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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the Comicbook/MarvelNOW relaunch.
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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears then appeared as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in during the Comicbook/MarvelNOW relaunch.
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Janet appears --[[TheLostLenore briefly, via flashback]]-- in ''Film/AntMan'', one of the many properties that form the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In the film's [[TheStinger post-credits scene]], it's suggested that Janet's daughter with Hank, Hope van Dyne (played by Creator/EvangelineLilly), will become a second iteration of The Wasp.
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* DeathByOriginStory: The death of her father at the hands of the creature from Kosmos is what inspired Janet to contact Hank Pym, resulting in her transformation into the Wasp.
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The Wasp is the name of two Creator/MarvelComics superheroes: Janet van Dyne and her ex-husband, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].
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'''Hank Pym'''
Hank Pym took up the mantle of the Wasp after her disappearance in ''Secret Invasion'', a move that would be explored in the limited series: ''Ant-Man & Wasp'' (with Eric O'Grady as the Ant-Man to Hank's Wasp). As the Wasp, Pym would open the Janet van Dyne Centers for Women: six centers designed to provide support for victims of domestic abuse. He has since returned to using the Giant-Man identity.
Hank Pym took up the mantle of the Wasp after her disappearance in ''Secret Invasion'', a move that would be explored in the limited series: ''Ant-Man & Wasp'' (with Eric O'Grady as the Ant-Man to Hank's Wasp). As the Wasp, Pym would open the Janet van Dyne Centers for Women: six centers designed to provide support for victims of domestic abuse. He has since returned to using the Giant-Man identity.
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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW relaunch.
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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW Comicbook/MarvelNOW relaunch.
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* SleevesAreForWimps: Most notable with her ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' and ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' counterparts.
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* SleevesAreForWimps: Most notable with her ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' and ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' counterparts.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: More than anything Janet really wanted to be the second Mrs. Pym. So much so that she married Hank during his first real nervous breakdown simply because it seemed to be the only way to get his ring on her finger after years of asking him to marry her to no avail. The marriage sadly didn't work out so well...
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Hank Pym took up the mantle of the Wasp after her disappearance in ''Secret Invasion'', a move that would be explored in the limited series: ''Ant-Man & Wasp''. As the Wasp, Pym would open the Janet van Dyne Centers for Women: six centers designed to provide support for victims of domestic abuse. He has since returned to using the Giant-Man identity.
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* CuteBruiser: Jan is so very, very, very much this, especially on ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes''.
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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain Comicbook/{{Loki}}.SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW relaunch.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Janet was featured as a major character in one of the earlier drafts of Creator/JossWhedon's screenplay for ''Film/TheAvengers''. She ended up being cut from the film due to there already being too many characters to juggle.
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The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain Comicbook/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}''.''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW relaunch.
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* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheMightyThor gave Jan a MercyKill during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''. Years later, after ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}'', the Avengers learned that Jan did not really die, but got transported to the Microverse]].
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* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheMightyThor gave Jan a MercyKill during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''. Years later, after ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}'', ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', the Avengers learned that Jan did not really die, but got transported to the Microverse]].
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* UnlimitedWardrobe: The Wasp has hundreds of different costumes thanks to her career as a fashion designer. [http://www.wondrouswasp.altervista.org/ind-eng.htm almost all the costumes she's made are listed here].
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* HiddenBuxom: In AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes, where she seems normally endowed in her costume, but her bikini scene reveals she is very busty indeed.
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* UnlimitedWardrobe: The Wasp has hundreds of different costumes thanks to her career as a fashion designer. [http://www.wondrouswasp.altervista.org/ind-eng.htm almost all the costumes she's made are listed her].here].
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* ClothingDamage: In the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' episode ''Gamma World'', her costume was torn apart when she mutated to an actual Human Wasp, only pieces that covered her ladies part remained.
* MsFanservice: Remember those moments where Wasp was forced to fight in her bikini or underwear. or when she uses an costume was shows so much skin or those moments where she ended up naked when she shrunk due to wearing an normal outfit?.
** In ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' episode in ''The Casket of Ancient Winters'' we see her in bikini, and in the episode ''Gamma World'' her uniform is shredded.
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* OverShadowedByAwesome: In ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Wasp is fully capable of kicking villains around; in fact, she can more than handle herself against most villains, unless said villain is a BigBad or PersonOfMassDestruction, such as Graviton, Loki, Enchantress, or Executioner. Unfortunately for Wasp, she's the weakest member on the team, but they're ''[[BadassCrew Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' after all. The weakest of the mightiest is still one of the mightiest.
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The Wasp is the name of two Creator/MarvelComics superheroes: Janet van Dyne and her ex-husband, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].
'''Janet van Dyne'''
The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain Comicbook/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW relaunch.
'''Hank Pym'''
Hank Pym took up the mantle of the Wasp after her disappearance in ''Secret Invasion'', a move that would be explored in the limited series: ''Ant-Man & Wasp''. As the Wasp, Pym would open the Janet van Dyne Centers for Women: six centers designed to provide support for victims of domestic abuse. He has since returned to using the Giant-Man identity.
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* ''ComicBook/SecretWars''
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* ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''
* ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
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* ''Anime/MarvelDiscWarsTheAvengers''
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* ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
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!!Tropes seen in these series include:
* ActionFashionista: Probably has the largest wardrobe in comic book history. Justified, as she actually ''is'' TheFashionista.
* ActionGirl
* AlwaysVSexy
* AnimalThemeNaming
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Pym Particles.
* BadassAdorable: DependingOnTheWriter and most notable in ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', but Jan can kick ass and her quirky personality makes her adorable as she does so.
** TookALevelInBadass: Janet received a power-up in the early 1980s in a ''Marvel Team-Up'' plotline, due to Hank Pym refining her particular formula of Pym Particles, receiving more powerful "stings" and higher strength when she was shrunken down, and again in the early 2000s when she gained the ability to grow to giant size as well as shrink. She also spent much of the 1980s as the chairwoman of the Avengers, where she scored several impressive wins one right after the other.
* BalefulPolymorph: For a very brief period in the late 1990s, Jan was stuck in a mutated insect-woman form.
* BattleCouple: Ant-Man and Wasp.
** Not so much in ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', as Jan enjoys fighting villains while Henry doesn't.
* TheBeastmaster: Rarely used, Janet can produce small prehensile antennae from her forehead that allow her to communicate with and control insects.
* BioAugmentation: The source of Janet's wings and antennae.
* BrainUploading: The KillerRobot Ultron tried to upload Janet's mind into Jocasta, his newly-built female companion. Though the Avengers intervene before the procedure is complete, Jocasta retains enough of Janet's brain engrams to turn against her creator.
* CasualKink: Comicbook/UncannyAvengers establishes that Janet and Hank used to visit the Hellfire Club "to spice things up".
* TheChick
* DeathByOriginStory: The death of her father at the hands of the creature from Kosmos is what inspired Janet to contact Hank Pym, resulting in her transformation into the Wasp.
* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheMightyThor gave Jan a MercyKill during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''. Years later, after ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}'', the Avengers learned that Jan did not really die, but got transported to the Microverse]].
* {{Depending On The Artist}}[[DependingOnTheWriter /Writer]]: A number of aspects of her character have varied depending on who's drawing and writing her:
** Her competence, maturity, and intelligence varies depending on how much the writer likes her.
** Her hair varies from being reasonably long, short and springy, to even boyishly cut.
** Her abilities also vary; usually she has to shrink to fly and use her hand blasts, but some writers let her fly and blast at full size.
* TheFashionista: Janet is a fashion designer in her free time.
* FauxActionGirl: DependingOnTheWriter, some people just don't know how to write a competent Jan.
* HandBlast: The Wasp can fire bio-electric energy blasts from her hands. At first Janet required special wristbands, but years of exposure to the Pym Particles allowed her to generate the blasts naturally.
* HelloNurse: The original pin-up girl of the Marvel Universe. One of her earliest appearances has her drooled over by the residents of a veterans' hospital.
* TheHost: Janet was the host of two TV shows in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse: "America's Next Superstar" & "America's Newest Superhero".
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* LegacyCharacter: Hank Pym as Wasp II. Also Petra Larkov as Red Wasp in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel continuity.
* MadeOfIron: The Wasp's density increases in her giant form, giving her greater durability.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Sometimes, DependingOnTheArtist.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Janet's various outfits can shrink and grow with her thanks to the Pym Particles.
* OverShadowedByAwesome: In ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Wasp is fully capable of kicking villains around; in fact, she can more than handle herself against most villains, unless said villain is a BigBad or PersonOfMassDestruction, such as Graviton, Loki, Enchantress, or Executioner. Unfortunately for Wasp, she's the weakest member on the team, but they're ''[[BadassCrew Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' after all. The weakest of the mightiest is still one of the mightiest.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: The Wasp retains her normal strength and weight in insect form.
* PowerPerversionPotential: More than just potential. Janet and Hank have used their powers to pleasure each other in ''creative'' ways.
* RaceLift: The Wasp is Asian American in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe.
* RichBitch: Janet's personality for most of her early career. Hank Pym cited this as one of the reasons he was so hesitant to marry Janet in the first place.
* SexyBacklessOutfit / VaporWear: A number of Janet's costumes have holes in the back for her wings, which are too tiny to see when she's at normal height.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: Janet became trapped at insect size for a time after leaving the Avengers.
* ShesGotLegs: When giant. Normal sized Janet is actually a pretty small girl.
* SidekickGraduationsStick: Janet was generally treated as Ant-Man's young, flighty sidekick/partner at the beginning of her career. As a member of the Avengers, the Wasp gained considerable experience working alongside Iron Man and Captain America, eventually becoming Chairman and, later, leader of the Avengers.
* SizeShifter: Janet initially required doses of Pym Particles in order to change size, requiring her to carry special pills or gas canisters. Later, Janet's body would start to generate Pym Particles on its own, allowing her to change size at will.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* StalkerWithACrush: David "Whirlwind" Cannon developed a romantic obsession with her way back in ''Marvel Feature #6'', and recent events in ''Avengers Academy'' showed that her death didn't lessen it one iota.
* SuperStrength: Only available in giant form. A portion of the strength goes to [[SquareCubeLaw supporting the Wasp's body]], leading to diminishing returns if she grows too large. After a power upgrade in the Seventies, she has the same strength in tiny size that she does at regular height, leading some to mistakenly assume it's super.
* TheTease: She always flirts with every member of the team, especially the male ones. In general though, she's more like their little sister most of the time.
* TenMinuteRetirement
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and Amadeus Cho encounter Janet's soul in Erebus, stubbornly trying to win resurrection on one of the slot machines.
** This created a PlotHole when Bendis later established that Jan ''[[HesJustHiding had never really died in the first place]]''.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: The Wasp has hundreds of different costumes thanks to her career as a fashion designer.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Frequent, given that her clothes need to be specially prepared to change size with her.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The Skrulls turn Janet into one of these during ''Secret Invasion''.
* WeddingSmashers: Janet nearly died when the Ringmaster and the [[CircusOfFear Circus of Crime]] attacked during her wedding to Hank Pym.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Janet was featured as a major character in one of the earlier drafts of Creator/JossWhedon's screenplay for ''Film/TheAvengers''. She ended up being cut from the film due to there already being too many characters to juggle.
* WillfullyWeak: Janet is fully aware of the power and durability that come with growing to giant size, but she prefers to fight at insect size. She'll only break out the big guns when the shit really hits the fan.
* WingedHumanoid: Hank Pym implanted two tiny wings on Janet's back, giving her the power to [[{{Flight}} fly]] when she shrinks to insect size.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Happened quite often given the "on again, off again " nature of her relationship with Hank Pym.
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The Wasp is the name of two Creator/MarvelComics superheroes: Janet van Dyne and her ex-husband, [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]].
'''Janet van Dyne'''
The Wasp is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby. Making her debut in ''Tales to Astonish #44'' (June, 1963), Janet van Dyne has been featured in more than four decades of Marvel comics history. One of the founding members of Comicbook/TheAvengers, the Wasp famously gave the team its name after the the heroes take down the villain Comicbook/{{Loki}}. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series. She made a HeroicSacrifice during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', but to the surprise of nobody, returned from "the dead" after the events of ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}''. She now appears as part of the Comicbook/UncannyAvengers in the MarvelNOW relaunch.
'''Hank Pym'''
Hank Pym took up the mantle of the Wasp after her disappearance in ''Secret Invasion'', a move that would be explored in the limited series: ''Ant-Man & Wasp''. As the Wasp, Pym would open the Janet van Dyne Centers for Women: six centers designed to provide support for victims of domestic abuse. He has since returned to using the Giant-Man identity.
[[AC:{{Comics}}]]
* ''Ant-Man and the The Wasp''
'''Storylines'''
* ''ComicBook/SecretWars''
* ''[[ComicBook/JLAAvengers JLA/Avengers]]''
* ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''
* ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
[[AC:{{Anime}}]]
* ''Anime/MarvelDiscWarsTheAvengers''
[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/CaptainAmericaAndTheAvengers''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''
[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersUnitedTheyStand''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''
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!!Tropes seen in these series include:
* ActionFashionista: Probably has the largest wardrobe in comic book history. Justified, as she actually ''is'' TheFashionista.
* ActionGirl
* AlwaysVSexy
* AnimalThemeNaming
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Pym Particles.
* BadassAdorable: DependingOnTheWriter and most notable in ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', but Jan can kick ass and her quirky personality makes her adorable as she does so.
** TookALevelInBadass: Janet received a power-up in the early 1980s in a ''Marvel Team-Up'' plotline, due to Hank Pym refining her particular formula of Pym Particles, receiving more powerful "stings" and higher strength when she was shrunken down, and again in the early 2000s when she gained the ability to grow to giant size as well as shrink. She also spent much of the 1980s as the chairwoman of the Avengers, where she scored several impressive wins one right after the other.
* BalefulPolymorph: For a very brief period in the late 1990s, Jan was stuck in a mutated insect-woman form.
* BattleCouple: Ant-Man and Wasp.
** Not so much in ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', as Jan enjoys fighting villains while Henry doesn't.
* TheBeastmaster: Rarely used, Janet can produce small prehensile antennae from her forehead that allow her to communicate with and control insects.
* BioAugmentation: The source of Janet's wings and antennae.
* BrainUploading: The KillerRobot Ultron tried to upload Janet's mind into Jocasta, his newly-built female companion. Though the Avengers intervene before the procedure is complete, Jocasta retains enough of Janet's brain engrams to turn against her creator.
* CasualKink: Comicbook/UncannyAvengers establishes that Janet and Hank used to visit the Hellfire Club "to spice things up".
* TheChick
* DeathByOriginStory: The death of her father at the hands of the creature from Kosmos is what inspired Janet to contact Hank Pym, resulting in her transformation into the Wasp.
* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler: Comicbook/TheMightyThor gave Jan a MercyKill during ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''. Years later, after ''Comicbook/{{Avengers Vs X-Men}}'', the Avengers learned that Jan did not really die, but got transported to the Microverse]].
* {{Depending On The Artist}}[[DependingOnTheWriter /Writer]]: A number of aspects of her character have varied depending on who's drawing and writing her:
** Her competence, maturity, and intelligence varies depending on how much the writer likes her.
** Her hair varies from being reasonably long, short and springy, to even boyishly cut.
** Her abilities also vary; usually she has to shrink to fly and use her hand blasts, but some writers let her fly and blast at full size.
* TheFashionista: Janet is a fashion designer in her free time.
* FauxActionGirl: DependingOnTheWriter, some people just don't know how to write a competent Jan.
* HandBlast: The Wasp can fire bio-electric energy blasts from her hands. At first Janet required special wristbands, but years of exposure to the Pym Particles allowed her to generate the blasts naturally.
* HelloNurse: The original pin-up girl of the Marvel Universe. One of her earliest appearances has her drooled over by the residents of a veterans' hospital.
* TheHost: Janet was the host of two TV shows in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse: "America's Next Superstar" & "America's Newest Superhero".
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* LegacyCharacter: Hank Pym as Wasp II. Also Petra Larkov as Red Wasp in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel continuity.
* MadeOfIron: The Wasp's density increases in her giant form, giving her greater durability.
* MostCommonSuperpower: Sometimes, DependingOnTheArtist.
* MySuitIsAlsoSuper: Janet's various outfits can shrink and grow with her thanks to the Pym Particles.
* OverShadowedByAwesome: In ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Wasp is fully capable of kicking villains around; in fact, she can more than handle herself against most villains, unless said villain is a BigBad or PersonOfMassDestruction, such as Graviton, Loki, Enchantress, or Executioner. Unfortunately for Wasp, she's the weakest member on the team, but they're ''[[BadassCrew Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' after all. The weakest of the mightiest is still one of the mightiest.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: The Wasp retains her normal strength and weight in insect form.
* PowerPerversionPotential: More than just potential. Janet and Hank have used their powers to pleasure each other in ''creative'' ways.
* RaceLift: The Wasp is Asian American in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe.
* RichBitch: Janet's personality for most of her early career. Hank Pym cited this as one of the reasons he was so hesitant to marry Janet in the first place.
* SexyBacklessOutfit / VaporWear: A number of Janet's costumes have holes in the back for her wings, which are too tiny to see when she's at normal height.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: Janet became trapped at insect size for a time after leaving the Avengers.
* ShesGotLegs: When giant. Normal sized Janet is actually a pretty small girl.
* SidekickGraduationsStick: Janet was generally treated as Ant-Man's young, flighty sidekick/partner at the beginning of her career. As a member of the Avengers, the Wasp gained considerable experience working alongside Iron Man and Captain America, eventually becoming Chairman and, later, leader of the Avengers.
* SizeShifter: Janet initially required doses of Pym Particles in order to change size, requiring her to carry special pills or gas canisters. Later, Janet's body would start to generate Pym Particles on its own, allowing her to change size at will.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple
* StalkerWithACrush: David "Whirlwind" Cannon developed a romantic obsession with her way back in ''Marvel Feature #6'', and recent events in ''Avengers Academy'' showed that her death didn't lessen it one iota.
* SuperStrength: Only available in giant form. A portion of the strength goes to [[SquareCubeLaw supporting the Wasp's body]], leading to diminishing returns if she grows too large. After a power upgrade in the Seventies, she has the same strength in tiny size that she does at regular height, leading some to mistakenly assume it's super.
* TheTease: She always flirts with every member of the team, especially the male ones. In general though, she's more like their little sister most of the time.
* TenMinuteRetirement
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] and Amadeus Cho encounter Janet's soul in Erebus, stubbornly trying to win resurrection on one of the slot machines.
** This created a PlotHole when Bendis later established that Jan ''[[HesJustHiding had never really died in the first place]]''.
* UnlimitedWardrobe: The Wasp has hundreds of different costumes thanks to her career as a fashion designer.
* WardrobeMalfunction: Frequent, given that her clothes need to be specially prepared to change size with her.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The Skrulls turn Janet into one of these during ''Secret Invasion''.
* WeddingSmashers: Janet nearly died when the Ringmaster and the [[CircusOfFear Circus of Crime]] attacked during her wedding to Hank Pym.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Janet was featured as a major character in one of the earlier drafts of Creator/JossWhedon's screenplay for ''Film/TheAvengers''. She ended up being cut from the film due to there already being too many characters to juggle.
* WillfullyWeak: Janet is fully aware of the power and durability that come with growing to giant size, but she prefers to fight at insect size. She'll only break out the big guns when the shit really hits the fan.
* WingedHumanoid: Hank Pym implanted two tiny wings on Janet's back, giving her the power to [[{{Flight}} fly]] when she shrinks to insect size.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Happened quite often given the "on again, off again " nature of her relationship with Hank Pym.
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