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* TrappedInAnotherWorld: [[spoiler: 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 MissionControl, 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.]]
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->''"My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are done."''
Anold friend of electrical engineer-turned-thief who seeks to make amends for his crime. He is eventually hired by the original Ant-Man, Dr. Hank Pym's 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 fellow expert grow in growing/shrinking technologies.size, alter his mass in [[ArtisticLicensePhysics normally impossible ways]] to greatly enhance his strength, and communicate with insects.
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* ActionDad: He has a daughter, Cassie Lang, and he wants to be a hero for her.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Lang has red hair in the comics, but black hair in the movie.
* {{Adorkable}}: Ant-Man geeks out over being deemed important enough to serve alongside Captain America, stumbling over his words when telling Cap how much it means to him.
-->'''Ant-Man:''' I'm shaking your hand too long!
* AffectionateNickname: By ''Civil War'', Falcon has taken to calling him Tic-Tac. Could also be considered an InsultOfEndearment but it never had any real bite to it.
* AmicableExes: While he's initially on thin ice with his ex-wife due to his criminal past, after his heroic actions they're on much friendlier terms.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: His powers are based on those of an ant.
* 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.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: His costume works through the use of Pym Particles.
* TheApprentice: To Hank. He's 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.
* 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.
* 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. According to his second movie, his personal best is ''65'' feet.
* AudienceSurrogate: He talks and reacts much like how a casual viewer would, particularly during [[spoiler:his fight with Falcon]] and [[spoiler:Hope and Hank's reconciliation.]] Complete with amazingly self-aware lines about how he ruined the moment.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Giant Man form. 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 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 he can't even stand.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Is able to dissemble advance 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: He was an electrical engineer before being sent to prison, and came out prison a somewhat skilled fighter.
* TheCameo: In ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', Peter Parker watches archive footage of [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his fight with Giant-Man]] during class.
* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' was referred to in an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' despite his actor being in that film. Additionally, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was discussed by his pals early in his own film despite he and Rudd having starred in ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' together.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His outfit is what gives him his powers.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: His red throwing discs can shrink anything they hit while his blue discs can enlarge them. [[spoiler:''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.
* 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.
* 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]].
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
** Going subatomic is something he's warned to never do because [[spoiler:it's what lead to the "death" of Janet. 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.]]
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: During the second time he breaks in Hank Pym's, the cops catch him and he tries to explain that he's not stealing anything. He's just returning something he stole before.
* DrunkWithPower: Parodied. He gives a ''very'' exaggerated laugh after he turned into Giant-Man.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: During Tony's visit to the Raft, an incarcerated Scott states, "Hank Pym always said, [[DoesntTrustThoseGuys you never can trust a Stark]]." Tony's reaction: [[UnknownRival "Who are you?"]]. Cue Scott hanging his head in frustration and grumbling.
-->'''Scott:''' Come on, man.
* 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 behind his past 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.
* EvilLaugh: A heroic example in ''Civil War'' when he becomes Giant-Man.
* FightingClown: ''Ant-Man''. Most characters don't take his abilities seriously during the fight... [[spoiler: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 the Paxton hating Scott for being a crook. Once Scott proves himself a hero and saves Cassie, while 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.
* 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.
** [[spoiler: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 a going for the Quinjet.
* 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'', [[spoiler:he's incarcerated once more due to not abiding by the Accords and assisting in Captain America and Bucky's escape. As a result, he's placed under house arrest at the beginning of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.]]
** [[spoiler: 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 out of his 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.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He puts himself down quite a bit, saying that he manages to "screw up" the noble goal of being a hero.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Due to his criminal past, he has a hard time convincing others (except his daughter) that he is a hero.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: The Ant-Man suit allows him to shrink to the size of an ant.
* IndyPloy: He is a very fast thinker, and it is 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: [[spoiler:Ant-thony's death revved up Scott's motivation to bring down Cross, declaring that he would pay for doing so. Him taking his daughter hostage just made things deeper.]]
* JustifiedCriminal: The crime that Scott ended up in jail for was stealing back money from Vistacorp that they had been stealing from their customers, for which they fired him when he attempted to blow the whistle. Similarly, his theft from Hank Pym was due to desperation, as a felon he couldn't hold down a job to pay child support payments.
* 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 belongs to you, Captain America!" when giving Cap his shield back from Spidey and laughing like a villain when he goes into Giant-Man mode stand out.
* 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).
* LogicalWeakness: His Giant Man form makes him huge, but it also makes him a bigger target.
* 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.
* MightyGlacier: As Giant-Man, he can tear planes apart and easily smack aside the likes of Iron Man and War Machine, not to mention being tough enough that missiles don't even scratch him, but he is noticeably slower and clumsier than normal.
* MinionMaster: On top of his shrinking powers, he can control 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 [[spoiler:Hank and Hope reconciling]] short by hanging a huge, awkward lampshade over the scene and quashes Pym's feeling of elation that [[spoiler:Janet might still be rescued from the microverse]] by [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler: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, to allow Captain America and Bucky to get to the Quinjet.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: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.]]
* NiceGuy: Flaws and criminal record aside, Scott is generally a sweet guy.
* NoRespectGuy: Most people have no idea who he is, blunting a lot of his snark. See RunningGag below.
* NotSoDifferent: Hank sees a lot of himself in Scott. Which is, humorously enough, why he ultimately views him as expendable.
* 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... Scottie?
* OhCrap: When Iron Man defeats him [[MundaneMadeAwesome using]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext the suit's cooling system]].
* OneLastJob: He says that his days of breaking and 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. He doesn't object to this.
* 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. [[spoiler:In fact, trying to kill Cassie might be the one thing that'll make Scott break his ThouShaltNotKill policy, as Cross learned.]]
* LeParkour: As part of his "cat burglar" skillset. 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.
* 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.
* ReformedCriminal: His goal is to become one.
-->'''Scott:''' My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are over.
* RunningGag: Other characters not having heard of Ant-Man, much to his annoyance.
-->'''Scott:''' Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.\\
'''Tony:''' Who are you?\\
'''Scott:''' Come on, man.
* ScienceHero: He has a Master's in Electrical Engineering, meaning that he can tinker with the Ant-Man suit to meet his specifications. He is confident enough to want 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.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: [[spoiler: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]].
* SizeShifter: He can quickly alternate between shrinking, growing and returning to his normal size. By the time of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[spoiler:he's integrated the enlarging particle into his suit and can use it to grow giant, though he hasn't perfected it.]]
* ShapeshifterModeLock: [[spoiler:In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', at one point he half shrinks down to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to fullsize.]]
* TheSixthRanger: Of the Anti-Accord side, Scott's the only one of Team Cap not to have a pre-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 for him, while Scott was there because he [[AscendedFanboy just happens to be a major fan]].
* TheSnarkKnight: He takes everything he faces as an excuse to snark, [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] or [[ChewingTheScenery full-blown]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the users 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.]]
* 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 [[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.
* 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.
* SurvivalMantra: Before [[spoiler:enlarging himself into Giant-Man]], Scott starts chanting "I'm the boss" to himself to psyche himself up.
* TechnicalPacifist: He is very specific that he is not a robber, he is a burglar. Robbery involves 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.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He avoids killing whenever it's possible, but the one exception was when [[spoiler:Darren Cross was about to kill his daughter, and so Scott literally imploded him in a way that looked very painful. 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''.]]
* {{Troll}}: When he miniaturizes and gets inside Iron Man's armor, he claims he's Tony's "conscience" and that they haven't spoken for a while.
* UnknownRival: Due to Hank Pym, he really dislikes Tony. Tony doesn't even know Lang exists.
-->'''Scott:''' Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.\\
'''Tony:''' *honestly confused* ...Who are you?
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He winds up trapped in the Quantum Realm after going in to procure some healing particles for Ava just as [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]] wipes out half of all life in the universe, taking the entire Pym/Van Dyne family with it and the know how to get him out.]]
* TheUnfavorite: He may be like the son Hank never had in many ways, but he's still this compared to Hope. Scott was ''not'' pleased to learn that Hank had wings and blasters that he could've given him, but was saving for his daughter.
* WeakButSkilled: Scott's only real power as Ant-Man is to shrink. However, he can do that (and revert to normal) on command at a moment's notice. To make that useful he needed to train and learn to fight properly so that his attacks could be effective and quick. 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: Only if said girl is a combatant.
* WrittenInAbsence: Due to being under house arrest, he does not partake in the events of ''Infinity War''. ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' specifically show what he was up to before [[spoiler:(and during)]] the events of that film.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hank. The two trade insults back and forth, but ultimately respect each other.
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An old friend of Hank Pym's and fellow expert in growing/shrinking technologies.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Lang has red hair in the comics, but black hair in the movie.
* {{Adorkable}}: Ant-Man geeks out over being deemed important enough to serve alongside Captain America, stumbling over his words when telling Cap how much it means to him.
-->'''Ant-Man:''' I'm shaking your hand too long!
* AffectionateNickname: By ''Civil War'', Falcon has taken to calling him Tic-Tac. Could also be considered an InsultOfEndearment but it never had any real bite to it.
* AmicableExes: While he's initially on thin ice with his ex-wife due to his criminal past, after his heroic actions they're on much friendlier terms.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: His powers are based on those of an ant.
* 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.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: His costume works through the use of Pym Particles.
* TheApprentice: To Hank. He's 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.
* 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.
* 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. According to his second movie, his personal best is ''65'' feet.
* AudienceSurrogate: He talks and reacts much like how a casual viewer would, particularly during [[spoiler:his fight with Falcon]] and [[spoiler:Hope and Hank's reconciliation.]] Complete with amazingly self-aware lines about how he ruined the moment.
* AwesomeButImpractical: His Giant Man form. 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 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 he can't even stand.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: Is able to dissemble advance 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: He was an electrical engineer before being sent to prison, and came out prison a somewhat skilled fighter.
* TheCameo: In ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'', Peter Parker watches archive footage of [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar his fight with Giant-Man]] during class.
* CelebrityParadox: ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'' was referred to in an episode of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' despite his actor being in that film. Additionally, Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio was discussed by his pals early in his own film despite he and Rudd having starred in ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' together.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: His outfit is what gives him his powers.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: His red throwing discs can shrink anything they hit while his blue discs can enlarge them. [[spoiler:''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.
* 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.
* 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]].
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique:
** Going subatomic is something he's warned to never do because [[spoiler:it's what lead to the "death" of Janet. 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.]]
** 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: During the second time he breaks in Hank Pym's, the cops catch him and he tries to explain that he's not stealing anything. He's just returning something he stole before.
* DrunkWithPower: Parodied. He gives a ''very'' exaggerated laugh after he turned into Giant-Man.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: During Tony's visit to the Raft, an incarcerated Scott states, "Hank Pym always said, [[DoesntTrustThoseGuys you never can trust a Stark]]." Tony's reaction: [[UnknownRival "Who are you?"]]. Cue Scott hanging his head in frustration and grumbling.
-->'''Scott:''' Come on, man.
* 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 behind his past 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.
* EvilLaugh: A heroic example in ''Civil War'' when he becomes Giant-Man.
* FightingClown: ''Ant-Man''. Most characters don't take his abilities seriously during the fight... [[spoiler: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 the Paxton hating Scott for being a crook. Once Scott proves himself a hero and saves Cassie, while 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.
* 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.
** [[spoiler: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 a going for the Quinjet.
* 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'', [[spoiler:he's incarcerated once more due to not abiding by the Accords and assisting in Captain America and Bucky's escape. As a result, he's placed under house arrest at the beginning of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.]]
** [[spoiler: 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 out of his 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.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He puts himself down quite a bit, saying that he manages to "screw up" the noble goal of being a hero.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Due to his criminal past, he has a hard time convincing others (except his daughter) that he is a hero.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: The Ant-Man suit allows him to shrink to the size of an ant.
* IndyPloy: He is a very fast thinker, and it is 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: [[spoiler:Ant-thony's death revved up Scott's motivation to bring down Cross, declaring that he would pay for doing so. Him taking his daughter hostage just made things deeper.]]
* JustifiedCriminal: The crime that Scott ended up in jail for was stealing back money from Vistacorp that they had been stealing from their customers, for which they fired him when he attempted to blow the whistle. Similarly, his theft from Hank Pym was due to desperation, as a felon he couldn't hold down a job to pay child support payments.
* 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 belongs to you, Captain America!" when giving Cap his shield back from Spidey and laughing like a villain when he goes into Giant-Man mode stand out.
* 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).
* LogicalWeakness: His Giant Man form makes him huge, but it also makes him a bigger target.
* 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.
* MightyGlacier: As Giant-Man, he can tear planes apart and easily smack aside the likes of Iron Man and War Machine, not to mention being tough enough that missiles don't even scratch him, but he is noticeably slower and clumsier than normal.
* MinionMaster: On top of his shrinking powers, he can control 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 [[spoiler:Hank and Hope reconciling]] short by hanging a huge, awkward lampshade over the scene and quashes Pym's feeling of elation that [[spoiler:Janet might still be rescued from the microverse]] by [[spoiler: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, [[spoiler: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, to allow Captain America and Bucky to get to the Quinjet.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: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.]]
* NiceGuy: Flaws and criminal record aside, Scott is generally a sweet guy.
* NoRespectGuy: Most people have no idea who he is, blunting a lot of his snark. See RunningGag below.
* NotSoDifferent: Hank sees a lot of himself in Scott. Which is, humorously enough, why he ultimately views him as expendable.
* 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... Scottie?
* OhCrap: When Iron Man defeats him [[MundaneMadeAwesome using]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext the suit's cooling system]].
* OneLastJob: He says that his days of breaking and 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. He doesn't object to this.
* 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. [[spoiler:In fact, trying to kill Cassie might be the one thing that'll make Scott break his ThouShaltNotKill policy, as Cross learned.]]
* LeParkour: As part of his "cat burglar" skillset. 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.
* 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.
* ReformedCriminal: His goal is to become one.
-->'''Scott:''' My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are over.
* RunningGag: Other characters not having heard of Ant-Man, much to his annoyance.
-->'''Scott:''' Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.\\
'''Tony:''' Who are you?\\
'''Scott:''' Come on, man.
* ScienceHero: He has a Master's in Electrical Engineering, meaning that he can tinker with the Ant-Man suit to meet his specifications. He is confident enough to want 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.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: [[spoiler: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]].
* SizeShifter: He can quickly alternate between shrinking, growing and returning to his normal size. By the time of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', [[spoiler:he's integrated the enlarging particle into his suit and can use it to grow giant, though he hasn't perfected it.]]
* ShapeshifterModeLock: [[spoiler:In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', at one point he half shrinks down to the size of a child and his gear is stuck so he can't revert back to fullsize.]]
* TheSixthRanger: Of the Anti-Accord side, Scott's the only one of Team Cap not to have a pre-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 for him, while Scott was there because he [[AscendedFanboy just happens to be a major fan]].
* TheSnarkKnight: He takes everything he faces as an excuse to snark, [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] or [[ChewingTheScenery full-blown]].
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the users 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.]]
* 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 [[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.
* 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.
* SurvivalMantra: Before [[spoiler:enlarging himself into Giant-Man]], Scott starts chanting "I'm the boss" to himself to psyche himself up.
* TechnicalPacifist: He is very specific that he is not a robber, he is a burglar. Robbery involves 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.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He avoids killing whenever it's possible, but the one exception was when [[spoiler:Darren Cross was about to kill his daughter, and so Scott literally imploded him in a way that looked very painful. 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''.]]
* {{Troll}}: When he miniaturizes and gets inside Iron Man's armor, he claims he's Tony's "conscience" and that they haven't spoken for a while.
* UnknownRival: Due to Hank Pym, he really dislikes Tony. Tony doesn't even know Lang exists.
-->'''Scott:''' Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.\\
'''Tony:''' *honestly confused* ...Who are you?
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He winds up trapped in the Quantum Realm after going in to procure some healing particles for Ava just as [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanos]] wipes out half of all life in the universe, taking the entire Pym/Van Dyne family with it and the know how to get him out.]]
* TheUnfavorite: He may be like the son Hank never had in many ways, but he's still this compared to Hope. Scott was ''not'' pleased to learn that Hank had wings and blasters that he could've given him, but was saving for his daughter.
* WeakButSkilled: Scott's only real power as Ant-Man is to shrink. However, he can do that (and revert to normal) on command at a moment's notice. To make that useful he needed to train and learn to fight properly so that his attacks could be effective and quick. 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: Only if said girl is a combatant.
* WrittenInAbsence: Due to being under house arrest, he does not partake in the events of ''Infinity War''. ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' specifically show what he was up to before [[spoiler:(and during)]] the events of that film.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hank. The two trade insults back and forth, but ultimately respect each other.
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!!''Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath''
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An old friend of Hank Pym's and fellow expert in growing/shrinking technologies.
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* {{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 ActionGirl abilities shine through as the Wasp.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Loses the bob cut in the sequel, both to show that time has passed and to visually represent her less-uptight personality.
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* FirstNameBasis: She makes a point of calling her father by his first name, as per her anger towards him being so distant for decades. Although they do slowly mend their relationship and [[spoiler:when he's shot in the climax she exclaims "Dad!" in horror, staying by his side until he's taken to hospital]].
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* FirstNameBasis: She makes a point of calling her father by his first name, as per her anger towards him being so distant for decades. Although they do slowly mend their relationship and [[spoiler:when he's shot in the climax she exclaims "Dad!" in horror, staying by his side until he's taken to hospital]]. By the sequel, they’ve reconciled and she always calls him “Dad.”
* {{Flight}}: In addition to her SizeShifter abilities.
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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Has an on-off relationship with Scott, having cut ties with him by the time the sequel begins. [[spoiler: By the end of the movie, they’re back together...until [[SuddenDownerEnding unforeseen circumstances]] end their relationship again in the mid-credits scene.]]
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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Janet is still a young woman who works as a fashion designer, full of ''joie de vivre'' and a bit ditzy. Here, she’s older and more grounded, and is shown to be a very talented scientist in her own right, but she still has her moments of playfulness.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Again, without the infamous incident where he hit his wife, the various psychotic episodes, and creating Ultron, this version of Hank Pym is definitely less of a jerk. Downplayed in the sense that from what we know about his past, he was always kind of a jerk and that both Janet and Hope made him a better person.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank Pym has extremely strong morals and principles, even shutting down his research to prevent people from abusing his SizeShifter technology. He's also a ''huge'' JerkAss; he's abrasive, pushy, arrogant, self-righteous, openly contemptuous of others, manipulative, controlling and a general pain to work with. He openly regards Scott as expendable and considers him more a necessary nuisance than an actual partner. [[spoiler:A viewer is inclined to suspect that his more negative traits are a result of his grief over Janet's disappearance into the Quantum Realm and his subsequent legal battles to protect his technology. In ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'', though, Pym's ex-partner Bill Foster reveals he was ''always'' a jerk; Janet, miraculously, was the only partner he had who could put up with him and bring him down to earth.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank Pym has extremely strong morals and principles, even shutting down his research to prevent people from abusing his SizeShifter technology. He's also a ''huge'' JerkAss; he's abrasive, pushy, arrogant, self-righteous, openly contemptuous of others, manipulative, controlling and a general pain to work with. He openly regards Scott as expendable and considers him more a necessary nuisance than an actual partner. [[spoiler:A In the original film, the viewer is inclined to suspect that his more negative traits are a result of his grief over Janet's disappearance into the Quantum Realm and his subsequent legal battles to protect his technology. In ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'', though, Pym's ex-partner Bill Foster reveals he was ''always'' a jerk; Janet, miraculously, was the only partner he had who could put up with him and bring him down to earth.]]
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* TookALevelInKindness: While hardly a saint, he's comparatively nicer as an old man. He's also nicer to Scott by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* TookALevelInKindness: While hardly a saint, he's comparatively nicer as an old man. He's also nicer to Scott by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
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* {{Determinator}}: Upon learning that Janet could still be alive, he spends the years between the events of the original ''Ant-Man'' and ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' doing whatever it takes to find her and bring her back. [[spoiler:He's successful.]]
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** He has a chip on his shoulder against Howard Stark, but both are brilliant industrialists secretly involved with SHIELD who have distant relationships with their talented kids. Also, Michael Douglas is the same height as Howard's two main actors; Dominic Cooper and John Slattery.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:He supports Ava's criminal behavior as Ghost because he wants to save his adopted daughter, but he himself doesn't come across as particularly evil. When Ava goes too far in her suggestion to kidnap Cassie Lang, that's where he draws the line.]]
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* PetTheDog: When it seems like Hank is having a heart attack he's aggravated, but quickly agrees to grab Hank's medicine. [[spoiler: Which Hank was counting on; he was faking it, and the container was a trap.]]
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* IrrationalHatred: Of Tony Stark. Hank worked closely with Tony's father during his tenure as Ant-Man, but after he found out that Howard was working in conjunction with S.H.I.E.L.D. to weaponize the Pym Particle, he resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. and denounced the Stark family as a whole, despite never meeting either Howard's son or wife. This trend continues decades later, when Hank dismisses Scott's suggestion of calling on the Avengers for aid solely on the grounds that Tony would swoop in and claim the Pym Particle for himself, despite Tony never showing any indication that he would plagiarize someone else's work or even knowing that Hank existed. Hank even went as far to scoff at the Iron Man armor out of his bitterness, despite the fact that it and the arc reactor are just as revolutionary as the Pym Particle.
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* BattleCouple: With Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man, as of the [[Film/AntManandtheWasp sequel.]]
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While the comic book Hank Pym is solidly a hero nowadays, in his past he had several nervous breakdowns, and the most [[NeverLiveItDown notorious]] of those included him hitting Janet on the face and secretly creating a killer robot to attack the Avengers (the idea was that he would then "defeat" the robot to prove his heroism). There's no indication that the [=MCU=] version has done anything of the sort.
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Let's not jump the gun here, calling her the first Mutant in the MCU is VERY MUCH speculation at this point, and that doesn't belong in character pages, keep it to the WMG pages for now.
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!!''Elihas Starr''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Michael Cerveris
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
A scientist who worked for Hank Pym, and father of Ava Starr.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: While not quite a "hero", he still very much cared for his daughter.
* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Egghead had absolutely no connection to Ghost in the comics. Here, he's the MCU version's father and the accidental source of her powers and condition.
* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Never called "Egghead", though that has a justification: Elihas never went full-on villain in this continuity to begin with.
* DeathByAdaptation: Dead by the events of ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but alive in the comics.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Not quite a saint, but he was still very much a family man.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The father of Ghost in the MCU, unlike the original.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: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''.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: Not that she wasn't an extremely capable woman, but being given the Wasp suit elevates her to OneManArmy status in the sequel where she curb-stomps Burch and his many goons.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: 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.
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* NotQuiteDead: The ending hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott [[spoiler:goes subatomic]], he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]].
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: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''.]]
* NotQuiteDead: The ending hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott [[spoiler:goes subatomic]], he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]]. [[spoiler:She was able to survive in the Quantum realm for ''thirty years'' and is successfully rescued by Hank, Hope and Scott. Though her time in the Quantum realm seems to have awoken strange abilities she seems to be okay.]]
* NotQuiteDead: The ending hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott [[spoiler:goes subatomic]], he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]]. [[spoiler:She was able to survive in the Quantum realm for ''thirty years'' and is successfully rescued by Hank, Hope and Scott. Though her time in the Quantum realm seems to have awoken strange abilities she seems to be okay.]]
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* BlackAndNerdyBlackAndNerdy: A brilliant scientist in his own right and a lecturer at a university by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''. He also engages in some playful banter about becoming Giant-Man with Scott.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He acts like an abrasive jerk towards Hank but [[spoiler:is disturbed when Ava suggests going after Scott's daughter Cassie to force them into compliance, threatening that he'll sever ties with Ava if she goes this far.]]
* KickTheDog: A ''cold blooded'' one when Bill says that Janet was the only who could tolerate Hank without being pushed way and that she paid the price for it. Hope has to physically restrain Hank.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He acts like an abrasive jerk towards Hank but [[spoiler:is disturbed when Ava suggests going after Scott's daughter Cassie to force them into compliance, threatening that he'll sever ties with Ava if she goes this far.]]
* KickTheDog: A ''cold blooded'' one when Bill says that Janet was the only who could tolerate Hank without being pushed way and that she paid the price for it. Hope has to physically restrain Hank.
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* WouldntHurtAChild: He immediately puts his foot down when [[spoiler:Ava suggests kidnapping Cassie as a way of forcing Scott and the others into compliance, threatening to end their relationship if Ava hurts Scott's daughter.]]
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!Pym Technologies
!!The Pym Family
[[folder:Hank Pym / Ant-Man I]]
!!''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym / ComicBook/AntMan I''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's not about saving our world. It's about saving theirs."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/DaxGriffin (younger body double)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' José Luis Orozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Salvador Vidal (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
The original Ant-Man, who has chosen Scott Lang as his successor. A brilliant scientist who discovered a way to condense the distance between particles but was flushed out of his company due to his unwillingness to allow his research to be misused. He has since gone undercover to try and disrupt the company from recreating his research to stop the catastrophic consequences that would result. Years before he had worn the Ant-Man suit himself as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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* ActionDad: Continued being a superhero after he and Janet had Hope.
* AgeLift: He is a contemporary of [[Comicbook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] in the comics. In the film, he is depicted as a retired superhero from the 1960s-1980s, making him as old as he would have been had the comic character aged in real time.
* AlliterativeFamily: With his daughter '''H'''ope.
* BadassBookworm: He's a scientist (who's better than Howard Stark in some respects), not a soldier. He still kicked major ass during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
* BadBoss: Downplayed, but he is ''not'' pleasant to work with, using threats and manipulation to coerce Scott into working for him in ''Ant-Man'', and revealing in ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'' that he was actually forcing Scott to use an inferior version of his Ant-Man suit -- the Wasp suit's flight capabilities and wrist-blasters make it far more useful than the Ant-Man suit.
* BattleCouple: With his wife, Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.
* BeardOfSorrow: Sports a goatee and is a GrumpyOldMan who has a strained relationship with his daughter.
* BerserkButton: It's apparent that making references to his wife as well as both Howard and Tony Stark are these for him. And anything related to S.H.I.E.L.D., really.
* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott.
* TheChessmaster: A masterful heroic example -- by bribing his housekeeper into spreading the word that he has a mysterious safe in the basement of his house, he attracts Luis's attention, who then relates the story to a hard-on-his-luck Scott, who finally decides to burgle the place and steals the suit after finding nothing else of value. This is exactly what Hank wanted, to find a burglar with the skill and ingenuity to break into the safe, so he could recruit them to break into Pym Tech.
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Goaded Scott into joining him by giving him the Ant-Man suit the second time to escape prison.
* CompositeCharacter: His action of lending the mantle "Ant-Man" to Scott is from his Earth-616 counterpart, but his age, the fact that he has a daughter named Hope who betrayed him and his dead wife is Janet instead of Maria is astonishingly similar to his Marvel Comics 2 counterpart.
* CoolOldGuy: He is the one who encourages Scott to get a second chance to reform himself.
* CrazyPrepared: Shrinking technology allows him to take this UpToEleven. Borders on MundaneUtility; think something big might come in handy someday? ''Shrink it and take it with you!''
** [[spoiler:Some people carry pepper spray on their keychains. His has an ''[[TankGoodness actual]]'' shrunken Russian T-34 tank that can be reverted to full size]].
** Some people have go-bags. He has a ''ten-story office building'' that can be shrunk and hauled off as ''luggage''.
** Some people have spare cars. His can shrink and grow while he's driving them. Great for {{Chase Scene}}s, as he can shrink to go through tight spaces then grow to swat other cars aside, but one would imagine that he never has any trouble with parking, [[spoiler:just like the tank]].
* DecompositeCharacter: Hank counts as this as well mainly due to the fact that many of the characteristics of the Comic!Hank Pym (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) are given to other characters.
* DentedIron: All his years of adventuring have caught up to him in his advanced age and wearing the suit himself is no longer an option. He regularly has to take pills to combat the side-effects.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Scott's Protagonist. His rocky relationship with Hope contrasts to Scott's relationship with his daughter and the villain's focus is mostly on Pym until the climax.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos's use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed him while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The prologue has him calling out S.H.I.E.L.D. (mainly Howard Stark) about trying to weaponize his Pym Particle, declaring himself as a scientist over a soldier/superhero, and punching out Mitchell Carson for making a crack about Janet.
* FirstNameBasis: To his chagrin, Hope refuses to call him "Dad" and addresses him as "Hank" for most of the movie, even as they mend their relationship [[spoiler:until he's shot in the shoulder and the habit ends for her.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Scott. Hank is a respected scientist, experienced superhero, and a widower with a poor relationship with his daughter. Scott by contrast is a rookie hero and constantly suffers with his criminal record, but is divorced and has an excellent bond with Cassie.
* GrumpyOldMan: It's quite clear he doesn't particularly like Scott as a ''person'' in the beginning of the movie, and a tide of snide comments lets him know it. He warms up later. He also grumpily snaps "YES. I'm still ALIVE." at a security guard.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: A superhero during TheSixties up until TheEighties.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Tried to [[spoiler:save Washington, D.C. with a HeroicSacrifice, but his regulator was on the fritz, leaving the Wasp/Janet to finish the job.]]
* InNameOnly: Aside from retaining his name, science background (as well as his mastery of Pym Particles), position as the first Ant-Man, and former wife, Hank has almost nothing in common with the Hank Pym of the comics. This may have something to do with the fact that the MCU version of Hank Pym is a DecompositeCharacter who has most of the crucial characteristics of the Comic!Hank Pym (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) given to other characters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank Pym has extremely strong morals and principles, even shutting down his research to prevent people from abusing his SizeShifter technology. He's also a ''huge'' JerkAss; he's abrasive, pushy, arrogant, self-righteous, openly contemptuous of others, manipulative, controlling and a general pain to work with. He openly regards Scott as expendable and considers him more a necessary nuisance than an actual partner. [[spoiler:A viewer is inclined to suspect that his more negative traits are a result of his grief over Janet's disappearance into the Quantum Realm and his subsequent legal battles to protect his technology. In ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'', though, Pym's ex-partner Bill Foster reveals he was ''always'' a jerk; Janet, miraculously, was the only partner he had who could put up with him and bring him down to earth.]]
* TheMentor: Mentors Scott when he takes on the role of Ant-Man. [[spoiler:Does ''not'' die, although [[SubvertedTrope comes very close]].]]
* MilitarySuperhero: Not of the traditional Captain America style variety but worked as a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative in the Cold War against the Soviets [[spoiler:along with Janet.]]
* MistakenForMisogynist: Although it is never explicitly stated, it is heavily implied that Hope believes her father refuses to let her take on the Ant Man mantle because she's a woman and she is endlessly frustrated that he recruited Scott who needs to be trained when she already knows everything about the mission and how the suit works. However, after seeing the two argue about it yet again, Scott, a father himself, explains that Hank won't let Hope wear the suit because he's desperately afraid of her dying. This is confirmed when Hank finally reveals the truth to Hope about how her mother Janet died, [[spoiler:working as The Wasp on a mission with Hank]]. At the end of the movie, Hank [[spoiler:presents Hope with a Wasp suit]] to show that he trusts her to be able to take care of herself.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Janet's apparent death hit him especially hard because of the feeling that ''he'' should have been the one making the sacrifice when the chips were down - his suit was malfunctioning, so his wife sacrificed herself in front of him to save the day. The incident left him emotionally traumatised, distancing himself from his daughter (who at seven years old really ''needed'' him then) as he obsessed over getting Janet back for around a decade before giving up.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Doesn't flinch even when the deck is stacked against him and punches Cross in the nose.
* NotSoDifferent: To Cross, of course, but also to Tony Stark, who he has a seething contempt for, as they're both brilliant scientists who are (somewhat rightfully) apprehensive about sharing their advanced technologies with the world and prefer to do things themselves even when they need to involve other people.
* OldSuperhero: Hank Pym was an all-American hero who fought against the commies, but in the modern day, the scientific after-effects of all those weird experiments he did to get his power leave him without powers while the grim reality of government and corporate corruption that became clear by the 70's have left him disillusioned with the system.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed from his comic counterpart. While he no longer has Robotics and artificial intelligence on the list he still has extensive knowledge of physics, engineering and biology, all vital for the Ant-Man tech to work.
* OnlyAFleshWound: He's shot in the shoulder around the climax, and while he does need medical attention, it doesn't bother him that much. He's in a sling by the end of the movie however.
* OverprotectiveDad:
** Despite agreeing that Hope is more ideal for the role Scott has to play (being far more familiar with the target, his company, and the technology required to make ThePlan work), he refuses to let her don the suit [[spoiler:because he is afraid of exposing her to the same risks as her mother. He comes around at the end of the movie]].
** On a more humorous note, [[spoiler:he's pretty miffed when he sees Scott making out with Hope near the end.]]
* PassingTheTorch:
** To Scott, whom he chooses to take over the role of Ant-Man. It's mostly because he doesn't want Hope in danger.
** [[spoiler:He finally makes Hope the new Wasp at the end of the first film.]]
* PestController: Invented the mechanism Scott (and himself) uses to command ants.
* RelativeButton: Making any insinuation about his failure to protect Janet sets him off. Mitchell Carson did this in the prologue, and was probably lucky to walk away with ''just'' a broken nose.
* RetiredBadass: He was the original Ant-Man from the 1960s to the 1980s, which is briefly seen in a flashback [[spoiler:on the mission where Janet committed her HeroicSacrifice]]. By the time of the movie he had basically buried his past and it's treated as a thing of legend.
* ScienceHero: Whereas Scott is a engineer/thief, he is a scientist/inventor.
* SettingUpdate: One of the few exceptions outside of Captain America's cast. Pym was active during the comicbook character's original setting, instead of being updated to a modern one.
* TankGoodness: His keychain is a Soviet tank, [[spoiler:literally.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: The film opens on him chewing out Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. for trying to develop the same shrinking technology he employs, despite Pym wanting to prevent its abuse.
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[[folder:Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II]]
!!''Hope van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp II''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvangelineLilly
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Maria Roiz (Latin-American Spanish dub), Eva Díez (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' | ''[[Film/Avengers4 Untitled Avengers Sequel]]''
->''"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. She 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 the research her father did, 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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* ActionGirl: She's the one who teaches Scott how to fight. [[spoiler:She also helps Scott disable the HYDRA goons surrounding Hank.]]
-->'''Scott:''' ''You're'' going to teach me how to punch? Okay, ''[holds up hand as a target]'' Show me how to--\\
''[Hope punches him in the face]''\\
'''Hope:''' That's how you punch.
* AdaptationalHeroism: 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.
* AdaptationNameChange: PlayedForDrama. She uses her mom's surname because of her strained relationship with her father.
* AlliterativeFamily: With her father '''H'''ank.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's cold and distant to both her own father and Scott, the former especially.
* TheAtoner: She tries to make up for the mistakes she made, after returning to her father.
* BadassBookworm: She's a high ranking scientist in Pym Technologies, who happens to pack a mean punch.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Scott. She goes from punching him during their first training session to kissing him by the end of the film.
* BrokenBird: 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 to 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, [[MissingMom 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''! [[OffToBoardingSchool He just shipped me off to boarding school]].
* CanonImmigrant: A version of Hope, "Nadia Pym,"[[note]][[BilingualBonus "Nadia" is Russian for "Hope"]][[/note]] (later Nadia van Dyne, bringing it full circle) eventually made her way into the original Marvel comics universe (instead of the [=MC2=] AlternateUniverse) after the success of the ''Ant-Man'' film.
* CompositeCharacter: 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. [[spoiler:Her father even presents her with a prototype of a new suit, showing that she is on her way to becoming the Wasp, as shown in TheStinger.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Starts out as this out of personal reasons due to having DaddyIssues 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 then her and returns to Hank.
* CostumeEvolution: Her Wasp suit in the stinger of ''Ant-Man'' appears to be different from the one she wears in the sequel.
* DecoyProtagonist: More like Decoy ''{{Tritagonist}}'' in ''Ant-Man'', as she spends the first (even though she initially acts as a minor secondary antagonist of the film starting with shutting Hank out of his own company) and mostly the second acts as the tertiary protagonist by begrudgingly helping Hank and Scott with stopping Cross, but while she acts as a LoveInterest for Scott, by the third act, [[spoiler:after Hank gets shot, Hope tends to Hank's wounds and is left out of the front lines, while Scott continues to battle Cross alone, leading to the climax in the San Franciscan neighborhood, where the tertiary SupportingProtagonist role is taken over by the film's HeroAntagonist Jim Paxton, who assists Scott in defeating Yellowjacket by rescuing Scott's daughter Maggie from Yellowjacket's clutches, while Scott battles him to buy them time to escape.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She warms up to Scott and reconciles with her estranged father throughout the movie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Just because her father doesn't tell her the truth about her mother, Hope resents him for years to the point she address him by his name and kicks him out from his own company.
* TheDragon: Was this for Darren Cross as a fellow CorruptCorporateExecutive like him, before changing sides.
* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: [[spoiler: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.]]
* EatingTheEyeCandy: During their training, Hope briefly glances at Scott's abs while he treats an injury.
* {{Expy}}: Inverted with [[ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]], who is based more on Hope than Hope is based on her [=MC2=] counterpart.
* FirstNameBasis: She makes a point of calling her father by his first name, as per her anger towards him being so distant for decades. Although they do slowly mend their relationship and [[spoiler:when he's shot in the climax she exclaims "Dad!" in horror, staying by his side until he's taken to hospital]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Hope betrayed Hank by scheming with Cross to take over Pym Technologies, shutting her father out of his own company. She changes course of action when she realizes Cross is dangerous, and returns to Hank so they can find a way to stop him.
* HypercompetentSidekick: 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 [[spoiler:at first; then they reconcile and get over it]].
* IronicName: She's quite pessimistic and cynical.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a ''huge'' {{jerkass}} to Scott for the first half of the film when he is largely passive towards her, mainly because she is upset because her father vetoed her using the suit to pull of the heist. She warms up to him eventually. She resumes a cold attitude towards in him ''Ant-Man & 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.
* LegacyCharacter: Besides inheriting her mother's bob, TheStinger of ''Ant-Man'' also sets her up to become the next Wasp.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Fell out with her father after Janet's death, but reconciles with him during the movie, especially when she [[spoiler:learns of Janet's HeroicSacrifice]].
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by her father when he is giving her the prototype Wasp suit at the end of ''Ant-Man''.
* MoralityChain: Cross empathizes with Hope's resentment towards her dad (though he takes it too far for even her), he [[spoiler:doesn't kill Pym when he breaks into Pym's house because Hope is in the next room]], and [[spoiler:he pauses when Hope tells him that he is losing his mind]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** 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 [[spoiler:called the cops on Scott]], which turns out to have consequences as it led to [[spoiler: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. [[spoiler: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]].
* NomDeMom: She goes by her mother's maiden name instead of her birth surname, due to her estrangement from her father.
* NotSoDifferent: To her father. Both of them are brilliant scientific minds, strongly principled and relish the excitement of "action science". They're also pretty big jerks, although Hope tends to have more of a reason for it than her father does.
* ReverseMole: 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. [[spoiler:Cross figures it out anyway, and thwarts their main plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit.]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: Hope sports the classic bob her mother, the first Wasp, had in the original comics. [[spoiler:At the end, it's clearly stated she will become the next Wasp thanks to the updated shrinking suit Hank and Janet were secretly creating.]]
* SecondLove: To Scott, assuming that he didn't have a relationship after his and his first wife's divorce prior to their LastMinuteHookup.
* SexyMentor: She's the one who gave Scott a proper combat training and has a LastMinuteHookup with him.
* SharpDressedWoman: Wears a suit for much of the film, except in training scenes where it wouldn't be practical. She's a big whig at the company after all.
* SheFu: Averted - her martial arts training appears to be good old muay thai, though she does pull a flying triangle choke at one point.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She serves as a personal trainer for Scott and Love Interest.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Despite their estranged relationship, Hank and Hope work together to stop Darren Cross from realizing his nefarious plans.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: She objects to Cross [[LudicrousGibs testing his shrink ray]] on baby goats, having expected the test subjects to be rodents.
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[[folder:Janet van Dyne / The Wasp I]]
!!''Janet van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp I''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Hayley Lovitt (younger body double), Creator/MichellePfeiffer
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
Hank Pym's wife and Hope's mother. During the Cold War she wore a companion suit to Hank's Ant-Man suit and performed missions for S.H.I.E.L.D. under the codename of "the Wasp".
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* ActionGirl: She and Hank spent years as a superhero tag-team for S.H.I.E.L.D., taking on threats around the world until her apparent death in the line of duty.
* ActionMom: Continued being a superhero after having Hope. According to Hope, she was seven when Janet disappeared.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Jan is almost always portrayed with brown hair in the comics, while Pfeiffer keeps her natural blond hair for the role.
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: [[spoiler:Janet gains powers after being in the Quantum Realm, which she specifically cites as "evolution". This could very well make her the first {{Mutant}} featured onscreen in the MCU. It should be noted that her [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]] counterpart was, in fact, a mutant.]]
* AgeLift. In the comics, she and her husband are inaugural members of the Avengers. Here, they are (or at least Hank) instead founders and early members of the Avengers Initiative, and work for S.H.I.E.L.D.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Although her costume lacks the yellow and black, her superhero identity is named after the wasp.
* BattleCouple: She went on missions with her husband.
* CompositeCharacter: She disappeared after helping invent the Ant-Man gear, making her a mix of her comic counterpart and Pym's first wife, Maria. [[spoiler:She's also (possibly) a {{mutant}}, having gained powers from being in the Quantum Realm that she specifically refers to as being "evolution". If confirmed as a true mutant by the time Disney's acquisition of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox is cleared, this would be an inspiration from her ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart, who was indeed a mutant.]]
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her wings and abilities come from her suit, which is visually and functionally similar to the Ant-Man suit. This is in sharp contrast to the comics, where her wings, stingers, and shrinking abilities all come from within her body as a result of a scientific procedure.
* CostumeEvolution: In her character poster for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', her suit seems to be a different color that what was seen in ''Ant-Man''.
* DistaffCounterpart: Her suit was similar to Hank's apart from having wings and a different visor for her helmet.
* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: [[spoiler: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.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Hank believed that her dying act was to go subatomic to dismantle a nuclear bomb targeted at Washington DC from within. After Scott returns from the Quantum Realm, Hank's not so sure that she died; and the sequel showed that she didn't.
* TheFaceless: The two times she's seen on screen her face is obscured, first by her Wasp suit mask and again by a big floppy hat. There's also what could very well be [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png her]] in [[spoiler:the Quantum Realm]].
* {{Flight}}: Unlike Ant-Man, the Wasp was equipped with a pair of insect-like wings, which barring [[ArtisticLicensePhysics flagrant abuse of physics]] (beyond what the Pym Particles already cause) likely only worked when she shrunk down.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: We only see the last minute of her career (and possibly life) as a Cold War-era superhero.
* HeroicSacrifice: She shrinks herself to dangerous levels to save Washington, DC, and doesn't come back. It's possible she's survived, but even if she did she didn't have the means to return.
* TheLostLenore: Losing her caused Hank to retire, distance himself from his daughter, lock away his research and refuse to share it with anyone, ultimately cut off ties with Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. and become what is essentially a billionaire hermit. For years he held onto the hope that he could find her, but appears to have given up in the present [[spoiler:until Scott shows him that it ''is'' possible to come back from where she was.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: She shrunk down to subatomic size, and was never seen again.
* NiceHat: One of her portraits in Hank's house shows her wearing one. It covers [[TheFaceless significant amount of her face]].
* NotQuiteDead: The ending hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott [[spoiler:goes subatomic]], he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]].
* OddNameOut: With her husband '''H'''ank and daughter '''H'''ope.
* PosthumousCharacter: Hank holds onto the hope that she's still alive and still researches ways to reach her, but both he and Hope have accepted that she's effectively dead [[spoiler:until the ending, in Hank's case. Subverted in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' as she turns out to be alive.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for very much due to being a victim of Thanos' finger snap.]]
* SizeShifter: Just like Ant-Man, she uses Pym Particles to shrink and grow. She goes missing when she shrinks too far.
* TheUnseen: Her face is never seen in ''Ant-Man''. It's even obscured by a hat in a family photo. We don't get an idea of what she looks like until ''Ant-Man & The Wasp''.
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!!Associates
[[folder:Scott Lang / Ant-Man II]]
-> See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersAndAllies Avengers and Allies]] page.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath]]
!!''Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
%%!!!'''Voiced By:'''
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
An old friend of Hank Pym's and fellow expert in growing/shrinking technologies.
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* BlackAndNerdy
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: While he wants to save Ava he isn't will to go to extreme measures as much as she is. He even threatens to stop helping her when Eva decides to kidnap Cassie.]]
* MythologyGag: Was part of a program with Pym called "Goliath", which was an alias that both of them went by in the comics.
* OldSuperhero: Implied to be this, similar to Pym. PlayedWith, as his actor Creator/LaurenceFishburne was around 55-56 during the filming of his first appearance, so it is not as extreme as other examples of this trope.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: Toward Ava, it becomes clear that helping her isn't just about one-uping Pym but that he genuinely cares about her.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: He ''hates'' Hank, though not as much as some of Hank's other past associates.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, Bill was killed during ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. In the films, he's introduced alive and well in a story set ''after'' [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the MCU's version of the event]].
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!!Former
[[folder:Darren Cross / Yellowjacket]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCriminalsTerrorists Criminals & Terrorists]] page
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frank]]
!!''Frank''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"So it's a suit."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Chrest
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Pedro de Aguillón Jr. (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jesús Rodríguez (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan''
->''"Unfortunately we can't just do whatever we want. Would be nice, though, right? But there are laws."''
A senior executive at Pym Technologies.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite the potential profit to be gained from selling the Yellowjacket, he's against it for moral and legal reasons.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only person to openly stand up to Cross, voicing his concerns over what could be done with the Yellowjacket technology.
* SacrificialLamb: Frank is killed early on to establish both how unpredictably dangerous Cross is and that he hasn't perfected the technology yet.
[[/folder]]
!!The Pym Family
[[folder:Hank Pym / Ant-Man I]]
!!''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym / ComicBook/AntMan I''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's not about saving our world. It's about saving theirs."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/DaxGriffin (younger body double)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' José Luis Orozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Salvador Vidal (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
The original Ant-Man, who has chosen Scott Lang as his successor. A brilliant scientist who discovered a way to condense the distance between particles but was flushed out of his company due to his unwillingness to allow his research to be misused. He has since gone undercover to try and disrupt the company from recreating his research to stop the catastrophic consequences that would result. Years before he had worn the Ant-Man suit himself as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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* ActionDad: Continued being a superhero after he and Janet had Hope.
* AgeLift: He is a contemporary of [[Comicbook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] in the comics. In the film, he is depicted as a retired superhero from the 1960s-1980s, making him as old as he would have been had the comic character aged in real time.
* AlliterativeFamily: With his daughter '''H'''ope.
* BadassBookworm: He's a scientist (who's better than Howard Stark in some respects), not a soldier. He still kicked major ass during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
* BadBoss: Downplayed, but he is ''not'' pleasant to work with, using threats and manipulation to coerce Scott into working for him in ''Ant-Man'', and revealing in ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'' that he was actually forcing Scott to use an inferior version of his Ant-Man suit -- the Wasp suit's flight capabilities and wrist-blasters make it far more useful than the Ant-Man suit.
* BattleCouple: With his wife, Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.
* BeardOfSorrow: Sports a goatee and is a GrumpyOldMan who has a strained relationship with his daughter.
* BerserkButton: It's apparent that making references to his wife as well as both Howard and Tony Stark are these for him. And anything related to S.H.I.E.L.D., really.
* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott.
* TheChessmaster: A masterful heroic example -- by bribing his housekeeper into spreading the word that he has a mysterious safe in the basement of his house, he attracts Luis's attention, who then relates the story to a hard-on-his-luck Scott, who finally decides to burgle the place and steals the suit after finding nothing else of value. This is exactly what Hank wanted, to find a burglar with the skill and ingenuity to break into the safe, so he could recruit them to break into Pym Tech.
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Goaded Scott into joining him by giving him the Ant-Man suit the second time to escape prison.
* CompositeCharacter: His action of lending the mantle "Ant-Man" to Scott is from his Earth-616 counterpart, but his age, the fact that he has a daughter named Hope who betrayed him and his dead wife is Janet instead of Maria is astonishingly similar to his Marvel Comics 2 counterpart.
* CoolOldGuy: He is the one who encourages Scott to get a second chance to reform himself.
* CrazyPrepared: Shrinking technology allows him to take this UpToEleven. Borders on MundaneUtility; think something big might come in handy someday? ''Shrink it and take it with you!''
** [[spoiler:Some people carry pepper spray on their keychains. His has an ''[[TankGoodness actual]]'' shrunken Russian T-34 tank that can be reverted to full size]].
** Some people have go-bags. He has a ''ten-story office building'' that can be shrunk and hauled off as ''luggage''.
** Some people have spare cars. His can shrink and grow while he's driving them. Great for {{Chase Scene}}s, as he can shrink to go through tight spaces then grow to swat other cars aside, but one would imagine that he never has any trouble with parking, [[spoiler:just like the tank]].
* DecompositeCharacter: Hank counts as this as well mainly due to the fact that many of the characteristics of the Comic!Hank Pym (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) are given to other characters.
* DentedIron: All his years of adventuring have caught up to him in his advanced age and wearing the suit himself is no longer an option. He regularly has to take pills to combat the side-effects.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Scott's Protagonist. His rocky relationship with Hope contrasts to Scott's relationship with his daughter and the villain's focus is mostly on Pym until the climax.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos's use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed him while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The prologue has him calling out S.H.I.E.L.D. (mainly Howard Stark) about trying to weaponize his Pym Particle, declaring himself as a scientist over a soldier/superhero, and punching out Mitchell Carson for making a crack about Janet.
* FirstNameBasis: To his chagrin, Hope refuses to call him "Dad" and addresses him as "Hank" for most of the movie, even as they mend their relationship [[spoiler:until he's shot in the shoulder and the habit ends for her.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Scott. Hank is a respected scientist, experienced superhero, and a widower with a poor relationship with his daughter. Scott by contrast is a rookie hero and constantly suffers with his criminal record, but is divorced and has an excellent bond with Cassie.
* GrumpyOldMan: It's quite clear he doesn't particularly like Scott as a ''person'' in the beginning of the movie, and a tide of snide comments lets him know it. He warms up later. He also grumpily snaps "YES. I'm still ALIVE." at a security guard.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: A superhero during TheSixties up until TheEighties.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Tried to [[spoiler:save Washington, D.C. with a HeroicSacrifice, but his regulator was on the fritz, leaving the Wasp/Janet to finish the job.]]
* InNameOnly: Aside from retaining his name, science background (as well as his mastery of Pym Particles), position as the first Ant-Man, and former wife, Hank has almost nothing in common with the Hank Pym of the comics. This may have something to do with the fact that the MCU version of Hank Pym is a DecompositeCharacter who has most of the crucial characteristics of the Comic!Hank Pym (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) given to other characters.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Hank Pym has extremely strong morals and principles, even shutting down his research to prevent people from abusing his SizeShifter technology. He's also a ''huge'' JerkAss; he's abrasive, pushy, arrogant, self-righteous, openly contemptuous of others, manipulative, controlling and a general pain to work with. He openly regards Scott as expendable and considers him more a necessary nuisance than an actual partner. [[spoiler:A viewer is inclined to suspect that his more negative traits are a result of his grief over Janet's disappearance into the Quantum Realm and his subsequent legal battles to protect his technology. In ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'', though, Pym's ex-partner Bill Foster reveals he was ''always'' a jerk; Janet, miraculously, was the only partner he had who could put up with him and bring him down to earth.]]
* TheMentor: Mentors Scott when he takes on the role of Ant-Man. [[spoiler:Does ''not'' die, although [[SubvertedTrope comes very close]].]]
* MilitarySuperhero: Not of the traditional Captain America style variety but worked as a S.H.I.E.L.D. operative in the Cold War against the Soviets [[spoiler:along with Janet.]]
* MistakenForMisogynist: Although it is never explicitly stated, it is heavily implied that Hope believes her father refuses to let her take on the Ant Man mantle because she's a woman and she is endlessly frustrated that he recruited Scott who needs to be trained when she already knows everything about the mission and how the suit works. However, after seeing the two argue about it yet again, Scott, a father himself, explains that Hank won't let Hope wear the suit because he's desperately afraid of her dying. This is confirmed when Hank finally reveals the truth to Hope about how her mother Janet died, [[spoiler:working as The Wasp on a mission with Hank]]. At the end of the movie, Hank [[spoiler:presents Hope with a Wasp suit]] to show that he trusts her to be able to take care of herself.
* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Janet's apparent death hit him especially hard because of the feeling that ''he'' should have been the one making the sacrifice when the chips were down - his suit was malfunctioning, so his wife sacrificed herself in front of him to save the day. The incident left him emotionally traumatised, distancing himself from his daughter (who at seven years old really ''needed'' him then) as he obsessed over getting Janet back for around a decade before giving up.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Doesn't flinch even when the deck is stacked against him and punches Cross in the nose.
* NotSoDifferent: To Cross, of course, but also to Tony Stark, who he has a seething contempt for, as they're both brilliant scientists who are (somewhat rightfully) apprehensive about sharing their advanced technologies with the world and prefer to do things themselves even when they need to involve other people.
* OldSuperhero: Hank Pym was an all-American hero who fought against the commies, but in the modern day, the scientific after-effects of all those weird experiments he did to get his power leave him without powers while the grim reality of government and corporate corruption that became clear by the 70's have left him disillusioned with the system.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed from his comic counterpart. While he no longer has Robotics and artificial intelligence on the list he still has extensive knowledge of physics, engineering and biology, all vital for the Ant-Man tech to work.
* OnlyAFleshWound: He's shot in the shoulder around the climax, and while he does need medical attention, it doesn't bother him that much. He's in a sling by the end of the movie however.
* OverprotectiveDad:
** Despite agreeing that Hope is more ideal for the role Scott has to play (being far more familiar with the target, his company, and the technology required to make ThePlan work), he refuses to let her don the suit [[spoiler:because he is afraid of exposing her to the same risks as her mother. He comes around at the end of the movie]].
** On a more humorous note, [[spoiler:he's pretty miffed when he sees Scott making out with Hope near the end.]]
* PassingTheTorch:
** To Scott, whom he chooses to take over the role of Ant-Man. It's mostly because he doesn't want Hope in danger.
** [[spoiler:He finally makes Hope the new Wasp at the end of the first film.]]
* PestController: Invented the mechanism Scott (and himself) uses to command ants.
* RelativeButton: Making any insinuation about his failure to protect Janet sets him off. Mitchell Carson did this in the prologue, and was probably lucky to walk away with ''just'' a broken nose.
* RetiredBadass: He was the original Ant-Man from the 1960s to the 1980s, which is briefly seen in a flashback [[spoiler:on the mission where Janet committed her HeroicSacrifice]]. By the time of the movie he had basically buried his past and it's treated as a thing of legend.
* ScienceHero: Whereas Scott is a engineer/thief, he is a scientist/inventor.
* SettingUpdate: One of the few exceptions outside of Captain America's cast. Pym was active during the comicbook character's original setting, instead of being updated to a modern one.
* TankGoodness: His keychain is a Soviet tank, [[spoiler:literally.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: The film opens on him chewing out Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. for trying to develop the same shrinking technology he employs, despite Pym wanting to prevent its abuse.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II]]
!!''Hope van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp II''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"That's how you punch."'']]
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvangelineLilly
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Maria Roiz (Latin-American Spanish dub), Eva Díez (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' | ''[[Film/Avengers4 Untitled Avengers Sequel]]''
->''"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. She 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 the research her father did, 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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* ActionGirl: She's the one who teaches Scott how to fight. [[spoiler:She also helps Scott disable the HYDRA goons surrounding Hank.]]
-->'''Scott:''' ''You're'' going to teach me how to punch? Okay, ''[holds up hand as a target]'' Show me how to--\\
''[Hope punches him in the face]''\\
'''Hope:''' That's how you punch.
* AdaptationalHeroism: 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.
* AdaptationNameChange: PlayedForDrama. She uses her mom's surname because of her strained relationship with her father.
* AlliterativeFamily: With her father '''H'''ank.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's cold and distant to both her own father and Scott, the former especially.
* TheAtoner: She tries to make up for the mistakes she made, after returning to her father.
* BadassBookworm: She's a high ranking scientist in Pym Technologies, who happens to pack a mean punch.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Scott. She goes from punching him during their first training session to kissing him by the end of the film.
* BrokenBird: 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 to 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, [[MissingMom 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''! [[OffToBoardingSchool He just shipped me off to boarding school]].
* CanonImmigrant: A version of Hope, "Nadia Pym,"[[note]][[BilingualBonus "Nadia" is Russian for "Hope"]][[/note]] (later Nadia van Dyne, bringing it full circle) eventually made her way into the original Marvel comics universe (instead of the [=MC2=] AlternateUniverse) after the success of the ''Ant-Man'' film.
* CompositeCharacter: 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. [[spoiler:Her father even presents her with a prototype of a new suit, showing that she is on her way to becoming the Wasp, as shown in TheStinger.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Starts out as this out of personal reasons due to having DaddyIssues 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 then her and returns to Hank.
* CostumeEvolution: Her Wasp suit in the stinger of ''Ant-Man'' appears to be different from the one she wears in the sequel.
* DecoyProtagonist: More like Decoy ''{{Tritagonist}}'' in ''Ant-Man'', as she spends the first (even though she initially acts as a minor secondary antagonist of the film starting with shutting Hank out of his own company) and mostly the second acts as the tertiary protagonist by begrudgingly helping Hank and Scott with stopping Cross, but while she acts as a LoveInterest for Scott, by the third act, [[spoiler:after Hank gets shot, Hope tends to Hank's wounds and is left out of the front lines, while Scott continues to battle Cross alone, leading to the climax in the San Franciscan neighborhood, where the tertiary SupportingProtagonist role is taken over by the film's HeroAntagonist Jim Paxton, who assists Scott in defeating Yellowjacket by rescuing Scott's daughter Maggie from Yellowjacket's clutches, while Scott battles him to buy them time to escape.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: She warms up to Scott and reconciles with her estranged father throughout the movie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Just because her father doesn't tell her the truth about her mother, Hope resents him for years to the point she address him by his name and kicks him out from his own company.
* TheDragon: Was this for Darren Cross as a fellow CorruptCorporateExecutive like him, before changing sides.
* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: [[spoiler: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.]]
* EatingTheEyeCandy: During their training, Hope briefly glances at Scott's abs while he treats an injury.
* {{Expy}}: Inverted with [[ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]], who is based more on Hope than Hope is based on her [=MC2=] counterpart.
* FirstNameBasis: She makes a point of calling her father by his first name, as per her anger towards him being so distant for decades. Although they do slowly mend their relationship and [[spoiler:when he's shot in the climax she exclaims "Dad!" in horror, staying by his side until he's taken to hospital]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Hope betrayed Hank by scheming with Cross to take over Pym Technologies, shutting her father out of his own company. She changes course of action when she realizes Cross is dangerous, and returns to Hank so they can find a way to stop him.
* HypercompetentSidekick: 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 [[spoiler:at first; then they reconcile and get over it]].
* IronicName: She's quite pessimistic and cynical.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a ''huge'' {{jerkass}} to Scott for the first half of the film when he is largely passive towards her, mainly because she is upset because her father vetoed her using the suit to pull of the heist. She warms up to him eventually. She resumes a cold attitude towards in him ''Ant-Man & 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.
* LegacyCharacter: Besides inheriting her mother's bob, TheStinger of ''Ant-Man'' also sets her up to become the next Wasp.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Fell out with her father after Janet's death, but reconciles with him during the movie, especially when she [[spoiler:learns of Janet's HeroicSacrifice]].
* MeaningfulName: Lampshaded by her father when he is giving her the prototype Wasp suit at the end of ''Ant-Man''.
* MoralityChain: Cross empathizes with Hope's resentment towards her dad (though he takes it too far for even her), he [[spoiler:doesn't kill Pym when he breaks into Pym's house because Hope is in the next room]], and [[spoiler:he pauses when Hope tells him that he is losing his mind]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** 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 [[spoiler:called the cops on Scott]], which turns out to have consequences as it led to [[spoiler: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. [[spoiler: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]].
* NomDeMom: She goes by her mother's maiden name instead of her birth surname, due to her estrangement from her father.
* NotSoDifferent: To her father. Both of them are brilliant scientific minds, strongly principled and relish the excitement of "action science". They're also pretty big jerks, although Hope tends to have more of a reason for it than her father does.
* ReverseMole: 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. [[spoiler:Cross figures it out anyway, and thwarts their main plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit.]]
* SciFiBobHaircut: Hope sports the classic bob her mother, the first Wasp, had in the original comics. [[spoiler:At the end, it's clearly stated she will become the next Wasp thanks to the updated shrinking suit Hank and Janet were secretly creating.]]
* SecondLove: To Scott, assuming that he didn't have a relationship after his and his first wife's divorce prior to their LastMinuteHookup.
* SexyMentor: She's the one who gave Scott a proper combat training and has a LastMinuteHookup with him.
* SharpDressedWoman: Wears a suit for much of the film, except in training scenes where it wouldn't be practical. She's a big whig at the company after all.
* SheFu: Averted - her martial arts training appears to be good old muay thai, though she does pull a flying triangle choke at one point.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She serves as a personal trainer for Scott and Love Interest.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Despite their estranged relationship, Hank and Hope work together to stop Darren Cross from realizing his nefarious plans.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: She objects to Cross [[LudicrousGibs testing his shrink ray]] on baby goats, having expected the test subjects to be rodents.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Janet van Dyne / The Wasp I]]
!!''Janet van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp I''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Hayley Lovitt (younger body double), Creator/MichellePfeiffer
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
Hank Pym's wife and Hope's mother. During the Cold War she wore a companion suit to Hank's Ant-Man suit and performed missions for S.H.I.E.L.D. under the codename of "the Wasp".
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* ActionGirl: She and Hank spent years as a superhero tag-team for S.H.I.E.L.D., taking on threats around the world until her apparent death in the line of duty.
* ActionMom: Continued being a superhero after having Hope. According to Hope, she was seven when Janet disappeared.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Jan is almost always portrayed with brown hair in the comics, while Pfeiffer keeps her natural blond hair for the role.
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: [[spoiler:Janet gains powers after being in the Quantum Realm, which she specifically cites as "evolution". This could very well make her the first {{Mutant}} featured onscreen in the MCU. It should be noted that her [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Ultimate Universe]] counterpart was, in fact, a mutant.]]
* AgeLift. In the comics, she and her husband are inaugural members of the Avengers. Here, they are (or at least Hank) instead founders and early members of the Avengers Initiative, and work for S.H.I.E.L.D.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Although her costume lacks the yellow and black, her superhero identity is named after the wasp.
* BattleCouple: She went on missions with her husband.
* CompositeCharacter: She disappeared after helping invent the Ant-Man gear, making her a mix of her comic counterpart and Pym's first wife, Maria. [[spoiler:She's also (possibly) a {{mutant}}, having gained powers from being in the Quantum Realm that she specifically refers to as being "evolution". If confirmed as a true mutant by the time Disney's acquisition of Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox is cleared, this would be an inspiration from her ComicBook/UltimateMarvel counterpart, who was indeed a mutant.]]
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her wings and abilities come from her suit, which is visually and functionally similar to the Ant-Man suit. This is in sharp contrast to the comics, where her wings, stingers, and shrinking abilities all come from within her body as a result of a scientific procedure.
* CostumeEvolution: In her character poster for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', her suit seems to be a different color that what was seen in ''Ant-Man''.
* DistaffCounterpart: Her suit was similar to Hank's apart from having wings and a different visor for her helmet.
* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped a Bridge On Her]]: [[spoiler: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.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Hank believed that her dying act was to go subatomic to dismantle a nuclear bomb targeted at Washington DC from within. After Scott returns from the Quantum Realm, Hank's not so sure that she died; and the sequel showed that she didn't.
* TheFaceless: The two times she's seen on screen her face is obscured, first by her Wasp suit mask and again by a big floppy hat. There's also what could very well be [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png her]] in [[spoiler:the Quantum Realm]].
* {{Flight}}: Unlike Ant-Man, the Wasp was equipped with a pair of insect-like wings, which barring [[ArtisticLicensePhysics flagrant abuse of physics]] (beyond what the Pym Particles already cause) likely only worked when she shrunk down.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: We only see the last minute of her career (and possibly life) as a Cold War-era superhero.
* HeroicSacrifice: She shrinks herself to dangerous levels to save Washington, DC, and doesn't come back. It's possible she's survived, but even if she did she didn't have the means to return.
* TheLostLenore: Losing her caused Hank to retire, distance himself from his daughter, lock away his research and refuse to share it with anyone, ultimately cut off ties with Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. and become what is essentially a billionaire hermit. For years he held onto the hope that he could find her, but appears to have given up in the present [[spoiler:until Scott shows him that it ''is'' possible to come back from where she was.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: She shrunk down to subatomic size, and was never seen again.
* NiceHat: One of her portraits in Hank's house shows her wearing one. It covers [[TheFaceless significant amount of her face]].
* NotQuiteDead: The ending hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott [[spoiler:goes subatomic]], he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]].
* OddNameOut: With her husband '''H'''ank and daughter '''H'''ope.
* PosthumousCharacter: Hank holds onto the hope that she's still alive and still researches ways to reach her, but both he and Hope have accepted that she's effectively dead [[spoiler:until the ending, in Hank's case. Subverted in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' as she turns out to be alive.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for very much due to being a victim of Thanos' finger snap.]]
* SizeShifter: Just like Ant-Man, she uses Pym Particles to shrink and grow. She goes missing when she shrinks too far.
* TheUnseen: Her face is never seen in ''Ant-Man''. It's even obscured by a hat in a family photo. We don't get an idea of what she looks like until ''Ant-Man & The Wasp''.
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!!Associates
[[folder:Scott Lang / Ant-Man II]]
-> See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersAndAllies Avengers and Allies]] page.
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[[folder:Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath]]
!!''Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''
An old friend of Hank Pym's and fellow expert in growing/shrinking technologies.
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* BlackAndNerdy
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: While he wants to save Ava he isn't will to go to extreme measures as much as she is. He even threatens to stop helping her when Eva decides to kidnap Cassie.]]
* MythologyGag: Was part of a program with Pym called "Goliath", which was an alias that both of them went by in the comics.
* OldSuperhero: Implied to be this, similar to Pym. PlayedWith, as his actor Creator/LaurenceFishburne was around 55-56 during the filming of his first appearance, so it is not as extreme as other examples of this trope.
* ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: Toward Ava, it becomes clear that helping her isn't just about one-uping Pym but that he genuinely cares about her.]]
* SitcomArchNemesis: He ''hates'' Hank, though not as much as some of Hank's other past associates.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, Bill was killed during ''ComicBook/CivilWar''. In the films, he's introduced alive and well in a story set ''after'' [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the MCU's version of the event]].
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!!Former
[[folder:Darren Cross / Yellowjacket]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUCriminalsTerrorists Criminals & Terrorists]] page
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[[folder:Frank]]
!!''Frank''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"So it's a suit."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Chrest
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Pedro de Aguillón Jr. (Latin-American Spanish dub), Jesús Rodríguez (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan''
->''"Unfortunately we can't just do whatever we want. Would be nice, though, right? But there are laws."''
A senior executive at Pym Technologies.
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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Despite the potential profit to be gained from selling the Yellowjacket, he's against it for moral and legal reasons.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only person to openly stand up to Cross, voicing his concerns over what could be done with the Yellowjacket technology.
* SacrificialLamb: Frank is killed early on to establish both how unpredictably dangerous Cross is and that he hasn't perfected the technology yet.
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