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!!''ComicBook/{{Hela}} Odinsdottir''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Darling, you have no idea what's possible."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Hela unadorned]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hela_unadorned.jpg [softreturn] ''"We were once the seat of absolute power in the cosmos. Our supremacy was unchallenged. Yet Odin stopped at Nine Realms."''[[/labelnote]]]]
!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CateBlanchett
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Kerygma Flores (Latin-American Spanish dub), Yūki Amami (Japanese dub), Marie-Andrée Corneille (Canadian French dub), Carla Pompilio (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

->''"I'm '''not''' a queen, or a monster. I'm the goddess of '''death'''. What were '''you''' the god of again?"''

The ruthlessly ambitious and supremely powerful Goddess of Death whom Odin locked away thousands of years ago and, upon finally escaping from her prison, brings unprecedented levels of chaos and destruction to Asgard.

Unbeknown to Thor and the rest of Asgard, Hela is Odin's first born child and therefore Thor's long-lost half-sister and the true heir to the throne.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: The Asgardians aren't exactly overjoyed to meet their new queen, understandably so when her method of introduction is slaughtering their entire army single-handedly. They'd rather die than serve her. Some even try to raise a rebellion against her and storm the castle, to absolutely no avail.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics Hela's good looks are maintained by her enchanted cape. Without it, the right half of her body will become dead and rotted. This version of Hela has no such problems.
* AdaptationalBadass: Comics Hela is still very much a DarkActionGirl, but she isn't anywhere near as fearsome a physical opponent as MCU Hela, who appears to be the most dangerous and ruthlessly effective warrior in Asgard's history. For instance, comics Hela could never take out an entire legion of Einharjar single-handedly without even breaking a sweat like this version of Hela can. Comics Hela is also usually written as being of a similar strength and endurance level as Thor (she can fight him to a stalemate but fights between them can go either way), whereas MCU Hela is clearly both much stronger and more resilient than MCU Thor.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: ... Possibly, due to comics Hela's hideously complicated backstory. She began as a Jotun, being the daughter of Loki and Angerboda, a Jotun LadyOfBlackMagic. The Gillen run on ''Journey into Mystery'' cast this into doubt, instead more or less stating that she was Leah of Hel all grown up after having been marooned in the past, and having been essentially created by Loki, she was technically his daughter. Sort of. In the MCU however, she is a member of the Asgardian royal family.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics, Hela is the literal goddess of ''the dead'', and she rules Hel, the place where people's souls go after they die. In here, while Hela does resurrect some fallen warriors, her "goddess of ''death''" moniker seems to refer to her murderous ways rather than any kind of power over all dead souls. Also, the comic book Hela's most notable superpower, her touch that rots the flesh of the living, has been replaced with the ability to produce an endless amount of deadly blades out of thin air.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** In the comics, Skurge is described as "the one to whom even Hela bows her head" for his last stand at Gjallerbru, and his stand against her was a result of having finally grown fed up with being openly treated as Amora the Enchantress' dumb muscle. In the film... he joins her because he's too scared to challenge her, and she kills him when he finally does.
** Comparing the movies and the original myths, Hela was just a bloodthirsty megalomaniac and was imprisoned because she had been so brutal in war. Hel on the other hand, was sealed away when she was a child and not because she had done anything, it's just that the Aesir didn't know what she'd grow up to be so they banished her to the realm Hel to be sure.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs:
** She takes over Asgard by killing everyone who would oppose her and claims the royal palace for herself.
** Hela and Skurge (along with some resurrected Asgardian warriors) invade the ancient stronghold where the Asgardian refugees are hiding. Luckily, Heimdall and the refugees are already on their way to the Rainbow Bridge.
* AlwaysABiggerFish: She single-handedly walks all over Asgard's army and tosses Thor around like a ragdoll, making her twice the threat to him and the rest of the universe that Loki or Malekith were. But even ''she'' has some cosmic figures who outrank her. Once Surtur is restored to full power, she can't do ''anything'' to him, while ''he'' is the one to kill her off with his giant flaming sword.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: For being adoptive siblings, Hela and Loki look remarkably similar. We know that Hela is Thor's paternal half-sister and that Loki's mother was not a Frost Giant, so it is entirely possible their mothers were related.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** ''Thor: Ragnarok'' or it's tie-in merchandise never addresses at any point who Hela's mother is and indeed, whether she could be Frigga or whether Hela came from a time before Frigga was married to Odin. The hidden murals in Asgard's throne room only show Odin and Hela, there is no sign of Frigga or any other female figure who could be interpreted as being Hela's mother. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Thor eventually refers to Hela as his half-sister, confirming that Frigga is not her mother.
* AmbitionIsEvil: She was once Odin's greatest weapon, leading his armies to subdue the Nine Realms, but Odin eventually turned against Hela and imprisoned her when he realised her appetite for conquest and domination was insatiable.
* AntagonisticOffspring: She's Odin's daughter, who fought on his side during his days as a warlord and later turned against her father for abandoning his ambitions.
* ArchnemesisDad: In Hela's eyes at least. She paints a picture of herself as being Asgard's noble savior who will lead the realm back to universal supremacy, and dad Odin as the foolish old man who locked her away merely because he was threatened by her growing power.
* AscendedExtra: In the original Ragnarok comic story-line Hela only appeared for 3 pages without making much impact on the plot, whereas in ''Thor: Ragnarok'' she's the main antagonist.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: She seems to think of this as a selling point between herself and her old man, claiming that while both of them were bloodthirsty, war-hungry monsters, she openly extols her actions and takes pride in them. She cannot understand what sort of emotions would have pushed Odin to feel shame or try to keep his past hidden from his other children.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Following Odin's death, Hela (as his eldest child) is the true heir to the throne of Asgard, and she is also clearly presented as being by far the strongest Asgardian. Thor can somewhat compete with his new SuperMode, but Hela is still stronger due to her ties of Asgard.
* AxCrazy: She is incredibly violent and bloodthirsty and kills en masse whilst showing absolutely no [[LackofEmpathy empathy]] for her victims or [[TheSociopath remorse for her actions]]. By contrast, she seems to actually revel in her own carnage, gleefully exclaiming ''"Oh, I missed this!"'' after slaughtering the entire Asgardian army. And then a few minutes later she's being buddy-buddy with her hand-chosen [[TheDragon dragon]], Skurge.
* BadassBoast: She seems particularly fond of these. After all, she's not a queen or a monster, she's the ''goddess of death!''
-->'''Hela:''' Whatever game you're playing, it won't work. You can't defeat me!
* BadassCape: She sports an awesome dark green ''shiny'' cape.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: She's one [[{{Pun}} hell]] of a melee opponent, and [[NoSell attacking her with sharp weapons seems pointless]]. For instance, she blocks a spear attack by Thor by nonchalantly crossing her arms in what is basically a provocative gesture intended to show that Thor is no match for her. She also blocks a sword attack by Valkyrie with her forearm with ease.
* TheBaroness: She is an aloof, sadistic and dominant villainess.
* BerserkButton: If someone does as much as even think of standing in her way, she will kill that someone without thought.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Actually a JustifiedTrope considering Hela is portrayed as being pretty much NighInvulnerable. She fights an entire army single-handedly, gets stabbed right through the chest and blasted with 'the biggest lightning bolt in the history of lightning' at different points of Ragnarok, and comes out of all three without so much as a scratch or even a broken nail.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Mjölnir was forged in the heart of a dying star, and imbued with magic so that only the most worthy of heroes could make it move in any way. Hela catches and then ''crushes'' it with just one hand.
-->'''Thor:''' ''[[ThisCannotBe This is not possible!]]''\\
'''Hela:''' Darling, you have no idea what's possible.
* BigBad: She's the main antagonist of ''Thor: Ragnarok''.
* BigBrotherBully: Or sister in her case. She is Odin's firstborn, older than both Thor and Loki and not only threatens their kingdom, but mocks and belittles them at every turn.
-->'''Hela:''' ''[addressing Thor]'' Odin and I drowned ''entire civilisations'' in blood and tears...And then one day, he decided to become a benevolent king. To foster peace, to protect life. ''[Her lip curls in disgust]'' To have ''[[InadequateInheritor you]]''.
* BloodKnight: The most bloodthirsty Asgardian to have ever lived, she relishes in the slaughter of her victims and is willing to kill anyone in her conquest beyond the Nine Realms, even her fellow Asgardians.
* BlueBlood: As Odin's firstborn, she is the princess and the true heir to the throne of Asgard.
* BornWinner: Just like her father and brother, Hela was born with immense innate powers.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She treats the act of single-handedly slaughtering the entire Asgardian army as routine in a testament to her love of violence and conquest.
* ButtMonkey: She seems ready for a glorious return to Asgard before discovering that nobody even knows who she is despite listing her titles, accomplishments and status as Odin's firstborn, which is turned into a constant source of jokes at Hela's expense.
-->'''Hela:''' [[KneelBeforeZod Kneel before me and rise into the ranks of my great conquest!]]
-->'''Hogun:''' Whoever you are, whatever you'd done, surrender now or we will show you no mercy!
-->'''Hela:''' ''[sounding incredibly put out]'' ''[[DudeWheresMyRespect Whoever I am?!]]'' [[DudeWheresMyRespect Did you listen to a]] ''[[DudeWheresMyRespect word]]'' [[DudeWheresMyRespect I said?!]]
* CainAndAbel: To her younger brothers, Thor and Loki, whom she tries to kill. This is ''after'' a bloody conflict with their father.
* CainAndAbelAndSeth: She was introduced long after Thor and Loki made their debut in the MCU. Justified since Odin sealed her away and made her an {{Unperson}}.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: Most of the time she just refers to her father Odin by his name.
* CelebrityParadox: In ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'', ComicBook/IronMan mockingly calls Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} Legolas, suggesting that the ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and/or ''Film/TheHobbit'' movies exist in the MCU. Hela's actress Blanchett played Galadriel in those movies -- and her minion, Skurge, is played by Creator/KarlUrban, who played Eomer in the same films.
* ClothingDamage: When introduced, her outfit is tattered and full of holes, likely due to her long imprisonment. Once she replenishes her power by returning to Asgard, her outfit repairs itself.
* TheComicallySerious: Her imperious demands for respect bely the [[LargeHam hamminess]] that seems to run in her family.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Hela's backstory of having been imprisoned many years ago and freed during the present day is taken from Cul, Odin's brother from ''ComicBook/FearItself''. She also catches and shatters Thor's hammer like Cul did to Captain America's shield.
** Skurge the Executioner being subservient to her comes from [[ComicBook/TheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]].
** According to producer Brad Winderbaum, her ability to manifest weapons was taken from Gorr the God Butcher, and the weapon she wields is even the Necrosword.
** The twist of the character being Thor and Loki's [[LongLostRelative long-lost sister]] is taken from ComicBook/{{Angela|AsgardsAssassin}}.
* ContraltoOfDanger: She has a rather deep, powerful voice for a woman, courtesy of Creator/CateBlanchett, which fits the character's AuthorityEqualsAsskicking status.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: She's the first BigBad of the ''Thor'' films to present a serious physical threat to the title character without outside help; Loki needed a weapon to fight Thor evenly, and even then, he wasn't much of a match for his brother one-on-one, while Malekith needed the Aether to present a real threat to Thor in a fight. Hela, by contrast, is a nigh-unstoppable one-woman army who can not only handle herself in a fight with Thor, but come out on top without a great deal of trouble. In the same vein, both Loki and Malekith were vulnerable to Mjölnir (Loki couldn't lift it and Thor used it to first disfigure Malekith, then defeat him), whereas Hela destroys the hammer with one hand.
* CoolHelmet: She wears her iconic and elaborate antler-style headdress from the comics, and it can also double as a weapon.
* CoolSword: She wields wicked-looking short swords with [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked blades]] that she seems to be able to materialize out of thin air. In fact, in her battle against the Valkyrior, she summons ''hundreds'' of them to use as a StormOfBlades on them.
* TheCoup: According to Valkyrie, when Odin turned against her, Hela attempted one of these; she massacred everyone in the palace of Asgard and tried to seize the throne by force. It took the entirety of the Valkyrior (who, except for one, sacrificed their lives to stop Hela) and the intervention of Odin to defeat and imprison her.
* CurbStompBattle: Hela vs. well, pretty much anyone (bar Surtur at his full strength) is a curb stomp battle of epic proportions. Even after Thor got access to his [[SuperMode full set of lightning powers]], she still easily dominated him while he was being helped by Valkyrie.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She had a grand time with her old man as a GalacticConqueror, drenching entire civilizations in "blood and tears". Then he turned good and they had a falling out.
* DanceBattler: Cate Blanchett trained in the Brazilian martial art of UsefulNotes/{{capoeira}} for Hela's fight scenes.
* DarkActionGirl: She isn't just your average Dark Action Girl, she's a [[OneManArmy one-woman army]] who can slaughter hundreds if not thousands of soldiers in one go. She's so strong and durable that not even the Mighty Thor can put a dent in her using his strongest lightning powers.
* DarkIsEvil: Hela is raven-haired and wears dark clothing and [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow makeup]].
* DeadpanSnarker: When giving her BadassBoast to Thor about being the goddess of death itself, she sarcastically punctuates it with "what were ''you'' the god of again?" [[ShockAndAwe Considering what happens next]], this was perhaps TemptingFate -- though it doesn't slow her down for long.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Her last moments are a final, futile battle with Surtur.
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Hela craves absolute power in the cosmos and cares not whether she will make it a [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans better]] or [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans worse]] place -- all she wants is to rule over others.
* DisproportionateRetribution: If you refuse to immediately comply with Hela's demands, you'll likely find yourself ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice without a moment's notice.
* DoingInTheWizard: In the comics and Norse myth, Hela is Goddess of the ''Dead'' and ruler of the land of the dead aka the afterlife. Here though, she is specifically the Goddess of ''Death'' which, despite chucking the previous movies' motif that Asgardians are "just" {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s, transforms her into something closer to a PhysicalGod BloodKnight who makes zombies.
* DomainHolder: She is practically all-powerful as long as she's within Asgard. The only way the heroes can stop her is to summon Surtur to bring about the titular Ragnarok, destroying Asgard entirely.
* TheDragon: Before Thor was born, she served Odin, her father, as his 'executioner'. The murals on Asgard show her at her father's side as an equal.
* TheDreaded: Initially subverted to her immense annoyance when she discovers that Odin [[{{Unperson}} erased her from history]] and nobody even knows who she is. She makes up for it almost immediately with her EstablishingCharacterMoment where she catches and destroys Mjölnir and single-handedly wipes out the Asgardian army, showing how terrifyingly powerful she is.
* DressedLikeADominatrix: She wears a black catsuit with green elements and high-heeled boots.
* DropTheHammer: She was the first wielder of Mjölnir.
* DualWielding: When going into battle, she wields a wicked-looking spiked short sword in each hand.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: From her perspective, her violence, and the conquests she wholeheartedly participated in during Odin's early years, is the very foundation on which Asgard is built. She tells Thor that the gold in the throne room of Asgard came from conquests. And in the end, she was merely cast aside and sealed away, while Odin decided to stop his conquests at Nine Realms, and consolidate his empire. Hela also laments how the warriors who fought and died for Asgard were once honored in the throne room, whereas now Odin buries them deep underground and pretends that it never happened.
-->'''Hela:''' Whoever I am? Did you listen to a ''word'' I said!?
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She is a very gothic-looking pale-skinned and dark-haired villainess.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Right after returning from the purgatory prison where Odin imprisoned her, she destroys Mjölnir with one hand. Mjölnir had at this point been considered one of the most -- if not The Most -- powerful weapon in all the MCU outside an Infinity Stone. Hela's action immediately demonstrates how powerful she is.
* EverybodyHatesHades: In Norse mythology, the goddess Hel was a neutral deity who was charged with caring for the dead. In the comics, she's more AmbiguouslyEvil, but rarely an overt supervillain. Here, she is an evil villainess who is bent upon chaos and domination.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Loki. She's what Loki would become if he lacked or rejected his redeeming qualities and allowed his [[AmbitionIsEvil selfish ambitions]] to consume him. Had Loki succeeded in invading New York, he would likely turn into her copy. [[FridgeBrilliance Which probably explains why Odin reacted so spectacularly badly to him doing that -- it would have brought up some bad memories.]]
** To Thor, as well. As a former {{Blood Knight}} who once grinned when a Frost Giant gave him a [[DisproportionateRetribution very flimsy]] excuse to attack, then proceeded to kill him and dozens more Frost Giants in the space of five minutes, he could have likely become much like her if he had stayed on that path -- and, as above, explains why Odin completely lost it with him as a result. Fortunately, he learned to value life when he was banished briefly and turned into a mortal, and had enough good traits for the lessons he learned then to stick.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood:
** She genuinely acts like she's doing the Asgardians a favor by killing (so she thought) Thor and Loki and pledging to plunge Asgard to another era of blood-soaked conquest. As a result she's confused and annoyed at their hostile reception to her.
** She also cannot understand why Odin would want to stop their bloody conquest and peacefully rule over what they conquered. Her response was the usual – violence.
* EvilGloating: This pretty much makes up a majority of her dialogue.
-->'''Hela:''' Do you know the difference between us? I am Odin's firstborn, the true heir to the throne and the ''savior'' of Asgard! And you? Are ''nothing!''
* EvilIsHammy: She is prone to {{Badass Boast}}s and EvilGloating, and likes to announce to everyone within earshot that she is the '''Goddess of Death'''. She [[SexyWalk saunters around]] Asgard acting like everywhere is her own personal catwalk. Even her fighting style has an inherent and entertaining flair for the dramatic.
* EvilOverlord: Once she is freed from her prison, she becomes the tyrannical dark queen of Asgard with her army of undead Berserkers at her beck and call.
* EvilOverlooker: She's commonly depicted using this trope in the movie's posters, such as [[http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/hollywood/thor-ragnarok-poster-chris-hemsworth-tom-hiddleston-cate-blanchett-4811850/ the international poster]] and [[http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/thor-ragnarok-gets-japanese-movie-poster more prominently in the Japanese poster]].
* EvilPlan: Hela's is to firstly conquer Asgard (which she does with ease), then raise an undead army and go on to conquer firstly the other Nine Realms and then the rest of the cosmos in a bid for ultimate supremacy.
* TheEvilPrincess: During her warmongering days with Odin, her ambition grew big and she planned to usurp the throne from Odin when he decided to seek peace, but Odin managed to seal her away before her plans came to fruition.
* EvilReactionary: Her EvilPlan is to revert Asgard to its dark, blood-soaked, galactic-conquering, imperialistic past and continue its reign of terror on the rest of the universe, no matter how many of her ''own people'' she has to slaughter to do it.
* EvilVersusEvil: As the heroes leave Asgard, Hela ends up fighting a reborn Surtur, who aims to destroy the realm.
* EvilWearsBlack: Her outfit is a combination of black with green patterns. Even without her pitch-black helmet on she looks remarkably gothic.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: All part of her [[EvilIsSexy evil, sexy goth]] aesthetic.
* TheExecutioner: Hela was Odin's executioner before he had a change of heart and imprisoned her.
-->'''Hela:''' When I was young every great king had an executioner. Not just to execute people but to also execute their vision. But mainly to execute people. Still, it was a great honor. I was Odin's executioner.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: She attempts a gloriously dramatic speech to the Asgardian army as she prepares to take her position as Asgard's new ruler. When it becomes clear that nobody remembers her she becomes incredibly irritated and drops the hammy speech.
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance. She was so convinced of her own overwhelming superiority (and frankly for good reason) that she didn't even bother killing Thor the first chance she got when it would have taken her a few extra seconds to do so. She then continued to waste her time trying to make him serve her despite how clear he made it that he would never bow to her will, and also ignored his many indications that he would stop at nothing to overthrow her because she simply didn't think he was capable of being a serious threat to her.
* FemmeFatalons: She has her long nails painted black, as a true fashionable villainess should.
* FisherKing: All Asgardians are incredibly strong, durable, and long-lived compared to humans, but the royal family has a much stronger link to Asgard itself, as demonstrated by Odin's immense power (which adopted son Loki doesn't gain even when wielding Gungnir, Odin's spear), Hela's own nigh-unstoppability, and Thor's transformation into his own OneManArmy once he finally understands Odin's last, posthumous lessons. To complete the trope, Asgard flourishes under a good ruler like post-Hela Odin and Thor himself and suffers under an incompetent or evil ruler like Loki or Hela.
* FlechetteStorm: Her primary form of offense, summoning innumerable spikes, knifes, swords, and anything else sharp and pointy to throw at her opponents.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Loki. Both are ambitious children of Odin who feel betrayed by their father and committed atrocities as retribution for being wronged. They have the same [[GreenAndMean fashion]] [[CoolHelmet sense]] and [[LargeHam flair for the dramatic]]. But Hela takes over Asgard by force and [[OmnicidalManiac ruthlessly kills]] everyone who openly opposes her, while Loki becomes a FakeKing through trickery, [[PragmaticVillainy exiles those suspicious of him]] and tries to get good publicity with overacted plays. Hela would conquer countless worlds, while Loki doesn't bother even with the Nine Realms. Hela never learns to care for others, while Loki eventually redeems himself.
** To Thor. Both are incredibly hot-headed children of Odin who have [[OneManArmy incredible]] [[PersonOfMassDestruction power]] and [[BloodKnight a violent side]] that frightened their father. Both wielded Mjölnir, possibly in an attempt by Odin to curb their darker urges and limit their power. Both claim the throne of Asgard during ''Ragnarok'', except Thor listens to others while Hela only uses or kills them. Both spent their lives fighting in service of their father. But while Thor learned humility from the lessons Odin taught him, Hela only knew how to be a warrior because that was all Odin taught her and so could not adapt to peace.
* FrontlineGeneral: She was the commander of the forces of Asgard and is shown ([[HorseOfADifferentColor astride Fenris]]) leading an army of Einharjar into battle in the hidden murals in Odin's throne room.
* AGodAmI: Refers to herself as the goddess of death. The film implies there is some truth to this and not merely self-aggrandizing.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She not only crowns herself Queen through a violent takeover of Asgard, terrifying the populace into submission, she also aims to lead a bloody campaign of conquest on every other realm in existence.
* GodzillaThreshold: Crosses it so much that Thor decides ''destroying all of Asgard'' is the only way to take her down.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Implied. She was undoubtedly already a vicious warmonger before her banishment, but thousands of years of being imprisoned against her will seems to have made her even ''more'' twisted and vengeful.
* {{Goth}}: In [[EvilWearsBlack dress sense]] and [[ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow personal stylings]], if not necessarily in demeanour.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: To complement her excessive dark makeup and black bodysuit she can magically manifest black blades and use necromancy to resurrect the corpses of soldiers to serve as her personal army.
* GreenAndMean: Like Loki and her comics counterpart, Hela has an affinity for the color green.
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* HammerSpace: Aside from her powerful Asgardian physical abilities, her primary offensive power appears to be the ability to summon some kind of black matter from another realm, in any shape or size she pleases. This includes Skurge's axe and the spears she uses to kill her opponents, as well as a small mountain from which she raises out of the sea to battle Surtur.
* HealingFactor: She's not invulnerable by any stretch, but any wound she does take seems to heal in seconds. Subtly shown at several points such as when Thor hits her with the "biggest lightning bolt in the history of lightning bolts" and she's temporarily disabled off-screen, but is fine a few minutes later when we see her. Or when he kicks her in the head at the beginning of the film which concusses and stuns her, which realistically would have drastic ill-effects and probably indicate an embolism, but leaves no lasting injury. More blatantly shown when Thor, Valkyrie, and one of the Asgardian soldiers respectively all put swords/spears through her chest, and the holes just get patched up in a flash of yellow. Coming back from her whole body being ''obliterated'' by Surtur is another story.
* HeroKiller: She kills the Warriors Three once she's back to Asgard. In the past, she wiped out the entire order of Valkyrior, with only one survivor.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Her powers increased the longer she stays in Asgard. Even without it, she's already strong enough to lift Mjölnir despite being unworthy and crush it. This is why Thor decides that having Surtur destroy Asgard is the only way to defeat her.
* HornsOfVillainy: Her headdress is decorated with an impressive multitude of horns. She uses them as projectiles in fight.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Uses Fenris, her [[CanisMajor giant wolf]], as her mount when riding into battle rather than the normal horses that the rank and file soldiers ride.
* IcyBlueEyes: Which the ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow really brings out.
* ImmuneToBullets: At one point, she is shot at by the Asgardian army's flying ships, to which she wraps her BadassCape around herself and the bullets bounce harmlessly off her body.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Her favored method of killing, although she gets a taste of it herself or rather, crushed with extreme prejudice) when she is at the bottom end of Surtur's blade as he impales it in Asgard's ground.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Comic Hela's IconicOutfit ([[FormFittingWardrobe skin-tight black and green bodysuit]], [[BadassCape badass green cape]] and [[CoolHelmet crazy, antler-style headdress]]), one of Creator/JackKirby's most elaborate costume designs for Creator/MarvelComics is lovingly and faithfully re-created here.
* InadequateInheritor: It's made clear that her rule would mean bad news for Asgard and all other realms at large. As Odin believed in being ready for war but not seek it actively, Hela aims to do the complete opposite. Also an example of TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone.
* InsaneAdmiral: Why she was banished -- according to her, something is in Asgard's empire, or it needs to be incorporated into it, pronto.
* InvincibleVillain: Nothing seems to even scratch her, be it being stabbed in the chest several times (one time by Gungnir) or being struck by "the strongest lightning bolt in the history of lightning". It comes to the point that the only way to kill her is to unleash Surtur to destroy Asgard.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hela is solely focused on herself and blaming everyone else. She wants to conquer the universe by pretty much killing everything else and cannot comprehend why Odin or other Asgardians oppose her. She also gets frustrated that no one remembers her.
* JerkassGod: She is the Goddess of Death who strives to become a GalacticConqueror and would slaughter anyone who stands in her way.
* TheJuggernaut: She is far and away the most powerful Asgardian, except for Odin back in his prime days. The combined forces of a [[HeroicSecondWind newly empowered]] Thor, Hulk, Loki, Valkyrie, Heimdall wielding [[CoolSword Hofund]], and the rest of the Asgardian army still aren't enough to defeat her, as she draws her power from Asgard. The only way she's defeated is by releasing the {{Kaiju}}-sized Surtur against her, and even then [[CurbStompCushion she still gets in a few good hits before he finally defeats her.]]
* KarmicDeath: After spending the entire movie murdering and victimizing the people of Asgard and getting away with it because no-one could stop her, her precious kingdom comes under attack by an even more powerful being, whom she is as powerless to stop as the Asgardian people were to stop her and at whose hands she meets her fate.
* KneelBeforeZod: She has a habit of demanding that people kneel before her, she first does it to Thor and Loki and later she demands that Hogun and the Einherjar army kneel upon returning to Asgard.
-->'''Hela:''' ''Kneel'', before your Queen!
* LackOfEmpathy: Hela displays no empathy at all for any other being save her wolf, Fenris. She wants to rule or kill everything that is not her and will not hesitate to kill entire worlds or her own people.
* LargeHam: Blanchett clearly had fun with the role. Hela speaks in bombastic tones as she struts her way around Asgard. For instance, after she's single handedly wiped out an entire army:
-->'''Hela:''' Oh, I've ''missed'' this.
* LastVillainStand: After Loki summons Surtur on Thor's orders, there is no way left for her to win. She still fights Surtur to the end.
* LeanAndMean: Like Loki, she's thin, wears black and green, and has evil intentions.
* LightningBruiser: Hela is an extremely deadly warrior, using her vast SuperStrength and SuperSpeed against her opponents and employing a [[DanceBattler capoeira-like fighting style]] as well as her ability to [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation create weapons out of thin air]] during battle, making her a nigh-unstoppable force.
* LogicalWeakness: Her power source is Asgard, which effectively renders her immortal and unstoppable. Her weakness? Its destruction.
* MakeupIsEvil: She wears more make-up than any female hero, and shares this trait with Wanda / Scarlet Witch in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' who started as a villain in that film.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: In the comics, Hela's face is usually half covered by a mask that is part of her iconic CoolHelmet. Live action Hela keeps the headgear, but is only masked in key scenes so not to hide Cate Blanchett's face.
* MeaningfulName: The Norse goddess that Hela is inspired by is called 'Hel' which is an old Germanic word meaning 'one that hides', rather apt when you consider that Odin 'hid' her away for thousands of years.
* MessyHair: When she first emerges from her imprisonment, her hair is noticeably more unkempt (to go with her [[ClothingDamage ripped and tattered outfit]]) than it is later in the film as she gains power.
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Whilst most [[WorldofBadass Asgardian]] women could certainly hold their own in a fight (as shown in all three Thor movies), the modern day Asgardian army as of the first movie and onwards was still overwhelmingly male, so it's perhaps surprising to learn that the strongest and most ruthlessly insane, violent and deadly warrior and military commander in Asgard's entire illustrious history was in fact a ''woman''. Even Thor himself seems to drastically underestimate Hela's strength (especially in comparison to his own due to her being much physically smaller and more slender than him), not to mention her crazy blood lust when he first meets her, thinking that he can defeat and subdue her using Mjölnir alone. He quickly learns what a terrible mistake in judgment he's made when she swiftly catches the hammer like it's absolutely nothing and ''crushes'' it single-handedly. Hela's insanity, use of excessive violence and BloodKnight MultiversalConqueror tendencies show what a terrible ruler she would be.
* MsFanservice: Downplayed, but that skintight outfit, the poses, the SexyWalk, that voice. Oh lord... (Extends to real life as Blanchett is one of the few performers to ever make the awkward-looking motion capture suits come off as fanservice.)
* MultiversalConqueror: Her ultimate goal is to use the power of the Bifröst to reach and conquer all the realms in existence. It was always Hela's objective, since the days she fought at Odin's side.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Played both for laughs and drama. Her solution to any problem? Kill it. It serves her well for the most part as there's nobody in the movie capable of challenging her in terms of raw strength. It winds up finally biting her in the ass when it's all she knows how to do when faced with [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Surtur at full power]].
* NearVillainVictory: If she had only had the foresight to destroy Surtur's crown or remove it from Odin's vault and hide it somewhere, there would have been no way that Thor and the other Revengers could ever have defeated her. Similarly, if she had killed Thor and Loki in their first encounter, there would have been no one in Asgard who would have been able to stand up to her.
* NeckLift: She does this to Thor during one of their fights, showing how ridiculously strong she is.
* {{Necromancer}}: Using the power of the Eternal Flame, she raises the corpses of fallen warriors to serve as her army through the movie.
* NeverMyFault: Refuses to accept any responsibility for her imprisonment instead choosing to put the blame entirely on Odin.
* NewEraSpeech: She attempts one of these to the Asgardian military when she returns to Asgard to take her place as queen. [[DudeWheresMyRespect She's not happy]] when the Asgardians aren't interested.
* NighInvulnerability: It appears to be impossible to truly harm her in any way (at least as long as she has her connection to Asgard as a power source). Stab her, throw her, kick her, hit her, blast her with lightning. Nothing even leaves a scratch, let alone phases her. This may be a result of the Asgardian's normal enhanced healing abilities amplifying via her connection with Asgard itself.
* NoSell: Conventional weapons are basically useless against her, as is Valkyrie's kick in her face. And she can stop ''Mjölnir'', of all things. And she shatters it for good measure, leaving Thor (seemingly) much less powerful.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Thor points this out in the scene where he and Hela are in Asgard's throne room. He could have easily become as vicious and blood-thirsty as his older sister over time, had Odin not exiled him to Midgard to teach him a lesson in humility.
* ObviouslyEvil: It is no surprise that the woman in black armor with a spiked helmet and black eyeshadow turns out to be the BigBad. She had the outfit since her days of Odin's conquests, which should have been a red flag for the Allfather.
* OhCrap:
** She has the mother of all "Oh, Crap!" moments when she realizes that Thor and co have OutGambitted her by resurrecting Surtur to destroy Asgard.
** She gets another massive one seconds before Surtur brings down his mountain-sized sword directly on top of her. It's so big that it actually quashes her.
* OlderThanSheLooks: Looking at Hela, it's easy to forget that she's actually incredibly ancient, even more so than most Asgardians.
* OmnicidalManiac: She's apparently drowned entire worlds in blood and tears, and certainly has no problem killing literally all of her subjects in her quest to rule Asgard. She even implies she doesn't actually care about the throne, just the war.
-->'''Hela:''' I'll get that sword, even if I have to kill ''every'' single one of them to do it!
* OneWomanArmy: She can quite literally kill the entire army of Asgard singlehandedly. Even working together, Thor, Loki, and Valkyrie cannot hope to stop her; it takes the mountain-sized Surtur to take her down.
* OnlyFriend: It's one-sided as Skurge is more in pants-shitting mortal terror of her than receptive to friendship, but Hela seems to treat him as such, confiding in him and even attempting small talk before officially making him her right-hand man, even though all he did was be smart enough to not challenge her when she arrived in Asgard. When Skurge later does a HeelFaceTurn, she seems genuinely disappointed before she kills him.
* {{Patricide}}: When Odin decided to end his bloody campaign of conquering the cosmos in favor of peace, the power-hungry Hela resorted to take the throne of Asgard by force in a violent coup that would involve her killing her own father. However, Odin was able to subdue Hela and banished her to Hel before wiping off any mention of his daughter from Asgardian history.
* PeekABangs: Her hair covers half of her face when she destroys Mjölnir.
* PhysicalGoddess: Referred to as the goddess of death both by herself and Odin. Given the context, her much greater power than other Asgardians, connection to the land, and overall imagery the implication is she is a god.
* PowerFloats: Although she doesn't make use of it against Thor, Hela seems to have the ability to float in mid-air unaided like her comics counterpart, if the [[https://pictures.cate-blanchett.com/albums/films/2017%20Thor%20Ragnarok/Caps/Thor-Ragnarok-0389.jpg flashback]] of her [[https://pictures.cate-blanchett.com/albums/films/2017%20Thor%20Ragnarok/Caps/Thor-Ragnarok-0393.jpg battle against the Valkyries]] is anything to go by.
* PsychoticSmirk: Gives a ''really'' creepy one when she catches Mjölnir in mid-flight one-handed and then shatters it.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Like the majority of the Asgardian race it seems, she is very good looking and, like her brother Loki, her beauty is certainly emphasized by her pale skin, piercing blue eyes and raven black hair.
* RedGreenContrast: She possesses a prominently green color scheme, while Thor, her brother and opponent wears a flowing red cape.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, as in the original myths, Hela is Loki's daughter. Here she's Odin's daughter, Thor's sister, and Loki's adoptive sister.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Justified case. She's Odin's eldest child and Thor and Loki's older sister, but all evidence of her existence was covered up by Odin after she went rogue and had to be imprisoned. Throughout the movie, she's shown to be bitter about the fact that nobody remembers her.
* TheResenter: She lists Odin having Thor as one of her sources of ire with Odin along with Odin choosing peace over conquest.
* RoyalBlood: She is a princess of Asgard and Odin's firstborn who would claim the throne and conquer all, no matter the cost.
* RoyalBrat: She is malicious towards her subjects and believes herself entitled to everything.
* RoyaltySuperPower: While all Asgardians are strong and tough, as a member of the royal family she possess supernatural powers that are inherited. This makes her a literal goddess among her people along with her father Odin and her brother Thor.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:S-Z]]
* SealedEvilInACan: She has been imprisoned for millennia until Loki inadvertently manages to release her through [[NiceJobBreakingItHero banishing Odin to Earth, weakening him to the point that he willingly gives up on life]]. Odin was the only being powerful enough to keep Hela at bay and his death means that she finally manages to escape her prison.
* SexyWalk: Not so much a walk as a ''strut'', she almost acts like every part of Asgard (especially the Rainbow Bridge) is her own personal catwalk.
* ShesGotLegs: Her skin-tight outfit perfectly showcases her long, shapely legs. In fact, [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/cb0157130c165c56223de0823a6a2d42/tumblr_oo78btBIy91tkcy1ko1_500.gif the very first shot]] of her in ''Thor: Ragnarok'' focuses exclusively on her legs and thighs as she emerges through a magical portal.
* SicklyGreenGlow: Hela's magic glows a bright green color, seen at the beginning when she emerges out of a swirling green magical portal. Then later in the film when there is a bright flash of green when she resurrects Fenris and the dead Asgardian soldiers, whose eyes also glow green following their re-animation.
* ShadowArchetype: Hela is essentially a pre-CharacterDevelopment Thor if he had never learned humility from his banishment, only embracing her resentment, arrogance, and bloodthirstiness, and Loki if he was truly competent as a would-be GalacticConqueror and did not, as Coulson stated, "lack conviction". Thor [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the similarities before their final battle.
* SlouchOfVillainy: She drapes herself almost gracefully across Asgard's golden throne when addressing Skurge during a scene in the film.
* SmugSuper: She gloats constantly, because she knows full well she's not making empty boasts and it's damn hard to even scratch her, let alone leave a permanent injury.
* TheSociopath: Let's see... LackOfEmpathy? Check. ConsummateLiar? Unknown. She very well may be an UnreliableNarrator when it comes to her and Odin's past, spinning it in her favor. Pathological Need for Stimulation? Seemingly. She constantly seems bored of everything and everyone around her, the only thing that seems to make her happy is killing, so she's definitely AxCrazy. Grandiose Sense of Self-Worth? ''Definitely''. ItsAllAboutMe? Another check; the only regard she shows for anything but herself is for Fenris, her wolf. But that could easily be interpreted as her appreciating Fenris as a useful tool of war rather than having genuine affection for the creature.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Her iconic headdress -- revealed by ''What If...?'' to be the Necrosword -- has huge spiky, antler-like horns.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Hela is able to conjure a broad array of weapons using her Necrosword.
* TheStarscream: She was once TheDragon to her father Odin during their conquest of the Nine Realms, but her ambition gradually outgrew his, and she eventually attempted to violently overthrow his rule and take control of Asgard. This was the final provocation for Odin locking her away and writing her out of the history of Asgard.
* StatuesqueStunner: Not quite to the same extent as her comics counterpart (who according to some sources is ''7 feet tall''), but MCU Hela still seems to be a similar height to brother Thor who stands at 6' 3″.
* StormOfBlades: She can summon hundreds or even thousands of her short sword WeaponOfChoice at once, which she can then send out as a wall of missiles, or a tornado of death.
* SuperMode: Hela is always powerful, but whenever she is gearing herself up for a fight, she smooths her hands over her hair and magically transforms it into her spiky, black battle helmet.
* SuperStrength: Like all Asgardians. She is seemingly even stronger than Thor himself considering that she has the ability to throw him like he is little more than a toy. She can also lift Mjölnir with sheer brute force despite being unworthy.
* TaintedVeins: If you look closely, you can see that Hela has faint but visible black veins on her shoulders, forehead, and around her eyes and jawline. This is presumably to represent that she's maybe not fully alive (as the goddess of death) and is maybe a mild homage to the goddess Hel appearing as half alive and half dead in the original Myth/NorseMythology.
* TermsOfEndangerment: Hela calls Thor "darling" right before she destroys his hammer.
* ThreePointLanding: To access the vaults below Odin's treasure room, Hela breaks through the floor, drops backward through the hole (deliberately!), falls gracefully through at least 500 feet of blackness, flips over, and then lands perfectly in this style.
* TimeAbyss: As one of the oldest Asgardians, she is thousands of years old.
* TooPowerfulToLive: She is fed power by her presence on Asgard, with no limit to how powerful she can get -- and she already emerged from Niflheim strong enough to crush Mjölnir in one fist. Between this and her irrepressible lust for blood and conquest, Thor declares things have crossed the GodzillaThreshold and leaving Asgard is not an option so long as she is alive.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Asgard goes from Odin disguised Loki's lax but seemingly mainly benevolent rule to Hela's violent coup and takeover. She seems determined to revert Asgard to its blood-drenched, imperialistic past.
* UncertainDoom: It is left [[AmbiguousSituation fairly ambiguous]] as to whether Hela dies at the end of ''Thor: Ragnarok'' or not. The last we see of the character is her seemingly exploding into a blast of green energy directly before Surtur plunges his sword into the ground and Asgard implodes. But considering that Hela first appears out of a similar cloud of green energy at the beginning of the film, it could be interpreted that she simply teleported away at the last moment...
* UnPerson: What Odin did to her. No one knew that she existed, despite her [[TheDragon integral part]] of his conquest of the Nine Realms.
* UnreliableNarrator: Claims Odin was once a ruthless conqueror not any different from her before inexplicably having a change of heart and deciding to stop. Given her ego, ambition, and blame on others, it's unknown if Odin really changed or if she was too blind to see he was never as power-hungry as she was.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: As noted above, she's Loki's daughter in the original myths and the comics, whereas here, she's Odin's.
* TheUsurper: Due to having effectively been disowned when she was banished, she technically was stripped of all rights to the throne of Asgard meaning she isn't the rightful ruler when she takes the position.
* VileVillainLaughableLackey: Skurge is fairly hilariously useless as lackeys and especially executioners come. He fails in executing a single person the whole movie, and can't even seem to do simple things like ensure that the Bifrost Sword doesn't get stolen from under their noses. All he does is follow Hela around like a lost puppy in absolute terror of her. Loki found this out before Hela did.
-->'''Hela:''' Skurge, where's ''the sword''??
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Ragnarok isn't completely a 'Saccharine Show', but it's a mostly comedic, brightly-colored, action-heavy, 80's inspired space opera in the vein of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' and ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. Hela in contrast does have her comedic and LargeHam moments but is very much a Vile Villain as TheSociopath and an OmnicidalManiac.
* VillainHasAPoint: Hela points out that Odin had a nasty habit of trying to cover up his past and lying about damn near anything important, which causes lots of problems down the line. Thor agrees. She also has a fair point that Odin was happy to make use of her abilities when they suited him.
-->'''Hela:''' Odin...proud to have it, ashamed of how he got it!
* VillainousBreakdown: She has one when she sees Surtur restored and grown to a gigantic size, knowing he is going to destroy Asgard and cause Ragnarok. [[SubvertedTrope She regains her composure]] to [[DefiantToTheEnd attack him]]. Only to slip back into it when she realizes she can't stop him right before his giant sword slams into her.
* VillainousCheekbones: Courtesy of Creator/CateBlanchett.
* VillainousValour: Barely flinches when faced with [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever a newly resurrected Surtur]] and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the prophesized destruction of Asgard]]. Say what you will about her, but that takes NervesOfSteel.
* WarriorPrincess: She is not only the princess of Asgard but also the former commander of the realm's military forces and its most fearsome and deadly warrior in history.
* WeaponizedHeadgear: Hela can use her antler-style headdress to slash her enemies and parry their attacks.
* TheWorfEffect:
** Throughout the previous two Thor films, the Einharjar (Asgard's elite army) has been portrayed as being a mighty, unstoppable force that has won countless wars against fearsome enemies and helped maintain not only the peace of the Nine Realms, but the ''universe'' as a whole. To show how crazy powerful Hela is, she is not only capable of taking on the entire army ''single-handedly'', but also ''winning''. [[BeyondTheImpossible Not to mention that she's also sufficiently powerful enough to destroy an enchanted, supposedly indestructible weapon with little to no effort]]. All of this serves to show how powerful she is and how pointless confrontation against her is and thus justifying The GodzillaThreshold.
** Hela herself suffers this when Surtur is reborn. After spending the entire movie defeating everyone in sight with no trouble, she is almost completely outmatched by the demon (she manages to give him pause by impaling him multiple times, but he's still able to move enough to deliver his final attack). This proves Surtur's claim that he wasn't at full power until now.
* WorldsStrongestWoman: While she is outclassed by greater cosmic threats (as Surtur proved), she is still one of the single most powerful characters seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date - based on her showings, she is well above Thanos' level, and while Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch would have likely given her momentary pause, not even they would have been able to survive a prolonged fight with her.
* TheWrongfulHeirToTheThrone: She states to have a claim to the throne since she is Odin's firstborn. Though Thor says he would give his throne to someone else, he says she is the worst candidate for the job.
-->'''Hela:''' You're in my seat.\\
'''Thor:''' I would love for someone else to rule but it can't be you. You're just... the ''worst''.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She doesn't hesitate to impale Skurge on a giant spike once he pulls his HeelFaceTurn and therefore ceases to be of use to her.
** Odin's attitude towards Hela herself after he renounced his tyrannical ways and realized she wouldn't follow suit is to seal her away and erase all evidence of her existence.
[[/folder]]

!!Weapons

[[folder:Hela's Helmet]]
!!''Hela's Helmet''
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

Hela's horned helmet, which enables her to create constructs of solidified darkness.
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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Rather than being a symbiote, Hela's "Necrosword" is a part of her armor that she can manifest at will and use to conjure weapons.
* AmbiguouslyRelated: The Necrosword wielded by the MCU's Gorr in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' is a completely different weapon from Hela's Necrosword, and their reason for sharing a name is unknown. This is given a tongue-in-cheek nod in a [[https://youtu.be/0uU0mFVAyiY video for MCU Gorr's debut]] in ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'', where MCU Hela briefly controls Gorr's Necrosword alongside her own, to his annoyance.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: Hela was able to use her helmet to spontaneously create ornate black swords and daggers with gaps in their blades.
* CompositeCharacter: Or rather, composite object -- being a fusion of Hela's Nightsword -- her usual weapon from the comics -- and All-Black the Necrosword. In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Hela -- who herself was composited with Gorr -- is able to use her helmet to manifest Necroswords and other dark weapons, and concept art reveals that the dark matter she manifests her weapons from was originally going to be amorphous OminousObsidianOoze in a nod to All-Black the Necrosword's appearance in the comics, but this was changed to it being metallic.
* CoolHelmet: When worn by Hela in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' and the Collector in ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'', the Necrosword manifested as an ornate horned helmet capable of spawning blades and other weapons.
* ImmortalBreaker: Hela uses it to mow down the original Valkyries, butcher Asgard's military without even breaking a sweat, maim Thor, and injure Surtur's giant form.
* NonIndicativeName: ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' treats Hela's helmet as the Necrosword, rather than the blades of darkness it conjures.
* StormOfBlades: When fighting the Valkyrior, Hela used it to fire a barrage of hundreds of blades.
[[/folder]]

!!Hela's Forces

[[folder:Fenris]]
!!''Fenris''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fenriswolf.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian Wolf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

Fenris was a giant wolf who served Hela during the times of the expansion of Asgard around the Nine Realms. Millennia after her death, she is resurrected by Hela with the Eternal Flame and put at her service during her oppressive rule on Asgard.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Originally a Jotun, as the son of Loki and a Jotun sorceress. Here her species is merely listed as "Asgardian Wolf".
* AdaptationalNonsapience: Fenrir could speak in the original myth and the comics, and even had a bit of an awesome ego. Fenris in the film is just a mindless beast that serves Hela.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the myths, Fenris was large enough for his mouth to reach the sky. Here, she’s only about 12 feet tall.
* BackFromTheDead: Upon coming back to Asgard after being sealed by Odin for millennia, Hela destroys the floor of Asgard's Weapons Vault to reveal a crypt in which Fenris and her long-forgotten army are resting. She then resurrects them all as undead using the Eternal Flame.
* CanisMajor: A huge monster wolf, many times larger than a regular one. Justified as she is actually part of an in-universe species called "Asgardian Wolf", which naturally grows to be that big.
* CompositeCharacter: As Hela's RightHandAttackDog, she takes the role of Garm from the myths.
* DisneyVillainDeath: She falls off of Asgard's waterfalls into outer space at the end of her fight with the Hulk.
* TheDreaded: When Heimdall and the other Asgardians find Fenris at the Bifrost Bridge, they all start to fall back instead of taking their chances with the giant wolf.
* FurryReminder: She sniffs Banner when he crash lands in front of her.
* GenderFlip: [[http://www.artofvfx.com/thor-ragnarok-alexis-wajsbrot-kyle-mcculloch-jonathan-fawkner-vfx-supervisors-framestore/ According to]] WordOfGod, Fenris Wolf is a female in this movie, while the mythological Fenris and Garm she is based on were both males.
** Ironically though, this gender change makes it closer to its 616 comic counterpart who is actually gender fluid, being the father of all Wolf Gods but the '''mother''' of the first Storm Giants by mating with Surtur as a female wolf. Though for the majority of its comic appearances, it usually presents or is regarded as a male wolf.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: She has green-glowing eyes after Hela revives her with the Eternal Flame.
* {{Hellhound}}: A giant canid that serves the ruler of Hel.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Hela uses Fenris as her mount when riding into battle rather than the normal horses that the rank-and-file soldiers ride.
* ImmuneToBullets: Valkyrie unloads a Gatling Gun taken from the Asgardian armory onto Fenris, but it is nothing more than an annoyance.
-->'''Valkyrie:''' This stupid dog just won't die!
* NonHumanUndead: Given the SicklyGreenGlow of her eyes as similar to the [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Berserkers]]', it's highly likely that Hela's magic combined with the Eternal Flame made her into an undead hellhound.
* OhCrap: When Hulk grabs her by the tail and swings her around. And again when he suplexes her. Its quite possible that it was the first time she actually faced a challenge.
* NotSoStoic: Inverted. She's usually vicious and violent, but she pauses in confusion when Banner smacks down on the Rainbow Bridge in front of her. Also, during one scene in which Hela is enthroned in the palace, Fenris is seen [[OrcusOnHisThrone merely lounging around]] docilely in the background.
* RightHandAttackDog: Hela unleashes her upon Asgardian refugees on the Bifröst during the FinalBattle. Luckily for them, the Hulk steps in to fight the giant wolf.
* SadlyMythtaken: Note that InUniverse, the myths are mistaken but out-of-universe the trope still stands.
** This version of Fenris is about thrice the size of a dire wolf, which is still nowhere near as large as her mythological counterpart (who could apparently swallow the moon). She also doesn't get to kill Odin, nor is she Loki's child and Hela's brother.
** The beastly companion of Hela in the original mythology is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr Garmr]], a monstrous wolf/hound. Though Fenris is associated with Hela as brother and sister, they are not considered companions to one another.
* SavageWolves: A giant and vicious wolf in service of the Goddess of Death. She bites Hulk hard enough to ''make him bleed'', which is more than almost any other character in the movies can claim to have done.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, as in the original myths, Fenris is Hela's brother and Loki's son. Here, she's just a monster that serves Hela.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Berserkers]]
!!''Berserkers''
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beserkers.jpg]]
!!!'''Species:''' Undead Asgardians
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardians
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' | ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

The reanimated corpses of dead Einherjar that fought under Hela.
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* AnimateDead: All of them were laid to rest beneath Odin's palace and this is where Hela finds them.
* ArmiesAreEvil: They fought under Hela in the time in which Asgard was a conquering, imperialistic power.
* DemBones: They have rotten to the point that all that remains of their faces are their skulls.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The existence of the Berserkers was first revealed in an episode of ''Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' as Coulson's team tracks down their namesake staffs. Come ''Thor: Ragnarok'' they finally make a proper appearance, albeit undead.
* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: Despite Hela's ambitions at planetary conquest with her former troops, they're unceremoniously disposed of by the heroes, and most end up getting mowed down by Skurge using a pair of regular [=M16s=] he got on a trip to Tex-Ass.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: They have green-glowing eyes after Hela revives them with the Eternal Flame.
* KeystoneArmy: They are all destroyed after Hela's apparent death, as she's the one who had reanimated them.
* NonHumanUndead: They look like human corpses but this is because Asgardians are HumanAliens.
* SicklyGreenGlow: Their eyes and innards glow a bright green color like Hela's magic following their reanimation.
* UndeadMooks: They become this for Hela's forces after she reanimates them, having originally been the RedShirtArmy that accompanied her and Odin on their conquests of the other Realms during their previous lives.
* ZergRush: Their primary tactic is to swarm their enemies with their large numbers.
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* NighInvulnerability: It appears to be impossible to truly harm her in any way (at least as long as she has her connection to Asgard as a power source). Stab her, throw her, kick her, hit her, blast her with lightning. Nothing even leaves a scratch, let alone phases her. This may be a result of the Asgardian's normal enhanced healing abilities taken UpToEleven via her connection with Asgard itself.

* SuperStrength: Like all Asgardians, but taken UpToEleven. She is seemingly even stronger than Thor himself considering that she has the ability to throw him like he is little more than a toy. She can also lift Mjölnir with sheer brute force despite being unworthy.

** According to producer Brad Winderbaum, her ability to manifest weapons was taken from [[TheButcher Gorr the God Butcher]], and the weapon she wields is even the Necrosword.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: The Necrosword wielded by the MCU's Gorr in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' is a completely different weapon from Hela's Necrosword, and their reason for sharing a name is unknown. This is given a tongue-in-cheek nod in a video for MCU Gorr's debut in ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'', where MCU Hela briefly controls Gorr's Necrosword alongside her own, to his annoyance.

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!!!Hela's Forces

[[folder:Fenris]]
!!''Fenris''
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!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian Wolf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

Fenris was a giant wolf who served Hela during the times of the expansion of Asgard around the Nine Realms. Millennia after her death, she is resurrected by Hela with the Eternal Flame and put at her service during her oppressive rule on Asgard.

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* {{Jerkass God|s}}: She is the Goddess of Death who strives to become a GalacticConqueror and would slaughter anyone who stands in her way.

* ContraltoOfDanger: She has a rather deep, powerful voice for a woman, courtesy of Creator/CateBlanchett, which fits the character's AuthorityEqualsAsskicking status.
* CoolHelmet: She wears her iconic and elaborate antler-style headdress from the comics, and it can also double as a weapon.
* CoolSword: She wields wicked-looking short swords with [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked blades]] that she seems to be able to materialize out of thin air. In fact, in her battle against the Valkyrior, she summons ''hundreds'' of them to use as a StormOfBlades on them.

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* CoolSword: She wields wicked looking short swords with [[SpikesOfVillainy spiked blades]] that she seems to be able to materialize out of thin air. In fact, in her battle against the Valkyrior, she summons ''hundreds'' of them to use as a StormOfBlades on them.

* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Comic Hela's IconicOutfit ([[FormFittingWardrobe skin-tight black and green bodysuit]], [[BadassCape badass green cape]] and [[CoolHelmet crazy, antler style headdress]]), one of Creator/JackKirby's most elaborate costume designs for Creator/MarvelComics is lovingly and faithfully re-created here.

* TheStarscream: She was once TheDragon to her father Odin during their conquest of the Nine Realms, but her ambition gradually outgrew his and she eventually attempted to violently overthrow his rule and take control of Asgard. This was the final provocation for Odin locking her away and writing her out of the history of Asgard.

* TaintedVeins: If you look closely, you can see that Hela has faint but visible black veins on her shoulders, forehead and around her eyes and jawline. This is presumably to represent that she's maybe not fully alive (as the goddess of death) and is maybe a mild homage to the goddess Hel appearing as half alive and half dead in the original Myth/NorseMythology.

* ThreePointLanding: To access the vaults below Odin's treasure room, Hela breaks through the floor, drops backwards through the hole (deliberately!), falls gracefully through at least 500 feet of blackness, flips over and then lands perfectly in this style.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Asgard goes from Odin disguised Loki's lax but seemingly mainly benevolent rule to Hela's violent coup and takeover. She seems determined to revert Asgard to it's blood-drenched, imperialistic past.

* UnreliableNarrator: Claims Odin was once a ruthless conqueror not any different from her before inexplicably having a change of heart and deciding to stop. Given her ego, ambition, and blame on others, it's unknown if Odin really changed or she was too blind to see he was never as power-hungry as she was.

* TheUsurper: Due to having effectively been disowned when she was banished, she technically was stripped of all right to the throne of Asgard meaning she isn't the rightful ruler when she takes the position.

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Ragnarok isn't completely a 'Saccharine Show', but it's a mostly comedic, brightly-colored, action-heavy, 80's inspired space opera in the vein of ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' and ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. Hela in contrast, does have her comedic and LargeHam moments, but is very much a Vile Villain as TheSociopath and an OmnicidalManiac.
* VillainHasAPoint: Hela points out that Odin had a nasty habit of trying to cover up his past and lying about damn near anything important, which causes lots of problems down the line. Thor agrees. She also has a fair point that Odin was happy to make use of her abilities when it suited him.

* VillainousBreakdown: She has one when she sees Surtur restored and grown to giant size, knowing he was going to destroy Asgard and cause Ragnarok. [[SubvertedTrope She regains her composure]] to [[DefiantToTheEnd attack him]]. Only to slip back into it when she realizes she can't stop him right before his giant sword slams into her.

* WarriorPrincess: She is not only the princess of Asgard, but also the former commander of the realm's military forces and its most fearsome and deadly warrior in history.
* TheWorfEffect:

* CanisMajor: A huge monster wolf, times and times larger than a regular one. Justified as she is actually part of an in-universe species called "Asgardian Wolf", which naturally grows to be that big.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Thor points this out in the scene where he and Hela are in Asgard's throne room. He could have easily become as vicious and blood-thirsty as his older sister over tume, had Odin not exiled him to Midgard to teach him a lesson in humility.

* WorldsStrongestWoman: While she is outclassed by greater cosmic threats (as Surtur proved), she is still one of the single most powerful characters seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date - based on her showings, she is well above Thanos' level, and even Captain Marvel and Scarlet Witch would have likely given her momentary pause, but not been able to survive a prolonged fight with her.

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* AnimateDead: All of them were laid to rest beneath Odin's palace and this is were Hela finds them.

* DemBones: They have rotten to the point that all that remains of their faces is their skulls.

* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: Despite Hela's ambitions at planetary conquest with her former troops, they're unceremoniously disposed of by the heroes and most end up getting mowed down by Skurge using a pair of regular [=M16s=] he got on a trip to Tex-Ass.

** This version of Fenris is about thrice the size of a direwolf, which is still nowhere near as large as her mythological counterpart (who could apparently swallow the moon). She also doesn't get to kill Odin, nor is she Loki's child and Hela's brother.

* DeviousDaggers: She certainly seems to have a fondness for bladed weapons. She can magic knives and swords (not to mention many other weapons) out of thin air and not only fights with them but [[StormOfBlades throws them at her opponents]], impaling people in all directions.

* DoingInTheWizard: In the comics and Norse myth, Hela is Goddess of the ''Dead'' and ruler of the land of the dead aka the afterlife. Here though, she is specifically the Goddess of ''Death'' which, despite chucking the previous movies motif that Asgardians are "just" {{Sufficiently Advanced Alien}}s, transforms her into something closer to a PhysicalGod BloodKnight who makes zombies.

* TheDreaded: Initially subverted to her immense annoyance when she discovers that Odin [[{{Unperson}} erased her from history]] and nobody even knows who she is. She makes up for it almost immediately with her EstablishingCharacterMoment where she catches and destroys Mjölnir and single-handedly wiping out the Asgardian army, showing how terrifyingly powerful she is.

* DualWielding: When going into battle she wields a wicked looking spiked short sword in each hand.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She is a very gothic looking pale-skinned and dark-haired villainess.

* KarmicDeath: After spending the entire movie murdering and victimising the people of Asgard and getting away with it because no-one could stop her, her precious kingdom comes under attack by an even more powerful being, whom she is as powerless to stop as the Asgardian people were to stop her and at whose hands she meets her fate.

* KnifeNut: She certainly seems to have a fondness for bladed weapons. She can magic knives and swords (not to mention many other weapons) out of thin air and not only fights with them but [[StormOfBlades throws them at her opponents]], impaling people in all directions.