History Characters / MCUPymFamily

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics, Janet's ability to shrink and shoot bio-electric blasts are innate as a result of absorbing enough Pym Particles to alter her genetic code. Here, they're derived from her [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman suit]].

* SheCleansUpNicely: She steps out of the limo in a stunning silver, floor-length dress while attending a red carpet event with Scott in ''Quantumania''.

* ShellShockedVeteran: She is reluctant to discuss her time in the Quantum Realm. It turns out she spent her time interacting with Kang the Conqueror, first helping him rebuild his time ship then acting as a [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorist against his growing quantum empire]].

* {{Tritagonist}}: Of ''Quantumania''. Her past in the Quantum Realm, [[spoiler:her connection with Kang and time as a freedom fighter trying to take him down]], is a driving factor of the film.

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!!''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym / ComicBook/AntMan I''

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's not about saving our world; it's about saving theirs. Scott, I need you to be the Ant-Man."'']]
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!!!'''Species:''' Human

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' US Army (formerly), S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly), Pym Technologies
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelDouglas, Creator/DaxGriffin (younger body double, 1980s), John Michael Morris (younger body double, 1970)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PatrickFloersheim (European French, ''Ant-Man''), Hervé Jolly (European French, ''Ant-Man & the Wasp'' onwards) Creator/JoseLuisOrozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Salvador Vidal (European Spanish dub), Koki Mitomo (Japanese dub), Creator/MarceloPissardini (Brazilian Portuguese dub)

The original Ant-Man, who has chosen Scott Lang as his successor. A brilliant scientist who discovered a way to condense the distance between particles but was flushed out of his company due to his unwillingness to allow his research to be misused. He has since gone undercover to try and disrupt the company from recreating his research to stop the catastrophic consequences that would result. Years before he had worn the Ant-Man suit himself as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..
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* SeventiesHair: 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.
* AbledInTheAdaptation: His comic self would eventually be established to be bipolar as a way to explain his long history of mental instability along with the suggestion that using the Pym Particles had some negative impact on his mental state. Since this version has recieved AdaptationalHeroism and lacks his comic self's history of having nervous breakdowns, it can be assumed he isn't bipolar here.
* ActionDad: Continued being a superhero after he and Janet had Hope. And although Hank is long past his prime in the present day, he's still willing to traverse into the unknown and dangerous Quantum Realm to get his wife back.
* AdaptationalAngstDowngrade: Due to a combination of AdaptationalHeroism, DecompositeCharacter and being AbledInTheAdaptation, this version of Hank is far happier than his comic counterpart who struggled with a mental illness and a history of causing far more harm despite his attempts at being a hero.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the comics, Hank is a scientific peer and close friend of Tony Stark. Here, Hank was more familiar with Tony's father Howard, due to them working in S.H.I.E.L.D together from TheSeventies to [[TheEighties the late 80s]], and comes to hold a grudge against the Stark family for how Howard attempted to steal his discoveries on S.H.I.E.L.D's behalf.
** Hank's comic self was also one of the founding members of the Avengers alongside his wife Janet, and he was a devoted member of the group even when he made grave screwups like creating Ultron. Here, Hank despises the Avengers due to them being affiliated with Tony Stark, and wants nothing to do with their involvement for all of Phases 2-3. It's implied that his stance on them softened after Thanos's defeat however, as Clint is shown using arrows laced with Pym-Tech in ''[[Series/Hawkeye2021 Hawkeye]]''.
** His relationship with Janet is more complicated in the comics, due to often comparing her to his murdered dead wife and she taking advantage of him having a mental breakdown to get him to marry her which led to him hitting her. By the present the two have a rather distant but on occasion more respectful relationship. However here the two worked together as heroes until her apparent death and there's no evidence to suggest they had the same problems that they had in the comics.
* AdaptationalHeroism: While the comic book Hank Pym is solidly a hero, in his past he has had several nervous breakdowns, and the most notorious of those included [[WouldHitAGirl him hitting Janet in the face]] and secretly creating a killer robot to attack the Avengers ([[EngineeredHeroics the idea was that he would then "defeat" the robot to prove his heroism]]). There's no indication that the MCU version has done anything of the sort.
* AdaptationalLateAppearance: Played with. He was a founding Avenger in the comics, while in the MCU he doesn't appear until well after their formation. But then it's revealed he's an OldSuperhero who was active years before the Avengers were formed.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Zigzagged. Again, without the infamous incident where he hit his wife, the various psychotic episodes, and creating Ultron, this version of Hank Pym is more moral and mentally stable. On the other hand, when not having a psychotic episode, comic Hank is actually a rather pleasant person who is greatly haunted by his actions as Yellowjacket, while from what we've seen of his past, movie Hank has always been a gruff {{Jerkass}} while possessing complete mental clarity. His love of Janet and Hope made him a better person, and his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold hidden heart of gold]] is that much more deeply buried without them.
* 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. The same goes for him being a founding Avenger along with Janet.
* AgeLift: He is a contemporary of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] in the comics. In the film, he is depicted as a retired superhero from the 1960s-1980s, making him as old as he would have been had the comic character aged in real-time.
* AlliterativeFamily: With his daughter '''H'''ope.
* AlternateSelf:
** His past self makes a cameo when Tony and Steve time-travel back to 1970 to steal the Tesseract and some of his Pym Particles.
** Hank also has two alternate universe counterparts, one on [[Recap/WhatIfS1E3WhatIfTheWorldLostItsMightiestHeroes Earth-51825]] and another on [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies Earth-89521]].
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: According to ''The Wakanda Files'', a book compiled in-universe by Shuri's orders, it's revealed even she, the head of the most advanced country's science department who is confirmed smarter than Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, has difficulty wrapping her head around Hank's technology to explore the Quantum Realm.
* BackFromTheDead: He and the rest of his family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.
* BadassBookworm: He's a scientist (who's better than Howard Stark in some respects), not a soldier. He still kicked major ass during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
* BadBoss:
** Downplayed, but he is ''not'' pleasant to work with, using threats and manipulation to coerce Scott into working for him in ''Ant-Man''.
** He's later revealed to have driven most of his colleagues away with his hostility and aggression, as explained by Bill Foster.
** In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', a young Hank from 1970 is quite dismissive of "Steve from Shipping" when he explains that he can't bring up the package he's expecting.
* BattleCouple: With his wife, Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.
* TheBeastmaster: As the original Ant-Man, Hank has the ability to command and communicate with every ant species there is. Taken up to eleven in ''Quantumania'', which has him control an entire civilization of ants who have lived generations within the Quantum Realm to help take down Kang.
* BerserkButton: It's apparent that making references to both Howard and Tony Stark are these for him. And anything related to S.H.I.E.L.D., really.
* BigGood: An extremely principled scientist, prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. member, Cold War superhero, and mentor to Scott. He is also indirectly this in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' as it's due to his technology that Thanos's devastating Snap was undone across the universe.
* BigWhat: His reaction when Scott reveals that he didn't actually destroy his old Ant-Man's suit like he was supposed to in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''.
-->'''Hope:''' Oh, my God. You didn't destroy the suit.\\
'''Hank:''' ''WHAT!?''
* TheChessmaster: A masterful heroic example -- by bribing his housekeeper into spreading the word that he has a mysterious safe in the basement of his house, he attracts Luis's attention, who then relates the story to a hard-on-his-luck Scott, who finally decides to burgle the place and steals the suit after finding nothing else of value. This is exactly what Hank wanted, to find a burglar with the skill and ingenuity to break into the safe, so he could recruit them to break into Pym Tech.
* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Goaded Scott into joining him by giving him the Ant-Man suit the second time to escape prison.
* CommanderContrarian: In ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', he yells at Scott for destroying the Ant-Man suit, and then he yells at him for ''not'' destroying the Ant-Man suit.
* CompositeCharacter: His action of lending the mantle "Ant-Man" to Scott is from his Earth-616 counterpart, but his age, the fact that he has a daughter named Hope who betrayed him and his dead wife is Janet instead of Maria is astonishingly similar to his Marvel Comics 2 counterpart.
* CoolOldGuy: He is the one who encourages Scott to get a second chance to reform himself.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Shrinking technology allows him to take this up a notch. Borders on MundaneUtility; think something big might come in handy someday? ''Shrink it and take it with you!''
** Some people carry pepper spray on their keychains. His has an ''[[TankGoodness actual]]'' shrunken Russian T-34 tank that can be reverted to full size.
** Some people have spare cars. He has ''several dozen'' he shrinks and hauls around in a vintage Hot Wheels Super Rally case just like the tank.
** Some people have go-bags. His is a ''ten-story office building'' he shrinks and hauls around as ''luggage.''
** He has containers disguised as medical supplements actually containing a device able to magnify ants to a massive size while opening it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hank can be full of snark when talking with Scott, especially in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' when Scott accidentally shrinks into the size of a child.
* DecompositeCharacter: Many of the characteristics of Hank Pym from the comics (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) are given to other characters in the MCU.
** Scott Lang especially gots some of Hank's traits from the comics: He's this continuities main Ant-Man, he's associated most to the Avengers, finally becomes Giant-Man, an identity Scott never had in the comics, and forms a BattleCouple with a Wasp. Interestingly, the last thing is something the two have in common in this continuity.
* DefrostingIceKing: In the first two films, Hank Pym was very standoffish GrumpyOldMan who was rather critical of others' shortcomings, whether they be close family or friends. After reconciling with his daughter and getting his wife back however, Hank begins to become a much nicer person in general, as he not only helps Cassie with Quantum research and making her a suit, but also allows Hope to share his technology with the general public after years of distrust. It's even implied that Hank is more accepting of the Avengers now, as Clint Barton is shown to have Pym-tech in [[Series/Hawkeye2021 his own show]], and he reads Scott's book detailing his experiences with them to save the world from Thanos.
* DemotedToExtra: While he is still a central character in the ''Ant-Man'' films, he retired from being a superhero long ago and was never involved with the Avengers. In the comics, he was a founding member and has been a central part of the team on and off ever since. Here, his only appearances in an ''Avengers'' film are two very small cameo appearances in ''Endgame'', and many events that involved him in the comics such as Ultron or Civil War happen without him here. In a meta sense, the MCU's influence has led to the character of Hank Pym in general to be treated with less and less importance across all Marvel media in favor of establishing Scott as '''the''' Ant-Man.
* 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.
* {{Determinator}}: Upon learning that Janet could still be alive, he spends the years between the events of the original ''Ant-Man'' and ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' doing whatever it takes to find her and bring her back. He's successful.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Scott's Protagonist. His rocky relationship with Hope contrasts to Scott's relationship with his daughter and the villain's focus is mostly on Pym until the climax.
* DoesntTrustThoseGuys: It seems his anger at Howard Stark has translated into a dislike and distrust for the entire Stark family, given his certainty that Tony is exactly the same as his father. Scott remarks in ''Civil War'' that Hank told him the Starks were never to be trusted.
* DotingGrandparent: By ''Quantumania'', has become one to Cassie (who, thanks to Scott's relationship with Hope, is essentially his step-granddaughter). He seems happy that she calls him "Grandpa Hank" regularly, helps her with her research into the Quantum Realm while encouraging her interest and taking pride in her accomplishments, and even builds her a size-shifting suit of her own that's very similar to Scott's (which was once Hank's). He also regularly has Cassie and her dad over for dinner, and celebrates her "birthday" with the rest of the family in the denouement.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: 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.
* DueToTheDead: 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.
* 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 Particles, 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.'' 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 EasterEgg) 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 indicates 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 in the span of about 40 seconds.
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Despite seeing him as the son he never had, he was quick to fire Darren Cross as his protege because he recognized how unstable and ruthless he was becoming. Hank even tells Darren he saw too much of ''himself'' in Darren, so Hank clearly knows his limits.
** Even though Ghost is the main antagonist who threatens his life on several occasions, he can see how much she's suffering and assures Bill Foster that he'll help find a cure for her as soon as Janet is safe.
** [[spoiler:Despite his unconditional love for his wife Janet, Hank is passively shocked when she freaks out and turns off Cassie's Quantum signal sender.]]
** [[spoiler:He fully understands the threat that Kang poses and readily agrees to help take him down.]]
* FirstNameBasis: To his chagrin, Hope refuses to call him "Dad" and addresses him as "Hank" for most of ''Ant-Man'', even as they mend their relationship until he's shot in the shoulder and the habit ends for her.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: Hank was already quite pissed off when he went to the Triskelion in 1989 to confront Howard Stark and the others for trying to replicate his Pym Particles, but it was when Mitchell Carson made a comment about his failure to save his wife that Hank became violent and broke his nose.
* {{Foil}}: To Scott. Hank is a respected scientist, an experienced superhero, and a widower with a poor relationship with his daughter. Scott by contrast is a rookie hero and constantly suffers from his criminal record, but is divorced and has an excellent bond with Cassie.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's a bitter and grumpy old man who drove away most of his friends due to his obnoxiousness, but he is firmly on the side of good.
* 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'' at the beginning of the first ''Ant-Man'' 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.
* HappilyMarried: In contrast to their more complicated relationship in the comics, in the MCU Hank and Janet love each other deeply.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: A superhero during TheSixties up until TheEighties.
* HonoraryUncle: Actually more like Honorary Grandfather, as Cassie refers to him as Grandpa a few times in ''Quantumania''.

* ILetGwenStacyDie: Tried to save Washington, D.C. with a HeroicSacrifice, but his regulator was on the fritz, leaving the Wasp/Janet to finish the job.
* InNameOnly: Aside from retaining his name, science background (as well as his mastery of Pym Particles), position as the first Ant-Man, and former wife, Hank has almost nothing in common with the Hank Pym of the comics. The MCU version of Hank Pym is a DecompositeCharacter who has most of the crucial characteristics of the comic book character (such as being the Ant-Man that founded and was associated with the Avengers, the creator of Ultron, Yellowjacket, etc.) given to other characters.
* InsufferableGenius:
** 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.
** 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, as well as Scott having to share Hank's upgraded technology for Tony to work with.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: One of the most brilliant scientists in the world, but his temperament pushes everyone away, to the point where his protege and daughter push him out of his own company, and having burnt his bridges with the intelligence community, the only person he "trusts" to prevent his life's work from being used as a weapon is an expendable BoxedCrook.
* IrrationalHatred:
** 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:
-->'''Scott Lang:''' I think our first move should be calling the Avengers.\\
'''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.
** Seems to have finally moved on from his hatred come ''Endgame'', where he's seen alongside Janet, Hope, and Scott at Tony Stark's funeral. The fate of the entire universe was at stake so cooperation was vital.
* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay: According to Scott Lang, Hank Pym always says that "You can never trust a Stark!".
* IWillShowYouX: Hank doesn't take it well when Mitchell Carson makes a distasteful comment about the death of his wife.
-->'''Mitchell Carson''': If only you'd protected Janet with such ferocity, Dr. Pym.\\
'''Hank Pym''': ''[slams Carson's head into his desk]'': You mention my wife again and [[IWillShowYouX I'll show you ferocity]]!
* JerkassHasAPoint: As much of an abrasive InsufferableGenius as he can be, Hank tends to bring up legitimate criticisms.
** 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. Even one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s leaders, Mitchell Carson turns out to be a HYDRA agent, thus showing how Hank and rest of S.H.I.E.L.D dodged a massive bullet regarding HYDRA's plans to use the Pym particles for world domination.
*** This also extends to Tony as while Hank is dismissive and assumes Tony is just like Howard based on his own biases, Tony's actions prior to ''Film/AntMan1'' (creating Ultron and thus being partly responsible for the damage to Sokovia) and after (all the messes that Tony caused in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'') give Hank very good reason not to want anything to do with him.
** A deleted scene in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' shows that he was right about Elias Starr being a traitor.
** He is ''the'' expert on the Quantum Realm and its energies, so if he says something's a bad idea, you should listen. Especially given how unpredictable quantum energy can be.
*** Hank makes the very valid point that Bill's plan to drain Janet of quantum energy to stabilize Ava has a good chance of killing Janet. Bill brushes it off as Hank not knowing for certain what 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 go through with extracting quantum energy from Janet.
** Any time Hank loses it for someone [[RelativeButton mocking him over losing Janet]]. Violent as he may act in response, he's still a grieving widower and the people antagonizing him are insulting him by basically saying he got his beloved wife killed.
* 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.

* LetMeAtHim: When Bill Foster makes a comment about Janet's death in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Hank furiously tries to attack him and has to be restrained by Hope and Scott.
* MentorArchetype: Mentors Scott when he takes on the role of Ant-Man. And does ''[[MentorOccupationalHazard not]]'' [[MentorOccupationalHazard die]], although [[SubvertedTrope comes very close]]. [[DoubleSubverted Then Thanos happened...]] And ''then'' the Time Heist happened.
* MilitarySuperhero: Not out in the open like Captain America, but rather as a top-secret S.H.I.E.L.D. operative in the Cold War against the Soviets along with Janet.
* 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.
* MirrorCharacter: Ironically, Hank has quite a lot in common with with Tony Stark, despite his hatred of the man and his family. Both of them are brilliant but [[InsufferableGenius Insufferable Geniuses]] who are responsible for world-changing creations in the form of a powered suit. Despite their [[DeadpanSnarker abrasive personalities]], both Hank and Tony are experts in their scientific fields, and genuinely want to make the world a better place with their technology.
* MistakenForMisogynist: Although it is never explicitly stated, it is heavily implied that Hope believes her father refuses to let her take on the Ant-Man mantle because she's a woman and she is endlessly frustrated that he recruited Scott who needs to be trained when she already knows everything about the mission and how the suit works. However, after seeing the two argue about it yet again, Scott, a father himself, explains that Hank won't let Hope wear the suit because he's desperately afraid of her dying. This is confirmed when Hank finally reveals the truth to Hope about how her mother Janet died, working as The Wasp on a mission with Hank. At the end of the movie, Hank presents Hope with a Wasp suit to show that he trusts her to be able to take care of herself.
* MockingTheMourner: Hank confronts some of the S.H.I.E.L.D. higher-ups over trying to replicate his shrinking formula. One of them, Mitchell Carson, mocks him over losing his wife Janet back then when they were still active in the field. Hank responds by slamming his head into the table. Even Howard Stark tells Mitchell he had that coming.
** Similarly in the next movie, Bill snarkily comments that Janet went to her death because she was tired of putting up with Hank's jerkass attitude. Scott and Hope have to restrain Hank from beating his ex-partner to a pulp.
* MomentKiller: He opens the door and interrupts Scott and Hope's first kiss, to his own shock.
* MundaneUtility:
** Hank occasionally uses of his ant-controlling tech for things like putting sugar in tea.
** In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Hank uses Pym Particles to enlarge a small pizza he bought for a family dinner so he could save money by not having to buy the larger size.
* MyGreatestFailure: Janet's apparent death hit him especially hard because of the feeling that ''he'' should have been the one making the sacrifice when the chips were down -- his suit was malfunctioning, so his wife sacrificed herself in front of him to save the day. The incident left him emotionally traumatised, distancing himself from his daughter (who at seven years old really ''needed'' him then) as he obsessed over getting Janet back for around a decade before giving up.
* NervesOfSteel: Doesn't flinch even when the deck is stacked against him and punches Cross in the nose.
* NiceGuy: In ''Quantumania'', there's barely anything left of the arrogant, insufferable douchebag from the past three films and he's a much friendlier and more supportive person now thanks to reuniting with his wife, reconciling with his daughter, and his work having been recognized as having helped save the universe. He's likely mellowed out a lot more as most of his personal issues (missing wife, estranged daughter, paranoia about his tech being misused) have been resolved since ''Endgame'' and he's retired in peace with his family.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Zigzagged. 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.

* NotMeThisTime: Upon hearing about a guy wearing the Ant-Man suit who went to Germany to help Captain America fight the Avengers and turned into a giant in an airport, Bill Foster assumed it must have been Hank Pym. However, when the two reunite in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' and Bill chides him for this, Hank reveals that it wasn't him but Scott Lang.
-->'''Hank:''' That wasn't me in Germany. It was this idiot.
* 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:
-->'''Hank:''' Hiya champ, how was school today?\\
'''Scott:''' ''[irritated]'' Oh, ha ha ha! All right, get your jokes out now. Can you fix the suit?\\
'''Hope:''' ''[grinning]'' So cranky...\\
'''Hank:''' Do you want a juice box and some string cheese?\\
''*beat*''\\
'''Scott:''' ''[completely serious]'' Do you really have that?
* OddNameOut: It's implied that he's the only one on his family who uses the Pym surname, since Hope is last seen using [[NomDeMom her mother's maiden name]] and Janet herself being addressed by her maiden name both by other characters in-universe and the film's promotional materials.
* OldSuperhero: In his glory days, Hank Pym was an all-American hero who went on many adventures as a secret field agent to stop global threats such as the Soviet Union. But in the modern day, the scientific after-effects of all those weird experiments he did to get his power leave him without powers while the grim reality of government and corporate corruption that became clear by the 1970s have left him disillusioned with the system.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed from his comic counterpart. While he no longer has robotics and artificial intelligence on the list, he still has extensive knowledge of physics, engineering, and biology, all vital for the Ant-Man tech to work.
* OnlyAFleshWound: He's shot in the shoulder around the climax of ''Ant-Man'', and while he does need medical attention, it doesn't bother him that much. He's in a sling by the end of the movie, however.
* OutOfFocus: Alongside Hope, Hank is one of the main drivers of the action in the first two Ant-Man films, but he's mostly just along for the ride in ''Quantumania''.
* PapaWolf:
** He was not willing to lose his daughter Hope the same way he lost his wife Janet, which is why he initially opposed her succeeding him as Ant-Man.
** He and Janet exit the Quantum Realm just in time to save Hope and Scott from Ghost.
** He becomes very protective of his adoptive granddaughter Cassie by ''Quantumania''.
* PassingTheTorch:
** To Scott, whom he chooses to take over the role of Ant-Man. It's mostly because he doesn't want Hope in danger.
** He finally makes Hope the new Wasp at the end of the first film.
** By the time of ''Quantumania'', he's officially retired as head of Pym Technologies and has allowed Hope to succeed him as CEO and main benefactor.
* PestController: Invented the mechanism that he and Scott use to command any species of ants.
* PetTheDog: Despite Hank's very vocal dislike for the Stark family, he swallows his pride enough to attend Tony's funeral at the end of ''Endgame'' alongside the rest of his family.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He retains [[SuperStrength his strength at normal size]] when he shrinks, reflecting the strength of ants compared to their small size.
* PosthumousCharacter: 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: 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.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Downplayed. After creating the Ant-Man suit, Hank was adamant that only he is allowed to wear and use the suit during his tenure at S.H.I.E.L.D. When they decided to try to replicate both it and the Pym Particles anyway, Hank promptly resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D., taking and locking away the suit with him.
* ProperlyParanoid: Hank's not entirely wrong to fear about his formula falling into the wrong hands all the time. When Thanos manages to obtain a sample through Nebula in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', he's able to reverse-engineer the formula and produce enough of it to send his ''entire army'' through the Quantum Realm back into the Sacred Timeline.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless:
** A suit and formula with shrinking capabilities would be incredibly useful for society if mass-produced, particularly where maintenance and construction are concerned. However, Hank's scientific genius and research was primarily used for superheroics and government work, with his general fear of others abusing his creations making him keep his Pym Particles close to his chest.
** Averted by the time of ''Quantumania'', where Hope begins sharing the Pym Particles with the general public via Pym Technologies, with Hank approving of it.
* RedIsHeroic: The primary coloration of Hank's Ant-Man suit is red.
* RelativeButton: Making any insinuation about his failure to protect Janet sets him off. Mitchell Carson did this in the prologue, and was probably lucky to walk away with ''just'' a broken nose. When Foster comments in the sequel that Janet was the only person who could put up with Hank and paid the price for it, Hope has to physically restrain her father.
* RetiredBadass: He was the original Ant-Man from the 1960s to the 1980s, which is briefly seen in a flashback on the mission where Janet committed her HeroicSacrifice. By the time of the movie he had basically buried his past and it's treated as a thing of legend. Putting the suit back on isn't an option even if he wanted to get back in the game due to the long-term damage shrinking with the Pym Particles has done to his body even with the suit's protection.
* 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 it was primarily done out of anger and spite because of his work being stolen from him. That said, the organization had already been corrupted by HYDRA by that point, and 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. And since they were unsuccessful in replicating the formula before Hank left, HYDRA ultimately lost a valuable weapon that could've made their covert assassinations much easier.
* ScienceHero: Whereas Scott is a lowly engineer/thief who can barely keep a job when we first meet him, Hank is a well-respected scientist and inventor who managed to create ways to quickly shrink and grow things, as well as a suit that allows one to do this in quick succession. Because he's also the only one who got to wear it between the 60s and 80s, Hank also acted as a spy for the American government.
* SettingUpdate: One of the few exceptions outside of Captain America's cast. Pym was active during the comic book character's original setting, instead of being updated to a modern one.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Despite not knowing or ever meeting Tony Stark, Hank assumes he's just as terrible as his father Howard, especially due to his involvement with Ultron's creation and the subsequent damage done to Sokovia in the process. As such, Hank wants nothing to do with the Avengers, nor for Tony to get any of his Pym Particles.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: Hank is the first Ant-Man and the one who created the Pym Particles that allow his body and anything else to change size.
* 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's work.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: Despite his old age, Hank still has the strength to knock some sense into any CorruptCorporateExecutive he comes across. Cross appears genuinely impressed when he gets the taste of his former mentor's seemingly "pathetic" punch in the face.
--> '''Cross:''' Wow. Wow! I mean, I saw that punch coming a mile away, but I'd just figured it'd be all pathetic and weak.\\
'''Hank:''' Well, you figured ''wrong''.
* SurroundedByIdiots: His expression whenever Scott or one of the Wombats say/do something stupid/crazy.
* SympatheticAdulterer: [[spoiler:After learning about Janet's relationship with Krylar in ''Quantumania'', he admits that he did try dating others during their time apart. However he genuinely believed she was dead and Janet isn't upset by it.]]
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Resigned from S.H.I.E.L.D. in disgust after learning they had tried to replicate his Pym Particles without his knowledge or consent. [[TranquilFury His language was polite, but the sentiment was this.]]
* TankGoodness: His keychain is a Soviet tank, shrunken down, of course.
* TogetherInDeath: Vanishes, along with his wife and daughter, in TheStinger of the second movie, following Thanos's BadassFingersnap in Wakanda.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** While hardly a saint, he's comparatively nicer as an old man. He's also nicer to Scott by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', apart from his bitterness over Scott inadvertently forcing him and Hope on the run.
** By the time of ''Quantumania'', Hank has become genuinely warm-hearted and supportive of not only Scott, but also Cassie. He even goes so far as to make the latter a suit, and also works to study the Quantum Realm with her and Hope.
* UnknownRival: Stark's dismissal of Lang in ''Civil War'' implies he has no thought and no awareness of his father's feud with Hank or Hank's hatred of himself:
-->'''Scott Lang:''' Hank Pym always said, you never can trust a Stark.\\
'''Tony Stark:''' Who are you?
* UnreliableExpositor: When Bill brings up his past partnership with Hank, and in particular the way Elihas Starr attempted to continue his experiment after Hank fired him, Hank defends his own actions and questions Bill's accounts. Bill may be biased, but so is Hank.
* WellDoneSonGuy: While only one of them is his actual child, as Hope van Dyne, Darren Cross, Scott Lang and Bill Foster will tell you trying to get a word of praise out of this man is like trying to perform a blood transfusion using Mount Everest as the donor. Admittedly, in Darren Cross's case the things he wants approval for are not things that he ''should'' want approval for, but even taking that into account Hank Pym can be very stingy with his encouragement. Completely averted with Cassie, whom he's all but legally adopted as his grandchild.
* WhatTheHellHero: ''Ant-Man'' opens on him chewing out Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. for trying to develop the same shrinking technology he employs, despite Pym wanting to prevent its abuse.
* 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. The only people who were successfully able to replicate the formula are [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Darren Cross]] and [[BigBad Thanos]] (with some help from Ebony Maw).
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He convincingly fakes a heart problem in order to have Foster open a container of Altoids that turns out to contain enlarged ants instead.
* YoureInsane: When Bill Foster tells him about his intention to extract Janet's quantum energy to help Ava's condition, Hank asks if he's insane as it could kill Janet.
-->'''Hank:''' Are you insane? That would rip Janet apart!
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: He says this word for word to Elihas Starr when he confronts him about building a Quantum Tunnel in a deleted scene.
-->'''Hank:''' The tunnel is dangerous! You have no idea what you're dealing with!

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!!''Janet van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp I''
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!!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly), Pym Technologies
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Hayley Lovitt [[note]](younger body double)[[/note]], Creator/PaulRudd [[note]](as Janet inhabiting Scott's body)[[/note]]
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Rebeca Patiño (Latin-American Spanish dub), Mercedes Montalá (European Spanish dub), Creator/GaraTakashima (Japanese dub), Sandra Mara Azevedo (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan1''[[note]]Flashback and photograph only[[/note]] | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''

Hank Pym's wife and Hope's mother. During the Cold War she wore a companion suit to Hank's Ant-Man suit and performed missions for S.H.I.E.L.D. under the codename of "the Wasp".
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Due to being trapped in the Quantum Realm for over three decades, Janet began a relationship with the alien Krylar, though it's implied that it was primarily done for sexual satisfaction. Unlike most examples, Hank is completely okay with this, having attempted to move on himself but was unable to do so.
* ActionGirl: She and Hank spent years as a superhero tag-team for S.H.I.E.L.D., taking on threats around the world until her apparent death in the line of duty.
* ActionMom: Continued being a superhero after having Hope. According to Hope, she was seven when Janet disappeared.
* AdaptationDyeJob: 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 show her with blonde hair anyway.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: Janet in the original comics was a young and somewhat naive fashion designer falling in love with the older scientist Hank Pym while this version is a fellow scientist, keeping her more in line with the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel-version of the character.
* 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.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Like with her husband Hank, Janet was one of the founding members of the Avengers in the comics. In the MCU, Janet is trapped in the Quantum Realm during the organization's creation and for most of their history, and so never becomes affiliated with the group before they become defunct post-''Endgame''.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics, Janet's ability to shrink and shoot bio-electric blasts are innate as a result of absorbing enough Pym Particles to alter her genetic code. Here, they're derived from her [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman suit]].
* 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.
** Janet is also implied to be around the same age as her husband in the films, whereas her comics counterpart had a significant age gap between her and Hank.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Although her costume lacks the yellow and black patterns, her superhero identity is named after the wasp.
* BackFromTheDead: She and the rest of her family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.
* BattleCouple: She went on missions with her husband.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Janet begins waxing lyrical about the wonders of the Quantum Realm to her husband when they reunite, and is even willing to send Scott into it to get Quantum particles for Ava Starr and do further research. Fast-forward to ''Quantumania'', and Janet now wants nothing to do with the Quantum Realm or discuss her 20-year experience living in it, to the point of freaking out and shutting down Cassie's Quantum signal invention once she learns what it is.
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Her wings and abilities come from her suit, which is visually and functionally similar to the Ant-Man suit. This is in sharp contrast to the comics, where her wings, stingers, and shrinking abilities all come from within her body as a result of a scientific procedure.
* CompositeCharacter: She disappeared after helping invent the Ant-Man gear, making her a mix of her comic counterpart and Pym's first wife, Maria.
** She also gets the scientific background of her ComicBook/UltimateMarvel-counterpart. However, her overall personality and her more kind relationship with Hank are taken from her main-comic version.
* CovertPervert: She admits to her husband and daughter in ''Quantumania'' that she hooked up with [[HumanAliens Krylar]] because as a woman she had "needs". Hank is relatively blasé about the fact, while Hope is grossed out.
* CostumeEvolution: In her character poster for ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', her suit seems to be a different color that what was seen in ''Ant-Man''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Janet's 20-year stay in the Quantum Realm was incredibly traumatic for her, to the point where she actively avoids any discussion regarding it, even with close family members like her husband and daughter. [[spoiler:Given that it's later revealed that she ended up creating Kang's empire within the Quantum Realm and spent her life fighting him as a member of LaResistance, she definitely has reasons not to talk about it.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Janet can make some witty comments and comebacks that are successful in making Hank and Hope chuckle.
* DecompositeCharacter: Despite still being the first Wasp in this continuity, some of her traits are given to her daughter Hope: Hope's the main Wasp in this continuity and the one associated with the Avengers via ''Endgame''. She also spots a haircut similar to Janet's iconic hair from the comics.
* 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, 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. She finally gets some good screen-time in ''Quantumania''.
* DistaffCounterpart: Her suit was similar to Hank's apart from having wings and a different visor for her helmet.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: 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, D.C. from within. After Scott returns from the Quantum Realm, Hank's not so sure that she died; and the sequel showed that she didn't.
* TheFaceless: The two times she's seen on screen in the first ''Ant-Man'', her face is obscured, first by her Wasp suit mask and again by a big floppy hat. There's also what could very well be [[https://40.media.tumblr.com/7ba0d42a74ceedcd597c26e5c1a408a5/tumblr_inline_nrsylfK0wF1qi6zcz_540.png her]] in the Quantum Realm.
* {{Flight}}: Unlike Ant-Man, the Wasp was equipped with a pair of insect-like wings, which barring [[ArtisticLicensePhysics flagrant abuse of physics]] (beyond what the Pym Particles already cause) likely only worked when she shrunk down.
* HappilyMarried: To Hank; in contrast to the significantly messier relationship they have in the comics, their relationship here is loving to the point where even their scientific bickering looks sweet.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: We only see the last minute of her career as a Cold War-era superhero. She also spent thirty years wandering the Quantum Realm.
* HeroicSacrifice: She shrinks herself to dangerous levels to save Washington, D.C., and doesn't come back. She survived, but she didn't have the means to return to normal, and wouldn't for decades. [[spoiler:Though at one point, she did have a chance to return to Earth from the Quantum Realm on Kang's ship. However, after interacting with the ship's core that was linked to Kang's mind, she sees all the worlds and timelines he had destroyed, and those he would. She chooses to expand his core with one of her discs making it unusable, ensuring his continued exile, and giving up her way back to Hope and Hank.]]
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until the seventh year, and not officially until the tenth.
* ImprovisedWeapon: She seems to have made a spear tipped with ''one of her suit's wings'' to defend herself in the Quantum Realm, which is nicely shown sheathed on her back when she and Hank reunite. She's never actually seen using it, though.
* InNameOnly: Not to the extent of Hank, but her powers, personality, profession, and role in the Marvel Universe are all generally at odds with the original comic character. While she has moments of similarity to her comic self, they are few and far between.
* LaResistance: [[spoiler:She was a member of the forces fighting against Kang after he took over the Quantum Realm.]]
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: [[{{PlayedWith}} Played With.]] She debuted via flashback in the final Phase Two film of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, but her official introduction happens in a Phase Three film.
* 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.
* TheMaidenNameDebate: Implied. After being rescued from the Quantum Realm, Scott greets her and addresses her as "Ms. van Dyne" instead of "Mrs. Pym".
* MamaBear: She and Hank exit the Quantum Realm just in time to save Hope and Scott from Ghost.
* MilitarySuperhero: A covert one of S.H.I.E.L.D. during the Cold War, much like her husband.
* MoralityPet: To Hank. Bill Foster claims that Janet was the only one who was ever able to bring him down to earth.
* NeverFoundTheBody: She shrunk down to subatomic size, and was never seen again.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Is disintegrated along with half the universe after Thanos completes the Infinity Gauntlet, the timing of which coincides with the mid-credits scene of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* NotQuiteDead: The ending 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.
* OddNameOut: With her husband '''H'''ank and daughter '''H'''ope.
* OutOfFocus: In contrast to her husband (whose younger self appears during the Time Heist), and her daughter (who participates in the final battle), Janet is by far the least involved in the events of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', only making a voiceless cameo during Tony Stark's funeral.
* ParentingTheHusband: She's the only person who can calm Hank down and get him to see reason.
* PeoplePuppets: Briefly uses Scott as one to give Hank and Hope the directions necessary to get her out of the Quantum Realm.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She retains [[SuperStrength her strength at normal size]] when she shrinks, reflecting the strength of ants compared to their small size.
* PluckyGirl: Despite being TrappedInAnotherWorld all alone for ''three decades'', she didn't allow herself to GoMadFromTheIsolation, remains optimistic that she'll still see her family again all those time, and the first thing she does when she finally got back is to heal the person who was ''just trying to kill her''.
* 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, double-subverted when she's disintegrated in TheStinger, and ''triple''-subverted when she comes back from the dead after the Time Heist.
* ThePowerOfLove: Janet's love for her family and the unyielding hope that she would see them again appears to be what kept her sane during her imprisonment in the Quantum Realm.
* RedIsHeroic: The primary coloration of Janet's Wasp suit is red.
* ShellShockedVeteran: She is reluctant to discuss her time in the Quantum Realm. It turns out she spent her time interacting with Kang the Conqueror, first helping him rebuild his time ship then acting as a [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorist against his growing quantum empire]].
* 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's finger snap.
* SizeShifter: Just like Ant-Man, she uses Pym Particles to shrink and grow. She goes missing when she shrinks too far.
* SympatheticAdulterer: [[spoiler:While trapped in the Quantum Realm she started a physical relationship with Krylar, despite being married. However she had no way to make contact with Hank or find a way to escape for decades, meaning that Hank understands why she started a relationship with him.]]
* TogetherInDeath: 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.
* {{Tritagonist}}: Of ''Quantumania''. Her past in the Quantum Realm, [[spoiler:her connection with Kang and time as a freedom fighter trying to take him down]], is a driving factor of the film.
* TheUnseen: Her face is never seen in ''Ant-Man''. It's even obscured by a hat in a family photo. We don't get an idea of what she looks like until ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
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[[folder:Hope van Dyne / The Wasp II]]
!!''Hope van Dyne / ComicBook/TheWasp [[LegacyCharacter II]]''
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!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' American
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Pym Technologies, Avengers
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EvangelineLilly, Madeleine [=McGraw=] (young)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Maria Roiz (Latin-American Spanish dub), Eva Díez (European Spanish dub), Yuki Uchida (Japanese dub), Creator/AngelicaSantos (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntMan1'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania''

->''"It's about damn time."''

Hank Pym's daughter, who assists him in the training of Scott, specifically with the physical training and martial arts. Hope is the chairwoman of Pym Technologies and cast the deciding vote that pushed her father out of the company, but as Darren Cross grew closer to recreating Hank's research, she had a change of heart and decided to aid her father in destroying that research. However, old wounds do not heal so easily as she resents her father for never being forthcoming about the fate of her mother.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Like Scott, Hope carries Pym Particle discs that are stored inside her suit's gauntlets to shrink and enlarge any object of her choice.
* ActionGirl: She's the one who teaches Scott how to fight. She also helps Scott disable the HYDRA goons surrounding Hank.
-->'''Scott:''' ''You're'' going to teach me how to punch? Okay, ''[holds up his hand as a target]'' Show me how to--\\
''[Hope punches him in the face]''\\
'''Hope:''' That's how you punch.
* AdaptationNameChange: [[{{PlayedForDrama}} Played For Drama.]] She uses her mom's surname because of her strained relationship with her father.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: The Wasp suit is generally yellow and black in the comics, while here it's [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack black and silver]] with a few streaks of red. This was likely done to make it distinct from the Yellowjacket suit which used said color scheme.
* 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.
* AffectionateNickname: Her mother calls her "Jellybean".
* AlliterativeFamily: With her father '''H'''ank.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's cold and distant to both her own father and Scott, the former especially.
* AscendedExtra: A minor villainous character from an AlternateContinuity to the main Marvel Universe in the comics becomes a major character and '''the''' Wasp of the MCU, rather than [[DemotedToExtra her mother]].
* TheAtoner: She tries to make up for the mistakes she made, after returning to her father.
* BackFromTheDead: She and the rest of her family were victims of Thanos's snap before they were revived by Bruce Banner.
* BadassBookworm: She's a high-ranking scientist in Pym Technologies, who happens to pack a mean punch.
* BadassNormal: Hope has trained to become a formidable martial artist long before she acquires her Wasp suit.
* BashSiblings: Becomes this with the Avengers in ''Endgame''.
* BattleCouple: With Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man, as of the [[Film/AntManAndTheWasp sequel]].
* TheBeastmaster: Hope has the ability to command and communicate with every ant species there is.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Scott. She goes from punching him during their first training session to kissing him by the end of the film.
* BigYes: She yells this when she starts shooting down the ships of Kang's soldiers during the final battle of ''Quantumania''.
-->'''Hope:''' Yes! Come on!
* BlingBlingBang: Her second (and technically first to outright use onscreen) Wasp suit has yellow/gold plates in it.
* BrainyBrunette: Hope has brown hair and she is an accomplished scientist, much like both of her parents.
* 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 too and she still feels rejected (since her father won't let her actually carry out his plan, despite the fact she is more able than anyone else he could find).
-->'''Hope''': You know, [[MissingMom after my mother died]], I didn't see him for almost two weeks!\\
'''Scott''': He was grieving.\\
'''Hope''': Yeah, so was I and I was ''seven''! And he never came back, not in any way that ''counted''! [[OffToBoardingSchool He just shipped me off to boarding school.]]
* CallingParentsByTheirName: In ''Film/AntMan1'' she calls her father Hank throughout, stemming from her long-seated resentment toward him. She does, however, call him "Dad!" once after he gets shot, an event that happens after they've started working through what happened to Hope's mother (the cause of the rift between father and daughter). In the sequel, she's back to calling him "Dad" after they reconcile.
* 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 villainous character named Hope Pym/Red Queen existed in the WhatIf AlternateUniverse known as [=MC2=]. The two characters share very few similarities, though.
* CanonImmigrant: A loosely-adapted version of the MCU Hope, [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]], (later Nadia van Dyne, bringing it full circle) eventually made her way into the original Marvel comics universe (instead of the [=MC2=] AlternateUniverse) after the success of the first ''Ant-Man'' film. Again, 616 Nadia ([[BilingualBonus "Nadia" is Russian for "Hope"]]) doesn't actually have that much in common with the movie Hope aside from being Hank Pym's daughter[[note]]But not Janet's, her mother being Hank's oft-forgotten first wife from his Silver Age origin[[/note]] who replaces Janet as the Wasp.
* ClosetShuffle: As revealed in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', Hope went to hide in her wardrobe every time she played hide-and-seek with her mother during her childhood. Scott points out that she doesn't seem to have really understood the purpose of the game.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: In a similar way to what Tony, Thor and Vision did to Ultron Prime in the climax of ''Age of Ultron'', Hope combines her blasters' energy bolts with Rescue's repulsor beams and Shuri's sonic blasts to repel Thanos during the final battle of ''Avengers: Endgame''.
* CompositeCharacter: Takes her name and relationship to Hank Pym from Hope Pym of Earth-982, but takes her haircut, surname, and outfit from her mother, Janet van Dyne. Her father eventually presents her with a new suit, which she dons in the sequel to become the Wasp.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: She starts out like 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.
* CostumeEvolution: Her Wasp suit in the stinger of ''Ant-Man'' appears to be different from the one she wears in the sequel and ''Endgame'', which had dark green and brown accents. By the time of ''Quantumania'', Hope's suit is now a honey-yellow, looking much like Janet's costume in the comics.
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: [[spoiler:The point of divergence in the ''What If… The World Lost its Mightiest Heroes?'' timeline, as in that timeline she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and was killed during a mission. Her father then went mad with grief and blamed Nick Fury for her death, eventually killing everyone who was considered a recruit on the Avengers Initiative until he was stopped by Loki and Fury. The deaths of the Avengers before they were even a team, in particular Thor, meant that there was nothing stopping Loki from taking over the planet.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Hope's level of snark can be as equal as Scott's whenever they are having a conversation.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She warms up to Scott and reconciles with her estranged father throughout the movie. By ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', she's considerably more relaxed, regularly laughing at Scott's antics, being more open about her growing affection for Scott, and generally showing much more emotional vulnerability.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Promoted to this in the sequel, where she has a much more active role, both story-wise (her decisions and actions propel much of the narrative) and literally as she lets her ActionGirl abilities shine through as the Wasp.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Just because her father doesn't tell her the truth about her mother, Hope resents him for years to the point she addresses him by his name, drops his surname in favor of her mother's, and kicks him out of his own company.
* DroppedABridgeOnHer: 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.
* DudeMagnet: Being portrayed by the gorgeous Creator/EvangelineLilly, Hope naturally has quite a lot of success with the opposite gender:
** Scott Lang is very much attracted to her, and eventually starts a romantic relationship with her.
** Both Luis and Kurt mention finding her attractive in the first ''Ant-Man'' film.
** [[BigBad Darren Cross]] and [[BigBadWannabe Sonny Burch]] are both implied to have a thing for her.
** During her time in the Quantum Realm, even Broccoli Man tries to hit on her, much to her exasperation.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: During their training, Hope briefly glances at Scott's abs while he treats an injury.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Hope was initially introduced with a bob-style haircut, but later grows her hair out in subsequent appearances. This is both to show that time has passed since the first ''Ant-Man'' movie, and to visually represent her less-uptight personality. ''Quantumania'', which shows Hope at her most carefree in the series, has her sporting a pixie-style hair-do.
* {{Expy}}: Inverted with [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]], who is based more on Hope than Hope is based on her [=MC2=] counterpart.
* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: She may have her issues with her father, but she still loves him and won't let anyone hurt him. When Darren Cross points a gun at Hank in the climax of ''Film/AntMan1'', Hope knocks out a henchman to take his gun and threatens to shoot Cross if he doesn't leave her father alone.
* FalseReassurance: During her dinner to Darren Cross, she toasts him with "You're a success story, Darren. You deserve everything coming to you." What Cross doesn't know is that she's in league with her father, Hank Pym, to ruin him and destroy his research.
* {{Flight}}: The Wasp suit has a pair of insect-like wings that enables Hope to fly.
* GenerationXerox: Like her mother, Hope becomes a superhero called the Wasp, as well as being romantically involved with an Ant-Man. The two of them also become victims of Thanos's Snap before they are resurrected five years later.
* GeniusBruiser: Hope is an accomplished scientist and an expert martial artist, just like both of her parents.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: Hope's yellow/gold-colored Wasp suit is equipped with wings and blasters, which makes it superior in comparison to Scott's red Ant-Man suit.
* GoodStepmother: She's essentially this to Cassie, even though she and Scott aren't married, as she openly encourages Cassie's scientific endeavors and shares Scott's concern for her well-being, while Cassie refers to Hope's parents as her own grandparents.
* HairpinLockpick: When she and Hank are taken into custody by the FBI in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Hope uses a hairpin she had hidden in her mouth to free herself and Hank from their handcuffs.
* 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 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 eventually has a change of heart when she realizes Cross is dangerous and returns to Hank so they can find a way to stop him.
* HonorBeforeReason: Despite only being resurrected moments prior, and having little idea about what's going on regarding the fight against Thanos, Hope nonetheless suits up to help save the world alongside Scott.
* HypercompetentSidekick:
** To Scott, to her chagrin because she is far more qualified to wear the Ant-Man suit than he is. Why she can't be the Ant-Man is a point of contention between her and her father at first; then they reconcile and get over it.
** When she becomes the Wasp in the sequel film, she's shown outdoing Scott in superheroics for the most part, and also gains abilities he doesn't, such energy blasts and wings to fly with.
* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse until the seventh year.
* IronicName: She's quite pessimistic and cynical.
* 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 off the heist. She warms up to him eventually. She resumes a cold attitude towards 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.
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Hope wears a tailored suit during her days as the chairwoman of Pym Technologies.
* 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 elegance and femininity that little girls would love.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Debuted in the final Phase Two film of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
* LegacyCharacter: She inherits her mother's bob, and eventually the Wasp title by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's among the thousands of reinforcements that Doctor Strange brings to the finale in ''Endgame''. She’s seen looking around with a quizzical expression. Despite this, [[HonorBeforeReason she willingly joins the battle against Thanos, follows Steve's orders to repair the Quantum Tunnel, and helps clear a path for Captain Marvel to get the Nano Gauntlet to said Tunnel.]]
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Fell out with her father after Janet's death, but reconciles with him during the movie, especially when she learns of Janet's HeroicSacrifice.
* MeaningfulName:
** Lampshaded by her father when he is giving her the prototype Wasp suit at the end of ''Ant-Man''.
** 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.]]
* 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.
* MoralityChain:
** Cross empathizes with Hope's resentment towards her dad (though he takes it too far for even her), he doesn't kill Pym when he breaks into Pym's house because Hope is in the next room, and he pauses when Hope tells him that he is losing his mind.
** 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 on a murder revenge spree upon the Avengers.]]
* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Make no mistake, between her and Scott, Hope is the superior fighter and user of the suit, ''and'' she has a better suit that fires bolts of energy and can fly. The only thing Scott has been shown to do that she hasn't is to grow into giant size.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** She was the deciding vote that ousted Hank from Pym Tech and put Darren Cross in charge. It's implied that she did it out of spite. She soon realized that it was a very bad idea.
** She was the one that called the cops on Scott, which turns out to have consequences as it led to Darren piecing together Scott's involvement in Hank's planned heist -- something which otherwise might have been avoided and made the climax go smoother than it did. Scott fighting the Falcon might have made Cross aware that ''someone'' was wearing the suit, but the man arrested near Hank's mansion -- who somehow disappeared from his cell without a trace -- was too much of a coincidence to ignore.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: 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''.
* NomDeMom: She goes by her mother's maiden name instead of her birth surname, due to her estrangement from her father.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** While sneaking through Cassie's elementary school in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', Hope can't help but make fun of Scott when his suit malfunctions and makes him the size of a small child.
** She criticizes Scott for calling Steve Rogers "Cap" in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp,'' 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.
** In ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', Hope works diligently to help rebuild Pym Technologies and also get shrinking tech to benefit society. Yet, she also gleefully skips work to throw on her Wasp suit and share a romantic moment with Scott on the Golden Gate bridge with a six-pack of beer.
* NotSoStoic:
** She's pretty squicked out when she hears about her parents' respective sex lives while separated.
** When engaging in superheroics, Hope tends to be fairly stoic and focused on the mission, with nothing throwing her off course. However, when she gets trapped in the probability zone in ''Quantumania'', Hope is just as distracted and freaked out by the various copies of her showing up as Scott was.
* OutOfFocus: Much like Hank, Hope gets far less attention in ''Quantumania'' compared to the first two films.
* PestController: She wears a special earpiece that allows her to convey commands to ants.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She retains [[SuperStrength her strength at normal size]] when she shrinks, reflecting the strength of ants compared to their small size.
* PrimaryColorChampion: The coloration of Hope's Wasp suit are yellow/gold and dark blue with streaks of red.
* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Has an on-off relationship with Scott, having cut ties with him by the time the sequel begins. 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''.
* SciFiBobHaircut: Hope sports the classic bob her mother, the first Wasp, had in the original comics. She grows it out in the two years between ''Ant-Man'' and ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' so that it more resembles TomboyishPonytail. Averted in ''Quantumania'', which shows that she's cut it down to a pixie-style.
* SecondLove: To Scott, assuming that he didn't have a relationship after his and his first wife's divorce prior to their LastMinuteHookup.
* SexyMentor: She's the one who gave Scott proper combat training and has a LastMinuteHookup with him.
* SharpDressedWoman: Wears a suit for much of ''Ant-Man'', except in training scenes where it wouldn't be practical. She's a big whig at the company after all.
* SheCleansUpNicely: She steps out of the limo in a stunning silver, floor-length dress while attending a red carpet event with Scott in ''Quantumania''.
* SizeShifter: Her suit in the second film which utilizes Pym Particles allows her to shrink and grow back to normal size at will.
* TeacherStudentRomance: She serves as both a personal trainer and the love interest of Scott Lang.
* TimeShiftedActor: She's portrayed by Madeleine [=McGraw=] when she appears as a child in some flashback scenes of ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. As an adult, she's portrayed by Creator/EvangelineLilly.
* TogetherInDeath: She and her parents are vanished by Thanos's BadassFingersnap together.
* TookALevelInBadass: Not that she wasn't an extremely capable woman, but being given the Wasp suit elevates her to OneManArmy status in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'', where she curb-stomps Burch and his many goons.
* TookALevelInCheerfulness:
** She's much more optimistic in the sequel, partially due to her joy at finally getting her chance to be a hero and partially due to her renewed hope of reuniting with her long-lost mother.
** By the time of ''Quantumania'', Hope has everything she could ever want in her life, which reflects her mood exponentially. In the film's prologue, she's shown working diligently to make the Pym Particles available to society, throws on her Wasp suit to share a romantic moment with Scott on the Golden Gate Bridge, and is visibly happy to be with her family whenever they're together.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She jumps back into the Quantum Realm, [[spoiler:and delivers a world of hurt on Kang before he can deliver the killing blow after he brutalized Scott.]]
* WelcomeBackTraitor: Despite their estranged relationship, Hank and Hope work together to stop Darren Cross from realizing his nefarious plans.
* WhatMeasureIsANonCute: She objects to Cross [[LudicrousGibs testing his shrink ray]] on baby lambs, having expected the test subjects to be rodents.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: She has this reaction in ''Ant-Man and the Wasp'' when she sees Sonny Burch show up to make another attempt to steal the lab.
-->'''Hope:''' Really? This guy again?
* YouKilledMyFather: 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.
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* GoodStepmother: She's essentially this to Cassie, even though she and Scott aren't married, as she openly encourages Cassie's scientific endeavors and shares Scott's concern for her well-being.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/JoseLuisOrozco (Latin-American Spanish dub), Salvador Vidal (European Spanish dub), Koki Mitomo (Japanese dub), Creator/MarceloPissardini (Brazilian Portuguese dub)