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2019 American superhero film based on Marvel's Captain Marvel. Starring Brie Larson, Jude Law, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Gemma Chan, Lee Pace and Djimon Hounsou.

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What is the history of the Tesseract in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, taking into account the events of 'Captain Marvel'?

The 'Captain Marvel' movie is set in the 1990s, injecting into the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). A key plot point is the use of the Tesseract as (once again) a power source. The ...
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What happened to Captain Marvel's cat?

Captain Marvel's cat, Goose, is a Flerken, and maybe one of the deadliest aliens the MCU’s ever seen. What happened to Goose after the events of Captain Marvel? Nick Fury has kept him in this office. ...
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Why do Skrulls' clothing not return to their original form when they die?

How come when a Skrull dies, they change back to their natural form but their clothing does not? In Captain Marvel, when Fury crashes the car, a Skrull dies and changes back to their original form, ...
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How do Skrulls create clothing?

As mentioned in Captain Marvel and here, Skrulls have the ability to copy anyone's DNA structure and replicate it in their bodies. In the movie we see that they replicate clothing as well. Given that ...
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What does C-53 signify?

In Captain Marvel, the Kree refer to Earth as planet C-53. Does this number signify anything or is it a randomized number assigned to Earth?
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Is Carol Danvers called Captain Marvel in universe

So I'll start by saying Brie Larson's Carol Danvers is Captain Marvel and we should all call her that. My question is though is the title diegetic? Can we expect anyone in the movies to call her that?...
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What is going on with Captain Marvel's blood colour?

At various stages of the Captain Marvel movie, Vers is shown to be bleeding, sometimes in a flashback sequence. Her blood seems to be blue when she thinks that she is a Kree, like Yonn-Rogg, and ...
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Why didn't the Chitauri use jump point in Avengers?

After watching Captain Marvel, one thing is bugging me very much. In the movie Ronan and his fleet used jump points for getting very close to earth and launch an attack. So why didn't the Chitauri ...
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Why did Captain Marvel even come back to Earth for "Endgame"?

So this is something that's been bugging me, and I've seen a few questions around Captain Marvel's role in the Infinity Gauntlet story, but not specifically this one. At the end of Avengers: Infinity ...
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Does Captain Marvel get her MCU name from Peter Parker?

In the Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer, Peter Parker references Captain Marvel - and as far as I know, it's the first time in the MCU that the name is mentioned on-screen. In Avengers: Endgame she's ...
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Can skrulls shapeshift into other skrulls?

I was wondering if Skrulls have the ability to shapeshift themselves into other Skrulls.
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MCU: Whose blast weapon is more powerful? [closed]

We saw that all three Super Heroes Captain Marvel, Iron Man and Thor Odinson have the same sort of weapons. Same because all three weapons look like energy beams (made up of photons, electrons, +ve -...
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If the flerken ate the tesseract then why did it not get powers?

In Captain Marvel, they manage to get the Tesseract, which is the Space Stone, and Fury refused to take it. Goose the flerken swallowed it, but did not get powers from it. Why?
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Why did the Tesseract "burn" a hole through Red Skull's plane but not Nick Fury's desk?

In the end-credits scene of Captain Marvel, the Tesseract was thrown up by Goose on Nick Fury's desk. I remembered the final fight scene in Captain America: The First Avenger where the Tesseract was ...
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Did anyone call Carol Danvers Captain Marvel? [duplicate]

I don't remember that anyone referred to her as Captain Marvel in her solo movie. Did anyone in Avengers call her Captain Marvel? If so, why? Did she introduce herself as Captain Marvel? If not, is ...
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How did Vers know Agent Fury's name?

When Agent Fury met Vers at the phone-booth for the first time in Captain Marvel, she called him "Agent Fury", but he didn't introduce himself there, right? How did she know his name?
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Do we know why Goose was not in Endgame?

It felt at some points like Avengers: Endgame brought back practically everybody who's ever been relevant in the MCU. (Slight exaggeration, but not a very big one.) So I can't help but wonder, where ...
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Why Captain Marvel is not the First Avenger?

In the MCU, Captain America is referred as the first Avenger but I recently watched Captain Marvel, in which Nick Fury met with Captain Marvel for the first time, even before any other Avengers. In ...
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Does "Captain Marvel" contain spoilers for "Avengers: Infinity War"?

I am forced to watch these Marvel Movies in the following order (I have seen every other movie already, only those remain): Captain Marvel Avengers: Infinity War Ant-Man & the Wasp Avengers: ...
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How do Captain Marvel's powers work in Endgame?

At the end of Captain Marvel, we find out that the reason Danvers's powers are so strong is that However, early on in Avengers: Endgame, At first glance, it appears that this should have depowered ...
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Was Project Pegasus about the light-speed engine?

The real question is, did SHIELD know it was for that specific result - the light speed engine? Or was this secretly a Mar-Vell project, or, a Kree project? What did SHIELD think it was about? ...
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Do I need to watch Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel before watching Avengers: Endgame?

I am going to watch Avengers: Endgame soon but I have not seen Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel yet so I wanted to know if I can skip them and still have no issue to understand Avengers: ...
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Why did Fury lose his eye this way?

In Captain Marvel we see that the cat hurts Nick Fury, but they were both on the same team. Was this an accident or did the cat think it is funny?
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Why is "Captain Marvel" translated as male in Portugal?

In Portugal, Captain Marvel (2019) is translated to Capitão Marvel, which is the male term for captain, female being capitã. Is there a reason for this, or just a gross mistake from Portuguese ...
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Why didn't Nick Fury mention previous alien encounters?

After watching Captain Marvel, I had this question why Nick Fury didn't discuss all the previous alien attacks which took place in Captain Marvel timeline with to the Avengers. Why did Fury hide the ...
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Why did S.H.I.E.L.D wait until Thor's appearance to start making weapons?

In The Avengers Captain America and Iron Man find out that S.H.I.E.L.D plans to use the Tesseract to make weapons. Fury blames it on Thor, telling that the incident that happened in Thor made them ...
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What agency were Nick Fury and Agent Coulson working for in Captain Marvel?

From the way Nick Fury and Agent Coulson were presented in Captain Marvel, it appears that S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't been established yet. In fact, it was only until the end of the film that the concept of ...
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Why can't Skrulls heal?

In Captain Marvel, Skrulls have the ability to completely replicate an entire being's DNA structure. In the movie there were many times when a Skrull got injured or even killed. Assuming that this ...
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How did the Tesseract end up with Mar Vell? [duplicate]

In the end of Captain America, Tony Stark's father retrieves the Tesseract. In Captain Marvel we are shown that Lady Marvel was working with the Tesseract. How does the Tesseract go from Mr.Stark to ...
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Why did everyone call the organization S.H.I.E.L.D in Captain Marvel?

There was a fun running gag in Iron Man (2008) where Agent Coulson keeps calling his organization the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division. Pepper Potts says that's ...
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How did Vers confirm that Nick Fury was human?

Early in the Captain Marvel movie, Carol Danvers (going by the name ‘Vers’) crashes to earth and fights off a Skrull attack, thus convincing the young(ish) Nick Fury that she is not from Earth. ...
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Who is the guy holding a big axe in "Captain Marvel"? Does he have any connection to anything else?

I just watched Captain Marvel and was confused and didn’t know who this guy with a big axe is. Is there any connections to a movie like Guardians of the Galaxy?
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Why did they name the movie "Captain Marvel"?

Why did they choose the title to be "Captain Marvel"? Firstly Carol Danvers was a pilot. And Captain is a rank in the Army. I understand the title "Captain America" because Steve was in the Army and ...
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Why is Carol unable to understand English?

After Carol Danvers (still going as Vers) crashes into the Blockbuster, she meets a security guard who has trouble understanding her so she asks to herself if her "universal translator" is working. ...
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Where does Goose even come from, was he Danvers’ pet before the incident?

Goose the cat from Captain Marvel is odd to me... He's really a Flerken, a weird alien that looks like a cat, so why would Danvers have an alien pet? Maybe Marr-Vell gave it to her? Seems unlikely ...
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“What is given, can be taken away” says Yonn Rogg

Given that Carol Danvers is infused with the energy from the Tesseract or Space Stone in Captain Marvel, why does Yonn Rogg claim that her powers can be taken away? Or was this just an attempt by the ...
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When does the second Captain Marvel post-credits scene take place?

In the second post-credit scene of Captain Marvel, we see When does this happen in the MARVEL timeline? (Some time before The Avengers, I believe?)
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What is a Flerken?

What exactly is a Flerken in Captain Marvel? How does it swallow things much bigger than itself? Where do they originate from? Do they show up anywhere else in the MCU?
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Was Stan Lee's cameo in Captain Marvel computer generated?

About half-way through Captain Marvel we see a cameo of the late Stan Lee. Was this scene computer generated, or was it real?
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What species are Mar Vell and Yon Rogg? [duplicate]

In the MCU when we see the Kree they have blue skin and blue blood, such as Yon Rogg's team and Ronan the Accuser. However when we see Yon Rogg and Mar Vell they don't have blue skin but rather more ...
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How did S.H.I.E.L.D lose ownership of this item?

At the end of Captain America: The First Avenger we see Howard Stark's team recover the Tesseract from the ocean floor. in Captain Marvel we learn that the power source to the Lightspeed Engine Mar ...
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Why does Fury blame Thor?

In The Avengers Fury explains that the reason why S.H.I.E.L.D was making weapons with the Tesseract was because of Thor's fight with The Destroyer and the sudden realization that there were aliens and ...
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Why do some Kree have white skin?

This seems bizarre to me. All the Kree we've seen thus far (MCU based) were blue skinned... Ronan the Accuser being the most famous What do Kree people look like? Is there anything concrete with ...