# Refuted memes that won't stay dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 4, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuted-memes-that-wont-stay-dead/1020488 "2025-07-04T15:48:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 204
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuted-memes-that-wont-stay-dead/1020488/204 "2025-07-11T00:26:37Z")
One meme that came up in another thread: All MCU movies, or in some versions of the meme all superhero movies, are resolved by a big fight. I refuted it there: > [@Superman (2025)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-2025/1011886/154): > > At least two of them (Dr. Strange and Thor: Ragnarok) involved the heroes resolving the problem by losing a big violent fight. And in Guardians of the Galaxy, they literally won through the Power of Friendship, and that after the attempt at winning through a dance-off didn’t work. And Black Panther has a big fight at the climax, but it’s not what resolves the problem: That comes when T’Challa realizes that the bad guy has a point, and implements (a sane version of) his agenda. And speaking of Black Panther, he’s also the one who made peace between the factions at the end of Captain America: Civil War, where the big punch-up was the problem that needed to be resolved. Sure, they all have big fights in them somewhere: That’s part of the superhero genre. And often, the big fight is, in fact, the resolution of the problem. But it’s certainly not all of them. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/refuted-memes-that-wont-stay-dead/1020488)._