Avengers: Infinity War
Here ’s everyone Thanos ( Josh Brolin ) in person campaign inAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgame . Marvel Studios had been tease the being of theMad Titansince 2011’sThor , but the character wo n’t debut until 2018 via Joe and Anthony Russo’sInfinity War . In the seven years between that , he appeared in several films with varying degrees of involvement just to keep citizenry aware that he ’s coming .
Marketed as the biggest villain the Avengers have ever faced , there was a lot of anticipation regarding Thanos ' debut inInfinity War ; there was monumental insistence to deliver , and fortunately , Marvel Studios did n’t let down . The purple villain quickly became one of the intimately unfit guys in the franchise despite have significantly lesser screen fourth dimension than some of the universe ’s most big resister . Thanos was a departure fromMCU ’s typically one - dimensional villainsand while his plan was finally wrong , it was fascinating to watch him follow out a random racial extermination really believing that he was doing the universe a favour .
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Thanos did n’t see himself as a villain , however ; he did n’t have anything against the Avengers . For him , everything he ’s doing was just part of his life ’s mission — nothing personal . So unlike previous MCU villains who relished in partake in in an intense battle , the Mad Titan cautiously prefer his battles , only take when he really needed to . But , when he finally did , he leaven whyThanos is the franchise ’s biggest and baddest villainthus far .
Bruce Banner/Hulk
avenger : eternity Waropened with a slugging peer between Thanos and the Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo ) come the Mad Titan and the Black Order ’s highjacking of the Asgardian refugee ship travel to Earth . For a while , the green - rage monster look like he was going to easily take care of the villains — that ’s until Thanos got bore with the fight that he quickly off Hulk . Bruce Banner ’s alter - ego got so traumatized , he refuse to come out for the respite of the picture show .
While Thanos never encountered the Hulk again — be it inInfinity WarorAvengers : Endgame , Bruce had another chance at going after the villain . At the ending ofInfinity Warfollowing Thanos ' comer in Wakanda , Bruce , aboard the Hulkbuster , was the first torpedo to charge towards the Mad Titan . unluckily , he did n’t even get the hazard to lay a hand on him ; Thanos merely used the infinite stone to get him Bruce of the agency and then trap him in a boulder to ensure that he no longer nonplus a threat .
Loki
Reuniting after their run out attempt to take over Earth inThe Avengers , Loki(Tom Hiddleston ) and Thanos ' relationship was stress . During their last collaborationism , the God of Mischief lost the Mad Titan both the Mind and Space Stone — the latter of which was with Loki at that time . However , due to his character growth over the days , instead of simply handing over the Tesseract , Loki attempted to stab Thanos which resulted in his death at the start ofAvengers : Infinity War .
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Gamora
With both the Power ( acquired off - silver screen ) and Space Stone fasten inAvengers : Infinity War , Thanos send the Black Order to Earth to acquire the Time and Mind Stone , while he jaunt to Knowhere for theReality Stone . There , he encountered the Guardians of the Galaxy including Gamora ( Zoe Saldana ) who went ahead and still-hunt his adopt father in the hopes of finally contract him down , ironically , using the sticker that he gave her when he killed half of her people and submit her aside from her home planet . What she did n’t know was that it was all a artifice as the Mad Titan already possessed the Reality Stone . While she did n’t kill her , this led to Gamora ’s separation from the team , tick the last time her team saw her in the film .
Drax
As Gamora confront his male parent , Drax ( Dave Bautista ) discover himself , disregard Star - Lord ’s ( Chris Pratt ) plan to cohesively attack the scoundrel . At this item , Drax was motivated to finally have his expression - to - nerve with Thanos inAvengers : Infinity Warafter the Mad Titan killed his whole family age ago — something that had been fuel him for geezerhood . However , before he can even lay a digit on Thanos , the purplish foreigner already used the Reality Stone that forget him disintegrated but still alive on the floor . Later on , Drax start another shot at Thanos when they met again in Titan , but the villain remained too powerful for him .
Star-Lord
After Drax botched his attack programme whileMantis(Pom Klementieff ) was push out of hiding , Star - Lord was left with no choice but to take on Thanos himself to save his girlfriend . However , with the villain confine Gamora surety , he really could n’t do anything but stand there pointing a hired gun at the purple unknown . This was when Gamora cue him of their earlier pact about him accept to toss off her if her adopted sire somehow got to her . Conflicted , Star - Lord ultimately airt his aim at Gamora with Thanos goad him . Unfortunately , while he outride true to his word and deplume the trigger , Thanos used the Reality Stone once again to transmute the bullet into bubbles while at the same time teleport aside with his daughter with him .
Like Drax , Peter Quill got another shot at Thanos when they met again in Titan later on inAvengers : Infinity War . After an luxuriant plan to gang up up on the villain , the whole team which includedSpider - Man ( Tom Holland ) , Doctor Strange ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) , and Iron Man ( Robert Downey Jr. ) finally get the villain on a collective curl as Mantis hypnotize him while Tony Stark and Peter Parker tried to get the Infinity Gauntlet off his bridge player . Unfortunately , Star - Lord fall back it when he memorize that Thanos had killed Gamora , allowing the unhinged Titan to get out of his trance .
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Spider-Man
Marvel ’s well-disposed neighborhood Spider - Man also got a prospect to fight Thanos on Titan inAvengers : Infinity Wardespite him being way out of his conference . Thanks to Doctor Strange ’s illusion portal , Peter Parker was able-bodied to connect some hits without the Mad Titan figuring out where he was coming from . The whole scene was entertaining to watch over especially with some snarky commentary from Spider - Man , but his continue blabbing may have spelled his doomsday as the villain was finally able to catch him by the throat , slam him to the ground and give him towards Doctor Strange .
Doctor Strange
Arguably one of , if not the most originative and visually arresting one - on - one fight inAvengers : Infinity Warwas between Thanos andDoctor Strangeon Titan . Hatching a plan to take on Thanos on his abode planet , the sorcerer with his fellow New York - based grinder and Guardians of the Galaxy members come out to bushwhack the villain . Unfortunately , Star - Lord ’s epic nuclear meltdown throw a wrench into their plans , allowing the villain to gather himself after getting lock in hypnosis and take them on .
While Thanos easily took care of most of his ally , Doctor Strange put quite an telling feat stand up to the opposer , using a myriad of sorcerous illusion while he surreptitiously hide the Time Stone . The Sorcerer was the only one who forced Thanos to use the Infinity Stone in a few different way of life other than straight - up just wielding the watch crystal ' single powers against his foe . In fact , it was only against Doctor Strange that Thanos had to habituate theSoul Stoneafter the wizard make multiple illusions of himself to fuddle the baddie . While lover would ’ve wanted to see more of them going at each other , the Doctor Strange ’s dying inInfinity Warand former revival inAvengers : Endgamedidn’t bid any more chance for another one - on - one conflict between them .
Iron Man
As the first sub to foresee Thanos ' arrival and the doom that he wreak , Avengers : Infinity Warjust had to includea face - off between Tony Stark and the crazy Titan . After their initial plan on Titan fail , Thanos spent a considerable amount of metre trying to drink down Iron Man . Throughout his seeking for the Infinity Stones , the villain never deliberately attempted to murder anyone except for the genius , billionaire , knowing the variety of threat he posed to his design . In - between their fighting , the pair got a chance to discuss their history , dating back toThe Avengerswhere Tony cart off a nuclear turkey that destroy Thanos ' Chitauri ship . Thanos also blab about both being cursed with knowledge referring to Iron Man ’s apocalyptic imagination that somehow came to fruition at the end ofInfinity War . Thanks to his kick upstairs suit , Tony was able-bodied to draw pedigree from the Mad Titan , but that was n’t enough to take him down . In the end , Thanos was able to almost kill Tony , puncture him in the organic structure using his armor ’s shaft . Had it not been for Doctor Strange exchanging the Time Stone for Iron Man ’s life , MCU ’s inaugural hero would ’ve been dead .
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After their devastating frustration inInfinity War , Tony sack out from being Iron Man and consecrate his time to building a family with Pepper Potts ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) . However , he was bound to reunite with the huffy Titan inAvengers : Endgame ’s climactic battle where he once again render his script at taking the villain down once and for all together with Captain America ( Chris Evans ) and Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) . unluckily for him , the Mad Titan ’s licking come with a personal forfeit as he had to give up his lifespan to make certain that the villain and his minion no longer posed a threat to the chief MCU timeline .
Captain America
Like Iron Man , Cap have a replay with Thanos at the end ofAvengers : Endgame . WhileCaptain Americateamed up with Tony Stark and Thor to finally take down the crazy Titan once and for all , he also got his one - on - one clock time with the scoundrel . At one point , he was the only one exit stick out against Thanos and his minions , perfectly encapsulating his relentless determination to fight until the close . Fortunately , it was n’t long after then that the cavalry arrived with the revived heroes coming to join the fight .
Black Panther, Falcon, War Machine, Bucky, Okoye, Black Widow, Teenage Groot
On the final leg of his Infinity Stones , Thanos ' last finish was Wakanda where the heroes had been save Vision with the Mind Stone protect . However , with the delirious Titan already having five out of six gem , it was moderately easy for him to get rid of them . After Bruce Banner in the Hulkbuster charged towards the villain , Captain America follow courting , but he was n’t able-bodied to even make liaison with the villain using the Power Stone against him .
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Black Panther ( Chadwick Boseman ) also set in motion his attack , but Thanos caught him by the neck and used the same vitreous silica to cast him to the ground . Both Falcon ( Anthony Mackie ) and War Machine ( Don Cheadle ) attempted to get close from the air , but Thanos caught them too and forced them down . Despite how easily the villain took care of their ally , Bucky Barnes(Sebastian Stan ) , Okoye ( Danai Gurira ) , and Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson ) still charged towards Thanos , but they too were easily defeated . The Mad Titan used the Power Stone against Bucky and Okoye , with Black Widow ended up entangled by Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree roots and pinned to the ground . lastly , after spending most ofAvengers : eternity Warunbothered and focused on his TV game , Teenage Groot ( Vin Diesel ) try his hazard against Thanos with the sentient tree creature trying to cage in the villain using his elongated legs as well , but to no avail . Thanos quickly got out of the entrapment with barely any effort .
Scarlet Witch
With her allies defeated inAvengers : Infinity War , Scarlet Witchwas the only one who stood between Thanos and Vision ( Paul Bettany ) . As antecedently talk over , Wanda was n’t even try out to keep her lover safe , instead , she was there to ruin the Mind Stone and kill him in effect to check that that the Mad Titan could not get his hand on the final stone . So while Scarlet Witch was slowly disintegrate the stone on Vision ’s forehead , she was also simultaneously slowing down the Mad Titan . Ultimately , she win in her goal , but with the assistance of the Time Stone , the villain reversed time , undo the death of Vision and allow him to gain the Mind Stone — all while Wanda find out helplessly .
Upon her resurrection inAvengers : Endgame , Scarlet Witch once again confronted Thanos . Fueled by her grief and angriness over the death of Vision , she let loose her tycoon against the Mad Titan who did n’t remember her since its the 2014 version of the fiber . Using her ability to manipulate energies , she unrelentingly attacked Thanos , stripping him off his armor and even breaking his sword . Realizing that he could not struggle her alone , the Mad Titan mandate to rain down fire on the primer coat to salvage himself despite the move also shoot his own side .
Thor
The God of Thunder ’s wholeAvengers : Infinity Wararc orb around his expected side - off with Thanos after the villain killed half of his people , as well as , Heimdall ( Idris Elba ) and Loki at the beginning of the movie . However , he did n’t get as much time against the harebrained Titan as he confronted him after the baddie had already arrest hold of all six Infinity Stones . Still , Thor got the closest to killing Thanos — at least in the moving-picture show . His Stormbreaker slice through the king of the Infinity Stones and landed in the alien ’s chest . Regrettably , instead of quickly taking care of Thanos , Thor resolve to triumph ; thisgave the Mad Titan just enough time to snap his fingersand execute his terrible galactic genocide .
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Eventually , Thor was capable to vote down Thanos at the commencement ofAvengers : Endgame , but it did n’t mean much since the Infinity Stones were already gone , meaning they did n’t have any other way of life to overthrow the walkover — at least at that point . Five year and a couple of hundreds of kilos after , Thor got another crack cocaine at the Mad Titan as he work together with Captain America and Iron Man in the hope of properly kill him . With Mjölnir from theThor : The Dark Worldtimeline with him , the God of Thunder used his hammer and Stormbreaker in tandem to fight the Mad Titan . He also noticeably aimed for the pass legion meter , raise that he determine his lesson fromInfinity War .
Captain Marvel
Positioned as the only remaining salvation following Thanos ' snap inAvengers : Infinity War , Captain Marvel ( Brie Larson ) only had the chance to encounter the Mad Titan inAvengers : Endgame . Her arrival on Earth prompt the heroes to go after the villain who retired to his garden after accomplish his mission to restore balance in the universe . surefooted about her strength and power , she went on to waylay Thano and put him in a headlock ; unfortunately , by the time she and the residue of the surviving heroes get , the Infinity Stones were gone and Thanos was at his weakest , frankly not care whether he live or break .
From then , Carol went off - world again , help other planets until she return just in time at the end ofthe climactic battle inEndgameat Avengers HQ . There , she got another luck at the Mad Titan and this clock time , they were locked in an vivid battle . For a while , Captain Marvel was able to control her ground , keep the baddie ’s fist open as she pulled the Infinity Gauntlet off him , but Thanos was clever , draw from the Power Stone and using its incredible force to pink her down .
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