Since the 1960s, The

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superhero,

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has appeared in a wide variety of

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outside of comic books including films, television programs and video games.

Television

1960s

Thor appears in a self-titled segment of ''

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'', voiced by

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1980s

* Thor's Donald Blake identity appears in the 1980s ''Spider-Man'' episode "Wrath of the Sub-Mariner" voiced by

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. * Thor appears in the ''

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'' episode "Vengeance of Loki". * Thor appears in ''

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'', portrayed by

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. This version is a spirit who possesses Donald Blake ( Steve Levitt), a former student of

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. *Thor was intended to appears in an animated series by

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, with concept art designed by

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1990s

* Thor appears in ''Fantastic Four'', voiced by

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. * Thor appears in ''

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'' episode "Mortal Bounds", voiced again by John Rhys-Davies, while Donald Blake is voiced by

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. *Thor makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the '' X-Men: The Animated Series'' episode "The Dark Phoenix". * Thor appears in the introduction for '' The Avengers: United They Stand'', but was never actually featured in the show.

2000s

*A ''Thor'' TV series was in development in 2000. *Thor is featured in ''

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'', voiced by

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. This version is a narcissistic, but loyal member of the titular team who is in love with the

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2010s

* Thor appears as a major character in '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', voiced by Rick D. Wasserman. This version willingly came to Earth to use his powers to help mortals, despite the protests of Odin. *

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announced a 26-episode animated series in November 2008, to air in late 2010 before the release of Marvel Studios' film but the series was never produced. * Thor appears in ''

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'', voiced by

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. Additionally, ''The Super Hero Squad Show'' version of the character makes a cameo appearance in the episode "Flight of the Iron Spider", voiced again by Dave Boat. * Thor appears in ''Avengers Assemble'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in '' Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * The

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version of Thor and Mjölnir briefly appear via footage from ''

'' in the pilot episode of ''

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'' as Skye outlines public knowledge of superhumans, as well as the episode "

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". * Thor appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in ''

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'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in '' Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers'', voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in the original Japanese version and again by Travis Willingham in the English dub. * Thor appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in ''

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'', voiced again by

. * Thor appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat'', voiced again by Travis Willingham.

2020s

* Thor appears in the anime series ''

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'', voiced again by Yasuyuki Kase in the Japanese version and by

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in the English dub. * Thor appears in the '' Spider-Man'' episode "Maximum Venom", voiced again by

Marvel Cinematic Universe

* Chris Hemsworth reprised his role as Thor in the Disney+ animated series '' What If...?''.

Film

Live-action

In 1990, after finishing with the filming of '' Darkman'', Sam Raimi and Stan Lee originally pitched the concept of a ''Thor'' feature film to

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. However, they did not understand Raimi's and Lee's idea and the project was abandoned.

Marvel Cinematic Universe

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stars as the character in the

, first appearing in ''

'' (2011), '' The Avengers'' (2012), '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013), '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019), and '' Thor: Love and Thunder'' (2022). Hemsworth cameos in the mid-credits of '' Doctor Strange'' (2016). *

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portrays a young Thor in the 2011 film ''Thor''.

Animation

* Ultimate Thor appears in

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animated features ''

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'' (2006) and ''

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'' (2006) voiced by

. * Thor appears in '' Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow'' voiced by

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. * Thor appears in '' Hulk vs. Thor'', voiced by Matthew Wolf. * Thor makes a non-speaking appearance in a flashback in ''

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'' (2010). * Thor appears in '' Thor: Tales of Asgard'', voiced again by Matthew Wolf. * Thor appears in the anime film '' Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher''. * Thor appears in '' Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in '' Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in '' Lego Marvel Avengers: Code Red'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

Video games

* Thor appears as an assist character in the 1995 arcade game '' Avengers in Galactic Storm''. * The Eric Masterson version of Thor makes non-speaking cameo appearances in '' Marvel Super Heroes''. * Thor appears as an assist character in '' Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes''. * Thor was originally slated to appear in a cameo at the end of '' Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro'', but due to the

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, his scene was scrapped and the final boss fight had to change location. To replace this, the ending showed the ''Daily Bugle'' crediting Thor for saving New York from Electro, much to Spider-Man's disappointment. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance'' voiced by

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. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' voiced by Jim Cummings. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad'', voiced by Dave Boat. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'' once again voiced by Dave Boat. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'' and ''

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'', voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman. * A video game based on the live-action film entitled '' Thor: God of Thunder'' was developed by Sega, with Chris Hemsworth reprising his role from the 2011 film of the same name. * Thor appears as a playable character in ''

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''. * Thor is available as downloadable content for the game ''

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'', as part of "Marvel Costume Kit 2". * Thor is a playable character in '' Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat'', voiced again by Dave Boat. * A Thor table was released as part of the downloadable Vengeance & Virtue package in ''

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'', with Thor being voiced by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Avengers Alliance''. * Thor is a playable character in ''Marvel Avengers Alliance Tactics''. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'', voiced by

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. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Heroes'', voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman. * Thor appears as a playable character in ''

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'' voiced again by

. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Contest of Champions'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Disney Infinity 3.0'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel: Future Fight''. * Thor appears as a playable character in ''

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'', voiced by

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. A teenage version of Thor Noir also appears, voiced by

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. *Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'', with

reprising his role. * Three versions of Thor ("Marvel NOW", "Modern" and "Gladiator") appear as playable characters in ''

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''. * Thor appears as a playable character in ''Marvel Powers United VR'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in ''Marvel Battle Lines'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order'', voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman. * Thor appears in ''Marvel Dimension of Heroes'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as a playable character in '' Marvel's Avengers'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears as an unlockable outfit in ''

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'', voiced again by Travis Willingham. * Thor appears in '' Marvel Future Revolution'', voiced again by Rick D. Wasserman.

Motion comic

A four episode

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titled '' Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers'', based on the

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''Loki'' by Robert Rodi and

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, was released on March 28, 2011 on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network.

Theatre

* Thor appears in the ''

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'' stage show.

Novels and short stories

* Thor appears in two ''Avengers'' novels, ''The Man Who Stole Tomorrow'' by

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in 1979 and ''The Avengers vs. The Thunderbolts'' by Pierce Askegren in 1998. * Thor appears in the Loki story by

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in ''The Ultimate Super-Villains'', edited by Stan Lee, in 1996. * The ''Ultimates'' version of Thor appears in the two ''Ultimates'' novels published in 2006-2007, ''The Tomorrow Men'' by Friedman and ''Against All Enemies'' by Alex Irvine * Thor starred in his first solo novel in 2015, ''Marvel's Thor: Dueling with Giants'' by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Book 1 of the ''Tales of Asgard'' trilogy. He also appears as a supporting character in the subsequent two books, ''Marvel's

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: Even Dragons Have Their Endings'' and ''Marvel's

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: Godhood's End''.

Audio serial

* In early 2019, Serial Box Publishing announced a weekly audio serial starring Thor. '' Mandy'' co-write Aaron Stewart-Ahn will lead the serial's writing team, which includes Jay Edidin,

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and

Yoon Ha Lee Yoon Ha Lee (born January 26, 1979 in Houston, Texas) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, known for his '' Machineries of Empire'' space opera novels and his short fiction. His first novel, '' Ninefox Gambit'', received the 2017&n ...

References

External links

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