History Characters / MCUMoonKnight

* ABirthdayNotABreak: [[spoiler:On Marc's 12th birthday his mother continued to blame him for the death of his brother, then when he ran to up to his bedroom she chased him and beat with a belt in a drunken rage. This is what pushed him over the edge, develop dissonance identity disorder, and create Steven to help cope with his mother’s abuse.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks. Both for and against the heroes. Despite their best efforts, Harrow ultimately overpowers Marc and starts disintegrating him whilst his goons assault Layla, only for Jake to assume control and brutalise Harrow, his {{Mooks}}, and the surroundings all at once, allowing the heroes to win thanks to his interference, even if none of them understand ''what'' just happened. However, his presence also means that Marc's body is still technically Khonshu's avatar, even after the god kept his word by [[ExactWords releasing Steven and Marc from his service]], and with them unaware of Jake's existence, there's nobody who can stop him loyally serving Khonshu with the full breadth of Moon Knight's powers at his disposal.

* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier: Marc remembers ''every single person'' he's ever killed as Khonshu's Fist of Vengeance and expresses shame over it, even while he acknowledges that everyone he targeted was [[KickTheSonOfABitch the scum of the Earth]]. When Steven expresses total disbelief at this, Marc quickly retorts: "You try taking a life. See how quickly you forget."

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* {{Insomnia}}: Inverted. Steven is so desperate to stay awake and avoid having Marc take over that he is seen trying to force himself into being an insomniac by listening to a "Staying Awake" podcast.

* TheCasanova: During his appearance in TheStinger, Jake calmly charms the woman taking care of Arthur Harrow, even calling her "seniorita" for good measure. It's also heavily implied that he was the one who set up a date with one of Steven's museum co-workers, given Steven's awkward personality and Marc's devotion to Layla.

!!''[[Characters/MoonKnightMarcSpector Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Jake Lockley]] / [[ComicBook/MoonKnight Moon Knight / Mr. Knight]]''

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!!!'''Citizenship:''' Unknown[[note]][[AmbiguousSituation Possibly Guatemalan?]]

!!!'''Citizenship:''' Unknown[[note]][[AmbiguousSituation Possibly Guatemalan?]]]]

[[folder:Tropes that apply to Marc Spector and Moon Knight]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Laters gators!", which he uses to end a voicemail to his mum. [[spoiler:It's based on something Marc, as well as his younger brother, Randall, would say.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: In TheStinger, he kills at least one orderly ([[AmbiguousSituation who may or may not have been one of Harrow's cultists]]) to get Harrow out of the mental facility so he can execute him, showing he may not care if others are harmed during his work for Khonshu.

[[folder:Tropes that apply to Steven Grant and Mr. Knight]]

!! Jake Lockley
During a fight in the third episode, "The Friendly Type", it's revealed that neither Steven ''nor'' Marc is responsible for the brutal slaughter of their opponents that occurs during a blackout in that episode. This reveals the existence of a third alter, Jake Lockley, whose origins and motivations are, as of yet, unknown.

!!''[[ComicBook/MoonKnight Marc Spector / Steven Grant / Jake Lockley / Moon Knight / Mr. Knight]]''

* AnimalMotifs: Alligators. Steven says the phrase, "Later gators!", and the home screen of the Motorola Razor phone has an alligator on it. If connected to Egyptian mythology, this could relate to the crocodile-headed god Sobek, a protector against evil -- or the goddess Ammit, who combines a crocodile's head with the body parts of a lion and a hippopotamus. [[spoiler:We later learn that the phrase was actually something Marc's brother Randall said in his childhood and that Steven was subconsciously invoking his memory whenever he used it.]]

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* NotGoodWithEmotions: Heavily implied. He only showed up to beat up people who threaten the system and not have any interact with the other altera. He especially noted to be absent when Marc and Steven are uncovering the trauma that led to their DID.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Khonshu recruited Marc when he was on the edge of death, and there is a suggestion Marc was involved with the deaths of a group of archeologists in Egypt, [[spoiler:though it's later revealed that he tried to prevent his partner from committing the massacre, only to be gunned down himself]]. Moreover, he has Dissociative Identity Disorder, which is revealed in episode 5 to be the result of [[spoiler:childhood trauma and abuse. Marc Spector (who is indeed the original alter/host of the system) was a young boy from a good Jewish family, but one stormy evening, he and his little brother Randall got trapped in a cave they were exploring during a rainstorm and a flood caused Randall's death. In her grief, his mother Wendy [[TheAlcoholic turned to drink]], blamed Marc for Randall's death, and [[AbusiveParents physically abused him for years,]] causing him to create Steven as a means of escaping the trauma. He eventually left home and joined the army, but an incident linked to his DID caused him to be discharged, which led to him being on the dig where he met Layla's father before it all went to hell. Then, of course, Khonshu showed up...]]

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:His mother Wendy becomes this since she blames him for killing his younger brother Randall. She abused her son physically, verbally, and emotionally, devastating Marc's mental health to the point that he created Steven to help himself cope.]]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''{{Series/Moon Knight|2022}}'' | ''Film/AvengersTheKangDynasty''

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''{{Series/Moon Knight|2022}}''