Avengers: Endgame

***Avengers: Endgame*** is a 2019 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The film is a sequel to *The Avengers*, *Avengers: Age of Ultron* and *Avengers: Infinity War* and a crossover/sequel to *Ant-Man and the Wasp*. It is the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Infinity Saga, as well as the tenth film of Phase Three. The film was released in the United States on April 26, 2019 and re-released under the title ***Avengers: Endgame - With Bonus Content*** on June 28, 2019.

The film is directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo, and stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Calum Kelmer as Alpha the Eternity Warrior, Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Sebastian Stan as James Barnes/The Winter Soldier, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van-Dyne/Wasp, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel with Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man as well as Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, and Josh Brolin as Thanos.

## Synopsis

The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios' grand conclusion to twenty-two films, *Avengers: Endgame*.

## Plot

Clint Barton, still under house arrest due to his involvement in the Clash of the Avengers two years prior and violation of the Sokovia Accords, trains his daughter Lila in archery at his homestead. Under his tutelage, she scores a bullseye and he congratulates her on her efforts. Nearby, Laura prepares a picnic while their two sons, Nathaniel and Cooper, play catch. Clint turns his attention away from his daughter for a moment to respond to his wife, but when he looks right back to Lila, she is gone. Surprised and visibly startled, he calls out to his other family members, but they too have vanished; he calls out for them before beginning to disappear himself as the Barton family has all become victims of the Snap.

Three weeks later, Peter Parker and Nebula are adrift in space aboard the Benatar. Nearly depleted of supplies, Parker records a message using Tony's suit to chronicle their final days in hopes that someone will find them someday, he switches off the suit before addressing Tony directly, he begins to cry before falling asleep. Nebula, now having developed an unlikely friendship with Parker during their journey, places him in the pilot's seat and retreats to the corridors of the ship. Peter's sleep is disturbed by the arrival of Captain Marvel, who carries the ship back to the Avengers Facility on Earth. Parker is reunited with Aunt May and the remaining Avengers who survived, including Alpha, Natasha, Rhodey and Bucky. Peter sadly informs Alpha of Tony's demise at Thanos' hand and explains the others fell victim to the snap. Rocket notices Nebula alone and realizes all his friends are dead too. They sit together, holding hands in grief.

Now inside the facility, Alpha asks Peter if he has any clues as to where Thanos is. Peter begins to panic about the thought of facing Thanos again, his panic turns to anger as he accuses Alpha of failing to do his own job as the Universe's Guardian, he collapses, exhausted and emaciated from his trip through space. He is given a sedative that puts him out for a while, giving him time to heal.

Returning to the topic of finding Thanos, Danvers proposes that they go after him right away. However, the rest of the team is not so easily convinced of the idea. Natasha tells her they don't even know where he is, but Danvers says she knows some people who might. Nebula says there is no need because she knows where Thanos is, referencing The Garden that Thanos had planned to retreat to after achieving his goal of the Snap. Based on her information, Rocket pulls up a 3-D diagram of its location and states that when Thanos used the stones on Earth, it let out a large burst of energy. The same signature appeared two days ago on a different planet.

With this new information, the new team of Avengers, joined by Valkyrie, set out to confront Thanos and retrieve the Infinity Stones in hope of bringing back the victims of the decimation. They all get aboard the Benatar and plot a course through the Universal Neural Teleportation Network to the Garden. Successfully tracking the signal to Thanos' farm in the Garden, Alpha and Carol head onto the planet to do recon, only to find that the planet is undefended and Thanos is alone and unguarded; with no armada, ships, or guards.

In his simple hut, Thanos goes about his daily routine; however, he is visibly crippled with horrific burns on the left side of his body from extreme use of the Stones. Alpha suddenly bursts into the hut, surprising Thanos and pinning him down with assistance from Danvers and Rhodey, after which Valkyrie severs Thanos' left arm and Gauntlet completely. To the Avengers' surprise and dismay, the gauntlet does not contain any of the Stones.

Upon interrogation, Thanos explains that the Stones would have offered "nothing but a temptation" if he kept them. After completing his goal, he deemed the Stones had served their purpose and thus he used their energies to reduce them to atoms so that what he did could never be reversed. The Avengers accuse him of lying, to which Nebula responds that while her father was many things, he was never a liar. A surprised Thanos thanks his adoptive daughter for believing him and expresses regret for torturing her but a furious Alpha decapitates Thanos before he can finish, leaving Nebula to mourn her adoptive father at his side. When Rocket asks what he has done, Alpha replies that he "went for the head," referencing Thanos's scornful remark on his failure to kill him in the Infinity War which ultimately led to the Snap. The disheartened Avengers then depart the Garden, having realized that there is nothing they can do to bring back the disintegrated.

Five years later, Earth's remaining population has attempted to persevere against catastrophic losses. The massive genocide has traumatized the world and has stagnated much of their progress. Alpha now participates in and/or runs a support group for citizens of New York City who are trying to cope with surviving the Snap and their losses.

In a U-STORE-It Self-Storage facility in San Francisco, a rat accidentally activates the Quantum Tunnel in Luis' Van, which had been impounded after the Snap, finally pulling Scott Lang and Hope Van-Dyne out of the Quantum Realm. Disoriented and confused, Lang and Van-Dyne (who believe they were only gone for five hours) wander through a post-Snap San Francisco. Deducing that something terrible must have happened, they comes across the Wall of the Vanished, a memorial site listing the names of those lost in the Snap. He frantically scans the names, hoping that he doesn't find his daughter's while Hope looks and to her dismay finds her fathers name. Relief gives way to Scott but bewilderment sets in as he doesn't find her name, but instead his own. He comforts Hope while still staring at the wall. Arriving at Cassie's home, he is shocked when he is greeted by his daughter, now a teenager, and the two reunite in a tearful, joyful reunion and hug. After realizing that there would be Avengers among the vanished, Scott and Hope travel to the New Avengers Facility in New York with Luis' Van.

At the New Avengers Facility; Natasha, now the leader of the Avengers, concludes a meeting with Nebula, Okeye, Carol, Rocket and Rhodey, regarding the repercussions of the Snap throughout the universe. Following the dismissal, Rhodey remains behind to give a status update on Bucky Barnes, who is still a wanted terrorist, she thanks him before dismissing him and starting to cry. Alpha arrives and attempts to comfort her, he informs her the oceans are clearly now before they both chuckle over the fact they've now devoted their lives to helping others move on from what happened, despite neither of them being able to. This brings the mood down. The gloomy mood is interrupted when Lang and Hope arrive at the compound. While initially skeptical, they realise it is indeed them before welcoming them in. They begin discuss their means of survival and their experience in the Quantum Realm, as well as, how it can be used to undo the events of the Snap. Hope apologizes for not being able to inform them more on the Quantum Realm and that her parents would have been better but they're gone. Alpha interrupts, stating that Janet is alive and is now the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

At the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, Van-Dyne is working while complaining to Dr. Foster about how bored she is. Hope arrives, she seems stunned at first but grabs her hugging her tight. She is stunned, Scott appears as well and Janet hugs him too, Scott calls in the Avengers and they explains their plan. Janet immediately understands their intentions but shuts it down, stating that she has only just got her daughter back, and despite it being impossible, she is not willing to even risk the chance of losing her again. Hope and Janet fight before Alpha splits it up. Not wanting to give up, Alpha, Romanoff, and Lang leave to meet with Shuri in Wakanda. After being told of the remaining Avengers' plans to retrieve the Stones from the past, Shuri claims that quantum physics is "outside of her expertise" but ultimately agrees to help them try.

While working, Janet is interrupted by Peter who is now her assistant while he is in College, they reminisce about the people they lost in the Snap before Peter asks why Alpha visited, she explains before he reveals that it actually might not be impossible. He presents her with his plans, combined with her knowledge of the Quantum Realm, they run the navigational sequence with an inverted Möbius strip model, despite expecting it to fail, they succeed and stare at each other in amazement. She states this could be their chance to fix everything, Peter considers this before stating it might not fix absolutely everything, remebering that he has distanced himself from them due to the fallout, and because he still partially blames Alpha.

At the Avengers Facility, Shuri, Alpha, and Romanoff run an experiment with time travel by trying to send Lang back in time. Instead of sending him through time, they send time through him: he turns into a child, an old man, and finally a baby before they manage to restore him to normal. Alpha leaves and Hope follows him, he reveals his frustration and she attempts to calm him before seeing a car driving towards them. Janet and Peter step out, while Hope is surprised, Alpha takes one look at Peter before aggressively asking if he's come to remind him that everything is his fault, Hope and Janet leave them to talk. Peter reveals they have worked out time travel before stating that he is sorry for how he acted, Alpha shakes his hand as the two men put their differences aside.

Nebula and Rocket arrive in the Benatar while Rhodey arrives in his suit, destroying Scott's taco. Valkyrie arrives in a fancy car, a stark comparison compared to what asgardians are used to.

Meanwhile; in Tokyo, Japan, Barnes attacks a group of Japanese mercenaries, dispatching them one by one, including their boss. Romanoff, watching the scene, approaches him in an attempt to bring him home. At first, Barnes wants nothing to do with the plan, disregarding its chances of success. Natasha asks him to come home for her, this catches his attention but it is not enough. She calls out to him as he walks away but she reveals she they have a son, this stops him. She begs him to come home with her and he agrees.

At the Avengers Facility, Shuri and Janet have completed the construction of their own Quantum Tunnel and Tech Suit, preparing it for test runs. Rhodes argues the suggestion of traveling back in time to kill 'baby Thanos' to which Shuri explains that altering events in the past will not alter the present but will instead create an alternate universe; leaving the only feasible course of action of acquiring the Infinity Stones to restore everyone in the present time. Believing himself to be expendable, Barnes volunteers for the first time travel test and is transported to a time period in the 1940s, he sees Steve grieving for him, he goes to see Steve but is transported back. With the test proven a success, the Avengers proceed with the next phase of preparation: determining the location of each Infinity Stone in the past. This presents a challenge: as they possess a scarce supply of Pym Particles to operate with and no means of replenishing them because Hank Pym perished in the Snap, they only have enough for one round-trip each.

As the team discusses their past encounters with the Infinity Stones, they manage to recall the placement of each Infinity Stone in time. Fortunately, they realize the Time, Space and Mind Stones were all present in 2012 New York City, in relatively close proximity with each other, following the Battle of New York. However, the other three Stones were only accessible to them in different places and times, with the Reality Stone] being present on Asgard in 2013, as explained to the remaining Avengers by Valkyrie, and the Soul and Power Stones being present in 2014 on Vormir and Morag respectively. With their targets located, the Avengers split into three separate teams, Valkyrie and Rocket to Asgard, Nebula and Rhodey to Morag, Carol, Natasha and Bucky to Vormir, while Alpha, Hope, Peter, and Lang travel to New York.

In 2012, the New York team discuss and review their objects. Hope heads to the Sanctum for the Time Stone where she encounters the Ancient One, who explains that Doctor Strange is not yet the Sorcerer Supreme in that time period and won't be for several years. Hope tries to take the stone but fails as the Ancient One sends her astral form out of her body to protect it. The Ancient One educates Hope on the effects of the Infinity Stones have on reality and the possible ramifications that may result from the loss of even one. Hope makes a compelling argument but the Ancient One remains unconvinced until Hope reveals that Strange willingly relinquished the the Time Stone to Thanos, much to her surprise as she begins to realise that Strange's actions were part of a bigger plan. The Ancient One loans her the Time Stone and she promises to return it, as well as the others, once they've finished with them, before departing to rendezvous with the other Avengers.

Meanwhile; Alpha and Scott, infiltrate Stark Tower in the aftermath of the Battle. After watching Loki's arrest, Alpha departs to the lobby area, carrying Lang. Lang plants himself onto Tony, who is transporting the Tesseract. The Past Avengers are confronted by Alexander Pierce, who wants to take the Tesseract from Stark. Scott causes a distraction by interfering with his Arc Reactor and sending him into cardiac arrest, allowing a disguised Alpha to secure the Tesseract and put it into his briefcase. Seemingly successful, Alpha attempts to exit the area, but the Hulk bursts into the lobby from the stairwell in rage, causing Alpha to drop the Tesseract. In the confusion, Loki manages to retrieve the Tesseract and use it to escape captivity.

Elsewhere, a S.H.I.E.L.D. Strike Team, comprised of undercover Hydra agents are transporting Loki's staff, which contains the Mind Stone. Peter enters the elevators with them as they stare at him in confusion. The lift closes before he requests the Staff from them, citing he is acting on orders from Director Fury, this aroses suspicion, Peter manages to clear the suspicion by muttering "Hail HYDRA", earning their trust and acquiring the scepter. After getting the Scepter, Parker attempts to contact Alpha, in the confusion, he is attacked by Steve Rogers who has discovered that he is "a HYDRA Agent", the two fight before Peter reveals Bucky is still alive, this distracts Steve and gives Peter the opportunity to web him up, before escaping.

The team regroup as Alpha and Lang admit they botched their mission and there's no way to find the Tesseract now. However, Hope realizes that she remembers her father talking about experiments done at Camp Lehigh, where he worked, on the Tesseract in 1980. Alpha and Peter decide to go together while Scott and Hope are given the Scepter to return to the present.

Meanwhile, Valkyrie and Rocket travel to 2013 Asgard. The pair are able to locate Jane Foster and set out to use a device to extract the Aether from her body. Valkyrie, however, gets distracted at seeing Thor's Mother, knowing that she will die later that day during the Sacking of Asgard and that Thor should know this so he can stop it. She abandons Rocket but is caught by Frigga, who is fully aware that she is from the future. She asks how she can help her but Frigga says that she can't help her now but she can help her by getting her son back, Valkyrie agrees to it and promises. Upon Rocket's retrieval of the Reality Stone and subsequent chase from the guards, Rocket interrupts their talk. Frigga wishes them good luck before they depart.

Meanwhile, Rhodes, Nebula, Romanoff, and Barnes time jump to 2014 Morag. Natasha, Carol and Bucky use the Benatar to travel to Vormir. Nebula and Rhodes go inside the Temple Vault and watch Star Lord dance, both remarking on what a carefree idiot Quill was before knocking him out. They use his tools to break into the Vault and Nebula takes the Power Stone at the cost of her prosthetic arm being damaged. However, somewhere else in the universe aboard the Sanctuary, the 2014 version of Thanos announces that Ronan the Accuser has found the location of the Power Stone; this information is shared with the 2014 versions of Gamora and Nebula when suddenly, the system in the 2014 version of Nebula starts interfacing with her 2023 self. Although present Nebula is unaware, the 2014 version of Nebula broadcasts her future self's visual feed. Thanos has his adoptive daughter examined by Ebony Maw and sees through footage from the future that he succeeds in his goals and the Snap, and after watching his decapitation at the hands of Alpha in 2018, considers it "destiny fulfilled." The 2014 version of Nebula swears her loyalty to her father despite her seeming betrayal in the future, and Thanos decides to use her to achieve his goals quicker than he ever thought. A malfunctioning 2023 version of Nebula is stuck in 2014 while Rhodes travels back to the present time. 2023 Nebula is then found by the 2014 versions of Thanos and Nebula, who uses the present Nebula's time-traveling device to travel forward in time and impersonate her future self.

Meanwhile, Alpha and Parker arrive in 1970 as the Watcher Informant drives by, currently posing as a hippie. They split up to locate the Pym Particles and find the Tesseract. Peter goes into the basement to look for the Tesseract in storage but is stunned when he runs into Howard Stark who is with his son, a young Tony Stark, he is looking for Arnim Zola. He then gets to talk to Howard and a younger Tony, he tells Tony about how great he will be in the future, asking who he is, Peter replies, Stark, Peter Stark. Howard laughs at the similar surnames with Peter before leaving him. Alpha uses a distraction phone call to coerce Hank Pym into leaving his lab while he sneaks in and grabs the Pym Particles. On his way back, he has to hide in an office, which turns out to be the office of Peggy Carter. She knocks him over the head and when he comes to she queries him. He explains who he is and that he needs her to help him get the Pym Particles if she wants to help bring Steve back. She escorts him to a the rendezvous with Parker, who successfully obtained the Space Stone, he thanks Peggy and she nods but before they leave she grabs his suit and it morphs round her taking her with them.

Meanwhile, Carol, Natasha and Bucky are greeted on Vormir by Red Skull. Once they are informed of the sacrifice they have to make, the couple argue over who should die for the Soul Stone. Barnes stops and tells her he loves her. She tells him she'll always love him. He hugs her before backing away and looking at her. He calls Carol over and asks for her sash. He wraps it around his and Natasha's wrists. Carol looks into his eyes knowing what he wants her to say. She asks him if he takes Natasha as his lovingly wedded wife, he replies he does. Tears swelling up in Nat's eyes knowing she's found the person who knows how she's always felt and truly loves her for who she is, replies I do when Carol asks her if she takes him as her husband. They kiss and tell each other they love each other, he grins at her and asks what their son is called, she replies Steve. He smiles and asks that she not tell him how bad a man her father was, this upsets her and she tells him he is a good man. Each of them forcibly attempt to stop the other. Both are ready to sacrifice themselves for the other as they both try to throw themselves off the cliff. Although Bucky makes the jump, Natasha saves him using her grappling hook and ends up hanging by his hand. Nat pleads with him to let her go, he can't and begs her not to go but she yanks out of his grip and falls to her death. A devastated Barnes and Carol claim the Soul Stone and return to the present.

The team returns to the New Avengers Facility in 2023 with all six Infinity Stones. They immediately notice the absence of Natasha as Bucky informs them of her death. Alpha looks shocked and defeated. The remaining Avengers take a moment by the lake to mourn her death before proceeding with their plan to use the Stones to not let Natasha's sacrifice be in vain. Peter creates a Gauntlet out of Tony's old suit to harness the stones, and Rocket starts a debate over who should use it. Alpha insists and the others agree, preparing to potentially lose another of them. Alpha puts the gauntlet on and it causes him intense pain as the energy from the stones surges through him. While several want him to take the gauntlet off, Valkyrie confirms that Alpha is capable of continuing and Alpha, despite great pain and difficulty, manages to put his fingers together and snap seconds later. As Alpha collapses to the ground unconscious, Rhodey cools his scorched arm down and it begins to heal. As Scott notices several birds seemingly appear outdoors out of nowhere. Janet receives a call from Hank, indicating that the Eternity Warrior successfully reversed the Snap.

Just then, the 2014 version of Nebula activates the Quantum Tunnel to allow passage for Thanos' *Sanctuary*, which carries an armada. Thanos opens fire on the facility, destroying the buildings. The 2014 version of Nebula returns to her father, who entrusts her with retrieving the stones while he waits for the Avengers. Back onboard the *Sanctuary*, Gamora asks the future Nebula what happened between them. Nebula admits that she was determined to kill Gamora more than once, but the two eventually formed a bond as sisters and became friends. Gamora, who always had reservations about her commitment to Thanos, finally turns on him and frees present Nebula.

In the aftermath of the attack, the Avengers are separated. Alpha, Bucky, Peter and Valkyrie are near the top of the rubble, so they decide to attack Thanos on their own. Shuri finds the gauntlet deep in the wreckage and protects it from the Outriders. The 2014 version of Nebula returns in disguise and she hands over the gauntlet, but before she can kill her, Gamora and present Nebula intercept her. They attempt to convince her to leave Thanos, but she refuses, and present Nebula is forced to kill her past self.

Alpha and the others confront Thanos head-on, but he defeats them in his physical prime. Thanos admits that their actions have proven to him that his plan to wipe out half the universe was flawed, as the survivors were too busy dwelling on what was lost and trying to reverse it to make the most of the 'opportunity' they were given. Instead, Thanos now intends to wipe out this universe and then rebuild it in his own image, with no one having any knowledge about what came before.

During the struggle, Valkyrie and Bucky are easily swept away, while Peter is incapacitated. Alpha and Bucky fight Thanos brutally, but the effects of wielding the gauntlet are clear on Alpha as his power levels are obviously reduced. Thanos pins Alpha down and begins to choke him but suddenly, Captain America's shield hits him and returns to Bucky, who is wielding Valkyrie's sword as well. He fights Thanos and manages to leave a large slice down the Titan's face but Thanos fights back and breaks the shield in half, throwing Bucky to the side. Alpha rises once again, this time with Tony's most advanced suit forming around him. He prepares to make a last stand against Thanos, the Black Order and all of his armies.

Just when all hope seems lost, Sling Ring portals open, transporting the previously fallen heroes, including Captain America, Falcon, Black Panther, Thor, Hawkeye, Hulk, Okeye, Star Lord, Kraglin, Mantis, Doctor Strange, Drax, Groot, M'Baku as well as many others. Pepper Potts joins the fight in her own armored suit. Peggy Carter also joins in with a sword from Valkyrie and her gun. Hope, Lang, Rhodes, and Rocket return from underground with Lang transforming into Giant-Man. These heroes lead the forces of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, Dora Milaje, the Wakandan Army, Ravagers, and the Asgardians in the Battle of Earth. Alpha, with a cry of "Avengers, Assemble!" with a nod of permission from Rogers, starts the battle and the team tries to keep the Nano Gauntlet away from Thanos and his forces with the objective of sending the Infinity Stones back to their proper timelines. Since the Quantum Tunnel had been destroyed along with the Avengers' facility, their only alternative is to use the one housed in Luis' van, which is deep behind enemy lines. Alpha asks Strange if this is the future he saw where they win, Strange tells him that he can't tell him or it won't happen. Over the course of the battle, the Avengers' forces managed to gain the upper hand. Scarlet Witch single-handedly overpowers Thanos in a furious display until he orders the *Sanctuary II* to fire upon the battlefield. This incapacitates Maximoff and destroys a dam, forcing Doctor Strange to hold back the water to keep it from flooding the battlefield. The Masters of the Mystic Arts generate shields to protect the forces of the Avengers. Spider-Man gains possession of the gauntlet and is taken to relative safety. As things become desperate, Alpha enters a brief trance before managing to enter binary mode and destroys the *Sanctuary*, leaving only the ground forces.

Captain Marvel takes the gauntlet from Spider-Man and tries to fly it to the Quantum Tunnel. Just within reach of her goal, Thanos destroys the van with his sword, knocking her out, and secures the gauntlet for himself. He puts it on and momentarily wields the power of the combined Infinity Stones but Alpha engages Thanos before he can snap his fingers to wipe out the universe. As Alpha holds the gauntlet open using all of his power he can gather, he begins to draw power from the stones themselves to kill Thanos. In a moment of Panic, Thanos removes the Power Stone from the Gauntlet and clashes with Alpha as they both punch each other, knocking the Stone from Thanos' hand and the two of them back.

Thanos, now half-paralyzed, crawls towards the stone, while Alpha does the same. They both grapple for it and Thanos manages to enter it into the gauntlet, Alpha attempts to yank the Gauntlet from his wrist while the Nano Armor forms around him. Thanos stabs him, knocking him down. He revels in his supposed victory, declaring "I am... inevitable," echoing what his 2018 self said before his death, before snapping his fingers, but nothing happens. Thanos, to his shock, realizes the Infinity Stones are missing and he turns his attention turns to Alpha, who is now in possession of the them. As the armor now moves towards Alpha's hand, forming a new gauntlet, Alpha states "you should have gone for the head" before mustering all of his energy to snap one last time.

Thanos watches as all of his armies turn to dust before accepting defeat and fading away. Alpha collapses from his wounds and falls into a deep sleep as all the Avengers surround him and kneel for their fallen friend.

Waking up in the soul world, Alpha sees Natasha in front of him. She turns and asks if they won, Alpha assures her they did. He tells her they can rest now, knowing they've done what they can to save the universe. Natasha hugs him and thanks him for being her rock all of those years, but tells him that he cannot leave yet. She reminds him of why he originally came to Earth before telling him that a little boy is still screaming out, wanting to know where all the voices are coming from. Alpha agrees to return to the mortal dimension to seek out the child.

With the Blip successful and the universe restored, the heroes reunite with their families and friends. At Pepper's home, a memorial is held for Tony, Alpha and Natasha. Bucky and Steve cast out Natasha's widow bites on a wreathe, while Pepper, and her daughter Morgan, casts a funeral wreath with Tony's first Arc Reactor (which humorously read "PROOF THAT TONY STARK HAS A HEART," given to him as a gift by Pepper in 2008) into the lake. Finally, Peter steps forward and places the Avengers pin which Alpha gave him years ago onto a wreathe before casting it out. The group is joined by other individuals close to the fallen Avengers including Happy Hogan, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Thaddeus Ross, May Parker, Hank Pym, Janet van Dyne, Hope van Dyne, the Guardians of the Galaxy, a delegation from Wakanda, remaining Avengers, and even Harley Keener, as they all recognize the sacrifice that Stark made to save them and the universe.

Barnes and Maximoff comfort each other by the lake after the funeral, both suffering from their own losses of people close to them. Barnes expresses that he wishes Natasha could know that they won and her sacrifice didn't go wasted. Maximoff assures him that she knows they did, as does Vision.

Thor then leaves behind New Asgard after seeing Valkyrie is the better ruler and joins the Guardians of the Galaxy. On the *Benatar*, Quill looks at star maps, scanning for Gamora's 2014 self. Quill and Thor then have a quick argument about who is the leader of the group, as everyone else presumes Thor will be captain. Drax suggests they have a ritual knife fight to the death for the position, an idea which gets everyone else's approval. Although Thor reassures them that Quill is still the captain, the sly look on his face indicates that he still believes otherwise.

Peggy and Steve reunite before she prepares to return to her time, he volunteers to go to the past with her and asks if she will assist him in returning the Infinity Stones, as one last mission. She questions if it will be their last or not which provokes a smile from him. Steve bids farewell to Bucky and Sam, Bruce states he should only be five seconds but he does not reappear. After a brief argument, Bucky points out that an old man is sitting nearby. Wilson approaches him and meets an old Steve, Rogers revealed he stayed in the past and had three children named Sam, James and Natasha. He then passes the shield to Wilson, who is hesitant to take it but thanks him for the honor.

In a post credit scene, Alpha awakens in his coffin, he closes his eyes before hearing the young boys cries. He mutters the word "Grey" before lifting the lid to his coffin and flying out.

## Cast

* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
* Calum Kelmer as Alpha the Eternity Warrior
* Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Sebastian Stan as James Barnes/Winter Soldier
* Karen Gillan as Nebula
* Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van-Dyne/Wasp
* Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
* Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
* Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man
	+ Bazlo and Loen LeClair as Baby Scott Lang
	+ Jackson Dunn as 12-year-old Scott Lang
	+ Lee Moore as 93-year-old Scott Lang
* Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon
* Tessa Thompson as Bruhdinhile/Valkryie
* Letitia Wright as Queen Shuri
* Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet Van-Dyne
* Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter/Agent 0
* Danai Gurira as Okeye
* Josh Brolin as Thanos
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson
* Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange
* Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther
* Zoe Saldana as Gamora
* Rene Russo as Queen Frigga
* Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
* Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter
* Tom Hiddleston as Loki
* Danai Gurira as Okeye
* Benedict Wong as Master Wong
* Pom Klementieff as Mantis
* Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
* John Slattery as Howard Stark
* Tilda Swinton as Ancient One
* Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
* Natalie Portman as Jane Foster
* Marisa Tomei as May Parker
* Taika Waititi as Korg
* Angela Bassett as Queen Mother Ramonda
* Michael Douglas as Doctor Hank Pym
* John Michael Morris as Young Hank Pym
* William Hurt as Secretary Thaddeus Ross
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
* Vin Diesel as Groot (voice)
* Terry Notary as Cull Obsidian / Groot (motion-capture)
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
* Robert Redford as Undersecretary Alexander Pierce
* Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
* Sean Gunn as Kraglin Obfonteri / Rocket Raccoon (motion-capture)
* Winston Duke as M'Baku
* Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton
* Maximiliano Hernández as Agent Jasper Sitwell
* Frank Grillo as Agent Brock Rumlow
* Hiroyuki Sanada as Akihiko
* Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw
* James D'Arcy as Edwin Jarvis
* Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
* Emma Fuhrmann as Cassie Lang
* Ava Russo as Lila Barton
* Ben Sakamoto as Cooper Barton
* Cade Woodward as Nathaniel Barton
* Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
* Ty Simpkins as Harley Keener
* Lexi Rabe as Morgan Stark
* Seth Green as Howard the Duck
* Ross Marquand as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
* Michael Shaw as Corvus Glaive
* Carrie Coon as Proxima Midnight
	+ Monique Ganderton as Proxima Midnight (motion-capture)

* Callan Mulvey as Agent Jack Rollins
* Joe Russo as Man at Counseling
* Jim Starlin as Man at Counseling
* Ken Jeong as Storage Facility Guard
* Yvette Nicole Brown as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
* Stan Lee as '70s Car Man

## Appearances

### Location

* Earth
	+ Missouri
		- Clint Barton's Homestead
	+ New York
		- New Avengers Facility
	+ New York City, New York
		- Statue of Liberty
		- New York Sanctum
		- Stark Tower
		- Midtown School of Science and Technology
		- Citi Field
		- Metro-General Hospital (mentioned)
		- Hudson River (mentioned)
		- Shawarma Palace (indirectly mentioned)
	+ San Francisco, California
		- U-STORE-It Self Storage
		- Wall of the Vanished
		- Maggie Lang's House
		- Carter Residence
	+ Washington, D.C.
	+ Stark Residence
	+ Tønsberg, Norway
	+ Tokyo, Japan
	+ Wheaton, New Jersey
		- Camp Lehigh
	+ Kathmandu, Nepal
		- Kamar-Taj
	+ Hong Kong, China
		- Hong Kong Sanctum
	+ Golden City, Wakanda
		- Citadel
	+ Atlanta, Georgia (deleted scene)
	+ South Africa (mentioned)
	+ Germany (mentioned)
		- Flughafen Leipzig-Halle (mentioned)
	+ Budapest, Hungary (mentioned)
	+ Mexico (mentioned)
	+ Toronto, Canada (mentioned)
	+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mentioned)
* Garden
	+ Thanos' Farm
* Asgard
	+ Asgardian Dungeons
	+ Asgardian Palace
	+ Rainbow Bridge
* Morag
	+ Temple Vault
* Vormir
* Titan
* Contraxia
* Multiverse
	+ Astral Dimension
	+ Quantum Realm
* Harokin (mentioned)

### Events

* Infinity War
	+ Snap
	+ Battle of Titan (mentioned)
	+ Battle of Wakanda (mentioned)
	+ Sacrifice of Gamora (mentioned)
* Rescue of Tony Stark
* Ambush on Thanos
* Massacre in Tokyo
* Time Heist
	+ Theft of the Mind Stone
	+ Theft of the Space Stone
	+ Theft of the Time Stone
	+ Theft of the Reality Stone
	+ Theft of the Power Stone
	+ Kidnapping of Nebula
	+ Sacrifice of Natasha Romanoff
* Blip
* Chitauri Invasion
	+ Battle of New York
* Quest for the Orb
	+ Battle of Morag
* Attack on the New Avengers Facility
* Battle of Earth
* Massacre in Mexico (mentioned)
* Avengers Civil War (mentioned)
	+ Clash of the Avengers (mentioned)
* First Dark Elf Conflict (mentioned)
	+ First Battle of Svartalfheim (mentioned)
* Second Dark Elf Conflict (mentioned)
	+ Sacking of Asgard (mentioned)
	+ Battle of Greenwich (footage)
* Ragnarök (mentioned)
	+ Destruction of Asgard (mentioned)
* Budapest Operation (mentioned)
* Battle of Harokin (mentioned)
* Battle in the *Valkyrie* (mentioned; deleted scene)

### Items

* Vibranium
	+ Captain America's Shield
	+ Panther Habit
	+ Vibranium Spear
	+ Vibranium Gauntlets
	+ Sneakers
	+ Sonic Spear
* Uru
	+ Stormbreaker
	+ Infinity Gauntlet
	+ Mjølnir
* Infinity Stones
	+ Scepter
		- Mind Stone
	+ Tesseract
		- Space Stone
	+ Eye of Agamotto
		- Time Stone
	+ Orb
		- Power Stone
	+ Aether
		- Reality Stone
	+ Soul Stone
* Captain America's Uniform
* Captain America's Compass
* Iron Man Armors
	+ Iron Man Armor: Mark XLVIII
	+ Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIX
	+ Iron Man Armor: Mark L
	+ Iron Man Armor: Mark LXXXV
	+ Iron Man Armor: Mark VII
* War Machine Armors
	+ War Machine Armor: Mark IV
	+ War Machine Armor: Mark VI
	+ War Machine Armor: Mark VII
* Thor's Prosthetic Eye
* Asgardian Armor
* Arc Reactor
* James Rhodes' Leg Braces
* Thanos' Armor
* Hawkeye's Bow and Quiver
* Hawkeye's Sword
* Wristbow
* Hawkeye's Baton
* Tony Stark's Glasses
* Black Widow's Bite
	+ Taser Disk
* Black Widow's Batons
* Hulk's Stretchable Suit
* Ant-Man Suit
* Pym Particles
	+ Pym Particles Disks
* Advanced Tech Suits
	+ Time-Space GPS
* Electroshock Batons
* Electric Blaster
* Nebula's Energy Dagger
* Starforce Uniform
* Valkyrie's Armor
* Nano Gauntlet
* Quantum Tunnel
* Quantum Realm Exploration Suit
* EXO-7 Falcon
	+ Falcon's Twin Guns
	+ Magnification Goggles
	+ Redwing
* Wasp Suit
	+ Wasp's Stingers
* Iron Spider Armor
* Web-Shooters
	+ Synthetic Webbing
* Cloak of Levitation
* Sling Ring
* Tao Mandalas
* Star-Lord's Helmet
* Quad Blasters
* Jet Boot Attachments
* Drax the Destroyer's Knives
* Quantum Healing Particles
* Asgardian Armor
* Asgardian Collar
* Sakaaran Laser Rifles
* Double-Edged Sword
* Proxima Midnight's Spear
* Corvus Glaive's Glaive
* Cull Obsidian's Chain Hammer
* Chitauri Helmet
* Chitauri Staff
* Chitauri Armor
* Chitauri Gun
* Ankle monitor
* *The Terminal Beach*
* *Fortnite*
* Aakonian Ale (mentioned)
* Xorrian Elixir (mentioned)
* Axe (mentioned)

### Vehicles

* M-ships
	+ *Benatar*
	+ *Milano*
* Quinjet
* Luis' Van
* *Sanctuary II*
* Q-Ships
* Outrider Dropships
* Chitauri Chariots
* Necrocraft
* Royal Talon Fighters
* Dragon Flyers
* Sky-Cycles[2]
* Audi E-Tron GT
* Audi Q4 E-Tron
* Ark (footage)
* *Valkyrie* (footage; deleted scene)
* *Dark Aster* (mentioned)
* Chitauri Command Center (mentioned; deleted scene)

### Sentient Species

* Humans
* Asgardians
* Titans
* Luphomoids
* Easik
* Halfworlders
* Hurctarians
* Kree
* Kronans
* Sakaarans
* Celestials
* Zehoberei
* *Flora colossus*
* Xandarians
* Frost Giants
* Chitauri
* Sakaarans
* Dark Elves (picture)
* Aakons (mentioned)
* Xorrians (mentioned)

### Creatures

* Ants
* Valkyrie Steeds
	+ Aragorn
* Dogs
* Orloni
* Outriders
* Leviathans
* Chitauri Gorillas
* Rats
* Parakeets
* Whales
* Alpacas (deleted scene)
	+ Gerald (deleted scene)
* Chickens (deleted scene)
* Raccoons (mentioned)
* Rabbits (mentioned)

### Organizations

* Avengers
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* Stark Industries
* Black Order
* Masters of the Mystic Arts
* Wakandan Tribes
	+ Golden Tribe
	+ Border Tribe
	+ Jabari Tribe
* Dora Milaje
* Wakandan Royal Guard
* HYDRA
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
	+ STRIKE
* Asgardian Royal Family
* Ravagers
* Einherjar
* Yakuza
* United States Army
* Mexican Cartel (mentioned)
* X-Con Security Consultants (logo)
* Atlanta Fire Rescue Department (deleted scene)
* Atlanta Police Department (deleted scene)
* Ben & Jerry's (logo)
* Policía Federal (mentioned)
* Cinemax (mentioned)
* 7-Eleven (mentioned)

### Mentioned

* Ultron Program
* Erik Selvig (picture)
* Sharon Carter (picture)
* Odin
* Bor
* Ultron
* Malekith (picture)
* List
* Arnim Zola
* Ronan the Accuser
* Ivan Romanoff
* Edith Barton
* Kurse
* Karen
* Braddock
* Maria Stark
* Vision
* NoobMaster69
* Howard Stark's Father
* *The Big Lebowski*
* Ratchet
* Bee Gees
* Mungo Jerry
* *Back to the Future*
* *Star Trek*
* *Timecop*
* *The Butterfly Effect*
* *A Wrinkle in Time*
* *Somewhere in Time*
* *Terminator*
* *Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure*
* *Quantum Leap*
* *Die Hard*
* *Stuart Little*
* *Time After Time*
* *Hot Tub Time Machine*
* *Raiders of the Lost Ark*
* Cheez Wiz
* Build-A-Bear

## Production

On October 28, 2014, the film was announced as *Avengers: Infinity War – Part II*, while the third *Avengers* film was titled *Avengers: Infinity War – Part I*.[3] However, in June 2016, both films were renamed. The third film title was shortened to *Avengers: Infinity War* and the fourth film was simply the *Untitled Avengers* film. Anthony and Joe Russo explain this rename as "the movies are two very different movies", so "it is misleading."[4]

In April 2015, Chris Evans revealed that *Avengers: Infinity War* and *Avengers: Endgame* would shoot back to back.[5]Filming started on January 23, 2017,[6] and was expected to end in October/November 2017.[7]

During a *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* event in April 2017, Zoe Saldana revealed that the title of the film was *Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet*.[8] Following this, James Gunn denied that was the actual title.[9]

On September 11, 2017, the production of the movie was temporarily shut down due to Hurricane Irma.[10][11]

In November 2017, Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview that *Avengers: Endgame* was the "finale" to the current iteration of the MCU and "everything before *Avengers: Endgame* and everything after" would result in "two distinct periods." Feige also confirmed that there were plans for twenty movies after *Avengers: Endgame* "that are completely different from anything that's come before."[12]