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No
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this list we’re looking at scenes that
explore the darker side of the MCU when
the bright colors and one-liners drop
away and things get disturbing or
downright depressing and you’ve been
number 10 the death of Quicksilver
being an Avenger is a dangerous job and
were frankly surprised that more members
of the team haven’t bitten the bullet in
the second Avengers film the group
injures its first lost when the
speedster Quicksilver goes down in his
very first battle as an Avenger but we
started out as a brash hot-headed
villain in the employ of Hydra and later
Ultron Pietro and his sister Wanda
eventually saw the light and were
convinced by Hawkeye to fight the good
fight he didn’t see that coming
sadly during the battle Quicksilver
sacrifices himself to save his new
teammate throwing himself in the path of
number 9 Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
join Ultron Avengers age of Ultron this
church is in the exact center of the
city
speaking of Quicksilver how about the
moment when he and his sister started
hanging out with a bad robotic crowd
when the pair escaped following the
Avengers assault on the Hydra base they
soon find themselves faced to shiny face
with the AI villain that’s why you’ve
come to end the Avengers I’ve come to
save the world
but also yeah though they just got
through working for one villain the
twins are quick to align themselves with
this one given the fact that their
family was killed by a weapon
manufactured by Stark Enterprises our
parents go in the Hall buildings – we
all know that the twins later saw the
light but their willingness to join up
with a homicidal robot still makes for a
bleak chapter in this story with you
will tear them apart from the inside
number eight Tony’s vision Avengers age
doesn’t get much darker than seeing
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes battered and
broken and that’s exactly what Tony sees
when the Scarlet Witch uses her
mind-control powers to get inside his
head when our heroes attack a secret
Hydra base the villainous organization
unleashes their secret weapons on the
Avengers leading to this frightening
vision in which Tony sees his friends
and teammates in ruins it’s this vision
that prompts them to use the mind stone
to create Ultron and to be honest we
can’t say we blame him the sight of his
friends dead and the earth beset by an
alien armada would be enough to put
anyone on edge number seven Kimora’s
death Avengers infinity war to ensure
that whoever possesses it understands
its power
the stone demands sacrifice throughout
the first two Guardian films we’re
reminded time and time again that
Gomorrah is a daughter of Thanos Gamora
look at what you have done you’ve always
been weak he’s stupid
if you weren’t reading the comics it was
easy to assume that big purple never had
a real bond with his children and was
just using them for their fighting
skills ultimately Thanos decides to
sacrifice Gamora to retrieve the soul
gem in Avengers infinity war and in this
moment we see the most humanity the mad
Titan has ever shown shedding tears for
his daughter before throwing her over
the cliff the Marvel movies often depict
death but a parent murdering their
beloved child isn’t something we ever
expected
[Music]
number six ravager executions guardians
of the galaxy vol 2 there’s absolutely
nothing Pleasant about taser face the
brutish Ravager who steals control of
yondu’s gang of space outlaws from the
slightly more pleasant
yondu but taser faces methods of getting
rid of those Ravagers still loyal to
while many of the crew have no problem
accepting the recent change of
management a few of them remain
committed to their former leader taser
face response to their loyalty with a
one-way trip out the airlock in this
scene leaving the loyalists to die in
the cold vacuum of space
talk about a chilling moment
number five disaster in Lagos Captain
America Civil War what starts as a
fairly normal day fighting evil for the
Avengers turns tragic when the
villainous crossbones detonates a
suicide vest
[Music]
it looks like Scarlet Witch has saved
the day when she encases the scarred
body in a telekinetic field and hurls
them into the air but the field
collapses in the explosion kills a
number of civilians in a nearby building
as we later learn this included a group
of a Condon aid workers well this
definitely isn’t the first time that
civilians have been caught in the
crossfire of superhero battles it’s
still a somber reminder of the constant
risk of innocent casualties when these
throwdowns take place in populated areas
we need Fire and Rescue on the south
side of the building number four Tony’s
panic attack Iron Man 3 post-traumatic
stress disorder is a serious matter
and can prove to be debilitating for
anyone who’s been through a traumatic
event even years later while the heroes
of the MCU make jumping headlong into
danger look easy
this scene reminds us that even Iron Man
is human at the end of the day while
relaxing with his best friend Rhodey
Tony’s PTSD from his near-death
experience in the Avengers is triggered
leading to a massive panic attack that
time
sorry it’s a moving scene one that
underscores the lasting psychological
scars that people who undergo traumatic
experiences are left with check the
heart check done check that is the brain
number three
egos revelation guardians of the galaxy
volume two I tried so hard everything
was going so well for Star Lord he not
only found his dad but learned that he’s
of ancient and powerful heritage too not
one of them carried the celestial genes
until you Peter
unfortunately the other shoe drops when
Peter’s father ego reveals that it was
he who caused Peter’s mother to die of a
brain tumor his reasoning for killing
Meredith quill is baffling but not as
baffling as him choosing this moment to
tell his son about it but it broke my
heart to put that tumor in her prompting
a response from star-lord that only a
living planet could not see coming this
reveal is a crushing blow to quill and
he quickly responds with pure rage of
course ego really shouldn’t have crushed
number two the death of Howard and Maria
Stark Captain America Civil War what is
this up until this moment the damage
done to the Avengers by the sokovia
accords and the subsequent falling out
among the team might conceivably have
been fixed but when Zemo reveals that it
was Captain America’s friend Bucky who
murdered Tony Stark’s parents the schism
between the two allies is completed to
make matters worse cap reveals that he
use the ruthless way that Bucky
dispatches the Starks is hard to watch
especially the fleeting moment of
recognition when Howard realizes that
his killer is his old world war two ally
the subsequent emotionally charged
fallout between cap and Iron Man makes
number one the snapped Avengers infinity
war this was the moment the Marvel
Cinematic Universe out darked DC’s
extended film universe after one final
fake out where we think Thor was able to
swoop in and save the day
Thanos does what he promised snaps his
fingers and and half of all life it was
heartbreaking to see so many of our
beloved heroes fade into dust while
those that remained could do nothing but
watch in disbelief the ultimate knife to
the gut was Peter Parker’s death more
drawn-out than the rest as the teenager
in well over his head clung to his
father figure Tony Stark begging not to
be taken away we all know that most of
if not all the heroes will make a return
but spider-man’s pleading as he faces
death is going to haunt Marvel fans for
[Music]
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smiles in sunshine welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 darkest
No
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at scenes that
explore the darker side of the MCU when
the bright colors and one-liners drop
away and things get disturbing or
downright depressing and you’ve been
number 10 the death of Quicksilver
being an Avenger is a dangerous job and
were frankly surprised that more members
of the team haven’t bitten the bullet in
the second Avengers film the group
injures its first lost when the
speedster Quicksilver goes down in his
very first battle as an Avenger but we
started out as a brash hot-headed
villain in the employ of Hydra and later
Ultron Pietro and his sister Wanda
eventually saw the light and were
convinced by Hawkeye to fight the good
fight he didn’t see that coming
sadly during the battle Quicksilver
sacrifices himself to save his new
teammate throwing himself in the path of
number 9 Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
join Ultron Avengers age of Ultron this
church is in the exact center of the
city
speaking of Quicksilver how about the
moment when he and his sister started
hanging out with a bad robotic crowd
when the pair escaped following the
Avengers assault on the Hydra base they
soon find themselves faced to shiny face
with the AI villain that’s why you’ve
come to end the Avengers I’ve come to
save the world
but also yeah though they just got
through working for one villain the
twins are quick to align themselves with
this one given the fact that their
family was killed by a weapon
manufactured by Stark Enterprises our
parents go in the Hall buildings – we
all know that the twins later saw the
light but their willingness to join up
with a homicidal robot still makes for a
bleak chapter in this story with you
will tear them apart from the inside
number eight Tony’s vision Avengers age
doesn’t get much darker than seeing
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes battered and
broken and that’s exactly what Tony sees
when the Scarlet Witch uses her
mind-control powers to get inside his
head when our heroes attack a secret
Hydra base the villainous organization
unleashes their secret weapons on the
Avengers leading to this frightening
vision in which Tony sees his friends
and teammates in ruins it’s this vision
that prompts them to use the mind stone
to create Ultron and to be honest we
can’t say we blame him the sight of his
friends dead and the earth beset by an
alien armada would be enough to put
anyone on edge number seven Kimora’s
death Avengers infinity war to ensure
that whoever possesses it understands
its power
the stone demands sacrifice throughout
the first two Guardian films we’re
reminded time and time again that
Gomorrah is a daughter of Thanos Gamora
look at what you have done you’ve always
been weak he’s stupid
if you weren’t reading the comics it was
easy to assume that big purple never had
a real bond with his children and was
just using them for their fighting
skills ultimately Thanos decides to
sacrifice Gamora to retrieve the soul
gem in Avengers infinity war and in this
moment we see the most humanity the mad
Titan has ever shown shedding tears for
his daughter before throwing her over
the cliff the Marvel movies often depict
death but a parent murdering their
beloved child isn’t something we ever
expected
[Music]
number six ravager executions guardians
of the galaxy vol 2 there’s absolutely
nothing Pleasant about taser face the
brutish Ravager who steals control of
yondu’s gang of space outlaws from the
slightly more pleasant
yondu but taser faces methods of getting
rid of those Ravagers still loyal to
while many of the crew have no problem
accepting the recent change of
management a few of them remain
committed to their former leader taser
face response to their loyalty with a
one-way trip out the airlock in this
scene leaving the loyalists to die in
the cold vacuum of space
talk about a chilling moment
number five disaster in Lagos Captain
America Civil War what starts as a
fairly normal day fighting evil for the
Avengers turns tragic when the
villainous crossbones detonates a
suicide vest
[Music]
it looks like Scarlet Witch has saved
the day when she encases the scarred
body in a telekinetic field and hurls
them into the air but the field
collapses in the explosion kills a
number of civilians in a nearby building
as we later learn this included a group
of a Condon aid workers well this
definitely isn’t the first time that
civilians have been caught in the
crossfire of superhero battles it’s
still a somber reminder of the constant
risk of innocent casualties when these
throwdowns take place in populated areas
we need Fire and Rescue on the south
side of the building number four Tony’s
panic attack Iron Man 3 post-traumatic
stress disorder is a serious matter
and can prove to be debilitating for
anyone who’s been through a traumatic
event even years later while the heroes
of the MCU make jumping headlong into
danger look easy
this scene reminds us that even Iron Man
is human at the end of the day while
relaxing with his best friend Rhodey
Tony’s PTSD from his near-death
experience in the Avengers is triggered
leading to a massive panic attack that
time
sorry it’s a moving scene one that
underscores the lasting psychological
scars that people who undergo traumatic
experiences are left with check the
heart check done check that is the brain
number three
egos revelation guardians of the galaxy
volume two I tried so hard everything
was going so well for Star Lord he not
only found his dad but learned that he’s
of ancient and powerful heritage too not
one of them carried the celestial genes
until you Peter
unfortunately the other shoe drops when
Peter’s father ego reveals that it was
he who caused Peter’s mother to die of a
brain tumor his reasoning for killing
Meredith quill is baffling but not as
baffling as him choosing this moment to
tell his son about it but it broke my
heart to put that tumor in her prompting
a response from star-lord that only a
living planet could not see coming this
reveal is a crushing blow to quill and
he quickly responds with pure rage of
course ego really shouldn’t have crushed
number two the death of Howard and Maria
Stark Captain America Civil War what is
this up until this moment the damage
done to the Avengers by the sokovia
accords and the subsequent falling out
among the team might conceivably have
been fixed but when Zemo reveals that it
was Captain America’s friend Bucky who
murdered Tony Stark’s parents the schism
between the two allies is completed to
make matters worse cap reveals that he
use the ruthless way that Bucky
dispatches the Starks is hard to watch
especially the fleeting moment of
recognition when Howard realizes that
his killer is his old world war two ally
the subsequent emotionally charged
fallout between cap and Iron Man makes
number one the snapped Avengers infinity
war this was the moment the Marvel
Cinematic Universe out darked DC’s
extended film universe after one final
fake out where we think Thor was able to
swoop in and save the day
Thanos does what he promised snaps his
fingers and and half of all life it was
heartbreaking to see so many of our
beloved heroes fade into dust while
those that remained could do nothing but
watch in disbelief the ultimate knife to
the gut was Peter Parker’s death more
drawn-out than the rest as the teenager
in well over his head clung to his
father figure Tony Stark begging not to
be taken away we all know that most of
if not all the heroes will make a return
but spider-man’s pleading as he faces
death is going to haunt Marvel fans for
[Music]
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these other great clips from WatchMojo
and be sure to subscribe and ring the
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