1 The Avengers (Action) (2012)

Major Characters

Captain America/Steve Rogers...... Chris Evans Steve Rogers, a shield­wielding soldier from World War II who gained his powers from a military experiment. He has been frozen in Arctic ice since the 1940s, after he stopped a Nazi off­shoot organization named HYDRA from destroying the Allies with a mystical artifact called the Cosmic Cube.

Iron Man/Tony Stark...... Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark, an extravagant billionaire genius who now uses his arms dealing for justice. He created a techno suit while kidnapped by terrorist, which he has further developed and evolved.

Thor...... Chris Hemsworth He is the Nordic god of thunder. His home, Asgard, is found in a parallel universe where only those deemed worthy may pass. He uses his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as his main weapon.

The Hulk/Dr. Bruce Banner...... Mark Ruffalo A renowned scientist, Dr. Banner became The Hulk when he became exposed to gamma radiation. This causes him to turn into an emerald strongman when he loses his temper.

Hawkeye/Clint Barton...... Jeremy Renner Clint Barton is a government enforcer who works for S.H.I.E.L.D. a.k.a. the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division; A normal man save the fact that he just so happens to be the world's best archer.

Black Widow/Natasha Rovanova...... Scarlett Johansson The only woman in The Avengers team, she is a secret agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. who excels at judo and various martial arts. She is an ex­Soviet spy whose espionage tactics have gained her international notoriety.

Nick Fury...... Samuel L. Jackson He is the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers Initiative.

Agent Maria Hill...... Cobie Smulders She's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent with good intentions. She is the commander on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s own flying battleship, the Helicarrier.

Agent Phil Coulson...... Clark Gregg A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who, unimpressed by all of the flamboyant superheroes, is the liaison between The Avengers and the various government agencies who control them. 2

Loki...... Tom Hiddleston He is Thor's notorious adopted brother and the central antagonist in The Avengers. He views humans as an inferior race and has vowed to take revenge on his brother after the events in the Thor film. 3 Plot Summary

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury arrives at a remote S.H.I.E.L.D. facility during an evacuation. The Tesseract, an energy source of unknown potential, has activated. It opens a portal through space and the exiled Norse god Loki steps through. Loki takes the Tesseract and also takes control of the minds of several S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel, including Agent Clint "Hawkeye" Barton and Dr. Erik Selvig, the main researcher of the Tesseract, to aid him in his escape.

In response to the attack, Fury re­activates the Avengers Initiative. First he pulls Agent Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. the Black Widow, out of an interrogation. Fury sends her to India to find and recruit Dr. Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Hulk. At the same time Agent Phil Coulson approaches "Iron Man" Tony Stark and requests that he review Dr. Selvig's research. Fury himself approaches Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract from Loki. During his exile, Loki encountered the Chitauri, an alien race seeking to conquer the galaxy. In exchange for the Tesseract, the Chitauri agree to help Loki conquer Earth.

Captain America and Iron Man travel to Germany to capture Loki. Loki quickly surrenders when the two heroes arrive, and he is escorted to a S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier, a high­tech, flying aircraft carrier. However, Thor arrives and attempts to free Loki so he can reason with him on his own, but he gets into a fight with Iron Man and Captain America. Eventually, Loki is taken to the helicarrier and placed in a glass cell designed to hold the Hulk.

Suddenly, Clint Barton “Hawkeye” and Loki's possessed agents attack the helicarrier, disabling one of its engines in flight. While Stark and Rogers attempt to restart the damaged engine, Thor tries to prevent Dr. Banner from turning into the Hulk and destroying the ship from inside. While fighting Agent Romanoff hits Hawkeye over the head, releasing him from the mind control and The Avengers are able to defend the helicarries from the attackers.

Meanwhile, Loki, desperate to win, uses a device built by Dr. Selvig to open a portal to the Chitauri home world over Manhattan, summoning a Chitauri invasion.

The Avengers rally in defense of New York. With help from the reformed Barton, Captain America and Thor evacuate civilians while Dr. Banner transforms into the Hulk and goes after Loki, beating him into submission in Tony Stark's penthouse. Romanoff makes her way, with a little help from the Chitauri, to the device that holds the portal open (conveniently located on the roof of the Stark Building) and hits Dr. Selvig over the head, freeing him of Loki's control. Dr. Selvig then reveals that Loki's staff can be used to close the portal, which The Avengers fight to do, and eventually manage to do it.

After the disaster in New York, Thor escorts Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard, while Fury notes that the Avengers will go their separate ways until a new world­threatening menace emerges. 4 Some Words and Expressions that You May not Know

Tesseract/the Cube – An ancient artifact Cargo – Parcels from Asgard, Thor’s world. Its power is A bagman/A front – Someone used as a unknown. decoy (un señuelo) Wield its power – To use its power Outdated – Not updated, old Ally – Someone that fights on the same side Betray – Traicionar, delatar as you in a war Turn out to be – Seem to be Workings – how something works Tank – Tanque Force – Soldiers F­22 – A type of jet Chitauri – An alien race Block – A group of buildings Energy surge/spike – when electricity goes Lobby – The entrance hall to a building up very quickly Precedence – To come first Test phase – In a study or research, when Moron – Stupid person scientists try different ideas Compromised – Comprometido, puesto en Evac – Abbreviation for evacuation peligro Clear – Empty To brief – To give a summary Futile – Useless, that there is no point in ..Trusts me about as far as he can throw me doing it because you will fail – To not trust someone Prototype – A product which is being tested Sickness – Enfermedad Shipped out – Sent Fever – Fiebre Spin on – Continue to turn Moaning – Gemir Clear out – To make everybody leave and Get paid up front – To pay a person before empty the room of every necessary object they start working Misbehaving – Acting like an angry child To break a streak – Romper una buena Assume – Think, Believe racha Plug – Enchufe Wipe out – Destroy Peak – Top Swallow – Tragar Harnessing – To collect and keep in a Emit – Emitir harness, a type of storage Trace – Trazar, rastrear Tampering – To manipulate, to alter Cage – Jaula Doorway – Door Stand down – Put your guns down Spear – Lanza Councilman – A man who is part of a Burdened – Agobiado council (consejo) Quarrel – Problem Overabundance – Sobreabundancia Glad tidings – Happy news Declaring war – To tell another country that Step on – Pisar you are its enemy Stalling – Diferir, retardar Hostile ­ Hostil Blow – Explode Covert – Secret Bury – Enterrar Had your fill – That you had enough Collapsing on itself – Colapsarse sobre si Go under – To go into a comma Turned – To change sides 5 To be sorely in need of something – To Come to light – Salir a la luz, que el público need something urgently (That’s something sabrá la verdad the world sorely needs.) Gird themselves – Prepare themselves Bring you up to speed – Ponerte al día Meagre – Weak and insufficient Gotten – American version for Past Sceptre – Staff (cetro) Participle of “get” (Get – got ­ gotten) Cast out – Exiled Debrief – Dar un parte militar Childish – Infantil Bucks – Colloquial for dollars Unveil – Desvelar Ought to ­ Should Realm – Reino The rest is up to you – El resto depende de Barren – Desolado, vacío ti Crevice – Grieta Off the grid – Sacar el edificio de la red Long for – Añorar, echar de menos (He will eléctrica general. make you long for something sweet as pain.) Beacon – A model, example. Stow – Put away Self­sustaining – Que se puede mantener Gear – Equipment sólo Bridge – Puente de mando (de una nave, Public awareness campaign – Campaña de barco, etc.) concienciación general Face­trace – A computer programme for Do press – Marketing facial recognition Lift – Levantar físicamente It was quite the buzz – Everyone was Teeming with – Full of talking about it Subtle – Sutil Swoon – Faint (Desvanecerse) Lease – Contrato de arrendamiento Trading cards – Cromos Bunk over – Spend the night Vintage – De época, clásico Protocols – Protocolos, contraseñas Vanish – Disappear Overridden ­ Eludido Engage – Turn on Breach – Incumplimiento, Infracción, You’re in the wind – You are free to leave Violación Sweeping – Barriendo, comprobando Scrapped ­ Abandoned Wirelessly accessible – Accesible por Volatile – Imprevisible conexión inalámbrica Self­obsessed – Obsesionado con uno Narrow your field – Reducir tu campo de mismo búsqueda Not play well with others – To not work Spectrometers – A machine which detects well in a team gamma rays Replicate – Duplicate Rough out – To outline Hold the key to unlocking Erskine's Tracking algorithm – Algoritmo de original formula – Contener la clave para búsqueda desbloquear la formula original de Erskine Rule out – Descartar (creador de Captain America) Shortage – Escasez Go his way – Salir como él quería Iridium – A chemical element (Iridio) Input – Aportación, aporte Hard to get hold of – Difficult to find Target – Objetivo 6 Eyeball – Ojeada, vistazo Idly fret – Ociosamente te preocupas (while Near mint (condition) – Casi nuevo you idly fret) Foxing – Brown dots that appear on paper Miss the truth – Don’t understand when it becomes old (Slight foxing around the Suit you ill – Quedarte mal (A throne would edges, but…) suit you ill) Hit – Coincidencia Wield – Empuñar, blandir Match – Combinación Doth Mother know you wear­eth her Cross match – In medical terms, to check a drapes? – ¿Sabe vosa madre que llevais sus result is correct ropas? (In this scene, Iron Man is making Kneel – Arrodillarse fun of Thor’s way of speaking) Unspoken truth – La verdad oculta, no This is beyond you, metal man – This is not expresada your concern, Iron Man Crave – Ansiar Prove it – Demuéstralo Subjugation – Subyugación, esclavitud Threaten – Amenazar Lure – Atracción Drag out – Alargar In a mad scramble – en una pelea loca (in a Astrophysicist – Astrofísico mad scramble for power, for identity) Adopted – Adoptado Ended up disagreeing – Acabamos en A mean swing – Un buen gancho, golpe desacuerdo Raw – Puro We're low on time – We don’t have much A power source of high­energy density – time Una fuente de energía de alta densidad This guy packs a wallop – He’s very strong Kick­start – Arrancar Spry – Dinamic, active, restless (You are Thermonuclear astrophysics – Astrofísica pretty spry for an older fellow.) termonuclear Calisthenics – A type of aerobics Flying monkeys – Monos con alas Capsicle – A pun (juego de palabas): (referencia al Mago de Oz) Captain + Popsicle (helado de hielo) Mainframe – Unidad principal A gaming mood – Feel like playing a game Packed – Meter en la maleta, empaquetar Muster – Recollect R&D – Research and Development Conjure – Bring with magic Candy Land – La tierra de los caramelos Mourn – Cry because someone died (reference to an old American board game Parentage – Heritage, whom your parents for children) are Nuts – Crazy Living in the shade – Vivir eclipsado por Jury – Jurado (Jury’s out. = The jury has left.) alguien (Living in the shade of your greatness) Have a lid on it – Have it under control Tossing – Throwing Weed – Marijuana Abyss ­ Abismo No offence – Sin ofender Recompense – Reward Come aboard – Subir a bordo Slights – Ofensas (So you take the world I love Tip­toeing – Ir de puntillas as a recompense for your imagined slights?) Strut – Walking proudly, like you own the Slaughter – Kill world Droves – Bandadas Bugging – Fastidiar 7 Jab – Cuando dices algo para fastidiar a I got red in my ledger I'd like to wipe it alguien (Loky’s jab at Fury about the Cube.) out – Tener una deuda marcada en tu libro Decryption programme – Programa de de contabilidad que te gustaría saldar desencriptación Dripping – Goteando Break into – Enter to steal Gushing – Saliendo a borbotones, a chorros Wind up – Make someone angry so he Split – Cut in half won’t be concentrated Mewling – The cry of a baby cat Spangly outfit – Traje llamativo, Unleash – Soltar, desatar normalmente se refiere a uno con lentejuelas No muss, no fuss – An idiom which means Funky – Bad “without any type of problems” Have the jump on us – Have the advantage, Bat my eyelashes at you – To flirt with you Be ahead of us Twitchy – Nervous Acme dynamite kit – A reference to Will E. Grudge – Rencor Coyote and his Acme products Levelled – Completely destroyed Cluster of shrapnel – Un conjunto de Outgunned – That the enemy has more metralla weapons Dread – Temer You forced our hand – To make someone Battling – Batallando, Luchando act to stop your actions Trample – Destroy with their feet, like Nuclear deterrent – Las armas nucleares elephants como fuerza disuasoria, fuerza disuasiva Rage – Fury nuclear Pay the price – Sufrieron las consecuencias Neck­deep – Hasta el cuello (…and your people paid the price.) Mistrust – Desconfianza Youth – Juventud Naïve – Innocent Courted – Cortejar (In my youth, I courted Wisecrack – Joke war.) Haul – Cargo, Contents His mind is far afield – He’s crazy Let off a little steam – Desahogarse Prise from – Separar de (There’s no pain that Back off – Step away, leave something would prise his need from him.) alone Sneak up – Acercarse sigilosamente Take off – Sacarse (una prenda de ropa) Concoct – Invent Worth – Valer Balm – Bálsamo (After whatever tortures Fury Footage – Secuencias de video can concoct, you would appear as a friend, as a Sacrifice play – In football, when a player balm.) attracts the opposing team so another player Vow – Jurar, prometer can score Bargain – Regatear Running – Working Regimes fall every day – Regímenes caen Patch – Fix todos los días; Proverbio que significa que el Drop – Fall poder obtenido a la fuerza, tarde o Coolant system – Sistema de refrigeración temprano, se pierde. Dislodging – Take out, remove Debris – Escombros Relays – Relevo 8 Overload – Sobrecarga Full­tilt diva – A complete diva Shredded – Triturado Plastered – Enyesado Fortress – Fortaleza Appeal to my humanity – Apelar a mi Lack – Falta, carencia de humanidad, suplicar misericordia Rabbited – Salir escopeteado de algún Glow stick – Varitas fosforescentes, escondite, como un conejo normalmente utilizadas en conciertos y Clocking out – Salir del trabajo fiestas Pull all my chips – At a roulette table, when Mightiest – Strongest you bet all your money (I never put all my Get traction – Pillar tracción chips on that number, though.) Anger­management issues – Problemas de Riskier – Más arriesgado control de ira Aim – Puntería Piss off – Really anger Shrunk down – Become smaller Avenge – Vengar Condition – Illness Drive­through – American for take­away Flush him out – Hacerle salir de su food escondite Keep me posted – Mantenme al tanto Level out – Stabilize Barrel – Barril Eye socket – Órbita del ojo Shawarma – An Arab dish He was out of his league – Estaba fuera de Leave of absence – A holiday su alcance Cowering – Encogido por el miedo Fife ­ Flautín Wretches ­ Infeliz Conquer – Conquistar Unruly – Not disciplined, rebellious Therefore ­ So