Marvel’s Been Gaslighting Us Lately, So Here Are 31 Memes to Help You Cope

John Summers • Contributor

May 5, 2025 7:00 PM EDT

Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is starting to feel like one of those claw machines where the claw clearly grabs the plushie and then just lets go for no reason. Like, one second we're soaring with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Deadpool & Wolverine, and the next we're plummeting into the CGI void of Quantumania and The Marvels. No warning. No mercy. Just chaos.

Then Captain America: Brave New World came out and... let's not talk about it. Let's just gently place it in the "we tried" pile and move on.

And now, out of nowhere, Thunderbolts slaps. It's gritty, it's messy, it's weirdly emotional, and it has that magical post-screening cry echoing across theaters everywhere: "Marvel's back, baby!" But let's be real—we've heard that before. We want to believe. We choose to believe. Mostly because Fantastic Four is next and some of us are barely holding it together.

So while we all collectively recover from this cinematic whiplash, here are 31 Marvel memes to laugh through the confusion, cry through the disappointment, and fist-pump through the good stuff.

Hold onto your multiverses, folks. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.