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Why does Tony Stark say this sentence about foul language?
It's Tony having a little fun at Cap's expense. Captain America is from a much earlier period where swearing was less socially acceptable than it is today, and by reflex he tells Tony off.
He's ...
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How did Captain America manage to do this?
It was always unclear why Captain America couldn't lift Mjolnir in Age of Ultron.
Was he not worthy at all? Unlikely; it's Captain America after all, worthiness goes with the character, his MCU ...
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What was done to prevent Black Widow from getting pregnant?
She was sterilized.
"You know what my final test was in the Red Room? They sterilized me. Said it was one less thing to worry about."
Natasha Romanoff, Avengers: Age of Ultron
We don't know the ...
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What does ULTRON stand for?
Out-of-universe - it's a name, rather than an acronym.
A mix of 'Ultroids' and 'tron'
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Roy Thomas, who co-created Ultron, answered:
Where did the idea ...
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How did Captain America manage to do this?
Because he was willing to sacrifice himself to protect others.
The reason why Cap managed to do so is already explained in Thor Trilogy. Thor was unproved of worthy in Thor when he committed a war ...
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How and Why are the Avengers already assembled at the beginning of Age of Ultron?
This is explained in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 19, "The Dirty Half-Dozen". Phil Coulson (Who the Avengers think is dead) is now the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and are trying to ...
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What is the significance of the number 12 in the MCU?
There is no significance, and it doesn't seem to be a running gag either.
As per this twitter conversation between a fan and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn;
"Hey @JamesGunn was Star ...
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What happened to Ultron in the climax of Age of Ultron?
According to this wikia he did destroy Ultron
Vision: You're afraid.
Ultron: Of you?
Vision: Of death. You're the last one.
Ultron: You were supposed to be the last. Stark asked for a savior, ...
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Thanos is not the only one to wield 2 infinity stones
Loki didn't control 2 stones.
While Loki used the Mind Stone though the Scepter on Hawkeye, the SHIELD Agents and Erik Selvig, he didn't use the Space Stone himself. Rather, he had Selvig build a ...
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Can Loki control Vision?
The thing you're calling Loki's staff -- the object that housed the Mind Stone -- is not something Loki has had for decades. It was actually given to him by Thanos, as part of his plan to have the ...
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Why does Tony Stark replace Jarvis as his AI after Age of Ultron?
Because Tony is a complicated person.
In Universe:
A bit of backstory. MCU J.A.R.V.I.S. is a backronym for Just A Rather Very Intelligent System. It's a backronym because the real Jarvis was Howard ...
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How is Scarlet Witch able to stop the train?
Magic.
Scarlet Witch has abilities that are, obviously, well beyond what actual people can do. While they have never actually used the word "magic" in the movie universe, in the comics, her power is ...
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When Hulk crumpled the HulkBuster's hand where is Tony Stark's actual hand?
Where is the Tony Starks hand?
Clearly it's still inside his original armour
As you can see from the above image, the HulkBuster "armour" wraps around the standard IM suits and is considerably ...
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When Wanda casts a mind spell on the Avengers why does Iron Man have a vision of the team instead of his own personal life?
What Wanda is showing the Avengers is a vision of their own worst fears or nightmares. For each of the other Avengers, that is something personal for them:
For Natasha, she's already been through her ...
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Is Wanda Maximoff Magneto's daughter?
In the comics, Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver were believed to be the children of Magneto for about 40 years, but that history was recently rewritten.
From Wikipedia:
Scarlet Witch is ...
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How and Why are the Avengers already assembled at the beginning of Age of Ultron?
After the world found out that Hydra were active and SHIELD was disbanded in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Avengers reformed in order to find and shut down any Hydra cells that were still ...
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What does ULTRON stand for?
It's not an acronym.
Name "Ultron" actually came from the ancient times:
The inspiration behind the name "Ultron" actually came from the Roman
god of war Mars whose full name (in terms of the ...
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Where did Falcon go during the fight between Avengers and Ultron?
During the party scene, Steve said he would have called up Sam, and Sam said he’s more than happy chasing down cold leads on their missing persons case (i.e. looking for Bucky). It’s very likely that ...
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Why did Vision copy Thor?
I think Vision did this because he was trying to blend in.
In the scene where Captain America and Maximoffs trying to stop Stark and Banner from creating an another Ultron, Thor appears and shot a ...
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Why did Thor electrocute the "cradle" containing Vision?
Thor zapped the cradle in order to power it, and bring the Vision to life. The cradle was disconnected from power (and data) by Quicksilver while everyone else was arguing. The lightning provided the ...
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Is Ultron dead in the end of the Avengers 2?
It's a comic movie. With a comic character. Known for not being dead often. But official word is... exactly the same. He's dead until he's not.
"You know, for me, Ultron is really gone," [...
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How does Vision lift Thor's hammer in Avengers: Age of Ultron?
So far people have surmised that either...
A) The Vision's status as an android exploits a loophole in the rules regarding the wielding of Mjolnir, as set by Odin, because The Vision, as an ...
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How did Wanda know that Bruce is Hulk?
Because Bruce Banner being Hulk is not a secret identity and nobody have to do any maths to prove it. He doesn't dress up as Spider-Man in hiding but he just transforms in front of everyone.
So Wanda ...
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Why did the robots run away?
as TheLethalCarrot suggested, it was a tactical retreat keep Ultron alive. After he was born and the Avengers questions his allegiance, Vision explained how even Ultron's forms had to be destroyed
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Is Captain America's "dark side" line in Age of Ultron reference to the Civil War?
Is Cap's last line, reference to the events of Civil War that will follow?
There's no reason to think so.
Cap doesn't turn dark during the events of Civil War, in fact he sticks to his exacting ...
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How do HYDRA get the Leviathan to Strucker's base?
By using SHIELD.
By this point, it has been revealed (in Captain America: The Winter Soldier) that SHIELD had long ago been compromised by Hydra, the organisation that Baron Von Strucker was an ...
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How could Thanos have the Infinity Gauntlet at the end of Age of Ultron?
From my own previous answer:
Thanos decides to do it himself after (it is assumed) the events of Age of Ulton although it's not clear when this event actually takes place in the MCU timeline
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How many AIs have been made by Tony Stark in the MCU?
Other than "Jarvis" and "Friday", there are at least THREE other named AIs and possibly several other unnamed ones.
Two of which are seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron
These are JOCASTA & TADASHI ...
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What is the reason for Hulk's decision at the end of 'Age of Ultron'?
Main reason could be that he wanted to avoid harming anyone anymore..
Bruce always tries to leave and keep human contact at minimal. We can see this in previous installments,
In Hulk (2003) he went ...
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What is the reason for Hulk's decision at the end of 'Age of Ultron'?
Here's my take on what happened:
Hulk, or rather Bruce Banner, after Scarlet Witch messed with his mind and made him go berserk, realized that there's no place for him on Earth. He even says, "Where ...
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