History BigBad / MarvelCinematicUniverse

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BigBadEnsemble There are many Big Bads]]. [[ComicBook/{{Thanos}} This one]] [[AlwaysABiggerFish is the biggest]].]]

* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': [[AntagonistTitle Ultron]].

* ''Iron Man 2'': Kearson [=DeWitt=] and Ultimo form a BigBadDuumvirate. [=DeWitt=] was the former head of Theoretical Weapons at Stark Industries, but was fired after Tony shut the entire weapons division down. Wanting revenge, [=DeWitt=] stole a copy of J.A.R.V.I.S's programing and modified it into the wrathful Ultimo. [=DeWitt=] then used his PROTEAN technology to [[TwoBeingOneBody fuse his body and consciousness with Ultimo]], and tried to destroy Stark with one of his former weapons.

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* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Loki is the main antagonist, but he is just TheHeavy for the BiggerBad, [[spoiler: ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].

* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Ronan the Accuser. While he's technically [[BiggerBad in service to Thanos]], the latter barely shows up in the movie [[spoiler: and Ronan ultimately [[TheStarscream turns on him]] once he gets the Infinity Stone]].

** [[BiggerBad Dr. List]], a leader in HYDRA and Coulson's primary target in destroying HYDRA. His experiments unintentionally reveal the Inhumans existence to SHIELD, leading to open war.

* ''The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes'': Richard Frampton, a Ten Rings operative trying to rebuild the Jericho Missile, is the BiggerBad, while Sofia, a Russian assassin and mercenary who wants to kill Natasha to become the new "Black Widow", serves as TheHeavy and a more personal opponent for Natasha.

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* ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler: Aldrich Killian, the fake Mandarin.]]

* ''Film/IronMan1'': Obadiah Stane.
* ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Abombination [[DragonAscendant steals this role]] from Thunderbolt Ross.
* ''Film/IronMan2'': Ivan Vanko.
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'': Loki
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': The RedSkull.
* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Loki is the main antagonist, but he is just TheHeavy for the BiggerBad; [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].
* ''Film/IronMan3'': [[spoiler:Aldrich Killian]], the Mandarin.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'': [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce]]
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Ronan the Accuser. While he's technically [[BiggerBad in service to Thanos]], the latter barely shows up in the movie [[spoiler:and Ronan ultimately [[TheStarscream turns on him]] once he gets the Infinity Stone]].

* ''Film/AntMan'': Darren Cross.

* Season 1 has the [[TheGhost mysterious and unseen]] individual known only as The Clairvoyant, who is behind [[NebulousEvilOrganization Project Centipede]] and [[ArcWelding much else]] of what's happened so far in the series. "Turn, Turn, Turn" reveals that he's [[spoiler:[[BigBadFriend Agent John Garrett]], who is actually a [[TheMole top HYDRA agent]]]].
* Season 2 has a BigBadEnsemble of various villains that ultimately culmniated into the season's FinalBoss; [[spoiler:Jaiying]].
** [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], a.k.a [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], who was a Lieutenant general to the Red Skull in World War II, until he was captured while studying a Diviner. After being freed from prison years later by HYDRA, Whitehall regained his youth by harvesting Jiaying's regenerative organs. Becoming the leader of HYDRA's America division, Whitehall continued his research on the Diviner, eventually leading HYDRA and SHIELD to the Kree City, where he was gunned down by Phil Coulson. [[spoiler: Due to causing [[FinalBoss Jiaying's]] StartOfDarkness he is the closest to an overall main antagonist for the season.]]
** [[MadDoctor Dr. Calvin Zabo]], Skye's father and Jiaying's ex-husband, in competition with HYDRA and SHIELD for control of the Diviner, and also wanting to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife. Following Coulson's killing of Whitehall, Zabo brought together a LegionOfDoom, but was kidnapped by the Inhumans shortly after. [[spoiler:He eventfully performs a HeelFaceTurn after spending time with Skye, volunteering to have his memories wiped to stop him being a threat.]]
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Robert Gonzales]], the leader of [[spoiler:the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]].

** Ultimately, Skye's mother, [[spoiler:Jiaying]], steps up as the season's FinalBoss in the two-part season finale, "S.O.S." [[spoiler:An Inhuman who used her longevity to act as a guide to young Inhmans of Lai Shi, Jiaying was found by HYDRA and vivisected by Werner Reinhardt to regain his youth. After Dr. Zabo stitched her back together, the two went on a killing spree to find Skye, until Jiaying decided to return to Lai Shi. After Skye was changed by the Terrigan Mist, Jiaying becomes her mentor, until Dr. List unintentionally alerted SHIELD to the Inhumans, Robert Gonzales made an attempt at peace, but Jiaying murdered him in cold-blood after Gonzales tried to use her vivisected as common ground, starting an open war between Lai Shi and SHIELD, that ended when Zabo was forced to kill his ex-wife in Skye's defence.]]
* WordOfGod is that Grant Ward will serve as at least one of Season 3's main antagonists.

* Season One of has [[spoiler:Dr. Ivchenko]], who's a member of the mysterious organization Leviathan. His real name is [[spoiler:Johann Fennhoff]] aka [[spoiler:Dr. Faustus]].

* Wilson Fisk in season 1.

** [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], a.k.a [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], who was a Lieutenant general to the Red Skull in World War II, until he was captured while studying a Diviner. After being freed from prison years later by HYDRA, Whitehall regained his youth by harvesting Jiaying's regenerative organs. Becoming the leader of HYDRA's America division, Whitehall continued his research on the Diviner, eventually leading HYDRA and SHIELD to the Kree City, where he was gunned down by Phil Coulson.

** [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], a.k.a [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], a top-ranking HYDRA scientist with an interest in superhumans.
** [[MadDoctor Cal]] (full name Calvin Johnson; though he noted he changed his surname without specifying to what), Skye's father; who competes with HYDRA and SHIELD for control of the Diviner, is desperate to gain Skye's affection, and wants to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife.
** [[EvilFormerFriend Grant Ward]], acting as a WildCard, two episodes with him involve an EnemyMine scenario though.
** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Robert Gonzales]], the leader of [[spoiler:a rival faction of ex-SHIELD agents who call themselves the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]].
** [[MadScientist Dr. List]], a top-ranking HYDRA scientist with an interest in superhumans. Yes, another one; he's equal in rank to Whitehall but has less of a personal connection to the other characters and has less screentime. [[spoiler:But since Coulson has killed Whitehall and everyone else at that rank in HYDRA by that point, List is now priority one.]]
** Ultimately, [[spoiler:Skye's mother Jiaying]] steps up as the season's FinalBoss in the two-part season finale, "S.O.S." [[spoiler:She's an Inhuman leader who developed a bad case of FantasticRacism due to Whitehall's experiments on her. When SHIELD discovers the existence of the Inhumans, her response is to try and manipulate both sides into open war and wipe SHIELD out. The same episodes also portray her husband Cal as having been TheDragon to her all along.]]

* Season 1 has the [[TheGhost mysterious and unseen]] individual known only as The Clairvoyant, who is behind [[NebulousEvilOrganization Project Centipede]] and [[ArcWelding much else]] of what's happened so far in the series. [[spoiler: "Turn, Turn, Turn" reveals that he's [[BigBadFriend Agent John Garrett]], who is actually a [[TheMole top HYDRA agent]]]].
* Season 2 has a BigBadEnsemble of various villains that ultimately calumniated into the season's FinalBoss; [[spoiler:Jaiying]].
** [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], a.k.a [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], who was a Lieutenant general to the Red Skull in World War II, until he was captured by Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos while studying a Diviner. After being freed from prison by HYDRA forty-four years later, Whitehall regained his youth by harvesting Jiaying's regenerative organs. Becoming the leader of HYDRA's America division, Whitehall continued his research on the Diviner, eventfully leading HYDRA and SHIELD to the Kree City, where he was gunned down by Phil Coulson.
** [[MadDoctor Dr. Calvin Zabo]], Skye's father and Jiaying's ex-husband, in competition with HYDRA and SHIELD for control of the Diviner, and also wanting to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife. Following Coulson's killing of Whitehall, Zabo brought together a LegionOfDoom, but was kidnapped by the Inhumans shortly after. [[spoiler:He eventfully performs a HeelFaceTurn after spending time with Skye, volunteering to have his memories wiped to stop him being a threat.]]

** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Robert Gonzales]], the leader of [[spoiler: the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]].
** [[BiggerBad Dr. List]], a leader in HYDRA and Coulson's primary target in destroying HYDRA. His experiments unintentionally reveal the Inhumans existence to SHIELD, leading to open war.
** Ultimately, Skye's mother, [[spoiler:Jiaying]], steps up as the season's FinalBoss in the two-part season finale, "S.O.S." [[spoiler:An Inhuman who used her longevity to act as a guide to young Inhmans of Lai Shi, Jiaying was found by HYDRA and vivisected by Werner Reinhardt to regain his youth. After Dr. Zabo stitched her back together, the two went on a killing spree to find Skye, until Jiaying decided to return to Lai Shi. After Skye was changed by the Terrigan Mist, Jiaying becomes her mentor, until Dr. List unintentionally alerted SHIELD to the Inhumans, Robert Gonzales made an attempt at peace, but Jiaying murdered him in cold-blood after Gonzales tried to use her vivisected as common ground, starting an open war between Lai Shi and SHIELD, that ended when Zabo was forced to kill his ex-wife in Skye's defence.]]

** Ultimately, Skye's mother, [[spoiler:Jiaying]], steps up as the season's FinalBoss in the two-part season finale, "S.O.S." [[spoiler:
An Inhuman who used her longevity to act as a guide to young Inhmans of Lai Shi, Jiaying was found by HYDRA and vivisected by Werner Reinhardt to regain his youth. After Dr. Zabo stitched her back together, the two went on a killing spree to find Skye, until Jiaying decided to return to Lai Shi. After Skye was changed by the Terrigan Mist, Jiaying becomes her mentor, until Dr. List unintentionally alerted SHIELD to the Inhumans, Robert Gonzales made an attempt at peace, but Jiaying murdered him in cold-blood after Gonzales tried to use her vivisected as common ground, starting an open war between Lai Shi and SHIELD, that ended when Zabo was forced to kill his ex-wife in Skye's defence.]]

** [[BiggerBad Dr. List]], a leader in HYDRA and Coulson's primary target in destroying HYDRA.

** [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], a.k.a [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], a major player in ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} obsessed with the Diviner.
** [[MadDoctor Dr. Calvin Zabo]], in competition with each other and SHIELD for control of the Diviner (with the Doctor also wanting to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife).

* Season 2A has a BigBadEnsemble of [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]]/[[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], a major player in ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, and Skye's father, "[[MadDoctor the Doctor]]"/[[spoiler: Cal Zabo]], in competition with each other and SHIELD for control of the Diviner (with the Doctor also wanting to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife), with [[EvilFormerFriend Ward]] also acting as a WildCard.
* Season 2B has Ward continue to run his own agenda (two episodes with him involve an EnemyMine scenario though), while SHIELD gets caught between two flavors of WellIntentionedExtremist -- Robert Gonzales, the leader of [[spoiler: the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]], and [[spoiler: Skye's mother]] Jiaying, leader of the Inhumans, who's willing to do anything to protect her people.
** One could make a strong argument that since Jiayang's actions so heavily rely on what happened to her, that even posthumously, Whitehall is still the season's Big Bad through and through. His actions still cause pretty much everything terrible that happens after his death. The worst part about it? Even though he was killed, he still got off far too easy.

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
** Season 1 has the [[TheGhost mysterious and unseen]] individual known only as The Clairvoyant, who is behind [[NebulousEvilOrganization Project Centipede]] and [[ArcWelding much else]] of what's happened so far in the series. [[spoiler: "Turn, Turn, Turn" reveals that he's [[BigBadFriend Agent John Garrett]], who is actually a [[TheMole top HYDRA agent]]]].
** Season 2A has a BigBadEnsemble of [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]]/[[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], a major player in ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, and Skye's father, "[[MadDoctor the Doctor]]"/[[spoiler: Cal Zabo]], in competition with each other and SHIELD for control of the Diviner (with the Doctor also wanting to kill Whitehall for what he did to his wife), with [[EvilFormerFriend Ward]] also acting as a WildCard.
** Season 2B has Ward continue to run his own agenda (two episodes with him involve an EnemyMine scenario though), while SHIELD gets caught between two flavors of WellIntentionedExtremist -- Robert Gonzales, the leader of [[spoiler: the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]], and [[spoiler: Skye's mother]] Jiaying, leader of the Inhumans, who's willing to do anything to protect her people.
*** One could make a strong argument that since Jiayang's actions so heavily rely on what happened to her, that even posthumously, Whitehall is still the season's Big Bad through and through. His actions still cause pretty much everything terrible that happens after his death. The worst part about it? Even though he was killed, he still got off far too easy.
** Season 3 is said to have set up Ward as its main one.
* Season One of ''Series/AgentCarter'': [[spoiler:Dr. Ivchenko]], who's a member of the mysterious organization Leviathan. His real name is [[spoiler:Johann Fennhoff]] aka [[spoiler:Dr. Faustus]].
* Wilson Fisk in season 1 of ''[[Series/{{Daredevil2015}} Daredevil]]''.
* ''Series/AKAJessicaJones'' will have the Purple Man.
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** Season 2B has Ward continue to run his own agenda, while SHIELD gets caught between two flavors of WellIntentionedExtremist -- Robert Gonzales, the leader of [[spoiler: the "real" SHIELD]], who has a more [[FantasticRacism aggressive attitude towards superhumans]], and [[spoiler: Skye's mother]] Jiaying, leader of the Inhumans, who's willing to do anything to protect her people.

* ''The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes'': Richard Frampton, a Ten Rings operative trying to rebuild the Jericho Missile, is the BiggerBad, while Sofia, a Russian assassin and mercenary who wants to kill Natasha to become the new "Black Widow", serves as TheHeavey and a more personal opponent for Natasha.

* ''Film/IronMan1'' has Iron Monger/Obadiah Stane.
* ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' has the Abombination [[DragonAscendant steal this role]] from Thunderbolt Ross.
* ''Film/IronMan2'' has Whiplash/Ivan Vanko.
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'' has Loki as the main villain.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' has the RedSkull.
* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has Loki as the main antagonist, but he is just TheHeavy for the BiggerBad; [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].
* ''Film/IronMan3'' has The Mandarin [[spoiler: but the real Mandarin is Aldrich Killian.]]
* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' has Malekith the Accursed.
* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has [[spoiler: Alexander Pierce]], with [[spoiler: Baron Von Strucker]] as the BiggerBad.
* ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has Ronan the Accuser. While he's technically [[BiggerBad in service to Thanos]], the latter barely shows up in the movie [[spoiler:and Ronan ultimately [[TheStarscream turns on him]] once he gets the Infinity Stone]].
* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron serves as the film's main antagonist, after an initial battle between HYDRA and the Avengers.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Thanos serves as the film's main antagonist

* Wilson Fisk in ''[[Series/{{Daredevil2015}} Daredevil]]''.
* The Purple Man in ''Series/AKAJessicaJones''.

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* ''Film/{{Thor}}'' has [[spoiler:Loki]] as the main villain.

* Season One of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has the [[TheGhost mysterious and unseen]] individual known only as The Clairvoyant, who is behind [[NebulousEvilOrganization Project Centipede]] and [[ArcWelding much else]] of what's happened so far in the series. [[spoiler: "Turn, Turn, Turn" reveals that he's [[BigBadFriend Agent John Garrett]], who is actually a [[TheMole top HYDRA agent]]]].
** Season Two has begun to set up [[BigBadEnsemble several Big Bads]] all working against SHIELD and each other: [[InspectorJavert General Talbot]], with the US Military; [[MadScientist Daniel Whitehall]], real name [[ThoseWackyNazis Werner Reinhardt]], a major player in ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}; and Skye's father, "[[MadDoctor the Doctor]]". However, by the midpoint of the season, Talbot and the military have [[EnemyMine called a truce]] with ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, while Whitehall and the Doctor have [[VillainTeamUp allied]]. And then it gets even more complicated when [[spoiler: they're joined by Ward (Garrett's former Dragon), who's running his own agenda, while the audience discovers that the Doctor is just trying to get close enough to kill Whitehall in revenge for him killing the Doctor's wife years earlier. Ultimately, the season's final villain ends up being Skye's mother Jiayang. Driven to madness after her brutal vivisection at the hands of Whitehall, she leads a group of Inhumans in an attempt to eradicate S.H.I.E.L.D. with the Terragen Crystals.]]
** One could make a strong argument that since Jiayang's actions so heavily rely on what happened to her, that even posthumously, Whitehall is still the season's Big Bad through and through. His actions still cause pretty much everything terrible that happens after his death. The worst part about it? Even though he was killed, he still got off far too easy.
* Season One of ''Agent Carter'': [[spoiler:Dr. Ivchenko]], who's a member of the mysterious organization Leviathan. His real name is [[spoiler:Johann Fennhoff]] aka [[spoiler:Dr. Faustus]].
** Wilson Fisk in ''Daredevil''.
** The Purple Man in ''A.K.A. Jessica Jones''.

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* ''Film/IronMan'': ''Film/IronMan1'' has Iron Monger/Obadiah Stane, ''Film/IronMan2'' has Whiplash/Ivan Vanko, and ''Film/IronMan3'' has The Mandarin [[spoiler: but the real Mandarin is Aldrich Killian.]]
* ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' has The Abombination.
* ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has [[spoiler:Loki]] as the main villain with [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]] as the BiggerBad in ''The Avengers''.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' has the RedSkull, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has [[spoiler: Alexander Pierce]], with [[spoiler: Baron Von Strucker]] as the BiggerBad.

* Season One of ''Agent Carter'': [[spoiler:Dr. Ivchenko]], who's a member of the mysterious organization Leviathan. His real name is [[spoiler:Johann Fennhoff]] aka [[spoiler:Dr. Faustus]].

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** ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
*** ''Film/IronMan'': ''Film/IronMan1'' has Iron Monger/Obadiah Stane, ''Film/IronMan2'' has Whiplash/Ivan Vanko, and ''Film/IronMan3'' has The Mandarin [[spoiler: but the real Mandarin is Aldrich Killian.]]
*** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' has The Abombination.
*** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' has [[spoiler:Loki]] as the main villain with [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]] as the BiggerBad in ''The Avengers''.
*** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' has Malekith the Accursed.
*** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' has the RedSkull, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has [[spoiler: Alexander Pierce]], with [[spoiler: Baron Von Strucker]] as the BiggerBad.
*** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has Ronan the Accuser. While he's technically [[BiggerBad in service to Thanos]], the latter barely shows up in the movie [[spoiler:and Ronan ultimately [[TheStarscream turns on him]] once he gets the Infinity Stone]].
*** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron serves as the film's main antagonist, after an initial battle between HYDRA and the Avengers.
*** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Thanos serves as the film's main antagonist

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