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** In ''Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2'', Mainframe is a female android voiced by Creator/MileyCyrus, despite being a male, futuristic counterpart of the Vision in the comics. The ''Guardians Holiday Special'' also reveals that Cosmo the Spacedog is female.

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** In the ''Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2'', Galaxy'' films, Mainframe is a female android voiced by Creator/MileyCyrus, Creator/MileyCyrus in ''Vol. 2'' and Creator/TaraStrong in ''Vol. 3'', despite being a male, futuristic counterpart of the Vision in the comics. The ''Guardians Holiday Special'' and ''Vol. 3'' also reveals reveal that Cosmo the Spacedog is female.



** In ''The Eternals'', the characters Makkari, Ajak and Sprite, all of whom are men in the [[ComicBook/TheEternals the original comics]], are played by women. Also, Ben Stoss, Phastos, was a female in the comics known only as Mrs. Stoss.

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** In ''The Eternals'', the characters Makkari, Ajak and Sprite, all of whom are men in the [[ComicBook/TheEternals the original comics]], are played by women. Also, Ben Stoss, Phastos, Phastos' spouse, was a female in the comics known only as Mrs. Stoss.



As revealed in ''The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special'', Cosmo the Spacedog is a female as opposed to male in the comics.



** ''The Marvels'' reveals another AlternateUniverse with its own heroes in TheStinger, which includes [[spoiler:the X-Men and a Captain Marvel-equivalent named Binary]].



* HyperlinkStory: Most of the sub-franchises are relatively standalone, occasionally crossing over, but only fully come together for ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame''.

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* HyperlinkStory: Most of the sub-franchises are relatively standalone, occasionally crossing over, but only fully come together for ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame''. This has been much less the case for the Multiverse Saga so far, but some links are still there.



** ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' has ongoing plots related to the alien Kree civilization; most notably the Inhumans, which are Imported Alien Genetic Engineering. Asgardian and Chitauri objects have also popped up on Earth occasionally.

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** ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' has ongoing plots related to the alien Kree civilization; most notably the Inhumans, which are Imported Alien Genetic Engineering. ''Ms. Marvel'' also features a strange artifact that's revealed as alien (Kree, in fact) in ''The Marvels''. Asgardian and Chitauri objects have also popped up on Earth occasionally.



* MegaCorp: The Roxxon Corporation, a massive conglomerate with interests in multiple industries, just like in the comics. It is also deeply corrupt and has had its fingers in criminal and nefarious plots for decades, from helping engineer the Great Depression in the 1920s to being a front company for the Hand in the 2010s. Even with the general separation between the films and the different TV subdivisions, it's one of the few elements that's crept into every arm of the franchise; including the ''Iron Man'' films, ''Agent Carter'', ''Daredevil'', and ''Cloak and Dagger''. If the events of ''Loki'' are to be taken into account, Roxxon will eventually grow big enough to become Roxx''cart'' by the time of 2050.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: It's dangerous to be a mentor in this franchise. Once the student no longer needs you, something will kill you. [[spoiler:Yinsen for Iron Man, Dr. Erskine for Captain America, The Ancient One for Doctor Strange, Yondu for Star-Lord, Odin for Thor, Zuri for Black Panther, Stick for Daredevil, Pop for Luke Cage, Mar-Vell/Dr. Wendy Lawson for Captain Marvel, and both Iron Man and Aunt May for Spider-Man]] definitely count; as do, arguably, [[spoiler:Frigga (who taught at least Loki some of his powers) and Coulson (though he doesn't stay dead) for Skye/Daisy]].

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* MegaCorp: The Roxxon Corporation, a massive conglomerate with interests in multiple industries, just like in the comics. It is also deeply corrupt and has had its fingers in criminal and nefarious plots for decades, from helping engineer the Great Depression in the 1920s to being a front company for the Hand in the 2010s. Even with the general separation between the films and the different TV subdivisions, it's one of the few elements that's crept into every arm of the franchise; including the ''Iron Man'' films, ''Agent Carter'', ''Daredevil'', and ''Cloak and Dagger''. If the events of ''Loki'' are to be taken into account, Roxxon will eventually grow big enough to become the mass-market retailer Roxx''cart'' by the time of 2050.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: It's dangerous to be a mentor in this franchise. Once the student no longer needs you, something will kill you. [[spoiler:Yinsen for Iron Man, Dr. Erskine for Captain America, The Ancient One for Doctor Strange, Yondu for Star-Lord, Odin for Thor, Zuri for Black Panther, Stick for Daredevil, Pop for Luke Cage, Mar-Vell/Dr. Wendy Lawson for Captain Marvel, and both Iron Man and Aunt May for Spider-Man]] Spider-Man, and Queen Ramonda for Black Panther II]] definitely count; as do, arguably, [[spoiler:Frigga (who taught at least Loki some of his powers) and Coulson (though he doesn't stay dead) for Skye/Daisy]].



** In the comics, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch's powers (prior to their {{Retcon}}) were the result of being Mutants. Ultron and the Vision were synthesized using the brain waves of Hank Pym and Simmon Williams, respectively. And Carol Danvers was caught in the explosion of a Kree device that transferred superpowers onto her. In the films it's revealed that the first two received their powers from the scepter, while Ultron and Vision were granted sentience by the Mind Stone contained within. Meanwhile, Carol [[spoiler:absorbed a massive dose of Tesseract/Space Stone energy]].

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** In the comics, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch's powers (prior to their {{Retcon}}) were the result of being Mutants. Ultron and the Vision were synthesized using the brain waves of Hank Pym and Simmon Simon Williams, respectively. And Carol Danvers was caught in the explosion of a Kree device that transferred superpowers onto her. In the films it's revealed that the first two received their powers from the scepter, scepter (though later suggested that Wanda already had some magic, the scepter just enhanced it), while Ultron and Vision were granted sentience by the Mind Stone contained within. Meanwhile, Carol [[spoiler:absorbed a massive dose of Tesseract/Space Stone energy]].



** ''Endgame'' establishes parallel timelines that can be traversed through the Quantum Realm, which become more thoroughly explored through Phase Four.

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** ''Endgame'' establishes parallel timelines that can be traversed through the Quantum Realm, which become more thoroughly explored through Phase Four.the Multiverse Saga.



** ''The Marvels'' teases a universe that features [[spoiler:the X-Men]].



** The biggest myth-arc is the Infinity Stones and Thanos' quest to find it to form ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet. {{McGuffin}}s such as the Tesseract (the Cosmic Cube from the comics), the Aether, the Orb, and the Eye of Agamotto are all revealed to be Infinity Stones, while the Mind Gem provides the origins for both Ultron and Vision.

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** The biggest myth-arc is the Infinity Stones and Thanos' quest to find it them to form ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet. {{McGuffin}}s such as the Tesseract (the Cosmic Cube from the comics), the Aether, the Orb, and the Eye of Agamotto are all revealed to be Infinity Stones, while the Mind Gem provides the origins for both Ultron and Vision.



* PortalNetwork: This is how FTL travel works in the MCU. ''Guardians Vol. 2'' shows that there are jump points in space that allow to quickly travel via "jumps." According to Yondu, making too many of those in quick succession is inadvisable and hazardous to organic beings (which does not stop him and Rocket from doing 700 jumps in a row). In the beginning of ''Infinity War,'' the Asgardian who sends a distress signal mentions that they are "22 jump points out of Asgard". In ''Captain Marvel'', the MacGuffin is [[spoiler:an FTL engine capable of circumventing the portal system]].

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* PortalNetwork: This is how FTL travel works in the MCU. ''Guardians Vol. 2'' shows that there are jump points in space that allow to quickly travel via "jumps." According to Yondu, making too many of those in quick succession is inadvisable and hazardous to organic beings (which does not stop him and Rocket from doing 700 jumps in a row). In the beginning of ''Infinity War,'' the Asgardian who sends a distress signal mentions that they are "22 jump points out of Asgard". In ''Captain Marvel'', the MacGuffin is [[spoiler:an FTL engine capable of circumventing the portal system]].system]], and the network is also central to the plot of ''The Marvels''.



* PunyEarthlings: Subverted. The Kree assess Nick Fury's (by extension all humans) threat level as "low to none". Thanos, the Confederacy, the Chronicoms, the Gibborim, Izel, and Dormamu all paid the price for [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating]] [[HumansAreSpecial humans]].

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* PunyEarthlings: Subverted. The Kree assess Nick Fury's (by extension all humans) threat level as "low to none". Thanos, the Confederacy, the Chronicoms, the Gibborim, Izel, and Dormamu Dormammu all paid the price for [[UnderestimatingBadassery underestimating]] [[HumansAreSpecial humans]].



** Kang the Conqueror and his multiversal counterparts have gone from white to black.

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** Kang the Conqueror and his multiversal counterparts have gone from white to black. So has the High Evolutionary.



** S.H.I.E.L.D., especially its director Nick Fury, stand above regional politics and screen the World Security Council's extremism. Until we find out that they've been infiltrated by HYDRA, anyway.

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** S.H.I.E.L.D., especially its director Nick Fury, stand stands above regional politics and screen the World Security Council's extremism. Until we find out that they've been infiltrated by HYDRA, anyway.



** Most of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Peter Quill was a former {{Space Pirate|s}} and a notorious outlaw and scavenger when introduced, Gamora and Nebula were originally CoDragons of [[BigBad Thanos]], Drax is introduced as an inmate, Mantis is technically an accomplice to a genocidal living planet, and Yondu Odanta was TheLeader of the SpacePirates Peter was a member of.

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** Most of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Peter Quill was a former {{Space Pirate|s}} and a notorious outlaw and scavenger when introduced, Gamora and Nebula were originally CoDragons of [[BigBad Thanos]], Drax is introduced as an inmate, Mantis is technically an accomplice to a genocidal living planet, and Yondu Odanta Udonta was TheLeader of the SpacePirates Peter was a member of.



*** Any series not featuring movie characters is plagued with questions of "how does this tie in with the latest movie events?" For the ''Defenders'' shows, the answer always ended up being "this is a little ways into the past, and the movie hasn't happened yet"; and they ended before they caught up with the unavoidable impact of ''Infinity War''. ''Runaways'' and ''Cloak and Dagger'' still haven't given answers as to why the events of ''Infinity War'' haven't been seen yet, though in the former's case an ExtremelyShortTimespan can account for not yet catching up to that point.

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*** Any series not featuring movie characters is plagued with questions of "how does this tie in with the latest movie events?" For the ''Defenders'' shows, the answer always ended up being "this is a little ways into the past, and the movie hasn't happened yet"; and they ended before they caught up with the unavoidable impact of ''Infinity War''. ''Runaways'' and ''Cloak and Dagger'' still haven't were never given answers as to why the events of ''Infinity War'' haven't been seen yet, weren't seen, though in the former's case an ExtremelyShortTimespan can account for not yet catching up to that point.



** {{Noodle Incident}}s occurring in Budapest. Black Widow and Hawkeye had an assignment there that they remember ''very'' differently (which eventually gets explored in ''Black Widow''), Isabelle and her team were there on merc duty once, Edwin Jarvis met his wife there during the Second World War, and Nick Fury spent time there before transitioning over to [=S.H.I.E.L.D.=].

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** {{Noodle Incident}}s occurring in Budapest. Black Widow and Hawkeye had an assignment there that they remember ''very'' differently (which eventually gets explored in ''Black Widow''), Isabelle and her team were there on merc duty once, Edwin Jarvis met his wife there during the Second World War, and Nick Fury spent time there before transitioning over to [=S.''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.=].'' had a minor character named Isabelle and her team there on merc duty once, Edwin Jarvis met his wife there during the Second World War, and Nick Fury spent time there before transitioning over to S.H.I.E.L.D.

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** In ''The Eternals'', the characters Makkari, Ajak and Sprite, all of whom are men in the [[ComicBook/TheEternals the original comics]], are played by women.

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** In ''The Eternals'', the characters Makkari, Ajak and Sprite, all of whom are men in the [[ComicBook/TheEternals the original comics]], are played by women. Also, Ben Stoss, Phastos, was a female in the comics known only as Mrs. Stoss.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Pops up now and then with superpowered characters who were around before the "main" story arc of the MCU began in the mid-2000s, but didn't show up until much larger in the saga. The typical explanations are that these characters were engaged in covert missions and their existence wasn't known to the public at large (Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, the Mandarin), they weren't doing anything of particular relevance yet that would demand mention of them (Vulture, Killmonger, the Masters of the Mystic Arts), or they weren't on Earth and not involved in events occurring there so the Earth-based heroes didn't know about them (the Guardians of the Galaxy, Valkyrie, Captain Marvel).
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* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phases Four and Five take this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Captain America: Brave New World''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.

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* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers ComicBook/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phases Four and Five take this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Captain America: Brave New World''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.



** ''Ant-Man'' makes Hope Van Dyne into Scott Lang's love interest. In the comics, Hope originally only existed in the Comicbook/MarvelComics2 continuity, which was set in the future.

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** ''Ant-Man'' makes Hope Van Dyne into Scott Lang's love interest. In the comics, Hope originally only existed in the Comicbook/MarvelComics2 ComicBook/MarvelComics2 continuity, which was set in the future.



** For a brief period, the ''Comicbook/SecretAvengers'' comic had Rhodey adopt the Iron Patriot identity in order to match up with ''Iron Man 3''.
** Daisy Johnson/Quake was white in the original comics, and her powers came from her father. After ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' made her half-Chinese and established that she got her powers from her [[Comicbook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] mother, the comics imported both of those aspects to her backstory.

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** For a brief period, the ''Comicbook/SecretAvengers'' ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'' comic had Rhodey adopt the Iron Patriot identity in order to match up with ''Iron Man 3''.
** Daisy Johnson/Quake was white in the original comics, and her powers came from her father. After ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' made her half-Chinese and established that she got her powers from her [[Comicbook/TheInhumans [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] mother, the comics imported both of those aspects to her backstory.



** Jessica Jones and Trish Walker formed such a duo that the next Comicbook/PatsyWalker [[Comicbook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat series]] [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/c2e2-exclusive-leth-brings-patsy-walker-jessica-jones-together-for-the-first-time had to include them teaming up.]] However, the comics did ''not'' incorporate the show's [[RelatedInTheAdaptation revelation that Jessica is Trish's adopted sister]].

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** Jessica Jones and Trish Walker formed such a duo that the next Comicbook/PatsyWalker [[Comicbook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat ComicBook/PatsyWalker [[ComicBook/PatsyWalkerAKAHellcat series]] [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/c2e2-exclusive-leth-brings-patsy-walker-jessica-jones-together-for-the-first-time had to include them teaming up.]] However, the comics did ''not'' incorporate the show's [[RelatedInTheAdaptation revelation that Jessica is Trish's adopted sister]].
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* LiveActionAdaptation: Of [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s super hero comics, with certain films focusing on specific stories (for example, ''Captain America: Civil War'' adapts the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' CrisisCrossover).

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* LiveActionAdaptation: Of [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s super hero comics, with certain films focusing on specific stories (for example, ''Captain America: Civil War'' adapts the ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' CrisisCrossover).
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* MirrorMatch: Many MCU movies involve a fight between people with similar powers, to the point that it's become considered a cliché. Examples include Iron Man and Iron Monger; Hulk and Abomination; Captain America and both Red Skull and Winter Soldier; Ant-Man and Yellowjacket; Doctor Strange and Kaecilius, [[spoiler:Mordo (though mainly offscreen)]], and [[spoiler:Scarlet Witch]]; Black Panther and Killmonger; Scarlet Witch and [[spoiler:Agatha Harkness]]; Shang-Chi and Wenwu; She-Hulk and Titania (and she has a skirmish with the original Hulk as well); and Gravik and [[spoiler:G'iah]].
** Subverted when ''[=WandaVision=]'' sets up another counterpart battle alongside Wanda's and pits Vision against [[spoiler:another Vision]], only to find after a bit of fighting that [[spoiler:the second Vision isn't evil, just following programmed orders; both Visions are equally peaceful and they're able to talk things out]].
** Parodied in ''She-Hulk'', which sets up a major brawl involving Hulk, She-Hulk, a knockoff Hulk, Abomination, and Titania; with some having very flimsy justification for being there. Jen, being a FourthWallObserver, recognizes it as a gratuitous cliché and [[spoiler:goes to Marvel Studios to have them call it off]].
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** The last two films of the Avengers Infinity Saga favors [[spoiler:the Pragmatist side. ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has the team stick by the "we do not trade lives" mindset, which results in Thanos obtaining the Stones anyway and wiping out half of all life in the universe. ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' changes their mindset to "whatever it takes" to stop Thanos, resulting in them winning with the loss of only two named characters.]]

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** The last two films of the Avengers Infinity Saga favors favor [[spoiler:the Pragmatist side. ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' has the team stick by the "we do not trade lives" mindset, which results in Thanos obtaining the Stones anyway and wiping out half of all life in the universe. ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' changes their mindset to "whatever it takes" to stop Thanos, resulting in them winning with the loss of only two named characters.]]



** {{White Male Lead}}s are very abundant within the first three phases. By the time the Infinity Saga MythArc wrapped up, only three out of the twenty-three films thus released featured either a non-white (''Black Panther'') or a female (co-)lead (''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', ''Captain Marvel''). The Multiverse Saga aims to rectify this, with several projects with women as the lead or co-lead (''[=WandaVision=]'', ''Black Widow'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'', ''Agatha'') others that feature heroes of color (''Falcon and Winter Soldier'' and ''New World Order'', ''Shang-Chi'', ''Eternals'', ''Wakanda Forever'', ''Blade''), and some starring [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs women of color]] (''Ms.Marvel'' and ''The Marvels'', ''Echo'', ''Ironheart'').

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** {{White Male Lead}}s are very abundant within the first three phases. By the time the Infinity Saga MythArc wrapped up, only three out of the twenty-three films thus released featured either a non-white (''Black Panther'') or a female (co-)lead (''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', ''Captain Marvel''). The Multiverse Saga aims to rectify this, with several projects with women as the lead or co-lead (''[=WandaVision=]'', ''Black Widow'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'', ''Agatha'') others that feature heroes of color (''Falcon and Winter Soldier'' and ''New World Order'', ''Brave New World'', ''Shang-Chi'', ''Eternals'', ''Wakanda Forever'', ''Secret Invasion'', ''Blade''), and some starring [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs women of color]] (''Ms.Marvel'' and ''The Marvels'', ''Echo'', ''Ironheart'').



* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phases Four and Five take this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Captain America: New World Order''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.

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* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phases Four and Five take this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Captain America: Brave New World Order''; World''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.



** ''Loki'' establishes that the multiverse had been reduced to one timeline, named the Sacred Timeline, after a multiversal war. The first season ends with the multiverse being restored, with ''What If...'' exploring all these alternate timelines.
** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' has Spider-Man encounter villains [[spoiler:and versions of himself]] from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', which are established to be different universes in the multiverse. According to comics canon this would make them Earth-96283 and Earth-120703 respectively while the MCU is Earth-199999. ''Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse'' is also part of the multiverse with the appearance of Eddie Brock though it's official designation is unknown.

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** ''Loki'' establishes that the multiverse had been reduced to one timeline, named the Sacred Timeline, after a multiversal war. The first season ends with the multiverse being restored, with ''What If...'' ?'' exploring all these alternate timelines.
** ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' has Spider-Man encounter villains [[spoiler:and versions of himself]] from the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', which are established to be different universes in the multiverse. According to comics canon this would make them Earth-96283 and Earth-120703 respectively while the MCU is Earth-199999. ''Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse'' is also part of the multiverse with the appearance of Eddie Brock though it's official designation is unknown.Brock, later labeled Earth-688B.



** The biggest myth-arc is the Infinity Stones and Thanos' quest to find it to form ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet. {{McGuffin}}s such as the Tesseract (the Cosmic Cube from the comics), the Aether, the Orb, and the Eye of Agamotto are all revealed to be Infinity Stones, while the Mind Gem provides the origins for both Ulton and Vision.

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** The biggest myth-arc is the Infinity Stones and Thanos' quest to find it to form ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet. {{McGuffin}}s such as the Tesseract (the Cosmic Cube from the comics), the Aether, the Orb, and the Eye of Agamotto are all revealed to be Infinity Stones, while the Mind Gem provides the origins for both Ulton Ultron and Vision.



* NextSundayAD: From ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' onward, all current and future MCU works are now set a few years ahead of the present day, with the current films/TV shows taking place around the 2023-2025 time period. Previously, most of the films took place in the year they released in, unless they were specific period pieces such as ''[[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]]'' or ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.

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* NextSundayAD: From ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' onward, all current and future MCU works are now set a few years ahead of the present day, with the current Phase Four films/TV shows released between 2020 and 2022 but taking place around the 2023-2025 time period. Previously, most of the films took place in the year they released in, unless they were specific period pieces such as ''[[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]]'' ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' or ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.
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** Vibranium created two. Wakanda, which prior to the events of ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' was believed to be a third world country, but is secretly the most technologically advanced country in the world, hidden behind a holographic illusion, and the underwater nation of Talokan, which remains hidden from the surface.
** There are two secret Inhuman hideouts. Attilan, which is located on the moon, and Afterlife, which is located in an isolated mountain region in Nepal.
** Kamar-Taj, where the masters of the mystic arts live and train.
** Ta Lo, which exists in its own dimension filled with magical creatures and humans who practice a magical fighting style.
** K’un Lun, home of the Order of the crane Mother which exists in a dimension only accessible every fifteen years.
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* HumansAreSpecial: Indicated several times in the franchise.
** Thanos tells Steve that none of his previous genocides had been personal, but he plans on enjoying the destruction of Earth, implying that humanity and its allies put up a far more dogged defense than other civilizations which Thanos encountered.
** The High Evolutionary mentions to Peter Quill that Earth had the finest and most diverse culture of any planet he visited.
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* GenreBusting: The franchise changed what movie-goers and movie-makers alike thought was possible with crossover films and established genres, and along with ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' redefined what the superhero genre could do, by mixing elements from science fiction, fantasy, thrillers and whatnot. The MCU in particular is very liberal with it's use of this trope, to the point that it's possible to have grounded, gritty and semi-realistic films such as ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and zany SpaceWestern comedies like ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' take place in the same universe without anybody questioning it.

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* GenreBusting: The franchise changed what movie-goers and movie-makers alike thought was possible with crossover films and established genres, and along with ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' redefined what the superhero genre could do, by mixing elements from science fiction, fantasy, thrillers and whatnot. The MCU in particular is very liberal with it's use of this trope, to the point that it's possible to have grounded, gritty and semi-realistic films such as ''Film/IronMan'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and zany SpaceWestern comedies like ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' take place in the same universe without anybody questioning it.

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** In ''Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2'', Mainframe is a female android voiced by Creator/MileyCyrus, despite being a male, futuristic counterpart of The Vision.

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** In ''Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.2'', Mainframe is a female android voiced by Creator/MileyCyrus, despite being a male, futuristic counterpart of the Vision in the comics. The Vision.''Guardians Holiday Special'' also reveals that Cosmo the Spacedog is female.



** From the Netflix shows, [[spoiler:Madame Gao]]. Never the main villain of any show, but often comes off as more cunning and menacing than the one who is. They also have a tendency to make clean getaways where other villains get killed.

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** From the Netflix shows, [[spoiler:Madame Gao]]. Never the main villain of any show, but often comes off as more cunning and menacing than the one ones who is.are. They also have a tendency to make clean getaways where other villains get killed.



** The Infinity Stones manage to qualify as this even in settings that are alien to begin with. Besides the movies where they directly appear, it's also implied that Iron Man's Arc Reactor was reverse-engineered from [[spoiler:the Tesseract]] by Howard Stark.

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** The Infinity Stones manage to qualify as this "imported" even in settings that are alien to begin with. Besides the movies where they directly appear, it's also implied that Iron Man's Arc Reactor was reverse-engineered from [[spoiler:the Tesseract]] by Howard Stark.



* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Any time someone's education is mentioned, it's going to be a prestigious school. MIT is the most common, with its alumni or current students including Tony Stark and James Rhodes, the cast of ''Spider-Man'', Riri Williams, and even Killmonger.



* LegacyCharacter: Several superheroes have predecessors and take up their names. For instance, Scott Lang is the second Ant-Man after Hank Pym, who is downgraded to a side character. Hank's daughter, Hope van Dyne, also took the mantle of the Wasp after her mother Janet. Meanwhile, Wakanda has the Black Panthers, a lineage of warrior kings and the latest of whom is T'Challa. Finally in ''Endgame'', [[spoiler:Steve Rogers designates Sam Wilson as his successor as Captain America]]. In ''Shang-Chi'', [[spoiler:both of Wenwu's children can be said to inherit the legacy of the Ten Rings from him: Shang-Chi gets the Ten Rings artifacts, while Xialing takes over the Ten Rings organization]].

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* LegacyCharacter: Several superheroes have predecessors and take up their names. For instance, Scott Lang is the second Ant-Man after Hank Pym, who is downgraded to a side character. Hank's daughter, Hope van Dyne, also took the mantle of the Wasp after her mother Janet. Meanwhile, Wakanda has the Black Panthers, a lineage of warrior kings and the latest of whom is T'Challa. Finally are T'Challa and [[spoiler:Shuri]].
** Phase Four
in ''Endgame'', [[spoiler:Steve Rogers designates Sam Wilson as his successor as particular features a number of new heroes who take after the major names from the Infinity Saga; including Captain America]]. America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Mighty Thor, She-Hulk, the latest Black Panther, and Ironheart.
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In ''Shang-Chi'', [[spoiler:both of Wenwu's children can be said to inherit the legacy of the Ten Rings from him: Shang-Chi gets the Ten Rings artifacts, while Xialing takes over the Ten Rings organization]].



* MilitarySuperhero: Captain America, the Falcon, War Machine, the Punisher, and Captain Marvel all have military experience. The Black Widows, Hawkeye, and the original Ant-Man are variants as they are/were secret agents.

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* MilitarySuperhero: Captain America, the Falcon, War Machine, the Punisher, and Captain Marvel Marvel, and Moon Knight all have military experience. The Black Widows, Hawkeye, and the original Ant-Man are variants as they are/were secret agents.



* AMythologyIsTrue: Used during the Infinity Saga. While the comic books take the stance that AllMythsAreTrue (and Hercules is just as involved in superheroics as Thor is), in the MCU films, only the Norse myths are known to have any validity to them. Other mythologies are mentioned from time to time, but there's no telling whether they actually exist: Skye pitched the idea of other pantheons being real in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', and ''Black Panther'' mentions Wakanda's god-myths. In an ''Age of Ultron'' deleted scene, Thor outright dismissed Greek mythology as completely false.
** The TV side is a little looser when it comes to incorporating other mythologies, as the Light and Darkforces in ''Cloak & Dagger'' are tied to Voodoo deities, and ''Agents of SHIELD'' includes an inter-dimensional being who was mentioned to be worshiped by the Inca as one of their goddesses.

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* AMythologyIsTrue: Used during the Infinity Saga. While the comic books take the stance that AllMythsAreTrue (and Hercules is just as involved in superheroics as Thor is), in the early MCU films, only the Norse myths are were known to have any validity to them. Other mythologies are mentioned from time to time, but there's no telling whether they actually exist: Skye pitched the idea of other pantheons being real in ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', and ''Black Panther'' mentions Wakanda's god-myths. In an ''Age of Ultron'' deleted scene, Thor outright dismissed Greek mythology as completely false.
** The TV side is was a little looser when it comes to incorporating other mythologies, as the Light and Darkforces in ''Cloak & Dagger'' are tied to Voodoo deities, and ''Agents of SHIELD'' includes an inter-dimensional being who was mentioned to be worshiped by the Inca as one of their goddesses.



** Namor now has a Hispanic appearance, as Atlantis is done in the style of {{Myincatec}} in the MCU (including a corresponding name change to Talocan, an Aztec mythical city).

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** Namor now has a Hispanic appearance, as Atlantis is done in the style of {{Myincatec}} in the MCU (including a corresponding name change to Talocan, Talokan, an Aztec mythical city).



** [[PaperThinDisguise The baseball caps and sunglasses characters used to disguise themselfs]].

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** {{White Male Lead}}s are very abundant within the first three phases. By the time the Infinity Saga MythArc wrapped up, only three out of the twenty-three films thus released featured either a non-white (''Black Panther'') or a female (co-)lead (''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', ''Captain Marvel''). Phase 4 aims to rectify this, with several projects with women as the lead or co-lead (''[=WandaVision=]'', ''Black Widow'', ''Ms. Marvel'' and ''The Marvels'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Ironheart'', ''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'') and others that feature non-white heroes (''Falcon and Winter Soldier'', ''Shang-Chi'', ''Eternals'', ''Ms. Marvel'' again, ''Wakanda Forever'', ''Ironheart'' again, ''Blade'').

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** {{White Male Lead}}s are very abundant within the first three phases. By the time the Infinity Saga MythArc wrapped up, only three out of the twenty-three films thus released featured either a non-white (''Black Panther'') or a female (co-)lead (''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', ''Captain Marvel''). Phase 4 The Multiverse Saga aims to rectify this, with several projects with women as the lead or co-lead (''[=WandaVision=]'', ''Black Widow'', ''Ms. Marvel'' and ''The Marvels'', ''She-Hulk'', ''Ironheart'', ''Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania'') and Quantumania'', ''Agatha'') others that feature non-white heroes of color (''Falcon and Winter Soldier'', Soldier'' and ''New World Order'', ''Shang-Chi'', ''Eternals'', ''Ms. Marvel'' again, ''Wakanda Forever'', ''Ironheart'' again, ''Blade'').''Blade''), and some starring [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs women of color]] (''Ms.Marvel'' and ''The Marvels'', ''Echo'', ''Ironheart'').



* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phase Four takes this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.

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* MoreDiverseSequel: The main films focusing on the founding members of Franchise/TheAvengers had mostly white casts led by men, with a TokenMinority or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple lone woman]] occasionally present. The franchise has started to shift away from this in Phase Three, with ''Film/BlackPanther2018'' (starring a mostly-black cast) and ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (the franchise's first female-led superhero film). Phase Phases Four takes and Five take this a step further with Sam [[spoiler:taking up the mantle of Captain America]] in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''; ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Captain America: New World Order''; while ''Eternals'' is exceptionally diverse with ten people across all races and both genders, plus one is deaf and another is gay.



** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' introduces America Chavez who can create portals to alternate universes, and while traveling across the multiverse several alternate universes are glimpsed including one where America and Strange are made out of paint and another where they are animated. Two other realties get focus, one being the home of Sinister Strange which has been destroyed and the other being Earth-838 which is home to the Illuminati. According to the Christine Palmer of Earth-838 they have designated the MCU as Earth-616, which is a MythologyGag to the designation of the comic universe.

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** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' introduces America Chavez who can create portals to alternate universes, and while traveling across the multiverse several alternate universes are glimpsed including one where America and Strange are made out of paint and another where they are animated. Two other realties realities get focus, one being the home of Sinister Strange which has been destroyed and the other being Earth-838 which is home to the Illuminati. According to the Christine Palmer of Earth-838 they have designated the MCU as Earth-616, which is a MythologyGag to the designation of the comic universe.



** Phase Four finally repealed this trope in favor of AllMythsAreTrue. While ''Eternals'' partially discredited various mythologies by stating they were based on the title characters, we also have Chinese mythological creatures featured in ''Shang-Chi'', Khonshu and the Egyptian gods in ''Moon Knight'', and the Greek gods in ''Thor: Love and Thunder''.

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** Phase Four finally repealed this trope in favor of AllMythsAreTrue. While ''Eternals'' partially discredited various mythologies by stating they were based on the title characters, we also have Chinese mythological creatures featured in ''Shang-Chi'', Khonshu and the Egyptian gods in ''Moon Knight'', and several gods (most prominently Zeus of the Greek gods pantheon) in ''Thor: Love and Thunder''.



* OfficialCosplayGear: The films of the MCU have this in spades. Creator/{{Hasbro}} has made toys of Iron Man and War Machine's repulor gloves and helmets, Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, Spider-Man's web-shooters, Black Panther's claws, Star-Lord's helmet and blasters, Black Widow's bracelets and batons, Hawkeye's bow, and even the Hulk's fists. And that's not even counting the more high end stuff aimed at adults...

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* OfficialCosplayGear: The films of the MCU have this in spades. Creator/{{Hasbro}} has made toys of Iron Man and War Machine's repulor repulsor gloves and helmets, Captain America's shield, Thor's hammer, Spider-Man's web-shooters, Black Panther's claws, Star-Lord's helmet and blasters, Black Widow's bracelets and batons, Hawkeye's bow, and even the Hulk's fists. And that's not even counting the more high end stuff aimed at adults...



** Zigzagged by Thor and Jane Foster. Their romance is featured in the first two phases, but then they break up offscreen before ''Ragnarok'' and Jane is hardly mentioned during the fight with Thanos. But then she comes back for ''Love and Thunder'' and they rekindle their relationship.



* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: Unfortunately, most of the above couples suffer through this. [[spoiler:Steve and Peggy]] go through ''years'' where each is convinced the other is lost to them, and they both struggle with moving on. Tony and Pepper also break up for a while, though it's mostly offscreen. Vision and Gamora [[spoiler:''die'']], and both are [[spoiler:replaced with versions that don't have connections to their beloveds]]. Spider-Man [[spoiler:loses MJ when he {{Unperson}}s himself]]. Marc has been distancing himself from Layla and attempting to divorce her [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies for her own safety]]. And don't even get us started on all the crap [=FitzSimmons=] have had to go through -- the two are separated for a time, physically and/or emotionally, ''every'' season.

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* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: Unfortunately, most of the above couples suffer through this. [[spoiler:Steve and Peggy]] go through ''years'' where each is convinced the other is lost to them, and they both struggle with moving on. Tony and Pepper also break up for a while, as do Thor and Jane; though it's Tony and Pepper's separation is mostly offscreen. Vision Vision, Gamora, and Gamora Jane [[spoiler:''die'']], and both of the former are [[spoiler:replaced with versions that don't have connections to their beloveds]]. Spider-Man [[spoiler:loses MJ when he {{Unperson}}s himself]]. Marc has been distancing himself from Layla and attempting to divorce her [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies for her own safety]]. And don't even get us started on all the crap [=FitzSimmons=] have had to go through -- the two are separated for a time, physically and/or emotionally, ''every'' season.



** In ''Thor: Ragnarok'', Valkyrie (who is white and blonde in the comics) is played by Creator/TessaThompson, who is African-American. In the film, she's the sole survivor of the Valkyrie Corps, and another Valkyrie shown appears very almost identical to the comic Valkyrie.

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** In ''Thor: Ragnarok'', Valkyrie (who is white and blonde in the comics) is played by Creator/TessaThompson, who is African-American. In the film, she's the sole survivor of the Valkyrie Corps, and another Valkyrie shown appears very almost identical to the comic Valkyrie.



** Namor now has a Hispanic appearance, as Atlantis is done in the style of {{Myincatec}} in the MCU (including a corresponding name change to Talocan, an Aztec mythical city).
** Kang the Conqueror and his multiversal counterparts have gone from white to black.



* ReimaginingTheArtifact: A number of updates are made to the comics mythos to ground the characters in present day sensibilities. The MCU's examples can be found alongside those in other Marvel adaptations on [[ReimaginingTheArtifact/MarvelUniverse their own page]].
* RestrictedExpandedUniverse: During the Infinity Saga, the TV shows and other tie-ins had no major impact on the movie continuity -- the closest things have come is that ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' filled in some non-essential gaps for ''Age of Ultron''. While Marvel eventually strengthened the connections in Phase Four thanks to Creator/DisneyPlus streaming projects, they've given a couple explanations as to why it hadn't really happened before then:

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* ReimaginingTheArtifact: A number of updates are made to the comics mythos to ground the characters in present day sensibilities. The MCU's examples can be found alongside those in other Marvel adaptations on [[ReimaginingTheArtifact/MarvelUniverse [[ReimaginingTheArtifact/MarvelCinematicUniverse their own page]].
* RestrictedExpandedUniverse: During the Infinity Saga, the TV shows and other tie-ins had no major impact on the movie continuity -- the closest things have come is that ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' filled in some non-essential gaps for ''Age of Ultron''. While Marvel eventually strengthened the connections in Phase Four the Multiverse Saga thanks to Creator/DisneyPlus streaming projects, they've given a couple explanations as to why it hadn't really happened before then:



** The TV side of the universe finally gets recognized in ''Endgame'', as [[spoiler:Edwin Jarvis from ''Agent Carter'']] makes a cameo. It helps that his show was [[spoiler:already over, and a period piece set in the late 1940s to begin with]], so nobody has to worry about the appearance affecting TV continuity. [[spoiler:Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk from ''Daredevil'']] have since also appeared in Phase Four, with the former [[spoiler:clearing Peter of the federal charges against him in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'']], and the latter [[spoiler:being the BigBad of ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'']].

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** The TV side of the universe finally gets recognized in ''Endgame'', as [[spoiler:Edwin Jarvis from ''Agent Carter'']] makes a cameo. It helps that his show was [[spoiler:already over, and a period piece set in the late 1940s to begin with]], so nobody has to worry about the appearance affecting TV continuity. [[spoiler:Matt Other series have also been given nods in the Multiverse Saga, with ''Daredevil'' receiving a full {{Revival}} and its leads (Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk from ''Daredevil'']] have since also appeared Fisk) making appearances in Phase Four, with the former [[spoiler:clearing Peter of the federal charges against him in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'']], and the latter [[spoiler:being the BigBad of ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'']].various other projects.



* TheReveal: Being a long-running franchise of interconnected movies there are a number of questions raised in certain entries that get answered later down the road. See individual film pages for reveals pertinent to those movies’ plots.

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* TheReveal: Being a long-running franchise of interconnected movies there are a number of questions raised in certain entries that get answered later down the road. See individual film pages for reveals pertinent to those movies’ movies' plots.
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--->'''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Kamala Khan:]]''' What are you guys wearing?

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--->'''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 -->'''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Kamala Khan:]]''' What are you guys wearing?

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