It's been a long ride for fans who have been around since the beginning of the MCU. Beginning in 2008 with the first Iron Man movie "Phase One" of the MCU brought many of the classic superheroes and villains from Marvel comics to the big screen. We got to see the origin stories of quite a few of the most popular Marvel heroes retold for a modern audience and one of the biggest movies within Phase One had to be Avengers. The 2012 film featured an all-star cast, marked the end of Phase One, and the beginning of the Avengers franchise, settin💝g a high expectation for the following sequels.
Infinity War delivered by not only including a massive team-up of heroes but being the first time our heroes had pretty much lost the battle. Thanos had proved to be (at least so far) the worst of the villains as he was successful in his plot to use the Infinity Stones to wipe out half of all life in the Universe. He left our heroes beaten at the end Infinity War and left fans in shock and crying out for the next installment in the Avengers franchise.
And in no time at all, we'll finally get to see how our heroes recover from their losses and 'avenge' the fallen with the fourth and final Avengers movie, Endgame. During the wait, fans have been throwing plenty of theories around about the fourth movie some based off of careful and detailed examination and others to mind-boggling that we're not sure what to think of them. But here are 10 Endgame Fan Theories Co🧸nfirmed to be True and 10 That We hope Are Not.
20 Confirmed: ꧃Captain Marvel Will Help The Avengers
When Thanos assembled all of the Infinity Stones and succeeded in wiping out half of the universe he also dusted half of our heroes to our horror. In the upcoming film Avengers: Endgame, it stands to reason that our remaining heroes need all the help they can get, and luckily for them, one of the strongest heroes of the MCU is around to do so, Captain Marvel. Fans had been wondering if Carol Danvers would be making an appearance in Endgame every since we got that scene of Fury seemingly paging her right before he got dusted. We pretty much got it confirmed with the second official Endgame trailer ꧂and the first look✱ trailer that shows Captain Marvel piloting our heroes into space.
19 We🍰 Hope Isn't: Captain America Won't Survive
When most think of the Avengers Captain America is almost certainly always included. The super soldier played by Chris Evans has always been the de-facto leader of the group. It wouldn't really be an Avengers movie without him, so many fans get chills with the fan theory that good ol' Cap might bite the dust with Endgame. suggest that the team will have to make a huge sacrifice in order to save the day this time around and fans are worried that Captain America's life might just be that sacrifice. And with Chris Evans' contract up on his role as Steve Rogers, many fans think Endgame might be the perfect opportunity to🌃 give the Captai✤n one final sendoff.
18 Confirmed: Ant-Man Is Still🦋 Alive 🤪
There were a few people we didn't see get dusted towards the end of Infinity War and it left us feeling pretty anxious over their fate. One of those people was Ant-Man (Scott Lang) as he wasn't apart of the Battle of Wakanda. But fans were hopeful that he was still alive as the first Endgame trailer had him listed as missing.
Fans theories that had him still alive were all pretty much confirmed with the end credits of Ant-Man and the Wasp, showing us why he wasn't around in Infinity War. And him joining the fight was pretty much confirmed with the second Endgame trailer that shows him ringing the door of the Avengers. Oh, how we have 𝕴missed you, S🌳cott!
17 We Ho🤡pe Isn't: Iron Man Won't Survive
Another member of the Avengers that is synonymous with the franchise has to be Iron Man. If there's a co-leader of the group it would be Tony Stark. Iron Man has certainly been through a lot since Infinity War and fans are anxious to see him return to Earth. So it goes without saying that they don't want to see him lose his life in Endgame either. Tony has shown himsel🌳f to be self-sacrificing before, willing to even give up his life if it meant keeping others safe so there have been fan theories buzzing around that during the 11th ⭕hour Iron Man might sacrifice himself to ensure that the rest of the team makes it out alive.
16 Confirmed: Hawkeye Will Return As "Ronin" 🌌
Another hero missing in Infinity War who fans were theorizing was still alive was Hawkeye. Last time we saw him was in Civil War and we assumed he was under house arrest after the events of that. Fans were relieved to see him again when the trailers for Endgame dropped and began to speculate if his new edgy look (and wicked looking sword) marked him taking up the moniker of Ronin. This fan theory was confirmed when Hasbro released a of their new Marvel Legends figure line that includes heroes seen in the upcoming Endgame film One is labeled as "Ronin" and it looks like he'll have a few cool accessories packed with him, which inc﷽ludes parts to a "Build-a-figure" Thanos.
15 W🌼e Hope Isn't: Clint's Family Got Dusted
During Age of Ultron fans, and most of the Avengers themselves were shocked to find that Hawkeye was a family man. When the team needed a place to hide out during the Ultron Offensive they met Barton's pregnant wife Laura and their two kids, Cooper and Lila. In the short time that they were featured, the Barton family warmed the hearts of many fꦬans. So one fan theory that we hope isn't real is that Laura and the kids were among those that 🍎got dusted during the snap. One theory suggests that Clint losing his family might be the reasoning behind him taking up the darker and edgier Ronin moniker.
14 Confirmed:🔯 Tony Makes It Bꦬack To Earth
Infinity War not only cut the Avengers down by half, but it also separated them, as Iron Man and Spider Man ended up going to Titan with Doctor Strange to try and stop Thanos. When the snap happened, everyone but Tony and Nebula were left still stranded on the planet. The first trailer for Endgame had fans terrified of the idea of Tony drifting out in space, waiting for it all to end, and a sprunꦿg up from Tony hitching a ride back to Earth with Captain Marvel to Nebula helping Tony make it back to earth. We don't know (yet) how he makes it back but he's seen reunited with his friends and loved ones in the more𓄧 recent trailers.
13 ๊ We Hope Isn't: Ant-Man Saves The Day By Crawling Up Thanos' Hindquarters
Anyone that has been on the internet the last couple of months has undoubtedly heard of the wild fan theory of how Ant-Man might be able to defeat Thanos by getting in real close and personal with the Mad Titan. The has spiraled into ♏so many memes and has e𝄹ven been talked about by the Russo Bros and Paul Rudd.
The m🍷ain idea of this theory is that Ant-Man's ability to shrink down to a small size would allow him to attack Thanos from the inside. While we're all having good (and weird) fun with it, we certainly hope that this theory doesn't come true. Seriously.
12 �𒁏� Confirmed: Some Time Has Passed Between "Infinity War" And "Endgame"
We were left with the cliffhangers of all cliffhangers at the end of Infinity War that immediately left us wondering where the next Avengers movie would start us off. There were several fan theories that suggested Endgame wouldn't take off immediately after the events of Infinity War. In past trailers, it seems as if a considerable amount of time has passed since the snap, with our hero's sporting different looks, especially Black Widow as its been enough time for her red locks to grow back out. This here references a 10-minute screening from Disney of Endgame confirms that ꧑(at the very least) some time has passed as Tony mentions that he and Nebula have been stranded in space for 22 days.
11 We Hope Isn'tꦰ: Some Of The Avengers Have Been Fake Versions Of Themselves
Characters masquerading as other characters isn't anything new to the MCU. We have Loki who pretended to be Odin for a time and Captain Marvel brought us the Skrulls, an alien race with the ability to shapeshift, perfectly mimicking a person down to their DNA. There have been a few fan theories that suggest that some of the Avengers during the events of Infinity War were actually . Fans use this th🎉eory to explain why Bruce Banner was unable to transform into the Hulk, even going as far as to theorize that he was Loki in disguise. While we don't know yet why the Hulk didn't join in on the fight, we're pretty sure that Loki hasn't been masquerading as Banner this whole time.