Because the show would be kind of lame if  Thor just stomped every body in his way.

" LOL,  Apparently you never watched the Justice League cartoon "

@cattlebattle said:

" LOL,  Apparently you never watched the Justice League cartoon "

You saying something negative about the Justice League cartoon? -_- "

Even Bruce Timm says that they used lighting on Superman too much...

Homie was probably pointing out a part where Superman and Darkseid were going standing toe to toe trading head shots so hard where buildings were shaking then Batman shows up swinging a rope followed by a dropkick to Darkseid and he goes down. I know I called bull^%&# when I saw that and I think he did the same thing.

Because there are a lot of super-powered heroes and villains that have enough power to spar with a god.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Asgardians actually aliens with technology so far advanced that humans perceive them as "gods"? I know they had mentioned this during Earth X, but I'm not sure if it is canon.

"why do some people argue that thor could beat superman when the hulk regularly humiliates thor? "

PowerHerc is pretty much correct.  Like Superman was to some extent Thor is often used to show how big the new threat his.  Most people think gods are powerful (which Thor) is so when you combine Hulk-level strength with lightning  beating him shows how tough the new character is.  This has happened in comics unfortunately quite a lot in the last few years in relation to Thor and the Hulk. 
 
The second is mega powerful characters like Thor and Superman tend to get their powers downplayed in team settings.  In the micro episodes Thor defeats the Wrecking Crew with relative ease and still has enough strength left to fight frost giants and Loki.  After the break out he speaks of the Wrecking Crew as some sort of dangerous foe even he has serious trouble with.  This can be found in comics whenever Thor deals with a galactic level threat on his own, but with the Avengers needs their help.  During the first Secret War he used a lightning attack that nearly defeated 99% of the villain army on his own.  
 
The third reason I think is the writers themselves prefer the underdog especially the head writer of this series..  For many, Thor is a bland character due to being so powerful and almost too perfect.  He has everything going for him.  So to see someone like Hulk be the hero of the day portrays the underdog in a good light.  This at least seems to be the case with head writer Chris Yost.  He most famous works tends to be about Wolverine and the X-Men.  The animated stories of late where Thor has either served as a punching bag or has a poor portrayal next to the Hulk were either written by him or had the input of him and his writing partner Craig Kyle.

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                    PowerHerc is pretty much correct.  Like Superman was to some extent Thor is often used to show how big the new threat his.  Most people think gods are powerful (which Thor) is so when you combine Hulk-level strength with lightning  beating him shows how tough the new character is.  This has happened in comics unfortunately quite a lot in the last few years in relation to Thor and the Hulk.   The second is mega powerful characters like Thor and Superman tend to get their powers downplayed in team settings.  In the micro episodes Thor defeats the Wrecking Crew with relative ease and still has enough strength left to fight frost giants and Loki.  After the break out he speaks of the Wrecking Crew as some sort of dangerous foe even he has serious trouble with.  This can be found in comics whenever Thor deals with a galactic level threat on his own, but with the Avengers needs their help.  During the first Secret War he used a lightning attack that nearly defeated 99% of the villain army on his own.    The third reason I think is the writers themselves prefer the underdog especially the head writer of this series..  For many, Thor is a bland character due to being so powerful and almost too perfect.  He has everything going for him.  So to see someone like Hulk be the hero of the day portrays the underdog in a good light.  This at least seems to be the case with head writer Chris Yost.  He most famous works tends to be about Wolverine and the X-Men.  The animated stories of late where Thor has either served as a punching bag or has a poor portrayal next to the Hulk were either written by him or had the input of him and his writing partner Craig Kyle.

                   

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@cattlebattle: @SC: @Zjun said:

In EARTH"S MIGHTIEST HEROES AVENGERS tv show series, in most of the episodes thor gets beatin up and then he gains the upperhand over his enemies...Why is that?! He's a god, isn't he

Perception of the Gods

He's VERY VERY UNDERrated

@virgin4life said:

why do some people argue that thor could beat superman when the hulk regularly humiliates thor?

Thor holds back a lot.

Because the pen is mightier than the sword. If you catch my drift.

Because, like most comic-book stories...it would be very boring if Thor just killed all the evil in the world in two seconds.

@SC actually i'm fairly certain that parents don't beat up their kids because it's sick and wrong. also illegal.

@Malevolent1 said:

@nightwing91 said:

Because the show would be kind of lame if Thor just stomped every body in his way.

Right. Which leads us back to the original question. Why dumb the character down for the sake of everyone else? The Avengers could probably handle half their enemies without Thor. Why not only call on him when they really need him?

Because not that many like Thor compared to someone like Superman.

@Malevolent1 said:

@majestic99: Yeah, but Superman doesn't appear regularly in Marvel features.

That's not the point. One's popularity determines how powerful they are(for the most part). Whenever Superman fights someone, logic goes out the windwow and he alwasy wins(think about Superman vs Darkseid, Darkseid should stomp, but loses because of PIS).

@spiderbat87:

It's only 2 pages, are you serious?

@spiderbat87:

1. 1 year old thread

2. People bump threads all the time, there's nothing we can do about it

@spiderbat87:

Agreed.

Being a "god" is really just a title. A lot of people call themselves gods without having the power to back it up. The only one that earns the title is the One Above All and anybody else that's omnipotent. 
 
@cattlebattle said:

" LOL,  Apparently you never watched the Justice League cartoon "

You saying something negative about the Justice League cartoon? -_-

@EuanDewar said:

He's no Based God

Doesn't make him less of a god though. 
@Malevolent1 - great post. I agree, we should all just write Marvel and tell them we want to see Thor using his potential, even it means they have to write him off in some other place. Then they can have Thor wtfroflpwn people while he isn't just beating the crap out of Hulk/Superman. Although I'd love to see him win against Superman though. 

@Thorgoki said:

Doesn't make him less of a god though. @Malevolent1 - great post. I agree, we should all just write Marvel and tell them we want to see Thor using his potential, even it means they have to write him off in some other place. Then they can have Thor wtfroflpwn people while he isn't just beating the crap out of Hulk/Superman. Although I'd love to see him win against Superman though.