Why can't Nick Fury eat diagonally cut toast?

He's shown up in every Marvel Cinematic Universe film of 2019, but his biggest role was in Captain Marvel. During that film, Nick Fury uses the fact that he cannot eat diagonal toast to prove to Carol that he's not a Skrull (aliens with the ability to shapeshift into other people).

Does Nick Fury eating diagonal toast?

In Captain Marvel, Fury reveals that he can't eat toast that has been cut diagonally. But fans noticed that he did that exact thing in Avengers: Age of Ultron, which has led some fans to conclude that he was already a Skrull in disguise at that point. However, that bread wasn't actually toasted.

Who can't eat toast if it's cut diagonally Marvel?

In Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Nick Fury is eating a sandwich that has been cut diagonally. In Captain Marvel (2019), he said, "A toast is cut diagonally, I can't eat it."

How does Nick Fury cut his sandwich?

As he launches into an inspirational speech, Fury makes a sandwich, and yes, cuts it diagonally before eating it.

Is Nick Fury a Skrull in Age of Ultron?

As fans have pointed out, it's possible Fury could be a Skrull in disguise at any point after Captain Marvel, which pretty much covers the entire MCU. One popular theory even argues that the way he eats a sandwich in Avengers: Age of Ultron reveals he's actually an alien shapeshifter in that film.

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How do we know Nick Fury is a Skrull?

One of the biggest indicators that there may be more to Nick Fury's identity than initially thought is the post-credit scene of Spider-Man: Far From Home, where it is revealed that the Fury and Maria Hill depicted throughout the film were actually Skrull imposters who reported to the real Fury all along.

Which Avengers are Skrulls?

Hawkeye (Skrull) Hulk (Skrull) Iron Man (Skrull) Thor (Skrull)

What do Hawkeye and Black Widow remember differently?

This mission has been referenced so often throughout the MCU, first in Avengers during the Battle of New York when Natasha quips that this is "just like Budapest all over again," and Barton responds, "You and I remember Budapest very differently." It's become a long-running reference without fans ever learning what ...

What can Nick Fury do with a paperclip?

Give Nick Fury a paperclip and you get Project Insight

where he keeps HYDRA alive and well, hidden beneath the benevolent facade of the peacekeeping organization.

What does Jarvis stand for?

[TRIVIA NOTE: In the novelization of “Iron Man,” writer Peter David said that the J.A.R.V.I.S. acronym stood for “Just A Really Very Intelligent System.”]

What was Fury hiding from the Avengers?

However, when Fury began to suspect that something was wrong with Project Insight, he then found himself becoming a target of the Winter Soldier, forcing Fury to fake his own death and go into hiding.

What did Nick Fury use to escape Winter Soldier?

Nick Fury used a Mouse Hole to escape from his destroyed vehicle during an assassination attempt by the Winter Soldier. Maria Hill later used a Mouse Hole to free Captain America, Black Widow and Falcon from STRIKE operatives.

Why was Fury on the Skrull ship?

In 2024, Nick Fury decided to take a vacation away from Earth. After assigning Talos and Soren to impersonate him and Maria Hill in their absence respectively, Fury spent his vacation time on the ship while keeping track of Talos and Soren's activities by way of phoned in status updates.

Are Kree or Skrull good?

You've been warned: Captain Marvel spoilers ahead.

However, it's not quite that simple. As we later learn, the Kree are actually evil and the Skrull are the good guys. It turns out the Skrull are basically refugees who've been all but wiped out by the Kree after refusing to submit to their evil empire.

What did the Flerken do to Fury's eye?

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The truth was revealed that he was playing with Goose a Flerken (a creature that resembled an Earth Cat) when he scratched him over his eye.

What is Operation Paperclip Marvel?

Operation Paperclip, also known as Project Paperclip, was a joint OSS/SSR program in which over 1,500 Nazi German scientists and engineers were brought to the United States of America and pardoned for their activities in World War II in exchange for federal employment.

What does Natasha mean when she says I've been compromised?

It's an allusion to something she said earlier in the film. She was talking to Loki and they talked about all the bad things she did and how "red" her ledger is. Meaning it is full of bad things she did in her past. 5.

Is Black Widow sterile?

As Alex Leadbeater wrote at ScreenRant, “To have Hawkeye survive explicitly because of his family, it makes the Avengers: Age of Ultron reveal that Black Widow is infertile (and, in Whedon's parlance, a 'monster') feel even dirtier.”

What does Budapest mean in Marvel?

The Budapest Operation was a mission orchestrated by S.H.I.E.L.D. and undertaken by Hawkeye and Black Widow to eliminate General Dreykov and shut down the Red Room.

Is Hawkeye a Skrull?

Powers and Abilities

Like all Skrulls, Hawkeye (Skrull) can shapeshift into anyone he wants.

Is Yondu a Kree?

Yondu was sold into slavery as a Kree battle slave by his own parents, when he was young. He had been a battle slave for twenty years by the time Stakar Ogord found and freed him, becoming his mentor. Yondu then became a Ravager.

How did Super Skrull get his powers?

Under the rule of Emperor Dorrek VII, Kl'rt became the first Super-Skrull. He was endowed with the powers of the Fantastic Four and sent to Earth to conquer it after the Fantastic Four thwarted their previous invasion attempt.

Why does Nick Fury say don't invoke her name?

The "don't invoke her name" is probably a reverential nod to the insane, otherworldly, God-like power that Carol Danvers has, but for the extreme existential threat that Mysterio claims the Elementals are to Earth, it makes perfect sense to call in Captain Marvel for this task.

Was Nick Fury a Skrull the whole time in far from home?

The Skrull Talos was disguised as Nick Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Home, and there were several clues hinting at this twist throughout the movie. There were a number of clues hinting at Spider-Man: Far From Home's ending twist that Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) was actually the Skrull Talos (Ben Mendelson).

What did Fury burn at the end of Winter Soldier?

So Winter Soldier ends with the franchise's lead SHIELD agents seeking other employment. We saw Maria Hill applying for a job at Stark Industries. We saw Nick Fury burn his secret stash to the ground, including his eyepatch.