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[[folder:Skrulls in general]]
->Voiced by: Creator/RickDWasserman (Skrull Commander), Creator/TroyBaker (Skrull Interrogator)
* AliensAreBastards: Played with; they serve as villains and do commit villainous acts, but they don't appear very malicious and were willing to spare humans (as slaves but still). In fact, if you take into account the fact they were only trying to get a new home, they appear almost ''[[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]]'' in comparison to the [[{{Jerkass}} Kree Empire]].
* AlienInvasion: What the Skrulls are doing here.
* {{Big Bad}}s: Of the first half of the second season.
* CatchPhrase: "As it is written" (a reference to the Prophecy that says Earth would be their new world).
** The fact that it replaces the comics' "He loves you" may be a JesusTaboo of sorts, since said "He" is the God worshipped by the Skrulls.
* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Marvel's announcement of the [[http://marvel.com/news/story/19686/avengers_emh_fan_favorites_results winners]] of polls for best Avenger, villain, etc., claims that the Skrulls wanted to destroy humanity, instead of enslave it.
* GreenAndMean: Their default form has green skin
* InvadingRefugees: They try to claim Earth as their new homeworld after Galactus destroys their original home.
* ParanoiaFuel: This is an [[InvokedTrope invoked]] tactic that they use InUniverse.
* PointyEars: In their natural form.
* TheReptilians
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Their power.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Veranke]]
!!Mockingbird/Queen Veranke
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Queen_Veranke_EMH_2852.png]]
The Queen of the Skrull Empire and leader of the Secret Invasion. SHIELD Agent Barbara Morse (aka Mockingbird) was captured by the Skrulls and Veranke replaced her, thus getting in closer to manipulate her enemies directly.
->Voiced by: Creator/ElizabethDaily
->First appearance: "Who Do You Trust?"
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: She is confident that her invasion will work, since a prophecy foretold the new world would be the Skrulls'. [[spoiler:Needless to say, [[VillainousBreakdown she doesn't take it well]] when it fails...]]
** But if you look at it a certain way, [[spoiler: the prophecy came true. The Earth belonged to the Skrulls. But it didn't say how long they would have it...]]
* BigBad: She leads the Skrulls.
* TheChessmaster: The leader of the invasion. Her plans to divide Earth's heroes using ParanoiaFuel have worked perfectly.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Made sure the Avengers were divided and/or disposed of before starting the invasion, quickly understood that Captain America was someone everyone would listen and used this to her advantage, and had her scientists upload a virus in ComicBook/IronMan's armor to take him down instead of merely [[ShootingSuperman trying to shoot him.]]
%%* DarkActionGirl
* FauxAffablyEvil: She masquerades as [[spoiler: Mockingbird.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's quite sadistic, enjoying seeing Iron Man suffer.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: When she revealed herself as Veranke to Skrull-Cap.
* ManipulativeBastard: The whole invasion worked through a massive BatmanGambit to disband the Avengers, use Nick Fury's own tactic against him and take control of every organisation on Earth. Not to mention using Captain America's image as a way to attempt to convince Earth people to surrender.
* TheMole: She is "working" for Nick Fury and brought the Skrulls to his attention.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's the leader of the invasion.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: After the invasion fails, she is merely taken to 42. In the comic, she gets KilledOffForReal by NormanOsborn.
* {{Stripperific}}: In her royal garb.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Avengers suddenly start gaining the upper hand, she loses her cool and orders a massive attack to wipe out humanity. Even after it fails, she tries a last stand while repeating : "This can't be... it was written..."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Madame Viper]]
!!Madame Viper
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Madame_HYDRA_Skrull_5850.png]]
The first Skrull that Nick Fury catches. She got captured after Hawkeye's unauthorized invasion of HYDRA Island.
->Voiced by: Creator/VanessaMarshall
->First appearance: Either "Widow's Sting" or "Gamma World, Part 1"
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Like all Skrulls. Well, the female ones.
* KilledOffForReal: When last seen, she was lying motionless on a cold slab and had [[ThisWasHerTrueForm reverted back to her natural Skrull form]], which is what happens when they die.
-->'''Tony Stark:''' How do you even know that this is a Skrull? I'm assuming this one isn't talking.
%%* TomatoSurprise
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Captain America]]
!!Comicbook/CaptainAmerica
[[quoteright:276:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cap_Skrull_EMH_8504.png]]
->''You have no idea who I am.''
Avenger Steve Rogers was captured by Skrulls and replaced with a doppelganger, shortly after the Avengers overthrew Loki and returned to New York. This Skrull replicated Captain America's personality and skills almost perfectly, fooling all of the other Avengers for [[spoiler:two months]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler:the real Captain America defeated the Skrull in a duel, but the damage done to Steve's reputation took longer to repair.]]
->Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
->First appearance: "A Day Unlike Any Other"
* AbsenteeActor: He doesn't show up in "Korvac" because he's "[[BlatantLies looking up old WWII buddies]]."
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: "[[AvengersAssemble Avengers]], [[LastSecondWordSwap attack!]]"
* TheDragon: To the Skrull Queen.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When the Skrull Cap first revealed his Skrull form in the first season finale, he had red eyes with black pupils.
* EasyImpersonation: Viewers can distinguish the Skrull from the real Captain America because the former wears the costume from the UltimateMarvel universe, but none of the Avengers really questioned the costume change onscreen. (Hawkeye told Skrull-Cap that he liked his new costume, but didn't ask why he got one in the first place.)
* EvilTwin: Of the real Captain America
* IGaveMyWord: Baron Zemo insists for Cap's assurance that the Avengers would not let the Enchantress defeat him. Cap gives his word, but [[spoiler: [[NotHimself breaks it]] by refusing to activate the magic-neutralizer in time. He also kicks Zemo in the face.]]
** He also makes an empty promise to [[spoiler: prove Hulk innocent of Red Hulk's crimes]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's responsible for [[spoiler:jailing Hulk by not clearing his name]], which leads to the OutOfCharacterAlert and ultimately his downfall.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Unlike the real Captain America, he uses a photonic shield created by Tony Stark. Skrull-Cap can increase its size depending on how many people he must protect.
* TheMole
** MoleInCharge: Once Iron Man tries to dissolve the Avengers, Skrull Cap holds [[spoiler: Hawkeye, Wasp, and Hulk together as a team and assumes leadership of them.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: Nick Fury finds it suspicious that when the Hulkbusters come to arrest Hulk for the rampage Red Hulk framed him of committing, Cap tells Hulk to let the Hulkbusters take him without a fight. Cap doesn't even try to tell the Hulkbusters that Hulk is innocent.]] Zemo also notices his unusually callous attitude and was the first to suspect that something was up.
* TheShadowKnows: No one noticed except the viewers, though.
%%* SixthRangerTraitor
* TakeThat: Toward Ultimate Captain America, considering he takes on the personality traits and costume of the Ultimate Cap, and ends up being defeated by the 616 or 'Original' Cap.
* WolverinePublicity: Appears on the cover of Disney's sixth DVD, which comprises entirely of episodes set after the Skrulls' invasion, possibly because his costume looks that of Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Cap.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Super Skrull(s)]]
!!Super Skrull/Kl'rt
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Super_Skrull_EMH_5872.png]]
->''Humans, you think you're so special? Even your powers, we can make more powerful!''
Kl'rt the Super Skrull is an incredibly powerful Skrull warrior who has the powers of The Fantastic Four. He tries to recapture all of the prisoners that Captain America frees, but they ultimately escape.
->Voiced By: Creator/KyleHebert
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War"
* AllYourPowersCombined: Since he has all the powers of The Fantastic Four.
** PlayingWithFire
** SuperStrength
** BarrierWarrior
** RubberMan
* SmugSuper: Just check his quote above. Though he still takes Captain America for a threat that needs to be removed, [[GenreBlindness unlike the Skrull commander he worked under.]]
!!Other Super Skrulls
* AllYourPowersCombined: Many different combinations between other heroes and villains make up the Super Skrull army, including Abomination/Whirlwind/Griffin, Spider-Man/Black Panther/Iron Fist, Grim Reaper/King Cobra, Giant-Man/Crimson Dynamo, and an X-Men powered one with Wolverine/Cyclops/Nightcrawler/Colossus.
* EliteMooks: All have powers and all are considered the best of the Skrull warriors.
* MythologyGag: Two of the Super Skrulls (other than Kl'rt) are actually from the SecretInvasion in the comics, those being the X-Men powered one and the one with Mr. Fantastic/Iron Man/Black Bolt/Dr. Strange as one for the Illuminati.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Avengers]]
!!The Avengers
Two groups of Skrulls impersonated each of the Season One Avengers to advance the invasion. The first freed Captain America from his prison cell, so the aliens could learn from his performance how to break the human spirit. The second tried to trick Ms. Marvel into teaming up with them and invading Wakanda.
->Voiced By: Eric Loomis (Comicbook/IronMan), Creator/RickDWasserman ([[TheMightyThor Thor]]), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey ([[TheWasp Wasp]]), FredTatasciore ([[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]), Creator/BrianBloom (CaptainAmerica), James C. Matthis III (Comicbook/BlackPanther), Chris Cox ({{Hawkeye}})
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War" (Cap's "saviors"), "Infiltration" (Ms. Marvel's "teammates")
* BigDamnHeroes: As part of a plan to find out how to break the human spirit, Skrulls impersonating Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, and Hawkeye entered Captain America's cell on the Skrulls' spaceship, claiming to be Avengers coming to rescue him. Cap didn't take long to realize these weren't really his friends..
* NeverTrustATrailer: The original trailer for Season 2 showed many scenes of the Skrull Avengers, but played it out as though they were the actual Avengers.
%%* PsychoRangers
* {{Red Shirt}}s: The first team was defeated by one [[BadassNormal man]] in under ten seconds.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_c3qjgXj0 This promo]] showed [[spoiler: Black Panther unmasking his own doppelganger]].
* UnreliableExpositor: The Skrull Iron Man who claims that ''all'' the Avengers got replaced with Skrulls after the defeat of Loki.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Impersonators (Unmarked Spoilers Within!)]]
!!Other Impersonators
->Voiced By: Erin Torpey ([[Comicbook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]]) Creator/KyleHebert (Dr. Lyle Getz), Creator/JimWard (Henry Peter Gyrich), Creator/TroyBaker (Clay Quartermain), James C. Mathis III (King Cobra)
* DistressedDamsel: Invisible Woman, in "The Private War of Dr. Doom".
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Doctor Doom's computer portrays Invisible Woman as this while revealing her true nature.
* TheMole: The MO of the Skrulls.
* [[NotHimself Not Himself/Herself]]:
** Invisible Woman reportedly tends to ignore Reed more often than Sue does. It's saying something that Reed notices this.
** Dr. Lyle Getz shows no concern at all in [[spoiler: forcing AIM agents to overload Earth's satellites until all life gets wiped out.]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Skrulls in general]]
->Voiced by: Creator/RickDWasserman (Skrull Commander), Creator/TroyBaker (Skrull Interrogator)
* AliensAreBastards: Played with; they serve as villains and do commit villainous acts, but they don't appear very malicious and were willing to spare humans (as slaves but still). In fact, if you take into account the fact they were only trying to get a new home, they appear almost ''[[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]]'' in comparison to the [[{{Jerkass}} Kree Empire]].
* AlienInvasion: What the Skrulls are doing here.
* {{Big Bad}}s: Of the first half of the second season.
* CatchPhrase: "As it is written" (a reference to the Prophecy that says Earth would be their new world).
** The fact that it replaces the comics' "He loves you" may be a JesusTaboo of sorts, since said "He" is the God worshipped by the Skrulls.
* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Marvel's announcement of the [[http://marvel.com/news/story/19686/avengers_emh_fan_favorites_results winners]] of polls for best Avenger, villain, etc., claims that the Skrulls wanted to destroy humanity, instead of enslave it.
* GreenAndMean: Their default form has green skin
* InvadingRefugees: They try to claim Earth as their new homeworld after Galactus destroys their original home.
* ParanoiaFuel: This is an [[InvokedTrope invoked]] tactic that they use InUniverse.
* PointyEars: In their natural form.
* TheReptilians
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Their power.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Veranke]]
!!Mockingbird/Queen Veranke
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Queen_Veranke_EMH_2852.png]]
The Queen of the Skrull Empire and leader of the Secret Invasion. SHIELD Agent Barbara Morse (aka Mockingbird) was captured by the Skrulls and Veranke replaced her, thus getting in closer to manipulate her enemies directly.
->Voiced by: Creator/ElizabethDaily
->First appearance: "Who Do You Trust?"
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: She is confident that her invasion will work, since a prophecy foretold the new world would be the Skrulls'. [[spoiler:Needless to say, [[VillainousBreakdown she doesn't take it well]] when it fails...]]
** But if you look at it a certain way, [[spoiler: the prophecy came true. The Earth belonged to the Skrulls. But it didn't say how long they would have it...]]
* BigBad: She leads the Skrulls.
* TheChessmaster: The leader of the invasion. Her plans to divide Earth's heroes using ParanoiaFuel have worked perfectly.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Made sure the Avengers were divided and/or disposed of before starting the invasion, quickly understood that Captain America was someone everyone would listen and used this to her advantage, and had her scientists upload a virus in ComicBook/IronMan's armor to take him down instead of merely [[ShootingSuperman trying to shoot him.]]
%%* DarkActionGirl
* FauxAffablyEvil: She masquerades as [[spoiler: Mockingbird.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's quite sadistic, enjoying seeing Iron Man suffer.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: When she revealed herself as Veranke to Skrull-Cap.
* ManipulativeBastard: The whole invasion worked through a massive BatmanGambit to disband the Avengers, use Nick Fury's own tactic against him and take control of every organisation on Earth. Not to mention using Captain America's image as a way to attempt to convince Earth people to surrender.
* TheMole: She is "working" for Nick Fury and brought the Skrulls to his attention.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's the leader of the invasion.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: After the invasion fails, she is merely taken to 42. In the comic, she gets KilledOffForReal by NormanOsborn.
* {{Stripperific}}: In her royal garb.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Avengers suddenly start gaining the upper hand, she loses her cool and orders a massive attack to wipe out humanity. Even after it fails, she tries a last stand while repeating : "This can't be... it was written..."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Madame Viper]]
!!Madame Viper
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Madame_HYDRA_Skrull_5850.png]]
The first Skrull that Nick Fury catches. She got captured after Hawkeye's unauthorized invasion of HYDRA Island.
->Voiced by: Creator/VanessaMarshall
->First appearance: Either "Widow's Sting" or "Gamma World, Part 1"
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Like all Skrulls. Well, the female ones.
* KilledOffForReal: When last seen, she was lying motionless on a cold slab and had [[ThisWasHerTrueForm reverted back to her natural Skrull form]], which is what happens when they die.
-->'''Tony Stark:''' How do you even know that this is a Skrull? I'm assuming this one isn't talking.
%%* TomatoSurprise
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Captain America]]
!!Comicbook/CaptainAmerica
[[quoteright:276:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Cap_Skrull_EMH_8504.png]]
->''You have no idea who I am.''
Avenger Steve Rogers was captured by Skrulls and replaced with a doppelganger, shortly after the Avengers overthrew Loki and returned to New York. This Skrull replicated Captain America's personality and skills almost perfectly, fooling all of the other Avengers for [[spoiler:two months]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler:the real Captain America defeated the Skrull in a duel, but the damage done to Steve's reputation took longer to repair.]]
->Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
->First appearance: "A Day Unlike Any Other"
* AbsenteeActor: He doesn't show up in "Korvac" because he's "[[BlatantLies looking up old WWII buddies]]."
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: "[[AvengersAssemble Avengers]], [[LastSecondWordSwap attack!]]"
* TheDragon: To the Skrull Queen.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When the Skrull Cap first revealed his Skrull form in the first season finale, he had red eyes with black pupils.
* EasyImpersonation: Viewers can distinguish the Skrull from the real Captain America because the former wears the costume from the UltimateMarvel universe, but none of the Avengers really questioned the costume change onscreen. (Hawkeye told Skrull-Cap that he liked his new costume, but didn't ask why he got one in the first place.)
* EvilTwin: Of the real Captain America
* IGaveMyWord: Baron Zemo insists for Cap's assurance that the Avengers would not let the Enchantress defeat him. Cap gives his word, but [[spoiler: [[NotHimself breaks it]] by refusing to activate the magic-neutralizer in time. He also kicks Zemo in the face.]]
** He also makes an empty promise to [[spoiler: prove Hulk innocent of Red Hulk's crimes]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's responsible for [[spoiler:jailing Hulk by not clearing his name]], which leads to the OutOfCharacterAlert and ultimately his downfall.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Unlike the real Captain America, he uses a photonic shield created by Tony Stark. Skrull-Cap can increase its size depending on how many people he must protect.
* TheMole
** MoleInCharge: Once Iron Man tries to dissolve the Avengers, Skrull Cap holds [[spoiler: Hawkeye, Wasp, and Hulk together as a team and assumes leadership of them.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: Nick Fury finds it suspicious that when the Hulkbusters come to arrest Hulk for the rampage Red Hulk framed him of committing, Cap tells Hulk to let the Hulkbusters take him without a fight. Cap doesn't even try to tell the Hulkbusters that Hulk is innocent.]] Zemo also notices his unusually callous attitude and was the first to suspect that something was up.
* TheShadowKnows: No one noticed except the viewers, though.
%%* SixthRangerTraitor
* TakeThat: Toward Ultimate Captain America, considering he takes on the personality traits and costume of the Ultimate Cap, and ends up being defeated by the 616 or 'Original' Cap.
* WolverinePublicity: Appears on the cover of Disney's sixth DVD, which comprises entirely of episodes set after the Skrulls' invasion, possibly because his costume looks that of Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Cap.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Super Skrull(s)]]
!!Super Skrull/Kl'rt
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Super_Skrull_EMH_5872.png]]
->''Humans, you think you're so special? Even your powers, we can make more powerful!''
Kl'rt the Super Skrull is an incredibly powerful Skrull warrior who has the powers of The Fantastic Four. He tries to recapture all of the prisoners that Captain America frees, but they ultimately escape.
->Voiced By: Creator/KyleHebert
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War"
* AllYourPowersCombined: Since he has all the powers of The Fantastic Four.
** PlayingWithFire
** SuperStrength
** BarrierWarrior
** RubberMan
* SmugSuper: Just check his quote above. Though he still takes Captain America for a threat that needs to be removed, [[GenreBlindness unlike the Skrull commander he worked under.]]
!!Other Super Skrulls
* AllYourPowersCombined: Many different combinations between other heroes and villains make up the Super Skrull army, including Abomination/Whirlwind/Griffin, Spider-Man/Black Panther/Iron Fist, Grim Reaper/King Cobra, Giant-Man/Crimson Dynamo, and an X-Men powered one with Wolverine/Cyclops/Nightcrawler/Colossus.
* EliteMooks: All have powers and all are considered the best of the Skrull warriors.
* MythologyGag: Two of the Super Skrulls (other than Kl'rt) are actually from the SecretInvasion in the comics, those being the X-Men powered one and the one with Mr. Fantastic/Iron Man/Black Bolt/Dr. Strange as one for the Illuminati.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Avengers]]
!!The Avengers
Two groups of Skrulls impersonated each of the Season One Avengers to advance the invasion. The first freed Captain America from his prison cell, so the aliens could learn from his performance how to break the human spirit. The second tried to trick Ms. Marvel into teaming up with them and invading Wakanda.
->Voiced By: Eric Loomis (Comicbook/IronMan), Creator/RickDWasserman ([[TheMightyThor Thor]]), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey ([[TheWasp Wasp]]), FredTatasciore ([[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]), Creator/BrianBloom (CaptainAmerica), James C. Matthis III (Comicbook/BlackPanther), Chris Cox ({{Hawkeye}})
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War" (Cap's "saviors"), "Infiltration" (Ms. Marvel's "teammates")
* BigDamnHeroes: As part of a plan to find out how to break the human spirit, Skrulls impersonating Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, and Hawkeye entered Captain America's cell on the Skrulls' spaceship, claiming to be Avengers coming to rescue him. Cap didn't take long to realize these weren't really his friends..
* NeverTrustATrailer: The original trailer for Season 2 showed many scenes of the Skrull Avengers, but played it out as though they were the actual Avengers.
%%* PsychoRangers
* {{Red Shirt}}s: The first team was defeated by one [[BadassNormal man]] in under ten seconds.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_c3qjgXj0 This promo]] showed [[spoiler: Black Panther unmasking his own doppelganger]].
* UnreliableExpositor: The Skrull Iron Man who claims that ''all'' the Avengers got replaced with Skrulls after the defeat of Loki.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Impersonators (Unmarked Spoilers Within!)]]
!!Other Impersonators
->Voiced By: Erin Torpey ([[Comicbook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]]) Creator/KyleHebert (Dr. Lyle Getz), Creator/JimWard (Henry Peter Gyrich), Creator/TroyBaker (Clay Quartermain), James C. Mathis III (King Cobra)
* DistressedDamsel: Invisible Woman, in "The Private War of Dr. Doom".
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Doctor Doom's computer portrays Invisible Woman as this while revealing her true nature.
* TheMole: The MO of the Skrulls.
* [[NotHimself Not Himself/Herself]]:
** Invisible Woman reportedly tends to ignore Reed more often than Sue does. It's saying something that Reed notices this.
** Dr. Lyle Getz shows no concern at all in [[spoiler: forcing AIM agents to overload Earth's satellites until all life gets wiped out.]]
[[/folder]]
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to:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:Skrulls in general]]
->Voiced by: Creator/RickDWasserman (Skrull Commander), Creator/TroyBaker (Skrull Interrogator)
* AliensAreBastards: Played with; they serve as villains and do commit villainous acts, but they don't appear very malicious and were willing to spare humans (as slaves but still). In fact, if you take into account the fact they were only trying to get a new home, they appear almost ''[[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]]'' in comparison to the [[{{Jerkass}} Kree Empire]].
* AlienInvasion: What the Skrulls are doing here.
* {{Big Bad}}s: Of the first half of the second season.
* CatchPhrase: "As it is written" (a reference to the Prophecy that says Earth would be their new world).
** The fact that it replaces the comics' "He loves you" may be a JesusTaboo of sorts, since said "He" is the God worshipped by the Skrulls.
* CowboyBeBopAtHisComputer: Marvel's announcement of the [[http://marvel.com/news/story/19686/avengers_emh_fan_favorites_results winners]] of polls for best Avenger, villain, etc., claims that the Skrulls wanted to destroy humanity, instead of enslave it.
* GreenAndMean: Their default form has green skin
* InvadingRefugees: They try to claim Earth as their new homeworld after Galactus destroys their original home.
* ParanoiaFuel: This is an [[InvokedTrope invoked]] tactic that they use InUniverse.
* PointyEars: In their natural form.
* TheReptilians
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Their power.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Queen Veranke]]
!!Mockingbird/Queen Veranke
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Queen_Veranke_EMH_2852.png]]
The Queen of the Skrull Empire and leader of the Secret Invasion. SHIELD Agent Barbara Morse (aka Mockingbird) was captured by the Skrulls and Veranke replaced her, thus getting in closer to manipulate her enemies directly.
->Voiced by: Creator/ElizabethDaily
->First appearance: "Who Do You Trust?"
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: She is confident that her invasion will work, since a prophecy foretold the new world would be the Skrulls'. [[spoiler:Needless to say, [[VillainousBreakdown she doesn't take it well]] when it fails...]]
** But if you look at it a certain way, [[spoiler: the prophecy came true. The Earth belonged to the Skrulls. But it didn't say how long they would have it...]]
* BigBad: She leads the Skrulls.
* TheChessmaster: The leader of the invasion. Her plans to divide Earth's heroes using ParanoiaFuel have worked perfectly.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Made sure the Avengers were divided and/or disposed of before starting the invasion, quickly understood that Captain America was someone everyone would listen and used this to her advantage, and had her scientists upload a virus in ComicBook/IronMan's armor to take him down instead of merely [[ShootingSuperman trying to shoot him.]]
%%* DarkActionGirl
* FauxAffablyEvil: She masquerades as [[spoiler: Mockingbird.]]
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's quite sadistic, enjoying seeing Iron Man suffer.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: When she revealed herself as Veranke to Skrull-Cap.
* ManipulativeBastard: The whole invasion worked through a massive BatmanGambit to disband the Avengers, use Nick Fury's own tactic against him and take control of every organisation on Earth. Not to mention using Captain America's image as a way to attempt to convince Earth people to surrender.
* TheMole: She is "working" for Nick Fury and brought the Skrulls to his attention.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's the leader of the invasion.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: After the invasion fails, she is merely taken to 42. In the comic, she gets KilledOffForReal by NormanOsborn.
* {{Stripperific}}: In her royal garb.
* VillainousBreakdown: When the Avengers suddenly start gaining the upper hand, she loses her cool and orders a massive attack to wipe out humanity. Even after it fails, she tries a last stand while repeating : "This can't be... it was written..."
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Madame Viper]]
!!Madame Viper
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Madame_HYDRA_Skrull_5850.png]]
The first Skrull that Nick Fury catches. She got captured after Hawkeye's unauthorized invasion of HYDRA Island.
->Voiced by: Creator/VanessaMarshall
->First appearance: Either "Widow's Sting" or "Gamma World, Part 1"
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Like all Skrulls. Well, the female ones.
* KilledOffForReal: When last seen, she was lying motionless on a cold slab and had [[ThisWasHerTrueForm reverted back to her natural Skrull form]], which is what happens when they die.
-->'''Tony Stark:''' How do you even know that this is a Skrull? I'm assuming this one isn't talking.
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[[folder:Captain America]]
!!Comicbook/CaptainAmerica
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->''You have no idea who I am.''
Avenger Steve Rogers was captured by Skrulls and replaced with a doppelganger, shortly after the Avengers overthrew Loki and returned to New York. This Skrull replicated Captain America's personality and skills almost perfectly, fooling all of the other Avengers for [[spoiler:two months]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler:the real Captain America defeated the Skrull in a duel, but the damage done to Steve's reputation took longer to repair.]]
->Voiced by: Creator/BrianBloom
->First appearance: "A Day Unlike Any Other"
* AbsenteeActor: He doesn't show up in "Korvac" because he's "[[BlatantLies looking up old WWII buddies]]."
* CoverIdentityAnomaly: "[[AvengersAssemble Avengers]], [[LastSecondWordSwap attack!]]"
* TheDragon: To the Skrull Queen.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When the Skrull Cap first revealed his Skrull form in the first season finale, he had red eyes with black pupils.
* EasyImpersonation: Viewers can distinguish the Skrull from the real Captain America because the former wears the costume from the UltimateMarvel universe, but none of the Avengers really questioned the costume change onscreen. (Hawkeye told Skrull-Cap that he liked his new costume, but didn't ask why he got one in the first place.)
* EvilTwin: Of the real Captain America
* IGaveMyWord: Baron Zemo insists for Cap's assurance that the Avengers would not let the Enchantress defeat him. Cap gives his word, but [[spoiler: [[NotHimself breaks it]] by refusing to activate the magic-neutralizer in time. He also kicks Zemo in the face.]]
** He also makes an empty promise to [[spoiler: prove Hulk innocent of Red Hulk's crimes]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's responsible for [[spoiler:jailing Hulk by not clearing his name]], which leads to the OutOfCharacterAlert and ultimately his downfall.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Unlike the real Captain America, he uses a photonic shield created by Tony Stark. Skrull-Cap can increase its size depending on how many people he must protect.
* TheMole
** MoleInCharge: Once Iron Man tries to dissolve the Avengers, Skrull Cap holds [[spoiler: Hawkeye, Wasp, and Hulk together as a team and assumes leadership of them.]]
* OutOfCharacterAlert: [[spoiler: Nick Fury finds it suspicious that when the Hulkbusters come to arrest Hulk for the rampage Red Hulk framed him of committing, Cap tells Hulk to let the Hulkbusters take him without a fight. Cap doesn't even try to tell the Hulkbusters that Hulk is innocent.]] Zemo also notices his unusually callous attitude and was the first to suspect that something was up.
* TheShadowKnows: No one noticed except the viewers, though.
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* TakeThat: Toward Ultimate Captain America, considering he takes on the personality traits and costume of the Ultimate Cap, and ends up being defeated by the 616 or 'Original' Cap.
* WolverinePublicity: Appears on the cover of Disney's sixth DVD, which comprises entirely of episodes set after the Skrulls' invasion, possibly because his costume looks that of Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Cap.
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[[folder: Super Skrull(s)]]
!!Super Skrull/Kl'rt
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->''Humans, you think you're so special? Even your powers, we can make more powerful!''
Kl'rt the Super Skrull is an incredibly powerful Skrull warrior who has the powers of The Fantastic Four. He tries to recapture all of the prisoners that Captain America frees, but they ultimately escape.
->Voiced By: Creator/KyleHebert
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War"
* AllYourPowersCombined: Since he has all the powers of The Fantastic Four.
** PlayingWithFire
** SuperStrength
** BarrierWarrior
** RubberMan
* SmugSuper: Just check his quote above. Though he still takes Captain America for a threat that needs to be removed, [[GenreBlindness unlike the Skrull commander he worked under.]]
!!Other Super Skrulls
* AllYourPowersCombined: Many different combinations between other heroes and villains make up the Super Skrull army, including Abomination/Whirlwind/Griffin, Spider-Man/Black Panther/Iron Fist, Grim Reaper/King Cobra, Giant-Man/Crimson Dynamo, and an X-Men powered one with Wolverine/Cyclops/Nightcrawler/Colossus.
* EliteMooks: All have powers and all are considered the best of the Skrull warriors.
* MythologyGag: Two of the Super Skrulls (other than Kl'rt) are actually from the SecretInvasion in the comics, those being the X-Men powered one and the one with Mr. Fantastic/Iron Man/Black Bolt/Dr. Strange as one for the Illuminati.
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[[folder: The Avengers]]
!!The Avengers
Two groups of Skrulls impersonated each of the Season One Avengers to advance the invasion. The first freed Captain America from his prison cell, so the aliens could learn from his performance how to break the human spirit. The second tried to trick Ms. Marvel into teaming up with them and invading Wakanda.
->Voiced By: Eric Loomis (Comicbook/IronMan), Creator/RickDWasserman ([[TheMightyThor Thor]]), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey ([[TheWasp Wasp]]), FredTatasciore ([[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]]), Creator/BrianBloom (CaptainAmerica), James C. Matthis III (Comicbook/BlackPanther), Chris Cox ({{Hawkeye}})
->First appearance: "Prisoner of War" (Cap's "saviors"), "Infiltration" (Ms. Marvel's "teammates")
* BigDamnHeroes: As part of a plan to find out how to break the human spirit, Skrulls impersonating Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, and Hawkeye entered Captain America's cell on the Skrulls' spaceship, claiming to be Avengers coming to rescue him. Cap didn't take long to realize these weren't really his friends..
* NeverTrustATrailer: The original trailer for Season 2 showed many scenes of the Skrull Avengers, but played it out as though they were the actual Avengers.
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* {{Red Shirt}}s: The first team was defeated by one [[BadassNormal man]] in under ten seconds.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV_c3qjgXj0 This promo]] showed [[spoiler: Black Panther unmasking his own doppelganger]].
* UnreliableExpositor: The Skrull Iron Man who claims that ''all'' the Avengers got replaced with Skrulls after the defeat of Loki.
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[[folder:Other Impersonators (Unmarked Spoilers Within!)]]
!!Other Impersonators
->Voiced By: Erin Torpey ([[Comicbook/FantasticFour Invisible Woman]]) Creator/KyleHebert (Dr. Lyle Getz), Creator/JimWard (Henry Peter Gyrich), Creator/TroyBaker (Clay Quartermain), James C. Mathis III (King Cobra)
* DistressedDamsel: Invisible Woman, in "The Private War of Dr. Doom".
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Doctor Doom's computer portrays Invisible Woman as this while revealing her true nature.
* TheMole: The MO of the Skrulls.
* [[NotHimself Not Himself/Herself]]:
** Invisible Woman reportedly tends to ignore Reed more often than Sue does. It's saying something that Reed notices this.
** Dr. Lyle Getz shows no concern at all in [[spoiler: forcing AIM agents to overload Earth's satellites until all life gets wiped out.]]
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