MCU: 10 Things That Repeat WAY Too Much

10. "Wormholes" As A Plot Device

At what point does a plot feature get overused? When it solves every problem? When you need to explain something away?

In the case of the MCU, its repeated love of wormholes hasn't come without a few benefits. The use of Doctor Strange and Wong turning their hissing orange portals into weapons is a perfect display of using a tool for something other than what it was designed for. And that scene in Avengers: Endgame where everyone assembles together like a school reunion does rank as one of the biggest goosebump moments in cinema history.

But for crying out loud, the MCU is turning wormholes and dimensional doors into a get-out-of-jail-free-card for almost any quick exit for a character.

Gone are the days in which a character has to walk a thousand miles or fly past a hundred planets just to have a conversation. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, sling-ring wormholes were practically a main character, and with Multiverse of Madness on the way there's no doubt they'll be front and centre with Dr. Strange more powerful than ever.

The orange rings aren't the only guilty party, though. Prior to them we had the Space Stone dropping Chitauri and Thanos anywhere they wanted, Dark Elves creating Convergences over London, and whatever the hell was happening with the Rainbow Bridge. It's like the MCU is constantly bored of wherever it is at that present moment, and must force some sort of other location into the mix.