Random Deaths In Superhero Movies That Are Burned Into Your Memory (15 items)

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  (#6) Gamora

  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Universe

  The reason Gamora wants Peter to slay her if she falls into Thanos's hands is simple, and even noble: She knows the location of the Soul Stone. Once Thanos gets the information, he takes Gamora to Vormir, where the Red Skull informs them that Thanos has to sacrifice what he loves most in order to get the Stone. At first, Gamora laughs, thinking there isn't anything the Mad Titan truly cared for - but at that moment she realizes why he brought her along in the first place.

  With a heavy heart, Thanos grabs her by the arm. Gamora fights him all the way to the ledge, but she's powerless to stop him as he casts her over, dropping her to her demise. This unlocks the Soul Stone and gives Thanos what he wanted, but at a heavy cost. When Gamora passes in Infinity War, there's no way of knowing if she will return in Endgame; even though she does, the Gamora of this timeline was slain forever, which makes the sacrifice still hard to watch.
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  (#2) Yondu

  • Guardians of the Galaxy

  When he was first introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy, Yondu was something of a hybrid ally/enemy to Peter Quill. He kidnapped him when he was a child, and raised him to be a Ravager, all the while threatening to eat him. In the first movie, he was working against Peter to swipe the Power Stone, and while they teamed up in the end to save Xandar, Peter managed to pull the ol' switcheroo, which suggested their interactions weren't concluded.

  The second movie gives Yondu much more screen time, and with it comes the revelation that he abducted Peter to give to Ego. But he never handed him over, opting to keep and raise him for himself. By the end of the movie, it's clear he did this because Ego was slaying the kids Yondu was delivering to him, and that Yondu ended up being more of a father than Ego ever could be. It becomes clear that Yondu truly cared for Peter all along.

  As the two blast off of Ego's planet following the Celestial's demise, there is only one emergency spacesuit between the two of them. Without hesitating, Yondu puts the device on Peter and activates it. Before they soar out of the atmosphere, Yondu says, "He may have been your father, boy, but he wasn't your daddy." With that, Yondu holds onto Peter's face as he perishes from exposure while Peter cries and yells for the father he always had, even without realizing it.
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  (#4) Iron Man

  • Iron Man: Armored Adventures, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, The Super Hero Squad Show, The Incredible Hulk, Ultimate Avengers, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, Iron Man 3, Iron Man, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Avengers, Iron Man 2, Planet Hulk, The Invincible Iron Man, Ultimate Avengers 2, Marvel Universe

  When Avengers: Endgame pits the entire might of the MCU up against Thanos and his army, the result is arguably the largest battle in cinematic history, with the possible exception of some scenes in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The entanglement is intense, involving several key players in the MCU taking the Gauntlet around the battlefield, with the aim of keeping it from the Mad Titan.

  When it finally comes down to an Iron Man vs. Thanos fight, the two beat each other with everything they have. In the end, Thanos finally gets ahold of the Gauntlet, declaring, "I am inevitable." He snaps his fingers... only, nothing happens. At that moment, he discovers the Infinity Stones are no longer set in the Gauntlet. His gaze turns to Iron Man, who raises his arm as the Stones set within his gauntleted fist. He rebuts: "And I... am... Iron Man" before snapping his fingers.

  Thanos watches as his forces are converted to dust, and there's nothing he can do. He realizes he's lost, so as his army crumbles to dust around him, he takes a seat and looks away pensively before he, too, turns to dust and blows away in the wind.
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  (#7) Agent Phil Coulson

  • Ultimate Spider-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, The Avengers, Iron Man 2

  When the Avengers Initiative finally come together, it brought Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and the Hulk together, but they don't exactly get along at first. Instead, they fight constantly and always seem on the verge of tearing one another apart, making the team more of a pipe dream than a reality. That all changes when Agent Phil Coulson perishes at the hands of Loki.

  Coulson is aiming a massive weapon at the God of Mischief - or so he thinks. Turns out he's aiming at an illusion. The real Loki is behind him, and shockingly impales Coulson from behind. He doesn't pass right away; instead, he manages to let Loki know he's going to lose. As Loki begins to retort, Coulson finally pulls the trigger on his rifle, blasting Loki through the wall before Nick Fury can arrive and hear Coulson's last words.

  When Fury heads out to meet up with the Avengers, he informs them of Coulson's demise, which gives them something to bring them together - something, someone, to avenge.
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  (#1) Spider-Man

  • Daredevil vs. Spider-Man, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Spider-Man 2, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, 3 Dev Adam, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Marvel Universe

  By the time Avengers: Infinity War comes to a close, numerous characters have met their end. The movie began with Loki's memorable demise, but as things progress - with our heroes going up against Thanos in different battlefields across the galaxy - Vision gets slain (twice), and, of course, Thanos snaps his fingers and culls half of all life from existence.

  At this point, audiences are torn apart watching Wanda, Groot, Bucky, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, and most of the Guardians of the Galaxy fade into dust. The most difficult passing was that of Peter Parker, AKA everyone's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It starts with him telling Tony Stark that he's not feeling so good, and as his mentor holds him in his arms, Tony is powerless to do anything but watch as his young protege fades into dust. It was one of those "I'm not crying! You're crying!" moments; despite Peter's eventual return in Endgame, this scene remains one that hurts to watch.
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  (#15) Blade

  • Blade II, Blade: Trinity, Blade, Marvel Universe

  In Blade II, the eponymous antihero regularly butts heads with Ron Perlman's Reinhardt, a member of the Bloodpack, a group keeping an unsteady alliance with the Daywalker, with whom they share a common goal. It's virutally inevitable that Blade and Reinhardt will have it out by the end, and the movie doesn't disappoint. A rejuvenated Blade steps out of a pool of blood to face his adversary, and the two engage in an epic battle after a platoon of vampires carrying electric prods fall before the Daywalker as he makes his way through them, one by one.

  Once Blade and Reinhardt are the only two remaining, they fight it out, and it's as great a fight as any Blade has ever had. That said, it's not a long skirmish. It starts with some quick swordplay, with Blade catching the blade in his hands. He holds the sword before finally pulling it free from his opponent, quickly flipping it about, and slicing him clean through the middle. Reinhardt's two halves fall away on either side before the entire corpse turned to dust.

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