The Marvel Cinematic Universe’senduring popularity is due in magnanimous part to its mostly family - well-disposed content . The films are all PG-13 and while they are filled with violence and death , it is nothing too scarring for little ones . However , certain here and now within the monolithic mythology more than likely sent some children running for the hill with tears in their center .

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The follow list will detail these few and far between instances . Hopefully , no children were harmed too bad by anything shocking to them . After all , even the most terrific parts of these movies are nothing compare to theJoker’spencil legerdemain fromThe Dark Knight .

Iron Man looking inside Sokovia in Avengers Age of Ultron

The Chitauri

2012’sThe Avengerssaw the superhero squad form to battle Thor ’s chum , Loki . The knavish god was n’t alone , however . He came equipped with an army of aliens called the Chitauri . These freakishly designed foes came in swarm in their bidding to serve Loki subdue Earth .

One would have been bad enough , but they were countless . Any uneasy untried ones can take solace in how savagely all the Avengers wipe out them during the struggle for New York .

The Vulture Talking To Peter

Spider - Man : Homecoming’sbiggest whirl comes at the moment when Peter takes Liz on a particular date and discovers her begetter to be Adrian Toomes , the gentleman’s gentleman using Chitauri engineering to commit offence with his crew . Toomes puts two and two together and figures out that Peter is Spider - Man . When Liz leaves the two alone in the car for a minute , the begetter takes the chance to intimidate Parker .

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The swiftness with whichMichael Keatonchanges his tone from love family military man to threatening menace register off his impressive acting artistry . The Vulture is equally sympathetic and terrifying with his deplorable empire and willingness to do anything to keep his racket going .

Spider-Man in the MCU and Jean Grey in Marvel Comics

The Abomination Transforming

Tim Roth ’s character inThe Incredible Hulk , Emil Blonsky , uses a serum in fiat to get impregnable enough to take on Bruce Banner .   Initially   expected to just   provide enhance specialty and upper , the blood serum ends up transforming Blonsky ’s entire body into a beast .

His full transmogrification before the climactic battle between the two is observe out of frame , but there is a moment in the middle of the picture show where the audience sees his spine lento exchange in the mirror . Roth already looks middling creepy-crawly in the picture show , so the vertebral column project out of his back is especially unsettling .

The Red Skull

Captain America : The First Avengerwas an interesting departure from the preceding four MCU movies , for the most part due to its historical place setting . The vastly talented Hugo Weaving plays the iconic villain Red Skull .

The villain   wear a masque throughout the introduction , but eventually reveals his true face to Steve Rogers after they have a fast handwriting to give bout . genuine to the name , it is a genuine reddish skull with no skin on the nozzle and eyes sunken into the face . Nothing gives kids a good panic attack like a scarey mug abruptly bug out up on the screen .

Stark’s Vision

During   the beginning ofAvengers : Age of Ultron , Scarlet Witch put a terrific visual sense of a potential future into Tony Stark ’s head . In this mirage , he sees all of his comrades lying on the floor breathing their dying breaths .

Tony kneels beside Captain America who curses Iron Man for causing all of their precipitation . Kids never want to see their heroes down for the count . Even if it is just an illusion , it is still unsettling . Little did they jazz , this was a pleasant   scene compare to what would happen inInfinity War .

Extremis Soldiers

Iron Man 3is a polarizing entrance thanks to Shane Black ’s key signature writing . While some found it incompatible for the world , fans of the director ’s work eat   the moving-picture show up like it was the nextLethal arm .

The main antagonist uses a legion of super soldiers powered by a drug called Extremis . It heals their battle wounds , but it also has a nasty side effect of heat up their bodies until the point of exploding . They are ruthless foot soldiers who breathe a creepy orangeness lambency .

Thanos' Decapitation

The first five moment ofAvengers : Endgameshow consultation this is n’t the movie they walk into the theater thinking they were going to see . right on off the squash racquet , the pull round crew head toThanos’place of rest period and interrogate him for information . After discovering the impossibility of reversing the centering , Thor swoop in and short cuts off the scoundrel ’s head .

While cathartic , such graphical violence is certainly uncharacteristic for the serial . Anybody who was eight or nine whenIron Mancame out is almost twenty now and quick for such a scene , but young viewing audience may have been unprepared for this stomach - churning instant .

Soldier Cut Up By Blades

The last climactic battle inCaptain America : The First Avengertakes aboard a fictional aircraft . The sub fights off Hydra substructure soldiers on his way to kidnap the Tesseract out of Red Skull ’s mitt . During this fight , one of the soldiers falls into rotating blades and disintegrates into a red mist .

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The film is already more red than its predecessors , but this particular instant is peculiarly gruesome . If any parent had to soothe their children after this minute , just order them the guy wholly deserved it . Hydra was part of the Nazi regimen , after all .

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man upset and determined in No Way Home

The Winter Soldier’s Programming

Captain America : The Winter Soldierchanged everything within the MCU due to S.H.I.E.L.D. being compromised by Hydra using the Winter Soldier as an assassinator they could awaken whenever they needed .

After struggle Steve Rogers , Bucky is tortured and his storage is wiped . The process is passing painful and hard to watch as the brainwashed soldier ’s screech are mute by a jape . Steve ’s old friend goes through vast amount of hardships and still lives with the guiltiness of things he did while brainwashed .

The Snap

This moment will go down in cinema history . As shocking as it was for most adults and teens to see this , they at least knew the characters would all render in the next film . No room Marvel would fox away all these characters and cancel all the already - announce sequel .

Thomas Kyd , on the other hand , may not be so hip to release schedules . Some truly believe these characters were wiped out for right , giving them the self-aggrandizing shock absorber of their short life-time . Avengers : Infinity Waris meant for the whole mob to enjoy and inquire at its spectacle , but many theater were filled with quiet sob kids when it first hit cinemas .

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