History Characters / MCUCaptainAmerica

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* AbandonedCatchphrase: Early on in the series, Steve often tells his opponent, "I can do this all day" to reflect his stubbornness. After the events of ''Civil War'' however, Cap stopped using said phrase, [[spoiler:and is nothing short of exasperated upon hearing his younger self say it in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'']]. Unfortunately for him, his adoring public has ''not'' abandoned it. In shows up in "Rogers: the Musical" in ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' in the chorus of a song, and then on merchandise featuring him in the AvengerCon of ''Series/MsMarvel2022''.

* AmbiguousDisorder: In the second film, Steve is suffering from several signs of being a ShellShockedVeteran. He's not sure of his place in the world, he laments that the world he once knew is gone, and he has trouble sleeping in a civilian bed. He plays this so straight that Sam Wilson, who ''counsels'' people with PTSD and other disorders, finishes his sentences for him. Some viewers have even mentioned that he shows signs of being a DeathSeeker, particularly during his final battle with Bucky.

* AbandonedCatchphrase: Early on in the series, Steve often tells his opponent "I can do this all day" to reflect his stubbornness. After the events of ''Civil War'' however, Cap stopped using said phrase, [[spoiler:and is nothing short of exasperated upon hearing his younger self say it in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'']]. Unfortunately for him, his adoring public has ''not'' abandoned it. In shows up in the "Rogers: the Musical" seen in ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' in the chorus of a song, and then on merchandise featuring him in the Advengerscon of ''Series/MsMarvel2022''.

* ArmorPiercingResponse: Tony angrily tells Steve at the airport that he's trying to keep Cap from tearing the Avengers apart. Steve's response is that Tony did that when he signed. Tony has no rebuttal to this, only angrily demanding that Steve and the others turn themselves in.

* TheParagon: Steve is such an ideal of heroism and justice that when he outs HYDRA's presence within S.H.I.E.L.D., ''everyone'' who isn't a HYDRA agent immediately takes action against the villains. No one doubts Steve's word for a second. Deconstructed in ''Civil War'', where Steve is shown going to [[FatalFlaw questionable extremes]] to protect Bucky, which plays a major role in ripping the Avengers apart. He becomes this once more for the events of ''Avengers: Endgame'', with his unyielding refusal to back down and find a way to resurrect the fallen being the main drive behind the Avengers reuniting to do just that. Best summed up with this conversation in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'':
'''Bucky''': Maybe you're wrong, Zemo. The [Super Soldier] serum never corrupted Steve.
'''Zemo''': Touché. But there has never been another Steve Rogers, has there?

* TheParagon: Steve is such an ideal of heroism and justice that when he outs HYDRA's presence within S.H.I.E.L.D., ''everyone'' who isn't a HYDRA agent immediately takes action against the villains. No one doubts Steve's word for a second. Deconstructed in ''Civil War'', where Steve is shown going to [[FatalFlaw questionable extremes]] to protect Bucky, which plays a major role in ripping the Avengers apart. He becomes this once more for the events of ''Avengers: Endgame'', with his unyielding refusal to back down and find a way to resurrect the fallen being the main drive behind the Avengers reuniting to do just that.

* TheGadfly: Underneath the seemingly straight-laced old soldier is a good-hearted guy who enjoys the occasional prank. Just ask Sam Wilson. "On your left!"

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When he rescues prisoners of war from HYDRA, and refuses to leave any civilians on the floating Sokovian city.

* RousingSpeech: Coupled with his earnestness, charisma and (generally) well-meaning nature, he manages to deliver inspiring words and ''actually sell them''. It gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] more than once (particularly by [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Sam]], [[Film/AvengersEndgame Rocket and Scott]].

** The following films showcase that Rogers can be a Warrior as well, and this is his FatalFlaw -- as Stark points out, Steve fears having to stop fighting for good and when confronted with people planning to phase him out (Ultron) or take the control of where and when to fight away from him (the Sokovia Accords), he'll quickly get on the high horse and rebel. Justified in the second case, because politicians with their HeadInTheSandManagement and HYDRA agents in their midst are not the best candidates to be entrusted with directing the Avengers.

** In ''Endgame'', Tony notices comments on how his ''The Avengers''-era suit made his butt look weird, while Ant-Man thinks it looks fine.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] but he's noticeably less effective without his shield. When separated from it in Siberia, he's only able to hold Tony down for about five seconds before Iron Man turns the tides and begins beating the snot out of him. That said, he singlehandedly takes down an elevator full of HYDRA mooks without his shield and consistently holds his own against the Winter Soldier, who relieves him of his shield early on in every fight they have.

* IllBoy: ''UpToEleven.'' Before the serum, he had a LongList of [[https://cap-chronism.dreamwidth.org/6115.html?thread=30435 medical problems]], any of which would have kept him out of the army under normal circumstances. Noteworthy is that he grew up during TheGreatDepression, when having health conditions like stomach ulcers and irregular heartbeat when you had no guarantee of finding work to pay for treatment were effectively a death sentence. On top of that, effective let alone affordable treatments for many of those ailments ''hadn't been invented yet.''[[note]]Though penicillin was invented decades before, during the war it was ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin#Mass_production still]]'' so rare that if both Churchill and Roosevelt had been dying for lack of it, only one could have been treated.[[/note]]

* StrongAndSkilled: Steve shows superior skill and strength in combat against the best fighters in the MCU. [[spoiler:During ''Endgame'', he takes this UpToEleven when becomes worthy to wield Mjölnir and gains all of Thor's abilities combined with his.]]

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* BashBrothers:

** This version mixes his 616 and Ultimate counterparts together, basically having the TheParagon[=/=]NiceGuy[=/=]TheCape values of the former with AdaptationalBadass unambiguously SuperSoldier prowess of the latter, not to mention the costume that he used during the war.

** He and Peggy never became a couple in the ''The First Avenger''. However, they were attracted to each other, Peggy kissed him and they made plans to go on a date right before he crashed the Valkyrie into the sea, leaving him frozen and presumed dead. [[spoiler:This eventually gets resolved in ''Endgame'' when he goes back in time to be with her.]]

* AbandonedCatchphrase: Early on in the series, Steve often tells his opponent "I can do this all day" to reflect his stubbornness. After the events of ''Civil War'' however, Cap stopped using said phrase, [[spoiler:and is nothing short of exasperated upon hearing his younger self say it in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'']].

* PapaWolf: Steve is incredibly protective of his teammates, and will come to their aid regardless of the danger he is running into.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: [[invoked]] Steve Rogers is mostly the same as his [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica comic book version]], but there are some key changes. [=MCU=] Steve is slightly more of a realist willingly to concede and even compromise [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the greater good]], whilst comic Steve is [[TheParagon adamantly idealistic]] and rarely wavers from his righteous attitude and beliefs. The Russo Brothers in particular [[WordOfGod intentionally]] made Cap quite the RoundedCharacter; he's still [[NiceGuy a fundamentally good man]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower with a pure heart]] who despises bullies, but unlike in the comics Steve isn't above making some selfish decisions (though the franchise balances this out by showing how selfless he otherwise is), perform morally questionable actions and [[spoiler:[[IHatePastMe even gets annoyed at his younger idealistic self]] showing his CharacterDevelopment during the Avengers' Time Heist in ''Endgame'']].

* TheGhost: He isn't seen, only mentioned by Doctor Strange Supreme when he tells her that in his universe, she didn't receive the serum but he did.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: His FishOutOfTemporalWater characterization. Steve does adapt a bit to the modern age and even acquires a few companions. However, he still feels incredibly lonely because his former companions from the Howling Commandos are almost all dead and he dearly regrets that he missed out on a life with Peggy. Once he finds out Bucky is still alive, Steve goes very far to preserve the last relic of his happy past. In the comics, Cap has rapidly moved past the shock of being a man from the 40s frozen into modern times.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When the situation calls for it he will ignore orders to do what he thinks is the best course of action. But he still [[LawfulGood honors those rules:]] when he returns from singlehandedly rescuing the [=POWs=], the very first thing he does is submit himself for disciplinary action. The fact he doesn't turn himself in at the end of ''Civil War'' shows you how serious the situation is.

* AlternateSelf: To the Steve Rogers of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he was unable to to take the super soldier serum, and thus had to pilot Howard Stark's HYDRA Stomper armor to fight in the war.

* AlternateSelf: To the Steve Rogers of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he was transformed into a zombie after trying to deal with a ZombieApocalypse alongside his fellow Avengers.

* AlternateSelf: To the Steve Rogers of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a world where he was killed by Ultron during the events of ''Age Of Ultron''. Also to President Steve Rogers, who appears in the same episode.

* AlternateSelf: To the Steve Rogers of the Sacred Timeline, living in a world where he became the president of the United States.

* AlternateSelf: To the Steve Rogers of the Sacred Timeline, living in a world where he and Captain Marvel fight against Loki.

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