{{Short description|Character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe}} {{Good article}} {{Use list-defined references|date=April 2023}} {{Use American English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox character | name = Thanos | franchise = Marvel Cinematic Universe | image = Josh Brolin as Thanos.jpeg | caption = Thanos as portrayed by Josh Brolin via motion capture in ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) | alt = Thanos on his home planet of Titan portrayed by Josh Brolin in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) via motion and facial capture | first = ''The Avengers'' (2012) | last = ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019) | based_on = {{Based on|Thanos|Jim Starlin}} | adapted_by = {{Plainlist| * Joss Whedon * Zak Penn * Christopher Markus<br />Stephen McFeely{{efn|Whedon and Penn co-wrote ''The Avengers'' (2012), where Thanos debuted in a minor role. Markus and McFeely were responsible for giving Thanos his first major MCU role with ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018).}} }} | portrayer = Josh Brolin | voice = Josh Brolin (''What If...?'') | motion_actor = Damion Poitier (''The Avengers'') | alias = The Mad Titan | species = Titanian | affiliation = {{Plainlist| * Children of Thanos * Chitauri * Sakaarans * Outriders }} | weapon = {{Plainlist| * Infinity Gauntlet * Double-sided sword }} | occupation = | family = {{Plainlist| * A'lars (father) * Eros (brother) }} | children = {{Plainlist| * Gamora (adoptive daughter) * Nebula (adoptive daughter) * Corvus Glaive (adoptive son) * Cull Obsidian (adoptive son) * Ebony Maw (adoptive son) * Proxima Midnight (adoptive daughter) }} | home = {{Plainlist| * Titan * Garden }} }} '''Thanos''' is a fictional character portrayed primarily by Josh Brolin in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise, based on the Marvel Comics supervillain of the same name. He is depicted as an alien warlord from the doomed planet Titan with a universe-spanning agenda to wipe out half of all life to stabilize overpopulation and prevent what he views as life's inevitable extinction.
To do this, he sets out to obtain the six Infinity Stones, cosmic gems with the power to achieve his goal. With the help of his adopted children, Thanos fights against the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and their allies, in the Infinity War, succeeds in assembling the Stones, and disintegrates half of all life in the universe in an event that is known as the Decimation. After escaping to the Garden and destroying the Stones, he is found and confronted by the surviving Avengers, and promptly killed by Thor once he reveals that his act is irreversible. Five years later, an alternate version of Thanos from 2014 time travels to 2023 to battle the Avengers once again, but is killed by Tony Stark.
Thanos is a key figure in the 23 films that make up the MCU's Infinity Saga, having appeared in five of its films, most notably as the main antagonist of both ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018) and ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). Several versions of Thanos from alternate realities in the MCU multiverse also appear in ''Endgame'', the Disney+ animated television series ''What If...?'' (2021–2024) and ''Marvel Zombies'' (2025), and the Phase Four film ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022).
Thanos' appearance changed drastically over the course of his appearances as advances in CGI and motion capture technology allowed for better capture of Brolin's facial features. A new facial capture application called Masquerade was created for ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame'' using machine learning. The character has been praised by critics and fans alike, with Brolin winning multiple awards for his performance. Thanos is often credited as one of the MCU's best villains, as well as one of the greatest film villains of all time. After his appearance in ''Infinity War'', he became a key figure in popular culture and memes, making appearances in a variety of other media.
== Fictional character biography == Thanos' story in the MCU takes place in the Earth-616 universe.{{efn|The main MCU universe was established to be Earth-616 in ''Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022).}} The fictional biography below includes events that happened to Thanos from more than one Earth-616 timeline, as well as events that happened to him from multiple other universes.
=== Early life === Thanos was born approximately 1,000 years ago on the planet Titan to A'Lars, along with his brother Eros.<ref name="ThanosAge" /><ref name="Eternals" /> Thanos deems the growth of Titan's population to be unsustainable, so he proposes to arbitrarily kill half of Titan's population. However, his people reject the idea and Thanos is subsequently ostracized. Over time, Thanos' prediction comes to pass, with him and Eros being the only surviving members.<ref name="Eternals" /><ref name="InfinityWar" /><ref name="Titan" />
=== Balancing the universe === Thanos, driven by his belief that the universe must be balanced by eliminating half of its population, embarks on conquests involving the killing of half of the planets' populations, becoming feared and powerful while taking control of various armies.<ref name="TheAvengers" /><ref name="GotG" /><ref name="InfinityWar" /> He forges alliances with the Other and Ronan the Accuser, and adopts orphan children from planets he invades, including Gamora and Nebula, considering the former to be his favorite.<ref name="GotG" /> Eventually, he decides to obtain the Infinity Stones after realizing he could use them to wipe out half of the life in the universe. He obtains the Mind Stone and places it in a scepter.<ref name="TheAvengers" />
In 2012, Thanos directs the Other to form an alliance with Loki. Thanos provides Loki with the scepter and a Chitauri army to obtain the Space Stone within the Tesseract by conquering Earth. Following Loki's defeat by the Avengers and the loss of the Mind Stone, the Other reports the failed attack to Thanos.<ref name="TheAvengers" /> In 2014, Thanos locates the Power Stone and sends Ronan, Gamora, and Nebula to retrieve it. However, they betray him: Gamora joins the Guardians of the Galaxy, Ronan obtains the Power Stone and resolves to kill Thanos after destroying Xandar, while Nebula allies with Ronan. The Guardians of the Galaxy defeat Ronan and leave the Power Stone with the Nova Corps.<ref name="GotG" /> In 2015, Thanos arrives on Nidavellir and forces the native Dwarves to forge the Infinity Gauntlet to hold all six Stones,<ref name="InfinityWar" /><ref name="GauntletCreation" /> planning to collect them himself.<ref name="AgeofUltron" />
=== The Blip and death === In 2018, Thanos and his children decimate Xandar to retrieve the Power Stone. Shortly after, they intercept a ship carrying Asgardian refugees following their world's destruction.<ref name="InfinityWar" /> Thanos kills half of them and incapacitates Thor. Loki attempts to exchange the Tesseract to save Thor, but betrays Thanos and is killed. Thanos then defeats the Hulk after being attacked by him, and obtains the Space Stone from the Tesseract. He orders his children to retrieve the Mind Stone and Time Stone from Earth before convening on Titan.<ref name="InfinityWar" />
Thanos travels to Knowhere and obtains the Reality Stone from Taneleer Tivan. The Guardians of the Galaxy arrive to stop him, but Thanos uses the Stone to defeat them and captures Gamora. Forcing her to reveal the location of the Soul Stone, they travel to Vormir, where the Soul Stone's keeper, Johann Schmidt, informs them that the Soul Stone requires the sacrifice of a loved one. Thanos then tearfully sacrifices Gamora to obtain the Stone.<ref name="InfinityWar" />
Arriving on Titan expecting to meet with one of his children, Thanos encounters Stephen Strange and learns his child is dead. Ambushed by Tony Stark, Peter Parker, and members of the Guardians of the Galaxy, a fight ensues. Thanos is briefly incapacitated by their efforts as they attempt to remove the Infinity Gauntlet. However, once Peter Quill learns Thanos killed Gamora, he attacks Thanos in a fit of rage, causing him to break free and overpower them. He then prepares to kill Stark, until Strange offers the Time Stone in exchange for sparing Stark's life.<ref name="InfinityWar" />
Thanos then teleports to Wakanda on Earth and encounters resistance from the Avengers - Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, James Rhodes, Natasha Romanoff, Bucky Barnes, T'Challa, and Groot. After quickly defeating them, Thanos makes his way to Vision but Wanda Maximoff destroys the Mind Stone. However, Thanos uses the Time Stone to undo it and gains the Mind Stone, killing Vision. Placing it in his Gauntlet, Thanos is in possession of all six Stones. However, Thanos is impaled in the chest by Thor's axe, Stormbreaker. Despite his pain, Thanos manages to snap his fingers, successfully decimating half of all life in the universe.<ref name="InfinityWar" />
With his mission complete, he teleports to the Garden, where he rests.<ref name="InfinityWar" /> Twenty-three days later, Thanos is ambushed by surviving members of the Avengers, Rocket Raccoon, Nebula, and Carol Danvers. They intend to use the Stones to reverse the snap, only to learn Thanos anticipated this and destroyed the Stones to prevent their further use. Enraged, Thor decapitates Thanos.<ref name="Endgame" />
=== Legacy within Earth-616 === Thanos's actions have a universal impact, with the surviving Avengers working to mitigate the damage until undoing the Blip five years later in 2023.<ref name="Endgame" /> Maximoff is traumatized by Vision's death, causing her to have a mental breakdown and create a false reality.<ref name="WandaVisionEp8" />
Ajak, leader of the Eternals, informs Ikaris that the Blip delayed an apocalyptic event called the Emergence, saving many planets from destruction.<ref name="Eternals" /><ref name="EternalsEmergence" /> However, when the Avengers reversed the Blip, the Emergence continued. Ajak feels the Earth should be saved and recruited the Eternals to stop the Emergence, doing so successfully.<ref name="Eternals" />
The sudden return of the population has an impact as well, with the Global Repatriation Council (GRC) working to reintegrate the Blipped population. It led to socioeconomic conflicts, with entities like the Flag Smashers believing Thanos' ideas were correct. Feeling life was better during the Blip, they use terrorism against the GRC as they felt the GRC favored Blipped people more than the survivors.<ref name="FalconWSEp1" /> Moreover, the phrase "Thanos was right" is observed in popular human culture, being used in graffiti and merchandise for profit.<ref name="HawkeyeMug" /><ref name="HawkeyeEp1" /><ref name="HawkeyeEp4" />
=== Battle at the Avengers Compound === In 2023, the surviving members of the Blip plan to use the Quantum Realm to time travel in order to retrieve the Stones. 2014-Thanos becomes aware of the Blip after the cybernetic implants of 2014-Nebula link to 2023-Nebula, revealing the latter's memories. Thanos has 2014-Nebula impersonate her future self and travel to 2023 so she can use the Quantum Realm to transport Thanos and his army there.<ref name="Endgame" />
2014-Thanos arrives within his warship and destroys the Avengers Compound. While his army searches for the Stones, Thanos engages in a fight with Stark, Rogers, and Thor, during which he decides to destroy all life and repopulate it so that life would be grateful.<ref name="Endgame" /> Thanos defeats Stark and Thor, leaving only Rogers. He calls forth his armies, but the Avengers' restored allies arrive and engage Thanos and his army in a final battle. Thanos is nearly killed by Maximoff and orders his warship to rain down missiles to save him. Thanos defeats Danvers, Rogers, Thor, and Stark. After a struggle, Thanos obtains the Stark Nano Gauntlet, but Stark tricks Thanos by removing the stones and attaching them to his suit. Stark then snaps his fingers, turning Thanos and his entire army to dust, at the cost of his own life.<ref name="Endgame" />
== Alternate versions == Multiple versions of Thanos are depicted in alternate realities of the MCU multiverse.
=== Joining the Ravagers === {{further|What If... T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?}} In an alternate reality, Star-Lord T'Challa convinces Thanos to join the Ravagers by persuading him there are other ways to preserve resources. In 2008, Thanos participates in their mission against the Collector, where he fights against his former allies, the Black Order. Thanos struggles in the fight, but Nebula helps him, and together they defeat his forces.<ref name="WhatIfEp2" />
=== Zombie Outbreak === {{further|What If... Zombies?!|Marvel Zombies (TV series)}} In an alternate 2018, Thanos arrives on Earth in Wakanda with a nearly complete Infinity Gauntlet, but is infected by a quantum virus and transforms into a zombie.<ref name="WhatIfEp5" /> Infected Thanos gradually starts learning to use the stones amidst the fight with Spider-Man, Scott Lang and T'Challa and acquires the last Infinity Stone, the Mind Stone, from them to complete his gauntlet. He is defeated by T'Challa, who also sacrifices himself by lunging at him and plunging them both into Wakanda's vibranium core, destroying the Infinity Stones and releasing a surge of energy.
=== Other universes === * In another alternate universe, Thanos arrives on Earth to retrieve the Mind Stone after collecting the other Infinity Stones, but is swiftly killed by Ultron.<ref name="WhatIfEp8" /> * In a separate reality, Thanos is killed by Gamora who claims his warlord position, armor, and blade. Thanos had sent Gamora after Tony Stark following the Battle of New York, but Stark convinced Gamora to turn on her father and aided her in killing him.<ref name="WhatIfEp9" /><ref name="WhatIfEp13" />{{efn|The episode showing these events was supposed to be featured during season 1, but the episode was postponed to season 2 due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="DelayedWhatIfS1Episode" />}} * On Earth-838, Thanos is killed on Titan by the Illuminati, who use the Book of Vishanti to impale him with his own double-sided sword.<ref name="MultiverseofMadness" /> * In another alternate universe, Thanos is killed with Gamora by Ronan the Accuser, and Nebula escapes from his shadow and joins the Nova Corps.<ref name="WhatIfEp10" /> * In another alternate universe, as Thanos approaches a young Gamora, Hela arrives with the armies of Asgard and the Ten Rings to stop him.<ref name="WhatIfEp16" /> * In an alternate 2018, Thanos went on his quest to obtain the Infinity Stones. When he arrived in Wakanda, he was confronted by Steve Rogers and engaged in a fight. However, Rogers hit his shield against the Time Stone, which transported him elsewhere.<ref name="WhatIfEp17" /> * An alternate version of Thanos was imprisoned by Doctor Strange Supreme to be sacrificed to his Forge. Released by Captain Carter, Thanos attacked her and Kahhori only to be disintegrated by Infinity Killmonger with his own set of Infinity Stones.<ref name="WhatIfEp18" /> * In an alternate timeline where Thor hosted a party on Earth and Howard the Duck and Darcy Lewis became married, Thanos was among the aliens hunting the couple's unhatched baby on Jotunheim (although he initially became involved with the pursuit believing it had to do with the Infinity Stones), until the egg turned gold and zapped the pursuers (including Thanos) with cosmic energy.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} * In an alternate universe, Thanos possesses Wolverine's powers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kundu |first=Tamal |date=December 30, 2024 |title=What If...? Season 3 Finale Cameos: All Marvel Variants in Episode 8 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1898707-what-if-season-3-finale-marvel-mcu-variants-cameos-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831173046/https://www.comingsoon.net/guides/news/1898707-what-if-season-3-finale-marvel-mcu-variants-cameos-list |archive-date=August 31, 2025 |access-date=February 3, 2026 |website=ComingSoon.net}}</ref>
== Concept and creation ==
=== Background and development === {{Main|Thanos}} Jim Starlin conceived Thanos during a college psychology course and introduced him as a villain in ''The Invincible Iron Man'' #55 (February 1973). Thanos was based on the Freudian concept of Thanatos, more commonly referred to as the death drive. Thanatos in Greek mythology was the personification of death and Thanos has been featured pursuing the female personification of Death.<ref name="OriginalConceptCBR" /><ref name="OriginalConceptEW" /> In the comics, Thanos is a mutant member of the race of superhumans known as the Titanian Eternals. The character possesses abilities common to the Eternals, and is able to demonstrate invulnerability and superhuman strength, speed, and stamina, among other qualities.<ref name="ComicDifferences" />
=== Casting and appearances === [[File:Josh Brolin 2 SDCC 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Josh Brolin wielding a model Infinity Gauntlet at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con|alt=Josh Brolin at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con wielding a model Infinity Gauntlet]] Thanos made his MCU debut in ''The Avengers'' (2012), in which Damion Poitier portrayed the character and was only credited as Man #1.<ref name="PoitierAvengers" /> It was Joss Whedon's idea to include Thanos in the film as his only instructions from Kevin Feige were that the film's villains should be aliens, and the rest was up to Whedon.<ref name="ThanosAvengers1" /> Ironically, Whedon found Thanos the hardest character to write due to being the least relatable, suggesting his cameo appearance as a "lark".<ref name="ThanosHardestToWrite" /> Poitier was cast as Thanos due to his past collaborations with Whedon in the latter's shows ''Firefly'', ''Angel'' and ''Dollhouse''. Under the impression he would play Super-Skrull due to rumors that the film would include the Skrulls, Poitier was first informed of his true role while getting makeup applied and his face sculpted, as Marvel Studios was secretive about his part to avoid spoiler leaks.<ref name="PoitiersCasting" /> However, Feige said he and the filmmakers felt pretty free to recast the role, as Poitier was just cast for one shot, affirming that the depending on the character's magnitude in further installments, they would decide who to cast.<ref name="ThanosRecast" />
In May 2014, Josh Brolin signed a multi-film contract to portray Thanos, debuting in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014).<ref name="HitFix" /> Whedon assisted director James Gunn in Brolin's casting.<ref name="WhedonsAssistingCasting" /> Thanos was originally going to have a larger role in the film, but Whedon felt that the character needed to be introduced to the franchise gradually;<ref name="HitFix" /> Nicole Perlman's script had Thanos as the film's villain, but as Whedon wanted Thanos to not have a big role in the plot, Gunn opted to minimize Thanos' part in the plot once he came on board to direct the film.<ref name="PerlmansThanosScript" /> Screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely stated that Thanos' previous appearances in the franchise helped legitimize him as a threat prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018). Despite this, little screen time had been devoted to Thanos' history and motivations. Markus stated, "We don't get an element of surprise [with his introduction in ''Infinity War'']... You can count on a lot of scenes where we illuminate a lot about him very early", with McFeely adding, "It is incumbent upon us to give him a real story, real stakes, real personality, and a real point of view".<ref name="IWWriters" />
''Infinity War'' went through numerous story iterations, and over the course of development Thanos' presence in the film grew. VFX supervisor Dan DeLeeuw noted "Thanos went from supporting villain to one of the main characters driving the plot".<ref name="VFXTHR" /> In one draft, the film was told directly from Thanos' perspective with him serving as narrator,<ref name="ThanosNarrator" /> which went 250 pages and was discarded though it gave more insight into Thanos, while another draft had Thanos having already secured the Power Stone by the time the film starts, but the filmmakers felt he had too many Infinity Stones to begin with, so they opted to open the film in the middle of his plan with his attack on the ''Statesman''.<ref name="TooManyStonesDraft" /> Exploring more of Thanos' backstory via flashbacks was considered at one point, but only concept art was created and no scenes were filmed involving a younger Thanos; one such scene had Thanos explaining his extremistic plans to his people as a younger man, but Markus and McFeely felt the scene reminded "a little too Jor-El on Krypton making his case", feeling that they could imply the sequence without actually showing it and deciding to just have one flashback, that being how Thanos met Gamora.<ref name="IWFlashbacks" /> Despite leading the cast in screen time in ''Infinity War''<ref name="ScreenTimeIW" /> and being considered the main character of the film by many, Thanos had a secondary role in ''Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). McFeely explained "we had to give ourselves permission to backseat the villain [...] You're rolling around in the loss and the time heist, and you think it's sort of Avengers against nature".<ref name="26Spoilers" /> Joe Russo stated that after Thanos was successful in ''Infinity War'', he is "done" and "retired".<ref name="ThanosRetired" /> Since at the end of ''Infinity War'' Thanos had acquired the enormously powerful Infinity Stones, Markus and McFeely had difficulty deciding how to include him in the plot of ''Endgame'' until executive producer Trinh Tran suggested that they kill Thanos in the film's first act.<ref name="NYMarkusMcFeely" /> Markus explained that the character's early death improved his agenda.<ref name="NYMarkusMcFeely" /> For 2014 Thanos' scenes with Nebula before time traveling to 2023, Joe Russo served as a stand-in for Brolin due to his unavailability those days, wearing his usual clothes and the headpiece depicting Thanos's head on cardboard to motion capture him.<ref name="JoeRussoStandIn" />
Footage of Thanos killing Loki in ''Infinity War'' is shown in a scene of the first episode of the Disney+ television series ''Loki'' where Loki sees what his future would have looked like if he hadn't used the Tesseract to escape after the Battle of New York in 2012, creating a branched timeline that the Time Variance Authority has to prune.<ref name="Endgame" /><ref name="LokiS1" /><ref name="LokiEp1" />
=== Characterization === Thanos' storyline in ''The Infinity Gauntlet'' (1991), which was one of the comics that influenced ''Infinity War'', features his attempt to woo the female manifestation of Death.<ref name="IWInfluences" /> This plot was omitted from the films, as the filmmakers instead chose to pair the character with Gamora and focus on their father-daughter relationship. McFeely explained this choice by noting that Thanos and Gamora had a lot of history that they wanted to explore, which would add layers to Thanos to avoid him becoming "the big mustache-twisting bad guy who wants ultimate power just to take over the world and sit on a throne."<ref name="ThanosGamora" /> The Russos felt that the necessary time to introduce Death would be better spent on Thanos and the film's already large cast, with Anthony Russo expressing his conviction that adding a character whom the audience did not know about and having to explain her backstory with Thanos so the audience would care about her and find her interesting did not help to carry forward the story as it had been set out.<ref name="WhyNotDeath" /> Avoiding the Death storyline moved away from the tease Whedon used in ''The Avengers'' with the character, where Thanos felt that by challenging the Avengers, he was courting death. Though the tease was purposely ambiguous, Whedon felt when he featured Thanos, he did not know what to do with him, feeling that he hung Thanos out to dry. Whedon added that "I love Thanos. I love his apocalyptic vision, his love affair with death. I love his power. But, I don't really understand it". Whedon enjoyed the approach the writers and Russos took in ''Infinity War'', giving Thanos "an actual perspective and [making] him feel righteous to himself", since the Death storyline would not necessarily translate well.<ref name="WhedonThanos" />
Even when not using the Infinity Stones, Thanos is shown to be a skilled physical fighter, defeating the Hulk in hand-to-hand combat in ''Infinity War'' and wielding a double-sided sword in combat in ''Endgame''. Like the original comic book version of the character, Thanos in the MCU possesses superhuman strength, speed, and stamina.<ref name="ComicDifferences" /><ref name="EndgameBlade" /><ref name="CombatSkills" />
=== Design and special effects === [[File:Masquerade VFX test footage of Josh Brolin as Thanos for Avengers Infinity War.jpg|thumb|Test footage of Josh Brolin using Digital Domain's Masquerade facial capture software<ref name="FXGuide" />|alt=Test footage of Josh Brolin using the Masquerade facial capture software by Digital Domain]] Digital Domain worked on creating Thanos for ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame'', producing over 400 visual effects shots.<ref name="FXGuide" /> The company created a new facial capture application called Masquerade, based on the concept of machine learning through computer algorithms, specifically for the film, beginning work on the system 3–4 months before filming began to develop and test it. They presented their results to Brolin, the Russos, and executives from Marvel ahead of filming to demonstrate the subtleties Brolin would be able to bring to the character, which helped inform Brolin on how to portray Thanos.<ref name="FXGuide" /> Masquerade improved the quality of facial capture and sped up turn around, but was limited as it required Brolin to deliver his performance in a seated capture position.<ref name="DDMasquerade" /> Before the start of filming, Brolin's facial expressions were captured with ILM's Medusa system, which along with his motion capture data, were fed to Masquerade to "create a higher-resolution version of what Brolin did on set" so animators could apply that to the CGI character.<ref name="VFXTHR" /> At 8 feet, 3 inches tall, Thanos was made taller for his MCU appearances than he was portrayed as being in the comics.<ref name="MCUHeight" /> Digital Design considered having "snap" briefly pop up on screen when Thanos snapped his fingers as a reference to how the snap occurred in the ''Infinity Gauntlet'' comic. Digital Domain's VFX Supervisor Kelly Port said "as a fun aside, we explored the idea of lifting the actual graphic from the frame of the comic showing the snap, the little yellow action triangles for a single frame of the moment of the snap. They appreciated the idea but didn't ultimately go for it".<ref name="ComicSnap" />
==== Physical appearance changes ==== thumb|left|Thanos' previous physical appearances from (left-to-right) ''The Avengers'' (2012) and ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (2014) |alt=Thanos' physical appearance changed for nearly every one of his appearances. These images show what he looked like in The Avengers (2012) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). Thanos' design changed drastically between his first appearance in ''The Avengers'' and his larger role in ''Infinity War''. With Brolin's first appearance in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', motion capture technology was used to capture Brolin's facial features, with Thanos' skin also being changed to a darker shade of purple than it had been in ''The Avengers''. Advancements in CGI and motion capture technology allowed for the use of more of Brolin's features in ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame''. The shade of purple for Thanos' skin was changed again for the films, now becoming lighter. In earlier appearances, Thanos had four scars on his cheeks and eleven lines on his chin, but the number of scars was reduced to three and the number of chin lines was reduced to nine with his ''Infinity War'' design update.<ref name="DesignChanges" /> The design of Thanos took into account the versions that appeared in previous films but were adjusted more towards Brolin's features, which also helped with matching his performance to the digital character.<ref name="VFXTHR" />
=== Portrayal === Brolin's portrayal of Thanos was inspired by Marlon Brando's performance as Colonel Kurtz in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979). In an interview in October 2020, Brolin said "[Kurtz] is very elusive and insane but what he is saying makes sense and is poetical ... I started seeing the parallel which I liked for me. I loved being able to resort to a film like ''Apocalypse Now'' when I was doing something like ''Avengers".<ref name="BrandoPortrayal" />''
== In other media == === Film === In ''Deadpool 2'' (2018), Deadpool mockingly calls Cable "Thanos" as both characters are played by Josh Brolin.<ref name="CableThanos" />
=== Television === * In the "couch gag" sequence of the season 30 episode of ''The Simpsons'', "The Girl on the Bus" (2019), Thanos occupies the Simpson family's couch and uses the Infinity Gauntlet to wipe out all of the family except for Maggie Simpson.<ref name="SimpsonsCouchGag" /> thumb|upright|Promotional image of Chinnos * In the season 31 episode of ''The Simpsons'', "Bart the Bad Guy" (2020), a parody of Thanos named Chinnos appears as an evil alien supervillain, voiced by Kevin Feige in a guest starring cameo role, which marked his voice acting debut. In the episode, Chinnos obtains the Doomsday app for his phone, threatening to restart the planet as a utopia in a parody of Thanos' actions in ''Endgame''.<ref name="FeigeChinnos" /><ref name="FeigeChinnos2" />
=== ''The Simpsons'' shorts === * Thanos' name appears on a guest list in ''The Simpsons'' Disney+ short ''Plusaversary'' (2021).<ref name="Plusaversary" /><ref name="ThanosPlusaversary" /> * Thanos makes a cameo appearance in ''The Simpsons'' Disney+ short ''The Most Wonderful Time of the Year'' (2024).
=== Video games === In 2018, the video game ''Fortnite'' featured a mode where players were able to play as Thanos for a limited period.<ref name="FortniteMode" /> In 2021, Thanos became a cosmetic outfit available for purchase.<ref name="ThanosCupFortnite" />
=== Korean Drama === In 2024, Thanos's name was used for ''Squid Game'' TV show in the second season. Choi Su-bong, Player 230 is named Thanos as his stage name. The character is a more of a rapper in K-Pop instead of a warrior. In contrasting to Iron Man causing his defeat by snapping the glove, Lee Myung-gi kills Thanos by stabbing him twice with a fork in the Bathroom Fight. Thanos is mention in the final season by his right-hand man Nam-gyu. The character's outfit does not wear the suit as the character in Marvel. He has purple-dyed hair resembling a devil-ear like appearance. Thanos has rings on his fingers, tattoos on his body and coloured nails as his 'infinity stones'.
== Reception == thumb|upright|Josh Brolin's performance as Thanos has been praised by many critics.<ref name="RTRoundUp" />|alt=Critics have praised Josh Brolin's performance as Thanos The MCU's rendition of Thanos has received critical acclaim, being regarded as one of the best MCU villains to date,<ref name="MCUVillainsMH" /><ref name="WPThanos" /><ref name="MCUVillainRankSR" /><ref name="MCUVillainsLooper" /><ref name="MCUVillainRankGamesRadar" /> as well as one of the greatest film villains of all time.<ref name="AllTimeVillainRanking" /> He has also been regarded as one of the best villains of the 2010s<ref name="2010sVillains" /><ref name="DecadeVillainsSR" /> and the 21st century so far.<ref name="21stCenturyVillains" /> Multiple critics praised Brolin's performance, both vocally and for the emotions he conveyed through the motion capture. The performance allowed the audience to empathize with Thanos even though he was the villain,<ref name="VarietyIWReview" /><ref name="THRIWReview" /><ref name="IGNIWReview" /><ref name="TheAtlanticIWReview" /> while also allowing the audience to believe Thanos' pain.<ref name="IGNIWReview" /><ref name="TheAtlanticIWReview" /> Peter Travers of ''Rolling Stone'' praised both the character and Brolin: "[Thanos is] thunderously voiced by a dynamite Josh Brolin in a motion capture performance that radiates ferocity and unexpected feeling".<ref name="RollingStoneIWReview" /> ''The Atlantic'' called Thanos an "unexpectedly resonant monster, filled with sadness and even a perverse sense of honor".<ref name="TheAtlanticIWReview" />
Critics called Thanos a significant improvement over previous antagonists in the franchise.<ref name="IWESB" /> According to ''Screen Rant'', the MCU struggled to create captivating antagonists throughout its first two phases. However, this changed in Phase Three with well-received villains such as Killmonger and Vulture, culminating in Thanos, whose "repudiation of the MCU's narrative worship of its heroes creates a deep uncertainty in our expectation that follows through each encounter toward the inevitable, horrifying conclusion".<ref name="MCUVillainRankSR" /> George Marston attributed Thanos' success to "the weight behind his character" because the best villains are the ones who see themselves as the hero. As a result, Brolin's performance almost makes Thanos seem likable or reasonable, at least until "the utter horror" of him accomplishing his goal sets in.<ref name="MCUVillainRankGamesRadar" /> Similarly, ''The Washington Post'' declared Thanos Marvel's most compelling villain due to his "deep, reflective intelligence" as well as his "profound adherence to his belief system".<ref name="WPThanos" />
Some publications criticized Thanos' portrayal in ''Endgame'', feeling that the 2014 variant of him was more openly villainous than the characterization established in ''Infinity War'', and saying that he ended up "swapping his unusual plan of balancing the population with a less evocative idea of destroying then reforming the galaxy".<ref name="RTEndgameThanos" /> ''Screen Rant'' felt that once Thanos learns of the Avengers' plot to reverse what his older self had done, he "regresses by falling back upon a one-dimensional aim to just destroy the universe wholesale", which made him seem more like a "generic big bad" in the film. The reviewer argued that Thanos' lack of history with the Avengers resulted in the nuances and connections being lost, notably when he is confronted by Maximoff after having killed her lover, Vision,<ref name="InfinityWar" /> but which in 2014 had not yet occurred in his life.<ref name="SREndgameThanos" />
=== Cultural impact === Thanos and his "snap" spawned much audience enthusiasm. The website ''DidThanosKill.Me'' was created for fans to see if they would have been spared by Thanos or not by simply telling them either "You were spared by Thanos" or "You were slain by Thanos".<ref name="ThanosSnapSite" /> The ending of ''Infinity War'' also spawned the creation of the Reddit subreddit, /r/thanosdidnothingwrong. A user within the subreddit suggested that half of the approximately 20,000 subscribers at the time be banned from the subreddit, in order to mimic the events of the film. After the community agreed to the measure, the moderators approached Reddit's administrators to see if the mass ban would be possible. Once the administrators agreed to the random ban of half the subscribers, it was set to occur on July 9, 2018.<ref name="PolygonRedditBan" /> Notice of the impending ban made the subreddit's subscribers increase to over 700,000, including both of the Russo brothers.<ref name="GizmodoRedditBan" /> Ahead of the ban, Brolin posted a video saying "Here we go, Reddit users", and ending it with a snap.<ref name="BrolinRedditBan" /> Over 60,000 people watched a live Twitch stream of the ban occurring, which lasted several hours.<ref name="GizmodoRedditBan" /> The ban of over 300,000 accounts, which included Anthony Russo, was the largest in Reddit's history.<ref name="GizmodoRedditBan" /><ref name="VergeRedditBan" /> Those banned then gathered in the new subreddit, /r/inthesoulstone.<ref name="PolygonRedditBan" /><ref name="GizmodoRedditBan" /> One Reddit user who participated described the ban as embodying "the spirit of the Internet" with people "banding together, en masse, around something relatively meaningless but somehow decidedly awesome and hilarious".<ref name="VergeRedditBan" /> Andrew Tigani of ''Screen Rant'' said this showed "how impactful the film has already become to pop culture. It is also a testament to how valuable fan interaction can be via social media".<ref name="BrolinRedditBan" />
A popular tongue-in-cheek fan theory regarding Thanos' defeat in ''Endgame'' before the film's release claimed that Thanos would be killed by Ant-Man entering his anus and expanding himself within Thanos' body, jokingly referred to by the portmanteau "Thanus", going onto become a widespread Internet meme.<ref name="AntManTheory" /> After the film was released and proved the theory wrong, Christopher Markus revealed that due to the strong nature of the Titans, Ant-Man would have been unable to expand himself as he would be crushed by the walls of Thanos' rectum.<ref name="26Spoilers" /> In 2022, ''The Boys'' showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed that a character introduced in season three, Termite, was a parody of Ant-Man, and his actions of killing people by shrinking to enter their bodies and expanding was partially inspired by "Thanus".<ref name="TheBoysS3" />
Following the premiere of ''Endgame'', Google included a clickable icon of the Infinity Gauntlet in Google Search results for "Thanos" or "Infinity Gauntlet" as an Easter egg. The icon, when clicked, made a finger-snapping motion before half of the search results disappeared, akin to the disappearance of characters following the Blip. The disappearance of the search results could also be reversed, shown by the use of the Time Stone in the Infinity Gauntlet icon.<ref name="GoogleGauntlet" />
During the 2020 United States presidential election campaign, a Twitter account affiliated with the 2020 Trump campaign posted an Internet meme of then-incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump superimposed on a clip of Thanos declaring himself "inevitable" in ''Endgame'', with the meme reposted by Trump's own Instagram account.<ref name="TrumpMeme" /> Thanos creator Jim Starlin subsequently criticized Trump, saying he "actually enjoys comparing himself to a mass murderer".<ref name="StarlinTrumpWP" /><ref name="StarlinTrumpMW" /> In August 2020, Starlin revealed a new villain for an issue of ''Dreadstar Returns'' named King Plunddo Tram that heavily resembled Trump, with Plunddo Tram being an anagram of Donald Trump.<ref name="PlunddoTram" /> In the issue, Tram is beheaded, with Starlin saying "a certain politician using a character of mine in one of his political ads may have riled me a bit. I figured he was open game at that point".<ref name="TramDeath" />
In March 2021, to congratulate James Cameron on ''Avatar'' (2009) regaining the title as the number one film of all-time at the worldwide box office over ''Endgame'', the Russo brothers used an image with Thanos' armor scarecrow and the Avengers' logo dusting away into the ''Avatar'' logo.<ref name="RussosAvatar" /><ref name="MarvelCongratulatesAvatar" />
In February 2023, during an interview in ''Time'', Cameron gave statements admitting that he has a personal connection with Thanos. At one point in their conversation, Cameron shared that Thanos "had a pretty viable answer" to his problem, one that parallels the filmmaker's environmental activism: "I can relate to Thanos... I thought I had a pretty viable answer. The problem is that no one is going to raise their hand to volunteer to be the half that has to leave".<ref name="ViableAnswer" />
==== Scientific analysis and accuracy ==== After the release of ''Infinity War'', scientific studies were published relating to the Snap, focusing on a variety of aspects including whether it would be possible for Thanos to even snap his fingers while wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. The 2021 study concluded that it would not be physically possible due to the lack of friction between the metal surface of the Gauntlet.<ref name="SnapStudy" /> A study published in 2020 focused on the ability to control matter as Thanos does while using the Infinity Stones. The researchers found that on a macroscopic level, someone would need a large amount of energy to control matter, similarly to the Stones. However, microscopically scientists can mimic Thanos' control of matter at the colloidal level. The researchers were able to make billions of colloidal particles with changeable responsiveness, patchiness, shapes, and sizes by manipulating them using triggers, including temperature, pH, and light.<ref name="MatterControlStudy" />
===Accolades=== {{Anchor|Awards}} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- |+ {{Screen reader-only|Accolades received by Thanos}} ! scope="col" | Year<!--Year of award ceremony--> ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Ref heading|multi=no}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2018 | rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;" | ''Avengers: Infinity War'' | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Villain | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="MTVAwards2018" /> |- | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Villain | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="TeenChoiceAwards2018" /> |- | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Motion Capture Performance | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="WashingtonDCAwards2018" /> |- | Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society | Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="LAAwards2018" /> |- | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best Villain | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SeattleAwards2018" /> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2019 | Austin Film Critics Association Awards | Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AFCA2018" /> |- | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="VESAwards2018" /> |- | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="SaturnAwards2019" /> |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | ''Avengers: Endgame'' | rowspan="2"| MTV Movie & TV Awards | Best Villain | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| <ref name="MTVAwards2019" /> |- | Best Fight{{efn|Shared with Chris Evans}} | {{nom}} |- | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Villain | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="TeenChoiceAwards2019" /> |- | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Motion Capture Performance | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="WashingtonDCAwards2019" /> |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 2020 | Austin Film Critics Association Awards | Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="AFCA2019" /> |- | Hollywood Critics Association Awards | Best Animated or VFX Performance | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| <ref name="HollywoodAwards2019" /> |}
==Merchandise== Several toys have been released since Thanos' ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' appearance. For that film, Hot Toys released a figure of Thanos with his throne,<ref name="GotGHotToys" /> while Funko released two variants of a Funko Pop, including one that glows in the dark.<ref name="GotGFunko" /><ref name="GotGFunkoGlow" /> The number of Thanos toy and merchandise items increased leading up to the release of ''Infinity War'' in theaters. Hot Toys released a figure of Thanos and a 1:1 scale Infinity Gauntlet,<ref name="IWHotToys" /><ref name="InfinityGauntletHotToys" /> while Funko released a variety of Pops, including multiple variations of regular-sized figures, as well as a 10-inch jumbo Pop.<ref name="IWFunko" /> Pops after the film released included a set of six chrome Thanos figures each in the color of one of the Infinity Stones and movie moment Pops, which are Pops that feature characters in scenes from movies. These included Thanos vs. Captain America and Thor respectively.<ref name="IWFunkoChrome" /><ref name="IWFunkoMM" /> Funko has also included a variety of Thanos items in their Marvel Collector Corps subscription boxes, including the ''Infinity War'' box, which included a Pop of Thanos in ''Sanctuary II'', a keycap, and an Infinity Gauntlet mug.<ref name="IWMCC" /> Lego released a BrickHeadz and a traditional set featuring Iron Man, Star-Lord, and Gamora minifigures alongside a Thanos bigfigure,<ref name="BrickHeadz" /><ref name="IWLEGO" /> while Hasbro released a five pack of Marvel Legends with Thanos and his children.<ref name="IWMarvelLegends" /> Hot Toys released two figures of Thanos after ''Endgame'' debuted in theaters; a regular version which came with the Infinity Gauntlet<ref name="EndgameHT" /> and a battle damaged version that came with the Nano Gauntlet.<ref name="EndgameHTBattleDamaged" /> As with the initial wave of figures for ''Infinity War'', Funko released both a regular sized and a 10 inch tall Thanos before ''Endgame'' was in theaters,<ref name="EndgameFunko" /> while Pops after the film released included Thanos in his Garden attire.<ref name="EndgameFunkoGarden" /> After the season one finale of ''What If...?'', Funko announced a Ravager Thanos Pop.<ref name="RavagerThanosFunko" />
A variety of Thanos-related toys were released for both Marvel Studios' tenth anniversary and the Infinity Saga. For the anniversary, Funko released an updated version of Thanos from ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', this time with him sitting on his throne.<ref name="ThroneFunko" /> To celebrate the Infinity Saga, Funko released a Thanos Pop using the colors of the Infinity Stones,<ref name="InfinitySagaFunko" /> while Lego released multiple sets, including two sets for ''Endgame''{{'}}s final battle. One included ''Sanctuary II''<ref name="SanctuaryIILEGO" /> and the other was set at the Avengers' Compound.<ref name="AvengersCompoundLEGO" /> Lego also released an Infinity Gauntlet with articulating fingers, allowing for builders to put it in a snapping pose,<ref name="LEGOInfinityGauntlet" /> while Hasbro released a Marvel Legends two-pack featuring a battle damaged Iron Man in his mark LXXXV armor and a battle damaged Thanos.<ref name="InfinitySagaLegends" />
''Entertainment Weekly'' released an issue of their magazine for ''Infinity War'' featuring Thanos on the cover and a cover story interview with Brolin.<ref name="EWCover" /> ''Empire'' had two covers for each of ''Infinity War''<ref name="IWEmpireCover" /><ref name="IWEmpireExclusiveCover" /> and ''Endgame''<ref name="EndgameEmpireCover" /><ref name="EndgameEmpireExclusiveCover" /> featuring Thanos; one available to the general public and one that was exclusive to subscribers. Many posters were available for purchase including the theatrical posters for ''Infinity War and Endgame'' which both featured Thanos. Other posters included one exclusive to Odeon Cinemas<ref name="OdeonCinemasPoster" /> and one featuring the children of Thanos.<ref name="ChildrenofThanosPoster" /> Limited edition posters were released for Marvel Studios' tenth anniversary, as well as to celebrate the Infinity Saga with posters for the four Avengers films. Two posters were released for the tenth anniversary, one including the heroes and one for Thanos and the other villains.<ref name="MarvelStudios10Poster" /> For the Avengers posters, Thanos was prominently included on the ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame'' versions.<ref name="AvengersTetralogyPosters" />
==See also== * Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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<ref name="WhatIfEp17">{{Cite episode |title=What If... the Avengers Assembled in 1602? |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/video/58c63034-6fa3-428a-a8a0-4168d7641403 |series=What If...? |series-link=What If...? (TV series) |last=Bradley |first=A. C. |author-link=A. C. Bradley (screenwriter) |last2=Little |first2=Ryan |author-link2=Ryan Little (writer) |network=Disney+ |date=December 29, 2023 |season=2 |number=8 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="WhatIfEp18">{{Cite episode |title=What If... Strange Supreme Intervened? |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/video/fdb10141-cf71-4b9d-8489-87e447cdbeae |series=What If...? |series-link=What If...? (TV series) |last=Chauncey |first=Matthew |author-link=Matthew Chauncey |network=Disney+ |date=December 30, 2023 |season=2 |number=9 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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<ref name="OriginalConceptCBR">{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Matt |date=May 24, 2012 |title=Inside the Mind of Thanos, Marvel's Mad Titan |url=https://www.cbr.com/inside-the-mind-of-thanos-marvels-mad-titan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412212815/https://www.cbr.com/inside-the-mind-of-thanos-marvels-mad-titan/ |archive-date=April 12, 2017 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=Comic Book Resources}}</ref>
<ref name="OriginalConceptEW">{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=April 29, 2019 |title=Thanos Creator Jim Starlin Discusses His ''Avengers: Endgame'' Cameo and the Journey from Page to Screen |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/04/29/thanos-creator-jim-starlin-avengers-endgame-cameo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501022004/https://ew.com/movies/2019/04/29/thanos-creator-jim-starlin-avengers-endgame-cameo/ |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
<ref name="ComicDifferences">{{Cite web |last=McCormick |first=Colin |date=June 14, 2019 |title=Marvel: 10 Big Differences Between Thanos in the Comics & Movies |url=https://screenrant.com/marvel-differences-thanos-comics-movies/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615144815/https://screenrant.com/marvel-differences-thanos-comics-movies/ |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
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<ref name="PoitierAvengers">{{Cite web |last=Orange |first=B. Alan |date=September 5, 2019 |title=Thanos Before Brolin: ''Avengers'' Set Photos Show Original Mad Titan Actor |url=https://movieweb.com/avengers-set-photos-original-thanos-damion-poitier/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908235231/https://movieweb.com/avengers-set-photos-original-thanos-damion-poitier/ |archive-date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosAvengers1">{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=March 5, 2021 |title=How the MCU Was Made: ''Marvel's The Avengers'', Recasting Hulk, and How That Thanos Scene Happened |url=https://collider.com/how-the-avengers-1-was-made/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310120646/https://collider.com/how-the-avengers-1-was-made/ |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=Collider}}</ref>
<ref name="HitFix">{{Cite web |last=Ellwood |first=Gregory |date=April 12, 2015 |title=Joss Whedon Reveals That There Was Supposed to Be More Thanos in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/joss-whedon-reveals-that-there-was-supposed-to-be-more-thanos-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413235353/http://www.hitfix.com/news/joss-whedon-reveals-that-there-was-supposed-to-be-more-thanos-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |access-date=April 29, 2019 |website=HitFix |via=Uproxx}}</ref>
<ref name="IWWriters">{{Cite web |last=Sampson |first=Mike |date=April 12, 2016 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Writers Tease Thanos' Big Introduction |url=https://screencrush.com/avengers-infinity-war-thanos-writers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008203638/https://screencrush.com/avengers-infinity-war-thanos-writers/ |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=ScreenCrush}}</ref>
<ref name="VFXTHR">{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=January 25, 2019 |title=How ''Avengers: Infinity War'' VFX Teams Brought Josh Brolin's Thanos to Life |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-vfx-teams-brought-josh-brolins-thanos-life-infinity-war-1178231 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126064856/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/how-vfx-teams-brought-josh-brolins-thanos-life-infinity-war-1178231 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosNarrator">{{Cite web |last=Chichizola |first=Corey |date=November 30, 2018 |title=Thanos Originally Narrated ''Avengers: Infinity War'' |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2462511/thanos-originally-narrated-avengers-infinity-war |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208122214/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2462511/thanos-originally-narrated-avengers-infinity-war |archive-date=December 8, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref>
<ref name="IWFlashbacks">{{Cite web |last=Seibold |first=Witney |date=July 18, 2022 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Cut out Several Flashbacks with a Young Thanos |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/932051/avengers-infinity-war-cut-out-several-flashbacks-with-a-young-thanos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718222903/https://www.slashfilm.com/932051/avengers-infinity-war-cut-out-several-flashbacks-with-a-young-thanos/ |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="ScreenTimeIW">{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Amelia Rayne |date=April 10, 2020 |title=11 Characters with the Most Screen Time in ''Avengers: Infinity War'' |url=https://screenrant.com/characters-with-most-screen-time-in-avengers-infinity-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213182938/https://screenrant.com/characters-with-most-screen-time-in-avengers-infinity-war/ |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
<ref name="26Spoilers">{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=June 7, 2019 |title=''Avengers Endgame'': 26 Spoilers Explained by the Directors and Writers |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/avengers-endgame-26-spoilers-explained-directors-writers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609231031/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/avengers-endgame-26-spoilers-explained-directors-writers/ |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |access-date=December 20, 2019 |magazine=Empire}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosRetired">{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=December 24, 2018 |title=What Happened to Thanos After ''Infinity War'' Officially Revealed |url=https://movieweb.com/thanos-retired-end-of-infinity-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302080107/https://movieweb.com/thanos-retired-end-of-infinity-war/ |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="NYMarkusMcFeely">{{Cite news |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |date=April 29, 2019 |title=''Avengers: Endgame'': The Screenwriters Answer Every Question You Might Have |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/movies/avengers-endgame-questions-and-answers.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514173025/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/movies/avengers-endgame-questions-and-answers.html |archive-date=May 14, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
<ref name="LokiS1">{{Cite web |last=Downey |first=Mason |date=June 9, 2021 |title=''Loki'' Episode 1: 15 Easter Eggs and References in the Premiere |url=https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/loki-episode-1-15-easter-eggs-and-references-in-the-premiere/2900-3727/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612003810/https://www.gamespot.com/gallery/loki-episode-1-15-easter-eggs-and-references-in-the-premiere/2900-3727/ |archive-date=June 12, 2021 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=GameSpot}}</ref>
<ref name="LokiEp1">{{Cite episode |title=Glorious Purpose |episode-link=Glorious Purpose (Loki season 1) |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/video/cc42ae25-d9ce-4faf-8a7e-429d31194cc7 |series=Loki |series-link=Loki (TV series) |last=Waldron |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Waldron |network=Disney+ |date=June 9, 2021 |season=1 |number=1 |time=38:39–39:24 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="PerlmansThanosScript">{{Cite tweet |number=672201108253634560 |user=jamesgunn |title=Thanos was the bad guy in the script that existed when I came on board. Joss wanted him out & I was all good w that https://twitter.com/thenews018/status/672200306344595456 ... |first=James |last=Gunn |date=December 2, 2015 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413193643/https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/672201108253634560 |archive-date=April 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="WhedonsAssistingCasting">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvUaVgCZcA |title=Guardians of the Galaxy press con in Singapore - James Gunn on GoTG and the MCU |last=Geek Crusade |access-date=August 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105210632/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvUaVgCZcA |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref>
<ref name="PoitiersCasting">{{Cite web |last=Abary |date=June 9, 2014 |title=Damion Poitier On Being THANOS; Says He Thought He Would Be SUPER SKRULL |url=https://comicbookmovie.com/avengers/damion-poitier-on-being-thanos-says-he-thought-he-would-be-super-skrull-a101560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160219142424/https://comicbookmovie.com/avengers/damion-poitier-on-being-thanos-says-he-thought-he-would-be-super-skrull-a101560 |archive-date=February 19, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=ComicBookMovie.com}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosRecast">{{Cite web |last=Dibdin |first=Emma |date=September 21, 2012 |title='The Avengers' producer Kevin Feige: 'Thanos might be recast' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a407370/the-avengers-producer-kevin-feige-thanos-might-be-recast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222143240/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a407370/the-avengers-producer-kevin-feige-thanos-might-be-recast/ |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>
<ref name="TooManyStonesDraft">{{Cite web |last=Evangelista |first=Chris |date=November 29, 2018 |title=Everything We Learned From The Russo Brothers About 'Infinity War', 'Avengers 4' And 'Star Wars' |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/562640/russo-brothers-q-and-a/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111190248/https://www.slashfilm.com/562640/russo-brothers-q-and-a/ |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="JoeRussoStandIn">{{Cite web |last=Bnomolo |first=Cameron |date=November 8, 2019 |title=''Avengers: Endgame'' Director Played Thanos in Karen Gillan's Nebula Scenes |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/avengers-endgame-director-joe-russo-played-thanos-karen-gillan-nebula-scenes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504185457/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/avengers-endgame-director-joe-russo-played-thanos-karen-gillan-nebula-scenes/ |archive-date=May 4, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosHardestToWrite">{{Cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=April 13, 2015 |title=How ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' Nearly Killed Joss Whedon |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/04/how-age-of-ultron-nearly-broke-joss-whedon.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729193834/https://www.vulture.com/2015/04/how-age-of-ultron-nearly-broke-joss-whedon.html |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
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<ref name="IWInfluences">{{Cite web |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |date=March 16, 2018 |title=Russo Brothers Reveal Marvel Comic Influences on ''Avengers: Infinity War'' |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/03/16/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-comics-connections/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420070743/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/03/16/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-comics-connections |archive-date=April 20, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2018 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosGamora">{{Cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=April 30, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'': How They Decided to Split up the Characters |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-how-they-decided-to-group-the-heroes.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404003106/https://www.vulture.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-how-they-decided-to-group-the-heroes.html |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=Vulture}}</ref>
<ref name="WhedonThanos">{{Cite web |last=Chitwood |first=Adam |date=June 15, 2021 |title=How the MCU Was Made: ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and Crafting the Beginning of the Endgame |url=https://collider.com/avengers-infinity-war-making-of-explained-trivia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615140440/http://collider.com/avengers-infinity-war-making-of-explained-trivia/ |archive-date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=Collider}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameBlade">{{Cite web |last=Chichizola |first=Corey |date=August 13, 2019 |title=Yes, Thanos' ''Endgame'' Sword Is Stronger Than Vibranium |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2477995/yes-thanos-endgame-sword-is-stronger-than-vibranium |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008200834/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2477995/yes-thanos-endgame-sword-is-stronger-than-vibranium |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2021 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref>
<ref name="CombatSkills">{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Adrienne |date=December 6, 2020 |title=Every Power Thanos Has in the MCU (Without the Infinity Stones) |url=https://screenrant.com/every-superpower-thanos-explained-no-infinity-stones/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008211742/https://screenrant.com/every-superpower-thanos-explained-no-infinity-stones/ |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
<ref name="WhyNotDeath">{{Cite news |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |date=April 27, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Changes Up the Bizarre Reason Thanos Wants the Infinity Stones in the Comics — Here's Why |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-infinity-war-changes-why-thanos-wants-infinity-stones-2018-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427194726/https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-infinity-war-changes-why-thanos-wants-infinity-stones-2018-4 |archive-date=April 27, 2018 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |work=Business Insider}}</ref>
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<ref name="FXGuide">{{Cite web |last=Seymour |first=Mike |date=May 7, 2018 |title=Making Thanos Face the Avengers |url=https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/making-thanos-face-the-avengers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101001325/https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/making-thanos-face-the-avengers/ |archive-date=January 1, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=Fxguide}}</ref>
<ref name="DDMasquerade">{{Cite conference |last=Hendler |first=Darren |last2=Moser |first2=Lucio |last3=Battulwar |first3=Rishabh |last4=Corral |first4=David |last5=Cramer |first5=Phil |last6=Miller |first6=Ron |last7=Cloudsdale |first7=Rickey |last8=Roble |first8=Doug |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Avengers: Capturing Thanos's Complex Face |url=https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3214745.3214766 |conference=SIGGRAPH '18: ACM SIGGRAPH 2018 Talks |publisher=SIGGRAPH |pages=1–2 |doi=10.1145/3214745.3214766|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref name="MCUHeight">{{Cite web |last=Srivastava |first=Ilika |date=November 13, 2021 |title=How Tall Is Thanos? & the Tallest Characters in the MCU Ranked |url=https://www.cbr.com/how-tall-is-thanos-mcu-tallest-characters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114141754/https://www.cbr.com/how-tall-is-thanos-mcu-tallest-characters/ |archive-date=November 14, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2023 |website=Comic Book Resources}}</ref>
<ref name="ComicSnap">{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=May 7, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Almost Included a Single Frame of a Single Word at a Crucial Moment |url=https://www.thewrap.com/avengers-infinity-war-almost-included-a-single-frame-of-a-single-word-at-a-crucial-moment/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218204446/https://www.thewrap.com/avengers-infinity-war-almost-included-a-single-frame-of-a-single-word-at-a-crucial-moment/ |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=TheWrap}}</ref>
<ref name="DesignChanges">{{Cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |date=July 2, 2020 |title=MCU: How & Why Thanos Looks Different in Each Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/mcu-movies-thanos-looks-different-cgi-changes-reason/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024052114/https://screenrant.com/mcu-movies-thanos-looks-different-cgi-changes-reason/ |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
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<ref name="BrandoPortrayal">{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=October 3, 2020 |title=Josh Brolin: Why ''Deadpool 2'' Role Felt like a 'Business Transaction' Compared to Thanos |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/josh-brolin-deadpool-2-business-transaction-1234590160/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103062120/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/josh-brolin-deadpool-2-business-transaction-1234590160/ |archive-date=November 3, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=IndieWire}}</ref>
<!-- RECEPTION -->
<ref name="RTRoundUp">{{Cite web |date=April 25, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Reviews: It's Both Amazing and Exhausting |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/avengers-infinity-war-reviews-its-both-amazing-and-exhausting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214073430/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/avengers-infinity-war-reviews-its-both-amazing-and-exhausting/ |archive-date=December 14, 2021 |access-date=May 3, 2018 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref>
<ref name="MCUVillainsMH">{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Evan |date=May 5, 2022 |title=A Complete Ranking of Every Marvel Cinematic Universe Villain |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a36289657/marvel-villains-ranked/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506092217/https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a36289657/marvel-villains-ranked/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Men's Health}}</ref>
<ref name="WPThanos">{{Cite news |last=Cavna |first=Michael |date=May 4, 2018 |title=Here's Why ''Infinity War''{{'s}} Thanos Is the Most Compelling Marvel Film Villain Yet |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/05/04/heres-why-infinity-wars-thanos-is-the-most-compelling-marvel-film-villain-yet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115015843/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/05/04/heres-why-infinity-wars-thanos-is-the-most-compelling-marvel-film-villain-yet/ |archive-date=January 15, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
<ref name="MCUVillainRankSR">{{Cite web |last=McGlynn |first=Anthony |date=April 29, 2018 |title=Thanos Is the MCU's Best Villain, Hands Down |url=https://screenrant.com/thanos-mcu-best-villain-marvel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502075843/https://screenrant.com/thanos-mcu-best-villain-marvel/ |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
<ref name="MCUVillainsLooper">{{Cite web |last=Archbold |first=Phil |date=May 6, 2022 |title=Every MCU Movie Villain Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://www.looper.com/77198/every-mcu-movie-villain-ranked-worst-best/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508180339/https://www.looper.com/77198/every-mcu-movie-villain-ranked-worst-best/ |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Looper}}</ref>
<ref name="MCUVillainRankGamesRadar">{{Cite web |last=<!--Newsarama Staff--> |date=March 31, 2020 |title=Ranking All the Marvel Studios Villains from Worst-To-Best |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/best-marvel-studios-villains//#s29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614190642/https://www.gamesradar.com/best-marvel-studios-villains// |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=GamesRadar+}}</ref>
<ref name="AllTimeVillainRanking">{{Cite web |last=Barron |first=Matt |last2=Monroe |first2=Justin |last3=Scarano |first3=Ross |last4=Khal |first4=Tara Aquino |last5=Bernucca |first5=Carolyn |date=January 18, 2022 |title=The Best Villains in Movie History |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/best-villains-movie-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128181410/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/best-villains-movie-history/ |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=Complex}}</ref>
<ref name="2010sVillains">{{Cite web |last=Starner |first=Nina |date=December 10, 2019 |title=The Best Movie Villains of the Last Decade |url=https://www.looper.com/178594/the-best-movie-villains-of-the-last-decade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104183812/https://www.looper.com/178594/the-best-movie-villains-of-the-last-decade/ |archive-date=January 4, 2022 |access-date=January 4, 2022 |website=Looper}}</ref>
<ref name="DecadeVillainsSR">{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Sam |date=December 11, 2019 |title=10 Best Movie Villains from the Past Decade |url=https://screenrant.com/best-movie-villains-of-the-decade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212152829/https://screenrant.com/best-movie-villains-of-the-decade/ |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
<ref name="21stCenturyVillains">{{Cite web |last=Ehrlich |first=David |date=March 4, 2019 |title=The Best Movie Villains of the 21st Century — IndieWire Critics Survey |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/best-movie-villains-21st-century-indiewire-critics-survey-1202048559/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222044206/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/best-movie-villains-21st-century-indiewire-critics-survey-1202048559/ |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=January 4, 2022 |website=IndieWire}}</ref>
<ref name="VarietyIWReview">{{Cite magazine |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |date=April 24, 2018 |title=Film Review: ''Avengers: Infinity War'' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/avengers-infinity-war-review-robert-downey-jr-chadwick-boseman-1202782256/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425011602/http://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/avengers-infinity-war-review-robert-downey-jr-chadwick-boseman-1202782256/ |archive-date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>
<ref name="THRIWReview">{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Todd |date=April 24, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/avengers-infinity-war-review-1105484 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425010609/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/avengers-infinity-war-review-1105484 |archive-date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="IGNIWReview">{{Cite web |last=Collura |first=Scott |date=May 18, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/18/avengers-infinity-war-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323093817/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/18/avengers-infinity-war-review |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=March 23, 2019 |website=IGN}}</ref>
<ref name="RollingStoneIWReview">{{Cite magazine |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=April 24, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Review: All-Star Marvel Team-Up Is Superhero Pile-Up |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/avengers-infinity-war-review-all-star-marvel-team-up-is-superhero-pile-up-628954/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403234817/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/avengers-infinity-war-review-all-star-marvel-team-up-is-superhero-pile-up-628954/ |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
<ref name="TheAtlanticIWReview">{{Cite web |last=Orr |first=Christopher |date=April 26, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Is an Extraordinary Juggling Act |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-review/558983/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317021401/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-marvel-review/558983/ |archive-date=March 17, 2020 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref>
<ref name="IWESB">{{Cite web |last=Guerrasio |first=Jason |date=April 30, 2018 |title=Thanks to Thanos, ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Is Marvel's ''The Empire Strikes Back'' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-infinity-war-is-marvel-empire-strikes-back-because-of-thanos-2018-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220020024/https://www.businessinsider.com/avengers-infinity-war-is-marvel-empire-strikes-back-because-of-thanos-2018-4 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2019 |website=Business Insider}}</ref>
<ref name="RTEndgameThanos">{{Cite magazine |last=Fullerton |first=Huw |date=May 12, 2019 |title=Did ''Avengers: Endgame'' Ruin Thanos? |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/did-avengers-endgame-ruin-thanos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509014403/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/did-avengers-endgame-ruin-thanos/ |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |magazine=Radio Times}}</ref>
<ref name="SREndgameThanos">{{Cite web |last=Farrow |first=Max |date=May 1, 2019 |title=''Avengers: Endgame'' Wasted Thanos' Infinity War Story |url=https://screenrant.com/avengers-endgame-thanos-story-bad-infinity-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628060002/https://screenrant.com/avengers-endgame-thanos-story-bad-infinity-war/ |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
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<ref name="ThanosSnapSite">{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Gael Fashingbauer |date=May 3, 2018 |title=Did Thanos Kill You in ''Avengers: Infinity War''? Find Out Here |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/did-thanos-kill-you-in-avengers-infinity-war-website-tells-you/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524085352/https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/did-thanos-kill-you-in-avengers-infinity-war-website-tells-you/ |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=CNET}}</ref>
<ref name="PolygonRedditBan">{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Julia |date=July 11, 2018 |title=What Happens After Reddit Bans More Than 350k Users Because of a Joke? |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/11/17552982/thanos-did-nothing-wrong-ban-reddit-mad-snapping |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116015613/https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/11/17552982/thanos-did-nothing-wrong-ban-reddit-mad-snapping |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |access-date=January 16, 2020 |website=Polygon}}</ref>
<ref name="GizmodoRedditBan">{{Cite web |last=Elderkin |first=Beth |date=July 9, 2018 |title=Thanos Has Snapped His Fingers and Killed Half of a Subreddit |url=https://gizmodo.com/thanos-has-snapped-his-fingers-and-killed-half-a-subred-1827448545 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429192712/https://gizmodo.com/thanos-has-snapped-his-fingers-and-killed-half-a-subred-1827448545 |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Gizmodo}}</ref>
<ref name="BrolinRedditBan">{{Cite web |last=Tigani |first=Andrew |date=July 8, 2018 |title=''Infinity War'': Josh Brolin Delivers Thanos' Snap for Reddit User Ban |url=https://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-thanos-snap-reddit-ban/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429192606/https://screenrant.com/josh-brolin-thanos-snap-reddit-ban/ |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Screen Rant}}</ref>
<ref name="VergeRedditBan">{{Cite web |last=Farokhmanesh |first=Megan |date=July 10, 2018 |title=Thanos Subreddit Successfully Bans Half Its Community |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/10/17548768/thanos-subreddit-bans-half-community-marvel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429192552/https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/10/17548768/thanos-subreddit-bans-half-community-marvel |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=The Verge}}</ref>
<ref name="AntManTheory">{{Cite web |last=Carbone |first=Gina |date=October 19, 2019 |title=Paul Rudd Is Still Bummed About ''Avengers: Endgame''{{'s}} Thanus Theory |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482677/paul-rudd-is-still-bummed-about-avengers-endgames-thanus-theory |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414044722/https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482677/paul-rudd-is-still-bummed-about-avengers-endgames-thanus-theory |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2021 |website=CinemaBlend}}</ref>
<ref name="TheBoysS3">{{Cite web |last=Bojalad |first=Alec |date=June 4, 2022 |title=''The Boys'' Season 3: Yes, That One Scene Was Inspired by the Ant-Man Meme |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-opening-scene-ant-man-meme/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606104631/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-boys-season-3-opening-scene-ant-man-meme/ |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=Den of Geek}}</ref>
<ref name="GoogleGauntlet">{{Cite web |last=Ricker |first=Thomas |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Stop What You're Doing and Google 'Thanos' for an Avengers Easter Egg |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/26/18517574/avengers-easter-egg-surprise-thanos-search |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430165246/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/26/18517574/avengers-easter-egg-surprise-thanos-search |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |access-date=April 26, 2019 |website=The Verge}}</ref>
<ref name="TrumpMeme">{{Cite news |last=O'Neil |first=Luke |date=December 11, 2019 |title='I'm Inevitable': Trump Campaign Ad Shows President as Avengers Villain Thanos |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/trump-thanos-ad-marvel-video |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216032618/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/trump-thanos-ad-marvel-video |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=May 19, 2021 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
<ref name="StarlinTrumpWP">{{Cite news |last=Chiu |first=Allyson |date=December 11, 2019 |title='These Are Sad and Strange Times': Thanos Creator Rips Widely Mocked Campaign Video Portraying Trump as Avengers Supervillain |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/11/trump-thanos-video-avengers-endgame-reelection-inevitable-impeachment/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211111030/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/11/trump-thanos-video-avengers-endgame-reelection-inevitable-impeachment/ |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=May 19, 2021 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>
<ref name="StarlinTrumpMW">{{Cite web |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Thanos Creator Feels Violated Over Team Trump ''Avengers 4'' Twitter Video |url=https://movieweb.com/thanos-trump-avengers-4-tweet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616141239/https://movieweb.com/thanos-trump-avengers-4-tweet/ |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="PlunddoTram">{{Cite web |last=Couch |first=Aaron |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Thanos Creator Jim Starlin Unveils Trump-Inspired Villain |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/thanos-creator-jim-starlin-unveils-trump-inspired-villain-4051086/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221114614/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/thanos-creator-jim-starlin-unveils-trump-inspired-villain-4051086/ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="TramDeath">{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Jake |date=June 3, 2021 |title=Thanos Creator Jim Starlin's New Comic Is the Best Political Parody of 2021 |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/thanos-jim-starlin-dreadstar-donald-trump-plunddo-tram |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603133726/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/thanos-jim-starlin-dreadstar-donald-trump-plunddo-tram |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Inverse}}</ref>
<ref name="RussosAvatar">{{Cite tweet |number=1370790032114479104 |user=Russo_Brothers |title=Passing the Gauntlet Back to You... @JimCameron Thanks for the Beautiful Art @bosslogic. |author-link=Russo brothers |date=March 13, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330214329/https://twitter.com/Russo_Brothers/status/1370790032114479104/photo/1 |archive-date=March 30, 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="MarvelCongratulatesAvatar">{{Cite web |last=Tartaglione |first=Nancy |date=March 13, 2021 |title=Marvel Congratulates ''Avatar'' for Reclaiming Global Box Office Crown: "We Love You 3000" |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/marvel-congratulates-avatar-global-box-office-record-avengers-endgame-james-cameron-disney-1234713840/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414201316/https://deadline.com/2021/03/marvel-congratulates-avatar-global-box-office-record-avengers-endgame-james-cameron-disney-1234713840/ |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
<ref name="ViableAnswer">{{Cite magazine |last=Dockterman |first=Eliana |date=February 16, 2023 |title=James Cameron Is Reconsidering a Few Things |url=https://time.com/6255536/james-cameron-interview-avatar-the-way-of-water/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=January 23, 2024 |magazine=Time}}</ref>
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<ref name="SnapStudy">{{Cite journal |last=Acharya |first=Raghav |last2=Challita |first2=Elio J. |last3=Ilton |first3=Mark |last4=Bhamla |first4=M. Saad |date=November 17, 2021 |title=The Ultrafast Snap of a Finger Is Mediated by Skin Friction |journal=Journal of the Royal Society Interface |publisher=Royal Society |volume=18 |issue=184 |doi=10.1098/rsif.2021.0672 |issn=1742-5662 |pmc=8596009 |pmid=34784775}}</ref>
<ref name="MatterControlStudy">{{Cite journal |last=van Ravensteijn |first=Bas G.P. |last2=Magana |first2=Jose R. |last3=Voets |first3=Ilja K. |date=October 1, 2020 |title=Manipulating Matter with a Snap of Your Fingers: A Touch of Thanos in Colloid Science |journal=Superhero Science and Technology |publisher=TU Delft OPEN Publishing |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=19–30 |doi=10.24413/sst.2020.1.5329 |issn=2588-7637 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
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<ref name="SimpsonsCouchGag">{{Cite web |last=Francisco |first=Eric |date=January 14, 2019 |title=Only One ''Simpsons'' Character Survived Thanos' Couch Gag on Sunday Night |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/52458-the-simpsons-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-couch-gag-left-maggie-alive |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020210850/https://www.inverse.com/article/52458-the-simpsons-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-couch-gag-left-maggie-alive |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Inverse}}</ref>
<ref name="FeigeChinnos">{{Cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |date=October 23, 2019 |title=Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on ''Supernatural'', ''SVU'', ''Will & Grace'', ''The Simpsons'', ''H50'', ''Chi Fire'', ''Million Little Things'' and More |url=https://tvline.com/news/the-simpsons-kevin-feige-bart-and-the-bad-guy-season-31-1116015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006004634/https://tvline.com/news/the-simpsons-kevin-feige-bart-and-the-bad-guy-season-31-1116015/ |archive-date=October 6, 2023 |access-date=June 19, 2023 |website=TVLine}}</ref>
<ref name="FeigeChinnos2">{{Cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=February 27, 2020 |title=''The Simpsons'' First Look: Watch Marvel's Kevin Feige Play a Thanos-Like Character (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-simpsons-marvel-kevin-feige-first-look-1203517769/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401180818/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/the-simpsons-marvel-kevin-feige-first-look-1203517769/ |archive-date=April 1, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>
<ref name="Plusaversary">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.disneyplus.com/video/d19da874-da2d-4dcd-978b-efb00befce1b |title=The Simpsons in Plusaversary |date=November 12, 2021 |last=Silverman |first=David |type=television short |time=0:12–0:13 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosPlusaversary">{{Cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=November 12, 2021 |title=How ''The Simpsons'' Convinced Disney to Let Goofy and Homer Drink a Beer Together |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-simpsons-plusaversary-goofy-homer-beer-1235111097/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112195607/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-simpsons-plusaversary-goofy-homer-beer-1235111097/ |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2023 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>
<ref name="CableThanos">{{Cite web |last=Flaherty |first=Keely |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Here Are the 9 Jokes ''Deadpool 2'' Makes About ''Infinity War'' |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/xx-hilarious-avengers-infinity-war-jokes-from-deadpool-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531234001/https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/xx-hilarious-avengers-infinity-war-jokes-from-deadpool-2 |archive-date=May 31, 2018 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=BuzzFeed}}</ref>
<ref name="FortniteMode">{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Joe |date=May 8, 2018 |title=''Fortnite''{{'s}} Thanos Mode Is Live, Here's How It Works |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-thanos-mode-is-live-heres-how-it-works/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920043429/https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnite-thanos-mode-is-live-heres-how-it-works/ |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=PC Gamer}}</ref>
<ref name="ThanosCupFortnite">{{Cite web |last=<!--The Fortnite Team--> |date=June 18, 2021 |title=Thanos Is Coming! Get Him First in the Thanos Cup |url=https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/thanos-is-coming-get-him-first-in-the-thanos-cup |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022210801/https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/thanos-is-coming-get-him-first-in-the-thanos-cup |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2021 |website=Epic Games}}</ref>
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<ref name="MTVAwards2018">{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=June 18, 2018 |title=MTV Movie & TV Awards: ''Black Panther'', ''Stranger Things'' Take Top Honors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-winners-complete-list-1110774 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619061036/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-2018-winners-complete-list-1110774 |archive-date=June 19, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="TeenChoiceAwards2018">{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2018 |title=Teen Choice Awards: Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/teen-choice-awards-2018-full-list-winners-1134169 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813030438/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/teen-choice-awards-2018-full-list-winners-1134169 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="WashingtonDCAwards2018">{{Cite web |date=December 3, 2018 |title=''Roma'' Feels the Love with D.C. Film Critics |url=https://www.wafca.com/awards/2018.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200119023700/http://wafca.com/awards/2018.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2020 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}}</ref>
<ref name="SeattleAwards2018">{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2018 |title=''The Favourite'' Leads the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Nominations |url=http://seattlefilmcritics.com/2018/12/10/the-favourite-leads-the-2018-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211100205/http://seattlefilmcritics.com/2018/12/10/the-favourite-leads-the-2018-seattle-film-critics-society-nominations/ |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=Seattle Film Critics Society}}</ref>
<ref name="AFCA2018">{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |date=January 7, 2019 |title=Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2018's Best Films and More |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2019-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2018s-best-films-and-more/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108012707/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2019-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2018s-best-films-and-more/ |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=April 2, 2023 |website=The Austin Chronicle}}</ref>
<ref name="LAAwards2018">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=December 7, 2018 |title=2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Winners: ''The Hate U Give'' Takes Best Picture |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/2018-los-angeles-online-film-critics-society-awards-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305130601/https://www.slashfilm.com/2018-los-angeles-online-film-critics-society-awards-winners/ |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2021 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="VESAwards2018">{{Cite web |last=Giardina |first=Carolyn |date=February 5, 2019 |title=Visual Effects Society Awards: ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Wins Top Prize |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-visual-effects-society-awards-winners-full-list-1178565 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206124115/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-visual-effects-society-awards-winners-full-list-1178565/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |access-date=February 8, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="SaturnAwards2019">{{Cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=September 13, 2019 |title=Saturn Awards: ''Spider-Man'' Star Tom Holland Wins for Third Year in a Row |url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/saturn-awards-2019-winners-list-jon-favreau-kevin-feige-stan-lee-1202734450/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914235350/https://deadline.com/2019/09/saturn-awards-2019-winners-list-jon-favreau-kevin-feige-stan-lee-1202734450/ |archive-date=September 14, 2019 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>
<ref name="MTVAwards2019">{{Cite web |last=Nordyke |first=Kimberly |date=June 17, 2019 |title=MTV Movie & TV Awards: ''Avengers: Endgame'', ''Game of Thrones'' Among Winners |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-winners-full-list-2019-1210613/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618031256/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/mtv-movie-tv-awards-winners-full-list-2019-1210613/ |archive-date=June 18, 2019 |access-date=September 24, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
<ref name="TeenChoiceAwards2019">{{Cite magazine |date=August 11, 2019 |title=Here Are All the Winners From the 2019 Teen Choice Awards |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8527134/teen-choice-awards-2019-winners-list |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812042754/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8527134/teen-choice-awards-2019-winners-list |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |access-date=July 26, 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
<ref name="WashingtonDCAwards2019">{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2019 |title=''Parasite'' Finds a Host in D.C. Film Critics |url=http://wafca.com/awards/2019.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216022536/http://wafca.com/awards/2019.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association}}</ref>
<ref name="AFCA2019">{{Cite web |last=Stoddard |first=Elizabeth |date=January 7, 2020 |title=2019 Awards |url=https://austinfilmcritics.org/2019-awards-d2faafe15279 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109042118/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2019-awards-d2faafe15279?gi=f51e6c264ce7 |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |website=Austin Film Critics Association}}</ref>
<ref name="HollywoodAwards2019">{{Cite web |date=November 25, 2019 |title=The 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards Nominations |url=https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com/the-3rd-annual-hollywood-critics-association-nominations/#comment-83822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423131937/https://hollywoodcriticsassociation.com/the-3rd-annual-hollywood-critics-association-nominations/#comment-83822 |archive-date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |website=Hollywood Critics Association}}</ref>
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<ref name="GotGHotToys">{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Matt |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Geek Gifts: ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Thanos Sixth-Scale Figure from Hot Toys |url=https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-thanos-hot-toys/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113012721/https://collider.com/guardians-of-the-galaxy-thanos-hot-toys/ |archive-date=January 13, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Collider}}</ref>
<ref name="GotGFunko">{{Cite web |last=Lovett |first=Jamie |date=December 22, 2014 |title=New ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Funko Pop! Bobble-Heads Include Thanos, Yondu & More |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/new-guardians-of-the-galaxy-funko-pop-bobble-heads-include-thano/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506200738/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/new-guardians-of-the-galaxy-funko-pop-bobble-heads-include-thano/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="GotGFunkoGlow">{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Sean |date=May 17, 2018 |title=The Exclusive 6-Inch Glowing Thanos ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Funko Pop Is Back |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/exclusive-6-inch-glowing-thanos-funko-pop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506201104/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/exclusive-6-inch-glowing-thanos-funko-pop/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="IWHotToys">{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Sean |date=April 3, 2018 |title=Hot Toys Unveils the Ultimate ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Thanos Figure |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/hot-toys-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-figure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506205758/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/hot-toys-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-figure/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="InfinityGauntletHotToys">{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Nicolaus |date=March 4, 2018 |title=Conquer Worlds Just like Thanos with Hot Toys ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Infinity Gauntlet |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/hot-toys-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-infinity-gauntlet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021213415/https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/hot-toys-avengers-infinity-war-thanos-infinity-gauntlet |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Hypebeast}}</ref>
<ref name="IWFunko">{{Cite web |last=Konrad |first=Jeremy |date=February 28, 2018 |title=''Infinity War'' Comes to Funko as Thanos Also Conquers Our Wallets |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/infinity-war-funko-pop-thanos-exclusive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228184133/https://bleedingcool.com/games/infinity-war-funko-pop-thanos-exclusive/ |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref>
<ref name="IWFunkoChrome">{{Cite web |last=Schwellenbach |first=Ashley |date=October 1, 2018 |title=Coming Soon: Chrome Thanos Walmart Exclusives! |url=https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-chrome-thanos-walmart-exclusives |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507013644/https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-chrome-thanos-walmart-exclusives |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=Funko}}</ref>
<ref name="IWFunkoMM">{{Cite web |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |date=November 24, 2018 |title=Cap vs. Thanos Funko Pop Pays Close Attention to ''Infinity War'' Continuity |url=https://movieweb.com/captain-america-vs-thanos-funko-pop-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621122607/https://movieweb.com/captain-america-vs-thanos-funko-pop-details/ |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="IWMCC">{{Cite AV media |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=FE1VoB1DYDA |title=Marvel Collector Corps: ''Avengers Infinity War'' Unboxing! |date=April 17, 2018 |last=Original Funko |author-link=Funko |access-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514183252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE1VoB1DYDA |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref>
<ref name="BrickHeadz">{{Cite tweet |number=972155176680386560 |user=LEGO_Group |title=How About a Super Hero Welcome for Our Newest @MarvelStudios @Avengers BrickHeadz...Gamora, Iron Man MK50, Thanos, and Star-Lord! Coming in April! #LEGOBrickHeadz #BrickHeadz #InfinityWar https://t.co/VSbA4o7hyO |author-link=Lego |date=March 9, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507072529/https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/972155176680386560 |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="IWLEGO">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=February 14, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' LEGO Sets May Reveal Some Potential Spoilers |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/556285/avengers-infinity-war-lego-sets-plot-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507062917/https://www.slashfilm.com/556285/avengers-infinity-war-lego-sets-plot-details/ |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |access-date=May 6, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="IWMarvelLegends">{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Sean |date=October 8, 2020 |title=The Marvel Legends the Children of Thanos 5-Pack Exclusive Figure Set Is Live |url=https://comicbook.com/gear/news/marvel-legends-the-children-of-thanos-5-pack-exclusive-amazon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014184315/https://comicbook.com/gear/amp/news/marvel-legends-the-children-of-thanos-5-pack-exclusive-amazon/ |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameHT">{{Cite web |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |date=March 31, 2019 |title=Thanos Hot Toys Action Figure Reveals His Secret ''Avengers: Endgame'' Weapon |url=https://movieweb.com/avengers-endgame-thanos-hot-toys-action-figure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505025741/https://movieweb.com/avengers-endgame-thanos-hot-toys-action-figure/ |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameHTBattleDamaged">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Tyler |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Thanos Returns to Hot Toys with New Battle Damaged Figure |url=https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/thanos-returns-to-hot-toys-with-new-battle-damaged-figure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117010949/https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/thanos-returns-to-hot-toys-with-new-battle-damaged-figure/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameFunko">{{Cite web |last=Schwellenbach |first=Ashley |date=March 27, 2019 |title=Coming Soon: Marvel's ''Avengers: Endgame''! |url=https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-marvels-avengers-endgame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510023231/https://www.funko.com/blog/article/coming-soon-marvels-avengers-endgame |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Funko}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameFunkoGarden">{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Sean |date=September 12, 2019 |title=Funko's New ''Avengers: Endgame'' Pops Are All About the Memes |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/funko-avengers-endgame-meme-pop-figures-order/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928213400/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/funko-avengers-endgame-meme-pop-figures-order/ |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="RavagerThanosFunko">{{Cite web |last=Paige |first=Rachel |date=October 8, 2021 |title=Shop Marvel Must Haves: ''What If...?'' Episode 9 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/gear/shop-marvel-must-haves-what-if-episode-9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009114004/https://www.marvel.com/articles/gear/shop-marvel-must-haves-what-if-episode-9 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |access-date=December 12, 2021 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>
<ref name="ThroneFunko">{{Cite web |last=Barnhardt |first=Adam |date=April 14, 2018 |title=Thanos Sits on His Throne in New Marvel's First Ten Years Supersized Pop |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/thanos-throne-funko-pop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034807/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/thanos-throne-funko-pop/ |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="InfinitySagaFunko">{{Cite web |last=Fallon |first=Sean |date=August 24, 2021 |title=Exclusive Marvel Art Series Thanos Funko Pop Joins the Infinity Saga Collection |url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/exclusive-marvel-art-series-thanos-funko-pop-infinity-saga/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825081355/https://comicbook.com/marvel/amp/news/exclusive-marvel-art-series-thanos-funko-pop-infinity-saga/ |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com}}</ref>
<ref name="SanctuaryIILEGO">{{Cite web |last=Novara |first=Brandon |date=September 23, 2021 |title=Recreate Final ''Avengers: Endgame'' Battle with LEGO's New Sanctuary II Set |url=https://movieweb.com/lego-avengers-endgame-battle-sanctuary-ii-set/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119003816/https://movieweb.com/lego-avengers-endgame-battle-sanctuary-ii-set/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="AvengersCompoundLEGO">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Tyler |date=June 12, 2021 |title=Rebuild the ''Avengers: Endgame'' Final Battle with LEGO |url=https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/rebuild-the-avengers-endgame-final-battle-with-lego/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617063831/https://bleedingcool.com/collectibles/rebuild-the-avengers-endgame-final-battle-with-lego/ |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref>
<ref name="LEGOInfinityGauntlet">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=May 17, 2021 |title=Cool Stuff: Building the New LEGO Infinity Gauntlet from ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Will Be a Snap |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/581118/marvel-lego-infinity-gauntlet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510041347/https://www.slashfilm.com/581118/marvel-lego-infinity-gauntlet/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="InfinitySagaLegends">{{Cite web |last=Jennings |first=Collier |date=May 11, 2021 |title=Hasbro's Legends Line Recreates ''Avengers: Endgame''{{'s}} Epic Finale |url=https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-legends-avengers-endgame-thanos-iron-man-tony-stark/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513025308/https://www.cbr.com/hasbro-legends-avengers-endgame-thanos-iron-man-tony-stark/amp/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 9, 2022 |website=Comic Book Resources}}</ref>
<ref name="EWCover">{{Cite magazine |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=March 9, 2018 |title=Josh Brolin Says There Is Heart Within the Murderous Thanos of ''Avengers: Infinity War'' |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/03/09/josh-brolin-thanos-avengers-infinity-war/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411233618/https://ew.com/movies/2018/03/09/josh-brolin-thanos-avengers-infinity-war/ |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref>
<ref name="IWEmpireCover">{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=March 20, 2018 |title=Empire's ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Covers and Marvel Mini-Magazine Revealed |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-infinity-war-covers-marvel-mini-magazine-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414072455/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-infinity-war-covers-marvel-mini-magazine-revealed/ |archive-date=April 14, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |magazine=Empire}}</ref>
<ref name="IWEmpireExclusiveCover">{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=March 20, 2018 |title=Empire's ''Avengers: Infinity War'' Subscriber Cover Revealed |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-infinity-war-subscriber-cover-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180401015200/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-infinity-war-subscriber-cover-revealed/ |archive-date=April 1, 2018 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |magazine=Empire}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameEmpireCover">{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=March 16, 2019 |title=Empire's ''Avengers: Endgame'' Newsstand Covers Revealed |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-endgame-newsstand-covers-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411020047/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-endgame-newsstand-covers-revealed/ |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |magazine=Empire}}</ref>
<ref name="EndgameEmpireExclusiveCover">{{Cite magazine |last=Travis |first=Ben |date=March 15, 2019 |title=Empire's ''Avengers: Endgame'' Subscriber Cover Revealed |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-endgame-subscriber-cover-revealed/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003080457/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/empire-avengers-endgame-subscriber-cover-revealed/ |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |magazine=Empire}}</ref>
<ref name="OdeonCinemasPoster">{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Ryan |date=April 20, 2018 |title=5 New ''Infinity War'' Posters Unfold a Sprawling Thanos Standoff |url=https://movieweb.com/avengers-infinity-war-odeon-posters-thanos-battle/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121075040/https://movieweb.com/avengers-infinity-war-odeon-posters-thanos-battle/ |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=MovieWeb}}</ref>
<ref name="ChildrenofThanosPoster">{{Cite web |last=Pulig |first=Andrew |date=March 3, 2018 |title=''Avengers: Infinity War'' Poster Introduces the Film's Villains |url=https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/avengers-infinity-war-poster-introduces-the-films-villains |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510195600/https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/avengers-infinity-war-poster-introduces-the-films-villains |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=Hypebeast}}</ref>
<ref name="MarvelStudios10Poster">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=January 9, 2019 |title=Cool Stuff: Celebrate 10 Years of Marvel Studios with John Guydo's Heroes and Villains Prints |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/563464/cool-stuff-celebrate-10-years-of-marvel-studios-with-john-guydos-heroes-and-villains-prints/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510201358/https://www.slashfilm.com/563464/cool-stuff-celebrate-10-years-of-marvel-studios-with-john-guydos-heroes-and-villains-prints/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref>
<ref name="AvengersTetralogyPosters">{{Cite web |last=Anderton |first=Ethan |date=September 30, 2021 |title=Cool Stuff: The Avengers Infinity Saga Gets an Epic Collection of Posters by John Guydo |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/620157/cool-stuff-the-avengers-infinity-saga-gets-an-epic-collection-of-posters-by-john-guydo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510201749/https://www.slashfilm.com/620157/cool-stuff-the-avengers-infinity-saga-gets-an-epic-collection-of-posters-by-john-guydo/ |archive-date=May 10, 2022 |access-date=May 10, 2022 |website=/Film}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{MCU Wiki|Thanos}} * {{Marveldatabase|Thanos (Earth-199999)|Thanos}} * [https://www.marvel.com/characters/thanos/on-screen Thanos] on ''Marvel.com''
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