Team Thor

Team Thor imagines a less heroic answer to what Thor might be doing while the Avengers are occupied with their own dispute. Taika Waititi's satirical short places the thunder god beside his ordinary roommate Darryl, turning an outsized personality into a domestic comedy. Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Daley Pearson appear in the short.

The pleasure is in the change of scale. A character used to epic confrontations has to share space with someone whose everyday priorities are much smaller. Watch the contrast in their reactions and the casual presentation: the comedy comes from treating extraordinary confidence as something an ordinary roommate simply has to live with.

Start with this short for the Thor-and-Darryl comedy setup. Familiarity with Thor helps the joke, but there is no need to interrupt a feature-film marathon or add a new required film to enjoy the roommate premise.

Disney describes this as a satirical documentary imagining Thor's activities around Captain America: Civil War. Approach it as a comedy break. This guide does not use the sketch to establish a literal timeline or a required bridge between the feature films. For more of the same pairing, continue to Team Thor: Part 2.

Optional before Doomsday. A comedy short about Thor's downtime on Earth; pure fun, no story impact.