Superheroes sometimes bring supercringe! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most awkward and embarrassing moments in superhero flicks.
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00:00If you want the shots, I'll take the staff job.
00:03Double the money.
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:06And today, we're counting down our picks
00:08for the most awkward and embarrassing moments
00:11in superhero flicks.
00:13Wouldn't it feel good to have an emotion once in a while, huh?
00:15Emotions?
00:18There ought to be a law against them.
00:21Number 20, some kind of suicide squad.
00:24Suicide squad.
00:26Remember, I'm watching.
00:29I see everything.
00:31The 2016 version of this movie has a lot of unpopular moments.
00:36And one of the most nauseating comes from this scene.
00:39As Deadshot and the rest of Task Force X
00:41are debriefed about objectives, Amanda Waller
00:44lets them know how dangerous being on the team is.
00:46Deadshot then responds with a line
00:48that sounds extremely forced.
00:51So I said, what, we some kind of suicide squad?
00:55Hey, everyone.
00:56Look, they said the name of the movie.
00:58We're watching.
01:00It's like all of those You're the American Psycho memes,
01:03except that this equivalent actually somehow
01:06made it into the final cut.
01:07To no one's surprise, it became a pretty popular target
01:11of internet mockery.
01:12I'll notify your next of kin.
01:16Number 19, Jane's catchphrase, Thor, Love, and Thunder.
01:20They're in the shadow realm.
01:21How do you know?
01:22The atmosphere there has a darkness like no other.
01:25While Jane Foster becomes the mighty Thor
01:27during Love and Thunder, unfortunately,
01:30not all her one-liners are as mighty as she is.
01:32When attempting to get the drop on Gorr the God Butcher,
01:35Jane tests out a catchphrase involving colors and rainbows
01:38that doesn't exactly land.
01:40Well, then, if it's color we need, let's bring the rainbow.
01:45Since Thor and Valkyrie mentioned the catchphrase
01:48is bad, we know the cringe is intentional.
01:50But that doesn't really make it any better.
01:53The MCU's over-reliance on forcing humor into everything
01:56makes this scene and the whole movie arguably
01:59one of fans' least favorites.
02:01Maybe focus less on making purposely bad catchphrases
02:05and more on fighting the guy who kills gods.
02:07Just a suggestion.
02:09Bring the rainbows, that catchphrase or something?
02:11She's only been a Thor for a minute.
02:13Number 18, Peter gets ordered to take off his clothes.
02:16Spider-Man, Far From Home.
02:18Take off your clothes.
02:19OK.
02:21At some point in this movie, a SHIELD agent
02:24called the Seamstress convenes with Peter in Europe
02:26to deliver a special stealth suit for him to use.
02:29When she hands it over, she orders
02:31him to put it on while she's still
02:33in the room watching him.
02:34Was this incredibly inappropriate scene
02:37really necessary?
02:38It's played for laughs, but there's seriously
02:40nothing to laugh about here.
02:42Now, hurry up.
02:44Weird.
02:46This is a grown woman telling a teenager
02:48to do something they're definitely
02:50not comfortable with.
02:51It's not just cringe-inducing.
02:53It makes us feel like we're about to witness a felony.
02:56Uh, sorry, uh, I thought this was the bathroom.
02:59This is not what it looks like.
03:01Number 17, Steve kisses Sharon.
03:03Captain America, Civil War.
03:06They're gonna come looking for you.
03:08I know.
03:12Thank you, Sharon.
03:13The relationship between Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter
03:15was a romance tragically lost to time.
03:18We expect that Steve would eventually
03:19move on from his World War II era love,
03:22and he kind of did move on.
03:24But making out with Peggy's niece, Sharon Carter?
03:27Given that he had a thing for her great-aunt,
03:30the dynamic is a bit creepy, and it
03:33doesn't help that they kiss shortly
03:35after Peggy's funeral.
03:36If you ask us, that's kind of Russian things.
03:39Though Steve and Sharon's romance
03:40is technically canon in the comics,
03:42you can't deny that this is an odd pairing.
03:45You know, he kind of tried to kill me.
03:48Sorry.
03:49I'll put it on the list.
03:50Number 16, putting a baby into a microwave.
03:54The Flash.
03:55You hear that?
03:56That's my stomach.
04:00If you think this sounds completely bonkers, trust us.
04:04It is.
04:05In this scene, the Flash tries saving several newborns
04:08from falling to their deaths following the collapse
04:10of a Gotham City hospital.
04:12The final Destination X catastrophe
04:14could have gone terribly, but Flash
04:16manages to rescue everyone, including
04:19by sticking one of the babies into a microwave.
04:27Sure, it's a neat scene that shows off
04:29Flash's inventive problem-solving skills,
04:32but he also puts a baby into a microwave.
04:35They could have easily written another less controversial way
04:38to save the infant, so it's incredibly bizarre
04:41that this is what they went with.
04:50Number 15, boxing the blob.
04:52X-Men Origins Wolverine.
04:55There's plenty to cringe over with this movie,
04:57but this scene in particular is worth highlighting.
05:01Did you just call me blob?
05:05When trying to get information from Fred Dukes
05:08on where Victor Creed is, Logan calls
05:10the abnormally large mutant Bub.
05:12Though it's a common name Logan gives people,
05:15Fred thinks he's calling him Blob and rages out.
05:18Logan trying to box Kevin Durant in a fat suit
05:21for roughly two minutes is sort of entertaining,
05:24but it's not really what we were expecting
05:26in a Wolverine origin story.
05:27It ain't him I'm worried about getting out of here
05:29on a stretcher, you hear that?
05:31Come on, Logan.
05:32Did we also mention that Will.i.am from the Black Eyed
05:35Peas is coaching them through the fight?
05:37This whole thing feels like a fever dream.
05:40Where's Victor?
05:41Number 14, they executed her Aquaman.
05:46Your mother loved you more than anything in the world,
05:49but she had to return to Atlantis to keep you safe.
05:52When a teenage Arthur Curry learns
05:54that his mother is thought to be dead,
05:56he takes the news pretty hard.
05:58Well, we know that's what actor Kakoa
06:00Kakumano was probably going for.
06:02Unfortunately, his acting during this brief scene
06:05is infamous for its terrible line delivery
06:08and comical facial expressions.
06:11Are you saying they executed her?
06:12What could have been an emotional moment
06:14instead became something that would have felt at home
06:17in some of the worst CW shows?
06:19Not even a veteran like William Dafoe could carry this scene.
06:23We know we shouldn't be laughing,
06:25but the way this turned out, it's hard not to.
06:29Because she had me?
06:40Number 13, Milo's dance sequence, Morbius.
06:45We, too, have been known to break into a dance number
06:48while getting ready for a night out on the town.
06:51Okay, not really.
06:52This weirdly choreographed scene
06:54and brief moments from Milo Morbern out
06:56are incredibly strange.
06:58But if that weren't enough, the song they went with
07:00just added an extra layer of complete absurdity.
07:03Hearing inspired lyrics like half-sex play over
07:06and over as Milo gyrates around in his new vampire body
07:10is definitely a reference to the 80s.
07:13This is definitely something.
07:23Not surprisingly, this scene got incredibly memed on.
07:27We have to imagine Matt Smith regretted his decision
07:30to star in this.
07:35Number 12, It's Fantastic, Fantastic Four.
07:39This massive flop was anything but fantastic.
07:43At the end of the film, Reed decides
07:45they need an official team name.
07:47While brainstorming some terrible ideas,
07:50he and The Thing reflect on everything
07:52that's happened in their journey,
07:53and The Thing gives an eye-rolling response.
07:56If this doesn't feel like a shoehorned moment,
07:58then we don't know what does.
08:00Gotta say, it's fantastic.
08:06Putting it lightly, it's a pretty lackluster way
08:08for Marvel's first family to earn their iconic name.
08:11The only thing fantastic about this scene
08:13is the fact that it's become a punching bag for the internet.
08:17It's fantastic.
08:20Yes, it is.
08:21Number 11, Kal-El No, Justice League.
08:25Please don't make me do this.
08:28After resurrecting Superman, our heroes
08:30learn that bringing him back from the dead
08:32doesn't come without side effects.
08:34As tensions between the disoriented Man of Steel
08:37and the fledging Justice League flare up,
08:39Wonder Woman warns him against fighting.
08:41But Gal Gadot's awful line delivery
08:44makes this scene one to remember for all the wrong reasons.
08:48Kal-El No.
08:51Yes, it's an incredibly short moment,
08:53but it's so bad that it can't pass unnoticed.
08:56What makes it more unintentionally hilarious
08:59is that this version of Wonder Woman and Superman
09:01barely ever interacted one-on-one.
09:03So calling him by his Kryptonian birth name
09:06probably wouldn't have done much anyway.
09:08It may only be one line, but it's one we all wish to forget.
09:13He's back.
09:16Number 10, Nick Cage Loses It.
09:19Ghost Rider, Spirit of Vengeance.
09:21John.
09:24You killed Kerrigan.
09:26It's a film about a pyrotechnic skeleton that
09:28rides around on a motorcycle.
09:30And yet, Nicolas Cage still finds a way
09:32to be the weirdest thing in it.
09:34In this particular scene, Cage's Johnny Blaze
09:37pins a guy up against a wall and tries to make him talk.
09:40You're a bad man.
09:42And this thing, the rider, he feeds on them and he's hungry.
09:46What follows is one of the most over-the-top performances
09:49in the history of Nick Cage overacting,
09:51which is saying something, as he struggles
09:53to contain his mad shaking and the sheer volume of his voice.
09:57For some, it's Cage at his absolute best.
10:00But for the rest of us, it's the standout scene in one
10:03of Marvel's most embarrassing movies.
10:05Scraping at the door.
10:08Scraping at the door.
10:10Number 9, The Seduction Scene, Howard the Duck.
10:13I've got to get back to my own kind.
10:16Although.
10:19You can't think of the Howard the Duck movie
10:21without physically cringing.
10:22And this scene, which features Leah Thompson actually
10:25coming on to Howard, is one of the biggest reasons why.
10:29When Howard reciprocates the gesture
10:31as the pair gets under the covers to watch David Letterman,
10:34Thompson's character seems confused,
10:36despite the fact that she tempted him
10:38into the bed in the first place.
10:40It's a scene made up of cheesy performances,
10:42embarrassing dialogue, and strange character choices.
10:45Let's just face it.
10:47It's fate.
10:48No, it's not.
10:51I've got a headache.
10:52And I got the asthma.
10:54And it tries to be way too serious for a film
10:57about a talking, cigar-smoking duck.
10:59This relationship, it defies all the laws of nature.
11:03No, it doesn't.
11:04Number eight, The Bar Scene, Suicide Squad.
11:07Casey, it's the end of the world.
11:09Have a drink with us.
11:11Ironically, The Bar Scene was one of the highlights
11:13in the previews for Suicide Squad,
11:15which got us all excited for this DC flick.
11:18Unfortunately, the film's theatrical release
11:20botched some of the best moments in the trailers.
11:23The theatrical version notably cuts out
11:25Harley Quinn taking drink orders from the rest of the crew,
11:28including her suggestion of El Diablo's water order
11:31as a good idea, honey.
11:33Instead, we're forced to sit through
11:34more forced exposition and backstory.
11:37How about you, hot stuff?
11:41Water.
11:42That's a good idea, honey.
11:44This scene not only lacks any fun or imagination,
11:47it also feels like a pointless detour
11:49that comes out of nowhere.
11:51Suicide Squad is often described as a mess,
11:54and this unfocused, not to mention uncomfortable scene
11:57perfectly demonstrates why.
11:59What'd you think was gonna happen, huh?
12:02Number seven, I Am The Law, Judge Dredd.
12:05Holy crud, he's a sitting duck out there.
12:09He knows what he's doing.
12:10Sylvester Stallone delivers Judge Dredd's catchphrase
12:13multiple times throughout this movie,
12:15and each time it's met with a chorus of disapproving sighs
12:18from fans of the Dredd comic books.
12:20However, his first I Am The Law speech
12:23is by far the most cringe-inducing.
12:25I am the law.
12:29Stallone steps off his motorcycle during a siege
12:32and yells the famous quote completely inaudibly
12:35and without context.
12:36In fact, he seems to stop to draw breath
12:39in the middle of every sentence,
12:40and what's supposed to be an impressive speech
12:42instead has you leaning closer to the screen
12:45in a struggle to make out the words.
12:48These bloods are under arrest.
12:55Let me take my own life.
12:58Number six, The Martha Fiasco,
13:00Batman v. Superman, Dawn of Justice.
13:03You were never a god.
13:07Batman v. Superman pulled off a disappointing performance
13:09both critically and financially,
13:11but its most embarrassing moment
13:13comes at the end of the titular fight
13:15when the Dark Knight stands over the defeated Man of Steel
13:18holding a kryptonite spear.
13:19Despite his earlier attempts to reason with him,
13:22Superman's desperate cry of save Martha
13:24is what causes Batman to lower the spear.
13:27Find him.
13:31Save Martha.
13:40So let's get this straight.
13:41After nearly killing each other,
13:43these two rivals immediately become best buds
13:46simply because their mothers share the same name?
13:49It only took two movies for the DC Extended Universe
13:51to jump the shark.
13:53It's his mother's name.
13:58Number five, Throwing the S, Superman II.
14:01So morbid.
14:04A sentimental replica of a planet long since vanished.
14:07This is considered one of the best Superman movies
14:10as Clark's battle with General Zod
14:12leads to a dramatic showdown in the Fortress of Solitude.
14:15I expect better manners from my guests, Zod.
14:20The buildup to the fight has you on a knife edge,
14:23but the movie immediately takes you out of it
14:25as Superman draws a sheet of plastic
14:27from the emblem on his chest.
14:29As if that weren't cringe-worthy enough already,
14:32he then proceeds to throw it over
14:33one of Zod's charging minions,
14:35enveloping him in plastic
14:37and leaving him almost as stunned as we are.
14:39We're pretty sure that specific move
14:41didn't come from the comics.
14:43At least we hope it didn't.
14:46Freeze!
14:48Number four, the playground scene, Daredevil.
14:51I don't like being followed.
14:54So do I.
14:56Daredevil and Elektra's playground sparring match
14:58is wrong on so many levels.
15:01The choreography is cheesy before the fight even starts,
15:04as the pair throws their jacket aside
15:06at exactly the same time.
15:08Oh, brother.
15:09Matt then performs a throw-and-catch maneuver with his cane
15:12that even a man with perfect vision could never pull off.
15:15Speaking of which,
15:17why doesn't anyone care
15:18that this woman is fighting a blind man?
15:21You're holding back.
15:22Yes.
15:23Don't.
15:25A bunch of kids even cheer on the fight
15:27as Matt gets knocked down.
15:29Instead of cheering,
15:30they should be laughing at the obvious wire work
15:32and the slowed-down seesaw choreography.
15:35My name's Elektra Natchez.
15:39Thanks.
15:40That's all I wanted to know.
15:41Number three, the Bat credit card, Batman and Robin.
15:45I'd bet $50,000 for Poison Ivy.
15:48We'll give this movie credit where credit is due.
15:51It is remarkable how many things had got so wrong
15:54in this one brief scene.
15:56The fact that Batman and his sidekick
15:58are locked in a bidding war for Poison Ivy's affection
16:01is already twisted,
16:02as is the idea that George Clooney's Dark Knight
16:05bids as high as $7 million.
16:07What really puts the icing on the cringe cake, however,
16:10is when Batman pulls a Bat credit card
16:12from his utility belt,
16:13accompanied by a classic touching.
16:15Seven million.
16:17Oh!
16:19This scene alone nearly killed the Batman franchise,
16:22not to mention the superhero genre in general.
16:24You two boys aren't gonna start fighting
16:26over little old me now, are you?
16:28Number two, emo Peter Parker, Spider-Man 3.
16:32You got any more nuts?
16:34I have some nuts.
16:35I could make some.
16:36Go make me some.
16:37It clearly wasn't enough
16:39that Sam Raimi's third Spider-Man movie
16:41was already cluttered with too many villains.
16:43The director just had to add in
16:45a couple of unwatchable dance sequences for good measure.
16:48You'd think being possessed by a symbiote
16:50might turn Peter Parker evil.
16:52Instead, he turns into a below-average dancer
16:55strutting through the streets of Manhattan
16:56without a care in the world.
16:58The last straw is the infamous jazz club scene,
17:01where the new and definitely not-improved Peter
17:03shows off his moves to Gwen Stacy.
17:05And we're pretty sure even she was cringing on the inside.
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17:28Number one, the basketball scene, Catwoman.
17:31One on one?
17:33Who?
17:34Me and her?
17:35Yeah, you and her.
17:36One on one?
17:37Who?
17:38Me and her?
17:39Holly Berry's attempt at Catwoman
17:41is the ultimate cringe fest.
17:43It's hard to forget the horrible CGI
17:45of the bank robbery scene,
17:46but then you remember the basketball scene
17:48that happens in this movie
17:49and everything else seems like small potatoes.
17:52If you stretch your mind hard enough,
17:54you can see the logic behind the scene.
17:57It's a real-life situation
17:58that shows off Catwoman's powers.
18:00But the thing is, you don't see any powers.
18:04As the claustrophobic close-ups
18:05and Holly Berry's forced grin take center stage.
18:08Add in Mystique's scandalous
18:10and you've got an overly sexualized scene
18:12that doesn't belong in any movie,
18:14let alone a superhero flick.
18:16You don't seem so fun to fish into me.
18:19Is there an incredibly cringey scene
18:21from a superhero movie that we missed?
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