10 Worst Moments In The Marvel Cinematic Universe

10. Loki’s "Death" - Thor: The Dark World

So Loki is widely regarded as the best villain in the MCU. He's a charming presence, his conniving schemes are often more than just simple world domination, and his relationships with Thor and Odin give him an air of sympathy; all of which is buoyed by Tom Hiddleston's enthusiastic performances. Marvel would be mad to get rid of him unless they really had to, but that hasn't stopped them from faking us out with multiple presumed deaths.

Loki's seeming demise at the end of the first Thor was left more ambiguous, and he was resurrected by the end of the post-credits scene anyway, leading to his return as the main villain of The Avengers.

So when The Dark World attempted to do this again by giving Loki a seemingly more definitive death, it was far from convincing. Marvel wouldn't kill off such a popular character after only three appearances, especially when they'd already supposedly killed him once. Sooner or later, we knew he was coming back.

The surprise was then how quickly he returned: before even the first round of credits rolled. When Loki turns up at the end having taken Odin's place, there's no surprise. Instead, the question on everybody's mind is how did he do it? What did he do with Odin? What are his plans for Asgard now that he has the throne? What has he done since The Dark World ended? Hopefully, Ragnarok will answer some of these questions, but even so this is still a poorly-handled and obvious twist.