8 Iconic Superheroes Who Made Incredibly Dumb Decisions
7. Thor Attacks Captain America With No Knowledge Of His Shield (The Avengers)
Thor fights with Iron Man in the woods in The Avengers: fair enough. Iron Man had just scooped the Norse God up and flown him around, so its a fair assumption for Thor to make that this strange metal man would be able to withstand his hammers full force when he throws it.
However, Thor has absolutely no indication that Captain Americas shield is anything but an average piece of metal, so when he dramatically jumps into the air and swings his hammer down towards Cap and his shield, for all he knew he could have come very close to committing a serious injury. More likely? Murder.
Clearly Thor assumed that this shield and its bearer would be no challenge to him at all or he wouldnt have dived in so thoughtlessly, but then there is no excuse for this dangerous behaviour. Equally, he had just seen the shield bounce off of Iron Mans suit and back to Captain America, so if his plan was to kill, then, with some observation he might also have realised that it may backfire. But then it is an equally dumb decision but for the opposite reason.