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She's a deadly assassin with an even deadlier sense of humor. Join us as we count down Yelena Belova's funniest moments across the MCU! From posing critiques and mac & cheese dinner crashes to guinea pig rescues and elevator antics, Florence Pugh's fan-favorite Black Widow never fails to deliver laughs. Which moment had you cracking up the most? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at Yelena Belova's funniest moments across the MCU.
00:05There will be a few minor spoilers.
00:08Great, perfect timing.
00:10Where's an Avenger when you need one?
00:13Number 10. From A to Z. Thunderbolts.
00:16I'm going to kill that person.
00:18Wait, wait, wait, hold on. What happens when he regains his memory?
00:21Okay, come on.
00:23Oh, me too?
00:24Yep. We stick together from now on.
00:26Yelena stumbles into a leadership role as the Thunderbolts become a reluctant team.
00:31Before they know it, the Thunderbolts go from a ragtag group of rejects to the New Avengers.
00:35Ladies and gentlemen, meet the New Avengers.
00:42Even with their newfound status, the New Avengers still feel like Marvel's leftovers.
00:46As Sam Wilson attempts to claim the Avengers copyright,
00:49Yelena's adoptive father Alexei doesn't exactly help their street cred with his proposed rebrand.
00:53Avengers, but with a Z.
00:55I heard about Sam Wilson.
00:56He's a dumb, litigious man, but I am smart.
00:59I am a smart man.
01:00I have smart solve.
01:04Avengers.
01:06Yelena isn't sure what to find more eye-roll inducing.
01:09The poorly conceived wordplay or the garish outfit full of product placement that comes with it.
01:14In a way, though, the name grows on Yelena.
01:16Feeling the Z reflects how far the Avengers name has fallen now that they are running the show.
01:21Imagine Red Guardian riding on top of Sentry, cresting over the clouds.
01:26This is why we are Avengers with the Z.
01:29Satellite image populating.
01:31Number 9.
01:31Great Plan.
01:32Black Widow.
01:33You had to come to Budapest, didn't you?
01:36I came here because I thought you wouldn't.
01:39But since you're here, what bullet does that?
01:43Natasha Romanoff finally got a solo movie, but her adoptive sister broke out with main character energy.
01:48Although Yelena steals the show, she still brings quintessential little sister vibes.
01:52Despite letting her big sis take the lead, Yelena lovingly criticizes her every step of the way.
01:57Where are my keys?
02:00Suchka.
02:03Any day now.
02:05Not long after reuniting, the sisters must go on the run together with Taskmaster on their trail.
02:10When Yelena gets some cuts in a car crash, Natasha tells her to wait before patching those wounds up.
02:14Natasha, no.
02:16I'm bleeding.
02:18I'm...
02:19No.
02:20Not now, trust me.
02:22By leaving a literal red herring for Taskmaster to follow, the sisters slip undetected into a vent.
02:28While Yelena can't deny that Nat's plan worked out well,
02:31she sarcastically notes that it involved her almost bleeding to death.
02:34You okay?
02:36Yeah, great plan.
02:39I love the part where I almost bled to death.
02:44This is cozy.
02:45Number 8.
02:46Captain America.
02:47For two seconds.
02:48Thunderbolts.
02:49What is happening?
03:00Guns are drawn, tensions rise, and blood is spilled as Yelena squares off with several other antiheroes in a remote
03:06facility.
03:07Slowly but surely, Yelena connects the dots, realizing that Valentina sent them all there to dispose of each other.
03:13While Yelena and Ghost come to this natural conclusion, John Walker has a harder time accepting that Valentina would not
03:18only undervalue him,
03:20but that he would be manipulated in such a way.
03:22Okay.
03:24It's clear we have all worked for Valentina in some sort of shadow ops capacity.
03:30Yeah, so?
03:30So all of this stuff is Ox's secrets.
03:32He puts himself on a higher pedestal than everyone else in the room, reminding them that he used to be
03:38Captain America.
03:39Yelena fires back with some snarky shade, telling Walker that his tenure lasted all but two seconds.
03:44Pretty ludicrous coming from the dime-stall Captain America.
03:47I'll have you know I was actually the official Captain America, so.
03:49Oh, damn.
03:50Yeah, for like two seconds.
03:51Before you publicly murdered an innocent man on the streets.
03:54Do I have that right?
03:54To be fair, it was more like five episodes of a Disney Plus series.
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04:09That was funny.
04:10We needed that.
04:11Number seven.
04:12Fallopian Tubes.
04:14Black Widow.
04:15What are you doing?
04:16Are you kidding me?
04:18Back up!
04:19We're both doing a really good job.
04:21Just because they bust Alexei out of prison doesn't mean Yelena or Natasha is happy to
04:26see him.
04:26Yelena lets her estranged father figure know this with a welcoming punch to the nose.
04:31Alexei jumps to the conclusion that Yelena is having her time of the month, which is insensitive
04:35on multiple levels.
04:37Why the aggression, huh?
04:40Is it your time of the month?
04:42I don't get my period, dipshit.
04:44I don't have a uterus.
04:45Moreover, it's...
04:46While it's insulting for any woman to hear, Yelena and Natasha spell out to their
04:51ignorant dad why neither of them can have their period, Yelena's description becomes
04:55a little too graphic for Alexei, who asks her to stop before getting to the part about
04:59her fallopian tubes.
05:00Okay, you don't have to get so clinical and nasty.
05:04Oh, well, I was about to talk about fallopian tubes, but okay.
05:07Considering what happens in the Red Room, this is definitely one of the darker MCU jokes,
05:12but Florence Pugh knows how to sell it.
05:14Number six.
05:15Office Fight.
05:16Hawkeye.
05:17But you did a really cool body throw.
05:19Yeah, they...
05:21Stop making me like you.
05:22I'm sorry, I can't deal with it.
05:25That was really fun.
05:26Kate Bishop idolizes Clint Barton, while Yelena is in the city to assassinate him.
05:31Naturally, Yelena is pretty casual about it, but she'll have to get through Kate first.
05:36So, I know you're chummy with my mom, but I gotta say, I didn't think you'd make the
05:40cut for the Christmas party.
05:41Kate Bishop.
05:43I'm not here to ruin anything.
05:45Yelena doesn't view Hawkeye 2.0 as much of an obstacle to overcome, treating her like a kid.
05:50Maybe that's fitting, as Kate stalls her in the most childish way possible, squabbling
05:55with Yelena in the elevator before pressing all of the buttons.
05:58Did you plan that?
06:00Yes.
06:02No, no.
06:05No, no.
06:07Come on, that is so annoying.
06:10Officially annoyed, Yelena proceeds on foot.
06:12Despite trading kicks and punches as they bicker across an office, Yelena wouldn't mind grabbing
06:17a drink with Kate, albeit only after she takes out her target.
06:20Okay.
06:21Yeah.
06:21Cool.
06:22Sure.
06:23After I get Barton.
06:25No.
06:26No, that's not what...
06:27Come on.
06:28You don't...
06:28No!
06:29Kate also has a hard time disliking Yelena, even if she's trying to kill her mentor.
06:34Number 5.
06:35Cool Ways to Die.
06:36Black Widow.
06:37Go to the upper level.
06:42Move your ass, super soldier.
06:44During a prison break, Yelena is on helicopter duty.
06:47When shots are fired at her, she makes an even bigger blast, perhaps too big, as Yelena inadvertently
06:53triggers an avalanche that could bury the area in snow.
06:56As Yelena watches the snow rushing down from the mountains above, she can only think of one
07:00thing.
07:01This would be a pretty cool way to go out.
07:03This would be a cool way to die.
07:08Tell me that's a good sound for us!
07:11Move your ass!
07:12Yelena practically laughs in the face of death, finding a silver lining in a potential fatality.
07:17Ultimately, she would rather survive this particular mission with more work to be done.
07:21If this is her last stand, though, Yelena would likely be content knowing that it looked
07:25awesome.
07:30I need some help up here!
07:33While it would have been a cool death, narrowly surviving isn't a bad look either.
07:37Number 4.
07:38Mac and Cheese.
07:39Hawkeye.
07:40Kate Bishop.
07:44Hi!
07:47I made macaroni if you want some.
07:49Waiting for Kate to return to her apartment, Yelena doesn't just make herself at home.
07:53She makes mac and cheese.
07:55It's really tasty.
07:56Really tasty.
07:58Yeah, I know what boxed mac and cheese tastes like.
08:00Okay, I know it's delicious.
08:02Uh, forks, forks.
08:04The good news is that Yelena cooked enough for Kate, too.
08:07The bad news is that Kate only owns one fork, which Yelena finds strange.
08:12Kate, this is not cutlery.
08:14This is not cutlery.
08:15I am not gonna just sit and have dinner with you after you tried to kill me and then just
08:19broke into my house.
08:20I did not try to kill you.
08:21When even your home invader criticizes your silverware supply, it may be time to step up
08:26your cutlery game.
08:27They may have gotten off on the wrong foot, but Kate cannot deny two things.
08:31One, the mac and cheese smells delicious.
08:33And two, Yelena is a relatable dinner guest, even if she wasn't invited.
08:37This is crazy.
08:40I'm going to have dinner with the enemy.
08:43And she made some really good smelling macaroni.
08:47Kate thus decides to dine with Yelena, who makes every viewer who likes hot sauce on their
08:52macaroni feel seen.
08:53We need a sitcom with these two.
08:55I want to see, uh, the Empire State Building, uh, the new and improved Statue of Liberty,
09:01and the Rockefeller Center.
09:04Number three, Potatoes, Spider-Man Brand New Day.
09:07I don't know, but I know someone that might.
09:11Where you going?
09:12You keep following the leads on Scorpion.
09:14I'm gonna go talk to someone.
09:15Needing information, Spider-Man seeks out Yelena at her office.
09:18And by office, we mean bathhouse, where Yelena is already taking a soak.
09:22You don't wear clothes in the van, you know?
09:25Ditch the leotard.
09:28This is not a leotard.
09:30Your tech said that this was your office.
09:32Yelena isn't saying anything until Spidey strips down as well.
09:36Why?
09:36Because Tom Holland has gotten super ripped since his MCU debut, and Yelena wants to see
09:41those abs as much as we do.
09:42And we guess for safety.
09:44Really?
09:45But you never take that off?
09:47No, you know, it defeats the whole anonymous thing.
09:49Even for your girlfriend?
09:51Or boyfriend?
09:52Or whatever?
09:54Spidey keeps his mask and boxers on, but Yelena settles for his belly button.
09:58After talking about some racy fan art, Yelena gets down to business, telling Peter about
10:02the big potatoes the Avengers deal with, and the small potatoes that are more his territory.
10:07Whereas the new Avengers are focusing on big potato stuff.
10:14Right, okay, well, there's more to it than that.
10:16Spidey opts to video call next time, finding that the bathhouse is indeed an office.
10:21We love business casual.
10:23Hi!
10:24I'm sorry.
10:25I'm just so happy that the sad man has friends.
10:29Uh, thanks.
10:31I owe you one.
10:33Number two.
10:34Saving the guinea pig.
10:36Thunderbolts.
10:37Now it feels like something bigger.
10:42Just a void.
10:45The opening of Thunderbolts finds Yelena at her lowest point, accepting dangerous missions
10:50and not exactly caring if she makes it out alive.
10:53Even during her darkest hour, Yelena's humor remains intact.
10:56Why pay for a therapist when tied up henchmen can listen to you vent for free?
11:00Or like an old leaf.
11:03Or like an old leaf in a river.
11:06Which you think is bad.
11:07Hey!
11:08You weren't listening to me.
11:10It's like your mind is somewhere else.
11:12Whether it's against their will is not Yelena's concern since she usually doesn't leave witnesses.
11:17Yelena gets a little sloppy when she shoots a scientist in the head when she still needs his facial recognition.
11:23Oh, damn.
11:25I needed that face.
11:26She thus improvises with explosives.
11:28But Yelena isn't heartless.
11:30She rescues a guinea pig from the lab before the entire floor is blasted to hell.
11:34Just another day at the office.
11:36Although in this case, she got a free pet out of it.
11:41Assignment is complete.
11:44What's next?
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11:58Number one, poser, Black Widow.
12:01Where did you think I was all this time?
12:06I thought that you got out and were living a normal life.
12:10Siblings have a way of calling each other out, making observations that others might miss.
12:15For example, we never noticed just how many fighting poses Natasha makes until Yelena pointed it out.
12:20It's a fighting pose. You're a total poser.
12:23I'm not a poser.
12:23Ha ha!
12:24Oh, come on. I mean, they're great poses, but it does look like you think everyone's looking at you, like,
12:29all the time.
12:30Yelena finds that the best way to imitate her sister is to mimic her poses, which seem designed for movie
12:36posters and trailers.
12:37Natasha nonetheless insists that she is not a poser, only to prove herself wrong upon landing on a bridge.
12:46Such a poser.
12:48Yelena isn't sure who Natasha is doing these poses for.
12:51On another mission, though, Yelena decides to try it herself.
12:54While it's a good pose, Yelena immediately decides that it isn't for her.
12:58At least nobody was watching.
13:00Although that's partially why Yelena finds posing so cringe.
13:04Whoa, that was disgusting.
13:06What do you think is Yelena's funniest moment?
13:08Let us know in the comments.
13:09What do you think is Yelena's funniest moment?
13:12Hey.
13:12Hey.
13:13Hey.
13:14Hey.
13:15Hey.
13:15Amen.
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