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* TheChick: His early role in the Avengers. She develop in TheHeart

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* TheChessmaster: A very downplayed example, but she has learned a ''lot'' over her history about how important connections can be, and has learned multiple languages to use them more effectively.
--> "My superpower is I get things done."
* TheChick: His Her early role in the Avengers. She develop in TheHeartdevelops into TheHeart, throwing herself at heroism with an enthusiasm that rubs off on those around her.


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* SpoiledSweet: Eventually grows into this from her original RichBitch persona, gladly funding ventures by both superheroes and civilians.
** Notably, her Giant-Girl persona in MarvelAdventures was this from the very beginning.

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* GoodStepmother: Janet is kind and supportive step-mother for Nadia Pym. They're fond of each other, so much so Nadia eventually decides to officially take Janet's last name rather than Hank's, due to not really knowing much about Hank.



* ParentalSubstitute: To Nadia Pym. They're fond of each other, so much so Nadia eventually decides to officially take Janet's last name rather than Hank's, due to not really knowing much about Hank.
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He literally in the story didn't realize he was hank pym and starts off saying he killed Hank. And it's not aruged that she harmed it, but she TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT. There with sources!


* DomesticAbuse: Her relationship with Hank ventured into this, in a [[NeverLiveItDown particularly infamous manner]]. Unlike most examples in fiction they worked through it and were eventually able to get to a healthy, stable relationship, and despite being the victim Janet has often accepted some of the blame for not minding Hank's mental state as well as she could to prevent things going the way they did. A lot of attention tends to be disproportionately drawn to the instance where Hank slapped Janet, which in itself was ambiguous as to if it was intentional, which has lead to real-life discussions on if the relationship was ''really'' abusive, and to some extent argued that Janet was the one ''really'' at fault[[note]]it's argued that she harmed his mental state by pushing him into marriage during a time where he was having a psychotic break; however, Hank was the one to propose and its commonly ignored that before this, he'd regained his senses after and happily consented to the marriage[[/note]]. However, before this, Hank spent the majority of their relationship talking down to her and being emotionally and verbally abusive towards her (ValuesDissonance was in play, given this was the 60s), and as the Yellowjacket he'd become increasingly so since that persona was a JerkAss. It also tends to be ignored that when he first assumed the Yellowjacket identity, he announced it by attacking the team, physically knocking her out and dragging her away, then forcing himself onto her; none of these were ''her fault'' and completely unjustified assaults on her by him, but they rarely, if ever, get acknowledged, InUniverse and out.

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* DomesticAbuse: Her relationship with Hank ventured into this, in a [[NeverLiveItDown particularly infamous manner]]. Unlike most examples in fiction they worked through it and were eventually able to get to a healthy, stable relationship, and despite being the victim Janet has often accepted some of the blame for not minding Hank's mental state as well as she could to prevent things going the way they did. A lot of attention tends to be disproportionately drawn to the instance where Hank slapped Janet, which in itself was ambiguous as to if it was intentional, which has lead to real-life discussions on if the relationship was ''really'' abusive, and to some extent argued that Janet was the one ''really'' also at fault[[note]]it's argued that fault as she harmed took advantage of his mental state by pushing him into marriage during a time where he was having a psychotic break; however, Hank break, [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/03NrlRaNJNbLoccl0l5TS5Tx4kmS7EVIM_ZPIAQ-W2RPz2hn_omF8adjEbWY0vkMpD2chQC349eV=s1600 with everyone including himself]] believing he was another person entirely as the Yellow Jacket persona. On top of this ranting about Hank's focus on science and her wealth [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/MWN-QfHUgDD9O1bluFExXysPQSrqPUt-wr8oK_omCfuMT7qu6ynOqLXaIoGbLzhwKzg8JGrC7N_V=s1600 stood in the way of HER happiness and their relationship]], one she pushed to propose even begin. Though there's a case it is a back and its commonly ignored that before this, he'd regained his senses after and happily consented to the marriage[[/note]]. However, for as before this, Hank spent the majority of their relationship talking down to her and being emotionally and verbally abusive towards her (ValuesDissonance was in play, given this was the 60s), and as the Yellowjacket he'd become increasingly so since that persona was a JerkAss. It also tends to be ignored that when he first assumed the Yellowjacket identity, he announced it by attacking the team, physically knocking her out and dragging her away, then forcing himself onto her; none of these were ''her fault'' and completely unjustified assaults on her by him, but they rarely, if ever, get acknowledged, InUniverse and out.60s).
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When her father was killed by an alien attack, Janet turned to her colleague Hank Pym aka ComicBook/AntMan. Hank gave her access to the same [[SizeShifter size-changing]] Pym Particles that he used, plus genetic augmentation for insect wings that would allow her to fly once she shrank small enough. Over time the size-changing would become an innate power, plus she developed the ability to fire bio-electric "stings" from her hands.

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When her father was killed by an alien attack, Janet turned to her his colleague Hank Pym aka ComicBook/AntMan. After revealing his secret identity to her, Hank gave her access to the same [[SizeShifter size-changing]] Pym Particles that he used, plus genetic augmentation for insect wings that would allow her to fly once she shrank small enough. Over time the size-changing would become an innate power, power (and, like with Ant-Man, began retaining her strength despite how small she gets, resulting in proportunate super-strength; at an inch in height, she's capable of bending steel), plus she developed the ability to fire bio-electric "stings" from her hands.
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Though initially presented as a flighty, somewhat typical token female character at the time, with the same trappings as Lee and Kirby often struggled with at the time, Janet later went through considerable CharacterDevelopment. After her volatile marriage to Hank ended, Janet (humiliated by the events), returned to the Avengers and became their new chairperson and taking over as Leader, in order to try and prove herself a serious superhero. Under her leadership, the Avengers expanded their roster's gender ratio and recruited several heavy-hitters, and survived Baron Zemo's siege of the Avengers Mansion; during which, Janet herself took on Absorbing Man and Titania, [[TookALevelInBadass demonstrating just how much her combat ability had improved by this point]].

While she took a leave of absence after this, she returned to active duty several times over the years, and after some time eventually returned to leading the Avengers when Captain America stepped down. Her leadership here continued (with Captain America eventually rejoining when the Avengers restructure themselves into a larger unit, the two becoming Co-leaders), lasting throughout the ''Kang Dynasty'' storyline (during which Janet's leadership again proves vital for Kang's final defeat).

After ''Disassembled'', Janet stepped back from the Avengers, but eventually rejoined following ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. However, her return didn't last long, as Janet was seemingly killed during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' storyline. In the last arc of Creator/BrianBendis' ''Avengers'' run, she's found having been trapped in the Microverse, and returns to the Avengers under the new ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' title.




Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp appears as one of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey. Despite the fact she was mostly the same as her comic book counterpart in this adaptation, it still managed to increase her popularity with the fans through giving her a more sympathetic portrayal and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing her from the Scrappy Heap]].

Janet appears --[[TheLostLenore briefly, via flashback]]-- in ''Film/AntMan'', one of the many properties that form the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In that film's {{stinger}}, Hank gives his daughter Hope van Dyne (played by Creator/EvangelineLilly) a suit he designed with Janet prior to her death.

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Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp appears as one of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey. Despite the fact she was mostly the same as her comic book counterpart in this adaptation, it still managed to increase her popularity with the fans through giving her a more sympathetic portrayal and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing her from the Scrappy Heap]].

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Janet appears --[[TheLostLenore briefly, via flashback]]-- in ''Film/AntMan'', one of the many properties that form the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In that film's {{stinger}}, Hank gives his daughter Hope van Dyne (played by Creator/EvangelineLilly) a suit he designed with Janet prior to her death.
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* TheLeader: Its often forgotten, but Janet's been leader of the Avengers three times in total, for ''very'' long stretches of time. Her tenures combined, she's actually the second-longest serving leader, only behind ''Captain America'' himself.



* ParentalSubstitute: To Nadia Pym. They're fond of eachother.

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* ParentalSubstitute: To Nadia Pym. They're fond of eachother.each other, so much so Nadia eventually decides to officially take Janet's last name rather than Hank's, due to not really knowing much about Hank.
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* DomesticAbuse: Her relationship with Hank ventured into this, in a [[NeverLiveItDown particularly infamous manner]]. Unlike most examples in fiction they worked through it and were eventually able to get to a healthy, stable relationship, and despite being the victim Janet has often accepted some of the blame for not minding Hank's mental state as well as she could to prevent things going the way they did. A lot of attention tends to be disproportionately drawn to the instance where Hank slapped Janet, which in itself was ambiguous as to if it was intentional, which has lead to real-life discussions on if the relationship was ''really'' abusive, and to some extent argued that Janet was the one ''really'' at fault[[note]]its argued that she harmed his mental state by pushing him into marriage during a time where he was having a psychotic break; however, Hank was the one to propose and its commonly ignored that before this, he'd regained his senses after and happily consented to the marriage[[/note]]. However, before this, Hank spent the majority of their relationship talking down to her and being emotionally and verbally abusive towards her (ValuesDissonance was in play, given this was the 60s), and as the Yellow-Jacket he'd become increasingly so since that persona was a JerkAss. It also tends to be ignored that when he first assumed the Yellow Jacket identity, he announced it by attacking the team, physically knocking her out and dragging her away, then forcing himself onto her; none of these were ''her fault'' and completely unjustified assaults on her by him, but they rarely, if ever, get acknowledged, InUniverse and out.

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* DomesticAbuse: Her relationship with Hank ventured into this, in a [[NeverLiveItDown particularly infamous manner]]. Unlike most examples in fiction they worked through it and were eventually able to get to a healthy, stable relationship, and despite being the victim Janet has often accepted some of the blame for not minding Hank's mental state as well as she could to prevent things going the way they did. A lot of attention tends to be disproportionately drawn to the instance where Hank slapped Janet, which in itself was ambiguous as to if it was intentional, which has lead to real-life discussions on if the relationship was ''really'' abusive, and to some extent argued that Janet was the one ''really'' at fault[[note]]its fault[[note]]it's argued that she harmed his mental state by pushing him into marriage during a time where he was having a psychotic break; however, Hank was the one to propose and its commonly ignored that before this, he'd regained his senses after and happily consented to the marriage[[/note]]. However, before this, Hank spent the majority of their relationship talking down to her and being emotionally and verbally abusive towards her (ValuesDissonance was in play, given this was the 60s), and as the Yellow-Jacket Yellowjacket he'd become increasingly so since that persona was a JerkAss. It also tends to be ignored that when he first assumed the Yellow Jacket Yellowjacket identity, he announced it by attacking the team, physically knocking her out and dragging her away, then forcing himself onto her; none of these were ''her fault'' and completely unjustified assaults on her by him, but they rarely, if ever, get acknowledged, InUniverse and out.

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: This was taken UpToEleven in the years that she was still The Wasp, but Hank was Giant Man.

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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: This was taken UpToEleven in the years that she was still The Wasp, but Hank was Giant Man. Most of her other relationships tend to be this too, since even at normal height she's usually dwarfed by everyone.



* JerkassBall: Held on to it with both hands when she was taking advantage of Hank's breakdown to force him to marry her.

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* JerkassBall: Held on Occasionally she'll grab this in order to it make her butt heads with both hands when she was taking advantage of Hank's breakdown someone or do something to force him to marry her.cause trouble.



* 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.

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* 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. Any time Whirlwind shows up in a book, ''usually'' some attention is drawn to it, either by having other villains chastise him for his Wasp obsession or comment on how much it creeps them out, and whenever he gets a girlfriend, they usually mention how uncomfortable they are about him wanting them to dress like her.



* 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.
* 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.

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* 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. In ''Tony Stark: Iron Man'', when her and Tony began dating again, she outright claims one of her main talents is being able to flirt ''and'' fight at the same time.
* 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. During this time, she also learnt that her powers advanced enough that she could bend ''steel'' while at Wasp size due to her strength being compressed, and at the cost of mobility could keep her wings at higher sizes, up-to 4 feet.



** ''Marvel Adventures'' also has a counterpart of her who rather than choosing to shrink and use insect-themed powers, instead was known as 'Giant Girl' and used them to grow. She later developed the Wasp as a secondary power-set and identity, to use when that power-set was needed.



* WorkingWithTheEx: Happened quite often given the "on again, off again " nature of her relationship with Hank Pym.

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* WorkingWithTheEx: Happened quite often given the "on again, off again " nature of her relationship with Hank Pym. Also with Tony Stark, who remained one of her closest friends after they briefly dated.

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MASSIVE clean-up here, since the entry reads more like the YMMV page once did in attempting to villainise her for what happened. People keep forgetting that Hank was excessively cruel beforehand and a lot of the stuff that was 'her fault' is massive Ron The Death Eater treatment, never mind the times Hank assaulted her before the infamous slap.


* DomesticAbuse: Not a victim herself, per se, despite the [[NeverLiveItDown long-standing]] [[FanDumb misconception]] as Hank wasn't in control of himself at the time and wasn't specifically targeting her. It's questionable if the slap was even intentional, and in the original draft, wasn't supposed to be. Her treatment of ''him'' on the other hand:
** She willfully and blatantly used Hank's drug-addled and unstable mental state to force him into marriage with her. To give context, Hank at the moment of the marriage thought himself to be the villainous Yellowjacket, later it was mentioned several times that Hank was so out of it during the ceremony that he had no idea what he was saying. Janet had ''no excuse'', as she was just being manipulative for the sake of keeping Hank by her side no matter what. She has a panel [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/yjwedding11.jpg ranting at her team mates about her happiness and how Hank's previous behavior killed that]] after her announcement to marry Yellow Jacket, who none of the avengers knew was Hank and thought her new beau killed.
*** There was an attempt at a [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone of this behavior as the story explains the whole thing as everyone knowing it was Hank from the beginning and playing dumb, [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/yjwedding18.jpg for the sake of Hank's fractured psyche]]. Janet through out the story is played as an emotionally broken and sympathetic character.
*** There was also a second [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis where it said to be an [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBQp75HknI/AAAAAAAAQG0/UO4-wSqvMec/s1600/scan0007.jpg elaborate PR]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBPVWlAOxI/AAAAAAAAQGs/8wlqbfYFsM0/s1600/scan0004.jpg stunt set up by Hank and Janet]] with everyone in the know, and that it was to throw the media off.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Janet is showered with sympathy and praise for being struck by Hank during one of his mental breakdowns and subsequently divorcing him. Nobody ever acknowledges that she helped cause his mental breakdowns by taking advantage of his unstable mental state for her own purposes.

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* DomesticAbuse: Not Her relationship with Hank ventured into this, in a victim herself, per se, despite the [[NeverLiveItDown long-standing]] [[FanDumb misconception]] particularly infamous manner]]. Unlike most examples in fiction they worked through it and were eventually able to get to a healthy, stable relationship, and despite being the victim Janet has often accepted some of the blame for not minding Hank's mental state as well as she could to prevent things going the way they did. A lot of attention tends to be disproportionately drawn to the instance where Hank wasn't slapped Janet, which in control of himself at the time and wasn't specifically targeting her. It's questionable if the slap itself was even ambiguous as to if it was intentional, which has lead to real-life discussions on if the relationship was ''really'' abusive, and in to some extent argued that Janet was the original draft, wasn't supposed to be. Her treatment of ''him'' on the other hand:
** She willfully and blatantly used Hank's drug-addled and unstable
one ''really'' at fault[[note]]its argued that she harmed his mental state to force by pushing him into marriage with her. To give context, Hank at the moment of the marriage thought himself to be the villainous Yellowjacket, later it during a time where he was mentioned several times that having a psychotic break; however, Hank was so out of it during the ceremony one to propose and its commonly ignored that he had no idea what he was saying. Janet had ''no excuse'', as she was just before this, he'd regained his senses after and happily consented to the marriage[[/note]]. However, before this, Hank spent the majority of their relationship talking down to her and being manipulative for the sake of keeping Hank by her side no matter what. She has a panel [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/yjwedding11.jpg ranting at her team mates about her happiness and how Hank's previous behavior killed that]] after her announcement to marry Yellow Jacket, who none of the avengers knew was Hank and thought her new beau killed.
*** There was an attempt at a [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone of this behavior as the story explains the whole thing as everyone knowing it was Hank from the beginning and playing dumb, [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/yjwedding18.jpg for the sake of Hank's fractured psyche]]. Janet through out the story is played as an
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verbally abusive towards her (ValuesDissonance was in play, given this was the 60s), and as the Yellow-Jacket he'd become increasingly so since that persona was a JerkAss. It also a second [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis where it said tends to be an [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBQp75HknI/AAAAAAAAQG0/UO4-wSqvMec/s1600/scan0007.jpg elaborate PR]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBPVWlAOxI/AAAAAAAAQGs/8wlqbfYFsM0/s1600/scan0004.jpg stunt set up by Hank and Janet]] with everyone in the know, and ignored that it was to throw when he first assumed the media off.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Janet is showered with sympathy
Yellow Jacket identity, he announced it by attacking the team, physically knocking her out and praise for being struck by Hank during one dragging her away, then forcing himself onto her; none of his mental breakdowns these were ''her fault'' and subsequently divorcing him. Nobody ever acknowledges that she helped cause his mental breakdowns by taking advantage of his unstable mental state for completely unjustified assaults on her own purposes.by him, but they rarely, if ever, get acknowledged, InUniverse and out.
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Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/TheWaspLevGleason the Golden Age hero]].
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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 five 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 Loki. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series.

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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 five 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 Loki. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series.

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Janet Van Dyne/The Wasp appears as one of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey. Despite the fact she was mostly the same as her comic book counterpart in this adaptation, it still managed to increase her popularity with the fans through giving her a more sympathetic portrayal and [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescuing her from the Scrappy Heap]].



* MostCommonSuperpower: Under most artists.

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* MostCommonSuperpower: Under most artists.artists, she has a very nice bust.



** 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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** In ''Earth's ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' episode in ''The “The Casket of Ancient Winters'' Winters”, we see her in bikini, bikini and in the episode ''Gamma World'' “Gamma World” her uniform is shredded.



* ShesGotLegs: Whenever she is giant or occasionally when she is either small or regular size (particularly when she is featured in the comics that are drawn by Frank Cho.)

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* ShesGotLegs: Whenever she is giant She tends to wears costumes or occasionally when she is either small or regular size other outfits that show off her nice legs (particularly when she is featured in the comics that are drawn by Frank Cho.) Cho).
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*** There was also a second [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis where it said to be an [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBQp75HknI/AAAAAAAAQG0/UO4-wSqvMec/s1600/scan0007.jpg elaborate PR]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBPVWlAOxI/AAAAAAAAQGs/8wlqbfYFsM0/s1600/scan0004.jpg stunt set up by Hank and Janet]] with everyone in the know, and that it was to throw the media.

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*** There was also a second [[Main/RetCon Ret Con/]]RetGone by Creator/BrianMichaelBendis where it said to be an [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBQp75HknI/AAAAAAAAQG0/UO4-wSqvMec/s1600/scan0007.jpg elaborate PR]] [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kxF371gMSro/TQBPVWlAOxI/AAAAAAAAQGs/8wlqbfYFsM0/s1600/scan0004.jpg stunt set up by Hank and Janet]] with everyone in the know, and that it was to throw the media.media off.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Janet is showered with sympathy and praise for being struck by Hank during one of his mental breakdowns and subsequently divorcing him. Nobody ever acknowledges that she helped cause his mental breakdowns by taking advantage of his unstable mental state for her own purposes.
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A new Wasp has since appeared as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel relaunch. Pym's first wife was a Hungarian political refugee, but she was murdered by the Russians before he met Janet. However, unknown to Pym she had given birth to a daughter, Nadia, who was taken into the "Red Room" program that had produced the ComicBook/BlackWidow. Showing herself to have inherited Pym's aptitude for science, Nadia escaped using Pym Particles acquired from the black market and sought out her father, only to find out he had supposedly died in battle. She then steals some of his unclaimed gear and is working to prove herself his successor.

Janet appears --[[TheLostLenore briefly, via flashback]]-- in ''Film/AntMan'', one of the many properties that form the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In that film's {{stinger}}, Hank gives his daughter Hope van Dyne (played by Creator/EvangelineLilly), a suit he designed with Janet prior to her death.

She surely enough donned the suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but she wasn't alone --- her mother Janet appeared in the film as well, played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer. ''Ant-Man & The Wasp'' was also be the first MCU film with a female character in the title. Fitting, since The Wasp was also the first female Avenger in the comics.

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A new Wasp has since appeared as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel relaunch. Pym's first wife was a Hungarian political refugee, but she was murdered by the Russians before he met Janet. However, unknown to Pym she had given birth to a daughter, Nadia, who was taken into the "Red Room" program that had produced the ComicBook/BlackWidow. Showing herself to have inherited Pym's aptitude for science, Nadia escaped using Pym Particles acquired from the black market and sought out her father, only to find out he had supposedly died in battle. She then steals some of his unclaimed gear and is working to prove herself his successor.

Janet appears --[[TheLostLenore briefly, via flashback]]-- in ''Film/AntMan'', one of the many properties that form the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. In that film's {{stinger}}, Hank gives his daughter Hope van Dyne (played by Creator/EvangelineLilly), Creator/EvangelineLilly) a suit he designed with Janet prior to her death.

She surely enough donned the suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but she wasn't alone --- her mother Janet appeared in the film as well, played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer. ''Ant-Man & The Wasp'' was also be the first MCU film with a female character in the title. Fitting, since The Wasp was also the first female Avenger in the comics.
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Hope was then used as the inspiration for a new Wasp in the comics, who appeared as part of the Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel relaunch. Pym's first wife was a Hungarian political refugee, but she was murdered by the Russians before he met Janet. However, unknown to Pym she had given birth to a daughter, Nadia, who was taken into the Russian "Red Room" program that had produced the ComicBook/BlackWidow. Showing herself to have inherited Pym's aptitude for science, Nadia escaped using Pym Particles acquired from the black market and sought out her father, only to find out he had supposedly died in battle. She then steals some of his unclaimed gear and is working to prove herself his successor.



* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'': While Janet is a regular fixture in the game, Hope was added in 2018 as a limited-time recruit to tie in with ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': Janet was added in 2015 as part of an update loosely based on the ''Ant-Man'' movie, and Nadia was added in 2018 for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.

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* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'': While Janet is a regular fixture in the game, Hope was added in 2018 as a limited-time recruit to tie in with ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
Wasp'' and Nadia was added a few months afterward.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': Janet was added in 2015 as part of an update loosely based on the ''Ant-Man'' movie, and Nadia was added in 2018 for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''. Hope doesn't directly appear, but Janet can get her appearance as an alternate costume.
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: While Nadia is based on [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 the Red Queen]] and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Hope van Dyne]], she's isn't the biological daughter of Janet like she is there, instead being Maria Trovaya's daughter. That said, while not her biological mother, Janet is a surrogate one for Nadia.

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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: While Nadia is based on [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 the Red Queen]] and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Hope van Dyne]], she's isn't the biological daughter of Janet like she is there, in those universes, instead being Maria Trovaya's daughter. That said, while not her biological mother, Janet is a surrogate one for Nadia.



* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While based on the Red Queen from ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' and Hope van Dyne from the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', Maria Trovaya is now her biological mother.

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: While based on the Red Queen from ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' and Hope van Dyne from the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', Maria Trovaya is now her biological mother.mother with Janet as a surrogate one.
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* FeministFantasy: in issue #1 the only named males to appear is Hank Pym in a flashback when Nadia is talking about her past and Naveen the guy working in the bakery along with name dropping Bruce Banner and Clint Burton, every other major character is a woman, the immigration officer working her case is a woman and she teams up with Ms Marvel and Mockingbird to take on a HumongousMecha stolen by a female MadScientist (who better to stop her than a happy scientist); and after talking to Bobbi Morse about the fact people forget she's not just an ActionGirl that hits things with stick but closer to a GeniusBruiser specialising in biology and a bona fide Adventurer who went to the Savage Lands, along with the fact that until they discovered Moon Girl was the smartest person on the planet, the first woman on S.H.I.E.L.D's list of geniuses was only number 27. Nadia then decides to look for more women who's talents are going unrecognised by setting up [[FunWithAcronyms Genius In action Research Labs]].

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* FeministFantasy: in In issue #1 #1, the only named males to appear is are Hank Pym Pym, in a flashback when Nadia is talking about her past past, and Naveen Naveen, the guy working in the bakery along with name dropping Bruce Banner and Clint Burton, every Barton. Every other major character is a woman, the immigration officer working her case is a woman and she teams up with Ms Ms .Marvel and Mockingbird to take on a HumongousMecha stolen by a female MadScientist (who better to stop her than a happy scientist); and after talking to Bobbi Morse about the fact people forget she's not just an ActionGirl that hits things with stick but closer to a GeniusBruiser specialising in biology and a bona fide Adventurer who went to the Savage Lands, along with the fact that until they discovered Moon Girl was the smartest person on the planet, the first woman on S.H.I.E.L.D's list of geniuses was only number 27. Nadia then decides to look for more women who's talents are going unrecognised by setting up [[FunWithAcronyms Genius In action Research Labs]].
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* AgeLift: Most likely because this version isn't [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 a possible future]] or [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse a universe where Hank himself underwent this, before a man in his 60s]], Nadia is quite a bit younger.

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* AgeLift: Most likely because this version isn't in [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 a possible future]] or [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse a universe where Hank himself underwent this, before becoming a man in his 60s]], Nadia is quite a bit younger.

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* WingedHumanoid: Hank Pym implanted two tiny wings on Janet's back, giving her the power to [[{{Flight}} fly]] when she shrinks to insect size. Nadia has mechanical wings built into her suits .

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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: While Nadia is based on [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 the Red Queen]] and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Hope van Dyne]], she's isn't the biological daughter of Janet like she is there, instead being Maria Trovaya's daughter. That said, while not her biological mother, Janet is a surrogate one for Nadia.
* WingedHumanoid: Hank Pym implanted two tiny wings on Janet's back, giving her the power to [[{{Flight}} fly]] when she shrinks to insect size. Nadia has mechanical wings built into her suits .
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: While Janet is a surrogate mother for Nadia, Janet isn't her biological one like Nadia's [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 main]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse inspirations]].

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Janet/The Wasp appears as one of the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey.



She'll surely enough be donning the suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but she won't be alone --- her mother Janet will appear in the film as well, played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer. ''Ant-Man & The Wasp'' will also be the first MCU film with a female character in the title. Fitting, since The Wasp was also the first female Avenger in the comics.

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She'll She surely enough be donning donned the suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but she won't be wasn't alone --- her mother Janet will appear appeared in the film as well, played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer. ''Ant-Man & The Wasp'' will was also be the first MCU film with a female character in the title. Fitting, since The Wasp was also the first female Avenger in the comics.



** ''The ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp'' (featuring Nadia Pym, also marks the first solo dedicated to a Wasp)

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** ''The ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp'' (featuring Nadia Pym, Nadia, also marks the first solo dedicated to a Wasp)



* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (2015 -- present), played by Creator/EvangelineLilly (Hope) and Creator/MichellePfeiffer (Janet)

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* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (2015 -- present), played by with Creator/EvangelineLilly (Hope) and Creator/MichellePfeiffer (Janet)playing Hope Van Dyne. Janet also appears in a supporting role, played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer.



* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': Janet was added in 2015 as part of an update loosely based on the ''Ant-Man'' movie.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes2'': Janet serves as the game's MissionControl, and is also playable in a couple stages of the story mode and in Free Play. Nadia is available as part of the ''ComicBook/{{Champions|2016}}'' DLC character pack, and there will be another DLC pack based on ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.

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* ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy''
''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'': While Janet is a regular fixture in the game, Hope was added in 2018 as a limited-time recruit to tie in with ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': Janet was added in 2015 as part of an update loosely based on the ''Ant-Man'' movie.
movie, and Nadia was added in 2018 for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes2'': Janet serves as the game's MissionControl, and is also playable in a couple stages of the story mode and in Free Play. Nadia is available as part of the ''ComicBook/{{Champions|2016}}'' DLC character pack, and there will be Hope was included in another DLC pack based on ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
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*HappilyAdopted: At the end of Unstoppable Wasp's first volume, Nadia asks Janet if she can use the Van Dyne surname, and also moves in with her. By the time Mark Waid's Ant-Man and the Wasp miniseries starts, she's referred to as "Janet's adopted step".
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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 Loki. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series.

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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 five 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 Loki. Aside from a few solo adventures in ''Tales to Astonish'', Janet is the only original Avenger never to receive her own series.

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Both inverted--as while Janet is a surrogate mother for Nadia, Janet isn't her biological one like Nadia's [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 main]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse inspirations]]--and played straight as Maria Trovaya is now her biological mother.

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Both inverted--as while Janet is a surrogate mother for Nadia, Janet isn't her biological one like Nadia's [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 main]] [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse inspirations]]--and played straight as While based on the Red Queen from ''ComicBook/MarvelComics2'' and Hope van Dyne from the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', Maria Trovaya is now her biological mother.


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* AgeLift: Most likely because this version isn't [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 a possible future]] or [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse a universe where Hank himself underwent this, before a man in his 60s]], Nadia is quite a bit younger.
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* AdaptationNameChange: While Creator/MarkWaid said it's coincidental, her name is the Russian word for "hope", Nadia, instead of the English one.


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** Untitled ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' film (2019)

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** Untitled ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' film ''Film/Avengers4'' (2019)
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[-Note: Unless otherwise stated, all media appearances below are presumed to feature Janet Van Dyne as the Wasp.-]



* ''ComicBook/AntMan and The Wasp'' (featuring Hank in the role of Wasp instead of Janet)
* ''The ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp'' (featuring Nadia Pym, also marks the first solo dedicated to a Wasp)

'''Storylines'''
* ''ComicBook/SecretWars''
* ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers''
* ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''
* ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''

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* Ongoing titles:
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''ComicBook/AntMan and The Wasp'' (featuring Hank in the role of Wasp instead of Janet)
* ** ''The ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp'' (featuring Nadia Pym, also marks the first solo dedicated to a Wasp)

'''Storylines'''
Wasp)
* Team books:
** ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''
** ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' (Nadia)
* Individual storylines:
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''ComicBook/SecretWars''
* ** ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers''
* ** ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies''
* ** ''Comicbook/CivilWar''
* ** ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''



** ''Film/AntMan'' (2015)

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** ''Film/AntMan'' (2015)(2015) (Hope is a major supporting character but does not yet take the role of the Wasp; Janet's Wasp only appears briefly in flashback.)



* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight''

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* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight''
''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'': Janet was added in 2015 as part of an update loosely based on the ''Ant-Man'' movie.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes2'': Janet serves as the game's MissionControl, and is also playable in a couple stages of the story mode and in Free Play. Nadia is available as part of the ''ComicBook/{{Champions|2016}}'' DLC character pack, and there will be another DLC pack based on ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
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YMMV


* AngstWhatAngst: In issue #1 of Unstoppable Wasp she seems pretty happy while discussing the fact her mother died days after her birth, her treatment in the Red Room's Science Class and the fact that, after escaping to find her father, she learned that Hank Pym has apparently died. When the immigration officer she's talking to comments on how happy Nadia seems despite this she explains that if she spent her life being bitter then it would be like she never escaped.

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