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* WhoWearsShortShorts: Pepper Potts does!

** To multiple past incarnations of Bruce Banner/Hulk. The character is fully re-established in this film and exact details of his past are hardly addressed in a specific nature. ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' has no real bearing on this film, so you could imagine this Banner/Hulk as being the "older and wiser" version of himself from the 2003 Hulk film or the 2008 film.

spaper front page in Ben Urich's (later Karen Page's) office reveals hundreds of people were killed.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Loki and Asgardians in general are ''obscenely'' durable by Earth standards, as he shrugs off bullets at the beginning of the film and both he and Thor take a hell of a beating from the likes of Iron Man and continue to get back up little worse for wear. [[spoiler:When ''the Hulk'', who is effectively the strongest physical character and able to singlehandedly endure and dish out insane amounts of damage as the game-changer for the entire conflict, performs some MetronomicManMashing on Loki, the latter is so badly thrashed that he passes out in the aftermath and can't get up to his feet even after the Chitauri are finished.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Black Widow is all sorts of badass, but she's savvy enough to know how well she'd fare if Banner turns into the Hulk and she happens to be the closest target for his rage. When it happens, she's visibly terrified and doesn't try to fight him, instead resorting to hiding. When he catches up to her, a single swipe is enough to stun her long enough for him to crush her, and it would've happened if Thor hadn't intervened.
** Despite being in a superhero movie, the team fighting a full army is treated with a fair amount of realism. The cliché of a dozen enemies landing a single hit is deconstructed when every member slows down from injuries and exhaustion:
*** The most human member ComicBook/BlackWidow slows down first and decides to do something else to stop the army.
*** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} runs out of his trademark {{Trick Arrow}}s at one point and is nearly killed. He is also shown having to scavenge and collect arrows he's already fired in order to remain useful in the fight, as well as the effects of smashing through a hard glass window and landing on the shards of broken glass.
*** ComicBook/IronMan runs out of weapons outside of his repulsors and gets swarmed.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is injured from fight after fight and it's pretty obvious that if they had to battle for a couple more minutes, he wouldn't have held out.
*** [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] himself is being shown overwhelmed by the Chitauri as they focus all their firepower on him and he gets less smash-happy as it goes on and the hits pile up.
*** The only one who doesn't appear to be affected by all the fighting is [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[JustifiedTrope who is a god]].
** TheStinger for the movie also shows something that we rarely get to see in anything superhero-y: [[spoiler:the exhausted Avengers sitting around the ruins of a schwarma joint, wolfing down food in weary silence]].
** After the big battle when the various screens are showing people's reactions to the Avengers, one screen shows a memorial service being held for those who died in the attack. What, you think no one at all got hurt when the aliens invaded? This becomes one of the driving forces for the main conflict in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', as after the events of this film and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', governments of other countries want restrictions for the Avengers.
** The fallout from the invasion starts to be shown in better detail throughout ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' and the Netflix shows leading into it:
*** ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Wilson Fisk is profiting from bid-rigging on reconstruction contracts for damage sustained to Hell's Kitchen. A framed newspaper front page in Ben Urich's (later Karen Page's) office reveals hundreds of people were killed.
*** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Some people have developed prejudiced fears of 'gifted' people, as Jessica discovers with Audrey Eastman
*** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Hammer Industries has used alien metal from the Chitauri to engineer the Judas bullet.
*** ''Series/IronFist2017'': Among those that Bakuto has recruited into the Hand are teens who were orphaned in the invasion.

** Black Widow's interrogation scene in the beginning of The Avengers has the dialogue in perfect Russian, although the Russian general has a weak but noticeable foreign accent (due to the actor being Polish) and Natasha herself speaks with a very heavy American accent. The text on the billboard briefly seen outside the building appears to be gibberish, though.
** While a tiny example, her pronunciation of "Budapest" is also correct (unlike Hawkeye's anglicised pronunciation).

* RealityEnsues:
** Black Widow is all sorts of badass, but she's savvy enough to know how well she'd fare if Banner turns into the Hulk and she happens to be the closest target for his rage. When it happens, she's visibly terrified and doesn't try to fight him, instead resorting to hiding. When he catches up to her, a single swipe is enough to stun her long enough for him to crush her, and it would've happened if Thor hadn't intervened.
** Despite being in a superhero movie, the team fighting a full army is treated with a fair amount of realism. The cliché of a dozen enemies landing a single hit is deconstructed when every member slows down from injuries and exhaustion:
*** The most human member ComicBook/BlackWidow slows down first and decides to do something else to stop the army.
*** ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} runs out of his trademark {{Trick Arrow}}s at one point and is nearly killed. He is also shown having to scavenge and collect arrows he's already fired in order to remain useful in the fight, as well as the effects of smashing through a hard glass window and landing on the shards of broken glass.
*** ComicBook/IronMan runs out of weapons outside of his repulsors and gets swarmed.
*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is injured from fight after fight and it's pretty obvious that if they had to battle for a couple more minutes, he wouldn't have held out.
*** [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] himself is being shown overwhelmed by the Chitauri as they focus all their firepower on him and he gets less smash-happy as it goes on and the hits pile up.
*** The only one who doesn't appear to be affected by all the fighting is [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[JustifiedTrope who is a god]].
** TheStinger for the movie also shows something that we rarely get to see in anything superhero-y: [[spoiler:the exhausted Avengers sitting around the ruins of a schwarma joint, wolfing down food in weary silence]].
** After the big battle when the various screens are showing people's reactions to the Avengers, one screen shows a memorial service being held for those who died in the attack. What, you think no one at all got hurt when the aliens invaded? This becomes one of the driving forces for the main conflict in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', as after the events of this film and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', governments of other countries want restrictions for the Avengers.
** The fallout from the invasion starts to be shown in better detail throughout ''Series/TheDefenders2017'' and the Netflix shows leading into it:
*** ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Wilson Fisk is profiting from bid-rigging on reconstruction contracts for damage sustained to Hell's Kitchen. A framed newspaper front page in Ben Urich's (later Karen Page's) office reveals hundreds of people were killed.
*** ''Series/JessicaJones2015'': Some people have developed prejudiced fears of 'gifted' people, as Jessica discovers with Audrey Eastman
*** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Hammer Industries has used alien metal from the Chitauri to engineer the Judas bullet.
*** ''Series/IronFist2017'': Among those that Bakuto has recruited into the Hand are teens who were orphaned in the invasion.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Just before the climax, Tony has a conversation with Loki about how he forced their hand to put together this powerful but unstable group. He explained that there is no longer a point where Loki is going to come out unscathed.
-->'''Tony Stark:''' You're missing the point -- there's no throne, there is ''no'' version of this where you come out on top. ''Maybe'' your army comes, and ''maybe'' it's too much for us but it's all on ''you''... 'Cause if we can't protect the Earth [[BadassBoast you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it.]]

* TheTheTitle: ''The Avengers''.

* ScienceFoils: As soon as the {{Adorkable}} GeniusBruiser Bruce Banner (a nuclear physicist) and the insufferably suave GadgeteerGenius Tony Stark (a weapons engineer) meet, they strike up an OddFriendship based on mutual geekery and work together for the rest of the film, even driving off together at the end.

* SuddenlyShouting: Earlier in the film, Bruce Banner in his {{Troll}}-ish moment to pretend he's gonna HulkingOut:
-->'''Bruce:''' ''[in low deadpan tone]'' [Fury] needs me in a cage?\\

** Despite being in a superhero movie, the team fighting an full army is treated with a fair amount of realism. The cliché of a dozen enemies landing a single hit is deconstructed when every member slows down from injuries and exhaustion:

** Coulson's non-reaction to hearing Black Widow in a big fight on the other end of a phone line is an absolutely glorious example of this trope.

--->'''Loki:''' This is my bargain, you mewling quim!\\

*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is injured from fight after fight and it's pretty obvious that if they had to battle for a couple more minutes, they wouldn't have held out.

* ShoutOut: See [[ShoutOut/TheAvengers2012 here]].

* TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar: While bantering with Loki from behind the bar, Tony quietly slips on his Mark VII armor bracelets.

* TrickArrow: Though he tends to stick to pointy or exploding arrowheads, Hawkeye has a couple of notable uses of this trope. He f

* ScifiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Heating up the Cube to 120,000,000 kelvin. Such temperature of an object that size can hardly be sustained with a reactor; every second, the Cube will be radiating enough energy to kill the dinosaurs.

* TrickArrow: Though he tends to stick to pointy or exploding arrowheads, Hawkeye has a couple of notable uses of this trope. He fires a ''computer override'' arrow at one point, and uses a grappling hook arrow a couple of times. His quiver is the real impressive bit of technology. It stores dozens of specialized arrowheads and automatically attaches new ones to the shafts he's got stored; he can select which arrows he wants at the press of a button. He later takes down a Chitauri hovercraft with a ''superheating'' arrow.
* TheTriple: Tony Stark asks Bruce Banner how he stays calm.
-->'''Tony:''' What's your secret? Relaxing jazz, bongo drums, huge bag of weed?
* TrueCompanions: The Avengers are all such big egos (except for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents) that they can barely be in a room together. They fight and argue, but at the same time, they bring out the best in one another and when they unite with common purpose, they're unstoppable. In short, the Avengers are, as Joss says, "family".
* TruthInTelevision: Hawkeye's techno-quiver screwing headless shafts into [[TrickArrow custom arrowheads]] at [[SwissArmyWeapon the push of a button]] is quality TechnologyPorn, but has basis in reality; medieval archers carried arrows and arrowheads separately for the same reason -- so they could swap arrowheads to suit their target. Well, that and so yanking out the arrow would ''[[AnnoyingArrows leave the arrowhead inside the wound]]...''.
* TurbineBlender: Iron Man nearly falls victim to a self-inflicted turbine blender when he has to spin up the Helicarrier's malfunctioning engine from the inside.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Black Widow and Maria Hill. Though the latter is not a member of the superhero team, they're both heroines and agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TwoShotsFromBehindTheBar: While bantering with Loki from behind the bar, Tony quietly slips on his Mark VII armor bracelets.
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* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: In a movie like this, it's almost inevitable. We have Iron Man vs. Thor vs. Captain America, Thor vs. Hulk and [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy Hawkeye]] vs. Black Widow.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** [[spoiler:Yes, Loki, you ''are'' a god, but that ''doesn't'' mean you should try to push the Hulk around.]]
** The Chitauri are initially quite dismissive of the ability of the human race to challenge them. Needless to say, [[HumansAreWarriors lessons are learned]].
* {{Understatement}}:
** When briefing Cap, who yet has to find out about the existence of extraterrestrial life, about the situation, Nick Fury says that Loki is "not from around here".
** The security guard who discovers Banner after his [[DestinationDefenestration exit from the Hellcarrier]] sums it up pretty nicely.
--->'''Guard:''' Well son... you've got a condition.
** As does Captain America when he runs into Loki in Germany.
--->'''Steve Rogers:''' You know, the last time I was in Germany, and saw a man standing above everybody else... we ended up disagreeing.
* UnfazedEveryman: A guard coming across Banner post-transformation. "Son, [[{{Understatement}} you've got a condition.]]"
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: JARVIS complains that the latest Iron Man armor isn't ready, but Tony needs to use it since his current suit is barely functional and an invasion is minutes away.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: While everybody had already more-or-less known about Cap (although not his return), Iron Man and the Hulk, by the end of the film mankind has become aware of the existence of extraterrestrials, Asgardians and the Avengers themselves, and have even begun to react much like the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse does with most of their heroes.
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: What happens when Thor's hammer, the most powerful weapon in the MCU, is [[DropTheHammer dropped]] on Captain America's shield, the most indestructible defense in the MCU? '''''[[KungFuSonicBoom BOOM]]'''''
* UnusualEuphemism: Natasha substitutes OutDamnedSpot with the accounting metaphor "red on my ledger" when discussing her motivation as TheAtoner.
* UnusualUserInterface: The Chitauri gliders are piloted by an elaborate harness that makes it looks like they're steering with their ''faces''.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: While it's still mostly [[ManipulativeBastard Loki's fault]] and he had very good reasons to be suspicious, if Stark had kept quiet on what he figured S.H.I.E.L.D. would do with the Tesseract, things could have gone smoother for the heroes. Banner's more of a [[UnwittingPawn pawn]].
* UnwittingPawn: Loki's plan to foil S.H.I.E.L.D. hinges on Bruce Banner -- not just his condition, but the fact that Banner is smart enough to put half of Loki's clues together before the rest of the Avengers realizes there's a puzzle that needs solving.
* UrbanRuins: ''The Avengers'' enters its climax in this environment. [[spoiler:Loki's army of Chitauri have ravaged Manhattan and left most of it in ruins.]]
* UseYourHead: Iron Man tries this in his battle against Thor. Key word: "Tries." Fully suited, he blasts Thor with a headbutt, who doesn't even flinch in slight discomfort, before returning the favor, bare forehead vs. gold-titanium alloy. And the former wins handily -- apparently, Asgardian skulls are MadeOfIndestructium.
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* VerbalBackspace: Thor tends to rush in when he speaks...
-->'''Thor:''' Have care how you speak. Loki is beyond reason but he is of Asgard, and he is my brother.\\
'''Black Widow:''' He killed 80 people in two days.\\
'''Thor:''' He's adopted...?
* VichyEarth: Loki believes he and his Chitauri army will be the bringers of such a regime. Tony Stark, however, does not agree.
* ViewerFriendlyInterface: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier has a few giant vertically-mounted touchscreens for Fury and Hill to use, which feature giant spinning holograms of the Helicarrier, Earth, or just some moving wiggly lines. Background drones get keyboards and joysticks on their machines. The "Captain's" screens are specifically designed for a person with normal eyesight, which is lampshaded by Tony Stark when he covers one eye and tries to see all the screens around him and then asks how Nick Fury can see them with just one eye. (He turns, according to Maria Hill.)
* VillainOpeningScene: The movie opens with a brief, ominous scene of The Other giving Loki his scepter and musing about how they will TakeOverTheWorld and "The humans? What can they do but burn?"
* VillainousBreakdown: The only reason why the grand schemer Loki [[spoiler:would taunt and antagonize the Hulk]] near the end of the film. Also, the only reason why Loki does anything in this film. With the throne of Asgard out of reach, he apparently wants to be ruler of something, ''no matter what''. Hilariously averted when Loki tries [[spoiler:and fails to brainwash Tony.]] Instead of screaming "This cannot be!" like a typical villain, Loki just mutters his confusion.
* VillainousPlanInertia: While The Hulk ''effortlessly'' curbstomps Loki during the final battle, his alien invasion still continues without him and nearly wears down The Avengers through sheer attrition. It's only when Iron Man commandeers a nuke and sends it to the alien flagship through the portal that the Chitauri are defeated.
* VillainOverForDinner: Upon figuring out that Loki's next step involves trespassing Stark Tower, Tony tries to force this situation onto Loki, by pretending to be completely unfazed by his presence and offering him a drink. [[spoiler:It's actually a ruse so Tony can get access to the bracelets he needs for putting on the Mark VII suit.]]
* VisibleInvisibility: The S.H.I.E.L.D. carrier has this, flipped on after it lifts off, but it ceases to be a plot point after that (and certainly didn't help when Loki's posse came knocking). Loki's rescue team is explicitly shown to be tracking his scepter.
* VisualPun:
** Tony in his Music/BlackSabbath T-shirt; one of Black Sabbath's hits was "Iron Man". The design of the shirt is also a visual pun. The figure on the shirt is a British military pilot with a triangle on his forehead, and the album is called "Never Say Die!" The Iron Man armor started as a flight suit and had a triangular motif (until Whedon changed it) to match the triangular crystal that powered his arc reactor, which is what keeps him alive.
** In Black Widow's opening scene, she beats up her captors with a total of eight limbs -- her own, and four on the chair.
** When Bruce first starts to hulk out, as his shirt tears he's lying next to a sign saying WARNING: CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE.
** Nick Fury's go-to pistol for the fight on the Helicarrier is a Smith and Wesson M&P pistol. Specifically the 'Shield' model.
* VoxPops: Occurs at the end, after the Battle of New York, to foreshadow the public opinion of superheroes in Phase One: most people are supportive and thankful, but some are wondering about the damage the city sustained and the fact that the Avengers themselves aren't answering to anyone.
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* WaifFu: [[SignatureStyle But of course.]] The movie is directed by Creator/JossWhedon, after all. Mostly performed by [[BadassNormal Black Widow]], though not nearly as highly played as usual for Whedon. Loki is a male example.
* WallOfWeapons: Seen on board the Helicarrier next to Captain America's shield and new uniform and near a door where Coulson has to do a retina scan to enter. Presumably it's the room [[spoiler:where the BFG he uses on Loki is stored.]]
* WallSlump: [[spoiler:Agent Coulson]] immediately collapses against a nearby wall after being stabbed through the back by Loki and dies shortly after speaking to Director Fury.
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: The German company being guarded by security officers complete with [=SMGs=] may be somewhat believable in an American setting, but in Germany, most private security firms would get into trouble issuing as much as ''tasers'' to their personnel.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: The rich CEO Tony Stark describes himself as "a genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist".
* WeaponizedLandmark: Thor uses the Chrysler Building's spire to concentrate and amplify his lightning.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The various characters get on each others' nerves when they're off duty, and thus set the stage for Loki's BatmanGambit, but even before they become TrueCompanions, none of them are stupid enough to let personal quarrels stop them from cooperating when trouble starts. This is clearly demonstrated when Cap and Iron Man are on the point of fighting each other, but as soon as the alarm goes off they immediately drop their argument, suit up and have no problem working together in the ensuing chaos. Summed up in the tagline: "[[JustForPun Some Assembly Required]]"
* WellDoneSonGuy: Stark's still wrestling with his issues, and apparently Howard Stark spent years talking about how awesome the Captain was. And now the Captain is back, like the big brother you can never live up to. All this is confirmed by Downey.
* WhamEpisode: One for the entire MCU. Not only is the first major super team formed, the public now knows about aliens, a huge amount of innocents died in the New York attack, and [[spoiler:Thanos has become interested in Earth.]]
* WhamLine:
** [[spoiler:"I'm always angry."]]
** [[spoiler:"Phase 2 is S.H.I.E.L.D. uses the Cube to make weapons!"]]
** "To challenge [the humans] is to ''[[spoiler:court Death.]]"'' Cue [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]] turning around... and ''[[SlasherSmile grinning.]]''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** After the attack on the Helicarrier and the transport of the Tesseract to New York, the remaining rogue scientists and mercs that assisted Loki just up and vanish, leaving him and Selvig to operate and defend the portal device by themselves.
** At the start of the film Loki uses MindControl on [[spoiler:Barton, Selvig, and]] an unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. We see nothing of that S.H.I.E.L.D. agent again after Loki's escape.
** The sick patients Banner had been treating when Natasha recruited him aren't mentioned again, for all that losing their doctor surely reduced their chances of recovery. One would think S.H.I.E.L.D. could at least spare them some antibiotics.
* WhatTheHellHero: Captain America calls Nick Fury out after discovering that [[spoiler:he has been secretly reverse-engineering HYDRA armaments and weapons.]] He also called him out earlier when Nick Fury arrives to assign him to the Avengers shortly after Loki stole the Tesseract in regards to S.H.I.E.L.D. even possessing the tesseract in the first place, simply stating to Fury "You should have left it in the ocean." (referring to Howard Stark finding the Tesseract while searching for Captain America in the previous film).
* WhoWearsShortShorts: Pepper Potts does!
* WickedCultured: The beautiful music that plays as Loki attacks Stuttgart is Music/FranzSchubert's String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, Op. 29. Loki choreographs his attack quite neatly with it.
* WithinParameters: Subverted when Dr. Selvig notes the "low levels of gamma radiation" emitting from the Tesseract. Fury expresses concern, but the reference to gamma rays is just a ContinuityNod to the Hulk's SuperHeroOrigin.
* WithMyHandsTied: The Black Widow can still kick your ass while tied to a chair, shoeless, and on the phone with Coulson.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds:
** Loki, who decides to conquer Earth to prove himself better than his ManipulativeBastard father, Odin.
** Bruce Banner. The look on his face when he says [[spoiler:"I'm always angry,"]] shows what a burden "the other guy" is on his life. There's also the beautifully subtle moment when he says to Black Widow "I don't every time get what I want," and gently rocks an old baby cradle.
* WorkoutFanservice: Captain America is introduced with a loving shot of his body and butt while he is working out his frustrations on a series of punching bags.
* TheWorldIsNotReady: [[spoiler:S.H.I.E.L.D. hands the Tesseract over to Asgard at the end, as it makes Earth a target and they clearly aren't ready to possess that kind of power yet.]]
* WorldOfBadass: Deconstructed -- the title heroes and their enemies are badass, but the rest of the human race ''aren't''. They need a team like the Avengers to deal with the new universe of unstoppable threats like Loki, the Chitauri, and [[spoiler:Thanos]].
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Just before the climax, Tony has a conversation with Loki about how he forced their hand to put together this powerful but unstable group. He explained that there is no longer a point where Loki is going to come out unscathed.
-->'''Tony Stark:''' You're missing the point -- there's no throne, there is ''no'' version of this where you come out on top. ''Maybe'' your army comes, and ''maybe'' it's too much for us but it's all on ''you''... 'Cause if we can't protect the Earth [[BadassBoast you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it.]]
* WorldOfSnark: Most of the major characters take a level in sarcasm from their previous portrayals. The most prominent are Tony Stark (as you would expect), Bruce Banner, Loki, and to a lesser extent, Nick Fury. Even the ''Hulk'' gets one, after being told by Loki that he stands before a God. [[spoiler:His response is to [[MetronomicManMashing bash him into the ground repeatedly]] and mutter "Puny god."]]
-->'''Creator/JossWhedon:''' Everyone in this movie is a dry wit. It's like a desert of wit.
* WorthyOpponent: The smile on Thor's face after being punched by the Hulk says it all.
* WouldHarmASenior: When an old man refuses to bow down to Loki, Loki is about to kill him before Captain America stops him.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Black Widow's interrogation technique uses an interesting form of this. She pretends to be at a disadvantage, prompting her victim to become overconfident and let slip some vital information. [[spoiler:While she was playing her reactions to Loki up, she later admits to Hawkeye that he did rattle her pretty badly.]]
* WriterOnBoard: Averted. In the commentary, Joss Whedon mentions how fans were surprised by Cap's line about God before facing off against Loki, since Whedon is an atheist. Whedon said that he's an atheist, but Cap isn't.
* WrittenInAbsence:
** Creator/NataliePortman was unavailable for the film due to pregnancy. Her absence was explained as Jane Foster being transferred to a secure location in an observatory for her protection after Loki shows up.
** Creator/HayleyAtwell was probably never intended to appear as an elderly Peggy Carter in ''Avengers'', but her character is still referenced on screen by way of a photo (and a deleted scene included on the DVD shows Steve discovering that [[spoiler:she is still alive]]).
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Black Widow takes out a mook via hurricanrana, Hulk body slams several opponents, and Thor even gets in on the action when he gorilla presses Loki. During the battle in New York, Hawkeye finds himself on the wrong end of a spear.
* WrongGenreSavvy:
** When Black Widow tells Captain America and Bruce Banner to enter the interior of the aircraft carrier, Captain America deduced from her comment of it "soon becoming hard to breathe" that the aircraft carrier doubled as a submarine. Turns out it was actually a literal aircraft as well.
** Loki, thrice. First he mistakenly assumes that Romanoff is going to try to pretend to take his side while he's in captivity. Later, he thinks Tony is going to try to appeal to his humanity. Finally, he assumes that ruling is a simple matter of forcing weaker beings to do exactly what you want, despite the fact that the old man in Germany, the New York cops and Dr. Selvig all fought back against him or his forces in some way. Thor [[LampshadeHanging points out]] that Loki doesn't seem to understand what being a king [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure actually is]], and that asking [[spoiler:an insane tyrant alien]] for help probably wasn't the best idea.
* WronskiFeint: Hawkeye advises Iron Man that this is the way to get rid of the Chitauri bogeys on his six, because "they can't bank worth a damn."
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* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Invoked. Tony Stark taunts Thor by speaking in mock-Shakespearean English (although, in the ''Thor'' movie, Asgardians didn't speak like that). Doubles up as a MythologyGag.
-->'''Thor:''' [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith You have no idea what you're dealing with]].\\
'''Tony:''' Uh... [[YourCostumeNeedsWork Shakespeare in the park?]] ''[strikes a Shakespearean pose]'' "Doth mother know [[SuperheroesWearCapes you weareth her drapes]]?"[[note]]The grammatically correct question for that period would be, "Doth mother know thou wearest her drapes?" But cut him some slack, this was a ThrowItIn line.[[/note]]
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Bruce rebuffs all suggestions that the Hulk could be channeled to benevolent purposes: Tony draws parallels between their situations and insists that Banner/Hulk can be a hero.
* YouAreTheNewTrend: The end features the citizens of New York (and the world in general) showing their admiration of the titular group by doing things like getting their beards cut in the style of Tony Stark and images of The Mighty Shield appearing on t-shirts and graffiti.
* YouExclamation: {{Downplayed}}. Black Widow says "Oh. You." when Loki starts to fire at her while they are riding the Chitauri chariots, but Black Widow's delivery is deadpan and Loki is too far away to hear her.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Not actually done, but promised by The Other should Loki fail to acquire the Tesseract for [[spoiler:Thanos]], though he was also talking about the possibility of Loki attempting to withhold the Tesseract as well. To wit:
-->'''The Other:''' If you fail -- if the Tesseract is kept from us... there will be no realm, no barren moon, no ''crevice'' where he cannot find you. You think you know pain? He will make you long for something sweet as pain.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: Said almost word for word by Thor to Tony Stark about Loki on meeting.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Our heroes are quite worried that Loki plans on doing this to his mind-controlled minions. Thor worries after Selvig's fate, and Black Widow approaches Loki under the guise of finding out what his plans are for Barton after. His response is not reassuring.
* YouJustToldMe: This is how Natasha Romanoff manages to deduce what Loki is planning as his escape. It's also implied earlier that this is how she gets intel, [[CapturedOnPurpose among]] [[ObfuscatingStupidity other things.]]
* YouMonster: Natasha levels this one at Loki after he tells her what he has in mind for Barton. [[spoiler:It's just part of her very effective WoundedGazelleGambit, though.]]
* YoureNothingWithoutYourPhlebotinum: Iron Man and Captain America trade these:
** Steve Rogers sneers at Stark, "Big man in a [[PoweredArmour suit of armor]]. Take that away and what are you?" Stark immediately responds, "A genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist." Rogers then immediately shoots down Stark's smug reply by pointing out he knew plenty of better men who had none of that. However, the question of whether Stark has the heart of a hero is not concluded until the finale.
** Stark eventually returns the favor by telling Captain America, "Everything special about you came [[SuperSerum from a bottle]]," implying that Captain America hasn't really earned his spot among the team like the rest have.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: The Hulk, as expected considering he is the TropeCodifier but subverted in this case.[[spoiler:He's ''always'' angry and you won't like him when he loses control but you ''definitely'' won't like him when he decides to ''voluntarily'' unleash the Hulk. Notice how fast and comparatively painless the transformation is before the final battle now that he's accepted the Hulk as part of himself?]]
** Also referenced after the S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot opens fire on the Hulk:
--->'''Pilot:''' Target angry! ''Target angry!''
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* ZergRush: The Chitauri, given the kind of opposition they face, rely on sheer numbers to whittle down the heroes. Of particular note is when a good dozen or so of them ''simultaneously'' focus fire on The Hulk, effectively pinning him in place under the combined fire.
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** Hill specifically tells a pilot not to get too close to the Hulk when he distracts him. Despite the mini-gun having a range of hundreds of meters, the pilot opens up his visor and gets to stone-throw range before using it. He ''nearly'' dies when he succeeds. [[FridgeBrilliance However, it does get the Hulk off the Helicarrier before he "tears it to pieces".]]