History Characters / MCUScottLang

* UnstoppableRage: When Kang goes back on his word to free Cassie in exchange for the power core, Scott gets very, ''very'' angry. He charges into the Conqueror's base at the size of a ''titan'', crushing everything in his path and shrugging off every attempt to stop him like a juggernaut and literally roaring with rage.

* WouldHitAGirl: Training with Hope was full-contact.

* ShapeshifterModeLock: In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he half-shrinks down at one point to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to his full size.

* NaiveNewcomer: Because his adventures are more down to Earth, Scott is the only member of the Avengers in ''Endgame'' to not have any encounter with an Infinity Stone. And since he is not associated with them until the very end, he is awestruck to hear some of their adventures, especially those from the cosmos like Thor and the Guardians.

* ShapeshifterBaggage: Although the Pym Particles keep his density from fluctuating, he expends much more energy moving and fighting as Giant-Man in ''Civil War'', becoming completely exhausted after only a short time. In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', it nearly causes his death, as he passes out while standing in the ocean and almost drowns.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he half-shrinks down at one point to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to his full size. Averted from ''Endgame'' onwards, as by then he's trained himself to sustain his giant form with no ill effects (though he does note in ''Quantumania'' he gets extremely hungry afterwards).

* ShapeshifterModeLock: In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he half-shrinks down at one point to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to his full size.

* CelebritySuperhero: Post-''Endgame'', he seems to have become ''the'' celebrity superhero of the MCU following his role in the battle against Thanos: ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' reveals he has his own podcast, he is featured prominently at [=AvengerCon=], and has tributes honoring him worldwide, while ''Quantumania'' shows that he's now effectively retired from heroics and makes a living selling and reading his book, being highly recognizable. Also, he is included in the in-universe musical [[ShowWithinAShow "Rogers: The Musical"]], set during the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' although he wasn't part of the team back than. He's also called out by his family to not doing any good anymore and instead just using his past accomplishments for his personal endeavors.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Played with. Due to his criminal past, he initially has a hard time convincing others (except his daughter) that he is a good person and a hero. Even aside from being a superhero, it's just plain hard for an ex-con to find a job, to the point that he has to use an alias to get a job at a ''Baskin-Robbins''. When Scott outs himself as a public superhero in ''Civil War'', it's while he's assisting the fugitive Anti-Accords team, resulting in him being locked in the Raft, and later transferred to house arrest in San Francisco. Scott eventually begins to avert this after his contribution to the final battle in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', as ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' show that he has become just as celebrated as the original Avengers, with people cosplaying as Ant-Man, "Rogers: The Musical" [[InUniverseFactoidFailure depicting him as present during the Battle of New York]], and Jersey City having street art of him with the tagline "You can start small and still be larger than life". The latter show also reveals that Scott has apparently started up a podcast that is apparently quite popular in-universe.

** Scott is also one to Clint Barton. Both of them are [[ActionDad Action Dads]] who care greatly for their families, but are complete opposite otherwise. Scott's size changing abilities granted by the Pym Particle technology make him UnskilledButStrong, while Clint is a BadassNormal whose marksman skills make him WeakButSkilled. Scott enjoys the [[CelebritySuperhero attention and adoration]] he gets for being an Avenger, while Clint is a HumbleHero who tries to avoid the spotlight. Scott struggles to keep his family and loved ones separate from his heroics, while Clint does everything in his power to keep his family safe from his enemies.

** He and Spider-Man are also the ones in the team-up movie that react how the audience would do in front of their superheroes: He's especially buffled [[AscendedFanboy to meet Captain America and fight by his side]] in ''Civil War''. He's also the only one in the team not having gone to space by the time of ''Endgame''
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Giant-Man form is not as useful as it looks. True, he's got far more brute strength and destructive power in this form, but he's reduced to a lumbering speed which means that although he has greater toughness, he couldn't really dodge an attack that would threaten him. The suit itself isn't actually designed to do that and he mentions that just doing it risks tearing him apart. The SquareCubeLaw also means that he exerts an enormous amount of energy simply to maintain the form, and just a few minutes is enough to exhaust him to the point where he can't even stand. His more up-to-date suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' makes this ability more practical because it's been updated to do it safely, allowing it to be used in short bursts so he doesn't exhaust himself. Or at least it would be if the suit had been fully tested and worked properly.\\\
Towards the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame,'' Scott reverts to his Giant-Man form in order to save Bruce, Rocket, and Rhodey from being crushed by rubble. He is then shown charging into battle in this form, but shrinks back to his normal size later and doesn't seem any worse for wear. Granted, this may be because of the adrenaline, but it's still a massive improvement over the Scott in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' who keeled over into the ocean after only a few minutes.

* CelebritySuperhero: Post-''Endgame'' he seems to have become ''the'' celebrity superhero of the MCU following his role in the battle against Thanos: ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' reveals he has his own podcast, while ''Quantumania'' shows that he's now effectively retired from heroics and makes a living selling and reading his book, being highly recognizable. Also, he is included in the in-universe musical [[ShowWithinAShow "Rogers: The Musical"]], set during the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' although he wasn't part of the team back than. He's also called out by his family to not doing any good anymore and instead just using his past accomplishments for his endeavors.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Played with. Due to his criminal past, he initially has a hard time convincing others (except his daughter) that he is a good person and a hero. Even aside from being a superhero, it's just plain hard for an ex-con to find a job, to the point that he has to use an alias to get a job at a ''Baskin-Robbins''. When Scott outs himself as a public superhero in ''Civil War'', it's while he's assisting the fugitive Anti-Accords team, resulting in him being locked in the Raft, and later transferred to house arrest in San Francisco. Scott eventually begins to avert this after his contribution to the final battle in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', as ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' show that Scott has become just as celebrated as the original Avengers, with people cosplaying as him, "Rogers: The Musical" [[InUniverseFactoidFailure depicting him as present during the Battle of New York]], and Jersey City has street art of him with the words "You can start small and still be larger than life". The latter show also reveals that Scott has apparently started up a podcast that is apparently quite popular in-universe.
* HiddenDepths: He's a moderately good drummer and spends a lot of time bashing on an electronic kit when he's under house arrest. Since he can't go anywhere, he has a lot of time to get good at it.

** Scott is also one to Clint Barton. Both of them are {{ActionsDad|s}} who care greatly for their families, but are complete opposite otherwise. Scott's size changing abilities granted by the Pym Particle technology make him UnskilledButStrong, while Clint is a BadassNormal whose marksman skills make him WeakButSkilled. Scott enjoys the [[CelebrityHero attention and adoration]] he gets for being an Avenger, while Clint is a HumbleHero who tries to avoid the spotlight. Scott struggles to keep his family and loved ones separate from his heroics, while Clint does everything in his power to keep his family safe from his enemies.

* {{Manchild}}: He's goofy, excitable, and carefree, and initially has trouble being a responsible parent to Cassie, holding down a steady job, or displaying emotional maturity despite being in his 40s. Even after his CharacterDevelopment he still shows shades of this. It gets hilariously lampshaded when Hank jokingly talks down to Scott [[ItMakesSenseInContext like he's four years old]], asking him if he wants a juice box or string cheese. Scott asks ''in all seriousness'' if they actually have any of those.
-->'''Hank:''' What are you, fifteen?

** Kang insults him several times in ''Quantumania'', having apparently never considered any version of "Ant-Man" worthy of his attention. At first, he cites his own superiority as the cause, but in a moment of pique reveals that he finds the power to "talk to ants" to be absurd in of itself.

** [[spoiler:Upon finding out Kang kidnapped Cassie and was never going to uphold his deal to keep her safe, Scott is ''embroiled with fury'', angrily shouting his Kang's name and destroying parts of his empire with rage-filled punches and kicks as Giant-Man.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike his Earth-2149 counterpart he was cured by the Vision.

* ApologeticAttacker: He repeatedly tells Falcon that he's a fan even while dismantling his suit from the inside. Given Scott's [[NiceGuy nature]] this is common in most of his fights. The only exceptions are when Darren Cross [[PapaWolf threatened Cassie]] or when he has to help the Avengers deal with Thanos who had not only killed half the universe including Hank, Janet, and [[LoveInterest Hope]] but upon learning that those deaths had been undone tried to destroy and remake the entire universe instead.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: After defeating Falcon, far from being upset (if not a little embarrassed), Wilson was impressed enough to bring him into the Avengers as part of Captain America's team during ''Civil War''.

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* AffectionateNickname: By ''Civil War'', Falcon has taken to calling him "Tic-Tac." It could also be considered an InsultOfEndearment but it never has any real bite to it.

* AwesomeButImpractical: His Giant-Man form is not as useful as it looks. True, he's got far more brute strength and destructive power in this form, but he's reduced to a lumbering speed which means that although he has greater toughness, he couldn't really dodge an attack that would threaten him. The suit itself isn't actually designed to do that and he mentions that just doing it risks tearing him apart. The SquareCubeLaw also means that he exerts an enormous amount of energy simply to maintain the form, and just a few minutes is enough to exhaust him to the point where he can't even stand. His more up-to-date suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' makes this ability more practical because it's been updated to do it safely, allowing it to be used in short bursts so he doesn't exhaust himself. Or at least it would be if the suit had been fully tested and worked properly.
** Towards the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame,'' Scott reverts to his Giant-Man form in order to save Bruce, Rocket, and Rhodey from being crushed by rubble. He is then shown charging into battle in this form, but shrinks back to his normal size later and doesn't seem any worse for wear. Granted, this may be because of the adrenaline, but it's still a massive improvement over the Scott in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' who keeled over into the ocean after only a few minutes.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Scott Lang is treated as comic relief in the presence of the other Avengers, yet in ''Civil War'', he ends up being the most formidable opponent for the Pro-Registration heroes as Giant-Man, providing the critical distraction to allow Steve and Bucky to escape. In ''Endgame,'' he's the lynchpin for the entire plot and his Giant-Man form is extremely useful in the final battle, where he punches Leviathans out of the sky and crushes Cull Obsidian (the strongest of Thanos's children in the previous movie) underfoot as if he were nothing.

* TheBigGuy: His Giant-Man form is (of course) this for Cap's team during the airport battle, managing to engage and delay almost the ''entirety'' of Tony’s team and basically swat aside any hits like they were flies.

* ButtMonkey: Whether it's his suit malfunctioning and causing him to look the size of a four-year-old or the fact that he's not as "awesome" as the regular Avengers, Scott is the butt of many jokes regardless of the film. Unlike Tony and Banner who are geniuses, Scott is called out on believing stereotypes about time travel; he also has to be reminded that he's way less known as Ant-Man than even the Hulk, and his dorky demeanor is looked down upon and mocked by several other characters. It's especially prominent in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' once everyone's all together. More examples include:

** In ''Captain America: Civil War'', he becomes Giant-Man, one of Hank Pym's old aliases from the comics. However, in this setting, he's the ''first'' (and so far, only) character to become Giant-Man, as Hank only dealt with shrinking during his career as a superhero. This actually brings to mind Scott in ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', surprisingly enough, where Scott inherited the Giant-Man identity from Pym, but he's never been Giant-Man in the 616 comics.
*** Also, the giant superheroes joining Captain America's side in the [[ComicBook/CivilWar comic book Civil War]] were actually [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature, Scott's daughter]] and Goliath as [[SparedByTheAdaptation comic book Scott was dead during the comic event.]]

** Scott gets no small amount of frustration at having superpowers yet remaining an unknown to the public. The fact that his superheroics were discreet in nature or were never revealed to the public doesn't help though. In ''Civil War'', during Tony's visit to the Raft where Scott is incarcerated yet again for his part in the airport battle in Berlin:

* TheEveryman: In a world filled with geniuses, super soldiers, gods, spies, and aliens, Scott is the first MCU protagonist to just be a normal guy with a relatively normal life prior to obtaining the suit. All the more apparent when Hope and Hank come out of hiding to kidnap him in the second movie, meaning he's dressed in an [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]]-esque flannel housecoat, undershirt, and boxers while he's being reintroduced to their world of espionage and super-science.

* {{Foil}}: The Ant-Man movies are themed around fathers and father figures, with Scott the devoted father whose life is in shambles contrasting with Hank, the successful, rational man who is emotionally distant from his proteges. This becomes stronger in the sequel, which adds another father and (surrogate) daughter pair with Bill Foster and Ghost: by that point, Scott has grown to the point where his good nature makes Ghost takes a shine to him, and allows him to alleviate Hope's fears about her own parents.
** In a sense, Scott is this to Thanos: both are fathers. Scott is paternal and Thanos is adoptive. While Scott genuinely loves his daughter, Cassie, Thanos uses his foster children to carry out his twisted crusade, punishing them unforgivingly should they fail. Thanos found a way to complete his crusade to “save” the universe with the Infinity Stones, wiping out half of all life with a snap of his fingers. Scott finds a way to ruin Thanos's plan by using the Quantum Realm to travel through time and take Infinity Stones from the past, undoing the Snap. It’s almost fitting that a flawed yet loving father undid the actions of a terrible father.

* CelebritySuperhero: Post-''Endgame'' he seems to have become ''the'' celebrity superhero of the MCU following his role in the battle against Thanos: ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' reveals he has his own podcast, while ''Quantumania'' shows he now seemingly makes a living selling and reading his book, being highly recognizable. Also, he is included in the in-universe musical [[ShowWithinAShow "Rogers: The Musical"]], set during the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' althuought he wasn't part of the team back than. He's also called out by his family to not doing any good anymore and instead just caring for being famous.

* CelebritySuperhero: Post-''Endgame'' he seems to have become ''the'' celebrity superhero of the MCU following his role in the battle against Thanos: ''Series/MsMarvel2022'' reveals he has his own podcast, while ''Quantumania'' shows he now seemingly makes a living selling and reading his book, being highly recognizable. Also, he is included in the in-universe musical [[ShowIWithinAShow Rogers: The Musical]], set during the events of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' althuought he wasn't part of the team back than. He's also called out by his family to not doing any good anymore and instead just caring for being famous.

* PapaWolf: Everything he has done is to help or protect his daughter in some way, and he's at his most angry when Cross attacks his home and breaks into Cassie's bedroom. In fact, trying to kill Cassie might be the one thing that'll make Scott break his ThouShaltNotKill policy, as Cross learns a little too late.

* MrFanservice: He has an obligatory shirtless scene in both of his movies.

'''Scott:''' ''[{{beat}}]'', [[TrailersAlwaysLie only in the trailer]])'' ...Makes sense.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: He has a degree in engineering, and comes across as the brains of the operation around Luis, Kurt, and Dave. But he always ends up looking and feeling like an idiot around Hank and Hope or Tony and Bruce.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PaulRudd, Bazlo & Loen [=LeClair=] (baby), Jackson Dunn (age 12), Lee Moore (age 93)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Sergio Bonilla, Álvaro Salarich (age 12), Miguel Ángel Sanromán (age 93) (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/ClaudioSerrano (European Spanish dub), Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (Japanese dub), Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French dub), Patrice Dubois (Canadian French dub), Márcio Araújo (Brazilian Portuguese dub)

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: While Scott and his access to Pym technology is crucial to ending the Infiniy Saga, doing so also makes him indirectly responsible for the events of the Multiverse Saga. By introducing time travel to the MCU and proposing the Time Heist, Scott sets off a chain of events that results in the 2012 Loki Variant absconding with the Tesseract. This in turn sets off another chain of events in ''Loki'' that culminates with the breaking of the Sacred Timeline and the restoration of Kang the Conqueror and his other Variants.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: A common advantage Scott can exploit, in part because of his being a PintSizedPowerhouse when shrunk... and partially because his Giant-Man strength and durability is pretty much ''Hulk-Level'' and that entire powerset is unexpected by most enemies.

* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Has this with Hope. All throughout the first film, they share a palpable amount of unresolved sexual tension, resulting in a kiss at the end. However, in the next one, Hope spends a good chunk of the movie furious at him, mostly for running off to Germany and endangering the Pyms, which forces them to go on the run. She only thaws when he proves instrumental in bringing her mother back and the two of them--plus Cassie--are shown watching a movie together happily. Before this can go any further, Hope gets dusted, depressing the normally upbeat Scott to a degree that he can't even talk about her. Thankfully, she gets better.
** The last time they're shown in ''Film/AvengersEndgame,'' Hope is leaning against him and the two are holding hands while they watch Earth's celebratory fireworks, so it's probably safe to say that even if they haven't made it official, they've at least acknowledged that there's ''something'' going on between the two of them.