History Headscratchers / TheAvengers2012

** It might be that the arc reactor can absorb that much power, but not generate it. Notice that Tony fires a big blast seconds after learning this, probably to avoid damage holding that big a charge would do. (Also it sets up team up attacks between Thor and Iron Man in later movies.

** It's touched upon in ''Black Widow''. Nat explains that she helped Hawkeye take out the director of the Red Room as the final step in her defection. The process involved rigging a building with explosives, blowing it up, a shootout with the Hungarian special forces, and hiding out in an air vent until they could get out of the country.

** Loki clearly intended to kill Odin, and possibly Frigga, in that bedroom if Thor hadn't interrupted. Loki was immediately certain that Odin had mercilessly killed his innocent Frost Giant parents the moment he realized he was of their blood, and from then on his adopted family and Asgard--the place he had grown up in--were no longer worthy of his love or protection. The Warriors Three may have considered Loki a friend, but they did not seem to be particularly close to him, and vice versa; in fact, did not seem to have that much trouble turning on him when he became the enemy, and Loki in turn saw no qualms in trying to kill his former "friends" immediately after his [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]]. Yes, Loki thought himself more responsible than Thor, and also better than him, and also everyone else. This arrogance facilitated his descent. His hand was never really "forced" throughout the movie; he plotted and planned most of what he reaped. To wit, Tony Stark never does ''anything'' as heartless as the things Loki does in "Thor"; Tony Stark, remember, has a heart.

** Not justifying his actions; just saying that it's almost like Tony is what Loki could be if he hadn't become a {{Smug Super}}, {{Obliviously Evil}} {{Manipulative Bastard}}.

** You could say there was a reaction to this if you look between the lines, although I might have preferred more. In IronMan3 the US government and military are making a big show of keeping SHIELD and the Avengers out of the Mandarin investigation. You could claim this is in response to the decision. And the Winter Solider Gideon Malick is notably missing from the WSC. It wouldn't be a stretch to say the US booted him off specifically for pulling a stunt like that.

** And as Thor: The Dark World shows, the Bifrost being broken sent the Nine Realms into chaos, without the Asgardians there to maintain order. Heimdall has likely been watching the universe go to pot, helpless to do anything about it. Once the Tesseract is discovered, Odin knows it can be used to rebuild the Bifrost, and Thor knows he needs to get it back as soon as possible, so the bridge can be rebuilt as soon as possible, and the death toll of all the chaos can be curbed as soon as possible. Taking thirty minutes out to have lunch with his new companions is an entirely different matter than taking a day to fly off to some remote location and tell Jane "Hello, I must be going."

* Where exactly is Loki during the shawarma scene? It's clearly just after the fight, since they're all wearing battle armour and the staf seems to be stil cleaning part of the debris... But Loki is nowere to be found. So, did the avengers tie him up and leave him outside the restaurant? Or did they actually went to have a shawarma right after Stark suggested it, and ''then'' they climbed up the tower just in time to stand all menacing while Loki woke up?

** Thor never fails to lift Mjolnir in Avengers. It's just an artsy shot of him being upset over the events of the past few hours. There's no straining or confusion present. He stretches out his hand, then looks at his hand as though seeing it for the first time. It's a common sort of contemplative gesture in movies ("[[{{Film/TheNeverendingStory}} They look like good, strong hands, don't they?]]"). If falling for Loki's tricks was enough to make him unworthy, he'd never be able to lift the damn thing.

*** Also, we briefly do see the National Guard engaging the Chitauri during the final battle-though they only consist of a few Humvees and infantry. It possible that, had the WSC not jumped the gun and launched the nuke, heavier firepower would've been brought in.

** We do get a shot of the tactical guys gearing up with their rifles after the engine goes down. As for where they were, well, the mercenaries were spread out throughout the helicarrier, so it's possible the SWAT team was as well. In a blink and you miss it moment, when Thor gets to Loki's cell, you can see the body of one of the agents, killed by the merc who set Loki free.

** We do get a shot of the tactical guys gearing up with their rifles after the engine goes down. As for where they were, well, the mercenaries were spread out throughout the helicarrier, so it's possible the proto-STRIKE team was spread out searching for them.

** Another possibilty is that they were bogged down fighting the mercenaries somewhere else on the helicarrier.