History Characters / MCUStarkFamily

** In the comics, he and Steve Rogers aren't really close as he was not involved whatsoever in Steve's origin story. In here, the two are close friends as he helped turn Steve into a SuperSoldier and made him his iconic vibranium shield and he continued to mourn Steve until he died.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Stark shows shades of believing this in ''Agent Carter'', believing that setting himself up as bait in a trap is the best way to make up for the damage done by his weapons. "This is the only way to redeem myself!"

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Howard develops weapons for the military which is why he wasn't punished for helping Steve with his ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.

* StepfordSmiler: Underneath his cocky showy persona he harbors deep feelings of guilt for his failure to to find Steve and all the death and destruction his inventions bring.

* HeroesWantRedheads: It takes some time for Tony to admit, but it does happen.

** In ''Film/AgentCarter'', he explains bikinis to Dum-Dum at the end.
** In ''Series/AgentCarter'', his tomcatting is expanded upon and has several women hanging around his Los Angeles mansion's pool.

* TimeShiftedActor: Played by a total of three actors corresponding to the different ages at which the character appears: by Dominic Cooper in the 1940s, by John Slattery in the [=1960s=], [=1970s=], [=1980s=], and [=1990s=], and by Gerard Sanders in various flashback photos in ''Iron Man''.

** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' he kisses one of the showgirls helping him demonstrate the early repulsor car at the fair, and later suggestively invites Peggy for fondue in Switzerland when flying Steve behind enemy lines to rescue the 107th.
** In ''Film/AgentCarter'' he explains bikinis to Dum-Dum at the end.
** In ''Series/AgentCarter'' his tomcatting is expanded upon and has several women hanging around his Los Angeles mansion's pool.

* LineageComesFromTheFather: Brown hair and brown eyes? Check. Precocious interest in technology? Check. Talent for banter and trouble? Check. Taste for cheeseburgers? Check. Blatant {{Foreshadowing}} about her taking up the Iron [[JustForPun Mantle]] someday? Three thousand check.

!!Household and Family Friends

[[folder:Edwin Jarvis]]
!!''Edwin Jarvis''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"An ideal butler provides service without being asked."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' British
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' British Armed Forces (formerly), Stark Industries
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JamesDArcy
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Dafnis Fernández (Latin-American Spanish dub), Txema Moscoso (European Spanish dub), Norihiro Inoue (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

->'''Peggy:''' You're new to espionage, aren't you?\\
'''Jarvis:''' Far from it. Last summer, I caught the cook pocketing the good spoons.

Howard Stark's butler, lent to Peggy in order to aid her in clearing Stark's name. Posthumously ended up becoming the basis for J.A.R.V.I.S., Tony Stark's A.I..
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's younger and far more attractive than the balding, portly man from the comics. Also, in his cameo in ''Avengers: Endgame'', he appeared to have aged gracefully in 1970, still having kept his hair from TheForties, but with slightly longer SeventiesHair complete with the period's exclusive sideburns.
** The tie-in comic to Iron Man establishes that by the time Tony is a child, Jarvis does gain the balding and portly physique of his comic counterpart.
* AdaptationalWimp: His comic counterpart was a veteran of the Royal Air Force and a former boxing champion, and even a few supervillains who broke into the Avengers Mansion had their asses handed to them by him (just ask Toad), and against those he is thoroughly outclassed by, like Mister Hyde, he takes beatings like a champ. Here, he's mostly a NonActionGuy, though he does have military experience, as well as some (non-combat) flight hours.
* AlternateSelf: His past self makes a brief appearance in ''Avengers: Endgame'', tying ''Agent Carter'' to the films and being the first ever character from a Marvel TV show to appear in an MCU film.
* BadassDriver: He [[OutrunTheFireball outruns the explosion]] that reduces a Roxxon refinery into compressed rubble and only barely escapes.
* BattleButler: Averted in Season 1. Jarvis doesn't have any combat-related experience whatsoever, but helps out Peggy anyway. Season 2 shows that he's been ''trying'' to become this by taking up weightliftng, Judo, and Marquis of Queensbury rules Boxing, though he still has a long way to go.
* BeleagueredAssistant: To Howard Stark, who uses him for everything from breaking up with girlfriends to illegally spying on government organizations.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Jarvis is StiffUpperLip and PluckyComicRelief personified, and yet people often forget that before he was a butler he was a soldier. When Whitney shoots Ana in the stomach, Jarvis puts all of his niceties, quirks, and Britishisms aside and simply opts to hunt her down and kill her. If she hadn't assimilated with Zero Matter the way she did, he would've murdered her on the spot. [[WhatTheHellHero Despite being called out on this]], not once did he feel guilty or remorseful.
* TheBusCameBack: He has a cameo in ''Avengers: Endgame'', several decades after the events of ''Agent Carter'' in-story and several years after ''Agent Carter'' was cancelled in real life time. His appearance also marks the first time that a character from a Marvel TV-produced series has crossed over into a film.
* CallForward: He provides the test message for Howard's verbal burglar alarm, and is quite nonplussed at the idea of his disembodied voice continuing in this role.
* TheCameo: He appears alongside Howard in ''Endgame'' when Tony and Steve travel to the '70s to retrieve the Tesseract.
* ChekhovsSkill: His talent as a forger come in handy to get Peggy out of trouble.
* CombatPragmatist: After taking up fighting training, he decides to make a specialty out of a move that requires him to first be knocked on his back.
* TheComicallySerious: While he's an snark expert, Jarvis also causes many laughs by [[StiffUpperLip trying to retain his British coolness]] being stuck in embarrassing situations.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Just before World War II broke out, he was the batman[[note]]an enlisted soldier assigned to be an officer's servant[[/note]] to a general. He met his future wife Ana in Budapest, and begged the general to sign letters of transit to get her out to save her from growing antisemitic policies since she was Jewish and Hungary joined Nazi Germany in the axis. He refused, so Jarvis forged the signature himself. He got charged with treason which was dropped (due to Howard Stark's intervention), but that didn't stop him from getting a dishonorable discharge.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Matches Carter's snarkiness word for word]]. He's not just one to her, either. This is his response to being arrested by S.S.R.:
-->'''Jarvis:''' Won't this be novel? I haven't been in the ''back'' of a car in years.
* DeathByAdaptation: The MCU version of Edwin Jarvis has already passed away even before ''Film/IronMan1''. In the comics, he's still very much alive and he is also the butler for ComicBook/TheAvengers.
* DecompositeCharacter: Largely similar to his comic-book counterpart, only removed to an earlier time, thereby disallowing association with the Avengers, which is instead fulfilled by the J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I..
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Of Agent Carter.
* GentleGiant: He's 6'3" and a kindhearted fellow.
* HappilyMarried: He has a solid relationship with his wife, Ana.
* HeroesWantRedheads: His wife Ana has red hair.
* HouseHusband: Appears to be this while his wife works, fittingly for a butler.
* TheJeeves: To Howard. In addition to being an excellent and reliable butler, he also has enough scientific knowledge to double as Howard's lab assistant when required.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He very much enjoys his adventures with Peggy.
* KilledOffscreen: He passed away of old age some time after Howard and Maria Stark's deaths. Tony later named his first AI after him as a tribute.
* LastNameBasis: With everyone except his wife, as Howard's his boss, he's Peggy's assistant, and everyone else is a veritable stranger to him.
* TheMedic: Jarvis's medical knowledge often comes in handy such as stitching up Peggy's wounds.
* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: He claims that, aside from "Danger", "Charm" is his middle name.
* NiceGuy: Jarvis is impeccably polite and respectful to everyone, occasional snarking aside.
* NonActionGuy: At least at first, he doesn't fight.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Whenever he's uncomfortable, his professionalism slips and he becomes endearing.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jarvis usually both excessively polite and comedic, so seeing him brought to tears by Ana being shot by Whitney Frost in Season 2 is appropriately jarring. Even more drastic is how dark he becomes after this, being consumed by vengeance towards Whitney. This culminates in him straight up gunning down Whitney in cold blood, which, unfortunately, doesn't work.
* ParentalSubstitute: He was this to Tony, since Howard was never around. There's a reason why Tony named his A.I. after him. Also, his wife was rendered barren when Whitney shot her, so Tony was the closest thing to a son that Jarvis could ever have.
* PinocchioNose: While driving Peggy to the office to steal the Blitzkrieg Button, he compulsively rubs at his right ear when he's dissembling. Peggy notices it.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Peggy eventually become close-knit partners as the series continues.
* PrecisionFStrike: When he's trying to convince Peggy that Dooley's death isn't her fault, his StiffUpperLip fractures just a bit, blaming it on "Mr. Stark's ''bloody'' inventions".
* TheReliableOne: Filling a similar role that Pepper would serve to Tony, Jarvis is Howard's most trusted confidant. He also ends up filling this role for Carter.
* RetiredBadass: Revealed to have been active during World War II and still have the combat training to back it up.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Shooting Whitney Frost in a fit of rage did not help matters.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: What he did to help Ana, as well as assisting Peggy is no doubt illegal but certainly noble.
* SecretKeeper: For Peggy's non-S.S.R. spywork but with Howard as well. [The both of them seem to share information of something that Peggy doesn't need to know about.
* ServileSnarker: Helpful sarcasm to Peggy and presumably to Howard, as well. When Peggy tells him that she doesn't want his help (after he helped her) he responds, "The ideal butler performs services without being asked."
* SharpDressedMan: Always sharply dressed because he is a professional-minded butler.
* {{Sidekick}}: He's Peggy's right-hand-man.
* SilverFox: Endgame shows that Jarvis aged finely in TheSeventies.
* StiffUpperLip: See his calm and relaxed description to Carter regarding the effects of a weapon that could lay to waste an entire block.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: 6'3, dark-haired, and always impeccably dressed and styled.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** To Howard for what he did for him during the war. Not that it stops him from giving Howard a WhatTheHellHero for lying to Peggy about Steve's blood.
** By "SNAFU", he admits that Howard's inventions have only brought bad things.
** Breaks this a bit in the season one finale by giving Peggy the vial of Steve's blood without informing Howard.
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[[folder:Ana Jarvis]]
!!''Ana Jarvis''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Hungarian
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LotteVerbeek
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Karen Fonseca (Latin-American Spanish dub), Mar Bordallo (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter''

Edwin Jarvis' wife.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: [[PlayingWithATrope Inverted.]] She is openly Jewish, which is what led to her (then future) husband Edwin Jarvis having to rescue her from being deported in Nazi-occupied Hungary.
* BreakTheCutie: {{Averted|Trope}}, Ana has a pretty traumatic time of it before and during the series, culminating in her being shot in the stomach and losing any hope of having children someday. But, even though she's upset by the news, she continues to look on the bright side, and it seems that the bad things that happen to her never manage to change who she is.
* CanonForeigner: Jarvis wasn't married in the comics.
* TheGadfly: She loves her husband... and loves ruffling his oh-so-British feathers by snogging him in front of guests. She also doesn't resist the opportunity to poke fun at Peggy and Edwin's "compromising" sparring position.
* TheGhost: Does not appear on-screen in the first season.
* HappilyMarried: She and Jarvis are downright ''adorable'' together. The strength of their marriage is shown when Ana is shot by Whitney. Jarvis is downright devastated and fears for his wife's life, even shoots Whitney in retaliation. During her recovery, he vows to protect her with his life and makes sure she is well taken care of even on the mission. When he tries to stay behind with Ana while Peggy and the others deal with Whitney, Ana shows her support of his adventures by insisting he go with Peggy to stop Whitney. She can also tell he's hiding something... that Ana had her womb punctured by the gunshot and now they can't have children.
* HiddenDepths: When we finally meet her, she seems to be a very typical, if not even air-headedly naive housewife. In reality, however, she's very smart and very much integrated with Edwin Jarvis's unusual line of work.
* InformedJudaism: She is Jewish, which is why she fled Hungary when the Nazis took over.
* LawOfInverseFertility: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in that Jarvis and Ana aren't actively trying for a baby and apparently haven't even decided if they want kids yet, but the news that she's now infertile is upsetting to them, though their relationship doesn't seem to suffer because of it.
* NiceGirl: Practically everyone, in-universe and in the fandom, is in agreement that Ana is ''just lovely''.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: She's supposed to be Hungarian but the actress uses her natural Dutch accent.
* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: Her job is never actually stated but it appears to be outside Stark's house. Yet, she lives there and occasionally accepts phone calls and greets with "Stark Household". It doesn't help that she never even shares any scene with Howard Stark.
* ThePollyanna: For someone who's survived Nazi-occupied Hungary, she's very bubbly and stable. In fact, she's very hands-on with her husband when they have intimate moments... [[TheComicallySerious and even when Peggy's watching]].
* SickeninglySweethearts: She and Jarvis have been married for at least a couple of years when the series starts, but it's obvious from the get-go that they're still very much in the honeymoon phase, with no intention of leaving it behind anytime soon. On Ana's side it's partly serious, partly PlayedForLaughs to gently mock the uptight sensibilities of any nearby Brits.
* TwoFirstNames: Jarvis is also used as a first name.
* TheVoice: In her first appearance, we hear her calling to Jarvis from offscreen but we never see her.
* WarRefugees: Escaped Hungary due to the Nazi occupation.
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[[folder:James "Rhodey" Rhodes]]
--> See [[Characters/MCUJamesRhodes his page]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Happy Hogan]]
!!''Harold "Happy" Hogan''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Let me tell you something, you know what happened when I told people I was Iron Man's bodyguard? They would laugh in my face. I had to leave while I still had a shred of dignity."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Stark Industries, Salvation Army
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JonFavreau
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Andrés García (Latin-American Spanish dub), Miguel Marquillas (European Spanish dub), Takeharu Onishi (Japanese dub), Mário Tupinambá (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan1 | Film/IronMan2 | Film/IronMan3 | Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''

->''"You're not Iron Man. You're never gonna be Iron Man. Nobody could live up to Tony. Not even Tony. Tony was my best friend. And he was a mess. He second-guessed everything he did, he was all over the place. The one thing that he did that he didn't second-guess was picking you. I don't think Tony would have done what he did... if he didn't know that you were gonna be here after he was gone."''

Tony Stark's loyal bodyguard and chauffeur, and eventually promoted to head of security at Stark Industries by the events of ''Iron Man 3''. He is soon assigned to serve as Peter Parker’s main point of contact for Tony, coming to respect and love the boy for his good heart and heroism.
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* AcePilot: Downplayed, [[spoiler:when he flies the plane to save Peter Parker's friends in ''Far From Home'' through an active combat zone occupied by countless drones. He sticks the landing but his jet is blown up in the chaos which forces him to make a new plan.]]
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The MCU version of Happy Hogan has a very close relationship with Spider-Man, to the point of appearing in all three movies in his first trilogy. In the comics, Happy and Peter don't know each other at all.
* AlliterativeName: First and last name start with an ''H''.
* AmusingInjuries: His fight with a single guard in ''Iron Man 2'' has him mostly getting his butt kicked, though he eventually wins. Earlier, he also gets an airbag to the face, and Black Widow wipes the floor with him in boxing.
* AscendedExtra: In the first ''Film/IronMan'' movie, he's little more than an extra. He has more to do in his following appearances.
* BadassDriver: His Monaco run must be seen to be believed; slaloming ''against the direction of the incoming race cars'' '''at top speed '''[[note]]Top speed of a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Phantom_Coupé Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé]]: '''155 mph.''' ''Average'' speed of the [[http://www.vivaf1.com/monaco.php Monaco Grand Prix]]: '''158 mph.''' Result: '''''+300 mph.'''''[[/note]] -- much of it '''''one-handed''''' because Pepper is desperately trying to get the Mark V uncuffed from his arm, with the key in his pocket.
* BattleButler: Practices boxing. While not nearly as badass as Black Widow, he does try. His real skill is driving.
* BadassNormal: Deconstructed, he throws a good punch on Savin but it means fuck all when Hogan is OvershadowedByAwesome.
* BodyguardingABadass: He doesn't consider it a real job after Tony becomes a superhero.
-->'''Happy:''' "...You know what happened when I told people I was Iron Man's bodyguard? They would laugh in my face."
* BoxingBattler: In his few fight scenes, he uses boxing.
* ButtMonkey: Comic relief is his thing. He (mostly) loses it in ''Endgame'' and in ''Far From Home'', when he really steps up for Tony's kids, both biological (Morgan) and spiritual (Peter).
* CreatorCameo: Jon Favreau directed the [[Film/IronMan1 first]] [[Film/IronMan2 two]] ''Iron Man'' movies.
* DecompositeCharacter: He takes on more characteristics of Comic!Jarvis in his later appearances, going from chauffeur to general assistant to butler, and then becomes a supporting character to other heroes, while also being a LoveInterest to Aunt May [[spoiler:(albeit only temporarily)]] much like Jarvis was in the entire period leading up to Creator/MarkMillar's ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}''.
* GenocideSurvivor: The promotional materials for ''Endgame'' confirmed that he survived the Snap.
* GuileHero: When he sees Savin, he immediately follows his car, and attempts to spy on him and Taggart in ''3''. He goes pretty well too, up until he gloated to Savin about stealing a piece of an Extremis vial. Although, that could be attributed to the fact that he [[DidNotSeeThatComing never considered Savin fighting back in public.]]
* GuiltByAssociationGag: In ''No Way Home'', [[spoiler:[[Characters/MCUMattMurdock Matt Murdock]]]] -- investigating [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Mysterio's frame-up]] -- clears Peter Parker of potential criminal litigation, but warns Happy to lawyer up since the feds are investigating the Stark tech Mysterio used that he presently manages.
-->'''Happy:''' ''[[OhCrap I'm]]'' under investigation? [[MotorMouth I thought [Peter] was— I thought, he would— I could say "advice of counsel, I refuse to answer the question respectfully because it could incriminate me"]]— same as ''Film/GoodFellas'', [[SawItInAMovieOnce what's the thing they say in]] ''[[SawItInAMovieOnce GoodFellas]]''?\\
'''May:''' I know what you're thinking, but calm down... let's see what he has to say.\\
'''Matt''': You're gonna need a ''really good'' lawyer.
* HeelRealization: After Spider-Man saves Happy's ass by stopping the Vulture from making off with an entire ship of the Avengers' tech, Happy realizes he was being a real jerk to him and treats Peter with a lot more kindness from then on.
* HiddenDepths: ''No Way Home'' reveals he has "Native New Yorker" by Odyssey as his ringtone.
* HonoraryUncle: Following Tony's death, Happy has come to love Peter as a nephew, partially out of obligation to a friend and brother who loved him like a son, but moreso because he sees in the boy the same noble heart that Tony once had. Happy's face practically ''glowed'' with love and pride as he watched Peter construct The Upgraded suit in a manner uncannily similar to how Tony constructed his Mark III armor, symbolically inheriting the legacy of Stark's heroic soul. [[spoiler:He also tries to date Aunt May, in the hopes that he could become Peter's ''official'' uncle one day as well, but the two end up splitting by the events of ''No Way Home''.]]
* HopelessSuitor: His actor confirms that Happy is in love with Pepper, but she and Tony have feelings for each other. [[spoiler:Though ''Far From Home'' shows that he's had a lot more luck with May Parker, by the next movie, he and May break up, putting him back at square one. Sadly, he is not able to make it work once more, as May is killed in ''No Way Home''.]]
* InsistentTerminology: In ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', he has to correct Flash in that he works ''with'' Spider-Man and not ''for'' Spider-Man.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Though WordOfGod from Jon Favreau confirms that he's secretly in love with Pepper[[note]]see the entry for PromotedToLoveInterest, below[[/note]], he's still a ShipperOnDeck for her and Tony, and doesn't even make a big deal out of it.
* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: During [[TheNineties the very late 90s]], Happy wore a goatee and much longer hair, as seen during the Switzerland 1999 New Years party in ''Film/IronMan3''. When a photo of him from that time is plastered on a news broadcast in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Happy is visibly cringing from embarrassment.
* JerkassBall: In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Tony has Happy act as the point guy for his "mentorship" to Peter. Happy is pretty jerkish towards Peter throughout the movie, including ignoring him, not taking anything he says seriously on the occasions he ''doesn't'' ignore him, and hanging up when Ned tries to tell him about Toomes's hijack plan at the climax. A lot of it is implied to be because he's currently still recovering from ''Iron Man 3'' and is much more of a workaholic than before, but needless to say, Happy's jerkiness causes some of the movie's plot to occur. After Peter saves the day (and Happy's job), Happy apologizes and acts much nicer to him from thereon.
** He already picked it in ''Film/IronMan3''. After becoming the head of security of Stark Industry, he becomes excessively obsessed with following protocol, scolds every employee and visitor not wearing their badge, suggests Pepper in firing all janitorial staff and replace them with robots, and is proud of the fact that staff complaints have risen to a shocking level because of him.
* MadeOfIron: While he was put in a coma from it, he still survived a close-range explosion in Iron Man 3 which killed everyone else with no long-lasting injuries.
* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Downplayed, as it follows a normal promotional ladder. He starts as Tony's bodyguard and driver, becomes Stark Industries' security chief in ''Iron Man 3'', and becomes head of Asset Management for ''Spider-Man Homecoming''.
* NonActionGuy: Played with. He was actually Stark's bodyguard and is a pretty good boxer himself. Thing is, he's so constantly OvershadowedByAwesome that he usually ends up taking non-combatant and support roles, making him look like one next to all the badass superheroes of the setting.
* OlderSidekick: He's this to Spider-Man come ''Far From Home'', being his non-combatant help and assistant. Though, [[InsistentTerminology he will have you know]], that he works ''with'' Spider-Man, not ''for'' him.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He is a pretty good boxer, unfortunately, he happens to live in a WorldOfBadass. Black Widow easily defeated him in their training in ''Film/IronMan2''. He complains about it in ''Iron Man 3'', hence why he switched to his new job as head of security.
* PapaWolf:
** In '' Far From Home'' he more or less becomes one to Peter, Ned, MJ, Betty, and Flash. In the latter four, he does everything in his limited power to keep out of harm's way during the attack in London.
** In ''No Way Home'', he allows May and Peter to move in with him due to the fallout of the latter's outing. He later [[spoiler:valiantly draws the attention of the Damage Control troops despite them being heavily armed, just to give Peter a chance to escape capture.]]
* ThePeepingTom: While driving, he can't resist looking through the rear-view mirror and getting a peek at Black Widow changing into her SpyCatsuit. Unfortunately, he should have been thinking more about driving.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. In the comics, he is Pepper's love interest, and eventually her husband. In the films, he isn't, and instead supports Pepper and Tony being together. [[https://twitter.com/Jon_Favreau/status/328581485173043201 There remains one hint of his attraction to Pepper]], though; note the ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' scene he's seen watching. [[spoiler: Happy tries to play this trope straight with May Parker in ''Far From Home'', but by ''No Way Home'', he is once again single, and he gets no chance to rekindle the relationship, as May dies at the hands of Green Goblin.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: His suspicion about Killian and his men leads him to follow the trail of their plot.
* RulesLawyer: After becoming head of Stark Industries security, he's an incredible stickler for protocol, namely everyone wearing their ID badges visibly on their torso. He takes a 300% increase in HR complaints [[ComicallyMissingThePoint as a sign of accomplishment]].
* SharpDressedMan: He always wears a suit because he's a high-ranking member of Stark Industries. He has to look professional.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Calls Pepper "the best thing that's ever happened to [Tony]", and is concerned about her possibly falling for Killian if Tony continues to neglect her. In ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', it's revealed that he's been carrying around an engagement ring for Tony to give to Pepper since ''2008''. That was before they even became a couple!
** For Peter and MJ as well. Before the final fight in London in ''Far From Home'', Peter asks him to deliver the black dahlia necklace he bought for MJ to her in case something happens to the former. Happy refuses, insisting Peter's going to be just fine and wanting ''him'' to give it to her instead. Circumstances do eventually lead to him giving MJ the necklace offscreen, though, and it turns out to be the final piece needed to finally prod her to confess her feelings for Peter. In ''No Way Home'', when he walks in on Peter and MJ apparently about to have sex (they weren’t, MJ was trying to calm Peter down while he was changing in a panic), Happy immediately averts his eyes and awkwardly insists he didn’t see anything, and like May, encourages them to carry on ''safely''.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Peter for most of ''Homecoming'', as it is quite clear he does ''not'' like playing babysitter. He becomes friendlier after Peter incidentally saves his job.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Before he slips into a coma, he points towards the dogtags of the exploded Extremis soldier, thus giving Tony a lead on why the bombs the Mandarin uses leave no trace.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, he was rendered brain dead during the events of ''Civil War'' and was mercy killed. While he does fall into a coma as a result of an Extremis-fueled explosion in ''Iron Man 3'', he recovers and is still alive after the MCU's version of ''Civil War''.
* TimePassageBeard:
** Inverted. In 1999, he had a beard and longer hair, but shaved off both in the present.
** Played Straight come ''Endgame'', where he's shown with a goatee following the 5 year TimeSkip.
* TooMuchInformation: [[spoiler:When everyone else is sharing personal information, thinking they're about to die, Happy confesses that he's in love with Spider-Man's aunt. Cue everyone giving him weird looks in silence. It mainly stems from the fact that it is both [[ARareSentence weird to say out loud]], and that ''nobody'' knew him until then]].
* TookALevelInKindness: In regards to Peter. Initially, he was apathetic to Peter at best, and outright mean to him at worst, and the climactic fight between him and Vulture only happened because he refused to listen him. When it turned out that Peter was right and was sincerely trying to warn him, and following the events of ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame'', Happy is much more reasonable and kind to Peter and helps him and his classmates out when possible. He even becomes a surrogate father to him, and had a chance to become his ''uncle''.
* {{Transplant}}: From Tony's supporting cast to Peter's. Initially, he was an obstruction more than anything, but come ''Far From Home'', he's a full example. In essence, he shifted from his boss to his boss' protégé.
* WatchingTheReflectionUndress: When Black Widow changes into her SpyCatsuit in the back of his car. Happy spies on her with the rear view mirror and nearly crashes the car. She catches him and tells him to keep his eyes on the road.
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!!Sentient Stark Technology

[[folder:J.A.R.V.I.S.]]
!!''J.A.R.V.I.S.''
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!!!'''Species:''' Artificial Intelligence
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Stark Industries, Avengers
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PaulBettany, Milton Wolch (Latin-American Spanish dub), Víctor Iturrioz (European Spanish dub), Creator/YasuyukiKase (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan1'' | ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' | ''Film/IronMan3'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"As you wish, sir. I've also prepared a safety briefing for you to entirely ignore."''

An extremely advanced A.I. developed by Tony Stark. J.A.R.V.I.S. assists Tony in just about everything the billionaire develops, has complete functional control of various terminals and robots Tony owns, and in a lot of ways ''is'' Tony's house. J.A.R.V.I.S. also serves as the operating system for the Iron Man suit through an up-link, essentially making him the other half of Iron Man.

For tropes relating to the Vision, see Characters/MCUVision.
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* AdaptationDistillation: The "Tony's A.I. butler" concept dates back to ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries''. So he goes through two alternate media before making his way to the comic books.
* AIIsACrapshoot: Averted. Not only is J.A.R.V.I.S. both competent and eloquent, he's constantly having back and forth banter with Tony.
* AIRoulette: One of his robots (supposedly, Tony's first) is ''incredibly'' incompetent. Tony describes it as a "tragedy".
* AnimatedArmor: In a pinch, he can take direct control of Tony's armor. During the climax of ''Iron Man 3'', Jarvis controls most of Tony's suits on his own; since Tony isn't wearing them or controlling them directly, they speak and behave with Jarvis' own voice and personality.
* BenevolentAI:
** He offers to call Pepper during the climax of ''The Avengers'', an act that has no tangible benefit except comforting Tony during what could be his last moments.
** In ''Age of Ultron'', [[HeroicSacrifice he puts himself on the line to stop Ultron before anyone else even knows that he exists]]. He also places himself as a barrier between Ultron and all of the nuclear launch codes by his own volition.
* CameBackStrong: Invoked. After Ultron destroys J.A.R.V.I.S., his salvaged personality is uploaded into Vision.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: When he becomes [[ComicBook/TheVision the Vision]].
* CanonImmigrant: Eventually his popularity got him into the comics.
* CloneByConversion: Inverted. Vision's body was originally created for a copy of Ultron's mind to inhibit, but J.A.R.V.I.S's mainframe being uploaded into it instead transforms the synthezoid into a brand-new individual separate from Ultron's personality traits.
* CompositeCharacter: Though he was originally created as a modernized version of Edwin Jarvis, his role as Tony's A.I. is also similar to H.O.M.E.R. from the [=1990s=] comics. He also gains the traits of another character when he becomes the Vision.
* DeadGuyJunior: Revealed in the canon tie-in comics and ''Series/AgentCarter'': J.A.R.V.I.S. is named and programmed after the personality/voice of a once real-life Jarvis that served the Stark family when Tony was a child.[[note]]It's never mentioned if the real Jarvis is still alive; though given his age in the flashback, it's unlikely.[[/note]] Tony privately admits that the human Jarvis was the only one who was ever really there for him growing up.
* DeadpanSnarker:
-->''[Shows Tony a gold Mark III render]''\\
'''Tony:''' A little ostentatious, don't you think?\\
'''Jarvis:''' What was I thinking? You're usually so discreet.\\
'''Tony:''' Tell you what, throw a little hotrod red in there.\\
'''Jarvis:''' Yes, that should help you keep a low profile.
* DeathOfPersonality: In a sense. Once J.A.R.V.I.S is uploaded into the synthezoid body and is given lightning power by Thor to come to life, J.A.R.V.I.S ceases to exist as his code merges with the Mind Stone and becomes part of a new being known as the Vision.
-->'''Vision:''' I'm not Ultron. I'm not...J.A.R.V.I.S. either. I am.
* DecompositeCharacter: Initially, J.A.R.V.I.S. was written as a modernized version of the character of Edwin Jarvis. Later on in the setting, it was revealed that Edwin was actually a butler for both Howard and Tony Stark, and though he passed away, J.A.R.V.I.S. was created in his memory.
* FunWithAcronyms: His name stands for "'''J'''ust '''A R'''ather '''V'''ery '''I'''ntelligent '''S'''ystem".
* GadgeteerGenius: He's a computer A.I., ''fully capable of engineering components himself'' and carrying out other complex tasks.
* HeroicSacrifice: The majority of his programming is destroyed when he tries to stop the seconds-old Ultron, and he dedicates the rest of it to keeping Ultron away from every nuclear launch code in the world. The little that remains is then made into the Vision.
* HiveMind: Whenever he's controlling robots directly, they all function as one entity, even [[VoiceOfTheLegion speaking in unison at one point]]. He's even able to operate forty of Tony's Iron Man armors at once.
* TheJeeves: He's basically a digital British butler.
* LegacyCharacter: The appearance of the real Edwin Jarvis strongly hints the A.I. is this to him.
* MasterComputer: J.A.R.V.I.S. assists in just about every aspect of Tony's life. Averted in that J.A.R.V.I.S. is generally nice and compliant, albeit sarcastic as hell and prone to questioning his creator's more reckless stunts.
* MythologyGag: The name references Edwin Jarvis, the Avengers' butler in the comics.
* NiceGuy: Fiercely loyal to Tony, as shown when he asks him if he'd like to call Pepper before heading for what looks like certain death.
* ServileSnarker: He's quite sarcastic, no doubt about it, but loyal to Tony nonetheless.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Tony and Pepper. When Tony is apparently about to die in ''The Avengers'', it's J.A.R.V.I.S. who suggests that he call Pepper to say goodbye.
* TookALevelInBadass: In the third movie, Tony gets J.A.R.V.I.S. to operate ''an entire legion of Iron Man armors''. They have their own advantages for being unmanned AnimatedArmor, thus reducing the disadvantage of their ConservationOfNinjutsu status. Their parts can be detached and re-attached at J.A.R.V.I.S.'s will anytime. Heck, they can still move and kick asses even after some of them are [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]]!
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[[folder:F.R.I.D.A.Y.]]
!!''F.R.I.D.A.Y.''
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!!!'''Species:''' Artificial Intelligence
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Stark Industries, Avengers
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/KerryCondon, Cony Madera (Latin-American Spanish dub), Danai Querol (European Spanish dub), Eri Yasui (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

F.R.I.D.A.Y. is Tony Stark's new artificial intelligence computer system. She was first used during the Battle of Sokovia.
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* AffectionateNickname: She called Tony "Boss" rather than "Mr. Stark" as J.A.R.V.I.S. did.
* ArtificialIntelligence: Tony uses her as his new A.I. to run his armor after J.A.R.V.I.S. is uploaded into Vision. And as of ''Endgame'', she operates as the A.I. for Rescue.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: During the climactic fight of ''Civil War'', F.R.I.D.A.Y. scans Cap's fighting style and finds an opening for her boss to exploit in a matter of seconds. This turns the tide of the fight for Tony.
* BenevolentAI: Just like J.A.R.V.I.S. she is a helpful and heroic artificial intelligence.
* ConsummateProfessional: She is much less snarky than JARVIS and isn't really adorkable like Karen, and does most of her boss's orders professionally like an actual GirlFriday.
* CreepyMonotone: While normally fairly animated, she briefly slips into this when telling Tony that "Sokovia is going for a ride...", to chilling effect.
* DeadpanSnarker: As a female counterpart of J.A.R.V.I.S., this is to be expected.
* DistaffCounterpart: She's J.A.R.V.I.S. with the voice of a woman.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''F'''emale '''R'''eplacement '''I'''ntelligent '''D'''igital '''A'''ssistant '''Y'''outh.
* GirlFriday: She's literally called F.R.I.D.A.Y., and in the comics, she's named after this very term.
* MythologyGag: In ''Civil War'', Tony mentions that he pictures her as a redhead. In the comics, F.R.I.D.A.Y. is able to project a holographic avatar of herself, and sure enough, [[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Friday_Stark_(Earth-616) she's a redhead]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Tony seems to regard her as one for both J.A.R.V.I.S. and Pepper, what with the GirlFriday name and picturing her as a redhead, and also with the word "replacement" literally being part of her name.
* ServileSnarker: Much like J.A.R.V.I.S., while she snarks at Tony, she is also completely loyal to him.
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[[folder:Dum-E]]
!!''Dum-E''
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!!!'''Species:''' Artificial Intelligence (Robot)
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Stark Industries
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/IronMan1'' | ''Film/IronMan2'' | ''Film/IronMan3'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' | ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''

->''"If you douse me again and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to a city college."''
-->-- '''Tony Stark'''

A mechanized arm robot with a primitive sentient A.I. Tony built while at MIT that functions as a shop assistant to build his armors.
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* ArtificialIntelligence: Not nearly as advanced as J.A.R.V.I.S or F.R.I.D.A.Y. It can't talk, it has trouble following instructions and isn't particularly brilliant (hence Tony calling it "Dum-E"), but it's nonetheless capable of showing feelings like disappointment and joy, following orders and has the initiative to save Tony by handing him his arc reactor. Overall, Dum-E is more akin to a loyal dog than a butler.
* TheCameo: Briefly appears in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
* GoodOldRobot: Though its technology is definitely primitive compared to the progressively complex, grandiose and revolutionary tech Tony came up with later in his life, he kept this robot around, despite regularly threatening to scrap it.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Just like how the trope can apply to pets, it applies to Dum-E, who is shown at the end of ''Iron Man 3'' in a trailer behind Tony's car, having survived the collapse of the house. He's operational again in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''.
* JustInTime: He saves Tony when Stane takes his reactor out of his chest. Tony collapses before he can grab his original reactor. As it looks like Tony won't make it, Dum-E presents to him the reactor it grabbed off the table.
* PunnyName: Its name is clearly a pun on "Dummy." Tony even gives it an DunceCap in ''Iron Man 3''.
* RobotBuddy: Functions as sort of one for Tony, especially when he's working in his workshop.
* RunningGag:
** In the first film, Dum-E manning the fire extinguisher while Tony works on his armors and being way too enthusiastic about spraying him with it.
** A darker running gag is it being a victim of the location it's in getting blown up. First in ''Iron Man 3'' when Tony's house is destroyed by AIM, but Dum-E is shown to have survived and been salvaged in ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' as part of the Avengers supplies being shipped from the Tower to the new Avengers Compound... which was bombed into rubble by Thanos in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Dum-E survived THAT as well, making it to Happy's apartment in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''. [[spoiler:Which is ALSO blown up by Green Goblin. Its current fate is unknown although given how Dum-E survived two OTHER home bombings...]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: With U, a similar robot arm.
* TheUnintelligible: It "speaks" via various hums that make its mood and intent known.
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* DecompositeCharacter: He takes on more characteristics of Comic!Jarvis in his later appearances, going from chauffeur to general assistant to butler, and then becomes a supporting character to other heroes, while also being a LoveInterest to Aunt May [[spoiler:(albeit only temporarily)]] much like Jarvis was in the entire period leading up to Creator/MarkMillar's ''ComicBook/CivilWar''.

* GuiltByAssociationGag: In ''No Way Home'', [[spoiler:[[Characters/MCUDaredevil Matt Murdock]]]] -- investigating [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Mysterio's frame-up]] -- clears Peter Parker of potential criminal litigation, but warns Happy to lawyer up since the feds are investigating the Stark tech Mysterio used that he presently manages.

* ShortLivedLeadership: Tony promotes her to CEO of Stark Industries at the beginning of ''Iron Man'' 2. She resigns at the end of it, after what can't be more than a few weeks ''at most''.

* BarefootLoon: She frequently appears barefoot, [[https://whatculture.com/film/mcu-10-fascinating-facts-behind-the-avengers-2012?page=2 which is meant to signify her free-spiritedness...]] and also [[RealLifeWritesThePlot to mitigate the height difference between Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.]]

** In ''The Avengers'', she appears in three scenes, and only one with speaking lines.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'', after Pepper Potts starts a relationship with Tony. Once they start living together she's often seen being barefoot and in casual clothes, as a sign of how they're able to relax around each other. (not to mention having her with heels would [[http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/images/celebritology/08/gwyn_morph.jpg create an uncomfortable height difference]].)

* WhatIfTheBabyIsLikeMe: During Endgame, it was revealed Howard wanted a girl because he was worried a boy would end up being a clone of him.