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[[folder:King Loki's Hank Pym]]
!!''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym / ComicBook/AntMan I / Yellowjacket''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/MichaelDouglas
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If…?]]''

The Hank Pym of Earth-51825, who sought to destroy Fury in order to avenge the death of Hope, who in this reality became a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Hank becomes the Yellowjacket in this universe, out of grief for his dead daughter.
* ArcVillain: The main antagonist of "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E3WhatIfTheWorldLostItsMightiestHeroes What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?]]".
* AlternateSelf: To the Hank Pym of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he loses his daughter on a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission, causing him to snap and take up the Yellowjacket mantle to get revenge on Nick Fury.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: In the Sacred Timeline, Hank is just a RetiredBadass who wanted little to do with the Avengers or S.H.I.E.L.D. after resigning from the organization in 1989. Here he kills Black Widow, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Hulk, and Thor with minimal effort before being defeated by both Nick Fury and Loki.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Despite being a HeroKiller who slew all but one of The Avengers, he's completely and utterly outclassed by Loki. Not only does he not stand a fraction of a chance against Loki whatsoever in a straight fight, but the God of Mischief one-ups him at the end of the episode by conquering Earth.
* BeardOfSorrow: Much like his Sacred Timeline counterpart, he has a goatee, but it's far more unkempt, as is the rest of his appearance.
* CombatPragmatist: He never takes the Avengers in a straight fight. He kills Stark by hiding inside his antidote, Thor by forcing Clint to shoot him in the chest, then later kills Clint by giving him a heart hemorrhage, and finally offs Hulk by sniping him and enlarging his heart until he exploded, all while being too small to see. The closest thing to a fair fight he has is against Natasha, and he takes full advantage of his microscopic size still retaining his strength and the darkness of the room they're in.
* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: In addition to his shagged goatee, Hank also has some ominous bags underneath his eyes, making it look as though he hasn't slept for a very long time.
* CrusadingWidower: After Hope is killed on a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission, Hank suffers a mental breakdown, and as revenge for Hope's death, murders nearly every would-be Avenger to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D.'s plans.
* CurbStompBattle: His fight against Fury is a completely one-sided smackdown with Hank on the receiving end the entire way through. With the reveal that it was Loki under the guise of Fury, it's clear Hank never had a chance.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hank Pym's daughter being killed in Odessa led to his killing spree against S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers.
* EvilOldFolks: While the Sacred Timeline Hank Pym has retired from action, this version of Hank is a murderer driven by grief and anger who singlehandedly kills most of the Avengers candidates.
* EvilSoundsRaspy: Michael Douglas makes this Hank sound similar to President Loki, making his voice even raspier than normal.
* FallenHero: From a superhero in the Cold War to a serial killer driven by grief.
* HeroKiller: As mentioned above, all but one of the original six Avengers fall at Hank's hands in the reality he's from, with Captain America only being spared due to still being in the ice.
* {{Irony}}: His vengeful wrath against Fury eventually leads to his undoing as his killing of Thor, partially motivated by his desire to hurt Fury, caused him to incur the wrath of Loki, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes for very similar reasons]].
* KnightOfCerebus: The first two episodes of ''What If...?'' were pretty lighthearted, but his murder of the Avengers in Episode 3 is when the show gets significantly darker.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He tried to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. and stop the Avengers because his loved one (Hope) died in their one of their missions. He is defeated by the one who also lost his loved one to him (Loki to Thor).
* LooksLikeCesare: As seen above, this Hank looks quite haggard and unhealthy after losing his daughter, which emphasizes his newfound villainous nature.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Hope died in the line of duty as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (presumably at the hands of HYDRA, as it's implied she was the one who went to Odessa and encountered the Winter Soldier in 2009 instead of Natasha), causing Hank to suffer a mental breakdown and become evil.
* MisplacedRetribution: Hank kills the Avengers candidates as an act of revenge against S.H.I.E.L.D. for the death of his daughter, even though none of them had anything to do with Hope or Janet's deaths. Thor was even an opportunistic kill, in the event that Fury was intending to recruit him.
* MoralMyopia: In response to his daughter being killed by a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission, he murders several people who S.H.I.E.L.D. could recruit.
* MythologyGag: Hank becomes Yellowjacket after JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, just like in the comics.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He seems to have this reaction when Loki (disguised as Fury) tricks him into destroying his daughter's grave.
* NeverMyFault: Blames S.H.I.E.L.D. and Fury for the deaths of the would-be Avengers (for the sole 'crime' of being associated with them), conveniently forgetting he killed them out of spite even when they hadn't joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and didn't have any hand in his daughter's death.
* NotSoStoic: He becomes increasingly frustrated and then frightened when Loki, disguised as Nick Fury, easily curb stomp him using his bare hands but to him, Nick is being powerful enough to defeat him even when he shrinks.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Hank outlives his daughter in this timeline. Her death is what causes him to go on a murder spree.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: This Hank is far more dangerous than his Sacred Timeline counterpart, but he's effortlessly taken down by the God of Mischief himself, Loki, whose power far eclipses anything Hank can bring to the table.
* RevengeIsNotJustice: While it's true that he lost his daughter, Loki disguised as Fury subtly calls Hank out for killing all the Avengers candidates, as none of them had anything to do with Hope's death -- especially not Thor, who was only on Earth due to exile and just wanted his hammer back.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After his daughter's death, he begins slaughtering the Avengers in a blind rage in order to make Nick Fury suffer.
* UncertainDoom: He's last seen being taken away by Asgardian warriors. Given Loki's vengeful anger, it's highly unlikely they let him live, but we don't see him die.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His RoaringRampageOfRevenge wipes out any hope Earth has of resisting Loki's conquest, and the planet falls within a day.
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: He blames Nick Fury and all of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the deaths of Janet and Hope.
* TragicVillain: While his past doesn't justify his actions, Hank Pym can still arguably qualify as one given is obvious anguish over the loss of his wife and daughter.
* TruerToTheText: Unlike in ''Film/AntMan'' where Hank received some AdaptationalHeroism and the role of Yellowjacket was used by Cross, this Hank has become mad with grief and has killed innocent people as Yellowjacket making him more similar to the comic book version.
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that this version of Hank Pym is not only active but is also the villainous Yellowjacket is a major plot twist for Episode 3.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Deconstructed somewhat. What happened to Hank Pym is undeniably sad (he lost his wife and daughter), is obviously still paining him and is what motivated him to do what he did. However, as Loki and Fury point out, this doesn't justify his actions, for two reasons: 1; none of the people he killed had anything to do with the loss of his loved ones, and 2; his loved ones ''willingly'' chose the paths that led to their deaths.
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[[folder:Zombie Janet van Dyne]]
!!''Janet van Dyne / The Wasp I''
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!!!'''Species:''' Zombified enhanced human
!!!'''Voiced By:''' N/A
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

The Janet van Dyne of Earth-89521, who became zombified while in the Quantum Realm, spreading the disease to Earth by attacking Hank Pym.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Due to being a DecompositeCharacter she is never "cured" of her hunger meaning she doesn't rejoin the heroes.
* AlternateSelf: To the Janet van Dyne of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where she got infected with a quantum virus and became a zombie by the time Hank came to rescue her, thus infecting him and everyone on Earth.
* CompositeCharacter: A complicated example as the source of the zombie outbreak in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'' was through a time loop where the plague would be contained to two Earths, meaning it doesn't have a true beginning or end. However the first universe where the comics were set showed that the first zombie was [[ComicBook/TheSentry Sentry]], who was the last surviving zombie of the second universe after the rest were killed. So technically Janet takes on the role of patient zero from him.
* DecompositeCharacter: In ''Marvel Zombies'' Janet was decapitated and ended up being put in a jar connected to a robot body she could control, while being "cured" of her hunger which was psychological in nature. In this timeline [[spoiler:Scott was the one who was reduced to a head in a jar and was cured.]]
* DramaticUnmask: She takes off her Quantum Realm mask to reveal her zombified face before she devours Hank.
* ForWantOfANail: Janet being infected by the Quantum Virus during her 30-year stay in the Quantum Realm is what spells doom for her Earth here.
* HeroKiller: Infects this universe's version of Hank Pym and Scott Lang, [[spoiler:although Scott survives thanks to an EmergencyTransformation.]]
* PatientZero: Is the source of the zombie outbreak in this timeline, having contracted a Quantum Realm virus that she then passed onto Hank when he came to rescue her.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where she went after she escaped the Quantum Realm is never explained.
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[[folder:Zombie Hank Pym]]
!!''Dr. Hank Pym / Ant-Man I''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (formerly), Zombified human
!!!'''Voiced By:''' N/A
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

The Hank Pym of Earth-89521, who became zombified after searching for his wife.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While still a flesh eating zombie, as a result of being a DecompositeCharacter he never kept T'Challa prisoner and cut off pieces of him. He also never consumed almost all life in his universe nor did he try to do the same to the whole multiverse. The fact he's more of a traditional zombie than his comic counterpart gives his actions in general far less malice.
* AlternateSelf: To the Hank Pym of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a timeline where he was transformed into a zombie by his wife, thus infecting the rest of the world once he returned from the Quantum Realm.
* DecompositeCharacter: In ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'', Zombie Hank kept T'Challa prisoner and slowly cut off pieces of him to satiate his hunger. In the show, that role was given to [[spoiler:Vision, who is SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne.]]
* EyeScream: After his zombification, his left eye is missing.
* HeroKiller: Infects this universe's version of Captain America and Scott Lang, [[spoiler:although Scott survives thanks to an EmergencyTransformation.]]
* OhCrap: Has this expression when he realizes that Janet was already a zombie before getting attacked by her.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His attempts at finding his wife, who's lost in the Quantum Realm, lead to a ZombieApocalypse.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While he's seen infecting Captain America when the Avengers arrive to take care of the zombie infestation, Hank isn't seen for the rest of the episode after Uatu's introductory narration is finished.
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[[folder:Survivor Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II]]
!!''Hope van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp II''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human (formerly), Zombified human
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/EvangelineLilly
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If…?]]''

On Earth-89521, Hope van Dyne is surviving a ZombieApocalypse.
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* AlternateSelf: To the Hope van Dyne of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where she joins a RagtagBunchOfMisfits to stop a ZombieApocalypse that broke out after her infected mother spread the disease all over Earth after escaping the Quantum Realm.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:She is turned by Zombie Sharon Carter.]]
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler:After being scratched by a zombified Sharon Carter, Hope performs a HeroicSacrifice to distract the zombies so they can enter Camp Lehigh. Later, as Scott, T'Challa and Peter attempt to fly off to Wakanda, a giant, zombified Hope rises up and attempts to halt their escape.]]
* GiantWoman: This version of Hope also has access to the enlarging tech in addition to shrinking and flight.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Knowing that she's doomed to become a zombie soon, her last act is to make herself larger and carry the other survivors to Camp Lehigh where they can look for the cure.]] {{Deconstructed}} later when, as the remaining survivors are escaping, [[spoiler:the still-giant and now-zombified Hope tries to stop them and almost manages to wreck one of their Quinjet's engines before they get free and fly off.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: She appears to have developed a close bond with Peter Parker in this timeline and seems to fill the role of the mentor, though unlike with Tony their relationship doesn't seem to be parental and more LikeBrotherAndSister.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for causing the outbreak, as it was her desire to see her family reunited and not thinking about the risks that led to the Quantum Realm virus passing onto Hank.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:While not officially Peter's mentor, her death still has similarities to this trope and she has a close bond with Peter. Given that Tony Stark would have been killed two weeks prior to the episode and how Peter acted with Quentin Beck in ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', it's likely she filled the void as his role model and mentor.]]
* ZombieApocalypseHero: She's a superhero who fights zombies.
* ZombieInfectee: [[spoiler:Gets infected by the virus after killing a zombie Sharon Carter, and lives long enough to perform a HeroicSacrifice.]] [[spoiler:Comes back as another obstacle in the way of the remaining survivors when they try to escape and have to go through her gigantic zombified self.]]
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** Ironically, it's displayed to ''perfection'' in the ''third movie he's featured in.'' In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he is introduced in his prime in 1970, working for S.H.I.E.L.D. in his own lab. The camera pans across the lab to show it has an ant farm and various gadgets (including the original comics-style Ant-Man helmet as an easter egg) presumably of his own design, showing his fascination with ants and his genius in engineering and physics. Then, Captain America's prank call to him perfectly showcases his arrogance and snarky, condescending attitude as at first he thinks the caller is just a lazy employee but also displays his heroism, compassion, and desire to protect the innocent when Steve implicates there is a radioactive device that's been opened and lives are at risk, he shoots out like a comet to save them. All this character information is shown perfectly in the span of about 40 seconds.]

* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of an abrasive InsufferableGenius as he can be Hank also tends to bring up legitimate criticisms.

* WorldsSmartestMan: At the very least, he is the undisputed best scientist in the world in his fields of expertise. In [[AllThereInTheManual ''The Wakanda Files'']] Shuri notes that she can't figure out how his Pym Particles work, not even with the help of a team of Wakanda's best scientists. Howard Stark similarly failed to make a replica of his work, and Tony didn't even try.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed him while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.

* GrumpyOldMan: Grouchily snaps "YES. I'm still ALIVE," at a security guard. It's quite clear he doesn't particularly like Scott as a ''person'' in the beginning of the first movie, and a tide of snide comments lets him know it. He warms up later -- mostly for Hope's sake, remaining prickly on the surface. His meetings with his old S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues show that he was a grumpy middle-aged man, too.

*** Hank makes the very valid point that Bill's plan to drain Janet of quantum energy has a good chance of killing her. Bill brushes it off as Hank not knowing for certain that will happen but it's pretty clear that a big part of his motives is proving Hank wrong for once and he's still gambling with an innocent life. To his credit though, Bill comes around Hank's viewpoint and urges Ava not to drain Janet of her quantum energy.

* 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. In the original film, his more negative traits are shown to be 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 and the Wasp'', however, Pym's ex-partner [[UnreliableExpositor Bill Foster claims]] 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.

* MinionMaster: He may not use the Ant-Man suit anymore, but he still makes good use of his ant controlling device. Come ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' he's shown using enlarged ants as both guard dogs and free manual labor.

* NotSoAboveItAll: He's grumpy enough that he mostly rolls his eyes at Scott's antics, but when Scott's suit malfunctions in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' and leaves him looking the size of a four year old, even he can't resist a few jokes:

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite appearing in only a few films, his invention of the Pym Particles is instrumental to the invention of time travel and undoing Thanos' work.

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed her while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.

* 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 until Scott shows him that it ''is'' possible to come back from where she was.

* MoralityPet: To Hank. Bill Foster claims that Janet was the only one who was ever able bring him down to earth.

* 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 until the ending, in Hank's case. Subverted in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' as she turns out to be alive, and double-subverted when she's disintegrated in TheStinger, and ''triple''-subverted when she comes back from the dead after the Time Heist.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for long due to being a victim of Thanos' finger snap.

* SuperEmpowering: Decades in the Quantum Realm gave her special abilities, although the full extent of them have yet to be seen as of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* TogetherInDeath: She along with her husband and daughter are vanished by Thanos' BadassFingersnap together.

* CanonForeigner: In a sense. The exact character of "Hope van Dyne" as presented in the film has never existed in the main Earth-616 continuity, but a character named Nadia Pym ([[BilingualBonus "Nadia" is Russian for "Hope"]]) existed in the WhatIf AlternateUniverse known as [=MC2=]. The two characters share very little similarities, though, and later...

!! Spoilers for all works set prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.

* SeventiesHair: [[spoiler:When Captain America phones Hank in the [=1970s=] to get him away from his lab, he's shown with incredibly long hair fitting the decade.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He and the rest of his family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.]]

* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott. He is also indirectly this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' as [[spoiler:it's due to his technology that Thanos's devastating Snap was undone across the universe.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed him while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:After Iron Man sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos, Hank seems to have let go of his grudge towards the Stark family and attended Tony's funeral with the rest of his family.]]

** Ironically, it's displayed to ''perfection'' in the ''third movie he's featured in.'' [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he is introduced in his prime in 1970, working for S.H.I.E.L.D. in his own lab. The camera pans across the lab to show it has an ant farm and various gadgets (including the original comics-style Ant-Man helmet as an easter egg) presumably of his own design, showing his fascination with ants and his genius in engineering and physics. Then, Captain America's prank call to him perfectly showcases his arrogance and snarky, condescending attitude as at first he thinks the caller is just a lazy employee but also displays his heroism, compassion, and desire to protect the innocent when Steve implicates there is a radioactive device that's been opened and lives are at risk, he shoots out like a comet to save them. All this character information is shown perfectly in the span of about 40 seconds.]]

* MentorArchetype: Mentors Scott when he takes on the role of Ant-Man. And does ''[[MentorOccupationalHazard not]]'' [[MentorOccupationalHazard die]], although [[SubvertedTrope comes very close]]. [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubverted Then Thanos happened...]] And ''then'' the Time Heist happened.]]

* NiceToTheWaiter: [[spoiler:The 1970 sequence in ''Avengers Endgame'' shows that he was fairly blunt and dismissive towards S.H.I.E.L.D.'s delivery workers, only showing concern when he thinks they might have become ill from opening one of his packages.]]
* 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''.]]

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: Although Hank and his family have been dead for five years during the events of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', his research and inventions from the previous ''Ant-Man'' movies and the [=MCU=] at large are heavily involved in that film's plot to restore everyone BackFromTheDead, including Hank himself.]]
* PrankCall: [[spoiler:His past self is the victim of this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', where Steve Rogers claims that a delivery man accidentally opened a box being shipped to him, causing Hank to fly out of his lab in a panic.]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Leaving S.H.I.E.L.D. after learning that they had tried to replicate and weaponize his Pym Particles without his knowledge or consent was the right move, but not for the reasons he thinks. [[spoiler:The organization had already been corrupted by HYDRA by that point. The S.H.I.E.L.D. member who was most vocal about replicating the Pym Particles, Mitchell Carson, is later revealed to be a member of HYDRA too.]]

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite appearing in only a few films, his invention of the Pym Particles [[spoiler:is instrumental to the invention of time travel and undoing Thanos' work.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Vanishes, along with his wife and daughter, in TheStinger of the second movie, following Thanos's BadassFingersnap in Wakanda.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:She and the rest of her family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.]]

* DemotedToExtra: In the comics, a founding Avenger (and even the source of the team's name), and one of the most recurring central members of the team, as well as definitely being '''the''' Wasp in the Marvel Universe. Here, she's thought to be dead in the first film, loses her prominence as the Wasp to her CanonForeigner daughter, only returns at the end of the second film, [[spoiler:is erased by Thanos in TheStinger]], and makes only a single non-speaking appearance in ''Endgame'' and never fights alongside the team she's usually tied so closely to.

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:In the first post-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Thanos' use of the Infinity Gauntlet killed her while Scott is in the Quantum Realm.]]

* 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''.]]

* 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 until the ending, in Hank's case. Subverted in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' as she turns out to be alive, [[spoiler:and double-subverted when she's disintegrated in TheStinger, and ''triple''-subverted when she comes back from the dead after the Time Heist.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for long due to being a victim of Thanos' finger snap.]] [[spoiler:Though with Peter's [[UnPaused description of the Blip]], it is also subverted.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:She along with her husband and daughter are vanished by Thanos' BadassFingersnap together.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:She and the rest of her family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[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.]]

* GenerationXerox: Like her mother, Hope becomes a superhero called the Wasp, as well as being romantically involved with an Ant-Man. [[spoiler:The two of them also become victims of Thanos's Snap before they are resurrected five years later.]]

* HandBlast: The gauntlets of Hope's Wasp suit are equipped with energy blasters called "stingers". The power levels of these stingers range from bolts that can knock a man unconscious to constant streams of concussive energy that are powerful enough to [[spoiler:push Thanos back.]]

* 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''.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: She criticizes Scott for calling Steve Rogers "Cap" in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp,'' [[spoiler:but in the climactic battle of ''Endgame,'' Hope addresses Rogers as "Cap", too. Scott grins at her, and she, [[HypocrisyNod aware of her hypocrisy]], grins back.]]

* 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. They eventually get together for good at the end of ''Endgame''.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:She and her parents are vanished by Thanos's BadassFingersnap together.]]

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Subverted in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Hope joins the final battle shortly after learning about what Thanos did to her and both of her parents, but she does so to protect the world instead of to take revenge.]]

* BlingBlingBang: Her second (and technically first to outright use onscreen) Wasp costume has gold plates in it.
* 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).

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While still a flesh eating zombie as a result of being a DecompositeCharacter, he never kept T'Challa prisoner and cut off pieces of him. He also never consumed almost all life in his universe nor did he try to do the same to the whole multiverse. The fact he's more of a traditional zombie than his comic counterpart gives his actions in general far less malice.

A Variant of Hank who sought to destroy Fury in order to avenge the death of Hope, who in this reality became a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent.

A Variant of Janet van Dyne who became zombified while in the Quantum Realm, spreading the disease to Earth by attacking Hank Pym.

A Variant of Hank Pym who became zombified.

In an alternate timeline, Hope's mother became infected with a Quantum Realm virus, and when Hank went to rescue her he became infected. They both returned and the infection spread, resulting in a ZombieApocalypse.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's a ''huge'' {{jerkass}} to Scott for the first half of ''Ant-Man'' when he is largely passive towards her, mainly because she is upset because her father vetoed her using the suit to pull of the heist. She warms up to him eventually. She resumes a cold attitude towards in him ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', but this is somewhat justified given Scott stole the Ant-Man suit, got involved in a fight with the Avengers, caused her and her father to have to go on the run, and didn't even invite her to help him out during the battle.

!!!'''Species:''' Zombified human

-->'''Scott:''' ''You're'' going to teach me how to punch? Okay, ''[holds up hand as a target]'' Show me how to--\\

* CanonForeigner: In a sense. The exact character of "Hope van Dyne" as presented in the film has never existed in the main Earth-616 continuity, but a character named Nadia Pym ([[BilingualBonus "Nadia" being Russian for "Hope"]]) existed in the WhatIf AlternateUniverse known as [=MC2=]. The two characters share little similarity, though, and later...

* 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 than her and returns to Hank.

* 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.

* HandBlast: The gauntlets of Hope's Wasp suit are equipped with energy blasters called "stingers". The power of these stingers range from bolts that can knock a man unconscious to constant streams of concussive energy that are powerful enough to [[spoiler:push Thanos back.]]
* 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.

* LadyOfWar: Hope carries herself with an aloof and graceful air. This is seen even in fight scenes, in which she uses a UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighting style that incorporates gymnastics and Judo. This was [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ant-man-wasp-evangeline-lilly-fought-speak-up-set-1124350 intentional]] by Creator/EvangelineLilly, who felt that Hope should fight with an elegance and femininity that little girls would love.

* LegacyCharacter: She inherits her mother's bob, and eventually the Wasp title as of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.

* TheMole: She used her seniority in Pym Technologies and closeness to Cross to provide Scott and Hank with important information, while exaggerating her antagonism with her father. Cross figures it out anyway, and thwarts their main plan to steal the Yellowjacket suit.

** Hope is also Hank's only tether from descending into complete madness after the supposed death of Janet, which is why he's so overprotective of her in the first movie. [[spoiler:In the episode "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E3WhatIfTheWorldLostItsMightiestHeroes What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?]]", the death of Hope during a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission led to that timeline's Hank Pym to go a murder revenge spree upon the Avengers.]]

* NotSoAboveItAll: She criticizes Scott for calling Steve Rogers "Cap" in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp,'' [[spoiler:but in the climatic battle of ''Endgame,'' Hope addresses Rogers as "Cap", too. Scott grins at her, and she, [[HypocrisyNod aware of her hypocrisy]], grins back.]]

* TeacherStudentRomance: She serves as a personal trainer for Scott and Love Interest.

* AdaptedOut: In the comics, Hank was the one who created ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. This is very important to the Marvel Comics lore, but doesn't happen in the cinematic universe, with that role instead going to Tony Stark. Same goes for him being a founding Avenger along with Janet.
* 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.

** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', a young Hank from the 1970 is quite dismissive of "Steve from Shipping" when he explains that he can't bring up the package he's expecting.

* 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.

** Ironically, it's displayed to ''perfection'' in the ''third movie he's featured in.'' [[spoiler:In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he is introduced in his prime in 1970, working for S.H.I.E.L.D. in his own lab. The camera pans across the lab to show it has an ant farm and various gadgets (including the original comics-style Ant-Man helmet as an easter egg) presumably of his own design, showing his fascination with ants and his genius in engineering and physics. Then, Captain America's prank call to him perfectly showcases his arrogance and snarky, condescending attitude as at first he thinks the caller is just a lazy employee, but also displays his heroism, compassion and desire to protect the innocent when Steve implicates there is a radioactive device that's been opened and lives are at risk, he shoots out like a comet to save them. All this character information shown perfectly in the span of about 40 seconds.]]

* {{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.

* AdaptationDyeJob: Janet is almost always portrayed with brown hair in the comics. She's originally shown with darker hair (in flashbacks) here, but by the time she's reunited with her family in the present, her hair has faded to a blondish-gray, and flashbacks in her youth before that shows her with blonde hair anyway.
* 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.

* 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.

* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott. He is also indirectly this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' as [[spoiler:it's due to his technology that Thanos's devastating Snap was undone across the universe.]]]

* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott.

** The true price of Hank's arrogance and entitled brilliance is revealed in ''Avengers Endgame''. Where in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Hank builds a Quantum Tunnel to enter the Quantum Realm to bring his wife back and can do so in a specific, pre-determined point, in ''Endgame'', Tony Stark spent one or two nights mulling over Scott Lang's "time travel pitch" which involved explaining, offscreen, Hank's work in quantum tunneling, and Tony build a spacetime GPS that allows him and the other Avengers to drop in and drop out of the Quantum Realm in any designated period of their choosing and return to the present when they want. In other words, had Hank not been so arrogant and gone to Tony Stark a while back, it's possible that Janet could have returned to him far before she did. In this case, however, it's as much (if not more) paranoia as arrogance; Tony Stark's father once tried to crack the secret of Pym Particles behind Hank's back, leaving Pym with a lingering distrust of the Stark family given their connections to the government.

** His grudge against the Stark family is actually pretty valid. Howard and S.H.I.E.L.D. went behind his back to figure out the Pym Particle formula with the stated intention of weaponizing it ''after'' he refused to do so.

*** Hank makes the very valid point that Bill's plan to drain Janet of quantum energy has a good chance of killing her. Bill brushes it off as Hank not knowing for certain that will happen but it's pretty clear that a big part of his motives is proving Hank wrong for once and he's still gambling with an innocent life.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for long due to being a victim of Thanos' finger snap.]]

* PestController: Invented the mechanism that he and Scott use to command ants.

* 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.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Although her costume lacks the yellow and black, her superhero identity is named after the wasp.

* NotQuiteDead: The ending of ''Ant-Man'' hints that it is possible Janet is still alive, somewhere. Then, when Scott goes subatomic, he sees recurring flashes of [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png someone]]. 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.

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym Technologies

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' US Army, S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym Technologies

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' U.S. Army, S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym Technologies

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' US Army, S.H.I.E.L.D., Pym Technologies

* 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 of ''Ant-Man'' 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.
** Ironically, it's displayed to ''perfection'' in the ''third movie he's featured in.'' [[spoiler: In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he is introduced in his prime in 1970, working for S.H.I.E.L.D. in his own lab. The camera pans across the lab to show it has an ant farm and various gadgets (including the original comics-style Ant-Man helmet as an easter egg) presumably of his own design, showing his fascination with ants and his genius in engineering and physics. Then, Captain America's prank call to him perfectly showcases his arrogance and snarky, condescending attitude as at first he thinks the caller is just a lazy employee, but also displays his heroism, compassion and desire to protect the innocent when Steve implicates there is a radioactive device that's been opened and lives are at risk, he shoots out like a comet to save them. All this character information shown perfectly in the span of about 40 seconds.]]

** He is a brilliant scientist and master planner, but he is temperamental, acerbic, and absolutely certain that he's in the right both scientifically and morally, often refusing to hear out arguments or explain his reasons to anyone else. By the first ''Ant-Man,'' he has alienated everyone he's ever met, including his daughter Hope and longtime protege Darren Cross, and has to recruit a complete stranger to help him. In ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', his former colleague Bill Foster says the one person Hank ever listened to was Janet, and she "paid the price." At least part of the reason Bill later dismisses Hank's (valid but presumptive) concerns about the risky, experimental plan to drain Janet of quantum energy to save Ava's life is just to prove Hank wrong for once.

** Of Tony Stark. Hank hates Howard Stark for a reason -- he resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. after finding out that Howard was working with them to replicate and weaponize the Pym Particle. However, he resents Tony on the grounds that he is LikeFatherLikeSon despite never meeting him. Tony never plagiarized someone else's work ([[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome except for Quentin Beck's B.A.R.F technology]] though that was technically company property and thus his to do with as he wished and he never actually claimed that he made it, just that he had paid for it) and withholds his technology from the government. Yet Hank sharing the negative public opinion about the Avengers after ''Age of Ultron'' is not irrational -- the events of that movie were Tony's fault:

'''Hank Pym:''' I've spent half my life trying to keep this technology out of the hands of a Stark. I’m sure as hell not gonna hand-deliver it to one now. This is not some cute technology like the Iron Man suit. This could change the texture of reality. Besides they’re probably too busy dropping cities out of the sky.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Despite appearing in only a few films, his invention of the Pym Particles [[spoiler:is instrumental to the invention of time travel and undoing Thanos's work]].

* 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.

* 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.

* DemotedToExtra: In the comics, a founding Avenger (and even the source of the team's name), and one of the most recurring central members of the team, as well as definitely being '''the''' Wasp in the Marvel Universe. Here, she's thought to be dead in the first film, loses her prominence as the Wasp to her CanonForeigner daughter, only returns at the end of the second film, [[spoiler: is erased by Thanos in TheStinger]], and makes only a single non-speaking appearance in ''Endgame'' and never fights alongside the team she's usually tied so closely to.

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[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.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: PlayedWith. She debuted via flashback in the final Phase Two film of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, but her official introduction happens in a Phase Three film.

* PsychicPowers: Implied to be a side effect of her time in the [[QuantumMechanicsCanDoAnything Quantum Realm]]. Over the course of the film, she implants her memories into Scott Lang’s mind, briefly uses Scott as a person-puppet, and stops a nightmare that her husband is having by touching his forehead.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:After being freed from the Quantum Realm after so many years, she doesn't get to enjoy it for long due to being a victim of Thanos's finger snap.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:She along with her husband and daughter are vanished by Thanos's BadassFingersnap together.]]
* TrappedInAnotherWorld: She didn’t die when she went subatomic, but rather spent three decades in the microscopic AcidTripDimension known as the Quantum Realm.

* AdaptationNameChange: PlayedForDrama. She uses her mom's surname because of her strained relationship with her father.

'''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]].

* HandBlast: The gauntlets of Hope's Wasp suit are equipped with energy blasters called "stingers". The power of these stingers range from bolts that can knock a man unconscious to constant streams of concussive energy that are powerful enough to [[spoiler:push Thanos back]].

** It's more meaningful in the ''What If… The World Lost its Mightiest Heroes?'' timeline [[spoiler:where her untimely death drove Hank Pym mad with grief, and he soon responds by ''murdering'' nearly all the Avengers out of spite, which in turn allows [[TheBadGuyWins Loki to proceed with his conquest unopposed]]. In short, the death of Hope doomed Earth to a reign of subjugation and tyranny]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: She criticizes Scott for calling Steve Rogers "Cap" in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp,'' [[spoiler:but in the climatic battle of ''Endgame,'' Hope addresses Rogers as "Cap", too. Scott grins at her, and she, [[HypocrisyNod aware of her hypocrisy]], grins back]].

* 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. They eventually get together for good at the end of ''Endgame''.]]

* ArcVillain: The main antagonist of “[[Recap/WhatIfS1E3WhatIfTheWorldLostItsMightiestHeroes What If… The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?]]”.
* AlternateSelf: To the Hank Pym of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he loses his daughter on a S.H.I.E.L.D mission, causing him to snap and take up the Yellowjacket mantle to get revenge on Nick Fury.

* KnightOfCerebus: The first two episodes of ''What If..?'' were pretty lighthearted, but his murder of the Avengers in Episode 3 is when the show gets significantly darker.

* DecompositeCharacter: In ''Marvel Zombies'' Janet was decapitated and ended up being put in a jar connected to a robot body she could control, while being "cured" of her hunger which was psychological in nature. In this timeline [[spoiler:Scott was the one who was reduced to a head in a jar and was cured]].

* HeroKiller: Infects this universe's version of Hank Pym and Scott Lang, [[spoiler:although Scott survives thanks to an EmergencyTransformation]].

* DecompositeCharacter: In ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies'', Zombie Hank kept T'Challa prisoner and slowly cut off pieces of him to satiate his hunger. In the show, that role was given to [[spoiler:Vision, who is SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne]].
* HeroKiller: Infects this universe's version of Captain America and Scott Lang, [[spoiler:although Scott survives thanks to an EmergencyTransformation]].

* MilitarySuperhero: A covert one of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the cold war, much like her husband.