History Characters / GodOfWarSeriesThor

* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Kratos convinces Thor to stand down after a beatdown when Kratos brings up that Kratos's son and Thor's daughter consider each other friends. He convinces Thor to bury the hatchet because they both owe it to their children to stop fighting. It's sadly short-lived, though: despite Thor's momentarily subsequent defiance towards his father Odin to his face, [[OffingTheOffspring Odin murders Thor in a fit of pique.]] ]]

* CompanionCube: Thor treats Mjolnir as a living creature as shown by how he smears mead on it during the talk with Atreus and Kratos. According to Atreus, he talks to it and Atreus mistook it for an enchantment incantation but Mimir explains that Thor is just weird and there's nothing special about it.

* {{Kevlard}}: He's beefy and his armour emphasises his large stomach, but he's still Odin's right-hand man in the Jotnar genocide and he'a shown to have taken a lot of damage over the years.

Thor is the Norse Aesir God of thunder, lightning, storms, and strength. He is the son of Odin and Fjörgyn, husband of Sif, half-brother of Týr, Heimdall, and Baldur. The father of Magni, Modi, Thrúd, step-father of Ullr and uncle of Forseti.\\

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In Norse mythology, Thor dies after being poisoned by Jormungandr during Ragnarök. [[spoiler:In the game, he survives their fight and is killed by Odin]]

%%* DropTheHammer: Mjolnir, his hammer.

* HiddenDepths: Prior to ''Ragnarök'', Thor is consistently portrayed as a bloodthirsty, arrogant, violent, and dangerous god who led a genocide against the Jotunn with no remorse for it, and who's arguably the biggest threat besides Odin himself. However, [[spoiler:''Ragnarök'' reveals while the aforementioned traits aren't nessesarily ''wrong'', Thor actually harbors a great deal of guilt over his previous actions towards the Giants and starts drinking heavily because of it, and only did so so he could try to appease and gain Odin's approval; the one thing he's desperately craved. Moreover, he's actually a ''very'' protective father to his children (though not perfect by any means) and feels guilty for outliving both Magni and Modi, and as such has become a PapaWolf to Thrúd.]]

''Norse Era:'' [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNorseGods Gods]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOdin Odin]] | '''Thor''' | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMagniAndModi Magni & Móði]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesFreya Freya]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesJotnar Jotnar]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesTheStranger The Stranger]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNorseMonsters Monsters]]-]]]]]

* HenpeckedHusband: Odin implies that Thor is this with Sif. Though when [[spoiler:Atreus overhears Thor and Sif talking, it's quite clearly not the case at all.]] It looks like Odin was just trying to belittle Thor.

* HiddenDepths: Prior to ''Ragnarök'', Thor is consistently portrayed as a bloodthirsty, arrogant, violent, and dangerous god who led a genocide against the Jotunn with no remorse for it, and who's arguably the biggest threat besides Odin himself. However, [[spoiler:''Ragnarök'' reveals while the aforementioned traits aren't nessesarily ''wrong'', Thor actually harbors a great deal of guilt over his previous actions towards the Giants and starts drinking heavily because of it, and only did so so he could try to appease and gain Odin's approval; the one thing he's desperately craved. Moreover, he's actually a ''very'' protective of his children (though not perfect by any means) and feels guilty for outliving both Magni and Modi, and as such has become a PapaWolf to Thrúd.]]

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall flawed than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble and heroic. In the franchise, Thor is red-haired and has long hair and a long beard, just like how he is described in the Poetic Edda and in The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing the appetite and fondness for drinking seen in the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His [[BloodKnight short-tempered and violent nature]], while heavily exaggerated, also has plenty of basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the Lokasenna if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shoved Baldr’s enormous funerary ship with too much strength and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him.

* AvengingTheVillain: He's out for blood after the [[spoiler:deaths of Baldur and Magni.]]

-->'''Mimir:''' Imagine learning discipline by having it thrashed in your face again and again. That was Thor's approach; the same one Odin used on him. A poisonous notion of manhood, passed down through the generations. A grim inheritance, leaving all of them the poorer.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler: When he pays Kratos a visit, a brief glimpse of his face shows that his eyes have an eerie blue glow.]] And during [[spoiler:his final bout with Kratos, his eyes (alongside most of his body) are perpetually glowing to show how ''done'' he is with, [[PoorCommunicationKills at least from how he perceives it]], [[PapaWolf Kratos and Atreus threatening his family]].]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: [[spoiler: When he pays Kratos a visit, a brief glimpse of his face shows that his eyes have an eerie blue glow.]]

--->'''Mimir:''' Imagine learning discipline by having it thrashed in your face again and again. That was Thor's approach; the same one Odin used on him. A poisonous notion of manhood, passed down through the generations. A grim inheritance, leaving all of them the poorer.

* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: In-universe. While the great statues of him across the Lake of Nine depict a lithe hero with rippling muscles and tight abs, Thor in person has exactly the sort of rough-hewn physique you'd expect from a hard-drinking brawler: big and wide, with a beer gut to match. Either they were constructed to flatter him, or he's let himself go a bit with age and grief. [[spoiler:It's implied that he has deteriorated due to his alcoholic depression, so he likely was more conventionally attractive in his youth.]]
** When asked about it by Atreus, Mimir explains that an accurate statue of Thor was made by a sculptor, and shown to Thor himself. The ''next'' sculptor after him then wisely decided to go with the statues seen around the Lake of Nine.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Invokes this on Kratos, who is visibly and audibly perturbed by the magnitude of his appearance in TheStinger.]]

* AdiposeRex: He's the overweight god of thunder and Odin's top enforcer. [[DownplayedTrope Though he's more bulky and stout than outright obese.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Like the other Asgardians, Thor is fond of drinking. At one point; he lived with a grieving family until the matriarch asked him to leave, where Thor then left after killing her in a drunken rage. ''Ragnarök'' reveals that he has a beer belly from constant drinking in Asgard. [[spoiler:[[PlayedForDrama This is explored in further depth in ''Ragnarök'']] where Thor's alcoholism are portrayed as deeply self destructive, a result of his self loathing at being Odin's attack dog and more recently his grief at the death of his sons.]]

* BoomerangBigot: Despite his hatred of the Jötnar, Thor himself is half-Jötunn on his mother's (Fjörgyun) side and technically an eighth-Jötunn on his father's (Ymir, father of Búri and progenitor of all Aesir, being his great-grandfather), and sired his sons with two different women both implied to be Jötnar.
** With ''Ragnarök''[='=]s release, Thor's hatred [[spoiler:actually seems to be a case of misdirected anger and guilt over his genocide of the Giants. Possibly as a coping mechanism.]]
* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: Mimir tells Kratos and Atreus that unsurprisingly, Odin was a very controlling and abusive parent to Thor and forced discipline onto his son, where Thor then passed it onto Magni and Modi. After the deaths of his sons, Thor seems to have realized this (though isn't willing to admit it) and is desperately trying to become a better father for the sake of Thrud.

* TheCameo: At the very end of the story, [[spoiler: Atreus has a dream of him showing up at Kratos' door.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Despite his [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] and [[DumbMuscle simplistic]] nature, Thor is capable of acknowledging and fearing [[OneManArmy Starkaðr's]] [[WorldsStrongestMan strength]] and [[WorldsBestWarrior skill]]. So he went along with his family's plan to [[MaliciousSlander slander]] the Jötnar's reputation as a horrific monster to unite the armies of Asgard, Vanaheim, and Midgard to subdue the latter. [[KangarooCourt Once the verdict for Starkaðr's execution been called out]], Thor took the opportunity to inflict a ''[[AnArmAndALeg brutal]]'' '''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath death]]''' on him.
** In the boss battle with him, he's not above tossing Mjolnir and calling it back to trip up Kratos. He even commends him for taking a cheap shot when his back is turned.
--->'''Thor:''' If you're not fighting dirty then you're not fighting, am I right?!

* DeadpanSnarker: Seems to have traces of this:
-->'''Thor:''' ''You'' seem like a calm and ''reasonable'' person. ''Are you'' a calm and reasonable person?

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the DrunkenMaster. Thor was always imagined to be fond of drink and he famously (and unknowingly) drank a 3rd of the ocean in a contest against Utgard-Loki in Norse mythology. [[spoiler: His drinking habits were written at that point to show that Thor is a man of the people who bonds with them by sharing stories and sharing a drink at the bar. In the game, however, Thor's love of alcohol is actually a sign of a major character flaw and shows that Thor is actually a deeply troubled man who's struggling to better himself for the sake of his wife and daughter. Thor's struggling to live with the fact that his father sees him as nothing more than a vicious lapdog, he's outlived his sons and caused the death of Modi by being violently drunk, and he slaughtered the giants for no other reason than because Odin told him to and because he wants Odin's approval for once in his life. When he's shown drunkenly fighting in a bar brawl, it's all fun and games to him until he realizes how badly he's upset and let down Thrud by relapsing into alcoholism in a moment of weakness after 3-4 years of sobriety and by forcing her to take care of him.]]

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In Norse mythology, Thor dies after being poisoned by Jormungandr during Ragnarök. [[spoiler:In the game, he survives their fight by hitting him with so much strength that it sends the World Serpent back in time, and is instead ultimately killed by his own father after [[HeelRealization realizing Sif was right about Odin's wickedness and lack of care about his family]] and refusing to obey his orders.]]

* DropTheHammer: Mjolnir, his hammer.

** Not directly confirmed, but other characters who've met him (Brok and Mimir in particular) seem contemptuous of Thor's intelligence and openly refer to him as "the big idiot". [[spoiler:His portrayal in ''Ragnarök'' shows that, [[DownplayedTrope while he certainly is straightforward and favors brute force, he's really not outright stupid]], and even shows more cunning than his detractors would have you believe. Such as when Kratos attempts to get the upper hand in their first battle by [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt throwing the Leviathan Axe at a rock formation behind Thor to cause it to drop on him]], Thor sees through the attempt and simply smashes the rock to the side without missing a beat]].
--> '''Thor''': Clever! Clever won't beat me.

* EvilCounterpart: Similar to his brother Baldur, Thor appears to be a dark reflection of Kratos from what we know of him. Both he and Kratos are fathers to divine children and are both TheDreaded of their respective pantheons. But Kratos is truly making strides in becoming a more decent person than the PsychopathicManchild he was in the Greek series... while Thor is by all accounts a maniacal BloodKnight willing to brutalize anybody who slights him, even if they're [[AbusiveParents his own children]]. Additionally, he represents a version of Kratos who remained loyal to his pantheon (and by extension, his father), as at least some of the acts of violence and cruelty he commits are in service of Odin rather than for the sake of revenge. [[spoiler: He's even driven to attack Kratos and Atreus in vengeance for Magni, much like how Kratos had waged war upon the Greek pantheon for the many sufferings they'd inflicted upon his own family]].

* FatSlob: In one story, a family worshipped Thor and had a statue made in his honor when their patriarch died. Thor came to offer his condolences but quickly outstayed his welcome by gorging himself on their food and drink. The matriarch begged him to leave and Thor killed her in a drunken rage. [[spoiler: It's implied that he wasn't always this way, but years of alcoholic depression have taken a toll.]]
* FatalFlaw: In first chapter of the Norse saga, Thor's main flaw is his wrath. A ghost claims that Thor offered his condolences after the death of father but got so drunk that he became murderously angry after the ghost's mother asked him to leave when he outstayed his welcome. [[spoiler:After the death of Magni, he beats his surviving son, Modi, to a point where he can't stand or defend himself. According to Atreus, Thor will return in the future to confront Kratos over the deaths of his sons and half-brother.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kratos. [[spoiler:Much like him, it is revealed Thor ''does'' sincerely love his entire family and it affected him enough to have settled down for a time and curb his worst traits as Sif recounts. Unlike Kratos who had [[SociallyAwkwardHero difficulty opening his walls]] to Atreus before eventually accepting him in earnest, Thor was quick to embracing fatherhood and was heavily involved in Magni, Móði, and Thrúd's lives alongside Sif early on... until Odin's machinations and manipulations as an AbusiveParent bore down on him and turned him into [[GenerationXerox much the same as he took his anger and depression]] out on them and led to him [[EmotionalRegression regressing back into the person he used to be to cope]], especially upon ''both'' of his son's deaths.]]

* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In Norse mythology, Thor dies after being poisoned by Jormungandr during Ragnarök. [[spoiler:In the game, he survives their fight by hitting him with so much strenght that it sends the World Serpent back in time, and is instead ultimately killed by his own father after [[HeelRealization realizing Sif was right about Odin's wickedness and lack of care about his family]] and refusing to obey his orders.]]

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall flawed than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble and heroic. In the franchise, Thor is red-haired and has long hair and a long beard, just like how he is described in the Poetic Edda and in The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing the appetite and fondness for drinking seen in the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His [[BloodKnight short-tempered and violent nature]], while heavily exaggerated, also has plenty of basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the Lokasenna if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shoved Baldr’s enormous funerary ship with too much strenght and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: In Norse mythology, Thor dies after being poisoned by Jormungandr during Ragnarök. [[spoiler:In the game, he survives their fight by hitting him with so much strenght that it sends the World Serpent back in time, and is instead ultimately killed by his own father after [[HeelRealization realizing Sif was right about Odin's wickedness]] and refusing to obey his orders.]]

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall flawed than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble and heroic. In the franchise, Thor is red-haired and has long hair and a long beard, just like how he is described in the Poetic Edda and in The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing the appetite and fondness for drinking seen in the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His short-tempered and violent nature, while exaggerated, also has some basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the Lokasenna if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shoved Baldr’s enormous funerary ship with too much strenght and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him.

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall flawed than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble and heroic. In the franchise, Thor is red-haired and has long hair and a long beard, just like how he is described in the Poetic Edda, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing the appetite and fondness for drinking seen in the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His short-tempered and violent nature, while exaggerated, also has some basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the Lokasenna if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shoved Baldr’s enormous funerary ship with too much strenght and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him from doing it so.

'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/TakanoriHoshino

* AdaptationalVillainy: Instead of being the protector of mankind and the force for good that he is in the legends, Thor is presented here as an AbusiveDad, a violent [[TheBrute brute]], and a boogeyman who killed the poor jötunn Thamur when the latter ran into him by accident with no concern for the collateral damage inflicted on humans. Since most of what we know of him is told from the point of view of Asgard's enemy, the perspective flip is understandable. [[spoiler:In ''Ragnarök'', it's ultimately played with and arguably subverted. He did do a lot of terrible things, but Odin forced him to commit most of the atrocities, and the guilt has clearly eaten away at Thor to the extent that he's now only a shadow of his former self. In general, he's portrayed less as evil and more as a sad, traumatized man who made bad choices in his youth, lived to regret them, and has found himself trapped in a situation he can see no escape from.]]

He is renowned across the Nine Realms for being the slayer of the Giant race, and the strongest of Odin's children. Thor serves as Odin's right-hand and primary enforcer, typically being sent as his envoy when intimidation is required. Following the onset of Fimbulwinter, Thor is tasked by Odin to negotiate with Kratos with the goal of preventing Ragnarok.

* AbusiveDad: When Modi returns to him in failure, Thor apparently blames him for leaving Magni to die and beats him bloody to the point that he cannot stand properly. Downplayed, as when he shows up for his initial boss fight in ''Ragnarok'', he makes it clear [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he's avenging Modi too.]] It's also implied that him beating Modi bloody was a moment of weakness, and he's completely fallen into a self-destructive spiral over the deaths of his sons, so he ''does'' in fact love both of them. Mimir later clarifies that he and Sif were abusive towards Magni and Modi, but later came to regret it and change their methods when Thrud was born.

* AdaptationalDumbass: Several Norse legends are retold by Mimir in a context that emphasizes how much of an oaf Thor can sometimes be -- Thrym stealing Mjolnir away from Thor while he slept is treated as being just as much the Thunder God's own fault for his carelessness; similarly, Thor bashing in Hrungir's head left him vulnerable from the shock of stone debris lodging itself in his skull, and his Aesir family only roared with laughter while he was pinned down by the jötunn's falling corpse and gravely injured, not seeking help for some time. His appearance in ''Ragnarok'' [[spoiler:suggests that these stories may be somewhat overstated or biased however, as Thor is certainly blunt and straightforward but generally not outright stupid, though he is often derided as such by [[AbusiveParent Odin]] and has internalized the idea that he is nothing more than a dumb brute.]]

* AddledAddict: In ''Ragnarok'', Thor's physical appearance appears to have fallen behind after the deaths of Magni and Modi, as well as living with the guilt of having slaughtered so many Jotnar, and has fallen into alcoholism to numb his depression. For context, Viking males were very keen on personal grooming and always tried to look their best by bathing every Saturday and there are various pieces of evidence of them owning several cleaning instruments (Tweezers, ear cleaning implements, and even combs were considered a universal possession by Vikings). With that in mind, it really shows how beaten down and depressed Thor is since his hair is overgrown and uncombed, his beard is unkempt, his obesity was likely caused by drinking too much, and his sunken eyes imply he's been sleeping rough because of his drinking too.

* TheAlcoholic: Like the other Asgardians, Thor is fond of drinking. At one point; he lived with a grieving family until the matriarch asked him to leave, where Thor then left after killing her in a drunken rage. ''Ragnarök'' reveals that he has a beer belly from constant drinking in Asgard. [[spoiler:[[PlayedForDrama This is explored in further depth in ''Ragnarok'']] where Thor's alcoholism are portrayed as deeply self destructive, a result of his self loathing at being Odin's attack dog and more recently his grief at the death of his sons.]]

* AnimalMotif: Goats, as Mjölnir is designed with goat imagery and the hilt is designed with a goat head. In ''Ragnarok'', you briefly see a pair of goats as an insignia on his belt.

* AxCrazy: From what stories that have been spoken of him, he's a violent maniac who is always two seconds away from killing someone. ''Ragnarok'' shows [[spoiler: that he’s significantly more level-headed than described, suggesting he’s either mellowed out or some embellishment was taken.]]

* BeardOfEvil: A very brief glimpse of his face shows that he has a beard, as expected from the Norse God of Thunder. In ''Ragnarok'', his beard is ''quite'' unkempt.

* BlindObedience: Follows Odin's orders without much question. [[spoiler:''Ragnarok'' reveals that Thor just craves Odin's approval and does what he tells him to try and gain his love, but it's obvious Thor doesn't agree with Odin's methods and ends up feeling guilty for a lot of what he's been ordered to do, such as his genocide against the Giants.]]
* BloodKnight: Mimir describes him as the "biggest butchering bastard in the Nine Realms" and believes that Thor jumped at the opportunity to kill the Jotnar out of sadism, not because they have role in Ragnarok. And during his first battle with Kratos, he is clearly having the time of his life, laughing and cracking jokes throughout the fight. [[spoiler:Ultimately deconstructed, as it gradually becomes clear that while he ''does'' enjoy playful sparring or battling monsters, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome actually serious conflict like the wars and genocide that his father forces him to take part in just leave him horrified, disturbed, traumatized, and depressed]]. He was also purposefully raised by said abusive father as a weapon, and that upbringing has left deep scars on Thor, such as a self-loathing certainty that he's incapable of being anything more than a murderer and a brute.]] The journal, written from Kratos' point of view, cites this as the greatest difference between him and Baldur. [[CombatSadomasochist Baldur got off on inflicting pain]]. Thor enjoys combat himself, not the pain he causes which makes him far more purposeful in his attacks.

** With ''Ragnarok''[='=]s release, Thor's hatred [[spoiler:actually seems to be a case of misdirected anger and guilt over his genocide of the Giants. Possibly as a coping mechanism.]]

** Not directly confirmed, but other characters who've met him (Brok and Mimir in particular) seem contemptuous of Thor's intelligence and openly refer to him as "the big idiot". [[spoiler:His portrayal in ''Ragnarok'' shows that, [[DownplayedTrope while he certainly is straightforward and favors brute force, he's really not outright stupid]], and even shows more cunning than his detractors would have you believe. Such as when Kratos attempts to get the upper hand in their first battle by [[ExactlyWhatIAimedAt throwing the Leviathan Axe at a rock formation behind Thor to cause it to drop on him]], Thor sees through the attempt and simply smashes the rock to the side without missing a beat]].

** ''Ragnarok'' shows that Thor isn't ''dumb'' per say, but he does perceive himself as dumb - in large part thanks to Odin's emotional abuse and his own self-loathing. He thus makes an effort to not think about it. To the point where "Don't think, it's better that way." is almost a catchphrase of his.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When we meet him in ''Ragnarok'', he appears with a bottle of mead so that he and Kratos could parlay. Then after he pours them both drinks, Odin lets himself in afterward. From there, [[KickTheDog Odin calls his dead sons idiots to his face]] and drinks their mead. When Kratos and Atreus decline his peace offering, Thor attacks Kratos on Odin's say-so, the fighting ending in a draw. This establishes him as [[TheBrute Odin's attack dog]], but also as [[AbusiveParent his personal stress toy]], Asgard's Champion a troubled individual with [[ShadowArchetype a lot of the same toxic personality traits as Kratos]].

* {{Flight}}: He has this ability, using it to grab and drag Kratos around to different stages in their first battle and allowing him to compete against massive giants like Jormungandr and even [[spoiler:Surtr who had turned into Ragnarok]].

* HiddenDepths: Prior to ''Ragnarok'', Thor is consistently portrayed as a bloodthirsty, arrogant, violent, and dangerous god who led a genocide against the Jotunn with no remorse for it, and who's arguably the biggest threat besides Odin himself. However, [[spoiler:''Ragnarok'' reveals while the aforementioned traits aren't nessesarily ''wrong'', Thor actually harbors a great deal of guilt over his previous actions towards the Giants and starts drinking heavily because of it, and only did so so he could try to appease and gain Odin's approval; the one thing he's desperately craved. Moreover, he's actually a ''very'' protective of his children (though not perfect by any means) and feels guilty for outliving both Magni and Modi, and as such has become a PapaWolf to Thrúd.]]

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:After failing to avenge Magni, Thor disowns Móði and beats him almost to death in a fit of grief and rage. However, the way Thor talks about him in ''Ragnarok'' indicates that it was just a moment a weakness and that he still considers him his son. It's implied that his self-destructive alcoholism is partially caused by his guilt over having contributed to his death.]]

* ImplausibleDeniability: On some level, Thor is ''well aware'' that Odin is manipulative, abusive, selfish, and only uses his son as a tool as opposed to a living being, but ignores it because he just wants his father's approval. At the end of ''Ragnarok'' though, after Kratos gets through to him about changing for the better, Thor realizes he's just been too afraid to admit that his father hasn't ever loved him.

* KickTheDog: Kratos can encounter a restless spirit who swears vengeance on Thor. In life, his family devoted their lives to worshipping the God of Thunder, and when the man's father passed, they built a statue of Thor to watch over his grave. To their surprise, Thor himself came to offer his condolences. At first, they were thrilled, [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave but Thor soon took advantage of their hospitality,]] and when ''begged'' to leave, [[DisproportionateRetribution Thor killed the man's mother in a drunken rage.]] [[spoiler:Upon ''Ragnarok'' revealing what he's [[ExtremeDoormat actually like]] with his own family, a more tragic interpretation of events is that Thor genuinely liked the loving familial relationship he saw, and sought solace from his own abusive father figure with them for a while, only for his inability to control himself and tendency to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his pain in alcohol]] leading to him lashing out in a moment of anger when they tried to get him to leave, and he afterwards [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted his actions]], furthering his self-perception of himself as a '[[IAmAMonster Destroyer]]']].

** Following the [[spoiler: BarBrawl in ''Ragnarok'', Thrud drags him out and chews him out for relapsing back into alcoholism. Thor, clearly thinking this, is so ashamed of himself he cannot even look at Thrud.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: While the 2018 entry implies that he's just a full-blown AbusiveParent, ''Ragnarok'' reveals that he's actually closer to this. He does genuinely love his wife and all of his children, even if he shows some favoritism towards Magni. However, he's also been driven into a horrible manic depression [[spoiler:by the atrocities Odin has forced him to commit]] that leads him to lash out against his loved ones.
* ParentalFavoritism: Favors Magni over Modi and was prepared to pass on his hammer to him. [[spoiler: He even beats Modi to an inch of his life after accusing him of abandoning Magni as he fought to the death.]] That being said, ''Ragnarok'' reveals that he considers Modi's life just as worth avenging as Magni's.

* ScarsAreForever: It's said that Thor still has some shards of stone embedded in his skull after he killed [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy Hrungnir the Brawler.]] The scars appear on the right side of his face, around his right eye. He later recieves a deep wound to the midsection courtesy of Kratos and his axe early in the game, and it never seems to properly heal over the course of ''Ragnarok''.

* ShadowArchetype: Like Baldur, Thor is essentially part of the man Kratos used to be. While Baldur represents the side of Kratos that sought retribution against his parents at all costs, Thor is presented in the 2018 game as the side of Kratos that was a bloodthirsty butcher feared by all who know of him. The main difference is that Thor is even nastier (since Kratos at least cared for his family and ultimately saw the error of his ways whereas Thor is a psychopath who is willing to brutalize any who displeases him) and remained loyal to the gods. [[spoiler:''Ragnarok'' recontextualizes his character as being what Kratos could have been had he blindly followed the violent destiny put forth by the gods. Namely, he's ''tired'' and [[BeingEvilSucks clearly derives no joy from the bloodshed he commits]], but he doesn't believe he can be anything else other than the self-loathing monster he has become.]]

* TragicVillain: Far from the dumb sadistic brute he's made out to be in the first game, ''Ragnarok'' instead shows Thor to be a [[spoiler:very flawed figure, manipulated by a father who cares little for him, who shares many of Kratos' own traits and self-loathing over the destruction he's caused. He did love his children, even if he wasnt great at expressing it, and did want to do better for their sake, but failing to do so due to Odin, who ultimately kills him when Kratos convinces him to be better than he is, and the two stop fighting]].

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: His wife Sif is a StatuesqueStunner anywhere else in the game, but next to thor? Her shoulder barely reaches his doughy waist due to him being eight foot something and probably ''thrice'' her weight.