The Biggest Running Joke Of ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Has People Conflicted

(WARNING: This post carries spoilers for Avengers: Endgame, so if you don’t want multiple plot points ruined, now’s your chance to go.)

Well, Avengers: Endgame landed in theaters for Thursday night previews that were packed across the board. The assembling of superheroes did defeat Thanos, but the process too much longer than planned. Several years, in fact. Throughout, several of beloved characters were depressed the entire time and, you know, stopped caring about superficial matters like looking pretty. Cap still shaved (why), but Black Widow found herself with five-years of red hair growth and several inches of blonde at the end, and as for Thor He started boozing hard, lost himself in carbs, and essentially turned into an Asgardian Lebowski. Shirtless beer gut and everything.

In retrospect, it’s amazing that we didn’t see this coming after Thor was all about that bread bowl in a more recent Endgame trailer. Like so.

— jae saw endgame (@onlyangelsvinyl) April 24, 2019

Thor hadn’t yet gained weight early on in the film, but he was clearly depressed after losing Loki and not “going for the head” while attempting to defeat Thanos with Stormbreaker in Infinity War. He was eating himself through the sadness and PTSD, and after the Avengers fail at their initial plan to recover the gauntlet with stones intact, he retreated to “New Asgard” and drowned himself in beer.

As a result, Thor was jolly because he was perpetually buzzed, but yes, they put Chris Hemsworth in a fat suit. Dozens of comical moments followed, and people in my theaters laughed uproariously throughout the rest of the film. Mainly, I suspect, because Thor is usually, well, so ripped, and an Asgardian letting himself go and turning into The Dude is utterly ridiculous. And with so much darkness involved, people probably enjoyed laughing at something besides Ant-Man. So yes, the joke went over well in theaters but some displeased think piece writers and Twitter users didn’t feel the same way.

— Tyler W (@desolation5row) April 26, 2019

Reminder that if you think fat thor is hilarious, you can unfollow me

— Elsa ⚡️ || Endgame spoilers (@spreadtheashes) April 26, 2019

#AvangersEndgame #SPOILER

SPOILERS!!!!!!

You know what hurts so much about Thor being made fun of because he is fat I went through that as a kid. I was bullied for being a fat chubby girl. It's 2019 and one of my favourite superheroes is MADE A FUCKING JOKE in a fatsuit.

— Elsa ⚡️ || Endgame spoilers (@spreadtheashes) April 24, 2019

yeah, he's a fictional character but weight gain and ptsd are real issues that millions of people deal with in reality. tearing them apart in such a huge film as endgame was a stupid thing to do because now "fat thor" will be a running joke both in the mcu and for fans irl

— ਅਨਿਆ / endgame spoilers (@tlspwaynes) April 25, 2019

So I have been reading reviews of Endgame and they look positive but holy cow am I prepared to be annoyed at the possibility of fat jokes at Thor’s expense.

— A Queer Jeffrey ♓♋♍⚾ (@strangerpeace) April 24, 2019

So I have been reading reviews of Endgame and they look positive but holy cow am I prepared to be annoyed at the possibility of fat jokes at Thor’s expense.

— A Queer Jeffrey ♓♋♍⚾ (@strangerpeace) April 24, 2019

The opposing wave of reactions, though, found Lebowski Thor to be uproarious. Some male fans even frankly touched upon how they enjoyed the onscreen representation of their own physique in a superhero movie.

— America’s Ass (@LivinL1k3Larry) April 25, 2019

TBH speaking as a fat guy I found Fat Thor a comfortable representation. He's got fucking PTSD up the wazoo (like me) and has coping behaviours that people look down on (pretty much exactly mine) but fuck them. Hurting as he does, he still fights the good fight when he's called.

— Kay Orchison (@kayorchison) April 26, 2019

Dudeeeee so good!!! Fat Thor is that dude… quite literally pic.twitter.com/UGnhwBOCXR

— Gravy (@gScherer4) April 26, 2019

I like fat Thor

— Lovely (@lovelygeniston) April 25, 2019

see, i didn't believe when people say that bread makes you fat. just look at thor over here..

anyway, endgame, is so fun to watch, and without spoiling anything, thor's new look is soo freaking cool!! pic.twitter.com/py2WiY6838

— Flynn•Rider (@em_tolfo) April 24, 2019

All I will say about #AvengersEndame is that I have never found Thor more relatable.

— Ned Cooper (@cooper_ned) April 26, 2019

#FatThor #AmericasAss best thing of the whole movie @Avengers #WasNotReady

— Drea (@acrc88) April 26, 2019

Whether or not one is offended by Fat Thor, his new phase actually does run deeper into his ongoing character growth, which is something we find out more about by the end of the film. However, differing opinions are to be expected because people are gonna people, but on the overall plus side, Endgame is finally here.