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Alistair Fitz
Alistair Fitz
Species: Human
Citizenship: Scottish
Portrayed By: David O'Hara
Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.note
"He was not a good man. Always telling Fitz he was stupid and worthless. I think that's why Fitz became so clever."
— Jemma Simmons
The father of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Leopold Fitz.
- Abusive Parents: Alistair frequently told a young Fitz that he was always stupid and worthless. If the Framework is anything to go by, Alistair's verbal abuse would have eventually evolved into physical abuse, assuming it hadn't already.
- The Alcoholic: According to Holden Radcliffe, Alistair is a pathetic drunk.
- Berserk Button: Mentioning him is a huge one for Fitz. To the point that he's never talked to anyone about Alistair except Simmons, and she knows well enough to leave the subject alone.
- Disappeared Dad: Alistair abandoned his son and his mother when he was ten years old.
- The Ghost: The real Alistair Fitz never even appears in person.
- Hate Sink: Was emotionally abusive toward Fitz before he abandoned him as a child. Seems to be an In-Universe Hate Sink as well; Simmons and Mack both despise Alistair without even meeting him, simply based on how he treated his own son.
- Jerkass: Based on his virtual reality counterpart in the Framework, and what Simmons tells Mack, Alistair was a chauvinist and a jerk who constantly belittled Leopold.
- Small Role, Big Impact: The real Alistair never even makes a cameo appearance, but his actions lead to Fitz's lingering resentment and the creation of his alternate reality counterpart in the Framework.
England
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Dane Whitman
Professor Dane Whitman
"Mors Mihi Lucrum."Translation
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Affiliation(s): Natural History Museum
Portrayed By: Kit Harington
Voiced By: Elliot Leguizamo (Latin American Spanish), Eiji Hanawa (Japanese)
Appearances: Eternals
"It turns out my family history is...complicated."'
A human who gets entangled in the Eternals' exploits due to his relationship with Sersi.
- Adaptational Nationality: In the comics, while being descended from Briton knights, he was very much an American. In the film, he's portrayed by Kit Harington with his London accent fully intact.
- Adaptational Wimp: In the comics, he's the superhero Black Knight with a magical cursed sword. In Eternals, he's Sersi's coworker and boyfriend who becomes acquainted with her race. He doesn't even tag along with the Eternals, staying in London while they go on their actual quest... but in The Stinger, he opens up the chest containing the cursed Ebony Blade and psychs himself up to grab it, presumably in desperation at Sersi's abduction, but is interrupted by a mysterious voice (Blade) before he actually touches it.
- Arbitrary Skepticism: Played with. Despite Sprite apparently having dropped many hints about the Eternals and Deviants, and living in a world where superheroes are famous, he initially doesn't believe her and instead suspects Sersi is a wizard like Doctor Strange. But once a real Deviant actually shows up, he immediately understands Sprite was telling the truth.
- Black Swords Are Better: The Stinger of Eternals has Dane slowly accepting his family's heirloom: a magical black sword known as the Ebony Blade.
- Casting Gag: Kit Harington portrayed Jon Snow, a warrior in a medieval setting in Game of Thrones, which also starred Richard Madden (Ikaris) as Robb Stark, Jon's beloved half-brother. The only scene where they physically meet is dripping with subtext due to this.
- Said gag only is expanded upon with the Ebony Blade, since it means Kit is once again playing a medieval warrior with a special sword.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never referred to as Black Knight in the Eternals film as he has yet to claim the Ebony Blade, which it seems he's about to do at The Stinger.
- Cool Sword: The Ebony Blade is a black sword imbued with supernatural properties.
- Dark Is Not Evil: The Ebony Blade is a dark, seemingly cursed sword branded with a morbid Latin motto, but Dane is a kindhearted Nice Guy who only even considers taking up the sword to help his beloved girlfriend.
- The Missus and the Ex: He's the "missus". Ikaris and Sersi were married for more than a thousand years, but he abandoned her, and she started dating Dane in the present day. After Ikaris helps dispatch a Deviant in London, Dane quickly realizes that Ikaris is Sersi's ex.Dane: I'm guessing that was the pilot.
- Nice Guy: Dane is a friendly, easygoing guy who is perfectly understanding of the complicated history that comes out when Sersi is exposed as an Eternal.
- Understanding Boyfriend: Once Sersi comes clean about being an immortal superheroine, he takes it more or less in stride, and at the end of the day, they resume their relationship. It's implied that he's understanding in part because of his family history since The Stinger implies a legacy of superpowers.
- What the Hell, Hero?: In the film, he asks Sersi why the Eternals never interfered against Thanos or anywhen else during human history.
Donna Kraft
Donna Kraft
"Real catch you are. You're bloody useless, Stevie."
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Lucy Thackeray
Appearances: Moon Knight
Steven Grant's boss at the British Museum.
- Brutal Honesty: As harsh as it is to shoot him down, it'd be equally cruel if she encouraged Steven's fantasies about being a tour guide when she has no plans to promote him, and she's perfectly justified in not doing so, given his poor job performance outweighs his enthusiasm.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As needlessly harsh as she is toward Steven, she is justified in being annoyed with his chronic tardiness. This is likely a somewhat Downplayed Trope, depending on how much she knows about Steven's condition.
- Malicious Misnaming: She calls Steven "Stevie" even after he corrects her.
- Mean Boss: She sounds very smug about wanting to replace Steven, and even calls him "Stevie".
- Pet the Dog: As nasty as she is towards Steven, she does seem genuinely impressed when she hears that he got a date.
J.B.
J.B.
"Oh, yeah, Hound of the Baskervilles, was it?"
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Alexander Cobb
Appearances: Moon Knight
Steven Grant's colleague at the British Museum.
- Accidental Misnaming: He always calls Steven "Scotty", even after he corrects him multiple times.
Dylan
Dylan
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Saffron Hocking
Appearances: Moon Knight
Steven Grant's colleague at the British Museum.
- Stood Up: Although Steven didn't mean to, because Marc took control of their body and went on a mission to the Alps that lasted for two days, he unintentionally stood her up on their date. This makes her angry enough to tell him to lose her number.
Bertrand Crawley
Bertrand Crawley
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Shaun Scott
Appearances: Moon Knight
A street performer.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, Crawley has a close relationship with Moon Knight, due to working for him as an informant. In the MCU, the most they interact is where Steven occasionally speaks to him about his personal life after work, though it's implied Marc has encountered him offscreen due to mentioning him by name in Episode 5.
- Adaptational Nationality: In the comics, Bertrand Crawley is a homeless New Yorker who only acts like a British aristocrat. Here, he's an actual Brit living in London.
- Adaptational Wealth: While being a street performer is hardly a well-paying job, Crawley is certainly doing far better than in the comics, where he was completely homeless, and relied on informing on the criminals of New York for Moon Knight to get work.
- All There in the Script: His name is initially never stated on screen, with only the credits and Jeremy Slater himself
confirming that he is the same Crawley from the comics. His name is finally said in episode 5, when Marc, in an attempt to convince himself that the asylum is real, says that once he goes through the door, he'll probably hear Crawley saying bingo. - Nobody Here but Us Statues: Even as Steven tries to converse with the man, Crawley doesn't break character and remains motionless. The only time he does so is when Steven abruptly hugs him, turning his head and eyes slightly to glance at him.
- The Quiet One: As part of his statue routine, Crawley does not speak, even as Steven carries on entire one-sided conversations with him and bounces ideas off of him, which he then credits to Crawley rather than himself. The only time he does speak is during the fourth episode, where he is briefly seen calling out bingo numbers in the lounge of what is shown to be a psychiatric hospital in which Marc and Steven are incarcerated; it acts as Foreshadowing that this is is not actually reality, but a Mind Prison, since although Steven presumably has, we never hear Crawley's voice prior to this.
- Street Performer: He works as a living statue, and his body is painted entirely golden for it.
The Thompson Family
Albert Thompson
Albert Thompson
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Michael Siberry
Appearances: Jessica Jones
A scientist who experimented on his son Kevin, who went on to become Kilgrave.
- An Arm and a Leg: When Jessica finds him in the finale, he's had both his arms chopped off and one of them is being stuck in a blender by one of Kilgrave's thralls. He is still alive at this point.
- Abusive Parents: To Kilgrave, who he experimented on. Played with, when it's revealed that he was actually trying to save Kilgrave's life with his experiments.
- Didn't Think This Through: Along with his wife, trying to cure your son's terminal disease by performing painful and traumatic experiments without giving him a reason or anesthesia was not the wisest nor the smartest move, to put it lightly.
- Gorn: Kilgrave has him kill himself by extensive mutilation.
- Parental Abandonment: Albert and his wife abandoned their son and went on the run because they were so terrified of him.
- Psychic-Assisted Suicide: His ultimate fate at the hands of Kilgrave.
Louise Thompson
Louise Thompson
Species: Human
Citizenship: British
Portrayed By: Lisa Emery
Appearances: Jessica Jones
A scientist who experimented on her son Kevin, who went on to become Kilgrave.
- Abusive Parents: To Kilgrave, who she experimented on. Played with, when it's revealed that she was actually trying to save his life with her experiments.
- Broken Bird: Louise is very damaged, both emotionally and physically, by her experiences. She feels an immense amount of guilt for Kilgrave's existence.
- Didn't Think This Through: Along with her husband, trying to cure your son's terminal disease by performing painful and traumatic experiments without giving him a reason or anesthesia was not the wisest nor the smartest move, to put it lightly.
- Offing the Offspring: She tries to kill her son, but fails and is killed herself.
- Parental Abandonment: Louise and her husband abandoned their son and went on the run because they were so terrified of him.
- Psychic-Assisted Suicide: Kilgrave orders her to stab herself to death with a pair of scissors.
- Spanner in the Works: Just when it seems like Jessica's plan is working, Louise puts her own plan into motion: she tries to kill Kilgrave and subsequently everything falls apart (although Jeri had more than a hand in it).
Sokovia Citizens
Sokovia in General
Sokovia
"Sokovia was a failed state long before you blew it to hell."
Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldiernote | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Iron Fistnote | WandaVisionnote | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
"Sokovia's had a rough history. It's nowhere special, but it's on the way to everywhere special."
— Maria Hill, Avengers: Age of Ultron
A small, landlocked country in Central and Southeastern Europe. Plagued by civil unrest, revolving door revolutions, and corruption for so many decades that it's considered a failed state. And that was before Ultron showed up.
- Book Ends: The movie Avengers: Age of Ultron begins with a battle in Sokovia, with some robots being sent to the city to protect the civilians. At the end of the film, there is a new battle in Sokovia, and another army of robots is sent into the city to attack the civilians.
- Canon Immigrant: The country was created specifically for the MCU as the home country of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Sokovia later appeared in the comics as a former Soviet Bloc dictatorship led by General Kamil Novoty.
- Crapsack World: Let's just say that Sokovia isn't the nicest place to live in, especially after Ultron leveled Novi Grad and killed thousands of people there.
- Colony Drop: Ultron's plan is to transform the entire city into a Floating Continent powered by a vibranium reactor, raise it up into orbit and drop it on the Earth to create an extinction-level event.
- Early-Bird Cameo: First prominently introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron, it technically first appeared in the post-credits scene to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, though this only showed the inside of the HYDRA base there, to introduce the Maximoff twins.
- Expy: Loosely of Serbia or other breakaway states in the Balkans, but with a mishmash of traits so it isn't one specific country - see "Ruritania" below. As it relates to Marvel continuities, "Sokovia" was actually invented for 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron movie, and didn't exist in the comics before (though it has subsequently been mentioned). Within the MCU itself, it seems to be a loose expy of Transia - a similar Ruritania country, home of the Maximoff twins.
- Floating Continent / Ominous Floating Castle: Ultron uses a vibranium anti-gravity device to lift the city into the sky, planning to drop it once he has sent it high enough to instigate an extinction-level event. The film's final act takes place in the floating city.
- Killed Offscreen: In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Zemo mentions that the entire country (or what was left of it after its capital city was destroyed) was partitioned and absorbed by its neighbors.
- Revolving Door Revolution: The tie-in Prelude to Age of Ultron comics openly state that there's new rebellions on a monthly basis in Sokovia. There isn't a really long "civil war" in the country, it's an outright "failed state" (as Zemo openly admits). Public order has collapsed and one fragile government after another keeps getting toppled, facing another pop-up rebellion, getting overthrown by some other junta, etc. They're not fighting for anything anymore. And it's been this way since at least the mid-1990s. And even before that it was a contested border region.
- Ruritania: Introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron as a tiny fictional Balkan nation with HYDRA operations, and home to Pietro and Wanda Maximoff. It's loosely based on Serbia or its other breakaway republics, but if you pay close attention it has a mishmash of a few other characteristics added in that don't correspond to any one real-life country. The architecture is a toned-down mix of East European-style facades and cement buildings that don't link it to any specific style (perhaps justified in that their civil wars have been going on so long that there's been no significantly new construction since the Cold War ended, hence all the generic Brutalist architecture that could be found anywhere behind the Iron Curtain).
- The in-universe maps are intentionally vague and contradictory: in Age of Ultron Sokovia seemed to be between the borders of Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary, but then in Civil War, it seemed to be flat out on the other side of Romania and near the Black Sea. Other maps intentionally use large, vague icons that might put it near Slovenia for all we know (near Italy and Austria). They're keeping their options open.
- It seems primarily based off Serbia, or perhaps the break-off territory equivalent of Kosovo (but populated by ethnic Serbians), as the name seems to be a cross between "Kosovo" and "Serbia". All the street signs are in Serbian Cyrillic - and the only Balkan countries that use Cyrillic are Serbia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, and North Macedonia (Croatia, Hungary, and Albania do not - more importantly, Czechia and Slovakia, on the north side of Hungary, don't use this alpahbet either). Its flag◊ is also very similar to Serbia's, being a red-white-blue tricolor (only vertical, like the French or Romania flag) with an eagle at the center. Its capital is called Novi Grad, which in real life is the name of a suburb of Serbia's capital, Belgrade.
- Also in Civil War, it's noted that Zemo comes from Sokovia, where he was a colonel in the "EKO Scorpion black ops unit", which operated during an unknown conflict in Sokovia and apparently behaved quite brutally. Scorpion was also the name of a Serb black ops unit during the Yugoslav Wars, involved in war crimes in Bosnia.
- Sokovia was explicitly shown to have a Christian church at the center of its capital city, so it isn't a majority-Muslim nation like Bosnia. Apparently also an East Orthodox church, so it's not like Croatia either (which is Catholic).
- At another point in Civil War, however, it's stated that a common dish in Sokovia is chicken paprikash... which is a Hungarian dish, though it is also popular in the northern parts of Serbia that border Hungary such as Vojvodina (areas with Hungarian minorities). This wasn't a one-off reference either: a deleted scene from Spider-man: Homecoming had Peter's high school holding a Sokovian Relief Lunch with an all-you-can-eat paprikash buffet.
- Then came WandaVision, with several prominent flashbacks to Sokovia, and much more prominent dialogue in "Sokovian". Elizabeth Olsen stated in interviews that Sokovian is supposed to be accented like ''Slovakian'' - which opens up a whole bunch of other issues, because Slovakia isn't in "the Balkans", is on the north side of Hungary from Serbia, and is actually Catholic and uses the Latin alphabet. Slovakia also doesn't have the unstable political history of a Balkan state (after the Cold War ended it peacefully separated from Czechia, joined the EU, and is doing reasonably well).
- Googling around, fans who speak Slovak have noted that it has the sounds of Slovakian, and some generically almost recognizable words, but isn't actually Slovak. It appears to be some sort of Proto-Slavic dialect that the MCU producers put together, which could come from across Eastern Europe (sort of like how Wakandans speak a dialect of the real-life language Xhosa, with the sounds of Xhosa, but it isn't quite like real Xhosa).
- The etymology of the names in Sokovia don't help either - Maximoff is Russian a derived, but Pietro is the Italian version of the name, while Wanda is Polish-derived. Helmut is German, but Zemo's last name isn't as readily identifiable - even though he's apparently a high ranking nobleman.
- Urban Ruins: Happens during the climax of Age of Ultron when Ultron's army of drones invade the city and turn it into a floating meteor.
Sokovia Citizens in General
Species: Humans
Citizenship: Sokovian
The citizens of Sokovia.
- Apathetic Citizens: When the Avengers begin the evacuation of the city, Pietro Maximoff runs into the police department and tells everyone to leave the city for their own safety. He leaves, and the citizens just get back to whatever they were doing. Moments later, Pietro returns with an assault rifle and starts shooting the ceiling to be sure everyone's paying attention and gets moving.
- Verges on Conditioned to Accept Horror: in the flashbacks to the Maximoffs' childhood, we see that gunfire between rival factions is the streets is such an everyday occurrence that their parents just shrug and close their curtains.
- Citywide Evacuation: During the climax of Age of Ultron, the heroes try to evacuate the entire population of Sokovia. However, they're unable to get all the inhabitants out before Ultron lifts the city into the sky to become a makeshift meteor. Fortunately, Nick Fury and the new S.H.I.E.L.D. arrive with the Helicarrier to help evacuate the rest of the civilians before the city is destroyed.
- Mass Hypnosis: Before the final battle, Wanda uses her mind powers to alert the denizens of Sokovia of the rampage that Ultron is about to unleash. This triggers quite a lot of them to book it.
- Occupiers Out of Our Country: This is the attitude the people of Sokovia have toward the Avengers. It's boosted by HYDRA propaganda.
- Teetering on the Edge: The launching of Sokovia leaves several cars precariously dangling over the edge of broken roads. Captain America specifically tries to stop one red convertible, visibly straining to pull it to safety, only to lose his grip when the bumper snaps off sending the car and driver plunging thousands of feet towards the ground. Luckily, Thor is able to catch the car and fly it and its occupant back to solid ground.
Zrinka
Zrinka
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Portrayed By: Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron
A Sokovian woman and the older sister of Costel.
- Big Sister Instinct: She is very protective of her little brother. When he wanders away from her at the market and approaches an angry crowd throwing things at the Iron Legion, Zrinka runs to and holds him back from the chaos. She later does her best to protect Costel during the Battle of Sokovia and is terrified when they're briefly separated.
- Cool Big Sis: From what little is shown, she appears to have a good relationship with her younger brother Costel.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Pietro very much likes her.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's an attractive young woman who wears a low-cut nightgown that gives tons of cleavage shots during the final battle. It's no wonder Pietro is interested in her.
- Nice Girl: She seems to be a kind girl who truly cares about her brother and is thankful to Pietro when he offers her gifts.
- Only One Name: Her last name is unknown.
- Practically Different Generations: She's a grown woman while her brother Costel is a young child.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: To Beth from the first Avengers movie. Like Beth, Zrinka is a young woman living in the city where the movie's climax will take place, who is introduced early on in the film as a potential Love Interest for one of the Avengers (Steve Rogers for Beth, Pietro Maximoff for Zrinka), and is given more attention than the other civilians in danger during the final battle. Coincidently, both of them have their introduction scene in which they interact with one of the Avengers members cut for the final product (although Zrinka still makes a brief appearance at the beginning of her film).
Costel
Costel
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Portrayed By: Isaac Andrews
Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron
A Sokovian kid and the younger brother of Zrinka.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Downplayed, but his big sister Zrinka doesn't like his habit of wandering away from her.
- Harmful to Minors: The poor kid had to see the bullet-riddled corpse of Pietro Maximoff after his Heroic Sacrifice.
- Improbable Infant Survival: When the city is evacuated with flying vehicles, Costel gets trapped by debris and is left behind. But of course, Clint and Pietro come to his rescue and manage to get him to safety before the city falls from the sky.
- Kid Amid the Chaos: He gets separated from his sister during the evacuation of the city due to being trapped by debris, and needs to be saved by Hawkeye and Pietro.
- Only One Name: His last name is unknown.
- Practically Different Generations: He's a young child while his sister Zrinka is a grown woman.
- Small Role, Big Impact:
- He is the one who brought the Maximoff twins into contact with Ultron, as shown in a
Deleted Scene. - It's also to save him (and Hawkeye) that Pietro sacrifices his life at the end of the film.
- He is the one who brought the Maximoff twins into contact with Ultron, as shown in a
The Maximoff Family
- See the Families page for information on Wanda and Pietro's parents.
The Zemo Family
In General
The Zemo family
Species: Humans
Citizenship: Sokovian
Appearances: Captain America: Civil Warnote
The late family of Colonel Helmut Zemo, killed during the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Blue Blood: Helmut is a baron.
- Dead All Along: Only by the end of Civil War is it revealed that Zemo's family is already dead and that the voicemail he's introduced constantly listening to was the last thing they left him before being killed by an exploding Ultron sentry.
- Death by Origin Story: Their deaths are what prompts Helmut to attempt to destroy the Avengers, whom he blames for the deaths of his family.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: They are the late loved ones of Colonel Zemo, who was a member of a death squad in the Sokovian army.
- Killed Offscreen: All of them died during Ultron's attack of Sokovia, but their deaths aren't actually shown to the audience.
- Posthumous Character: They were killed during the events of Age of Ultron, and their deaths have a huge influence on the plot of Civil War since it's what drives Helmut Zemo to seek revenge on the Avengers.
Helmut Zemo
See his page
Helmut Zemo's father
Helmut Zemo's father
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Captain America: Civil Warnote
The deceased father of Helmut Zemo.
- Adaptational Heroism: Helmut Zemo's father in the comics was Baron Heinrich Zemo, a Nazi supervillain who wanted to Take Over the World. In the MCU, even though Zemo's father never appeared directly, nothing implies that he was anything more than a relatively minor Sokovian noble.
- Blue Blood: Was a Baron.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: He seems to have had a good relationship with his son, his daughter-in-law and his grandson, and his death causes much grief to Helmut.
- Decomposite Character: He still has the role of being Helmut's father whose death was partly caused by some members of the Avengers, making his son want to avenge him, but his role as the enemy of Captain America during World War II who is responsible for him being frozen in the Arctic and for the apparent death of Bucky Barnes has been given to Red Skull.
- Demoted to Extra: Exaggerated. In the comics, Helmut Zemo's father Heinrich is a major supervillain and one of the archenemies of Captain America who notably caused his freezing in the Arctic Ocean and Bucky Barnes' "death". In the MCU, Zemo's father doesn't even appear in-person and is only mentioned once in Captain America: Civil War.
- The Ghost: He never appears on screen, but he is mentioned by his son.
- No Name Given: His first name is not revealed. Going by the source material, it should be "Heinrich", but we don't get any confirmation of that.
- Old Money: Generationally wealthy due to his status as Sokovian nobility. Owned property in Berlin and in Latvia.
Helmut Zemo's wife
Helmut Zemo's wife
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Voiced By: Ann Russo
Appearances: Captain America: Civil Warnote
The deceased wife of Helmut Zemo.
- Creator Cameo: She is voiced by Ann Russo, the wife of the movie co-director Anthony Russo.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Zemo mentions that he found the dead body of his wife in his father's arms.
- Disposable Woman: The character's only purpose is to be killed off as a way to cause her husband's desire for revenge.
- The Lost Lenore: Her death had a huge impact on her husband Helmut Zemo, who seeks to avenge her, as well as their son and his father.
- No Name Given: Her name is not revealed.
- The Voice: She never appears on screen, but her voice is heard throughout the movie when Helmut Zemo listens to her voicemail messages.
Carl Zemo
Carl Zemo
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Captain America: Civil Warnote
The deceased son of Helmut Zemo.
- Death of a Child: His exact age is not known, but he was clearly a young child and his death is important for the events of Captain America: Civil War.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: Zemo mentions that he found the dead body of his son in his father's arms.
- Fanboy: Unlike everyone else in Sokovia, Carl seems to have been a big fan of the Avengers, especially Iron Man.Helmut Zemo: My son was excited. He could see the Iron Man from the car window.
- Death of a Child: Being a child didn't prevent him from being one of Ultron's victims.
- The Ghost: He never appears on screen, but he is mentioned by his parents.
- When You Coming Home, Dad?: The voicemail messages of Zemo's wife indicate that he was quite affected by the fact that his father wasn't always present.Zemo's wife: He asked me again if you were going to be there. I said I wasn't sure. You should've seen his little face.
Oeznik
Oeznik
Species: Human
Citizenship: Sokovian
Portrayed By: Nicholas Pryor
Appearances: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Zemo family butler.
- The Butler Did It: He remote bombs the last prison van carrying the remaining Flag Smashers known to the GRC in a effort to eliminate them.
- Corrupted Character Copy: He's Alfred Pennyworth working for a villain instead of a hero.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He seems like a silly and relatively harmless old servant when Sam and Bucky first meet him on Zemo's jet. However, the finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier shows that he's skilled enough to sneak a remote detonator onto a prison transport and trigger it without being noticed.
- Evil Old Folks: He's up there in age and Oeznik's final appearance in the show has him planting a car bomb on the prison transport that kills the remaining Flag-Smashers on his master's orders.
- Undying Loyalty: Remains loyal to the Zemo family and by extension to Helmut even after Helmut gets jailed for eight years, and is so loyal that he is willing to commit murder against the Flag-Smashers to help his master with his goals.
Russian Federation Citizens
The Romanoff Family
Natasha/Black Widow
See the Families page for information on Natasha's parents.
Japan (日本国) Citizens
Kenji Ozawa
Kenji Ozawa
Species: Human
Citizenship: Japanese
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Iron Fist
The grandfather of Colleen Wing, who trained her in the ways of Bushido.
- Adaptational Job Change: There's no mention he was part of the Japanese secret service, unlike his counterpart from the mainstream comics.
- Ancestral Weapon: Colleen's katana is one, passed on to her by Kenji.
- The Mentor: He trained Colleen in Bushido.
- Posthumous Character: He's long dead by the time of Iron Fist.
Azumi Ozawa
Azumi Ozawa
Species: Human
Citizenship: Japanese
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Iron Fist
The mother of Colleen Wing.
- Adaptational Job Change: In the MCU, she's a regular civilian, unlike her comic books counterpart, a member of a team of assassins for the Hand called the Nail.
- Missing Mom: She had walked out on Colleen when the latter was a child and migrated to New York City.
- Posthumous Character: She's long dead dead by the time of Iron Fist.
Dr. Kenji Oyama
Kenji Oyama
Species: Human
Citizenship: Japanese
Portrayed By: Glenn Kubota
Appearances: Daredevil
A surgeon that operates on Benjamin Poindexter after his spine is broken by the Kingpin.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Justified because he's presented as a doctor and not the crime lord Lord Dark Wind.
- We Can Rebuild Him: Despite Dex's heavy spinal injuries, Oyama insists on using a Cognium steel reinforcing framework to replace his pulverized vertebrae, regardless of the risks.
Commonwealth of Australia Citizens
Agnes Kitsworth
Agnes Kitsworth
"I wake up and face death everyday. You think I'm scared of you?"
Species: Human
Citizenship: Australian
Portrayed By: Mallory Jansen
Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 79: "BOOM", Episode 83: "Identity and Change")
An Australian woman and former lover of Holden Radcliffe, whom he modeled Aida after.
- Brain Uploading: By the end of "BOOM", she's uploaded into the Framework.
- Canon Foreigner: There's no Agnes Kitsworth in the comics.
- Deader than Dead: After her physical body is dead, Fitz kills Agnes' consciousness in the Framework.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: She was so annoyed at being pitied for her illness that she moved to Spain to escape it.
- Due to the Dead: In "Identity and Change", she's mentioned as having been buried at sea following her death.
- Hope Is Scary: Has this reaction at first when Radcliffe tells her that he can save her.
- May–December Romance: She's over twenty years younger than Radcliffe, going by the ages for their actors.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Her role in the series is quite brief, but the major character of Aida (Season 4's Big Bad) was modeled after her appearance. Additionally, her final death in the Framework ultimately spurs Radcliffe to try and make amends for his actions.
- Tranquil Fury: She's clearly not happy about Holden Radcliffe coming back into her life. At first, anyway.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Is dead by the end of her debut episode. Even after being uploaded into the Framework, we don't see much of her before Fitz kills her.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Has terminal cancer.
Jonah
Jonah
Species: Human
Citizenship: Australian
Portrayed By: Julian McMahon
Appearances: Runaways
An Australian doctor specialized in infectious diseases.
- Demonic Possession: He's possessed by the Magistrate of Gibborim until he's mortally injured.
- Dying as Yourself: The Magistrate leaves his body prior to his death, leaving him without memories of the decades he spent as his host body.
- Older Than They Look: Thanks to the process of regeneration through the demateralization box, Jonah is several decades old but still keeps looks in his forties.
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Citizens
Dr. Ho Yinsen
Federative Republic of Brazil Citizens
Martina
Martina
Species: Human
Citizenship: Brazilian
Portrayed By: Débora Nascimento
Appearances: The Incredible Hulk
Bruce Banner's former colleague during his factory job while hiding in Brazil.
- All Love Is Unrequited: Martina is clearly attracted to Bruce, but he can't reciprocate it, given his circumstances at the time. She does get a quick "thank you" kiss right before he escapes.
- Crashing Through the Harem: Hardly a harem, but the situation of Bruce crashing into her house while on the run from the military is played as one, complete with her being in a state of undress and her checking to see if the coast is clear for him to escape.
- Dude Magnet: She's seen being harassed by an Abhorrent Admirer at the factory before Bruce interrupts them.
- Ms. Fanservice: When Bruce accidentally falls into her room while running from the military, she is in the process of changing clothes, thus in only a shirt, and the viewers are treated to some brief Toplessness from the Back and Sideboob. Bruce manages to shush her before she has a Naked Freak-Out and gives away his position.
- Only One Name: She gets no surname, being only known as Martina.
- Wrench Wench: A female mechanic that works on a soda beverage factory.
Swiss Confederation Citizens
Theo Broussard
Theo Broussard
Species: Human
Citizenship: Swiss
Portrayed By: Joe Russo
Appearances: Captain America: Civil War
A Swiss psychiatrist hired by the United Nation and the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre to interrogate Bucky Barnes.
- Creator Cameo: Broussard is played by Joe Russo, co-director of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
- Identical Stranger: He looks exactly like Doctor Fine from Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the grieving man from Steve's support group in Avengers: Endgame, who were also portrayed by Joe Russo.
- Kill and Replace: He's killed and impersonated by Helmut Zemo to infiltrate the Joint Counter Terrorist Centre and cause Bucky to go on a rampage.
- Killed Offscreen: We don't actually see his death at the hands of Zemo.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He only appears briefly before being killed by Zemo.
Canadian Citizens
Thomas Nash
Thomas Nash
Species: Human
Citizenship: Canadian
Portrayed By: Brad Dourif
Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
A former recruit of Canada's Department H and candidate for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Index due to his alleged psychic abilities. He was later rendered catatonic by a head-on collision. He was used by the real Clairvoyant as a decoy to keep his true identity in secret.
- Canon Foreigner: He has no counterpart in the comics.
- Character Death: He's killed by Grant Ward in what's apparently a fit of rage. However, it's later revealed that he actually did it in order to help maintain Garrett's cover.
- Red Herring: He's just a decoy for the real Clairvoyant, John Garrett.
- The Voiceless: As a result of his catatonic state. He supposedly talked through a voice synthesizer but the device was actually controlled by Garrett.
Republic of India Citizens
Karun Patel
Karun Patel (Hindi: करुण पटेल)
"I think we must learn from our mistakes and do better, sir."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Indian
Portrayed By: Harish Patel
Appearances: Eternals
Kingo's valet.
- Admiring the Abomination: He calls the first dead Deviant he sees "beautiful", much to Kingo's confusion.
- Audience Surrogate: Karun is the only human hanging out with the Eternals on their mission, and he behaves and makes a lot of remarks like the audience would, such as pointing to the corpse of a Deviant in awe and saying Kingo has "a very angry family".
- Crazy-Prepared: The Eternals keep destroying his cameras out of annoyance, only for him to reveal he has several spares.Sprite: How many cameras do you have, young man?Karun: I always have backups!
- Hidden Depths: He mostly acts as comic relief, but occasionally shows serious backbone. He chides Kingo for not wanting to help his family and convinces him to go with the other Eternals, and when Druig argues that Humans Are Bastards, he coolly responds that he believes they can learn from their mistakes.
- In-Universe Camera: He travels with the Eternals to help Kingo produce a documentary about them.
- It Has Been an Honor: As he and Kingo bid the rest of the Eternals adieu, Karun turns around and genuinely thanks the group in his native language before leaving, under the impression that he and his planet will soon die.
- Nice Guy: His innate goodness is infectious. The brooding Druig gives him a nod of respect, and even Sprite bites back on the sarcasm with Karun.
- Secret-Keeper: He's aware that Kingo's immortal and helps facilitate his illusion of being several generations of a family of actors.
- Shoo Out the Clowns: He leaves with Kingo, the other comic relief character, before the climax, saying that it was a pleasure to be with the other Eternals. He only returns at the end, after the final confrontation.
- Tagalong Chronicler: Kingo has Karun accompany him to film a documentary about the Eternals.
- Tuckerization: Karun Patel is played by Harish Patel.
- Undying Loyalty: Recognizing that he will die if the Emergence happens, he decides to remain with Kingo for his final moments, telling the other Eternals that it was an honor to know them.
- Unfazed Everyman: He's the most prominent normal human in Eternals and he's not especially shocked by the things he sees. Understandable, since this is the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he's known about Kingo for decades.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Kingo. Apparently, Karun once tried to stake him after mistaking him for a vampire. Apart from a little friendly ribbing, Kingo apparently does not hold a grudge.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Apparently, when he realized that Kingo was immortal, Karun's first thought was that he was a vampire and tried to stake him.
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Sana Ali
Sana Ali
Species: Human-Clandestine hybrid
Citizenship: Pakistani
Portrayed By: Samina Ahmad
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Kamala Khan's grandmother.
- Cool Old Lady: She needs a cane to get around. And she apparently went partying with it. It is later shown to have belonged to her father.
- Dropping the Bombshell: When Kamala starts to ask her about the Djinn, she cuts right to the point, saving Kamala some awkward dancing around the topic. "[Are you a] Djinn? Yes. At least that's how my father explained it to me." Leads to a bit of Lampshading on Kamala's part.Kamala: How are you so casual about this?!
Owais and Zainab
Owais and Zainab
Species: Human
Citizenship: Pakistani
Portrayed By: Asfandyar Khan (Owais); Vardah Aziz (Zainab)
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Kamala Khan's cousins.
- Those Two Guys: They appear side by side constantly, even when sneaking up on a sleeping Kamala.
Hasan
Hasan
Species: Human
Citizenship: Indian (formerly), Pakistani (1947-death)
Portrayed by: Fawad Khan
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Sana Ali's father and maternal great-grandfather to Kamala Khan. He uses a makeshift walking stick (and later a proper cane) due to an injury to his leg, the origin of which is never specified. A rose seller and activist for India's freedom from British rule whose ideals are threatened by the violence of Partition.
- Badass Pacifist: He won't raise a hand to anyone in violence, but that doesn't stop him from openly protesting the Partition of India and standing up to the British soldiers or even fellow Indians who shun him because he's Muslim.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: His romance with Aisha begins when he finds her alone in his roses and invites her in for a meal and a place to stay.
- Good Parents: He was a good father to Sana, raised her by himself after Aisha's disappearance and she misses him even today.
- Muggle–Mage Romance: He is an ordinary rose seller who loves an extra-dimensional being banished to the human world, though he doesn't know this until his final moments with her. He tells his daughter Sana about her supernatural heritage, who in turn tries to inform her child Muneeba, but Muneeba dismisses it as fantasy until her daughter Kamala exhibits powers of her own.
- My Country, Right or Wrong: Hasan recognizes the Partition as just another divide-and-conquer tactic and refuses to leave India even as anti-Muslim violence rises. It isn't until his wife pleads with him that he agrees to go to Pakistan.
- Nice Guy: His kindness, wisdom, bravery and capacity for love is what drew Aisha to him.
- Occupiers Out of Our Country: Aisha first spots Hasan making an impassioned speech for the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs of India to work together and take back their country from the British.
- Posthumous Character: Hasan died years if not decades before the series began, and his only appearance is in flashbacks to the 1940s.
Other Nationalities
Anon
Anon
"Hello. My name is Anon. Do you have an appointment with the doctor?"
Species: Enhanced human
Citizenship: Unknown
Portrayed By: Camille De Pazzis
Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 62: "The Singularity")
A transhumanist follower and assistant of Doctor Holden Radcliffe.
- Girl Friday: She was Radcliffe's assistant before he created and replaced her with Aida.
- Meaningful Name: Anon is the shorter way of saying anonymous, which she is.
- One-Shot Character: Anon only appears in "The Singularity", with her role of follower and assistant to Radcliffe filled out by Aida.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Subverted. She was the assistant to Radcliffe, who decided to make Aida once he became part of S.H.I.E.L.D..
- Transhuman: She's extensively modified to drastic levels.Mack: [looking at Anon on wide-spectrum bands] Guys, this woman has been heavily modified. In ways you wouldn't even anticipate. Man, I need to get out more.
Orson Randall
Orson Randall
Species: Human
Citizenship: Unknown
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Iron Fistnote
A black market dealer who sold the body of the 1948 Iron Fist to Davos.
- Adaptational Job Change: From a former Iron Fist to a black market dealer
- Decomposite Character: In the comics, Orson Randall was the Iron Fist in the 1940s
- The Ghost: He just get mentioned in the second season of Iron Fist. Due to the show's cancellation, he'll remain as such.
- Mysterious Backer: He sold the body of the 1948 Iron Fist to Davos. As a result, he's searched for by Danny Rand with Ward Meachum's help.
Donya Madani
Donya "Mama Donya" Madani
Species: Human
Citizenship: Unknown
Portrayed By: Veronica Falcón
Appearances: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
A leading figure in the refugee community in Latvia and Karli Morgenthau's adoptive mother.
- Affectionate Nickname: Due to her status as adoptive mother to many refugees, she's known to them as "Mama Donya".
- Fake Nationality: Though her precise nationality is unknown, her surname indicates she's not from Latin America, while her actress is Mexican.
- Parental Substitute: To Karli Morgenthau and many others in the Latvian GRC Resettlement Camp
- Posthumous Character: She's already died from tuberculosis the first time we see her on screen, and all her appearances afterwards are as a corpse.
- Same Surname Means Related: There was a Dinah Madani in The Punisher, although there's no indication that her and Donya are related.
Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
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