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[[folder:Robbie Reyes / Ghost Rider ]]
!!''[[ComicBook/AllNewGhostRider Robbie Reyes]] / ComicBook/GhostRider ''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (Demon possessed)
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gabriel Luna
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E1TheGhost Episode 67: "The Ghost"]]'')

-->''"I didn't ask for this, this curse. But vengeance calls."''

A young mechanic possessed by a vengeful spirit, causing him to become the anti-hero Ghost Rider.

-> see the Characters/MCUOthers page for more on the Spirit of Vengeance
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Much more proactive than his comic book counterpart (who chiefly used his powers to cheat at street racing for cash and to protect himself and Gabe from whatever threatened them directly) when it comes to fighting crime.
* AgeLift: From late teens in the comics to mid-late twenties or early thirties here.
* AntiHero: Reyes is absolutely ''brutal'' in his methods, even torturing and executing his victims after they've already been subdued. However, he only kills those who truly deserve it. The innocent are spared even if they attack him, [[spoiler:as shown when Ghost Rider spares Quake even though she doesn't think of herself as a good guy.]]
-->'''Neo-nazi:''' I don't deserve to die!\\
'''Robbie:''' Everyone says that.
* BackFromTheDead: He landed head first on the highway, being killed instantly from a car crash caused by gangbangers. [[DealWithTheDevil Then he heard a voice offering him a deal]].
* BirdsOfAFeather: He first encounters Daisy while she's on the run, acting as a rogue vigilante. They form a bond over their remarkable similarities, something they both comment on, and ultimately she remains the one person on the team he works closest to. Later he shows signs of this with Mack after he [[spoiler:experiences what its like to be the Rider]].
* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:When Director Mace learns that Coulson's been enlisting his services, Coulson convinces him that Reyes would be more useful to him in this capacity under the circumstances. Given he punched his way out of a containment module specifically designed to hold Inhumans and gave Mace (who has super-strength) a beatdown, he reluctantly agrees.]]
* ByronicHero: Formerly reckless and uncaring, he sold his soul to the Devil [[spoiler:to save his brother's life from a gang attack]]. He blames himself for the experience and remains torn between his desire to atone for his mistakes and the Rider's thirst for vengeance.
* ChainPain: When he sees James swinging around a flaming chain, he takes it for himself.
* CharacterTics: His very deliberate way of flipping his keys in his hand, both as himself and the Rider. This is what [[spoiler:tips off Daisy that he is the Rider.]]
* CivvieSpandex: Lacks the stylish jumpsuit from the comics, instead having a [[HellBentForLeather slick leather jacket]] that bears the same white lines. It's also a CallBack to the 70's Ghost Rider outfit.
* CompositeCharacter: WordOfGod is that the writers infused Robbie with certain aspects of Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch, two of the other Ghost Riders from the comics. Notably, his flaming skull looks more like those of the Blaze and Ketch Riders, as opposed to the comics, where his skull had a more metallic and mechanical appearance. He also has a proper Spirit of Vengeance, unlike his comic counterpart.
* CoolCar: Robbie's vehicle of choice is the Hell Charger, a Hellfire-infused car. In the car's normal form, it's a customized 1969 Dodge Charger. This comes in quite handy when an EMP is set off, as the car predates electronic vehicles and can still run.
* CurbStompBattle: When Robbie fights, this is what it inevitably boils down to.
** Daisy is able to hold her own against Robbie, but once he turns into the Rider, one punch to the stomach is all it takes to stop her. Understandable, as Daisy had fought only gifted and Inhumans up until then, not supernatural beings who defy all natural laws.
** Hands an even more vicious one to Jeffrey Mace, an Inhuman with SuperStrength and SuperToughness himself, moments after Mace reassures everyone that he's "got this". Mace isn't injured after the short beatdown, but it's clear Ghost Rider would have killed him eventually had Gabe not called him off.
** Ivanov's [=LMDs=] don't stand a chance against him in human form, much less as the Rider.
** [[spoiler:Aida]] learns to run away on sight as soon as her first encounter with the Rider goes badly.
* DarkIsNotEvil: As the Rider, Robbie's appearance is downright demonic, but, while he is exceptionally brutal, he's far from evil.
* DarkerAndEdgier:
** His original incarnation refrained from using violence outside of his transformed state unless it was for self-defence. This Robbie is willing to assault and torture people even as himself.
** He's also darker compared to the last [[Film/GhostRider film incarnation of Ghost Rider]]. Not only is Robbie more brutal than Nicholas Cage's Johnny Blaze, but his version of the Ghost Rider is much more visceral, willing to rip victims apart with his bare hands instead of merely burning them. In many ways, ''this'' Reyes actually has more in common with the comic book Blaze than anyone else, as the Johnny Blaze Rider is notoriously known for his ruthless and unforgiving methods whenever he's really ticked off--such as chaining a cannibal to his bike, then dragging him off to be devoured by a horde of roadkill zombies.
* DealWithTheDevil:
** Robbie attributes his possession to a deal with the devil, which he took to make sure that his brother survived the crash and bullets he took.
** In "Deals With Our Devils", Robbie makes a second deal with the Rider, who had abandoned him in favor of Mack after Robbie was stuck in another dimension. In exchange for settling Robbie's remaining score, Robbie will help the Rider settle his.
* DeathGlare: Take a look at the picture! Hell hath no fury like a Spirit of Vengeance.
* DemBones: Like all the other Ghost Riders, full use of his powers burns away his flesh, leaving only flaming bones.
* DemonicPossession: His powers come from having made a deal with a "devil," [[spoiler:another Ghost Rider (who looks like Johnny Blaze)]], in exchange for saving his and his brother's life. "Deals With Our Devils" makes it clear that the Rider is a supernatural, independent entity that possesses a human host. [[spoiler:It even possessed other people when necessary.]]
* DetectEvil: Robbie chooses who to go after and who to spare by using the supernatural senses granted to him as Ghost Rider.
* DoingInTheScientist: Certain characters in-series think there is some sort of scientific explanation for his powers, either "enhanced" like Steve Rogers or Inhuman like Daisy. However, Robbie later claims that he literally sold his soul to the Devil and the show's creators have confirmed that he's explicitly supernatural.
-->'''Jeffrey:''' Is he Inhuman?\\
'''Coulson:''' Claims he made a deal with the Devil.\\
'''Fitz:''' Which is nonsense.\\
'''Coulson:''' You know, the rationalist in me wants to agree, but the ''skull on fire'' presents a pretty compelling argument for "Hail Satan."
* TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' is deathly afraid of him, from a combination of the fact that he's powerful as all hell (literally), a cold-blooded and merciless killer, and ''[[ShroudedInMyth that virtually nothing is known about him]]'', especially concerning his seemingly inexplicable powers. Coulson's team puts on a brave and commanding front, but even they know he's a time bomb best not set off. Coulson sells his continued participation to Director Mace as, more or less, "nothing we have can stop him."
** This includes the BigBad of the season [[spoiler:Aida who, even after winning a SuperpowerLottery that gave her pretty much all the abilities of every Inhuman S.H.I.E.L.D has ever faced]], simply cannot stand up to him, and learned after their first altercation to teleport and run away whenever he shows up.
* FlamingSkulls: The Rider's skull is wreathed in flame. It's this more than any other aspect of his powers that convinces people there just might be something to his claims of DemonicPossession.
* {{Foil}}: To [[Series/Daredevil2015 the Punisher]]. Both are brutal vigilantes whose backgrounds involve attacks on their family and a NearDeathExperience and who eventually knock heads with the main character(s) who shy away from killing but eventually form a grudging alliance with the main character(s). However, where Frank is a normal human ([[BadassNormal more or]] [[OneManArmy less]]), Robbie has superhuman, supernatural powers; Frank has lost his entire family and all but crossed the DespairEventHorizon, while Robbie still has his brother; Frank is a white man who served in the military, even being a war hero, while Robbie is a Hispanic man who works as a mechanic. Finally, Frank chose to act on his need for revenge, while Robbie was forced into his current life through a DealWithTheDevil. They serve similar story roles, but their natures and abilities are complete opposites.
* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Insists that the spirit inside him chooses who should die and makes him kill them, though his ability to hold back suggests he retains more control than he's comfortable admitting.
* GratuitousSpanish: He occasionally peppers his dialogue with Spanish words or phrases, such as calling Daisy "chica" during their first meeting.
* HealingFactor: He gets a decent cut on his cheek during his fight with Quake, but after a brief stint as the Rider he's perfectly healed by the next day. Robbie explains that multiple fatal injuries have failed to kill him.
* HellBentForLeather: His distinctive leather jacket stands out.
* {{Hellfire}}: Ghost Rider's weapon of choice. Any object he touches can be imbued with hellfire, from simple weapons to his CoolCar. This is not normal fire; it burns everything right down to the soul.
* HerosClassicCar: While not the hero of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'', Robbie's unique in that his CoolCar is also a classic, specifically a 1969 Dodge Charger.
* HeroicMime: As the Ghost Rider, who neither speaks nor shrieks like his live-action predecessors or his comicbook equivalent.
* HeroicSacrifice: Well, firstly, there's the whole 'sold his soul to save his brother' thing. Later though, [[spoiler:he willingly renews his deal with the Spirit of Vengeance in-spite of his desire to be rid of it to save Mack, and eventually allows himself to be dragged down to hell to stop his uncle.]]
* HopeSpot: Coming back to life was a pretty big one for him. It was also rather brief considering the first thing he saw upon waking was [[spoiler:the Ghost Rider who turned him into another Spirit of Vengeance shortly after]].
* HorrifyingTheHorror: By the end of season 4, [[spoiler:Aida]], who by this point [[spoiler:has become a HumanoidAbomination made of Darkhold matter and a [[OneManArmy One-Woman Army]] with the combined powers of several Inhumans]], runs away in terror each time he shows up. He also quickly proves the ghostly Lucy Bauer wrong when she mockingly asks if she's supposed to be afraid of him.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Twice by Eli during their confrontation. The pain is enough to stop him from transforming until he gets really, really angry.]]
* ImprovisedWeapon: He tends to grab anything nearby he can use for a club then empowers it with hellfire.
* IncendiaryExponent: Even without transforming, Reyes is able to imbue objects with hellfire. [[spoiler:He can even incinerate "ghosts" with it.]]
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: While he doesn't do the "You... '''''GUILTY!'''''" routine from the movies, the Rider still has a habit of judging the souls of everyone he sees, and brutally executing those he finds wanting.
* TheJuggernaut: The Ghost Rider is virtually unstoppable; Daisy's powers only slowed him down, he punched his way out of a containment module no other powered being has ever breached through force, Mace barely stood his ground in a straight fight with the Rider, and the ghosts posed no threat to him whatsoever. He also walked through a corridor of fire that was hot enough to melt his comms device. The only time he ever seemed seriously threatened was when he was bombarded with lethal amounts of radiation, subjected to impossible quantum fluctuations, and impaled twice through the chest with giant spikes (any one of which will kill a man several times over). Even then, he was still alive and fully capable of holding a conversation despite the intense pain.
* KnightOfCerebus: While ''Agents'' had its fair share of dark moments here and there, Ghost Rider's inclusion pits it much closer to the Netflix shows in terms of atmosphere. That's nothing to say of the violence; even ''Hive'' wasn't as punishingly brutal. The show's [[UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor new 10PM time-slot]] probably has something to do with it.
* KnightTemplar: He sticks to killing those who he believes deserve to die. Unlike most examples, this is somewhat justified by the fact he's possessed by a demon that knows people's sins; ultimately he ''knows'' if people are guilty.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Robbie's dedication to keeping Gabe safe and far away from the violence of his double life is admirable. The drive to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do anything he deems necessary]] to see those who would hurt his little brother pay is not.
* KryptoniteFactor: Anything that brings him and the Rider [[spoiler:in closer proximity to Hell causes them both extreme discomfort.]]
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:He's not the first Ghost Rider.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvqZ5XgquM He has his own theme,]] which appropriately sounds like some sort of monster roaring in rage while on fire.
* MagicVersusScience: The entity inside of Robbie is explicitly (by WordOfGod) supernatural. So far no scientific methods or natural abilities have seemed to be able to contain Ghost Rider or harm him (barring pure physical damage but the rider is either too [[SuperToughness tough]] or just recovers from it [[SuperHealing fast]]). In this instance, magic has a big edge over science.
* MeaningfulName: Played with; while his name isn't particularly meaningful, the fact that he doesn't have his brother's name is an oblique reference.
-->'''Lucy:''' You're [Eli's] nephew. I've seen your picture. You're Gabriel. Like the angel.\\
'''Robbie:''' No. ''[eyes glow]'' I'm the other one.
* MisplacedRetribution: He killed a prisoner who was not only [[ReformedCriminal reformed]], but also had absolutely nothing to do with the hit on him and his brother, solely for having belonged to the same gang as the aforementioned culprits.
* MythologyGag: Ghost Rider's introduction is almost shot for shot his intro from the comics, including the mook with the rocket launcher.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Robbie is a little different than the Spirit of Vengeance. The Spirit ignores the innocent even if they attack and prevents Robbie from murdering innocents even when they are a problem for him, such as Daisy, but he has free reign against someone he has a more personal grievance against, like the Fifth Street Loco who was peacefully serving his sentence in prison.
* NeverMyFault: He tries to put all the blame of his killings on the Rider, but it's heavily implied that he's more in control of that form than he'd like to admit. He does kill a man who's already serving a life sentence, mostly because they're part of the gang responsible for his brother's injuries, which seems to be far more personal. ''However'', he does appear to be trying at least to restrain the Rider, so exactly who made the final decision is ambiguous.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His actions in "Lockup", [[spoiler:seeking revenge against a gangbanger who was part of the crew that tried to kill him (the man himself was locked up and reformed even before then) and his brother, have not only led to S.H.I.E.L.D being associated with his former murder-spree and blackmailed, but allowed his uncle to be kidnapped when he was the ''only'' one capable of protecting him from the ghosts.]] The expression he makes at the end showcases that he knows it.
* NighInvulnerable: His hellfire-infused car takes a hit from an RPG and suffers no damage other than a cool flip. A full speed crash into a Quinjet doesn't even leave a scratch. He himself is pretty much invincible as the Ghost Rider. A lightning blast doesn't even slow him down.
* NoSell:
** In his Rider form, nothing seems to hurt him. No weapon has been able to slow him down and he's been able to overpower every other superhuman he's encountered so far.
** In his human form, he's more vulnerable than the Rider but still way tougher than any human. He can't be burned by fire, allowing him to through a flaming hallway or out of an exploding warehouse without a scratch. Massive amounts of radiation combined with the energies of a quantum power cell barely affect him, even though on their own either would have killed a human several times over. [[spoiler:It takes getting impaled twice on top of that for Robbie to actually be in danger of dying, and he still powers through that for much longer than he should be able to.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Is noted to be a lot like his uncle due to his red hot temper, [[spoiler:by a character who was rendered a ghost by said uncle.]]
* OutsideContextProblem: His introduction in season 4 of ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' marks the first appearance of an explicitly supernatural entity in that series.
* PainfulTransformation: Robbie's transformation into the Rider consists of his head being consumed by hellfire until all that remains is his skull, and judging by the expression he gives just before the transformation, it's not a pleasant experience.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: The demon locates evil people, and then Robbie has to take them out with extreme prejudice. Mack grimaces at a report of all the nasty things he's done.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Robbie chooses to take Eli with him to Hell in order to prevent him from doing harm to anyone else. This takes him out of the cast and storyline for a while. He comes back for the season finale.]]
* ThePreciousPreciousCar: At first, Robbie shows little to no concern as to the safety of his vehicle since his powers help it recover from any damage, but it's revealed that this trope is in full force [[spoiler:when the Rider temporarily leaves him and takes said ability with it.]]
* PromotionToParent: Forced to care for his younger brother Gabe when their parents are killed and their uncle is in jail. S.H.I.E.L.D eventually took over after he went to Hell.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: It's more of a fiery orange, but if you see his eyes light up, you're in trouble. Just hope you can talk him down.
* RelativeButton: Robbie has a short temper to begin with, but mentioning his brother is a surefire way to earn a beating.
* RevengeBeforeReason:
** He kills all the gangsters who were behind the hit on him and his brother, leading to him not having a lead on who ordered it and his uncle to be kidnapped when he was the ''only'' one capable of protecting him from the ghosts.
** He and the Rider forego [[spoiler:getting to safety when confronting Eli in favor of (unnecessarily) making absolutely sure that Eli goes to Hell, burning him with hellfire for good measure.]]
* ScarsAreForever: His Rider form has noticeable cracks that flames bleed through, showing the wounds he took from his fatal car crash shattering his skull.
* ShutUpHannibal: Does this to [[spoiler:his uncle Eli]] when he attempts to deny responsibility for his actions.
--> [[spoiler:'''Eli:''']] No. It was the Bauers -- Joe and Lucy. They started this, they lied!\\
'''Robbie:''' Do you think I give a rat's ass about any of that? A bunch of scientists fighting over some stupid book?
* SkullForAHead: While using his powers, his head's flesh burns off, leaving him with his skull covered in flames.
* StoryBreakerPower: Even when compared to the likes of the ''Avengers'', or any other powered characters established in the films, Robbie is ''freakishly'' powerful, which is why he spends nearly two-thirds of Season 4 [[spoiler:trapped in a Hell dimension]]. When he returns, Robbie can easily dispatch Life Model Decoys and harm [[spoiler:Aida]], who had used the Darkhold to become a human with numerous Inhuman powers that rendered her virtually unstoppable otherwise. The final conflict is not about him overpowering [[spoiler:Aida]], but finding a way to let Ghost Rider get close enough without her ''running away in terror''.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: Evil is pushing it, but Reyes nevertheless draws a distinction between himself and the Rider, the latter being the one capable of wielding the full range of their powers. By himself, Reyes only has the power to use hellfire and isn't as strong. Robbie also has at best marginal control over the Rider, which seems to be proportionate to his willingness to indulge its desire for vengeance. Best described in the following exchange between him and Quake.
--> '''Quake:''' You don't get to decide who deserves to die.\\
'''Reyes:''' ''I'm not the one who decides.''
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to rip someone's spine from their body, though only in his Rider form, and overpower Jeffrey Mace, who is super-strong himself. This feat is later eclipsed when he punches his way out of a containment unit, a device explicitly designed to contain any powered individual and was derived from technology that was meant to contain the ''Hulk''. As a human, he can overpower an LMD with ease.
* SuperToughness: Daisy throws him into a van with her powers and he isn't even winded. When she uses her powers to pin his chest, he powers through it and breaks free, something no ordinary human could have done. She does manage to cut him, but that healed after his transformation. As the Rider, he can trade blows with Director Mace and is the stronger of the two. He's also able to tank through a lightning bolt like it's literally nothing.
* ThinkingUpPortals: In the season finale, he shows off the ability to use his flaming chain to conjure up a portal, the same type that's created by the [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 sling rings]]. However, whereas the Sling Rings can create portals anywhere on Earth, Robbie's can also take him to different, and hellish, dimensions.
* ToHellAndBack: Did this after he took back the spirit of vengeance from Mack. [[spoiler:And he does it again after taking Eli to hell.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: His time in [[spoiler:Hell, after killing Eli,]] gave him knowledge of a conflict greater than Earth and taught him some new tricks. Among them, he can open portals to anywhere on Earth.
* TotallyNotAWerewolf: Because he is the first supernatural being to ever show up in the show, people keep mistaking him for an Inhuman.
* TragicDropout: Averted. He never finished high school, but doesn't seem particularly bothered by this. He says that he prefers racing and auto mechanics to office work.
* TheVoiceless: Never speaks in his Ghost Rider form. Given that the flaming skull head doesn't appear to have a tongue or larynx, he might not be capable of speaking in that form. He does roar in the season finale, but that's it.
* WatchThePaintJob: The car may be NighInvulnerable when he's driving it, but Robbie still doesn't like people touching it. When Daisy has to steal it for a chase, Robbie, who at the time is out of phase and unable to act himself, bemoans her scraping a large gash on the side during the chase.
* WouldHitAGirl: In contrast to his comic book counterpart, who never hit one that wasn't another Ghost Rider, Robbie really wanted to make sure that Daisy stood away from him and his brother. In fact, Robbie seemed more eager than his own Spirit of Vengeance in that regard, as the Spirit did not find her guilty. He also incinerated [[spoiler:Lucy Bauer]] and brutally killed [[spoiler:Aida]] in the season finale -- or, more specifically, the Ghost Rider did.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: His hellfire doesn't just burn the body, it burns the soul, which cannot heal. A guy with a chest burn courtesy of the Rider bled out by the next day, despite medical treatment. This comes in handy in the season finale, [[spoiler:as it overrides Aida's HealingFactor, and is likely the only thing that can hurt her]].
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[[folder:"Johnny Blaze" / Ghost Rider ]]
!!''"Johnny Blaze" / ComicBook/GhostRider ''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (Demon possessed)
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gabriel Luna (motion-capture)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E6TheGoodSamaritan Episode 72: "The Good Samaritan"]]'')

->''"And you're right. There was someone there when I came to. But it wasn't a Good Samaritan. It was the Devil."''
-->-- '''Robbie Reyes'''

The "Devil" who made Robbie Reyes a Spirit of Vengeance in exchange for saving Robbie's younger brother from a burning car. He sports the appearance of the classic Johnny Blaze version of Ghost Rider.

-> see the Characters/MCUOthers page for more on the Spirit of Vengeance
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* AntiHero: Ghost Rider passed the Spirit of Vengeance onto Robbie, who calls him the Devil, but he did resurrect Robbie and pull Gabe from the wrecked car.
* BadassBiker: Another strong implication that he's Johnny Blaze--he rides an impressive Hydra Glide chopper.
* BaitAndSwitch: Robbie's insistence that the entity with whom he made a pact with was the Devil himself initially leads one to believe that it had to do with Mephisto, who's usually treated in the Marvel Universe as the equivalent of the Devil, or some other entity. As it turns out, he caught a previous Ghost Rider on a good day (though a pact with him was still a part of the deal).
* BoringButPractical: He managed to keep the Darkhold from S.H.I.E.L.D., HYDRA, and a multitude of interested parties by keeping it buried in his house.
* TheCameo: He only appears in Robbie and Gabe's flashback of the night Robbie got his powers, but he makes quite an impression.
* CoolBike: This GR comes with a chopper-style Hell Cycle, Johnny Blaze's favorite mode of transportation in the comics.
* CursedWithAwesome: What he did to Robbie, and what was also done to him. Coming back from the dead is nice and all, but having to constantly contend with the will of a vengeance demon? Not so much.
* DarkIsNotEvil: The character is a classic case of BadPowersGoodPeople, [[HellBentForLeather dressed in black leather]] but being on the side of good. [[spoiler:Coulson's testimony suggests that this assessment holds true.]]
* DemBones: He's got a skull for a head, [[IncendiaryExponent and it's on fire]].
* DealWithTheDevil: He saved Robbie's life and gave him the power of the Ghost Rider, as well as saving Gabe's life, in exchange for Robbie taking on the burden of exacting vengeance on wrong doers as the new Ghost Rider.
* EscapedFromHell: Unsurprisingly, Ghost Rider went to Hell at one point and later escaped. [[spoiler:Coulson apparently witnessed it.]]
* FlamingSkulls: Well, he ''is'' a Ghost Rider.
* HellBentForLeather: He wears a leather jacket not unlike one Johnny Blaze would've been seen with in the comics.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Coulson]] is revealed to be familiar with him--and explicitly played a role in the adventure where he managed to escape the underworld. Along with that, the basement in which [[spoiler:the Darkhold]] is found is all but stated to be Johnny's.
* NoNameGiven: While heavily implied to be Johnny Blaze, he hasn't explicitly been identified as such as far as "The Good Samaritan".
* MythologyGag:
** One of the hints that this is Johnny Blaze and not another iteration of the Ghost Rider character is the bullet dent in his skull. In the comics, Blaze was once briefly killed (again) after being shot in the head by a holy bullet that sent him along with his Spirit of Vengeance to Hell.
** Additionally, his skull is cloaked in fire instead of being black and charred as if it's on fire, like the [[Film/GhostRider version]] portrayed by Creator/NicolasCage.
* ScarsAreForever: He sports a very notable bullet indention in the upper left side of his skull.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Only has a passing cameo, but it's only because of him that Robbie Reyes became the Ghost Rider to begin with.
* TruerToTheText: While Robbie's design is accurate to his comic book counterpart--albeit substantially less metallic and more bone-shaped--it is still a departure from the original. Now we know why--it's because this Ghost Rider's appearance is more in line with the original Johnny Blaze.
* WalkingSpoiler: His unexpected appearance as the source of Robbie's power marked him as one. His appearance also suggests that Demonic magic existed on Earth long before [[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Kaecilius made contact with Dormmamu]].
* WhamShot: His burning skull entering the scene during Robbie's Origin Episode. Alternately, for more comic-familiar viewers, the WhamShot is the presence of his CoolBike pulling up to begin with, as that's a tip-off to who "The Good Samaritan" really is.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's unknown what happened to him after his deal with Robbie.
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[[folder:Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel]]
!!''ComicBook/CarolDanvers / ComicBook/CaptainMarvel''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm not what you think I am."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MckennaGrace (young), Creator/BrieLarson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

A woman that came into contact with the alien species known as the Kree, granting her super-powers. Her powers include extremely improved strength, speed, and durability, along with flight, the ability to anticipate the moves of her opponents, photonic blasts, and energy absorption.
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* EleventhHourRanger: [[spoiler:Her role in ''Avengers Endgame''. After being absent from the Avengers roster thus far, she's summoned in the wake of Thanos' finger snap.]]
* ActionGirl: Carol was an Air Force pilot even before she got superpowers, and so would be perfectly able to kick ass and take names without them. With them, she's one of the most powerful superheroes in the setting.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Carol has one of the messiest origin stories in all of Marvel Comics, constantly losing and regaining different power sets. Her first FlyingBrick power set was the result of an accident when the Kree villain Yon-Rogg knocked her into a special machine. These powers were later stolen from her and she was later abducted by another alien race called the Brood, who essentially made her into a [[GoldenSuperMode living]] [[FlyingFirepower star]]. The movies will combine the two, likely [[PragmaticAdaptation for simplicity's sake]].
* AmnesiacHero: The Kree erased all memory of her life on Earth, which she starts to regain after coming back.
* BetaOutfit: Her costume's initial appearance is sea green.
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: She was conditioned by the Kree to believe that they are a race of "noble warrior heroes,'' while the Skrulls they fight are the "bad guys." However, she starts to realize that there is more to it.
* BlueIsHeroic: In ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019,'' she has two costumes: the "evil" one is mostly [[GreenAndMean green]] and the "heroic" one is mostly blue with some [[PrimaryColorChampion red elements and golden decorations]]. She shares blue as a signature color with another "captain" of the MCU - Captain America.
* CaptainSuperhero: '''Captain''' Marvel.
* DeadpanSnarker: As MCU protagonists typically are.
-->'''Carol, to Nick Fury''': {holds up hat with SHIELD logo} Does announcing your identity on clothing help with the "covert" part of your job?
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Her cute cat is in fact [[spoiler:a flerken, a rare and dangerous alien species.]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: In TheStinger for [[spoiler:''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' Nick Fury sends out a distress signal on a pager that displays her star insignia with red and blue colors.]]
* FlyingBrick: She can fly and has SuperStrength and [[NighInvulnerability super durability]]. [[FlyingFirepower She can also fire]] "photonic blasts" from her hands.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Her eyes glow golden when she goes into Binary Mode.
* GodzillaThreshold: As confirmed by the prelude comic for her movie, [[spoiler:Fury]] always saw her as this, which is why he doesn’t bother to call her until [[spoiler:the end of ''[[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Infinity War]]'',]] when he realizes people are dying en masse.
* GoldenSuperMode: In her Binary Mode, she is surrounded by golden glow and her eyes turn golden as well.
* HumanOutsideAlienInside: She looks like a normal human, but Kree enhancements left her with aspects of their biology. It's not clear how much was changed, but she has [[AlienBlood dark blue blood]] and apparently passes as a Kree.
* IHaveManyNames: Carol Danvers, Cheeseburger, Captain Marvel, and Vers, to name a few. [[note]]Her human civilian name, her Air Force call sign, her Superhero Moniker, and her Kree name, respectively.[[/note]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: She's introduced just in time for the GrandFinale of the Thanos storyline that began in the first ''Avengers'' film, though her own film chronologically takes place in the 1990s.
* OlderThanTheyLook: The Kree mention that one of the alterations they've made to her is to extend her longevity.
* ThePawn: The Kree brainwashed her and used her to fight their battles for them.
* PrimaryColorChampion: While she spends some time in a sea green suit, she eventually dons her red, blue and yellow / gold outfit from the comics.
* ProudWarriorRaceGirl: At least at first, as she confidently describes the Kree as a people of "noble warrior heroes".
* RememberTheNewGuy: She's been around since the '90s and knows Nick Fury, but was never seen or mentioned before Phase 3.
* TheStoic: In her debut film. After winding up in space, most of her expressions are pretty blank, even though flashbacks to her prior life show that this wasn't always the case. Under her "Vers" identity, she seems to have her emotions repressed in a similar fashion to the Winter Soldier.
* SuperToughness: She is able to survive falls from extreme height without any serious injuries.
%%* WorldsStrongestWoman:
%%** To the point Feige himself has made it abundantly clear she's not only the most powerful hero so far, but the most powerful being in the universe.
%%--> "[...] but we wanted someone who could really be a guiding hand to Carol and to Brie [Larson] and to that journey, which is what the whole movie is about: someone becoming the most powerful being in the universe."
%%** Brie Larson has stated in an interview that Carol is strong enough to move planets, which, if she's doing it physically, as in with her bare hands rather than through destructive blasts or [[RealityWarper reality-warping]], would certainly put her well above anyone we've seen before. (Outside of Dormammu, who, to be fair, technically isn't in ''this'' universe.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tyrone Johnson / Cloak]]
!!''Tyrone Johnson / [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Cloak]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"One second I was in the city, the next I was here... in the middle of nowhere..."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Aubrey Joseph
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}''

->''"Even if I do everything perfect they still could come after me. So why be perfect? Why not stand up for the world the way it should be?"''

A young man with the ability to teleport and control fears.
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* {{Adorkable}}: More downplayed than most examples, but definitely shows shades of it.
* AngryBlackMan: Deconstructed severely. Part of the reason he's so traumatized by Billy's death and hell-bent on {{Revenge}} is that everyone around him is encouraging him to suppress what happened to him rather than fall into this trope, rather than helping him deal with it.
* BadassCape[=/=]BlackCloak: An integral part of the character design, hence the name "Cloak". This incarnation was started by Billy before he died.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: If you were to give boogeyman powers to a teenage pre-Serum Steve Rogers, you would end up with someone like Tyrone Johnson. Tyrone is kind-hearted and tries to see the good in others, but his connection to the Darkforce allows him to see the fear in others as well, a process that always leaves the subject disoriented, and even his very touch can prove deadly.
* BornUnlucky: Aside from the obvious tragedy of losing a sibling in his childhood, Tyrone is often taking a beating from someone or getting the short end of the stick in a situation.
* CannotTalkToWomen: He's awkward around women and his conversation with Tandy heavily implies he's a virgin.
* CastingAShadow: He can manipulate the Darkforce, mostly when his life is danger and when wearing his late brother's cloak as a MagicFeather.
* CowardlyLion: Not an entirely straight example. His fear mixed with anger are his early defining characteristics, angry and lashing out at the world for his brother, but also afraid to really fight to fix things like his parents. [[spoiler: With Tandy backing him up however, he gets the courage he needs [[TookALevelInIdealism to face the world and fight to save it]].]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Cloak may look intimidating, but he's still a superhero.
* DeadlyDodging: Since his powers aren't as offense-based as Tandy's, he mostly uses them to dodge or evade blows, usually setting himself up to redirect them into the nearest wall or Tandy's knives.
* DeathSeeker: What Tandy accuses Tyrone of being deep down, since she saw a lot of SuicideByCop scenarios in his mind.
* FatalFlaw: His anger and inability to give up on a lost cause. [[spoiler:Even after he manages to catch Connors, he still feels empty and angry.]]
* TheIdealist: He's a firm believer in justice and tries to see the good in others.
* IKnowWhatYouFear: He can sense people's fears or traumatic experiences when they're touching.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: He blames himself for Billy's death, because he stole the radio so Billy wouldn't have to.
* LivingShadow: His powers let him move through and control shadows.
* NiceGuy: In sharp contrast to Dagger's more anti-heroic tendencies.
* AnOddPlaceToSleep: He sleeps in a bed but doesn't always wake up in one.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Tyone's both a choir boy and a superhero in the making. {{Subverted}} however, since he later tells Delgado that he doesn't really believe in God.
* {{Revenge}}: More than anything else, he wants to kill the policeman that (accidentally) killed his brother, as he believes doing so will finally free his family from the trauma that's weighed on them for eight years.
* SurvivorsGuilt: He feels guilty for getting to live when Billy died. In Tandy's journey through his mind, she sees a young Tyrone practically drowning in checks but crying because he doesn't feel he deserves any of it, and she implies that every good thing that happens to him is tainted by the fact that Billy can't share in it.
* TeleportCloak: Seems to be invoked, as every time he teleports he has to use something nearby as a cover to disappear into. His BadassCape works as this, but he's also used nearby blankets, curtains, a small towel and even a garbage bag.
* TragicKeepsake: In this incarnation, the cloak originally belonged to his brother Billy.
* TraumaButton: Justifiably, he gets very nervous around cops.
* WeaponizedTeleportation: One of Cloak's powers. Though primarily defensive in nature, Tyrone can use it for combat, usually by harrying his opponents or moving them into harms way, usually in the path of one of Tandy's daggers.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tandy Bowen / Dagger]]
!!''Tandy Bowen / [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Dagger]]''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Judge less or leave poor."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/OliviaHolt
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/CloakAndDagger2018''

->''"The world has stolen from me my whole life. My dad, his name, our money. Maybe I have this thing so I can steal some of it back."''

A young woman with the ability to call hopes and make daggers made of solid light.
----
* AbusiveParents: Her mother's a drug addict who steals her money and is at the very least emotionally abusive.
* ActionGirl: While her first instinct is to run away, she can climb, run, balance and fight when the chips are down. When the two of them get into fights, Tandy's the one on offense while Tyrone mostly evades or redirects his opponents onto Tandy.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, her daggers were only psychic and couldn't do actual damage to flesh, the worst being draining them of vitality. Here, they function like any other knife.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Tandy uses her background in the upper class to blend in with rich people and take them for all they're worth.
* ConArtist: So much so and for so long that the idea of doing things honestly just never crosses her mind.
* ConsummateLiar: One of her biggest strengths is her ability to weave a convincing lie, though "Funhouse Mirrors" shows that she's not as good at it as she thinks. That episode also deconstructs the trope by showing that she's been doing it so long that lying and conning is now her first instinct, even when she could more easily get what she wanted by just telling the truth.
* TheCynic: She starts out that way, but [[CharacterDevelopment as the more time she spends with Tyrone and seeing other people's hopes the more she finds in herself]].
%%* DanceBattler7
* DeadpanSnarker: Tandy's wit is as sharp as her daggers, as seen by her quip to a forger that she's negotiating with for a fake ID:
-->'''Tandy:''' If we fail, you still profit. Ain't that America?
* DeathSeeker: But can never go through with it. [[spoiler: And just when she actually does attempt suicide, her powers kicked in and saved herself.]]
* DrugsAreBad: She snorts some kind of pills to numb the pain. [[spoiler:In the penultimate episode, she starts using her powers as a drug, sucking away people's hopes in a desperate attempt to feel better.]]
* FunctionalAddict: She's adicted to several prescription drugs, which she snorts, but so far the only dependency seems psychological and it hasn't yet taken a toll on her body or cognition.
* EmotionEater: She learns she can not only see people's hopes, but steal them.
* FatalFlaw: She runs away from her problems and can't face anything. Her journey is learning how to stop running.
* GoodPowersBadPeople: She has the power to bring great hope and happiness to anyone she touches. Unfortunately, she sees herself as a ''"screwed-up bitch"'' and [[SourOutsideSadInside insists on acting accordingly to everyone around her]], up to and including stealing their hopes to get high. Thankfully, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she's better than she thinks she is]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde and charming [[AvertedTrope but sneaky, conniving and cynical]] (at first anyway).
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Season 1 is this for her with [[spoiler: the penultimate moment coming in episode 10 with Tandy [[TookALevelInIdealism Taking A Level In Idealism]] and stating out loud that she wants to [[TookALevelInKindness learn how to care]].]]
* KnifeNut: She fights with knives made from light.
* LightEmUp: Her powers manifest as white light daggers.
* LoveableRogue: Tandy's a cunning schemer and thief, but she's also incredibly charming.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: She can form knives made of light.
* WomanInWhite: If she's not completely wearing white, she's no doubt wearing ''something'' white.
* YourHeartsDesire: She can sense people's dreams and hopes.
[[/folder]]

!Villains


[[folder:Marcus Daniels / Blackout]]
!!''Marcus Daniels / Blackout''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackout_aos_4670.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"They were trying to make me stronger. And they did."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Patrick Brennan
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E18Providence Episode 18: "Providence"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E19TheOnlyLightInTheDarkness Episode 19: "The Only Light in the Darkness"]]'')

->''"A few years ago, I saw Daniels at one of my concerts, front row. Then I started seeing him at all of them. At first, I was flattered. Cellists don't get many groupies. But then one night, I saw him outside of my house. I was terrified. I begged him to leave me alone. He just stood there, saying I was his light. I didn't understand what he meant until he started blacking out my entire block."''
-->-- '''Audrey Nathan'''

A former prisoner of the Fridge, Daniels was let out by the Clairvoyant and told to "follow his dreams".
----
* BadassLongcoat: Sports a black trenchcoat when hunting his crush.
* CastingAShadow: He's able to project beams of Darkforce.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: DoubleSubverted. Though he's never referred to as Blackout, his S.H.I.E.L.D. file does list his codename, even though Coulson's arm is positioned to block most of it.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears in "Providence" before his focus episode.
* EnergyAbsorption: He's able to drain energy from nearby electrical devices, and can drain the electrical energy of living beings through physical contact.
* EvilWearsBlack: As befitting his codename, Blackout wears an entirely black outfit.
* MenacingStroll: He always moves at a calm, steady pace.
* PhlebotinumOverload: How he was taken out in the past and present. The first time it just disabled him so S.H.I.E.L.D. could imprison him. Since he's been amped up in the present, Fitz devises gamma-powered lights that make him explode.
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Audrey, who he calls his "only light in the darkness".
* TouchOfDeath: He can drain the energy from whatever he touches, including living beings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Ghosts]]
!!''Ghosts (Dr. Lucy Bauer, Hugo, Vincent and Frederick)''
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!!!'''Species:''' Ghosts (Formerly Human)
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lilli Birdsell (Dr. Lucy Bauer, pictured), Ward Roberts (Hugo), Usman Ally (Vincent), Dan Donohue (Frederick)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (Dr. Lucy Bauer first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E1TheGhost Episode 67: "The Ghost"]]'', Hugo, Vincent and Frederick first appear in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E2MeetTheNewBoss Episode 68: "Meet the New Boss"]]'')

Four scientists who were involved in an experiment involving a tome called the Darkhold. They were imprisoned for years between two dimensions, transforming them into ghostly apparitions, until one of them, Lucy Bauer, got free and released her comrades. They seek to reverse what was done to them and kill the one responsible.
----
* AlasPoorVillain: Not necessarily [[spoiler:Lucy's death]], but the flashback that immediately precedes it (in which [[spoiler:Eli]] forces her into the machine and transforms her into a ghost), is framed very sympathetically.
* BodyHorror: These aren't the normal transparent ghosts, but more degraded and worse looking over time.
* CanonForeigner: They have no comics counterparts, being new characters created for the show.
* DeaderThanDead: Frederick, already a ghost, is immolated by Ghost Rider's hellfire. Two more die in "Lockup", followed by [[spoiler:Lucy]] in "The Good Samaritan".
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:For Season 4's Ghost Rider arc; they're the main antagonists for the first six episodes and set up as the biggest threat facing S.H.I.E.L.D., but that position is usurped by Eli Morrow to take up the mantle in "The Good Samaritan"]].
* ForScience: Lucy and her husband Joseph in particular were delighted by what the Darkhold could do and how it could be used to help others, but the book corrupted their intentions.
* GhostlyGoals: They are trying to find the Darkhold, reverse what happened to them, and kill the one responsible for their current state.
* JacobMarleyApparel: They all appear in the clothing they wore when they 'died' and bear fresh-looking wounds [[spoiler:presumably inflicted by Eli when he forced them into the machine.]]
* JustThinkOfThePotential: Lucy says this almost word-for-word to Eli when she's trying to explain all of the good the Darkhold could be used to do, such as curing world hunger.
* KickTheDog: Lucy has driven numerous people insane for no clear reason, including May and a man who had moved into her house after her death, even though she's demonstrated herself to be the most rational of the ghosts. While this might have been excused as her being disoriented upon first being released, as she seems calmer once she realizes how long it's been since she was sealed, even after that, this doesn't stop her from driving her husband and an entire prison insane, and doesn't care if innocent people get killed while trying to reverse what happened to her.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Lucy's first victims after being released are a bunch of gangsters.
* MadScientist: Lucy in particular, obsessed with using a TomeOfEldritchLore to create matter out of nothing, which drives her deeper and deeper into insanity especially after she and her colleagues are transformed into ghosts. Coulson even refers to her as a "pissed-off mad scientist ghost" at one point.
* MadeOfAir: They exist as some form of energy which is selectively visible and tangible. Disrupting their physical form only deters them for a moment before they come back. Only Ghost Rider can grab them as if they were solid.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: They're villainous scientists and Lucy is referred to several times as 'doctor' by other characters.
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe: Frederick won't stop reminding Lucy that it's her fault for wanting to experiment with the Darkhold.
* NeverMyFault: When confronted by Robbie for her actions, Lucy tries to throw all of the blame onto [[spoiler:Eli]], saying that "he's the one who started this whole nightmare."
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: All ghosts can interact with the world around them, and anyone they touch that isn't also supernatural is driven violently insane.
* ProperlyParanoid: While Lucy and Joseph become obsessed with their experiment, they were right thinking [[spoiler:Eli wanted the power for himself.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: All four were sealed in special boxes [[spoiler:by Eli Morrow.]]
* TilMurderDoUsPart: She touches [[spoiler:her husband, Joseph]] in her ghostly state in order to waken him from his coma so she can get information out of him, but this has the side-effect of driving him mad and [[spoiler:killing him]].
* TouchOfDeath: Anyone the ghosts manage to touch is driven violently insane. The hallucinations get more intense with time, eventually causing the victim to die when their bodies can no longer handle the stress of being constantly on-edge.
* TheUnintelligible: Vincent can only make moaning sounds despite clearly trying to speak.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Eli Morrow]]
!!''Elias "Eli" Morrow''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The Darkhold has shown me the way. I can create life, even after death. Can a petty thief do that, huh?"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' José Zúñiga
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E4LetMeStandNextToYourFire Episode 70: "Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire"]]'')

-->''"From high school to grad school, no one believed in me! They thought I was cheating. They thought I wasn't capable! Shut me out. Well, guess what ... guess what I'm capable of now. I can create a city out of nothing, or I can cover it in volcanic rock. Robbie, I am becoming a god."''

Uncle of Robbie and Gabe Reyes, Eli was an engineer brought in to work with Lucy Bauer on their project when he became aware of the Darkhold.
----
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:Of the Ghost Rider arc in Season 4, because he was the one who ghostified the other scientists in an effort to obtain god-like power. It was this conflict that led to Robbie becoming the latest Ghost Rider. However, he has nothing to do with the Watchdogs' Inhuman hunt.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: Uncle Elias Morrow is still a criminal, but his crime was aggravated manslaughter, and he seems to have truly cared about his coworkers who died. In ''All-New Ghost Rider'', he's a Satanist EvilUncle with who acts as Robbie's SuperpoweredEvilSide instead of a genuine Spirit of Vengeance. [[spoiler:Subverted later on when it turns out that he was the one who killed them in an attempt to claim the power for himself. Still, he isn't nearly as bad as his comic counterpart, and he seems to be at least partly [[BrainwashedAndCrazy corrupted]] by [[TomeOfEldritchLore the Darkhold]].]]
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:After he's revealed to be a power-hungry maniac, he warns Coulson to get away as quickly as possible as he prepares to begin the process of acquiring his god-like power, and later, after he suffocates a complaining underling by creating diamonds inside of his lungs, he tells the others that they might want to cut him open to get the rest of them.]]
* BadBoss: If you complain about working conditions or paycheck he will [[spoiler:create diamonds from the air in your lungs until you suffocate.]]
* CompositeCharacter: His powers are similar to those of the Molecule Man.
* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Ghost Rider drags him to a dimension that may or may not be literal Hell but it still a really nasty place.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He raised Robbie and Gabe, and genuinely loves them. [[spoiler:When he learns that the drive-by which crippled Gabe was a hit attempt meant for him, he's legitimately horrified, though he insists that it's the Bauers fault. He also offers Robbie the chance to join him, but when he doesn't, Eli doesn't hesitate to start making carbon pop out of Robbie, [[SubvertedTrope showing that as much as he loves Robbie, he wants power more]].]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:He may want godlike power, but he does care who he hurts to get it. Killing his coworkers is one thing, but he objects to endangering thousands of innocent lives and warns Coulson to run as he starts up the experiment that will give him powers.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Eli's motivation to become a god is because he's sick of being treated like a nobody.]]
* FunctionalMagic: [[spoiler:The "god-like power" he gains from the Darkhold is similar to the sorcery used by Kamar-Taj sorcerers in that it works by taking energy from other dimensions through a force of will. However, his is based on creating matter instead of simply using the energy which has the side of effect of creating quakes.]]
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Eli wants to play God by using the Darkhold. He is [[VillainousBreakdown not pleased]] when Coulson explains that all the power did was turn him into an inter-dimensional thief.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: He is a gifted scientist who worked hard for years in the name of recognition, only to be snubbed and accused of lying. [[spoiler:Enter Plan B, the Darkhold.]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Although no one actually refers to him as 'doctor' in-universe, he has a PhD (in Engineering) and [[spoiler:turns out to be evil.]]
* MotiveRant: Delivers a fairly sympathetic one about the constant institutionalized racism he faced as a Latino scientist.
* NeverMyFault: When Robbie calls him out on his actions, he attempts to blame everything on the Bauers, claiming they started it all.
* ParentalSubstitute: He raised Robbie and Gabe, with Robbie even saying that they saw him as a father.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:After using the machine on himself with five of the six quantum power cells hooked up to it, Eli gains the ability to create matter out of nothing. He demonstrates this by generating spikes of carbon from within the bodies of four S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and creating an entire wall of it in seconds. It's later revealed he's actually pulling matter/energy from a different dimension, rather than out of nothing per se.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Played with in that he's introduced as alive when his comics counterpart was already dead and had become an evil spirit. [[spoiler:Then he is torched and dragged off to Hell by Ghost Rider in "The Laws of Inferno Dynamics."]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:His role as the ArcVillain of the Ghost Rider arc is a huge spoiler for the arc.]]
[[/folder]]


!!Slicing Talons

[[folder:Calvin Johnson]]
!!''Dr. Calvin "Cal" L. Johnson''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doctor_6983.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Let's not lose our heads."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KyleMacLachlan
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E22BeginningOfTheEnd Episode 22: "The Beginning of the End"]]'')

-->''"You were looking for a monster?"''

Skye's father, who worked with Raina at one point in the past.
----
* AdaptationalHeroism: He has quite a few more redeeming qualities than the comics' Mr. Hyde, most of all his being horribly ashamed of what his darker half does.
* AdaptationNameChange: His comic book counterpart's name is Calvin ''Zabo'', but the show changes it to Calvin ''Johnson''. However, in "The Frenemy of My Enemy", he tells Skye that he changed it to "something more sinister" during his search for her, implying that he may have gone by Zabo at one point. This is presumably due to Skye's mother being completely different from Daisy Johnson's mother in the comics, meaning her last name had to come from her father instead. Some episodes of the second season do have his name given as "Zabo" at certain points in the subtitles.
* {{Adorkable}}:
** When he finally reunites with his daughter, he fumbles his words and mentions that he wanted to have flowers and "those little almond-chocolate cookies" to greet her.
** When he meets her again after her powers are activated, he acts like an excited fanboy.
--->'''Cal:''' So what's your thing? 'Cause I was kinda hoping for wings.
** And in the back half of the second season, his every interaction with Skye is just bumbling awkward joy.
* AffablyEvil: He's kinda... quirky when he's not being murderously psychotic. He refers to HYDRA's attempts to understand the Diviner as "monkeys scratching at it," mocks Whitehall's translation of an ancient legend concerning it, and scoffs at referring to it as a weapon as "small-minded... [[VerbalBackspace for such a large-minded person]]." However, he gets less affable as his obsession to get Skye to love him grows.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's unclear at first, given several characters referring to him as a "monster" and his deep knowledge of the Diviner despite never touching it himself. It's clarified in "One of Us" that while he knows a great deal about the Inhumans through his wife being one, he himself was an ordinary human who gained his strength and emotional instability through his own scientific manipulation.
* AntiVillain: Most of his villainy seems to be fueled by extreme aggression that's he's unable to control, as well as the fact that he lost his daughter to S.H.I.E.L.D. and his wife to HYDRA. However, the thought of a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens coming down to Earth to end humanity except for a few "worthy" to be saved isn't something that terribly alarms him; in fact he's looking forward to it. And he has no trouble causing chaos for S.H.I.E.L.D. by getting the "gifted" to make a fuss if it'll help him reunite with Skye.
* AxCrazy: The guy can go into casual murder mode rather quickly.
-->'''Triplett:''' That guy was out of his damn mind.
* BackAlleyDoctor: Patches up bullet and knife wounds for gang members... for a while, anyway.
* BadassBookworm: A doctor who easily defeats two HYDRA {{mooks}} with just a scalpel and a metal box he's carrying.
* BadBoss: Treats Raina like dirt, even though she helped him reunite him with Skye. He then throws her to the curb after he's done with her.
* BerserkButton: Oh, boy, does he have a few...
** Loses it when Raina compares him to Whitehall, seeing Whitehall killed his wife to take her agelessness.
** Bringing up his evil side seems to have a similar effect.
** Referring to his daughter as "Skye" too much isn't a good idea either. It produces more violent results when Lincoln does it.
--->'''Cal:''' '''THAT'S NOT HER NAME!'''
** Anyone but himself taking a fatherly role for Skye also sets him off.
** Getting between him and his vendetta against Whitehall is a very bad idea. Out of everything, that happens to be what finally causes him to try to kill Coulson.
** Don't insult his daughter. A transformed Raina found that out the hard way.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Though he starts off in a BigBadEnsemble with Whitehall, the two team up at the end of "A Hen in the Wolf House" to kill Coulson and his team. He then offers to do the same with Coulson to kill Whitehall.
* BigBadWannabe: His petty feud with Coulson means he's only an inconvenience to him in the grand scheme of things.
* BittersweetEnding: The close of his story arc; he gets his memories erased and is allowed to make a new life for himself as a veterinarian completely under his original personality, that of a laughing, friendly, good-humored goofball. Of course, this means completely forgetting about not only the bad things he experienced, like his wife's torture and eventual death -- at his own hands -- but also all about his beloved daughter.
* BuffySpeak: At times, especially since he's offered his services to Whitehall. This is an instance where Skye's apple doesn't fall far from the tree. As soon as he tries to step up, he's rather unceremoniously plucked off the field by Gordon.
* {{Catchphrase}}:
** He regularly uses the phrase "Let's not lose our heads" as a self-calming method.
** Tends to describe good things as the "best day ever."
** Whenever someone refers to his daughter as Skye, he snaps at them with '''"THAT'S NOT HER NAME!"'''
* CloudCuckoolander: He's completely, utterly insane and knows it. He just can't stop himself.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's never once referred to as "Mister Hyde", although his appearance in the season 2 finale is highly reminiscent of the titular character from the original ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''.
* CurbStompBattle: He completely dominates the fist fight with Coulson in 2x10, being stopped by Skye very short of beating him to death.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Revealed over the course of the second season. A S.H.I.E.L.D. team full of HYDRA agents went after a village that included his wife and daughter. He managed to track down his wife and put her back together (though not the same as she was), but all he managed to do was slaughter a lot of people when he tried and failed to find his daughter. He has spent a quarter-century wanting revenge.
* DeadlyDoctor: He has a room with surgical equipment and his hands are always seem to be covered in blood when he meets with Raina.
* DeathOfPersonality: At the end of season 2, his entire memory is erased and replaced with that of a cheerful veterinarian by way of the TAHITI project. It's implied that the 'new' him is the person he used to be, before he became a monster. Thus, this is a DownplayedTrope.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While he certainly put a lot of thought into the tortures he would inflict on Whitehall, his actual plan to get there is rather lacking. He clearly never counted on Whitehall figuring out his identity, and seems to have no concrete plan on how he'll get to Whitehall in the first place. Ultimately, Cal ends up trying to take on Whitehall while the latter has a gun, and Coulson shoots Whitehall in the back while Whitehall's distracted, saving the vengeance-driven doctor.
* DisappearedDad: Has not been a part of Skye's life for twenty-five years. To be fair, their separation wasn't his fault, he spent a great deal of those twenty-five years trying to find her, and once he did he starts trying to be part of her life again. Unfortunately for him, those twenty-five years have also turned him into someone his daughter doesn't want to know.
* TheDreaded: Raina is terrified of him, probably due in no small part that he's one of a few people she can't manipulate.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** Is shown to dislike Whitehall, referring to him as "a butcher." Understandable, considering what the man did to his wife.
** He has nothing but contempt for Raina, mainly because she's concerned about herself and nobody else.
* EvilCounterpart: To Bruce Banner, a very skilled doctor with a HairTriggerTemper he himself is horrified by. Though he's also quite violent in his normal state when he needs to be. This makes sense, given that Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde was one of the original inspirations for Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk. In the comics, Cal's supervillain moniker is "Mister Hyde".
* FakeShemp: Kyle [=MacLachlan=]'s casting wasn't announced until a couple of months after Season 1 ended, so that's probably not him in TheStinger for the finale. That person's hair is also gray.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Despite being Jiaying's husband, the Inhumans look down on him because of the artificial nature of his powers and his violent behavior, and they're not happy that his petty feud with SHIELD endangers them.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Conspicuously does ''not'' touch the obelisk. It's made clear in "One of Us" that his powers come through experimentation and he isn't an Inhuman.
* {{Foil}}: Shaping up to be one for Ward. Both love Skye, but while Ward acknowledges how horrible he has been in the past and tries to win her over by being helpful, Cal tries to hide his dark side and intends to force Skye to come to him by killing Coulson. Also to Coulson, the father figure versus the father she never knew.
* GoodParents: Really wants to be this for Skye, and when given the chance, he's doting and loving towards her. Unfortunately, Jiaying's manipulations made him into a monster.
* HairTriggerTemper: He can flip out at the drop of a hat. Just look at the list of things classified as BerserkButton.
* HeelFaceTurn: Sides with Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D when he convinces him that what Jiaying is doing is wrong and will only hurt their daughter.
* HumanShield: Uses this tactic against HYDRA in "The Frenemy of My Enemy" by putting one of their own between him and their bullets.
* ILied: He was very vague to Raina on what Terrigenesis actually ''was''.
* ItsAllAboutMe: His love for Skye is very unhealthy and obsessive; he wants her to love him and ''only'' him.
* ItsPersonal: Whitehall killed his wife, literally cutting her into pieces. He repeatedly states that he wants revenge on the people who took his family from him. Whitehall, who doesn't know him or his connection to the woman he killed, doesn't realize the implied threat.
* {{Jerkass}}: He emotionally manipulated Raina by preying on her desire to be something special, then point-blank refuses to help her cope with the transformation.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In the second half of the scene...he moves from being against Whitehall, to against SHIELD...which does not go well for people caught in the middle.
* LackOfEmpathy:
** Is completely unsympathetic to Raina when Whitehall threatens to have her killed and says that she was nothing before he found her.
** When Raina undergoes Terrigenesis, he's dissmive of her and refuses to help her cope with the trauma of it, in stark contrast to his beloved wife, who dedicated her life to helping the Inhumans cope with the change.
* LargeHam: He's mostly composed if not triggered but when he hams it up, he does so with gusto.
* LegionOfDoom: He wants to gather up a couple of "indexed" individuals in order to combat S.H.I.E.L.D. and recover his daughter. Given he's snatched up by Gordon in the same episode and his entire team is captured, it's unlikely this effort will go anywhere.
* LoveRedeems: What ultimately spared him from being executed because of his crimes is his love for his daughter.
* KnifeNut: When your Weapon of Choice is a surgeon's scalpel and you always have at least on or two hidden on your person you qualify as this.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: With Jiayang. She's led the Inhumans for generations, he's just an ordinary human.
* MoralityPet: Starting in "The Frenemy of My Enemy", he has one in his daughter Daisy, who helps him rediscover the NiceGuy that he used to be.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He's a certified M.D. who will casually slaughter a room full of people with a scalpel in order to further his ends.
* MoralityChain: Spending time with his wife and daughter does wonders for his mental stability. He doesn't want them to think he's a monster.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He eventually plans to do this to Coulson, since he resents him being a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure to Skye]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Skye comes across the scene of one of his outbursts, he realizes she will never accept him as her father after [[MoralEventHorizon that]].
-->'''Skye:''' He's a...!\\
'''Cal:''' ''[[TheseHandsHaveKilled (Staring at his hands)]]'' ...'''monster'''! ''[smashes his tablet]''
* NeverMyFault: It's clear he blames Coulson for driving Skye away, even though it's his violent behavior that actually does it. After reuniting with his wife in Lai Xi, he admits that, yes, it is his fault.
* NiceGuy: He used to be one of these and you can still see glimpses of it in his calmer periods. For example, what was he doing in China with a family? He was volunteering for Doctors Without Borders, fell in love, and relocated.
* NoNameGiven: His first significant role in the plot (with significant screentime) is in the episode "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E5AHenInTheWolfHouse A Hen In The Wolf House]]", but he is still just referred to as "Skye's father" or "The Doctor". In "What They Become", his name is given as Cal. His full name is revealed to be Calvin L. Johnson in "The Frenemy Of My Enemy", though he mentions changing it to something more appropriate (presumably Zabo) after Skye went missing.
* NotHelpingYourCase: He doesn't want Skye to see him as a monster, but his violent behavior and all the killing he does despite her protests don't do him any favors.
* OmnicidalManiac: He casually expresses an interest in killing "everyone". He actually takes a thrill in the violence that can unfold.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Until "What They Become", he's simply referred to as "Skye's father" or "The Doctor".
* OneManArmy: Several sources have stated that he wiped out a village single-handedly, and if you believe Ward's version of the events, all those villagers were HYDRA agents.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Took Coulson's slaying of Whitehall very badly, as it meant that he couldn't avenge his wife's death personally. It's a JustifiedTrope as his plans for killing Whitehall were much, much crueler than Coulson's InstantDeathBullet, and he's been planning it for ''decades''.
* PapaWolf:
** In a rather negative way, considering he's both possessive and insane.
** If Ward's to be believed, the village in Hunan that was slaughtered contained HYDRA agents that kidnapped Skye and her mother. The mother was killed by Whitehall before or during Cal's massacre, possibly explaining his unstable behavior in the present.
* PetTheDog:
** All of his direct interactions with Skye when he gets to show off his BumblingDad side.
** When he's asked if Coulson is trustworthy (after they tried to kill each other), he says he hates him... but grudgingly admits that he's a good man who cares for Skye.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: According to Raina, he and Skye's mother destroyed an entire village to find their daughter.
* PsychoSerum: He attributes his strength and personality issues to a formula he developed. He's been trying to perfect it, but that doesn't happen until the end of the second season.
* PunnyName: His name is '''Cal'''vin '''L.''' Johnson. Not unlike [[{{Franchise/Superman}} Kal-El]].
* SadisticChoice: When your wife is trying to kill your daughter, either choice is going to be painful. [[spoiler:Cal sides with his daughter, breaking his wife's neck and then crushing her ribcage to splinters with a super-strong bearhug.]]
* SanitySlippage: Finding the corpse of his wife after Whitehall vivisected her and losing his daughter clearly sent him off the deep end.
* SanityStrengthening: Reuniting with his wife and daughter, and taking a break from his serum, makes him more stable. He even catches himself when he starts losing his temper.
* SplitPersonality: Implied and hinted at. There seems to be at least two sides to Cal. A affable side and an AxCrazy side that kills without warning. Raina believes so, even going as far to tell him that other side is controlling him. When some of Team Coulson, and more specifically Skye, find his handiwork, Cal is mortified, calling himself a monster. Apparently, he doesn't want to be perceived as one. This is fitting, as he's [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Mister Hyde]].
* SuperStrength: He carves up anyone who pisses him off with a ''scalpel'', with complete ease, and kills with his bare hands. He also easily defeats Raina, who herself demonstrates superhuman strength post-transformation.
* ThrowTheDogABone:
** He will never see his family again afterwards, but Skye agrees to have one family dinner with him at her mother's request.
** His ending. He gets a new peaceful life, and to be happy...and Skye visits him, even though he no longer recognizes her.
* TragicMonster: He might be a jerk, but Cal's life is one big sad story. He was nothing but a loving family man until Whitehall kidnapped Jiaying, vivisected her, and tossed her corpse in the woods. He stitched her back up and her HealingFactor did the rest, but she left him because she [[HeelRealization became horrified by their desperate actions while looking for Skye]]. He then spent decades looking for Skye, as he'd promised Jiaying that he'd find her. But the serum he developed to give him SuperStrength made him psychotic with uncontrollable aggression, turning him into "a monster" and causing him to be shunned by the Inhumans, who used to be his friends. And when he does find Skye, she wants nothing to do with him, and his own wife has him locked up. And then he's ultimately forced to admit his wife has become a monster even worse than he is, who will destroy the world, and he has to kill her to save their daughter's life.
* UndyingLoyalty: In his own words, he would "blindly follow Jiayang into a war". It turns out, however, that his ultimate loyalty lies with his daughter as he turns on his wife when Coulson manages to convince him that her war will ultimately destroy Daisy.
* UngratefulBastard: He's furious at Coulson for killing Whitehall before he could get his revenge, even though Whitehall would have killed him if Coulson hadn't intervened.
* UnnamedParent: Until the mid-season 2 finale, he simply went by "The Doctor". He reveals his name to be Cal in "What They Become". Though his last name isn't revealed, it can be inferred from his personality issues, strength, and Skye's real name that his full name is Calvin Zabo, a.k.a. Mister Hyde.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He brought back Jiaying to life and in doing so unleashed a bloodbath upon the world.
* UsedToBeMoreSocial: He was a doctor, successful/wealthy enough to own an office building in a financially successful part of town, and volunteered in China with Doctors Without Borders, where he fell in love with and married a native, started a family... Now he's a walking BerserkButton.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Cal was a compassionate doctor who adored his family, but the tragedy of losing his daughter and his wife's vivisection drove him to concoct a serum to increase his strength, as he felt he'd failed to protect his family. The serum drove him insane, and he's been a victim of manipulations from his wife and his own mental illness ever since.
* {{Yandere}}: Father-Daughter love in this case, but it's still a creepy obsession that involves killing the competition (in this case, Coulson, the ParentalSubstitute).
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: He coldly washes his hands of Raina after her and Skye's transformation, telling her to kill herself if she really can't live with what she's become.
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[[folder:Karla Faye Gideon]]
!!''Karla Faye Gideon''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Drea de Matteo
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUs Episode 35: "One of Us"]]'')

A worker in a chemical company that got razor blades fused to her fingernails to defend against her abusive boyfriend, though she also went on a killing spree. She was put on the Gifted Index by S.H.I.E.L.D. and forced to wear gauntlets to keep her from harming anyone else. She joins Cal's short-lasting team of gifted humans.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: She has several, in the form of her razors.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Karla Faye Gideon is a regular human, while here, she's a lethal fighter.
* AdaptationalVillainy: She never joins a LegionOfDoom in the comics and never kills anyone.
* AssholeVictim: Her abusive boyfriend was her first victim.
* BrokenBird: She seems to have suffered under S.H.I.E.L.D's treatment as she's scared when she thinks Cal is with them, and that was ''before'' the issue with her abusive boyfriend.
* CorruptTheCutie: She quickly gets into Cal's methods.
* DarkActionGirl: She can hold her own against Bobbi.
* DarkChick: Stands out from the rest of Cal's group as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female member]].
* TheDogBitesBack: She killed her abusive boyfriend after grafting razor blades to her fingers.
* DomesticAbuse: Suffered it from her boyfriend, which is why she killed him.
* FemmeFatalons: She has metal blades fused into her fingernails which can easily slash through flesh.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: She initially refuses Cal's offer because she wanted a normal life, though she accepts after thinking it over.
* SlashedThroat: How she kills; a quick flick of her nails and they're dead.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Based on her treatment of Angar, and her hesitation to accept Cal's offer she is the one with the greatest morals in the group.
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[[folder:David Angar]]
!!''David Angar''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Jeff Daniel Phillips
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUs Episode 35: "One of Us"]]'')

A man suffering from throat cancer that got his vocal chords irradiated. While the tumors disappeared, he got a voice capable of inducing catatonia with a whisper.
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* BeardOfEvil: Sports one due to his mouth being kept shut by a muzzle, leaving him unable to shave.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: He's kept silent to keep his powers from affecting anyone in the vicinity. Once he opens his mouth, however, expect people to start dropping.
* BodyHorror: A mild case, but his mouth and throat widen and elongate unnaturally when he bellows.
* BrownNote: His bellows render anyone that hears them comatose. It seems to have an effective radius of a couple hundred meters, and is implied to remain effective even when transmitted through secondary sources like radio.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: His comic book counterpart's "Angar the Screamer" moniker is never used.
* TheDragon: He's the deadliest of Cal's team of supervillains.
* GlassCannon: He's not physically imposing, but his power is definitely lethal.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Sports nasty scars around his mouth and on his neck due to the muzzle he was forced to wear.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His screams can render any living thing unconscious in a wide radius.
* MouthStitchedShut: With a muzzle to keep him from using his powers.
* SealedEvilInACan: He was locked in the underground ward of a psychiatric hospital where S.H.I.E.L.D. kept psychotic superhumans.
* TheSociopath: The reason why S.H.I.E.L.D. locked him in a facility for the criminally insane.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wendell Levi]]
!!''Wendell Levi''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Ric Sarabia
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUs Episode 35: "One of Us"]]'')

A talented and sociopathic hacker (making him more of a "cracker", to use the correct internet term) and technological whiz.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Chuckles while Cal is hamming it up over the PA system in "One of Us".
* AintTooProudToBeg: After it's clear that his side has lost, Wendell begs Coulson not to kill him.
* BeardOfEvil: Of the goatee variety.
* CanonForeigner: So far, he has no counterpart in the comics.
* TheEvilGenius: Serves as the tech expert and hacker for Cal's team.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: A glasses-wearing sociopath.
* NonActionGuy: He just runs when Cal is suddenly taken out of the picture, and doesn't even try to fight when Coulson corners him.
* TheSociopath: Coulson describes him as having no regard for the human life.
* TechnoWizard: A superb hacker who seems to have an intuitive understanding of technology akin to Forge in the comics.
* TheTeamNormal: Doesn't actually have superpowers. He's just that much of a genius. He's only listed here due to his affiliation with the rest of the "Talons".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Francis Noche]]
!!''Francis Noche''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Geo Corvera
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUs Episode 35: "One of Us"]]'')

A mob enforcer that got enhanced after getting his hands on experimental steroids. These increased his strength but severely reduced his intelligence.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: His surname "Noche" means "night" in English.
* BeardOfEvil: A nasty, cropped goatee.
* TheBrute: Acts as the muscle for Cal's short-lived team.
* CanonForeigner: So far, he has no counterpart in the comics.
* DarkIsEvil: His surname means "night".
* DumbMuscle: He's a powerful superhuman who manages to give May a good fight. Due to the steroids he used, his mental faculties suffered as a result.
* PsychoForHire: Used to work for the mob as hired muscle.
* TheQuietOne: Due to his reduced intelligence, he never speaks.
* SuperStrength: Via experimental steroids that hampered his intelligence.
* TearsOfFear: Visibly breaks down while getting submitted by May.
* UnskilledButStrong: Or rather an inversion, Strong, but Unskilled -- for all his strength he is easily taken down by May, a BadassNormal, without any assistance.
[[/folder]]

!Neutrals and Wildcards

[[folder:Chan Ho Yin / Scorch]]
!!''Chan Ho Yin / Scorch''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Poor little Chan Ho Yen may have believed your lies... but not Scorch!"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Louis Ozawa Changchien
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E5GirlInTheFlowerDress Episode 5: "Girl in the Flower Dress"]]'')

A pyrokinetic street magician on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s watchlist. He is recruited by the organization behind Centipede in the hopes that they can use him to stabilize their serum.
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* CanonForeigner: Chan Ho Yin isn't a character from the comics, though his codename is borrowed from [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Scorch a couple other D-list pyrokinetics.]] His ethnicity, as well as being "kind of a tool," also recalls Sunfire from the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics.
* CodeName: Scorch, given to him by the people of Project Centipede to play to his ego.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: A major plot point is the aversion of this. The assignment of a codename to Chan helps him embrace the idea that he must have gotten his powers for a reason and that he's someone special and powerful for them. When he refers to himself as Scorch, Coulson treats the information that "they gave him a name" as an OhCrap and realizes how seriously he's taking things.
* {{Foil}}: Of a sort to Mike. Both began gaining superpowers, both were approached by the Centipede project, and both were frustrated by their inability to make their lives work despite their powers. However, the big difference is that Mike thought more about helping his son survive than doing great things with his powers, and eventually realized that he could be a hero with some direction. Chan just wanted to be seen, and it led to his SanitySlippage.
* ILoveNuclearPower: It's theorized his powers come from living near a nuclear plant that caught fire. However, it's noted that no one else in the vicinity received powers of any sort, so in the end the source is unknown.
* {{Jerkass}}: He first demonstrates his powers by scaring a couple who weren't impressed with his magic tricks. His S.H.I.E.L.D. file describes him as "kind of a tool."
* NotUsingTheZWord: His debut was before Disney/MCU had the rights to ''Franchise/XMen'', but it is likely he'd be referred to as a mutant. The Agents even theorize that exposure to nuclear radiation may have caused his powers, which was one of the reasons often given for Mutants developing mutations.
* PlayingWithFire: His power is generating fire from his hands.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: After his SanitySlippage he's a mad man with fire powers.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: His blood platelets make him immune to being burned by his own powers. Once they're extracted, he ends up scorching himself each time he lights up.
* RiddleForTheAges: It is never ultimately explained how he first acquired his fire powers.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After being given a taste of the Centipede serum then being betrayed by Raina. As soon as he gets free, he starts attacking everyone.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Happens to him during Debbie's experiments: "This isn't testing, this is torture!"
* StreetPerformer: What he did for a living is magic tricks on street corners.
* SuperPowerMeltdown: He's given an overdose of Extremis when it's clear they can't talk him down.
* ThatManIsDead: Once he embraces his codename, he says that only "Scorch" lives.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tobias Ford]]
!!''Tobias Ford''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm being dragged to hell for what I did."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Robert Baker
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E9Repairs Episode 9: "Repairs"]]'')

A technician who was seemingly killed in a laboratory accident; in reality, he's somehow caught between two worlds, and is stalking Hannah Hutchins.
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* AntiVillain: Tobias is not trying to hurt Hannah, he's trying to protect her. [[PsychopathicManchild It's not]] [[StalkerWithACrush very comforting]], but it's a far cry from the killer or demon everyone originally thought him to be.
* TheAtoner: He's trying to make up for his mistakes.
* {{Expy}}: While teleporting is a fairly common power, doing so by traveling through a Hell-dimension in a puff of smoke is unique to the ''Franchise/XMen'''s ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}. There's also the fact that both characters are very religious.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut: When he teleports, he travels between Earth and another realm he thinks is {{Hell}}.
* ManChild: He causes problems so Hannah will pay him attention; [[LovingBully like the boy in the sandbox that tugs on a girl's pigtails]].
* PsychopathicManchild: Tobias clearly never learned that when someone upsets your crush, you don't blow up their gas station or try to run them over.
* StalkerWithACrush: To Hannah, both less disturbing than normal (he's just a normal guy who didn't know how to talk to the girl he likes) and more (he sabotaged a ''particle accelerator''). Skye notes that he's acting like a kid with a crush.
* StealthHiBye: He pulls it a lot with the teleporting power and everything. Then May pulls it on him, disappearing in the space of a half-second black out right as he's about to whack her with a wrench.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: May confronts Tobias, and convinces him to stop "protecting" Hannah for her own sake, since his current actions are only dragging her to hell with him. He realizes this, and lets himself slip through.
* TeleporterAccident: The rough theory goes that the scientists running the particle accelerator were trying to recreate the rifts from ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''. Then Tobias came in and sabotaged a minor part, which snowballed into a detonation that trapped him between two worlds. He's able to move between them, but is slowly losing himself to the other one.
* TeleportSpam: He makes good use of being stuck between worlds, such as disappearing to dodge attacks, enter locked rooms, and so forth.
* TooDumbToLive: He repeatedly sabotaged a ''particle accelerator'' in order to get Hanna's attention.
* WrenchWhack: He is lugging around a pipe wrench, which he was carrying during the accident. This serves as the first hint that there's more to the accident than first appears; a pipe wrench is not the proper tool to be tightening bolts with.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Donnie Gill]]
!!''Donnie Gill''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Dylan Minette
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds Episode 12: "Seeds"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E3MakingFriendsAndInfluencingPeople Episode 25: "Making Friends and Influencing People"]]'')

-->''"I want to be left alone but you people won't stop coming after me. So I'm done hiding. It's time HYDRA learn once and for all I'm not interested. I'm not afraid. I'm pissed off. And every HYDRA agent they send is going to feel it."''

An introverted genius at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Sci-Tech academy who gets involved in a series of attacks involving devices that are able to freeze people solid.
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* AbusiveParents: His parents didn't even realize how smart he was because they ignored him so much. When S.H.I.E.L.D. told his father that Donnie was gifted, his father replied "In what?"
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: He's Inhuman in the comics. Ironically, the Inhumans have yet to be introduced in the series when he appeared.
* AdaptationalHeroism: It's Adaptational Anti-Villainy in his case. He still ends up as a bad guy, but is given a sympathetic backstory. It's also made abundantly clear that he never intended for his actions to hurt anyone, at least at first, and he also never served HYDRA willingly; when he, as Blizzard, is acting of his own free will, it's actually ''against'' HYDRA. The only reason why SHIELD put him down at the end of "Making Friends and Influencing People" is so HYDRA won't be able to use him again.
* AgeLift: His comics counterpart is an adult criminal-for-hire.
* AntiVillain:
** He wasn't interested in Ian Quinn's money. He was just having fun building something with Seth.
** In his second appearance, he isn't even antagonistic toward S.H.I.E.L.D. at all until Bakshi triggers the mental conditioning HYDRA put him through.
* BerserkButton: Don't even ''pretend'' to be HYDRA.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He was brainwashed by HYDRA sometime during season 1. His programing is re-activated during "Making Friends and Influencing People".
* TheBusCameBack: He resurfaces in the Season 2 episode "Making Friends and Influencing People".
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with. He is never called as Blizzard, his comics counterpart's alias. But the project to analyze his gifted power is indeed called as "Project: Blizzard" at HYDRA.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: While never badass in the "combat-capable" sense, his debut episode makes it clear he has borderline superhuman engineering abilities, rivaling those of Fitz (who is nearly a decade his senior and with more experience). After the accident at the end of his debut episode he gains a TouchOfDeath power via cryokinesis.
* FriendlessBackground: Bonds with Fitz over this and their love of engineering. He had no friends in his hometown, and even at S.H.I.E.L.D Academy, he's a loner.
* GadgeteerGenius: Built devices capable of freezing pools and people solid and causing massive superstorms.
* AnIcePerson: As a result of his ice machine backfiring on him, he gets cryokinetic powers. He also has the technical skill to make weapons which can copy those abilities as well.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Has trouble interacting with people below a 170 IQ.
* NeverFoundTheBody: According to Skye, his body hasn't been found since she shot him and he fell into the ocean.
* StartOfDarkness: In the comics, he's the supervillain Blizzard and indeed, over the course of the episode, he gets his only friend killed and obtains cryokinetic powers. During his first appearance in season 2, he only uses them in self-defense or to spite HYDRA. His only villainous actions are due to brainwashing.
* TeenGenius: Has an IQ of 190 and still in school.
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[[folder:Carl "Crusher" Creel / Absorbing Man]]
!!''Carl "Crusher" Creel / Absorbing Man''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Brian Patrick Wade
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows Episode 23: "Shadows"]]'') | ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' (mentioned)

A man who worked for HYDRA after having his death faked by Garrett, Carl Creel is a former boxer nicknamed "The Crusher" with the ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Though introduced as a villain, it's revealed that he was a brainwashed pawn. By Season 3, he's free of his HYDRA brainwashing and is working for the US government as Talbot's bodyguard. In the comics, though he's sometimes depicted as an AntiVillain, he's usually a thug who's murdered, raped, and brutalized people in the past with no remorse.
* AlliterativeName: '''C'''arl '''C'''reel.
* AmbiguousSituation: After his own out-of-control powers cause him to turn to stone, Coulson isn't quite sure he's actually dead or just in a coma of sorts. Season 3 removes the ambiguity by outright showing that he's alive.
* AndIMustScream: Between his encounter with Team Coulson in "Heavy is the Head" and his recruitment as Talbot's bodyguard, this happened to him. He couldn't move or talk because he was trapped in his own stone body. He eventually recovered and spent time in jail once he'd regained consciousness.
* BaldOfEvil: Just like in the comics, Creel doesn't have a single hair on his head. He no longer fits this trope in season 3.
* BookDumb: While he is hardly an EvilGenius, he nonetheless shows a decent amount of strategy in his appearances and uses his powers creatively, such as for stealth, and not just for brute force. Prior to being a supervillain, he also secretly used his powers [[CutLexLuthorACheck to cheat his way to a successful boxing career.]]
* BloodKnight: He enjoys killing just slightly more than he enjoys the sensation of using his powers, and he seems to enjoy the latter quite a bit.
* TheBrute: He serves as Whitehall's muscle while under HYDRA's control. He later acts as one to Talbot as a bodyguard. [[spoiler:And later for General Hale.]]
* TheBusCameBack: Freed by Talbot after he is deprogrammed of his HYDRA brainwashing.
* ChromeChampion: When he turns to steel. [[spoiler:May and Lincoln exploit this with May grazing him with a steel pipe, turning him into steel, then Lincoln blasting him with his electric powers.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:The Absorbing Man...gets absorbed. Specifically by Graviton.]]
* DeathFakedForYou: He was supposed to have been killed, but it turns out HYDRA faked his death while they were still a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. so they could use his talents for themselves.
* DragonTheirFeet: Was brought into HYDRA's employ by Garrett, but doesn't show up until after Garrett has been dispatched.
* ElementalShapeshifter: He can take on the properties of any material he touches -- wood, steel, glass, concrete; you name it. Assuming his powers are as flexible as they are in the comics, this can extend even further.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** While he has no problem killing targets who are trained professionals, he does seem concerned about the waitress he infects by accident (though that may have been more about losing control of the Artifact than any actual concern) and was reluctant to hurt Raina.
** It eventually turns out [[spoiler:despite being a lifelong criminal, he had to be brainwashed into serving HYDRA, and he promptly turns once he's freed from it.]]
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Despite being able to turn into any substance he touches, he has a habit of fighting in his normal human form.
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler:In "The Inside Man", he's presented as being Talbot's morally-ambiguous bodyguard, and he's seemingly confirmed to still be evil when he knocks Lance out. However, it's later revealed that he only knocked Lance out to protect his cover, and he helps save him, Talbot, Coulson, and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives.]]
* GRatedDrug: He enjoys the feeling of absorbing materials, keeping a cabinet full of various things to use at his leisure. HYDRA even pays him with exotic materials.
* HeelFaceTurn: The US military has apparently broken him free of his HYDRA brainwashing and he's now working as Talbot's bodyguard. [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Inverted]] when [[spoiler:he's recruited by General Hale.]]
* HeroKiller: As Hartley and Idaho found out the hard way.
* TheImmune: [[spoiler:Possibly due to what happened with him and the Obelisk, Creel's blood can 'vaccinate' an unawakened Inhuman from undergoing Terrigenesis.]]
* ImmuneToBullets: As long as he's absorbed something tough enough. Played with a bit; though the bullets don't stop him, they do knock off several chunks that end up reverting to flesh.
* MindControl: Implied to have been brainwashed by Whitehall into obeying HYDRA (as Bakshi uses the codephrase "Are you ready to comply?" to calm him down at one point). [[spoiler:Confirmed in his return in Season 3.]]
* MundaneUtility: Before being discovered, he used his powers to cheat at boxing by turning his fists to steel beneath his gloves for easy knockouts.
* MythologyGag:
** In his debut appearance, he rips off a ball and chain to fight May with, an iconic weapon of his in the comics.
** Subsequent appearances has Raina offer him a material to absorb with the special property of being capable of absorbing energy itself. This is something he could do on his own in the comics.
** His name is also mentioned in flashbacks in ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' as a boxing rival of 'Battlin' Jack' Murdock, Daredevil's father.
* NotQuiteDead: Coulson is smart enough to know that even if Creel's turned to stone, he could always do that. It's better to keep him secure in case it doesn't stick. [[spoiler:It doesn't.]]
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Whatever he did to make Talbot literally trust him with his life must have been spectacular.]]
* PowerIncontinence: Touching the Obelisk, even while made of rubber didn't completely insulate him from its effects and patches of it start spreading across his body. It's mentioned this isn't the first time he's had such problems.
* SculptedPhysique: When he turns into stone or concrete.
* ShapeShifterSwanSong: After being hit with a molecular disruptor by Coulson, he cycles through several of his past materials before turning into inanimate stone.
* ShirtlessScene: He gives one in his trailer, and another while fighting Team Coulson in the warehouse. The latter is justified, since he was using his absorbing powers to camouflage himself (which wouldn't have worked with a powder blue shirt on). It doesn't explain why he's still shirtless walking down the street at the end of the episode.
%%%%%%%%%%%"This trope incarnate" is not context because it doesn't say anything about him specifically.
%%%%%* SleevesAreForWimps: If he's not shirtless,
* SuperStrength: Naturally strong due to his past as a boxer, but his strength increases depending on the material he absorbs. He was able to stop the speeding vehicle carrying Hartley and the Obelisk by absorbing the properties of the asphalt road he was standing on.
* SuperToughness: By absorbing tougher materials, his durability is enhanced, allowing him to shrug off bullets and survive being hit by a car, totaling the car in the process. He's not completely invulnerable, however, as the bullets managed to knock off several chunks which eventually reverted into normal flesh, allowing the team to ID him.
* TakenForGranite: After being defeated he gets stuck in his stone form, but unable to move. With help from Talbot and the government, he recovers.
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Not the man himself, but part of him. He's bulletproof during his first encounter with Team Coulson, but they do recover a piece of shrapnel from his then-metallic body after the fight. It reverts back to flesh and blood while Fitz is analyzing it, which makes the team realize that they're dealing with a gifted.
* UnexplainedRecovery: He's back for season 3, though it's not explained how he returned to normal.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It was refusing to throw a fight with him that got [[Series/{{Daredevil2015}} Jack Murdock killed.]] His blood looks like it's going to cause this as well. In the right hands, the vaccine that could be created from it can prevent another [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E17Melinda Bahrain]]. In the wrong hands, it can prevent any Inhumans from appearing ever again.
* VisibleInvisibility: When he becomes glass, he still has to stand perfectly still to avoid his movements reflecting the light around him.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Expressed to would-be Gilligan Hunter by knocking him out before he can inadvertently blow his cover.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Samuel Sterns]]
!!''Dr. Samuel Sterns''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TimBlakeNelson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' | ''The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week'' comics

-->''"I've always been more curious than cautious, and that's served me pretty well."''

A scientist who helps Bruce under the moniker "Mr. Blue". Bruce communicates with him wirelessly while in Brazil in hopes of developing a cure for his condition, but necessary ingredients for the formula require him to return to the United States. There, he discovers that Sterns has more than just curing the Hulk on his mind.
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* AbortedArc: A tie-in comic establishes he was taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. shortly after the events of ''The Incredible Hulk'', but any influence he may have on future Marvel projects is dubious since he otherwise hasn't been mentioned. This also makes it unlikely he's going to become The Leader any time soon.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: Well, not the actual Abomination, who he's pretty horrified by, but Sterns is in complete awe of Banner as the Hulk, calling it "god-like" and "Olympian", and comparing Bruce to Prometheus giving man fire.
* AdaptationalHeroism: Samuel Sterns is an eccentric and careless, but mostly harmless scientist in this movie who tries to cure Banner, while in the comics, he is one of the more diabolical villains in that universe. The comic tie-in shows he eventually turned evil, so it's more like his origin story than a true morality shift.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Instead of working at a nuclear facility as a mentally handicapped janitor, he's already a science genius and university professor.
* AlliterativeName: First and last names starts with S.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's an odd scientist to be sure.
* CassandraTruth: When Blonsky demands to have the Hulk's blood and gamma radiation applied to him, Sterns argues against it, claiming that the gamma-blood combined with Blonksky's experimental super-serumed body might turn him into "an abomination". Blonsky doesn't care, and holds Sterns at gunpoint to transform him anyway.
* CodeName: Mr. Blue.
* ForScience: Downplayed. While he is fascinated by Hulk blood he is ''thrilled'' by its practical applications.
* {{Keet}}: ''Very'' hyperactive, especially when it comes to science.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[spoiler:He wants to cure Banner and find similar cures for diseases but wants to use gamma-irradiated blood to do so which always has unfortunate consequences.]]
* MotorMouth: He can get carried away discussing the merits of Hulk blood; the result is a fast-flowing stream of science.
* MyBrainIsBig: [[spoiler:Caused by Banner's irradiated blood coming in contact with a head wound casued by Abomination.]]
* NiceGuy: Other than Bruce, he knows how dangerous Hulk blood is better than anyone but instead of treating Bruce like a menace he's 'hail fellow scientist! Well met!'
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:To Black Widow when she finds him in ''Fury's Big Week''. She responds by shooting him in the knee and taking him into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robert Coleman / Whizzer]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCompanies Companies]] page
[[/folder]]

!!Transhumanists

[[folder:Dr. Holden Radcliffe]]
!!''Dr. Holden Radcliffe''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's not a hunch, it's science. It's a science hunch."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JohnHannah
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E18TheSingularity Episode 62: "The Singularity"]]'')

->''"I believe that art and science are entwined. The Devil, and God, is in the details. I don't want people to see my work and know it's work. If they gave a second glance, I want it to be out of awe, not disgust."''

A former GT Agrochemical researcher whose theories and experiments on transhumanism got him fired from the company. He was kidnapped and recruited by Hive in order to recreate the Kree experiment which had created the Inhumans.
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* AffablyEvil: He is entirely friendly to pretty much everyone [[EveryoneHasStandards (unless he thinks that they're working for HYDRA)]] and gets on very well with fellow scientists Fitz and Simmons, especially Fitz -- as of season 4, the two are frequently sharing beers and discussing science. Really, he's mostly harmless. His only problem is his occasional lack of a moral compass, [[spoiler:which doesn't really help matters when he takes one brief glimpse of the text of the evil Darkhold]].
* AintTooProudToBeg: Routinely begs for his life whenever he upsets Hive.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Considering he's killed while he's still under Darkhold's corruption, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for him. Doubles for his ultimate death in the Framework, where he is DyingAlone, lamenting how he is glad that he will die now, as he doesn't have his beloved Agnes with him anymore.]]
* AntiVillain: During Season 3, all he really wanted was to improve humanity, realizing too late what Hive was really up to. And in Season 4 [[spoiler:he gets corrupted by the Darkhold, which warps his view on how to help humanity]].
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:Of the LMD arc in Season 4, all in an attempt to gain the Darkhold, and with it, the secret of immortality. Although by the second half of the arc his role is [[EvilerThanThou supplanted]] [[DragonAscendant by]] Aida as the true villain of the arc]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Turns out he's under the Darkhold's morality-corrupting control and is using Aida to try to retrieve it.]]
* CatchPhrase: "This was never my intention."
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Murdered by Aida in "Self Control" when she thinks his regrets could possibly go too far but she plugs him into the Framework immediately afterward. The death only applies to his physical body.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He's essentially the Mister Sinister to Hive's ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, being an EvilutionaryBiologist who serves an ancient super powered being. However, personality wise Radcliffe is very different from Sinister. His role as the creator of AIDA is from Tom Thumb.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sometimes the worst thing about Radcliffe is his lack of proper morals. Other times, it's his lack of common sense, usually at Fitz's expense:
** In "Failed Experiments", Hive goes on a speech on how concentrating powers in the hands of [[ComicBook/TheAvengers a few]] will result in a war, while his plan to spread the Inhuman gene will avert this. Radcliffe asks if this means they can start the experiment. Hive takes a moment to compose himself before saying yes, implying that this has happened before.
** In "The Ghost", when a dumbstruck Fitz asks "What the hell?" regarding Aida's robot body, Radcliffe assumes that it's over Aida being caught in a loop trying to say hello. Fitz was actually asking where the hell Aida comes from.
** In "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire", after Fitz mentions how his eyes would bulge when he was frightened, he sees Aida talking with May, and nearly panics. Radcliffe is more interested in seeing that Fitz's eyes actually are bulging.
** In "Broken Promises", Mack describes a missing Aida as a SexBot, which Radcliffe takes offense at--he's never had sex with Aida, they're just good friends. Fitz winces over how Radcliffe is making things actually worse.
* DeadpanSnarker: He likes to snark from time to time.
-->'''Radcliffe:''' ''[to Talbot]'' I can tell by your mustache that you're a man of much importance and not to be trifled with...
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Literally! [[spoiler:After being bumped off by Aida/Madame Hydra, he comes to realize that the Framework has gone too far out of control and, albeit with some coaxing, tells Simmons and Coulson where their friends are being held.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:Radcliffe is initially the main villain of the LMD arc as he is the one who programmed Aida to become more ruthless and ultimately steal the Darkhold. However by the halfway point of the arc Aida kills him once she believes that his various regrets could lead towards him deactivating the Framework by which point she becomes the arc's true villain.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: To Radcliffe, science is meant to improve humanity, not hinder or harm it. He was appalled to learn that HYDRA placed explosives in the Deathlok's ocular enhancements, believing it a horrible misuse of science. When he thinks that Fitz and Simmons are from HYDRA, he orders his security forces to take them away. While working for Hive, Radcliffe makes it pretty clear that he is uncomfortable working on non-volunteers and that his only interest is in advancing the human race. His accidental creation of the Alpha Primitives horrifies him. [[spoiler:He also makes it absolutely clear to Aida that he does ''not'' approve of her killing Agent Nathanson and attempting to kill Agent May.]]
* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:To Fitz after his treachery is revealed. Interestingly, the Radcliffe LMD still indicates that Radcliffe still considers Fitz a friend, though it's fairly one-sided at that point.]]
* FinalDeath: [[spoiler:Well after his physical body was killed mid-season to trap his mind in the Framework permanently, his mind is finally deleted along with the rest of the Framework in the Season 4 finale]].
* {{Foil}}: To Fitz and Simmons, who work selflessly to protect humanity and have lines they will not cross and people they won't work with; Radcliffe is fairly [[ForScience amoral]] and will work with almost anyone so long as he can advance his transhuman agenda -- [[EveryoneHasStandards though he draws the line at HYDRA, and Hive's plan to turn everyone who isn't Inhuman into a swayed Primitive horrifies him.]]
* ForScience: He willingly works for Hive after being kidnapped due to the opportunity to advance the human race by making everyone an Inhuman. However, he is less than pleased when he realizes Hive is happy with creating the Alpha Primitives instead so that he can have an easy-to-control slave race. [[spoiler:Eventually, he's absolutely horrified at everything he's done, but is too afraid of dying to do anything about it.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: He briefly glimpses the Darkhold but refuses to read anymore as he felt his brain was being overloaded. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:that brief glimpse corrupted his mind as he wants to uses it to make people immortal, and by "Hot Potato Soup" even he seems to be starting to regret even that brief glimpse. By "BOOM", it gets to the point where he's actively discouraging other people from trying to read it.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: He is dismayed at the ghoul-like abominations he's created with his experiment, but otherwise it worked exactly as intended. Those exposed to the virus are instantly transformed and enslaved to Hive.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:After being captured by HYDRA, he's fond of giving personality-probing lines to his captors, particularly the Doctor and his father.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: He develops a friendship with Fitz and Simmons at the end of season 3 and begins working with them regularly. When Simmons has only 24 hours to save May's life in season 4, she makes a bee-line to his house.
** The episodes "No Regrets" and "The Return" cement his second one, where he provides everyone on Team Coulson the location to a backdoor out of the Framework.
* KarmaHoudini: Somewhat. [[spoiler:He helps out S.H.I.E.L.D. in the end, but doesn't seem to face charges for his (at first) willing cooperation with Hive, despite numerous hearings. It's later clarified he was given a pardon, but he's forbidden to conduct experiments without supervision -- creating Aida is something that could get him jailed.]] It goes back and forth over season 4, ending with [[spoiler:the corruption of his work, the death of his true love, and his own death, and all of it can be linked back to him.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:As everything in the Framework is being deleted, Radcliffe decides to spend his last moments before he meets the same fate watching the sunset on a beach with a bottle of liquor. He pours himself a glass and raises it for a toast, quoting Creator/TSEliot, but is deleted before he can finish his sentence, and the glass he was holding just drops to the ground]].
* LikeASonToMe: Radcliffe admits that Fitz had been like the son he never had, and it's implied that Fitz felt the same way. [[spoiler:Which makes Radcliffe's betrayal hurt Fitz all the more.]]
* MadScientist: Advancing the transhuman agenda means replacing parts of his own body with what he considers to be superior components from birds or machines and doing the same for others. Personality-wise he's pretty mild.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:At the end of "Broken Promises", he's revealed to be pulling Aida's strings after duping the others into thinking she rebelled against him.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: He's over twenty years older than Agnes, his lover, going by the ages for their actors.
* TheMedic: From time to time, and he tends to be quite good at healing humans, if only because he's willing to come up with solutions that are CrazyEnoughToWork.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction upon seeing the Watchdogs transformed into mindless slave creatures. He all but utters the trope by name.
** His breakdown in the Framework!Triskelion's prison "No Regrets" also screams this, after [[spoiler:he loses Agnes. This inspires a shred of sympathy from Skye.]]
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He's largely uninterested in Hive's aims to control the world, save where they intersect with his of improving humanity -- when this results in the Primitives, which are as close to an antithesis of his ideas as you can get (they're not evolved humans, really, they're devolved) and Hive is entirely happy with, he's horrified.
* OmniDisciplinaryScientist: Played With. He's a brilliant genetic biologist and cyberneticist, but the practical engineering of a nuclear warhead is beyond him.
* PetTheDog: He's rather fond of Fitz and Simmons, and in the stinger of Season 3 he expresses sadness at the number of friends they've lost. This inspires his latest project: [[spoiler:improving [=LMDs=]... which ends up going rather wrong when he's exposed to the corrupting influence of the Darkhold in the next season.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: His nonchalance about mad science is played for laughs to various degrees and he makes a great wise guy when paired with Fitz as the straight man.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After witnessing Hive's horrors, he is all too happy when S.H.I.E.L.D. shows up.
* {{Transhuman}}: Not only is he a a member of the transhumanist movement, he is a transhuman, having a hybrid avian eye.
-->'''Radcliffe:''' Bird's visual acuity is superior to mammals, I got envious.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:His intention with the Framework is to end suffering.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anon]]
!!''Anon''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Hello. My name is Anon. Do you have an appointment with the doctor?"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Camille De Pazzis
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E18TheSingularity Episode 62: "The Singularity"]]'')

A transhumanist follower and assistant of Doctor Holden Radcliffe.
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* GirlFriday: She was Radcliffe's assistant before he created and replaced her with Aida.
* MeaningfulName: Anon is the shorter way of saying anonymous, which she is.
* OneShotCharacter: Anon only appears in "The Singularity", with her role of follower and assistant to Radcliffe filled out by Aida.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Subverted. She was the assistant to Radcliffe, whom 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.
[[/folder]]

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-->''Carol, to Nick Fury'': {holds up hat with SHIELD logo} Does announcing your identity on clothing help with the "covert" part of your job?

%%* TheDogIsAnAlien: Her cute cat is in fact [[spoiler:a flerken, a rare and dangerous alien species.]]

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame''

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