Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II
"That's how you punch."
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Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation(s): Pym Technologies, Avengers
Portrayed By: Evangeline Lilly, Madeleine McGraw (young)
Voiced By: Maria Roiz (Latin-American Spanish dub), Eva Díez (European Spanish dub), Yuki Uchida (Japanese dub), Angélica Santos (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
Appearances: Ant-Man | Ant-Man and the Wasp | Avengers: Endgame | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
"It's about damn time."
Hank Pym's daughter, who assists him in the training of Scott, specifically with the physical training and martial arts. Hope is the chairwoman of Pym Technologies and cast the deciding vote that pushed her father out of the company, but as Darren Cross grew closer to recreating Hank's research, she had a change of heart and decided to aid her father in destroying that research. However, old wounds do not heal so easily as she resents her father for never being forthcoming about the fate of her mother.
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- Abnormal Ammo: Like Scott, Hope carries Pym Particle discs that are stored inside her suit's gauntlets to shrink and enlarge any object of her choice.
- Action Girl: She's the one who teaches Scott how to fight. She also helps Scott disable the HYDRA goons surrounding Hank.Scott: You're going to teach me how to punch? Okay, [holds up his hand as a target] Show me how to—
[Hope punches him in the face]
Hope: That's how you punch. - Adaptation Name Change: Played For Drama. She uses her mom's surname because of her strained relationship with her father.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: The Wasp suit is generally yellow and black in the comics, while here it's black and silver with a few streaks of red. This was likely done to make it distinct from the Yellowjacket suit which used said color scheme.
- Adaptational Heroism: In the Marvel Comics 2 comics, Hope van Dyne/Hope Pym was an Ax-Crazy villain called Red Queen. Although she is on strained relations with her father in the film due to her mother's death years ago and vents her frustrations on Scott, she's more or less on the side of good here.
- Affectionate Nickname: Her mother calls her "Jellybean".
- Alliterative Family: With her father Hank.
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's cold and distant to both her own father and Scott, the former especially.
- Ascended Extra: A minor villainous character from an Alternate Continuity to the main Marvel Universe in the comics becomes a major character and the Wasp of the MCU, rather than her mother.
- The Atoner: She tries to make up for the mistakes she made, after returning to her father.
- Back from the Dead: She and the rest of her family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.
- Badass Bookworm: She's a high-ranking scientist in Pym Technologies, who happens to pack a mean punch.
- Badass Normal: Hope has trained to become a formidable martial artist long before she acquires her Wasp suit.
- Bash Siblings: Becomes this with the Avengers in Endgame.
- Battle Couple: With Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man, as of the sequel.
- The Beastmaster: Hope has the ability to command and communicate with every ant species there is.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Scott. She goes from punching him during their first training session to kissing him by the end of the film.
- Big "OMG!": In Quantumania, she lets out a few “Oh my God!” when her parents start discussing their extramarital affairs in her presence.Janet: I was down here for 30 years, Henry. I had needs.
Hope: Oh my God!
Henri: Look, I get it. I've got needs too.
Hope: Oh my God!!! - Big "YES!": She yells this when she starts shooting down the ships of Kang's soldiers during the final battle of Quantumania.Hope: YES! Come on!
- Bling-Bling-BANG!: Her second (and technically first to outright use onscreen) Wasp suit has yellow/gold plates in it.
- Brainy Brunette: Hope has brown hair and she is an accomplished scientist, much like both of her parents.
- Broken Bird: Because Hank never gave her the details of her mother's death and pushed her away when she sought comfort, it ate away at her and turned her bitter. This built-up resentment is the main reason she stood against her father when the company voted to oust him. She tries to put that aside in order to accomplish her father's goal (once she saw how much worse things would be if Darren was allowed to succeed) but it's difficult for her too and she still feels rejected (since her father won't let her actually carry out his plan, despite the fact she is more able than anyone else he could find).Hope: You know, after my mother died, I didn't see him for almost two weeks!
Scott: He was grieving.
Hope: Yeah, so was I and I was seven! And he never came back, not in any way that counted! He just shipped me off to boarding school. - Calling Parents by Their Name: In Ant-Man she calls her father Hank throughout, stemming from her long-seated resentment toward him. She does, however, call him "Dad!" once after he gets shot, an event that happens after they've started working through what happened to Hope's mother (the cause of the rift between father and daughter). In the sequel, she's back to calling him "Dad" after they reconcile.
- Canon Foreigner: In a sense. The exact character of "Hope van Dyne" as presented in the film has never existed in the main Earth-616 continuity, but a villainous character named Hope Pym/Red Queen existed in the What If? Alternate Universe known as MC2. The two characters share very few similarities, though.
- Canon Immigrant: A loosely-adapted version of the MCU Hope, Nadia Pym, (later Nadia van Dyne, bringing it full circle) eventually made her way into the original Marvel comics universe (instead of the MC2 Alternate Universe) after the success of the first Ant-Man film. Again, 616 Nadia ("Nadia" is Russian for "Hope") doesn't actually have that much in common with the movie Hope aside from being Hank Pym's daughternote who replaces Janet as the Wasp.
- Closet Shuffle: As revealed in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hope went to hide in her wardrobe every time she played hide-and-seek with her mother during her childhood. Scott points out that she doesn't seem to have really understood the purpose of the game.
- Combined Energy Attack: In a similar way to what Tony, Thor and Vision did to Ultron Prime in the climax of Age of Ultron, Hope combines her blasters' energy bolts with Rescue's repulsor beams and Shuri's sonic blasts to repel Thanos during the final battle of Avengers: Endgame.
- Composite Character: Takes her name and relationship to Hank Pym from Hope Pym of Earth-982, but takes her haircut, surname, and outfit from her mother, Janet van Dyne. Her father eventually presents her with a new suit, which she dons in the sequel to become the Wasp.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: She starts out like this out of personal reasons due to having Daddy Issues with Hank by conspiring with the equally crooked Darren Cross to take over her father's company, but then she realizes Cross is a far worse corporate crook than her and returns to Hank.
- Costume Evolution: Her Wasp suit in the stinger of Ant-Man appears to be different from the one she wears in the sequel and Endgame, which had dark green and brown accents. By the time of Quantumania, Hope's suit is now a honey-yellow, looking much like Janet's costume in the comics.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: The point of divergence in the What If… The World Lost its Mightiest Heroes? timeline, as in that timeline she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and was killed during a mission. Her father then went mad with grief and blamed Nick Fury for her death, eventually killing everyone who was considered a recruit on the Avengers Initiative until he was stopped by Loki and Fury. The deaths of the Avengers before they were even a team, in particular Thor, meant that there was nothing stopping Loki from taking over the planet.
- Deadly Dodging: In the second film, the Wasp breaks into a car full of bad guys. One of them immediately tries to hit her with the back of his rifle, but she shrinks down to dodge, causing him to hit another bad guy behind her.
- Deadpan Snarker: Hope's level of snark can be as equal as Scott's whenever they are having a conversation.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She warms up to Scott and reconciles with her estranged father throughout the movie. By Ant-Man and the Wasp, she's considerably more relaxed, regularly laughing at Scott's antics, being more open about her growing affection for Scott, and generally showing much more emotional vulnerability.
- Deuteragonist: Promoted to this in the sequel, where she has a much more active role, both story-wise (her decisions and actions propel much of the narrative) and literally as she lets her Action Girl abilities shine through as the Wasp.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Just because her father doesn't tell her the truth about her mother, Hope resents him for years to the point she addresses him by his name, drops his surname in favor of her mother's, and kicks him out of his own company.
- Dropped a Bridge on Her: In the first post-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thanos's use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed her while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.
- Dude Magnet: Being portrayed by the gorgeous Evangeline Lilly, Hope naturally has quite a lot of success with the opposite gender:
- Scott Lang is very much attracted to her, and eventually starts a romantic relationship with her.
- Both Luis and Kurt mention finding her attractive in the first Ant-Man film.
- Darren Cross and Sonny Burch are both implied to have a thing for her.
- During her time in the Quantum Realm, even Broccoli Man tries to hit on her, much to her exasperation.
- Eating the Eye Candy: During their training, Hope briefly glances at Scott's abs while he treats an injury.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Hope was initially introduced with a bob-style haircut, but later grows her hair out in subsequent appearances. This is both to show that time has passed since the first Ant-Man movie, and to visually represent her less-uptight personality. Quantumania, which shows Hope at her most carefree in the series, has her sporting a pixie-style hair-do.
- Expy: Inverted with Nadia Pym, who is based more on Hope than Hope is based on her MC2 counterpart.
- Extremely Protective Child: She may have her issues with her father, but she still loves him and won't let anyone hurt him. When Darren Cross points a gun at Hank in the climax of Ant-Man, Hope knocks out a henchman to take his gun and threatens to shoot Cross if he doesn't leave her father alone.
- False Reassurance: During her dinner to Darren Cross, she toasts him with "You're a success story, Darren. You deserve everything coming to you." What Cross doesn't know is that she's in league with her father, Hank Pym, to ruin him and destroy his research.
- Fastball Special: In Quantumania, Wasp throws a shrunken Ant-Man, who transforms into Giant-Man mid-flight, into Kang's forcefield. The impact not only destroys the shield but the resulting shockwave also damages the structures within it.
- Flight: The Wasp suit has a pair of insect-like wings that enables Hope to fly.
- Flying Firepower: As The Wasp, she can not only fly thanks to the insect-like wings on her back, but she can also fire energy bolts from her gauntlets.
- Gasp!: In Ant-Man, Hope gasps in shock and covers her mouth when she sees a poor little lamb being turned into goo by Darren Cross's experiments on Pym Particles.
- Gendered Insult: During her combat training sessions with Scott, she calls him "princess" after punching him in the face.Hope: Alright princess, let’s get back to work.
- Generation Xerox: Like her mother, Hope becomes a superhero called the Wasp, as well as being romantically involved with an Ant-Man. The two of them also become victims of Thanos's Snap before they are resurrected five years later.
- Genius Bruiser: Hope is an accomplished scientist and an expert martial artist, just like both of her parents.
- Gold-Colored Superiority: Hope's yellow/gold-colored Wasp suit is equipped with wings and blasters, which makes it superior in comparison to Scott's red Ant-Man suit.
- Good Stepmother: She's essentially this to Cassie, even though she and Scott aren't married, as she openly encourages Cassie's scientific endeavors and shares Scott's concern for her well-being, while Cassie refers to Hope's parents as her own grandparents.
- Got Me Doing It: Despite repeatedly mocking Scott for referring to Captain America as "Cap" in Ant-Man and the Wasp, she can't help but call him "Cap" herself when she communicates with him during the final battle of Avengers: Endgame. Scott notices this and gives her an amused look.
- Hairpin Lockpick: When she and Hank are taken into custody by the FBI in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hope uses a hairpin she had hidden in her mouth to free herself and Hank from their handcuffs.
- Hand Blast: The gauntlets of Hope's Wasp suit are equipped with energy blasters called "stingers". The power levels of these stingers range from bolts that can knock a man unconscious to constant streams of concussive energy that are powerful enough to push Thanos back.
- Headbutt of Love: After Hope comes back to the Quantum Realm to help Scott defeat Kang the Conqueror at the end of Quantumania, the two hug and press their foreheads together while reaffirming their love for each other.
- Heel–Face Turn: Hope betrayed Hank by scheming with Cross to take over Pym Technologies, shutting her father out of his own company. She eventually has a change of heart when she realizes Cross is dangerous and returns to Hank so they can find a way to stop him.
- Honor Before Reason: Despite only being resurrected moments prior, and having little idea about what's going on regarding the fight against Thanos, Hope nonetheless suits up to help save the world alongside Scott.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick:
- To Scott, to her chagrin because she is far more qualified to wear the Ant-Man suit than he is. Why she can't be the Ant-Man is a point of contention between her and her father at first; then they reconcile and get over it.
- When she becomes the Wasp in the sequel film, she's shown outdoing Scott in superheroics for the most part, and also gains abilities he doesn't, such energy blasts and wings to fly with.
- Iconic Sequel Character: Does not appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe until the seventh year.
- Improvised Weapon: Once she becomes the Wasp in the sequel, she uses her Pym Particle disks to turn anything she can get her hands on into an impromptu throwing weapon, such as a salt shaker or even a pez dispenser.
- Incredible Shrinking Man: Just like Ant-Man, the Wasp can shrink down to the size of an insect by using the Pym Particles in her suit.
- Ironic Name: She's quite pessimistic and cynical.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's a huge jerkass to Scott for the first half of Ant-Man when he is largely passive towards her, mainly because she is upset because her father vetoed her using the suit to pull off the heist. She warms up to him eventually. She resumes a cold attitude towards him Ant-Man and the Wasp, but this is somewhat justified given Scott stole the Ant-Man suit, got involved in a fight with the Avengers, caused her and her father to have to go on the run, and didn't even invite her to help him out during the battle.
- Lady in a Power Suit: Hope wears a tailored suit during her days as the chairwoman of Pym Technologies.
- Lady of War: Hope carries herself with an aloof and graceful air. This is seen even in fight scenes, in which she uses a Mixed Martial Arts fighting style that incorporates gymnastics and Judo. This was intentional
by Evangeline Lilly, who felt that Hope should fight with elegance and femininity that little girls would love. - Last Episode, New Character: Debuted in the final Phase Two film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Legacy Character: She inherits her mother's bob, and eventually the Wasp title by the time of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Locked Out of the Loop: She's among the thousands of reinforcements that Doctor Strange brings to the finale in Endgame. She’s seen looking around with a quizzical expression. Despite this, she willingly joins the battle against Thanos, follows Steve's orders to repair the Quantum Tunnel, and helps clear a path for Captain Marvel to get the Nano Gauntlet to said Tunnel.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: Fell out with her father after Janet's death, but reconciles with him during the movie, especially when she learns of Janet's Heroic Sacrifice.
- Meaningful Name:
- Lampshaded by her father when he is giving her the prototype Wasp suit at the end of Ant-Man.
- It's more meaningful in the What If… The World Lost its Mightiest Heroes? timeline where her untimely death drove Hank Pym mad with grief, and he soon responds by murdering nearly all the Avengers out of spite, which in turn allows Loki to proceed with his conquest unopposed. In short, the death of Hope doomed Earth to a reign of subjugation and tyranny.
- The Mole: She used her seniority in Pym Technologies and closeness to Cross to provide Scott and Hank with important information, while exaggerating her antagonism with her father. Cross figures it out anyway and thwarts their main plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit.
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- Morality Chain:
- Cross empathizes with Hope's resentment towards her dad (though he takes it too far for even her), he doesn't kill Pym when he breaks into Pym's house because Hope is in the next room, and he pauses when Hope tells him that he is losing his mind.
- Hope is also Hank's only tether from descending into complete madness after the supposed death of Janet, which is why he's so overprotective of her in the first movie. In the episode "What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?", the death of Hope during a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission led to that timeline's Hank Pym to go on a murder revenge spree upon the Avengers.
- More Deadly Than the Male: Make no mistake, between her and Scott, Hope is the superior fighter and user of the suit, and she has a better suit that fires bolts of energy and can fly. The only thing Scott has been shown to do that she hasn't is to grow into giant size.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
- She was the deciding vote that ousted Hank from Pym Tech and put Darren Cross in charge. It's implied that she did it out of spite. She soon realized that it was a very bad idea.
- She was the one that called the cops on Scott, which turns out to have consequences as it led to Darren piecing together Scott's involvement in Hank's planned heist — something which otherwise might have been avoided and made the climax go smoother than it did. Scott fighting the Falcon might have made Cross aware that someone was wearing the suit, but the man arrested near Hank's mansion — who somehow disappeared from his cell without a trace — was too much of a coincidence to ignore.
- No Body Left Behind: Is disintegrated along with half the universe after Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet, the timing of which coincides with the mid-credits scene of Ant-Man and the Wasp.
- Nom de Mom: She goes by her mother's maiden name instead of her birth surname, due to her estrangement from her father.
- Not So Above It All:
- While sneaking through Cassie's elementary school in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hope can't help but make fun of Scott when his suit malfunctions and makes him the size of a small child.
- She criticizes Scott for calling Steve Rogers "Cap" in Ant-Man and the Wasp, but in the climactic battle of Endgame, Hope addresses Rogers as "Cap", too. Scott grins at her, and she, aware of her hypocrisy, grins back.
- In Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Hope works diligently to help rebuild Pym Technologies and also get shrinking tech to benefit society. Yet, she also gleefully skips work to throw on her Wasp suit and share a romantic moment with Scott on the Golden Gate bridge with a six-pack of beer.
- Not So Stoic:
- She's pretty squicked out when she hears about her parents' respective sex lives while separated.
- When engaging in superheroics, Hope tends to be fairly stoic and focused on the mission, with nothing throwing her off course. However, when she gets trapped in the probability zone in Quantumania, Hope is just as distracted and freaked out by the various copies of her showing up as Scott was.
- Offhand Backhand: When Darren Cross prepares to shoot Hank in the first film's climax, Hope elbows the guard behind her without even looking and takes his gun to point it at Darren.
- Older Than They Look: Due to being dead for five years thanks to the Snap, Hope is five years younger than her actual age.
- One-Man Army: After becoming The Wasp, she is more than capable of defeating numerous enemies by herself, as seen with Sonny Burch's henchmen, Thanos's army, or Kang's soldiers.
- Out of Focus: Much like Hank, Hope gets far less attention in Quantumania compared to the first two films.
- Pest Controller: She wears a special earpiece that allows her to convey commands to ants.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: She retains her strength at normal size when she shrinks, reflecting the strength of ants compared to their small size.
- Primary-Color Champion: The coloration of Hope's Wasp suit are yellow/gold and dark blue with streaks of red.
- Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: She does this twice during the climax of Ant-Man:
- When Darren Cross points a gun at Hank, Hope orders him at gunpoint to put it down.Hope: Drop. Your. Gun.
- After Darren shoots Hank in the shoulder and escapes with the Yellowjacket suit, Hope tells Scott to go get it back.Hope: Go. Get. That. Suit!
- When Darren Cross points a gun at Hank, Hope orders him at gunpoint to put it down.
- Reduced to Dust: Her fate at the hands of Thanos at the end of Ant-Man and The Wasp. She's brought back to life in Endgame.
- Relationship Revolving Door: Has an on-off relationship with Scott, having cut ties with him by the time the sequel begins. By the end of the movie, they're back together... Until unforeseen circumstances end their relationship again in the mid-credits scene. They eventually get together for good at the end of Endgame.
- Sci-Fi Bob Haircut: Hope sports the classic bob her mother, the first Wasp, had in the original comics. She grows it out in the two years between Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp so that it more resembles Tomboyish Ponytail. Averted in Quantumania, which shows that she's cut it down to a pixie-style.
- Second Love: To Scott, assuming that he didn't have a relationship after his and his first wife's divorce prior to their Last-Minute Hookup.
- Sexy Mentor: She's the one who gave Scott proper combat training and has a Last-Minute Hookup with him.
- Sharp Dressed Woman: Wears a suit for much of Ant-Man, except in training scenes where it wouldn't be practical. She's a big whig at the company after all.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: She steps out of the limo in a stunning, floor-length silver dress while attending a red carpet event with Scott in Quantumania.
- Sizeshifter: Her suit in the second film which utilizes Pym Particles allows her to shrink and grow back to normal size at will.
- Sleeves Are for Wimps: She wears a sleeveless tank top during her combat training sessions with Scott in the first film.
- Talk to the Fist: When Scott finally manages to land a punch in Hope's stomach during their combat training, she retaliates by hitting him in the face while he's taunting her about it.Scott: Ooh, you okay? Did I... [Hope punches him in the face]
- Taunting the Transformed: When a suit malfunction causes Scott to shrink to the size of a 4-year-old child in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hope playfully tease him about his predicament, much to his annoyance.Hope: If only "Cap" could see you now...
- Teacher/Student Romance: She serves as both a personal trainer and the love interest of Scott Lang.
- That Liar Lies:
- In Ant-Man, she chides her father for lying to her about the way her mother died.Hank: We lost her in a plane crash.
Hope: It's bad enough you won't tell me how she died, could you please stop telling me that lie. - When Lord Kryar tells her that her mother Janet is keeping some dark secrets from her, such as the fact that she has caused lots of deaths, Hope accuses him of lying. Krylar admits that he does lie quite often, but not about this.Lord Krylar: Your mommy... is full of secrets.
Hope: You're lying.
Lord Krylar: I lie. A lot. Not about this.
- In Ant-Man, she chides her father for lying to her about the way her mother died.
- Third Party Stops Attack: During the climax of Ant-Man, Darren Cross places his gun on Scott's head and threatens to blow his brain out. Thankfully, Hope uses her earpiece to send a group of bullet ants on Darren's hand and bite into his skin, causing him to drop the gun and run out of the room.
- Time-Shifted Actor: She's portrayed by Madeleine McGraw when she appears as a child in some flashback scenes of Ant-Man and the Wasp. As an adult, she's portrayed by Evangeline Lilly.
- Together in Death: She and her parents are vanished by Thanos's Badass Fingersnap together.
- Took a Level in Badass: Not that she wasn't an extremely capable woman, but being given the Wasp suit elevates her to One-Man Army status in Ant-Man and the Wasp, where she curb-stomps Burch and his many goons.
- Took a Level in Cheerfulness:
- She's much more optimistic in the sequel, partially due to her joy at finally getting her chance to be a hero and partially due to her renewed hope of reuniting with her long-lost mother.
- By the time of Quantumania, Hope has everything she could ever want in her life, which reflects her mood exponentially. In the film's prologue, she's shown working diligently to make the Pym Particles available to society, throws on her Wasp suit to share a romantic moment with Scott on the Golden Gate Bridge, and is visibly happy to be with her family whenever they're together.
- Violently Protective Girlfriend: She jumps back into the Quantum Realm, and delivers a world of hurt on Kang before he can deliver the killing blow after he brutalized Scott.
- Welcome Back, Traitor: Despite their estranged relationship, Hank and Hope work together to stop Darren Cross from realizing his nefarious plans.
- What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: She objects to Cross testing his shrink ray on baby lambs, having expected the test subjects to be rodents.
- You Are Not Alone: When Janet says how much she regrets having unwittingly helped Kang the Conqueror during her time in the Quantum Realm in Quantumania, Hope comforts her mother by reminding her that she's not alone anymore.Hope: I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that alone. But you are not alone now. We'll stop him together.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: She has this reaction in Ant-Man and the Wasp when she sees Sonny Burch show up to make another attempt to steal the lab.Hope: Really? This guy again?
- You Killed My Father: Subverted in Avengers: Endgame. Hope joins the final battle shortly after learning about what Thanos did to her and both of her parents, but she does so to protect the world instead of to take revenge.
Variants
King Loki's Hope van Dyne
Agent Hope van Dyne
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If…? (mentioned)
On Earth-51825, Hope van Dyne was killed in a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission outside Odessa, Ukraine.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: The first alternate Hope van Dyne to have died.
- Death by Origin Story: Her death drove Hank into becoming Yellowjacket and assassinating the prospective members of the Avengers Initiative.
- Killed Offscreen: Like with the Sacred Timeline, the mission to Odessa (where she was killed by the Winter Soldier) is never shown, only mentioned.
- Morality Chain: After the supposed death of her mother, Hope was the only one keeping Hank together. When she got killed, he finally goes off the rails and becomes a vengeful psychopath.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Her death is the Point of Divergence in "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?".
- Point of Divergence: Instead of Natasha Romanoff being assigned the mission to Odessa, it was Hope and unlike Natasha, she didn't survive getting shot by the Winter Soldier. This enraged Hank Pym and motivated him into killing the candidates of the Avengers Initiatives.
- Posthumous Character: She's been dead for one or two years by the time the events of "What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" took place, but her death leaves serious consequences for her universe and the people in it.
- Team Member in the Adaptation: There's no indication that she ever joined S.H.I.E.L.D. in the Sacred Timeline.
- Walking Spoiler: It's hard to talk about her without talking about her death's nature as the Point of Divergence for Earth-51825.
Zombie Apocalypse Hope van Dyne
Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II
"I was so obsessed with bringing my mom back, that I never considered what I might bring back with her."
Species: Human (formerly), Zombified human
Citizenship: American
Voiced By: Evangeline Lilly
Appearances: What If…?
On Earth-89521, Hope van Dyne is surviving a Zombie Apocalypse.
- Adaptational Badass: In the Sacred Timeline, the Wasp was never shown being able to grow in size like Scott could as Giant-Man. Here, Hope manages to grow to giant size as part of a Heroic Sacrifice to get the survivors over to Camp Lehigh.
- And Then John Was a Zombie: She is turned by Zombie Sharon Carter.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: After being scratched by a zombified Sharon Carter, Hope performs a Heroic Sacrifice to distract the zombies so they can enter Camp Lehigh. Later, as Scott, T'Challa and Peter attempt to fly off to Wakanda, a giant, zombified Hope rises up and attempts to halt their escape.
- Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: Her Sizeshifter abilities make her the most formidable of the survivors, as Bruce has a hard time Hulking Out and while Peter's very strong, he's still inexperienced and not very skilled. Naturally, she gets infected and zombified to raise the stakes later on in the episode.
- Blood-Splattered Warrior: After shrinking and growing inside a zombified Sharon Carter, she gets covered in her blood and guts. She even lampshades this, stating that she's "covered in Sharon".
- Broken Faceplate: Her helmet's faceplate gets smashed when a zombie horde overwhelms her while she's in her enlarged form.
- Dead Alternate Counterpart: She gets infected and becomes a zombie near the end of the episode.
- Deadly Scratch: She receives one on her left shoulder when she kills a zombified Sharon Carter by shrinking and growing inside her, leading to her becoming a Zombie Infectee.
- Devoured by the Horde: A zombie horde devours her while she's in her giant form, exacerbating her infection and turning her into a zombie at the end of the episode.
- Elite Zombie: She's the largest zombie seen in this universe, literally towering over even the likes of Thanos and Cull Obsidian.
- Giant Woman: This version of Hope also has access to the enlarging tech in addition to shrinking and flight.
- Face–Monster Turn: All instances of Hope's humanity are gone when she's zombified, with her first instinct being to grab the Quinjet the surviving Avengers are escaping in to try to fell it and consume what's inside.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Knowing that she's doomed to become a zombie soon, her last act is to make herself larger and carry the other survivors to Camp Lehigh where they can look for the cure. Deconstructed later when, as the remaining survivors are escaping, the still-giant and now-zombified Hope tries to stop them and almost manages to wreck one of their Quinjet's engines before they get free and fly off.
- Intergenerational Friendship: She appears to have developed a close bond with Peter Parker in this timeline and seems to fill the role of the mentor, though unlike with Tony their relationship doesn't seem to be parental and more Like Brother and Sister.
- It's All My Fault: Blames herself for causing the outbreak, as it was her desire to see her family reunited and not thinking about the risks that led to the Quantum Realm virus passing onto Hank.
- Like Brother and Sister: She serves as an older sister figure to Peter throughout the episode.
- Mentor Occupational Hazard: While not officially Peter's mentor, her death still has similarities to this trope and she has a close bond with Peter. Given that Tony Stark would have been killed two weeks prior to the episode and how Peter acted with Quentin Beck in Spider-Man: Far From Home, it's likely she filled the void as his role model and mentor.
- The Undead: She turns into a zombie near the end of the episode.
- Undeathly Pallor: She has pale skin like most other zombies.
- Zombie Apocalypse Hero: She's a superhero who fights zombies.
- Zombie Infectee: Gets infected by the virus after killing a zombie Sharon Carter, and lives long enough to perform a Heroic Sacrifice. Comes back as another obstacle in the way of the remaining survivors when they try to escape and have to go through her gigantic zombified self.
Celestial Star-Lord's Hope van Dyne
Hope van Dyne
"You know, you don’t seem so bad, given where you’re from."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Affiliation: Avengers
Voiced By: Madeline McGraw
Appearances: What If...?
A variant of Hope van Dyne who is brought along by her father when he returns to S.H.I.E.L.D. to assist in dealing with an out-of-control Peter Quill.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Though she's still grieving the loss of her mother, this Hope is far more excitable and happy than her cool and reserved Sacred Timeline counterpart.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She never met Peter Quill in the Sacred Timeline, but here they become best friends and at the end of the episode, adoptive siblings.
- AM/FM Characterization: While wandering through S.H.I.E.L.D, Hope cheerfully dances and sings along to Corey Hart's "Never Surrender", emphasizing her carefree and optimistic nature.
- Bonding over Missing Parents: She connects with Peter over the recent deaths of their mothers.
- Cheerful Child: Despite losing her mom, Hope is still a happy and carefree kid at this point as her relationship with her dad still hadn't deteriorated as much as it did in the Sacred Timeline. Now that Ego's invasion and her close bond with Peter has brought the two closer together now, it won't deteriorate like it did with their main counterparts.
- Commonality Connection: How she strikes up a friendship with Quill, since their moms are both gone.
- The Drag-Along: Hank only really brought her to S.H.I.E.L.D. because he couldn't find a babysitter at short notice. It works out pretty well for the entire universe.
- Futureshadowing: Already knows how to use Pym Particles, without her dad's knowing.
- Hairpin Lockpick: She uses one of her bobby pins to undo the lock on the detention cell Peter is being held in. It helps that she shrunk the chamber using Pym Particles first.
- Kindhearted Cat Lover: She takes a liking to the Flerken Goose at the end of the episode.
- Little Miss Badass: When Thor decides to go out into space to finish Ego off for good, she gets to come along as well.
- Nice Girl: While her mom is already missing, presumed dead, she's not yet fallen into the bitterness her adult alternate self reached. She's the first to reach out to Peter Quill as a person, not a threat, even offering him her Walkman.
- Spanner in the Works: Befriending Peter, along with convincing the other Avengers to help him rather than killing him or testing him, is what causes Peter to turn against Ego.
- Sticky Fingers: She steals several Pym Particles and her dad's security pass without him ever noticing.
- Steal the Surroundings: She helps break Peter out of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s detention cell by shrinking the cell with Pym Particles and carrying it away.
- Tragic Keepsake: Her Walkman, which was Janet's before she disappeared. She later gives it to Peter whose Walkman was destroyed by Ego.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: She is the first person to realize that Peter really wants to go home and doesn’t mean any harm, which why she sets him free from imprisonment. Then she tells the Avengers how they need to do the right thing, such as helping Peter, and realize that Ego is the real threat. She also knows how to utilize Pym Particles already.
Captain Carter's Hope van Dyne
Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II
Species: Human
Voiced By: N/A
Appearances: What If...?
The Wasp of Earth-82111, who was a member of the Avengers during the Battle of New York.
- The Cameo: Only appears in the prologue of "What If... Captain Carter Fought the HYDRA Stomper?".
- Composite Character: Appears to have taken the Hulk's place as part of the Avengers.
- Noodle Incident: How and why Peggy becoming Captain Carter caused the Wasp to be active during the Battle of New York is unknown. Word of God states that because Peggy wasn't around, Hope's parents became the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. in this reality which inspired her to become the Wasp much earlier than in the Sacred Timeline.
- Red Is Heroic: Her costume is red like Scott Lang and Hank Pym's suits.
- Truer to the Text: While it's Hope instead of Janet, her being part of the Avengers is accurate to the comics where the Wasp was a founding member.
- The Voiceless: Has no lines.
"The suit has power, and you have to learn how to control it... and these are your greatest allies."
