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TheMarvel Cinematic Universeis full of memorable characters , but there are just as many forgettable calciferol - listers and below dramatise out the franchise ’s roster . It ’s no secret that cinematic superhero universe like the MCU succeed or fail based off the forcefulness of their characters , require unique personalities , incredible acting talent , and playfulness powers to stick in the memory of fans . But for every unforgettable carrying out themovies of the MCU provide , there are just as many characters that are impossible to remember .
Many of these characters are civilian support characters that are n’t big name in the comics , though some should have get more attention from the MCU than they have . Others are forgettable villains establish the MCU ’s problem with craft good opponent , go out hordes of underdeveloped villains to pine away in obscurity . It ’s not just the MCU guilty of these choices either , with some Marvel motion picture from the early 2000s being particularly dry with their casting .
10Betty Ross
The Incredible Hulk
Despite being so early on in the MCU ’s winner , The Incredible Hulkhas largely had most of its cast left attend out to dry out by the franchise due to thelegal situation regarding another Hulk solo pic . true , this was n’t a vast exit in most cases , with Liv Tyler ’s Betty Ross being one of the most forgettable romantic interests the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever put forward . The daughter of General Ross , who was actively execute the Hulk , Betty instead sought to console the brute and help Bruce find a fashion to make out him .
Liv Tyler is return to the MCU in Captain America : New World Order , so what has Betty Ross been up to in the 16 years since The Incredible Hulk ?
Tyler ’s playacting does nothing to help the character joystick in the mind , evidenced by the fact that few rooter even observe her absence after Mark Ruffalo was re - cast as The Hulk inThe Avengers . Beyond being a scientist and being in sexual love with Bruce Banner , it ’s grueling to come up with a single affair that could describe the character , make her somewhat one - note . It ’ll be interesting to see what the MCU does to ransom her with her return at long last inCaptain America : Brave New World .
9Dar-Benn
The Marvels
Sadly , even the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s more recent releases still include some villains that are next to inconceivable to recall . Enter Dar - Benn , the scoundrel behind the financial flop superhero movieThe Marvels . A avid Kree warrior who had give the rubric of Accuser , similar to Ronan ofGuardians of the Galaxyfame , Dar - Benn look for revenge on Captain Marvel for what she perceive as get the polite war that tore her home planet apart . Using the quantum band , Dar - Benn attempt to seize resources from inhabited worlds like Earth in society to fix her empire ’s former resplendency .
Everything she does is basically a female re - foot race of Ronan the Accuser , even using the same weighty Kree gavel as her arm .
Dar - Benn is as forgettable and generic as MCU villains come in , with littlei n the way of personality , unparalleled powers , or compelling motivation . Everything she does is essentially a female re - run of Ronan the Accuser , even using the same weighty Kree gavel as her weapon . It ’s safe to say that procurator villains like Dar - Benn contributed to the boxful part failure ofThe Marvels .
8Cypher
X2
For the most part , Fox ’s X - Men universewas fairly good at keeping its cast of mutant lineament memorable , even for those that only made small appearances . That being say , there were confessedly host of nobody characters populate the backgrounds of the film , with the most obscure and unremarkable of them easy being Cypher fromX2 . After being briefly mentioned on Stryker ’s inclination of mutant , Cypher is captured by his bang team during the ravishment on the X - Mansion only to be afterwards rescued .
Cypher had one of the most easily - obscure mutant power ever , permit him to understand and fluently speak any human spoken language . It ’s hard to guess that such a power caused him to be shun or push around so much that he had to upend his life to go live with the X - Men - Cypher could ’ve well just considered himself a particularly talented polyglot . Regardless , it does n’t make for a peculiarly cinematic or impressive mutant ability to be realized in a moving picture , keeping Cypher swallow up deep within the memories of even the most die - hard X - Men moving picture lovers .
7Erik Selvig
Thor
The supporting cast of characters from the first twoThormovies have had a pitiful fourth dimension in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever since , from the ill - fated Warriors Three to Jane Foster ’s gang of human colleagues . But perhaps none of them have been so consistently forgettable as Erik Selvig , the noted astrophysicist whose entire perception of reality is changed when he meets a walking Norse god . The Swedish professor has appeared in three Thor movies and two Avengers movies , yet has hardly managed to make an impingement at all .
Selvig appears just infrequently enough in the MCU that it ’s easy to forget who he is by the clock time he inexplicably come on screen once more to help Thor place some hidden ( or actual ) well of cognition . Of of course , like most thing in the Thor mythos , Thor : The Dark Worldturns Selvig into a caper , having him be arrested for public nudity at Stonehenge while descending into light-headed madness . It ’s hard to find fault anyone for not remembering Erik Selvig in the first stead .
6David Banner
Hulk
Ang Lee’sHulkin 2003 is one of the most largely forgotten Marvel films in the present day and age , and for good rationality . The film boasted a somber , depressing tone of a calamity rather than a fun superhero movie , oculus - wateringly tough former CGI , and some dour performances that mix with the split - screen door editing mimicking mirthful book dialog box like vegetable oil and piddle . For his Hulk scoundrel , Ang Lee settled on none other than Bruce Banner ’s abusive male parent himself , David Banner , who becomes a sort of interpretation of Marvel ’s Absorbing Man .
David Banner was played by the glorious actor Nick Nolte , but it ’s strong not to finger like Lee misused his machiavellian scoundrel .
There was no reasonableness to compound him with a completely unrelated C - list villain , and his final lightning form at the terminal of the picture show is laughably goofy - attend . Somehow , David Banner grapple to be less memorable than the CGI Gamma Dogs that Hulk punch in the groin earlier on in the film , making him one of many difficult thing about re - watch 2003’sHulk .
5Yon-Rogg
Captain Marvel
Sadly , Captain Marvel is 0 for 2 when it comes to suffer a memorable villain to go up against . In her sole solo pic , Carol Danvers uncovers her amnesia , going up against Jude Law ’s Yon - Rogg , a high - rate functionary in the Kree armed forces . Though he first seems to be a snug intimate and ally to Carol Danvers during her time in the Kree Empire ’s Starforce , his hand in manipulating the herculean heroine is soon revealed , unearth his truthful color .
Yon - Rogg is improbably obvious as a twist villain , with Jude Law making no effort at nuance for his lawful nefarious motivations , but bad than that , he ’s simply tiresome . Though Yon - Rogg does have the physical vantage of being a member of the Kree race , he ca n’t hold a standard candle to Captain Marvel in fighting , making him never find threaten . There are many memorable element ofCaptain Marvel , but Yon - Rogg for sure is n’t one of them .
4Crossbones
Captain America: Civil War
Every now and then , the Marvel Cinematic Universe requires a filler villain to pad out a bland action mechanism setpiece betimes on in a picture show before the primary conflict gets going . Brock Rumlow , a.k.a . Crossbones , is one such example of a pocket-sized antagonist , duking it out with Captain America and his team inCaptain America : Civil War . It ’s well-fixed to forget that Brock also actually appears inCaptain America : The Winter Soldieras one of the chief HYDRA broker infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. at the behest of Alexander Pierce .
Though his ultimate self-annihilation bombing did cicatrix The Avengers eternally , Crossbones had all the personality of a besotted paper bag .
By the clock time the MCU brings him back in full costume , it ’s gruelling to remember that Crossbones was actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrator from the very start . His jolly roger - theme armour and pneumatic punching gauntlet are kind of coolheaded , but he gets care quite easily by Captain America , making him just one of many faceless block out hood that the Man out of Time has face down . Though his ultimate suicide bombing did scratch The Avengers forever , Crossbones had all the personality of a pie-eyed paper bag .
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3Baron Von Strucker
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Crossbones is n’t the only HYDRA clod to be given second - fiddle baddie status early on in a major MCU crossing movie , with Baron Wolfgang von Strucker somehow being even more forgettable . A high up - ranking HYDRA leader operating in Europe , Baron von Strucker first appear in a mid - credits scene forCaptain America : The Winter Soldier . His HYDRA cell stole Loki ’s scepter and used it for experiments which finally created Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch .
lean into Captain America ’s pulpy forties aesthetic , Baron von Strucker sports an odd - looking modernistic high-pitched - tech monocle on his denudate head teacher . Other than this , the baddie has essentially zero memorable traits , never get enough screen time to flesh out his motivations or the reason behind his commitment to HYDRA ( something all of the MCU HYDRA villains could ’ve aboveboard used ) . By the time he ’s defeated , it ’s unbelievably hard to even recollect who Baron von Strucker was in the first place .
2Malekith
Thor: The Dark World
One of the most - skim movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ’s filmography , it ’s no wonder that Malekith is such an easily - forgotten baddie . The leader of the Dark Elves , Malekith is as generic of a descent fantasy baddie as they come , wanting to plunge the humans into a vague eternal wickedness for uninteresting reasons . His plan is also nothing to write rest home about , with a boring all - black outfit and chalky - white tegument .
Actor Christopher Eccelston ofDoctor Whofame has made no enigma of hishatred for working in the MCU , describing the lengthy make-up process as irritating and speak down the book forThor : The Dark World . This indifference sure shine through in what small amounts he is able to emote through the makeup , dropping off an unforgivably tiresome performance that makes an already generic villain all the more forgettable . Between Eccelston ’s aversion , the script , and the boring visuals , Malekith ’s name is the punchline to a caper the single time he ’s refer since in Avengers : Endgame .
1Kirigi
Elektra
The Marvel Cinematic Universe can certainly issue forth up with some flavourless and forgettable characters , but it ca n’t hold a taper to some of the most dismally tedious antagonist of bizarre former 2000s Marvel movies likeElektra . Behold Kirigi , perhaps the single most boring and forgettable Marvel villain ever put to projection screen . InElektra , Kirigi is the leader of The Hand ’s kin of mutant warriors , on the face of it responsible for for kill Elektra ’s mother when she was just a untried girl .
Kirigi is a painfully milquetoast ninja baddie with vague super - speed office , look like a scope extra in a Kurosawa movie more so than a major antagonist . Even within the bound of the filmElektra , Kirigi is less memorable than his minions , with other mutants like Tattoo at least induce more interesting powers . With generic powers , no personality to speak of , and an vague goal or backstory , Kirigi might be the undivided most seldom - rememberedMarvelmovie fictional character ever .
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