12 Biggest Genuine Shocks In MCU History
9. Thanos Already Had The Power Stone
Thanos’ quest for the Infinity Stones was something that had been built up to since the post-credit scene of The Avengers in 2012. Going into Infinity War, everyone knew exactly what Thanos was working towards, and couldn’t wait to see how he did it.
Realistically, there wouldn’t have been great stakes to the movie if the Mad Titan didn’t actually completely fill his gauntlet, and so his procurement of each stone wasn’t necessarily surprising. The fact that he already had one before the movie even started however, wasn’t something anyone saw coming.
Of the five Infinity Stones already introduced to the MCU prior to the release of Infinity War, you could have argued that being under the protection of the Nova Corps on Xandar made the Orb one of the more challenging Stones to acquire.
However, one of the first images of Thanos shown in the movie is of the purple gem glowing in his gauntlet. According to Thor, he decimated Xandar a week before the God of Thunder met the Guardians of the Galaxy. No one could have predicted that this would be how the movie opened, or that such a spectacle would take place off-screen.