History Characters / MCUCriminalsTerroristsThePRIDE

The Gibborim family of the Magistrate (a.k.a. "Jonah"). They include his wife, daughter, and son.

* TheWorfEffect: The daughter [[NearVillainVictory very nearly won]] against Nico but she's immediately outmatched when Nico summoned the power of Gibborim through Staff of One.

!Leader

!!''Jonah''

* LongLived: Implied. Frank finds a picture of Leslie in eighth grade. Beside her is Jonah, who looks exactly the same as he does in the present.

!Current Members

[[folder: Leslie Dean]]
!!''Leslie Dean née Ellehr''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AnnieWersching

Karolina Dean's mother, the head of the Church of Gibborim.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Brittany Ishibashi (''Runaways'')

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Is possessed by a Gibborim after Jonah's ship is destroyed]].

* MistakenForGay: By her own daughter, no less. When Chase tells Nico his mother was having an affair, it's ''Tina'' who first comes to Nico's mind and not her dad.

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Is possessed by a Gibborim after Jonah's ship explodes]].

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: Gets possessed by Jonah following his apparent "death"]].

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His background as an inventor, groundbreaking engineer, and CEO was based on RealLife magnate, investor, inventor and engineer Elon Musk.

!!The Deans

[[folder:Frank Dean]]
!!''Frank Dean''
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Kip Pardue

The husband of Leslie Dean, a former teen star and public face of the Church of Gibborim.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Karolina's parents were both criminals exiled from Majesdane (who betrayed their entire planet to the Skrulls in revenge). Here, it seems the bulk of the "evil" traits went to Leslie, as well as Jonah. Frank himself isn't actually part of the PRIDE, having being removed and mind-wiped, and is unaware of the goings-on of the Church.
** [[spoiler: He immediately [[SubvertedTrope backpedals]] in Season 2, when he takes the Church from Leslie and sends her to be re-educated.]]
* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: An alien in the comics, human in the MCU.
* AdaptationalWimp:
** Goes hand-in-hand with his AdaptationalSpeciesChange. Comics!Frank and Leslie was a Majesdanian criminal who was a threat with his powers. The MCU version of Frank is a normal human actor, although he asserts he has some martial arts training from his movies.
** This version of Frank is a WhiteDwarfStarlet, whereas in the comics both he and Leslie were currently successful Hollywood stars.
* ChurchOfHappyology: Helps run the Church of Gibborim, and his celebrity status is mentioned as a cause of the Church's prominence. The name alone should raise alarm bells if you've read the comics.
* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:He betrays the kids to Jonah, apparently taking Alex's role as the surprise traitor.]]
* CorruptTheCutie: Overall, Frank is a good man and father who's struggling with his FormerChildStar status. After failing to "go ultra", he decides to lay low with his life for a while rather than desperately trying to find his purpose in life. Unfortunately, [[TheCorrupter Jonah]] appears and tells him that he ''did'' went ultra and gives him a magical healing gloves to make him feel special. [[spoiler:The second he gets a taste of power from the gloves, it goes to his head and he sells out his own daughter for personal gain at the first opportunity, which everyone else has refused to do.]]
* DecompositeCharacter: While Frank retains his acting career and marriage to Leslie, many traits of Comic!Frank are absorbed by [[spoiler:Jonah - specifically, his status as Karolina's father and his powers.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After being mind-wiped and shut out by Leslie Dean and discovering that he's not Karolina's father, Frank got a revenge by telling Jonah about the kids behind the PRIDE's back. Leslie even lampshades this, asking him how he could betray them like that.]]
* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: With his falling career he insists on taking a more active role in the Church, straining his relation with Leslie, who keeps him at arms length. This leads him to [[spoiler:collaborate directly with Jonah and later take the Church from Leslie rather than let her shut it down.]]
* HealingHands: Jonah gives him a pair of gloves with healing powers.
* FormerChildStar: His career's been languishing since being a teen star.
* GracefulLoser: He becomes more humble after failing to "go ultra", saying that "you learned more from failure".
* InformedAttractiveness: If his agent is to be believed, his face guided hoards of young women through puberty. Even in the present as a FormerChildStar, mothers at Karolina's school still ask for his picture and autograph.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He had an amnesia drug used on him after finding out about PRIDE, apparently with some nasty side effects.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: To his dismay, Leslie keeps him unaware of the doings of both PRIDE and the Church of Gibborim.
* MrFanservice: InUniverse example. Frank's agent says a significant portion of the female population discovered their sexuality by masturbating to his picture.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: He's the only parent not involved in PRIDE. He used to be but was mindwiped using a serum concocted by the Yorkeses. [[spoiler:Later, he doesn't rejoin them but after Karolina tells her of PRIDE, he rats them out to Jonah.]]
* TheStoolPigeon: After Karolina reveals to him of human sacrifices committed by PRIDE, he ends up [[spoiler:ratting the children to Jonah and collaborating with him to spite Leslie.]]
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: A former teen star struggling to find direction in his life after a short-lived movie career.

!!The Wilders

[[folder: Catherine Wilder]]
!!''Catherine Wilder''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Angel Parker

Alex Wilder's mother, a successful lawyer.

* AmoralAttorney: In a flashback, she and Geoffrey plotted to have his innocent best friend act as Geoffrey's FallGuy so Geoffrey could get out of prison quickly and sell some property to Jonah. Also, she ''is'' a member of a cult that uses HumanSacrifice, and Alex mentions that trying to take legal action against their parents won't work because Catherine will get them out of it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's okay with somebody else sacrificing themselves at Jonah's demand. She's not, however, okay with kicking the dog for good measure.
-->'''Tina:''' No offense, Janet, but the team can survive without you. It's not like you really brought anything to the table.\\
'''Catherine:''' Is that really necessary?
* HelloAttorney: In a flashback, Geoffrey and Darius make comments about how attractive she is.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Examined in season 2, tying into her IronLady tendencies. [[spoiler: She believes in the good of this trope when she murdered Darius for the good of her family as she perceived Darius to be a loose end and a threat to her family. Murdering him only made things exponentially worse; as not only has she further estranged her son from both parents, Geoffrey also can't trust her for doing in one of his boys from his old days. Quite a couple scenes in which Geoffrey lays down the cards and admits he can't trust her show Catherine quite scared and nervous.]]
* IronLady: She is very cold and resolved in all her actions, especially the very illegal ones, but she does care about her husband and son. Season 2 shows some downsides to a character like this; as her [[spoiler: murder of Darius drives a violent wedge between her and Geoffrey. Coincidentally, after doing this, instead of maintaining and resuming control of her family, it's driven them further apart with her now having problems with Geoffrey.]]
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Geoffrey has some lines he won't cross and a lingering code from his criminal days. She doesn't. [[spoiler:Darius acknowledges this when he meets her in the hotel room, noting that he always that Geoffrey was the one to watch out for, but it's actually been her all along.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The only thing that saves Molly from a mind wipe, which is also said to have negative side effects, is her quick thinking, but Catherine was more than ready to do it in order to protect their secrets.
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[[folder: Geoffrey Wilder]]
!!''Geoffrey Wilder''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Ryan Sands
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Runaways|2017}}''

Alex Wilder's father, a real estate developer and former high-ranking member of the Crips.
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[[folder:David Ellerh]]
!!''David Ellerh''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Lee Fraley

The founder of the Church of Gibborim, father of Leslie and grandfather of Karolina.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: As the Church of Gibborim is based in Scientology, he's based in L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology.
* OurFounder: To the Church of Gibborim.
* PosthumousCharacter: He's dead by the time the series takes place.

[[folder:Vaughn]]
!!''Vaughn Kaye''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Cody Mayo

A member of the Church of Gibborim that acts as Leslie's assistant.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: He hints at some troublesome past which he was able to move on from thanks to the Church.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's a loyalt member of the Church keen on following Leslie's orders, including keeping out Frank Dean, ''her husband'', out of Leslie's private meditation room. When the Runaways approach him to ask for his help in rescuing Karolina and tell him of the fate of the missing church members, he dismisses it, though later he [[spoiler:aids Molly and Chase to rescue Karolina at Leslie's behest]].

[[folder:Frances and Aura]]
!!''Frances and Aura''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Heather Olt and Pat Lentz

Two recruiters for the Church of Gibborim.

* ChurchOfHappyology: As Church recruiters, they are amongst Leslie's most devout followers.
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: They're the reason Robert's plan to kill Jonah is ultimately foiled, once they [[TapOnTheHead smash a blunt object on the former's head, knocking him out]]]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: Always seen together.

[[folder:Destiny Gonzalez]]
!!''Destiny Gonzalez''

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Nicole Wolf

A runaway teenager inducted into the Church and chosen by Leslie to be sacrificed.

* AdaptationDistillation
* DarkAndTroubledPast: She went through a troubled rebel phase when she was younger, culminating in her running away.
* HumanSacrifice: Just like the first issue, the PRIDE's kids witness their parents murdering her, setting off the events of the series. However, the sacrifice failed because of a failure in Victor Stein's machine, so he murdered her.
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home before the Church found her.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is both spelled Gonzales and Gonzalez on screen.
* TeenPregnancy: She had a daughter when she was 14.

!!Other Collaborators

[[folder:Detective Flores]]
!!''Detective Flores''

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Alex Fernandez

A detective in the LAPD with ties to PRIDE, particularly Robert and Tina Minoru.

* AgeLift: His comic counterpart was the younger ''Lieutenant'' Flores.
* BaldOfEvil: He's a corrupt police officer with a balding head.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: AWOL locks him in a meat freezer and turns up the settings, [[KillItWithIce resulting in a brutal, icy death]]]].
* DirtyCop: He was bribed by the Minorus in the fallout of Amy Minoru's death, which was [[NeverSuicide ruled as suicide]]. Later, he takes over the case of Destiny Gonzalez and helps Robert and Victor avoid charges after they are found trying to kidnap a homeless man.
* EvilOldFolks: He's a corrupt cop who is already showing signs of age, including baldness and gray hair.

[[folder:Kincaid]]
!!''Kincaid''

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Devan Long

An employee of Tina Minoru working as security in Wizard Computers.

* BeardOfEvil: He sports a rather thick beard.
* DirtyOldMan: While he's not that old, he's in his mid to late thirties, at least, and still hits on Gert, who is a teenager. He is clearly joking as he does so, mind, but it is still a tad inappropriate.
* EnigmaticMinion: His motivations, history and extend of his knowledge about Tina's activities are unknown.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He plays the ''Star Wars'' arcade game with Gert and Earl the Wizard receptionist despite calling them out on it earlier.
* TattooedCrook: He has many intimidating tattoos and is implied to have done unsavory things on Tina Minoru's behalf.

* ChurchofHappyology: As Church recruiters, they are amongst Leslie's most devout followers.

* ILied: [[spoiler: Gene and Alice Hernandez calculated that his ship leaving the Earth would cause an earthquake big enough to destroy California, but Jonah assures the rest of PRIDE that their calculations do not apply to the alien, organic technology that comprises his ship. When he prepares to depart and a massive earthquake appears imminent, he admits he lied]].

* ILied: [[spoiler: Gene and Alice Hernandez calculated that his ship leaving the Earth would cause an earthquake big enough to destroy California, but Jonah assures everyone that their calculations do not apply to the alien, organic technology that comprises his ship. When he prepares to depart and a massive earthquake appears imminent, he admits he lied]].

* CompositeCharacter: He serves as the show's version of the Gibborim, several god-like beings, and also takes on some of Frank Dean's character traits (see DecompositeCharacter). [[spoiler: He's later revealed to be just one of the Gibborim]].

* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: With his falling career he insists on taking a more active role in the Church, straining his relation with Leslie, who keeps him at arms lenght. This leads him to [[spoiler:collaborate directly with Jonah.]]

!!!'''Species:''' Unknown

!Current members

!Former members

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Seems to care about Leslie and Karolina.

* BareFistedMonk: She's not just proficient with the staff; she capable in martial arts as well.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Examined in season 2, tying into her IronLady tendencies. [[spoiler: She believes in the good of this trope when she murdered Darius for the good of her family as she perceived Darius to be a loose end and a threat to her family. Murdering him only made things exponentially worse; as not only has she further estranged her son from both parents, Geoffrey also can't trust her for doing in one of his boys from his old days. Quite a couple scenes in which Geoffrey lays down the cards and admits he can't trust her show Catherine quite scared and nervous.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her older daughter Amy died a few years before the series begins.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His older daughter Amy died a few years before the series begins.

* IronLady: She is very cold and resolved in all her actions, especially the very illegal ones, but she does care about her husband and son.

* AdaptationalWimp: Sort of. This version of Tina is not a wizard like her comic book counterpart. The Staff of One operates using nanotechnology instead.

* EvilSorcerer: Played with. While she's a cold, standoffish woman who uses the seemingly magical Staff of One, it turns out that the Staff itself isn't magical -- it works with nanotech.

* LadyOfBlackMagic: Cold, elegant, and able to imitate magic through the Staff of One. Nico evidently takes after her in this regard.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: She explains to Nico that the Staff of One works scientifically, but Nico simply chalks it down to "high-tech magic". She also says the Staff's technology is "[[TechnologyFromMagic unparalelled]]". There's a strong implication that it is from [[AmbiguouslyHuman Jonah]].

!!!'''Portrayed by:''' Julian [=McMahon=] (young) Ric Sarabia (old)

* AmbiguouslyHuman: He's implied to be extremely long lived and when aged looks like a mummufied alien. When he has sex with Leslie, a blinding light emerges from them. He also has the same powers as Karolina.

* CompositeCharacter: He serves as the show's version of the Gibborim, several god-like beings, and also takes on some of Frank Dean's character traits (see DecompositeCharacter).

* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He initially appeared as a weakened old man with cracked white skin and bound to a breathing apparatus. Later, its revealed he requires yearly sacrifices in order to regain his youthful appearance.

* DecompositeCharacter: As a result of the creators of ''Series/Runaways2017'' disregarding Tina's appearance in ''Doctor Strange'', there are now two Tina Minorus in the MCU: the CEO of Wizard and member of PRIDE, and the [[Characters/MCUMastersOfTheMysticArts Master of the Mystic Arts]].

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* AdaptationalWimp: As a result of AdaptationSpeciesChange, Leslie doesn't jave any Majesdanian abilities.

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A cult based in Los Angeles formed by wealthy couples and bound to the service of an ancient figure named Jonah in exchange for a number of boons which led them to obtain wealth and social status. They use the cover of a charity organization.

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* AdaptationalWimp: Goes hand-in-hand with his AdaptationalSpeciesChange. Comics!Frank and Leslie was a Majesdanian criminal who was a threat with his powers. The MCU version of Frank is a normal human actor, although he asserts he has some martial arts training from his movies.
** Also, this version of Frank is a WhiteDwarfStarlet, whereas in the comics both he and Leslie were currently successful Hollywood stars.

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: They are mutants in the comics, but mutants had been AdaptedOut [[ExiledFromContinuity of the MCU]] due to Fox holding the rights to the X-Men and all related concepts at the time the show started. Thus, they are regular humans in the MCU.[[note]]Now that Disney owns Fox, it's possible they'll retroactively be considered mutants.[[/note]]