16 Superhero Movie Plot Holes That Are Pretty Hard To Ignore

From Redditor u/Ottomanmeth:

In Wonder Woman, Diana can recite Socrates in Ancient Greek, yet she doesn't know what marriage is. This is utter nonsense since Socrates talked about marriage a lot.

From Redditor u/mattreyu:

Not to mention Hera is the goddess of marriage, and at least in other media Wonder Woman mentions her often.

From Redditor u/Juliomorales6969:

So many...MANY times they stated in Ant-Man and the Wasp that in the quantum realm, time doesn't pass, hense aging shouldn't be a thing like time isn't a thing that exists there. They even showed examples of things not aging... So why is the wife old? She should be like...30.

From Redditor u/jaromadair:

In Captain America: Civil War, cut them a little slack... The Sokovia Accord, the whole basis for the Civil War movie and the tension between Iron Man and Captain America, was based on the Avengers being perceived by world governments as reckless and dangerous when it can be easily proven in every instance they've done much more good than harm.

Every incident mentioned in the conference room where innocent people were killed would have been demonstrably much worse if the Avengers weren't there. The council would have nuked New York City, the Hydra helicarriers would have killed millions, Sokovia would have turned into a planet ending meteor, and the Crossbones explosion would have gone off at ground level where there were many more people.

Sure, government leaders are looking for someone to blame for these things, but the Avengers have a pretty impressive record when it comes to lives saved vs. lives lost. Did nobody bring this up during the Accord process?

From Redditor u/boukalele:

In Man of Steel, I can't find anything addressing the fact that Lois ran a background check on Superman after their first encounter, even though there's no indication he would have shared any info about himself with her. She doesn't even say his name, just refers to him as "my rescuer," but somehow knows his identity and work history were falsified? Other articles I found gloss over how she was able to check anything about him and instead talk about WHY he was so secretive.

From Redditor u/axlee:

Seeing its detective task force, no wonder why Gotham is so crime-riddled. In The Dark Knight, about half into the movie, the soon-to-be Commissioner Gordon finally manages to capture The Joker, with the help of Batman.

They bring The Joker back to the police station to find out who he really is. They try everything: fingerprints, DNA, dental, clothing brand... but they never manage to get a clear identity from him. Wait a minute... they went straight for DNA tests, before even cleaning the damn clown make-up the Joker is wearing? If I wanted to find out about a disguised guy's identity, that would be the first obvious step, right?

From Redditor u/Death_Star_:

Main plothole/questions: How come Bane is seemingly the last on his team to find out Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham? Shouldn't he have found out earlier? Shouldn't someone have told him? Surely, this knowledge would be VITAL to Bane's plan working.

Set-up: Batman fights Bane, loses. Bane's men all watch. During this time, Bane announces that Bruce Wayne is Batman, and reaffirms his point by blowing up his corporate house, revealing all sorts of Batman toys.

So, Bane's men know that Bruce Wayne is Batman. Bruce is exiled to The Pit, partially to torture Wayne, and partially to keep the threat Bruce of foiling the plan away from Gotham. But Bruce comes back. And Bane doesn't find out until the night before the bomb's detonation, probably a good 6-8 hours before he was initially captured, unarmed, and unmasked. Bane finds out by the flaming bat insignia, and he skeptically says, "Impossible..." Those precious hours -- during which Bane has no idea Bruce is back -- allowed Bruce to suit up, play arts & crafts with Gotham's bridge, rescue Gordon from the ice, and rescue 2,000 cops. Had Bane learned that an unarmed Bruce Wayne was just detained, I think we all know that there's ZERO chance Bane let's Bruce go suit up.

Talia/Miranda is literally one of the first people to find out that Bruce is back in town. Yet, she doesn't tell Bane. Remember, Talia was the mole who ratted out the Special Forces undercover agents, so that Bane and his men could eliminate the SF threat; why not alert Bane about Bat-freaking-man's return? Not only that, but for sh*ts and giggles, why wouldn't Talia tell Bane? Remember, Bruce killed her father, all of this is personal, and she uses Bane to cripple Batman. But now, an unarmed, street-clothed Bruce Wayne is revealed, and she doesn't tell Bane or anyone?

Arguably, and perhaps obviously, keeping Bane in the dark about Bruce's return is the ENTIRE reason why Bane's and Talia's plan failed.

[Read the full theory here]