Avengers Endgame effect: Google makes half of its search results vanish and Thanos is responsible

Search giant Google is now cashing in on the on-going hype around Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Avengers: Endgame with this fun little trick: All you need to do is search for one of the main characters of the film ‘Thanos’ and on the Infinity Gauntlet. Once you do that, you actually activate the Infinity Gauntlet and half the search results on the web page start to disintegrate, in exactly the same way as half of all life across the universe disintegrated when Thanos activated the Infinity Gauntlet in last year’s ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’

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Interestingly enough, Wikipedia entry also disappears from the search results. You can easily get back the results by once again ing the Infinity Gauntlet. When you the Infinity Gauntlet one more time, it glows for a brief moment and all previously vanished search results reappear before your eyes.

How to make search results vanish using this trick

Step 1: Go to www.google.com and search for the term ‘Thanos’

Step 2: In the search console, on the ‘Infinity Gauntlet.’
The animation will Snap the Infinity Gauntlet and results will disappear in no time. Meanwhile, the webpage scrolls up and down on its own which makes the whole thing even more interesting. However, it stops when half of the search results are disintegrated off the search results page.

Step 3: on the Infinity Gauntlet one more time in order to make search results reappear.

Watch the video below

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BookMyShow said ‘Avengers: Endgame’ has managed to sell more than 25 lakh tickets in advance booking across the country. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is playing in theatres starting today. Some theatres have even decided to run the show 24 x 7 to accommodate the demand for the last of the Avenger series.

"As the craze around the film continues to intensify, we expect a mighty opening on Friday and a record-breaking first week," said Ashish Saksena, COO, Cinemas, BookMyShow.
According to trade analyst Komal Nahata, the opening weekend figures may hover around Rs 150 crore plus.