The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had its share of biggest betrayals spread throughout the franchise to the point it might as well plaster the first rule as ‘you can’t trust anyone.’
While some characters believe that doing the right and wrong thing is as easy as black and white, most end up facing a grey area with no right answer in the view.
Now, any form of betrayal is still a betrayal, no matter the circumstance or personal endeavor MCU characters had to face. And unfortunately, the biggest betrayals in the franchise grow large in numbers.
Table of Contents
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Uses the Tesseract For Earth’s Defense
- Iron Man Was Almost Assassinated
- Black Widow Let Captain America and the Winter Soldier Go
- Every Single Loki Death
- It Was Agatha All Along!
- Nebula Brings Thanos To The Avengers
- Mysterio Tricked Peter Parker For the EDITH Glasses
- Ikaris Betrays the Eternals
- Steve Knew the Winter Soldier Killed Tony’s Parents
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S.H.I.E.L.D. Uses the Tesseract For Earth’s Defense
The first Avengers movie was intense for its first entry in uniting Earth’s Greatest Defenders.
Not only were Loki and his Chitauri Army the first-ever battle the heroes had to come up against on this alien mission, but they also ended up catching a glimpse of some of Nick Fury’s behind-the-scenes.
Since the Tesseract is an unknown artifact to Earth and its Earthlings, who’s to say what this Space Stone could be used for, no? But Tony and Bruce were quick to catch up on this little scheme and called Nick Fury out for it.
Iron Man Was Almost Assassinated
Tony Stark barely trusted anyone and Obadiah Stane happened to be one of his only friends he’d bet his money on. Enough to trust him as Stark Industries’ second in command, as he also saw him as a close father figure to him.
Unfortunately, as it turned out, Obadiah had one motive in mind and that was to take over the company. He plotted Tony’s kidnapping and assassination. But who could really beat the genius billionaire at his own game?
Black Widow Let Captain America and the Winter Soldier Go
The Avengers were never meant to split up. As the declared team of being Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, their priorities should be straight up defending their home planet from any conqueror species.
Natasha Romanoff initially sided with Tony Stark on the signing of the Sokovia Accords, but unfortunately, after realizing that Steve was never going to let anything or anyone get in his way to rescue Bucky, she decided to help him, instead.
Every Single Loki Death
As the God of Mischief, Loki made it his glorious purpose to pull a prank on every single living being on the planet, but most specifically, on his own brother, Thor.
Apart from the deaths he orchestrated to let Thor and the others mourn their loss, he had also been known to easily switch sides wherever his goals take him, and this includes accidentally becoming a part of the Time Variance Authority in his titular series.
It Was Agatha All Along!
Agatha had been with Wanda every step of the way throughout the WandaVision show.
Whether as an extra or as the official ‘auntie’ of the family, she was there to look after the Scarlet Witch’s kids and the overarching storyline per sitcom episode, in general.
Eventually, when Agatha has had enough, she unveils her true identity and ends up entrapping Wanda in her own show prison, which is a regrettable move on her part.
Agatha wasn’t aware that the Scarlet Witch’s powers far surpassed hers.
Nebula Brings Thanos To The Avengers
No, no, this isn’t the Nebula who felt safe enough with Tony Stark to play a game in outer space.
This was the Nebula from an alternate timeline who fooled the Avengers into trusting she was the Nebula they were teamed up with.
After traveling to the main MCU timeline, Nebula took this opportunity to lead the Mad Titan Thanos into the future, where he nearly wiped out half of the universe for the second time.
Mysterio Tricked Peter Parker For the EDITH Glasses
This wouldn’t be the first time Peter Parker faced a cunning villain that took advantage of his naive and trusting nature, but it definitely was the worst.
Considering that Mysterio aka Quentin Beck earned the boy’s trust by claiming to be a huge believer of Spider-Man’s heroic work, Parker was stunned to have been brutally and ruthlessly injured during their first fight.
Ikaris Betrays the Eternals
The sole purpose of the Eternals was to protect and preserve Earth until their home planet reached the end of time.
Each of them was sent by the Celestia and had their own mission to accomplish and yet Ikaris decided to stray from that path to pursue his own selfish goal.
Steve Knew the Winter Soldier Killed Tony’s Parents
This was the pinnacle where the Avengers truly lost their way in trusting one another, may it be as friends or as superheroes working together, Steve Rogers had gone too far.
Apart from Captain America’s refusal to comply with the government to sign the Sokovia Accords, Steve kept one of the darkest secrets from Tony Stark — that his childhood friend, Bucky Barnes, was responsible for the death of the Starks.
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