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What's your favorite Marvel movie? Character? Villain? Moment? Let's rank 'em.

Marvel on the Big Screen

Behind The Scenes

Deleted scenes offer interesting glimpses into what a movie could have looked like and, as such, are usually the most hotly anticipated bonus material&nbsp;of any home release. The films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) are no different. Because of their shared universe structure, what gets left on the cutting room floor may&nbsp;contain fun Easter eggs for Marvel comics fans&nbsp;or hints at where the universe is heading.

In the MCU, material left out of a final&nbsp;cut can include&nbsp;great moments of character development, key contextual details that might help less comics-savvy audiences understand the story better, or just extra gags that add even more laughs in the cinema - something audiences have come to expect from even the darkest Marvel movies.&nbsp;

Deleted Scenes From Marvel Movies We Wish Made The Final Cut

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Best Marvel Movies Deleted Scenes, Ranked By Fans

Hannah Collins

Trek Life

From the unfortunate &quot;Red Shirts&quot; to the revealing unitard of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-trek-female-characters/beardwood-cory" target="_blank">Deanna Troi</a>, Star Trek&#39;s&nbsp;uniforms are arguably the most recognizable outfits in science fiction.&nbsp;They&#39;re an essential element&nbsp;of both Starfleet and the franchise as a whole, and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/star-trek-original-series-facts/tamar-altebarmakian" target="_blank">behind every interesting costume</a> is an even more fascinating backstory.&nbsp;

Throughout the history of&nbsp;Star Trek, the wardrobe department was often asked to&nbsp;boldly go where&nbsp;no wardrobe department had ever gone before. As in the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/store-bought-items-used-as-star-trek-props/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Star Trek&nbsp;props</a> department, innovation was routinely in demand. For example, the skintight catsuit that Seven of Nine wears in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-star-trek-voyager-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Voyager</a>&nbsp;may appear&nbsp;to be a simple, stretchy fabric that Jeri Ryan slid into with ease, but it was actually a complex construction hiding beneath its Borg design features. It was also - like many Starfleet outfits -&nbsp;remarkably unpleasant&nbsp;to wear.

Wardrobe-related discomfort has plagued&nbsp;cast members of multiple Star Trek&nbsp;shows for years.&nbsp;From the bizarre&nbsp;to the painful&nbsp;to the downright gross, here are some Star Trek wardrobe secrets&nbsp;you probably never knew.

Wardrobe Secrets From Behind The Scenes Of 'Star Trek'

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Wardrobe Secrets From Behind The Scenes Of Star Trek

Fringe

Masterminded by J.J. Abrams and producing partners Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-fringe-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Fringe</a>&nbsp;revolves around the FBI&#39;s &quot;Fringe&quot; division.&nbsp;Using &quot;fringe sciences,&quot; the division investigates cases and incidents that can&#39;t be explained by normal scientific&nbsp;reasoning, from psychic powers to parallel universes. Headed up by Director&nbsp;Phillip Broyles, the team consists of the steely&nbsp;Agent Olivia Dunham, who has latent paranormal abilities; the eccentric and open-minded Dr. Walter Bishop; Walter&#39;s rebellious son, Peter Bishop, with whom he has a rocky relationship;&nbsp;and the sweet-natured Agent Astrid Farnsworth, who acts as Walter&#39;s lab assistant and handler.

The team are unofficially&nbsp;watched over by the enigmatic&nbsp;Nina Sharp, the head of an advanced engineering company called Massive Dynamic, which was founded by Walter&#39;s late&nbsp;partner, Dr. William Bell (played by Leonard Nimoy) and also by&nbsp;a group of black-suited&nbsp;bald men known only as &quot;Observers&quot; (akin to Marvel Comics&#39; cosmic Watchers).&nbsp;

Fringe ran&nbsp;for five seasons from 2008 to 2013&nbsp;and&nbsp;grew a small but dedicated fanbase. While the series got off to a <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/its-stellar-3rd-season-fringe-combined-best-both-w-235955" target="_blank">slow start</a> with the&nbsp;monster-of-the-week format of&nbsp;its <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-fringe/reference" target="_blank">first season</a>, later seasons built a compelling&nbsp;overarching storyline around the existence of the Other Side - an alternate universe almost identical to our own, but with some key differences.

The Most Important Episodes Of 'Fringe'

TV Episode

Fan theories and deep thoughts about Disney films, characters, and universes.

Deconstructing Disney

The Little Mermaid (1989)

The Little Mermaid, one of Disney&#39;s most beloved animated treasures,&nbsp;like the majority of the studio&#39;s feature-length cartoons&nbsp;is a rosier retelling of a classic fairy tale. The undersea story sees the rebellious mermaid&nbsp;princess&nbsp;Ariel&nbsp;fall head over fishtail for a&nbsp;royal human, Prince Eric. In her desperation to be part of his world, she makes a bargain with the evil sea witch&nbsp;Ursula, trading her beautiful voice for a pair of legs. Despite being rendered mute - and contending with Ursula&#39;s meddling - Ariel eventually gets her happy ending with Eric, choosing to live the rest of her life on land with him.

Since its release in 1989,&nbsp;The Little Mermaid&nbsp;has been&nbsp;subject to no end of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disney-movie-theories/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">fan speculation</a>, from filling in missing character backstories&nbsp;to connecting the stand-alone movie to others in the Disney&nbsp;canon. Is the ship Ariel explores the one that carried Elsa and Anna&#39;s parents in&nbsp;Frozen? Does Ursula have a tragic hidden past that adds an extra dimension to her villainy? These theorists seem to think so.

'The Little Mermaid' Fan Theories That Just Might Be True

Running in slo-mo at the top action movies, scene, stunts, characters, chases, explosions, etc., ranked.

High Octane Action Thrillers

Action

Who doesn&#39;t love a big <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/completely-unnecessary-explosions/ashley-reign" target="_blank">explosion</a>? From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-action-movies-of-2019/ranker-film" target="_blank">action movies</a> to television dramas, explosions are a staple set-piece. The only thing we love more than seeing stuff get blown to high heaven are&nbsp;characters not giving a damn about it. Usually in these cases, said character is the cause of the explosion, or at least knows it&#39;s about to happen, allowing them to unflinchingly stroll away from the chaos behind them.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHsT41_ir2I" target="_blank">An early example</a> of someone&nbsp;walking away from an explosion&nbsp;on film happens&nbsp;in 1985&#39;s&nbsp;Remo Williams: The Adventures Begins, where Fred Ward&#39;s Remo&nbsp;walks a few paces away from the wreckage of a&nbsp;car before casually lighting a twig with one hand&nbsp;and tossing it behind him to ignite&nbsp;a trail of gas. Satisfied, he turns and continues his exit; unfazed by the resulting KABOOM! behind him. The concept has since been replicated so many times it&#39;s become a recognizable - and gloriously stupid&nbsp;- trope.

The Most Badass Walk-Away-From-Explosion Moments In Film, Ranked

The Best Walking Away From Explosion Moments In Movies, Ranked By Film Fans

Lists about history's greatest TV show, which ran from 2003 to 2006 and then popped up in our lives again in 2013 and again in 2018 and who even knows what can happen next?

It's Arrested Development

Arrested Development

Now, a list about a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together. It&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-arrested-development-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Arrested Development</a>, one of the most revered sitcoms of the 21st century and a frequent mainstay on <a href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-tv-shows-ever/?tv=18/" target="_blank">lists of television&#39;s greatest shows</a>. The offbeat series&nbsp;follows the Bluth family, who made their fortune in real estate, only to lose it all through the dodgy dealings of patriarch George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor).

His&nbsp;incarceration leaves&nbsp;the fate of the company hanging in the balance, paving the way for&nbsp;his son&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;(Jason Bateman)&nbsp;to nobly take the reigns. Michael not only has to turn the company around, he also has to manage the rest of his&nbsp;dysfunctional family: icy mother Lucille&nbsp;(Jessica Waters); sociopathic older brother Gob (Will Arnett); younger, babied brother Buster (Tony Hale);&nbsp;vapid twin sister Lindsay (Portia de&nbsp;Rossi), her hapless husband, Tobias F&uuml;nke (David Cross), and their cynical daughter, Maeby (Alia Shawkat) - who Michael&#39;s son, George Michael (Michael Cera)&nbsp;develops a hopeless crush on. The whole thing is narrated by the voice of executive producer&nbsp;Ron Howard.

Created by Mitchell Hurwitz, the series began airing on FOX in 2003. Though it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2005/mar/12/comedy.television" target="_blank">gathered heaps of praise</a> from critics early on, it failed to thrive on network television. Dwindling ratings in its third season led to its <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2005/11/11/rip_arrested_de/" target="_blank">cancellation</a>, despite<a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2005/10/theres_always_m.html" target="_blank"> impassioned petitions from fans</a> (and the show itself) to keep it on the air. They got their wish&nbsp;in 2013 when&nbsp;Netflix revived the series for a fourth (and eventually fifth) season.

Every episode of&nbsp;Arrested Development&nbsp;is packed with self-referential humor and so many callbacks to previous gags&nbsp;that repeated binging is necessary to spot everything. Some episodes, however, are more essential viewing than&nbsp;others.&nbsp;Annyong!

The Most Important Episodes Of 'Arrested Development'

The Most Important 'Arrested Development' Episodes, According To Fans

30 Rock

Created by and starring&nbsp;Saturday Night Live&nbsp;alum&nbsp;Tiny Fey,&nbsp;30 Rock&nbsp;parodies Fey&#39;s time working on the legendary sketch comedy series. In&nbsp;30 Rock,&nbsp;Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) is the head writer and creator of The Girlie Show, which is&nbsp;overseen by&nbsp;network executive Jack Donaghy&nbsp;(Alec Baldwin).&nbsp;Donaghy&#39;s conservative leanings and constant interference with TGS&nbsp;cause&nbsp;him to butt&nbsp;heads with Liz early on, though the two soon form an unlikely but close&nbsp;bond as mentor and mentee.

30 Rock&nbsp;developed&nbsp;a&nbsp;fanatic following and has been hailed as one of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/funniest-tv-shows-ever" target="_blank">funniest TV shows ever</a>.&nbsp;The Emmy award-winning show may be one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-sitcoms-in-television-history" target="_blank">greatest sitcoms in history</a>, and it&nbsp;ran for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-season-of-30-rock/reference" target="_blank">seven seasons</a> between 2006 and 2013. But what are the most&nbsp;important episodes of 30 Rock?&nbsp; Once you&#39;re done binging, check out these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-30-rock/watchworthy" target="_blank">other&nbsp;funny shows like&nbsp;30 Rock</a>.

The Most Important Episodes Of '30 Rock'

The Most Important '30 Rock' Episodes, According To Fans

Animated

Gendered clothing is an age-old concept, but thanks to the global phenomenon of&nbsp;RuPaul&#39;s Drag Race -&nbsp;and an overall increase in LGBTQ cultural visibility&nbsp;-&nbsp;the notion of subverting those clothing norms has&nbsp;rapidly expanded within the mainstream like never before.&nbsp;Impersonating another gender&nbsp;is a <a href="http://time.com/5188791/rupauls-drag-race-history/" target="_blank">key&nbsp;cornerstone of queer culture</a>&nbsp;- drag is not only a high art form&nbsp;but is also a valuable tool for dismantling&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/third-genders-around-the-world/rachel-souerbry" target="_blank">gender binary</a>.&nbsp;Outside&nbsp;of these circles, however, drag and gender-bending&nbsp;attire have never been taken particularly&nbsp;seriously.

From Some Like It Hot to&nbsp;Tootsie to&nbsp;She&#39;s the Man, gender-bending is a frequent trope in romantic comedies because it often harvests an easy laugh from those unfamiliar with the practice. Similarly, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/gay-cartoon-characters/hannah-collins" target="_blank">cartoons</a>&nbsp;and children&#39;s entertainment have done the same for decades. From&nbsp;The Simpsons&nbsp;to&nbsp;SpongeBob SquarePants, there&#39;s a very high chance that many of your favorite childhood characters have dressed outside the typical gender norms at least once, and for a lot of LGBTQ kids, this slim glimmer of representation may have been a formative experience.

15 Cartoon Characters From Your Childhood Who Were Drag And Gender-Bending Icons

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15 Cartoon Characters Who Were Drag And Gender-Bending Icons

Fun facts and wild true stories from behind the scenes of some of history's most beloved and infamous movies.

Movies in the Making

The Neverending Story

Michael Ende&#39;s beloved children&#39;s book,&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-things-in-the-neverending-story/lyra-radford?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">The NeverEnding Story</a>,&nbsp;was made into an equally beloved movie in 1984. Though Ende himself was one of its biggest critics, the adaptation&nbsp;was a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/what-movies-can-you-watch-over-and-over-again--v1" target="_blank">global box office smash</a>, featuring imagery and ideas that both enthralled and terrified an entire generation of young cinema-goers.&nbsp;

The story centers around a young&nbsp;misfit, Bastian, who takes refuge from his school troubles - and&nbsp;the trauma of losing his mother -&nbsp;in a world of fantasy,&nbsp;more specifically&nbsp;the world of Fantasia from the book The NeverEnding Story. The tale into which he is drawn follows&nbsp;a young hero named&nbsp;Atreyu, who embarks on a dangerous quest to save Fantasia from&nbsp;a mysterious entity known as &quot;The Nothing.&quot; As the story and film progress, Bastian begins to realize that he may have an actual role to play in the fate of this fictional world.

Unlike&nbsp;the flight of the magical luck&nbsp;dragon,&nbsp;Falkor, production on the blockbuster&nbsp;was far from smooth, as these personal stories from those involved will reveal.

Behind-The-Scenes Stories From ‘The NeverEnding Story’ Are As Fantastic As The Film Itself

'The Neverending Story' Behind-The-Scenes Stories Are As Great As The Movie 

Billionaire philanthropist playboy by day. Dark knight by night. Honoring his parents by cleaning up Gotham 24/7/365.

All Things The Batman

The Man of Steel, The Man of Tomorrow, Krypton's Last Son, Clark Kent, Kal-El... Whatever you call him, he's best known as Superman. Here are some lists about him.

A Bird, A Plane

Batman Universe

If the only available insight into <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/batman-vs-superman-fights/ranker-comics?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Batman and Superman</a>&#39;s relationship comes from&nbsp;Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, they probably seem like little more than two body-building&nbsp;orphans. In reality, decades&nbsp;of comic book history have&nbsp;shaped their tumultuous and - some say - subtextually sexual relationship. Though this relationship is&nbsp;easy to miss if you&#39;re not looking for it, many claim Batman and Superman&#39;s attraction has been palpable from the moment they first locked eyes in 1952.

Though the two heroes&nbsp;were best friends throughout the&nbsp;World&#39;s Finest&nbsp;run of the Golden and Silver Ages, their relationship became&nbsp;strained in the &#39;80s as superhero comics&nbsp;embraced increasingly&nbsp;darker themes. Mutual admiration and respect between the two Justice League founders became interwoven with distrust and ethical&nbsp;disagreements:&nbsp;Superman upholds the law to the letter, while Batman upholds justice itself. Bruce feels forced to set his own rules in a cruel, unfeeling&nbsp;world, while&nbsp;Kal-El&nbsp;feels indebted to a planet that has adopted and embraced him.

Batman is the darkness&nbsp;to Superman&#39;s light -&nbsp;two sides of the same coin. Those who perceive the on-page (and onscreen)&nbsp;tension between them claim&nbsp;they&#39;d have a lot less to fight about if they&#39;d just give in to their desires.

Inside The Psychosexual Relationship Between Superman And Batman

Superman And Batman's Psychosexual Relationship

Lists about Parks and Recreation, NBC's hit comedy series about perky mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope and her zany, lovable co-workers, which ran from 2009 to 2015.

The Parks Department of Pawnee

Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation&nbsp;ran for seven seasons between 2009 and 2015, amassing a passionate fanbase, heaps of critical praise, and a Golden Globe for star Amy Poehler. Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur - of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-parks-and-rec-is-better-than-the-office/collin-flatt" target="_blank">The Office</a>,&nbsp;The Good Place,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Brooklyn Nine-Nine&nbsp;fame - the political satire mainly takes place in the parks and recreation department of&nbsp;the fictional town of&nbsp;Pawnee, IN. Heading up the department is Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), a government-hating, bacon-loving man&#39;s man and&nbsp;his deputy director Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler), a government-loving&nbsp;waffle enthusiast. The show follows Leslie&#39;s&nbsp;climb up the political&nbsp;ladder, finding humor in her tireless efforts to excite her apathetic colleagues&nbsp;and&nbsp;champion the rights of an ungrateful public.

Joining them are Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari), a wannabe business mogul;&nbsp;deadpan intern&nbsp;April Ludgate (Aubrey&nbsp;Plaza);&nbsp;Leslie&#39;s best friend&nbsp;Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones); sweet but simple Andy Dwyer (Chris Pratt); Donna Meagle (Retta); and Jerry/Larry/Terry/Gerry Gergich (Jim O&#39;Heir). Later seasons of the show feature&nbsp;the health-obsessed Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) and nerdy accountant&nbsp;Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott), who&nbsp;serve as&nbsp;long-term love interests for Ann and Leslie, respectively.

Parks and Recreation also features&nbsp;plenty of wacky townsfolk, from sleazy fragrance mogul&nbsp;Dennis Feinstein, to Tom&#39;s irritating best friend&nbsp;Jean-Ralphio Saperstein, to&nbsp;talk show host and cougar Joan Callamezzo. The show is now considered a beloved <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-seasons-of-parks-and-recreation/ranker-tv" target="_blank">sitcom classic</a>&nbsp;for good reason.&nbsp;Below are the&nbsp;most important <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-parks-and-recreation-episodes/reference" target="_blank">episodes of&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-parks-and-recreation-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Parks and Recreation</a>.

The Most Important Episodes Of 'Parks And Recreation'

The Most Important Parks and Recreation Episodes, According to Fans

Family Entertainment

The Wizard of Oz&nbsp;remains one of Hollywood&#39;s most enduring classics&nbsp;thanks to its charming performances, memorable musical numbers, and (at the time of release)&nbsp;state-of-the-art use of&nbsp;Technicolor. Based on Frank L. Baum&#39;s novels, the modern fairytale sees frustrated Kansas girl&nbsp;Dorothy Gale - and her &quot;little dog&quot; Toto - whisked away to the wonderful world of Oz, where she accidentally crushes a witch and tries to find her way back home with the help of some fantastical&nbsp;strangers: the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion -&nbsp;plus&nbsp;a pair of magical ruby slippers.

In 1939, the film rocketed&nbsp;Judy Garland&nbsp;to superstardom, and Dorothy&#39;s part has since been reinterpreted over and over again through the decades, from Diana Ross in&nbsp;The Wiz&nbsp;to Adria Arjona in&nbsp;Emerald City. While there have been many prequels, reimaginings, and even that creepy sequel,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/why-return-to-oz-disney-movie-traumatized-kids/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Return To Oz</a>, the original has yet to be put through the endless series of grinding cogs that collectively comprise&nbsp;2010s reboot culture. So,&nbsp;if a straight remake of&nbsp;The Wizard of Oz was made now, which modern-day actors would&nbsp;best fit each main part?&nbsp;

Who Would Star In A Remake Of 'The Wizard Of Oz' Today?

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Actors Who Should Be In A 'Wizard Of Oz' Remake

Lists about the Marvel's Norse god of Thunder, Son of Odin, Lord of Asgard.

The Mighty Thor

Thor Franchise

WARNING: Contains spoilers for&nbsp;Avengers: Endgame&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Thor&nbsp;movies.

After the events of&nbsp;Avengers: Endgame, Thor has proven he&#39;s one of the most valuable&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/every-character-from-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked" target="_blank">MCU characters</a> in any state.&nbsp;Thor has endured some of the most notable losses in the MCU, and to watch&nbsp;the Odinson&nbsp;pick up what is left of his pride and his ax and go right for Thanos&#39;s head this time was extremely satisfying for the Asgardian&#39;s&nbsp;fans. Even in Infinity War, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/how-thors-life-got-weird/stephanroget" target="_blank">Thor</a> came the closest to taking out the most powerful threat to the universe&nbsp;single-handedly. And although he made the mistake of driving his ax into Thanos&#39;s chest instead of his head, he still proved he was worthy enough to fight the Mad Titan. The godly Avenger has secretly&nbsp;always been the mightiest - as have, arguably, his solo films.

Thor,&nbsp;Thor: The Dark World,&nbsp;and Thor: Ragnarok&nbsp;are&nbsp;the most underrated Marvel movies.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Iron Man&nbsp;films kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Captain America&nbsp;films had the acclaimed&nbsp;The Winter Soldier and&nbsp;Civil War, and the Guardians of the Galaxy&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ant-Man&nbsp;movies are loved for their lightheartedness. But while&nbsp;Ragnarok&nbsp;is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/27/thor-ragnarok-is-it-really-marvels-best-movie-yet-discuss-with-spoilers" target="_blank">held in high regard</a>,&nbsp;the&nbsp;Thor&nbsp;series as a whole always gets the short end of the stick. If you&#39;ve been sleeping on the trilogy, there are&nbsp;plenty of reasons why you need to wake up to it.

15 Reasons The 'Thor' Movies Are The Best Franchise In The MCU

Thor Movies Franchise Is The Best

Ronan the Accuser

To casual viewers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ronan the Accuser is little more than &quot;that angry blue alien with the powerful mallet.&quot; But Marvel Comics fans know there&#39;s a lot more to the infamous enforcer of Kree law. Ronan&nbsp;has a rich comics history that stretches back to <a href="https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Fantastic_Four_Vol_1_65" target="_blank">the late &#39;60s</a>, and he is named among the best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-avengers-villains/ranker-comics" target="_blank">Avengers villains</a>.&nbsp;He&#39;s one of the most significant members of the Kree, a humanoid, blue-skinned race that originates from the planet&nbsp;Hala. With&nbsp;their fondness for&nbsp;conflict and technological innovation, the Kree are basically Marvel&#39;s&nbsp;<a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpaceRomans" target="_blank">Space Romans</a>.

Ronan is also a member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Ronan_(Earth-616)#Early_Life" target="_blank">Kree Public Accuser Corps</a>, a heavily militarized police force. As the Supreme Accuser, Ronan is effectively the Attorney General of the entire Empire, answering only to the Imperial Minister and the Supreme Intelligence - the bodiless, all-knowing being that governs the Kree. As&nbsp;referenced in&nbsp;Captain Marvel, Ronan is a long-time antagonist of Captain Mar-Vell&nbsp;- Carol Danvers&#39; male precursor in the comics. But his undying devotion to his people has also put him in the crosshairs of the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the&nbsp;Inhumans&#39; Black Bolt, and even the Supreme Intelligence itself, making him one of the most notable <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-marvel-villains" target="_blank">Marvel villains</a>&nbsp;ever written into being.&nbsp;

13 Things From The Comics You Didn't Know About Ronan The Accuser

Ronan The Accuser: His Comic Book Backstory

Howard the Duck

The 1986 Howard the Duck movie is a&nbsp;Marvel Cinematic Universe origin-point that Marvel Studios likely wants to forget. Based on Steve Gerber&#39;s&nbsp;counterculture comic-book icon of the same name, the film not only bears the now-trusted Marvel seal,&nbsp;but also the <a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/movies/article/2018/02/21/howard-duck-film-marvel-too-embarrassed-talk-about" target="_blank">influence of George Lucas</a>, who&nbsp;provided financial and puppeteering assistance.&nbsp;This&nbsp;combination of talents&nbsp;was expected to result in a&nbsp;surefire box-office hit for Universal;&nbsp;instead, it was a box-office flop, commonly <a href="https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/howard-the-duck/264356/howard-the-duck-deserves-another-chance" target="_blank">remembered today</a> as one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-worst-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">worst films ever made</a>.

The story&nbsp;finds Howard abruptly transported from his home planet, Duckworld, to Earth. He falls&nbsp;into the lap of up-and-coming musician Beverly, who tries to help him accept Earth as his new home. Hot on his heels is another alien - a Dark Overlord - who arrives on Earth&nbsp;tasked with facilitating the rest of his&nbsp;invasion force. From there, the film offers human-on-duck romance, terrible special effects, and more inappropriate innuendos than you can shake a tail feather at.&nbsp;

The movie&nbsp;has been pulled apart over and over&nbsp;again - some would say like a roast duck. But for this&nbsp;Howard the Duck theory, let&#39;s examine the critically panned film&nbsp;not for its infamy, but for how it serves as an allegory for cultural assimilation.

'Howard The Duck' Is Really A Metaphor For Cultural Assimilation

The 'Howard The Duck' Movie Is Really A Metaphor For Cultural Assimilation

How well do you know your favorite characters from Marvel Comics? Here's everything you need to know about the heroes and villains from the pages of every group from the Avengers to the X-Men.

Marvels of Marvel

Nick Fury

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Nick Fury - played by a dry-witted Samuel L. Jackson - is best known as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division). He&#39;s also the&nbsp;brain behind the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-dream-avengers-line-up" target="_blank">Avengers Initiative</a>. While his role isn&#39;t too dissimilar in the source material,&nbsp;Nick Fury&#39;s <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-real-comic-book-origin-of-venom/stephanroget?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">comic book origins</a> are long, rich and vastly&nbsp;under-explored in the MCU.

Fury is a war hero, a super spy, and&nbsp;an invaluable confidante for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time" target="_blank">Marvel&#39;s superhero community</a>. He&#39;s survived numerous conflicts&nbsp;between nations, defended the Earth from invading alien armies, and battled supernatural and cosmic beings - all with one eye. Thanks to&nbsp;some fateful encounters before the heyday of costumed fighters, Fury became the glue that binds much of the Marvel Universe together.&nbsp;His expansive role has only continued to grow and evolve.

14 Things You Didn't Know About Nick Fury's Comic Book Backstory

Nick Fury's Comic Book Backstory And How He Lost His Eye

All about Alan Moore's 1987-87 DC Comics limited series, the 2009 film by Zack Snyder, and Damon Lindelof's reimagined adaptation for HBO.

Watching the Watchmen

Watchmen (2009)

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons&#39;s&nbsp;Watchmen&nbsp;can be considered a fairly thorough guide to 20th-century history, using numerous real-world historical events to comment on the messy and ever-changing geopolitical landscape of the era. Most of these events are colored by Moore and Gibbons&#39;s cast of masked vigilantes. They discover their quest for peace, justice,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the American way isn&#39;t easy when your creators are set on building a world that adheres to the chaos of realism as opposed to the fantastical plotlines of your average comic.&nbsp;

Watchmen,&nbsp;considered not only one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-graphic-novels-and-collected-editions" target="_blank">greatest graphic novels</a>, but also one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/npr-and-_39_s-top-100-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books/ranker-books" target="_blank">best&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/npr-and-_39_s-top-100-science-fiction-and-fantasy-books/ranker-books" target="_blank">books</a>&nbsp;of all time, presents a cracked mirror to our reality - one in which superheroes get drafted into the Vietnam conflict and are paid to take down presidents. It&#39;s real history, but not quite as you know it.

Historical Events That Happen In The 'Watchmen' Universe

Historical Events That Happened In The Watchmen Universe

Speed

Speed&nbsp;is your classic boy-meets-girl romance with the added twist of a moving bus rigged to detonate. Not exactly your average first date, but the heady mix of adrenaline and the&nbsp;sizzling on-screen chemistry between stars Keanu&nbsp;Reeves and Sandra Bullock was enough to make the movie a box office smash in the summer of &#39;94. Over two decades after its release, the film is considered to have stood the test of time and may be&nbsp;one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">best&nbsp;movies</a> ever made.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Along with Reeves and Bullock, the movie further&nbsp;cemented&nbsp;Dennis Hopper&#39;s&nbsp;reputation as &quot;<a href="https://ew.com/article/2014/06/10/speed-20th-anniversary-graham-yost/" target="_blank">America&#39;s favorite psychopath</a>&quot; with a chilling turn as the movie&#39;s villain, Howard Payne. This was not always the case, however. A lot changed throughout the movie&#39;s production, including the identity of the lead villain. There were major rewrites to make the film less of a Die Hard knockoff; in the process,&nbsp;actors were replaced or recast,&nbsp;major scenes&nbsp;were written at the last minute, and&nbsp;the most memorable&nbsp;stunt&nbsp;in the film&nbsp;almost ended in tragedy.

The making of&nbsp;Speed&nbsp;went as smoothly as a drive through Los Angeles in a bus that can&#39;t drop below 50 mph.&nbsp;

Behind-The-Scenes Stories From The Making Of 'Speed'

Speed Behind The Scenes Stories That Are Even More Intense Than The Movie

Lists of fascinating, far-fetched, and possibly true fan theories about shows and movies that were made (let's face it) for children. 

Adults Ruin Everything

Looney Tunes

Since 1949, two animated adversaries have been locked in a vicious game. The premise is simple:&nbsp;one is a hungry but hapless predator, the other is his&nbsp;cheeky, fast-moving prey. This simplicity is not only the possible key to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/my-favorite-cartoons-of-all-time" target="_blank">cartoon</a>&#39;s enduring relevance in pop culture -&nbsp;it also leaves plenty of room for some fascinating&nbsp;Wile E. Coyote and&nbsp;Roadrunner&nbsp;fan theories.

These two characters are an integral part of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-looney-tunes-characters/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Looney Tunes</a> and Merrie Melodies universe, along with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, Tweety Bird, and other iconic cartoon characters. In every one of the duo&#39;s episodes, Wile E. Coyote attempts to catch the Roadrunner, often using a variety of ACME inventions and products, which nearly always backfire on him. Wile E.&#39;s failures are traditionally&nbsp;met with a bemused &quot;meep meep&quot; chirp from the Roadrunner before the unfortunate coyote&nbsp;meets a sticky end, usually by falling off a cliff or getting smashed by an anvil. Only once has Wile E. managed to successfully&nbsp;catch the bird, in 1980&#39;s &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup_or_Sonic" target="_blank">Soup or Sonic</a>,&quot; which aired as part of the &quot;Bugs Bunny&#39;s Bustin&#39; Out All Over&quot; special.

Due to the repetitive nature of the series, many fans have hypothesized about Wile E.&#39;s unlucky quest, with some even claiming the cartoon&#39;s snappy timing and apparent lack of permanent consequences are a cover for a much darker - and even hellish - reality. Is the show just a simple exercise in comedic repetition, or is there something more sinister beneath its happy-go-lucky exterior?

Wile E. Coyote And Roadrunner Are In A Neverending Hellcycle And It's Obvious If You Pay Attention

Wile E. Coyote And Roadrunner Are In A Neverending Hellcycle And We Can Prove It

Lists of things to look out for. The developers are winking at you.

Gamer Trivia & Easter Eggs

Button Mash

Video game Easter eggs are almost as old as video games themselves. The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/first-video-game-easter-egg-atari-2600-adventure/melissa-brinks" target="_blank">first one</a>&nbsp;appeared in 1979&#39;s&nbsp;Adventure, an&nbsp;Atari 2600 game,&nbsp;which involved its creator&nbsp;<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071018072813/http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13280" target="_blank">hiding his name</a> in&nbsp;the game&#39;s code. The text had to&nbsp;be unlocked to be viewed by the player, a trick&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/03/easter-eggs-the-hidden-secrets-of-videogames.html" target="_blank">inspired</a> by the hidden lyrics the Beatles had snuck into their records. Since then, Easter eggs quickly became popular not only in video games&nbsp;but among&nbsp;<a href="http://techland.time.com/2011/12/21/google-maps-easter-egg-one-does-not-simply-walk-into-mordor/" target="_blank">lots of other media</a>, too.&nbsp;

These secret tidbits can consist of anything from&nbsp;pop culture references,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mysterious-hidden-levels-in-video-games/melissa-brinks" target="_blank">extra levels</a>, character information, and audio files, to <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-the-cheat-goes-on/" target="_blank">cheat codes</a>, concealed messages, and fourth-wall-breaking <a href="https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Game_Freak#In_the_games" target="_blank">developer&#39;s offices and cameos</a>. Anything that seems amiss or diverts from normal gameplay is probably a deliberate wink and a nod from the programmers directly to the player.

Outside of the horror genre, Easter eggs are usually exciting to discover and fun to experience. However,&nbsp;there are also plenty of times when games that seem perfectly harmless have genuinely scared us by throwing an unexpectedly creepy one our way.&nbsp;

15 Ridiculously Creepy Easter Eggs You're Lucky To Not Find In Video Games

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Creepy Video Game Easter Eggs

Lists that rank everything from Buffy to Firefly and even Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

Across the Whedonverse

Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon is a prolific creator&nbsp;whose writing credits stretch all the way back to 1990&nbsp;when he wrote four episodes of&nbsp;Roseanne. Since then, he&#39;s penned scripts as diverse as&nbsp;Toy Story&nbsp;and&nbsp;Alien: Resurrection, had&nbsp;a successful run on Marvel comics&#39;&nbsp;X-Men&nbsp;and The Runaways,&nbsp;as well as both the 1992&nbsp;Buffy The Vampire Slayer&nbsp;movie and the beloved TV series of the same name. Oh, and he worked on a&nbsp;little side project known as&nbsp;The Avengers.

You&#39;d think such a big body of work encompassing so many different worlds,&nbsp;characters, and mediums would be hard to connect -&nbsp;and&nbsp;you&#39;d be right. But determined fans&nbsp;have found a way to do it anyway. This is largely thanks to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/joss-whedon-easter-eggs/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Easter eggs</a> and repeated motifs&nbsp;in <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-joss-whedon-tv-shows-list/reference" target="_blank">Whedon</a>&#39;s&nbsp;writing&nbsp;- secret organizations&nbsp;manipulating things from the shadows,&nbsp;supernatural apocalypses,&nbsp;sci-fi experimentation gone wrong,&nbsp;and of course&nbsp;a strong female lead to save the day.

Pulling all this together, fans have come up with a proposed timeline&nbsp;that connects&nbsp;Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, The Cabin in the Woods, Firefly,&nbsp;and even&nbsp;Agents of&nbsp;S.H.I.E.L.D.&nbsp;to create <a href="https://www.tor.com/2015/01/21/joss-whedon-shared-universe-theory-potential-slayers/" target="_blank">the&nbsp;Whedonverse&nbsp;theory</a>.

This Insane Joss Whedon Shared Universe Theory Actually Has Legs

The Fairly OddParents

The Fairly OddParents&nbsp;aired on Nickelodeon for over 16 years, amassing a large and loyal fan base. Naturally, this means there are plenty of weird&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-messed-up-moments-on-fairy-oddparents/jacobybancroft" target="_blank">Fairly OddParents</a> fan theories floating around the internet - some more believable than others, and some designed to&nbsp;hit&nbsp;you right in the childhood. Created by Butch Hartman, the show centered around Timmy Turner, a kid with loving but neglectful parents, a terrible babysitter, and an acutely paranoid school teacher. Timmy&#39;s life turns around, however, when he gets&nbsp;fairy godparents in the form of Cosmo and Wanda.

Often disguised as pet&nbsp;goldfish, the goofy married couple&nbsp;stays by Timmy&#39;s side to grant his every wish. However, these wishes rarely work out as expected, either because of Timmy&#39;s lack of forethought or Cosmo and Wanda&#39;s&nbsp;incompetence. The show initially aired until 2006, but it returned in 2008 and carried on until Hartman&#39;s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4faDISwSVo" target="_blank">departure from Nickelodeon</a> in February 2018, suspending production indefinitely. Its success even spawned three live-action TV movie adaptations starring Drake Bell as a 23-year-old Timmy, still accompanied by Cosmo and Wanda in his adult life. Most fans would agree, though, that nothing compares to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/rank-the-best-nickelodeon-cartoon-of-all-time" target="_blank">original cartoon</a>.&nbsp;

According To Da Rules, These Fascinating Theories About 'The Fairly OddParents' Hold Some Salt

'The Fairly OddParents' Fan Theories That Make A Lot Of Sense

2 Chainz

On&nbsp;Viceland&#39;s&nbsp;Most Expensivest,&nbsp;rapper 2 Chainz&nbsp;samples&nbsp;hilarious and outrageously expensive stuff, and if you haven&#39;t been watching the show, you&#39;re missing one of the most underrated docuseries&nbsp;on TV. The show takes <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-respectable-rappers/ranker-hip-hop" target="_blank">2 Chainz</a>, his famous friends, and his adorable&nbsp;French bulldog,&nbsp;Trappy,&nbsp;to some of the most exclusive shops, restaurants, and retailers in the world. These are places that peddle everyday&nbsp;items at ludicrous prices.

Most Expensivest, which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/11/181420/most-expensivest-2-chainz-show-review" target="_blank">started out as a web series</a> on GQ.com (originally titled&nbsp;Most Expensivest Sh*t),&nbsp;then moved to Viceland, is an&nbsp;illuminating yet sort of horrifying insight into how the 1% live and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrity-impulse-buys/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">shop</a>. It&nbsp;features&nbsp;Viceland&#39;s&nbsp;brand of satirical editing boosted by&nbsp;2 Chainz&#39;s&nbsp;discerning eye for the luxurious as well as the absurd.

Does a gold-dusted burger actually taste good? Do Total Dissolved Solids turn water into liquid gold? And how much is too much to spend on your dog&#39;s birthday cake? These are some of the wildest items on 2 Chainz&#39;s Most Expensivest.

Here Are The Most Outrageously Expensive Things 2 Chainz Experiences On His Wild Viceland Show

The 16 Most Expensive Things On 2 Chainz's 'Most Expensivest'

The CW

With networks like HBO, AMC, and Showtime pumping out big hits like&nbsp;Game of Thrones,&nbsp;The Walking Dead,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Homeland, the CW can get lost in the noise. But&nbsp;you shouldn&#39;t discount the channel if you&#39;re an avid TV viewer, as it&#39;s currently home to some of the most creative, socially relevant, and entertaining&nbsp;shows on the air. And, with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-riverdale-actors-have-been-in/alexandra-plesa" target="_blank">Riverdale</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fan-theories-about-the-cw-dc-universe/zack-howe" target="_blank">Arrowverse</a>, it&#39;s also the best place for fans of comic book adaptations.

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/09/business/the-media-business-2-would-be-networks-get-set-for-prime-time.html" target="_blank">Beginning life</a> as the WB and UPN in the mid-&#39;90s, early hits like&nbsp;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&nbsp;Dawson&#39;s Creek, Charmed, 7th Heaven,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Smallville&nbsp;established a&nbsp;two-pronged formula for success: teen dramas and genre TV. Despite the popularity of these cult shows, both channels were waning after their first decade in business. In 2006, they pooled their remaining resources&nbsp;and <a href="https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/cw-wb-network-upn-merger-announcement-10-years-ago-1201687040/" target="_blank">rebranded</a> under one, unified&nbsp;name: the CW.

Its first schedule encompassed leftovers from the WB (Gilmore Girls, Supernatural,&nbsp;Smallville)&nbsp;and UPN (Veronica Mars,&nbsp;Everybody Hates Chris,&nbsp;America&#39;s Next Top Model). Soon, the fledgling network produced original hits&nbsp;like&nbsp;The Vampire Diaries and&nbsp;Gossip Girl, and it&#39;s been steadily building a&nbsp;loyal viewership ever since.

You Didn't Realize It, But The CW Has Been Making Great Shows You Should Be Watching

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Lists exploring the beloved 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The Wizard of Oz&nbsp;remains&nbsp;a cinematic classic decades after its 1939 release, no small feat for a film made during the burgeoning years of Hollywood. As everyone knows, the Wicked Witches of the East and West are evil, while Glinda&nbsp;the &quot;Good Witch&quot; of the North is, well, good. Right? Maybe not, as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/44rxpk/i_have_a_theory_tha" target="_blank">some fans</a> think viewers watch&nbsp;the movie all wrong, and Glinda&nbsp;isn&#39;t as wholesome as she appears. In fact, these&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/hidden-symbols-in-wizard-of-oz/genevieve-carlton" target="_blank">Wizard of Oz</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmeXSt753Rg" target="_blank">fan theories</a> claim she&#39;s secretly the real villain of the story.

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/surprising-moments-in-wizard-of-oz-books/ella-talkin" target="_blank">L. Frank Baum&#39;s book series</a> is a lot darker and more complex than the sugarcoated, Technicolor&nbsp;production <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wizard-of-oz-behind-the-scenes-stories/erin-mccann" target="_blank">Hollywood</a>&nbsp;presents, so the idea that such a two-dimensional character&nbsp;carries a lot more grit and depth underneath the surface makes sense. This is something that&#39;s also&nbsp;been explored more recently in the&nbsp;Oz&nbsp;prequels&nbsp;Wicked, the novel by Gregory Maguire&nbsp;that was&nbsp;adapted into the&nbsp;hit musical of the same name, and the 2013 Disney&nbsp;movie&nbsp;Oz the Great and Powerful. Regardless of how you view them, these Glinda fan theories certainly burst her big, pink bubble.

This Fan Theory Proves Glinda Is Actually The Villain Of 'The Wizard Of Oz'

Wizard Of Oz Theory: Glinda Is Actually A Villain

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After School Special

Total Nerd

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kids-cartoons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">TV shows aimed at younger audiences</a> have a responsibility to keep things light and playful. No one wants their children exposed to subject matter that could warp their tiny, developing minds, which is why so much content is created specifically for kids. However, it seems like the concept of a &quot;happy ending&quot; <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movie-happy-endings-that-are-actually-sad/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">varies from person to person</a>, as there are a shocking number of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/emotional-kid-show-finale-episodes/julian-hoffman" target="_blank">sad kids&#39; show finales</a>.

Instead of leaving their innocent&nbsp;viewers&nbsp;with pleasant, surgar-coated&nbsp;endings, these&nbsp;series&nbsp;chose to wrap with&nbsp;harrowing scenes of violence,&nbsp;character deaths, global catastrophe, and existential dread. While some shows purposefully ended in tragedy, others&nbsp;were&nbsp;victims of cancellation, meaning their utterly <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unhappy-cartoon-endings/cynthia-griffith" target="_blank">hopeless endings</a> were supposed to reach an eventual resolution.&nbsp;

If you remember any of these kids&#39;&nbsp;shows with dark finales,&nbsp;get ready to relive some childhood trauma.

Shockingly Dark Finales Of Kids' Shows

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12 Shockingly Dark Series Finales Of Kids' Shows

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Great Adaptations

Entertainment

This article&nbsp;contains movie and book&nbsp;spoilers.The next time you leave a movie theater having watched&nbsp;an&nbsp;adaptation of a beloved novel or&nbsp;comic book,&nbsp;strain your ears a little and you might just be able to hear the voice&nbsp;of a disgruntled fan muttering, &quot;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/authors-who-hated-movie-adaptations-of-their-books/anncasano" target="_blank">the book was better...</a>&quot;&nbsp;under her&nbsp;breath. And those disgruntled fans are far from wrong. So many children's book movie adaptations leave the darkest, most disturbing material from the source out of the film.&nbsp;Love it or hate it, translating a story from one medium to another is nearly impossible without changing something to make the transition work, whether it's altering characters or plot elements or&nbsp;chopping out entire sections of narrative. This is usually done to improve the pace of a story, focus on the most cinematic (action-based) elements of the story, appease studio directives (i.e. get the rating to justify the budget), or because a creative team wants&nbsp;to make its mark on a&nbsp;story. Whether these changes work or not is subjective, although dark material left out of adaptations often changes to the tone of a story.&nbsp;What about those changes made purely&nbsp;to soften the sharper edges of a story? This happens a lot in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/popular-children_s-books-with-movie-adaptations/walter-graves" target="_blank">children's films</a>, but there are&nbsp;cases of movies for adults omitting or censoring controversial elements from the source material. Sometimes it's to appeal to a wider audience, other times because cinema is a visual medium, which makes things a lot more graphic and disturbing than they are on the page.&nbsp;Here are some of the&nbsp;disturbing details left out of movie adaptations.&nbsp;

Things Movie Adaptations Had To Leave Out Because They Were Too Dark

15 Times Movie Adaptations Left Out Disturbing Scenes

Lists about some of the most shocking and upsetting documentary films & series that you should totally watch anyway. If you're looking for an extremely disturbing documentary film, you'll find it on these lists!

Disturbing Documentaries

Sometimes, the best stories are the ones where nothing goes as planned. The classic twist-ending synonymous with Hollywood thrillers can often be even more shocking when it happens in real life, and that&#39;s precisely what happened in these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-weird-documentaries-on-netflix/molly-gander" target="_blank">weird documentaries</a> that shift directions partway through.

On a quest for one thing, these&nbsp;curious filmmakers&nbsp;unwittingly stumbled into all kinds of bizarre hidden truths,&nbsp;from the dangers of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/most-gullible-mtv-catfish-subjects/zachary-benau" target="_blank">online dating</a>,&nbsp;to celebrity falls from grace,&nbsp;get-rich-quick schemes,&nbsp;and&nbsp;unearthing <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/upsetting-dear-zachary-documentary-moments/randall-colburn" target="_blank">horrific&nbsp;crimes</a>. Here are some of the most&nbsp;abrupt changes in documentaries.

These Documentaries Took A Hard Left Turn And Left Audiences Shocked And Confused

Documentaries That Start Out As One Thing And Mutate Into Completely Different Movies

LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+ representation in animated media&nbsp;gets more and more visible each day. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/gayest-cartoon-characters/eric-diaz" target="_blank">Gay cartoon characters</a>&nbsp;have appeared in Gravity Falls and The Legend of Korra, to name a few. But in the same way art imitates life, potentially closeted cartoon characters also face the scrutiny of being labeled &quot;other&quot; or &quot;different&quot; by the worlds they inhabit. The animated world proves to be just as difficult to navigate as the physical one, and secretly gay cartoon characters must traverse their own unsteady paths as well. When you think about it, though, the cartoon world provides a fantastic place for potentially gay characters to be introduced, as the wonder and adventure of these worlds provide&nbsp;a vibrant, engaging canvas for children to learn about important topics.

The possibly gay cartoon characters below may not even really be hiding it; they might have just never confirmed it either. Some of the younger characters here likely might not even realize it yet. Not all are <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-fictional-gay-role-models/eric-diaz" target="_blank">gay role models</a>, but many do offer viewers the chance to see someone they identify with. And while speculating on a real person&#39;s sexuality is not something you should ever do, guessing about a fictional character&nbsp;may add new facets to characters you thought you knew so well.

Cartoon Characters You Never Realized Are Probably Gay

14 Cartoon Characters You Never Realized Are Actually Gay

List about TV season finales, series finales, cancelations, remakes, revivals, adaptations, and everything else you need to know for tomorrow morning's discussions at the water cooler.

Finale Finality

Some TV shows seem like they&#39;ve been on forever. CSI survives by endlessly spinning off into city in the US, and&nbsp;The Simpsons&nbsp;will probably still be on air long after humans have gone extinct. But, most aren&#39;t&nbsp;lucky enough to survive for anywhere near that long. It&#39;s even worse when they&#39;re canceled <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/abandoned-tv-show-plots/jim-rowley" target="_blank">shows with no resolution</a>. As cruel as it is, there are so many shows canceled on major cliffhangers.

Some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/tv-shows-canceled-before-their-time" target="_blank">TV shows canceled before their time</a> manage to tie things up, more or less. There are also rare examples of shows ending&nbsp;deliberately&nbsp;on a cliffhanger, like&nbsp;The Sopranos. Rare because, you know, it kind of sucks for the fans. But there are far more examples of shows that ended without finishing. The most frustrating TV cliffhangers are agonizing for fans because, no matter how many explanatory interviews the showrunners give, they&#39;ll <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-shocking-season-finale-cliffhangers/julian-hoffman" target="_blank">never really know what happens next</a>.

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