History ComicBook / AntMan

** [[InsecureLoveInterest not proposing to Janet when both of them were clearly interested in each other]], since he figured she'd be more interested in celebrities and millionaires as opposed to a scientist. This led to him developing a split personality and becoming Yellowjacket for the first time.

* OmniDisciplinaryScientist: While starting out as "merely" a brilliant biochemist, Hank's story arc eventually led to him becoming an innovator in numerous fields, including particle and quantum physics ("Pym Particles"), electronics/robotics/programming (Ultron) and of course, entomology. [[CosmicEntity Eternity]] (later revealed to actually be Loki in disguise) told Hank he was Earth's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandroth#Yandroth Scientist Supreme]]" because his prowess with wide-spread scientific disciplines allow him abilities akin to magic, a claim that tends to lose some credibility given the fact that Reed "I Can Make [[RealityWarper Cosmic Cubes]] For The Lulz" Richards exists.

* BattleCouple: Ant-Man and Wasp.

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:With his "son", Ultron, at the end of ''Rage Of Ultron'']].

* IHaveManyNames: Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, and Wasp.

* NeverLiveItDown: He provides the picture for the comics page, slapping his wife Janet/The Wasp. Sometimes he has trouble living this down in-universe as well.

* ProfessorGuineaPig: in his origin story, he tested his shrinking serum on himself.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Pym has retired several times over the years, sometimes taking Janet with him, but it never stuck.

The original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym was created by StanLee, Larry Lieber, and JackKirby. Making his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] debut in ''Tales to Astonish #27'' (January, 1962), Hank Pym was an ordinary, but brilliant biochemist. Happily married to Maria Trovaya, a political refugee, Hank was devastated when she was murdered on a trip to Hungary. Her death led to Hank's first mental breakdown, one of his defining attributes in later years. After recovering, Hank threw himself into his work, leading to the creation of a rare group of subatomic particles. Pym then uses the particles to create two serums: one that shrinks objects and one that makes them larger. Testing the first serum on himself, Pym shrinks to insect size for the first time but is unable to reverse the procedure. Now trapped in a nearby anthill, Pym nearly drowns in honey before being rescued by a friendly ant. The new friends fend off an attack by other ants looking for an easy meal before Pym makes it back to his lab. Using the second serum to return to normal size, Pym recognizes the danger of his discovery and decides to destroy the serums before they can do more harm.

* OmniDisciplinaryScientist: While starting out as "merely" a brilliant biochemist, Hank's story arc eventually led to him becoming an innovator in numerous fields, including particle and quantum physics ("Pym Particles"), electronics/robotics/programming (Ultron) and of course, entomology. [[CosmicEntity Eternity]] (later revealed to actually be Selfdemonstrating/{{Loki}} in disguise) told Hank he was Earth's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandroth#Yandroth Scientist Supreme]]" because his prowess with wide-spread scientific disciplines allow him abilities akin to magic, a claim that tends to lose some credibility given the fact that Reed "I Can Make [[RealityWarper Cosmic Cubes]] For The Lulz" Richards exists.

* WhatTheHellHero: Pym has gotten this more than a few times, but probably the biggest came when Pym led the Mighty Avengers. It turned out a member of their team, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, had in fact been {{SelfDemonstrating/Loki}} in disguise as part of one of his trademark evil schemes. Pym's response was to ask the God of Evil to join the Avengers for real. Every person in the room, including Loki himself, reacted this way, and his Avengers team actually broke up for a time on the grounds that Pym was either too crazy or too stupid to lead them.

** Happens also with Cassie; in the [[CrisisCrossover AXIS Storyline]], the [[HeelFaceTurn morally inverted]] [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] uses a condensed portion of Scarlet Witch's reality warping powers to [[TheAtoner correct one]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone of his sins]], then Cassie [[OpenTheDoorAndSeeAllThePeople appears in front of Scott's doorstep]].

The original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym was created by StanLee, Larry Lieber, and JackKirby. Making his SilverAge debut in ''Tales to Astonish #27'' (January, 1962), Hank Pym was an ordinary, but brilliant biochemist. Happily married to Maria Trovaya, a political refugee, Hank was devastated when she was murdered on a trip to Hungary. Her death led to Hank's first mental breakdown, one of his defining attributes in later years. After recovering, Hank threw himself into his work, leading to the creation of a rare group of subatomic particles. Pym then uses the particles to create two serums: one that shrinks objects and one that makes them larger. Testing the first serum on himself, Pym shrinks to insect size for the first time but is unable to reverse the procedure. Now trapped in a nearby anthill, Pym nearly drowns in honey before being rescued by a friendly ant. The new friends fend off an attack by other ants looking for an easy meal before Pym makes it back to his lab. Using the second serum to return to normal size, Pym recognizes the danger of his discovery and decides to destroy the serums before they can do more harm.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (Hank Pym)

* [[WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesAvengersReassembled LEGO Marvel: Avengers Reassembled]] (Scott Lang)

* ''Ant-Man'' (Scott Lang)

* ''SecretInvasion''

* WhatTheHellHero: Pym has gotten this more than a few times, but probably the biggest came when Pym led the Mighty Avengers. It turned out a member of their team, the ScarletWitch, had in fact been {{Selfdemonstrating/Loki}} in disguise as part of one of his trademark evil schemes. Pym's response was to ask the God of Evil to join the Avengers for real. Every person in the room, including Loki himself, reacted this way, and his Avengers team actually broke up for a time on the grounds that Pym was either too crazy or too stupid to lead them.

* HeroicSacrifice: Eric is ultimately killed while saving a young child from the Descendants. In his final moments, he notes that it was worth it, since after a lifetime of being an asshole, his last moments on Earth were spent finally doing the right thing.

** Having sex with Veronica (Chris's, his best friend dead, girlfriend), leading to her pregnancy and ultimately abandoning her.

** His death appear that finally karma has caught him.
* KillAndReplace: Poor Eric ends up being killed by the Descendants and replaced by a Life Model Decoy.

%%* ComedicSociopathy

%%* JerkAss
* KarmaHoudini: While never out and out villainous, O'Grady was on both the Shadow Initiative and Osborn's second {{Thunderbolts}} team.
** Never mind playing DisappearedDad to his kid.

* ''Film/AntMan'': A Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse film that was originally going to be directed by Creator/EdgarWright, before he left the project and Peyton Reed took over. Creator/PaulRudd plays the lead as the Scott Lang version of Ant-Man, while Creator/MichaelDouglas portrays an older, retired version of Hank Pym. The Yellowjacket persona also appears, but is used by the movie's villain Darren Cross (from Scott's comic book origin).
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'': Paul Rudd will reprise his role as the Scott Lang version of Ant-Man.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': An update timed with the movie introduces Ant-Man (Lang), Giant-Man (Pym), Wasp (Janet) and Yellowjacket (Darren Cross) as playable characters; plus a Goliath alternate costume for Giant-Man.

** He manages to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome turn it around on]] NormanOsborn; when the latter asks Hank "still slapping women around?", Pym retorts "[[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied still throwing them off bridges]]?"

* RomanticRunnerUp: Lang dated Jessica Jones for months but she ended up with LukeCage.

* ''[[ComicBook/JLAAvengers JLA/Avengers]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' (Hank Pym appears with a combination of both Ant-Man and Giant-Man powersets before passing his title to Scott Lang during the second season; after which Hank switches to Yellowjacket)

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Less then a few issues into Remender's start on SecretAvengers, after being given a back story that didn't even fit his previous history well, he is killed off and replaced.

* ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'': Pym is a non-playable character, appearing as part of one of {{Hawkeye}}'s hyper combos.

*** During his tenure as a teacher in AvengersTheInitiative, many of his students refused his authority, with Prodigy explicitly naming him a "Wifebeater" in public.

* FireForgedFriends: With {{Taskmaster}} from his days in the [[Comicbook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers Initiative]].

*** During an heated argument with Wasp just before AvengersDisassembled She-Hulk refused to leave the room where they were arguing openly reasoning that Pym can't be trusted to be left alone with Janet while having a tantrum.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': An update timed with the movie introduces Ant-Man (Lang), Giant-Man (Pym), and Yellowjacket (Darren Cross) as playable characters; plus a Goliath alternate costume for Giant-Man.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Lang was killed in an explosion at the start of the ''Avengers Disassembled'' storyline. ScarletWitch later brought him back.

* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Hero]]: Pym has gotten this more than a few times, but probably the biggest came when Pym led the Mighty Avengers. It turned out a member of their team, the ScarletWitch, had in fact been {{Selfdemonstrating/Loki}} in disguise as part of one of his trademark evil schemes. Pym's response was to ask the God of Evil to join the Avengers for real. Every person in the room, including Loki himself, reacted this way, and his Avengers team actually broke up for a time on the grounds that Pym was either too crazy or too stupid to lead them.