Thor: Ragnarok
In wreak theInfinity Sagato a conclusion , Avengers : Endgamemay have also disproved Thor ’s claim inThor : Ragnarokthat he was the hard Avenger . InRagnarok , Thor ( Chris Hemsworth ) struggled to re - establish and hold his Brobdingnagian power after the demolition of his hammer , Mjolnir , by his sister , Hela ( Cate Blanchett ) . After taking on Hela and deliver the Asgardian the great unwashed , he was demoralize again by his failure to kill Thanos ( Josh Brolin ) inAvengers : Infinity War . As a result , during much ofAvengers : EndgameThor was a broken figure , struggle with his worthiness and appearing more like The Dude fromThe grown Lebowskithan the fabled God of Thunder .
The ultimate defeat of Thanos inAvengers : Endgamecame at a substantial cost to the Avengers , with both Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson ) and Tony Stark / Iron Man ( Robert Downey Jr. ) give themselves to save the people they loved . InThor : Ragnarok , Thor made it obvious that he conceive he was the strong Avenger . As a consequence , he believe that “ Strongest Avenger ” should have been his password to unlock the controls of the Quinjet thatBruce Banner / Hulk ( Mark Ruffalo)had used to jaunt to the major planet Sakaar . The punchline to the joke was that Tony Stark made it clear who he consider the form of address should belong to by giving the " Strongest Avenger " password to Banner or else .
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The events ofAvengers : Endgameappeared to finalise the debate as to whether Thor or Hulk was the strong Avenger . Hulk was physically able to maintain the Iron Gauntlet , snap half the world back into existence , and still pull through . However , at the fourth dimension , Thor was deny the chance to undertake to employ the gauntlet due to his weakened physical and emotional Department of State at the sentence . The estimation of Hulk ’s supremacy over Thor has also been implied through Thor ’s failure to come through any of the fights between the two of them , although it should be remember that it was only theGrandmaster ’s ( Jeff Goldblum ) treatment inRagnarok’sarena fightthat stopped Thor from winning .
However , Thor and Hulk were not the only Avengers who were physically strong . Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel ( Brie Larson ) and Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch ( Elizabeth Olsen ) are just two example of character with extraordinary cosmic baron , which was illustrated by the fact they both come close than anyone to physically outmatching Thanos before the climax ofAvengers : Endgame . For the most part , these characters have been limit by their preternatural superpowers , and this may be an deficient way to delimit strength . Like Thor and Hulk , they were physically powerful but strength should be seen as more than just strong-arm prowess . The military capability to face insurmountable odds was display by the only figure of Steve Rogers / Captain America ( Chris Evans ) look Thanos ’ armyinAvengers : Endgame . likewise , the choice of Natasha Romanoff and Tony Stark to give their lives for the sake of something big than themselves display sinful strength of will .
In many means , where Thor establish himself , physically and emotionally inAvengers : Endgamewas a culmination of the journey he had made through theInfinity Saga . Indeed , Bruce Banner ’s journeying towards find peace between the two side of himself was more or less similar and was the reason Hulk was so powerful inAvengers : Endgame . For the first time , Bruce had the intellect of Banner and Hulk ’s destructive power in equilibrium . There has been little to suggest that Thor would n’t be capable to find that same peacefulness and clearness . He has already overcome so much , despite the ability to face and subdue awe , trauma , and grief often being undervalued as a superpower . Even so , it has facilitate uniteHulk and Thorwith the other Avengers and was the reason they finally prevail inAvengers : Endgame . Ultimately , the argument between Thor and Hulk inThor : Ragnarokis too reductive as to what it have in mind to be the " strongest Avenger . " While the two heroes compete to see who is more powerful , it is less important than what they and the other Avengers have stood for and will continue to stand up for in the narration that follow .
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