# Avengers Infinity War Avengers: Infinity War is the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film whose ending, in which Thanos snaps away half of all life in the universe with the Infinity Gauntlet, set off a wave of internet memes. The best-known formats include the 'Did Thanos Kill Me?' website, 'I don't feel so good' Spider-Man dust-death jokes, and running gags about which characters got dusted. ## Overview "Avengers: Infinity War" is the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the third Avengers picture, opening in the United States on April 27th, 2018[7]. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, it puts the Avengers alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and Black Panther in a fight against the villain Thanos, played by Josh Brolin[5]. The film's cliffhanger ending, in which Thanos gathers the six Infinity Stones and wipes out half of all life in the universe with a finger snap, drove most of its meme output. The writing team included Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, with story credits going back to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby[9]. Rotten Tomatoes critics wrote that the movie "ably juggles a dizzying array of MCU heroes in the fight against their gravest threat yet," calling it a thrilling and emotionally weighty blockbuster[8]. The scale of the cast and the shock ending gave meme makers a huge library of quotable lines, character deaths, and reaction shots to remix. ## How It Spread Once the film opened, the ending set off a chain of internet reactions. Within days, developers launched "Did Thanos Kill Me?" at didthanoskill.me, a bare-bones site that randomly tells visitors whether they were one of the unlucky half wiped out by the snap[4]. CBR followed with its own coverage, pointing out that refreshing the page would not change the verdict, and staff writers at both outlets reported which of their colleagues had been dusted[5]. Screenshots of the site ran through Twitter and Reddit for weeks, with users sharing their fates alongside personal captions. Spider-Man's death scene, in which Tom Holland's character crumbles to ash while telling Tony Stark "I don't feel so good, Mr. Stark," turned into one of the most remixed lines from the movie, reused as a template for anything from failing exams to dying Wi-Fi[5]. Reaction posts about which heroes survived became their own sub-genre, and fandom accounts kept score of the dusted cast list. In August 2018, actor Daley Pearson, who plays Thor's mockumentary roommate Darryl, posted a video announcing that Darryl had survived the snap and was working weekends to cover for co-workers who did not, extending the joke into the film's spinoff shorts[6]. Two other stories kept the meme cycle going. Digital Spy reported that Indonesia's Film Censorship Institute had cut seven minutes from the movie, though Disney later denied the cut and said the film would screen uncut in the country, and the back-and-forth added its own layer of jokes about what those seven minutes could have possibly contained[7]. The home release on July 31st, 2018 (digital) and August 14th (Blu-ray) then kicked off a second meme wave, since higher-resolution stills and clips let creators remake earlier jokes with cleaner source material[3]. Urban Dictionary entries from 2018 defined the film as a giant cliffhanger that people had already spoiled themselves on through YouTube clips[10]. ## How to Use Most Infinity War meme formats build on a few reusable beats. The snap format pairs an image of Thanos raising his gauntleted hand with a caption naming the thing being wiped out, whether it's a personal savings account, a homework folder, or an entire sports roster. The "I don't feel so good, Mr. Stark" template overlays Peter Parker's dying line onto reaction images or short clips, typically used to signal something falling apart in a soft, ash-scattering way[5]. "Did Thanos Kill Me?" screenshots often get shared alongside captions reacting to the site's binary "you were killed" or "you were spared" verdict[4]. Fan variations commonly extend the snap logic outward, asking who from a given fandom, workplace, or friend group would have been dusted. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Avengers Infinity War? It's the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, released in the United States on April 27th, 2018, and the 19th movie in the MCU[7]. ### Where did Avengers Infinity War come from? Marvel Studios officially announced the film on October 28th, 2014 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, originally as the first half of a two-part story[3]. ### What does Avengers Infinity War mean as a meme? The meme use of the film centers on its ending, in which Thanos snaps away half of all life in the universe, and on remixable moments like Spider-Man's dust death[5]. ### How do you use Avengers Infinity War memes? Common formats include the Thanos snap image with a caption naming what got wiped out, "I don't feel so good, Mr. Stark" dust-death overlays, and shared screenshots from the Did Thanos Kill Me? site[4]. ### Is Avengers Infinity War still popular as a meme? The film is a classic MCU meme source, with the snap and Spider-Man dust-death templates still recognized years after release, though the peak of new formats came in 2018 and 2019[6]. ### What is the Did Thanos Kill Me website? It's a simple site at didthanoskill.me that randomly tells you whether you would have survived the Thanos snap, and refreshing the page does not change the verdict[5]. ### Why did Infinity War originally have Part II in its title? Marvel first announced the movie in 2014 as "Avengers: Infinity War Part I" with a Part II sequel, but dropped the Part II label in July 2016 after the directors said the two films were very different stories[1]. ### Who directed Avengers Infinity War? Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo directed the film, following their earlier Marvel work on Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War[2]. ### Did Thor's roommate Darryl survive the snap? Yes, actor Daley Pearson posted a short video in August 2018 confirming that Darryl had survived the snap and was working weekends to cover for co-workers who did not[6]. ### Was Avengers Infinity War censored in any country? Digital Spy reported that Indonesia's Film Censorship Institute had trimmed seven minutes for a PG-13 rating, but Disney denied the cut and said Infinity War would screen uncut in the country[7]. ## References 1. [https://www.theverge.com/2016/7/29/12330184/avengers-infinity-war-no-longer-two-movies-marvel-disney]() 2. [https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/07/avengers-infinity-war-renamed]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/avengers-infinity-war]() 4. [https://io9.gizmodo.com/did-thanos-kill-you-1825749218]() 5. [https://www.cbr.com/infinity-war-did-thanos-kill-me/]() 6. [https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/08/13/avengers-infinity-war-snap-thor-roommate-daryl-survived-marvel/]() 7. [https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a854846/avengers-infinity-war-censored-indonesia-director-joe-russo-shocked/]() 8. [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/avengers_infinity_war]() 9. [https://www.metacritic.com/movie/avengers-infinity-war]() 10. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Avengers%20Infinity%20War]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/avengers-infinity-war Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library