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!!{{Spoiler}}s for all works set prior to the end of ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.
!!''Scott Lang / ComicBook/AntMan [[LegacyCharacter II]] / Giant-Man''
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!!!'''Birth Name:''' Scott Edward Harris Lang
!!!'''Known Aliases:''' Ant-Man, Giant-Man
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Vistacorp (formerly), Baskin-Robbins (formerly), X-Con Security Consultants, Pym Technologies, Avengers
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PaulRudd, Bazlo & Loen [=LeClair=] (baby), Jackson Dunn (age 12), Lee Moore (age 93)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Sergio Bonilla, Álvaro Salarich (age 12), Miguel Ángel Sanromán (age 93) (Latin-American Spanish dub), Creator/ClaudioSerrano (European Spanish dub), Creator/HidenobuKiuchi (Japanese dub), Creator/DamienBoisseau (European French dub), Patrice Dubois (Canadian French dub), Márcio Araújo (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan1'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' | ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming''[[note]]In a video recording[[/note]] | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome''[[note]]Archive photography [[/note]] | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}''[[note]]Archive footage from ''Avengers: Endgame''[[/note]] | ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''

->''"I do some dumb things and the people that I love the most pay the price."''

An electrical engineer-turned-thief who seeks to make amends for his crime. He is eventually hired by the original Ant-Man, Dr. Hank Pym, to steal Hank's AppliedPhlebotinum technology from the very company Hank founded, to prevent the firm's new owners from abusing it. The Ant-Man suit Hank gives Lang as a result allows Scott to shrink and grow in size, alter his mass in [[ArtisticLicensePhysics normally impossible ways]] to greatly enhance his strength, and communicate with insects.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Ant-Man carries around a bunch of metal discs the size of coins that he throws around like shuriken. However, they're not here to hurt. The discs contain Pym Particles that can apply a shrinking or growing effect on any object, allowing Scott to take advantage of surrounding things in unexpected ways.
* ActionDad: He has a daughter, Cassie Lang, and he wants to be a hero for her.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Lang has red hair and blue eyes in the comics, but black hair and green eyes in the movie.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: InUniverse in ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' he appears in a stage musical based on the events of ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'' and Hawkeye complains that he wasn't there at the time.[[note]]He technically was there in secret thanks to time travel in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' but people wouldn't know that.[[/note]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: As far as his origin is concerned, he's given a much more sympathetic backstory than his comic book counterpart ever had. Originally, he was a thief that stole for his own enjoyment, in spite of having a well-paying job, and he didn't become a hero until he needed to save his daughter. In the movies, however, his stealing days were aimed solely at taking ill-gained money from a corrupt corporation and giving it back to the people that were being screwed over, making Scott much more selfless.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the comics, Scott spent much of his time as a supporting character for Tony Stark and assisted him in and out of the Avengers, as basically Stark's sidekick. Here, he doesn't even ''meet'' Stark until ''Civil War'', which put them on opposing sides no less, and, ironically, Stark doesn't even know who he is. He only gets to act like Tony's sidekick in ''Endgame'' during the Time Heist, when the two are tasked with retrieving the Tesseract.
* AdaptedOut:
** Inverted in ''Civil War''. Scott didn't take part in the conflict in the comics by the account of having been dead at the time[[note]]killed off in 2004's ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', didn't come back until 2012's ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade''[[/note]], and instead, it was his daughter [[Characters/AntManHeroes Stature]] who took part in the war. Because he's very much not dead during the MCU version, he took part in the conflict.
** His relationship with ComicBook/JessicaJones is completely absent, due to Jessica being [[ExiledFromContinuity relegated to the largely-disconnected]] [[Series/JessicaJones2015 Netflix series]][[invoked]]. In the comics, he was Jessica's other love interest and rival with Luke Cage for her affection.
** Scott is never recruited into Stark Industries, unlike the comics, meaning he's never a supporting character for Iron Man. This leads to a rather funny situation where Tony has no idea who Scott is, while Scott--out of loyalty to Hank Pym and his general dislike for corrupt businesses--considers Tony to be something of an arch-enemy here.
** Likewise, he's not a supporting character to the ComicBook/FantasticFour, which ''was'' his status during the '90s, as they weren't available at the time due to Fox holding the movie rights until their buyout by Disney in 2019.
** Scott's hatred of the Taskmaster is completely absent in the MCU, as Scott is held in the Raft during the events of ''Film/BlackWidow2021'', which is where Taskmaster makes [[spoiler:her]] first appearance.
* AffectionateNickname: By ''Civil War'', Falcon has taken to calling him "Tic-Tac." It could also be considered an InsultOfEndearment but it never has any real bite to it.
** Luis often calls him "Scotty".
* AlternateSelf: A variant of Scott Lang exists in a universe where he was reduced to being a BrainInAJar after becoming a zombie.
* AmicableExes: While he's initially on thin ice with his ex-wife due to his criminal past, they're on much friendlier terms after his heroic actions... along with her cop husband Paxton, who has come to be a "big brother" to Scott whom he regularly hugs and is protective of.
-->'''Maggie:''' Next time I see you will be on the outside! ''[big hug]''\\
'''Scott:''' All right.\\
'''Paxton:''' Ohhh! Get on the inside of this! ''[joins big hug]'' Hey, three days, seriously. Proud of you, bud. You know what? Gimme another one. ''[big hug]''
* AndIMustScream: In TheStinger of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he travels into the Quantum Realm to collect particles that would help stabilize Ghost's condition. But before he can be brought out, Thanos unleashes his finger-snap that destroys half of all life in the universe, taking the lives of Hank, Janet, and Hope, and leaving him stuck there until a rat fiddles with the control pad five years later in ''Avengers: Endgame'' -- although, for him, it was only a five-hour wait.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: His superhero persona is based on the ant although his powers only superficially reflect this. His shrinking ability comes from revolutionary technology and his ability to control ants comes from his helmet, which stimulates olfactory nerve centers in ants to elicit specific responses from the insects.
* AntiHero: He is a former thief trying to go straight by helping Hank Pym. This, of course, turns out to involve committing another heist, albeit one that will save lives. Although he has his record, several people admire him for robbing a company that robbed others, including Hank.
* ApologeticAttacker: He repeatedly tells Falcon that he's a fan even while dismantling his suit from the inside. Given Scott's [[NiceGuy nature]] this is common in most of his fights. The only exceptions are when Darren Cross [[PapaWolf threatened Cassie]] or when he has to help the Avengers deal with Thanos who had not only killed half the universe including Hank, Janet, and [[LoveInterest Hope]] but upon learning that those deaths had been undone tried to destroy and remake the entire universe instead.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: His costume works through the use of Pym Particles.
* TheApprentice: Hank is the one who took Scott in and trained him to be the next Ant-Man, and [[VitriolicBestBuds while the two can trade insults a lot]], they ultimately have respect for each other.
* AscendedExtra: Outside of having his house arrest mentioned in ''Infinity War'', Ant-Man was totally irrelevant to the first three ''Avengers'' movies. In ''Avengers: Endgame'', he's one of the most pivotal characters in the entire story and it was ultimately ''his'' idea on how to save the universe--albeit with some inspiration from pop culture--that sets the heroes' plan in motion.
* AscendedFanboy: He quite clearly has the time of his life working with Cap and the other Avengers. Scott clearly wants to be a superhero and live out the fantasies many have, and is all-too-happy to do it.
* AsleepForDays: After his EmergencyTransformation into Giant-Man in ''Civil War'', the strain was such that he apparently had to sleep for three days afterwards to recover.
* TheAtoner: He wants to give up his life of crime, and sees becoming Ant-Man as an avenue for that opportunity.
* AtrociousAlias: What he thinks of the name "Ant-Man" in the trailers.
-->'''Scott:''' One question... Is it too late to change the name?\\
'''Scott:''' I'm Ant-Man. ''[{{beat}}]'' I know, wasn't my idea.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: As Giant-Man. He first (successfully) takes this form in ''Captain America: Civil War'' to provide distraction while Cap and Bucky run to the Quinjet. As Giant-Man, Scott acquires SuperStrength and SuperToughness--enough to casually lift a gangway to fling it at War Machine--[[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome although the growing is very taxing on his body.]] According to his second movie, his personal best is 65 feet but later, he manages to increase it to 80. Come ''Endgame'' he's pushing past 100.
* AudienceSurrogate:
** In the first ''Ant-Man'' film, he talks and reacts much like how a casual viewer would, particularly during his fight with Falcon and Hope and Hank's reconciliation. It's even complete with amazingly self-aware lines about how he ruined the moment.
** In ''Endgame'', he's the one who discovers what has happened and how the world has changed in the face of the Decimation. He's also unaware of the Infinity Stones, requiring the Avengers to spell everything out for him. His shock and disbelief at seeing the world change after five years is pretty in sync with what the audience is thinking at that moment.
** He and Spider-Man are also the ones in the team-up movie that react how the audience would do in front of their superheroes: He's especially buffled [[AscendedFanboy to meet Captain America and fight by his side]] in ''Civil War''. He's also the only one in the team not having gone to space by the time of ''Endgame''
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Giant-Man form is not as useful as it looks. True, he's got far more brute strength and destructive power in this form, but he's reduced to a lumbering speed which means that although he has greater toughness, he couldn't really dodge an attack that would threaten him. The suit itself isn't actually designed to do that and he mentions that just doing it risks tearing him apart. The SquareCubeLaw also means that he exerts an enormous amount of energy simply to maintain the form, and just a few minutes is enough to exhaust him to the point where he can't even stand. His more up-to-date suit in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' makes this ability more practical because it's been updated to do it safely, allowing it to be used in short bursts so he doesn't exhaust himself. Or at least it would be if the suit had been fully tested and worked properly.
** Towards the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame,'' Scott reverts to his Giant-Man form in order to save Bruce, Rocket, and Rhodey from being crushed by rubble. He is then shown charging into battle in this form, but shrinks back to his normal size later and doesn't seem any worse for wear. Granted, this may be because of the adrenaline, but it's still a massive improvement over the Scott in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' who keeled over into the ocean after only a few minutes.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: He is able to dissemble advanced security systems extremely quickly with {{MacGyver|ing}}ed tools. In the deleted scenes, Hank notes that during the Vistacorp job, he was able to guess a password that was changed every minute by picking up the greater pattern from which it was generated.
* BadassBookworm: Scott can be such a goofball that you'd be forgiven for forgetting that he was an electrical engineer before being sent to prison, and emerged from it as a somewhat skilled fighter.
* BadassNormal: Having no superpowers, Scott's abilities come from his electrical engineer and fighting skills mentioned above, and his use of Hank Pym's Ant-Man suits. In spite of his limited devices, Scott proves to be tough enough to stand up to Black Widow for a short time, which is no easy feat even for goons with military training.
* BashSiblings: With his teammates in the Avengers.
* BattleCouple: With Hope van Dyne, the second Wasp, as of the [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp sequel]].
* TheBeastmaster: As Ant-Man, Scott has the ability to command and communicate with every ant species there is.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Scott Lang is treated as comic relief in the presence of the other Avengers, yet in ''Civil War'', he ends up being the most formidable opponent for the Pro-Registration heroes as Giant-Man, providing the critical distraction to allow Steve and Bucky to escape. In ''Endgame,'' he's the lynchpin for the entire plot and his Giant-Man form is extremely useful in the final battle, where he punches Leviathans out of the sky and crushes Cull Obsidian (the strongest of Thanos's children in the previous movie) underfoot as if he were nothing.
** Scott tends to hold back more than the other Avengers, opting to stun instead of kill if he can avoid it, but his first film proves he has no qualms about sabotaging an opponent's gear, especially if his daughter's life is at stake. Just ask Darren Cross.
* TheBigGuy: His Giant-Man form is (of course) this for Cap's team during the airport battle, managing to engage and delay almost the ''entirety'' of Tony’s team and basically swat aside any hits like they were flies.
** When he pulls out his later version of the form in ''Endgame'' he manages to ''rescue Hulk'', stomp Cull Obsidian to death with [[OneHitKill one step,]] and manhandle Leviathans with relative ease--a feat that even all six of the [[BadassCrew original team put together]] had trouble with in their first film. For a while, he’s this for the entire TheAlliance the Avengers form.
* BloodBrothers: What his relationship with Paxton, his daughter's stepfather, ultimately is. Both are fully a part of their mutual-daughter Cassie's life, and both men regard and love each other as brothers.
* BoxedCrook: Hank Pym basically entraps him into robbing his house as an audition for a replacement Ant-Man who can prevent the weaponization and (legal, albeit morally questionable) sale of his Pym Particles.
* BrainyBrunette: In the MCU, Scott has dark hair and graduated college with a Masters in ''electrical engineering''--a course that requires no small amount of talent with numbers plus an extensive knowledge of electrical design and power efficiency. Because of this, he's able to add a few tricks of his own to his suit in the first Ant-Man film.
* BreakoutCharacter:
** Scott Lang in the comics was a rather minor character in the established universe. He was created mainly to fill the role of Ant-Man after Hank Pym abandoned it, ensuring it remained in use, as Pym is known for his [[IHaveManyNames many identities]]. Pym remained an extremely important figure in the Marvel mythos as a founding Avenger and a brilliant scientist, while Scott was relegated to supporting others. Throughout the '80s and '90s, Scott was a supporting character for Iron Man (by extension, the Avengers) and the Fantastic Four, and then in the '00s became an Avenger himself, only to [[CListFodder die unceremoniously]] to establish the threat in ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', until he [[DeathIsCheap got better]]. In the MCU, Scott was made ''the'' starring Ant-Man of the universe, which has given him far greater exposure than he ever had before, and since then has become the face of the Ant-Man brand in general, with the comics and surrounding media following suit and making him a bigger deal anyone back then could imagine.
** Within the MCU itself, he's still quite fittingly the smallest box office draw of the MCU heroes. While his movies aren't slouches, they tend to trail the MCU's biggest properties (''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' for his first film and ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' for the second) and can be considered smaller-scale affair. He missed the entirety of ''Infinity War'', as the movie was already juggling a large cast of characters, because they didn't think he was important enough, and his role in ''Civil War'' was just to support Team Cap. This makes it somewhat surprising that he has a very important role in ''Endgame'', where he ends up playing a major part in the plan to defeat Thanos.
* ButtMonkey: Whether it's his suit malfunctioning and causing him to look the size of a four-year-old or the fact that he's not as "awesome" as the regular Avengers, Scott is the butt of many jokes regardless of the film. Unlike Tony and Banner who are geniuses, Scott is called out on believing stereotypes about time travel; he also has to be reminded that he's way less known as Ant-Man than even the Hulk, and his dorky demeanor is looked down upon and mocked by several other characters. It's especially prominent in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' once everyone's all together. More examples include:
** Nebula ignoring him and warning Rhodey to be careful upon re-entry because "there's an idiot in the landing zone," despite having no reason to call him as such (though given that it's ''Nebula'', it's pretty understandable).
** Rocket mocking his confusion and excitement about going to outer space. He outright calls Scott a puppy at one point and pets his hair while the others crack up.
** When teamed up with Cap and Iron Man, the two discuss a strategy together while completely ignoring Scott's questions and objections.
* TheCameo: In ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', he briefly appears as Giant-Man in Peter Parker's vlog of [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the airport battle]].
* CastFromCalories: When he talks to Bill Foster about growing, he mentions that after the airport battle in ''Civil War'' he slept for three straight days. He also mentioned asking for orange slices immediately afterward.
* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' was referred to in an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' -- Paul Rudd played field reporter Brian Fantana in that film. Additionally, Scott and his pals discuss Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio early in the film despite [=DiCaprio=] and Rudd having starred in ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' together.
* ChekhovsGunman: In regards to the MCU's overall MythArc, Scott doesn't seem all that important in the early scheme of things, as his adventures are self-contained, and his role in Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar was relatively minor. However, Scott ends up becoming a huge SpannerInTheWorks when it comes to the Decimation, as his [[YearOutsideHourInside five-hour/year experience in the Quantum Realm]] is what gives the Avengers the ability to pull of their Time Heist and stop Thanos once and for all.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: As in the comics, Scott has no innate powers and his ability to shrink, grow, and control ants are derived entirely from his suit and Pym Particles.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: His red throwing discs can shrink anything they hit while his blue discs can enlarge them. ''Civil War'', specifically, Giant-Man, indirectly confirms that this applies to Pym Particles in general -- namely, red is shrinking, and blue is enlarging.
* CombatPragmatist: He puts his shrinking powers to very inventive use to outmaneuver and outwit opponents, such as shrinking in the middle of combat to throw off Falcon and Black Widow. He's also more than willing to shrink enough to disable opponents' weaponry or gadgets.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Subverted with Giant-Man. The name was only mentioned during a news coverage in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' but Scott is almost never referred to by that name.
* ComicRelief: Is played as such in his appearances in the [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar team-up]] [[Film/AvengersEndgame movies]].
* CompositeCharacter:
** In ''Captain America: Civil War'', he becomes Giant-Man, one of Hank Pym's old aliases from the comics. However, in this setting, he's the ''first'' (and so far, only) character to become Giant-Man, as Hank only dealt with shrinking during his career as a superhero. This actually brings to mind Scott in ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'', surprisingly enough, where Scott inherited the Giant-Man identity from Pym, but he's never been Giant-Man in the 616 comics.
*** Also, the giant superheroes joining Captain America's side in the [[ComicBook/CivilWar comic book Civil War]] were actually [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Stature, Scott's daughter]] and Goliath as [[SparedByTheAdaptation comic book Scott was dead during the comic event.]]
** The Ant-Man in ''Ant-Man And The Wasp'' as a BattleCouple usually refers to Hank Pym. Scott in the comics has no romantic relationship with any Wasp while [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp the movie of the same name]] plays Scott and Hope van Dyne as the movie's [[OfficialCouple titular couple]].
** In ''Endgame'', Scott joins the Avengers and is a core part of the movie, reminiscent of Hank's role as a core Avenger in the comics.
* TheConscience: Pretends to be Tony Stark's after shrinking down to sabotage his armor in ''Civil War''. Fitting, because one of Scott's ongoing conflicts is being torn between what's legal and what his conscience tells him is right. And also because he's the size of [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Jiminy Cricket]] at the time.
-->'''Iron Man:''' Who's ''speaking''?\\
'''Ant-Man:''' It's... your conscience. We don't talk a lot these days.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Through sheer coincidence, Scott's second visit to the Quantum Realm happens the same time Thanos' Snap kills off the Pym family, leaving him trapped. His escape is also by luck when a random rat activates the portal five years later.
* CowardlyLion: {{Discussed}}. When Scott insists that what he did is a burglary and not a robbery because he is a cat burglar, Dave asks Scott if he's a [[{{Pun}} pussy]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's introduced as a bumbling ManChild who has trouble holding down a job or paying child support for his daughter, but he was once an electrical engineer and demonstrates incredible intelligence when it comes to advanced security systems (see AwesomeByAnalysis). He's also a reasonably skilled hand-to-hand fighter and adapts quickly to Hope's training regimen.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
** Going subatomic is something he's warned never to do because it's what lead to the "death" of Janet van Dyne. He ultimately has to do so to save Cassie from Cross. This is downplayed by ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' where the tunnel developed by Hank and Hope allows people to safely enter the Quantum Realm as long as there's someone on the other end to pull them back to safety. Thanks to Thanos, he got stuck in place for five hours his time and five years in the outside world.
** He hasn't fully mastered his "growing" powers yet, and mentions having passed out during his first time trying. He seems to be able to handle growing larger for a longer period of time in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' but he still passes out after using them. Averted by ''Endgame'', as he has no problem being in his Giant-Man form for a prolonged period.
* DeadpanSnarker: He likes to snarkily hang a lampshade on all that surrounds him, like his AtrociousAlias or reaction to why Hank wants to hire him, and takes every opportunity to snark, whether [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] or [[ChewingTheScenery full-blown]].
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After defeating Falcon, far from being upset (if not a little embarrassed), Wilson was impressed enough to bring him into the Avengers as part of Captain America's team during ''Civil War''.
* DisappearedDad: He is missing for most of his daughter's life, albeit not willingly. First, he spent three years in prison, then two years under house arrest (though he could still see his daughter from time to time), and then another five when he was trapped in the Quantum Realm.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: During the second time he breaks into the Pyms' house, the cops catch him and he tries to explain that he's not stealing anything; he's just ''returning'' something he'd previously stolen.
* DrunkWithPower: Parodied. He gives a ''very'' exaggerated laugh after turning into Giant-Man.
* DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Scott gets no small amount of frustration at having superpowers yet remaining an unknown to the public. The fact that his superheroics were discreet in nature or were never revealed to the public doesn't help though. In ''Civil War'', during Tony's visit to the Raft where Scott is incarcerated yet again for his part in the airport battle in Berlin:
--->'''Scott:''' [[ItsLikeIAlwaysSay Hank Pym always said]], [[DoesntTrustThoseGuys you never can trust a Stark]].\\
'''Tony:''' [[UnknownRival Who are you?]]\\
'''Scott:''' ...Come on, man.
** In ''Endgame'', Scott also becomes frustrated when he sees that the ''Hulk,'' of all superheroes, has become a more well-liked figure than him.
* EmergencyTransformation: Turning into Giant-Man is generally this, since it's so physically taxing. In the closing minutes of ''Ant-Man and The Wasp'', the toll of being giant for much of the final act causes Scott to pass out in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, leaving Hope to follow him down to the seabed and shrink him down manually.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** His first scene is in prison, indicating a criminal past. Immediate scenes show his friendship with Luis and how he's willing to leave his past behind for the sake of his daughter.
** His friendly goodbye to ''all'' his fellow inmates also establishes how much of a NiceGuy Scott is.
* TheEveryman: In a world filled with geniuses, super soldiers, gods, spies, and aliens, Scott is the first MCU protagonist to just be a normal guy with a relatively normal life prior to obtaining the suit. All the more apparent when Hope and Hank come out of hiding to kidnap him in the second movie, meaning he's dressed in an [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Arthur Dent]]-esque flannel housecoat, undershirt, and boxers while he's being reintroduced to their world of espionage and super-science.
* EvilLaugh: Parodied when he becomes Giant-Man in ''Civil War'', where he does purely for intimidation.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Half the universe gets wiped out after Thanos' fingersnap. Him? He gets stranded in the Quantum Realm with no way out, and he's gonna wish he was dead if he ever manages to come out. Ultimately subverted in ''Avengers: Endgame''; while everyone else had to wait five years for him to arrive, he only had to wait five ''hours'' due to the way Time Vortexes work in the Quantum Realm. On the other hand, him entering a world where almost everyone he knows is gone, save for his now-teenage daughter and Captain America, and missing out on five years with his daughter wasn't any better for him.
* FightingClown: During the airport battle in ''Civil War'', most of his opponents don't take his abilities seriously during the fight... until he grows into Giant-Man. Then it takes the combined efforts of almost everyone on the pro-Accords side to take him down.
* FireForgedFriends: With Paxton. The two initially hated each other, with Scott resenting Paxton for taking his wife and daughter while he was locked up and preventing him from spending time with Cassie, and [[ByTheBookCop Paxton]] hating Scott for being, well, a crook. Once Scott proves himself a hero and saves Cassie, and Paxton shows his willingness to give it all to save her as well, the two become good friends. By ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Paxton has nothing but nice things to say about him, and almost all of his on-screen appearances has him wrapping Scott in a bear hug.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Scott was trapped in the Quantum Realm for five years and by the time he escaped, he has no idea what has happened to the world and was shocked to see a memorial built to those who died as a result of Thanos' Snap, his name included.
* {{Foil}}: The Ant-Man movies are themed around fathers and father figures, with Scott the devoted father whose life is in shambles contrasting with Hank, the successful, rational man who is emotionally distant from his proteges. This becomes stronger in the sequel, which adds another father and (surrogate) daughter pair with Bill Foster and Ghost: by that point, Scott has grown to the point where his good nature makes Ghost takes a shine to him, and allows him to alleviate Hope's fears about her own parents.
* FriendsRentControl: After the events of ''Civil War'', Scott ends up getting confined to his new house, which is pretty large and luxurious by San Francisco standards. Given he had to room with the Wombats in a hotel for much of the first film, it's a big mystery how he has enough cash to afford it.
* GiantFootOfStomping: In the climax of ''Endgame'', he puts his giant form to good use by stomping Cull Obsidian from the past in his giant form, instantly taking him out.
* GodzillaThreshold: For his own safety, the suit's regulator limits his size-changing abilities. He can override it if the situation is serious enough to justify the risk.
** Scott goes subatomic to finish off Cross when the guy is seconds away from murdering his daughter.
** He grows into Giant-Man, risking tearing his whole body apart, to give Cap a shot at going for the Quinjet.
* GoodParents: In a setting rife with DaddyIssues and {{Disappeared Dad}}s, Scott, alongside Tony, is, hands-down, the ''best'' father in the MCU with a universe-spanning disaster being the only thing that can keep him away--and even then, only temporarily. In every scene they have together, it's pretty obvious that Scott absolutely ''adores'' Cassie, tries to set a good example of behavior for her, enjoys playing with her to the point that he constructed a play-fort that spans his entire house, is always available when she needs him (even if he's been captured by a villain), and while he encourages her heroic desire to help others, he doesn't make her his partner or sidekick or anything like that because it would be far too dangerous for a ten-year-old.
* HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Played with. He probably would've been convicted of white-collar crimes if he hadn't broken into the house of his boss at Vistacorp and crashed the man's car into his pool, but the original theft was about blowing the whistle on Vistacorp's much larger crimes, which amounted to bilking their customers out of millions. Except the SCC couldn't find any proof, so Scott went to prison as a simple thief, came out unable to hold a job, and subsequently became a run-of-the-mill burglar just to make his child support payments.
* HappyEndingOverride:
** Scott's first film ends with him becoming the hero Cassie worships him as, regaining Maggie's respect, and gaining a new FriendOnTheForce in Paxton, resulting in him also getting fully pardoned for prior crimes. By the end of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', he's incarcerated once more due to not abiding by the Accords and assisting in Steve and Bucky's escape. As a result, he was still under house arrest at the beginning of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
** Gets hit with it again in the first stinger scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', where after getting Ghost a treatment for her condition and freeing Janet from the Quantum Realm while not getting caught for breaking house arrest (leaving him free to reunite with his daughter), he gets trapped in the Quantum Realm himself after Hank, Janet, and Hope get dusted by Thanos, leaving Scott adrift with no knowledge of what's going on in the larger world. At the very least, he was only stuck in there for five hours, although five years passed in the outside world.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He puts himself down quite a bit, saying that he manages to "screw up" the noble goal of being a hero.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Played with. Due to his criminal past, he initially has a hard time convincing others (except his daughter) that he is a good person and a hero. Even aside from being a superhero, it's just plain hard for an ex-con to find a job, to the point that he has to use an alias to get a job at a ''Baskin-Robbins''. When Scott outs himself as a public superhero in ''Civil War'', it's while he's assisting the fugitive Anti-Accords team, resulting in him being locked in the Raft, and later transferred to house arrest in San Francisco. Scott eventually begins to avert this after his contribution to the final battle in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', as ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' and ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms. Marvel]]'' show that Scott has become just as celebrated as the original Avengers, with people cosplaying as him, "Rogers: The Musical" [[InUniverseFactoidFailure depicting him as present during the Battle of New York]], and Jersey City has street art of him with the words "You can start small and still be larger than life". The latter show also reveals that Scott has apparently started up a podcast that is apparently quite popular in-universe.
* HiddenDepths: He's a moderately good drummer and spends a lot of time bashing on an electronic kit when he's under house arrest. Since he can't go anywhere, he has a lot of time to get good at it.
** He's also good at stage magic, impressing Jimmy Woo enough with card tricks that Jimmy opts to learn himself during the Time Skip.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** Scott pulls a Robin Hood heist on his former company which had been scamming people of their money. This action leads him to be arrested, divorced, and his name tainted.
** Despite receiving a happy ending in his debut movie, Scott decides to aid Captain America in his quest, violating the Sokovia Accords in the process despite having no other reason to sacrifice his happiness other than Captain America asking him for help. Though he seems guilty that it put the Pyms in trouble, his conversation with Hope suggests that he does not regret helping Captain America.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until its seventh year.
* IdiotHero: Downplayed. He's a dorky, bumbling goofball and is explicitly referred to as an idiot multiple times. Still, beneath his dorky exterior is a smart, savvy electrical engineer when he actually decides to get serious.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: The Ant-Man suit allows him to shrink to the size of an ant and even go subatomic. Although the shrinking itself isn't particularly impressive, it allows [[CombatPragmatist Scott]] to infiltrate many places, from secure vaults to pieces of technology (allowing him to sabotage fighters relying on tech). Against ordinary goons, his instant shrinking and regrowing allow him to be virtually untouchable, lets him apply ConfusionFu to martial artists that should get the best of him, while still retaining his punch strength with the added bonus that the punch is concentrated on a much smaller area, making it even more damaging. In the TrainingMontage of his first film, Hope even compares his hits to having the same effect as ''bullets.''
-->'''Hope:''' When you're small, energy's compressed, so you have the force of a 200-pound man behind a fist a hundredth of an inch wide. You're like a bullet. You punch too hard, you kill someone. Too soft, it's like a love tap.
* IndyPloy: He is an incredibly fast thinker, and it's one of the main qualities why Hank handpicked him to be his successor.
* InstantCostumeChange: When breaking out of his detention cell, he suits up in under ten seconds.
* ItsPersonal: Ant-thony's death revved up Scott's motivation to bring down Cross, declaring that he would pay for doing so. Cross taking his daughter hostage just made things deeper.
* {{Irony}}:
** In the first two Ant-Man movies and ''Civil War'', Scott has to be coaxed into helping Hank Pym and Captain America respectively, despite being focused on his own personal matters. During the events of ''Endgame'', Scott is the one who's trying to push the shell-shocked Avengers into trying to undo the Decimation via time travel, rather than do ineffective damage control in the present day.
** While discussing where and when the Infinity Stones are for the Time Heist, Rocket Raccoon mockingly offers to take him to space. Scott ends up being the only Avenger who never ends up in space ''at all'' during the course of the movie.
* TheJuggernaut: As Giant-Man. In ''Civil War'', it takes the combined efforts of nearly everyone on Iron Man's team to take him down. Once he goes big in ''Endgame'', ''nothing'' is shown stopping him, not even Leviathans or Cull Obsidian, the former of which which he takes down in one solid punch, and the latter by just ''stepping on him''.
* JustLikeRobinHood: A self-proclaimed whistleblower, the robbery that Scott ended up doing time for was stealing back money from Vistacorp that they had been stealing for years, which he then actually funneled ''back'' to their customers.
* JustifiedCriminal: His burglary of the Pym house was out of desperation: as a felon, he couldn't hold down a job to pay child support, which was one of Maggie's requirements if he wanted to keep seeing Cassie.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee:
** He's ecstatic when he meets the Falcon, and starts acting like an excited fan.
** This happens again in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', when he's introduced to Steve Rogers, whose hand he can't stop shaking.
* LargeHam: He really hams it up during the big fight in ''Civil War''. Among other things, dramatically shouting "I believe this is yours, Captain America!" when giving Cap his shield back from Spidey and laughing like a villain when his Giant-Man mode stands out.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Debuted in the final Phase Two film of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
* LegacyCharacter: He succeeds Hank Pym in becoming the Ant-Man. Interestingly, this is averted with regard to the Giant-Man persona, as he's the first one to use it in this continuity (as it required his experimentation with something that Hank Pym never tried).
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Scott is the only surviving hero in ''Endgame'' to have no relationship to the Infinity Stones or even Thanos himself, both of which are major factors of the MCU's overall MythArc from Phases 1-3. This results in him needing to be brought up to speed as to what they are and what they do during the Avengers' brainstorming session for the Time Heist.
* LogicalWeakness: His Giant-Man form makes him huge, but it also makes him a bigger target. It also requires more energy, meaning he can't hold it for too long or he'll a) faint, or b) his ''molecules'' would start breaking apart.
* LoveableRogue: The crime that sent him to prison was merely PayEvilUntoEvil, to the point the ''Baskin-Robbins'' manager compliments his actions as [[JustifiedCriminal "cool crimes"]] before a company-mandated sendoff.
* {{Manchild}}: He's goofy, excitable, and carefree, and initially has trouble being a responsible parent to Cassie, holding down a steady job, or displaying emotional maturity despite being in his 40s. Even after his CharacterDevelopment he still shows shades of this. It gets hilariously lampshaded when Hank jokingly talks down to Scott [[ItMakesSenseInContext like he's four years old]], asking him if he wants a juice box or string cheese. Scott asks ''in all seriousness'' if they actually have any of those.
-->'''Hank:''' What are you, fifteen?
** That said, this is played with in the sequel: while he still has immature ''interests'' and inclinations, his years of house arrest have made him into a very responsible and mature person, moreso, arguably, than the abrasive Hank himself -- indeed, while Hank and Hope see them as boneheaded distractions, most of his issues then come not from foolishness but from him having to balance the many legitimately important things in his own life with the new problems they thrust upon him.
** Basically he develops into a [[GoodParents good, responsible dad]], who just happens to be a big kid at heart.
* MetaGuy: He regularly lampshades the wilder or illogical events in the story, such as pointing out to Hank Pym that he might want to consider calling the Avengers, or in the sequel when he lampoons the franchise's RunningGag of heroes disguising themselves with nothing but sunglasses and baseball caps. He especially comes across as this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when he points out how 2012 HYDRA are barely trying to disguise the fact that they're a villainous organization.
-->'''Scott:''' Who are these guys?\\
'''Tony:''' They're S.H.I.E.L.D.. Well, actually HYDRA, but we didn't know that yet.\\
'''Scott:''' Seriously, you didn't? I mean, [[ObviouslyEvil they look like bad guys]]!
* MightyGlacier: As Giant-Man, he can tear planes apart, easily smack the likes of Iron Man and War Machine aside, knock out an entire ''Leviathan'' by himself with a single punch, and be tough enough that missiles don't even scratch him. However, he is noticeably slower and clumsier than normal, leaving him wide open for attacks.
* MinionMaster: On top of his shrinking powers, he can control and speak with ants. You might think that's not useful, but then you remember just how many ants there are within a vicinity, and he can call upon ''all of them''.
* MomentKiller: Cuts the sincere vindication of Hank and Hope reconciling short by hanging a huge, awkward lampshade over the scene and quashes Pym's feeling of elation that Janet might still be rescued from the Quantum Realm by making out with Hope right outside his door.
* MoreExpendableThanYou:
** Scott points out to Hope that this is the main reason why Hank wants him to be Ant-Man instead of Hope--because Hank doesn't want to lose her like he lost his wife Janet.
** Does this again in ''Civil War'' by committing to a dangerous action to increase his size that could potentially injure or kill him, just to allow Captain America and Bucky to get to the Quinjet. Even Hank Pym, AKA the original Ant-Man, never dared do such a thing, seeing as it would render one's molecules so unstable, they could literally break apart.
* MrFanservice: He has an obligatory shirtless scene in both of his movies.
* MundaneUtility: His Giant-Man form gives Spidey's webs something to cling to as they run to meet Thanos' army in the Battle for Earth.
* MutualKill: A non-fatal variation between him and Spider-Man in ''Civil War''. Spider-Man takes him out by webbing around his legs and forcing him to fall as Giant-Man, but in the process he smacks Spidey hard enough to take him out of the fight as well. Effectively, this ended in a draw.
* NaiveNewcomer: Because his adventures are more down to Earth, Scott is the only member of the Avengers in ''Endgame'' to not have any encounter with an Infinity Stone. And since he is not associated with them until the very end, he is awestruck to hear some of their adventures, especially those from the cosmos like Thor and the Guardians.
** It's especially obvious in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' when Thor is recounting his run-in with the Reality Stone. Compared to his companions' stoic expressions, Scott is practically bouncing in his seat as he listens to Thor's story with almost child-like adoration, nodding enthusiastically the whole time.
* NiceGuy: Flaws and criminal record aside, Scott is pretty much one of the sweetest people in the MCU and an even better father.
* NoRespectGuy:
** Most people have no idea who he is, blunting a lot of his snark. See RunningGag below.
** He doesn't get much due credit from his fellow heroes either. In ''Endgame'', even though he's the one who came up with the idea to use time travel to undo the Snap in the first place, he's still the butt of several of the others' quips.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** When Scott escapes from the Quantum Realm in ''Endgame'' and realizes what's happened in the [[YearOutsideHourInside five hours/years]] he was gone, he's understandably quite horrified. It later escalates into full-blown panic upon seeing the mass memorial site and discovering his own name on it.
** While preparing for the Time Heist, Scott gets uncharacteristically upset about Professor Hulk preparing him for time travel tests with the Quantum Realm. Although given that the Avengers only have a limited amount of Pym Particles to work with, his reaction is more than justified.
* OddNameOut:
** With fellow main characters, '''H'''ank and '''H'''ope.
** With his former(?) family Magg'''ie''' and Cass'''ie'''. The two having same letters before the similar last two letters of their names doesn't help his case. Then again, Luis does [[AffectionateNickname affectionately refers to him as]] Scottie.
* OhCrap:
** When Iron Man defeats him [[MundaneMadeAwesome using]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext the suit's fire suppression system]].
** Scott also starts panicking when Hank, Hope, and Janet stop responding to him while he's in the Quantum Realm.
** When discovering the mass memorial site in San Francisco post-Quantum Realm visit, Scott starts to freak out trying to search for Hank, Hope, Janet, and Cassie's names, as well as when he finds [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated his own name]] on it.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to how [[YearOutsideHourInside the Quantum Realm works]], Scott returns in ''Endgame'' five years (give or take five hours) physically younger than he is chronologically.
* OneLastJob: He says that his days of breaking, entering, and stealing things are over when he meets Hank... right before he learns he has to infiltrate a corporation and forcibly take the technology from it.
-->'''Scott:''' My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are done. What do you want me to do?\\
'''Hank:''' I want you to break into a place and steal some shit.\\
'''Scott:''' ''[{{beat}}]'', [[TrailersAlwaysLie only in the trailer]])'' ...Makes sense.
* OutsideContextProblem:
** Ant-Man is this to the pro-registration side in ''Civil War'' during the airport battle. Between Spider-Man and him, Ant-Man came out on top as the most unexpected and annoying superhero reinforcement. His shrinking power allowed him to stand up to Black Widow, seriously annoy War Machine, partially sabotage Iron Man's armor, and when he grew into Giant-Man, he stalled most of the pro-registration team, allowing Cap and Bucky to reach the Quinjet.
** In a heroic variant, Ant-Man is also this to ''Thanos''. The Mad Titan didn't even so much as know that Scott existed, nor did he know of the Quantum Realm, and the fact that it enabled TimeTravel that would allow them to steal the stones throughout time after Thanos destroyed them specifically to prevent the undoing of his Snap. Thanos's plan to balance the universe was undone by an outside factor he couldn't have possibly accounted for.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He has a degree in engineering, and comes across as the brains of the operation around Luis, Kurt, and Dave. But he always ends up looking and feeling like an idiot around Hank and Hope or Tony and Bruce.
* PapaWolf: Everything he has done is to help or protect his daughter in some way, and he's at his most angry when Cross attacks his home and breaks into Cassie's bedroom. In fact, trying to kill Cassie might be the one thing that'll make Scott break his ThouShaltNotKill policy, as Cross learns a little too late.
* LeParkour: As part of his "cat burglar" skill set. This was one of the reasons why he was selected by Hank, as any movement as Ant-Man requires parkour skills.
* PestController: He wears a special earpiece that allows him to convey commands to ants.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He retains [[SuperStrength his strength at normal size]] when he shrinks, reflecting the strength of ants compared to their small size.
* PluckyComicRelief: He acts as a more goofy foil to the other Avengers when he teams up with them.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: His origin story -- he's recruited by Hank Pym specifically ''because'' of his criminal skillset. He manages to segue his way from being Hank's one-time BoxedCrook to an actual superhero.
* RedIsHeroic: He is an Avenger with a red suit that allows him to change size.
* ReformedButRejected: He has a difficult time trying to find honest work due to his criminal past, and his ex-wife and her new husband are very hostile towards him. This changes after Scott becomes Ant-Man and proves himself to be a worthy father to Cassie. And even when he gets put under house arrest, both Paxton and Maggie are still quite friendly and jovial to him. They're also devastated when they believe he was a casualty of the Snap.
* ReformedCriminal: His goal is to become one, but Hank Pym has other ideas. It all works out in the end, though.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Has this with Hope. All throughout the first film, they share a palpable amount of unresolved sexual tension, resulting in a kiss at the end. However, in the next one, Hope spends a good chunk of the movie furious at him, mostly for running off to Germany and endangering the Pyms, which forces them to go on the run. She only thaws when he proves instrumental in bringing her mother back and the two of them--plus Cassie--are shown watching a movie together happily. Before this can go any further, Hope gets dusted, depressing the normally upbeat Scott to a degree that he can't even talk about her. Thankfully, she gets better.
** The last time they're shown in ''Film/AvengersEndgame,'' Hope is leaning against him and the two are holding hands while they watch Earth's celebratory fireworks, so it's probably safe to say that even if they haven't made it official, they've at least acknowledged that there's ''something'' going on between the two of them.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', Scott is listed as one of the casualties of the Snap. In reality, he was TrappedInAnotherWorld, with no way of getting out during the time the Snap occurred. Justified, as absolutely nobody knew he was there aside from the Pym Family, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim who couldn't exactly tell anyone about what he was doing]].
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: His suit's helmet has a built-in life support system, because suddenly shrinking and growing would have adverse effects on the human brain (namely the fact that they're suddenly breathing oxygen molecules several times smaller/larger than their biology will let them process). Like Quill's mask, it seals and unseals as soon as Scott puts his head in, and automatically adjusts to whatever environment Scott is in, regardless of his size.
* RunningGag: Other characters not having heard of Ant-Man, much to his annoyance.
-->'''Tony:''' Who are you?\\
'''Scott:''' ...Come on, man.
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* ScienceHero: He has a Masters in electrical engineering, meaning that he can tinker with the Ant-Man suit to meet his specifications. It's saying something that Scott is confident enough to fiddle with the regulator before Hank warns him of the potential dangers. As a thief, he uses his scientific knowledge to use household objects to fool a fingerprint scanner and bust open a vault with ice. All of this tends to be heavily downplayed though, since he has nowhere near the scientific background or espionage training of both Hank and Hope.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Although the Pym Particles keep his density from fluctuating, he expends much more energy moving and fighting as Giant-Man in ''Civil War'', becoming completely exhausted after only a short time. In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', it nearly causes his death, as he passes out while standing in the ocean and almost drowns.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he half-shrinks down at one point to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to his full size.
* TheSixthRanger:
** Of the Anti-Accords side/"Team Cap" in ''Civil War'', Scott's the only one not to have any previous established history with the others (unless one counts his scuffle with Falcon). The rest (Bucky, Falcon, Hawkeye, and Scarlet Witch) all have ties with Cap and will fight to the end because of their friendship with him, while Scott was there because he [[AscendedFanboy just happens to be a major fan]] who Falcon thought had the chops for it.
** In ''Endgame'', he's this to the original six Avengers, joining them to reverse the Snap and being instrumental to the plan.
* SizeShifter: He can quickly alternate between shrinking, growing, and returning to his normal size. By the time of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', he's integrated the enlarging particle into his suit and can use it to grow up to sixty-five feet, though he hasn't perfected it just yet.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Scott's role in ''Civil War'' is mostly to serve as a SixthRanger for the Anti-Registration team during the airport battle. Yet, his transformation into Giant-Man makes enough of a public spectacle to attract worldwide attention to Hank Pym and his technology, as well as make the rest of the Avengers outside of Falcon aware of who Ant-Man really is.
* SquareCubeLaw: Portrayed inconsistently across his outings on screen; in the first film his density while shrunken is such that he can throw a grown man across a room with a single punch and can break through a plate glass window just by being flung at it, whereas being Giant-Man in ''Civil War'' doesn't make his density any less than a being of that size should reasonably have. Additionally, being Giant-Man takes a lot more energy out of him to utilize due to his new size, but being Ant-Man doesn't take any less energy than he would normally need (there was even a scene of him huffing and puffing as he ran across a boarding staircase in the airport while shrunken). Generally speaking the mechanics of his various sizes seem to be governed by RuleOfCool or RuleOfFunny more than any internal consistency.
* SoleSurvivor: By the end of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he's the last living user of the Pym Particle and the carriers of the Ant-Man/Wasp legacy, due to Hank, Hope, and a newly freed Janet getting dusted by Thanos.
* SpannerInTheWorks: During ''Endgame'', his experiences in the Quantum Realm led to him being the one to come up with the idea to travel back in time and retrieve the Infinity Stones in order to undo the damage that Thanos has done to the universe, basically messing up Thanos's plans big time.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Hank gives him some throwing discs resembling shuriken that can grow and shrink things that they hit.
* StupidCrooks: While he himself isn't dumb overall, this is precisely how he got caught when stealing from his boss at Vistacorp, CorruptCorporateExecutive Geoff Zorick, leading to his arrest. He stole several items from him, and then took his car... and subsequently got carried away and drove the car into the mansion's pool. Despite having a Master's Degree in electrical engineering, Hope and Hank tend to view him in this light, and he frequently lives down to their expectations, if only because they're genius-level scientists with spy training.
* StupidSexyFlanders: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', when Iron Man makes fun of how Captain America's 2012 costume makes his ass looks terrible, Scott fully jumps to the latter's defense and even calls it "America's ass" while giving it a cheesy salute.
* SuperStrength: When he's shrunken he has his strength at normal size applied to a very small point; when gigantic he's capable of feats that rival the Hulk. For instance, he is seen easily breaking apart a plane or swing a gangway at War Machine in ''Civil War''. In ''Endgame'', his giant form manages to dig his way out of the collapsed ruin of a building and is seen sucker-punching a Leviathan, one of the monsters that required the Hulk to physically match back in ''Avengers''. He also squashes Cull Obsidian like a bug.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Scott unmasking and revealing his first name to Sam in their fight didn't make it too hard for Sam to track him down. Given how Scott was recently released from prison and his crimes were even talked about on news channels to the point where Scott himself was interviewed, all Sam had to do was ask around.
* SurvivalMantra: Before enlarging himself into Giant-Man in ''Civil War'', Scott starts chanting "I'm the boss" to himself to psych himself up.
* TechnicalPacifist: He is very specific that he is not a robber, he is a cat burglar, seeing as robbery involves the threat of violence. He gets trained during the movie how to fight as Ant-Man, but only so that he can control his strength and not kill someone accidentally.
* ThemeNaming: He likes to use names that start with "ant" when naming his ants. Such as: Ant-ony, Ant-on, and Ant-onio Banderas.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He avoids killing whenever it's possible. The one exception is when Darren Cross threatens to kill his daughter in cold blood. This pushes Scott to screw with the other man's suit, imploding him in what looked like an extremely painful manner. It should be noted that even then, it wasn't specifically out of anger but because Cassie was in danger and there was ''no other way''.
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: In TheStinger for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he enters the Quantum Realm to retrieve more "healing particles" for Ava/Ghost. Hope, Hank, and Janet are acting as mission control, but before they can bring him back to his regular size, the three of them are snapped out of existence due to the events of ''Avengers: Infinity War''. Poor Scott has absolutely no clue as to why they aren’t responding, and no way of getting out... Until circumstances in ''Avengers: Endgame'' allow him to escape.
* {{Troll}}: When he miniaturizes and gets inside Iron Man's armor, he claims he's Tony's "conscience" and that they haven't spoken in a while.
* UnderhandedHero:
** He is a former burglar, fresh out of prison. He's trying to turn over a new leaf and leave his old life behind, but the skills he perfected as a thief are exactly what Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, needs to stop a powerful villain.
--->'''Scott:''' My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are over. What do you want me to do?\\
'''Hank:''' I want you to break into a place and steal some shit.\\
'''Scott:''' ...Makes sense.
** In his second appearance (''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''), Scott acts as a booby-trap when Spidey steal Cap's shield, spends most of the fight messing with the insides of Tony's suit, and provides an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin enormous distraction]] so that Cap and Bucky can get away.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: A common advantage Scott can exploit, in part because of his being a PintSizedPowerhouse when shrunk... and partially because his Giant-Man strength and durability is pretty much ''Hulk-Level'' and that entire powerset is unexpected by most enemies.
* TheUnfavorite: He may be the closest thing Hank Pym had to a son outside of Darren Cross, but he's still this compared to Hope. He's less than thrilled to learn that Hank already had wings and blasters that he could've given him, but was (understandably) saving for his daughter.
* UnknownRival: Long before he even meet Hank Pym, Scott really disliked Tony, probably thanks to his residual dislike for the corporate world. When interviewed by [=WHiH=] World News, he's glad when Christine Everhart says "he's no Tony Stark". Tony, on the other hand, doesn't even know Lang exists.
-->'''Scott:''' [[RunningGag ...Come on, man.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: He's this as Giant-Man. He's much more powerful than anyone in the Pro-Accords Avengers but his inexperience with the form means that he doesn't really have as much tricks as he does in his shrunken form and can only land basic kicks and punches and use his SuperStrength to pick up objects and hit people with them.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hank. The two trade insults back and forth, but ultimately respect each other.
* WeakButSkilled: Shrinking and controlling ants is basically his whole shtick... at least, to begin with. To make this useful, he trains hard and learns to fight properly; otherwise, him being tiny and punching anyone at full force could outright kill them. Hope puts it best when she says he needs to fight like a bullet. As a result, while he can never take on a Avenger like Black Widow in a straight fight, his SizeShifter powers let him trick his enemies and target their weak spots. This is averted in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', where in addition to shrinking he can also enlarge, providing him with brute force as well.
* WouldHitAGirl: Training with Hope was full-contact.
* WrittenInAbsence: Due to being under house arrest, he does not partake in the events of ''Infinity War''. ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' specifically shows what he was up to before (and during) the events of that film.
* WrongTimeTravelSavvy: In ''Endgame'', Scott is the one who opens up the idea of time travel to the Avengers, but gets the rules of time travel wrong, such as firmly believing in NeverTheSelvesShallMeet. Stark and Banner, who have studied the matter from a more scientific point of view, say that taking cues from ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' and ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' is ignorant and lame, much to Scott's disappointment.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After recruiting him, Hank tells Scott that he can leave his criminal days behind to become the hero his daughter Cassie always sees him as.
* ZergRush: He can command an entire swarm of ants to overwhelm his enemies.
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!!''Ant-thony''
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!!!'''Species:''' Carpenter ant
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan1''

Scott Lang's primary ant companion, a flying carpenter ant.
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* {{Flight}}: On account of having wings, this is Ant-thony's primary use for Scott.
* GenderBlenderName: [[http://cdn.collider.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/marvel-phase-2-blu-ray-box-set-35.jpg Ant-thony is female.]] Justified as she was named by Scott, who wouldn't be familiar with sexual dimorphism in ants, and for the sake of the PunnyName. This is averted in the French dub of the film, where she's called Antoinette.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Acts similarly to a horse in being Scott's ride and how Scott feeds her water.
* LudicrousGibs: [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome On account of being shot with a handgun]], all that is seen of Ant-thony after her death is her fallen wing.
* MauveShirt: She's basically like most of the carpenter ants, except she has a name and is close to Scott. Still, it didn't guarantee her survival.
* NonHumanSidekick: Along with the other ants, though her closeness to Scott makes her the main one by default.
* PunnyName: ''Ant''-thony.
* SacrificialLamb: Cross shoots her out from under Scott as they try to board Cross's helicopter. This ''really'' does not sit well with Scott.
* {{Sidekick}}: Essentially acts at this to Scott by being his main steed.
* TheSpeechless: [[JustifiedTrope She's an ant.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: AvertedTrope. Cross evidently sees the Ant-Man's ants as nothing more than TheSwarm, and doesn't even know Ant-thony exists. However, Scott becomes close to Ant-thony, seeing her as his friend, and his string is played pretty heavily when Ant-thony gets shot dead in the final battle, as the camera takes time to linger on her fallen wing.
* YouAreNumberSix: Hank Pym gives his ants numbers, rather than names, since there's so many of them. This one is number 247, though she's briefly confused with number 248.
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!!Variants
[[folder:Zombie Apocalypse's Ant-Man]]
!!''Scott Lang / Ant-Man II''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I know what you're thinking -- I've lost weight. Thank you for noticing! But don't worry; [[{{Pun}} I'm not gonna let it go to my head.]]"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PaulRudd
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''
On Earth-89521, Scott was infected with the Quantum Virus, but was eventually cured by Vision, albeit at the cost of him being reduced to a head in a jar.
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* AndIMustScream: Subverted. Even though he's lost ''his entire body'' sans his head, and can't move around on his own until the Cloak of Levitation assists him, Scott doesn't seem phased in the slightest. He even goes as far as to make ''dad jokes'' about his situation. Even when he does briefly lose his composure, it's about the fate of his old friends rather than himself.
* BadassCape: Once the Cloak of Levitation starts helping him move around.
* BrainInAJar: Vision curing him necessitated him being reduced to only his head, which is kept in a jar.
* CompositeCharacter: In ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' Janet van Dyne was the one who was reduced to a head in a jar, though she also gained a robotic body she could control unlike Scott who relies on the Cloak of Levitation.
** Scott's continued propensity for wisecracks after being reduced to a severed head and return to a more heroic nature after being infected also shares some elements in common with zombie Deadpool (also known as Headpool).
* NoodleIncident: Why Scott had to be reduced to being a head in a jar to be cured isn't exactly explained.
* PungeonMaster: Constantly makes head and body puns to compensate for his new appearance.
* SadClown: He constantly makes quips, mostly about his current condition and zombies., but he admits to the other survivors that he's doing it to cope with traumatic experiences.
* StepfordSmiler: By his own admission, he copes with traumatic experiences through Dad Jokes. He briefly falls into despair twice in the episode -- once when reflecting on how much he misses Hank Pym and again when he sees a zombified Hope Van Dyne.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Scott survives alongside T'Challa and Spider-Man, and is last seen flying the Quadjet to Wakanda, hoping to use the Mind Stone to cure all the zombies and restore the world. However, unknown to him and his fellow Avengers, Wakanda has already fallen to the zombified Thanos, who has the Infinity Gauntlet almost completed and waiting for them to arrive with the remaining Infinity Stone. Considering that the Watcher didn't summon him to join the Guardians of the Multiverse (though of course he wouldn't be of much use) to stop Infinity Ultron and the zombies of his universe are later seen but not him, things do not currently look good for him.]]
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[[folder:Zombie Apocalypse Ant-Man]]