but spilled wine, camera flashes, and such making it feel like combat. His response to Tony's "suit of armor around the world" can also fall into this: if you believe you've literally built the peace, how likely are you to see that the war just shifted battlefields, it didn't stop?
** Ultron himself. The movie makes it unclear (at least initially) if he actually plans to destroy the human race, and fakes an interest in ruling them, or if the destruction of the human race is simply the inevitable result of him ruling them. The former assumes he's inherently evil, the latter assumes he's effectively a child who will kill humans in a tantrum the moment he finds them unworthy.
** Is the fact that Vision's good nature is proved by lifting Mjolnir, or is he just inadvertently taking advantage of a Franchise/MarvelUniverse loophole (created by a writing mistake that stuck) that all robots can do that?[[note]]In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', Creator/StanLee's cameo failed to move the hammer with a pickup truck, so it's clearly not just that he's a machine.[[/note]] Or just the fact that he was literally just born and is a complete innocent? Especially highlighted in the film when Tony and Steve begin ribbing Thor about it. [[http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/985969-captain-america-civil-war-writers-b-movies-podcast The writers]] of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' lean towards the latter interpretation, noting that the Vision of that film may no longer be able to lift the hammer.
** Possibly unintentional side effect of retconning the sceptre to contain an [[MacGuffin Infinity Stone]] (assuming that wasn't the plan all along), but if we take it that the Mind Stone is both a [[ArtificialIntelligence sentient alien computer]] and that it is capable of influencing people both directly and passively (its use as the sceptre -- both on Barton and during the argument when Banner picks it up without noticing -- and by proxy through Wanda's visions), it follows that the Mind Stone itself, much like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The One Ring]], may have been manipulating the events that lead to the creation of both Ultron and Vision all along, presumably for the purpose of becoming corporeal.
** Following the above, how much of Loki's actions in the first movie was really his doing, and how much of it was potentially him being controlled or influenced by the Mind Stone? ''Series/Loki2021'' suggests it was entirely his own doing.
** This trope is key to Ultron and Scarlet Witch's plans for the Avengers: rubbing everyone's noses in the worst possible version of themselves. Is Black Widow an inhuman monster? Can Cap live without a war to fight? Will Thor's bravado get his people killed? Is the Hulk as mindlessly violent as Banner fears?
** [[spoiler:Quicksilver's death]]. A fearless, HeroicSacrifice where he proved himself a true hero and Avenger? A StupidSacrifice that he should have been able to [[StoryBreakerPower easily avoid with his powers]]? Or a complete accident where ''he'' thought he would get out unscathed? Or maybe some combination?
** While Tony’s objective in creating Ultron goes horribly wrong, how justified was he in making the attempt? It’s clear Tony thinks the Earth and the Avengers are completely unprepared for what’s out there and as ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' shows, he’s completely right. Steve and Thor’s main gripe seems to be that he didn’t bother to ask permission before building the project, but Tony mentions he doesn’t have the time to debate with the team (none of whom are experts with AI) before he loses the chance. Tony has already built several AI programs with no issues (JARVIS, FRIDAY, KAREN in Spider-Man’s suit in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'') and when he does the exact same thing again with Vision, it goes perfectly. The variable that makes Ultron go bad (coming spontaneously aware with no one but JARVIS around and then learning about mankind from the Internet) isn’t really something either Tony or Bruce could have expected. It’s also unclear exactly how much of Tony’s actions are derived from Wanda’s [[MindRape mental manipulations]]. At the same time, Bruce Banner is skeptical and has doubts about the entire project, and raises ethical questions about Tony's tunnel focus on the big picture at the exclusion of threats nearer to home since TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed. In any case, none of Tony's tech and AI, [[spoiler:neither Vision, his Iron Man armor, or other things, was even close enough to stop Thanos by itself, and Tony owes his survival to Doctor Strange making a deal with Thanos]], plus his actions via Ultron and the consequences in ''Civil War'' divide the Avengers rather than keeping them together to oppose Thanos as a single unit. The whole fact that Tony later built [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome a drone system that acts suspiciously like Project Insight]] also raises lots of questions as to whether he learned from his mistakes with Ultron or not.
** A lot of fans seemed to think Bruce and Natasha's relationship in this movie amounted to StrangledByTheRedString, but looking at the scenes, it's more like a flirtation that ''could'' become something more. They're not madly in love, and don't even go on a proper date. Besides some flirting here and there, the only romantic gesture between them is a kiss that happens right before a battle they know they might not not live through. Plus, even in the first movie, they had a couple personal if not romantic moments, and given they've spent some time working together as of this film, it's not all that unusual they'd develop an interest in each other.
** How much did Tony actually associate with Klaue prior to becoming Iron Man? He downplays his association to Klaue to the other Avengers by making it sound like a casual acquaintance and that he never sold him anything. However, Klaue’s recollection of Ultron’s line (“Make your friends rich and your enemies rich and wait to see which is which”) being something that Tony would say implies that Klaue had an ongoing association with him large to recognize a common saying of his. Never mind that the content of the line seems to imply Stark probably did in fact do business with Klaue. Is Tony telling the truth to his teammates or is he lying to cover up morally dubious past deeds he’d rather not let them know?

** No one is seen reacting to [[spoiler: Pietro's death]] other than Wanda and Clint, and [[spoiler: he is never mentioned in the film's epilogue. Pietro's death]] is so inconsequential by this point, it feels as if he never existed to begin with. On the other hand, Clint spends a large chunk of the movie feeling like he's superfluous to the Avengers and wanting to retire to spend more time with his family. Yet, he's still on the team at the end. [[spoiler: Since Pietro died saving his life, it's implied that Clint feels a debt to look after his sister in his place. Pietro]] has definitely left a subtle impact, if one looks at Wanda's scenes more closely, and the impact of [[spoiler: his death]] on her is explored further in ''Series/WandaVision''.

* MoralEventHorizon: While his ramblings of being a WellIntentionedExtremist are quickly exposed as [[KnightTemplar delusional]], Ultron really crosses the line when he tries to use Novi Grad as a ColonyDrop to destroy all of humanity.

* CantUnhearIt: For many, even people who weren't necessarily wild about the film, James Spader's smooth, almost purring vocals have become the go to voice for Ultron.
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* EvilIsSexy: Madame B. ''is'' played by [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Julie_Delpy_1991_-a.jpg Julie Delpy after all.]]

** People have breathed a sigh in relief to see Erik Selvig has re-appeared and seems to be doing much better than his last film. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' he was suffering a nervous breakdown from Loki's control and he suddenly had a lot of quirks being played for laughs that a lot of people found too mean-spirited. Here he manages to help Thor and is very much in control and even is seen helping get the new Avengers team set up at the end.

** People have breathed a sigh in relief to see Eric Selvig has re-appeared and seems to be doing much better than his last film. In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' he was suffering a nervous breakdown from Loki's control and he suddenly had a lot of quirks being played for laughs that a lot of people found too mean spirited. Here he appears to help Thor and is very much in control and even is seen helping get the new Avengers team set up at the end.

* EvilIsSexy: Madame B. ''is'' played by [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Julie_Delpy_02.jpg Julie Delpy after all.]]

** While Tony’s objective in creating Ultron goes horribly wrong, how justified was he in making the attempt? It’s clear Tony thinks the Earth and the Avengers are completely unprepared for what’s out there and as ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' shows, he’s completely right. Steve and Thor’s main gripe seems to be that he didn’t bother to ask permission before building the project, but Tony mentions he doesn’t have the time to debate with the team (none of whom are experts with AI) before he loses the chance. Tony has already built several AI programs with no issues (JARVIS, FRIDAY, KAREN in Spider-Man’s suit in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'') and when he does the exact same thing again with Vision, it goes perfectly. The variable that makes Ultron go bad (coming spontaneously aware with no one but JARVIS around and then learning about mankind from the Internet) isn’t really something either Tony and Bruce could have expected. It’s also unclear exactly how much of Tony’s actions are derived from Wanda’s mental manipulations. At the same time, Bruce Banner is skeptical and has doubts about the entire project, and raises ethical questions about Tony's tunnel focus on the big picture at the exclusion of threats nearer to home since TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed. In any case none of Tony's tech and AI [[spoiler:neither Vision, his Iron Man armor, and other things, was even close enough to stop Thanos by itself, and Tony owes his survival to Doctor Strange making a deal with Thanos]], and Tony's actions via Ultron and the consequences in ''Civil War'' divide the Avengers rather than keeping them together to oppose Thanos as a single unit. The whole fact that Tony later built [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome a drone system that acts suspiciously like Project Insight]] also raises lots of questions as to whether he learned from his mistakes with Ultron or not.

** No one is seen reacting to [[spoiler: Pietro's death]] other than Wanda and Barton, and [[spoiler: he is never mentioned in the film's epilogue. Pietro's death]] is so inconsequential by this point, it feels as if he never existed to begin with. On the other hand, Clint spends a large chunk of the movie feeling like he's superfluous to the Avengers and wanting to retire to spend more time with his family. Yet, he's still on the team at the end. [[spoiler: Since Pietro died saving his life, it's implied that Clint feels a debt to look after his sister in his place. Pietro]] has definitely left a subtle impact, if one looks at Wanda's scenes more closely, and the impact of [[spoiler: his death]] on her is explored further in ''Series/WandaVision''.

*** Alternatively, is it that he simply wants to keep fighting with the Avengers because he has nothing else tying him to the modern world, not because of any particular desire for combat? Given that Steve Rogers lost pretty much everything after waking up from the ice, maybe he feels that there's nothing left but Captain America and the mission. Particularly because only ''seven months'' passed between his defrosting and being called on as an Avenger, meaning that he didn't really have much of a chance to get out into the world and make new connections. The finale of ''Endgame,'' where he [[spoiler: goes back to live with Peggy]], may lend credence to this idea.

** Laura Barton and her children. One part of the fandom loves them for adding more depth to Clint and not dying at the end, another resents them because their existence invalidates FanPreferredCouple Clint/Natasha unless they get KilledOffForReal. Also, prior to the release of ''Series/Hawkeye2021'', some comic fans disliked how they made it difficult for Clint to then pick up his current comic Status Quo of living in Brooklyn and training with Kate Bishop.

** [[spoiler:Quicksilver's death]]. A fearless, HeroicSacrifice where he proved himself a true hero and Avenger. A StupidSacrifice that he should have been able to [[StoryBreakerPower easily avoid with his powers]]? Or a complete accident where ''he'' thought he would get out unscathed? Or maybe some combination?

** No one is seen reacting to [[spoiler: Pietro's death]] other than Wanda and Barton, and [[spoiler: he is never mentioned in the film's epilogue. Pietro's death]] is so inconsequential by this point, it feels as if he never existed to begin with. On the other hand, Clint spends a large chunk of the movie feeling like he's superfluous to the Avengers and wanting to retire to spend more time with his family. Yet, he's still on the team at the end. [[spoiler: Since Pietro died saving his life, it's implied that Clint feels a debt to look after his sister in his place.]] Pietro has definitely left a subtle impact, if one looks at Wanda's scenes more closely, and the impact of [[spoiler: Pietro's death]] on her is explored further in ''Series/WandaVision''.

* AssPull: The movie goes out of its way to set Hawkeye up to be killed in the climax while giving Quicksilver some CharacterDevelopment, but instead it's Pietro who abruptly bites the dust. This was done deliberately to be a SubvertedTrope, but while some fans appreciated the twist, other viewers just found it to be downright contrived because Pietro was explicitly seen as being able to easily handle such situations earlier and appears to just let himself get shot on purpose.

** Laura Barton and her children. One part of the fandom loves them for adding more depth to Clint and not dying at the end, another resents them because their existence invalidates FanPreferredCouple Clint/Natasha unless they get KilledOffForReal. Also, prior to the release of ''[[Series/Hawkeye2021 Hawkeye]]'', some comic fans disliked how they made it difficult for Clint to then pick up his current comic Status Quo of living in Brooklyn and training with Kate Bishop.

** No one is seen reacting to [[spoiler: Pietro's death]] other than Wanda and Barton, and [[spoiler: he is never mentioned in the film's epilogue. Pietro's death]] is so inconsequential by this point, it feels as if he never existed to begin with. On the other hand, Clint spends a large chunk of the movie feeling like he's superfluous to the Avengers and wanting to retire to spend more time with his family. Yet, he's still on the team at the end. [[spoiler: Since Pietro died saving his life, it's implied that he feels a debt to look after his sister in his place.]] Pietro has definitely left a subtle impact, if one looks at Wanda's scenes more closely, and the impact of Pietro's death on her is explored further in ''Series/WandaVision''.

** Some people felt this about Ultron himself. Seeing as though the original comics character was a cold, stoic sociopath who made it clear in his actions that [[AIIsACrapshoot he loathed humanity and wanted to see the species go extinct from the get-go]], a lot of fans were turned off by his AdaptationalPersonalityChange to make him resemble Iron Man's characteristics (particularly his newfound DeadpanSnarker tendencies), as well as his inconsistent and unfocused goals that frequently shift throughout the film. Overall, quite a few fans feel that Ultron wasn't adapted as faithfully as he could've been.

** This was actually not the first time Tony Stark was the creator of Ultron rather than Hank Pym. In 2008, Marvel Animation released a straight-to-DVD movie called ''WesternAnimation/NextAvengersHeroesOfTomorrow'' in which Ultron's creator was Tony Stark.

** Combined with OlderThanTheyThink, but a lot of the points used to criticize Whedon's handling of Black Widow -- the out-of-nowhere relationship with Bruce, and her infertility -- are traits the character had in the comics to some extent (though she never dated Bruce, she ''does'' date quite a lot of odd characters, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} being one of the most prominent of those odd pairings).

** A retroactive one for Cap courtesy of ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. The famous moment of Cap causing Mjolnir to budge (provoking an OhCrap look from Thor)...followed by Cap grunting loudly and giving up--an indication that Cap's only ''sort of'' worthy... or is he just faking not being able to lift it, in the name of "good fun"? [[spoiler:At the 2015 SDCC, Joss Whedon was asked; “How is Steve Rogers not worthy?” Whedon responded teasingly, “Is he not? Are we sure? Did he fail? Or did he ''stop?''” So it's likely that when Steve budged it, he realized he ''could'' lift it if he chose, but chose ''not'' to so as to ruin what was supposed to be a fun party game. ''Endgame'' outright confirms that he's worthy, and later in separate instances, the Russos and Kevin Feige confirmed that he was ''always'' worthy of it; he just didn't pick it up fully here because being the NiceGuy he is, he was being polite to Thor. On the other hand, ''Endgame'' screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen [=McFeely=] disagree and believe that Cap was not yet worthy in this scene, due to him concealing the involvement of HYDRA - and Bucky - in the death of Tony's parents, and it's not until after he comes clean in ''Civil War'' that the worthiness kicked in.]] There's also the possibility that "worthiness" includes self-confidence, and that he didn't see himself as being Worthy until a moment of crisis in Endgame.
** Same scene, but let's look at it from Thor's point of view...at the time this movie came out, his expression when Steve budges Mjolnir the tiniest bit certainly looks like an "OhCrap" reaction, but watching the scene after the events of ''Endgame'', where Steve is able to lift Mjolnir with the greatest of ease, and Thor's reaction is one of unabashed glee ("I knew it!"), one has to wonder if his reaction during the party in ''Age of Ultron'' isn't worry, but puzzlement; "Really? I thought for sure ''he'' would be able to lift it..."

** Ultron's declaration to Wanda that "You will tear them apart, from the inside" becomes more bone-chilling considering that her next mishap[[note]]An ''unintentional'' one[[/note]] on her part leads to power hungry politicians decide to introduce the Sokovia Accords, and [[Characters/MCUBaronHelmutZemo another Sokovian citizen]] takes advantage of the rift in the Avengers brought on by them to fracture them.
** Maria Hill asking where Jane is, followed shortly after by Thor smugly declaring that Jane is better than Pepper became this after ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' mentions Thor and Jane had an OffScreenBreakUp.

** And speaking of Tony, during the initial argument with the team after Ultron escaped with the scepter, he discusses with them about how the local threats on Earth are nothing to what may come in the future, [[spoiler:specifically pointing up and saying "That up there... That's the Endgame."]] This becomes a massive double-whammy as not only [[CassandraTruth the said outside threat come to pass]] as mentioned above, [[spoiler:but Stark unknowingly [[TitleDrop dropped]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame the title]] for [[{{Foreshadowing}} the movie featuring the events that are to come right after]].]]

** After successfully apprehending Strucker and acquiring Loki's scepter, Tony offhandedly mentions that he isn't really the boss of the Avengers, and mostly just "[[TheTeamBenefactor pays for everything, designs everything, and makes everyone look cooler]]". ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' reveals that Tony is dead serious, as this also means he pays living expenses / wages for active-duty Avengers. And his death in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' shows the negative repercussions of doing this for Sam Wilson. Sam no longer has a consistent paycheck, having to unsuccessfully attempt to loan money from a bank in Louisiana instead to shore up his family's commercial fishing business, and eventually take up Cap's mantle himself.
** When Pietro dies, we see Wanda let out a SkywardScream and [[AngstNuke a burst of kinetic energy that vaporizes the Ultron drones in the room she's in]]. At least here, she just destroyed the drones, not [[Series/WandaVision turn an entire New Jersey town into her own sitcom reality]].

** A few characters worry about the prospect of Ultron gaining access to the world's nuclear codes during the events of this film, worrying about the untold damage he would be able to bring upon the world if he obtained them. [[spoiler:The eighth episode of ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' has Ultron do exactly that, completely destroying the Earth and everyone on it except for Black Widow and Hawkeye.]]
** When the Avengers are trying to establish whether or not Vision can be trusted, Bruce asks him, "If we’re wrong about you, if you’re the monster that Ultron made you to be…" and Vision pointedly replies, "What will you do?" [[spoiler:The eighth episode of ''What If...?'' shows just how much of a threat Ultron would be if he had successfully downloaded himself into Vision's body: he essentially becomes nigh unstoppable, eradicating all life on every sapient planet in his universe. Then, upon discovering Uatu the Watcher, he decides to expand his goal to the rest of the multiverse.]]

** When the Maximoff twins are describing their parents' deaths to Ultron, Wanda is clearly uncomfortable and even tries to discourage Pietro from talking about it in depth. [[spoiler:''Series/WandaVision'' shows just why this makes her so uncomfortable: when the bombs hit, they were watching one of Wanda's favorite sitcoms, ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow''.]]
** During Thor's hallucination brought upon from Wanda's powers, Heimdall coldly remarks "We are all DEAD!", and that Thor is leading them all to Hel. Come the events of both ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', and most of the Asgardians, including Heimdall himself, are all dead at both Hela and Thanos's hands.

** Natasha's procedure for calming down a Hulked-out Bruce is called "The Lullaby." The following year, Scarlett Johansson covered "Trust In Me", the lullaby-ish song originally sung by [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Kaa the python]], for the live action remake of Film/TheJungleBook2016''.
** Any AngstWhatAngst behavior demonstrated pretty much by every single Avenger is either hilarious in a dark way or HarsherInHindsight, depend on how you see it, when in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Baron Zemo describes how the Avengers just went home after the Battle of Sokovia as if it was just another day while he found the dead bodies of his family under the debris, and how it motivates him for revenge against them. Maybe the Avengers do deserve to be split apart in ''Civil War'', after all.

** On the Latin American dub, the scene where Captain calls Tony on his language became hilarious when ''Film/Deadpool2016'' premiered, since Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds share the same VA, José Antonio Macías, at least for ''Deadpool'' and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

** During the bickering as Cap tries to stop Tony and Banner from bringing Vision to life, Wanda protests "You don't know what's in there!" Yet when Vision is given life courtesy of Thor moments later, and bursts out of the cradle, [[DistractedByTheSexy she goes straight to]] [[EatingTheEyeCandy staring lustily at his naked synthezoid body]]. All of this becomes funnier once Wanda and Vision become lovers in between ''Civil War'' and ''Infinity War'', while ''Series/WandaVision'' is about their romantic relationship together. Especially when the first thing she says to him reads a bit...differently.

** Given that Vision's cradle appears to have kept him cryogenically frozen (based on the mist around him when he comes to life), others are probably asking "[[Series/WandaVision Who's the popsicle?]]"

** Cap being able to budge Mjolnir ever so slightly becomes this when he actually uses it in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Thor even exclaims "IKnewIt" when that happens.

* HoYay: The tension between Steve and Tony can easily edge into this -- [[spoiler:when Scarlet Witch makes Tony think that the rest of the team is dead, Steve is the one he goes to, and he's visibly horrified by a dying Steve telling him that he could have done more]]. Even lampshaded by Natasha, who quips "I thought you and Tony were still gazing into each other's eyes" after [[spoiler:Tony says goodbye to Steve as the former leaves the Avengers indefinitely.]]

* IdiotPlot: The film is entirely premised on the idea that neither Tony Stark nor supposedly moral and competent OmnidisciplinaryScientist Bruce Banner have even the ''slightest'' care for the most basic safety protocols. Let us count the ways:
** First of all, Bruce agrees to an insane and potentially dangerous idea proposed by a man obviously suffering from various undiagnosed mental disorders (including PTSD) despite himself having suffered enormously from a MadScientist SuperSoldier project. You'd think that he of all people would be highly skeptical, instead of letting Tony browbeat him into helping after barely two minutes of protest. Had Bruce not agreed to the experiment then Tony never would have gotten anywhere.
** Instead of sealing off Loki's scepter they conducted multiple unsupervised experiments with completely unknown and highly unpredictable alien technology
** They leave the experiment ongoing when they leave the room for several hours to get drunk at a victory party, rather than shutting it off or at least posting someone else in case something happens.
** But even after all of the above violations, all Tony would have had to do to prevent the plot from happening is do his dangerous alien AI experiments on an isolated network that isn't connected to his weapons systems or the internet. Instead, he inexplicably allows network connections to both, which results in Ultron escaping. For the uninformed, he would have basically had to go out of his way to make that possible.
** One example not by them: apparently the governments of the Marvel Cinematic Universe store their nuclear codes on the Internet, and have built the Internet in such a way that it only goes through one node. The problems with both of these things should be obvious.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After the SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute that was used toward the end of ''Film/IronMan3'', the inclusion of the real Hulkbuster Armor, confirmed with a clip of it fighting the Hulk in the trailer was met with the fanbase's roaring approval.
** The first ''Avengers'' movie got a little flak from fans and Creator/ChrisEvans himself for its portrayal of Captain America as underpowered or dull to watch compared to the other heroes. While ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' got him RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap in this regard, fans were worried that he might regress in ''Ultron''. Thankfully they were assuaged now that he's been shown doing things like throwing motorcycles effortlessly into a truck full of mooks, going into single-handed combat with Ultron and holding his own for a very long time, and providing as many sarcastic quips as everyone else.
** Hawkeye spent half of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' being brainwashed, and had little time to showcase his personality or interact with the team. Creator/JossWhedon and Creator/JeremyRenner, however, both promised that this would be fixed. They kept their word, as Clint gets some background. In addition, Hawkeye is the only core member of the Avengers to avoid getting brainwashed in this movie, detecting Scarlet Witch sneaking up on him and defeating her before she could do anything.
** After complaints that War Machine was the only previously established hero in the MCU at the time of the first film to not be given even so much as a mention hand-waving his absence, both Falcon & War Machine are shown early in the film. In fact, War Machine is brought to the climactic battle as TheCavalry, and both he and Falcon officially join the line-up at the end of the movie.
** The Avengers line-up lacking minority characters (even after several were established) is addressed: by the end of the film, the team has a new, more diverse lineup which includes another woman who is non-American (Scarlet Witch), two African-American men (War Machine and Falcon), an android (Vision), and Captain America as the only white male.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some fans portray Wanda as a complete victim who was forced by Tony to seek revenge, even though she expressed a desire to hurt all of the Avengers including the ones who had done her no wrong. Comments from the writers of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' that implied they believed Wanda was less guilty for her actions in [=AoU=] than the Winter Soldier was, despite the former having chosen to do them then regretting them afterwards, while the latter was explicitly BrainwashedAndCrazy and forced to do things he never wanted to, opened the floodgates once more.

** Natasha's line regarding how the Avengers pretending to care about Clint brings the team together gets harsher after this movie--[[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar once Clint is gone, the Avengers do indeed fall apart.]]

** Also in regards to rescuing a comicbook character popularity, ComicBook/TheVision was one of the victims of ComicBook/ScarletWitch's mental breakdown during ''Avengers Disassembled'', and was quite literally [[PutOnABus left in the Avenger's warehouse]] for ''years'' before he finally repaired himself. Even returning, he has not been really written or used much in comics in the past 3 years, and his character development stops at him being bitter at his ex-wife Wanda and never getting over her. However, with the movie's release and with Paul Bettany's portrayal of Vision being a calm, collected, and good-humored intelligent person, aspects of his MCU counterpart are now appearing more prominently in his comic personality. In addition, with Vision being a major character in the MCU, ComicBook/TheVision is now one of the few confirmed to return after Marvel's big multiversal reconstruction event ''Secret Wars''.

** Regardless of his actions during this movie, some diehard Wanda fans like to act as if Tony was personally responsible for the deaths of her parents when it was highly unlikely he even had anything to do with the sale and eventual deployment of the bomb that was dropped on her house as shown in ''Series/WandaVision''. It's much more likely to have been handled by Obadiah Stane, who mentions in the first film that Tony's company responsibilities were mostly limited to R&D. Or by NATO / the US military, since terrorists probably wouldn't drop bombs on buildings but instead setting them off in crowded public spaces.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Some viewers see Wanda as this during her breakdown in the climax. While the twins didn't know of Ultron's plan to destroy humanity, Wanda ''did'' use MindRape on the Hulk, knowing it would lead to destruction and casualties, not to mention her manipulation of Tony's mind to make him see a horrible BadFuture vision is what led to him making Ultron in the first place.

*** Additionally/alternatively, is it that he simply wants to keep fighting with the Avengers because he has nothing else tying him to the modern world, not because of any particular desire for combat? Given that Steve Rogers lost pretty much everything after waking up from the ice, maybe he feels that there's nothing left but Captain America and the mission. Particularly because only ''seven months'' passed between his defrosting and being called on as an Avenger, meaning that he didn't really have much of a chance to get out into the world and make new connections.

* UncannyValley:
** As the film progresses, Ultron's forms become increasingly humanlike and emotive, giving off an eerie vibe.
** Ultron's face, which is all metallic only with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] with pupils and emotion, and a movable mouth and a face capable of expression is simply unnerving.
** Invoked with Vision, who looks like he's made of exposed, raw muscle until he creates a costume. Paul Bettany's face was also purposefully overlaid with CGI to highlight his inhuman nature.

* UnfortunateImplications:
** [[http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/the-avengers-merchandise-missing-female-character The toy tie-ins for the film seemingly eliminated Black Widow figures]], which became surprisingly rare. Boxed sets that supposedly included all the Avengers would have Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, even Ultron...but not Widow. [[http://www.heroicgirls.com/how-the-toy-aisle-erased-black-widow-from-her-own-best-scene/ The Quinjet-motorcycle set]], which is based on Widow's big action scene speeding through the streets of Seoul, replaced her with different characters like Cap or even Iron Man, who doesn't even need a motorcycle. [[https://twitter.com/MarkRuffalo/status/593222325325209601 Mark Ruffalo himself voiced his displeasure with it on Twitter]].
** [[http://feministing.com/2015/05/01/lets-talk-about-age-of-ultrons-rape-joke/ There's also the line during the hammer lift scene]] where Tony says when he takes over Asgard he'll "re-instate [[DroitDuSeigneur prima nocta]]". Detractors state that regardless of whether or not Tony was kidding, casual rape jokes are a serious problem, especially given Tony's history of womanizing especially pre-''Iron Man'', and not one of the heroes calls Tony out for it.
** Although in full context Black Widow was commenting on her TykeBomb history and TrainingFromHell as a whole, the scene in which Black Widow connects with Bruce Banner over their shared inability to have children was [[http://www.vox.com/2015/5/11/8582081/avengers-age-of-ultron-joss-whedon criticized]] due to the implications that women who can't have children are monsters. This was later exacerbated by ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', when [[spoiler: Black Widow sacrificed herself instead of Hawkeye because he had children and she didn't, further implying that not having a biological family made her less valuable than people who did.]]

** Throughout the movie, it's rather explicitly hypothesized (and even somewhat confirmed by his fear-dream) that Cap sees fighting a perpetual war as the only way to keep going, believing a normal life with love and family as too late for him. As such, his anger at finding out Tony was building Ultron is significantly built on how wrong it turned out but maybe also seeing Tony's motive (releasing his friends from the burden of Earth's only defense) as Tony taking his one reason to live away from him and making him obsolete. That might also be a way of making ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' less [[GreyAndGrayMorality morally one-sided than the original comic indicated]]. It also throws some of Cap's previous actions into question. In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', just when Cap is thinking about getting out of the military life, he not only declares war on HYDRA, but he destroys S.H.I.E.L.D. in the process and creates a real necessity for the Avengers. All in all, is Steve Rogers a true hero [[ChronicHeroSyndrome whose virtue and goodness compel him to always help those in need]], or is he simply a (borderline) BloodKnight who needs to feel validated by fighting whenever possible and hiding behind a smokescreen of morality (or perhaps some combination of the two)? Additionally/alternatively, is it that he simply wants to keep fighting with the Avengers because he has nothing else tying him to the modern world, not because of any particular desire for combat?

** [[spoiler:Quicksilver's death]]. A fearless, HeroicSacrifice where he proved himself a true hero and Avenger. A StupidSacrifice that he should have been able to [[StoryBreakerPower easily avoid with his powers]]. Or a complete accident where ''he'' thought he would get out unscathed? Or maybe some combination?