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* EvilIsHammy: '''I'M GONNA DISINTEGRATE YOU!!!'''
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* EvilIsHammy: EvilIsHammy:
** '''I'M GONNA DISINTEGRATE YOU!!!'''
** '''I'M GONNA DISINTEGRATE YOU!!!'''
** From Quantumania we also get some very ham-tastic lines, including: '''DARREN IS DEAD! THERE IS ONLY M.O.D.O.K!'''
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Scott destroying the Yellowjacket suit Darren was wearing results in him shrinking down to nothingness until he reaches the depths of the Quantum Realm, all while his body is horrifically crunching and deforming the whole time. He's then found by Kang and forcibly recruited into his empire by being reconstructed into a cyborg that can do little else but hunt down and kill those who resist the Conquerer's rule. It's telling that he seems to be fully content with actually dying once he performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Scott and his family from his villainous boss.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: When he was the abusive BadBoss of Cross Technologies, Darren would kill people by quickly shrinking people in a way that deformed their bodies into small bloody remains that he would flush down the toilet. His defeat at Scott's hands causes his ''own'' body to become utterly destroyed, where he's found and reconstructed by a MultiversalConquerer even worse than he ever was, and is forced to serve him without any choice in the matter.
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* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all that stable to begin with, and a combination of the Pym particles and his own insecurities cause him to grow more ruthless and psychotically paranoid over the course of the film. Getting his plans ruined by Ant-Man and Hank only makes his state worse, and [[spoiler:Kang all but takes advantage of it to reconstruct him into a maniacal cyborg that loyally serves him.]]
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* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all that stable to begin with, and a combination of the Pym particles and his own insecurities cause him to grow more ruthless and psychotically paranoid over the course of the film. Getting his plans ruined by Ant-Man and Hank only makes his state worse, and [[spoiler:Kang all but takes advantage of it to reconstruct him practically hits rock bottom after he's turned into M.O.D.O.K by Kang. When Scott and Cassie encounter him again, he's a maniacal cyborg crazed, deformed and oversized head that loyally serves him.]]rambles incoherently about what happened to him and the power that Kang holds.
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:After being reconstructed into MODOK, Darren's voice becomes significantly deeper, likely due to the combination of his screwed-up body and because of said reconstruction.]]
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:After being reconstructed into MODOK, M.O.D.O.K, Darren's voice becomes significantly deeper, likely due to the combination of his screwed-up body and because of said reconstruction.]]
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* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler:After becoming stranded in the Quantum Realm, Kang managed to find Darren Cross's deformed body, and managed to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion reconstruct him into a cyborg-like being]] that hunts members of LaResistance at his command.]]
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* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler:After becoming stranded in the Quantum Realm, Kang managed to find found Darren Cross's deformed body, and managed to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion reconstruct him into a cyborg-like being]] that hunts members of LaResistance at his command.]]
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[=WHiH=] Newsfront''[[note]]ViralMarketing for ''Film/AntMan''[[/note]] | ''Film/AntMan1'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[=WHiH=] Newsfront''[[note]]ViralMarketing for ''Film/AntMan''[[/note]] ''Film/AntMan1''[[/note]] | ''Film/AntMan1'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''
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* AnOfferYouCannotRefuse: In the climax, Darren holds a gun to Scott Lang's head and orders him to remove the Ant-Man suit or else he'll shoot him and pull it off his corpse himself. Luckily, Hope van Dyne intervenes and sends some ants on Darren's hand to make him drop the gun.
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* AnOfferYouCannotRefuse: AnOfferYouCantRefuse: In the climax, Darren holds a gun to Scott Lang's head and orders him to remove the Ant-Man suit or else he'll shoot him and pull it off his corpse himself. Luckily, Hope van Dyne intervenes and sends some ants on Darren's hand to make him drop the gun.
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* LackOfEmpathy: He does not care ''at all'' that he killed a number of his own employees trying to kill Scott, and even less than completely innocent people would likely die as a result of him selling the Yellowjacket suit to HYDRA.
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* LackOfEmpathy: He does not care ''at all'' that he killed a number of his own employees trying to kill Scott, and even less than that completely innocent people would likely die as a result of him selling the Yellowjacket suit to HYDRA.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Darren Cross had a rare heart condition and needed an experimental neclueorganic pacemaker to stay alive. In the MCU, Darren doesn't seem to have any heart problems.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Darren Cross had a rare heart condition and needed an experimental neclueorganic nucleorganic pacemaker to stay alive. In the MCU, Darren doesn't seem to have any heart problems.
* CollapsibleHelmet: As M.O.D.O.K., he has a large helmet instantly covering or revealing his giant head.
* GunStruggle: During the climax of ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren points a gun at Hank Pym, but gets distracted by Scott Lang. Hank takes the opportunity to grab his arm and the two fight over the gun for a few seconds, until Darren manages to shoot Hank in the shoulder.
* AnOfferYouCannotRefuse: In the climax, Darren holds a gun to Scott Lang's head and orders him to remove the Ant-Man suit or else he'll shoot him and pull it off his corpse himself. Luckily, Hope van Dyne intervenes and sends some ants on Darren's hand to make him drop the gun.
-->'''Darren:''' Take the suit off, or I'll blow your brains out and peel it off!
-->'''Darren:''' Take the suit off, or I'll blow your brains out and peel it off!
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** During the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1'', Scott sends his army of ants after a miniaturized Darren, but he manages to dispatch them by the dozen.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the Freedom Fighters camp and slaughtering plenty of rebels.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the Freedom Fighters camp and slaughtering plenty of rebels.
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** During the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1'', Scott sends his an army of ants after a miniaturized Darren, but he manages to dispatch them by the dozen.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the FreedomFighters Fighters' camp and slaughtering plenty of rebels.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the Freedom
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** Although ordering a hit on him takes things too far, Stane is absolutely correct in pointing out Tony is irresponsible and difficult to work with- blowing off events where he is the guest of honor and letting the business side of things be handled squarely by Stane for years, all while spending money on idle luxuries. [[DownplayedTrope That being said,]] a lot of the companies' success could also be attributed to Tony's work as an engineer in the first place. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Also, Stane's way of dealing with Tony pretty much made him realize these flaws and do something about them.]]
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** Although ordering a hit on him takes things too far, Stane is absolutely correct in pointing out Tony is irresponsible and difficult to work with- with - blowing off events where he is the guest of honor and letting the business side of things be handled squarely by Stane for years, all while spending money on idle luxuries. [[DownplayedTrope That being said,]] a lot of the companies' success could also be attributed to Tony's work as an engineer in the first place. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Also, Stane's way of dealing with Tony pretty much made him realize these flaws and do something about them.]]
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** Stane keeps trying to convince Tony to let some of the Stark scientists take a look at the arc reactor, but is refused, and he later mocks Tony for thinking he could keep it to himself. While Stane's intentions for the arc reactor are to use it to build "a new generation of weapons", he's correct that it is a revolutionary technological innovation, and there's an argument to be had over if Tony should share it with the world or not. That conflict - trying to use his technology to benefit the world in a safe and responsible manner - is a recurring theme with Tony in later films.
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** Stane keeps trying to convince Tony to let some of the Stark scientists take a look at the arc reactor, but is refused, and he later mocks Tony for thinking he could keep it to himself. While Stane's intentions for the arc reactor are to use it to build "a new generation of weapons", he's correct that it is a revolutionary technological innovation, and there's an argument to be had over if Tony should share it with the world or not. That conflict - trying to use his technology to benefit the world in a safe and responsible manner manner, and people stealing or replicating his technology without his knowledge - is a recurring theme with Tony in later films.throughout the MCU.
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** When Tony returns from Afghanistan, Stane shuts Tony off from the board of directors and tries to convince him to let their scientists have a look at the arc reactor. Though Stane is definitely still scheming, consider what Tony did when he came back -- he announced he was shutting down the weapons development division of Stark Industries, which has been the company's cornerstone for decades and admitted in the same sentence he isn't sure what path the company should take instead and has spent most of his time since then tinkering in his garage refusing to let anyone see what he's doing. Tony pretty much blew up the company and left Stane to clean up the mess while he went home and started experimenting with his Iron Man suit, so Stane has every reason to shut Tony out of the company.
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** When Tony returns from Afghanistan, Stane shuts Tony off from the board of directors and tries to convince him to let their scientists have a look at the arc reactor. Though Stane is definitely still scheming, consider what when Tony did when he came back -- he announced he was shutting down the weapons development division of Stark Industries, which Industries (which has been the company's cornerstone for decades decades) and admitted in the same sentence he isn't sure what path the company should take instead and has instead. And then after the press conference where he made this announcement, Tony spent most of his time since then tinkering in after refining his garage Iron Man suit refusing to let anyone see what he's doing. doing, and in the meantime the company's reputation and stock price plummeted. To everyone else who doesn't realize his motives, Tony pretty much essentially blew up the company and left Stane to clean up the mess while he went home and started experimenting hid in his garage with his Iron Man suit, so a mystery project. Little wonder Stane has every reason would want to shut Tony out of marginalize his influence on the company.company after that.
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* AgeLift: In his original comics appearance, he was a middle-aged man with an adult son; in the MCU, he's played by Corey Stoll (late 30s) and is heavily suggested to be close in age to Hope (who is, specifically, 35 years old).
* AgeLift: In his original comics appearance, he was a middle-aged man with an adult son; in the MCU, he's played by Corey Stoll (late 30s) and is heavily suggested to be close in age to Hope (who is, specifically, 35 years old).
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* OhCrap: He has this reaction when he sees a giant Scott Lang arriving at Kang's castle in the climax of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''.
-->'''Darren:''' Holy shit… That's big!
-->'''Darren:''' Holy shit… That's big!
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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** Cross panics when he's about to be run over by a Thomas the Tank Engine toy in the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1''.
** He also has this reaction when he sees a giant Scott Lang arriving at Kang's castle in the climax of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''.
-->'''Darren:''' --->'''Darren:''' Holy shit… That's big!
** Cross panics when he's about to be run over by a Thomas the Tank Engine toy in the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1''.
** He also has this reaction when he sees a giant Scott Lang arriving at Kang's castle in the climax of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''.
-->'''Darren:''' ''[To his henchmen]'' Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... ''[To Hope]'' You’re right. ''I'' have to be the one to do it!
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** In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. But bcause that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.
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** In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. villain. But bcause because that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.villain.
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* StarterVillain: He's the main villain of the first film in the ''Ant-Man'' trilogy, and the first major villain faced by Scott Lang.
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* StarterVillain: He's the main villain of the first film in the ''Ant-Man'' trilogy, and the first major villain enemy faced by Scott Lang.
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* TraintopBattle: A very weird example. During the final battle, a miniaturized Darren fights Scott and his ants on top of a Thomas the Tank Engine toy.
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* TraintopBattle: A very weird example. During the final battle, battle of ''Film/AntMan1'', a miniaturized Darren fights Scott and his ants on top of a Thomas the Tank Engine toy.
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* YoungerVillainVsOlderHero: ZigZagged. While he's older than Scott Lang or Hope van Dyne, his main beef is against Hank Pym, who is much older than him and used to be his mentor. Naturally, he doesn't hesitate to make a few cracks about his old age throughout the film.
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* YoungerVillainVsOlderHero: ZigZagged. While he's older than Scott Lang or Hope van Dyne, his main beef is against Hank Pym, who is much older than him and used to be his mentor. Naturally, he doesn't hesitate to make a few cracks about his Hank's old age throughout the film.
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* TwentyFourHourArmor: After Kang's forces find Darren in what remains of the Yellowjacket suit, they strip him naked and construct a new set of armor that will actually fit his overly deformed body. From that point onward, the newly-christened M.O.D.O.K wears constantly when acting on Kang's orders.
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* ApologeticAttacker: At the end of ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren apologizes to Cassie Lang as he prepares to kill her to make her father suffer.
-->'''Darren:''' Sorry, Sweetheart. You have to help Daddy pay for his mistakes.
-->'''Darren:''' Sorry, Sweetheart. You have to help Daddy pay for his mistakes.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Subverted. At the end of ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren apologizes to Cassie Lang as he prepares to kill her to make her father suffer.
suffer. However, it only highlights just how FauxAffablyEvil he is.
-->'''Darren:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat Sorry,Sweetheart.sweetheart. You have to help Daddy pay for his mistakes.]]
-->'''Darren:''' [[ImpliedDeathThreat Sorry,
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* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:After becoming M.O.D.O.K., Darren becomes Kang's "hunter" of sorts, who gleefully terrorizes and murders the members of LaResistance.]]
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* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:After becoming M.O.D.O.K., Darren becomes Kang's "hunter" of sorts, who gleefully terrorizes and murders the members of LaResistance. If Jentorra's terrified reaction and the collateral damage he causes are any indication, M.O.D.O.K. is a legitimately dangerous being for LaResistance.]]
* ICanStillFight: Even after being thoroughly taken down by Cassie during the fight against Kang, Darren still tells her to come back and face him, much to her exasperation.
* PurpleIsPowerful: As M.O.D.O.K, Darren's armor-suit is primarily purple in color, and he's the ruthless Dragon for Kang the Conqueror.
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* RevengeByProxy: At the end of the [[Film/AntMan1 first film]], Darren goes after Scott Lang's daughter Cassie to make him pay for destroying his building and foiling his plans.
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* RevengeByProxy: At the end of the [[Film/AntMan1 first film]], Darren goes after Scott Lang's daughter Cassie to make him pay for destroying his building and foiling his plans. When Kang the Conqueror gives him the order to eliminate Cassie to get revenge on Scott years later, Darren is nothing short of gleeful to act upon it.
-->'''M.O.D.O.K:''' Your dad isn't here to save you this time, Cassie.
-->'''M.O.D.O.K:''' Your dad isn't here to save you this time, Cassie.
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* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all that stable to begin with, and a combination of the Pym particles and his own insecurities cause him to grow more ruthless and psychotically paranoid over the course of the film. Getting his plans ruined by Ant-Man and Hank only makes his state worse, and [[spoiler:Kang all but takes advantage of it to reconstruct him into a cyborg that loyally serves him.]]
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* SanitySlippage: He wasn't all that stable to begin with, and a combination of the Pym particles and his own insecurities cause him to grow more ruthless and psychotically paranoid over the course of the film. Getting his plans ruined by Ant-Man and Hank only makes his state worse, and [[spoiler:Kang all but takes advantage of it to reconstruct him into a maniacal cyborg that loyally serves him.]]
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'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [[TryNotToDie Don't die?]]
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'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [[TryNotToDie :''' Don't die?]]die?
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* TheBigSleep: [[spoiler: After making a HeroicSacrifice and saying goodbye to the heroes, Darren slowly closes his eyes as he dies.]]
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* TheBigSleep: BigSleep: [[spoiler: After making a HeroicSacrifice and saying goodbye to the heroes, Darren slowly closes his eyes as he dies.]]
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: He asks something like this while pointing a gun at Scott during the climax. Unfortunately for him, Scott has a pretty good answer.
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* DidYouActuallyBelieve: He asks something like this while pointing a gun at Scott Lang during the climax. Unfortunately for him, Scott has a pretty good answer.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Darren Cross had a rare heart condition and needed an experimental neclueorganic pacemaker to stay alive. In the MCU, Darren doesn't seem to have any heart problems.
* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: The comic book version of Darren Cross has short black hair, whereas his MCU counterpart is completely bald.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: In this version, M.O.D.O.K. came about when Cross was ReforgedIntoAMinion by Kang the Conqueror, rather than being an experiment by A.I.M.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: AdaptationOriginConnection:
** In the MCU, Darren Cross is made the former protégé of Hank Pym. In the comics, the two have nothing to do with one another.
** In this version, M.O.D.O.K. came about when Cross was ReforgedIntoAMinion by Kang the Conqueror, rather than being an experiment by A.I.M.
** In the MCU, Darren Cross is made the former protégé of Hank Pym. In the comics, the two have nothing to do with one another.
** In this version, M.O.D.O.K. came about when Cross was ReforgedIntoAMinion by Kang the Conqueror, rather than being an experiment by A.I.M.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: [[spoiler: As he dies, Darren calls Scott his brother and pats his face with one of his tiny arms. Scott is more weirded out by this than anything.]]
* AndYourLittleDogToo: During the final fight of ''Film/AntMan1'', Cross threatens to kill all of Scott's loved ones. He then tries to follow through this promise by attacking his daughter Cassie.
-->'''Darren:''' I'm going to destroy everything you love!
-->'''Darren:''' I'm going to destroy everything you love!
* ApologeticAttacker: At the end of ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren apologizes to Cassie Lang as he prepares to kill her to make her father suffer.
-->'''Darren:''' Sorry, Sweetheart. You have to help Daddy pay for his mistakes.
-->'''Darren:''' Sorry, Sweetheart. You have to help Daddy pay for his mistakes.
* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He returns in ''Quantumania'' having been found and rebuilt into Kang's cyborg M.O.D.O.K, acting as his Dragon for taking down members of the Quantum Realm's LaResistance. Eventually though, Cassie convinces him to stop serving his abusive master, and perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her and her family.]]
* BackFromTheDead: During their first fight, Scott (hilariously) swats him into a bug zapper that temporarily kills him, before electrocuting him back to life. If Cross wasn't royally pissed off before then, he was BEYOND pissed after that.
* BackFromTheDead: During their first fight, Scott (hilariously) swats him into a bug zapper that temporarily kills him, before electrocuting him back to life. If Cross wasn't royally pissed off before then, he was BEYOND pissed after that.
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He returns in ''Quantumania'' having been found and rebuilt into Kang's cyborg M.O.D.O.K, acting as his Dragon for taking down members of the Quantum Realm's LaResistance. Eventually though, Cassie convinces him to stop serving his abusive master, and perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her and her family.]]
* BackFromTheDead: During their first fight, Scott (hilariously) swats him into a bug zapper that temporarily kills him, before electrocuting him back to life. If Cross wasn't royally pissed off before then, he was BEYOND pissed after that.
* BackFromTheDead: During their first fight, Scott (hilariously) swats him into a bug zapper that temporarily kills him, before electrocuting him back to life. If Cross wasn't royally pissed off before then, he was BEYOND pissed after that.
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: He returns in ''Quantumania'' having been found uses mice and rebuilt into Kang's cyborg M.O.D.O.K, acting later lambs as test subjects for his Dragon lethal Pym Particle experiments, much to Hope's horror. After succesfully shrinking a lamb, Darren even starts knocking it over by flicking the jar just for taking down members his twisted amusement.
** He also mercilessly slaughters a large number of ants in theQuantum Realm's LaResistance. Eventually though, Cassie convinces him to stop serving his abusive master, and perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her and her family.]]
climax, including poor Ant-thony.
*BackFromTheDead: During their first fight, Scott (hilariously) swats him into a bug zapper that temporarily kills him, before electrocuting him back to life. If BaldOfAuthority: He is the CEO of Cross wasn't royally pissed off before then, he was BEYOND pissed after that.Technologies and doesn't have a single hair on his head.
** He also mercilessly slaughters a large number of ants in the
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* TheBigSleep: [[spoiler: After making a HeroicSacrifice and saying goodbye to the heroes, Darren slowly closes his eyes as he dies.]]
* ChainsawGood: As M.O.D.O.K., one of his main weapons is a pair of energy buzzsaws.
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-->'''Darren:''' ''[After stepping on, and accidentally activating, an [=iPod=]]'' '''I'M GONNA DISINTEGRATE YOU!!!'''\\
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: It's only after giving him a good beating that Cassie Lang is able to convince Darren to join the good guys' side.]]
* DidYouActuallyBelieve: He asks something like this while pointing a gun at Scott during the climax. Unfortunately for him, Scott has a pretty good answer.
-->'''Darren:''' Did you think you could stop the future with a heist?\\
'''Scott:''' It was never just a heist!\\
''[The Pym Technologies building is blown up by Scott's explosives]''
* DidYouGetANewHaircut: When he sees Hope again in ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren makes a comment on her new haircut, but doesn't say anything about the fact that she has become a superheroine.
-->'''Darren:''' Hi Hope. You changed your hair.
-->'''Darren:''' Did you think you could stop the future with a heist?\\
'''Scott:''' It was never just a heist!\\
''[The Pym Technologies building is blown up by Scott's explosives]''
* DidYouGetANewHaircut: When he sees Hope again in ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren makes a comment on her new haircut, but doesn't say anything about the fact that she has become a superheroine.
-->'''Darren:''' Hi Hope. You changed your hair.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He murders Frank, one of his investors, with his imperfect ShrinkRay, simply for questioning the safety of the Yellowjacket project.
* DoNotCallMePaul: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', he insists on being called M.O.D.O.K. and gets angry every time someone calls him "Darren". [[spoiler: He changes his mind by the end of the film, though.]]
* TheDragon: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren (or rather, M.O.D.O.K.) serves as [[BigBad Kang]]'s most dangerous henchman.
* TheDragon: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren (or rather, M.O.D.O.K.) serves as [[BigBad Kang]]'s most dangerous henchman.
* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: It's mentioned in ''WHiH Newsfront'' that Darren Cross went to MIT and graduated at only 20 years old as valedictorian.
* EvilLaugh:
** Darren makes a sinister chuckle when he traps Scott in the Yellowjacket pod.
** He also laughs maniacally while firing lasers at Scott during their fight in Cassie's room.
** Darren makes a sinister chuckle when he traps Scott in the Yellowjacket pod.
** He also laughs maniacally while firing lasers at Scott during their fight in Cassie's room.
* FlyingFirepower:
** As Yellowjacket, his suit has booster rockets on the back that allows him to fly, and he can shoot blue energy beams from his two mechanical limbs.
** As M.O.D.O.K., he has to use a mechanical hover chair to move around. He can also fire a powerful energy beam from his helmet's forehead and is armed with missile lauchers.
** As Yellowjacket, his suit has booster rockets on the back that allows him to fly, and he can shoot blue energy beams from his two mechanical limbs.
** As M.O.D.O.K., he has to use a mechanical hover chair to move around. He can also fire a powerful energy beam from his helmet's forehead and is armed with missile lauchers.
* AGlassOfChianti: During his dinner with Hope, Darren drinks a glass of champagne while making a speech bashing Hank Pym.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: His M.O.D.O.K. helmet has glowing blue eyes, which evokes his comic book appearance.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: His M.O.D.O.K. helmet has glowing blue eyes, which evokes his comic book appearance.
* HeadBlast: As M.O.D.O.K., he can shoot powerful energy beams from the center device of his helmet's forehead.
* IHaveYourWife: At the end of the first film, Darren grabs Cassie at her house after his battle with Scott is interrupted by the cops, reasoning it would bring Scott to him. It works, but Scott is quick to hit him with a shrink disc so the fighting is between them.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: During the fight in the helicopter, Darren accidentally kills his own henchmen while trying to shoot a miniaturized Scott Lang.
* IllKillYou: A variation. He tells Scott that he's going to "disintegrate" him during their fight in the helicopter.
-->'''Darren:''' I'm gonna disintegrate you!
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: During the fight in the helicopter, Darren accidentally kills his own henchmen while trying to shoot a miniaturized Scott Lang.
* IllKillYou: A variation. He tells Scott that he's going to "disintegrate" him during their fight in the helicopter.
-->'''Darren:''' I'm gonna disintegrate you!
* ImprovisedWeapon: During their fight in Cassie's bedroom, Darren throws a Thomas the Tank Engine toy at Scott while they're both miniaturized.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Much like the Ant-Man suit, the Yellowjacket suit allows its user to shrink down to the size of an insect.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Much like the Ant-Man suit, the Yellowjacket suit allows its user to shrink down to the size of an insect.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: When Hope tries to talk some sense into him in the climax, Darren seems briefly moved and stops his henchmen from shooting Hank... but only because he wants to kill him himself.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', M.O.D.O.K. is armed with several missile launchers, allowing him to fire multiple missiles at his enemies.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', he is shown being abused by Kang the Conqueror every time he speaks without his permission, which undoubtedly contributed to his decision to turn against him at the end of the film.]]
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: The Yellowjacket suit is primarily black, but with bright yellow highlights. Makes sense, since this is the exact coloration of its namesake, both in the comics and real life.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: [[spoiler:"My name is '''Darren''', AND I! AM NOT! A DIIIIIIIIIIICK!"]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Cross gloating that the Yellowjacket suit is made of titanium (as Lang is struggling to get into the Yellowjacket suit) turned out to his undoing. Lang then shrinks to subatomic (knowing full well how Pym's wife was lost) in order to save his daughter, killing Cross in the process.
* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: [[spoiler:"My name is '''Darren''', AND I! AM NOT! A DIIIIIIIIIIICK!"]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Cross gloating that the Yellowjacket suit is made of titanium (as Lang is struggling to get into the Yellowjacket suit) turned out to his undoing. Lang then shrinks to subatomic (knowing full well how Pym's wife was lost) in order to save his daughter, killing Cross in the process.
* ObviouslyEvil: Darren Cross basically oozes callousness from his second onscreen appearance where he casually murders a skeptical investor with an imperfect miniaturizer and tosses what little remains of him in the toilet.
* OhCrap: He has this reaction when he sees a giant Scott Lang arriving at Kang's castle in the climax of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''.
-->'''Darren:''' Holy shit… That's big!
* OneManArmy:
** During the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1'', Scott sends his army of ants after a miniaturized Darren, but he manages to dispatch them by the dozen.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the Freedom Fighters camp and slaughtering plenty of rebels.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: During the climax, Darren stops one of his henchmen from shooting Hank Pym because he thinks he should be the one to kill him.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Especially after becoming M.O.D.O.K. He causes a lot of havoc during his attack on the Freedom Fighters' camp, even destroying a few buildings in the process.
* OhCrap: He has this reaction when he sees a giant Scott Lang arriving at Kang's castle in the climax of ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''.
-->'''Darren:''' Holy shit… That's big!
* OneManArmy:
** During the final battle of ''Film/AntMan1'', Scott sends his army of ants after a miniaturized Darren, but he manages to dispatch them by the dozen.
** His first scene as M.O.D.O.K. consists of him attacking the Freedom Fighters camp and slaughtering plenty of rebels.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: During the climax, Darren stops one of his henchmen from shooting Hank Pym because he thinks he should be the one to kill him.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Especially after becoming M.O.D.O.K. He causes a lot of havoc during his attack on the Freedom Fighters' camp, even destroying a few buildings in the process.
* RecklessGunUsage: When Scott goes after him in the climax, Darren starts firing a gun inside of his helicopter while it's in flight. This is even called out on by the guards he's with, who are yelling at him to stop shooting the entire time he's trying to shoot Scott. This continues after he puts on the Yellowjacket suit, to the point that he's firing his lasers so wildly that he kills the pilots and causes the helicopter to start spiraling out of control.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. But bcause that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: RevengeByProxy: At the end of the [[Film/AntMan1 first film]], Darren goes after Scott Lang's daughter Cassie to make him pay for destroying his building and foiling his plans.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant:
** ZigZagged. While Darren Cross was an enemy of Scott Lang in the comics, he never actually met Hank Pym. In the MCU, he is Hank Pym's former protege and has more interactions with him than Scott, making him arguably more Hank's enemy than Scott's.
** In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. But bcause that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.
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** ZigZagged. While Darren Cross was an enemy of Scott Lang in the comics, he never actually met Hank Pym. In the MCU, he is Hank Pym's former protege and has more interactions with him than Scott, making him arguably more Hank's enemy than Scott's.
** In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. But bcause that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.
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* ShootingTheSwarm: When Ant-Man and his swarm of flying ants attack Darren Cross and his henchmen, who are about to escape in a helicopter, Cross grabs a gun and fires at the approaching swarm. He only manages to hit a few ants, including Ant-thony, the ant that Ant-Man was riding.
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* StarterVillain: He's the main villain of the first film in the ''Ant-Man'' trilogy, and the first major villain faced by Scott Lang.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation:
** Inverted. In the comics, M.O.D.O.K. is one of the main leaders of A.I.M. In the MCU, he was never part of the organization.
** PlayedStraight with Kang's army, as neither Darren Cross nor M.O.D.O.K. ever worked for Kang the Conqueror in the comics.
* TermsOfEndangerment: At the end of [[Film/AntMan1 the first film]], Darren calls the young Cassie Lang "Sweetheart" while preparing to kill her.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation:
** Inverted. In the comics, M.O.D.O.K. is one of the main leaders of A.I.M. In the MCU, he was never part of the organization.
** PlayedStraight with Kang's army, as neither Darren Cross nor M.O.D.O.K. ever worked for Kang the Conqueror in the comics.
* TermsOfEndangerment: At the end of [[Film/AntMan1 the first film]], Darren calls the young Cassie Lang "Sweetheart" while preparing to kill her.
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* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: He comes across as this at the end of the first film, where he gets into a child's bedroom wearing a scary-looking suit to threaten a little girl. Cassie even wonders if he's an actual monster.
* TraintopBattle: A very weird example. During the final battle, a miniaturized Darren fights Scott and his ants on top of a Thomas the Tank Engine toy.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: As revealed in ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren didn't die at the end of the first film, but was sent into the Quantum Realm where he remained trapped for years.
* TrespassingToTalk: In ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren Cross surprises Hank Pym at his home to talk with him. He was going to commit murder but Hope was there and he didn't want to do it in front of her at the time.
* TryNotToDie: When Scott Lang is sent to retrieve the Multiversal Power Core and calls M.O.D.O.K.to ask what he's supposed to do, M.O.D.O.K. gives him this exact answer.
-->'''Scott:''' Okay. What do I do? What's the plan?\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [[TryNotToDie Don't die?]]
* TraintopBattle: A very weird example. During the final battle, a miniaturized Darren fights Scott and his ants on top of a Thomas the Tank Engine toy.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: As revealed in ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Darren didn't die at the end of the first film, but was sent into the Quantum Realm where he remained trapped for years.
* TrespassingToTalk: In ''Film/AntMan1'', Darren Cross surprises Hank Pym at his home to talk with him. He was going to commit murder but Hope was there and he didn't want to do it in front of her at the time.
* TryNotToDie: When Scott Lang is sent to retrieve the Multiversal Power Core and calls M.O.D.O.K.to ask what he's supposed to do, M.O.D.O.K. gives him this exact answer.
-->'''Scott:''' Okay. What do I do? What's the plan?\\
'''M.O.D.O.K.:''' [[TryNotToDie Don't die?]]
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* WouldHarmASenior: He tries to kill his 60/70 years old mentor Hank Pym in the climax of the first film, and manages to shoot him in the shoulder. [[spoiler: He makes another attempt on his life when they meet again in the Quantum Realm, sabotaging the ship he was piloting to make it crash.]]
* YoungerVillainVsOlderHero: ZigZagged. While he's older than Scott Lang or Hope van Dyne, his main beef is against Hank Pym, who is much older than him and used to be his mentor. Naturally, he doesn't hesitate to make a few cracks about his old age throughout the film.
* YourDoorWasOpen: He uses this exact excuse when he shows up unannounced at Hank Pym's residence. It's rather unlikely.
-->'''Hank:''' Darren? How the hell did you get in here?\\
'''Darren:''' You left the front door open, Hank. It's official, you're old!
* YoungerVillainVsOlderHero: ZigZagged. While he's older than Scott Lang or Hope van Dyne, his main beef is against Hank Pym, who is much older than him and used to be his mentor. Naturally, he doesn't hesitate to make a few cracks about his old age throughout the film.
* YourDoorWasOpen: He uses this exact excuse when he shows up unannounced at Hank Pym's residence. It's rather unlikely.
-->'''Hank:''' Darren? How the hell did you get in here?\\
'''Darren:''' You left the front door open, Hank. It's official, you're old!
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* LancerVersusDragon: He becomes Kang's Dragon in ''Quantumania'', and spends the climax of the fight trying to kill Cassie, the daughter of Scott who is taking her first steps to become a superhero herself.
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** Gets turned up to eleven when Darren becomes M.O.D.O.K in ''Quantumania''. Outside of a few scenes in the middle of the film, nearly all of Darren's dialogue has him taking bites out of the scenery as he demonstrates just how little sanity he has left.
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** Gets turned And then he takes it up to eleven when Darren becomes as M.O.D.O.K in ''Quantumania''. Outside of a few scenes in the middle of the film, nearly all of Darren's dialogue has him taking bites out of the scenery as he demonstrates just how little sanity he has left.
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* AffectionateParody: As M.O.D.O.K, Cross essentially is [[Franchise/StarWars Dart Vader]] if he were PlayedForLaughs. Both characters were the eager, if overachieving proteges of someone they used to be close with, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil turned villainous after becoming increasingly greedy and homicidal]], and ended up becoming a heavily deformed being after losing a climactic battle, resulting in them being ReforgedIntoAMinion by a BigBad to act as their dreaded second-in-command. To further hammer it in, [[spoiler:Darren even invokes ThatManIsDead for much of the film, only to reclaim his original identity after being convinced to perform a HeelFaceTurn at the encouragement of a younger protagonist]]. Of course, the fact that he's essentially a floating oversized head that is frequently subject to LargeHam moments makes him significantly more LaughablyEvil than Vader is.
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* AffectionateParody: As M.O.D.O.K, Cross essentially is [[Franchise/StarWars Dart Darth Vader]] if he were PlayedForLaughs. Both characters were the eager, if overachieving proteges of someone they used to be close with, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil turned villainous after becoming increasingly greedy and homicidal]], and ended up becoming a heavily deformed being after losing a climactic battle, resulting in them being ReforgedIntoAMinion by a BigBad to act as their dreaded second-in-command. To further hammer it in, [[spoiler:Darren even invokes ThatManIsDead for much of the film, only to reclaim his original identity after being convinced to perform a HeelFaceTurn at the encouragement of a younger protagonist]]. Of course, the fact that he's essentially a floating oversized head that is frequently subject to LargeHam moments makes him significantly more LaughablyEvil than Vader is.
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* NotHimself: As Hope notes, a large part of Darren's erratic and at times sociopathic behavior is because the Pym particles are negatively affecting his brain.
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--> '''MODOK:''' ''DARREN IS DEAD!'' '''THERE IS ONLY''' '''''MODOK!'''''
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* AffectionateParody: As M.O.D.O.K, Cross essentially is [[Franchise/StarWars Dart Vader]] if he were PlayedForLaughs. Both characters were the eager, if overachieving proteges of someone they used to be close with, [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil turned villainous after becoming increasingly greedy and homicidal]], and ended up becoming a heavily deformed being after losing a climactic battle, resulting in them being ReforgedIntoAMinion by a BigBad to act as their dreaded second-in-command. To further hammer it in, [[spoiler:Darren even invokes ThatManIsDead for much of the film, only to reclaim his original identity after being convinced to perform a HeelFaceTurn at the encouragement of a younger protagonist]]. Of course, the fact that he's essentially a floating oversized head that is frequently subject to LargeHam moments makes him significantly more LaughablyEvil than Vader is.
* EvilSoundsDeep: It seems that Kang's reconstruction of Darren caused his vocal chords to drop quite a bit. Taken even further when he wears his mask-helmet, which makes his voice more distorted and hides his identity from those he's confronting.
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* RageHelm: This incarnation of M.O.D.O.K. has a face plate molded in the likeness of his comic incarnation, hiding Darren's actual face.
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:After being reconstructed into MODOK, Darren's voice becomes significantly deeper.]]
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:After being reconstructed into MODOK, Darren's voice becomes significantly deeper.deeper, likely due to the combination of his screwed-up body and because of said reconstruction.]]
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: He returns in ''Quantumania'' having been found and rebuilt into Kang's cyborg M.O.D.O.K, acting as his Dragon for taking down members of the Quantum Realm's LaResistance. Eventually though, Cassie convinces him to stop serving his abusive master, and perform a HeroicSacrifice to save her and her family.]]
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* ChewingTheScenery: Once he dons the Yellowjacket suit, he unhinges even further as he fights Scott until he's shouting while blasting things to bits with his lasers.
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** Once he dons the Yellowjacket suit, he unhinges even further as he fights Scott until he's shouting while blasting things to bits with his lasers.
** Once he dons the Yellowjacket suit, he unhinges even further as he fights Scott until he's shouting while blasting things to bits with his lasers.
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** Gets turned up to eleven when Darren becomes M.O.D.O.K in ''Quantumania''. Outside of a few scenes in the middle of the film, nearly all of Darren's dialogue has him taking bites out of the scenery as he demonstrates just how little sanity he has left.
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* TheCreon: [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Quantumania''. When he recounts to Scott how he became M.O.D.O.K, Darren seemingly holds a reverent gratitude towards Kang for saving his life and turning him into an even more powerful being than he was before. However, it quickly becomes clear that Darren really only serves Kang because he has no other choice, and is subject to the man's brutality whenever he speaks out of line. As such, Cassie is easily able to convince him to turn against Kang at the eleventh hour.]]
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* LancerVersusDragon: He becomes Kang's Dragon in ''Quantumania'', and spends the climax of the fight trying to kill Cassie, the daughter of Scott who is taking her first steps to become a superhero herself.
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* LaughablyEvil: After becoming M.O.D.O.K, Darren's villainy and persona take a bit of a zany turn, with him frequently going off on silly tangents and his general appearance being difficult for the main characters to take seriously. That said, he's become significantly more dangerous than he was as Yellowjacket.
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* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Implied - based off of how he treated him in the prison complex, Kang was a horribly abusive BadBoss, and it's likely due to his extensive mistreatment of him that Cassie was able to talk him into a HeelFaceTurn.]]
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* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Three aliases: he’s Dr. Darren Cross, Yellowjacket, and M.O.D.O.K. All three were originally [[CompositeCharacter separate characters in the comics]].
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* FunWithAcronyms: In ''Quantumania'', he [[ThatManIsDead does away with his human name]] and answers only to M.O.D.O.K., the "'''M'''echanized '''O'''rganism '''D'''esigned '''O'''nly for '''K'''illing". Scott points out that he should technically be called "MODOFK".
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* FunWithAcronyms: In ''Quantumania'', he [[ThatManIsDead does away with his human name]] and answers only to M.O.D.O.K., the "'''M'''echanized '''O'''rganism '''D'''esigned '''O'''nly for '''K'''illing". Scott points out that he should technically be called "MODOFK"."M.O.D.O.F.K.".
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* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:Somewhat. For all the evil he's done in his life, Darren knows just how much of a monster he's become after being reconstructed into M.O.D.O.K. When Cassie attempts to encourage Darren to not be a dick, he sadly tells her that he already is one.]]
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* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:Somewhat. For all the evil he's done in his life, Darren knows just how much of a monster he's become after being reconstructed into M.O.D.O.K. When Cassie attempts to encourage Darren to not be a dick, he sadly tells her that he already is one.it's too late for him.]]
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the comics and most adaptations, M.O.D.O.K. is associated as an Iron-Man villan. But bcause that identity is taken by Cross in the MCU, M.O.D.O.K. is an Ant-Man villian.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In his identity as M.O.D.O.K., the M stands for ‘Mechanised’ instead of ‘Mental’ (or [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally]] 'Mobile') .
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* AdaptationNameChange: In his identity as M.O.D.O.K. here , the M stands for "''Mechanized'' Organism Designed Only for Killing", rather than "Mental".‘Mechanised’ instead of ‘Mental’ (or [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally]] 'Mobile') .
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!!''Dr. Darren Cross / Yellowjacket / M.O.D.O.K.''
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* AdaptationNameChange: In his identity as M.O.D.O.K., the M stands for ‘Mechanised’ instead of ‘Mental’.‘Mental’ (or [[DependingOnTheWriter occasionally]] 'Mobile') .
* AdaptationOriginConnection: In this version, M.O.D.O.K. came about when Cross was ReforgedIntoAMinion by Kang the Conqueror, rather than being an experiment by A.I.M.
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* BodyHorror: It's hard not to cringe as different parts of his suit start shrinking at different times, agonizingly crushing him. ''Quantumania'' reveals his body was deformed horrifically, [[spoiler:and probably wasn't helped when Kang rebuilt him into M.O.D.O.K.]]. In particular, his head is horrifically oversized and his arms are now small little nubs stuck to the sides of it. Scott, Cassie, Hank and Hope all lampshade this when they see him, reacting with a mixed reaction of horror and disgust with a twinge of pity.
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* BodyHorror: It's hard not to cringe as different parts of his suit start shrinking at different times, agonizingly crushing him. ''Quantumania'' reveals his body was deformed horrifically, [[spoiler:and and probably wasn't helped when Kang rebuilt him into M.O.D.O.K.]]. In particular, his head is horrifically oversized and his arms are now small little nubs stuck to the sides of it. Scott, Cassie, Hank and Hope all lampshade this when they see him, reacting with a mixed reaction of horror and disgust with a twinge of pity.
* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:When he recounts how he came to be in the service of Kang, we see a shot of Darren's bare ass as he's constructed into the M.O.D.O.K suit. Considering he's essentially a deformed overly-sized head with nubs for limbs, this isn't exactly a pleasant image.]]
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* FanDisservice: [[spoiler:When he recounts how he came to be in the service of Kang, we see a shot of Darren's bare ass as he's constructed into the M.O.D.O.K suit. Considering he's essentially a deformed overly-sized head with nubs for limbs, this isn't exactly a pleasant image.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: In ''Quantumania'', he ultimately takes Cassie's advice to not be a dick to heart. [[spoiler: It costs him his life, but he does some real good in the process.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: In [[spoiler:In ''Quantumania'', he ultimately takes Cassie's advice to not be a dick to heart. [[spoiler: It costs him his life, but he does some real good in the process.]]
* HyperspaceArsenal: Like in the comics and other appearances such as ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', M.O.D.O.K.'s hoverchair can produce some ridiculously oversized weapons like plasma cannons and buzzsaws.
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* ThatManIsDead: Once turned into M.O.D.O.K., he even [[DoNotCallMePaul complains about being called Darren]] saying he's now something else entirely. [[spoiler:Subverted when Cassie encourages him to make a HeelFaceTurn, where he claims his old identity back.]]
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* ThatManIsDead: Once turned into M.O.D.O.K., he even [[DoNotCallMePaul complains about being called Darren]] saying he's now something else entirely. When Scott tries speaking to him at one point, he doesn't even ''respond'' to "Darren" and ignores Scott until he calls him M.O.D.O.K. [[spoiler:Subverted when Cassie encourages him to make a HeelFaceTurn, where he claims his old identity back.]]
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* IronicHell: In the first ''Ant-Man'' film, Darren was a CorruptCorporateExecutive who treated his underlings like garbage in his pursuit to dominate the world using his own version of the Pym Particles, and cruelly shrinks people into small imploded piles of LudicrousGibs to quietly dispose of his enemies. [[spoiler:He ultimately ends up in a FateWorseThanDeath by shrinking uncontrollably into a deformed freak, and is forced into serving an abusive MultiversalConqueror as a half-cyborg HumanoidAbomination.]]
* IveComeTooFar: [[spoiler:Somewhat. For all the evil he's done in his life, Darren knows just how much of a monster he's become after being reconstructed into M.O.D.O.K. When Cassie attempts to encourage Darren to not be a dick, he sadly tells her that he already is one.]]
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* ThatManIsDead: Once turned into M.O.D.O.K., he even [[DoNotCallMePaul complains about being called Darren]] saying he's now something else entirely.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He has zero qualms about threatening Cassie and was fully prepared to kill her to get revenge on Scott. Ironically, it ended up leading to his death[[spoiler:, or so it seemed]].
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