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* BadassBoast: She seems particularly fond of these. After all, she's not a queen or a monster, she's the ''goddess of death!''
-->'''Hela:''' Whatever game you're playing, it won't work. You can't defeat me!

-->'''Hela:''' ''[addressing Thor]'' Odin and I drowned ''entire civilisations'' in blood and tears...And then one day, he decided to become a benevolent king. To foster peace, to protect life. ''[Her lip curls in disgust]'' To have ''[[InadequateInheritor you]]''.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: She's the first BigBad of the ''Thor'' films to present a serious physical threat to the title character without outside help; Loki needed a weapon to fight Thor evenly, and even then, he wasn't much of a match for his brother one-on-one, while Malekith needed the Aether to present a real threat to Thor in a fight. Hela, by contrast, is a nigh-unstoppable one-woman army who can not only handle herself in a fight with Thor, but come out on top without a great deal of trouble. In the same vein, both Loki and Malekith were vulnerable to Mjölnir (Loki couldn't lift it and Thor used it to first disfigure Malekith, then defeat him), whereas Hela destroys the hammer with one hand.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/CateBlanchett

* MightyWhitey: Subverted. Hela's story has elements of this trope, in her being a white woman from a more technologically advanced civilization ending up as a StrangerInAStrangeLand before GoingNative in Ta Lo and helping to protect the Asian culture from her own. However, she's not treated as being inherently better than any of the Asian characters and the episode ends with [[spoiler:her becoming an equal ally to Wenwu]].

* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler:After spending some time in Ta Lo under Ying Li's guidance for what is implied to be days if not weeks, Ying Li finally gives Hela an AndThenWhat treatment, pushing Hela to look inside and find her true motivation: Freedom. It's also a {{Reconstruction}} as this is shown not to be the moment that completely fixes her, but it ''is'' the breakthrough that Hela needed to make her proper HeelFaceTurn.]]

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Hela's personal issues and chequered history allow her to hide it well, but this counterpart ''does'' have a heart buried underneath her ambitions and grievances. [[spoiler:Being banished to Midgard rather than Hel allows her to unearth it before it was buried forever as in the Sacred Timeline.]]

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Hela's personal issues and chequered history allow her to hide it well, but this counterpart ''does'' have a heart buried underneath her ambitions and grievances.

[[spoiler:-->'''Hela:''' You're handsome when you're unconscious.]]

* LargeHam: This version of Hela, while still a serious character and storyline, is far more light-hearted and humorous, possessing her very grandiose personality without the sinister intent of her original self. Cate Blanchett is clearly having a blast delivering her lines.

* ShipTease: With Wenwu. Despite attacking him and escaping the Ten Rings, it's hinted some of her flirtations with him are genuine and she even makes a (snarky) comment that he's "handsome when [he's] unconscious". [[spoiler:The two also share a LongingLook after their victory against Odin.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Despite viewing him as an enemy and running away from him, Hela does display an attraction to Wenwu. The man himself (being quite the romantic as he was in the film) is far more open about his feelings for her, though she's reluctant to explore it.

* ShipTease: With Wenwu. Despite attacking him and escaping the Ten Rings, she clearly still thinks of him and even makes a (snarky) comment that he's "handsome when [he's] unconscious". [[spoiler:The two also share a LongingLook after their victory against Odin.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Due to her making a HeelFaceTurn, this Hela gets to survive the events of her episode, and spends the rest of her life taking down other universal conquerors like Thanos.

* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Instead of a villain who is killed in her debut film, Hela here goes through enough CharacterDevelopment to [[spoiler:embrace peace, defeat her father who has a HeelRealization, become the new ruler of Asgard and spend the next thousand years becoming a liberator of worlds]].

[[folder:Fenris]]
!!''Fenris''
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!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian Wolf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

Fenris was a giant wolf who served Hela during the times of the expansion of Asgard around the Nine Realms. Millennia after her death, she is resurrected by Hela with the Eternal Flame and put at her service during her oppressive rule on Asgard.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Originally a Jotun, as the son of Loki and a Jotun sorceress. Here her species is merely listed as "Asgardian Wolf".
* AdaptationalNonsapience: Fenrir could speak in the original myth and the comics, and even had a bit of an awesome ego. Fenris in the film is just a mindless beast that serves Hela.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the myths, Fenris eventually grows large enough for the upper part of his mouth to reach the sky. Here, she’s only [[https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/building-character-with-thor-part2/ 23 foot tall]] and [[https://vfxblog.com/2017/11/07/crafting-the-insane-action-behind-thor-ragnoraks-end-battle/ 35 foot long]].
* AlternateSelf: Queen Hela's version is briefly seen in a flashback of ''What If...?''
* BackFromTheDead: Upon coming back to Asgard after being sealed by Odin for millennia, Hela destroys the floor of Asgard's Weapons Vault to reveal a crypt in which Fenris and her long-forgotten army are resting. She then resurrects them all as undead using the Eternal Flame.
* CanisMajor: A huge monster wolf, many times larger than a regular one. Justified as she is actually part of an in-universe species called "Asgardian Wolf", which naturally grows to be that big.
* CompositeCharacter: As Hela's RightHandAttackDog, she takes the role of Garm from the myths.
* DisneyVillainDeath: She falls off of Asgard's waterfalls into outer space at the end of her fight with the Hulk.
* TheDreaded: When Heimdall and the other Asgardians find Fenris at the Bifrost Bridge, they all start to fall back instead of taking their chances with the giant wolf.
* FurryReminder: She sniffs Banner when he crash lands in front of her.
* GenderFlip: [[http://www.artofvfx.com/thor-ragnarok-alexis-wajsbrot-kyle-mcculloch-jonathan-fawkner-vfx-supervisors-framestore/ According to]] WordOfGod, Fenris Wolf is a female in this movie, while the mythological Fenris and Garm she is based on were both males.
** Ironically though, this gender change makes it closer to its 616 comic counterpart who is actually gender fluid, being the father of all Wolf Gods but the '''mother''' of the first Storm Giants by mating with Surtur as a female wolf. Though for the majority of its comic appearances, it usually presents or is regarded as a male wolf.
** ''What If...?'' would have Hela refer to Fenris with male pronouns, meaning that he's either male in that universe or that Fenris is actually gender fluid like in the comics.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: She has green-glowing eyes after Hela revives her with the Eternal Flame.
* {{Hellhound}}: A giant canid that serves the ruler of Hel.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Hela uses Fenris as her mount when riding into battle rather than the normal horses that the rank-and-file soldiers ride.
* ImmuneToBullets: Valkyrie unloads a Gatling Gun taken from the Asgardian armory onto Fenris, but it is nothing more than an annoyance.
-->'''Valkyrie:''' This stupid dog just won't die!
* NonHumanUndead: Given the SicklyGreenGlow of her eyes as similar to the [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Berserkers]]', it's highly likely that Hela's magic combined with the Eternal Flame made her into an undead hellhound.
* OhCrap: When Hulk grabs her by the tail and swings her around. And again when he suplexes her. Its quite possible that it was the first time she actually faced a challenge.
* NotSoStoic: Inverted. She's usually vicious and violent, but she pauses in confusion when Banner smacks down on the Rainbow Bridge in front of her. Also, during one scene in which Hela is enthroned in the palace, Fenris is seen [[OrcusOnHisThrone merely lounging around]] docilely in the background.
* RightHandAttackDog: Hela unleashes her upon Asgardian refugees on the Bifröst during the FinalBattle. Luckily for them, the Hulk steps in to fight the giant wolf.
* SadlyMythtaken: Note that InUniverse, the myths are mistaken but out-of-universe the trope still stands.
** This version of Fenris is 23 feet tall and 35 feet long, which is still nowhere near as large as her mythological counterpart (who as previously mentioned, is big enough for the upper part of his jaws to reach the sky). She also doesn't get to kill Odin, nor is she Loki's child and Hela's brother.
** The beastly companion of Hela in the original mythology is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr Garmr]], a monstrous wolf/hound. Though Fenris is associated with Hela as brother and sister, they are not considered companions to one another.
* SavageWolves: A giant and vicious wolf in service of the Goddess of Death. She bites Hulk hard enough to ''make him bleed'', which is more than almost any other character in the movies can claim to have done.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, as in the original myths, Fenris is Hela's brother and Loki's son. Here, she's just a monster that serves Hela.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:As ''What If'' shows us, as a puppy, Fenris was an adorable BigFriendlyDog until Odin reered him and Hela into living weapons of war.]]
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[[folder:The Berserkers]]
!!''Berserkers''
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!!!'''Species:''' Undead Asgardians
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardians
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' | ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

The reanimated corpses of dead Einherjar that fought under Hela.
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** This version of Fenris is 23 foot tall and 35 foot long, which is still nowhere near as large as her mythological counterpart (who as previously mentioned, is big enough for the upper part of his jaws to reach the sky). She also doesn't get to kill Odin, nor is she Loki's child and Hela's brother.

* CompositeCharacter: She takes on aspects of both Thor and Loki, with her episode having her go on a similar journey of self-improvement. Like Thor, she was a bloodthirsty warrior who was exiled to Earth and stripped of her powers until she learned a specific lesson. But like Loki, she was a very villainous character who's flaws were caused by Odin's bad parenting.

* GoodCostumeSwitch: Hela dons the dragon-scale armor of Ta Lo to signify her HeelFaceTurn, and after reclaiming her Necrosword Crown her once black armor turns white.

* MightyWhitey: Subverted. Hela's story has elements of this trope, in her being a white woman from a more technologically advanced civilization ending up as a StrangerInAStrangeLand before GoingNative in Ta Lo and helping to protect the Asian culture from her own. However, she's not treated as being inherently better than than any of the Asian characters and the episode ends with [[spoiler:her becoming an equal ally to Wenwu]].

* DropTheHammer: She was the first wielder of Mjölnir.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Hela unadorned]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hela_unadorned.jpg [softreturn] ''"We were once the seat of absolute power in the cosmos. Our supremacy was unchallenged. Yet Odin stopped at Nine Realms."''[[/labelnote]]]]

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* AdaptationalHeroism: The circumstances behind her villainy are explored more deeply and it's shown that her desire for conquest exists only because Odin trained her to be that way, and she believes that if she conquers the entire universe her purpose will be complete and she can finally choose her own future. [[spoiler:She eventually learns to let go of this desire and embrace mercy, regaining her powers and taking over Asgard to become the protector of the Nine Realms and other worlds.]] Not having to endure centuries of [[AndIMustScream being trapped alone in another realm]] probably helped her keep her sanity.
* AdaptationalSympathy: The circumstances behind her villainy in the Sacred Timeline are explored in more detail, and how her desire for conquest stems from Odin's bad parenting and making her into a weapon to fight his battles. As a result, she comes across as more of a tragic character than she did in ''Ragnarok''.

* CompositeCharacter: She takes on aspects of both Thor and Loki, in that she was exiled to learn a lesson and grew to become a more noble and heroic characters after previously being a villain.

!!''ComicBook/{{Hela}} Odinsdottir''

* AdaptationalHeroism: The circumstances behind her villainy are explored more deeply and it's shown that her desire for conquest exists only because Odin trained her to be that way, and she believes that if she conquers the entire universe her purpose will be complete and she can finally choose her own future. [[spoiler:She eventually learns to let go of this desire and embrace mercy, regaining her powers and taking over Asgard to become the protector of the Nine Realms and other worlds.]] Not having to endure centries of [[AndIMustScream being trapped alone in another realm]] probably helped her keep her sanity.