History Characters / MCUCosmicThanosForces

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!! Spoilers for all works set prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.

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!!Leadership
[[folder:Thanos]]
!!Thanos
->See his [[Characters/MCUThanos page]].
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!!!Servants
[[folder:The Other]]
!!''The Other''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"We look beyond the Earth to greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Alien
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Alexis Denisof
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Antonio Monroi (Latin-American Spanish dub), Arsenio Corsellas [''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''], Miguel Ayones [''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''] (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''

->''"And the humans, what can they do, but burn..."''

An alien who acts as the mouthpiece of Thanos.
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* BackForTheDead: Appears in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in a couple of scenes, acting as a middleman between Ronan and Thanos. When Ronan goes to see Thanos in person, he grows annoyed with the Other constantly arguing with him, and kills him.
* BerserkButton: He doesn't take it well when people question or disrespect Thanos.
* BlackCloak: He wears a black robe that covers the top half of his face.
* BullyingADragon: Screaming at a psychopath like Ronan was never going to end well.
* CanonForeigner: Created for the MCU.
* EasilyConqueredWorld: Believed Earth would be one of these, and that the entire Earth would surrender the minute the Chitauri landed without so much as a single battle.
-->'''Loki:''' I will lead them into glorious battle.\\
'''The Other:''' ''Battle?'' [[UnderestimatingBadassery Against the meager might of Earth?]]\\
'''Loki:''' [[SmugSnake Glorious, not lengthy.]]
* {{Flanderization}}: In ''The Avengers'' The Other was much more subdued compared to his mostly shrieking role in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. His constant harping about respecting Thanos gets him killed by Ronan. Justified in that while Loki was subdued and fearful, Ronan is trying to confront Thanos and isn't intimidated. Ronan then got tired of his attempts at HamToHamCombat. The Other should have just let Thanos put Ronan in his place.
* HumanoidAliens: He has the same general shape as a human (and of course is played by a human actor), but the details are very different. For starters, he has two thumbs on each hand. It's not really clear if he's of the same race as the Chitauri.
* InformedAttribute: Loki is physically intimidated by him, flinching and retracting when the Other goes to grab his face, and according to James Gunn he's actually stronger than him, or at least the scenes were meant to convey such. He has zero on-screen fights and is simply one-shotted by Ronan.
* InTheHood: His hood helps to further obscure his face. [[FreezeFrameBonus You get to see his surprised eye when Ronan kills him]].
* MalevolentMaskedMan: A servant of Thanos who hides half of his face.
* MouthOfSauron: Serves as the mouthpiece for his master. Fittingly, after he dies, Thanos starts to speak for himself.
* NeckSnap: Ronan kills the Other using a blast of force from his hammer, not only breaking his spine but twisting his head nearly 180°.
* NightmareFace: Though we only see some of it.
* NumberTwo: Appears at first to be working for Loki, but is quickly revealed to be the intermediary for the even more powerful Thanos.
* OmnicidalManiac: Something of a given for anyone who willingly serves Thanos.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: In ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', he only appears briefly before Ronan kills him.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: From the start of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', he shows annoyance over working with Loki. Though, it was ultimately up to Thanos to make that decision. In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', he also doesn't like working with Ronan the Accuser much either, chastising him for talking to Thanos without the proper respect. This provokes Ronan into killing him.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Thanos. The Other treats Thanos with a respect that borders on reverence, gets angry when Ronan disrespects the Mad Titan, and in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', the Other is the only one of Thanos's minions who doesn't betray him.
* VocalEvolution: The Other's voice (and thus, Alexis Denisof's) is heavily modulated into cybernetic, EvilSoundsDeep levels in ''The Avengers'', making him a fearsome figure to watch and hear. He also uses a lower, less flamboyant tone in this film. However, once he makes his appearance in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', it's only changed so far as for him to have a slightly noticeable metallic tone, and his voice is a tad bit more falsetto due to less editing. He also yells a lot this time around. In both films he is a good example of EvilSoundsRaspy.
* TheWorfEffect: James Gunn acknowledges doing this with him on the commentary for ''Guardians'', saying seeing the guy who Loki was submissive towards killed so easily was meant to drive home how dangerous Ronan was.
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!!!The Children of Thanos
[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Left to right: [[TheDarkChick Proxima Midnight]], Loki, [[TheEvilGenius Ebony Maw]], [[TheDragon Corvus Glaive]], [[TheBrute Cull Obsidian]]. Not pictured [[HeelFaceTurn Gamora and Nebula]].'']]
An elite group of warriors composed of Thanos's adopted "children". They are based on the ComicBook/BlackOrder from the comics, especially in ''Infinity War'' where most of them debut.

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* AdaptedOut: Supergiant of the Black Order is not a part of the MCU version of the team in ''Infinity War''.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The deaths of their 2014 selves in ''Endgame'' are surprisingly poignant; as they turn to dust, Maw reaches out to Thanos in confusion and terror, and Proxima and Corvus die as she cradles him.]]
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Bizarrely zigzagged. All of them speak perfect English, except for Cull Obsidian. Rather strange, he was raised alongside the rest of them.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Gamora is green, Nebula is blue, and the ones based on the Black Order have grey skin.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:In ''Infinity War'', they all meet brutal, well-deserved deaths while trying to enable Thanos's goal of universal genocide.]]
* BackForTheDead: All of them except Nebula die during Infinity War, but their 2014 selves are transported to the present (including ''another'' Nebula) in Endgame. They then proceed to die all over again, this time excepting Gamora.
* BadassFamily: Being the adopted children of Thanos, they are bound by name and kinship.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Gamora and Nebula, the two most conventionally human looking of the siblings, are the ones who defect to the side of good.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: The four who debut in ''Infinity War'' are named '''Corvus''', '''Midnight''', '''Ebony''', and '''Obsidian'''. In the comics, their team is named the '''Black''' Order.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: The names of Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight and Cull Obsidian are never pronounced. Ebony Maw's name is pronounced, with Thanos referring to him as "Maw", but without the "Ebony" part. For that matter, they are never collectively referred to as "The Black Order" either.
* DaddysGirl: Thanos's adoptive daughters seem to have a closer paternal relationship with him than the Mad Titan does with his adoptive sons; Gamora, Nebula, and Proxima all refer to Thanos as "Father" at one time or another, while Maw and Glaive only ever address him as "Sire".
* DarkIsEvil: They're the Black Order with the majority having gothic names themed around the color black. Simple as.
* DarknessVonGothickname: The four members in ''Infinity War'' have dark outfits with dark, edgy-sounding names.
* EliteMooks: Thanos's personal hit team.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Could be seen as one for the Avengers. Like the Avengers, they are a disparate group of extraordinary individuals, each of whom possesses unique abilities or skills.
** As well as Gamora and Nebula, two of Thanos's other adoptees, who resent what Thanos did to them and jumped ship as soon as they got the chance.
* EvilGloating: All of them except for [[TheUnintelligible Cull Obsidian]] really like to stop and taunt right before dealing a killing blow. It gets them all killed.
* EvilIsBigger: While the turncoats Gamora and Nebula are the same height as human women, Proxima, Corvus, and Maw are taller than most humans, and Obsidian is substantially taller than Thanos.
* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Played with. Though they all are loyal servants to their to their adoptive father, the relationships between each "family member" seem to vary. While Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight are HappilyMarried to each other, Ebony Maw is more than willing to leave his adopted brother Cull Obsidian behind just to receive all the credit for obtaining the Time Stone.
* FlatCharacter: Maw is the only one with more than five lines. They mostly serve the FillerVillain role for the Earth heroes.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: In ''Infinity War'', this is averted, but before Nebula and Gamora's defection, it was this trope.
* HorsemenOfTheApocalypse: The arrival of these terrifying warriors precedes the apocalypse Thanos will inflict with the Infinity Gauntlet.
* MythologyGag: The name 'Children of Thanos' was originally how the vast armies of Thanos, of various races, named themselves in the comics.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original comics, the members of the Black Order were simply a group of nihilistic warriors recruited by Thanos. Here, they're more of his adopted children, much like Gamora and Nebula.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Averted. They never appeared as a group before ''Infinity War'', but were subtly alluded to in the first ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' movie during the scene where Nebula nearly killed Gamora.
-->'''Nebula:''' Of all our siblings, I hated you least.
* TheRival: Each of them forms a particular animosity with one of the heroes over the course of ''Infinity War'', and with the exception [[spoiler:of Maw, each of these heroes is the one who ultimately kills the respective Black Order member.]]
** Corvus with Vision.
** Proxima with Wanda.
** Cull with Banner.
** Maw with Doctor Strange.
* SatelliteCharacter: Aside from Ebony Maw, who gets a bit more characterization than the rest, all of them are defined by their loyalty to Thanos and their willingness to aid him in his quest to wipe out half the universe. WordOfGod confirmed that their purposes in the film was to keep the heroes from fighting Thanos until the end.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: They're more dangerous than other underlings seen in previous movies. Each one of them is capable of fighting multiple heroes at the same time and come very close to killing them, only thwarted a combination of their own arrogance and outside interference.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: They go from owning the Avengers heavyweights like Wanda and Vision to fighting evenly or even losing to Captain America and Black Widow.
** Zigzagged trope. They used sneak attacks and off-handed tactics vs the heavyweights and were gaining the upperhand as a result, while the inverse happened for the lower-tier heroes where Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon did the same *to them* and they were caught off-guard as a result.
* ThemeNaming: Each member of the team is named after celestial objects that exist in space.
* UndyingLoyalty: They are all fiercely loyal to Thanos, except Gamora and Nebula.
* YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive: They are quite fond of reminding the heroes just how much stronger their powers are than anything humanity can throw out, whether by technology, Infinity Stone-induced enhancement or magical arts.
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[[folder:Corvus Glaive]]
!!''Corvus Glaive''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I thought you were formidable, machine. But you're dying, like any man."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Alien
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelJamesShaw
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Erick Selim (Latin-American Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

An alien warrior who wields a powerful atom-splitting glaive.
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* AbsurdCuttingPower: His glaive is able to easily stab through Heimdall and even [[spoiler:the previously thought impenetrable Vibranium body of Vision, as well as negating his power to phase through objects]].
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Corvus has dueled the likes of Wolverine, the Hulk, and Hyperion, and without outside interference, has ''won'' or be on the winning side of those fights. In ''Infinity War'', he gets mortally wounded by Black Widow within seconds of her joining the fight. That being said, he chokeslams Captain America easily after he is disarmed of his glaive, and ''does'' repeatedly get the better of the Vision, the MCU's local SupermanSubstitute.
* AlienBlood: His blood is green, although it's only shown for a split second when he gets impaled by Vision.
* AllThereInTheManual: The film versions of Corvus and Proxima are said to be married like they are in the comics by their actors, but this relationship is never mentioned in the film.
* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the credits.
* AttackReflector: His glaive can reflect energy attacks, which he uses to turn the tables on Vision after the latter starts to overpower him in their first fight. Shuri's ArmCannon meets similar results when he assaults her lab in Wakanda.
* BladeOnAStick: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaive glaive polearm]], his trademark weapon. Thanos borrows it to kill Heimdall.
* DemotedToExtra: He’s much less important than he is in the comics, where he the leader of the Black Order.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Proxima Midnight mentions that he died from his wounds. It’s all an act, since he manages to infiltrate Shuri’s lab and attack Vision once Scarlet Witch enters the battle.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:In ''Endgame'', 2014!Corvus is shocked by and actually questions Thanos's order to have the ''Sanctuary II'' open fire on the battlefield at great risk to their own forces.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Corvus's few lines are all said in a very deep, growling voice.
* {{Foil}}: To Cull Obsidian. They're both brutal warriors and men of few words, but Corvus' penchant for sneak attacks and lithe frame make for a strong contrast to Cull's "smash everything" approach and immense stature.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He likes to {{impale|d with extreme prejudice}} his targets sneakily InTheBack with his glaive. He perishes that way, courtesy of Vision.]]
* IdiotBall: Grabs this in the Battle of Wakanda. [[spoiler:After all his NoNonsenseNemesis tendencies, he stops for a brief moment to gloat before killing Vision. This moment is all Captain America needs to arrive and team up with Vision to kill Corvus.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He's fond of doing this to others [[spoiler:and this is how Vision ultimately kills him at the end of ''Infinity War''.]]
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:He is killed by Vision with a stab from behind, exactly what he does to Vision when they first meet.]]
* InTheHood: Wears a [[BlackCloak dark hooded robe]] with gold trim as part of his overall look.
* KarmicDeath: All of his appearances consist of him [[spoiler:stabbing Vision with his glaive, in the end Vision stabs him in the back and tosses him aside to save Cap.]]
* KickTheDog: After downing the Vision in Wakanda, Corvus takes a moment to rub in the android's helplessness.
* LeanAndMean: He's really skinny, looking like he's got nothing but skin and bones under his robes. This doesn't stop him from [[MusclesAreMeaningless manhandling the muscular Captain America]], who was equal to his much more muscular companion Proxima.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: When he [[spoiler:attacks the Vision in Scotland]], Corvus doesn't even make his presence known until he's prepared to strike, impaling his victim with zero warning, and barely saying a word in the resultant fight barring a demand to surrender. [[spoiler:When he reappears during the battle in Wakanda, he doesn't take part in the melee, instead going straight for the Vision, slaughtering anyone who gets in his way, and ignoring any distractions in favour of directly attacking the Vision. He only stops to taunt the Vision when the android appears defeated.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: With Proxima. Corvus and Proxima are a HappilyMarried couple in the comics. They have a brief moment with Proxima comforting an injured Corvus, and leaked (but cut from final film) scenes of the two that suggest they are romantically involved. As they are both known as "Children of Thanos", this trope is invoked.
* PowerNullifier: Getting stabbed by Corvus's weapon does ''something'' to Vision that prevents him from [[IntangibleMan phasing]] and leaves him physically weakened for much of the film. His polearm is also used to kill Heimdall and seemingly overrides the latter's Asgardian SuperToughness and HealingFactor, though he was already badly injured at the time.
* PsychoticSmirk: Corvus cracks a smile when he sees Thor at Thanos's mercy.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has red pupils, like his wife.
* StealthExpert: Corvus Glaive has managed to ambush Vision and stab him with his glaive, crippling him for the remainder of the fight. He also seemingly infiltrates Wakanda’s defense and is only caught when he approaches the chamber in which Vision is kept.
* SuperReflexes: Despite his size, Corvus is quick and has keen reflexes:
** Deflects Vision's forehead beam back to him with his spear
** When Falcon ambushes him and Proxima with a flying dive, Corvus is the only one who manages to dodge in time despite being the one closer to Falcon.
** He deflected missiles fired at him by Falcon.
** He also deflects multiple sonic blasts from Shuri at close range.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to overpower Captain America when he puts in the effort, toss around and grapple with an injured Vision (though he gets overpowered eventually) as well as [[InASingleBound jump pretty high]] in the Edinburgh fight. After his glaive is deflected by Ayo's vibranium spear and Shuri's hand cannon blasts, he roundhouse kicks them both across the room to swiftly end the fight.
* SuperToughness: Gets punched by Vision hard enough to crack a wall behind him and then tossed about 20 feet away. Doesn't stop him. Neither does getting blasted by Wanda, tackled off a skyscraper by Vision, or punched repeatedly by Captain America.
** Getting impaled with Proxima's weapon by Black Widow ''does'' cripple him to the point that he can't fight anymore, but by the time the plot's moved on to Wakanda (mere hours later at most), he's perfectly fine and has no trouble continuing the battle.
* SwordDrag: He does a brief one while he and Proxima advance on a cornered Wanda, ramping up the menace.
* TheyCallHimSword: Named after the weapon he wields, a glaive.
* TheQuietOne: He's noticeably much more quiet than any of the other Black Order members, only ever speaking a few lines over the course of the film.
* TheLoad: Comes across as this to Proxima, as in pretty much any of the battles where they're [[BattleCouple fighting together]], he is the only one to become mortally wounded to the point that Proxima would give up the battle to keep him safe.
** In ''Infinity War'', Proxima was holding her own until Corvus becomes hurt and she flies into a rage. Then she would rather focus on getting him away from danger than continue the battle.
** In ''Endgame'', [[spoiler:Corvus is stabbed by Okoye during the battle, and as Thanos and his forces get distintegrated, Proxima can be seen in the background already cradling Corvus. Considering how quickly the distintegration happens, it's implied she had already [[HeartBrokenBadass stopped fighting]] to protect him for some time.]]
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Corvus can tower and loom over most of the human characters in the film, but is noticeably skinnier when compared to his more [[AmazonianBeauty heavily muscled]] partner, Proxima.
* {{Tuckerization}}: Corvus Glaive is named after Randall Lilly, aka Corvus, a BigNameFan who ran one of the very first Thanos fansites.
* WouldHitAGirl: Proxima does most of the actual fighting with Wanda, but Corvus doesn't object to her treatment and seems perfectly willing to attack Wanda himself once he's got her cornered. He also fights and knocks out both Ayo and Shuri (who is only a teenager) during the battle in Wakanda.
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[[folder:Proxima Midnight]]
!!''Proxima Midnight''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Thanos will have that stone."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Alien
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CarrieCoon (voice and mo-cap), Monique Ganderton (on-set performer)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Carola Vázquez (Latin-American Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

->''"We have blood to spare."''

A female warrior who serves Thanos.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The film versions of Corvus and Proxima are said to be married like they are in the comics by their actors, and while it isn't explicitly established in the movie itself, Proxima's distressed concern for Corvus after Romanoff stabs him is a pretty clear indicator.
* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the credits.
* AmazonianBeauty: She is tall and has a very muscular body in addition to being very beautiful.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Proxima has fought toe-to-toe with Luke Cage and broke his ribs and other internal injuries while only visibly bleeding from some cuts herself. When thrown, her spear has been shown to be able to chase and catch up to Spectrum in lightform, meaning it goes as fast as lightspeed, as well as possessing toxic blacklight that can depower Spectrum and the Hulk. She has also fought Captain America, the Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Hyperion at the same time, and was overwhelmingly winning the fight. In the film, [[spoiler:she has trouble dueling Black Widow, Captain America and Falcon, her spear can be caught by Captain America even though he was unable to even deflect her spear completely in the comics; and she later dies to a thresher machine.]]
* AlienBlood: Bleeds blue blood, most prominently seen when [[spoiler:she gets reduced to LudicrousGibs.]]
* BadBoss: She throws the Outriders against the Wakandan force field, and later, into battle with the heroes, showing about as much concern for them as one would for meat in a grinder.
* BadassBoast: Lets loose a frightening one right before unleashing their army of outriders for the invasion of Wakanda.
--> '''T'Challa:''' You are in Wakanda now. Thanos will have nothing but dust, and blood.\\
'''Proxima Midnight:''' We have blood to spare.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: In her fight with Natasha, Scarlet Witch and Okoye, she deploys a knife blade from her wrist.
* BladeOnAStick: Wields a bladed staff. She trades it out for a sword in the climax.
* DarkActionGirl: She's killed scores of people in Thanos's name. During the climactic battle in Wakanda, she takes on Natasha and Okoye (two of the most dangerous hand-to-hand fighters in the entire MCU) simultaneously, and is clearly keeping the upper hand with ease until Wanda steps in.
* TheDarkChick: Since Gamora and Nebula both pulled [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] and are now opposing Thanos, Proxima is the only named female character who remains a loyal follower of Thanos.
* DesignatedGirlFight: The climax of the movie conspires to have her face Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and Okoye at the exact same time.
* TheDragon: Seems to have taken this role after [[spoiler:Ebony Maw's death]], since she orders the release of the Outriders and gives orders to [[spoiler:Corvus Glaive]] to attack Vision.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Chooses to take the Avengers' offer of mercy and retreats when it is clear Corvus is too injured to "get up" and continue the fight. Later, when taunted by Black Widow, Proxima threatens to take Widow's life in revenge for Corvus's. [[spoiler:This was a ploy to make the Avengers think that Corvus had died from his injuries since he wasn't fighting alongside Proxima.]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: Proxima wears a shoulder pad and armor on her left arm only.
* FormFittingWardrobe: Her outfits are form-fitting, since it's basically armor.
* {{Foil}}: To Ebony Maw. Like Maw, Proxima is clearly one of Thanos's higher ranked subordinates (she's shown commanding the Outriders and giving orders to Corvus Glaive), the two of them are the most vocally loyal to Thanos, and out of the Children, she and Maw are the most talkative. However, Proxima is a warrior first and foremost, and she shows concern for Corvus; Maw, by contrast, is essentially Thanos's hype man who, while powerful, only fights when he needs to, and he bosses around and abandons Cull Obsidian, treating his adoptive sibling as little more than a minion. Proxima's skills are also entirely physical, unlike Maw's vast telekinetic abilities.
* FourStarBadass: She's a capable warrior who, alone among Thanos's children, is shown commanding her father's forces in combat; even Thanos's favoured child, Gamora, acted alone while carrying out his will, and Ebony Maw only gave the signal for the Chitauri to massacre the Zehoberi people (Thanos's presence makes it clear that he was giving the orders).
* HornedHumanoid: She has horns, unlike her comics counterpart, who wears a helmet.
* {{Jerkass}}: What little personality we see of her shows Proxima to be a vicious and arrogant warrior who enjoys violence in service of Thanos's goals.
* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:All that's left of her after Wanda throws her into the path of one of Thanos's tunnelling machines.]]
-->'''Natasha:''' That's really gross.
* NotBloodSiblings: With Corvus. Corvus and Proxima are a HappilyMarried couple in the comics. They have a brief moment with Proxima comforting an injured Corvus, and leaked (but cut from final film) scenes of the two that suggest they are still romantically involved. As they are both known as "Children of Thanos", this trope is invoked.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:She gets a somewhat controlled one when Thor shows up in Wakanda wielding Stormbreaker. To her credit, she doesn't let it stop her from attempting to complete her objective.]]
* PragmaticAdaptation: Her helmet from the comics was altered for the film, likely to avoid comparisons to the one worn by Hela in ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. Now she has organic almost ram-like horns, but these are still not nearly as large as their comics counterparts.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has red pupils in the MCU, in contrast to her pure white eyes in the comics.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Seems to be the only female member of the team in this continuity since Supergiant was AdaptedOut.
* StatuesqueStunner: Very tall and beautiful. She even towers the tallest male characters, for example Loki, played by Creator/TomHiddleston, stands 6'2".
* SuperStrength: Similar to her partner. She's able to match Captain America in a push match when they lock blades. She also throws one-handedly tosses Okoye like a ragdoll and uses only her fists to disable Black Widow armed with her electric batons.
* SummonToHand: She can call her spear back to herself.
* UndyingLoyalty: Out of the Children, it's Proxima who vocally vows not to fail Thanos upon being dispatched after the Mind and Time Stones, and upon arriving in Wakanda, she makes her intent clear: Thanos ''will'' have the Mind Stone, even if she needs to sacrifice her entire army to see it done.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has long, blue hair.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Immediately jumps in with a warcry to defend Corvus after the latter is stabbed by Black Widow and unable to defend himself. Proxima then viciously duels against both Captain America and Black Widow, up till being hit to the ground by the Falcon. Noticeably, she immediately rushes to put herself between Corvus and the Avengers even on the ground.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Proxima has been shown to be possibly the best hand-to-hand fighter of the Children of Thanos, able to take on and hold her on against multiple Avengers or heroes when needed. However, if she is [[BattleCouple fighting beside her husband Corvus]], she becomes easily enraged or distracted if anything happens to him.
** In 'Infinity Gauntlet', Proxima was holding her own until Corvus becomes hurt and she flies into a rage. Then she would rather focus on getting him away from danger than continue the battle.
** In 'Endgame', [[spoiler:Corvus is stabbed by Okoye during the battle, and as Thanos and his forces get distintegrated, Proxima can be seen in the background already cradling Corvus. Considering how quickly the distintegration happens, it's implied she had already [[HeartBrokenBadass stopped fighting]] to protect him for some time.]]
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[[folder:Ebony Maw]]
!!''Ebony Maw''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Smile...for even in death...you have become children of Thanos."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Alien
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TomVaughanLawlor
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EduardoGarza (Latin-American Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

->''"In all the time I've served Thanos...I have never failed him. If I were to reach our rendezvous on Titan with the Time Stone still attached to your vaguely irritating person, there would be...judgment."''

A smarmy, condescending telekinetic alien whose main pleasures appear to be praising Thanos and brutally torturing his victims.
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* AdaptationalBadass: His comic counterpart primarily relies on his cunning and manipulations, and does not seem to have any powers beyond that. In the film, he has telekinesis that allows him to go toe-to-toe with Doctor Strange and Iron Man with minimal effort.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Inverted. While getting a power boost-up with telekinetic abilities, he lacks the manipulation skills displayed by his comic counterpart.
* AllThereInTheScript: Partially named as "the Maw" in dialogue, but his full name is only in the credits.
* BaldOfEvil: Ebony Maw has a bald spot on his head, only having patches of grey hair here and there.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Little to Cull Obsidian's Big.
* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:To force Doctor Strange to remove the enchantment on the Time Stone.]] It involves needles. Lots and lots of needles.
-->'''Strange:''' You'll find removing a dead man's spell... troublesome.\\
'''Maw:''' You'll only ''wish'' you were dead.
* ColdHam: His speeches of Thanos are often heavy and carry a lot of weight, yet he does not raise his voice beyond a soft and regal tone.
* TheComicallySerious: He has no patience for Tony's wisecracks.
-->'''Maw:''' He exhausts me.
* CompositeCharacter: Supergiant's telekinetic powers are transferred to him, since Supergiant was AdaptedOut.
* TheDragon: He seems to be the most powerful of the Children, and the only one that Thanos openly expresses concern about. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's the first to die.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Gets an unceremonious death by means of being sucked out of a hull breach into space while his guard is down, whereas his other allies were killed actually fighting superheroes in the Battle for Wakanda.]]
* EvilGenius: Incredibly intelligent and wicked.
* EvilOldFolks: Implied to be the eldest of the Children of Thanos. He looks quite old with his wrinkly face and balding, white hair. He was also present as an adult during the massacre of the Zehoberei when Gamora was still a child.
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:After his death in the vacuum of space, Maw's frozen face starts visibly cracking.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Maw is fond of speechifying about how grateful people should be for Thanos gracing their otherwise worthless lives. "Gracing" in this case, referring to Thanos exterminating half their population. He noticeably drops the act when he's one-on-one with [[spoiler:Doctor Strange]], reverting to a chilling cold, but still mockingly civil tone of voice as he tortures his victim [[spoiler:and demands the Time Stone.]]
* FeetFirstIntroduction: The audience is first introduced to Ebony Maw through the sight of his boots as he walks among the corpses of Asgardians, his voice reciting the gospel of Thanos at the same time.
* FingerOnLips: He makes an iconic "shush" gesture in the trailer, apparently in response to Doctor Strange's screams. In the movie proper, it's a mocking gesture toward Thor, just after encasing him in metal and gagging him.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Corvus Glaive; they're both powerful minions of Thanos, dispatched to recover Infinity Stones for their master, but the different ways they go about this goal underline their differences. Maw, proving himself to be something of a showman, makes his ship as visible as possible and makes a big dramatic speech when confronted by the heroes. Corvus, on the other hand, only makes his presence known when he's ready to strike, skewering [[spoiler:the Vision]] from out of nowhere, and barely saying a word except to taunt his opponents when they appear beaten.
** To Cull Obsidian; again, they're both powerful servants of Thanos, but Maw's extremely thin frame, talkative demeanor, and reliance on his telekinetic powers set him up as a strong contrast to the hulking Cull, who barely says a word and just smashes his way through any opposition.
* ForeheadOfDoom: Has a big, bulging forehead and a very low hairline.
* GlassCannon: His offensive ability is unrivaled among Thanos's minions, but he's very fragile and the only member of Thanos' forces who doesn't seem to possess superhuman durability of any type (even to the relatively small degree of Proxima and Corvus), as shown when Strange cuts his face by deflecting a small stone spike at him at low velocity. On top of this, he also has poor situational awareness thanks to his arrogance. [[spoiler:This is ultimately his undoing; all the heroes have to do is get him distracted for a second and then take him out with one hit before he knows what's going on- unlike Gamora he doesn't even last a second when exposed to the vacuum of space.]]
* HammyHerald: He sure loves the sound of his own voice, giving long, elaborate speeches about the glory of Thanos several times throughout the film. The first lines spoken (aside from the distress signal) are his reciting gospel as he walks through the corpses of the Asgardians.
-->''Hear me and rejoice! You have had the privilege of being saved by the Great Titan. You may think this is suffering. No, it is salvation. The universal scales tip toward balance because of your sacrifice. Smile... for even in death, you have become children of Thanos.''
* InSeriesNickname: Iron Man calls him [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Squidward]] in the US release. In the French release, Tony calls him [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Maw clearly relishes his HammyHerald status in the Black Order, and gloats about his own powers to both Iron Man and Dr. Strange. It's also implied that he abandoned Cull Obsidian on Earth so that he could receive all the credit for obtaining the Time Stone.
* {{Jerkass}}: Beneath his polite exterior is a sadistic torturer and overbearing gasbag. He also shamelessly abandons his comrade and adoptive brother Cull Obsidian the instant he has Strange in his grasp, a decision that, while pragmatic, speaks volumes about Ebony Maw’s lack of camaraderie.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He abandons Cull Obsidian and the other members of the Black Order on Earth to win Thanos's favor for himself. This lack of backup ensures he's the first of their team to die.]]
* KillItWithWater: Breaks open a fire hydrant and uses the stream of water to stun Wong in the fight in New York City.
* LeanAndMean: He's very tall and gaunt, which is given a great deal of emphasis, as he spends a good deal of his screentime in the company of the truly colossal Cull Obsidian.
* MeaningfulName: "Maw" is a synonym for "mouth". One of Maw's most significant traits is his constant talking and apparent inability to shut his mouth even for pragmatic reasons.
* MindOverMatter: Maw has the power of telekinesis, which he masterfully uses to hold his ground against Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and Wong. With a thought, Maw can dismantle anything, shape objects in any way he sees fit, and lift them effortlessly. He never uses this ability on his opponents themselves. The one time he uses his abilities on a person, it's to stop Cull Obsidian from flying into him after getting blasted by Iron Man.
* MouthOfSauron: A hammy herald who spreads the decrees and gospel of his father Thanos on the worlds that they invade.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: While he gloats he is still really task oriented, the moment he get his hand on the Infinity Stone he leaves the Earth to bring it to Thanos and leave the second to the remaining members of the Black Order, as there is no point risking to lose it.
* TheNoseless: He has no visible nose to speak of.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can simulate flight by levitating atop a cyclone of rubble or simply lifting himself telekinetically.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: [[spoiler:He gets creepily touchy-feely with Doctor Strange during their battle.]]
* NumberTwo: Implied to be Thanos's Right-Hand Man in terms of Military and Political Chain of Command; Though more than capable of decimating battalions on his own, Maw is seen more often commanding soldiers rather than engaging in battle himself, and has enough authority to silence high-ranking generals like Cull Obsidian with but a ''word.'' Whereas his brothers and sisters are all warriors (including Thanos's favorite and most beloved child Gamora) and the blunt sledgehammers of brute-force used to ''smash'' worlds into submission, Maw is the surgical ''rapier'' of political (intimidation) and psychological (torture) finesse required to ''keep'' worlds in line.
* OffhandBackhand: Does this when Spider-Man chases after both Dr. Strange and him, using his powers to throw a billboard sign at him without looking at him.
* PetTheDog: ...At least from Thanos's perspective. A key part of his duties appears to be assuring the victims of Thanos's massacres that their deaths actually have meaning and the universe will be a better place thanks to their "sacrifice". He is introduced in ''Infinity War'' making such a speech to the Asgardians.
* ProfessionalButtKisser: Just listen to that PurpleProse ridden speech he gives when handing the Tesseract to Thanos.
* PsychopathicManchild: Maw's by far the most childish member of the Black Order, always making a grand spectacle of everything that he does to serve Thanos, and abandons Cull Obsidian on Earth so that he can deliver the Time Stone and win Thanos's favor for himself.
* ShoutOut: [[spoiler:Peter's plan to ensure his death and defeat is directly inspired by how the Xenomorph from the original ''Film/{{Alien}}'' movie was disposed of.]]
* SmugSuper: He enjoys talking up his own abilities nearly as much as his master's. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, as Spidey demonstrates, [[GenreSavvy sci-fi knowledge]] can trump raw power. Especially when Maw is too busy stating his superiority to notice Iron Man isn't aiming at him.]]
-->'''Ebony Maw:''' ''[to Doctor Strange]'' Your powers are ''quaint.'' You must be popular with children.
* SoftSpokenSadist: He speaks softly and regally, which can distract from how cruel and sadistic he can be, as demonstrated on Doctor Strange.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Thanos refers to him as “The Maw” [[spoiler:when he arrives on Titan]].
* StockScream: [[spoiler:Lets out a Wilhelm Scream when he is ThrownOutTheAirlock]].
* SycophanticServant: As powerful and sadistic as he may be, his frail appearance, reedy voice, and effusive praise for his master characterize him as a child who's by turns coddled and abused by his father; he ''strongly'' fears Thanos' wrath should he fail to retrieve the Infinity Stone.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler:How Spider-Man and Iron Man kill him.]]
* TortureTechnician: He is shown torturing [[spoiler:Doctor Strange]] with countless long sharp needles.
* UndyingLoyalty: Unlike his comic book counterpart, Ebony Maw remains loyal to Thanos. Less so to Cull Obsidian, however, whom he readily abandons.
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:In the midst of boasting of his power, Maw is blown out into space, letting out a WilhelmScream as it happens, and dies with an ugly expression of pain and annoyance frozen on his face.]]
* VillainousCheekbones: As part of his overall LeanAndMean look.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While he is a jerk and a sadist, there's nothing in the movie that contradicts his sermons about how he believes Thanos is a force for salvation.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Ebony Maw has silver hair and is one of the more sadistic Children of Thanos.
* WizardDuel: Gets into one with Dr. Strange and Wong in New York.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cull Obsidian]]
!!''Cull Obsidian''
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!!!'''Species:''' Alien
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TerryNotary
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Mauricio Islas Bennetts (Latin-American Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

A hulking brute, the strongest warrior in Thanos's army.
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* AdaptationNameChange: He's known as Black Dwarf in the comics, with Cull Obsidian being another name for the Black Order itself.
* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the credits.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: The biggest member of the Black Order, [[spoiler: Cull Obsidian is killed in ''Endgame'' by the even bigger Giant-Man when the latter crushes him with his foot.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Wong cuts off one of his arms with a PortalCut early in the movie. By the time he reappears, he's replaced it with a prosthetic.
* AnAxeToGrind: He wields a grappling hook/axe hybrid in battle.
* ArtificialLimbs: After losing his hand in battle, he has replaced with one made of metal.
* BadassBaritone: Though he rarely speaks, his voice is the deepest of any character in the film when he does.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The Big to Ebony Maw's Little.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Cull Obsidian has one hidden inside his gauntlet.
* BossInMookClothing: His complete lack of dialogue and screen time and unremarkable design can distract one from the fact that he's far more dangerous than the rest of Thanos's five children put together. If not for the Hulkbuster (which he would have quickly beaten without Banner tricking him) and [[PhysicalGod Thor]] [[OneManArmy he very well might have been able to slaughter the entire heroic opposition in the final battle]].
* TheBrute: He's basically the powerhouse of the Black Order, a hulking and brutish behemoth who is the physically largest character in the film (even standing a full head taller than Thanos himself). He appears to be by far Thanos's strongest minion -- while Maw was cut by a small spike thrown at him and Corvus and Proxima both backed down when threatened with pistols, Obsidian can fight the ''Hulkbuster'' on even ground and smack around Nanosuit Iron Man like nothing. He was also confident about taking on the Hulk when it appeared Thanos was having trouble with him.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Banner uses the Hulkbuster's [[spoiler:dismembered arm to shoot Cull at Wakanda's forcefield and drag him along it until they both explode.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Very much one to the Hulk. He's even [[spoiler:defeated by Bruce, using the Hulkbuster]].
* FashionableAsymmetry: He only wears armor on his right shoulder.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: One of Cull's go-to moves is to bind his opponent's limbs together with the grappling hook part of his weapon. Luckily for Bruce Banner, the Hulkbuster suit was designed with similar capabilities, allowing Bruce to PunchCatch Cull's hand with a severed suit arm, then activate the arm's thrusters to send Cull flying into Wakanda's energy shield.
* HooksAndCrooks: The grappling hook part of his hook/axe hybrid.
* ImplacableMan: Cull shrugs off most of the heroes' attempts at stopping him, and he's only defeated initially by Wong using a portal to send him far away from the fight.
* LightningBruiser: He's basically the Hulk if he were on the other team, and skilled with a weapon to boot.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He wields a deployable one during his scuffle against Iron Man to protect himself from the repulsor beams.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: He never stops to taunt in battle unlike the rest of his siblings. There's no point in talking mid battle if your opponent can't understand it.
* OneManArmy: Effortlessly plowed through lots and lots of Wakandans by himself and flattened Iron Man's newest suit, requiring Spider-Man to pull a BigDamnHeroes save.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't have much to say beyond grunts and roars.
* RealityHasNoSubtitles: None of what he says is ever translated.
* SquashedFlat: [[spoiler:In ''Endgame'', a Cull Obsidian from 2014 was killed when Giant-Man stepped on him]].
* SuperStrength: He was able to easily overpower Iron Man's new nanosuit and was getting the better of the Hulkbuster [[spoiler:before Banner tricked him.]]
* SuperToughness: Dude is ungodly tough. Remember that new hand cannon Iron Man showed off that was capable of killing the superhuman Drax? Cull gets shot by ''six'' of them at once, shrugs it off, and starts kicking Tony's ass across New York.
* SwissArmyWeapon: Cull Obsidian’s weapon is part axe, part grappling hook, part hammer and part shield.
* UnexplainedRecovery: A geographical version. It isn’t explained how Cull Obsidian was able to meet back up with Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight after getting stranded after a PortalCut and Ebony Maw bailing on him; plus, it’s never discussed where he got a mechanical hand after he lost it in said PortalCut.
* TheUnintelligible: Cull Obsidian speaks an untranslated alien language, when he bothers to speak at all. And said language doesn't even sound like words, but rather like [[StarfishLanguage growls and roars]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gamora]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCosmicGuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians of the Galaxy]] page
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nebula]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCosmicGuardiansOfTheGalaxy Guardians of the Galaxy]] page
[[/folder]]

!!Military Forces
[[folder:The Chitauri]]
!!''The Chitauri''
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!!!'''Species:''' Chitauri
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' | ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

A mysterious race of cyborg aliens in the employment of Loki and the Other. They invade Earth in ''The Avengers'', and serve as Thanos' foot soldiers in his conquests.
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* AdaptationalWimp: They lack the ability to shapeshift like they do in the comics, which makes them far less capable of carrying out invasions.
* AlienBlood: It's purple.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: As Thor notes, they exist solely to wage war and chaos.
* AnotherDimension: Or at least a "new universe", if Erik Selvig's comment in ''The Avengers'' is anything to go by.
* ArmCannon: The cannons that some of the Chitauri have (including the eponymous Film/Item47) seem to be fit around their arms to fire one-handed. They, however, do not seem to actually ''be'' the arm, since an arm falls out when Captain America chops it off of one of them.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Their main transport is the Leviathan, a gigantic flying serpent-like creature that carries hundreds of soldiers and can fly through skyscrapers. It takes huge amounts of explosive or electrical damage to put one down. Or one [[MegatonPunch Hulk punch]] and several Stark missiles.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: They don't appear to have any problem flying around in space on open-topped speeders.
* BayonetYa: Their infantry sport them on their rifles.
* BizarreAlienBiology: They appear to come from a planet that uses electrical currents in a similar way to bodily fluids. This is demonstrated when Coulson's team encounters a Chitauri virus that is transferred between infected via static shock, and need the antidote to do so as well.
* BloodKnight: They grow restless when denied war. The tactical problems with this are summed up in a deleted scene:
-->'''Loki:''' Your force lacks... finesse.\\
'''Other:''' Our warriors are fearless! [[MartyrdomCulture They welcome a glorious death.]]\\
'''Loki:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That may actually be the problem.]]
* BoomStick: Their standard infantry blast lances seem to be staves with the ability to fire out purple blasts of energy.
* CanonImmigrant: While the Chitauri are ([[InNameOnly very loosely]]) based on an alien race in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Universe, [[http://www.newsarama.com/17534-the-chitauri-move-from-avengers-movie-to-comics-in-nova-4.html it's this version of them that's making the leap into the classic Marvel Universe]].
* ContinuityCameo:
** A Chitauri makes an appearance in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', in Knowhere, trapped in a case as part of the Collector's collection.
** A recovered Chitauri helmet plays a major role in one of the first episodes of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', where it turns out to contain a dormant alien virus.
** Their metal is revealed in ''Series/LukeCage2016'' to have been repurposed into the Judas bullet.
** Chitauri remains and numerous Chitauri equipment turns up in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', with all of Vulture's gang using it to forge their technology. Most notably are Chitauri power cells which play a key role in the film's plot.
** The Chitauri appear in a flashback in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' as the army Thanos used to conquer the Zen Whoberi planet and exterminate half its population, although within the film itself they've been supplanted by the Outriders as Thanos's main Mooks. Nevertheless, they're shown to still serve him at least as deckhands for his ships.
* {{Cyborg}}: They clearly have both mechanical and organic parts, and shut down when their command ship is destroyed.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel comics, the Chitauri first debuted as a DarkerAndEdgier take on the Skrulls, and were later implied to be an offshoot or rogue faction of that race. In the MCU, the Skrulls and Chitauri don't appear to have any connection.
* DemBones: Their appearance invokes skeletons.
* TheDreaded: Heavily implied to be this. After the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. succeed in destroying their small invasion force, the Other becomes 100% convinced that ''no one'' can challenge Earth's might -- even his boss, the "most powerful being in the universe." [[BloodKnight Said boss]] relishes the challenge.
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: A single nuclear warhead to their mothership halts the entire invasion. Though as noted by the framed newspaper in Karen Page's office, hundreds were still killed before this happened.
* {{Expy}}: Of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}'s Parademons. Which is fitting, since their leader was originally designed as a Darkseid expy.
* FrickinLaserBeams: Three varieties. One is fired from a thin spear/rifle used by Chitauri foot soldiers. The other from a powerful ArmCannon that's carried by Chitauri [[MookLieutenant commanders]] and units riding in hovercraft. The third is a cannon semi-automatic mounted on the nose of their speeders, roughly analogous to a small GrenadeLauncher. All fire blue colored plasma bolts.
* HumanoidAliens: Barring the freaky double-thumbs and evil-looking skull-faces.
* KeystoneArmy: Taking out their command ship shuts them down.
* MadeOfExplodium: Their space chariots blow up in a brilliant fireball when struck by anything from small grenades on a stick to repulsor shots to 7.62x51mm minigun rounds.
* MartyrdomCulture: As pointed out by Loki, "welcoming a glorious death" is not helpful for an army.
* {{Mooks}}: Not the worst ever, not the best ever, but certainly [[WeHaveReserves numerous]].
* MookMobile: Their main aircraft, called 'chariots' by the art book, are open-topped, unarmored, distinctly subsonic, lightly armed with only a small PlasmaCannon GrenadeLauncher, and solidly MadeOfExplodium, as well as [[ZergRush pretty common.]] They get wasted en masse by the Avengers. [[BadassNormal Hawkeye]] succeeds in shooting down several of them with nothing but a Quinjet and armed with a [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Avengers,_The_(2012)#General_Dynamics_GAU-17.2FA GAU-17/A minigun,]] prowling the skies more or less unopposed until Loki himself takes it down with a lucky shot from his scepter.
* NightmareFace: Vaguely birdlike under metal masks.
* OmnicidalManiac: ''Everyone'' is fair game in their rampage across Manhattan.
* OutsideContextProblem: To the Avengers. Even Thor has no idea where they're from, or who they really work for.
-->'''Thor:''' They're not of Asgard, nor any world known.\\
'''Steve:''' ''[flatly]'' An army. From outer space.
* OutsideGenreFoe: The human Avengers are used to fighting other humans armed with comic-book science. An army of alien cyborgs storming Manhattan? Not so much.
-->'''Steve:''' Stark, are you seeing this?\\
'''Tony:''' Seeing. Still working on believing...
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They only really serve as a threat for [[Film/TheAvengers2012 one movie]], but they have huge repercussions that are felt for years to come.
** While the Avengers stopped their invasion, they still caused lots of human casualties and immense amounts of damage. The cleanup process is still going years afterwards.
** Much of Tony Stark's behavior in the later films (such as building the Iron Legion in ''Film/IronMan3'' and Comicbook/{{Ultron}} in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'') stems from his fear that the Chitauri (or a similar extraterrestrial threat) could make another play for Earth.
--->'''Tony:''' A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space -- we're standing 300 feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the livelong day, but that up there? That's the endgame. How were you guys planning on beating that?
** ''Series/Daredevil2015'': The damage from the invasion helps Wilson Fisk rise to power.
** ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Hammer Industries manages to get its hands on Chitauri metal, which get fashioned into the [[DepletedPhlebotinumShells Judas bullets]] that are able to harm [[ImmuneToBullets Luke Cage]].
** In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', it's revealed that the cleanup for the Chitauri Invasion is still occurring nearly 4-8 years later (the movie says 8, but only 4 years passed in the actual MCU chronology). After Adrian Toomes' cleanup crew go out of business, they use their salvaged Chitauri equipment to fashion their own technology, from the Vulture Exo-suit to the Shocker's gauntlet. One of the Chitauri energy cores also ends up detonating in the wrong place and wrong time, forcing Spider-Man to rescue his classmates.
* RetCanon: In ''[[ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand Hunger]]'', the Ultimate Universe's Chitauri's true forms are revealed to look more like the versions from the movie.
* SuperStrength: Able to dig into concrete with their fingers and grapple with Captain America.
* SuperToughness: Able to leap from buildings onto cars hard enough to crumple their roofs.
* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: No more than a few hundred Chitauri are [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1947pd ever visible on-screen]] in total, even after Loki orders them to "send in the rest." Even when we get a look at their home dimension with the rest of the invasion force, we only see eight additional Leviathans, a few dozen flyers, and a mothership that is [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/loki-and-chitauri-vs-steppenwolf-and-parademons.588681/page-4#post-41651091 not particularly huge]] and couldn't possibly hold more than tens of thousands of additional troops at most. This makes their desire to conquer ''an entire planet'' with hundreds of millions of soldiers quite questionable. Possibly {{Justified}} by the Other and Loki being ill-informed of Earth's capabilities and small armies being the norm in the majority of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's civilizations; the Asgardians for instance were considered a mighty military power, and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' depicts their entire army as numbering only a few hundred in the scene where it gets slaughtered by Hela.
* ThisCannotBe: The Chitauri get enraged and go berserk on seeing the Hulk destroy the Leviathan carrier in one punch, with several of them taking off their face masks in stunned disbelief.
* UnskilledButStrong: To ridiculous levels. While they are decent shots, except for one getting Cap in a chokehold, they are absolutely worthless in physical combat to the point that a BadassNormal can beat them. Even Hulk's fighting is more refined.
* UnusualUserInterface: Their flying craft are piloted by a soldier connected to some kind of metal harness.
* ZergRush: They only pose a threat to a well-equipped fighting force like the Avengers through sheer overwhelming numbers and utter lack of self-preservation, a strategy that somewhat displeases Loki.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Outriders]]
!!''Outriders''
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!!!'''Species:''' Outriders
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

A synthetic race of genetically engineered aliens employed by Thanos as shock troops to invade Earth during his search for the Infinity Stones.
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* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Outriders had powers like tactile telepathy, invisibility, density control, and were more intelligent as they were capable of speech and carrying out complex tasks involving stealth. These Outriders are like wild animals, only capable of attacking everything on sight and don't display any other powers.
* AllThereInTheScript: Only named in the credits.
* AttackAttackAttack: Subverted. Their initial strategy is to charge recklessly and kill anything in their path. When they tear themselves apart trying to breach Wakanda's shield, they change their tactic to circle around the shield and attack the building keeping Vision, their primary target. [[spoiler:And when Thor proves to be too powerful for them to handle, they begin running back to their ships which implies they have a level of self-preservation, unlike the Chitauri]].
* TheBerserker: They attack heedless of their own safety, literally cutting themselves to pieces trying to breach Wakanda's shield.
* ColonyDrop: Their vessels are launched as giant projectiles from the Black Order' Q-Ships and as soon as they land, they proceed to tear apart and overwhelm everything on sight. The Outriders seem capable of piloting the ships back to space, however.
* EliteMooks: Thanos's newest foot soldiers. Even though they don't appear to wield weapons or man vehicles like the Chitauri did, they are still far stronger, meaner, uglier, and more dangerous than their forebears, as seen when they start giving the ''Hulkbuster'' some trouble. And they are ''not'' a KeystoneArmy this time around.
* EyelessFace: They lack [[http://media.comicbook.com/2017/11/avengers-infinity-war-black-panther-1061673.png any visible eyes]] in their faces.
* HumanoidAliens: They are bipeds and have a basic humanoid figure except for the extra arm set. That is where the similarities with humans end.
* MookHorrorShow: [[spoiler:Thor with Stormbreaker gives them such a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that they attempt to run from rather than fight him. Thor destroys all of the alien ships with them. Considering that Thanos is a BadBoss, and that Thanos would kill anyone [[YouHaveFailedMe who has failed him]], it implies that they would rather die by Thanos's hand than by Thor's]].
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Each Outrider has a maw full of razor-sharp fangs.
-->'''Sam Wilson''': You see the teeth on those things?!
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: They possess at least two sets of arms. Some actually have three.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Even though the Chitauri wielded guns, piloted air-bikes, and had Leviathans to help, the Outriders don't need those since they are individually stronger, far more numerous, and nearly manage to overwhelm Wakanda's BadassArmy, which has the greatest technology on Earth and has never been defeated. A single Outrider manages to give a lot of trouble to Captain America, and Black Panther nearly gets torn apart by several of them, only being saved by his suit.
* WeHaveReserves: As Proxima Midnight attests in her boast to the heroes, they have plenty of soldiers and they are not afraid to shed their blood by the gallons to win.
* XenomorphXerox: Their hunched posture, fanged mouths, eyeless faces, and savage nature call the Xenomorphs to mind.
* ZergRush: Much like the Chitauri, they use their massive numbers to overwhelm their opponents and don't seem to employ any more advanced tactics. The final battle of ''Infinity War'' starts them with charging Wakanda's force-field en masse, and continuing to ram into it even as it shocks and kills many of them.
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!!''Ronan the Accuser''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I don't recall killing your family. I doubt I'll remember killing you, either."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Kree
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LeePace
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Rubén Moya (Latin-American Spanish dub), Juan Fernández Mejías (European Spanish dub), Hiroshi Shimokuma (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' | ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}''

->''"They call me 'terrorist,' 'radical,' 'zealot,' because I obey the ancient laws of my people, the Kree, and punish those who do not. Because I do not forgive your people for taking the life of my father, and his father, and his father before him. A thousand years of war between us will not be forgotten!"''

A Kree fanatic who insists on staying true to the old ways of his people... particularly their code of vendetta. When the peace treaty between the Kree and Xandar is signed at the beginning of the movie, he goes rogue.
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* AchillesHeel: Ronan is [[TheJuggernaut virtually unstoppable.]] His hammer, on the other hand, isn't. It also happens to be where he carries the Power Stone.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, The Accuser is an officially sanctioned JudgeJuryAndExecutioner and Ronan carries out his duties as a ruthless ByTheBookCop at worst -- while not exactly a heroic character, he remains loyal to the Kree Empire, only acting [[JustFollowingOrders under orders]] or [[InspectorJavert within his legal remit]], and even serving as an occasional ally to the heroes if an alliance is in their common interests. Here, he's a savagely brutal renegade and a genocidal terrorist who continues the Empire's war against Xandar despite the peace treaty between them -- although it's implied that certain Kree authorities unofficially approve. Ultimate Ronan is closer to this portrayal of the character, but even in Ultimate Marvel, Ronan was loyal to Thanos (who, in that continuity, was his father). Here, Ronan obviously loathes the Mad Titan and turns on him at the earliest opportunity.
* AggressiveCategorism:
** Ronan hates all Xandarians and wants to eradicate them because they are a disease.
** He also calls the Skrulls "infestation".
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Once he's dead, Xandar celebrates his demise.
* ArchEnemy: Serves as this for Drax, since he had his family killed by the Kree warrior. After Ronan's defeat, Drax focuses on fighting Thanos.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the unquestioned leader of his faction and also the most powerful.
* AxCrazy: He was very enthusiastic about destroying Xandar, and according to Drax, Ronan laughed as he murdered Drax's family.
* BadBoss: In ''Captain Marvel'', we see that he is ''horrid'' towards his own subordinates, the Starforce, berating and belittling them for their failure that cost them Carol.
* BadassBaritone: His voice is very deep and intimidating.
* BadassBoast:
** He delivers one to Drax in their first fight:
--->'''Ronan:''' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday I don't recall killing your family.]] I doubt I'll remember killing you, either.
** Delivers quite a good one to Thanos after betraying him:
--->'''Ronan:''' I will unfurl one thousand years of Kree justice on Xandar, '''AND BURN IT TO ITS CORE'''! And then, Thanos, I'm coming for ''you''.
** He delivers a rather terrifying one to the Nova Corps:
--->'''Ronan:''' Xandar! You stand accused! Your wretched peace treaty will not save you now! It is the tinder on which you ''burn''!
* BadassInCharge: Leader of his renegade faction. He's also able to beat [[OneManArmy Drax the Destroyer]] all on his own and slaughters over 80,000 members of the Nova Corps during the FinalBattle.
* BadassLongcoat: His ceremonial armour and robes resemble one.
* BaldOfEvil: A brief scene near the beginning of the film shows Ronan to be bald.
* BareFistedMonk: Prior to equipping his Universal Weapon with the Power Stone he only uses it to execute a restrained captive. In his fight with Drax he shows he unarmed combat expertise by effortlessly pummelling him with only his bare hands.
* BigBad: Ronan is the main antagonist of ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', with his search for the Orb and goal of destroying Xandar causing him to come into conflict with the main characters.
* BloodBath: It's implied he regularly bathes in Xandarian blood, and it's how he's introduced.
* BlowYouAway: His warhammer can project shockwaves of varying intensity and size, large enough to knock several people off their feet without otherwise harming them or small and powerful enough to cause a NeckSnap. After the hammer has been imbedded with the Power Stone, it could produce a shockwave powerful enough to completely dismantle the Nova Corps' blockade of the ''Dark Aster'' in a single blow.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He doesn't quite remember killing Drax's family when they first fight, though he apparently managed to recall it by the time they meet again in the finale, although he may have been lying about remembering in order to taunt Drax. The commentary for ''Infinity War'' seems to point to the latter, as it was stated Drax's family was part of the unlucky half. Averted with his encounter with Carol Danvers though. Ronan makes it clear that her shredding his fleet and costing him the battle over Earth was ''not'' going to be one of those "forgetable" incidents.
* TheComicallySerious: He's just finishing up his big evil speech and preparing to fulfill his dream of Xandar's destruction when Star-Lord challenges him to a dance-off. This was an... unanticipated event which elicited a genuinely puzzled reaction from Ronan.
* CompositeCharacter: Closer to the prime universe Ronan in appearance, but his villainy and connection to Thanos come from the Ultimate version.
* CoolStarship: Ronan commands the ''Dark Aster'', a massive warship. He uses it as some sort of personal temple to execute the Xandarian at the beginning and, at the climax, he uses it to attack Xandar itself. The ship's similar design to Thanos's flagship, the ''Sanctuary II'', suggests that Ronan's warship was provided by the Mad Titan.
* CreepyBlueEyes: They seem to be a common trait for the Kree.
* CurbStompBattle: Ronan easily defeats Drax in their "fight" on Knowhere.
* DarkIsEvil: He wears black clothing and black make-up, his soldiers wear black uniforms, Ronan commands the massive, intimidating black warship ''Dark Aster'', and when in possession of the Infinity Stone, his hammer glows [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]]. Ronan fulfills this trope like no villain since [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].
* DarthVaderClone: Intimidating black armour, equally intimidating voice, hammy yet stoic demeanor, incredibly badass, nigh-unstoppable combatant, and a DragonWithAnAgenda to the GreaterScopeVillain. But, he's as far from an AntiVillain as you can possibly get and is a straight up HateSink on account of his disgustingly vile treatment of Xandarians, murder of women and children.
* DealWithTheDevil: He made a pact with Thanos, offering to find the Orb in exchange for Thanos wiping out Xandar. As soon as he finds out that the Orb contains an Infinity Stone with the power to do just that, he turns on Thanos the first chance he gets.
* DeathFromAbove: Ronan's favored method of attack is launching ''Kree Ballistic Missles'' to snuff out and annihilate enemies. In ''Guardians Of The Galaxy'', since he didn't have access to those anymore, he instead has Immolation Protocol, wherein ''kamikaze squadrons'' dive onto the surface of planets, which are not as powerful as the former, but accomplish the same effect.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Falls somewhere between here and MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch. He, along with several other members of his race, are ''not'' pleased their government is just rolling over after years of lost lives to war with the Xandarians with a mere peace treaty. Rather than just riot like the rest of his disgruntled folk, he takes matters into his own hands and begins violently crusading on his own terms to get his own brand of justice against Xandar.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Ronan declaring he will [[KillTheGod kill Thanos]] is practically ''daring'' Thanos to try and stop him. This insolence did ''not'' sit well for Thanos in the long run.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Ronan kills the Other just for annoying him. He also hates the Xandarians because his father and grandfather died in the Kree Empire's war with them. Ronan's response? ''Try to commit genocide against the Xandarians and wipe their culture from the face of the galaxy''. Ronan does ''not'' handle grief well.
* TheDragon: To the Supreme Intelligence back while he was still the Kree Accuser.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Even before betraying Thanos, he makes it damn clear he only works for the Mad Titan because of his promise to destroy Xandar. He's Thanos's prime agent in hunting the Infinity Stone but he doesn't even speak to him respectfully.
* TheDreaded: ''No one'' wants to be on Ronan's bad side. Upon hearing the Accuser's name, the Broker freaks out and refuses to have anything to do with the Orb. It's also part of the reason why the Kree Empire does not want to deal with him -- because he's that dangerous. Only Drax, Thanos and Carol ever directly encounter Ronan without expressing any fear of him. In Drax's case, his rage and sheer hatred for Ronan overpower any fear of the Accuser, Thanos's attitude towards the Kree zealot is downright dismissive and Carol destroyed one of his Accuser battle cruiser's and all of its fighters minutes and didn't even attempt to fight him as he ran away.
* DropTheHammer: Much like in the comics, he wields a warhammer known as a "Universal Weapon".
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Bathing in Xandarian blood, speaking at length about his adherence to the ancient ways of the Kree and his hatred for the entire Xandarian culture, making it clear that the peace treaty between the Kree Empire and the Nova Corps means nothing to him, before [[YourHeadAsplode brutally]] executing a captive Nova Corps officer.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played with. He mentions having lost his father, grandfather and great-grandfather to a war with Xandar. But unlike most examples, this does not humanize him or make him sympathetic in the slightest, and it's implied he's just using a cover for his own sadism.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Not that he wasn't evil beforehand, but in ''Captain Marvel'', he wears his traditional green uniform back when he was still the Kree Accuser. By the time of ''Guardians of The Galaxy'', he switches to a black uniform after leaving the Kree Empire with red marks, and adds black warpaint.
* EvilGloating: Loves doing this. It backfires since it gives Rocket the time to build a weapon to take him out.
* EvilIsHammy: Ye ''Celestials'' is he ever. Every time Lee Pace gets a chance to really let loose with Ronan's evil monologues, particularly after he becomes drunk with power from the Infinity Stone, Ronan eats and chews the scenery with aplomb with unrelentingly bombastic speeches over how he shall destroy Xandar and every living thing on it. Ironically, the one time Ronan is off-guard, he lets the hamminess slip entirely and speaks like [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness a normal, confused guy.]] To quote Lee Pace's description of his own performance:
-->'''Lee Pace:''' I kept looking over at James Gunn saying, "Is it too much? Am I over the top? Pull me back whenever you're ready!" and he was just like, "[[UpToEleven More, more!]]"
* EvilIsPetty: Ronan killed the Other just for being annoying, and, when betraying Thanos, he recalls the Mad Titan's previous insult (namely, referring to Ronan as "boy"), indicating that he took the relatively minor remark ''very'' personally.
* EvilPlan: Destroy Xandar and wipe out its culture because a long war that was supposed to do that has been halted by a peace treaty.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Lee Pace's naturally deep, imposing voice only sounds more intimidating when combined with his booming, hammy dialogue.
* EvilWearsBlack: Ronan, as well as his soldiers, wears black armour.
* EvilerThanThou: Two-fold
** ''Captain Marvel'' establishes the Kree military to be power-hungry and willing to slaughter innocents to the point of genocide and even their depiction in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' has them unsympathetic to the Xandarians being purged. Ronan, however, is shown to be a cut above the normal soldier, he's domineering, abusive, and far more willing to resort to indiscriminate killings. He even defects from the Kree because he hated that they would seek peace with Xandar instead of exterminating them.
** Ronan almost ended up pulling this on his master Thanos; Thanos is a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes in saving races from extinction by taking half the population, but Ronan sought ''complete'' genocide of an entire race out of pure hatred and lacks ''any'' of his master's redeeming qualities, and decides to turn on him when he realizes the orb contains an InfinityStone. Of course, he's killed before he gets the chance to get the knock on his boss.
* FantasticRacism:
** Ronan despises the Xandarians and their culture to the point of regarding both as a disease. When a captive Nova officer defiantly proclaims that Ronan will never rule Xandar, Ronan has a rather brutal response:
--->'''Ronan:''' No. '''[[SuddenlyShouting I WILL]] ''[[SuddenlyShouting CURE IT]]!''''' [''[[YourHeadAsplode smashes the officer's skull with the Universal Weapon]]'']
** While reporting to Thanos, Ronan dismissively refers to Quill as "some primitive", implying that Ronan doesn't think especially highly of humans, either.
** And finally, he despises the Skrulls just like the rest of his people.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: He went rogue because his people and the people of Xandar were going to sign a peace treaty after a millennium of conflict.
* FreudianExcuse: His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all killed in the Kree/Xandarian war. While this doesn't justify Ronan's actions in the slightest, he does bring it up twice as a reason for his hatred towards the Xandarians. If ''Captain Marvel'' was of any indication, this was one of the Kree's several unjust wars, making this excuse fall flat. In other words, he's blaming the Xandarians over a war ''he and his people'' started.
* TheFundamentalist: Ronan adheres to "the ancient laws" of the Kree with an incredible fervour. He even refers to the impending destruction of Xandar as his victims' "salvation".
* GreenAndMean: Back when he was the Grand Accuser, he and his Accuser Corp had green uniforms.
* HateSink: It's very clear that this version of Ronan is meant to be as contemptible to the audience as much as possible; his casual sadism, flagrant disregard of his people's peace treaty, genocidal hatred of Xandarians, proclivity for torture, and monstrously cruel nature are all his most outwardly visible character traits, and there really isn't much else lurking beneath the surface. While the bulk of the characters in the film are morally grey, Ronan is pure, unrepentant, unrelenting evil. As such, he comes off as too disgusting to fall under EvilIsCool. In light of his master Thanos's tragic backstory, Ronan ends up making the ''Mad Titan himself'' look like a saint by comparison. It's ''really'' saying something if Thanos and his followers ''detest'' him. In ''Captain Marvel'', he doesn't even care about his own people; he does nothing but show disrespect, threatening and berating the Kree Starforce for their failures, and even Yon-Rogg despises Ronan for nuking planets indiscriminately. That being said, Ronan was even willing to lay waste to a planet where billions of human lives and loyal Kree are present to eradicate innocent Skrulls.
* HealingFactor: While never directly touched upon in the film, the Kree in the MCU are confirmed to have regenerative capabilities. This goes a long way to help explain why he's just so damn resilient.
* TheHeavy: Ronan is the most prominent villain and main mover of the plot in the first ''Guardians of the Galaxy" film, although [[GreaterScopeVillain Thanos]] is a more powerful force of evil.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** In ''Captain Marvel'', Ronan claims to believe in the Empire's credo of "for the good of all Kree". In practice, he's fine with carpet bombing a planet that has several Kree officers on it, and abandons his fellow Kree without turning an eye when the going gets rough.
** For all Ronan's insistence that he's acting for "Kree justice" and that he follows the ancient laws of his people, in practice, he doesn't give a damn about loyalty to anything but himself, deserting from the Kree Empire the instant they make a decision that he doesn't agree with.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He personally hates Xandarians so he sees himself as justified in annihilating the entire race. Further considerations don't really enter into his reasoning. In fact, he's willing to kill of his own people as collateral.
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to being a genocidal murderer, Ronan is also just an asshole as seen by his taunting of Drax and his blunt, abrasive demeanour with everyone else. [[EveryoneHasStandards It's clear that Thanos doesn't like him on a personal level and wouldn't work with him if he could avoid it]]. ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' shows this isn't a new trend; Ronan has no qualms about laying waste to an entire planet that, as far as he knows has several loyal Kree still on it, and he departs without a hint of concern for the fates of his erstwhile comrades.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Ronan is an extremely ruthless, tyrannical ex-accuser of the Kree Empire, willing to kill Xandarians because they are a disease to his people.
* TheJuggernaut: He stood up to a beating from Drax with barely a twitch and withstood a missile launch, being rammed with the ''Milano'', and the crash of the ''Dark Aster'' without any more than his armour getting burnt. In the end, it took an ''Infinity Stone'' (a weapon that, keep in mind, Ronan was going to use to wipe out a ''planet'') to kill Ronan.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: After ''years'' of exterminating innocent populations such as the Skrulls, enslaving other races and threatening Xandarians, Ronan ''finally'' gets what was coming to him at the end of ''Guardians of The Galaxy''.
* KarmicDeath: Ronan sought to ''burn'' Xandar with the Power Stone. Moments later, he's killed with the ''exact'' amount of overwhelming power he wanted to bring in Xandar.
* KickTheDog: Ronan is a rather cruel being, to say the least.
** He orders that the Kyln be "cleansed" so that the Nova Corps would be unable to discover his search for the Orb.
** His comment towards Drax after defeating him on Knowhere.
--->'''Ronan:''' I don't recall killing your family. I doubt I'll remember killing you, either.
** While choking Drax on the bridge of the ''Dark Aster'', he has another one.
--->'''Ronan:''' I was mistaken; I ''do'' remember your family. Their screams were ''pitiful''.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He kills the Other after getting sick of listening to his annoying yelling.
* KnightOfCerebus: Outside of the NotSoStoic moment listed below, none of the scenes with him are played for laughs.
** Ronan's sole comedic moment actually highlights his status as this even better. Ronan is a villain arguably better suited for a darker Marvel movie, and he spends most of his time darkening every scene he's in. But when the heroes finally wise up and start to get up to their usual antics in front of him, Ronan is utterly baffled because he ''cannot'' understand this comedic sort of tone. The contrast between Ronan's dramatic darkness and the Guardians' comedic banter is best highlighted in this single scene.
* KnightTemplar: Ronan views himself as being in judgement of the Xandarians and all who oppose him. To Ronan, destroying Xandar, murdering everyone on the planet, and obliterating the Xandarian culture isn't genocide, it's curing a disease.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After Captain Marvel tears one of his ships to pieces, Ronan wisely orders his remaining ships to return to Kree space, although he's clearly taken an interest in Carol.
* LackOfEmpathy: Even by [[AliensAreBastards Kree]] standards, he's brutal towards others, Kree included.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's played by 6"5 Lee Pace and is the main villain of the first ''Guardians of the Galaxy" film.
* LargeHam: An ''enormous'' one, to Asgardian levels. To quote Lee Pace's description of his own performance:
-->'''Lee Pace:''' I kept looking over at James Gunn saying, "Is it too much? Am I over the top? Pull me back whenever you're ready!" and he was just like, "[[UpToEleven More, more!]]"
* LeanAndMean: Ronan is played by [[http://lee-pace.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lee-pace-photoshoot.jpg Lee Pace]] who did not bulk up for the role and has completely ordinary looking musculature. Drax is played by a perpetually shirtless [[http://actionmoviefanatix.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dave-bautista.jpg Dave Bautista]]. Even before Ronan gets the Infinity Gem, he utterly [[CurbStompBattle wipes the floor]] with Drax and doesn't even use his hammer to do it
* MarqueeAlterEgo: Unlike the comic, this Ronan wears traditional warpaint in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' instead of a mask. Even when he was Grand Accuser, his uniform lacks a mask.
* MoralMyopia: Ronan wants to destroy Xandar to avenge the deaths of his father, grandfather and further ancestors who were killed fighting the Xandarians. When he pays any thought to the countless innocents he slaughtered including Drax's family, Ronan's proud of his good work.
* MotiveRant: He delivers one to a captive Nova officer, during his EstablishingCharacterMoment.
-->'''Ronan:''' They call me terrorist. Radical. Zealot. Because I obey the ancient laws of my people, the Kree, and punish those who do not. Because I do not forgive your people for taking the life of my father, and his father, and his father before him! A thousand years of war between us will not be forgotten!\\
'''Nova officer:''' You can't do this! Our governments signed a peace treaty!\\
'''Ronan:''' My government knows no shame. You Xandarians and your culture are a ''disease''.\\
'''Nova officer:''' [[DefiantToTheEnd You will never rule Xandar]].\\
'''Ronan:''' No. '''[[SuddenlyShouting I WILL]]''' '''''[[LargeHam CURE IT]]!'''''
* MoralSociopathy: Ronan sincerely believes half of the things he does genuinely are what Kree Law dictates.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Super ''Villain'' in this case but the fact remains that his outfit in the movie in black as opposed to the traditional green from the comics. Even his previous green uniform in ''Captain Marvel'' is pretty muted in color.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He is Ronan ''[[HangingJudge The Accuser]]'', and the mention of his name brings fear to Xandarians.
* NearVillainVictory: The mission to stop him is actually a failure. Thousands of Nova Corps men and ships were lost, the ''Dark Aster'' makes planetfall (albeit on a one-way trip) and causes catastrophic damage both by itself and the ships that plowed into the city before it landed, and Ronan stands with his weapon at the ready to stab it to the ground and eliminate all organic life on the entire planet. The only thing that impedes him is his own EvilGloating and Quill coming up with a last-ditch distraction that gives Rocket enough time to jury-rig a weapon to destroy his hammer.
* NeckLift: Easily lifts Drax (who's ''massive'') by the throat with one hand.
* NighInvulnerable: Getting punched repeatedly by Drax? Psssht. Getting shot with an improvised {{BFG}}? An annoyance. Getting hit by a small starship? A minor inconvenience. Going down with his own ship? A slightly bigger inconvenience. It takes the power of the Infinity Stone, which can destroy a planet, to put him down for good. Even ''then'', it took a few seconds for the stone's power to destroy Ronan, which is a further testament to how tough the guy is; every other victim of the stone, except Quill, was disintegrated almost instantly. ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' demonstrates that the Kree are at least reasonably close to Asgardians in terms of physical prowess and possess a potent HealingFactor, which would explain at least some of Ronan's ridiculous toughness. The fact that he's being empowered by the Power Stone for more than half these examples would explain the rest.
* NoSell: Exactly ''one'' of Drax's blows made Ronan react. Everything else just didn't faze him. He then went on to take a missile to the chest and walked away with dented armor, was rammed by a starship and knocked out for only a minute, and survived his own starship crash-landing with no protection. It took a concerted discharge from the Infinity Stone to finally destroy him.
* NotSoSimilar: Most of the galaxy sees Thanos and Ronan as interchangeable with the exception of Thanos being more powerful. However, while Ronan conquers for revenge, glory, and out of hatred, Thanos sees his actions as a NecessaryEvil to ensure stability of the galaxy.
* NotSoStoic: Ronan is genuinely baffled when Quill challenges him to a dance-off. His reaction is the only four words in the entire movie that he delivers non-[[LargeHam hammily]], though he quickly recovers.
-->'''Ronan:''' [[FlatWhat What are you doing]]? ...''What'' are you ''doing''?
* NoTrueScotsman: Ronan is sickened that his government would sign a peace treaty with Xandar, proudly proclaiming that unlike them, he follows the ancient laws of the Kree and punishes those who don't.
--> '''Ronan:''' My government knows no shame. You Xandarians and your culture are a ''disease''.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Unlike most MCU villains, he believes himself to be the most righteous person in this story, but really, he's a genocidal tyrant, an oppressor who can't look at himself in the mirror.
* ObviouslyEvil: The black armour, intimidating presence, [[EvilIsHammy theatrical]] brutality, and references to "[[DeadlyEuphemism cleansing]]" his enemies? Yeah, Ronan's pretty bad.
* OmnicidalManiac: Ronan's pact with Thanos centers around the Mad Titan destroying Xandar for the Kree renegade. Once he gets his hands on the Power Stone, Ronan's more than happy to do the deed himself. ''Avengers: Infinity War'' implicitly confirms that Ronan took part in at least one Thanos's planetary cullings during his service to the Mad Titan; it's explicitly mentioned that Drax's homeworld was decimated by Thanos's forces, and it had already been established that Ronan personally murdered Drax's wife and daughter.
* ItsPersonal: While he shares his people's hate and distrust for the Skrulls, his hatred for Xandar is ''deeply'' personal.
* PsychopathicManchild: According to Thanos, Ronan has the demeanor of a "pouty child", and he even takes offense to it in a rather childish way ("YOU CALL ME BOY!"). Too bad he has also a hellish lust for revenge against an entire planet and kills people wherever he goes.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: His black armour features red markings.
* ReligionOfEvil: It's not fleshed out very much, but Ronan's comments imply that he adheres to a pretty brutal belief system (at the climax, he demands that the Xandarians renounce their "paltry gods" and that his impending genocide is their "salvation").
* TheRemnant: He's a rogue officer from the main Kree government, which both doesn't approve or disapprove of his actions, or rather he's a remnant of the Supreme Intelligence's regime, who is no longer in power. However, without the backing of the Kree Empire, Ronan has to rely on Sakaaran mercenaries for minions and is reliant on Thanos's resources to carry out his crusade, making him little more than a glorified henchman to the Mad Titan, at least until he gets his hands on the Power Stone.
* RogueAgent: Ronan deserted after the Kree Empire signed the peace treaty with the Nova Corps, and they consider him a terrorist. But given that much of the Kree population also opposes the peace treaty, they're at least hesitant to openly condemn his galaxy-wide rampage. It's implied that some of the Kree government actually agrees with him. He becomes one to Thanos as well.
* {{Sadist}}: He has no problem with committing genocidal destruction. Drax also comments that Ronan laughed as he murdered Drax's family, and Ronan's frequent EvilGloating thoroughly demonstrates the pleasure he takes in his genocidal campaign.
* SanitySlippage: While still a genocidal sociopath, ''Captain Marvel'' depicts him as being more calm and collected than the deranged psychopath in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', but still a complete, callous jerkass to his Kree subordinates.
* SavedByCanon: His appearance in ''Captain Marvel'' takes place about 2 decades before his original appearance in ''Guardians'', so he obviously has to survive the former.
* SlasherSmile: He sports a wide one when he sees Quill being overwhelmed by the Infinity Stone's power. It disappears quickly when the other Guardians join Quill and they use its power to destroy Ronan.
* TheSociopath: While he's hinted to have cared for his father and grandfather, his actions clearly show his status as a low-functioning sociopath. Killing families is [[ButForMeItWasTuesday forgettable for him]], he bathes in Xandarian blood regularly, and will KickTheDog just because. [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Back in the day]], he was more calm and rational about it, but he still had no qualms about bombing the hell out of innocent people in the name of Kree imperialism.
* SociopathicSoldier: Ronan was just as much of a monster in service to the Kree as he is while working for Thanos, leading his fellow Accusers in bombing planets back to the Stone Age. The only difference is that in those days, he had the backing of his government. Once he forsook his loyalty to the Empire, he set off on a galaxy-wide rampage.
* SocketedEquipment: As he obtains the Infinity Stone inside the Orb, he is able to insert it into his hammer and amplify his powers.
* TheStarscream: Betrays Thanos after he finds out what the Orb actually is.
* TheStoic: Ronan is generally completely serious and straight faced. Doesn't stop him from being an incredibly LargeHam, though.
* SuddenlyShouting: Not as much as Rocket, but he has his moments.
-->'''Xandarian:''' You will never rule Xandar.\\
'''Ronan:''' No... I WILL CURE IT! ''[smashes the Xandarian's head]''
* SuperStrength: Even before getting the Power Stone, he tosses [[TheWorfEffect Drax]] about like a ragdoll.
* SuperToughness: Aforementioned [[NighInvulnerable nigh-invulnerability]] aside, Ronan managed the impressive feat of keeping hold of the Power Stone long enough to imbed it in his hammer without killing himself in the process.
* TautologicalTemplar: As far as he's concerned, he's acting "For The Good Of The Kree" and so anything he does, no matter how horrible it is, is justified by default. Even if it means disregarding the Kree's peace treaty, and directly assaulting Xandar.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Thanos don't get along at all. In the two conversations they have on screen, both feature Thanos making violent death threats and Ronan openly expressing his distaste for the Mad Titan. The only reason they're working together at all is because Ronan depends on Thanos's backing for his army and [[OrcusOnHisThrone Thanos]] relies on Ronan finding the Orb for him. In the end, Ronan betrays and announces his intention to kill Thanos as soon as he has the Power Stone.
* ThisCannotBe: Ronan is in shock when he sees the Guardians harnessing the Infinity Stone's power.
-->'''Ronan:''' ''[horrified]'' You're ''mortal! '''HOW?!'''''
* ThisMeansWarpaint: He applies this in his very first scene in the movie just before starting his private war against the Xandarians.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ronan was brutal, heartless, and had no qualms with wiping out innocent lives while he served the Kree Empire, but in those days, he was much more calm and reasonable, as well as loyal to the Empire. By the time he's started working for Thanos, he's a rabid fanatic with no loyalty to his own government or his new employer.
* TouchOfDeath: After he obtains the Orb, he can disintegrated objects by touching them with his staff .
* TheUnfettered: Ronan will go to any lengths to see Xandar destroyed, and he's very single-minded in his pursuit. He's willing to abandon his own government, throw in with Thanos, kill scores of people to keep his mission a secret, betray the most powerful being in the universe, and order his troops to make kamikaze runs, all for the sake of wiping out the Xandarian people.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ronan outright announces his intentions to go after Thanos himself when he is done with Xandar. According to Gamora, she thinks that to kill him is impossible, and that was ''AFTER'' they had defeated Ronan ''AND'' after killing '''[[PhysicalGod Ego The Living Planet]].'''
* TheUnfought: In ''Captain Marvel'', the closest Ronan comes to confronting the title character is staring her down from the observation deck of his warship, although Ronan's clear interest in her power implies that the two of them may have battled at some point.
* UnknownRival: His attitude to Drax. Drax calls him out and makes a big dramatic YouKilledMyFather declaration to him... and Ronan turns and walks away, completely uninterested in fighting him. One CurbStompBattle later that Ronan puts the minimum of effort into, he flatly makes it clear to Drax that he has no idea who the hell he is, [[ButForMeItWasTuesday doesn't remember killing his family]] and still won't remember any of them after he's done with him too.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By threatening and betraying Thanos, he forced the Mad Titan's hand; Thanos no longer sees it fit to trust his own thralls, causing him to go on a bloodthirsty campaign for the Infinity Stones as shown in the post credits ending of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. While the confrontation with Thanos is inevitable, Ronan's actions only sped up the impending threat the Avengers would face in ''Infinity War''.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The film is light-hearted and fun even by the standards of Marvel movies, but whenever Ronan takes the screen the tone shifts dramatically to that of dread and foreboding. His EstablishingCharacterMoment when he literally bathes in the blood of a Xandarian soldier whose skull he crushed shows how great Ronan stands out in an otherwise light-hearted and optimistic film.
* VillainBall: He never uses the TouchOfDeath ability, preferring instead to non-lethally blast his opponents several feet away for purposes of gloating.
* VillainTakesAnInterest: At the end of ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' after Ronan witnesses the full power at Carol Danvers' fingertips he orders his men to retreat but notes that he will be back for the weapon. When one of his men asks if he is referring to the power source they came to Earth for, itself an Infinity Stone, Ronan clarifies that he meant the Captain herself.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite being a genocidal terrorist, Ronan was popular amongst his people (at least the "purist" Kree). Unsurprising, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil considering who the Kree are]]. After his death, the Guardians are declared as criminals to the Kree Empire for killing Ronan.
* WouldHurtAChild: He personally murdered Drax's daughter and laughed about it, and it's unlikely that the children of Xandar were going to be spared from his intended genocide. Nova Prime explicitly states that Ronan has been murdering children during his galaxy-wide rampage against the Nova Empire.
* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: When he finally remembers Drax's family, he starts to gloat to Drax about his family's death. He doesn't finish due to Rocket's ship crashing into him.
* YouKilledMyFather: His grandfather and father were killed during the Kree/Xandarian Wars, which motivates him to try and ''[[DisproportionateRetribution kill every living being on Xandar]]''.
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!!''Korath the Pursuer''
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!!!'''Species:''' Kree
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/DjimonHounsou
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Salvador Reyes (Latin-American Spanish dub), Iñaki Crespo (European Spanish dub), Creator/KenjiNomura (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' | ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}''

A former member of the Kree Starforce who became an officer under Ronan.
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* AngryBlackMan: Most of Korath's lines are either menacing growls or harsh screaming.
* AreTheseWiresImportant: Drax kills him by ripping out wires that ran along the side of his head.
* BadassBaritone: Djimon Honsou's usual deep voice at work.
* BaldOfEvil: A bald Kree fanatic.
* BeardOfEvil: A graying goatee to compliment the evil baldness.
* {{BFG}}: Wields a pretty massive rifle while trying to retrieve the Orb early in the film. A shot from it is powerful enough to blow a hole clear through a temple wall.
* TheBrute: Serves as Ronan's main muscle and ultimately comes to blows with [[TheBigGuy Drax]].
* CoDragons: With Nebula, to Ronan. Of the two, Korath is far more loyal, but gets less screentime.
* TheComicallySerious:
** In ''Captain Marvel'', Korath responds to the rest of Starforce joking around by claiming to be laughing "on the inside". [[TheStoic With a perfectly straight face and no semblance of humor]].
** He's initially the only one who takes Peter Quill's self-appointed name of "Star-Lord" seriously.
* CreepyBlueEyes: They seem to be a racial trait for the Kree.
* {{Cyborg}}: Has a couple of cybernetic implants protruding from his head. He didn't have the implants while he was still an agent of the Kree Empire.
* DiesWideOpen: After Drax rips his implants out, Korath falls to the ground, eyes still wide open.
* DualWielding: During his time with Starforce, Korath wielded two swords.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Korath balks at Ronan's insistence on challenging Thanos out of fear of the Mad Titan.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Not as much as Ronan, but still pretty deep.
* EvilWearsBlack: Like all of Ronan's crew, Korath wears black.
* GutturalGrowler: He has a very husky voice, evident whenever he shouts.
* HumanAliens: Korath belongs to a subset of the Kree, having a human-like skin tone (black, in Korath's case) instead of blue skin like Ronan.
* LightningBruiser: He's strong enough to fight Drax on equal terms, and fast enough to catch up to Quill on foot when Quill had rocketed away to safety using his jet boots after shrugging off a double blast to the chest from Star-Lord's quad-blasters.
* RaceLift: Is black rather than blue.
* RogueAgent: Like Ronan, Korath was a member of the Kree military before deserting to join the Accuser in his genocidal crusade.
* ScaryBlackMan: Or rather, a Scary Black Kree.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough punch through walls and get into a fistfight with Drax.
* SuperToughness: Able to jump off from buildings to the ground, shrugg off blasts from Quill's guns that punch holes in the Sakaaran soldiers serving him, and remain conscious despite impacting a rock wall hard enough to crater it.
* TookALevelInJerkass: By the time of ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. In ''Captain Marvel'', he's more of TheStoic and less brutish.
* UndyingLoyalty: Implied; he's one of the few actual Kree among Ronan's crew, and refers to the Accuser as "master".
* WorthyOpponent: Implied; Korath is the first character to refer to Quill as "Star-Lord" unironically. Quill is pleasantly surprised.
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** In 'Infinity Gauntlet', Proxima was holding her own until Corvus becomes hurt and she flies into a rage. Then she would rather focus on getting him away from danger than continue the battle.
** In 'Endgame', [[spoiler:Corvus is stabbed by Okoye during the battle, and as Thanos and his forces get distintegrated, Proxima can be seen in the background already cradling Corvus. Considering how quickly the distintegration happens, it's implied she had already [[HeartBrokenBadass stopped fighting]] to protect him for some time.]]

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He doesn't quite remember killing Drax's family when they first fight, though he apparently managed to recall it by the time they meet again in the finale, although he may have been lying about remembering in order to taunt Drax. The commentary for ''Infinity War'' seems to point to the latter, as it was stated Drax's family was part of the unlucky half.

* FreudianExcuse: His father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all killed in the Kree/Xandarian war. While this doesn't justify Ronan's actions in the slightest, he does bring it up twice as a reason for his hatred towards the Xandarians.

* LackOfEmpathy: Even by [[AliensAreBastards Kree]] standards, he's brutal towards others.

* SanitySlippage: While still a genocidal sociopath, ''Captain Marvel'' depicts him as being more calm and collected than the deranged psychopath in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite being a genocidal terrorist, Ronan was popular amongst his people. Unsurprising, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil considering who the Kree are]]. After his death, the Guardians are declared as criminals to the Kree Empire for killing Ronan.

* TheUnintelligible: Cull Obsidian speaks an untranslated alien language, when he bothers to speak at all.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Appears in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in a couple of scenes, acting as a middleman between Ronan and Thanos. When Ronan goes to see Thanos in person, he grows annoyed with the Other constantly arguing with him, and kills him.]]

* BullyingADragon: [[spoiler:Screaming at a psychopath like Ronan was never going to end well.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: In ''The Avengers'' The Other was much more subdued compared to his mostly shrieking role in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''. [[spoiler:His constant harping about respecting Thanos gets him killed by Ronan.]] Justified in that while Loki was subdued and fearful, Ronan is trying to confront Thanos and isn't intimidated. [[spoiler:Ronan then got tired of his attempts at HamToHamCombat. The Other should have just let Thanos put Ronan in his place.]]

* InTheHood: His hood helps to further obscure his face. [[spoiler:[[FreezeFrameBonus You get to see his surprised eye when Ronan kills him]].]]

* MouthOfSauron: Serves as the mouthpiece for his master. Fittingly, [[spoiler:after he dies, Thanos starts to speak for himself.]]
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Ronan kills the Other using a blast of force from his hammer, not only breaking his spine but twisting his head nearly 180°.]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:In ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', he only appears briefly before Ronan kills him.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: From the start of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', he shows annoyance over working with Loki. Though, it was ultimately up to Thanos to make that decision. In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', he also doesn't like working with Ronan the Accuser much either, chastising him for talking to Thanos without the proper respect. [[spoiler:This provokes Ronan into killing him.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Thanos. The Other treats Thanos with a respect that borders on reverence, gets angry when Ronan disrespects the Mad Titan, and in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', the Other is [[spoiler:the only one of Thanos's minions who doesn't betray him.]]

* TheWorfEffect: James Gunn acknowledges doing this with him on the commentary for ''Guardians'', saying [[spoiler:seeing the guy who Loki was submissive towards killed so easily was meant to drive home how dangerous Ronan was]].

* AbsurdCuttingPower: His glaive is able to easily stab through Heimdall and even [[spoiler:the previously thought impenetrable vibranium body of Vision, as well as negating his power to phase through objects.]]

* InTheBack: [[spoiler: He is killed by Vision with a stab from behind, exactly what he does to Vision when they first meet.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Proxima has fought toe-to-toe with Luke Cage and broke his ribs and other internal injuries while only visibly bleeding from some cuts herself. When thrown, her spear has been shown to be able to chase and catch up to Spectrum in lightform, meaning it goes as fast as lightspeed, as well as possessing toxic blacklight that can depower Spectrum and the Hulk. She has also fought Captain America, the Hulk, Captain Marvel, and Hyperion at the same time, and was overwhelmingly winning the fight. In the film, [[spoiler: she has trouble dueling Black Widow, Captain America and Falcon, her spear can be caught by Captain America even though he was unable to even deflect her spear completely in the comics; and she later dies to a thresher machine.]]

* SquashedFlat: [[spoiler: In ''Endgame'', a Cull Obsidian from 2014 was killed when Giant-Man stepped on him]].

* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Their main transport is the Leviathan, a gigantic flying serpent-like creature that carries hundreds of soldiers and can fly through skyscrapers. It takes huge amounts of explosive or electrical damage to put one down. [[spoiler:Or one [[MegatonPunch Hulk punch]] and several Stark missiles.]]

** A Chitauri makes an appearance in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', [[spoiler:in Knowhere, trapped in a case as part of the Collector's collection.]]

* {{Cyborg}}: They clearly have both mechanical and organic parts, and [[spoiler:shut down when their command ship is destroyed]].

* TheDreaded: Heavily implied to be this. [[spoiler:After the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. succeed in destroying their small invasion force, the Other becomes 100% convinced that ''no one'' can challenge Earth's might -- even his boss, the "most powerful being in the universe." [[BloodKnight Said boss]] relishes the challenge.]]
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: [[spoiler:A single nuclear warhead to their mothership halts the entire invasion. Though as noted by the framed newspaper in Karen Page's office, hundreds were still killed before this happened.]]

* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Taking out their command ship shuts them down.]]

* SuspiciouslySmallArmy: No more than a few hundred Chitauri are [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1947pd ever visible on-screen]] in total, even after Loki orders them to "send in the rest." Even when we get a look at their home dimension with the rest of the invasion force, we only see eight additional Leviathans, a few dozen flyers, and a mothership that is [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/loki-and-chitauri-vs-steppenwolf-and-parademons.588681/page-4#post-41651091 not particularly huge]] and couldn't possibly hold more than tens of thousands of additional troops at most. This makes their desire to conquer ''an entire planet'' with hundreds of millions of soldiers quite questionable. Possibly {{Justified}} by the Other and Loki being ill-informed of Earth's capabilities and small armies being the norm in the majority of the Marvel Cinematic Universe's civilizations; the Asgardians for instance were considered a mighty military power, and [[spoiler:''Film/ThorRagnarok'' depicts their entire army as numbering only a few hundred in the scene where it gets slaughtered by Hela.]]

* AchillesHeel: Ronan is [[TheJuggernaut virtually unstoppable.]] [[spoiler:His hammer, on the other hand, isn't. It also happens to be where he carries the Power Stone.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, The Accuser is an officially sanctioned JudgeJuryAndExecutioner and Ronan carries out his duties as a ruthless ByTheBookCop at worst -- while not exactly a heroic character, he remains loyal to the Kree Empire, only acting [[JustFollowingOrders under orders]] or [[InspectorJavert within his legal remit]], and even serving as an occasional ally to the heroes if an alliance is in their common interests. Here, he's a savagely brutal renegade and a genocidal terrorist who continues the Empire's war against Xandar despite the peace treaty between them -- although it's implied that certain Kree authorities unofficially approve. Ultimate Ronan is closer to this portrayal of the character, but even in Ultimate Marvel, Ronan was loyal to Thanos (who, in that continuity, was his father). Here, Ronan obviously loathes the Mad Titan and [[spoiler:turns on him at the earliest opportunity]].

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:Once he's dead, Xandar celebrates his demise]].
* ArchEnemy: Serves as this for Drax, since he had his family killed by the Kree warrior. [[spoiler:After Ronan's defeat, Drax focuses on fighting Thanos.]]

* BadassInCharge: Leader of his renegade faction. He's also able to beat [[OneManArmy Drax the Destroyer]] all on his own and [[spoiler:slaughters over 80,000 members of the Nova Corps during the FinalBattle]].

* BareFistedMonk: Prior to equipping his Universal Weapon with the [[spoiler:Power Stone]] he only uses it to execute a restrained captive. In his fight with Drax he shows he unarmed combat expertise by effortlessly pummelling him with only his bare hands.

* BlowYouAway: His warhammer can project shockwaves of varying intensity and size, large enough to knock several people off their feet without otherwise harming them or small and powerful enough to cause a NeckSnap. [[spoiler:After the hammer has been imbedded with the Power Stone, it could produce a shockwave powerful enough to completely dismantle the Nova Corps' blockade of the ''Dark Aster'' in a single blow]].
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He doesn't quite remember killing Drax's family when they first fight, though he [[spoiler:apparently managed to recall it by the time they meet again in the finale, although he may have been lying about remembering in order to taunt Drax. The commentary for ''Infinity War'' seems to point to the latter, as it was stated Drax's family was part of the unlucky half]].
* TheComicallySerious: [[spoiler:He's just finishing up his big evil speech and preparing to fulfill his dream of Xandar's destruction when Star-Lord challenges him to a dance-off. This was an... unanticipated event which elicited a genuinely puzzled reaction from Ronan.]]

* CurbStompBattle: Ronan easily defeats [[spoiler:Drax in their "fight" on Knowhere]].
* DarkIsEvil: He wears black clothing and black make-up, his soldiers wear black uniforms, Ronan commands the massive, intimidating black warship ''Dark Aster'', and when [[spoiler:in possession of the Infinity Stone]], his hammer glows [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple]]. Ronan fulfills this trope like no villain since [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].

* DealWithTheDevil: He made a pact with Thanos, offering to find the Orb in exchange for Thanos wiping out Xandar. [[spoiler:As soon as he finds out that the Orb contains an Infinity Stone with the power to do just that, he turns on Thanos the first chance he gets.]]

* DragonWithAnAgenda: Even before [[spoiler:betraying Thanos]], he makes it damn clear he only works for the Mad Titan because of his promise to destroy Xandar. He's Thanos's prime agent in hunting the Infinity Stone but he doesn't even speak to him respectfully.

* EvilGloating: Loves doing this. It backfires since it gives [[spoiler:Rocket the time to build a weapon to take him out]].

** [[spoiler:Ronan almost ended up pulling this on his master Thanos; Thanos is a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes in saving races from extinction by taking half the population, but Ronan sought ''complete'' genocide of an entire race out of pure hatred and lacks ''any'' of his master's redeeming qualities, and decides to turn on him when he realizes the orb contains an InfinityStone. Of course, he's killed before he gets the chance to get the knock on his boss]].

* TheFundamentalist: Ronan adheres to "the ancient laws" of the Kree with an incredible fervour. He even refers to [[spoiler:the impending destruction of Xandar]] as his victims' "salvation".

* HateSink: It's very clear that this version of Ronan is meant to be as contemptible to the audience as much as possible; his casual sadism, flagrant disregard of his people's peace treaty, genocidal hatred of Xandarians, proclivity for torture, and monstrously cruel nature are all his most outwardly visible character traits, and there really isn't much else lurking beneath the surface. While the bulk of the characters in the film are morally grey, Ronan is pure, unrepentant, unrelenting evil. As such, he comes off as too disgusting to fall under EvilIsCool. In light of his master Thanos's tragic backstory, Ronan ends up making the ''Mad Titan himself'' look like a saint by comparison. It's ''really'' saying something if Thanos and his followers ''detest'' him. In ''Captain Marvel'', [[spoiler:he doesn't even care about his own people; he does nothing but show disrespect, threatening and berating the Kree Starforce for their failures, and even Yon-Rogg despises Ronan for nuking planets indiscriminately. That being said, Ronan was even willing to lay waste to a planet where billions of human lives and loyal Kree are present to eradicate innocent Skrulls]].

** In ''Captain Marvel'', Ronan claims to believe in the Empire's credo of "for the good of all Kree". In practice, [[spoiler:he's fine with carpet bombing a planet that has several Kree officers on it, and abandons his fellow Kree without turning an eye when the going gets rough.]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: He personally hates Xandarians so he sees himself as justified in annihilating the entire race. Further considerations don't really enter into his reasoning. [[spoiler:In fact, he's willing to kill of his own people as collateral]].
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to being a genocidal murderer, Ronan is also just an asshole as seen by his taunting of Drax and his blunt, abrasive demeanour with everyone else. [[EveryoneHasStandards It's clear that Thanos doesn't like him on a personal level and wouldn't work with him if he could avoid it]]. ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' shows this isn't a new trend; [[spoiler:Ronan has no qualms about laying waste to an entire planet that, as far as he knows has several loyal Kree still on it, and he departs without a hint of concern for the fates of his erstwhile comrades.]]

* TheJuggernaut: He stood up to a beating from Drax with barely a twitch and withstood [[spoiler:a missile launch, being rammed with the ''Milano'', and the crash of the ''Dark Aster'']] without any more than his armour getting burnt. In the end, [[spoiler:it took an ''Infinity Stone'' (a weapon that, keep in mind, Ronan was going to use to wipe out a ''planet'') to kill Ronan]].
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After ''years'' of exterminating innocent populations such as the Skrulls, enslaving other races and threatening Xandarians, Ronan ''finally'' gets what was coming to him at the end of ''Guardians of The Galaxy'']].
* KarmicDeath: Ronan sought to ''burn'' Xandar with the Power Stone. [[spoiler:Moments later, he's killed with the ''exact'' amount of overwhelming power he wanted to bring in Xandar]].

** His comment towards Drax after [[spoiler:defeating him on Knowhere]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:He kills the Other after getting sick of listening to his annoying yelling.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He's completely obliterated by the Power Stone.]]

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:After Captain Marvel tears one of his ships to pieces, Ronan wisely orders his remaining ships to return to Kree space, although he's clearly taken an interest in Carol.]]

* NearVillainVictory: The mission to stop him is actually a failure. Thousands of Nova Corps men and ships were lost, the ''Dark Aster'' makes planetfall (albeit on a one-way trip) and causes catastrophic damage both by itself and the ships that plowed into the city before it landed, and Ronan stands with his weapon at the ready to stab it to the ground and eliminate all organic life on the entire planet. The only thing that impedes him is his own EvilGloating and Quill [[spoiler:coming up with a last-ditch distraction that gives Rocket enough time to jury-rig a weapon to destroy his hammer]].

* NighInvulnerable: Getting punched repeatedly by Drax? Psssht. Getting shot with an [[spoiler:improvised {{BFG}}]]? An annoyance. Getting hit by [[spoiler:a small starship]]? A minor inconvenience. [[spoiler:Going down with his own ship?]] A slightly bigger inconvenience. It takes [[spoiler:the power of the Infinity Stone, which can destroy a planet, to put him down for good. Even ''then'', it took a few seconds for the stone's power to destroy Ronan, which is a further testament to how tough the guy is; every other victim of the stone, except Quill, was disintegrated almost instantly.]] ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' demonstrates that the Kree are at least reasonably close to Asgardians in terms of physical prowess and possess a potent HealingFactor, which would explain at least some of Ronan's ridiculous toughness. The fact that he's [[spoiler:being empowered by the Power Stone]] for more than half these examples would explain the rest.
* NoSell: Exactly ''one'' of Drax's blows made Ronan react. Everything else just didn't faze him. He then went on to take [[spoiler:a missile to the chest and walked away with dented armor, was rammed by a starship and knocked out for only a minute, and survived his own starship crash-landing with no protection. It took a concerted discharge from the Infinity Stone to finally destroy him]].
* NotSoSimilar: Most of the galaxy sees Thanos and Ronan as interchangeable with the exception of Thanos being more powerful. However, while Ronan conquers for revenge, glory, and out of hatred, Thanos [[spoiler: sees his actions as a NecessaryEvil to ensure stability of the galaxy.]]
* NotSoStoic: Ronan is genuinely baffled when Quill [[spoiler:challenges him to a dance-off]]. His reaction is the only four words in the entire movie that he delivers non-[[LargeHam hammily]], though he quickly recovers.
-->'''Ronan:''' [[FlatWhat What are you doing]]? ... ''What'' are you ''doing''?

* OmnicidalManiac: Ronan's pact with Thanos centers around the Mad Titan destroying Xandar for the Kree renegade. [[spoiler:Once he gets his hands on the Power Stone, Ronan's more than happy to do the deed himself.]] ''Avengers: Infinity War'' implicitly confirms that Ronan took part in at least one Thanos's planetary cullings during his service to the Mad Titan; it's explicitly mentioned that Drax's homeworld was decimated by Thanos's forces, and it had already been established that Ronan personally murdered Drax's wife and daughter.

* SlasherSmile: He sports a wide one when he sees [[spoiler:Quill being overwhelmed by the Infinity Stone's power]]. It disappears quickly when [[spoiler:the other Guardians join Quill and they use its power to destroy Ronan]].

* SocketedEquipment: [[spoiler:As he obtains the Infinity Stone inside the Orb, he is able to insert it into his hammer and amplify his powers.]]

* SuperToughness: Aforementioned [[NighInvulnerable nigh-invulnerability]] aside, Ronan managed the impressive feat of [[spoiler:keeping hold of the Power Stone long enough to imbed it in his hammer without killing himself in the process.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Thanos don't get along at all. In the two conversations they have on screen, both feature Thanos making violent death threats and Ronan openly expressing his distaste for the Mad Titan. The only reason they're working together at all is because Ronan depends on Thanos's backing for his army and [[OrcusOnHisThrone Thanos]] relies on Ronan finding the Orb for him. [[spoiler:In the end, Ronan betrays and announces his intention to kill Thanos as soon as he has the Power Stone.]]
* ThisCannotBe: Ronan is in shock when he sees [[spoiler:the Guardians harnessing the Infinity Stone's power]].

* TouchOfDeath: After he [[spoiler:obtains the Orb]], he can disintegrated objects by touching them with his staff .
* TheUnfettered: Ronan will go to any lengths to see Xandar destroyed, and he's very single-minded in his pursuit. He's willing to abandon his own government, throw in with Thanos, kill scores of people to keep his mission a secret, [[spoiler:betray the most powerful being in the universe, and order his troops to make kamikaze runs]], all for the sake of wiping out the Xandarian people.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:In ''Captain Marvel'', the closest Ronan comes to confronting the title character is staring her down from the observation deck of his warship, although Ronan's clear interest in her power implies that the two of them may meet again.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By threatening and betraying Thanos, he forced the Mad Titan's hand; [[spoiler:Thanos no longer sees it fit to trust his own thralls, causing him to go on a bloodthirsty campaign for the Infinity Stones as shown in the post credits ending of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. While the confrontation with Thanos is inevitable, Ronan's actions only sped up the impending threat the Avengers will face in ''Infinity War'']].

* VillainTakesAnInterest: At the end of ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' [[spoiler: after Ronan witnesses the full power at Carol Danvers' fingertips he orders his men to retreat but notes that he will be back for the weapon. When one of his men asks if he is referring to the power source they came to Earth for, itself an Infinity Stone, Ronan clarifies that he meant the Captain herself.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Despite being a genocidal terrorist, Ronan was popular amongst his people. Unsurprising, [[AlwaysLawfulEvil considering who the Kree are]]. [[spoiler:After his death, the Guardians are declared as criminals to the Kree Empire for killing Ronan.]]

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: [[spoiler:When he finally remembers Drax's family, he starts to gloat to Drax about his family's death. He doesn't finish due to Rocket's ship crashing into him.]]

* AreTheseWiresImportant: [[spoiler:Drax kills him by ripping out wires that ran along the side of his head.]]

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:After Drax rips his implants out, Korath falls to the ground, eyes still wide open]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Killed by Drax]].

* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Captain Marvel'', he's more of TheStoic and less brutish.

* WorthyOpponent: Implied; Korath is the first character to refer to Quill as "Star-Lord" un-ironically. Quill is pleasantly surprised.

An elite group of warriors composed of Thanos's adopted "children". They are based on the Black Order from the comics, especially in ''Infinity War'' where most of them debut.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CarrieCoon