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* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, the deep Hydra infiltration uncovered in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has proven to be nigh impossible to get past, to the point where [[spoiler:even though S.H.I.E.L.D. is technically back in the government's good graces, they still don't officially exist anymore]].

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* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, the deep Hydra infiltration uncovered in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has proven to be nigh impossible to get past, to the point where ~~[[spoiler:even~~ even though S.H.I.E.L.D. is technically back in the government's good graces, they still don't officially exist ~~anymore]].~~anymore.

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'''Phil Coulson:That they’re worth saving.'''

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'''Phil ~~Coulson:That~~ Coulson:''' That they’re worth saving.~~'''~~

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See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]

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~~See~~ -->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]

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See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA operatives page]]

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~~See~~ -->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA operatives page]]

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->'''Nick Fury:''' The principle S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded upon was pure... Protection. One word. Sometimes to protect one man against himself, other times to protect the planet against an alien invasion from another universe... but the belief that drives us all is the same, whether it’s one man, or all mankind.\\
'''Phil Coulson:That they’re worth saving.'''

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It would later be learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by HYDRA loyalists from the organization's conception, which would lead to the collapse of the group's position as the predominant protecting organization of the world.

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It would later be learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by HYDRA loyalists from the organization's conception, which would lead to the ~~collapse~~ end of the group's position as the predominant ~~protecting~~ defense organization of the ~~world.~~world. As such, the organization was publicly disbanded (although operatives still worked toward cleaning up the mess HYDRA left in secret).

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* FunWithAcronyms: Grant Ward jokes whomever came up with the name of the organization probably wanted the letters to spell S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than describe the group.

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* ~~FunWithAcronyms: Grant Ward jokes whomever came up~~ BackFromTheBrink: Phil Coulson and his team (along with the ~~name of the organization probably wanted the letters to spell~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. splinter cell) saved the entire organization from collapsing upon itself after HYDRA made its move.
* CloakAndDagger: An extra-governmental organization established to deal with unconventional espionage. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has enough weird stuff going on in it that S.H.I.E.L.D. would be a necessity.
* FunWithAcronyms: Grant Ward jokes that whomever came up with the name of the organization probably wanted the letters to spell S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than describe the ~~group.~~group.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: People were understandably terrified to learn that S.H.I.E.L.D. was housing a major terrorist cell, which is why they don't officially exist anymore.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Although S.H.I.E.L.D. itself survived the HYDRA infiltration, many operatives are dead, and the group is working on much more limited resources than before.

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See the [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents of SHIELD HYDRA page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.

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See the ~~[[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents of SHIELD~~ [[Characters/MCUHYDRALeadership HYDRA Leadership page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.

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-->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRA HYDRA page]]

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-->See the ~~[[Characters/MCUHYDRA~~ [[Characters/{{MCUHYDRA}} HYDRA page]]

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[[folder:S.H.I.E.L.D. in General]]
The '''S'''trategic '''H'''omeland '''I'''ntervention, '''E'''nforcement and '''L'''ogistics '''D'''ivision is an organization formed from the S.S.R. after the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Inspired by the heroism presented by Captain America, S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded to protect the world from terrorist, alien, and supernatural threats, and to organize the best and brightest of the world to that end.

It would later be learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by HYDRA loyalists from the organization's conception, which would lead to the collapse of the group's position as the predominant protecting organization of the world.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Grant Ward jokes whomever came up with the name of the organization probably wanted the letters to spell S.H.I.E.L.D. rather than describe the group.
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The commanding officer of the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier ''Iliad''. After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fall during the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', he took it upon himself to reorganize whatever parts of the organization Coulson or Talbot hadn't touched into a new S.H.I.E.L.D. -- the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he calls it. Believing Coulson can't be trusted due to being brought back to life by alien tech, he seeks to remove Coulson from power and reform S.H.I.E.L.D. into what he thinks it should be. He has notable dislike of Gifted people and appears more focused on consolidating S.H.I.E.L.D. under one banner than fighting HYDRA.

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The commanding officer of the S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier ''Iliad''. After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fall during the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', he took it upon himself to reorganize whatever parts of the organization Coulson or Talbot hadn't touched into a new S.H.I.E.L.D. -- the ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he calls it. Believing Coulson can't be trusted due to being brought back to life by alien tech, he seeks to remove Coulson from power and reform S.H.I.E.L.D. into what he thinks it should be. He has notable dislike of Gifted people and appears more focused on consolidating S.H.I.E.L.D. under one banner than fighting HYDRA.

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* BigGood: Inversely to the above, he's this for the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guides them through their darkest times.

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* BigGood: Inversely to the above, he's this for the ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guides them through their darkest times.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Gonzales does not seem to be very happy with what he's forced to do due to his position as Director of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. At the same time, however, he also doesn't like to be questioned on his methods.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Gonzales does not seem to be very happy with what he's forced to do due to his position as Director of ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. At the same time, however, he also doesn't like to be questioned on his methods.

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* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Pulls this tactic with Agent May prior to inviting her to take a seat on "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s board. She declines to take the shot, claiming that he wouldn't [[WhatAnIdiot be so stupid as to hand her a loaded gun]]; however, Gonzales reveals that it actually ''was'' loaded.

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* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Pulls this tactic with Agent May prior to inviting her to take a seat on ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s board. She declines to take the shot, claiming that he wouldn't [[WhatAnIdiot be so stupid as to hand her a loaded gun]]; however, Gonzales reveals that it actually ''was'' loaded.

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* KarmicDeath: Averted. After showing extreme paranoia and insisting on preemptive actions be taken against the Inhumans, he insists on going to meet with Jiaying himself and brings her a family heirloom that was stolen by HYDRA as a peace token. He gets murdered by Jiaying who never wanted peace.

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* BrokenPedestal: To Fitz and Simmons after she joins the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheBusCameBack: Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''Series/TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.

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* BrokenPedestal: To Fitz and Simmons after she joins the ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheBusCameBack: Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''Series/TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: "Turn, Turn, Turn" implies that she dies during the uprising, but "Love in the Time of HYDRA" reveals her to be alive, well, and one of the founding board members of the new, "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.

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** He lands back in the main story in Season 2, by rescuing Coulson and Hunter from "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces and piloting the quinjet out of there. Turns out he's been working for Coulson for a little while to atone.

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** He lands back in the main story in Season 2, by rescuing Coulson and Hunter from ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces and piloting the quinjet out of there. Turns out he's been working for Coulson for a little while to atone.

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A subordinate agent to Robert Gonzales and a senior member of his "real" S.H.I.E.L.D..

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A subordinate agent to Robert Gonzales and a senior member of his ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D..

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Another subordinate to Gonzales and member of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership.

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* FlatCharacter: Not as developed as his peers, he's mostly there to fill in the leading board of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. What is known is that he's less harsh than Gonzales, Weaver and ''especially'' Calderon.

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* FlatCharacter: Not as developed as his peers, he's mostly there to fill in the leading board of ~~"real"~~ "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. What is known is that he's less harsh than Gonzales, Weaver and ''especially'' Calderon.

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!!Splinter Cells
!!HYDRA
-->See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRA HYDRA page]]
!!"Real" S.H.I.E.L.D

[[folder:"Real" S.H.I.E.L.D in General]]

A splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D., formed on the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Nick Fury gave Bobbi Morse an order to sink the ''Iliad'', a S.H.I.E.L.D. aircraft carrier, to prevent HYDRA from getting the cargo. She refused to follow through because she would have had to sacrifice the loyal S.H.I.E.L.D agents still onboard. Against all odds, they took back the ship and then picked up survivors from the S.H.I.E.L.D. academy. Reasoning that Nick Fury's autocratic leadership style and secret-keeping is what led to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s downfall, they decided to rebuild it on the principles of democratic leadership and transparency. Distrusting Coulson for his loyalty to Fury and exposure to alien influence, they kept themselves hidden and sent moles to infiltrate his team, gathering intel to prepare to seize control from him.
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* AccompliceByInaction: They haven't really done anything against HYDRA, focusing all of their resources on stopping Coulson. The members always deflect when anyone from Coulson's team brings up HYDRA.
* BrokenPedestal: ''None'' of them have any respect for Nick Fury after the HYDRA Coup. In fact their organization began with Bobbi disobeying Fury's orders.
* ConflictBall: They refuse to talk to Coulson about their misgivings over his leadership style, instead opting to plant moles on his team and then essentially hijack control of the organization when they believe he must be stopped.
* FantasticRacism: They really don't like gifted people -- in fact, they fear Coulson is forming an army of them.
* HazyFeelTurn: Although they stopped following Fury's orders they still have good intentions, but their heavy-handed methods and hypocrisy don't make them very trustworthy.
* HeelFaceTurn: They unite with Team Coulson in "Scars", serving as the successor to the council that had guided Fury.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Their version of what happened post HYDRA Coup is that while Coulson ran around hunting alien artifacts in order to raise a Gifted army for his alien handlers, they scrambled to save as many of their fellow agents as possible. In truth, Coulson was in the progress of checking bases for survivors before Talbot forced him on the run. With limited resources, he decided to refocus his efforts on stopping Garrett. It wasn't until Fury gave him the assignment to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D. that he had the means to search for survivors.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** They claim to value transparency but they're even more secretive than Coulson is. They also make claims of wanting to resolve the situation amicably but actively avoided any attempts to work things out with him rationally, jumping straight to force on flimsy pretenses.
** They believe Fury's secret-keeping is why S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, ignoring or unaware that HYDRA's infiltration was a systemic problem from S.H.I.E.L.D.'s very inception at the beginning of the Cold War. Whatever Fury's role in HYDRA's endgame, Fury is at best one link in a very long chain, and they're ignoring HYDRA to focus on him.
* IRejectYourReality: When somebody brings up the fact that Coulson was hunting alien artifacts so HYDRA didn't get them first, they always twist the facts around so that the HYDRA factor is inconsequential.
* KarmaHoudini: They never get any punishment for all the trouble they caused by trying to wrest control away from Coulson, nor do they even admit they did anything wrong. Instead the're assimilated back into the organization - albeit with a lot of tension.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: After "The Dirty Half Dozen", they quickly fold themselves into Coulson's command structure. Implicitly, knowing that he has both Nick Fury and ''the Avengers'' (through Hill) on his side made them reconsider any further hostilities.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: They're led by a board of operatives with Gonzales as the chairman.
* VillainHasAPoint: For all their hypocrisy, Coulson admits they do have legitimate points over concerns about any negative effects of the GH serum might have on him, and that there are flaws in his leadership style.
* WhamLine:
--> '''Gonzales:''' You have your orders, Agent Morse. This is ''not'' a democracy.\\
'''Bobbi:''' Maybe it ''should'' be.
* WrongGenreSavvy: They think Coulson is an alien sleeper agent building up a stockpile of gifted soldiers who is bringing S.H.I.E.L.D. to ruin, and that they are the heroes who must come in and stop him before it's too late.
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Losing your legs to Deathlok, and then waking up in a world where S.H.I.E.L.D. was little more than an illusion maintained by HYDRA, can do that to you.]]

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!!''Sebastian Derik''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Brian Van Holt

A S.H.I.E.L.D. assassin and test subject of Project T.A.H.I.T.I.
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* AntiVillain: What really drives him into villainy and becoming SerialKiller is because the effect of G.H. Serum from T.A.H.I.T.I. Project. Anyone exposed to it gains some of the alien's GeneticMemory, which comes in the form of a blueprint to an unknown city. However, his mind cannot properly process the image and he desperately needs an answer from this.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: A blond ex-black ops turned serial killer.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Inverted. Rather than going mad, he calmed down and is saved from madness after knowing the answer to the symbols: blueprints to a city.
* ProfessionalKiller: He was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent working as an assassin.
* SerialKiller: Becomes one for test subjects of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. due to his [=GH=].235-induced obsession to complete the Words of Creation - on their bodies - and understand their meanings.
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[[folder:Hank Thompson]]
!!''Hank Thompson''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Joel Gretsch

A welder who was once Cameron Klein, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and test subject of Project T.A.H.I.T.I.
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* BackFromTheDead: He's a patient of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. formerly named Cameron Klein.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: Hank Thompson catches a thrown knife in between his bare hands, before throwing it back, [[ImprobableAimingSkills slicing clean through the rope holding Coulson]].
* IChooseToStay: When given the option of returning to his old life as Cameron Klein, decides that he'd much rather remain as Hank Thompson, family man.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Cameron Klein is a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician. In the MCU, there's this former agent as well as a technician that appears in ''Winter Soldier'' and ''Age of Ultron'' both named Caremon Klein.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Just like everyone else in the T.A.H.I.T.I. program. However, this is averted once their memories are wiped and they're given new identities. He's the only one that doesn't begin obsessively painting or sketching or carving the alien symbols. Because his way of expressing them is to build an elaborate model train set, making him the only one to display them correctly, in three dimensions.
* HappilyMarried: He's perfectly content with living a quiet life with his family.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: After catching the knife that Sebastian threw at him, Thompson manages to accurately throw it so that Coulson was cut from his bindings.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: To cure him of the GH.235-induced psychosis.
* NeverForgottenSkill: Hank stops a knife that Sebastian throws at him by catching the blade in both hands. He looks surprised for a moment before throwing it at the rope holding up Coulson, freeing him. Apparently, that was a skill he learned back as Agent Klein of SHIELD.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There's an unrelated man with the name "Cameron Klein" in other Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse media. He's the SHIELD technician who disobey Brock Rumlow's order once HYDRA is exposed by Captain America in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. He reappears in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', now works under Nick Fury, and the film credits him as "Cameron Klein".
* PapaWolf: He's protective of his family, especially where crazed GH-325 patients like Sebastian Derek are involved.
* RetiredBadass: He's a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and according to his file, one of the elite. He was forced into retirement via memory wipe and now he prefers his new life.
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!!''Agent Felix Blake''
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'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.

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[[folder:Agent ~~Felix Blake]]~~
Brock Rumlow]]
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!!''Agent ~~Felix Blake''~~
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'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell By:''' Bodie Newcomb
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset (Episode 3: "The Asset")]]''

A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with ~~retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.~~transporting Dr. Franklin Hall.

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* ~~AmazonChaser: Tries~~ CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems like a stereotypical redneck trucker but is actually a SHIELD agent.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to ~~flirt~~ be confused with ~~Melinda "The Cavalry" May while they're on a mission.~~
Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who's introduced in season two.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this.
* AllThereInTheManual: ShoutOut: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "The End of the Beginning".
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability name, Mack, and ~~even has the foresight to replace~~ his ~~weapon's ammunition with~~ job as a ~~tracker beacon so the other agents would be able~~ trucker are homage to track him down.
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler:When he reappears as the head of The Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him paralyzed Mack from ~~the waist down.]]~~
''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Since both Marvel and Pixar are owned by Disney, this isn't surprising.
* ~~FaceHeelTurn: Goes from~~ SpaceTrucker: Though he doesn't actually operate in space, he is a ~~trustworthy if somewhat abrasive agent of~~ highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. to the head (or at least the lead benefactor) of the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-Inhuman hate group]] called The Watchdogs.
* FantasticRacism: Turns out he's not a fan of aliens -- or Inhumans.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part of HYDRA when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Now, he's acting as HYDRA's UnwittingPawn as part of The Watchdogs.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off as gruff and unpleasant he honestly tries to reason with Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and promising to help free him if he'll call off his attack. [[spoiler:In addition, while Sitwell is a [=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant to work with]] as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and [[spoiler:remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA]], he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
* MustHaveCaffeine:
** The first thing he does when granted an assistant is tell her to make him coffee.
** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee.
* TheMenInBlack: In charge of the retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the field work.
* NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even he misses him.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent who ~~still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him.~~
drives a high-tech truck.
* SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' cements this. VulnerableConvoy: He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]].
* SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', [[spoiler:at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs]], but he's very confident in his own abilities.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization in the first season.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To HYDRA in his new capacity with the Watchdogs.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was hospitalized after an encounter with Deathlok, and after S.H.I.E.L.D. was turned upside down it's not shown what became of him. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs "Watchdogs"]] reveals what happened to him: he's [[EvilCripple paraplegic after Deathlok is attacked him]], he underwent a FaceHeelTurn after the events of ''Winter Soldier'', and he's now supplying weapons to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Watchdogs]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his new assistant can't make coffee.while transporting Dr. Hall.

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[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow]]
See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA operatives page]]

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[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow]]
See Shaw]]
!!''Agent Shaw''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Charles Halford
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undercover in Siberia.
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* TheBusCameBack: He originally seemed to be a one off character, but comes back '''10''' episodes later during HYDRA's attack.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the audience is led to believe that he, along with Hand and her faction, are HYDRA ~~operatives page]]~~infiltrators, he is disgusted at the order to kill Coulson's team or any other of his fellow agents. This is one of the first indications that Hand's faction is GoodAllAlong, as a HYDRA agent would not have been so sympathetic.
* NoseShove: He kept the intel he gathered hidden in a [=USB=] deep inside his nose.
* ReverseMole: When he first appears, it's implied that he is going to torture Coulson for information but it's soon revealed that he too is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
* TortureTechnician: He's undercover as an interrogator.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate since the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War hasn't been revealed.

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!!''Agent Mack''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Bodie Newcomb
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset (Episode 3: "The Asset")]]''

A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with transporting Dr. Franklin Hall.

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[[folder:Agent ~~Mack]]~~
Mike Peterson]]
!!''Agent ~~Mack''~~
Michael "Mike" Peterson / Deathlok''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Bodie Newcomb
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset By''': Creator/JAugustRichards
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 3: "The Asset")]]''

A seemingly 1: "Pilot")]]'')

->''"You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man, but there's better than man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on. "''

An ordinary ~~truck driver tasked~~ guy with ~~transporting Dr. Franklin Hall.~~a son who mysteriously receives superhuman abilities thanks to "Project Centipede", attracting the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Skye. Mike is eventually transformed into Deathlok by HYDRA, and forced to work for them or else they will kill him and his son. S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to free him and his son when they take down John Garrett. He is later recruited into the resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Coulson, working as a secret operative hunting down the remnants of HYDRA.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems like a stereotypical redneck trucker but is actually a SHIELD agent.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to be confused with Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who's introduced in season two.
* ShoutOut: His name, Mack, and his job as a trucker are homage to Mack from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Since both Marvel and Pixar are owned by Disney, this isn't surprising.
* SpaceTrucker: Though he doesn't actually operate in space, he is a highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who drives a high-tech truck.
* VulnerableConvoy: He is attacked while transporting Dr. Hall.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Shaw]]
!!''Agent Shaw''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Charles Halford
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undercover in Siberia.
----
* TheBusCameBack: He originally seemed to be a one off character, but comes back '''10''' episodes later during HYDRA's attack.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the audience is led to believe that he, along with Hand and her faction, are HYDRA infiltrators, he is disgusted at the order to kill Coulson's team or any other of his fellow agents. This is one of the first indications that Hand's faction is GoodAllAlong, as a HYDRA agent would not have been so sympathetic.
* NoseShove: He kept the intel he gathered hidden in a [=USB=] deep inside his nose.
* ReverseMole: When he first appears, it's implied that he is going to torture Coulson for information but it's soon revealed that he too is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
* TortureTechnician: He's undercover as an interrogator.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate since the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War hasn't been revealed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Richard Lumley]]
!!''Agent Richard Lumley''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Boyd Kestner
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds (Episode 12: "Seeds")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who went off the grid after investigating an 0-8-4 in Hunan, China.
----
* CombatPragmatist: Uses the environment of the alley while fighting May, including a wooden pallet.
* CyanidePill: Was willing to take one when he was confronted by Coulson and May.
* SecretKeeper: He's one of the only surviving people on the planet to know about the 0-8-4 from Hunan. It was Skye, and even he doesn't know the details, just that an entire village died to protect her when she was a baby.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the team that investigated the 0-8-4, with all the others being killed off one-by-one before Lumley went off the radar to avoid the same fate.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Mike Peterson]]
!!''Agent Michael "Mike" Peterson / Deathlok''
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7d9735526b36f903e20a551d15e2a728.png[[/labelnote]] to see Deathlok]]

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JAugustRichards
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'')

->''"You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man, but there's better than man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on. "''

An ordinary guy with a son who mysteriously receives superhuman abilities thanks to "Project Centipede", attracting the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Skye. Mike is eventually transformed into Deathlok by HYDRA, and forced to work for them or else they will kill him and his son. S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to free him and his son when they take down John Garrett. He is later recruited into the resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Coulson, working as a secret operative hunting down the remnants of HYDRA.
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[[folder: Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]
!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
[[folder:Dr. Andrew Garner]]
!!''Dr. Andrew Garner''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I hope you are right...By:''' Blair Underwood

-->''"You know why most people take psyche, right? They're trying to figure out families."''

~~One half of~~ Agent May's ex-husband who works as a Neurologist and Forensic Psychologist. He used to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. acting as a shrink for gifted individuals, a post he returns to after Phil Coulson reforms the ~~OutlawCouple that formed following~~ organization and the ~~Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.~~Inhuman outbreak begins.

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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]

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* ~~AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks~~ AmbiguousSituation:
** [[spoiler:He's apparently killed by Werner in Ward's failed attempt to ~~fix~~ get May and Hunter to let him go, but the scene is shot oddly enough that we can't actually be sure he was killed.]] This is clarified in "Among Us Hide... [[spoiler:He's not dead, in large part because he's Lash.]]
** [[spoiler: Another one rises in his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At being Lash. It's unclear if he has a genuine SplitPersonality or is just pretending that he does in order to avoid taking responsibility for his murders.]]
** [[spoiler: At the end of ~~''Item 47'', he's given a job at~~ Episode 8 he is apparently gassed to death by Ward. "Maveth" reveals that he is once again not dead.]]
* AmicableExes: With May. Not only he agreed to help May in regards with treating Skye, but he also attempted to contact her when the first S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank"~~ has fallen due to ~~his skill~~ HYDRA's infiltration because he's worried about her. He also still gets on fabulously with ~~Chitauri weaponry.~~May's mother, who wishes they were still married.
* ConsummateLiar: considering that [[spoiler: no one even suspected that he was Lash, not even his crack SHIELD Agent ex-wife Melinda May]] he is most definitely this trope.
* CoolTeacher: He's friendly and seems to be well liked by his students.
* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: He's the Inhuman-hunting Inhuman known as Lash.]]
* ~~GadgeteerGenius:~~ EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Evil's probably stretching it, but Andrew's this to Cal. Both men undergo a JekyllAndHyde transformation into a hulking beast, and like Cal, he's a doctor.]]
* HorrorHunger: [[spoiler:The guy hunts Inhumans, i.e. people with superpowers. He ~~manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while~~ describes feeling hungry on his skin and it doesn't go away until he kills them.]]
* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler: He's a kind doctor who turns into a murderous monster.]]
* MaskOfSanity: [[spoiler: Gained a GodComplex when he became Lash, but did a very good job of hiding it, until May discovered his secret.]]
* NiceGuy: He sympathizes with gifted individuals and doesn't approve on how S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~hasn't made any progress~~ treats them like time bombs instead of people.
* PetTheDog:
** [[spoiler:He likes Daisy and with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows the exception of Frye, she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', only Inhuman he ~~wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.~~
doesn't try to kill, despite the fact that with her SHIELD training, hacking abilities and considerable powers, she's probably the biggest threat to him.]]
** [[spoiler: He also swears he wouldn't hurt Joey, though it's clear that he's tempted.]]
* ~~ShoutOut: His name~~ TheReveal: [[spoiler: at the end of 'Among Us Hide'.]]
* {{Shapeshifter}}: [[spoiler:Into Lash.]]
* TheShrink:
** He is a ~~ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie~~ Neurologist and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human Forensic Psychologist who specialized in working with ~~no connection to anything super except~~ gifted individuals.
** In Season 3, he's in charge of evaluating new Inhumans for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed Secret Warriors, leaving Daisy frustrated when he finds reasons to ~~be infiltrated by HYDRA all along,~~ reject every one she brings in. [[spoiler: As of 'Among Us Hide' and the reveal that he's Lash, it's likely that he's doing this to forestall the development of a team that could effectively oppose him on his ~~fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.~~own level.]]
* SuperToughness: [[spoiler: As Lash, he tanks Lincoln and Daisy's best shots, the former of which easily takes people out (as Mack notes, the agents Lincoln zapped barely recovered), the latter of which can level buildings.]]
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Lash completely takes over his body in "Spacetime".]]

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!!''Claire Wise''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/LizzyCaplan

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[[folder: Claire Wise]]
!!''Claire Wise''
Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]
!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': ~~Creator/LizzyCaplan~~Jesse Bradford

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->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.

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~~->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you.~~->''"I hope you are right..."''

~~Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out~~ One half of the ~~sky as if as a present, she sees~~ OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally ~~take matters into~~ live out their ~~own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.~~dreams.

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* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.

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* AntiVillain: Just an ~~average woman with bills~~ ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to ~~pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.~~
fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', ~~she's~~ he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~as Agent Blake's new assistant.~~in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* ~~DeusExMachina: She thinks of~~ GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun ~~as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.~~
work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~employee.]]~~
employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With ~~Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.~~
Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', ~~she~~ he wears a ~~pink~~ black ski-mask, while ~~Benny wears a black one.~~
Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: ~~Her~~ His name is a ShoutOut to ~~Clyde~~ Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, ~~her~~ his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.]]

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[[folder: Dr. Streiten]]
!!''Dr. Streiten''
Claire Wise]]
!!''Claire Wise''
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->'''Portrayed By''': ~~Ron Glass~~
Creator/LizzyCaplan
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]''

A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him.
* SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, AntiVillain: Just an average woman with ~~not even~~ bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~able~~ as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to ~~find him.~~
S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* ~~SecretKeeper: Along~~ OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with ~~Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed~~ no connection to ~~know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.~~
anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ~~No further mention of him~~ [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is ~~made after he disappears, with his~~ revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after ~~HYDRA's emergence being unknown.~~S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.

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!!''Dr. Streiten''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Ron Glass
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]''

A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him.
* SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown.
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!!Former S.H.I.E.L.D. members

[[folder:Felix Blake]]
!!''Felix Blake''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/TitusWelliver\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47. After receiving traumatic injuries during the hunt for the Clairvoyant, Blake emerges from a coma after HYDRA revealed itself and new powered people began appearing more frequently around the world. Disgusted by what S.H.I.E.L.D. had become, Blake joined the Watchdogs and dedicated himself to protecting the world from powered individuals by any means necessary.
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* AmazonChaser: Tries to flirt with Melinda "The Cavalry" May while they're on a mission.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this.
* AllThereInTheManual: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "The End of the Beginning".
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability and even has the foresight to replace his weapon's ammunition with a tracker beacon so the other agents would be able to track him down.
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler:When he reappears as the head of The Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him paralyzed from the waist down.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Goes from a trustworthy if somewhat abrasive agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. to the head (or at least the lead benefactor) of the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-Inhuman hate group]] called The Watchdogs.
* FantasticRacism: Turns out he's not a fan of aliens -- or Inhumans.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part of HYDRA when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Now, he's acting as HYDRA's UnwittingPawn as part of The Watchdogs.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off as gruff and unpleasant he honestly tries to reason with Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and promising to help free him if he'll call off his attack. [[spoiler:In addition, while Sitwell is a [=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant to work with]] as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and [[spoiler:remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA]], he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
* MustHaveCaffeine:
** The first thing he does when granted an assistant is tell her to make him coffee.
** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee.
* TheMenInBlack: In charge of the retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the field work.
* NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even he misses him.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent who still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him.
* SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' cements this. He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]].
* SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', [[spoiler:at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs]], but he's very confident in his own abilities.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization in the first season.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To HYDRA in his new capacity with the Watchdogs.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was hospitalized after an encounter with Deathlok, and after S.H.I.E.L.D. was turned upside down it's not shown what became of him. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs "Watchdogs"]] reveals what happened to him: he's [[EvilCripple paraplegic after Deathlok attacked him]], he underwent a FaceHeelTurn after the events of ''Winter Soldier'', and he's now supplying weapons to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Watchdogs]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his new assistant can't make coffee.
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!!''Richard Lumley''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Boyd Kestner
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds (Episode 12: "Seeds")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who went off the grid after investigating an 0-8-4 in Hunan, China.
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* CombatPragmatist: Uses the environment of the alley while fighting May, including a wooden pallet.
* CyanidePill: Was willing to take one when he was confronted by Coulson and May.
* SecretKeeper: He's one of the only surviving people on the planet to know about the 0-8-4 from Hunan. It was Skye, and even he doesn't know the details, just that an entire village died to protect her when she was a baby.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the team that investigated the 0-8-4, with all the others being killed off one-by-one before Lumley went off the radar to avoid the same fate.
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running the world's greatest covert security network and you're gonna leave the fate of the human race to a handful of freaks."''

A secretive international group in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury reports directly to them... but he doesn't always agree with them.

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!!''The World Security Council''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running By:''' Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appeared in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra Episode 36: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'')

-->''"We're fighting a war with an enemy that is without honor. Sometimes, we make sacrifices for the ~~world's greatest covert security network and you're gonna leave the fate of the human race to a handful of freaks.~~greater good."''

~~A secretive international group in charge~~ The commanding officer of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury reports directly to them... but he doesn't always agree with them.

See aircraft carrier ''Iliad''. After S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fall during the ~~[[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents~~ events of ~~SHIELD HYDRA page]] for~~ ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', he took it upon himself to reorganize whatever parts of the organization Coulson or Talbot hadn't touched into a new S.H.I.E.L.D. -- the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D., as he calls it. Believing Coulson can't be trusted due to being brought back to life by alien tech, he seeks to remove Coulson from power and reform S.H.I.E.L.D. into what he thinks it should be. He has notable dislike of Gifted people and appears more ~~information~~ focused on ~~Gideon Malick.~~
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce executes three members of the council when they try to stop his plan. Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe) returns in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and two others don't appear in the film. Since she was replaced by Black Widow, however, Ms. Hawley (Jenny Agutter) may still be alive.]]
* CosmopolitanCouncil: International Group. Out-of-universe, this is why the Pentagon didn't provide assistance during production.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even they find Pierce's HYDRA scheme repellant. When Pierce gave one of them the hypothetical situation of their daughter being held at gunpoint by terrorists, about to be executed, and he could stop it with a flick of a switch, Pierce asks him if would. The member retorts, "Not if it was your switch."]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: You actually can see their faces, but it takes a bit of squinting.
* FlatCharacter: The reason they all share one folder? We know nothing about them individually, except for Gideon Malick who has appearances in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD.''
* FantasticRacism: They distrust the Avengers on the basis of them being an untested "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of freaks]]". They also initially refer to Loki as merely "the Asgardian", until Nick Fury corrects them. They also refer to Captain America as a "costumed mercenary".
* LawfulStupid: Hence why Fury [[MilitaryMaverick often elects to ignore their orders]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** In-Universe. The WSC wanted the Abomination on the Avengers instead of the Hulk, since they viewed Blonsky [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as a war hero]] and blamed Harlem's destruction on [[HeroWithBadPublicity Banner]]. It takes a sneaky BatmanGambit from S.H.I.E.L.D. to have their request for Blonsky to be denied.
** [[spoiler:Later, Steve Rogers finds they've been collecting old HYDRA tech, as they've been studying them so they too can create Tesseract powered weaponry.]]
* {{NGO}}: They don't seem to be accountable to any government - as they order a nuclear mission to New York City without consulting anyone.
* NukeEm: They decide to solve the Chitauri problem with a nuke.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mostly to Nick Fury, hence why he elects to ignore their decisions.
* OverrideCommand: The same override command that the pilot receives to launch the nuke locked Maria Hill out of the system before she could override the launch.
* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:When they decide to nuke Manhattan, they launch two jets just in case somebody manages to stop one. Such redundancy is standard real-life procedure when "delivering a package".]]
* StrawCharacter: They exist to make Fury look right in spite of his MilitaryMaverick attitude, most notably when they opt to [[spoiler: immediately nuke New York rather than send in more military support, give the Avengers more time, or ''anything'' else.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe), who went unnamed in his appearance in The Avengers and then was conspicuously absent in Captain America 2, returns (now with a name!) in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Whoever they are, not much is known about them.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Hawley is the only woman in the council.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Firing a nuclear missile at New York City to halt the Chitauri invasion.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Councilwoman Hawley is not at the meeting in ''Winter Soldier'' that proves fatal for the other three members of the council; she is replaced by Black Widow in disguise. The whereabouts of the real Councilwoman Hawley are not revealed.]]

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* ~~CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce executes three members~~ AccompliceByInaction: Subtly called on this by May, who accuses him of ~~the council when~~ going on a witch hunt instead of fighting HYDRA like they ~~try~~ should be doing. It's worth noting that Gonzales deflects whenever a member of Coulson's team brings up HYDRA.
* AncestralWeapon: Possesses a pistol which belonged to ~~stop~~ his ~~plan. Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe) returns~~ grandfather and was used in combat in the ~~third season~~ Second World War.
* ArcVillain: After Whitehall dies and with HYDRA crippled, he takes center stage in the second half of ~~Agents~~ Season Two. Until Jiaying kills him.
* BadassMustache: Dugan would be proud.
* BigBad: Takes this position for the second half of Season Two. He's the creator of his own S.H.I.E.L.D., has Mack and two others don't appear in the film. Since she was replaced by Black Widow, however, Ms. Hawley (Jenny Agutter) may still be alive.]]
* CosmopolitanCouncil: International Group. Out-of-universe, this is why the Pentagon didn't provide assistance during production.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even they find Pierce's HYDRA scheme repellant. When Pierce gave one of them the hypothetical situation of their daughter being held at gunpoint by terrorists, about to be executed, and he could stop it with a flick of a switch, Pierce asks him if would. The member retorts, "Not if it was your switch."]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: You actually can see their faces, but it takes a bit of squinting.
* FlatCharacter: The reason they all share one folder? We know nothing about them individually, except for Gideon Malick who has appearances in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD.''
* FantasticRacism: They distrust the Avengers on the basis of them being an untested "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of freaks]]". They also initially refer to Loki as merely "the Asgardian", until Nick Fury corrects them. They also refer to Captain America as a "costumed mercenary".
* LawfulStupid: Hence why Fury [[MilitaryMaverick often elects to ignore their orders]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** In-Universe. The WSC wanted the Abomination on the Avengers instead of the Hulk, since they viewed Blonsky [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as a war hero]] and blamed Harlem's destruction on [[HeroWithBadPublicity Banner]]. It takes a sneaky BatmanGambit from Bobbi infiltrate Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. to have their request for Blonsky to be denied.\n** [[spoiler:Later, Steve Rogers finds they've been collecting old HYDRA tech, as they've been studying them so they too can create Tesseract powered weaponry.]]\n* {{NGO}}: They don't seem to be accountable to any government - as they order a nuclear mission to New York City without consulting anyone.\n* NukeEm: They decide to solve the Chitauri problem , with a nuke.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mostly plans to ~~Nick Fury, hence why~~ take Coulson out if he ~~elects~~ has to ignore their decisions.
* OverrideCommand: The same override command that on the pilot receives to launch the nuke locked Maria Hill out of the system before she could override the launch.
* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:When they decide to nuke Manhattan, they launch two jets just in case somebody manages to stop one. Such redundancy is standard real-life procedure when "delivering a package".]]
* StrawCharacter: They exist to make Fury look right in spite of his MilitaryMaverick attitude, most notably when they opt to [[spoiler: immediately nuke New York rather than send in more military support, give the Avengers more time, or ''anything'' else.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe), who went unnamed in his appearance in The Avengers and then was conspicuously absent in Captain America 2, returns (now table. However, he forms an alliance with ~~a name!)~~ Coulson. Shame it doesn't save him from [[DiscOneFinalBoss getting murdered by Jiaying]].
* BigBadEnsemble: With Dr. List in the ~~third season~~ second half of ~~Agents of~~ Season Two. Could be considered in one retroactively with Whitehall and Cal in the first half, as he sent Isabelle, Mack and Bobbi to infiltrate Coulson's team, but his endgame doesn't kick in until much later.
* BigGood: Inversely to the above, he's this for the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. \n, as he is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who guides them through their darkest times.
* ~~TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Whoever~~ BitchInSheepsClothing: He tries to come across as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, but he proves himself hypocritical and racist in short order. Any attempt to call him on this is ignored. Furthermore, despite being part of a more democratic S.H.I.E.L.D. and claiming that he doesn't want to be in charge, he shows visible annoyance when the majority opinion turns against how he wants to do things.
* BrokenPedestal:
** His view of Coulson, after the latter's resurrection. He feels that Coulson's judgment has been fatally impaired by the GH serum and is aiming to eliminate the "problem" permanently.
** Goes for him, as well. Both times he's tried to introduce himself to members of Coulson's team (Coulson himself, then [=FitzSimmons=]), they ~~are, not~~ immediately point out that they know exactly who he is and respect his reputation, which only makes the current situation that much worse.
** Bobbi is ~~known about them.~~
also starting to clash with him, as his blatant FantasticRacism and willingness to sacrifice Coulson's team conflicts with her more idealistic view on the situation.
* ~~TheSmurfettePrinciple: Hawley~~ CanonForeigner: He doesn't have a comic counterpart although he does share many similarities with Maria Hill as she was portrayed in ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.
* CommandingCoolness: His title is Commander Gonzales, and he commands S.H.I.E.L.D.'s [[CoolShip aircraft carrier]], the ''Iliad''.
* CoolOldGuy: As antagonistic as he is towards Coulson, he gives off this vibe because he's a proven badass played by Edward James Olmos.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Gonzales does not seem to be very happy with what he's forced to do due to his position as Director of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. At the same time, however, he also doesn't like to be questioned on his methods.
* DecompositeCharacter: His way of running S.H.I.E.L.D., down to how they view superhumans and extraterrestrials, is eerily similar to Maria Hill's run as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' storyline.
* EnemyMine: In "The Dirty Half Dozen", he teams up with Coulson to take down HYDRA's remnant forces.
* EntitledBastard: As part of his insistence that his S.H.I.E.L.D. is the ~~only woman~~ real one, he expects Coulson and his team to extend him courtesies he pointedly refuses to show them, and is trying to paint the situation as them betraying S.H.I.E.L.D. by following Coulson.
* FantasticRacism:
** He has a general dislike of anything alien, to the point that he considers alien technology a bigger threat than HYDRA. He doesn't think Coulson is fit to run S.H.I.E.L.D. after being changed by the GH serum, citing that he used to be a better man. Coulson bluntly rebuffs this, saying Gonzales didn't know him then and doesn't now.
** He has a less than stellar opinion of Gifted and Enhanced, to the point that he calls Skye [[ItIsDehumanizing "it" and "something"]] after she defends herself against SHIELD agents disobeying direct orders and trying to kill her, and refers to Gordon as a "freak."
* HandicappedBadass: Faces off against hundreds of HYDRA thugs while having a shattered leg.
* HazyFeelTurn: He was originally a loyal agent insisting that Bobbi fulfill the orders that Fury gave her to sink his ship (potentially killing hundreds of loyal agents in the council.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Firing a nuclear missile at New York City process)... until Bobbi convinced him otherwise (causing him to ~~halt~~ become the ~~Chitauri invasion.~~leader of "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D).
* HeelFaceTurn: Joins forces with Coulson after the man willingly turns himself in and makes a deal.
* HeroAntagonist: He considers his own S.H.I.E.L.D. the real one and Coulson's as being under alien influence to build an army of enhanced humans. He's spent his time since the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell rescuing other agents. As far as he's concerned, he's the BigGood and Coulson is a SleeperAgent.
* {{Hypocrite}}: His S.H.I.E.L.D. prides itself on transparency and democracy among its leaders, and blames the whole HYDRA incident on Fury's secret-keeping. Gonzales has shown that he resents not getting his way, as demonstrated when he's overruled on how to handle May, and is not above manipulating his fellow board members to achieve his own ends. His reaction to Coulson's knowledge of the ''Iliad's'' cargo also shows he has his own secrets. Both Hunter and Coulson call him on going straight to violence rather than trying to talk things out. It's fairly telling that, in every appearance, he provides an example of this behavior, if not several.
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: Pulls this tactic with Agent May prior to inviting her to take a seat on "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s board. She declines to take the shot, claiming that he wouldn't [[WhatAnIdiot be so stupid as to hand her a loaded gun]]; however, Gonzales reveals that it actually ''was'' loaded.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: It seemed like he was having a HeelRealization when he put his dislike of Coulson aside so the two could coordinate a strike on a major HYDRA base. Turns out he only agreed to it because he was secretly hoping that Coulson and his team would die in the process, and even if they didn't he had plans to imprison the gifted people Coulson brought back.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his Jerkass-ish behaviour, he does care about the people under his command and even his bias towards Coulson had some justification, and before Jiaying murdered him to provoke a war was ready to be at peace with the Inhumans.
* KarmicDeath: Averted. After showing extreme paranoia and insisting on preemptive actions be taken against the Inhumans, he insists on going to meet with Jiaying himself and brings her a family heirloom that was stolen by HYDRA as a peace token. He gets murdered by Jiaying who never wanted peace.
* MisplacedRetribution:
** He blames Fury for the fall of S.H.I.E.L.D., specifically bringing up that Fury was responsible for the inception of Project Insight, and tells Coulson as such to his face. Coulson counters that HYDRA was responsible. Gonzales consistently deflects whenever this is brought up. While he is right to an extent, in that Fury's suggestion was the opportunity HYDRA was waiting for, he's intent on blaming Fury and Coulson for his problems, even in the face of rational arguments to the contrary.
** Blames Coulson for Hartley's death, despite the fact it was caused because people ''didn't'' follow his orders, and wouldn't have even been at risk if Gonzales hadn't withheld the ''Illiad's'' resources from him. He also blames Coulson for a number of things which were obviously outside his control or implying he intended for them to happen, such as Skye becoming enhanced.
* MotiveDecay: Originally he wanted to build a better S.H.I.E.L.D. that didn't suffer from the flaws of Fury's autocratic leadership, and thought (not unreasonably) that the GH Serum in Coulson had comprised him. Now he's obsessed with eliminating the potential threat of gifted people by putting them down, and he wants Coulson out of the picture because he's a threat to his leadership.
* NeverMyFault: Without question, he is the aggressor in this equation. Coulson didn't even know he was still alive until he had taken over the Playground. Yet whenever Coulson or his team act against him, he stubbornly insists that they're the ones responsible for the conflict.
* NobleBigot: Despite his mistrust against powered indiviuals he is still able to honestly negotiate peace and even sympathising with them on a personal level. Too bad [[BigBad Jiaying didn't appreciate it.]]
* ~~WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Councilwoman Hawley is not at~~ NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: When he strong-arms Coulson into making him SHIELD's representative to the ~~meeting in ''Winter Soldier''~~ Inhumans, it looks like his FantasticRacism and distrust of Skye is going to ruin the negotiations and lead to war. However when he gets to the table, he actually takes a surprisingly conciliatory stance, returning a precious keepsake to Jiaying, and doing his best to find common ground with her. Unfortunately it turns out that ~~proves fatal~~ Jiaying has no interest in peace as she then murders him and frames him for attacking her, causing a slide into open war between SHIELD and the Inhumans.
* NotSoDifferent: He believes that enhanced individuals - including advanced scientists - cannot be trusted with their own freedom. They have to be indexed, monitored, and "crossed off" if necessary. In other words, it's the same "gun to the head" style of management that was behind Project Insight, the very thing Gonzales complained about to Coulson in their first meeting.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: "That man had an ax. Now I have it."
* PetTheDog: He gives Jiayang a sentimental heirloom relating to her daughter during their meeting.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite the flaws in his logic, he seems to be a fairly reasonable boss. He treats Hunter well despite kidnapping him, and insists Bobbi is still trustworthy despite Tomas raising concerns that she could have done more to stop Hunter's escape. Further shown when he makes an apparently genuine offer to May to act as Coulson's advocate on his board, accompanied by offering up his life if she really thinks it would be for the ~~other three members~~ best. May assumes it's a trick and gives the gun back, but he then shows her it really was loaded.
* SharpDressedMan: Always wears a three-piece suit, even when he's commanding the ''Iliad''.
* SoreLoser: Major decisions are decided by a vote, and although he will still carry out the majority's will, he'll grumble about being outvoted.
* StillTheLeader: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, he asserted that he remained the commander of the ~~council;~~ aircraft carrier, ''Iliad'', which formed the nucleus of his own S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheSpymaster: His function to the "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. is the same as Coulson and Fury for the old one, though he resents the secrecy and double-dealing that comes with the position.
* VillainHasAPoint: It's up for debate whether he's doing any better, but Gonzales does identify some legitimate flaws with Fury/Coulson's leadership, which both Hunter and Coulson acknowledge.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Has this attitude with Coulson, even though by his own admission they never met before "One Door Closes". Coulson also thinks highly of him, but calls Gonzales out on claiming to know him pre- or post-resurrection.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He suspects that Coulson's mind was corrupted by the Kree fluids that resurrected him, and takes Coulson sequestering Skye as evidence of him building an army of gifteds for some nefarious purpose. Bobbi has to correct him on the latter, not that he listens.
* YoureInsane: On his dying breath he calls Jiaying crazy because she ~~is replaced~~ will get everyone killed by ~~Black Widow in disguise. The whereabouts of the real Councilwoman Hawley are not revealed.]]~~starting a war.

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!!''Agent Anne Weaver''
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->'''Portrayed by:''' Christine Adams
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents

%%[[folder:Agent Phil Coulson]]
%%-->See [[Characters/MCUSHIELDLeadership (Season 1 Episode 12: "Seeds")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Season 1 Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. Leadership]]
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[[folder:Agent Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow]]
-->See agent and director of the ~~[[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]~~S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy of Science and Technology.
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* BadassTeacher: Inevitable for being both SHIELD agent and SHIELD Academy director. See MamaBear below for example.
* BrokenPedestal: To Fitz and Simmons after she joins the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheBusCameBack: Despite her implied death in "Turn, Turn, Turn", she reappears -- nearly a whole season later -- in "Love in the Time of HYDRA", as one of the board members of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. Her unusually prolonged absence might be partly down to Christine Adams having a recurring role in the final season of ''Series/TheMentalist'', which ended a few weeks before that episode aired.
* CelebrityParadox: Christine Adams has previously appeared in ''Series/DoctorWho'', which is particularly pleasing since Fitz-Simmons apparently love that show.
* FaceHeelTurn: In Season 2, she joins up with Robert Gonzales' faction of S.H.I.E.L.D., losing Fitz and Simmons' respect in the process.
* FantasticRacism: Developed a measure of this after HYDRA sent an "enhanced" fighter against her.
* MamaBear: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, she took on an enhanced HYDRA operative by herself to protect her students. According to Calderon, she was doing pretty well when he arrived with Quinjets to save them.
* TheMentor: One of several mentors from the Academy for Fitz and Simmons.
* NeverFoundTheBody: "Turn, Turn, Turn" implies that she dies during the uprising, but "Love in the Time of HYDRA" reveals her to be alive, well, and one of the founding board members of the new, "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As the Academy director, she gives students a lot of freedom while at the same time keeping everyone safe.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She is last seen telling Simmons that she will know where to find her when her hiding place is discovered and breached by HYDRA agents. No mention of her fate is made after that. She survived and hooked up with a splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D. alongside Bobbi and Mack.

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[[folder:Agent Clint Barton / Hawkeye]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
See the [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Felix Blake]]
!!''Agent Felix Blake''
[[folder:The World Security Council]]
!!''The World Security Council''
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->'''Portrayed By''': ~~Creator/TitusWelliver\\~~
Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ~~''Film/MarvelOneShots~~ ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running the ~~weapons tech~~ world's greatest covert security network and ~~''neutralize''~~ you're gonna leave the ~~two outlaws.~~fate of the human race to a handful of freaks."''

~~An agent~~ A secretive international group in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due~~ Nick Fury reports directly to ~~their robberies,~~ them... but he ~~tasks Sitwell~~ doesn't always agree with ~~retrieving~~ them.

See the ~~alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.~~[[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents of SHIELD HYDRA page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.

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* AmazonChaser: Tries to flirt with Melinda "The Cavalry" May while they're on a mission.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this.
* AllThereInTheManual: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "The End CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce executes three members of the Beginning".
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability and even has council when they try to stop his plan. Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe) returns in the foresight to replace his weapon's ammunition with a tracker beacon so the other agents would be able to track him down.
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler:When he reappears as the head third season of The Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him paralyzed from the waist down.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Goes from a trustworthy if somewhat abrasive agent Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. to , and two others don't appear in the ~~head (or at least~~ film. Since she was replaced by Black Widow, however, Ms. Hawley (Jenny Agutter) may still be alive.]]
* CosmopolitanCouncil: International Group. Out-of-universe, this is why the ~~lead benefactor)~~ Pentagon didn't provide assistance during production.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even they find Pierce's HYDRA scheme repellant. When Pierce gave one of them the ~~[[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-Inhuman hate group]] called~~ hypothetical situation of their daughter being held at gunpoint by terrorists, about to be executed, and he could stop it with a flick of a switch, Pierce asks him if would. The ~~Watchdogs.~~
member retorts, "Not if it was your switch."]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: You actually can see their faces, but it takes a bit of squinting.
* FlatCharacter: The reason they all share one folder? We know nothing about them individually, except for Gideon Malick who has appearances in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD.''
* FantasticRacism: ~~Turns out he's not a fan~~ They distrust the Avengers on the basis of aliens -- or Inhumans.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part them being an untested "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of ~~HYDRA when~~ freaks]]". They also initially refer to Loki as merely "the Asgardian", until Nick Fury corrects them. They also refer to Captain America as a "costumed mercenary".
* LawfulStupid: Hence why Fury [[MilitaryMaverick often elects to ignore their orders]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** In-Universe. The WSC wanted the Abomination on the Avengers instead of the Hulk, since they viewed Blonsky [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as a war hero]] and blamed Harlem's destruction on [[HeroWithBadPublicity Banner]]. It takes a sneaky BatmanGambit from S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~fell. Now, he's acting~~ to have their request for Blonsky to be denied.
** [[spoiler:Later, Steve Rogers finds they've been collecting old HYDRA tech, as ~~HYDRA's UnwittingPawn as part of The Watchdogs.~~they've been studying them so they too can create Tesseract powered weaponry.]]
* ~~JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off~~ {{NGO}}: They don't seem to be accountable to any government - as ~~gruff and unpleasant he honestly tries~~ they order a nuclear mission to ~~reason~~ New York City without consulting anyone.
* NukeEm: They decide to solve the Chitauri problem with ~~Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and promising~~ a nuke.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mostly to ~~help free him if he'll call off his attack. [[spoiler:In addition, while Sitwell~~ Nick Fury, hence why he elects to ignore their decisions.
* OverrideCommand: The same override command that the pilot receives to launch the nuke locked Maria Hill out of the system before she could override the launch.
* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:When they decide to nuke Manhattan, they launch two jets just in case somebody manages to stop one. Such redundancy is standard real-life procedure when "delivering a ~~[=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not.~~package".]]
* ~~JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant~~ StrawCharacter: They exist to ~~work with]] as~~ make Fury look right in spite of his MilitaryMaverick attitude, most notably when they opt to [[spoiler: immediately nuke New York rather than send in more military support, give the Avengers more time, or ''anything'' else.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe), who went unnamed in his appearance in The Avengers and then was conspicuously absent in Captain America 2, returns (now with a name!) in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and [[spoiler:remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA]], he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]].\n* LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.\n* MustHaveCaffeine: \n** The first thing he does when granted an assistant is tell her to make him coffee.\n** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee.
* ~~TheMenInBlack: In charge of~~ TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Whoever they are, not much is known about them.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Hawley is the retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the field work.
* NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even he misses him.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent who still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him.
* SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' cements this. He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]].
* SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', [[spoiler:at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs]], but he's very confident in his own abilities.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization only woman in the ~~first season.~~
council.
* ~~UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To HYDRA in his new capacity with~~ WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Firing a nuclear missile at New York City to halt the ~~Watchdogs.~~Chitauri invasion.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: ~~He was hospitalized after an encounter with Deathlok, and after S.H.I.E.L.D. was turned upside down it's~~ [[spoiler: Councilwoman Hawley is not shown what became of him. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs "Watchdogs"]] reveals what happened to him: he's [[EvilCripple paraplegic after Deathlok attacked him]], he underwent a FaceHeelTurn after at the ~~events of~~ meeting in ''Winter Soldier'', and he's now supplying weapons to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Watchdogs]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact Soldier'' that ~~his new assistant can't make coffee.~~proves fatal for the other three members of the council; she is replaced by Black Widow in disguise. The whereabouts of the real Councilwoman Hawley are not revealed.]]

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[[folder: Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]
!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I hope you are right..."''

One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.
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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]

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[[folder: Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]
!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I hope you are right..."''

One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.
----
* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.!!S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while Agents

%%[[folder:Agent Phil Coulson]]
%%-->See [[Characters/MCUSHIELDLeadership S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's Leadership]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%
[[folder:Agent Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow]]
-->See the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]][[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]

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[[folder: Claire Wise]]
!!''Claire Wise''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/LizzyCaplan
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.
----
* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.

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[[folder: Claire Wise]]
!!''Claire Wise''
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claire_wise_icon.png]]

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/LizzyCaplan
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of [[folder:Agent Clint Barton / Hawkeye]]
-->See the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.
----
* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.[[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]

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[[folder:Agent ~~Brock Rumlow]]~~
Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
See the ~~[[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA operatives~~ [[Characters/MCUAvengers Avengers page]]

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[[folder:Cameron Klein]]
!!Technician/Specialist Cameron Klein
[[folder:Agent Felix Blake]]
!!''Agent Felix Blake''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Aaron Himelstein
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier By''': Creator/TitusWelliver\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders.Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

~~Cameron Klein was a~~ An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~Technician responsible for~~ in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the launch of the Insight Helicarriers.

He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with ~~several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching~~ retrieving the ~~'mothballed' Helicarrier.~~alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.

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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head but Sharon Carter manages to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life.]]
* MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field.
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world with ''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch the INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life.

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* ~~AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid~~ AmazonChaser: Tries to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence flirt with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands Melinda "The Cavalry" May while ~~having~~ they're on a ~~gun put~~ mission.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this.
* AllThereInTheManual: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "The End of the Beginning".
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability and even has the foresight to replace his weapon's ammunition with a tracker beacon so the other agents would be able to track him down.
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler:When he reappears as the head ~~but Sharon Carter manages to kick~~ of The Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him ~~away~~ paralyzed from the ~~gun and thus save his life.~~waist down.]]
* ~~MissionControl: His job in~~ FaceHeelTurn: Goes from a trustworthy if somewhat abrasive agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. is to ~~offer assistance with information and technology to those in~~ the field.
* MythologyGag: In head (or at least the ~~comics, he is grandson~~ lead benefactor) of ~~Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and~~ the ~~Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to~~ [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-Inhuman hate group]] called The Watchdogs.
* FantasticRacism: Turns out he's not a fan of aliens -- or Inhumans.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part of HYDRA when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Now, he's acting as HYDRA's UnwittingPawn as part of The Watchdogs.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off as gruff and ~~Captain America becomes more heartwarming~~ unpleasant he honestly tries to reason with Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until promising to help free him if he'll call off his ~~appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.~~
attack. [[spoiler:In addition, while Sitwell is a [=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not.]]
* ~~NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the~~ JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant to work with]] as a S.H.I.E.L.D. ~~loyalists~~ agent, and ~~HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other~~ [[spoiler:remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA]], he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and ~~in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming~~ intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
* MustHaveCaffeine:
** The first thing he does when granted an ~~Ultron drone breaches~~ assistant is tell her to make him coffee.
** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee.
* TheMenInBlack: In charge of the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the ~~name "Cameron Klein" is~~ field work.
* NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a ~~retired~~ bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even he misses him.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent ~~and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from~~ who still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him.
* SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' ~~who now lives~~ cements this. He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]].
* SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', [[spoiler:at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs]], but he's very confident in his own abilities.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization in the first season.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To HYDRA in his new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world capacity with ~~''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch~~ the ~~INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint,~~ Watchdogs.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was hospitalized after an encounter with Deathlok, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To after S.H.I.E.L.D. was turned upside down it's not shown what became of him. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs "Watchdogs"]] reveals what happened to him: he's [[EvilCripple paraplegic after Deathlok attacked him]], he underwent a FaceHeelTurn after the events of ''Winter Soldier'', and ~~Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him~~ he's now supplying weapons to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Watchdogs]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at ~~gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice~~ the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his ~~loyalty even if it might cost his life.~~ new assistant can't make coffee.

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[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow]]
See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives HYDRA operatives page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Mack]]
!!''Agent Mack''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Bodie Newcomb
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset (Episode 3: "The Asset")]]''

A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with transporting Dr. Franklin Hall.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems like a stereotypical redneck trucker but is actually a SHIELD agent.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to be confused with Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who's introduced in season two.
* ShoutOut: His name, Mack, and his job as a trucker are homage to Mack from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}''. Since both Marvel and Pixar are owned by Disney, this isn't surprising.
* SpaceTrucker: Though he doesn't actually operate in space, he is a highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who drives a high-tech truck.
* VulnerableConvoy: He is attacked while transporting Dr. Hall.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Shaw]]
!!''Agent Shaw''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Charles Halford
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undercover in Siberia.
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* TheBusCameBack: He originally seemed to be a one off character, but comes back '''10''' episodes later during HYDRA's attack.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When the audience is led to believe that he, along with Hand and her faction, are HYDRA infiltrators, he is disgusted at the order to kill Coulson's team or any other of his fellow agents. This is one of the first indications that Hand's faction is GoodAllAlong, as a HYDRA agent would not have been so sympathetic.
* NoseShove: He kept the intel he gathered hidden in a [=USB=] deep inside his nose.
* ReverseMole: When he first appears, it's implied that he is going to torture Coulson for information but it's soon revealed that he too is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
* TortureTechnician: He's undercover as an interrogator.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate since the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War hasn't been revealed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Richard Lumley]]
!!''Agent Richard Lumley''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Boyd Kestner
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds (Episode 12: "Seeds")]]''

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who went off the grid after investigating an 0-8-4 in Hunan, China.
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* CombatPragmatist: Uses the environment of the alley while fighting May, including a wooden pallet.
* CyanidePill: Was willing to take one when he was confronted by Coulson and May.
* SecretKeeper: He's one of the only surviving people on the planet to know about the 0-8-4 from Hunan. It was Skye, and even he doesn't know the details, just that an entire village died to protect her when she was a baby.
* SoleSurvivor: Of the team that investigated the 0-8-4, with all the others being killed off one-by-one before Lumley went off the radar to avoid the same fate.
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[[folder:Agent Mike Peterson]]
!!''Agent Michael "Mike" Peterson / Deathlok''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I could, you know? Be a hero."'']]
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JAugustRichards
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'')

->''"You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man, but there's better than man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on. "''

An ordinary guy with a son who mysteriously receives superhuman abilities thanks to "Project Centipede", attracting the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Skye. Mike is eventually transformed into Deathlok by HYDRA, and forced to work for them or else they will kill him and his son. S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to free him and his son when they take down John Garrett. He is later recruited into the resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Coulson, working as a secret operative hunting down the remnants of HYDRA.
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* ActionBomb: He very nearly explodes due to the Extremis in his system, like the previous user of Centipede. Unlike the former, Mike is spared from this fate.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Michael Peterson is a normal human and not a Deathlok.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Deathlok was a hero in the vein of Franchise/RoboCop. At least in Season 1, Mike is an unwilling villain through Centipede having him cowed by the ExplosiveLeash they have in his eye socket, and not allowing him to see his son, Ace. After being freed from HYDRA he strikes out on his own, presumably to become an AntiHero like the comics version, and Season 2 shows he's been working as a OneManArmy shadow operative for Coulson since he assumed Directorship of S.H.I.E.L.D., cementing him back into the "heroes'" side.
* AndIMustScream: He knows he's a good man deep down inside, and he's more concerned about his son's well-being than anything even after becoming Deathlok, but he has to do HYDRA's bidding or else, especially considering what he had learned about another victim of the eye implant.
* AntiVillain: In the pilot, Coulson calls him a "good man with a bad break". From "T.R.A.C.K.S." to "The Beginning Of The End", he's only working with Centipede because of the eye implant.
* AppropriatedAppellation: He's known as "the Hooded Hero" because he wore a hood when he performed his HeroicFireRescue at the opening of the pilot.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his right leg in the explosion at the end of "The Bridge". It's replaced with a high tech counterpart.
* ArmCannon: Gets one in "End of the Beginning", specifically a two-shot mini rocket launcher. It also comes with a few extra gadgets.
* TheAtoner:
** In "The Bridge," he's very ashamed of his past actions and eagerly works hard to be as much a force for good as possible to make up for them. Which only makes it worse when Centipede forces him to betray Coulson to save his son Ace.
** Walking away in the season 1 finale implies that he is going to make up for the evil deeds he was forced to commit.
* AscendedExtra: He's returned as of "The Bridge" to work with Coulson and later becomes a Centipede Eye-drone. Not only that, see CanonForeigner below.
* BaldOfEvil: Sort of. He's not evil, just extremely unstable and being coerced.
* BecomingTheMask: Garrett thinks this is the case in "Ragtag", after he punches a drug lord's head clean off. It's clear he's wrong about it, though; Mike is just venting in the few ways he can.
* BigDamnHeroes: Saves Coulson and Hunter from the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Afterlife".
* BigEater: He mentions in "The Bridge" that he eats about four times the amount of food he used to, and when using his strength maybe ten times.
* TheBrute: A hitman for Garrett, albeit a very reluctant one.
* TheBusCameBack: In "Afterlife", he returns as Coulson's reinforcements against the other S.H.I.E.L.D. It's revealed that he's been tracking high level HYDRA members for Coulson for months.
* CompositeCharacter: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", he's the newest Deathlok, but isn't named after any of the known versions of him from the comics. As a MythologyGag, his leg is labeled 5.0, and there were only four Deathloks in the comics. He's still this. Though one of the Deathloks' secret identity in comics is Michael ''Collins'', there's a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Michael_Peterson_(Earth-616) Michael Peterson]], a young African-American, that appeared in an issue of ''Slapstick'' in 1992.
* TheCape:
** At the start of his introduction, there's an explosion. While other people are running scared or taking pictures, he tells his son that someone needs his help and goes to work. Later on, he tells Coulson that his stalwart nature ("it depends on the kind of person you are") is why he can control the Extremis in his system. A combination of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and bad circumstances make him an antagonist.
** When he returns in "The Bridge", he does everything he can to make up for his earlier mistakes.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The more he's been upgraded with equipment, the less he resists orders, but his love for his son stays as strong as ever. As soon as he's freed, he becomes a hero once more. If anything, he's just developed (pardon the pun) NervesOfSteel and become more stoic while on assignment.
* {{Cyborg}}: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", now that he has a robotic right leg to replace his missing one. As of "End of the Beginning", more than 95% of him has been transformed underneath the surface of his skin.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: He's excited to work with TheTeam that shot him. Justified in this case as the shot stabilized his serum and he wants to be a hero.
* TheDogBitesBack: "The Beginning of the End" sees him defeating Garrett with a rocket and a stomp to the face.
* TheEveryman: He was the most ordinary of Joes who was down on his luck and behind on his bills before he got his powers.
* {{Expy}}: With the new backstory, he's basically [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier without the movie involvement]].
* FaceMonsterTurn: ZigzaggedTrope from the first to the last episode of season 1. Narrowly averted in the pilot thanks to the SanitySlippage from the Extremis being stabilized. Played straight as of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", as he's been forced into becoming Deathlok. Then defied when he assists Team Coulson as soon as he's freed.
* GiveHimANormalLife: More than anything else, Mike wants his son to be safe and happy, and he's all too aware that he can't provide that.
* GuestStarPartyMember: When he re-appears in "The Bridge", he's temporarily drafted into the team to help them against Centipede's new {{super soldier}}s.
* HealingFactor: Courtesy of Extremis he heals quickly.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Though not entirely of his own volition - he would have stayed firmly on the Face side if not for being captured by Centipede.
* HeelFaceTurn: He quickly turns on Garrett upon learning that S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken his son back from HYDRA.
* HerosFirstRescue: Mike's heroic debut was climbing up the side of a burning building to rescue a woman trapped in the top floor.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He spent the bulk of season 2 on a mission assigned to him from Coulson. He was tracking Dr.List, one of HYDRA's heads, and monitoring his activity. If Marvel Studios ever wants to make a Deathlok mini-series, that would provide plenty of material.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Inverted in "The Bridge"; when he surrenders Coulson to Centipede against his will, Coulson's the one to reassure him that in doing so, he did the only thing he could do to ensure that nobody got hurt.
* IHaveYourWife: This is used by Raina to force his cooperation in "The Bridge". In "Nothing Personal", he notes that S.H.I.E.L.D. being disbanded has left his son vulnerable, which is on top of the ExplosiveLeash currently in his eye socket. By the time of "Ragtag" it's revealed that HYDRA has now captured his son, leaving him even more under their control.
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: He's got a mixture of alien technology, gamma radiation, super soldier serum ''and'' Extremis running through his body.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Fitz-Simmons give him a bodysuit that monitors his vitals, protects him from bullets, and is very comfortable.
* InstantExpert: Here is a justified use of the trope. After his return, Mike is able to upload all of the data on a S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjet and expertly pilot in under a minute through his cybernetic eye.
* InTheHood: Wore one during his original rescue, hence the "Hooded Hero" moniker.
* JumpedAtTheCall: In "The Bridge" he is ecstatic to be recruited by Coulson and can't wait to get into the field and start helping people.
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Even if it was stemming from the SanitySlippage due to his powers, it's not hard to side with Mike when he injured the foreman of his former job after he was harassed and insulted by said foreman.
** In "Nothing Personal", he does this to Ward by triggering a heart attack via one of his shock devices.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Based on his first scene in "The Bridge", he's taken 'Captain Rogers' as his role model in superheroing.
* KnightErrant:
** At the end of season one finale is currently hitting the road to do good to make up for his actions.
** He lands back in the main story in Season 2, by rescuing Coulson and Hunter from "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces and piloting the quinjet out of there. Turns out he's been working for Coulson for a little while to atone.
* MadeOfIron: Being hit with a shotgun blast to the chest doesn't do much to him apart from knock him over a rail owing to the sheer blast, and he gets back up afterwards.
* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] There ''is'' a "Mike Peterson" in the MarvelComics universe, but that one is a teenager who's the best friend of [[ComicBook/TheAwesomeSlapstick Slapstick]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: Appears to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath blown up]] in "The Bridge", after spending the entire episode trying to atone for his prior insanity, and even more specifically trying to "make up for things" and save Coulson after Centipede forced Mike to betray him in a SadisticChoice. As it turns out, he was taken alive by Centipede, and his right leg was left behind so S.H.I.E.L.D. would have something to find.
* NiceGuy: Before his StartOfDarkness, he was a friendly and humble guy who wanted nothing more than to provide for his family. He returns to this in his second appearance.
* ObliviouslyEvil: His SanitySlippage leads him to believe that his JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope is his SuperheroOrigin.
* OhCrap:
** After he discovers that Centipede had recaptured him. And he's missing a leg. And he has an eye implant.
** After becoming Deathlok, other people suffer this [[TheDreaded the moment they learn he's in the area]].
* OneManArmy: When Hunter learns that the reinforcements Coulson calls in "Afterlife" is just one person, he replies "that's not reinforcements, that's a gravedigger!". After Mike takes out two quinjets full of S.H.I.E.L.D agents with only minimal assistance, he learns that one man is indeed all the back up they need.
* PapaWolf: He deeply loves his son. Even being transformed into a mostly-cyborg killing machine doesn't change that.
* PhlebotinumRebel: Once HYDRA's control over him is broken, he quickly turns on them.
* PsychoSerum: The Centipede has a side effect of SanitySlippage, making him more violent. Really, what did they expect if they used the same stuff that created the Hulk?
* PunchClockVillain: In "Nothing Personal", he admits to Skye that he's more concerned about Ace's safety and well-being than anything and only serves HYDRA so that nothing will happen to his son. After Ace is freed, he turns on HYDRA.
* ScarsAreForever: Despite his Centipede powers, the burn scars on his face remain.
* ScaryBlackMan: As he grows closer and closer to his SuperPowerMeltdown. In his second appearance, the serum's side effects are completely gone, and he's friendly and affable again.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The first [[MonsterOfTheWeek Case of the Week]], but also shown that the people behind his powers, the Centipede group, was still out there, continuing where they left off. Later averted when he returned in a bigger role.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: Narrowly averted, by way of Ward using the [[TranquilizerDart Night-Night gun]]. "The Bridge" reveals that being tranquilized at just the right moment fixed his meltdown problems permanently.
* SuperStrength: Due to the Centipede group's serum, or rather the Extremis aspect of it, he is far above human in strength.
* SuperToughness: Able to withstand serious blows without any injury, though it's implied that he can die from a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. His later upgrades make his durable enough to resist all but a few places being shot.
* TakeALevelInBadass: In Season 2. His return is marked with a new costume which looks ''much'' better than the original, EMP rockets to complement his more lethal payload, and a tech overlay that lets him upload and [[InstantExpert learn new tech systems like the S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjets.]]
* ThatManIsDead: He claims that Mike Peterson is dead in "End of the Beginning", having given up on the hope that he might be freed or ever see his son again.
* TrappedInVillainy: Like Akela and The Englishman before him, and by the same method. After Project Centipede is destroyed, he becomes free again.
* TwoFaced: The result of being caught in the explosion at the end of [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E10THEBRIDGE The Bridge]]. Presumably the only reason he's even alive to begin with is because of the SuperSerum in his blood.
* UnskilledButStrong: Unlike [[OneManArmy most SHIELD agents]], he has no formal combat training, and is a mere factory worker when the series begins. However, through his SuperSerum and later cybernetic upgrades he becomes a force to be reckoned with, effectively the inverse of the BadassNormal agents seen throughout the series.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Though not the reason for the problems with Centipede, he's the primary face of it to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* WalkingTheEarth: At the end of "Beginning of the End", instead of turning himself in or reuniting with his son, he decides that he has to make up for his bloody actions and hits the road, telling Skye that they can keep an eye on him through his eye implant.
* WeCanRebuildHim: After being caught in a bomb planted by Centipede, he's turned into the cyborg Deathlok.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Given all the trouble that he's been through, it's hard not to feel sorry for him, even as he starts having a psychotic breakdown.
* WrongGenreSavvy: He's obviously aware of the old tropes, claiming at one point during the pilot that the events unfolding around him are the elements of a typical OriginStory of a superhero. However, his OriginStory ends up being that of an [[TheAtoner Atoner]] AntiHero, played out over the entire season instead.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: The Koenig Family]]
->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt

A BadassFamily of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents who report straight to the Director. Fury trusted them enough to let them know he faked his death after the HYDRA Coup and put them in charge of the secret bases he set up in case of emergencies. They rarely go out into the field, although they are more than capable should they be called to action. Although three brothers have been seen it's unknown how many of them work in S.H.I.E.L.D. or how many look alike.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: While Eric was human, his identical brothers have the exact same mannerisms as him so there's been a lot of (In-universe!) speculation on what they actually ''are''.
* AlmightyJanitor: They mostly look after secret bases - which are used either to rebuild the organization or house weapons and tools [[GodzillaThreshold that are only brought in as a last resort.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: They really like their video games and geeking out about other badass agents.
* BackUpTwin: We don't know exactly how many brothers there are; but we do know there's a sister somewhere. According to Trip, Billy namedrops a new twin all the time.
* BadassFamily: Being a SHIELD agent seems to be the family business.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They may look more like desk jockeys than secret agents but don't let that fool you - they ''are'' S.H.I.E.L.D. agents after all who report directly to Coulson (and previously Fury).
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. He's brought up in the Season THREE penultimate fall episode.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: All of them are very close and often play Call of Duty online. They took Eric's death very hard.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. Fury trusted them to look after his secret bases and let them know he was faking his death.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Eric, Sam, and Billy act more like clones then brothers.
* MythologyGag: It's revealed that there's a Koenig sister. In the comics, Eric does have a sister, [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Ilsa_Koenig_%28Earth-616%29 Ilsa]].
* RulesLawyer: All of them are a strickler for the rules - and one of those rules is that you have an ID lanyard with you at all times.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]

!!''Agent Eric Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E18Providence (Episode 18, "Providence")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E19TheOnlyLightInTheDarkness (Episode 19, "The Only Light In the Darkness")]]''

A Level Six agent in charge of "Providence", a secret base in the Canadian wilderness, set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. was compromised.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Comics Eric was a German Army officer who defected to the allies and joined Nick Fury's elite commando team, later becoming a veteran S.H.I.E.L.D. agent of thirty years and a close friend and ally of Fury's. In here, he's a nerdy desk jockey type. However, see CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass.
* {{Adorkable}}: Smooth is not a word you'd use to describe him.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D.agents.
* BasementDweller: In a manner of speaking. While he doesn't live at home, Koenig fits the type as he is likely the only person residing in "Providence". His isolated assignment has allowed him to rack up some major time on ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother.
* CharacterDeath: Ward kills him after he starts to uncover too much about his allegiance with HYDRA.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may look more like a desk jockey than a secret agent, but don't let that fool you. He was '''hand picked''' by Fury himself to watch over a secret base. When he notices the readings are off when Ward's in the lie detector, he ''immediately'' grabs a gun and keeps pushing Ward for more direct answers to his questions regarding HYDRA, and doesn't seem scared in the slightest. He also threatened Coulson in regards to revealing Fury's survival, without flinching.
* {{Fanboy}}: His welcoming of Coulson can be compared to Coulson's own welcoming of Captain America.
* GeekyTurnOn: After Skye hacks the [=NSA=]'s satellites, he says he understands why Ward likes her so much.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. If Nick Fury, someone with major trust issues, trusts him to run his super secret, if-all-else-fails base, then he's gotta be pretty darn trustworthy. Hell, he's in that VERY exclusive club that knows Fury's still alive after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
* MauveShirt: He's the only person residing at Providence who hasn't been on the show up until now. Take a guess what happens.
* ProperlyParanoid:
** Given that HYDRA just launched a coup from within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, he's understandably reluctant to trust the rest of Coulson's team until they've been properly vetted. Notably, when he sees Skye about to call Ward, he snaps at Coulson for allowing her to call a number at a secretive army base.
** Not only does Koenig distrust the rest of the team, he also hides from them the fact that Nick Fury's still alive, only trusting Coulson with the information. Smart call, especially since it was revealed that [[TheMole Ward is with HYDRA]].
* RaceLift: Presumably, since he's German in the comics and Patton Oswalt is American. There's no sign Eric retains his German heritage from the comics for the show.
* RulesLawyer: He's quite adamant about sticking to Fury's rules, including keeping the team besides Coulson LockedOutOfTheLoop about Fury's own survival. He also is willing to give Team Coulson some new clearance cards but in due time, as he is beginning to trust them. Turns out that this was a very good call on his part. Had he shared that with the entire team, HYDRA would have found out as well about Fury's survival once Skye called Ward.
* SecretKeeper: One of the few people in the world who knows Nick Fury is alive after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.

!!''Agent Billy Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E22BeginningOfTheEnd (Episode 22, "The Beginning of the End")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

A Level Six agent in charge of "the Playground", a secret base set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. needed to rebuild from the ground up. His brother, Eric, is the agent who was put in charge of Providence.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: MIGHT be a robot. Might. Maybe.
* BackupTwin: Although he was mentioned before appearing, there was no indication he was also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent or Eric's twin. Which is really is just the tip of the iceberg for how surprisingly similar they are.
** It turns out there's several Koenig brothers, with Sam Koenig appearing in a SDCC special teaser.
** Triplett claims that Billy introduces a new brother into the mix every time they speak and that each brother is described in exactly the same way. Triplett spends a lot of time trying to rationalize it all in his head. Trip practically has a HeroicBSOD when he sees Billy and Sam together.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* ChekhovsGunman: Eric mentioned that he spent most of his time playing ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother, which always seemed odd since he was in a top-secret base. It's less odd when we find out said brother was ''also'' in a top-secret base.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death.
* RulesLawyer: Like his brother Eric was at Providence, Billy is stringent about maintaining regulations in the Playground, especially when it comes to the [=ID=] lanyards.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both in-universe and out. He greets Coulson with the exact same speech as his identical twin brother.
** Lampshaded by Fitz in the Season 2 opener "Shadows", claiming he was their new "golden boy". With Fitz not being what he was once was, Billy is the only person that has been shown that could do some of the stuff like Fitz has done.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]

!!''Agent Sam Koenig''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/PattonOswalt
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

A Level Six Agent just like his brothers Billy and Eric. He first appered in a special SDCC 2014 video, before appearing in the show proper in "Ye Who Enter Here". He's in charge of the Theta Protocol. He has a crush on Bobbi.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Billy considers him this due to his fanboy reaction to getting to meet agents like May and Morse.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Billy jokes that he's a robot. Well, at least, Trip THINKS he's joking...
-->"All the excitement fried his circuits. His cooling system kicked in and he's recharging his batteries."
* BackUpTwin: Looks just like his brothers.
* BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* EarlyBirdCameo: First appears in a promotional video for season 2 at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014, before finally appearing in the show proper on the December 2nd episode "Ye Who Enter Here".
* HasAType: Sam is explicitly attracted to [[AmazonChaser women who can kick ass]].
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death.
* SecretKeeper: It is revealed in "Scars" that he was in on Coulson's Theta Protocol.
* WeaponOfChoice: The Koenigs carry Walther [=PPKs=] rather than S.H.I.E.L.D.-issue Smith & Wesson [=M&Ps=]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Idaho]]
!!''Idaho''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Wilmer Calderon
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

Idaho is a mercenary Coulson recruits to combat HYDRA and is teammates with Hartley and Hunter.
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* CanonForeigner: Made for the show [[SacrificialLamb probably to die and show the audience how deadly Creel is]].
* MauveShirt: Creel kills him and Hartley by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While his partners have a first and last name, Idaho is only referred to as Idaho.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Hunter says Idaho would frequently go to church after missions.
* SatelliteCharacter: His characterization begins and ends with him being TrueCompanions and partners with Hunter and Hartley.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in his first episode and Hunter subsequently only talks about Hartley in nostalgic tones with no mention of Idaho.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Noelle Walters]]
!!''Agent Noelle Walters''

->'''Portrayed by:''' Melanie Cruz
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E6FracturedHouse (Episode 28, "A Fractured House")]]''

An agent in charge of a S.H.I.E.L.D. team in the Netherlands.
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* CanonForeigner: She has no comicbook counterpart.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Headbutts Scarlotti in the face before he can take his knife to her, then upon taking a splinter bomb to the gut, states that HYDRA will never defeat S.H.I.E.L.D. before disintegrating.
* KilledMidSentence: Her aforementioned DefiantToTheEnd moment, which Scarlotti wastes no time [[BondOneLiner lampshading]].
* NoBodyLeftBehind: She gets disintegrated by Marcus Scarlotti, who puts a splinter bomb into her stomach.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Isabelle Hartley]]
!!''Agent Isabelle Hartley''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LucyLawless
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows (Episode 23, "Shadows")]]''

A longtime member of S.H.I.E.L.D. who is an experienced undercover operative. She has prior history with Coulson, and aides him in his efforts to rebuild the organization.
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* ActionGirl: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D fell, she took down legions of HYDRA goons with throwing knives and her bare hands.
* AnArmAndALeg: She grabs the original 084 with her bare hand in an attempt to use it against Creel, forcing it to be cut off to save her life. [[TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath Not that it ultimately saves her.]]
* BloodKnight: If you tell her that there are 14 decks of HYDRA goons between her and control of an aircraft carrier, her response will not be fear but excitement.
* CanonForeigner: She has no comic counterpart. (However, there is a minor character named Isabelle in the comics who was Victoria Hand's ex-girlfriend.)
* CelebrityParadox: Lady Sif (who happens to have made a couple appearances on the show herself) was referred to as "Xena" in the first Thor film.
* DeadStarWalking: More proof that celebrities on this show have a high death rate.
* DueToTheDead: In "Heavy is the Head", the military buries her with full honors.
* KnifeNut: She always has a knife on her and is very adept at using it.
* MinorMajorCharacter: She dies in her first episode, but it turns out much later that she's quite crucial to the circumstances of Season 2 - she played a big part in liberating the ''Iliad'', and during her time as TheMole she recruited her old friend (and Bobbi's ex-husband) Lance Hunter into her team for a time; this would have major consequences later on, with Hunter developing UndyingLoyalty to Coulson and hampering the plans of Real S.H.I.E.L.D. massively.
* MauveShirt: Creel kills her and Idaho by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive.
* TheMole: Turns out she was part of the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. faction led by Gonzales and a mole alongside Bobbi and Mack.
* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: Hartley's team seems to be in the clear, escaping from the military and Hunter having amputated her arm to save her from the 084's infection. Then they crash into Creel, killing both Hartley and Idaho.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode.
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[[folder:Agent Tomas Calderon]]
!!''Agent Tomas Calderon''
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->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/KirkAcevedo
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E15OneDoorCloses (Season 2 Episode 15: "One Door Closes")]]''

A subordinate agent to Robert Gonzales and a senior member of his "real" S.H.I.E.L.D..
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%%* BaldOfEvil
* TheDragon: He appears to be Gonzales' right-hand man.
* FantasticRacism: Like most in his organization, he has a rather large chip on his shoulder against Gifted individuals. He refers to the enhanced Weaver fought as a monster, and tries to kill Skye despite Bobbi ordering the use of [=ICERs=] to take her alive.
* HateSink: Seems to serve the singular purpose of generating audience dislike for the 'real' S.H.I.E.L.D. compared to the more reasonable Gonzales and already likable Weaver.
* HotBlooded: More passionate than the other leaders of his faction of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Got impaled by a fast moving branch after Skye used her powers to defend herself.
* {{Jerkass}}: Takes great pleasure at Bobbi's visible discomfort when Lance learns the truth about her, and shortly after accuses her of being a traitor for not stopping Lance.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In regards to his accusation of Bobbi allowing Lance to escape; she ''did'' deliberately allow him to fight his way out and made no effort to subdue him, if only because she wasn't convinced he would succeed.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Tried to shoot Skye dead and got skewered (non-fatally) for it.
* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Despite being noted to have survived the giant spike in his shoulder, Calderon vanishes from the plot following that incident. It's quite possible this spared him from the fate the rest of the "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. council suffered.
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[[folder:Agent Oliver]]
!!''Agent Oliver''
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Mark Allen Stewart
->'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra (Season 2 Episode 14: "Love In The Time Of Hydra")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen (Season 2 Episode 19: "The Dirty Half Dozen")]]''

Another subordinate to Gonzales and member of the "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership.
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* BadassBeard: He's high-ranked and has some ''impressive'' facial hair to boot.
* FlatCharacter: Not as developed as his peers, he's mostly there to fill in the leading board of "real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. What is known is that he's less harsh than Gonzales, Weaver and ''especially'' Calderon.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He (implicitly) outvoted Gonzales on the matter of letting May onto the board.
* TakenForGranite: He and several other agents are killed when Jiaying traps them in a room and shatters a diviner-laced crystal inside.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He received very little characterization before Jiaying killed him.
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!!S.H.I.E.L.D. support staff

[[folder: Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]
!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I hope you are right..."''

One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.
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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
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[[folder: Claire Wise]]
!!''Claire Wise''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/LizzyCaplan
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.
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* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.
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[[folder: Dr. Streiten]]
!!''Dr. Streiten''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Ron Glass
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot (Episode 1: "Pilot")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]''

A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him.
* SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Cameron Klein]]
!!''Technician/Specialist Cameron Klein''
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Aaron Himelstein
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders."''

Cameron Klein was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technician responsible for the launch of the Insight Helicarriers.

He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching the 'mothballed' Helicarrier.
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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head but Sharon Carter manages to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life.]]
* MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field.
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world with ''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch the INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life.
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Aaron Himelstein
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders."''

Cameron Klein was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technician responsible for the launch of the Insight Helicarriers.

He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching the 'mothballed' Helicarrier.
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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein"]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Averted as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head but Sharon Carter manages to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life.]]
* MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field.
* MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful.
* NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
* NonActionGuy: He's technician, not personal combatant. [[spoiler:It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge.]]
* OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDOtherCharacters Hank Thompson]].
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Consider that Cap saved the world with ''less than one second'' remaining. Now, remember that this man refused to launch the INSIGHT carriers, even at gunpoint, and stalled Rumlow for as long as he could. The entire MCU owes this man huge thanks.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow held him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life.
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!!''Agent Jasper Sitwell''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Maximiliano Hernández\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/{{Thor}} | Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/MarvelOneShots | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

-> ''"I could do it. I make a great patsy."''

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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Felix Blake]]
!!''Agent ~~Jasper Sitwell''~~
Felix Blake''
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->'''Portrayed By''': ~~Maximiliano Hernández\\~~
Creator/TitusWelliver\\
'''Film Appearances''': ~~''Film/{{Thor}} | Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/MarvelOneShots | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier~~ ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

~~-> ''"I could do it. I make a great patsy.~~->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

~~A Level Six, then later Level Eight~~ An agent of S.H.I.E.L.~~D.. Like Coulson, he is frequently sent across~~ D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the ~~globe~~ organization's radar due to ~~handle what Fury can't.~~their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent through and through. [[spoiler:In ''The Winter Soldier'', however, he's revealed as an agent of HYDRA.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Until his story significance in ''The Winter Soldier'', it's mainly in the shorts that he had any role at all.
* BadassNormal: We finally get to see it come ''Item 47''. [[spoiler:Sitwell captures Benny and Claire by moving into the hotel room next to theirs and playing extremely loud music so that they'll come over to complain. He then has to fight off Claire while struggling to handcuff her husband and while she tries to shoot him with an alien {{BFG}}.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: Only known case in S.H.I.E.L.D. besides ComicBook/NickFury, the resident BaldBlackLeaderGuy.
* BaldOfEvil: As revealed in [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier'', he's a HYDRA mole.]]
* BitCharacter: His appearances in ''Thor'' and ''The Avengers'' are very brief, and he tends to play a larger role in the shorts. ''Winter Soldier'' is the first film where Sitwell plays a major role.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The Winter Soldier abruptly throws him in front of a truck.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Ends up being one to Coulson. Coulson is a loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a fanboy of Captain America. Sitwell was an undercover HYDRA agent and called for Steve to be shot with no remorse.]]
* ExactWords: Sitwell is ordered to [[DeadlyEuphemism neutralize]] [[OutlawCouple Benny and Claire]]. He does so by hiring them to S.H.I.E.L.D., putting them to work on reverse-engineering Chitauri weapons.
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Item 47'', where he's ordered to hunt down [[OutlawCouple Benny and Claire]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Being a Level Six agent, he thought he was at the highest of [[ClassifiedInformation information clearance levels]]. He was wrong.
--->'''Coulson''': What's your clearance level?\\
'''Sitwell''': It's Level 6. Like you. ... Come on, there's a Level 7?
** This is why he and Blake thought Coulson was still dead, because his survival was classified as Level 7.
** As of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he has been promoted up to Level 8 alongside Coulson, where it's still part of the job description to be LockedOutOfTheLoop, solely because no one in Level 8 can know everything going on about the organization because it would be unsafe.
* KnifeNut: He whips one out and... [[spoiler:used it to cut Benny and Claire's bonds.]]
* TheMenInBlack: As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent he seems to fit the bill pretty well, looking into stolen alien technology and working to keep it under wraps.
* TheMole: He's one for [[spoiler: HYDRA.]]
* NotSoStoic: He keeps staying calm even after being taken prisoner by [[spoiler:Captain America and Black Widow]], not taking their threat to throw him off a skyscraper seriously... [[spoiler:until after they ''do'' throw him off, then catch him and imply they'll just keep doing that until he talks or they get bored. The near-death experience is too much for Sitwell, and he spills the beans.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He says he does "a great patsy", and offers to do it so S.H.I.E.L.D. can sabotage General Ross's meeting with Fury. [[spoiler:Turns out he really does, having tricked the majority of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: He has a tendency to bring up what the food is like at the places he visits during otherwise serious meetings.
* OhCrap: After he [[spoiler:starts spilling his guts to Steve, Natasha, and Sam, Sitwell stops talking for a moment and remarks "[[BigBad Pierce]] is gonna kill me". Sure enough, [[TheDragon the Winter Soldier]] kills him a few minutes later.]]
* PetTheDog: With the revelation that [[spoiler:Sitwell is HYDRA]], his sparing of Benny and Claire becomes this. It then becomes [[spoiler: HarsherInHindsight when you realize that Benny was involved in the R&D group that would design the helicarriers that HYDRA would use to kill 20 million people]].
* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:After discovering that he was HYDRA's, his past more charitable actions (including sparing Benny and Claire and preventing Abomination from becoming an Avenger) look more darkly practical rather than morally motivated.]]
* RaceLift: In the comics Sitwell is Caucasian and blond, while in the films he's bald and Honduran-American.
* RedOniBlueOni: He comes off as a little more laid-back Red Oni compared to the stuffier Coulson's Blue Oni.
* TheSmartGuy: One of the smartest agents S.H.I.E.L.D. deploys.
* TheStoic: Sitwell has some NervesOfSteel, and rarely shows fear. For instance, when caught aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. ship that had been hijacked by RuthlessModernPirates, all the other hostages were frightened but Sitwell looked mostly bored. His calmness wasn't unfounded, as just before a pirate was about to kill him, said pirate dropped dead by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After being informed of the World Security Council's decision to put the Abomination on the Avengers, he and Coulson start plotting a way to stop this. [[spoiler:Though given that Sitwell is HYDRA, he was probably more concerned that Blonsky was too unstable]].
* SharpDressedMan: Like all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, he dresses very well.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Coulson after his "death". While he's appeared beforehand in the films, ''Item 47'' hinted he would take Phil's place as the everyman of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Blake even accidentally calls him "Coulson" due to force of habit. However, this was negated when Coulson was revealed to be alive. Ironically, in the comics Sitwell has been around since the 60's, whereas Coulson is a very recent CanonImmigrant, so you'd think it would be the other way around.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:In regards to HighAltitudeInterrogation. He thinks it's the version where the hero holds him over the edge, threatening to drop and he knows that Steve is too much of a NiceGuy to threaten an unarmed man like that. He's right, but the Black Widow isn't.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Killed by [[spoiler: the Winter Soldier for selling out [=HYDRA=] to Captain America and his allies.]]
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[[folder:Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
See [[Characters/CaptainAmericaFilms her character tropes on the Captain America sub-page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Felix Blake]]
!!''Agent Felix Blake''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/TitusWelliver\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.
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%%[[folder:Agent Phil Coulson]]
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[[folder:Agent Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]
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[[folder:Agent Clint Barton / Hawkeye]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersInitiative Avengers Initiative page]]
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[[folder:Agent Jasper Sitwell]]
!!''Agent Jasper Sitwell''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Maximiliano Hernández\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/{{Thor}} | Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/MarvelOneShots | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

-> ''"I could do it. I make a great patsy."''

A Level Six, then later Level Eight agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Like Coulson, he is frequently sent across the globe to handle what Fury can't.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent through and through. [[spoiler:In ''The Winter Soldier'', however, he's revealed as an agent of HYDRA.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: Until his story significance in ''The Winter Soldier'', it's mainly in the shorts that he had any role at all.
* BadassNormal: We finally get to see it come ''Item 47''. [[spoiler:Sitwell captures Benny and Claire by moving into the hotel room next to theirs and playing extremely loud music so that they'll come over to complain. He then has to fight off Claire while struggling to handcuff her husband and while she tries to shoot him with an alien {{BFG}}.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: Only known case in S.H.I.E.L.D. besides ComicBook/NickFury, the resident BaldBlackLeaderGuy.
* BaldOfEvil: As revealed in [[spoiler:''The Winter Soldier'', he's a HYDRA mole.]]
* BitCharacter: His appearances in ''Thor'' and ''The Avengers'' are very brief, and he tends to play a larger role in the shorts. ''Winter Soldier'' is the first film where Sitwell plays a major role.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The Winter Soldier abruptly throws him in front of a truck.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Ends up being one to Coulson. Coulson is a loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a fanboy of Captain America. Sitwell was an undercover HYDRA agent and called for Steve to be shot with no remorse.]]
* ExactWords: Sitwell is ordered to [[DeadlyEuphemism neutralize]] [[OutlawCouple Benny and Claire]]. He does so by hiring them to S.H.I.E.L.D., putting them to work on reverse-engineering Chitauri weapons.
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Item 47'', where he's ordered to hunt down [[OutlawCouple Benny and Claire]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Being a Level Six agent, he thought he was at the highest of [[ClassifiedInformation information clearance levels]]. He was wrong.
--->'''Coulson''': What's your clearance level?\\
'''Sitwell''': It's Level 6. Like you. ... Come on, there's a Level 7?
** This is why he and Blake thought Coulson was still dead, because his survival was classified as Level 7.
** As of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he has been promoted up to Level 8 alongside Coulson, where it's still part of the job description to be LockedOutOfTheLoop, solely because no one in Level 8 can know everything going on about the organization because it would be unsafe.
* KnifeNut: He whips one out and... [[spoiler:used it to cut Benny and Claire's bonds.]]
* TheMenInBlack: As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent he seems to fit the bill pretty well, looking into stolen alien technology and working to keep it under wraps.
* TheMole: He's one for [[spoiler: HYDRA.]]
* NotSoStoic: He keeps staying calm even after being taken prisoner by [[spoiler:Captain America and Black Widow]], not taking their threat to throw him off a skyscraper seriously... [[spoiler:until after they ''do'' throw him off, then catch him and imply they'll just keep doing that until he talks or they get bored. The near-death experience is too much for Sitwell, and he spills the beans.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He says he does "a great patsy", and offers to do it so S.H.I.E.L.D. can sabotage General Ross's meeting with Fury. [[spoiler:Turns out he really does, having tricked the majority of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: He has a tendency to bring up what the food is like at the places he visits during otherwise serious meetings.
* OhCrap: After he [[spoiler:starts spilling his guts to Steve, Natasha, and Sam, Sitwell stops talking for a moment and remarks "[[BigBad Pierce]] is gonna kill me". Sure enough, [[TheDragon the Winter Soldier]] kills him a few minutes later.]]
* PetTheDog: With the revelation that [[spoiler:Sitwell is HYDRA]], his sparing of Benny and Claire becomes this. It then becomes [[spoiler: HarsherInHindsight when you realize that Benny was involved in the R&D group that would design the helicarriers that HYDRA would use to kill 20 million people]].
* PragmaticVillainy: [[spoiler:After discovering that he was HYDRA's, his past more charitable actions (including sparing Benny and Claire and preventing Abomination from becoming an Avenger) look more darkly practical rather than morally motivated.]]
* RaceLift: In the comics Sitwell is Caucasian and blond, while in the films he's bald and Honduran-American.
* RedOniBlueOni: He comes off as a little more laid-back Red Oni compared to the stuffier Coulson's Blue Oni.
* TheSmartGuy: One of the smartest agents S.H.I.E.L.D. deploys.
* TheStoic: Sitwell has some NervesOfSteel, and rarely shows fear. For instance, when caught aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. ship that had been hijacked by RuthlessModernPirates, all the other hostages were frightened but Sitwell looked mostly bored. His calmness wasn't unfounded, as just before a pirate was about to kill him, said pirate dropped dead by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After being informed of the World Security Council's decision to put the Abomination on the Avengers, he and Coulson start plotting a way to stop this. [[spoiler:Though given that Sitwell is HYDRA, he was probably more concerned that Blonsky was too unstable]].
* SharpDressedMan: Like all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, he dresses very well.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Coulson after his "death". While he's appeared beforehand in the films, ''Item 47'' hinted he would take Phil's place as the everyman of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Blake even accidentally calls him "Coulson" due to force of habit. However, this was negated when Coulson was revealed to be alive. Ironically, in the comics Sitwell has been around since the 60's, whereas Coulson is a very recent CanonImmigrant, so you'd think it would be the other way around.
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:In regards to HighAltitudeInterrogation. He thinks it's the version where the hero holds him over the edge, threatening to drop and he knows that Steve is too much of a NiceGuy to threaten an unarmed man like that. He's right, but the Black Widow isn't.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Killed by [[spoiler: the Winter Soldier for selling out [=HYDRA=] to Captain America and his allies.]]
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[[folder:Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]]
See [[Characters/CaptainAmericaFilms her character tropes on the Captain America sub-page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Agent Felix Blake]]
!!''Agent Felix Blake''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/TitusWelliver\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''

->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and ''neutralize'' the two outlaws."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.
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* AmazonChaser: Tries to flirt with Melinda "The Cavalry" May while they're on a mission.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this.
* AllThereInTheManual: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "The End of the Beginning".
* BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability and even has the foresight to replace his weapon's ammunition with a tracker beacon so the other agents would be able to track him down.
* EvilCripple: [[spoiler:When he reappears as the head of The Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him paralyzed from the waist down.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: Goes from a trustworthy if somewhat abrasive agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. to the head (or at least the lead benefactor) of the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic anti-Inhuman hate group]] called The Watchdogs.
* FantasticRacism: Turns out he's not a fan of aliens -- or Inhumans.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part of HYDRA when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Now, he's acting as HYDRA's UnwittingPawn as part of The Watchdogs.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off as gruff and unpleasant he honestly tries to reason with Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and promising to help free him if he'll call off his attack. [[spoiler:In addition, while Sitwell is a [=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant to work with]] as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and [[spoiler:remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA]], he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]].
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.
* MustHaveCaffeine:
** The first thing he does when granted an assistant is tell her to make him coffee.
** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee.
* TheMenInBlack: In charge of the retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the field work.
* NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even he misses him.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent who still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him.
* SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' cements this. He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]].
* SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', [[spoiler:at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs]], but he's very confident in his own abilities.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization in the first season.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To HYDRA in his new capacity with the Watchdogs.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He was hospitalized after an encounter with Deathlok, and after S.H.I.E.L.D. was turned upside down it's not shown what became of him. [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs "Watchdogs"]] reveals what happened to him: he's [[EvilCripple paraplegic after Deathlok attacked him]], he underwent a FaceHeelTurn after the events of ''Winter Soldier'', and he's now supplying weapons to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic the Watchdogs]].
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his new assistant can't make coffee.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Benjamin "Benny" Pollack]]

!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I hope you are right..."''

One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.
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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Claire Wise]]

!!''Claire Wise''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/LizzyCaplan
->'''Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.
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* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee.]]
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun.
* VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed.]]
* WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life.
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[[folder:Agent Brock Rumlow]]
See the [[Characters/MCUHYDRA HYDRA page]]
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running the world's greatest covert security network and you're gonna leave the fate Saffron Burrows
->'''Appearances''': ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub (Episode 7: "The Hub")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace (Episode 11, "The Magical Place")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E16EndOfTheBeginning (Episode 16, "End of the ~~human race to a handful of freaks."''~~

Beginning")]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn (Episode 17, "Turn, Turn, Turn")]]''

A ~~secretive international group in charge of~~ famous S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury reports directly to them... but he doesn't always agree with them.

See the [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents operations agent in charge of ~~SHIELD HYDRA page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.~~
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Victoria Hand is a MyCountryRightOrWrong type of character, which leads her to become [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn Norman Osborn's]] right-hand woman, although she ends up working with the good guys after Osborn's downfall. The TV version still retains some of the comic version's [[ObstructiveBureaucrat less pleasant qualities]], which [[RedHerring makes it seem]] like she would be revealed to be a villain, but she turns out to be GoodAllAlong.
* BatmanGambit: Does this in "The Hub". She sends Ward and Fitz in there without an extraction plan, which hinges on either Ward and Fitz escaping themselves or, failing that, Coulson and the others finding about the extraction plan (or lack thereof, in this case) and moving in to pick them up once their job is done.
* ByTheBookCop: In contrast to the more pragmatic, emotional Coulson. In fact, she suspects that Coulson is HYDRA because of all the rules he breaks.
* CharacterDeath: Killed by Ward while trying to deliver Garret to The Fridge.
* CommanderContrarian: Often against and obstructing most of Coulson's decisions.
* DoubleTap: After seeing someone walk away from a double gut shot, Ward puts a bullet in her chest and then two in her head to make sure she's KilledOffForReal.
* EmbarrassingNickname: She considers the nickname "Vic" (given to her by Garrett) condescending. Hartley later refers to her by the same nickname, but Hand isn't on-screen to complain.
* GoodAllAlong: As Simmons is relieved to learn, she's actually hunting for HYDRA agents; however, she honestly believes that Coulson is with HYDRA.
* GoodIsNotNice: "HYDRA won't show mercy. Neither can we."
* InspectorJavert: She has major suspicions about Coulson's allegiance because of all the rules he's broken in past episodes.
* MeaningfulName: Roughly translates as "winning hand."
* {{Meganekko}}: Like her comic book counterpart, she's an attractive woman with glasses.
%%* MemeticBadass: In-universe.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: She's unhelpful at best, although outright lying about the extraction plan is pretty awful. It's a cover for even more ruthless behavior -- for example, she orders the Bus to be taken down, so she can kill everyone onboard, because she believes they're all HYDRA agents. Mostly, it serves to set her up as a RedHerring as to being The Clairvoyant -- she's not.
* RedHerringMole: She's not the Clairvoyant, although [[SuperDickery she's set up to look like it]].
* SacrificialLion: The first character of note to (indisputably) die in the show; the fact that [[EvilAllAlong Ward]] is the one to kill her hammers home just how deep HYDRA influence within S.H.I.E.L.D. truly is.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Her HYDRA mole act was intended as a test of loyalty. Her subordinates passed.
* SkunkStripe: Has a red hair stripe, like in the comics.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Coulson and his team, due to her "by the book" way of doing things and their more maverick tendencies.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: She didn't bother giving Fitz and Ward an extraction because she thought Coulson's team wouldn't need one. It's not clear if she expected them to escape on their own or for Coulson to figure it out and rescue them, but either way Coulson wasn't happy that he wasn't told.
* WeHaveReserves: Has no problem with sending Fitz and Ward on a dangerous mission without planning an extraction for them.
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running the world's greatest covert security network and you're gonna leave the fate of the human race to a handful of freaks."''

A secretive international group in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury reports directly to them... but he doesn't always agree with them.

See the [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents of SHIELD HYDRA page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.

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!!''Agent/Commander Maria Hill''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"We get into a situation like this again, what happens then?"'']]

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/CobieSmulders\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD (Episodes: [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot "Pilot"]], [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E20NothingPersonal "Nothing Personal"]]) | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

-> ''"Who would bring those people together and not expect what happened?"''

Nick Fury's aide and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Deputy Director and also held the title of "Commander."[[note]]Not exactly revealed until ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace "The Magical Place"]][[/note]] Clear-minded and pragmatic, she carries out his orders, though his seemingly reckless approach doesn't increase her trust of him.

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!!''Phillip J. "Phil" Coulson''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/CobieSmulders\\
'''Film Creator/ClarkGregg
->'''Marvel Cinematic Universe Appearances''': ~~''Film/{{The~~ ''Film/IronMan1 | Film/IronMan2 | Film/{{Thor}} | Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | ~~Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier~~ Film/MarvelOneShots | ~~Series/AgentsOfSHIELD (Episodes: [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot "Pilot"]], [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E20NothingPersonal "Nothing Personal"]])~~ Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
->'''Other appearances''': ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' (voiced by Gregg) | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

-> ''"Who would bring those ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]'' (voiced by Gregg) | [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse 616-Marvel Comics Universe]] (''Battle Scars'' miniseries, ongoing ''{{Deadpool}}'' comic series, current incarnation of ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'') | ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' (as of ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'') | ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' | ''ComicBook/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' | ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers''

->''"With everything that's happening, the things that are about to come to light, people together and not expect what happened?"''

Nick Fury's aide and might just need a little old-fashioned."''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.~~'s Deputy~~ , and Nick Fury's right-hand-man. He was first introduced trying to debrief Stark of his captivity by the Ten Rings, and later assisting him in pursuing the Iron Monger and curing his poisoning. Some time later, he was assigned with excavating Mjolnir, and bumped heads with Thor and his new human companions. Those efforts paid off in recruiting the Norse god to the Avengers, and once assembled he remained a major figure in escorting the heroes.

During the events of Loki's raid on the Helicarrier, Coulson was mortally wounded in an attempt to attack him. He was reported as dead to the Avengers and most of S.H.I.E.L.D., who promised to honor his memory and stop Loki for him. However, only those Level 7 and above knew what really happened to Coulson, and soon after these events he was given a new job in assembling a team to investigate strange events and rogue supers around the world.

After the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''[[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'''s first season he steps up to become the new Director ~~and also held~~ of S.H.I.E.L.D., tasked with rebuilding the title of "Commander."[[note]]Not exactly revealed until ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace "The Magical Place"]][[/note]] Clear-minded and pragmatic, she carries out his orders, though his seemingly reckless approach doesn't increase her trust of him.agency after the internal HYDRA threat tore it apart.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: In season 3, Skye starts going by Daisy, but he keeps forgetting.
-->'''Coulson:''' Hard to get used to, huh?\\
'''Hunter:''' No.\\
'''Mack:''' No, just you.
* ActionSurvivor: Agent Coulson seems like an average government agent with no outstanding abilities shown so far beyond basic {{Badass Normal}}cy, yet he's managed to survive attacks from both [[Film/IronMan1 Iron Monger]] and [[{{Film/Thor}} The Destroyer]] practically unscathed. Also, [[IKnowKarate he knows kung fu]].
* {{Adorkable}}: On the job, deadpan and stoic. Off the job, a goofy teddy bear of a man who collects superhero trading cards and squees over antique spy gear.
* AffectionateNickname: Fury calls him "my one good eye" when lamenting his "death".
* AnArmAndALeg: Loses his left hand in the season 2 finale.
* ArcWords: Whenever his recovery in Tahiti comes up he says, "It's a magical place." This was implied to be connected to the DarkSecret related to his resurrection. After finding out the truth behind "Tahiti", when Agent Sitwell asks how Tahiti was, he simply says, "It sucked." Afterwards, he doesn't say anything about Tahiti when it's brought up.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: His mechanical hand is used in impossible ways throughout Season 3. Attached where it is (below the elbow), the most it should be able to do is give him a strong grip, but it has been shown to allow him to lift a full-grown man by the neck with just the one hand, punch chunks out a brick wall, and [[spoiler:effortlessly crush Ward's chest]]. All of these feats would require additional mechanical strength from the elbow and/or shoulder, which the hand does not provide.
* AscendedExtra: Originally an [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]-only side character, possibly for comic relief. Creator/ClarkGregg took the role mostly as a favor to Jon Favreau, but the character proved to be popular[[note]]and Gregg found that he enjoyed playing Coulson so much that he is the only actor to portray the character in all media bar the comics and ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''[[/note]] that Coulson became an [[CanonImmigrant official part]] of [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse the comics]], [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan Peter Parker's principal]], and the lead character in a TV serial in the MCU, to Fury's successor as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and in Fury's opinion, one of the Avengers in his own right.
* AscendedFanboy: From a devoted S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a fan of Fury and Rogers to Fury's successor!
* AscendedMeme: "Coulson Lives" is sometimes seen hidden in episodes of the Creator/StanLee-sponsored ''WebAnimation/BadDays'' cartoon, then Coulson himself does in Episode 12. Then when ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'''s teaser was revealed, Marvel announced tweeting said slogan would unlock a longer trailer.
* BadassAdorable: There's a huge contrast between how much of a badass Coulson is and how NICE and lovable his personality is.
* BadassBoast: When meeting [[SoftSpokenSadist Raina]], she, [[BitchInSheepsClothing rather deceivingly politely]], states that she hasn't had the pleasure of meeting him. His response? "Lucky for you."
* BadassInANiceSuit: The man can dress as well as he can kick ass when needed. His closet on the bus is nothing but dark suits and dress shirts.
* BackFromTheDead: In "The Magical Place" it's revealed he wasn't dead for eight seconds, he was dead for ''days'', but Director Nick Fury did everything possible, no matter how ethically abhorrent, to bring him back.
* BerserkButton:
** Don't ever betray Coulson's trust. ''Ever''. Whereas Skye, who had simply hidden something from him, got off with a scolding and having to wear an electronic bracelet for the next six episodes, he points a gun at May and breaks off their friendship after finding out she was reporting on him to someone (who turned out to be [[BigGood Director Fury]], but he was still hurt by the revelation that May would report on him to anyone). They later make up and Coulson forgives her for spying on him.
** When Ward is finally in custody, after receiving a well deserved beat down from May, Coulson seems pleased that Melinda [[LamePun may]] have broken his larynx and flat out tells him that he's going to '''invent''' new ways of ruining the young man's life.
** Don't jeopardize your own well-being. He explodes at Ward and Simmons in "FZZT" for jumping out of the cargo bay in midair. He considers especially Simmons to be irreplaceable.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** On the surface, he's a pleasant man overall, but he's not called Fury's "one good eye" for no reason. Heaven help you if you betray him.
--->'''Coulson:''' You have a secret, Skye, and one chance to come out with it--that's now!--or I'm done with you.
** Coulson's confrontation with Skye is ''nothing'' compared to when he finds out May is acting as a mole for Fury, to keep tabs on him if he CameBackWrong. He's angry enough to point a gun, not an [=ICER=], at her (although at the time he thought she was working for the Clairvoyant). Afterwards, he breaks off their friendship (though they make up not long after).
** May got off easy compared to Ward; spying for Director Fury is ''nothing'' compared to being a mole for HYDRA.
** His plan to take down HYDRA in Season Two is both ingenious and ruthless: use a high-ranking HYDRA agent that they captured as a pawn by convincing him that there's a faction of the organization that is plotting against each the rest. This convinces HYDRA leadership to kill each other to prevent a coup, so S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Army can take down the leaderless grunts with ease.
* {{BFG}}:
** He loves these. He uses one (a prototype reverse engineered from [[Film/{{Thor}} the Destroyer]]) in ''The Avengers'' and several times in ''Ultimate Spider-Man''.
--->'''Coulson:''' ''[points a prototype gun at Loki]'' Even I don't know what it does. ''[activates it]'' Do you wanna find out?
** The Destroyer gun makes a return in "Beginning of the End".
--->'''Coulson:''' ''[activates gun]'' I know what it does.
* BigGood: His new position as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. marks him as this.
* BreakTheCutie: Coulson's faith in S.H.I.E.L.D. is tested '''repeatedly''' throughout the series: the truth and circumstances about his resurrection are kept hidden from him by both his superiors and his close friend. S.H.I.E.L.D. itself no longer exists due to HYDRA's infiltration. However that faith is ultimately rewarded as Fury picks him to be the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and to rebuild it.
* BreakoutCharacter: He started out as a random suit, but around ''Iron Man 2'' and ''Thor'', his current characterization began to emerge. Once his popularity reached its peak in ''The Avengers'', he then received his own show. To top it all off, he has been promoted to the position of BigGood in that show: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* CameBackWrong: His revival is implied to have missed or changed some things, such as finding his muscle memory doesn't quite work the same when he can't field-strip a pistol. May assures him it's just ResurrectionSickness. "The Magical Place" reveals that he was dead for days and required extensive surgery and memory manipulation to get him back to normal, which apparently missed a few spots. Furthermore, the GH serum used to bring him back, distilled from an alien's blood, had severe psychological side-effects which Coulson seems to have mostly avoided, though the stinger to "Beginning of the End" shows him writing out alien script on a wall.
* CanonImmigrant:
** Finally made his debut to the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse on the miniseries ''Battle Scars''. He isn't revealed as Coulson until issue #6. He later shows up in the {{Deadpool}} ongoing series and his TV team is now going to get their own title within the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
** He's also Peter Parker's school principal in ''{{WesternAnimation/Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', voiced by Gregg.
** He's a full-fledged NPC in ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' as of Season 2.
** In addition to being Fury's go-to guy, he's the voice of MissionControl (read: hints on how to not die) in [[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]] (again voiced by Gregg), and is an unlockable character.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: When he becomes the new director of S.H.I.E.L.D he's the one to make the though decisions regarding saving the importance of the mission of the saftey of his people. And because he's TheSpyMaster he now has to keep people LockedOutOfTheLoop since there is some stuff they don't need to know for security reasons.
* CharacterTics:
** Whenever Coulson is talking, he has a tendency to keep his [[BadassArmfold arms folded]]. Sometimes even when he isn't talking.
** When anyone mentions "Tahiti," he automatically responds, "It's a magical place." As of "Yes Men", he's broken that compulsion.
* TheChessmaster:
** Rewatch ''Iron Man 2'', ''Thor'', and the shorts starring him. It becomes apparent that he knows exactly how people are going to react, but feigns ignorance to confirm it and make them think they had a choice. Nick Fury is the same, but Coulson augments it by managing to seem remarkably inoffensive to those who don't know any better.
** In "0-8-4", he was able to pin down that Reyes was gonna turn on them and used that to motivate the team into working together. He also may know about Skye being TheMole for the Rising Tide, when Fury asked him whether Skye could be trusted in TheStinger.
** He reaches entire new heights in "Aftershocks", killing ''the entire remaining leadership of HYDRA'' in just a few hours, thanks to playing Bakshi like a champ.
* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Though he was joking when he said it, "Super Nanny" is an apt description of his relationship with the Avengers, or at least with Tony Stark.
* TheComicallySerious: He's quite snarky and sarcastic, but you'd ''never'' pick up on that from his demeanor.
* CoolCar: He gets one [[ICallItVera named "Lola"]] in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' Don't touch her. It's revealed to be capable of flight by the end of the first episode and later on it's revealed to have a pair of machine guns hidden behind the headlightss.
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* DeathFakedForYou: According to Coulson, Fury faked his death on board the Helicarrier to help motivate the Avengers. Coulson claims that he "died" for forty seconds; Hill corrects him to eight, but mentions that he keeps extending the time each time he re-tells it. The truth is that he really was dead and it was for ''days'' but Director Fury "moved heaven and earth" to revive him.
* DefiantToTheEnd:
** Even when mortally wounded by Loki, [[LastBreathBullet Coulson refuses to let the son of a Frost Giant talk him down]].
--->'''Coulson:''' '''[[{{BFG}} [BOOM]]]''' ...so that's what it does.
** He still has this in the series, as shown when The Clairvoyant has him facing down a firing squad and is trying to recruit him.
--->'''Coulson:''' I would die before serving HYDRA, you sick son of a bitch.
* DespairEventHorizon: What had really happened to him after he died; he lost the will to live. It took that memory of Tahiti to pull him back.
* DisneyDeath: While seemingly killed by Loki, the knowledge that he survived was kept secret to all but Level 7 agents.
* DontExplainTheJoke: It seems Coulson likes hanging lampshades on his jokes. In he pilot, he makes a dramatic statement while stepping out of the shadows, then apologizes for it and says he thinks a bulb's burned out (which ended up making up for his surviving his fateful encounter with Loki being spoiled before the series was even broadcast). In episode 8, he puns on the fact that they have to dig for an artifact, then ''immediately'' points it out.
-->'''Coulson:''' See what I did there?
* DorkKnight:
** He's what happens if your stuffy and uptight math teacher decides to go out and become a secret agent.
** [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E18Providence Providence]] establishes he's also a gamer.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In ''Film/{{Iron Man 1}}'', we don't see much of him in the first few scenes he pops up, but he's very polite about setting up an appointment with Stark and Pepper. Later on, when Pepper hurriedly brings him along to arrest Stane, he and he stands very cool and collected while deploying a secret agent gadget (ok, a bomb) to break the door lock.
** In case you missed that, his first appearance in ''Film/{{Iron Man 2}}'' is warning Stark that if he tries to leave that he'll "taze [him] and watch Supernanny" while Stark drools into the carpet.
** In case you missed ''that'', in ''Film/{{Thor}}'', he hands Jane Foster's crew a blank check while taking her notes.
** In the unlikely event that viewers missed ''The Avengers'', his first scene in ''Agents'' is him EmergingFromTheShadows, saying something dramatic[[note]]"Welcome to Level 7"; ItMakesSenseInContext[[/note]], and then saying that the corner he just left was really dark and saying that he couldn't help himself. It probably needs a new bulb.
* TheEveryman: Despite Coulson being called "the most recognizable face in the Marvel Cinematic Universe", he is depicted as an "Everyman" in a universe full of superheroes – "the glue that binds" the characters together. In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', Coulson complains that Tony Stark "never tells [him] anything." In an interview with WNBC, Gregg explained his portrayal of the character as 'just a guy grumbling about his job'.
-->'''Clark Gregg''': ''"He's the guy who's tasked - a very disciplined guy in my opinion who possesses secrets that would turn your hair white - but at the same time he's tasked with handling these kind of diva superheroes, you know? Oh, really, Asgard? Dude, just get in the car."''
* {{Fanboy}}: Of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica. He even has the trading cards. Also, [[ThatCameOutWrong he watched Rogers while he was sleeping]].... we-we mean, he was.... he was present, while [[HumanPopsicle Rogers was unconcscious.... from the... ice]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Coulson cares a great deal for his team and would do anything to protect them, even if it means going into the field alongside them. Skye in particular seems to look to him as a ParentalSubstitute.
* FearlessFool: It takes a particularly special kind of badass to go up against an Asgardian single-handedly, even if he was wielding an experimental weapon based on alien technology.
** He does it again on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' by attempting to take on Garrett and a group of Centipede-fueled soldiers on his own. It doesn't go so well, but he gets back up and tries again.
* FingerFirearms: He clams to have a laser finger in his artifical hand. Is this the truth or a bluff? Sorry, that's classified.
* FlatWhat: In "Nothing Personal" after finding out he was responsible for Project T.A.H.I.T.I. all along.
* GoodIsNotSoft:
** Coulson is one of the friendliest characters in the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], but there is a stone-cold ruthlessness hiding behind his grin. Whereas Whitehall and The Doctor crack the normally unflappable Raina with threats of violence, Coulson can have her tearfully begging for her life by just staring at her.
** Coulson tells Bobbi Morse that he believes S.H.I.E.L.D. exists to protect the innocent and that potential threats should kept out of everyone's hands and not stored away to be studied and turned even more dangerous. He also adamantly states that he doesn't believe in acceptable losses. Yet later, when Mack becomes seemingly possessed and non-lethal approaches prove useless, Coulson unhesitatingly orders lethal action be taken and that Mack be sealed away.
* GoodIsOldFashioned:
** This is exactly what Coulson believes that the world needs right now in ''Avengers''. The TV series continues this theme, with Coulson commenting to Reyes that "with the world changing so fast around us, we need some anchors to the past". The room they're talking in is filled with such things as a first-edition walkie-talkie wristwatch in perfect working order.
** His belief seems to be proven in the field when the team uses Trips' grandfather's Howling Commando spy gadgets to assist them in taking down Centipede to great effect against vastly superior tech.
* GoodScarsEvilScars:
** Has a vertical scar on his chest from when [[Film/TheAvengers2012 Loki stabbed him through the chest.]]
** As of the second-season finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil can add... er, subtract, his left hand, thanks to quick thinking from Mack saving Coulson from petrifying due to exposure to Diviner metal.
* GuileHero: Coulson is incredibly adept at throwing opponents off kilter with his deadpan affability. If it wasn't for the fact that he is a truly friendly person who tries to see the best in everyone, he'd be a ManipulativeBastard on par with Nick Fury.
* TheHeart:
** Fury considers him to be this to S.H.I.E.L.D., calling him his "one good eye." Fury later states this verbatim in the episode "The Beginning of the End".
** Also functions as this to his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Compared to Melinda May and Grant Ward, he tends to be more compassionate and favors nonlethal solutions to the problems they face whenever possible. Although Skye seems to be edging toward this role as well.
** The "Building a Universe" documentary confirms that he's deliberately set up to be this for the Avengers.
* HeartbrokenBadass: While he's hidden it very well, it's revealed in "The Magical Place" that the loss of his relationship with his cellist girlfriend post ''Avengers'' hit him pretty hard. You can see it practically kills him to be near her and not be able to tell her he's alive.
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Thor'', he leads the S.H.I.E.L.D. group trying to investigate Mjolnir. To keep it hidden from outsiders he screws over Jane, Darcy, and Selvig in all ways possible, but thankfully once Thor gets his powers back, he acknowledges both him and S.H.I.E.L.D. are fighting the same cause.
-->'''Coulson:''' ''[confiscating Jane's stuff]'' Sorry, ma'am, we're the good guys!
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Coulson's choice in facing Loki alone could be interpreted as one, especially given the fact that he thought his death would get the Avengers to stop bickering with one another to avenge him, as it were.
** At the end of Season 2 of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', he grabs a falling Terrigen crystal so it won't explode and kill everyone, a death sentence for a non-Inhuman. Luckily, a quick-thinking Mack cuts off his hand before the petrification can spread.
* HerosClassicCar: Coulson has a '62 Corvette that he calls Lola. It was a beat-up old clunker that his dad had been working on and kept dragging him in to work on it. Now he keeps it with him and has it modified to fly.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Adopts this moral from Fury more and more as the series progresses much to the shock and frustration of his team.
* ImprovisedWeapon: We get our first glimpse of Coulson's physical abilities in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRi0Y59sJDs A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer]]'', when he takes care of two armed robbers with only a bag of flour and martial arts. All because he couldn't decide on chocolate or powdered doughnuts.
* InTheBack: Courtesy of Loki and his scepter in the Hulk cell room.
* InSeriesNickname:
** Skye calls him "A.C." because it's 'cooler' than "Agent Coulson."
** Asgardians tend to have trouble with his name, assuming it means "Son of Coul", which, to be fair, ''is'' the literal meaning of the name Coulson, though Midgardian naming conventions make it quite possible that there hasn't been a Coul in his ancestry for quite some time.
* {{Irony}}: He was the agent in charge for Project T.A.H.I.T.I., as revealed in "Nothing Personal". However, he was so horrified at the side effects of the procedure, he threatened to quit if it wasn't shut down. After his death, Director Fury subjected him to Project T.A.H.I.T.I., complete with the memory alteration process.
* ItsPersonal:
** When Akela is found comitting crimes, he goes after her himself because she was his apprentice.
** When he hears that someone's popping off T.A.H.I.T.I. patients, he decides he has to get to the only other one of the first six remaining before the T.A.H.I.T.I. killer does because he was the project's director. To do this he locks up Skye in his place to keep her from interfering.
** After [[spoiler:Ward murders Rosalind Price]], he declares himself perfectly willing to cross lines not even Fury crossed if that's what it takes to destroy him once and for all.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee:
** He's very fond of Captain America. He's got the trading cards, plus he designed Cap's modern-day outfit.
** He has a love of classic spy gear. When Tripplet shows off his collection of his grandfather's Howling Commandos gear, Coulson goes full fanboy on the spot.
* LastNameBasis: In ''The Avengers'', Tony Stark snarks that Coulson's first name is "Agent", as opposed to "Phil", but after the agent's mortal wounding, Tony has a change of heart and when [[BadassBoast boasting to Loki]] about the various Avengers who are going to be coming for him, he finishes by referring to him by his first name.
* TheLeader:
** He's in charge of TheTeam, and for all that he's a very nice, very good man, he never forgets his position. After S.H.I.E.L.D. goes defunct in "Turn, Turn, Turn" Simmons points out that he's technically no longer in charge and things go more democratic. However, the team still follows him into the middle of nowhere.
** As of the season one finale, the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., officially his team and Agent Billy Koenig. He has expanded it quite a bit by the start of the second season.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: In the season 2 finale, he makes what he presumes will be a HeroicSacrifice, grabbing a tainted Terrigen Crystal before it can shatter and disperse its deadly mist across the ship. Mack promptly hacks off his petrified hand before the corruption can spread further and leave Coulson TakenForGranite.
* LimitedWardrobe: He's almost never seen wearing anything other than a collection of dark suits. One episode has him choosing between two different shades of gray. The first episode of Season 3 show that he does in fact own other types of clothes.
* LivingLegend: Not as instantly recognised as May or Fitz-Simmons, perhaps, but it's clear that since the Battle of New York ''everyone'' in S.H.I.E.L.D. knows his name and what he did. (Though not many of the rank-and-file know he's still fulfilling the "living" part of the trope.) See MemeticBadass, below.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** Despite believing he didn't die in ''The Avengers'' and just faked his death to motivate the team, it appears there's more to it than that. Maria Hill cryptically says to Dr. Streiten that Coulson can't ever find out the truth. During "A Magical Place" Coulson confronts him and the truth is... he's still a human being. He had simply lost the will to live during the procedure to bring him back to life, so they had to put that memory of Tahiti in his brain.
** Inverted for another instance of the trope in "Providence": Agent Koenig reveals to Coulson that Nick Fury's alive, but to keep it to himself, hence making Coulson the only member of his team in the loop.
** As of season 2 it's his job as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D to lock everyone else out of the loop. Like Fury said, no one is supposed to know everything, except the guy in charge.
** Unknown to him, there's another S.H.I.E.L.D. out there - it considers itself to be the ''real'' S.H.I.E.L.D. Bobbi and Mack have been acting as double agents for them the entire season with the end game of aquiring Fury's Toolbox. And they've taken great pains to keep their secret from Coulson to the point of kidnapping Hunter when he realizes what's going on.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: [[spoiler: The latest model of Coulson's prosthetic hand is able to project an energy shield strong enough to withstand an explosion. He thought it [[RuleOfCool would be cool]] if the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. used an actual shield of their own.]]
* MagneticHero: Gonzales remarks that Coulson's ability to inspire UndyingLoyalty in people, even from mercs who are OnlyInItForTheMoney, makes him more dangerous than a Gifted.
* MemeticBadass: "Providence" confirms that he's become one InUniverse to other high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. He's even acquired his own {{Fanboy}}, in the form of Agent Eric Koenig. Eric's brother Billy seems to have just as much affection for Coulson when they meet.
* MissionControl:
** Plays this role in the ''LEGO Marvel Superheroes'' video game; he's even voiced by Gregg.
** In season two of the series, he also plays this role because he's the new Director and has to coordinate things.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he finds out that ''he'' was the one in charge of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. and that he recommended that it should be shut down or he would quit S.H.I.E.L.D. because there were too many ill side effects on the test subjects. His haunted expression says it all.
* MythologyGag: in Deadpool Bi-Annual #1, he's shown ''actually in Tahiti'' getting a massage from a hot girl... complete with lampshade hanging on the scene.
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest S.H.I.E.L.D. agents there is.
** He was outraged when he learned the lengths that Fury went to for his revival, and yet he makes the same decision when one of his own subordinates was in critical condition. However, he's incredibly conflicted about it, [[TearJerker breaking down]] when he admits to Skye what he knows about the [=GH325=] used to save them.
** In a heroic version, he, like his idol Captain America, is officially a vigilante ex-S.H.I.E.L.D. agent working against HYDRA after it began the civil war within S.H.I.E.L.D., a state he finally acknowledges fully in "Ragtag".
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By killing [[spoiler:Ward]] instead of leaving him trapped on a barren planet, he helps Hydra achieve their ultimate objective: [[spoiler: Hive, an Inhuman so dangerous, his own kind banished him to another planet, is able to assimilate Ward's corpse and return to Earth]].
* OneManArmy: Not to the extent of Ward, May, or likely even Trip, but he can still single-handedly defeat handfuls of {{Mooks}} on his own (even while unarmed), including soldiers from the US military.
* OnlyMostlyDead: Even after Loki seemingly killed Coulson, Clark Gregg maintained he might still be alive, stating that [[http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/173736-clark-gregg-on-the-avengers-marvel-one-shots-iron-man-3-and-more Whedon told him beforehand that Coulson would survive the events of the film]] (although afterwards he [[http://twitter.com/clarkgregg/status/210219396378013696 admitted he was lying]]). Ultimately it was ambiguous until ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D'' was announced, upon which Joss Whedon himself confirmed that Coulson survived his wounding in ''The Avengers''...though as BackFromTheDead above shows, not enough to avoid a painful/traumatic resurrection process.
* OnlySaneMan: Trapped among prima donna superheroes and morally ambiguous world security leaders.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** As mentioned [[PerpetualSmiler below]], Coulson is almost-perpetually calm. Thus, if he ever raises his voice, you know something must be very, ''very'' wrong. Additionally, he trashes his own office after [[spoiler:Ward murders Rosalind Price]].
** He wouldn't lock up one of his own (e.g. Simmons and Skye) unless it was a very serious situation. Ward would be an exception, except Coulson had already decided he wasn't one of his own.
* OrderReborn: At the end of Season One, Nick Fury entrusts the rebuilding of S.H.I.E.L.D to Coulson.
* OriginalGeneration: [[LogicBomb Retroactively]]; see "PromotedToOpeningTitles" below.
* PapaWolf: He's very protective of his protégés.
** "Eye Spy". After learning the identity of the person who was controlling Akela, he immediately springs into action in order to arrest the crook.
** In "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E13TRACKS T.R.A.C.K.S.]]" he instantly knocks out Quinn when the latter implies he hurt Skye, [[CallBack mirroring what Skye did to Raina two episodes back regarding Coulson.]]
** In "End of the Beginning", he points a gun, filled with real bullets as opposed to nonlethal Icers, at May when she is hunting down Fitz, who has discovered that she is TheMole for an unknown party. To reiterate: he drew down on ''a member of his own team'' in order to protect another one.
** In "Who You Really Are", Lady Sif attempts to capture Skye, believing her newly-acquired superpowers to be a threat. Coulson responds to the Asgardian (read: someone who can easily best him in a fight) with a GoThroughMe reaction.
** In ''Purpose In the Machine'' he threatens to turn over Professor Randolph unless he helps them save Simmons.
* ParentalSubstitute: Given Skye's history of being continually passed between foster homes, Coulson's probably the closest (and certainly the longest running) thing to a father figure she's had in her entire life. This has continued even after Skye finally meets her real father, which is one of the reasons why Cal doesn't like Coulson.
* PerpetualSmiler:
** A part of his persona that he uses to help guide conversations. He's almost never seen without his serene, calm smile on his face, even during otherwise morose or trying situations. Since he never loses his cool, he never drops the smile.
** In ''[[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'', Coulson seems to feature a more stoic and serious demeanor. This is more than likely due to him [[CameBackWrong coming back wrong]]. When the situation demands it, whether it's resolving a conflict within his team, or dealing with the shadier aspects of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson has proven that you shouldn't handle him lightly.
* PopularityPower: After Coulson's death in ''The Avengers'', {{Website/Twitter}} and {{Website/Tumblr}} ''exploded'' with support for him to come back, campaigning the slogan [=#CoulsonLives=]. Their attempts were so successful that not only did Marvel bring Coulson BackFromTheDead, but [[AscendedMeme they even made tweeting [=#CoulsonLives=] unlock a trailer]] for ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D''.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: He started off as just a standard suit in the first ''Iron Man'' movie, but his role was greatly expanded by ''Thor''. Now, he's deeply entrenched into the Marvel lore, even getting his own comics, short films and ''TV series''.
* ProperlyParanoid:
** As Director he keeps his people LockedOutOfTheLoop on things they don't need to know for security reasons. Which proved to be justified when he found out that Mack and Bobbi were moles for a splinter cell of S.H.I.E.L.D. who are very hostile to anything assocaited with alien tech or "gifted people."
** In season 3, he says that the only agents who do ''not'' have trust issues are either young or dead.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is ''extremely'' tolerant of the antics his team sometimes gets into and in some cases even encourages them.
* ResurrectionSickness: After his death during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', he was resurrected using the regenerative drug GH.325; upon his initial revival, Coulson was in terrible pain and begged to be killed again, forcing the scientists to implant FakeMemories of him going through a peaceful rehabilitation in Tahiti.
* TheReveal: ''Battle Scars'' #6 reveals that "Cheese", Marcus Johnson's soldier friend, is actually the 616 counterpart of Agent Coulson.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: After Garrett goes insane from injection of the alien compound and began etching alien writing on walls and other surfaces, Coulson starts compulsively doing the same, starting a couple of times a month, then progressing to weekly, then daily. Once he discovers that the writing is actually a three-dimensional blueprint of a city, the compulsion vanishes.
* RunningGag: Referring to traitorous individuals as [[PrecisionFStrike sons of bitches]]. Done in "Turn, Turn, Turn" to Garrett and in "A Fractured House" to Ward.
* SacrificialLion: All who heard of his loss were motivated to defeat Loki for him. Especially [[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]].
-->'''Tony''': And there's one other person you pissed off. [[AndThisIsFor His name is Phil]]. ''(blasts Loki with his repulsors)''
* SeenItAll: Hints of Type 1, as is typical of [[TheMenInBlack MIB]]. He also has Type 2's smartness as he orders his men to let Thor try and lift his hammer, and realized just in time that Destroyer's head opening and glowing is a very bad thing. When he calls Black Widow, who's been captured but then subsequently beats the tar out of her captors, his expression is of complete boredom as he listens to [[CurbStompBattle the resulting scuffle]] as if it were ''hold music''. This trait is a case of CharacterDevelopment throughout the entire Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In his first appearance in ''Film/IronMan1'', he was rather nervous and unsure of himself. Each subsequent film added more and more to his confidence.
* SharpDressedMan: Season One, Episode Six of ''[[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]'' is the first time he's seen without a suit. His suits get progressively [[http://hellotailor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/costumes-and-characters-of-avengers.html sharper]] as we learn more about him.
* ShellShockedVeteran: His behavior is a little more erratic post-''Avengers'' as seen in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. Coulson eventually admits this to himself and May, who tells him that ''dying'' is going to change someone no matter who they are. His revival also took a bit of a toll on his sanity and faith in S.H.I.E.L.D.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Thor and Sif, as seen when Sif wonders why hearing Thor's name makes her smile:
-->'''Coulson:''' Who can explain the mysteries of the Asgardian brain?\\
'''May:''' ''I'' can.
* SilentSnarker: He doesn't even have to ''say'' anything (which delighted Creator/JossWhedon to no end). His reactions are pure gold.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: To the Avengers in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. Despite not actually appearing in the film, it was he who tipped them through Maria Hill to beat HYDRA and to locate and retrieve Loki's scepter in Sokovia. It's also revealed that the Helicarrier that shows up in the film's climax and saves everyone is "Theta Protocol", which Coulson has been working on for almost a year.
* StoicSpectacles: Part of his disguise as Simmons's "father" in "T.R.A.C.K.S." and as a Fitz Expy in "Ragtag", right down to the cardi and tie.
* SuperStrength: His robotic arm has some degree of it, enough to shortly restrain Lash.
* TeamDad:
** Whenever the team gets into an argument, expect Coulson to be the one to break it up. Skye even refers to him as such.
** Coulson so embodies this trope, [[http://howtodadwithphil.tumblr.com/ there's a blog about it.]]
** When Coulson shows up to debrief Jemma about her time with HYDRA, he confronts her about her food choices.
--->Sriracha? Beer? That's it?
** In "...Ye Who Enter Here", Skye has a dream where Coulson and May are acting as parents to a baby (obviously herself). Coulson is white, May is Chinese. Skye's biological father is white, her biological mother Chinese.
** In "SOS", when Cal confronts Coulson, the latter outright admits that Skye is the closest he's ever had to a daughter.
** In Deadpool Bi-Annual #1, [[ComicBook/BruteForce Brute Force establishes itself as hating humans for imprisoning animals and ruining the environment...]] until Coulson shows up, at which point they ''immediately'' try to get him into a group hug. [[spoiler: Turns out that Phil was their government contact while they did some black-ops work in the nineties until an operation went south and they had to lay low, but still, given their attitude towards almost every other human, the way they treat him almost certainly qualifies as this.]]
* ThatCameOutWrong: Coulson's fanboy love of Captain America intersects with some unintentional awkwardness when talking to the man himself.
-->'''Coulson:''' I watched you while you were sleeping. ''[awkward silence]'' I-I mean... I was present when you were unconscious from the ice.
* TomatoInTheMirror: He was the one calling the shots on Project T.A.H.I.T.I. all along. His reaction? A FlatWhat-like reaction in the form of a stunned "Huh".
* TookALevelInJerkass: In the second half of the season toward May when he finds out that Fury told her about his resurrection and was ordered to keep him in the dark about it. Justified, because that's not something you forgive so easily, and even then he realizes he's been acting as such and wants to apologize for it within two episodes.
* TrueCompanions: He sees his team as his family, with himself as the father. When a surgeon told him and the rest to gather Skye's family before she died, he said it was already present.
* TheSpymaster: As the new Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., part of his job is to handle assets and secrets. Season 2 deals primarily with how acting as TheSpymaster is taking its toll on Coulson, though he proves to be excellent at it as seen with the moment Coulson wipes out most of HYDRA's leadership in one fell swoop. However it's because of this that "real" S.H.I.E.L.D. distrusts him and even Simmons and May began to lose faith when they find out to what extent they've been LockedOutOfTheLoop.
* UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Nick Fury. His HeroicBSOD in "Providence" reflected that even though S.H.I.E.L.D. his disbanded, he still sees himself as a devoted agent that still means something. Phil was the only one who believed Fury sent him the co-ordinates of the base too.
* UnfazedEveryman: There really isn't anything that can surprise him, be it thunder gods, men clad in flying wearable tanks, or superhuman WWII vets who were frozen for the better part of a century. [[note]] The WWII vet gets a reaction, but only because [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee he's]] a {{fanboy}}.[[/note]] Justified in that this is the sort of thing S.H.I.E.L.D. does. Thunder gods aren't special, they're Thursday. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness This makes what he sees in T.A.H.I.T.I all the more serious]] as it drives him into a HeroicBSOD.
* UnwantedRevival: In "That Magical Place", we finally see the details of his "resurrection", and it's horrifying. His skull was split open and a robot operated on his brain while Coulson begged "Just let me die" over and over again. Dr. Streiten says, because of the procedures, Coulson completely lost the will to live and the Tahiti memories were an attempt to give that will back.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Gives Skye two of them. The first is in "Girl in the Flower Dress" after she betrays his trust (see BerserkButton and BewareTheNiceOnes above). The second is in "The Hub" after he catches her prying into something about the mission of the episode meant for Level 8 eyes; this earns her a good talking-to and an explanation as to why secrecy is important in certain situations. He then uses what Skye told him about what she saw in those files (that nobody had been assigned to extract their teammates after they completed their mission, and that nobody had told them that before sending them in) to give another one to Agent Hand.
** May receives one from him when it is revealed that she'd been informing on him to Director Fury and knew all about his resurrection the entire season. Fury eventually gets one of his own, but the only bit of it we hear is a flustered-sounding Coulson telling him, "Stupid, stupid, stupid! And cruel! And ''very'' stupid!"
** He's also on the receiving end of two. First, from Skye after she finds out about the mission in "The Hub". Second, when he's disguised as Simmons's estranged father in "T.R.A.C.K.S.", he gets lectured by Creator/StanLee himself on good parenting.
* WideEyedIdealist: His belief in heroes, old-fashioned notions, and in the Avengers to work together as a team can be seen as this. In the ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' pilot, he manages to talk down an enraged Mike because he believes people are ''good''. This is also why Nick Fury calls him TheHeart of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* WithMyHandsTied: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAMgkpQYOSQ A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer]]. Coulson doesn't need his gun to bring down petty thugs.
* WolverinePublicity: ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a story in [[ComicBook/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes the comic series]] in which Maria Hill recaps the first season, with help from Nick Fury's records. Coulson joins her in examining the records, despite the fact he never shows up in either season of the cartoon. This also extends to ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', where he showed up in ''[[ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand Cataclysm: Ultimates]]'' without any warning, and went on to be TheLeader of the Ultimate Future Foundation. In the central "Earth-616" MarvelUniverse, shortly after ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', he became the go-to background S.H.I.E.L.D. agent for people to call upon to help other people, be it for a reason, like having him tag along with a hero or heroine, or for no reason, like having him brought up as someone's friend, with no relevance to the plot.
* WouldHitAGirl: Camilla Reyes, his former flame. Justified as she started it ''and'' can dish it out as well as she can take it.
* YouAreInCommandNow: In "Beginning of the End", Nick Fury gives him the resources to rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D., with Coulson as the new director since he himself is officially dead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: A heroic example, directed at Grant Ward, in "A Fractured House". The only reason he did not kill Ward back in Season One was because he was useful for HYDRA intel. Now he is more useful as a bargaining tool.
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/CobieSmulders\\
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-> ''"Who would bring those people together and not expect what happened?"''

Nick Fury's aide and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Deputy Director and also held the title of "Commander."[[note]]Not exactly revealed until ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace "The Magical Place"]][[/note]] Clear-minded and pragmatic, she carries out his orders, though his seemingly reckless approach doesn't increase her trust of him.
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!!''S.H.I.E.L.D. Director/Colonel Nicholas J. [[ComicBook/NickFury "Nick" Fury]]''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SamuelLJackson\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/IronMan1 | Film/IronMan2 | Film/{{Thor}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger | Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"I recognize the council has made a decision. But given that it's a stupid-ass decision, I've elected to ignore it."''

The Director of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, a 'Level 10' agent, and campaigner for the Avengers Initiative. He comes to each of the heroes one by one, urging them to join S.H.I.E.L.D. in assembling a team to protect the world from its approaching threats. Despite being personally involved in recruiting them, though, he's a busy man and has many urgent responsibilities to juggle, ''including'' dealing with his superiors, the World Security Council. Consequently, he can't always be trusted, though he can be counted on to do what he feels is right.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While he's still cunning and manipulative, he's definitely not as much of an asshole or as morally ambiguous as [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel the version he's based on]].
* AntiHero: He's a practical, levelheaded man who's ultimately fighting for the good side, but he's also a [[TheChessmaster pragmatic manipulator]] and [[GuileHero isn't above deceiving]] [[ManipulativeBastard or lying to The Avengers]] to achieve his goals, [[spoiler:such as when the team discovers that he was keeping secrets about using the Tesseract to develop weapons of mass destruction. Even Captain America became appalled with him.]] This drives a lot of the conflict with him - he keeps secrets and lies to the heroes' faces, and feel no shame about it whatsoever.
* BadassBaritone: Courtesy of Samuel L. Jackson.
* BadassBeard: There's something about the bald head and full beard that amplifies the badass factor.
* BadassGrandpa: Not him, but Fury's own grandfather, who influenced his grandson with how [[ProperlyParanoid his paranoia kept him alive]].
-->'''Fury''': Grandad loved people. But he didn't trust them very much.
* BadassInCharge: Of [[SuperTeam the Avengers Initiative]] and of SHIELD as well.
* BadassLongcoat: Which he never takes off. Even when in a civilian environment.
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* BadassNormal: Gods, aliens, a man with "breathtaking anger management issues"... all nothing he can't handle.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Aside from the obvious he's a type I {{leader}}; the mastermind behind the Avengers Initiative.
* BaldOfAwesome: As Ultimate Nick Fury was based off of Samuel L. Jackson, he sports his actor's own bald dome.
* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Fury had no problem rushing outside to the Helicarrier [[spoiler:to stop the jet carrying the World Security Council's nuclear payload from hitting New York City]] whilst it had been at high altitude. Presumably the Helicarrier's earlier issues lowered its altitude considerably from the previously-stated 30,000'.
* BigDamnHeroes: Pulls this off a few times.
** In his second ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' appearance he pulls two - first [[spoiler:helicoptering in to pull Fitz-Simmons out of the ocean at the last possible moment]], second [[spoiler:showing up in the nick of time as Coulson realises how badly he's outmatched by Garrett/Deathlok.]]
** In ''Age of Ultron'', he shows up to [[spoiler: the floating city in the "moth-balled" original helicarrier to evacuate the civilians, allowing the Avengers to do what they have to in order to beat Ultron without worrying about the casualties.]]
* BigGood: Of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. He brings TheTeam together and directs/manipulates/motivates them.
* TheCameo:
** His appearances in most of the MCU films have largely been this, save for ''Iron Man 2'',''The Avengers'', and ''Captain America: The Winter Soldier'' in increasing relevance. Takes a step back, but still contributes to the plot, in ''Age of Ultron''.
** He also makes one in the second episode of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
* TheCavalry: Several of his appearances consist of him bringing extra help to the heroes when they find themselves in a tight spot. In ''Agents of SHIELD'' season 1, he provides Team Coulson with a Destroyer Gun and a medical crew. In ''Age of Ultron'', [[spoiler: he shows up with a helicarrier and a number of other heroes, like Falcon and War Machine, when the Avengers find themselves out of their depth.]]
* TheChessmaster: As with Phil Coulson, this seems to be a mandatory skill for upper-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
* ColonelBadass: His [[spoiler:gravestone]] in ''The Winter Soldier'' identifies him as a Colonel, although it's left unclear as to branch of service in which Fury holds the rank.
* CoolShades: [[spoiler:At the end of ''The Winter Soldier'', he trades in his EyepatchOfPower for these as he goes underground.]]
* CrazyPrepared:
** As an example, his SUV has armor plating tough enough to resist sustained fire from automatic weapons and pneumatic battering rams, an AI for remote driving, medical supplies, a combination machine gun/grenade launcher between the front seats, and can ''fly'' (sadly, that function was broken). He also had a [[spoiler:retinal scan of his bad eye taken just in case someone deleted the original one from the databases.]]
** This persists in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. He has off-the-grid facilities set up in the event [[spoiler:S.H.I.E.L.D. is compromised]], and has Coulson's badge embedded with the coordinates to one such base in case he might ever need to use it. [[spoiler:He probably didn't predict Maria Hill betraying its location to the U.S. government in a misguided attempt to help Coulson. But it turns out he had ''another'' secret base, dubbed "the Playground.]]
* TheCynic: His exchange with [[TheIdealist Cap]] sums it up:
--->'''Fury''': S.H.I.E.L.D. takes the world as it is, not as we'd like it to be.
* CynicalMentor: Could be considered this to the Avengers as a whole, as well as his (former) S.H.I.E.L.D. subordinates.
* DaChief: He's not called Nick ''FURY'' for nothing, as his patience can wear thin as his challenges mount.
** His answer for when Black Widow asked why Agent Sitwell couldn't be sent to tail the Hulk instead? "'''BECAUSE I GOT A GODDAMN ALIEN OBJECT IN NEW MEXICO, THAT'S WHY!'''"
** His exchange with Tony Stark in ''Film/IronMan2'':
--->'''Fury''': You have become a problem; a problem '''I''' have to deal with. Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe. I have bigger problems in the southwest region to deal with!
** His reaction after hearing the mobile command station he requisitioned for Coulson was totaled:
--->'''Fury:''' Really? Really, Coulson? Six days? It only took you six days to take a completely renovated piece of state of the art machinery and turn it into scrap?\\
'''Coulson:''' My team acted with my authority.\\
'''Fury:''' Don't talk to me about authority. Do you know how much this plane costs? It's got a bar! ...a really nice one. Talking to me about authority; you know I have the authority to downgrade your ass to a Winnebago!
* DarkIsNotEvil: Guy in a black leather jacket with a black eyepatch that drives a black car and is played by the always [[ScaryBlackMan scary]] Creator/SamuelLJackson, but runs the BigGood organization that is S.H.I.E.L.D.
* DeadpanSnarker: Much of his dialogue is a low tone snark. For examples, see elsewhere in this folder.
* DeathGlare: His general reaction to those he does not like, rather than shooting them. Not that that's any less deadly.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Played with. While he does have the respect and loyalty of his subordinates, he does '''not''' have any from his superiors in the World Security Council, who constantly question his decisions, mainly his reliance on super-heroes or "freaks" as they call them, even though more often than not he's in the right and gets results.
* EtTuBrute: In the opening scene of ''The Avengers'', [[spoiler:when he was shot by BrainwashedAndCrazy Hawkeye]]. He survives though, due to wearing a bulletproof vest. In ''The Winter Soldier'', [[spoiler: he's '''furious''' that his old friend Alexander Pierce has been part of HYDRA for decades. The real kicker is Pierce is the one who made Fury in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* EyepatchOfPower: The reason the director of an M.I.B. agency is wearing an eyepatch could [[FanficFuel fuel any number of fanfics]]. All he's says about it is that "last time I trusted someone I lost an eye." [[spoiler:The state of the eye, although not how he lost use of it, is revealed in ''The Winter Soldier''. The short answer is that [[{{Squick}} it's not good at all]], but it's still useful. He burns the eyepatch along with the rest of his property as he goes off the grid, substituting a pair of CoolShades.]]
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: Fury is believed dead partway through ''The Winter Soldier'' after an assassination. Turns out he survived, though it was touch and go. At the close of the movie, Fury decides to continue pretending to be dead, so that he'll have more freedom to hunt down HYDRA remnants across the globe. However, a year later, he's decided he's done hiding as he's now openly serving the New Avengers.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: His second ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' appearance is this, as he serves as an EleventhHourRanger for Coulson's team during their FinalBattle with [[spoiler: Garrett/Deathlok]].
* HiddenDepths:
** Is genuinely devastated when Coulson is stabbed by Loki, and refers to the former as his one good eye.
** According to ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', he's married. Steve Rogers in particular is flabbergasted. Though considering the context, it was probably a joke or a cover. (Or a MythologyGag, since Ultimate Nick Fury ''was'' married.)
** In Age of Ultron, [[spoiler: before going to the rest of the Avengers, he talks with Tony who is obviously distressed about what's happening and the vision he saw, and outright tells Tony he cares about him.]]
* HumansAreWarriors: This was ThePlan behind the Avengers; to tell the universe not to mess with humans.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Several times he takes unethical directions in performing actions he feels is right. Sometimes in big ways, such as [[spoiler:authorizing plans for weapons of mass destruction powered by the Tesseract, to defend Earth from extra-terrestrial threats]]. Sometimes in small nudges, like [[FatalFamilyPhoto Coulson's cards]].
-->'''Maria Hill''': Those cards, they were in Coulson's locker, not in his jacket.\\
'''Nick Fury''': [The Avengers] [[ILied needed]] [[AndThisIsFor a push in the right direction]]. (''sees the Quinjet takes off'') They found it.
* MachiavelliWasWrong: Invoked and averted. When Steve is concerned about the implications of Project Insight, Fury quotes Literature/ThePrince, and says that S.H.I.E.L.D. deals with things as they are rather than how they wish they could be. Ultimately this mindset is shaken to the core at the end of ''The Winter Soldier'' when [[spoiler: HYDRA leader Pierce reveals that Fury's pragmatic attitude towards world security is what inspired him to take a KnightTemplar approach himself and join HYDRA]]. It's pretty clear Fury is '''not''' proud of this development.
* ManipulativeBastard: Much like his comic counterpart.
-->'''[[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]]''': He is ''the'' spy. His ''secrets'' have secrets.
* MilitaryMaverick: Goes on his gut instinct instead of going along with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat the World Security Council]], which is why he trusted [[DysfunctionJunction the Avengers]] to defeat [[PhysicalGod Loki]]. This has been his approach since early in his career, as he was initially promoted to the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. by Alexander Pierce after he defied orders and rescued numerous hostages from Bogotá. [[spoiler:However, it has the unintended affect of leading Pierce to believe that diplomacy is useless, and that the best decisions are done by force.]]
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: The comic verse Fury had a more colorful get up.
* NervesOfSteel: Norse God with an alien army? Doesn't scare him.
* NoodleIncident: According to Fury, the last time he trusted someone, he lost an eye. Exactly ''how'' he lost use of the eye is, as yet unrevealed.
* OldMaster: He was Coulson and Garrett's SO back in the day.
* OnlyAFleshWound: With the help of some anesthetic he's able to drive a car with a broken arm, [[spoiler:and survives having three Soviet slugs shot through his body by the Winter Soldier]]. Despite his heavy wounds, he comes back regardless in a few days to [[spoiler:take down Pierce and Project INSIGHT.]]
-->'''Fury''': Lacerated spinal column, cracked sternum, shattered collarbone, perforated liver, one hell of a headache.\\
'''Doctor''': Don't forget your collapsed lung.\\
'''Fury''': Let's not forget that. Otherwise, I'm good.
* OnlySaneMan:
** Much like his comics counterpart, he generally comes across as the only person with his mind together in most of his scenes. Interestingly for this trope, instead of (or in addition to) being a constant annoyance to him, he uses his perspective and bluntness to help people and/or situations reach their potentials. ''The Avengers'' shows that he even plays this role to the [[WellIntentionedExtremist World Security Council]], his bosses.
** ''The Consultant'' reveals that in a world full of political power games, he and S.H.I.E.L.D. are the only ones who are generally trying to handle the situation well.
* ParentalSubstitute: Samuel L. Jackson mentioned this was the type of relationship Fury and Black Widow have. It's most obvious in ''The Winter Soldier'' when [[spoiler: Fury seemingly dies and she is really stricken as a result]].
* ProperlyParanoid: Thanks to whatever lost him his eye and his grandfather's influence, "trust" for Fury is "will make do with planning for possibility of betrayal in the future." This attitude, and the CrazyPrepared mentality it results in [[spoiler:is a major reason the world is saved in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.]]
* PungeonMaster: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; he means these statements seriously, but he often makes puns alluding to his single eye, i.e. "Eyes on me", "You need to keep both eyes open", "I've got my eye on you", etc.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He will get the job done without resorting to extreme measures but morally ambigious measures are on the table. See OnlySaneMan.
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:The events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' shake him up enough that he retires as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and gives the position, and the job of rebuilding it, to Coulson, whom he believes best embodies the core tenet of SHIELD, protection of the innocent. However, he states that he'll still be out there helping out independently, or, in his words, he'll be everywhere. He's back in open action by the end of ''Age of Ultron''.]]
* ScaryBlackMan: The dome, the eyepatch, the position, the ''fury'', yes.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He's more than willing to openly defy the World Security Council when they make [[WellIntentionedExtremist harsh calls]].
--> '''World Security Council:''' Director Fury, the council has made a decision.\\
'''Nick Fury:''' I recognize that the council has made a decision, but given that it's a ''stupid-ass'' decision, I've elected to ignore it.
* ShoutOut: His [[spoiler:tombstone]] in ''Winter Soldier'' has the first line of Samuel L Jackson's Ezekiel 25:17 speech from ''Film/PulpFiction'' on it.
* SophisticatedAsHell: See his quote above ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
* TheSponsor: Mostly to Tony and Steve. The Manual says he was at Tony's AA meetings.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:He, S.H.I.E.L.D. and several other agents are revealed to have been this, with Fury being personally selected by the defacto boss of HYDRA, Alexander Pierce.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets a lot of these from Captain America, Coulson, and numerous others due to his trust issues and morally ambigious ways of doing things. [[spoiler:For instance, even though Coulson recommended that Project T.A.H.I.T.I. be shut down due to the horrific side-effects, Fury later had Coulson brought back to life using the same process.]]
-->'''Coulson:''' Stupid, stupid, stupid! And very cruel! And stupid!
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: His speech to the Avengers in ''Age of Ultron'' is along these lines. He tells the heroes that, when they first came together, he offered them the nigh-unlimited resources, technology and intelligence network of S.H.I.E.L.D., but come that film, they're [[spoiler:hiding out on an old farm]] with nothing at their disposal save each other. But they're still the Avengers.
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[[folder:Agent/Commander Maria Hill]]
!!''Agent/Commander Maria Hill''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"We get into a situation like this again, what happens then?"'']]

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/CobieSmulders\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier | Series/AgentsOfSHIELD (Episodes: [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot "Pilot"]], [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E20NothingPersonal "Nothing Personal"]]) | Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

-> ''"Who would bring those people together and not expect what happened?"''

Nick Fury's aide and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Deputy Director and also held the title of "Commander."[[note]]Not exactly revealed until ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace "The Magical Place"]][[/note]] Clear-minded and pragmatic, she carries out his orders, though his seemingly reckless approach doesn't increase her trust of him.
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* ActionGirl: In [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her first few minutes on screen]], she takes on Loki and his crew of thugs.
** By ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', she ''definitely'' qualifies. She [[spoiler: saves Nat, Steve, and Sam from imminent execution]], as well as [[spoiler: very casually shooting two soldiers who were trying to sneak up on her, ''without even getting up from her chair''.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: When she lets loose at the party early in ''Age of Ultron'', cracking jokes on Tony and Thor, and this gem when she's a bit tipsy.
-->'''Maria''': Steve! He said a bad language word!
* AffirmativeActionGirl: It doesn't really balance it out, but it does help to decrease Black Widow's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Smurfette]] rating.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's usually serious and has dark brown hair.
* BadassNormal: Would have to be in order for ComicBook/NickFury to trust her to use a truck and a small team to [[spoiler:chase after [[PhysicalGod Loki]] and the BrainwashedAndCrazy Hawkeye]].
* ByTheBookCop: This creates friction with her and Fury due to his more MilitaryMaverick style, and several times she's filed reports to the WSC criticizing his actions. Even after she develops undying loyalty to Fury, she still retains this: notably she's not in any particular mood to join Fury or Coulson in their fight against HYDRA.
* CallBack: During ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' she says she's helping Stark "privatize global security" which connects to something Tony said back in ''Iron Man 2'', only he said "world peace."
* CommandingCoolness: In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'''s episode [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace "The Magical Place"]], it's revealed her title as Deputy Director is "Commander".
* CommunicationsOfficer: The link between Fury and multiple S.H.I.E.L.D. operations.
* TheCynic: In contrast to the more idealistic Coulson. When S.H.I.E.L.D. goes bust, she seems more resigned to give up the fight against HYDRA, be content to work for Tony Stark, and play ball with the government as much as she can. Coulson stills prefers to fight on, even if he has no official support or sanction.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
-->'''Tony Stark''': ''[simulating an eyepatch while looking at two screens]'' How does Fury even see these?\\
'''Maria Hill''': [[CaptainObvious He turns.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s collapses seems to be this for her. She goes to work for Tony Stark; but she briefly joins Coulson in order to get Skye back, but that's it. She tells Coulson "there is no S.H.I.E.L.D. anymore" after he asks her for backup to go after the Centipede sector of HYDRA. She tells him he's on his own and goes back to her new civillian life. [[spoiler: She either came back from it or was pretending because both ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' season 2 and ''Age of Ultron'' show her continuing to work with Coulson and for Fury.]]
* DressingAsTheEnemy: [[spoiler: One of the mooks that guard the arrested Cap, Black Widow and Falcon]] turns out to be Hill in disguise, about to save them. She makes a snarky comment on the helmet being uncomfortable.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Not long after her introduction, after hearing [[BadassInCharge Nick Fury]] get shot, she leaves with a small team and a truck, to chase after [[spoiler:[[BigBad Loki]], and the BrainwashedAndCrazy crew of an unnamed ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} agent, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, and [[TheProfessor Erik]] [[Film/{{Thor}} Selvig]] to try to take back the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Tesseract]]]] without even being ordered. She ends up with her truck facing the opposition head on, with them firing at each other through windshields until she is forced to move away, surviving a crash not long after.
* GuestStarPartyMember: In her second ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' appearance, she assists Coulson's team as they attempt to recover their kidnapped communications specialist and their stolen plane.
* HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee: She had to undergo a Congressional hearing after [[spoiler: S.H.I.E.L.D. was taken down in ''The Winter Soldier'']].
* ImportantHaircut: Cuts her hair by the end of ''Age of Ultron'' [[spoiler: when she rejoins S.H.I.E.L.D. so the throwback to the first film is complete.]]
* ItsPersonal: In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', learning that [[spoiler:Ward]] is a traitor when she personally vetted him is enough for her to immediately turn on Talbot when she had previously been helping him.
* MissionControl: For [[spoiler: the helicarrier assault team]] in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and the Avengers in ''Age of Ultron''.
* TheMole: For [[spoiler: the World Security Council]] in deleted scenes, though she sides with Fury in the end. In a blink and miss it moment, as she is trying to shut down the "rogue bird," you can see the WSC override has locked her out of the system.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Dark blue, actually, but still looks like black from a distance.
* NeverLiveItDown: InUniverse, Coulson loves to poke fun over her horrible porcupine drawing. He's also miffed she joined Stark Industries instead of joining his team, calling her a "sellout".
* NotSoStoic: She usually behaves quite seriously and professionally, but "usually" is the operative word here.
-->'''Agent Ward:''' I don't think Thor is technically a god.\\
'''Maria Hill:''' [[NotSoAboveItAll Yeah, you haven't been]] [[DistractedByTheSexy near his arms.]]
* NumberTwo: To Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. she is the officaly second in command.
* SecretKeeper: She was one of the few people who knew [[spoiler: Fury was alive]] from the beginning.
* SellOut: Coulson calls her one for joining the private sector instead of Coulson's team.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Led the US military to Fury's secret base in Canada, interrupting Coulson's rescue attempt of Skye and denying his team any further use of it as a refuge.
* TheStoic: She usually behaves quite seriously and professionally.
* TerribleArtist: Her attempt to draw a porcupine in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' ended up looking to Coulson like "a poop, with knives sticking out of it".
* UndyingLoyalty:
** By the time of ''The Winter Soldier'', she's developed this towards Fury. She becomes TheLancer after Coulson's "death", firmly supporting Fury's actions.[[spoiler: She's one of the few people he trusted with the truth of his survival.]]
** As revealed in ''Age of Ultron'', she [[spoiler:only pretended to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. for Stark Industries. She was still working for Nick Fury the entire time, and is first to rejoin him aboard the recommissioned Helicarrier. Tony Stark was less than enthused.]]
* TheWatson: In ''The Avengers'', most of her quotes are questions about how to deal with what's going on.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** She gets this from Coulson on multiple occasions: covering up his resurrection and then leading the US military to the secret Providence base.
** Coulson is also not very happy for joining the Private Sector instead of his team, calling her a "sellout".
** Tony Stark, the man she sells out to, is not happy when he learns [[spoiler:joining his company was a ruse until Fury was able to build a new S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
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[[folder:Secretary Alexander Pierce]]
!! ''Secretary Alexander Pierce''

See [[Characters/CaptainAmericaFilms his character tropes on the Captain America sub-page]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:The World Security Council]]
!!''The World Security Council''
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->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PowersBoothe, Arthur Darbinyan, Donald Lee, Creator/JennyAgutter, Chin Han, Creator/AlanDale, Bernard White\\
'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' (mentioned only) | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}} | Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

->''"We're running the world's greatest covert security network and you're gonna leave the fate of the human race to a handful of freaks."''

A secretive international group in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury reports directly to them... but he doesn't always agree with them.

See the [[Characters/AgentsOfSHIELDHydra Agents of SHIELD HYDRA page]] for more information on Gideon Malick.

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce executes three members of the council when they try to stop his plan. Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe) returns in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and two others don't appear in the film. Since she was replaced by Black Widow, however, Ms. Hawley (Jenny Agutter) may still be alive.]]
* CosmopolitanCouncil: International Group. Out-of-universe, this is why the Pentagon didn't provide assistance during production.
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Even they find Pierce's HYDRA scheme repellant. When Pierce gave one of them the hypothetical situation of their daughter being held at gunpoint by terrorists, about to be executed, and he could stop it with a flick of a switch, Pierce asks him if would. The member retorts, "Not if it was your switch."]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: You actually can see their faces, but it takes a bit of squinting.
* FlatCharacter: The reason they all share one folder? We know nothing about them individually, except for Gideon Malick who has appearances in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD.''
* FantasticRacism: They distrust the Avengers on the basis of them being an untested "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of freaks]]". They also initially refer to Loki as merely "the Asgardian", until Nick Fury corrects them. They also refer to Captain America as a "costumed mercenary".
* LawfulStupid: Hence why Fury [[MilitaryMaverick often elects to ignore their orders]].
* MisaimedFandom:
** In-Universe. The WSC wanted the Abomination on the Avengers instead of the Hulk, since they viewed Blonsky [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as a war hero]] and blamed Harlem's destruction on [[HeroWithBadPublicity Banner]]. It takes a sneaky BatmanGambit from S.H.I.E.L.D. to have their request for Blonsky to be denied.
** [[spoiler:Later, Steve Rogers finds they've been collecting old HYDRA tech, as they've been studying them so they too can create Tesseract powered weaponry.]]
* {{NGO}}: They don't seem to be accountable to any government - as they order a nuclear mission to New York City without consulting anyone.
* NukeEm: They decide to solve the Chitauri problem with a nuke.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mostly to Nick Fury, hence why he elects to ignore their decisions.
* OverrideCommand: The same override command that the pilot receives to launch the nuke locked Maria Hill out of the system before she could override the launch.
* ShownTheirWork: [[spoiler:When they decide to nuke Manhattan, they launch two jets just in case somebody manages to stop one. Such redundancy is standard real-life procedure when "delivering a package".]]
* StrawCharacter: They exist to make Fury look right in spite of his MilitaryMaverick attitude, most notably when they opt to [[spoiler: immediately nuke New York rather than send in more military support, give the Avengers more time, or ''anything'' else.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Gideon Malick (Powers Boothe), who went unnamed in his appearance in The Avengers and then was conspicuously absent in Captain America 2, returns (now with a name!) in the third season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Whoever they are, not much is known about them.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Hawley is the only woman in the council.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Firing a nuclear missile at New York City to halt the Chitauri invasion.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Councilwoman Hawley is not at the meeting in ''Winter Soldier'' that proves fatal for the other three members of the council; she is replaced by Black Widow in disguise. The whereabouts of the real Councilwoman Hawley are not revealed.]]
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