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Not every Marvel moment is met with applause! Join us as we count down the creative decisions that left fans fuming in the MCU. From bizarre character choices to missed opportunities, these controversial scenes divided audiences and sparked heated debates online. Which divisive moment had you reaching for your keyboard?
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00:00Everyone else who died in the past stayed dead, not her. Why? Was it the magic cliff? I don't know.
00:04That's some freaking infinity stone scientist.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most controversial moments in the MCU.
00:14We'll be talking spoilers from various MCU shows and movies, so consider this your warning.
00:19Number 20. Butchering the God Butcher. Thor, Love and Thunder.
00:32You went to the gods for help, and they did nothing. They're alike in that sense.
00:39When word broke that the fourth Thor movie would introduce comic book fan favorite Gorr the God Butcher, people were pretty excited.
00:45Unfortunately, once the movie actually came out, people were collectively disappointed.
00:50While Christian Bale certainly tried to bring some drama and gravitas to Gorr, the villain felt tonally at odds with the movie's overall goofy vibe.
00:58It also didn't help that the MCU severely downplayed the God Butcher part of Gorr.
01:03Sure, the movie told us that his God-killing spree was bad, but all we really got was him murdering some deedless deities.
01:10All gods will die.
01:15To make matters worse, many of these deaths happen off-screen too.
01:20So, yeah.
01:21It'd be Gorr who got butchered in the end, sadly.
01:31Number 19. Having Thor Put on Some Pounds. Avengers Endgame.
01:35Oh my god! Oh my god, it's so good to see you!
01:41Thor's been everything from a prince to a warrior to a full-fledged superhero, but he's also been a buffoon.
01:47After the trauma of Infinity War, he became a husk of his former self in Endgame.
01:52In a look reminiscent of the dude from The Big Lebowski, he was an overweight, depressed gamer.
01:57Some defended this appearance, saying he looked more in line with the typical Norse mythology, but the depiction just didn't connect with most fans.
02:03His growth in Infinity War was undone.
02:06Sure, he was sad a bit in Endgame, but that wasn't enough to repair the damage.
02:11You're better off leaving the sneaking to your brother.
02:13I was seeking a scoge for a walk and then...
02:16What are you wearing?
02:17I always wear this. This is one of my favorites.
02:20Thor eventually got back into shape, but his transformation from a thundering god to a lazy couch potato to a jovial himbo was still a major letdown.
02:28Come here.
02:29No, no, no.
02:30I think I'm happy.
02:31I'm happy.
02:31I can talk.
02:32Come here.
02:33Right here.
02:35You think you're the only one who lost people?
02:37What do you think we're doing here?
02:39Number 18.
02:40Loki falls in love with himself?
02:43Loki.
02:43What is this about?
02:45This isn't about you.
02:50Christ.
02:51The first season of this show gave a whole new creepy spin to the concept of self-love.
02:56When Loki discovers a female variant of himself named Sylvie, sparks fly between them.
03:01In fact, the two even share a kiss in the season 1 finale.
03:10Loki experiencing love is cool, but hooking up with himself probably wasn't the right idea.
03:15The whole thing just felt gross, and we're not the only ones thinking that.
03:19A majority of fans were put off by this pairing, and we can't blame them.
03:23Thankfully, it seems like Marvel got the message since the romantic relationship was quietly dropped during the second season.
03:28All in all, the semi-incestuous relationship was a weird chapter in Loki's life that's best to be ignored.
03:34Listen, I haven't got all day. Are you gonna order something?
03:37Well, what?
03:38Give me talk.
03:41My break's in five minutes.
03:44Number 17. Killing Foggy. Daredevil Born Again.
03:47Nostalgia. Reverence for the past, yet hope for the future.
03:51Oh, that is the next level.
03:52Closing argument BS right there.
03:55The cancellation of the original Netflix Daredevil had fans worried that they would never see Matt Murdock and his supporting cast in the MCU ever again.
04:02Thankfully, the launch of the sequel show Born Again showed that there was plenty of life left for the Daredevil property.
04:08However, not all parts of that franchise would be treated fairly.
04:12Within the first few minutes of the Born Again premiere, Foggy was unceremoniously killed off by Bullseye.
04:17I don't know what he's talking about.
04:20He said someone's looking for you.
04:24Foggy!
04:25This felt like a huge middle finger from Marvel to the fans.
04:29Anyone who watched the Netflix show knew just how iconic Foggy was.
04:33Even though an argument could be made that the show needed to have a radical creative change, cutting Foggy Nelson hurt all of us deeply.
04:41You know he gets to breathe the same air that you breathe.
04:44You feel good about that?
04:44He got life!
04:47Number 16.
04:48Wasting Taskmaster.
04:50Various.
04:50How to handle a character like Taskmaster proved to be a surprisingly difficult task for the MCU.
05:05That's because fans were largely displeased with the character's portrayal.
05:08Instead of a comic-accerate Anthony Masters, we got a new character at the helm in Antonia Dracoff.
05:13While this change was frustrating, all could have been forgiven if Antonia was well-written.
05:18Sadly, though, that wasn't the case.
05:20The MCU Taskmaster was basically treated like a footnote.
05:23She was a pretty one-note villain in the Black Widow movie and then killed off haphazardly in Thunderbolts.
05:38Marvel essentially saw Antonia as a glorified jobber and nothing more.
05:42Taskmaster never got their time to shine.
05:45And now, who knows if the character ever will again.
05:47Job or not, can you have some respect, please?
05:50Oh, Jesus.
05:52Let's go along in a second.
05:55Come on.
05:55What do you want me to have it?
05:57I need it.
05:58Number 15.
05:59Everything about Smart Hulk.
06:01Various.
06:01Damn.
06:02Bruce.
06:03Listen to your mom.
06:05She knows better.
06:06About what you were saying.
06:07Right.
06:08The intelligence of Bruce Banner and the raw strength of the Hulk are both important parts of this hero.
06:13However, blending those two fundamentals together is like putting pizza and ice cream together.
06:18They're both amazing foods, but nobody wants Rocky Road as a piece of topping.
06:22So, with that in mind, Smart Hulk was a recipe for disaster.
06:26Turning Hulk into just a green version of regular Bruce vastly reduced its importance.
06:30In fact, Hulk became boring.
06:33Time travel.
06:38What?
06:40I see this as an absolute win.
06:43This is a founding Avenger, and he arguably hasn't done anything important since Endgame.
06:47It's no wonder why fans want to see the Hulk let loose once again.
06:51If we don't get that, then the Incredible Hulk is probably going to get rebranded as the Insignificant Hulk.
06:56This is my son, Scar.
07:00No!
07:01Chris!
07:01I know.
07:02Someone just made that.
07:04Wow, you're a family.
07:06Number 14.
07:07Wanda's Hill Turn.
07:08Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
07:11You break the rules and become a hero.
07:13I do it, and I become the enemy.
07:15That doesn't seem fair.
07:18After losing both Vision and their magical imaginary children, Wanda Maximoff went down a dark path.
07:24How dark?
07:25Well, she ended up on a murder spree in the second Doctor Strange movie that saw her killing members of the Illuminati.
07:30She also nearly killed the magical teenage girl, American Chavez.
07:34So, yeah, it's pretty safe to say that Wanda lost all her marbles.
07:38While some fans had no problem with the Scarlet Witch becoming evil, many criticized it.
07:43It didn't really feel like it was the logical next step for her after the events of WandaVision.
07:47Elizabeth Olsen herself even expressed some frustration with aspects of WandaVision seemingly getting ignored.
07:52He said it was my snot, and he was actually mad at me.
07:58So bizarre.
07:59Either way, though, we can all agree that an evil Scarlet Witch is a scary sight.
08:11Number 13.
08:13She-Hulk Twerking
08:14She-Hulk Attorney at Law
08:16Hi, there's my new favorite client.
08:19Oh, boy.
08:20People did not like this.
08:22At the end of Episode 3 of She-Hulk, Jen and her client Megan Thee Stallion let loose.
08:27This leads to an infamous clip of She-Hulk twerking.
08:29I almost tasted that.
08:30Num, num, num, num, num, eat it up.
08:32Go play, okay, three, two, one.
08:33You know I'm the hottest.
08:34You ain't never gotta heat me up.
08:36The internet had a collective meltdown over this, with many even calling it one of the MCU's lowest points.
08:42In all honesty, that might be a little bit harsh.
08:45Is it kind of cringy?
08:47Sure, that horrendous CGI isn't doing Jen any favors, but this is also just a lighthearted end credit.
08:53The moment got far more backlash than it may have deserved.
08:56Because of that, the discourse around this show remains divisive to this day.
09:00With that in mind, it's unlikely that the MCU will repeat this creative choice going forward.
09:04You are way more fun than my last lawyer.
09:07I will kill for you, Megan Thee Stallion.
09:09Style it back.
09:10Number 12.
09:10Turning Sharon into a Villain
09:12The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
09:14Sharon Carter has had a really rough life in the MCU.
09:25She started out as a resourceful S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who developed a romance with Captain America.
09:29Unfortunately for her, though, Steve Rogers later time traveled to get back together with Sharon's great Aunt Peggy.
09:35Oof.
09:36The mental gymnastics on that thing are a nightmare.
09:39Anyways, the logical next step was to reveal that she was now secretly a bad guy named the Power Broker.
09:50Yeah, that didn't really work.
09:52Her out-of-character turn to the dark side was baffling for viewers.
09:56Was she really the right character to make a crime lord?
09:58What would Steve think of all of this?
10:00Ultimately, the Power Broker was a pretty broken concept.
10:04We're about to have full access to government secrets, prototype weapons, you name it.
10:09Should be something for everyone.
10:11Number 11.
10:11Calling Black Widow a Monster
10:13Avengers Age of Ultron
10:15That I was anything more than the assassin they made me.
10:19There were some real problems with Age of Ultron.
10:22And unfortunately, the romance between Natasha and Bruce had some issues like this scene in particular.
10:26While sharing her backstory with Bruce, Nat explains that as part of the training she had, she's not capable of having children.
10:33After that, she likens the situation to being a monster.
10:36You still think you're the only monster on the team?
10:39This was an extreme statement to make, and not a popular line in the slightest.
10:44Marvel probably had good intentions by trying to showcase Black Widow's pain in an attempt to build sympathy for her.
10:49However, the insensitive monologue just ended up making the whole scene feel disrespectful.
10:55The real monster of this movie is Ultron, not Black Widow.
10:58I really hope this makes us even.
11:03Now go be a hero.
11:06Number 10.
11:07Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch aren't mutants.
11:09Various.
11:10Integrating mutants into the MCU has been tricky.
11:25Many fans wanted to see the X-Men alongside the Avengers.
11:28And when the MCU introduced Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, fans thought that this could be a possibility.
11:34Unfortunately, Wanda and Pietro had a bit of a bumpy start in this shared universe.
11:38Their status as mutants was scrapped, instead being referred to as Miracles.
11:43You know later, they will meet the twins.
11:48It's not the world of spies anymore, not even the world of heroes.
11:53This is the age of miracles, Doctor.
11:57Their family tree was also reimagined.
11:59Typically, Magneto is their father, but that wasn't the case here.
12:03Sure, Marvel couldn't lean into all of the X-Men goods back then.
12:07But ignoring who these characters were didn't make fans happy.
12:10Maybe the real miracle here is how popular Scarlet Witch became, despite all of the changes.
12:15Number 9, the CGI head, Thor Love and Thunder.
12:30Thor?
12:32Can you see me?
12:33A floating head alert.
12:35If you always wanted to see a floating head in a Thor movie, congratulations.
12:40This scene might have thrilled you.
12:41Unfortunately, the effects looks pretty unsettling.
12:45Heimdall's son Axel relays a message to Thor and the gang about gore.
12:49But we're willing to bet all words get lost in translation because audiences could only focus on the horrendous CGI.
12:57A multi-million dollar movie shouldn't look like it belongs in the bargain bin.
13:01No offense to the VFX team, but this just was not it.
13:05There's even a cleaned up version on Disney+, but we're not sure it's much better.
13:09This laughably bad scene was one of several reasons this Thor entry is regarded as a weak point of the franchise.
13:16I need you to focus and hold out your hand.
13:19You're good.
13:20Now focus.
13:21Close your eyes.
13:24Number 8, Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis have a kid.
13:28What if?
13:28What if a human woman and a duck had a child?
13:38There's a lot of fun stuff in the show, what if?
13:40But we're not sure who was wondering about this specific scenario.
13:44An episode where Darcy Lewis has a child with Howard the Duck is going to ruffle feathers no matter what way you want to slice it.
13:51This exact scenario plays out in the fourth episode of season 3, which sees the birth of Birdie.
14:04It's an absolutely bizarre storyline to do.
14:07And given the limitless premise of the show, a bit of a disappointment.
14:11Out of all the boundary-pushing scenarios they could have done, they go with this.
14:16Seriously, what the duck were they thinking?
14:19Did you do the bottle?
14:22You're supposed to do the bottle.
14:23No, no, no, the bottle's fine.
14:25Howard's way too hot.
14:25You can't give a bottle that hot.
14:27It's the blanket.
14:27It's the color.
14:28Why'd we get her this color?
14:30Number 7, Kang the Conqueror is bested by Ant-Man.
14:33Ant-Man and the Wasp, Quantumania.
14:44This guy was supposed to be the next big bad of the MCU.
14:47That's kind of shocking considering he went out like a complete chump in the fight against Ant-Man.
14:53In Quantumania, Scott and Hope Van Dyne pushed Kang into a multiversal engine core, defeating him.
14:59It's a cool fight sequence, but a huge letdown too.
15:03Fans didn't like the idea that this next level supervillain died that easily.
15:18Even though there were multiple other menacing variants of him running around, this was supposed
15:22to be the main Kang.
15:24If the MCU revisits Kang, he'll still be the guy who was taken down by the dude who talks
15:29to ants.
15:30Sorry, but that's a bummer.
15:32But he also said something bad was coming.
15:35And that everyone would die if he didn't get out.
15:39Wait, so did I just kill everyone?
15:42Is everyone going to die because of me?
15:44Number 6, Rodius the Scroll, Secret Invasion.
15:47The long-awaited Scroll Invasion turned out to be a flop.
16:01But as the miniseries ran, speculation flew over which fan-favorite characters would be
16:05outed as shapeshifters.
16:07Eventually, Rhodey would be revealed as a scroll.
16:10But many fans were displeased at the vague nature of the reveal.
16:13When exactly was Rhodey swapped out?
16:16Had he been a scroll since Endgame?
16:17Did the real Rhodey even know that his friend Tony Stark died?
16:21This plot twist just didn't feel earned.
16:23He and other world officials are being kept in pods beneath the scroll compound.
16:30You nuked that, you nuked them.
16:34Please tell me this isn't true.
16:35Are you listening to this insanity?
16:37Of course it isn't true.
16:38It seemed like the show needed a big reveal and Rhodey squared that circle.
16:41Secret Invasion could have been a thrilling adaptation of an iconic comic storyline.
16:46But instead, we got a dull show that just failed to live up.
16:55Number 5, The Ralph Boner Debacle, WandaVision.
16:59Long lost bro, get to squeeze his stinking sister to death or what?
17:04Did she recast Pietro?
17:06While this show might not have fully jumped the shark, it had its own divisive moments.
17:11The most commotion was caused when the identity of Evan Peters' mystery character was revealed.
17:16Fans initially believed that he might reprise his role as Quicksilver from the Fox Universe.
17:21Could this mean we were going to get the X-Men in the MCU?
17:24Nope.
17:25Sorry.
17:25It turned out that he wasn't Pietro, and it was all a trick.
17:29Peters was actually just playing some guy called Ralph, whose last name sounded like an immature reference.
17:34You're Ralph Boner?
17:40Boner.
17:41Fans didn't love how WandaVision stirred fan speculation and wasted an actor cameo all for a stupid gag.
17:48Hey, don't sweat it, sis.
17:50It's not like your dead husband could die twice.
17:54Number 4, Star-Lord Screws Everything Up, Avengers Infinity War.
17:59I thought you'd be hard to catch.
18:02For the record, this was my plan.
18:04Not so strong now, huh?
18:06It was really hard to be a Star-Lord fan around 2018.
18:10He got a lot of blame for the blip.
18:12When Thanos is cornered by Iron Man's group of heroes, they come incredibly close to prying the Infinity Gauntlet from his grasp.
18:18But when Star-Lord discovers that Thanos killed Gamora, he attacks the Mad Titan.
18:23His rage during this moment allows Thanos to regain control and fight back.
18:28The hell you did that!
18:31Stop!
18:32Stop!
18:33Stop!
18:34It's coming!
18:35It's coming!
18:35I got it!
18:35I got it!
18:36I got it!
18:37I got it!
18:37Many fans became split over this.
18:41Star-Lord's grief was perfectly understandable.
18:44But he also had a job to do.
18:46Some also believe that the way this scene happened was out of character for Quill.
18:50Either way, his reaction cost our heroes everything.
18:54Steady, Quill.
18:55Oh, man.
19:00Number 3, The Real Way Fury Lost His Eye, Captain Marvel.
19:04So is it true that the Kree burned your eye out because you refused to give them the Tesseract?
19:11I will neither confirm nor deny the facts of that story.
19:15How Nick Fury ended up with his signature eye patch was a mystery fans were eager to see solved.
19:21But sometimes theories are more exciting than what we actually end up with.
19:25Near the end of Captain Marvel, a younger Nick Fury playfully holds up Goose, a dangerous alien that resembles a cat.
19:31But it turns out that this kitties got claws.
19:34Goose was actually the one who caused Fury to lose sight in his left eye.
19:39Those bad guys still in there somewhere.
19:41Ow!
19:42Motherf...
19:42This wasn't exactly the satisfying payoff fans wanted.
19:45Captain America, The Winter Soldier made it seem like Fury suffered a dramatic personal betrayal.
19:50And, well, this wasn't that.
19:52Talk about a letdown.
19:53Last time I trusted someone, I lost an eye.
19:57Number 2, Steve Kisses Sharon, Captain America, Civil War.
20:01When I came out of the ice, I thought everyone I had known was gone.
20:07When I found out she was alive, I was just lucky to have her.
20:11On the surface, there's nothing wrong with Captain America sharing a tender moment with Sharon Carter.
20:16But once you realize that she's the great niece of Peggy Carter, Steve's old flame from World War II, things get a little weird.
20:24Some fans didn't see a problem, but many were a little creeped out by Steve's decision to go from one woman in this family to another.
20:31It's also strange because this kiss happened not long after Peggy's funeral.
20:42And in retrospect, it's even odder post-Endgame, where Steve rewrites his history to go back and grow old with Peggy.
20:48The time travel shenanigans there only furthered the idea that the Steve-Sharon romance was doomed from the start.
20:54Plant yourself like a tree.
20:57Look them in the eye and say no.
20:59You move.
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21:17Number one, the Mandarin Reveal, Iron Man 3.
21:20You know who I am.
21:22You don't know where I am.
21:25And you'll never see me coming.
21:30The Mandarin had the makings to be a formidable supervillain when he was introduced in Iron Man 3.
21:36He was menacing, mysterious, and murderous.
21:39Except halfway through the movie, we learned that this is all a ruse.
21:42The Mandarin we thought we were seeing was actually just a washed-up actor named Trevor Slattery.
21:47I never thought people had been hurt.
21:50They lied to me.
21:51This is the Mandarin?
21:52I know. It's embarrassing.
21:55Hi, Trevor. Trevor Slattery.
21:56While many in the fanbase have actually come to appreciate Trevor over the years, he didn't get the warmest welcome initially.
22:03Fans disliked how the MCU made one of Iron Man's greatest villains a joke.
22:07While we'd get a version of the real Mandarin eventually, we still never got to see him face off against Tony Stark.
22:13A total fumble.
22:15He gave his figurehead the name of a chicken dish.
22:19And it worked.
22:20America was terrified.
22:23Of an orange.
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22:51Why are we so excited?
22:55So let's get ready to take this movie.
22:56And so I'm 7-8 or I-8 or I'll be 16-4.
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