History Characters / MarvelComicsKamalaKhan

Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.\\
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After being [[SuperEmpowering exposed to Terrigen Mist]], Kamala discovers she has [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] DNA and her latent {{shapeshifting}} power become apparent. Inspired by her heroine [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], who had recently abandoned the Ms. Marvel title to become Captain Marvel, Kamala decides to use her newfound abilities to protect her home and those in need.\\
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Kamala is notable for being one of the most prominent (and heroic) Muslim characters in popular culture; she was co-created by G. Willow Wilson (a Muslim convert herself) and Marvel editor Sana Amanat -- a Pakistani-American Muslim woman not unlike Kamala -- who currently serves as their Director of Content & Character Development.\\
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** ''ComicBook/MsMarvelTheMutantMenace'' (2024)

** ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' (2023-present)

** ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' (2023)

* ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHouseOfXLimitedSeries'' (2024)
* ''ComicBook/RiseOfThePowersOfX'' (2024)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Catchphrase}} EMBIGGEN!]]]]

* TheCape: In an age when so many of Marvel's old guard heroes are being depicted as [[ComicBook/TheIlluminati morally compromised]] [[ComicBook/CivilWar for the sake of drama,]] Kamala Khan is one of the most stand-up and earnest heroes around, and the citizens of Jersey City are generally very proud of their hometown hero in a way that's rare in the Marvel Universe.

* BrokenPedestal: During ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', not only does Kamala suffer this due to backing a detention cell approved by Carol Danvers, but she ends up getting one towards Carol when [[spoiler:she witnesses the death of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] and she can only ask in a traumatized manner why she let it happen. Then Carol arrests ComicBook/MilesMorales for a vision]]. This trope is finally hit when [[spoiler: she's forced to show Carol how flawed using Ulysses is using Hijinx as proof and all the heroine can see is that Kamala is working with a criminal. This, along with the fact that her best friend Bruno has effectively dumped her for her actions, leads her to walk off and dump the special pendant Carol gave her]].

* SecretKeeper: She knows ComicBook/MilesMorales is the new Spider-Man, but keeps it to herself. Miles is peeved that he doesn't actually know who Kamala is under the mask.

* ShapeshifterBaggage: Her ability to shapeshift and change size is eventually explained as working by shunting her mass back and forth along her timestream to when she needs it.

Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the MarvelUniverse.\\

* HeroicSacrifice: Disguises herself as Mary Jane Watson to prevent an interdimensional creature from killing her

* TheEveryman: Kamala has been repeatedly described as the true successor to Spider-Man for the millennial age. She's dorky, connected to the internet, constantly being underestimated by her conservative family for being unruly, ultimately wants to do some good in the world, and is a fan of all the heroes who have come before her.

* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: When Kamala meets Lockjaw, she goes into FreakyIsCool CutenessOverload, then takes him home with her and asks her parents if she can keep him.

After being [[SuperEmpowering exposed to Terrigen Mist]], Kamala discovers she has [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] DNA and her latent {{shapeshifting}} power become apparent. Inspired by her heroine [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], who had recently abandoned the Ms. Marvel title to become Captain Marvel, Kamala decides to use her newfound abilities to protect her home and those in need.\\

* TheCape: In an age when so many of Marvel's old guard heroes are being depicted as [[Comicbook/TheIlluminati morally compromised]] [[Comicbook/CivilWar for the sake of drama,]] Kamala Khan is one of the most stand-up and earnest heroes around, and the citizens of Jersey City are generally very proud of their hometown hero in a way that's rare in the Marvel Universe.

* MostCommonSuperpower: Lampshaded and subverted. Kamala spent much of her life idolizing Comicbook/CarolDanvers and fantasized about looking as good as she does in Carol's most well-known outfit. When Kamala's {{Shapeshifting}} abilities first appear, she subconsciously forces herself to look somewhat like Carol, but quickly comes to realize that she doesn't have the body type, doesn't like the hair, and the outfit is uncomfortable. The outfit she comes up with later is far more modest, being a modified burkini. As she is a sixteen year old girl, this is probably for the best. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13f03d37ff16a6ff3f0dc4912e3d2914.jpg Not all the cover artists got the memo, though.]]

* SecretKeeper: She knows Comicbook/MilesMorales is the new Spider-Man, but keeps it to herself. Miles is peeved that he doesn't actually know who Kamala is under the mask.

** During her first team-up with Franchise/SpiderMan, she has no hesitation in gleefully telling him she ships him with Carol Danvers and pestering him for details on a date they went on together.

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