Thanos (MCU Infinity Gauntlet)

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Win · team encounter

v Hulk, Loki, ThorInfinity War

Stops Loki and kills him by crushing his neck.

Decisive action: Thanos, close combat and the Power Stone · Thanos’s part: beat Hulk in close combat, killed Loki and overpowered Thor

3 logged exchanges

Infinity War; opening refugee ship; timestamp unavailableThreatens/injures captive Thor with the Power Stone; ship destruction follows the assault. plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War
Infinity War; opening ship fight; timestamp unavailableWithstands the initial assault and defeats Hulk in close combat. plot summary checked The Credits — why Hulk lost to Thanos MCU Wiki: Attack on the Statesman
Infinity War; opening ship; timestamp unavailableStops Loki and kills him by crushing his neck. plot summary checked The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War Reactor — Yibambe! Avengers: Infinity War

Evidence checked: plot summary checked The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War Reactor — Yibambe! Avengers: Infinity War MCU Wiki: Attack on the Statesman

Win

v Guardians of the GalaxyInfinity War

Changes the attempted lethal discharge into bubbles.

4 logged exchanges

Infinity War; apparent Collector confrontation; timestamp unavailablePresents a false version of the situation before revealing his control. other secondary source checked Why more than the Reality Stone was needed Radio Times — Infinity Stones explained
Infinity War; Guardians intervention; timestamp unavailableTemporarily changes Drax into separated shapes. other secondary source checked Why more than the Reality Stone was needed
Infinity War; Guardians intervention; timestamp unavailableTemporarily alters/incapacitates Mantis alongside Drax. other secondary source checked Reactor — Yibambe! Avengers: Infinity War Why more than the Reality Stone was needed
Infinity War; Gamora asks Quill to shoot; timestamp unavailableChanges the attempted lethal discharge into bubbles. other secondary source checked Why more than the Reality Stone was needed

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Why more than the Reality Stone was needed

Feat / note

Vormir — Soul Stone acquisitionInfinity War; sacrifice cliff; timestamp unavailable

Sacrifices Gamora and obtains the Soul Stone.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis TV Guide — Infinity Stone guide

Win

v Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Star-Lord, Drax, Mantis, NebulaInfinity War

Accepts the Time Stone in exchange for leaving Tony alive.

Special condition: Walked into a planned team ambush on Titan

8 logged exchanges

Infinity War; removal attempt; timestamp unavailableTeam holds him; Mantis affects his mind; removal nearly succeeds until Quill disrupts it. plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis Writer explains the fist condition
Infinity War; after team hold breaks; timestamp unavailableBreaks material from Titan’s moon and brings debris toward the battlefield. plot summary checked Which Stones moved the moon debris GameSpot — 46 commentary details
Infinity War; Strange solo exchange; timestamp unavailableStrange opposes a blast with Mirror Dimension magic; Thanos answers with a black hole, which Strange turns into butterflies. plot summary checked The Direct — memorable Infinity War scenes How Doctor Strange showcased the battle
Infinity War; multiple Stranges; timestamp unavailableUses a Soul/Power-associated response against the duplicates; real Strange remains identifiable. plot summary checked Director explains Soul Stone use GameSpot — 46 commentary details
Infinity War; final Tony duel; timestamp unavailableTurns Tony’s blade against him, inflicting a serious wound. plot summary checked The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War MCU Wiki: Battle of Titan
Infinity War; Strange interrupts Tony’s threatened execution; timestamp unavailableAccepts the Time Stone in exchange for leaving Tony alive. plot summary checked How Strange hid the Time Stone MCU Wiki: Battle of Titan
Infinity War; Titan, first strikeTony drops a spaceship hull on Thanos and fires rockets and repulsors; Spider-Man webs his eyes; Drax slashes his legs. Thanos is mostly unaffected. plot summary checked MCU Wiki: Battle of Titan
Infinity War; TitanThanos crushes Strange’s Eye of Agamotto with the Space and Reality Stones; it was empty. plot summary checked MCU Wiki: Battle of Titan

Evidence checked: plot summary checked How Strange hid the Time Stone MCU Wiki: Battle of Titan

Win

v Avengers and Wakandan defenders (Thor, Captain America, Wanda, Vision)Infinity War

Stormbreaker defeats his attempted defence and wounds his chest; Thanos still snaps and escapes. The resulting removal reaches distant victims.

6 logged exchanges

Infinity War; approach to Vision; timestamp unavailableThanos blasts Rogers with the Power Stone; Rogers then holds back the Gauntlet with both hands for a moment; Thanos appears surprised and curious, then exerts real force and knocks him out with a punch. plot summary checked The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War MCU Wiki: Battle of Wakanda
Infinity War; Vision’s destruction; timestamp unavailableWanda delays Thanos while completing Vision/Stone destruction. plot summary checked The Direct — memorable Infinity War scenes MCU Wiki: Battle of Wakanda
Infinity War; just after Vision explodes; timestamp unavailableReverses the local destruction, restoring Vision and the Stone for extraction. plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis TV Guide — Infinity Stone guide
Infinity War; restored Vision; timestamp unavailablePhysically extracts the Mind Stone, killing Vision. plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis TV Guide — Infinity Stone guide
Infinity War; final Thanos/Thor exchange through dusting; timestamp unavailableStormbreaker defeats his attempted defence and wounds his chest; Thanos still snaps and escapes. The resulting removal reaches distant victims. plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War
Infinity War; Wakanda approachBanner in the Hulkbuster is phased into a cliff (Space), Falcon grounded (Space), War Machine’s shots deflected and armour crushed, Black Panther caught mid-air and punched, Black Widow caged in rock (Reality), Okoye and Bucky blasted aside (Power). plot summary checked MCU Wiki: Battle of Wakanda

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War Physical price of the Infinity Gauntlet

Feat / note

Completed Gauntlet — boundaryInfinity War; Mind Stone insertion; timestamp unavailable

All six Stones are now equipped.

Evidence checked: plot summary checked Avengers: Infinity War — plot synopsis MCU Wiki: Battle of Wakanda

Feat / note

Aftermath — spiritual visionInfinity War; orange-space young Gamora scene; timestamp unavailable

Experiences a meeting represented as within the Soul Stone.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked Directors address healing and arm damage GameSpot — 46 commentary details

Feat / note

Aftermath — rural restInfinity War; final sunrise; timestamp unavailable

Alive after escaping, visibly affected by his ordeal.

Evidence checked: other secondary source checked The Movie Spoiler — Avengers: Infinity War Directors address healing and arm damage

Loss

v Thor and the AvengersEndgame published screenplay pp.14–16; film timestamp unavailable

Avengers restrain the weakened Thanos (he had used the Stones to destroy the Stones); Thor cuts off his left arm, freeing the Gauntlet, then beheads him.

Fought weakened

Evidence checked: scene checked directly Disney Studios Awards — Avengers: Endgame scree… MCU Wiki: Thanos

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