History YMMV / Thor

* WTHCastingAgency:
** There was an outcry over the casting of Creator/IdrisElba as Heimdall by comic fans who wanted to stick as closely as possible to the material, and by a self-avowed racist organization. But as Creator/BobChipman put it, every scene Elba is in is a resounding "THAT'S WHY!" in response to those who asked why cast [[ColorblindCasting a black man as a viking.]] Although this has the odd consequence of creating a second faction who feels Elba was miscast because [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter they wasted a perfectly good actor]] on a minor role.
** Creator/ChrisHemsworth was either not big enough for Thor (he's 6'6"[[note]]1,98m[[/note]], while Hemsworth is a [[SarcasmMode measly]] 6'4"[[note]]1,93m[[/note]]) or a no-name outside of Australia. Creator/TomHiddleston was seen as similarly random. [[HilariousInHindsight See]] [[http://www.vulture.com/2009/05/marvel_rolls_dice_casts_no-nam.html here]].
** While not a member of the cast, Creator/KennethBranagh was not a name people expected to hear in the context of a superhero movie... [[FridgeBrilliance until they remember that he does grand Shakespearean drama]]. Naturally, he admits that the movie is heavily inspired by The Bard.
** For those who are not familiar with comics, it was confusing to see Creator/JeremyRenner wasted in such a minor role. The idea of one of TheMenInBlack armed with bow and arrows added more confusion to the mix. And worse, the NarrowedItDownToTheGuyIRecognize trope would manifest later in the franchise (this small character of Renner would eventually turn out to be Hawkeye, one of the leads of ''The Avengers''), but not in the ''Thor'' movie itself when it had just been released.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Shares a [[BaseBreakingCharacter/MarvelCinematicUniverse page with the rest of the franchise]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Depending on who you ask, [[PluckyComicRelief Darcy]] is either a funny EnsembleDarkhorse or an irritating {{Scrappy}}.

** The entire film by the time of ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': [[spoiler: with those two films in the books, everyone Thor cared for on Asgard save for Lady Sif (unaccounted for due to RealLifeWritesThePlot, with Creator/JaimieAlexander's TV schedule) is now dead, with only Odin passing away naturally and not brutally murdered, on top of Asgard annihilated from existence, most of the refugee Asgardians slaughtered by the Children of Thanos, and Thor no longer having a relationship with Jane Foster. When Thor wearily tells Rocket in ''Infinity War'' what more could he lose, this film is now a stark reminder of everything he has lost since the audience met him.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' brings into question if Laufey actually abandoned Loki for being a runt, or if Odin just mistook him for such. As the Loki returned to his father in the Party Thor universe grew to be a full sized Frost Giant.

** When Thor becomes worthy to wield Mjolnir again and it takes off from its impact sight, the time it takes to fly from there to Thor's hand is correct almost to the second after it goes supersonic.

** "Asgard's Next Top Model" for the PowerWalk [[https://zerofucksclub.tumblr.com/post/156341199586/maryxglz-happy-thors-day-on-the-next done by Thor's group]] in a deleted scene. It can also apply to Loki alone, as his strut is the most model-like among the six characters.

** The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who sees Sif and the Warriors Three walk into town radios in the following: "Uh base, we got Xena, Creator/JackieChan and Myth/RobinHood..."

* DieForOurShip: Thor/Sif and Thor/Loki are very popular, so you know what ''that'' means. Poor Jane....

* FirstInstallmentWins: Though not a universal sentiment, a vocal portion of critics and fans consider the first Thor movie to be the best for balancing out the humor and drama better than the subsequent followups and for preferring the more Shakespearian take Kenneth Branagh adds to the story which would not be continued afterwards.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Though by no means a universal sentiment, a vocal portion of critics and fans consider the first Thor movie to be the best for balancing out the humor and drama better than the subsequent followups and for preferring the more Shakespearian take Kenneth Branagh adds to the story which would not be continued afterwards.

--> '''Volstagg:''' FOUND YOU!!!!.

* {{Narm}}: See [[Narm/MarvelCinematicUniverse here]].

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: While most of the tie-in games for the film were [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames complete crap]], the Nintendo DS game based on the film was handled by [[Creator/WayForwardTechnologies WayForward]], and is actually a pretty good side-scrolling beat-em-up.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: ''Thor: God of Thunder'' is a towering symbol of every problem with licensed games. The last-gen graphics and phoned-in voice acting should be warning signs, but if you soldier on, you will find yourself confronted by a combat system that can't even get button-mashing right due to laggy controls and broken hit detection. Throw on tedious, mind-numbingly repetitive combat and more FakeDifficulty than you can shake an [[Creator/LJNToys LJN]] cartridge at, and you've got Exhibit A for why not every game should cost $60.

** Could very well work as a film adaptation of Orion of the ''ComicBook/NewGods''.

* WinBackTheCrowd: While ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Film/IronMan2'' were by no means critical or commercial failures many fans felt that both films weren't as good as the first Film/IronMan1 film. ''Thor'', while still not as good as ''Iron Man'', was more warmly received by fans. What helped was the introduction of Loki, who would be the main antagonist in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and that the film as a whole had less tie-ins to the rest of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, keeping the story more self-contained.

** In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021''[[spoiler:, an alternate universe is shown where Odin chooses to return Loki to Laufey instead of adopting him. The result is a Thor who is a {{Manchild}} and not even close to being as respected as a warrior, but somehow causes pretty much causes Asgard to have peaceful relations with characters and civilizations who they are enemies with in the main universe including the Frost Giants. Loki appears in this timeline as a fully grown Frost Giant who is the prince of Jotunheim, and while a FairWeatherFriend to Thor he is much happier than his main universe counterpart. The fact the flashback showing Loki being returned had Laufey taking him back with a smile suggests that Odin had misinterpreted the situation when he found Loki, and since he is the same size as other Frost Giants in the episode that implies that Odin's magic was the reason Loki had a normal human's height. This means that because of Odin's FantasticRacism Loki was robbed of the happiness he could have had with his own people and developed into the villain he was in this film.]]

** Won't be the last time Thor gets [[Film/ThorRagnarok tasered]].

** Sif's unusual coldness towards Loki becomes more understandable and way funnier in ''Series/Loki2021'', when it's revealed he cut off her hair after they had slept together.

** The very fact that [[Creator/KennethBranagh Gilderoy]] [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Lockhart]] directed this film made fans jokingly theorize that he [[FakeMemories cast Obliviate]] on the actual director and stuck his name on the credits.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KURb52giNfM Walk]]''. Considering he's a long haired badass with a BadassBeard, maybe Music/DaveGrohl [[WildMassGuessing is an Asgardian]].

** The portrayal of the Norse Gods at AncientAstronauts previously appeared in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RoswellConspiracies'' and ''Series/StargateSG1''. They just happen to look human this time around.

* NoYay: While there's no blood relation, Thor and Loki were still raised as brothers. Despite being the most popular ship in the fandom, some are also very averse to it.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** Thor/Loki, by an overwhelming margin. Probably one of the few creative works in existence for which the majority of the fandom prefers to ship the protagonist with his brother rather than the protagonist with his established female love interest.
** Fans of the comics (and of Myth/NorseMythology in general) generally prefer Thor/Sif. It helps that Sif and Thor are married in the myths (in the comics, they are notoriously on-again/off-again).

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Depending on who you ask, [[PluckyComicRelief Darcy]] is either an EnsembleDarkhorse or TheScrappy.

** WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 brings into question if Laufey actually abandoned Loki for being a runt, or if Odin just mistook him for such. As the Loki returned to his father in the Party Thor universe grew to be a full sized Frost Giant.