Surprised and touched, Thanos confirmed this by thanking Nebula, finally admitting that perhaps he treated her too harshly. When Hulk then attempted to strike back, Thanos proved himself to not only be stronger but a vastly superior fighter as he proceeded to block all of Hulk's blows and land counter hits against his head and body, leaving Hulk completely stunned about being so vastly overpowered. While Thanos looked down at the defeated Hulk, however, Thor attempted a surprise attack by landing a strike against the back of Thanos' head, but the Titan shrugged it off and kicked the Asgardian King away. Thanos is struck by Scarlet Witch's powers. Thanos explaining his plan for mass genocide. Before Thanos could look for where the Time Stone was hidden, he was intercepted by Iron Man, who used his trap to restrain the Infinity Gauntlet. [16], Digital Domain worked on creating Thanos for Infinity War and Endgame, producing over 400 visual effects shots. [2], During his preparations, Thanos thoroughly investigated the whereabouts of each Infinity Stone, including their current keepers including the Asgardians, the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the Tivan Group, Vision, and the Nova Corps. In early 2018, Thanos decimates Xandar, claiming the Power Stone. Getting back to the fight, Iron Man turned part of his suit into a heavy claim, which had held down Thanos' arm, before using a jet-powered battering ram to strike Thanos right across the face. Having at long last accomplished his objective, Thanos peacefully gazed out to the rising sun and smiled in satisfaction.[2]. By the time the past Nebula arrived on Earth in 2023, the Nano Gauntlet had been constructed by the Avengers, with Hulk using it to reverse the effects of the Snap, thus bringing back all those who had died originally at the end of the Infinity War. Looking down at Gamora, Thanos then questioned what was wrong, to which she demanded to know where her mother was while still looking at Thanos without any fear in her eyes. As a result, Thanos became more determined in exterminating half of the population of every planet to save these civilizations from the same overpopulation tragedy on Titan. [6] He had also sent Gamora to find the Soul Stone, but she lied and reported back to him that her search had been unsuccessful, while in actuality she found a map to the location of the Soul Stone and burned it to ashes. Once Thanos and Gamora had reached the top of the cliff, they were greeted by the keeper of the Stone, who acknowledged that he knew Thanos was the son of A'Lars and that Gamora was the daughter of Thanos, much to Thanos' surprise. He also smiled confidently after deciding to hunt for the Infinity Stones himself. "[9] In one draft, the film was told directly from Thanos' perspective with him serving as narrator. He later tracks down the starship carrying the Asgardian survivors of Ragnarök, and ambushes it using his own ship, the Sanctuary II. He also retained his propensity for delegation, having Nebula bring the Nano Gauntlet to him which was in contrast to his 2018 self retrieving the Stones himself. This is why Thanos truly believes his cause for killing off half of everyone on all planets to be a righteous cause, seeing himself a righteous soul who is doing what is necessary to save all the civilizations of the universe. When Gamora had noted how he had murdered half of the population of their entire planet, Thanos simply dismissed this as a small price to pay for salvation, while insisting that it was simply calculus. Thanos cooks the vegetation from his garden. The airstrike was suddenly stopped due to interference in the sky, resulting in the warship aiming and firing its laser cannons up at the sky. The Avengers (mid-credits scene)Guardians of the GalaxyAvengers: Age of Ultron (mid-credits scene)Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1013-1018 But, I don't really understand it." When Thanos attempted to retaliate, the Cloak of Levitation wrapped itself around the Infinity Gauntlet, which stopped him from using his powers. Black Order Returning to the battle, Iron Man caused a massive explosion around Thanos by shooting missiles from his Mark L Armor, although Thanos had once again remained uninjured and just simply used the Infinity Gauntlet to absorb and blast all the flames back at him. Interestingly, despite being regarded by many as an incredibly cruel and cunning being, Thanos did not take his genocidal motives as a pretext to eliminate potential foes who could be able to exact revenge on him. However, Thanos remained completely uninjured and simply conjured his portal using the Space Stone and departed from Titan, intending to go to Earth and collect the final Infinity Stone, leaving all of the heroes behind, feeling utterly defeated by him. Despite this, little screen time had been devoted to Thanos' history and motivations. Markus stated, "We don't get an element of surprise [with his introduction in Infinity War]... You can count on a lot of scenes where we illuminate a lot about him very early",[8] with McFeely adding, "It is incumbent upon us to give him a real story, real stakes, real personality, and a real point of view.