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Since Thor and now Captain America came out this year, I wanted to get what Tropers thought of the concept and execution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in general. Personally I love the idea and wonder why this idea hasn't been seriously tried before. It sorta seems to me like the DCAU in movie form (And well, ummm, with Marvel), and really 'gets' the comic book feel of a shared universe while not being completely alienating.

Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM

Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#68301: Apr 8th 2017 at 10:28:52 PM

I can gruesomely murder people using only the power of my bare hands and sharp objects.

Hypothetically.

"All you Fascists bound to lose."
SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#68302: Apr 8th 2017 at 10:41:07 PM

I can eat any substance that is digestible to the human body.

My various fanfics.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#68303: Apr 8th 2017 at 10:41:23 PM

[up][up][up]Shit! I've been found out!

edited 8th Apr '17 10:42:00 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

MapleSamurai Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
#68304: Apr 8th 2017 at 10:44:09 PM

I can travel great distances by putting one foot in front of the other repeatedly.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#68305: Apr 8th 2017 at 10:47:42 PM

I can eat any substance that is digestible to the human body.
I can eat substances that are not digestible to the human body, but only for a short period of time.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#68306: Apr 8th 2017 at 11:11:10 PM

I can explode into a massive fireball. Exactly once. And I need prep time.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#68307: Apr 8th 2017 at 11:20:49 PM

Behold, foolish mortals, as I convert precious oxygen to poisonous carbon dioxide using nothing but my own body!

Muhahahahaha-coughcoughcough...

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#68308: Apr 8th 2017 at 11:23:03 PM

I, HOUSEPLANT-MAN, shall reverse your fiendish process, KnownUnknown!

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#68309: Apr 8th 2017 at 11:50:51 PM

You have sealed my victory, Houseplant-man! For by devouring you, I will convert your own heroic nutrients into various noxious gases - including methane! - and unleash them upon crowded elevators everywhere!

note 

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#68310: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:07:24 AM

You may devour me, but can you devour my sidekick, The Inedible Hulk?!

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#68311: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:15:55 AM

You're hungry. You wouldn't like him when you're hungry.

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#68312: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:28:08 AM

I can explode into a massive fireball. Exactly once.
You jest, but that's the exact power the main character of X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever had.

edited 9th Apr '17 12:28:43 AM by alliterator

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#68313: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:39:40 AM

That comic had better have ended with him detonating himself to save all of humanity in a spectacular explosion.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#68314: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:53:14 AM

If he can only use his power once, how does he find out what his power is in the first place?

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#68315: Apr 9th 2017 at 12:57:10 AM

That comic had better have ended with him detonating himself to save all of humanity in a spectacular explosion.
As a matter of fact, it basically does.

If he can only use his power once, how does he find out what his power is in the first place?
The X-Men have a test to see what his power is before he uses it.

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#68316: Apr 9th 2017 at 1:08:46 AM

Well that's handy.

Also I can clone myself, partially, with the aid of another human and over the span of several decades outnumber myself.

And I can destroy the lives of fictional people.

edited 9th Apr '17 1:12:26 AM by Tuckerscreator

alliterator Since: Jan, 2001
#68317: Apr 9th 2017 at 1:16:18 AM

Also I can clone myself, partially, with the aid of another human and over the span of several decades outnumber myself.
Is it really a clone if it uses two people's DNA?

Tuckerscreator (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#68319: Apr 9th 2017 at 2:16:40 AM

Well, not everyone can to be Nitro...but then, who want to be stuck in a giant pokeball?

Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#68320: Apr 9th 2017 at 7:30:10 AM

I'd try it at least once

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#68321: Apr 9th 2017 at 3:20:15 PM

I can magically make various messages appear on this strange place called Tv Tropes.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.cool

One Strip! One Strip!
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#68322: Apr 9th 2017 at 3:35:12 PM

I have the power to create an endless stream of keratin from my body, especially my scalp, so long as I maintain normal metabolic functions.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#68323: Apr 9th 2017 at 3:41:54 PM

I am capable of travelling at enormous velocities and surviving in the vacuum of space so long as I remain in relatively close contact with this huge sphere of rock and liquid metal.

PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#68324: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:19:45 PM

I can put myself into a prone, comatose-like state, for as much as 24 hours straight. Unfortunately, I can only survive without entering this state for a few days at a time, and not entering this state for too long negatively impacts my reaction time and common sense.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#68325: Apr 9th 2017 at 4:46:31 PM

Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.

Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them?

The Zeroth Law of Trope Examples strikes again.

edited 9th Apr '17 4:47:38 PM by Hodor2


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