* CosmopolitanCouncil
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:When they decide to nuke Manhattan, they launch two jets just in case S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to stop one.]]
* EvilIsNotWellLit: It must be hard to see anything or write notes in such rooms.
* TheFaceless / FaceFramedInShadow: You actually can see their faces, but it takes a bit of squinting.
* FlatCharacter
* FantasticRacism: They distrust the Avengers on the basis of them being an untested "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits handful of freaks]]". They also initially refer to Loki as merely "the Asgard", until Nick Fury corrects them.
* LawfulStupid: Hence why Fury [[MilitaryMaverick often elects to ignore their orders]].
* MisaimedFandom: In-Universe. The WSC wanted the Abomination on the Avengers instead of the Hulk, since they viewed Blonsky [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as a war hero]] and blamed Harlem's destruction on Banner. It takes a sneaky BatmanGambit from SHIELD to have their request for Blonsky to be denied.
** [[spoiler:Later, Steve Rogers finds they've been collecting old HYDRA tech, as they've been studying them so they too can create Tesseract powered weaponry.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Mostly to Nick Fury, but there's also some directed to Coulson.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness
* [[spoiler:NukeEm]]
* [[StrawCharacter Strawmen Political:]] They basically exist to make Fury look right in spite of his MilitaryMaverick attitude, most notably when they opt to [[spoiler: immediately nuke New York rather than send the National Guard, give the Avengers more time, or ''anything'' else.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist

!!''Creator/StanLee''
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-->''"[[FlatEarthAtheist Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!]]"''

-->'''Portrayed by''': Creator/StanLee
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/IronMan'' / ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' / ''Film/IronMan2'' / ''{{Film/Thor}}'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' / ''Film/TheAvengers'' / ''Film/IronMan3'' / ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

A pioneer of the comic industry, Stan the Man is the creator of many of Marvel's most famous heroes and makes a cameo appearance in all of Marvel's movies.
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* ActionSurvivor: Agent Coulson seems like an average government agent with no outstanding abilities shown so far beyond basic {{Badass Normal}}cy, yet he's managed to survive attacks from both [[Film/IronMan Iron Monger]] and [[{{Film/Thor}} The Destroyer]] practically unscathed. Also, [[IKnowKarate he knows kung fu]].
** [[spoiler:His luck apparently ran out in ''Film/TheAvengers'', when Loki stabs him.]]
* {{Adorkable}}: On the job, deadpan and stoic. Off the job, a goofy teddy bear of a man who collects superhero trading cards.
* AffectionateNickname: Fury calls him "my good eye" [[spoiler:when lamenting his loss]].
* AscendedExtra: Originally an [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]-only side character, possibly for comic relief, [[CanonImmigrant now he's officially part of]] [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse the comics]].
* AscendedMeme: [[spoiler:"Coulson Lives" is sometimes seen hidden in episodes of ''WebAnimation/BadDays''. Then Coulson himself does in Episode 12.]]
* {{Badass}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAMgkpQYOSQ A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to Thor's Hammer]]. [[spoiler: Handily taking care of two armed robbers with only a bag of flour and martial arts.]]
** BadassInANiceSuit: The man can dress well as he can kick ass when needed.
** BadassNormal: SHIELD agent responsible for handling jerkasses in PoweredArmor and investigating mysterious aliens objects.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: On the surface, he's a pleasant man overall, but he's not called Fury's "one good eye" for no reason.
* BreakoutCharacter: Very much so. He started out as a random suit, but around ''Iron Man 2'' and ''Thor'' his current characterization began to emerge.
* {{BFG}}: He loves these, he uses one in ''Film/TheAvengers'' and several times in ''Ultimate Spider-Man''.
* CanonImmigrant: Finally made his debut on Earth-616 (Main line of comics) on the Mini-Series Battle Scars. [[spoiler:He isn't revealed as Coulson until issue #6 though.]]
* TheChessmaster: Rewatch ''Iron Man 2'', ''Thor'', and the shorts starring him. It becomes apparent that he knows exactly how people are going to react, but feigns ignorance to confirm it and make them think they had a choice. Nick Fury is the same, but Coulson augments it by managing to seem remarkably inoffensive to those who don't know any better.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Though he was joking when he said it, "Super Nanny" is an apt description of his relationship with the Avengers, or at least, with Stark.
* TheComicallySerious: He's quite snarky and sarcastic, but you'd ''never'' pick up on that from his demeanor.
* [[spoiler:DefiantToTheEnd: Even when mortally wounded by Loki, Coulson refuses to let the demigod talk him down.]]
* DoesNotLikeGuns: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]]. [[spoiler:On one hand he willing handed over his gun to two armed robbers before suddenly beating them in hand-to-hand combat. On the other hand, he wielded a BFG to use against Loki. Maybe because Loki is tougher than your average robber.]]
* DorkKnight: Basically what happens if your stuffy and uptight math teacher decides to go out and become a secret agent.
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: His death in ''The Avengers'', where he's still strong enough to tell Loki off, and blast him with the reverse-engineered Destroyer BFG.]]
** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead: Clark Gregg maintains that Agent Coulson is still alive, stating that [[http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/173736-clark-gregg-on-the-avengers-marvel-one-shots-iron-man-3-and-more Whedon told him beforehand that Coulson would survive the events of the film]], and is trying to be cast in ''Film/IronMan3'' and ''Thor: The Dark World''. He's also set to be the lead character in [[{{Series/SHIELD}} Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.]] [[WordOfGod Joss Whedon himself]] confirms that Coulson is alive, and that the pilot for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will explain how he survived.]]
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Captain America. He even has the trading cards.
* GenreSavvy: His reaction to an unidentified mecha opening its face and bellowing a flame up from within? "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, here we go...]]"
* GoodIsOldFashioned: This is exactly what Coulson believes that the world needs right now in ''Avengers''.
* TheHeart: [[spoiler:Becomes this post-mortem, thanks to Fury.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Coulson's choice in facing Loki alone could be interpreted as one, especially given the fact that he thought his death would get the Avengers to stop bickering with one another to avenge him, as it were.]]
* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]: [[spoiler: Courtesy of Loki in the Hulk cell room.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He is very fond of Captain America. He's got the trading cards, plus he designed Cap's modern-day outfit.
* LastNameBasis: In ''The Avengers'', Tony Stark snarks that Coulson's first name is "Agent", as opposed to "Phil".
** Subsequently referred to after [[spoiler:his death]]; when Tony is [[BadassBoast boasting to Loki]] about the various Avengers who are going to be coming for him, he finishes with [[spoiler:"Oh, and there was one other person you pissed off. [[AndThisIsFor His name is Phil]]. ''(blasts Loki with his repulsors)''"]]
* NiceGuy: Probably one of the nicest S.H.I.E.L.D. agents there is.
* OnlySaneMan: Trapped among prima donna superheroes and morally ambiguous world security leaders.
* OriginalGeneration: [[LogicBomb Retroactively]]; see "PromotedToOpeningTitles" below.
* PerpetualSmiler: A part of his persona he uses to help guide conversations - he is almost never seen without his serene, calm smile on his face, even during otherwise morose or trying situations. Since he never loses his cool, he never drops the smile.
* PromotedToOpeningTitles: He started off as just a standard suit in the first Iron Man, but his role was greatly expanded by ''Thor''. Now, he's deeply entrenched into the Marvel lore, even getting his own comics and short films.
** [[spoiler:And Whedon just [[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/nycomicconnews.php?id=95880 confirmed that he'll be the star of the S.H.I.E.L.D. television series]].]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Coulson's final act involved him giving Loki one, as well as blasting him with a BFG.]] 
* TheReveal: ''Battle Scars'' #6 reveals that "Cheese", Marcus Johnson's soldier friend, is actually the 616 counterpart of Agent Coulson.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]: [[spoiler:Though Maria Hill implies that [[GuileHero Nick Fury]] might have been lying afterwards, ''Item 47'' indicates Coulson may really be dead.]]
* SeenItAll: Hints of Type 1, as is typical of [[TheMenInBlack MIB]]. He also has a bit of Type 2's Genre Savviness as he orders his men to let Thor try and lift his hammer, and realized just in time that Destroyer's head opening and glowing is a very bad thing. When he calls Black Widow, who's been captured but then subsequently beats the tar out of her captors, his expression is of complete boredom as he listens to [[CurbStompBattle the resulting scuffle]] as if it were ''hold music''.
* SilentSnarker: He doesn't even have to ''say'' anything (which delighted Creator/JossWhedon to no end), just his reactions are pure gold.
* SkewedPriorities: In ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', he's gotten too into the role of school principal as opposed his actual job as secret agent.
-->'''Coulson''': I need the full power of SHIELD's legal team STAT. We need to limit how much actual meat you need to legally call something "meatloaf". We could save the [school] budget, man!
-->'''NickFury''': Coulson, we need to talk priorities.
* SharpDressedMan: His suits get progressively [[http://hellotailor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/costumes-and-characters-of-avengers.html sharper]] as we learn more about him.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Phil's fanboy love of Cap intersects with some unintentional awkwardness when talking to the man himself.
-->'''Coulson''': I watched you while you were sleeping. (Awkward silence). I-I mean... I was present when you were unconscious from the ice. 
* UnfazedEveryman: There really isn't anything that can surprise him, be it thunder gods, men in metal suits, or WWII vets who were frozen for the better part of a century. Well, the WWII vet gets a reaction, but only because [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee he's]] a giant {{fanboy}}. Justified in that it's implied that this kind of stuff is just what S.H.I.E.L.D. ''does''.
* WideEyedIdealist: His belief in heroes, old-fashioned notions, and in the Avengers to work together as a team can somewhat be seen as this.
* WithMyHandsTied: [[spoiler:Rather than use his pistol against ''two robbers with shotguns'', he kindly slides it over to them before defeating them with [[ImprovisedWeapon a sack of flour]] and martial arts skills]].
* WolverinePublicity: ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a story in [[ComicBook/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes the comic series]] in which Maria Hill recaps the first season, with help from NickFury's records. Coulson joins her in examining the records, despite the fact he never shows up in either season of the cartoon.

!!''NickFury''
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-->''"I am very real. [[BigGood I'm the realest person you're ever gonna meet.]]"''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SamuelLJackson
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/IronMan'' / ''Film/IronMan2'' / ''Film/{{Thor}}'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' / ''Film/TheAvengers'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

The Director of [[{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D.]] He comes to each of the heroes individually, one by one, urging them to take part in the Avengers Initiative, to protect the world from an unknown threat.
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* AntiHero: [[GoodIsNotNice Type III]]. He's a practical, levelheaded man who's ultimately fighting for the good side, but he's also a [[TheChessmaster pragmatic manipulator]] and [[GuileHero isn't above deceiving]] [[ManipulativeBastard or lying to The Avengers]] to achieve his goals, [[spoiler:such as when the team discovers that he was keeping secrets about using the Tesseract to develop weapons of mass destruction. Even Rogers became appalled with him.]] He's a good guy, but one doesn't become the world's greatest spy without learning to play the angles.
* {{Badass}}: As we see in ''The Avengers''.
** BadassNormal: Gods, aliens, a man with "breathtaking anger management issues"... all nothing he can't handle. 
** BadassBeard
** BadassInCharge: Of [[SuperTeam the Avengers Initiative]].
** BadassLongcoat
* BaldOfAwesome
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Aside from the obvious he's a type I {{leader}}; the mastermind behind the Avengers Iniative. 
* BigGood: Of ''Film/TheAvengers''.
* TheCameo: His appearances in most of the MCU films have largely been this, save for ''Iron Man 2'' and ''The Avengers''.
* TheChessmaster: As with Phil Coulson, this seems to be a mandatory skill for upper-level SHIELD agents.
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeathGlare: His general reaction to those he does not like, rather than actually shooting them.
* [[spoiler:[[EtTuBrute Et Tu, Hawkeye?]]]]: In the opening scene of ''The Avengers'', [[spoiler:when he was shot by Hawkeye]].
* EyepatchOfPower
* HiddenDepths: Is genuinely devastated when [[spoiler: Coulson is killed by Loki]], and refers to the former as his one good eye.
* HumansAreWarriors
* ManipulativeBastard: Much like his comic counterpart. 
-->'''[[Film/IronMan Tony Stark]]''': He is ''the'' spy. His ''secrets'' have secrets.
* MilitaryMaverick: Goes on his gut instinct instead of going along with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat the World Security Council]], which is why he trusted [[DysfunctionJunction the Avengers]] to defeat [[PhysicalGod Loki]].
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack
* NervesOfSteel: Norse God with an alien army? Doesn't scare him.
* OnlySaneMan: Much like his comics counterpart, he generally comes across as the only person with his mind together in most of his scenes. Interestingly for this trope, instead of (or in addition to) being a constant annoyance to him, he uses his perspective and bluntness to help people and/or situations reach their potentials. ''The Avengers'' shows that he even plays this role [[spoiler:to the [[WellIntentionedExtremist World Security Council]], his bosses]].
** ''The Consultant'' reveals that in a world full of political power games, he and SHIELD are the only ones who are generally trying to handle the situation well.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* SamuelLJackson: This Nick Fury is based on the Ultimate Marvel Universe's Nick Fury, who was specifically modeled after Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson being [[OneOfUs a big comic book fan, especially of Fury himself]], he agreed for them to use his likeness, so long as he could play Ultimate Nick Fury if they ever made a movie with him. And sure enough...
* ScaryBlackMan
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He's more than willing to openly defy the World Security Council when they make [[WellIntentionedExtremist harsh calls]].
--> '''World Security Council''': Director Fury, the council has made a decision.
--> '''Nick Fury''': I recognize that the council has made a decision, but given that it's a ''stupid-ass'' decision, I've elected to ignore it.
* SharpDressedMan
* SophisticatedAsHell
* TheSponsor: Mostly to Tony and Steve. 
* SuperheroPackingHeat

!!''Natasha Romanoff / ComicBook/BlackWidow''
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-->''"This is [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk monsters]] and [[ComicBook/{{Loki}} magic]] and nothing [[{{SHIELD}} we]] [[BadassNormal were ever trained for.]]"''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ScarlettJohansson
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/IronMan2'' / ''Film/TheAvengers'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

A key agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the only female Avenger. She kept surveillance on everyone from Iron Man to the Hulk, and is more than a match as a fighter, but her willingness to do good seems to come from the aftermath of an amoral past.
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* ActionGirl: Aside from her intellect, this is her main power. While she has no superhuman abilities, Natasha is easily the most skilled hand-to-hand combatant in The Avengers.
* TheAtoner: Wants to make up for her past as an assassin ("wipe the red from my ledger", as she puts it) by first working for S.H.I.E.L.D., then becoming an Avenger.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal: A former assassin with gadgets, guns, good aim and even better close combat skills. That's still enough to qualify her as an Avenger.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Clint Barton.
* TheChick: As part of the Avengers. Next to [[IdealHero Steve Rogers]] and Bruce Banner ([[UnstoppableRage most of the time]]), she's probably the most levelheaded and put together of the team, and is constantly trying to encourage them to work together.
* {{Child Soldier|s}}: Started working as a spy from a very young age.
* CombatPragmatist: When her fight with [[spoiler:the BrainwashedAndCrazy Hawkeye]] starts getting rough, she resorts to [[ManBitesMan biting his hand]].
* CunningLinguist: Fluent in English, Russian, French, German, Chinese, Italian, ''Latin'', and various other languages, according to ''Iron Man 2'' and ''The Avengers''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast
* FakeAmerican: InUniverse, as explained in ''The Avengers''.
-->'''Romanoff''': I'm Russian. Well, I used to be.
* GenreSavvy: She knows better than to let her guard down toward [[spoiler:the brainwashed Hawkeye]] after [[ISurrenderSuckers he sounds like he's surrendering]]. Natasha simply punches him again [[TapOnTheHead in the head]].
* GuileHero: Her primary interrogation method is manipulating the egos of her targets to make them think they have her in a state of weakness, so they are more free while gloating. [[spoiler: Just ask Loki.]]
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: An inversion, at least when compared with fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (and partner) Hawkeye. Natasha is a crack shot, but she's an even better martial artist.
* HeelFaceTurn: She used to be a TrueNeutral assassin, [[spoiler:but made her change after Hawkeye chose not to kill her when on a mission to do so]].
* HumansAreWarriors
* ImprovisedWeapon: From beating down her captors with ''the chair they tied her to'', to working out how to fire a Chitauri blast lance just by grabbing one. [[HoistByHisownPetard There's a theme here...]]
* [[spoiler:IOweYouMyLife]]: [[spoiler:To Hawkeye since he chose to spare her.]]
* MadeOfIron: Takes a backhanded blow to the abs by the Hulk and gets up once her fear and shock wears off, with a limp for only short time. Then again, this could easily be [[TheDeterminator pure determination]] at work.
* MaleGaze: Her rear gets a lot of camera shots, especially in ''The Avengers''.
* [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack Movie Superheroines Wear Black]]: Averted. Her costume has always been black. Inverted in ''Iron Man 2'', as her uniform is actually blue in that one.
* MsFanservice
* NoSenseOfHumor: "I don't see how that's a party."
* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]: Tons of guards blocking the way to Vanko? No problem. Tied to a chair, surrounded by mobsters. No problem. Extra-dimensional aliens invading New York? Slightly more tiring, but still no problem.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Hawkeye is her closest confidant, but the two are, at present, just friends. Loki at one point asks if its love, [[ShipSinking she shoots the idea down as 'for children'.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: Before joining SHIELD.
* RedBaron: According to ''Film/TheAvengers'', she is "the famous Black Widow" to post-SovietUnion countries.
* RedHeadedHeroine
* SensualSlavs
* SexySecretary: As part of her Stark Industries cover.
* SheFu: Utilizes a lot of flips and slides in her fighting style, though she does also use other kinds of close combat.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female Avenger, though not the only ActionGirl.
* SpyCatsuit
* TheStoic: Has a generally dour, serious demeanour.
** NotSoStoic: Her run-in with the Hulk makes her lapse into a brief state of terror and she's shown sweating and trembling in fear more than any other member of the team.
* SuperWristGadget[=/=]ShockAndAwe: "Widow's Bite", two prototype electricity weapons that fire from her wrists. She uses these several times to take down Chitauri footsoldiers.
* [[SuperheroPackingHeat Superheroine Packing Heat]]: Has a pair of handguns on her, but she uses her hand-to-hand combat skills more often.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It's hard to tell if her relationship with Hawkeye is this or PlatonicLifePartners.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be The Hulk?]]: [[TheDreaded Can't blame her, though.]]

!!''Clint Barton / {{Hawkeye}}''
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--> ''"[[ArcherArchetype I see better from a distance]]."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JeremyRenner
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/{{Thor}}'' / ''Film/TheAvengers''

An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the greatest marksman in the world.
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* TheAce: Considered to be the best marksman in the world.
* ArcherArchetype
* TheAtoner: Briefly [[spoiler:following breaking out of Loki's MindControl]].
* {{Badass}}: Badass enough to [[spoiler:almost single-handedly bring the Helicarrier out of the sky using his trick arrows]].
** BadassNormal: When it comes down to it, he's not superhuman at all. His archery skills are just [[ImprobableAimingSkills that good]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Natasha Romanoff.
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Loki for the first part of ''The Avengers''.]]
* TheCameo: In ''Thor'', where he was a OneSceneWonder.
* CombatPragmatist: Hawkeye is a talented archer. Yet he has no problem with using weapons like handguns and knives, fighting women, or pulling hair if it means he'll win.
* ConsummateProfessional: There tends to be a cold professionalism about him. [[spoiler:Turned even higher when BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]
* CrazyPrepared: Hawkeye has exploding arrowheads, hacking arrowheads, super-heating arrowheads, shrapnel arrowheads, grappling hook arrowheads, [[spoiler:exploding arrowheads disguising to look like normal arrowheads so on the off chance the target has the SuperReflexes to [[ArrowCatch catch the arrow]] they won't recognize it as an exploding arrowhead...]]
* DeadpanSnarker
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: [[spoiler:Managed to get Black Widow, who started out as a ChildSoldier, to turn from her amorality and join S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: To Loki for part of ''The Avengers''. [[MindControlEyes Not]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy willingly]], though.]]
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside: Nick Fury suggests this in a deleted scene as the reason why Hawkeye shot him in the chest, rather than the head.]]
* [[FriendlySniper Friendly Archer]]: A consummate professional, but entirely approachable when off the job; even ''on'' the job, he'll toss off a dry wisecrack every so often.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: An inversion (see Black Widow's entry above). Clint is a great martial artist, but an even better marksman.
* HumansAreWarriors
* ImprobableAimingSkills: To the point that he can [[spoiler:hit a Chitauri flier ''without looking''.]]
* ItsPersonal: Promptly tells the others to "Get in line" about killing Loki [[spoiler:after he was freed from his brainwashing]].
* LaserSight: On his collapsible bow.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Though he's justified, seeing as he's a marksman, and mildly subverted as its based off his Ultimates inarnation, though that series was written as if it was a film. Somewhat played straight concerning his bow; Hawkeye primarily used a bright yellow longbow in the comics, until he gave it to [[LegacyCharacter Kate]] [[YoungAvengers Bishop]], to which he started used different coloured bows of many different designs. In the films, he uses a compound bow in ''Thor'', and a collapsible recurve in ''The Avengers'', both of which are coloured black.
* NoArcInArchery: Usually, but averted when he fires one arrow at an angle that causes it to fly a curved route.
* NomDeGuerre[=/=]CodeName: Hawkeye, as Romanoff calls him in the Battle of Manhattan.
* OneManArmy: Until he runs out of arrows, anyway.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Black Widow. She trusts him most because [[spoiler:he was responsible for [[DefusingTheTykeBomb defusing her]]]].
* [[FashionableAsymmetry Pragmatic]] [[JustifiedTrope Asymmetry]]: Hawkeye wears an armguard on only his right arm (to protect from the bowstring) and a finger-guard on his left hand, (again, to protect from the bowstring).
* TheSixthRanger: He's the last to join the Avengers team [[spoiler:due to being mind-controlled by Loki for a while.]]
* SleevesAreForWimps
* SuperheroPackingHeat: When he doesn't have his bow and quiver, he tends toward keeping a sidearm on him.
* SparingTheAces: [[spoiler:Hawkeye was once assigned to kill Natasha Romanoff, but chose to spare her and let her join S.H.I.E.L.D.]]
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: He can use guns, but he prefers his bow.
* TheStoic: When he starts firing at Chitauri gliders and Loki's on his own. Otherwise he's rather emotive, even friendly when not upset.
* TheSouthpaw: Possibly. In his cameo in ''Thor'', he pulls back on the bowstring with his right hand. In ''The Avengers'', however, he pulls solely with his left and holsters his gun on his left hip. The comics Hawkeye is ambidextrous, but Jeremy Renner is lefthanded and Clint wears only one armguard (which is worn on the arm holding the bow). 
* SuperWristGadget: Like the comics he keeps the shafts and the heads of his arrow separate and his wrist guard helps control the distribution.
* TrickArrow: Many varieties, from electrocution to explosive to GrapplingHookGun to superheating. There's even a HollywoodHacking arrow.
* UnresolvedSexualTension: It's hard to tell if his relationship with Black Widow is this or PlatonicLifePartners.
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:Brainwashed or not]], he's noticeably less effective with a handgun. This is lampshaded in a deleted scene.

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

-->'''Portrayed By''': Maximiliano Hernández
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''{{Film/Thor}}'' / ''Film/TheAvengers'' / ''Film/MarvelOneShots'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

A Level Six Agent of SHIELD. Like Coulson, he is frequently sent across the globe to handle what Fury can't.

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* AlienBlood: It's purple.
* AlwaysChaoticEvil
* AnotherDimension: Or at least a "new universe", if [[spoiler:Erik Selvig]]'s comment in ''The Avengers'' is anything to go by.
* ArmCannon: The cannons that some of the Chitauri have (including the eponymous [[Film/MarvelOneShots Item 47]]) seem to be fit around their arms to fire one-handed. They, however, do not seem to actually ''be'' the arm, since an arm falls out when CaptainAmerica chops it off of one of them.
* AwesomePersonnelCarrier: Their main transport is the Leviathan, a gigantic flying serpent-like creature that carries hundreds of soldiers and can fly through skyscrapers. It takes huge amounts of explosive or electrical damage to put one down. [[spoiler:Or one [[MegatonPunch Hulk punch]] and a several Stark missiles.]]
* BayonetYa: Their infantry sport them on their rifles.
* BloodKnight: They grow restless when denied war, to the point where they'll attack each other. The tactical problems with this are summed up in a deleted scene:
-->'''Loki:''' Your force lacks...finesse.
-->'''Other:''' Our warriors are fearless! [[MartyrdomCulture They welcome a glorious death.]]
-->'''Loki:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That may actually be the problem.]]
* BoomStick: Their standard infantry blast lances seem to be staves with the ability to fire out blue blasts of energy.
* CanonImmigrant: While the Chitauri are ([[InNameOnly loosely]]) based on an alien race in the UltimateMarvel universe, [[http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=49335 it's this version of them that's making the leap into the classic Marvel Universe]].
* {{Cyborg}}: They clearly have both mechanical and organic parts, and [[spoiler:shut down when their command ship is destroyed]].
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: [[spoiler: A single nuclear warhead to their mothership halts the entire invasion.]]
* FrickinLaserBeams: Two varieties. One is fired from a thin spear/rifle used by Chitauri foot soldiers. The other is a powerful ArmCannon that's mounted on Chitauri [[MookLieutenant commanders]] and units riding in hovercraft. Both fire blue colored beams.
* HumanoidAliens: Barring the freaky double-thumbs and evil-looking skull-faces.
* KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler:Taking out their command ship shuts them down.]]
* MartyrdomCulture: As pointed out by Loki, that's not exactly helpful for an army.
* {{Mooks}}: Not the worst ever, not the best ever. But certainly [[WeHaveReserves numerous]].
* NightmareFace
* OmnicidalManiac: ''Everyone'' is fair game in their rampage across Manhattan.
* UnusualUserInterface: Their flying craft are piloted by a soldier connected to some kind of metal harness.

!!''The Other''
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-->''"[[PunyEarthlings And the humans]], [[UnderestimatingBadassery what can they do]], but burn..."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Alexis Denisof
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheAvengers''

A leader of the Chitauri and servant of [[spoiler:Thanos]]. He acts as the liaison between his master and Loki.

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* AllThereInTheManual: It's mainly in the shorts he has any role at all.
* {{Badass}}: We finally get to see it come ''Item 47''. [[spoiler:Sitwell captures Benny and Claire by moving into the hotel room next to theirs and playing extremely loud music so that they'll come over to complain. He then has to fight off Claire while struggling to handcuff her husband and while she tries to shoot him with an alien {{BFG}}.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: Only known case in SHIELD besides NickFury, the resident BaldBlackLeaderGuy.
* BitCharacter: His appearances in ''Thor'' and ''The Avengers'' are very brief, and he tends to play a larger role in the shorts.
* ClassifiedInformation: In ''The Consultant'', Coulson asks him his clearance level. Either he's high enough (the lower range of "Top Secret" in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse) or he didn't think it was important, since he tells him the information he needed to anyway.
-->'''Sitwell''': It's Level 6. Like you. ... Come on, there's a Level 7?
* CommunicationsOfficer: His role in the films.
* HeroAntagonist: In ''Item 47'', where he's ordered to hunt the OutlawCouple protagonists.
* IAmTheNoun: Inverted. Coulson tells Sitwell that his patsy act "is legendary. [[StealthInsult In fact, when I think of the word 'patsy'...]]"
* [[spoiler:KnifeNut]]: [[spoiler:Subverted, as he whips one out and... used it to cut Benny and Claire's bonds.]]
* TheLancer: To Coulson. Following ''Thor'' he is frequently seen at his side. [[spoiler:Of course, then Coulson died, and he became his SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute.]]
* {{Megane}}
* TheMenInBlack
* ObfuscatingStupidity: He's says he does "a great patsy", and offers to do it so SHIELD can sabotage General Ross's meeting with Fury.
* ObsessedWithFood: Not ''that'' obsessively, but he does have a tendency to bring up what the food is like at the places he visits during otherwise serious meetings.
* PreemptiveShutUp: To Coulson in ''[[Film/MarvelOneShots The Consultant]]''. That StealthInsult wasn't funny.
* RaceLift: In the comics, Sitwell is Caucasian and blonde, while in the films he's Hispanic.
* RedOniBlueOni: He comes off as a little more laid-back Red Oni compared to the stuffier Coulson's Blue Oni.
* TheSmartGuy
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After being informed of the World Security Council's decision to put the Abomination on the Avengers, he and Coulson start plotting a way to stop this.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem / ExactWords: Sitwell is ordered to [[DeadlyEuphemism neutralize]] [[OutlawCouple Benny and Claire]]. [[spoiler:He does so by hiring them to SHIELD, putting them to work on reverse-engineering Chitauri weapons.]]
* SharpDressedMan
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: [[spoiler:Of Coulson after his death.]] While he's appeared beforehand in the films, ''Item 47'' hints he may be taking his place as the everyman of SHIELD. In fact, [[spoiler:Agent Blake accidentally calls him "Coulson" due to force of habit]]. Ironically, in the comics Sitwell has been around since the 60's, whereas [[spoiler: Coulson is a very recent CanonImmigrant, so you'd think it would be the other way around.]]

!!''Maria Hill''
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--> ''"Who would bring [[DysfunctionJunction those people]] together and not expect [[WeAreStrugglingTogether what happened?]]"''

-->'''Portrayed By''': CobieSmulders
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheAvengers'' / ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''

Nick Fury's aide and an espionage SHIELD agent. Clear-minded and pragmatic, she carries out his orders, though his seemingly reckless approach doesn't increase her trust of him.

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* BlackCloak
* CanonForeigner: Created for ''Film/TheAvengers''.
* EasilyConqueredWorld: Believed Earth would be one of these, and that the entire Earth would surrender the minute the Chitauri landed.
* HumanoidAliens: He has the same general shape as a human (and of course is played by a human actor), but the details are very different. For starters, he has two thumbs on each hand. It's not really clear if he's of the same race as the Chitauri.
* MalevolentMaskedMan
* MouthOfSauron: Serves as the mouthpiece for his master.
* NightmareFace: Though we only see some of it.
* OmnicidalManiac
* SmugSnake: He's certain that Earth will surrender the instant his Chitauri launch their assault (see his quote). [[spoiler:He wisely becomes more cautious of the humans after the Avengers repel the invasion.]] This might qualify him as a subversion, as a key characteristic of a SmugSnake is [[spoiler:an inability to learn from their mistakes, a weakness he clearly does not share]].
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: From the start, he shows annoyance over working with Loki. [[spoiler:Though, it was ultimately Thanos to make that decision, and gave him both his army as well as the scepter]].

!!''{{Thanos}}''
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-->'''Portrayed By''': Damion Poitier
-->'''Film Appearances''': [[spoiler:TheStinger for ''Film/TheAvengers'']] / ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' / ''The Avengers 2''

[[spoiler:Leader of the Chitauri who lent Loki his forces to attempt to conquer the Earth in exchange for the Tesseract.]]

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* ActionGirl: Though it's only shown twice so far, once being [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her first few minutes on screen]].
** AffirmativeActionGirl: It doesn't really balance it out, but it does help to decrease Black Widow's [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Smurfette]] rating.
* BadassNormal: Would have to be in order for NickFury to trust her to use a truck and a small team to [[spoiler:chase after [[PhysicalGod Loki]] and the BrainwashedAndCrazy Hawkeye]].
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. After a grenade knocks her off her feet, she gets a cut on her forehead and cheek (as shown), and both stay there for the rest of the movie.
* ByTheBookCop: This creates friction with her and Fury due to his more MilitaryMaverick style, and several times she's filed reports to the WSC criticizing his actions.
* CastingGag / DevelopmentGag: Cobie Smulders in a superhero movie directed by Creator/JossWhedon? [[WhatCouldHaveBeen A long time ago]], this team-up [[Franchise/WonderWoman was planned for a DC film]].
* CommunicationsOfficer
* TheDanza: Her actress's full birth name includes '''Maria'''.
* DeadpanSnarker: At times.
-->'''Tony Stark''': (''simulating an eyepatch while looking at two screens'') How does Fury even see these?
-->'''Maria Hill''': [[CaptainObvious He turns.]]
* DemotedToExtra / TheArtifact: Originally Hill was supposed to be narrating the film. However, the scenes of her doing so got cut out.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Not long after her introduction, after hearing [[BadassInCharge Nick Fury]] get shot, she leaves with a small team and a truck, to chase after [[spoiler:[[BigBad Loki]], and the BrainwashedAndCrazy crew of an unnamed {{SHIELD}} agent, {{Hawkeye}}, and [[TheProfessor Erik]] [[{{Film/Thor}} Selvig]] to try to take back the [[AppliedPhlebotinum Tesseract]]]] without even being ordered. She ends up with her truck facing the opposition head on, with them firing at each other through windshields until she is forced to move away, surviving a crash not long after.
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]: [[spoiler: For the World Security Council in deleted scenes, though she sides with Fury in the end.]]
* [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack Movie Superheroines Wear Black]]: Dark blue, actually, but still looks like black from a distance.
* NumberTwo: To Nick Fury.
* ScullyBox: It's hard to see in some shots, but Hill's boots have significant heel to them. Most likely due the fact that while CobieSmulders is fairly tall at 5'9'', she's frequently next to SamuelLJackson, who's 6'2''.
* SpyCatsuit
* [[SuperheroPackingHeat Superheroine Packing Heat]]
* TheWatson: At times to Nick Fury.

!!''Agent Blake''
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-->''"Your orders, Agent Sitwell: retrieve the weapons tech and [[DeadlyEuphemism neutralize]] the two outlaws."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': TitusWelliver
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

An agent of SHIELD in charge of surveillance. After [[OutlawCouple Benny and Clyde]] get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47.
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* TheMenInBlack
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson"."]]
* SinisterSurveillance
* SmugSnake
* YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his new assistant can't make coffee.

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!!''The Other''
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-->''"[[PunyEarthlings And the humans]], [[UnderestimatingBadassery what can they do]], but burn..."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Alexis Denisof
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheAvengers''

A leader of the Chitauri and servant of [[spoiler:Thanos]]. He acts as the liaison between his master and Loki.

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* AsHimself: Except perhaps in ''Iron Man 1'' and ''2'', where he may or may not have been Hugh Hefner and Larry King. Definitely not himself in ''Captain America'', since he would been about 60 years younger at that point in time.
* BadassMustache
* ButtMonkey: Mistakes a Senator's aide for CaptainAmerica, Tony Stark can never get his name right, gets sick from a gamma radiation laced soft drink, has the back of his truck ripped off, and misses all of the Avengers' action in New York.
* TheCameo
** CreatorCameo: With the exception of his appearance in ''Captain America''. He did not create that character but was responsible for bringing him into the Silver Age, as well as creating Cap's now-iconic shield throwing.
* CoolOldGuy: But of course.
* CoolShades
* TheDitz: In his appearances from ''Thor'' onward he's not very bright.
* FlatEarthAtheist: "Superheroes? In New York?"
* GeneralFailure: "I thought [[CaptainAmerica he'd]] [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller be taller]]."
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals
* ThePornomancer: When he appeared in ''Iron Man'', where he was mistaken for Hugh Hefner.
* ShipperOnDeck: In a deleted scene, after hearing Steve Roger's exchange with a waitress he tells him, "Ask for her number, you&#65279; moron."
* WeirdnessMagnet: If a superhero is in the area, so will he.
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: He's been everything from a trucker to a general to a rich socialite.
* YouLookFamiliar

!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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-->''"I hope [[OutlawCouple you]] are right..."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* [[spoiler:BoxedCrook[=/=]CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at SHIELD in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Not to Tony Stark's caliber, most likely, but he still manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while SHIELD hasn't made any progress with it.
** InformedAbility: We never see how he got it to work, though.
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: He wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe
* VillainProtagonist

!!''Claire Wise''
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-->''"I'm always right. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And I'm always right about you]]."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Lizzy Caplan
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

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!!''Creator/StanLee''
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-->''"[[FlatEarthAtheist Superheroes? In New York? Give me a break!]]"''

A pioneer of the comic industry, Stan the Man is the creator of many of Marvel's most famous heroes and makes a cameo appearance in all of Marvel's movies.
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* AsHimself: Except perhaps in ''Iron Man 1'' and ''2'', where he may or may not have been Hugh Hefner and Larry King. Definitely not himself in ''Captain America'', since he would been about 60 years younger at that point in time.
* BadassMustache
* ButtMonkey: Mistakes a Senator's aide for CaptainAmerica, Tony Stark can never get his name right, gets sick from a gamma radiation laced soft drink, has the back of his truck ripped off, and misses all of the Avengers' action in New York.
* TheCameo
** CreatorCameo: With the exception of his appearance in ''Captain America''. He did not create that character but was responsible for bringing him into the Silver Age, as well as creating Cap's now-iconic shield throwing.
* CoolOldGuy: But of course.
* CoolShades
* TheDitz: In his appearances from ''Thor'' onward he's not very bright.
* FlatEarthAtheist: "Superheroes? In New York?"
* GeneralFailure: "I thought [[CaptainAmerica he'd]] [[ExpectingSomeoneTaller be taller]]."
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals
* ThePornomancer: When he appeared in ''Iron Man'', where he was mistaken for Hugh Hefner.
* ShipperOnDeck: In a deleted scene, after hearing Steve Roger's exchange with a waitress he tells him, "Ask for her number, you&#65279; moron."
* WeirdnessMagnet: If a superhero is in the area, so will he.
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: He's been everything from a trucker to a general to a rich socialite.
* YouLookFamiliar

!!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack''
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-->''"I hope [[OutlawCouple you]] are right..."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Jesse Bradford
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams.
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* AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems.
* [[spoiler:BoxedCrook[=/=]CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at SHIELD in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry.]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Not to Tony Stark's caliber, most likely, but he still manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while SHIELD hasn't made any progress with it.
** InformedAbility: We never see how he got it to work, though.
* HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss.
* OutlawCouple: With Claire.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: He wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink.
* ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe
* VillainProtagonist

!!''Claire Wise''
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-->''"I'm always right. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments And I'm always right about you]]."''

-->'''Portrayed By''': Lizzy Caplan
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/MarvelOneShots''

Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadMilkEggsSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to.
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* AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing.
* [[spoiler:BoxedCrook[=/=]CutLexLuthorACheck: At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at SHIELD as Agent Blake's new assistant.]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky.
* OutlawCouple: With Benny. It's her idea.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: She wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one.
* ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde.
* SuperWeaponAverageJoe
* VillainProtagonist
* WomenAreWiser: Seems to think this of herself. In reality... probably not.
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