History Characters / TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroesSeasonOneAntagonists

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%%* DumbMuscle
* CoDragons: With the Abomination, to [[spoiler:the Leader.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Big time. Even Maria Hill would rather side with the Avengers than support Ross. [[spoiler:And it get worse after becoming Red Hulk.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: {{Downplayed}}. This depiction is still an evil genocidal robot, but his Earth-616 counterpart is much more hateful and blatantly AxeCrazy, gleefully wishing the end of humanity. This version, meanwhile, is a KnightTemplar acting out of pure logic, who feels no obvious hatred for humanity (though there are still hints, here and there); he just believes killing them is the only way to ensure world peace. In addition, his comic book counterpart was evil from day one, while this version started out as a harmless, friendly robot and had a gradual FaceHeelTurn from being taught violence and exposure to Kang's technology.

* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Ultron claims that human beings' capacity for emotions predisposes them to illogic and by extension chaos. Therefore, in accordance with Ultron's prime directive, the human race must be annihilated. However, it is implied that Ultron is a hypocrite because Ultron himself possesses emotions and something of human nature due to being such a complex AI and being based on the personality of his creator Hank Pym. Pointing this out is how Ant-Man gets Ultron to deactivate himself in "The Ultron Imperative", and in "Ultron Unlimited", his feelings for the Wasp by way of Hank Pym motivate him to construct for Wasp, out of all the humans on Earth, a robotic chassis to house her consciousness as Jocasta. This is in contrast to the rest of humanity, which Ultron would be happy to just destroy and replace with synthezoid duplicates.]]

* MisanthropeSupreme: Desires the death of all living things so that world peace can at last be realized, even if nothing still exists or can be sustained by the planet's environment to appreciate it.

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* CombatPragmatist: Wrecker has no qualms fighting dirty, such as taking shots at Thor while his guard is down or taking hostages. Too bad Thor is just as much of a pragmatist as he is.

* MyBrainIsBig: His skull is over-sized to show this.

* AntiVillain: Sure he's a world conqueror, but he's also trying to save his entire future reality from being erased from existence. Plus, Ravonna is a MoralityPet.

* PetTheDog: His love for Ravonna.

* ArchEnemy: Surprisingly averted compared to the comic, where he is a very personal enemy to [[ComicBook/BlackPanther Black Panther]]. In this version, T'Challa hardly even interacts with him, instead having the Man-Ape as his personal enemy. Klaw, on the other hand, is Dr. Pym's ArchEnemy following their first fight.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The change in his name isn't done entirely [[NeverSayDie to avoid saying the word 'kill']]. In the comics, George Tarleton, once he was transformed, did indeed go by M.O.D.O.C. (though the 'C' stood for Computing). The key difference here is that in the comics, the experiment backfired and made Tarleton homicidal, changing the C to a K, for ''killing''. Here, that doesn't seem to have happened, resulting in a more robotic, calculating, and less [[AxCrazy Ax-Crazy]] character designed only for Conquest.

* EvilPowerVacuum: In M.O.D.O.S's absence, AIM goes through several new leaders as everyone tries to be the new scientist supreme.

* KilledOffForReal: Maybe. When last seen in "Hail, Hydra!", M.O.D.O.C. is subdued by HYDRA Dreadnoughts commanded by Baron Strucker to kill him and his body is hauled away by S.H.I.E.L.D. with weird, irisless eyes staring off into the distance. He is never seen again and his only mention after this is by the Scientist Supreme in "Alone Against A.I.M."

* TheChessmaster: In "Thor the Mighty", Loki impersonates the Leader to hire the Wrecking Crew to steal a gamma device on Earth in order to distract Thor, even as he claims to the Frost Giants of Jotunheim that Asgard was planning their genocide, all to lead the Frost Giants against Asgard in Thor's absence and punish Odin for lying to him about his true parentage. In the two-episode season one finale, it is revealed that Loki engineered the Breakout and the formation of both the Avengers and the Masters of Evil to increase Thor's attachment and feelings of obligation to Midgard, while he escaped from the Isle of Silence during the Odinsleep, usurped the Odinforce from his adoptive father in his state of hibernation, and conquered all Nine Realms except Midgard and Muspelheim. Loki, via Enchantress, then planned to use the Casket of Ancient Winters he would obtain from Malekith to conquer Midgard until Malekith double-crossed Enchantress and was killed by the Avengers. Subsequently, Loki instructed Enchantress to set the Masters of Evil on the mission to align the Norn Stones with the interdimensional fault-lines to break down the barriers between the Nine Realms and bring his army and dominion to Earth. It would have worked too if Baron Zemo had been more gullible and less ambitious.

* EvilIsPetty: Caused so much havoc and destruction across the Nine Realms, nearly destroying everthing itself when losing control over the Odinforce, just to prove himself as Thor's better.
* EvilLaugh: Wouldn't be the God of Mischief and Evil without it.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of Season One. Loki is responsible for the Breakout, leaves Enchantress and Executioner on Earth to serve his agenda and take command of the conquest of Midgard on his behalf, and while he rarely has a direct role to play in the plot, the actions of Zemo, the Masters of Evil, and Graviton, unbeknownst even to them, all come about thanks to his machinations. By the end of "This Hostage Earth", with all the Avengers spirited away by the shattering of the Norn Stones throughout the branches of Yggdrasil, Loki steps down from Greater-Scope Villain status to become the ArcVillain for "The Fall of Asgard" and "A Day Unlike Any Other", and acts as the final enemy the Avengers face in Season One.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Take Over The Nine Realms: 1/3 of his motivation for orchestrating the main conflict of Season One. Loki sure likes that "I've Got the Whole World in My Hand" visual with the representations of the Nine Realms in episode "The Fall of Asgard."

* GeniusBruiser: Thunderball.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Piledriver is unique among the Wrecking Crew in that he prefers direct hand to hand combat, pummeling opponents with his massive fists.

* PsychoElectro: After absorbing the properties of Mjolnir.

* EvilCounterpart: To the Hulk. Both got their powers through gamma radiation and have become green as a result. However, the Hulk gained strength while the Leader gained intelligence. Also, the Hulk is driven by rage, anger, and the desire to be left alone most of the time, while the Leader is cold, calculating, and desires to rule the rest of humanity.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JBBlanc (Wrecker), Gary Anthony Williams (Thunderball), Creator/NolanNorth (Piledriver), Creator/JamesCMathisIII (Bulldozer)

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* AchillesHeel: Iron.

* LastOfHisKind: The Enchantress's wording makes it seem like she's implying he's responsible for it somehow, and while that may still somehow be true, those who watched ''[[WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard Thor: Tales of Asgard]]'', which is in the same continuity as ''The Avengers EMH'', would know that the Frost Giants are the ones directly responsible for the genocide.

* TheStarscream: To Loki.

* VillainRespect:

[[folder:Amora The Enchantress]]
!!ComicBook/TheEnchantress (Amora)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KariWahlgren
->'''First appearance:''' "Thor the Mighty" (Micro-Episode: "The Isle of Silence")
->'''Member since:''' "Living Legend"

Amora, the Enchantress, is the most powerful Asgardian sorceress who [[WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard tutored Loki in the arcane arts during his adolescence]]. In the present day though, the Enchantress is Loki's partner and while Loki conquers the nine realms, she takes on the Avengers on Midgard, not that this fact prevents her from lusting after Loki's adoptive brother and ArchEnemy [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], whose repeated spurning of her advances due to her commitment to universal domination is a constant source of ire to her.

* ArtEvolution: Her character design underwent a few changes in between her first appearance in "Thor the Mighty" (the part comprising the Micro-Episode "The Isle of Silence"), and her reappearance in "Some Assembly Required." Her design was once again changed after her power amp from Surtur in "Powerless."
* DragonWithAnAgenda: Not originally, but temporarily becomes the dragon to Loki when he gains the Odinforce. After her Surtur power boost she makes Loki her servant though.
* EvilDuo: It is clear that Amora is the more powerful one initially, judging by Loki allowing her to tease him in their first appearance and her breaking the Isle of Silence spell. However Loki clearly wants to be in control and plays mastermind.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: On being "recruited" by Surtr, she goes from a comic accurate outfit to a red one with a horned headpiece and a spikey collar.
* EvilIsSexy: Amora is shown to be a very sexy and beautiful woman and very evil as well.
* FemmeFatale: Manipulates Zemo into thinking he is the leader while he was just her puppet.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In season 2, she goes after all the Masters of Evil to get to Zemo.
* StalkerWithACrush: For Thor, and she will not take "no" for an answer. She saves him from being disintegrated by Ultron, but only so she can keep him for herself.
* VillainousCrush: For Thor. She is constantly tying him up and trying to mind control him.

[[folder:The Wrecking Crew]]
!!The Wrecking Crew

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JBBlanc (Wrecker), Gary Anthony Williams (Thunderball), Creator/NolanNorth (Piledriver), Creator/JamesCMathisIII (Bulldozer)
->'''First appearance: "Thor the Mighty!" (Micro-Episode: "Thor the Mighty!")

A quartet of criminals who somehow gained their powers of superhuman strength, endurance, and durability from gamma radiation exposure (in contrast to their Earth-616 counterparts, who derived their powers from the Asgardian enchantment placed on their weapons). Regardless of their changed origins though, their primary foe still seems to be [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], although they have also shown repeated willingness to offer their services to the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'s arch-enemy, the Leader.

* CardCarryingVillain: Wrecker takes pride in the fact that he has no honor and would crush Jane Foster's head without hesitation.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In the second season episode "Powerless" (the last appearance of the Wrecking Crew in the series), Piledriver is somewhat conspicuously absent. Neither the other three members of the Crew nor the Avengers mention him, and they all just sort of act like the Crew has more or less always consisted of just three members.
* CrowbarCombatant: Wrecker's signature weapon.
* DumbMuscle: All of them with the exception of Thunderball (who is still very much muscle but is not so dumb).
* EpicFail: They try to take on [[spoiler:the Destroyer Armor (which was being used by Loki at the time)]] and get curbstomped for their troubles.
* EpicFlail: Thunderball's wrecking ball weapon.
* GeniusBruiser: Thunderball.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Piledriver is unique among the Wrecking Crew in that he prefers direct hand to hand combat, pummeling opponents with his massive fists.
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad
* TheJuggernaut: Bulldozer seems to be channeling the TropeNamer himself.
* UseYourHead: A favored tactic of Bulldozer.
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[[folder:Absorbing Man]]
!!Absorbing Man (Carl "Crusher" Creel)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RickDWasserman
->'''First appearance:''' "Hulk vs. The World" (Micro-Episode: "The Coming of the Hulk")

->"Is that it, Hulk? Are you tryin' to be some kinda hero? Well, let me tell you somethin'. Those people you're trying to protect, they think you're more of a monster than me!"

Like the Wrecking Crew, the Absorbing Man, also known as Carl "Crusher" Creel, has had his origins altered in this show to involve exposure to gamma radiation instead of a mystical Asgardian elixir. What remains constant is that Creel, a brutal thug, gained the power to absorb the properties of any substance he made physical contact with into his being if he so wished. In "Hulk vs. the World", the Absorbing Man is tracked down to a greasy spoon by Bruce Banner in the hopes that Creel's cooperation could expose the unethical goings-on in the Cube, a prison for gamma mutates. Instead opting to bring out the Hulk to fight him, both Absorbing Man and Hulk are ultimately returned to the Cube and remain there until the Breakout. Then, in "Gamma World", Absorbing Man joins the forces of the Leader.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard Thor: Tales of Asgard]] Showed Loki was once a sweet, well-meaning if bit mischievous kid who loved and adored his father and brother until the events of the film cause him to [[StartofDarkness change]].

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He is the dictator of Earth in the 41st century and can take on all the Avengers at once.

* OhCrap: The moment he realizes that a reawakened and angered Odin is behind him, Loki distinctly gets WideEyesShrunkenIrises to realize just how completely and utterly ''screwed'' he is.

-> ''"I have watched [[ComicBook/TheAvengers you worms]] all this time, all of you scared and alone. On Midgard, you may claim at being heroes. But here? You are less than nothing. Without [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], who will save you now?"'' '''(to the Avengers)'''

** While Loki has always been a villain in the comics, one of his main redeeming features was that he wouldn't want Asgard to be destroyed. Here, he is willing to not only destroy Asgard, but all Nine Realms when his control over the Odinforce goes amok.

Amora, the Enchantress, is the most powerful Asgardian sorceress who [[WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard tutored Loki in the arcane arts during his adolescence]]. In the present day though, the Enchantress is Loki's partner and while Loki conquers the nine realms, she takes on the Avengers on Midgard, not that this fact prevents her from lusting after Loki's adoptive brother and ArchEnemy [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], whose repeated spurning of her advances due to her commitment to universal domination is a constant source of ire to her. The Enchantress manipulates events on Earth first to keep Thor occupied there while [[GreaterScopeVillain Loki]] takes over the other Nine Realms in his absence, and then to direct the conflict between the Avengers and the Masters of Evil to bring the armies of Asgard to Midgard and break down the barriers separating the Nine Realms with the Norn Stones, effectively bringing Midgard into the fold of her and Loki's rule. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Enchantress, she treated Baron Zemo, as a "mere mortal", nothing more than a toy she could play with and use as she wished. [[UnderestimatingBadassery She underestimated him]], and if it weren't for Thor, the armies of Nordic mythological creatures summoned with the Norn Stones by Enchantress would have been Zemo's to command and TakeOverTheWorld with instead.]] After Loki's defeat by the Avengers, the Enchantress went on a mission to kill Zemo and the rest of the Masters of Evil. However, Zemo ran to the Avengers for help, and when she defeated them as well[[spoiler:Zemo used the Norn Stone of Muspelheim to try to escape the Enchantress' wrath. The Enchantress almost destroyed Zemo, however, when she decided to use the stone for herself Wonderman stepped in and the two were transported to Surtur's realm. There Surtur temporarily enslaved Amora, but eventually she broke his mind control and started working with him willingly due to the massive power increase.]]

* VillainousCrush: On Thor. She is constantly tying him up and trying to mind control him.

->''"Is that it, Hulk? Are you tryin' to be some kinda hero? Well, let me tell you somethin'. Those people you're trying to protect, they think you're more of a monster than me!"''

->''"Why should ''I'' lead humanity? I am the most advanced mind this world has ever seen! I think on a level that normal human beings cannot even begin to comprehend."''

->'''(To Captain America)''' ''"I do enjoy the irony that you, a man ''out'' of time, thinks that he can defeat the ''master'' of time."''

* [[ExpressiveMask Expressive Faceplate]]: Kind of a given, since he's one of the only characters wearing a mask that resembles an actual face.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Realizes fighting in the vibranium mine is a ''really'' bad idea, and attempts to stop it. Grim Reaper doesn't like that and balsts him, leading to Klaw going OneWingedAngel and preventing HYDRA from getting any of the vibranium.

->'''(To Wasp)''' ''"Did you just shoot at me? Oh-ho! ''That'' was a mistake. Nobody shoots at Whirlwind!"''

->''"Incredible! I have created a being of ionic energy! I am science! I am a genius!" ''([[TalkToTheFist gets smacked in the face by Mjölnir]])'' "AAAAUGH!"''

M.O.D.O.C. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Conquest) is the leader of the '''A'''dvanced '''I'''dea '''M'''echanics, a pro-technocracy terrorist group composed of amoral scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who are more than happy to fund their schemes by accepting weapons development contracts from other underground groups who dabble in forms of illegal activity and even some sovereign states. A.I.M., while it may deal with the likes of HYDRA and Latveria, nonetheless has its own agenda in mind first and foremost at all times. M.O.D.O.C. is a former A.I.M. technician who was transformed into a psionic, macrocephalic "organic computer" by his organization as part of an experiment. In his eventual absence, A.I.M. has fallen under the influence of individuals claiming the title of Scientist Supreme.

->''"Fury called me Graviton. Fury, he knows I can control gravity! I can do anything! I'll crush Fury! I'll crush you! And then I'll show the world '''the power I have!"'''''

->'''(To Wasp)''' ''"I am trying to help you. My function is to instill peace and order. This is only possible if you stop functioning. I must eliminate chaos, but my programming is evidently flawed. I am not permitted to eliminate you. I am attempting to correct that flaw."''

* AdaptationalHeroism: {{Downplayed}}. This depiction is still an evil genocidal robot, but his Earth-616 counterpart was much more hateful and blatantly AxeCrazy, gleefully wishing the end of humanity. This version, meanwhile, is a KnightTemplar acting out of pure logic, who feels no obvious hatred for humanity (though there are still hints, here and there); he just believes killing them is the only way to ensure world peace. In addition, his comic book counterpart was evil from day one, while this version started out as a harmless, friendly robot and had a gradual FaceHeelTurn from being taught violence and exposure to Kang's technology.

* KilledOffForReal: During his final appearance in the show, Ultron was decapitated by Thor and his head was left in his burning lair as the Avengers and the Vision escaped.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The change in his name isn't done entirely [[NeverSayDie to avoid saying the word 'kill']]. In the comics, George Tarleton, once he was transformed, did indeed go by MODOC and was Designed Only for Conquest. The key difference here is that in the comics, the experiment backfired and made Tarleton homicidal, changing the C to a K, for ''killing''. Here, that doesn't seem to have happened, resulting in a more robotic, calculating, and less [[AxCrazy Ax-Crazy]] character.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: While Loki has always been a villain in the comics, one of his main redeeming features was that he wouldn't want Asgard to be destroyed. Here, he is willing to not only destroy Asgard, but all Nine Realms when his control over the Odinforce goes amok.

* PsychicPowers: Can control weak-willed minds like those of his less mentally sharp gamma mutates.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: While Kang is a self admitted time travelling conqueror, he does love his wife Princess Ravonna. Saving her from being erased from history is one of his more noble motivations and then there’s the smile he has when she first appears on screen.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Not Kang himself, but Ravonna in this adaptation.

* Femme Fatale: Manipulates Zemo into thinking he is the leader while he was just her puppet.

* EvilIsSexy: Amora is shown to be a very beautiful woman and very evil as well.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Claims that the Black Panthers have led Wakanda astray by introducing Western advances in culture and technology, but he himself was reliant upon the experimental sound-technology developed by Klaw in order to install himself as king and begin his reign of terror. Not only that, but he's willing to let outsiders like Klaw and HYDRA pilfer Wakanda's vibranium just so he can keep his grip on the throne.