Chris Hemsworth's Thor is one of the most common recurring characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even with Robert Downey Jr. wears the Doomsday cape and Chris Evans is back on Marvel's part in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday, Hemsworth remains an MCU staple with a slew of appearances already under his belt.

If you're itching for the full Hemsworth Thor experience, here's / The Movie Ultimate recap of every major Thor appearance in proper chronological order. Enjoy!

The first Thor film of the same name is the perfect origin story for a gruff space jock who likes to paint outside the lines. Her story comes into action when Thor's father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) pursues him after he leads a rebellious and politically disastrous attack on the Frost Giant home of Jotunheim.

Thor ends up temporarily trapped on Earth, where Odin hopes to mature and learn some manners. This is also the film where we meet Loki (Tom Hiddleston) for the first time (and we think we lose him for the first time as well) as he battles his brother for full control of Asgard and its nine kingdoms. Fun, hilarious and exciting, the entire Thor story is a great introduction to a character who ends up going through some of the craziest emotional changes in the entire MCU timeline.

Shortly after his introduction to the MCU and his attitude towards Earth as little more than a back province of Asgard, Thor finds himself back in Marvel action - not in his own franchise, but in the premiere of the group he's become closest to. related to: The Avengers.

In the first Avengers movie, Thor arrives on Earth trying to contain a rampaging Loki (under the influence of the scepter embedded in the Mind Stone). In his pursuit, he runs into (literally) Iron Man, Captain America and the new Avengers team. Together, this new group band together to stop Thor's brother. Thor's role in The Avengers isn't particularly deep. The beefed-up Asgardian spends most of this story as the muscle of the Avengers, working to contain the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and stop Loki's army. However, the film sows the seeds for future Avengers adventures that will deeply affect the God of Thunder.

Thor's next adventure comes in the second film of the Thor franchise: Thor: The Dark World. The sequel not only pits the eponymous hero against the Dark Elf Malekith (Christopher Eccleston), but also sees Thor move into a bigger role as the leader of Asgard. He also loses his mother (the early rumbles of an avalanche of loss for the hero) and explores his relationship with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman).

The Dark World is widely considered one of the low points in the MCUat least from an artistic point of view. However, it's also a necessary part of Thor's story and introduces the Aether, which ends up being the Reality Stone and plays a key role in the rest of the Infinity Saga. The Dark World also has critical calls in one of the Avengers movies — but we'll get to that in a minute.

Thor brings the thunder again in Avengers: Age of Ultron. At this point, the Avengers are already a solid team, and Thor plays his typical role, smashing and beating enemies at super-human speeds.

On top of that, he separates himself from the rest of the group to have his vision of the Infinity Stones and returns in time to help activate the Vision's (Paul Bettany) body, setting the film's third act in motion. Although he's involved throughout, this isn't a particularly eventful film in Thor's story. However, it set the stage for one of his greatest transformative stories: Thor: Ragnarok.

Up until this point, Thor's personal world had been relatively safe. Yes, he lost his mother and his love life is a bit of a hot mess, but his father still holds the kingdom and his brother is relatively limited. He also has plenty of time to engage in many extracurriculars with the Avengers. It's not until the third film in his franchise that things go off the rails—and we mean completely off the rails.

Thor: Ragnarok follows Thor as his father and friends die, his sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) overruns his homeworld, and he must temporarily spend time as a captive gladiator on the trash-strewn planet of Sakaar. While he manages to eventually defeat Hela, the result is the complete obliteration of Asgard. Fortunately, Thor escapes with the survivors of the planet—that is, until they run right into Thanos' fleet at the end.

"Avengers: Infinity War" should mark the lowest point of the tormented Thor. In the main and opening scene of the film, he loses his family and home. In Infinity War, he loses everything else. But not immediately.

Thor begins the film with half his people destroyed, and his brother Loki, truly killed (albeit in a heroic way). He spends most of his time after that finding a new weapon in the form of his star-forged axe, Stormbreaker. He then summons the Bifrost and arrives in Wakanda in one of the greatest scenes in MCU history, only to see everything fall apart as Thanos gains the upper hand, obtains the final infinity stone, and breaks his gloved fingers, eliminating half of all life in existence. .

When Avengers: Endgame begins, Thor helps kill Thanos, only to realize that revenge isn't all it's cracked up to be. After a five-year time jump, we find him depressed, overweight and completely out of sync.

Throughout the film, Thor helps the Avengers come up with their comeback plan by joining in on the time travel shenanigans. He then faces off against Thanos in an epic fight over the Avengers' destroyed facility in the film's third act. In the end, everything is set right, and Thor emerges from his darkest days as a slightly defeated but also wiser hero, ready for whatever new adventures lie ahead. Oh, right, and he embraces a change of pace by joining the Guardians of the Galaxy.

"Thor: Love and Thunder" finds Thor in fine form, at least on the outside. He's back in top form and moving around the galaxy, helping its guardians. Eventually, however, the Avenger splits up again to face a new threat: Gor the Butcher God (Christian Bale).

In the adventure that follows, we see the genesis of Jane Foster's Mighty Thor. Hemsworth's Thor wanders through the plot, learning to work with unexpected partners and resolving old romantic ties. Despite being part of the Thor franchise, Love and Thunder focuses less on the eponymous character than the films before it. However, God of Thunder emerges from the film a deeper character with fresh life and a new sidekick in the form of Gor's resurrected daughter Love - all of which sets the stage for even more badass, reckless, universe-saving adventures to come.