History Characters / MCUWakandaGovernmentMilitary

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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in the Black Panther habit]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shuri_black_panther_2_9.png[softreturn]''"The Black Panther lives!"'' -- '''M'Baku'''[[/labelnote]]]]

[[folder:Toussaint /T'Challa II]]

[[folder:The Child ('''''Wakanda Forever'' Spoilers''')]]

* GenocideSurvivor: He survived the Snap, as he's a preschooler by the time we met him and would've still been a baby had he been claimed by it and later restore

* ObfuscatingStupidity: It's heavily implied that he deliberately plays up his bombastic, hammy behavior and status as a BarbarianKing to downplay his insightful, intelligent mind in order to throw off enemies and political opponents. He drops the act by ''Wakanda Forever'' when he demonstrates himself to be the most logical of the elders. He initially suggests killing Namor, pointing out giving him what he wanted by handing over Riri Williams would set a dangerous precedent, then later argues against killing Namor when he realized that doing so would plunge Wakanda into a [[ForeverWar horrific, costly war with the Talokanil]].

* GenocideSurvivor: He survived the Snap, as he's a preschooler by the time we met him and would've still been a baby had he been claimed by it and later restored.
* HeroicBastard: T'Challa and Nakia weren't married when they had him, else Nakia would've been taken Rmonda's position of Queen of Wakanda.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: He sold out Wakanda to ''Klaue''; the end result was he was busted, several Wakandans were killed, and Klaue made off with the vibranium and lied about using it to help others. How else did he think the deal would result?

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Shuri's innate genius is unparalleled and having grown up in Wakanda, she has developed some of the most advanced technology in the world, compared to which even most Starktech looks harmless. During one tie-in comic, she explicitly states herself to be more intelligent than Tony Stark. During ''Infinity War'', she successfully manages to find a way to rewire Vision to exist without the Mind Stone whereas Tony and Bruce didn't think of it. [[PlayingWithATrope At the same time]], however, Tony's decades of engineering expertise allow him to use the same nanotech concept Shuri used for T'Challa's suit for his own, [[MoreDakka much more heavily armed]], [[FlyingBrick more innately powerful]] suit while not having access to an ounce of vibranium. However, it has been confirmed by [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar both the Russo brothers]] and [[WordofGod Director Ryan Coogler]] that Shuri is the [[WorldsSmartestWoman smartest person in the MCU]]... but then ''The Wakanda Files'', which was compiled on her request in-universe, has her admit in a note that even she can't fully understand Hank Pym's technology to traverse the Quantum Realm... something Tony mastered over a single night. It goes to show that intellect is qualitative, not quantitative and there are things that some genuses struggle with that others excel at.

* MyGreatestFailure: Not being able to save her brother from the disease that ultimately killed him for real in ''Wakanda Forever'' serves as this for Shuri. She can only cry and say "I'm sorry" as she places her hand on her brother's coffin. It eats away at her for over a year before she even allows herself to start properly grieving.

* NoOshaCompliance: ZigZagged since Wakanda doesn't have to follow OSHA in the Marvel universe. She chides her brother for having open-toed sandals in her lab, which is a legitimate safety hazard, before showing him the "sneakers" she made. At the same time, it's shown that she works alone, doesn't actually have a means of locking out the lab in the case of an invasion or a usurper taking the Wakandan throne, and doesn't have any lab partners or assistants for backup because of her TeenGenius tendencies. This means that Killmonger is able to take the golden Panther necklace from her lab, and she runs out of time to save Vision because she's working alone on him during a limited window of opportunity, with a contingency of bodyguards that get flayed by the Children of Thanos.

* YoungAndInCharge: A TeenGenius who heads Wakanda's science department. {{Justified}} since she's also the country's princess.

* RealMenWearPink: His Lip Plate and Piercings are mostly associated with married women in Ethiopian cultures (Mursi and Surma specifically) and almost never worn by men. This could be justified as Wakanda is shown to at least be lax about LGBT (as seen with Ayo and Aneka's relationship). The River Tribe elder is probably seen as a Flamboyant Royal who is CampStraight at least in the eyes of the Wakandans.

* WorldsBestWarrior: They may be the most elite unenhanced fighting force on Earth. Best shown in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', when they easily curb-stomp Sam, Bucky and John Walker, respectively an Avenger, a super soldier and the US army's best serviceman. Before that, they nearly successfully subdue Erik - a Black Panther in full gear and were only defeated by his suit's new power that they weren't prepared for.

* WorldsBestWarrior: She is stated at several points to be the finest warrior in Wakanda in terms of skill, while T'Challa is more like WorldsStrongestMan due to the Heart-Shaped Herb superpowers.

!!''Princess ComicBook/{{Shuri}} / The Black Panther''

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Leyla Rangel (Latin-American Spanish dub), Vera Bosch (European Spanish dub), [[Music/MomoiroCloverZ Kanako Momota]] (Japanese dub), Aurélie Konaté (French dub), Catherine Brunet (Canadian French dub)

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Okoye manages to talk him down when she stops him from running down M'Baku on his rhino. W'Kabi may fight against T'Challa and support and illegitimate ruler, but he will not kill his wife, especially as she makes it clear she is far from being fully fine with it but would do it if necessary. He’s also pretty appalled when Erik revealed that T'Chaka had murdered N'Jobu, looking at Erik with great surprise.

* {{Expy}}: Creator/WinstonDuke [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHq4pUK9etQ admits to modeling aspects]] of M'Baku's personality to the image of Vultan from ''Film/FlashGordon'' (especially owing to the LargeHam performance perfected by Creator/BrianBlessed).

** His entire tribe's dislike of vibranium can be seen as this when it’s revealed that their wood is actually just a different, non-metal version of vibranium according to WordOfGod. However, it’s possible that they don’t know about this yet, so it may be {{Justified}}.

* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Inverted. Despite T'Challa technically getting dethroned and losing support of his army, M'Baku ultimately still sides with him because, as T'Challa points out, M'Baku and his tribe will be the next target of Killmonger's sights.
* IGaveMyWord: [[spoiler:He swore to T'Challa that he would provide Shuri with support and good council after T'Challa's death. Lo and behold and it's his help and advice that ends up saving the day in ''Wakanda Forever''.]]

** Oddly enough, he ends up proven correct on his fears of outsiders misusing Wakanda technology and that the four tribes rely too heavily on vibranium. After Killmonger ascends the throne, he wants to use all the weapons, including Shuri's technology, to wage war and tear apart the world, even tearing apart Wakanda in the end. Also, what saves T'Challa from death is natural snow and the Heart Herb, rather than Shuri's technology.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Creator/RyanCoogler has previously hinted that M'Baku's home may have some [[BuffySpeak mystical stuff]] going on there, rather than the typical vibranium infusions happening throughout the rest of Wakanda. While mountain peaks will always be colder than surrounding regions, the snows at the Jabbari tribe's home shouldn't form at those elevations; it's unnaturally cold up there. The big sticks Jabbari tribesmen wield in battle are also hinted to be magically augmented in some way, rather than vibranium. Certainly could explain [[OneManArmy why he does so damn well]] against physically and technologically superior alien invaders.

** His face when W'Kabi is about to charge him on a rhino. Luckily, Okoye steps in-between them and the rhino likes her.

* PatrioticFervor: He cares deeply about the well-being of Wakanda. He is so much a patriot to his country that at first in ''Black Panther'', he worried about Wakanda's over-reliance on vibranium that he initially challenged T'Challa before accepting defeat. Then in ''Infinity War'', he expressed fear over the end of Wakanda at the hands of Thanos's forces. Nonetheless, he loves his country so much he would protect it from any threats.

* ReligiousBruiser: Downplayed; when T'Challa accepts his challenge, M'Baku replies with an almost sarcastic "glory to Hanuman", subtly driving home that the J'Bari hold a different god than most Wakandans. As he beats down T'Challa, he also lets out a hammy "where is your god now?!".

* CulturalPosturing: Wakandans in general believe that they are the greatest nation on earth and outside of the need to maintain the {{Masquerade}}, they aren't shy about expressing it. Villainous Wakandans tend to be such because they believe that as the superior people, Wakanda ought to rule the entire world which would make everything much better.

* GutturalGrowler: Her voice is rather raspy and she is shown to be a formidable warrior.

* CulturalPosturing: Wakandans in general believe that they are the greatest nation on earth and outside of the need to maintain the {{Masquerade}}, they aren't shy about expressing it. Villainous Wakandans tend to be such because they believe that as the superior people, Wakanda ought to rule the entire world which would make everything much better. Even the heroic, more sympathetic Wakandans tend to share this belief in their superiority, such as Shuri mocking Ross as a "Colonizer" solely because he's white and Nakia insisting on Wakanda enacting foreign aid policies because other countries do it and Wakanda would, naturally, do it better.

* NormalFishTinyPond: Wakanda suffers from this hard. In terms of modern warfair on 21st century earth, with one exception, Wakanda is the best there is- par none. But whenever the hidden nation fight someone on their level, Wakanda is caught flat footed and overwhelmed in a matter hours. Leaving their champion or outside allies to come save them.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only has three scenes, but is a ''major'' driving force behind the plot of ''Black Panther.''