History Comicbook / ScarletWitch

* MsFanservice: Scarlet Witch has been this since her first appearance in the comics. She's a very beautiful brunette who usually wears {{Stripperific}} outfits (particularly a red bathing suit or other costumes like the ones that she wore at the end of the ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers and ComicBook/ForceWorks team and during the run of Kurt Busiek and George Perez) that are more seductive then her contemporaries Jean Grey, Sue Storm, or Janet van Dyne and highlight her very big breasts, ripped broad shoulders, voluptuous yet toned body, and long toned yet shapely legs.

* CannotHoldHisLiquor: During ''All-New X-Factor'', she and Lorna have a day of sisterly hanging-out. Wanda gets plastered at a renaissance faire.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of the unpredictable nature of her powers, sometimes they backfire. For example, at the end of "Ultron Unlimited". All the battle-weary Avengers were counting on her to use her powers to break Ultron's body... but she was badly hurt, could not concentrate, and made Ultron more powerful than ever instead. If TheCavalry did not arrive to save the day...

* [[HesBack She's Back]]: The formation of Mighty Avengers teased this, but it was really Loki in disguise. Played straight in Children's Crusade #6 -- Wanda's alive, repowered, and back to her old self.

* TheAtoner: She feels endlessly remorseful about her role in the destruction of most of the mutant species during the House of M incident and became an Avenger to atone. Eventually, along with Hope Summers, she repowers the worlds mutants, but still has not stopped expressing remorse.

* PretenderDiss: Because of her roll in M-Day being even worsened by her recently being revealed as not a mutant, Krakoans refer to her as “Pretender” and look at her as a sort of boogeyman.

The [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men movies]] never formally introduced Wanda; at most her name is on the files Mystique sees in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and in the [[ReCut Rogue Cut]] of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Quicksilver's mom asks his younger sister -- who does appear in the regular cut -- to "go upstairs and bug your sister", implying there is a third Maximoff.

Scarlet Witch entered the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (after having a mid-credits cameo in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''), as portrayed by Creator/ElizabethOlsen. This version's powers are more simply displayed as telekinesis and some type of telepathy instead of the abilities of probability manipulation, reality warping, and chaos magic that she has in the comics and other versions. (Details can be found [[Characters/MCUNewAvengers here]].) In 2019, it was announced that she would be starring in her own series, ''[=WandaVision=]'', on Creator/DisneyPlus, alongside Creator/PaulBettany's Vision.

Meanwhile, the [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men movies]] haven't formally introduced Wanda; at most her name is on the files Mystique sees in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and in the [[ReCut Rogue Cut]] of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Quicksilver's mom asks his younger sister -- who does appear in the regular cut -- to "go upstairs and bug your sister", implying there is a third Maximoff.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse played by Creator/ElizabethOlsen

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** ''[=WandaVision=]'' (2020)

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* ''[[VideoGame/XMenLegends X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse]]''

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: As the rights for the X-Men are owned by FOX, Wanda is not a mutant in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. She is instead an enhanced human--her powers were bestowed after a scientific experiment to which she and Pietro volunteered.

* HartmanHips: Wanda has a large rear, which ends up being very prominent in her many costumes.

* AManIsAlwaysEager: The Enchantress put a spell on the Vision so that he loved her, and would steal for her. When he was under the spell, he kissed her, and ''[[WorthIt enjoyed]]'' it. Wanda was very angry with him about that. This was primarily to demonstrate how human Vision had become.

* MagicalRomani: She is Roma, and has significant magical power. It turns out that not only is her magic partially tied to the elder god living in Wundagore Mountain, her mother is also a Scarlet Witch, meaning there is a definite undercurrent of magic in the peoples' history.

** The retcon that Wanda and Pietro were never mutants ''OR'' Magneto's children during the AXIS arc, [[OldShame This has never being referrenced again in-continuity]].

** The retcon that Wanda and Pietro were never mutants ''AND'' Magneto's children during the AXIS arc.

** ''[=WandaVision=]'' (2021)

** ''[=WandaVision=]'' (2021)

* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' played by Creator/ElizabethOlsen

Scarlet Witch entered the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (after having a mid-credits cameo in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''), as portrayed by Creator/ElizabethOlsen. This version's powers are more simply displayed as telekinesis and some type of telepathy instead of the abilities of probability manipulation, reality warping, and chaos magic that she has in the comics and other versions. Details can be found [[Characters/MCUNewAvengers here]].

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Wanda and Pietro, who were just young gypsies at the time, were attacked by a mob with TorchesAndPitchforks when Wanda's power first manifested and [[HowDoIShotWeb she did not know how to control them]]. They were rescued by Magneto, an evil mutant with terrible magnetic powers who recruited them for his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. They accepted, not because they were evil, but just because they did not dare fight against someone such powerful as him.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit: The [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/10/102593/3206589-2+%281%29.jpg gypsy outfit designed by George Perez]] surely shows her as MsFanservice more than ever before, but it's often considered to be this type of outfit.

* TheOmnipotent: While Wanda had steadily grown more powerful over the years, the scale she reaches in ''Disassembled'' and ''House of M'' is far beyond anything she was shown to do--at the peak of her power, she was able to rewrite the Omniverse, as in every universe in every reality. No explanation was given for this, until it was retconned that a previously unmentioned power called the Life Force made her that strong. However, writers occasionally forget (or ignore) this, and tease the idea she is still able to warp reality.

* RefusedByTheCall: Is the Scarlet Witch the [[ComicBook/TheCelestialMadonnaSaga celestial Madonna]]? After all, she started her studies of magic, and the star that announced the coming of the Madonna appeared over the Avengers mansion. But no, the Celestial Madonna is Mantis.

Scarlet Witch entered the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (after having a mid-credits cameo in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''), as portrayed by Creator/ElizabethOlsen. This version's powers are more simply displayed as telekinesis and some type of telepathy instead of the abilities of probability manipulation, reality warping, and chaos magic that she has in the comics and other versions. Details can be found [[Characters/MCUNewAvengers here]]. The [[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men movies]] haven't formally introduced Wanda; at most her name is on the files Mystique sees in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and in the [[ReCut Rogue Cut]] of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Quicksilver's mom asks his younger sister -- who does appear in the regular cut -- to "go upstairs and bug your sister", implying there is a third Maximoff.

At the climax of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Magneto kills Quicksilver, driving Wanda into total despair; in her madness, she uttered the [[{{Meme}} immortal words]]: '''"No more mutants"''', and reverted the world back to near normal, withe an exception: depowering 99% of all mutants in the process, an event known as M-Day or Decimation. Subsequently, she suppressed her memories and powers and retreated to a secluded life on Wundagore.

For years Wanda stayed off the comics, with occasional allusions to finding her, fake versions of her appearing, and the aftermath of Decimation dominating mutant stories, until the 2011 ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''.

Following the ''[[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Secret Wars]]'' event in 2015, Wanda headlined [[ComicBook/ScarletWitch2015 her first ongoing title]] as part of the ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'' initiative. Although this title was cancelled after 12 issues, in it Wanda learned that she was the descendant of a long line of Scarlet Witches, making her a LegacyCharacter. After her series finished, she rejoined the Uncanny Avengers.

Scarlet Witch entered the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' portrayed by Creator/ElizabethOlsen. This version's powers are more simply displayed as telekinesis and some type of telepathy instead of the abilities of probability manipulation, reality warping, and chaos magic that she has in the comics and other versions. Details can be found [[Characters/MCUNewAvengers here]]. The [[Film/XMenFilmSeries the X-Men movies]] haven't formally introduced Wanda; at most her name is on the files Mystique sees in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and in the [[ReCut Rogue Cut]] of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Quicksilver's mom asks his younger sister -- who does appear in the regular cut -- to "go upstairs and bug your sister", implying there is a third Maximoff.

** Bendis became guilty of this in ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''. Prior to this, Wanda had remembered her children for years and was completely fine; this story conveniently ignores that. And ''before'' that, Creator/JohnByrne retconned Wanda's children as being pieces of a Supervillain's soul via Mephisto, and this caused her to go crazy the first time.
** The "reveal" that Wanda and Pietro were never mutants ''AND'' Magneto's children during the AXIS arc. [[OldShame This has never being adknowledged again in-continuity]].

* FantasticRacism: She xxperiences this both for her status as a mutant and her mixed marriage to the Vision.

* RetCon: Bendis became guilty of this in ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''. Prior to this, Wanda had remembered her children for years and was completely fine; this story conveniently ignores that. And ''before'' that, Creator/JohnByrne retconned Wanda's children as being pieces of a Supervillain's soul via Mephisto, and this caused her to go crazy the first time.