History Trivia / ThorRagnarok

** Creator/RubenFleischer, [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu Rob Letterman]] and [[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory Rawson Marshall Thurber]] were considered to direct the film before Creator/TaikaWaititi was hired. Fleischer would later go on to direct ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.

** Preproduction concept art of Hela wielding the Necrosword in the final battle shows it was initially going to be more like its comic-book counterpart -- forming blade-tipped tendril-like constructs. The Necrosword would later show up in ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'', as a weapon that the Collector obtained from her in an alternate reality. Gorr the God Butcher, one of the weapon's main wielder in the comics, is set to appear as the BigBad of ''Love and Thunder''.

* IKnewIt:
** Several [[http://darthdestruktor.deviantart.com/art/THOR-RAGNAROK-fan-made-poster-455853991 fan-made]] [[http://mrsteiners.deviantart.com/art/Marvel-s-THOR-RAGNAROK-LOGO-V2-432972500?q=gallery%3AMrSteiners%2F50450682&qo=7 posters]] accurately predicted the film's title before it was announced.
** Fans correctly figured out that elements of ''ComicBook/PlanetHulk'' would be adapted into the story once it was confirmed that Hulk would be showing up. It was outright confirmed when Hulk's gladiatorial armor was revealed at SDCC 2016. On a lesser note, some were guessing that one of those elements would involve Hulk getting ''at least'' [[SuddenlySpeaking more dialogue than all his previous appearances combined]], [[HulkSpeak if not in complete sentences like that particular story]].
** As soon as Cate Blanchett's name was first mentioned in the press in conjunction with this film back in December 2015 when it was initially rumored that Marvel was circling her for a role, a subset of the fandom immediately predicted that she was being approached to play Hela. Then Creator/MarkRuffalo let slip that she was indeed in negotiations to play the film's BigBad and the rumor mill again went into overdrive. The fan speculation was eventually proved true in May 2016 when Marvel confirmed her casting as Hela in an official press release.
** After the mid-credits scene in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' a number of fans called that Doctor Strange would be in the film in some capacity. As it happens, not only were they correct, but it ended up that the scene in question was actually a scene from ''Ragnarok'' inserted into the credits as a teaser.
** After seeing concept art of ''Infinity War'' with Thor wielding an axe, many guessed that Mjölnir would get destroyed in ''Ragnarok''.
** A number of fans guessed that the blonde-haired warrior who saves Valkyrie in the flashback was her lover, which Tessa Thompson later confirmed in an interview.
** A few people guessed that the film would deal with forgotten or otherwise unrevealed offspring of Odin. Especially Angela, whom Hela gets some of her characterization from.
** There had been fan speculation that the Infinity Gauntlet seen on Asgard in the first ''Thor'' film was a fake all along; Hela confirms it here.

* ColbertBump: Thanks to the official trailer, synthwave band [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Sword_(band) Magic Sword]] got a huge increase in fanbase and interest after their piece "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02wKufX3nw In The Face of Evil]]" was used.

* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/TessaThompson, who is attracted to both men and women, while eschewing the bisexual label, [[WordOfStPaul has]] [[https://twitter.com/TessaThompson_x/status/922582256232800256?s=20 stated]] that her character in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' --ComicBook/{{Valkyrie|Marvel Comics}} -- shares the same preferences, [[HideYourLesbians but a scene establishing as much in the film was left off the final cut]]. Director Creator/TaikaWaititi [[WordOfGod has]] [[https://theplaylist.net/taika-waititi-thor-ragnarok-podcast-20171026/ confirmed]] as much himself.

** Creator/ElizabethBanks had expressed interest in directing this film, but never heard back from Marvel after asking them.

** Creator/TaikaWaititi wanted to get Creator/JohnCReilly to reprise his role as Rhomann Dey from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', but couldn't find a logical way to fit him into the story. This is hinted at in the final film when Valkyrie mentions Xandar.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: This movie makes a much greater effort to ensure Thor himself actually has an engrossing story arc this time, as many people felt his previous film appearances had him overshadowed by more interesting characters like the other Avengers or Loki, and fully utilizes Chris Hemsworth's comedy talents after he had generally been forced to act less funny than everyone around him. In fact, Hemsworth revealed that he and Waititi had been unhappy with the direction Thor had been taken in recent movies, and intentionally envisioned his storyline in ''Ragnarok'' as a course correction.

* FollowTheLeader: The mix of a cosmic setting with a comedic tone is closer to Marvel's own ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' than the first two ''Thor'' movies, which were [[HumanFocusedAdaptation mostly set on Earth]] and more serious in tone.

** Creator/TaikaWaititi wanted to get Creator/JohnCReilly to reprise his role as Rhomann Dey from ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', but couldn't find a logical way to fit him into the story. This is hinted at in the final film when Valkyrie mentions Xandar.

* WorkingTitle: [[https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/thor-ragnaroks-working-title-is-creature-report/ Creature Report]], [[ShoutOut in reference to]] ''WesternAnimation/{{TheOctonauts}}''.

** Creator/RubenFleischer, [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu Rob Letterman]], and [[Film/DodgeballATrueUnderdogStory Rawson Marshall Thurber]] were considered to direct the film before Creator/TaikaWaititi was hired. Fleischer would later go on to direct ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/TaikaWaititi cited ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' as a big influence on the film. Inspiration for the road-trip aspect of the film included ''Film/FortyEightHours'', ''Film/WithnailAndI'', and ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles''. He also asked the heads of each department to watch ''Film/FlashGordon1980'' before beginning their work.

** Director Creator/TaikaWaititi plays Korg via SerkisFolk and did the motion capture for Surtur (voiced by Creator/ClancyBrown).

** The film was initially envisioned as DarkerAndEdgier, but began going in a more retro, comedic direction after Taika Waititi was hired. This is even be reflected in the movie's original logo from the Phase 3 announcement, [[https://i.imgur.com/JyJm9hK.png which had a more serious design than the one that was ultimately used after Waititi took over]].

* CreatorBacklash: In an interview with Variety, Creator/TaikaWaititi admitted he regrets of not adding Creator/NataliePortman in the film.