10 MORE Incredibly Clever Moments Of MCU Movie Foreshadowing

Directed by Shakespeare stalwart and best Hamlet of all time (get out of here Olivier-heads) Kenneth Brannagh, 2011’s Thor was a funny, lively surprise which did impressive business at the box office, cementing the stardom of Chris Hemsworth and securing an audience for The Avengers a year later.

The film is a little early in the cycle of Marvel movies to feature too many nods toward later instalments, but like Iron Man 2’s map of Wakanda, there’s always room for a few minor nods here and there. Consider the first glimpse of the Infinity Gauntlet, just about seen in the background of an Asgardian weapons vault.

Or is it? The Infinity Gauntlet on display fits the opposite hand from the one Thanos is seen donning a few years later, thus proving that it’s actually a convincing fake. Not content with leaving this subtle foreshadowing unannounced, the series later referenced this misdirect in Thor: Ragnarok, wherein Hela exposes this Infinity Gauntlet for the counterfeit it is.