History YMMV / Thor

** WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 brings into question if Laufey ctually 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.

** Despite the two sharing less than a minute of screentime, this film spawned the explosively popular Clint Barton/Phil Coulson ship, which is still going strong as of 2015.
** Loki and Jane as well.

** Many jokes have been made that despite the lack of romantic chemistry, there actually ''is'' a good reason Thor and Jane are attracted to each other...namely, because he's Creator/ChrisHemsworth and because she's Creator/NataliePortman. They are ''hot.'' Even WebVideo/HonestTrailers got in on this, with the narrator saying that Jane was in love with Thor for no good reason - only to show the scene where Jane sees Thor shirtless, and correcting himself by saying she's in love with him for "six good reasons - abs!"

** Odin proclaiming both of his sons as being born to rule is tough to watch after Series/Loki2021 where Mobius M. Mobius declares that Loki [[spoiler:was never meant to be a king but was born to cause pain, suffering and death and to be a tool to help other people become better.]]

* DesignatedHero: Odin could be considered one, since it's his fault that Loki has gone down the dark path. Thor at least tries to make Loki forgive him. Odin himself, on the other hand, refuses to admit that he's responsible for how misguided Loki is. For context, he tells Thor and Loki when they are children that "only one of you can inherit the throne, but both of you were born to be kings". [[SarcasmMode Sure, that won't create any pressure, competition and resentment, Odin...]]

* DesignatedHero: Odin could be considered one, since it's his fault that Loki has gone down the dark path. Thor at least tries to make Loki forgive him. Odin himself, on the other hand, refuses to admit that he's responsible for how misguided Loki is.

* TheScrappy:
** Darcy Lewis is this to some viewers due to her constant attempts to be funny, with some comparing her to [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]] or even the TropeNamer [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo himself]].
** All the human cast to a degree can be this for diehard fans who despise characters such as [[DesignatedLoveInterest Jane]] and [[MadScientist Selvig]] for [[SpotlightStealingSquad taking attention away]] from [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter more popular characters]] such as [[EnsembleDarkhorse Heimdall and Thor's fellow warriors]].

** Darcy Lewis for her quirky personality and that [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments notable scene]] where she [[MemeticBadass tases Thor]].

* FoeYay: There's a bit of Sif/Loki, if you look at their interactions a certain way. Probably only one-sided, though, and ''might'' be insinuated as to how Odin wanted the "joining of the kingdoms" to go. You could do worse than having your enemy's son marry into your own nobility.

** Another one due to ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': [[spoiler:Director Creator/KennethBranagh is the Asgardian distress call in the opening of that film.]]
** A third for ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': [[spoiler: Thanos snaps half the universe into dust ''after'' Jotunheim was already devastated by the Bifrost. That's two massive disasters causing huge civilian casualties in a very short amount of time. How many of them were even ''left''?]]

** Creator/ZacharyLevi was originally cast to play Fandral, but his commitment to ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' caused him to drop out, giving the role to Creator/JoshDallas. Fast-forward to 2012, when Creator/JoshDallas's commitment to ''Series/OnceUponATime'' caused him to drop out of the sequel. Guess who played Fandral? Zachary Levi.
*** Levi would later go on to play Film/{{Shazam}} who, like Thor, is a FlyingBrick superhero who [[ShockAndAwe uses lightning]]. And, in the comics ([[DependingOnTheWriter some of the time]]) transforms from a weak mortal form to a heroic form with godlike power (young Billy Batson becomes Shazam, lame Dr. Donald Blake becomes Thor). For extra bonus points, the 90's crossover series ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'' had these two heroes pitted against each other.
** Sif is nicknamed as [[Series/XenaWarriorPrincess Xena]] by a ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent. Creator/LucyLawless would later portray a new character, Isabelle Hartley, in an episode in ''[[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' Season 2.

** At the time this was released, it was dueling with ''Film/GreenLantern'', which among its cast, starred one Creator/TaikaWaititi, who would later go on to ''direct'' the aforementioned ''Thor Ragnarok''.

** Hogun's actor would go on to play [[Film/MortalKombat2021 a different God of Thunder about a decade after this film's release.]]

** Hogun's actor would go on to play [[Franchise/MortalKombat a different God of Thunder about a decade after this film's release.]]

** Odin's growl at Loki when he tries to intervene on Thor's behalf has gained this status. It's usually rendered as something along the lines of, "HAEEEERGH!"

** Odin's growl at Loki when he tries to intervene on Thor's behalf has gained this status. It's usually rendered as something along the lines of, "HRROWRR!"

* Adorkable: The Warriors Three are every inch as sweet and goofy as Thor is when they're on Earth; The big-happy-grins ([[TheSpock Hogun's]] included) that they wore after finding Thor on Earth are simply ''adorable.''

** Creator/ZacharyLevi was originally cast to play Fandral, but his commitment to ''{{Series/Chuck}}'' caused him to drop out, giving the role to Josh Dallas. Fast-forward to 2012, when Creator/JoshuaDallas's commitment to ''Series/OnceUponATime'' caused him to drop out of the sequel. Guess who played Fandral? Zachary Levi.

*** Levi would later go on to play Film/{{Shazam}} who, like Thor, is a FlyingBrick superhero who [[ShockAndAwe uses lightning]]. And, in the comics ([[DependingOnTheWriter some of the time]]) transforms from a weak mortal form to a heroic form with godlike power (young Billy Batson becomes Shazam, lame Dr. Donald Blake becomes Thor).

** Another one due to ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': [[spoiler: director Creator/KennethBranagh is the Asgardian distress call in the opening of that film.]]

** Darcy ''tased the God of Thunder'' [[note]]albeit when he was depowered[[/note]]. ‘Nuff said.

** Darcy Lewis for her quirky personality and for that [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments notable scene]] where she [[MemeticBadass tases Thor]].

** Darci calling Mjölnir "Mew Mew."

* MemeticBadass: Almost in-universe. When Heimdall summons you, OhCrap is the proper expression.

*** Levi would later go on to play Film/{{Shazam}} who, like Thor, is a FlyingBrick superhero who [[ShockAndAwe uses lightning]]. And, in the comics ([[DependingOnTheWriter some of the time]]) transforms from a weak mortal form to a heroic form with godlike power (young Billy Batson becomes Shazam, lame Dr. Donald Blake becomes Thor.

** Creator/KennethBranagh must have realized this and says in the DVDCommentary that their relationship wasn't meant to be true love, but more a mutual crush and respect based around what they represent to one another, a statement that rings a bit hollow given the BigDamnKiss (a more restrained kiss, like Thor kissing her hand, would have fit better), and the sequel takes the StrangledByTheRedString to greater levels, though in all fairness Branagh had no say in that happening.

*** Levi would later go on to play Film/{{Shazam}} who, like Thor, is a FlyingBrick superhero who [[ShockAndAwe uses lightning]]. And, in the comics ([[DependingOnTheWriter some of the time]]) transforms from a weak mortal form to a heroic form with godlike power (young Billy Batson becomes Shazam, lame Dr. Donald Blake becomes Thor).

*** Levi would later go on to play Film/{{Shazam}} who, like Thor, is a FlyingBrick superhero who [[ShockAndAwe uses lightning]].

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