This video discusses the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and ranks the top heroes by their number of appearances throughout the Infinity Saga and its 23 films. The list includes various characters, with some appearing only twice, such as Ronan and Quicksilver, while others have more appearances.
The top characters with the most appearances are:
- Captain America (11 appearances)
- Nick Fury (11 appearances)
- Iron Man (10-11 appearances, with one possible cameo)
Other notable characters and their appearances include:
- Pepper Potts (7 appearances)
- Bucky Barnes (7 appearances)
- War Machine (8 appearances)
- Black Widow (8 appearances)
- Bruce Banner (8 appearances)
- Thor (8 appearances)
- Spider-Man (5-6 appearances)
- Falcon (6 appearances)
- Agent Coulson (5 appearances)
- Loki (5 appearances)
The video concludes by mentioning that the character who has appeared on screen the longest is likely Iron Man, but that is a topic for another time.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) consists of 23 films.
2. The Ancient One appeared in two MCU films: Doctor Strange and Avengers: Infinity War.
3. Ronan appeared in two MCU films: Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel.
4. Quicksilver appeared in two MCU films: Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War.
5. Valkyrie appeared in two MCU films: Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War.
6. Korg appeared in two MCU films: Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Endgame.
7. Thor's companions, Volstagg and Sif, appeared in three MCU films.
8. Thor's friend, Krasnov, appeared in three MCU films.
9. Okoye appeared in three MCU films: Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
10. Mantis appeared in three MCU films: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
11. The Guardians of the Galaxy team (Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot) appeared in four MCU films.
12. Doctor Strange appeared in four MCU films: Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
13. Black Panther appeared in four MCU films: Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
14. Spider-Man appeared in five MCU films: Iron Man 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
15. Agent Coulson appeared in five MCU films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, The Avengers, and Captain Marvel.
16. Jocasta appeared in five MCU films: Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Avengers: Endgame.
17. Falcon appeared in six MCU films: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man.
18. Pepper Potts appeared in seven MCU films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
19. Bucky Barnes appeared in seven MCU films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and two post-credits scenes.
20. War Machine appeared in eight MCU films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
21. Black Widow appeared in eight MCU films: Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Captain Marvel.
22. Bruce Banner appeared in eight MCU films: The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Captain Marvel.
23. Thor appeared in eight MCU films: Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and Doctor Strange.
24. Iron Man appeared in 10-11 MCU films, depending on whether his cameo in Spider-Man: Far From Home is counted.
25. Nick Fury appeared in 11 MCU films: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Captain Marvel.
26. Captain America appeared in 11 MCU films: Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, and three other films with cameo appearances.