10 Annoying Things Every Superhero Movie Does

2. Henchman All Being Connected

As seen in: The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Man of Steel

Before The Avengers came along, superheroes only really fought a couple of similarly-powered villains and maybe a few goons in one movie. Joss Whedon changed that entirely with his first Marvel movie, however, by introducing a sense of scale to battles that justified the need for seven superheroes to team up, pitting them not only against a super-villain, but an army.

However, there was an obvious issue born from this approach: how the hell do you get rid of so many enemies by the time the third act wraps up? Unfortunately, most writers settled on the idea of having them all be connected somehow, making it so they could all be destroyed if the "queen" is killed (whether that's a mothership or the actual main villain, in the case of Age of Ultron).

It's extremely convenient, as it essentially means the filmmakers can have these sprawling battles while not having to worry about their long-term effects, essentially awarding the heroes with a reset button. That makes for cleaner storytelling, but the novelty certainly wears off when every movie relies on the trope.