History Awesome / AvengersAgeOfUltron

** There's also Tony ''breaking out of her illusion all by himself'' earlier. This cannot be understated - neither [[PhysicalGod Thor]], [[SuperSoldier Cap]], the super spy Natasha, or ''the goddamned Hulk'' could break free of her visions, but Tony, someone with zero mental conditioning compared to the previously mentioned individuals (who've all had a bit of military indoctrination in their careers) manages to shake it off. Made even sweeter by the OhCrap face Wanda has when it happens.

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[[caption-width-right:300:The [[KungFuSonicBoom shock from this punch]] sends bystanders flying. [[SerialEscalation And it only gets more awesome from here.]]]]

** Although Steve manages to move the hammer a little bit, which takes Thor by surprise. Not as awesome as the comic where he could lift it with next to no problem, but it still puts him ahead of the other Avengers.

** Even better was that Tony knew that it was a battle of time. While the Hulkbuster could fight on even terms with the Hulk, the Hulk gets stronger the angrier it gets. Plus the Hulk was constantly damaging the Hulkbuster unit, meaning he wouldn't be able to hold out for long. He needed to stop him as fast as possible and did everything he could to make sure that happened. Throughout the entire fight, Tony knocks him down only to get back up a second later and go harder. Tony had a fight against the clock and won, but only with a sneak attack.

* Helen Cho of all people gets a couple, albeit small: she enters her lab to find Ultron awaiting for her, who threatens to kill her and all of her associates should she scream, and Helen manages to maintain some amount of composure. In fact, she even snarks at Ultron when he states that he could've killed her that first night, but didn't.

** Cap pulls of the same later when a drone tries to sneak up on him during Ultron's EvilGloating, but uses his fist instead.

-->'''Thor:''' Looks like they're lining up.
-->'''Steve:''' ''[holds up his shield with a slight smirk]'' Well, they're excited.
* Steve cornering Strucker. When the Baron still insists on taunting him, Steve--who'd just been knocked down a flight of stairs, courtesy of Wanda--promptly kicks his discarded shield up and into Strucker's gut. Cue Strucker landing on the floor in a whimpering heap.

* Quicksilver intercepting the arrows Hawkeye was firing at a HYDRA bunker, and then making Cap and Hawkeye look like idiots.

-->'''Hawkeye:''' (after striking Wanda with an electric arrow) I've done the whole "mind-control" thing. Not a fan.

* Ultron only has to reach his device to [[ColonyDrop make the whole city fall on Earth]] causing massive casualties. ''[[MesACrowd Any]]'' [[ZergRush Ultron]]. With only the Avengers standing between all the droids and the device, he taunts them asking how they plan to stop him. Tony just answers "together". Cue the showdown with the Avengers trashing dozens and dozens of Ultron as they come, culminating in the Vision, Thor and Iron Man hitting the main one together, stopping it, and the Hulk sends it flying for good measure. Also Ultron Prime surviving that.

-->'''Ultron:''' Wanda. If you stay here, you'll die.
-->'''Wanda Maximoff:''' [[DeathSeeker I just did.]] [[PreMortemOneLiner Do you know how it felt?]] '''[[[AndShowItToYou She rips out Ultron's heart like it's made of tin.]]]''' [[TranquilFury It felt like that.]]

--> '''Helen:''' Do you expect a thank-you note?

-->'''Ultron''': You are...''unbearably'' naïve.\\
'''Vision''': Well...I ''was'' born yesterday.\\
''Ultron lunges at Vision and gets erased.''

-->'''Ultron:''' Please. Don't do this.
-->'''Wanda Maximoff:''' What choice do we have?

** Ultron, [[TooDumbToLive being the idiot that he is]], after the above, despite being too damaged to fight straight-up steals the Avengers Quinjet and starts firing on the Avengers. The minigun bullets just bounce off Thor and Hulk, Cap and Widow just move out of the way, though he manages to kill Quicksilver. Then he tries to escape, only for Hulk to chase him down, leap onto the Quinjet, beat the stuffing out of him and throw him out in 3 seconds flat. This renders Ultron completely defenseless and unable to move when Wanda shows up to finish him off. And if you pay close attention, Hulk has dented the left side of his face, which as mentioned before is made of vibranium.

* The debut of the Hulkbuster Armor, truly living up to its name by going up against Hulk... [[spoiler:And, as seen in the actual movie, ''winning''...]] Including [[http://www.mtv.com/news/2130512/avengers-age-of-ultron-movie-awards-exclusive/ this clip...]] Bonus points for Tony finally getting the modular armor concept working properly, which was a far cry from [[Film/IronMan3 the glitch-heavy Mark 42 armor]] in which said feature was tested with mixed results.

** This scene's payoff would come in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', when [[spoiler:yes, Steve ''is'' worthy of the hammer. And uses it to devastating effect]].

* Quicksilver smashing a drone with super speed is nothing short of awesome. Even better in the finished film: [[spoiler:it's not a drone, it's Ultron himself]].

* The very end of the third trailer shows a shot of [[spoiler: Vision opening his eyes.]]

* The payoff to the hammer-lifting contest from the trailers. In the middle of a debate as to whether he can be trusted, [[spoiler:the Vision shuts the whole thing down without even trying... by casually handing Mjölnir to Thor. The second time he lifts Mjölnir, he full-on ''smacks'' Ultron in the face with it. Afterwards, he takes the time to compliment Thor on how well-balanced it is.]]
** Although [[spoiler: Steve manages to move the hammer a little bit,]] which takes Thor by surprise. Not as awesome as the comic where he could lift it with next to no problem, but it still puts him ahead of the other Avengers.

* The ''entire'' Iron Man vs. Hulk fight. Remembering how easily it went down in ComicBook/WorldWarHulk, it was a joy seeing the Hulkbuster actually being effective. [[spoiler: And it even ''wins''.]] What makes it even better is that [[spoiler:whenever it becomes a contest of ''brute strength'', till nearing the end of the fight, the Hulkbuster managed to match the Hulk pound for pound. And pulling out every move in the book including several wrestling moves so that the Hulk almost never gets the chance to use his strength effectively, added with the fact that the limbs can rotate and strike at all angles!]] The fight ends with [[spoiler: Iron Man pulling the mother of all meteor moves, throwing the Hulk ''into a half-built skyscraper'', firing missiles after him, then ''ramming him through the whole thing''. And then sucker-punching him into unconsciousness when the Hulk manages to pull himself out of the rubble. This can be credited to Banner having been involved in the design process this time around.]] And through the whole fight, against a foe who inspires mortal terror in the hardest of men, Tony is snarking his ass off. Whatever [[NervesOfSteel the man's nerves]] are made of, if he found a way to make a suit out of it he'd be able to take on the world.

** The very idea of [[spoiler:having a machine that sends him spare parts as soon as the armor gets damaged]].

* Captain America fighting Ultron on top of the truck [[spoiler:carrying Vision's body]]. Cap himself admits he has no chance against Ultron, but manages to hold his own for an improbably long time.

** Even better, the subsequent ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode reveals that [[spoiler: Coulson stored and maintained that Hellicarrier for quite a while prior to this event. Score one for the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.!]]

* Ultron only has to reach his device to [[spoiler: [[ColonyDrop make the whole city fall on Earth]] causing massive casualties.]] ''[[MesACrowd Any]]'' [[ZergRush Ultron]]. With only the Avengers standing between all the droids and the device, he taunts them asking how they plan to stop him. Tony just answers "together". Cue the showdown with the Avengers trashing dozens and dozens of Ultron as they come, culminating in [[spoiler: the Vision, Thor and Iron Man hitting the main one together, stopping it, and the Hulk sends it flying for good measure.]] Also [[spoiler: Ultron Prime surviving that]].

* Short as it is, the stinger is one: [[spoiler: A grinning Thanos picking up the ''Infinity Gauntlet'', finally taking matters [[{{Pun}} into his own hands]]. He even sounds excited at taking on the Avengers himself.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Thanos:''' Fine, I'll do it myself.]]
* Seeing the whole new Avengers lineup assemble. It's neat to see [[spoiler:The Vision, War Machine, Scarlet Witch and The Falcon]] officially become a part of Earth's mightiest heroes, even while you know [[spoiler:Iron Man, Thor and Hawkeye]] can always come back when they feel like it, as in the comics.
* Who gets to finish Ultimate Ultron in the end? Righteous and pure Steve Rogers vs. the cynical fatalist? Tony Stark destroying his deadliest creation? The Black Widow slipping past all the flashier Avengers and hitting Ultron from behind? [[spoiler:It gets to be Wanda Maximoff, the young woman that was terrified of fighting drones not that long ago, seeking revenge for Pietro's death.]]

-->'''Wanda Maximoff:''' [[DeathSeeker I just did.]] [[PreMortemOneLiner Do you know how it felt?]] [[spoiler: '''[[[AndShowItToYou She rips out Ultron's heart like it's made of tin.]]]''']] [[TranquilFury It felt like that.]]

** The second time is in tandem with Wanda, who after realizing Ultron's true motives, subtly flicks her hand [[spoiler: to free Helen of her brainwashing]]. The second that happened, Helen ''immediately'' assessed the severity of the situation [[spoiler: and shut down the project creating Vision despite knowing how doing so would get her killed by Ultron. Fortunately, she manages to survive being almost killed by Ultron (likely because she was in her own lab), and at the end is seen working at the Avengers' new headquarters in Upstate New York]].
* [[spoiler: Vision vs. Ultron. Vision descends from on high (a la Franchise/{{Superman}}) and Ultron meets him in the air. After exchanging some words, Vision manages to grab hold of Ultron's head and burns him out of the internet, trapping him in his now-finite number of drones. On top of that, Vision also gets to finish off Ultron once and for all when the latter finds one last drone body to inhabit.]]

* Everything Klaue does. When Pietro and Wanda show up to intimidate him, he quickly and preemptively stops their tactics, chews them out, and offers them candy. He even takes [[spoiler:losing part of an arm]] well enough, being coherent enough to give orders to his men afterward.
* The HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler:Quicksilver. To spell out why this is here: [[TemptingFate Hawkeye has spent a good deal of screen time with his family, establishing he has another baby on the way, and insists he's going on just one last job.]] Then he gives up a sure spot on a ship out of danger to rescue a little kid as Ultron speeds toward him firing a bunch of guns. Oh, and Joss Whedon is writing all this. So when Pietro takes the bullets instead, he's basically warping all the laws of narrative causality.]]

** As mentioned in the pre-release section, Natasha's bike chase prior to that moment where she delivers Cap his shield. But what she does after that point is pretty awesome too: slipping past Ultron into the truck [[spoiler: carrying Vision's casket]] and escaping with the "package" by jumping out of the about-to-explode truck ''while it is flying in midair'' into the back of the Quinjet. [[spoiler: Granted, she gets snatched away mid-air by Ultron, but thanks to her the casket ends up in the Avengers' hands.]]

* Natasha [[spoiler:planting TheBigDamnKiss on Bruce, then promptly shoving him off a cliff because she needed the Hulk to get her back in the fight.]] Doubly so because it shows Natasha has overcome the fears and doubts sparked by Wanda's visions, as by doing so she chooses being an Avenger over [[spoiler: running away with Bruce like she'd wanted to earlier.]]

* Natasha rigging a communication device to signal her location to the Avengers [[spoiler: after Ultron kidnaps her, letting them know Ultron is back in Sokovia.]]
* Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build himself a virtually invincible primary body. Even smashes from Mjölnir merely send him flying, with no lasting damage. As they're defending the core from him and his drones, Thor, Iron Man, and Vision [[CombinedEnergyAttack all fire their beams/lightning at Ultron Prime simultaneously]]. As Ultron pushes against the beam for a while, eventually the awesome Avengers theme kicks in as his indestructible Vibranium body finally begins to flake apart and melt, [[ThisCannotBe and the look on Ultron's face says it all]]. Even though it's still quite a while before he's down for good, it does mark the beginning of the end for him, and [[spoiler:the massive uppercut-out-of-the-screen from Hulk immediately after doesn't help his cause either.]]
** Ultron, [[TooDumbToLive being the idiot that he is]], after the above, despite being too damaged to fight straight-up steals the Avengers Quinjet and starts firing on the Avengers. The minigun bullets just bounce off Thor and Hulk, Cap and Widow just move out of the way, [[spoiler: though he manages to kill Quicksilver]]. Then he tries to escape, only for Hulk to chase him down, leap onto the Quinjet, beat the stuffing out of him and throw him out in 3 seconds flat. This renders Ultron completely defenseless and unable to move when Wanda shows up to finish him off. And if you pay close attention, Hulk has dented the left side of his face, which as mentioned before is made of vibranium.

* You've gotta give some credit to the Sokovian police force. The city is being attacked by robots and [[spoiler: is flying mid-air]], with civilians in danger everywhere, and they're just doing their jobs the best they can, not giving into their fear like the civilians because those same civilians need protection and the Avengers need help. Then when the city is evacuated, they take charge while the Avengers are busy fighting off the bots, getting everyone to safety, and are among the last to leave.
* A partially off-screen moment of awesome. It's mentioned early on in the movie, that Ultron is probably taking lessons from [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]], and is likely trying to crack into the world's militaries' nuclear arsenals. [[spoiler: Fury, while the heroes are recouping at the Barton family farm, confirms that Ultron is indeed doing this. Matter of fact, he's been constantly attacking ALL of the military networks, trying to get the launch codes, but ''someone'', no one knows who, is keeping the codes on a constantly rotating cipher to lock him out. Tony goes to find out who, using his hacking skills to bait the one responsible out into the open. Turns out, it was J.A.R.V.I.S., who also pulled a similar trick to Ultron, uploading enough of his program onto the net and doing whatever he could to slow down Ultron's plans.]]
* No love for JARVIS? [[spoiler:While not as immediately awesome as some of the above examples, JARVIS is a relatively simple Virtual Intelligence. His code likely consists of "If this, then do that". In the early parts of the movie when Ultron FIRST came online, JARVIS defended the Avenger's Tower network as best he could while simultaneously uploading himself into the Internet ''without Ultron even realizing it''. JARVIS then spends the rest of the film using guerrilla tactics to keep Ultron from accessing nuclear launch codes or other extremely important information via the Internet. All of this was before the Infinity Stone gave him true intelligence and transformed him into The Vision. JARVIS was kicking ass before he became The Vision! And when you think that JARVIS sacrificed himself trying to stop Ultron in the beginning, and then kept on fighting back for weeks afterwards, you better believe he's worthy of wielding Mjölnir!]]
* Wanda with her powers [[spoiler: compelled Bruce to lash out as the Hulk, destroy an African city, injure multiple civilians, and nearly earn an arrest warrant.]] Given how [[spoiler: scared Bruce is of this happening]], the fact that he only tells her [[spoiler: post HeelFaceTurn that he doesn't have to turn "green" to snap her neck before accepting her help]] shows much physical restraint. [[spoiler: Bruce]] understands TheNeedsOfTheMany far outweighs any legitimate grievances. Props to Wanda as well for not raising an eyebrow [[spoiler: at the threat and helping the team despite having performed MindRape on most of them.]]

* Cap's speech as the Avengers prepare to leave for Sokovia. He makes their mission statement perfectly clear: they're not just out to beat Ultron, they're out to prove him wrong. Ultron's spent the entire movie criticising the Avengers for being, in his view, what's wrong with the world, so they respond by showing him why they're heroes by refusing to leave Sokovia until every single civilian is evacuated. [[spoiler:And they succeed, shutting down every one of Ultron's [[BreakingSpeech Breaking Speeches]].]]

* Helen Cho of all people gets a couple, albeit small: she enters her lab to find Ultron awaiting for her, who threatens to kill her and all of her associates should she scream, and Helen is only mildly scared-- she manages to maintain some amount of composure. In fact, she even snarks at Ultron when he praises her for the information he acquired from her to achieve his goals.
--> '''Helen:''' A thank you notice would've been nice.

** WordOfGod even confirms that Steve was just pretending not to, to let Thor have his ego boost... He's nice like that.

* Who gets to finish Ultimate Ultron in the end? Righteous and pure Steve Rogers vs. the cynical fatalist? Tony Stark destroying his deadliest creation? The Black Widow slipping past all the flashier Avengers and hitting Ultron from behind? [[spoiler:It gets to be Wanda Maximoff, the young woman that was terrified of fighting drones not that long ago.]]

-->'''Wanda:''' I just did. Do you know how it felt? [[spoiler: '''[rips out Ultron's heart like it's made of tin.]''']] [[TranquilFury It felt like that.]]

* The HeroicSacrifice of [[spoiler:Quicksilver. To spell out why this is so awesome: [[TemptingFate Hawkeye has spent a good deal of screen time with his family, establishing he has another baby on the way, and insists he's going on just one last job.]] Then he gives up a sure spot on a ship out of danger to rescue a little kid as Ultron speeds toward him firing a bunch of guns. Oh, and Joss Whedon is writing all this. So when Pietro takes the bullets instead, he's basically warping all the laws of narrative causality.]]

* Thor and Iron Man working together to ''destroy'' the city by by having Iron Man create an energy seal around the vibranium core that will concentrate all the power Thor will hit the core with. The resulting explosion ''vaporizes'' most of the city.

* Ultron has used the remaining Vibranium to build himself a virtually invincible primary body. Even smashes from Mjölnir merely send him flying, with no lasting damage. As they're defending the core from him and his drones, Thor, Iron Man, and Vision [[CombinedEnergyAttack all fire their beams/lightning at Ultron Prime simultaneously]]. As Ultron pushes against the beam for a while, eventually the awesome Avengers theme kicks in as his indestructible Vibranium body finally begins to flake apart and melt, [[ThisCannotBe and the look on Ultron's face says it all]]. Even though it's still quite a while before he's down for good, it does mark the beginning of the end for him, and [[spoiler:the massive uppercut-out-of-the-screen from Hulk immediately after doesn't help his cause either.]]

* A recent incomplete deleted scene shows Vision's birth going a little differently. Originally there was to be a fight between Thor, Iron Man and Captain America against the creation freaking out a little. While a little jarring on the character level, it immediately showcases The Vision as being an absolute powerhouse.
* Vision's actual creation is awesome in its own right. In the middle of what looks to be Civil War come early with Tony and Bruce facing Steve and Wanda, [[DynamicEntry Thor smashes through a window into the room]] and, without saying a single word or even acknowledging anyone in the room, proceeds to call down a massive bolt of lightning ''indoors'' and bring Vision to life.

* Who gets to finish Ultimate Ultron in the end? Righteous and pure Steve Rogers vs. the cynical fatalist? Tony Stark destroying his deadliest creation? The Black Widow slipping past all the flashier Avengers and hitting Ultron from behind? [[spoiler: Actually it's Wanda, the young woman that was terrified of fighting drones not that long ago.]]
-->'''Ultron:''' If you stay here, you'll die.
-->'''Wanda:''' I just did. Do you know how it felt? [[spoiler: '''[rips out Ultron's heart like it's made of tin.]''']] It felt like that.
** Keep in mind that at this point, Ultron is made of vibranium, an alloy strong enough to withstand Thor's hammer.

** A couple of minutes later, as Hawkeye is getting surrounded by Ultron drones, ''she does''. Wanda comes out the door and begins literally ripping apart drones with no effort. Even before the pep talk from Hawkeye, Wanda did a very good job fighting the drones and protecting the civilians as she led them to safety, while visibly shaken up in the combat.

** The second time is in tandem with Wanda, who after realizing Ultron's true motives, flicks her hand [[spoiler: to free Helen of her brainwashing]]. The second that happened, Helen ''immediately'' assessed the severity of the situation [[spoiler: and shut down the project creating Vision despite knowing how doing so would get her killed by Ultron. Fortunately, she manages to survive being almost killed by Ultron (likely because she was in her own lab), and at the end is seen working at the Avengers' new headquarters in Upstate New York]].

** To give a much-needed elaboration, Cap fights Ultron for a good four minutes (in movie time) evenly, managing to contend with a robot many times stronger, faster and more durable both with and without his shield. Ultron throws him from the truck? He uses LeParkour to get right back up there in less than a minute. Ultron using his pseudo-telekinesis to hurl cars and rip up the street at him? Cap keeps up while ''sprinting'' before riding an upended wrecked car in snowboard fashion to take the fight back to him. He needs to get Ultron off the truck for the team's extraction? Drive him ''through the side of a train'' via ''flying tackle'', of course! The fight only ended in that Ultron managed to get Steve against a wall and begin furiously pounding at him. If not for that stroke of luck, it seemed Cap could have contended even longer. All in all, this is a much more dignified bout for him than he got against Loki.
** The most impressive thing about this fight is this. Cap couldn't beat Ultron. Ultron ''couldn't'' knock Cap down without his blasters unless Cap didn't have his shield.

* The skirmish in Seoul. Ultron and Captain America's battle takes them both into a train full of people. With limited space to fight properly, Captain America is at the mercy of Ultron until [[HeelFaceTurn Pietro body-slams Ultron]], causing Ultron to stumble, then Wanda puts up a barrier to keep Ultron away from Steve. Unfortunately, the train driver gets killed in the ensuing fight when Ultron tries to fire a laser blast at Pietro, and the now out-of-control train runs off the track. Cap immediately shows that he's still a great leader by calmly ordering Pietro to get any civilians out of the train's path and Wanda to use her powers to bring the train to a stop. Kudos to the Maximoff twins, too, for knowing their roles and acting upon them with no hesitation despite being ordered to do so by a person who for all they care was one of their enemies just two seconds ago.

** Ultron, [[TooDumbToLive being the idiot that he is]], after the above, despite being too damaged to fight straight-up steals the Avengers Quinjet and starts firing on the Avengers. The minigun bullets just bounce off Thor and Hulk, Cap and Widow just move out of the way, [[spoiler: though he manages to kill Quicksilver]]. Then he tries to escape, only for Hulk to chase him down, leap onto the Quinjet, beat the stuffing out of him and throw him out in 3 seconds flat. This renders Ultron completely defenseless and unable to move, leaving him ripe for Wanda to finish. And if you pay close attention, Hulk has dented the left side of his face, which as mentioned before is made of vibranium.

* A partially off-screen moment of awesome. It's mentioned early on in the movie, that Ultron is probably taking lessons from the Franchise/{{Terminator}} series, and is likely trying to crack into the world's militaries' nuclear arsenals. [[spoiler: Fury, while the heroes are recouping at the Barton family farm, confirms that Ultron is indeed doing this. Matter of fact, he's been constantly attacking ALL of the military networks, trying to get the launch codes, but ''someone'', no one knows who, is keeping the codes on a constantly rotating cipher to lock him out. Tony goes to find out who, using his hacking skills to bait the one responsible out into the open. Turns out, it was J.A.R.V.I.S., who also pulled a similar trick to Ultron, uploading enough of his program onto the net and doing whatever he could to slow down Ultron's plans.]]

*** Then when she does blast him, instead of HulkingOut he is now able to hold back the transformation, showing his control over the transformation has indeed increased.

* The skirmish in Seoul. Ultron and Captain America's battle takes them both into a train full of people. With limited space to fight properly, Captain America is at the mercy of Ultron until [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch save him. Unfortunately, the train driver gets killed in the ensuing fight, and the now out-of-control train runs off the track. Cap immediately shows that he's still a great leader by calmly ordering Quicksilver to get any civilians out of the train's path and Scarlet Witch to use her powers to bring the train to a stop. Kudos to the Maximoff twins, too, for knowing their roles and acting upon them with no hesitation despite being ordered to do so by a person who for all they care was one of their enemies just two seconds ago.]]

-->'''Pietro:''' Didn't see that coming...

* Props to the four lifeboat pilots: Flying unarmed rescue vehicles ''into'' an active war zone, having to trust the superpowered heroes to keep the Ultron drones from blowing you, and your charges, out of the sky!! Nerves of steel, those pilots!!

** WordOfGod even confirms that Steve was just pretending not to, to let Thor have his ego boost.. He's nice like that.

* When it looks like Wanda is going to join her brother by being stuck on Sokovia, [[BigDamnHeroes cue Vision soaring in through the debris and flying off with her]].

** The most impressive thing about this fight is this. Cap couldn't beat Ultron. Ultron ''couldn't'' knock Cap down.

-->'''Steve:''' ''[[holds up his shield with a slight smirk]]'' Well, they're excited.

[[>'''Steve:''' ''[[holds up his shield with a slight smirk]]'' Well, they're excited.

* The payoff to the hammer-lifting contest from the trailers. In the middle of a debate as to whether he can be trusted, [[spoiler:the Vision shuts the whole thing down without even trying... by casually handing Mjölnir to Thor. And then the second time he lifts Mjölnir, and hits Ultron in the face with it. And then compliments Thor on how well-balanced it is.]]
** Although [[spoiler: Steve manages to move the hammer a little bit,]] which takes Thor by surprise. Not as awesome as the comic (where he can lift it no problem) but still puts him ahead of the other Avengers.
* Quicksilver intercepting Hawkeye's arrows fired at a HYDRA bunker, and then making Cap and Hawkeye look like idiots.
* During the attack by the Ultron drones after the party, Tony shows once again that he is not defenseless without the suit, by taking out an Ultron drone with nothing but a kitchen knife, and does a flying leap off the balcony armed with his trusty screwdriver.

** There's also Tony ''breaking out of her illusion all by himself'' earlier. This cannot be understated - neither the PhysicalGod Thor, nor the SuperSoldier Cap, nor the super spy Natasha or ''the goddamned Hulk'' could break free of her visions, but Tony, someone with zero mental conditioning compared to the above mentioned individuals (who've all had a bit of military indoctrination in their careers) manages to break free of it. Made even sweeter by the OhCrap face Wanda has when it happens.
* Ultron's dramatic introduction to Wanda and Pietro. Wanda's snarking that sooner or later every man shows himself, then immediately gets an OhCrap look when he stands and faces them.

** This actually makes a good deal of sense considering Banner's involvement. Tony would have built the suit to contain his best friend. Banner would have made it to put his worst enemy down.
** Also, before the fight, the Hulk gets temporarily trapped inside a special high-tech cage that he actually can't tear apart; so, to escape, instead of trying to break out of the cage, he improvises an underground tunnel by hitting the ground. Showing once again that he's much more than brute force.
** Even better was that Tony knew that it was a battle of time. While the Hulkbuster was able to fight on even terms with the Hulk, the Hulk gets stronger the more angrier it gets, plus the Hulk keeps on constantly damaging the Hulkbuster unit meaning he won't be able to hold out for long. He needed to stop him as fast as possible and did everything he could to make sure that happened. Throughout the entire fight Tony knocks him down only to get back up a second later and go harder. Tony had a fight against the clock and won, but only with a sneak attack.
*** It gets even better because right before the Hulk gets really angry, the Hulkbuster clocks him with an ''elevator car'' followed roundhouse punch so hard that it makes the Hulk Faceplant and spit out a tooth. Considering Banner once claimed that the Hulk spat out a bullet he had tried to eat, it says something that Tony was able to physically damage him.

** One for the Hulk and Iron Man. In the middle of the fight, Iron Man pins the Hulk and activates a jackhammer mechanism in one of the Hulkbuster arms, pummeling the Hulk repeatedly, till the Hulk has enough, grabs the jackhammer arm and crushes it.
** A comment on the comics example used: the Hulkbuster in World War Hulk was something Stark quickly put together, not for outpunching the Hulk but as a delivery system for a nano-serum intended to sap the Hulk out of his transformation. The original Hulkbuster modular armor actually was actually pretty effective, and like in the movie, it managed for Stark to hold his own against the Hulk. Actually, the Hulk had to talk his way out of that fight (makes sense in context!).

** It also manages to one-up the previous movie by having a [[{{Overcranking}} slow-mo ramp]] shot of all six Avengers lunging into battle. Not only does it perfectly encapsulate the two-page-spread of the comics, it adds an element of exhilaration to the film: the filmmakers are ''showing off'' how much they've got a handle on things.

* Ultron somehow manages to turn the line "[[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} There are no strings on me]]." into both a BadassBoast and a chilling herald of terrible things to come.

[[caption-width-right:300:The [[KungFuSonicBoom shock from this punch]] sends bystanders flying. [[{{HSQ}} And it only gets more awesome from here.]]]]

''Ultron lunges at Vision, who gets erased.''

* The one-shot scene like in the first movie. In the first movie, that scene was a big, expensive, complicated effects shot that they nearly gave up on multiple times. Whedon said that something like that was the whole point of making an Avengers movie in the first place, and [[MoneyMakingShot it serves as a big "payoff" scene for the audience]]. In this movie it's ''[[SequelEscalation the opening scene]]''.