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* AllYourPowersCombined: A BadassNormal version of this. Anyone who knows about athletes can tell you that not every physique is suited to every type of athletic performance. Marathon runners are ''not'' sprinters, sprinters are ''not'' weightlifters, weightlifters are ''not'' pole vaulters, and so on. However, Cap can do it all thanks to his Super Soldier Serum that gives him the peak of human ability in all of these things at once.

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* AllYourPowersCombined: A BadassNormal version of this.An EmpoweredBadassNormal version. Anyone who knows about athletes can tell you that not every physique is suited to every type of athletic performance. Marathon runners are ''not'' sprinters, sprinters are ''not'' weightlifters, weightlifters are ''not'' pole vaulters, and so on. However, Cap can do it all thanks to his Super Soldier Serum that gives him slightly above the peak of human ability in all of these things at once.



* BadassNormal: Some of his villains are explicitly non-superpowered, like Batroc the Leaper. His non-superhero allies like Sharon Carter or Dum Dum Dugan lack powers, but pull their own alongside Cap anyway.

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* BadassNormal: Some of his villains are explicitly non-superpowered, like Batroc the Leaper. His non-superhero allies like Sharon Carter or Dum Dum Dugan lack powers, but pull their own weight alongside Cap anyway.



* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes James "Bucky" Barnes]] since getting a cyborg arm. He was BadassNormal before that.
** Steve, himself, when you consider that although none of his physical abilities reach superhuman levels ([[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the continuity]]), no unenhanced human can be as fast AND as strong AND as agile, etc. as Steve Rogers, at the same time.
** Steve Rogers does have at least one 'power', though it's not good in a fight. Even the flawed super-soldier variants like Nick Fury's greatly increases their life span. Years after his deep freeze, Cap's really not getting much older than his WWII days.

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[[ComicBook/BuckyBarnes James "Bucky" Barnes]] since getting a cyborg arm. He was BadassNormal lacked powers before that.
** Steve, Steve himself, when you consider that although none of his physical abilities reach superhuman were explicitly enhanced to above peak human levels ([[DependingOnTheWriter depending on the continuity]]), no continuity]]). No unenhanced human can be as fast AND ''and'' as strong AND ''and'' as agile, etc. as Steve Rogers, at the same time.
** Steve Rogers does have at least one 'power',
time. He has another power, though it's not good in a fight. Even the flawed super-soldier variants like Nick Fury's greatly increases their life span. Years after his deep freeze, Cap's really not getting much older than his WWII days.



* FightsLikeANormal: He's basically a BadassNormal cranked up via SuperSerum.

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* FightsLikeANormal: He's basically a BadassNormal His physical attributes are cranked up past peak human capability via SuperSerum.his Super Serum, but he still fights with ordinary punches, kicks and shield throws.



* MagneticHero: Captain America is so well-respected by the superhero community that they usually follow his lead whether he's their official leader or not. This is because he's both [[BadassNormal incredibly competent despite not having superpowers]] and because [[TheCape they trust him to always be true to the right ideals]]. It comes to a point that when he fails them, the whole community gets demoralized (ex. in Civil War.)

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* MagneticHero: Captain America is so well-respected by the superhero community that they usually follow his lead whether he's their official leader or not. This is because he's both [[BadassNormal [[EmpoweredBadassNormal incredibly competent despite not having superpowers]] being only barely superhuman]] and because [[TheCape they trust him to always be true to the right ideals]]. It comes to a point that when he fails them, the whole community gets demoralized (ex. in Civil War.)



* WeakButSkilled: Steve's power level, which is set at [[BadassNormal "the peak of human physical potential"]] pales in comparison to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu those of many of the enemies he's defeated]], yet he manages to beat them through his keen tactical ability and [[{{Determinator}} sheer force of will]].
** Also, Bucky is this in comparison to Steve. He manages to hold his own in a fight with Steve, and then later take up Steve's mantle and do well at it despite having no physical enhancements [[ArtificialLimbs save his cybernetic arm]] because of [[CombatPragmatist his willingness to fight dirty]].

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Steve's power level, which is set at [[BadassNormal slightly above [[EmpoweredBadassNormal "the peak of human physical potential"]] pales in comparison to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu those of many of the enemies he's defeated]], yet he manages to beat them through his keen tactical ability and [[{{Determinator}} sheer force of will]].
** Also, Bucky is this in comparison to Steve. He manages to hold his own in a fight with Steve, and then later take up Steve's mantle and do well at it despite having no physical enhancements [[ArtificialLimbs save his cybernetic arm]] because of [[CombatPragmatist his willingness to fight dirty]].

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Captain America has an entry on Empowered Badass Normal, which fits better since the Super Soldier Serum explicitly puts him above peak human capability. He's technically superhuman, even if barely.


* BadassNormal:
** Borderline example -- there's a reason his SuperSerum was so sought after. Technically it doesn't push any of his abilities to a "superhuman" level, but few if any humans have ''[[JackOfAllTrades every single athletic ability at peak potential all at once]]'' (speed plus stamina plus strength, etc.). Thus, he is quite capable of holding his own with people who have more impressive superpowers. In real life, athletes have to make tradeoffs between strength, endurance, agility etc. and also different body types are better suited to different athletic disciplines -- the very best sprinters are large and muscular whereas the best long-distance runners are short and skinny. Demonstrated by decathletes who have to train for ten different events -- they are not as good at them as those athletes who specialize in them. Cap ''doesn't'' have these limitations; he can sprint 100m in 9.58 seconds, swim meet the same distance in 46.91 seconds, bench press 500kg, perform Olympic-level feats of gymnastic ability etc. However one effect of the serum is that Cap doesn't fatigue like normal humans so he can exert himself at full effort almost indefinitely -- for example he could complete a marathon in one hour and eight minutes as he could maintain a sprinting speed for the entire distance.
** Some of his villains fall under this as well. Like Batroc the Leaper.
** His non-superhero allies like Sharon Carter or Dum Dum Dugan definitely count too.

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* BadassNormal:
** Borderline example -- there's a reason his SuperSerum was so sought after. Technically it doesn't push any of his abilities to a "superhuman" level, but few if any humans have ''[[JackOfAllTrades every single athletic ability at peak potential all at once]]'' (speed plus stamina plus strength, etc.). Thus, he is quite capable of holding his own with people who have more impressive superpowers. In real life, athletes have to make tradeoffs between strength, endurance, agility etc. and also different body types are better suited to different athletic disciplines -- the very best sprinters are large and muscular whereas the best long-distance runners are short and skinny. Demonstrated by decathletes who have to train for ten different events -- they are not as good at them as those athletes who specialize in them. Cap ''doesn't'' have these limitations; he can sprint 100m in 9.58 seconds, swim meet the same distance in 46.91 seconds, bench press 500kg, perform Olympic-level feats of gymnastic ability etc. However one effect of the serum is that Cap doesn't fatigue like normal humans so he can exert himself at full effort almost indefinitely -- for example he could complete a marathon in one hour and eight minutes as he could maintain a sprinting speed for the entire distance.
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** Sharon's life following her first supposed death included being stranded behind enemy lines, time in a hellhole-prison, implied rape, and having to do things to survive that she described as "violent" and "degrading".
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In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Captain America is still skinny Steve Rogers-turned buff superhero-turned poster boy for the war effort, but DarkerAndEdgier. He gets pulled out of the ocean in 2002 instead of 1963, thinks it's a Nazi trick, and breaks out of SHIELD's secure holding facility despite Bruce Banner's insistence that he shouldn't be able to move. Joining ComicBook/TheUltimates, Captain America proceeds to show everyone how to be a true badass: dropping a tank on the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, beating a 60-foot-tall Giant Man barehanded, and kicking seven shades of piss out of a regenerating alien before convincing the Hulk to take over. And while he does cleave to certain [[DeliberateValuesDissonance less-than-admirable 1940s values]], he still stands for [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream the Dream]]. In volume 2, he and the Ultimates even split off from working for the U.S. government after some [[AuthorTract questionable assignments]] in the Middle East almost led to America's downfall.

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!!Adaptations to other media
* ''Captain America'' (1944): a Creator/RepublicPictures serial which [[InNameOnly incorporated practically nothing of the character except the basic costume]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): An animated anthology series which adapted several Marvel Comics for television. This also introduced an often-repeated theme song for Cap: "''When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who chose to oppose his shield must yield...''"
* Unofficial Turkish movie ''Film/ThreeBigMen'' (1973) which gained [[CultClassic notoriety status]] since it features (besides the captain) Wrestling/ElSanto and [[InNameOnly evil]] Franchise/SpiderMan.
* Two TV movies starring Creator/RebBrown, built upon a completely revamped origin and backstory:
** ''Film/CaptainAmerica1979''
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaIIDeathTooSoon'' (1979)
* He has had only two video games on his own: ''Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann'' (1987) on the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaSuperSoldier'' on next-gen consoles, but has featured alongside other heroes quite often, such as the arcade BeatEmUp ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers'', the FightingGame ''Avengers in Galactic Storm'' (with a different set of Avengers), and of course most of [[VideoGame/CapcomVs Capcom's Marvel Fighting Games]], the ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' games, and ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers''.
* ''Film/CaptainAmerica1990'': This movie was originally going to play in theaters, but it went direct to video instead.
* Cap made various guest appearances and cameos in the 90's Marvel cartoons, like ''[[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men]]'' (appearing as an alternate version in another, Professor X-less future, and in one of the last episodes, teaming up with Wolverine in World War II), major roles in ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries Spider-Man: TAS]]'', and a couple of cameos as part of The Avengers in ''[[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Fantastic Four]]'', and a guest role in the horrible late 90s [[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand Avengers cartoon]]. He was planned to get his own series at that point (stories, character models, and a one-minute pitchfilm were all made), but was canned because of Marvel's bankruptcy; its slot in the Creator/FoxKids lineup was filled by ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretFilesOfTheSpyDogs''.
* He helped Spidey in ''Literature/SpiderManGlobalWar''.
* Cap was mandated to appear in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', where he and Wolverine teamed-up during the war.
* A clearly Ultimate-inspired Cap appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' animated films (2006) [[note]]Well, sort of. While Cap does wear costumes that are directly lifted from The Ultimates, his personality seems to be more in line with his Earth 616 counterpart, so he's a CompositeCharacter, if anything.[[/note]].
* There have also been a couple of Captain America novels.
* The animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (2010-2012) includes Captain America as one of the major characters. In a manner paralleling UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} ''Avengers'' comics, he became the sixth superhero to join the team. Chronologically speaking, four episodes pass in between the event that led to the founding of the Avengers, and the events that led to Cap joining their team, just as his comic incarnation joined in issue ''four'' of the first ''Avengers'' volume.
* His story plays a big part of the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (where he's portrayed by Creator/ChrisEvans), which features three films centred around his story arc:
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', which was released in July 2011. It's a period piece set almost entirely during World War II, and ends with the Captain being frozen and waking up in modern times, while segueing directly into Cap's involvement in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
** A sequel to ''The First Avenger'', ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', was released in 2014, now set in modern times with Rogers being forced into the wrenching task of tracking down his best friend Bucky, now the brainwashed killing-machine The Winter Soldier, along with the remnants of HYDRA, accompanied by ComicBook/TheFalcon, ComicBook/BlackWidow, and [[{{ComicBook/Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]].
** A sequel to ''The Winter Soldier'' called ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' was released in 2016. Following the destructive climaxes of ''Winter Soldier'' and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', various world governments want to instate oversight over the Avengers. As Rogers struggles to maintain independence even as Comicbook/IronMan and other fellow Avengers are pushing for oversight, Bucky reappears, pursued by the law for his past crimes as the Winter Soldier. Cap decides to go rogue to help his friend, splitting the Avengers down the middle.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' (2013-), an ''Avengers'' animated series developed in conjunction with Creator/ManOfActionStudios, features Captain America as one of the foremost members.
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014-15), an {{anime}} series featuring Captain America as one of the main characters. In the show, he is partnered with a teenager named Chris.
* He makes some appearances in ''Franchise/MarvelRising'' (2018-) -- see his entry on [[Characters/MarvelRising the character page]] for details.
* He appears in the video game ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'' (2020). His “death” in the prologue is one of the reasons for the group splitting for five years.

And if you're wondering where Captain America's shield is now, [[Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert let's just say you can catch it weeknights on CBS at eleven-thirty-five EST...]]

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!!Warning: This page will contain spoilers for the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Read at your own risk.



* BackportedDevelopment: The first time around the Super Soldier Serum was simply a single injection that transformed Steve. Now, since the movie, it's a series of injections and radiation treatments and possibly even a genetic modification through a virus with no traces of special chemicals whatsoever. This [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools notably justifies]] the amount of failures at replicating such a complicated process.

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* BackportedDevelopment: The first time around the Super Soldier Serum was simply a single injection that transformed Steve. Now, since the movie, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', it's a series of injections and radiation treatments and possibly even a genetic modification through a virus with no traces of special chemicals whatsoever. This [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools notably justifies]] the amount of failures at replicating such a complicated process.



* SuperheroPackingHeat: Cap's original incarnation used guns in addition to his nigh-invulnerable shield, in keeping with his status as a SuperSoldier fighting Nazis in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It wasn't until UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks that Cap ditched the guns and just stuck to just using his shield. The 2011 movie based on him is set DuringTheWar, and looks to be a return to his [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] roots (makes sense since it's during the war). Fan reactions are... somewhat mixed. Recently he once again carries a piece (but prefers not to use it). Bucky plays this straight.

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* SuperheroPackingHeat: Cap's original incarnation used guns in addition to his nigh-invulnerable shield, in keeping with his status as a SuperSoldier fighting Nazis in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It wasn't until UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks that Cap ditched the guns and just stuck to just using his shield. The 2011 movie based on him ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is set DuringTheWar, and looks to be a return to his [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] roots (makes sense since it's during the war). Fan reactions are... somewhat mixed. Recently he once again carries a piece (but prefers not to use it). Bucky plays this straight.



** Handled beautifully in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger the movie]]: [[spoiler:when asked by Dr. Erskine if he wants to enlist to kill Nazis, Steve Rogers answers that he doesn't want to kill anybody... but that he dislikes bullies of all stripes and wants to stand up for the little guy. He's subsequently shown to go in guns blazing in many missions, but hey, he's doing it to ''[[SavingTheWorld save the world]]'', a valid reason if there ever was one.]]

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** Handled beautifully in [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger the movie]]: ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', [[spoiler:when asked by Dr. Erskine if he wants to enlist to kill Nazis, Steve Rogers answers that he doesn't want to kill anybody... but that he dislikes bullies of all stripes and wants to stand up for the little guy. He's subsequently shown to go in guns blazing in many missions, but hey, he's doing it to ''[[SavingTheWorld save the world]]'', a valid reason if there ever was one.]]
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* FeudEpisode: Steve's had a few over the years, though his time as Old Man Steve double-downed on this, between his war against Tony Stark during the tail end of ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' and his spat with Sam Wilson at the start of the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel era.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: D-Man is pretty proud of the fact he can lift 15 tons. He's nearly killed when he tries fighting Titania, who can lift ''85'' tons and routinely picks fights with She-Hulk. She tosses him over a nearby cliff like a ragdoll, giving Dennis a fear of heights (and a fear of Titania).



* ChairReveal:
** In issue #341, Steve reveals himself to Tony Stark this way.
** #344: Steve is dealing with an outbreak of people in the White House being turned into SnakePeople (long story), and gets to the Oval Office, hoping to talk with with the President. The chair spins around to reveal the Commander in Chief is feeling a bit... ''green'' that night.



** Or turn people into werewolves.

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** Or turn people into werewolves. Or SnakePeople.



* FanDisservice: Issue #350 begins with the Red Skull working out in nothing but some underwear.



** Sin is a more recent example; a completely forgotten character who under Brubaker, became Red Skull's chief underling and ultimately scoring an act of evil even the Red Skull found horrific: killing Captain America's unborn child when Sin shot Sharon Carter in the stomach. And then she became the New Red Skull and tried to outdo her father. And now she just killed Bucky Cap after ripping his bionic arm and beating him to death with it (mild exaggeration, she just sent him flying several feet off the air with it). Only for it to turn out she hadn't killed him, but rather Bucky's FakingTheDead, courtesy of the [[ComicBook/NickFury Infinity Formula]], and a well-placed Life-Model Decoy.]]

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** Sin is a more recent example; a completely forgotten character who under Brubaker, became Red Skull's chief underling and ultimately scoring an act of evil even the Red Skull found horrific: killing Captain America's unborn child when Sin shot Sharon Carter in the stomach. And then she became the New Red Skull and tried to outdo her father. And now she just nearly killed Bucky Cap after ripping his bionic arm and beating him to death with it (mild exaggeration, she just sent him flying several feet off the air with it).it. Only for it to turn out she hadn't killed him, but rather Bucky's FakingTheDead, courtesy of the [[ComicBook/NickFury Infinity Formula]], and a well-placed Life-Model Decoy.]]



* LetsYouAndHimFight: Due to a misunderstanding, Battlestar and D-Man get into a fight in issue #344. D-Man's slightly groggy from being near-fatally poisoned, and sees Lem standing over several captured members of the Serpent Society, thinking he's about to free them, so he attacks. Unfortunately, Dennis is too groggy to explain himself properly.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Most famously with Bucky, though he has a pretty good justification of being at ground zero of an exploding plane in mid-air. And it eventually turned out he survived that.



* NiceGuy: Steve Rogers, under the uniform, is still a kind and polite gentleman and the picture of the wholesome 1930's boy next door.

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* ShootingSuperman: In one of the Red Skull's particularly stupid moves, he once tried attacking Magneto with robots. Magneto. The Master of Magnetism. They don't slow him down for a moment.



* SlasherSmile: John Walker starts sporting one of these after his parents are killed. Issue #347 has him with a particularly manic one, complete with drool.

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* SlasherSmile: John Walker starts sporting one of these after his parents are killed. Issue #347 has him with a particularly manic one, complete with drool. Likewise, the Red Skull in a clone of Steve's own body spends a lot of "The Captain" with one, made all the more unnerving because, again, he's in a duplicate of Steve's body.



* TeleportationRescue: This is part of Sidewinder's stock in trade. When he founded the Serpent Society, one of the perks he promised members was that he could free if they got arrested. He was shown doing this here, teleporting into a jail cell, grabbing the imprisoned member, and teleporting out.

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* TeleportationRescue: This is part of Sidewinder's stock in trade. When he founded the Serpent Society, one of the perks he promised members was that he could free if they got arrested. He was shown doing this here, teleporting into a jail cell, grabbing the imprisoned member, and teleporting out. He even offers to do it for D-Man and Nomad during "The Captain", owing Vagabond for saving his life, but D-Man declines. Nomad does not.


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* TrespassingToTalk: Issue #341 has Steve break into Tony Stark's apartment to confront him over their tussle in Iron Man's own title a few weeks prior, as part of "Armor Wars". It's noted that in order to do so without Tony noticing, Steve also had to disable all of the notoriously paranoid Tony's security systems.


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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Cap usually respects all life, regardless of where it comes from. During a crossover with ''Infinity War'', he's attacked by his evil doppleganger, and struggles with him. Then he's told it's not technically alive, and suddenly immediately kicks it into its own shield, killing it. Not even a moment of angst or regret is spent dwelling on this, and the moment never comes up again.

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* ActingUnnatural: In issue #352, Perun and Ursa Major are hanging out in Avengers Mansion, having apparently defected from the USSR, and Ursa loses his rag over seeing Reagan on TV talking about Russia. He nearly smashes a chair over the TV as Perun tries to stop him. Then Steve enters and the two start acting super-nonchalant.



** And in the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger film version]], Peggy Carter, who, instead of being a member of the French Resistance, actually works for the U.S. government agency responsible for turning Steve into a super-soldier. Later in the film 'verse, it turns out that Sharon Carter is her niece.



* TheArtifact: Steve's secret identity rarely ever served much purpose, as he had no consistent civilian supporting cast; he had one pretty much because it was assumed all superheroes should have one. Done away with in 2002, and it hasn't really impacted the comics much at all.

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* BodyHorror: During a hunt for the Power Broker, Steve runs into some of Dr. Malus's rejected experiments. They aren't pretty looking.

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** Eventually ends up happening to the Power Broker himself. He straps himself into his own empowering machine, but it overdoes it, rendering him so overmuscled he can't even move on his own.



* ConvenientMiscarriage: Averted; when Sharon is faced with the prospect of her and Steve's child that she's carrying falling into the hands of the Red Skull and being used as a weapon, she [[TearJerker stabs herself in the gut]].

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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Averted; when Sharon is faced with the prospect of her and Steve's child that she's carrying falling into the hands of the Red Skull and being used as a weapon, she [[TearJerker stabs herself in the gut]].gut.



* DatingCatwoman: Capitan America and Diamondback, who reformed in part because of his influence (and also because she had a serious crush on him).

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* DatingCatwoman: Capitan Captain America and Diamondback, who reformed in part because of his influence (and also because she had a serious crush on him).



* DidntSeeThatComing: John Walker's supposed assassination in issue #351 has a little hitch in that the supposed hitman is then himself killed by a passing Scourge of the Underworld. That wasn't part of the plan.



* EvilVersusEvil: One issue in the late 80s has the Red Skull's gang get into a tussle with Selene of ''X-Men'' fame. They were looking for Magneto, and went snooping at the Hellfire Club, and ran into her.



* FaceHeelTurn: Captain America was accused of doing one during Operation Rebirth (teaming up with the Red Skull, though the two were teaming up to stop Hitler), leading to him being briefly exiled from the US.

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* FakingTheDead: John Walker, when turning the title of Captain America back to Steve Rogers in a public press conference, is assassinated by a member of the Watchdogs, presumably in retribution for Walker's violent campaign against them. The Watchdog was a fake, however, and the assassination staged so as to rehabilitate Walker's image, and allow the government to resurrect him as ComicBook/USAgent.

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John Walker, when turning the title of Captain America back to Steve Rogers in a public press conference, is assassinated by a member of the Watchdogs, presumably in retribution for Walker's violent campaign against them. The Watchdog was a fake, however, and the assassination staged so as to rehabilitate Walker's image, and allow the government to resurrect him as ComicBook/USAgent.



* FunWithAcronyms: Flag-Smasher's army, U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., or Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind.

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Flag-Smasher's army, U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., or Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind.



* ImplacableMan: The Red Skull learns the ''hard'' way why you should not be a Nazi near Magneto. He throws everything he has at the man, and it just slows Magneto down a little. He still catches the Red Skull in the end.



** Peggy Carter was first known as Agent13, before her sister (later niece), Sharon Carter. American Dream, whose real name is Shannon Carter, is their niece, as well, and was raised by Peggy.

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** Peggy Carter was first known as Agent13, Agent 13, before her sister (later niece), Sharon Carter. American Dream, whose real name is Shannon Carter, is their niece, as well, and was raised by Peggy.



* LetsYouAndHimFight: Due to a misunderstanding, Battlestar and D-Man get into a fight in issue 344. D-Man's slightly groggy from being near-fatally poisoned, and sees Lem standing over several captured members of the Serpent Society, thinking he's about to free them, so he attacks. Unfortunately, Dennis is too groggy to explain himself properly.

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* MoodWhiplash: Issue #351 begins with Val Cooper trying and not exactly succeeding in making a speech reintroducing Steve as Captain America. Then, just as John Walker hands over the title, he's shot repeatedly.



* MyCountryRightOrWrong:
** Very much averted with the character's transition to UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, where Cap came to accept that while his country did not always live up to its ideals, those ideals themselves are worth fighting for, especially when his own government violated them.
** Also averted in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe, where Captain America and the Ultimates break off from the USA after it sends them on shady missions.

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MyCountryRightOrWrong: Very much averted with the character's transition to UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks, where Cap came to accept that while his country did not always live up to its ideals, those ideals themselves are worth fighting for, especially when his own government violated them.
** Also averted in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe, where Captain America and the Ultimates break off from the USA after it sends them on shady missions.
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** In the Ultimate Universe, [[spoiler:his guilt over being partially responsible for Peter Parker's senseless death during the ''Death of Spider-Man'' storyline led Cap to quit from being a hero. However, the Nimrod Sentinels' attack on the U.S. and subsequent dividing of the nation has led to Cap returning to the Ultimates to defend the fragmented America from collapsing even further.]]



* NotSoDifferentRemark: The Red Skull once tried to do this to ''Magneto''. Magneto disagreed. Very, very strongly.



* SpectralWeaponCopy: He uses a HardLight version of his shield whenever he can't use it.

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* SpectralWeaponCopy: He Steve uses a HardLight version of his shield whenever he can't use it.



* TeamUpSeries: The ''Captain America and...'' series, which features a different hero taking second billing in every arc. So far, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow have featured alongside Cap in this series.

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* TeamUpSeries: The ''Captain America and...'' series, which features a different hero taking second billing in every arc. So far, ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and ComicBook/BlackWidow have featured alongside Cap in this series.



* TeensAreMonsters: Sin, Red Skull's daughter, thanks to a big of age futzing. She's accompanied by the Sisters of Sin, a gang of equally psychotic gals who are big into violence, murder and torture (not necessarily in that order). One of Mother Night's plots had her and the Sisters planning to turn a whole generation of American teenagers into psychotic hate monsters.



* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Only the Red Skull may kill Captain America. No-one else. Crossbones learns this one when he lures Cap into a trap and calls up his boss to tell him. Skull chews him out and tells Crossbones to knock it off. Brock figures if he just holds off going back long enough for the trap to do Steve in, then hey, it's not his fault, right?



* ThinkNothingOfIt: In ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', Captain America gets praised at an award ceremony. He does actually say "Aw, shucks" when cheered, and immediately says that the real praise should be for — well, then he's cut off by the inevitable supervillain attack. Cap commonly is portrayed as being a bit embarrassed or taken aback by praise and hero worship, as seen in the Capmania miniarc.

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* ThinkNothingOfIt: In ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'', Captain America gets praised at an award ceremony. He does actually say "Aw, shucks" when cheered, and immediately says that the real praise should be for — well, then he's cut off by the inevitable supervillain attack. Cap commonly is portrayed as being a bit embarrassed or taken aback by praise and hero worship, as seen in the Capmania miniarc. miniarc.
* ThreateningShark: The Bloodstone Hunt arc has both sides run into a whole bunch of sharks while recovering a Bloodstone from a crashed plane. The bad guys stab one of the sharks, which just releases a whole bunch of blood and... [[FromBadToWorse well]].

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* ''Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty''
* ''Captain America: Symbol of Truth''
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->''[[https://youtu.be/cVU4HURKEXs If he's led to a fight, and a duel is due\\
Then the red, and the white, and the blue'll come through\\
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!]]''
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* StuffedIntoTheFridge:
** Sharon Carter in the 70s got brainwashed into joining a cult and then ''sets herself on fire''. It'd take until 1995 for her to get better from that.
** [[spoiler:Happens to Sharon Carter in #10 of Rick Remender's run. Later revealed to be a fake out-- she's been alive in Dimension Z the entire time, raising Steve's son as her own.]]
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** Likewise, ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel' "Ok, Axis... here we come!"

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* ParentalSubstitute: Was much one to Bucky, whose own father George died in a training accident some three years before Steve took the Super Soldier serum.

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* ''ComicBook/NickSpencersCaptainAmerica''[[note]]''Captain America: Sam Wilson''[[/note]]
* ''[[ComicBook/CaptainAmericaSteveRogers Captain America: Steve Rogers]]''

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* AmazonBrigade: During his run on ''Captain America'', Creator/TaNehisiCoates introduced an organization called the Daughters of Liberty, a coalition of heroines who existed as far back as the 1800s (where they were led by Harriet Tubman) to defend American ideals. The current line-up includes such notables as [[ComicBook/Agent13 Sharon Carter]], ComicBook/InvisibleWoman, ComicBook/SpiderWoman, ComicBook/MistyKnight, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, [[ComicBook/WhiteTiger Ava Ayala]] and Agatha Harkness.

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* AmazonBrigade: During his run on ''Captain America'', Creator/TaNehisiCoates introduced an organization called the Daughters of Liberty, a coalition of heroines who existed as far back as the 1800s (where they were led by Harriet Tubman) to defend American ideals. The current line-up includes such notables as [[ComicBook/Agent13 Sharon Carter]], ComicBook/InvisibleWoman, ComicBook/SpiderWoman, ComicBook/MistyKnight, [[ComicBook/DaughtersOfTheDragon Misty Knight]], ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, [[ComicBook/WhiteTiger Ava Ayala]] and Agatha Harkness.
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* ParentalSubstitute: Was much one to Bucky, whose own father George died in a training accident some three years before Steve took the Super Soldier serum.
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** Probably the [[UpToEleven biggest good]] in all comics. Howso? During the JLA/Avegers crossover, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' himself deferred to Cap.

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** Probably the [[UpToEleven biggest good]] good in all comics. Howso? During the JLA/Avegers crossover, ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' himself deferred to Cap.



* FightsLikeANormal: He's basically a BadassNormal cranked UpToEleven via SuperSerum.

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* BrainsVersusVrawn: Captain America is at the peak of human athletic potential and is a master combatant and leader, but typically leaves things like handling technology to his allies. His archenemy ''ComicBook/RedSkull'' may or may not have the same or similiar abilities depending on the story, but is usually a DiabolicalMastermind.

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* BrainsVersusVrawn: BrainsVersusBrawn: Captain America is at the peak of human athletic potential and is a master combatant and leader, but typically leaves things like handling technology to his allies. His archenemy ''ComicBook/RedSkull'' may or may not have the same or similiar abilities depending on the story, but is usually a DiabolicalMastermind.
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* BrainsVersusVrawn: Captain America is at the peak of human athletic potential and is a master combatant and leader, but typically leaves things like handling technology to his allies. His archenemy ''ComicBook/RedSkull'' may or may not have the same or similiar abilities depending on the story, but is usually a DiabolicalMastermind.
** Other Captain America villains that fit the trope include Doctor Faustus (a NonActionGuy PsychoPsychologist who relies on manipulation and has a CompellingVoice), Armin Zola (a MadDoctor who mainly creates monsters), and Heinrich Zemo (a powerless scientist).

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* TheAlcatraz: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run introduces the Myrmidon, run by Baron von Strucker, power dampeners installed all around to prevent any of its powered prisoners from getting out, plus Americops as his security force.



* TheAlcatraz: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run introduces the Myrmidon, run by Baron von Strucker, power dampeners installed all around to prevent any of its powered prisoners from getting out, plus Americops as his security force.
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** Several alternate universe stories do the same thing. ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}}'s daughter Danielle is the new Cap in one universe, while a mixed race man name Kiyoshi Morales is one in another.

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** He also gave up the identity in the 80s when the U.S. Government tried to force Cap to work as a government-sanctioned operative. He was able to continue superheroics by donning a black costume and changing his name to "The Captain," since it turned out that the government owned the rights to his original name and shield.

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** He also gave up the identity in the 80s when the U.S. Government tried to force Cap to work as a government-sanctioned operative. He was able then dropped out of sight for a few weeks, just wandering around America, until a chance run-in with the eco-terrorist Brother Nature convinced him to continue superheroics by donning a black costume and changing his name to "The Captain," since it turned out that the government owned the rights to his original name and shield.Captain."



** When his Super Soldier Serum is deactivated, he gives the identity and shield to ComicBook/TheFalcon as he's been rendered an old man. When [[RealityWarper Kobik]] restores Steve to full, he tells Sam to keep using the name and the shield, though he'll be back in the saddle as well, missing the adventure of it all.

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** When his Super Soldier Serum is deactivated, he gives the identity and shield to ComicBook/TheFalcon the Falcon as he's been rendered an old man. When [[RealityWarper Kobik]] restores Steve to full, he tells Sam to keep using the name and the shield, though he'll be back in the saddle as well, missing the adventure of it all.



* AmicableExes: Steve maintains friendly working relationships with both Diamondback and Sharon during their "off" periods. He's also still friendly enough with Bernie Rosenthal that she agreed to represent Bucky during the Trial of Captain America arc.

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* AmicableExes: Steve maintains friendly working relationships with both Diamondback and Sharon during their "off" periods.periods, and with Peggy Carter. He's also still friendly enough with Bernie Rosenthal that she agreed to represent Bucky during the Trial of Captain America arc.



* AntiHeroSubstitute: [=USAgent's=] brief stint as Captain America. Only this version, temporary insanity aside with the ComicBook/RedSkull's manipulations, soon made an honest effort to emulate Rogers' ethics and was the one to truly convince his predecessor to become the Sentinel of Liberty again.

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[=USAgent's=] brief stint as Captain America. Only this version, temporary insanity aside with the ComicBook/RedSkull's manipulations, soon made an honest effort to emulate Rogers' ethics and was the one to truly convince his predecessor to become the Sentinel of Liberty again.



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During "The Captain" arc, the Comission for Superhuman Activities (or more specifically, the Red Skull's agent inside the Commission) charges Steve with several crimes, to whit; Conspiracy to commit sedition (nope), breaking and entering the White House (okay, yes, to stop one of Viper's schemes), assault and battery against the President (he'd been turned into a mindless snake man), aiding and abetting known felons (okay, yes, that's true) and... failure to pay back taxes.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During "The Captain" arc, the Comission Commission for Superhuman Activities (or more specifically, the Red Skull's agent inside the Commission) charges Steve with several crimes, to whit; Conspiracy to commit sedition (nope), breaking and entering the White House (okay, yes, to stop one of Viper's schemes), assault and battery against the President (he'd been turned into a mindless snake man), aiding and abetting known felons (okay, yes, that's true) and... failure to pay back taxes.


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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: One issue has Sidewinder of the Serpent Society going over the bills in bed when "Black Mamba" enters the room in a french maid outfit. Sidewinder's too busy looking at the bills to notice his girlfriend's suddenly got a different build... and hairstyle... and hair-color... until Viper bites him with her poisonous fangs.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The Armadillo was given his powers by a mad scientist, but he's not a bad guy. One of his particular jailbreaks from the Vault was motivated by thinking his wife was cheating on him, and it had driven him nuts. A chance encounter with Vagabond, who'd been left behind by Team Cap to guard the van, has her talk him into peacefully surrendering.


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* NotWorthKilling: During her plan to turn everyone in Washington into snake people, Viper finds Definitely Not Nancy Reagan, and has her at gunpoint... then decides she's not worth bothering with, and hurries on.
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--> '''ComicBook/WhatIf #44''': ''[[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Without its ideals -- its commitment to the freedom of all men]], America is [[ThisLoserIsYou a piece of trash]]!''
* RoguesGallery: ComicBook/RedSkull, [[ManipulativeBastard Doctor Faustus]], [[MadScientist Baron Zemo]], [[TheBaroness Madame Hydra]], [[PsychoForHire Crossbones]], [[DaddysLittleVillain Sin]], Serpent Society, [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Arnim Zola]]...

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* Eightieshair: The Super-Patriot, introduced in the mid-80s, sports a mean flat-top.

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* Eightieshair: EightiesHair: The Super-Patriot, introduced in the mid-80s, sports a mean flat-top.



* ArrestedForHeroism: During his run as The Captain, Steve, Falcon, Nomad and D-Man are all arrested by the Las Vegas police for stopping a group of snake-themed villains robbing a casino. Steve, being the goody two-shoes he is, lets this happen because he trusts the police to eventually let them go, rather than just explaining he used to be Captain America and asking them to do that. They probably ''would'' have, too, if not for circumstances.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: During "The Captain" arc, the Comission for Superhuman Activities (or more specifically, the Red Skull's agent inside the Commission) charges Steve with several crimes, to whit; Conspiracy to commit sedition (nope), breaking and entering the White House (okay, yes, to stop one of Viper's schemes), assault and battery against the President (he'd been turned into a mindless snake man), aiding and abetting known felons (okay, yes, that's true) and... failure to pay back taxes.



* BackForTheDead: In issue #347, a side-story pops over to an Algerian prison, where a gang of mercenaries bust out Albert Malik, the second Red Skull, last seen in ''Solo Avengers'' #16. Just as he's crowing about how he plans to outdo the original, and presumed dead, Skull, his pilot suddenly kills him. Then he declares "Justice is Served!" It later turns out this Scourge was working for the Red Skull all along.



* CrossThrough: ''Captain America'' issue 314 has Nighthawk of ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' traveling to Earth-616 to find allies against his former teammates, finding Cap and then some of his own enemies who'd already fled their reality. Both titles were being written by Mark Gruenwald.

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** Issue 339 follows on from ''Iron Man'' issue #228, part of that title's ''Armor Wars'' storyline, and Steve having to deal with a supervillain break-out caused by Tony's antics.



* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: John Walker, in issue 346, on account of a major league HeroicBSOD.



* FlatEarthAtheist: Sometimes, Steve has been known not to believe in the supernatural. All well and good in the early days, less so in the 1980s when he's worked and fought with multiple gods, wizards, witches (Scarlet or otherwise) and all manner of weirdness.



* FullyAbsorbedFinale: Issue #332 has Cap dealing with several plot threads from the just ended ''Thing'', such as the fate of the new Ms. Marvel, and the Power Broker.
* FunWithAcronyms: Flag-Smasher's army, U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M., or Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind.



* InadequateInheritor: John Walker as Captain America. He initially starts off as just a slightly-more jingoistic replacement for Steve, aware of the burden of the role and terrified of screwing up. Then he beats a supervillain to death. Then two former friends of his reveal his identity on national television, which leads to serious SanitySlippage when his parents are abducted and gunned down. The CSA keeps him on as Captain America anyway, partly because of the Red Skull, who ''wants'' an increasingly unhinged John to discredit the name.



* LetsYouAndHimFight: Due to a misunderstanding, Battlestar and D-Man get into a fight in issue 344. D-Man's slightly groggy from being near-fatally poisoned, and sees Lem standing over several captured members of the Serpent Society, thinking he's about to free them, so he attacks. Unfortunately, Dennis is too groggy to explain himself properly.



* NewSeasonNewName: Cap's Golden Age book became ''Captain America's Weird Tales'' in its last two issues.

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* NewSeasonNewName: NeverMyFault: Left-Winger and Right-Winger reveal John Walker's identity on national television, leading to the Watchdogs kidnapping his parents, which then leads to their death. When John goes after them for it, they complain that's it's hardly ''their'' fault the Watchdogs did that. Their manager Ethan Thurm, the one who gave them the idea in the first place, goes even further, calling John stupid for not being able to protect his parents.
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Cap's Golden Age book became ''Captain America's Weird Tales'' in its last two issues.



* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Nomad and Cap's tussle with the Slug ends with him supposedly drowning. In fairness, Slug is fat enough to make Jabba the Hutt look swoll, so it's not an unreasonable thought. Once they're off, the issue ends with Sluggman floating to the surface and gasping.



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Not even Cap is immune to attacks from them, such as the Commission for Superhuman Activities, who learn Steve has a couple decades of back-pay owed to the US government, and demand he work for them as repayment. It eventually turns out one of them is working for the Red Skull.



* SlasherSmile: John Walker starts sporting one of these after his parents are killed. Issue #347 has him with a particularly manic one, complete with drool.



* SnakePeople: One of Viper's particularly nutty schemes has her turning everyone in Washington, D.C. into these, Ronald and Nancy Reagan included, meaning Cap has to fight the Pres turned into a snake man (which the Secret Service take in entirely the wrong way).
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Flag-Smasher is reluctant to believe Steve as The Captain is who he says he is, having just had a run-in with John Walker as Captain America. Fortunately, Steve says something typically noble and heroic, and that convinces Karl instantly.



* TemptingFate: On his resurrection in a clone of Steve's body, the Red Skull brags to Steve how now he has an all-American face, he can hide in plain sight (presumably if he stops smiling like a serial killer first). Then Steve manages to give him a face full of his patented skull dust, disfiguring the Skull's face so that he looks like... well.



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Diamondback is held captive by Crossbones, and at one point while he's asleep considers seriously smashing his head in with a cinderblock, but relents because apart from anything else she knows Steve would never approve. Several more weeks of brutalization at Crossbone's hands follow, and when they next really fight, he gets set on fire. This time, Diamondback decides she's going to let him burn.

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Diamondback is held captive by Crossbones, and at one point while he's asleep considers seriously smashing his head in with a cinderblock, but relents because apart from anything else she knows Steve would never approve. Several more weeks of brutalization at Crossbone's hands follow, and when they next really fight, he gets set on fire. This time, Diamondback decides she's going to let him burn.



** In ''the Ultimates'', he wrestles the ''10 stories tall'' [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] into the ground and pounds him into helpless submission for beating his wife The Wasp.

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* ConflictBall: Cap and Wolverine's encounter in one annual. They're both on the trail of a rampaging robot, and both reach the lab it's ransacking, but Steve at the time didn't like Wolverine, and is being ''especially'' judgmental because the X-Men are hanging out with a redeemed Magneto at the time. His attitude rubs Logan the wrong way, and so they start brawling, just long enough for the guy they're after to get away.

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Cap and Wolverine's encounter in one annual. They're both on the trail of a rampaging robot, and both reach the lab it's ransacking, but Steve at the time didn't like Wolverine, and is being ''especially'' judgmental because the X-Men are hanging out with a redeemed Magneto at the time. His attitude rubs Logan the wrong way, and so they start brawling, just long enough for the guy they're after to get away.



* CrossThrough: ''Captain America'' issue 314 has Nighthawk of ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme'' traveling to Earth-616 to find allies against his former teammates, finding Cap and then some of his own enemies who'd already fled their reality. Both titles were being written by Mark Gruenwald.



* DramaticUnmasking: Subverted when Captain America catches the Scourge of the Underworld, to find that he's... some guy he's never met before, and who looks completely normal.

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* DramaticUnmasking: DramaticUnmask: Subverted when Captain America catches the Scourge of the Underworld, to find that he's... some guy he's never met before, and who looks completely normal.



* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler during the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]]. Red Skull can also take on this role from time to time. [[spoiler: And then there’s Weapon Plus, the true masterminds behind project rebirth...]]

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* GreaterScopeVillain: UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler during the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]]. Red Skull can also take on this role from time to time. [[spoiler: And then there’s Weapon Plus, the true masterminds behind project rebirth...Project Rebirth...]]



** Finding out someone (''definitely not Richard Nixon'') is the head of the Secret Empire did a serious number on Steve.



* OffhandBackhand: Steve has been known to do this with his shield. He has ''very'' good aim. For example, doing so in issue #314 to the villain Pinball.



* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Happens to Sharon Carter in #10 of Rick Remender's run. Later revealed to be a fake out-- she's been alive in Dimension Z the entire time, raising Steve's son as her own.]]

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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Despite having multiple close friends who are mutants, despite leading Avengers teams which included mutants as full equal members and despite having a long-established belief in equality and freedom, Cap never used the massive platform he has as one of the most universally beloved and respected superheroes in America to speak publicly in favour of mutant rights, or offer any material support to the X-Men or persecuted mutant citizens. At some points in comics, Cap was depicted as a loyal and patriotic agent of the US government, the same government which was legislating mutant apartheid. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', when Cyclops essentially tells him [[WhatTheHellHero “we almost went extinct, and you did nothing!”]] This is especially noticeable since Cap was deafeningly silent on the various iterations of the [[SuperRegistrationAct Mutant Registration Act]], but went to [[ComicBook/CivilWar war]] with the US government once artificially created superhumans like him were affected.

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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: SupermanStaysOutOfGotham:
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** Explored in issue #314, when Nighthawk of Earth-712 asks the Avengers for help with his world's Squadron Supreme, who are becoming a little too fascist for his taste. Cap, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four mull on the issue, but decide they can't interfere in another world's affairs just because they don't like them, since that would set a bad precedent (Black Knight points out the Avengers had just interfered in Skrull affairs, but Monica Rambeau points out the Skrulls had been trying to interfere with them first).



* TeleportationRescue: In the MarvelUniverse, this is part of Sidewinder's stock in trade. When he founded the Serpent Society, one of the perks he promised members was that he could free if they got arrested. He was shown doing this here, teleporting into a jail cell, grabbing the imprisoned member, and teleporting out.

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* TeleportationRescue: In the MarvelUniverse, this This is part of Sidewinder's stock in trade. When he founded the Serpent Society, one of the perks he promised members was that he could free if they got arrested. He was shown doing this here, teleporting into a jail cell, grabbing the imprisoned member, and teleporting out.
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*** After their "deaths" in WWII, UsefulNotes/HarryTruman asked the similarly-themed hero Spirit of '76, William Naslund, and Bucky's friend Fred Davis to take over as Captain America and Bucky, to keep America's morale up. After Naslund died in the line of duty, Jeffrey Mace, another flag-themed superhero called Patriot, finished his mission and took over as Cap.

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*** After their "deaths" in WWII, UsefulNotes/HarryTruman UsefulNotes/HarrySTruman asked the similarly-themed hero Spirit of '76, William Naslund, and Bucky's friend Fred Davis to take over as Captain America and Bucky, to keep America's morale up. After Naslund died in the line of duty, Jeffrey Mace, another flag-themed superhero called Patriot, finished his mission and took over as Cap.

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[[caption-width-right:330:''[[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes When Captain America throws his mighty shield!\\
All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield!''\\
''If he's led to a fight and a duel is due\\
Then the red and the white and the blue'll come through\\
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!'']]]]

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[[caption-width-right:330:''[[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes When Captain America throws his mighty shield!\\
shield\\
All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield!''\\
''If he's led to a fight and a duel is due\\
Then the red and the white and the blue'll come through\\
When Captain America throws his mighty shield!'']]]]
yield!]]'']]
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When Captain America throws his mighty shield!'']]

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When Captain America throws his mighty shield!'']]
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