Thanos

Father

## Relevant Pages

**Thanos** is the hidden main antagonist of the Infinity Saga of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the adoptive father of Gamora, Nebula, and the Black Order.

## Marvel's *The Avengers*

Thanos gives Loki a scepter that has the mind stone in it, hoping that Loki will take the people of Earth. However, Loki fails to bring him the Tesserect after Loki is taken by Thor to Asgard.

### Guardians of the Galaxy

It is revealed that Thanos is working in the shadows, having Ronan retrieve the Power Stone. Instead of giving it to Thanos, Ronan betrays his former master and decides to go and destroy Xandar.

### Age of Ultron

After the failures of Loki and Ronan the Accuser, Thanos went to a secret vault that held the Infinity Gauntlet and proclaimed that he would find the Infinity Stones himself.

### Avengers: Infinity War

Thanos begins his reign of terror by killing off half of the Asgardians and half of Xandar by stealing the Power Stone and taking the Space Stone from Loki, before killing the God of Mischief after he attempted to betray Thanos again, and letting Thor float through space. He later manipulated reality on Knowhere with the Reality Stone to get Gamora, who he forced to lead him to the Soul Stone, being guarded by the Red Skull. He sacrificed his daughter for the Infinity Stone and battled the heroes on Titan but emerged victorious after Peter Quill lost his temper with Thanos after learning he had killed Gamora.

Later, Thor attempted to kill Thanos with Stormbreaker, his new axe, and to avenge his brother and peoples' deaths. However, Thanos, with a snap of his fingers, wiped off half of life in the universe.

## Trivia

* Thanos was almost cut from *Guardians of the Galaxy* but Gunn decided to keep him in the final film in order to connect *Guardians of the Galaxy* to *The Avengers* (2012).

## Appearances

In chronological order:

* *Avengers: Infinity War* (flashback)
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude* (flashback)
	+ *Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude*
	+ *Thor: The Dark World Prelude*
* *Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (flashback)*
* *The Avengers*
	+ *The Avengers Adaptation*
	+ *Avengers: Endgame* (mentioned; alternate universe)
* *Avengers: Endgame* (footage & mentioned; alternate universe)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic*
* *Guardians of the Galaxy*
	+ *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude*
	+ *Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (flashback)*
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (mentioned)
	+ *Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (mentioned; concurrent events)*
* *I Am Groot*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Groot's Pursuit* (picture)
* *Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (mentioned)*
* *Avengers: Age of Ultron*
	+ *Avengers: Infinity War Prelude* (flashback)
* *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*
	+ *Season Five*
		- *The One Who Will Save Us All* (mentioned)
* *Avengers: Infinity War*
	+ *Thor: Love and Thunder* (flashback)
	+ *WandaVision*
		- *Season One*
			* *Previously On* (flashback)
	+ *Avengers: Endgame Prelude*
* *Avengers: Endgame*
* *WandaVision*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Breaking the Fourth Wall* (mentioned)
		- *The Series Finale* (memory)
* *Eternals* (mentioned)
* *The Falcon and The Winter Soldier*
	+ *Season One*
		- *New World Order* (mentioned)
		- *One World, One People* (mentioned)
* *Thor: Love and Thunder* (mentioned)
* *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (mentioned)
* *Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness* (mentioned)
* *Hawkeye*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Never Meet Your Heroes* (mentioned)
		- *Partners, Am I Right?* (mentioned)
* *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever* (mentioned)
* *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Superhuman Law* (picture)
* *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3* (mentioned)
* *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (mentioned)
* *Secret Invasion*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Resurrection* (mentioned)
		- *Promises* (mentioned)
* *The Marvels* (footage)

In an indefinite temporality:

* *Loki*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Glorious Purpose* (footage)
* *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law*
	+ *Season One*
		- *Whose Show is This?* (footage)