History Characters / TheUnbelievableGwenpool

* NotSoDifferent: Both he and Gwen come to realize that they're both villains who had chosen to abandon their destiny and become heroes, even though it's difficult. They end up parting on good terms after this.

* PowerCreepPowerSeep: In her solo titles, Gwen's manipulation of the medium works perfectly, In ''West Coast Avengers'', she downright notes not being able to reach to outside the panel.

* AmbiguouslyBi: She once briefly dated ComicBook/QuentinQuire of the X-Men, has an open crush on ComicBook/MilesMorales, and was once distracted by the FemaleGaze of both [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] and ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. But she's also expresses much of the same interest in Marvel's leading ladies including Kamala Khan who she refers to as "Best Girl". Gwen also unabashedly claims that she'd let [[ComicBook/BlackCanary Dinah Lance]] kick her in the face then [[CasualKink thank her for it.]]

'''Gwen''': Not them! The people who paid $4,99 for this comic!\\

* StuffBlowingUp: Gwen's usual way of handling remotely-difficult foes early on since she had [[RealityEnsues nothing in the way of actual combat training]].

[[folder: Cecil]]

[[folder: Big Ronnie]]

[[folder: Batroc the Leaper]]

[[folder: Mega Tony]]

[[folder: The Terrible Eye]]

[[folder: Jeff the Land Shark]]

[[folder: Teddy Poole]]

[[folder: Ted and Martha Poole]]

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[[folder: M.O.D.O.K.]]

[[folder: Vincent Doonan]]

[[folder: Arcade]]

[[folder: Future Gwenpool]]

[[folder: Doctor Doom]]

!CharacterSheet for ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool''.

This sheet refers to characters from ''ComicBook/TheUnbelievableGwenpool'' comic book series.

'''Remember''', If you have thought of a trope that fits a Loki from another universe please take that example to its respective sheet.

'''WARNING:''' There are unmarked spoilers on these sheets for all but the most recent comics.

!!Prime Marvel Universe [[note]]Earth-616[[/note]]
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* [[Characters/GwenpoolGwenPoole Gwenpool / Gwen Poole]]
* [[Characters/TheUnbelievableGwenpoolSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]
* [[Characters/TheUnbelievableGwenpoolRoguesGallery Rogues Gallery]]
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* [[Characters/TheUnbelievableGwenpoolSuuportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]

Characters appearing in ''The Unbelievable Gwenpool''.

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!Main Characters

[[folder: Gwenpool]]

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[[quoteright:248:Unmasked Gwen]]
Gwen Poole was just a regular girl from the "real" world before somehow being transported to the world of Marvel Comics.

Originally, Gwen had no powers. She relied on guns, katanas and PlotArmor in order to fight. As of issue 16, she becomes a RealityWarper based on [[NinjaProp manipulating the fourth wall.]] The most common use of her power has her [[FrameBreak breaking panels]] and using the space between them.
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* AllianceOfAlternates: She exploits DependingOnTheWriter to gather a squad of different characterizations penned by different writers for help in her second miniseries.
* AnimalMotif: She has a bit of a Shark motif between her cute shark backpack, her pet land shark, and appearing as an anthropomorphic shark in one gag in which she exposits her motivations in the form of a Youtube video.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Her past life reeks of someone with depression. She's fatalistic and hopeless with low self esteem, has trouble communicating her worries, has all but given up on improving herself and instead uses unhealthy coping mechanisms to get by.
* TheAtoner: Issue #13 has Gwen finally realize how much damage she's done to those around her, thinking that these were just characters and plot devices instead of living, caring people. She vows to try and make amends to her friends for her mistakes, starting by getting Mega Tony a job at Parker Industries. Even more in issue 20, where she fully abandons the notion that she is "more real" than the rest of the universe[[labelnote: Explanation]]She still thinks she comes from the "real world" but she has come to realize that she is now subject to the same rules as any other inhabitant of the MU.[[/labelnote]] after an encounter with her future self. She even resolves to make amends with Miles Morales.
* BadassAdorable: Loves guns, swords, robots, ghosts, and more craziness than you can shake a stick at, and is a full on GenkiGirl with hair that is half pink. She even has cute backpacks of shark, penguin and octopus varieties.
* BadassNormal: More on the "normal" end of the spectrum than is common for a superhero, but after some tutelage by Batroc she does have some decent hand-to-hand skills and firearm practice. She still has to mainly rely on her wits though, at least until unlocking her RealityWarper powers.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: She has awareness of everyone's backstory and secret identity, and later becomes a RealityWarper. [[spoiler: Future Gwen states that's the universe trying to tell her to turn bad.]] She refuses to turn to the dark side.
** ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' extends this to show that she can also retcon the past and change peoples' memories, such as making Tony Stark randomly leave money for her in his will.
* BreakTheCutie: A few times during the course of the story, when she finds out the world won't work out her way, and she won't always get a happy ending. The death of Cecil is her first big loss, and it sparks her quest for vengeance against M.O.D.OK. When her team breaks up, she falls into a depression. During issue 20, she bursts into tears upon realizing [[spoiler: her brother has been RetGone, and actually goes to Terrible Eye for solace.]]
* BrokenBird: Part of her backstory. [[spoiler: She dropped out of high school, can't get a job, and all her friends have moved on with their lives. By the time we see her old life, we see she's long since become cynical, lazy and detached from reality.]]
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: [[spoiler: After returning home Gwen feels as if some force is compelling her to cross over to the Marvel universe, even though she doesn't remember already having done that. She keeps finding more and more proof its possible and ways to do it. Even after giving up due to her brother almost being killed by one such portal, the universe double downed and outright forced her to deal with things like dialogue boxes, scene transitions and even TheFourthWall itself. BadFuture Gwen eventually spells out to her that Gwen is now a comic book character and subjected to the same laws as all the other characters, while also encouraging her to just have fun with it (in the worst way possible). ]]
* ChaoticStupid: She's gung-ho, unpredictable, and often ill-prepared. And while Gwen is usually well-intentioned enough to fit StupidGood, other times she does more questionable stuff (stealing a virus from Black Cat and [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter selling it to Hydra]], helping the Champions by blowing up a police car, and wrecking up lots of policemen while carrying a criminal and introducing herself to the reader).
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the ''Rocket Raccoon & Groot'' series, she comments on her ClothingDamage promoting violence against actual women. In her own series (and especially her ''Champions'' appearance), she shies away from bringing such things into comics, and is apolitical. She sees addressing real life issues as taking away from the appeal of comics. The tie-in also portrays her as a bit of a selfie-obsessed millennial, which is something that is all but dropped from her character after that.
* ClothingDamage: Her costume is completely torn apart during her appearance in the last two issues of the ''Rocket Raccoon & Groot'' series.
* CombatPragmatist: Given she lacks ''any'' sort of actual skill in combat at first, resorting to cheap shots and usage of explosives is basically plan A.
* CosmicPlayThing: She doesn't seem to realize though that the world is actively working against her. It won't kill her, but it won't play to her tune either. [[spoiler: Though after returning to the real world, it seems for whatever reason that the universe, or some powerful being, wants her in the Marvel universe and will stop at nothing to accomplish it.]]
* CuteAndPsycho: She's a tiny little terror that will mow down criminals with large assault rifles then wonder why everyone else on the street is so mad at her.
* TheCutie: At least the naive and endearing Gwen from her ongoing, even nicknamed on ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' as "Marshmallow Gwen".
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Issue 3 implies that Gwen didn't have the best life before entering the Marvel Universe given that her reaction to learning it might not be possible to return is a sad "It's probably for the best." She has the same reaction when told her parents may forget her. And then issue 16 shows how Gwen was a BrokenBird whose laziness and cynicism caused conflicts at home.
* DaydreamBeliever: Even when she was living in her own world she believed in fictional worlds being real enough to hope that ''Comicbook/SecretWars2015'' would fold her world into the [[Comicbook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel new Marvel Universe]] and actively seek out ways to reach the multiverse. Her books whole existence proves that [[ComicbooksAreReal she was/is right]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: She became a competent fighter on her own, but she gains powers to control the comic medium as of issue #17. The jury is still out if this fits more under EnlightenmentSuperpowers or PowerBornOfMadness.
* FourthWallObserver: Played with: She can't actually ''see'' the fourth wall, but she can still touch it. And jump out of it into the borders between panels.
* FutureBadass: In the future, her ability to understand and manipulate the medium effectively makes her omnipotent. Unfortunately...
* FutureMeScaresMe: After some undisclosed incident which sours her on the other heroes [[spoiler:Gwen becomes a complete sociopath, viewing everyone else in the Marvel Universe as nothing more than playthings for her amusement. She manipulates everyone into another superhuman Civil War which is considered the single most catastrophic event in their Earth's history all because it would be fun for her to watch. She outs Miles Morales' identity to the world leading to his family all being murdered the same day, and any and all attempts to stop or attack her are utterly futile since she's effectively the single most powerful being in the universe at that point. Gwen meeting her eventually makes her decide to ''never'' put herself above the fictional characters again, since not only does she realize she is subject to the same rules as them, but continuing to follow that path would ruin the lives of all the heroes she loves so dearly.]]
* GenreSavvy: She is capable of fighting and surviving in the Marvel world purely because she has read so many comics she knows exactly how to work the system in her favor.
* HeelRealization: During issue 20, witnessing her BadFuture self's complete apathy towards the Marvel Universe, culminating in cold-bloodedly shooting the future Miles Morales, Gwen realizes that that's exactly how she used to treat everyone around her as well. By the end of the issue she decides to become a full-on hero.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices her long comic lifespan (and thus, her life) to [[RetGone prevent her evil self from existing.]]
* HollywoodNerd: Gwen's a shut-in NEET who gets little to no physical activity. Despite this, she has [[ShesGotLegs toned, shapely legs]], no excess fat on her, flawless skin and [[LuminescentBlush naturally-occuring blush makeup]], and of course [[MostCommonSuperPower a perky, if comparatively rational bust]].
* IdiotHero: Gwen definitely isn't a ScienceHero, and despite her wearing a mask to conceal her identity, she has very little sense of subtlety whenever she does wear it. She gets even dumber whenever she's not written by Christopher Hastings, such as in her ''Comicbook/SecretEmpire'' [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/hXoARZr4K4nJysw4P38t45ICRLSmBCoT1NOLENSG3W-y4qukrhpCVIy9N-4khLVSnZFC5i_QKbubrjPEHCj172TRhzybNxDtT1K4ggCaZJVjtHp74iBrsTciihmY44P1x1_WXw=s0 appearance]].
* InnocentBlueEyes: SubvertedTrope - she's got wide, light-blue eyes to evoke the trope (and certainly looks perky while unmasked), but she's definitely [[CuteAndPsycho not so innocent]].
* {{Irony}}: She's actually not a ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' reader. She considers him too "LOL memes" for her tastes.
* KnifeNut: Whenever she has an opportunity to use her katanas.
* LeotardOfPower: With long sleeves and a hood, but it definitely still fits ([[{{Pun}} quite]] [[SensualSpandex tightly]], in fact.)
* LuminescentBlush: AvertedTrope. As can be seen from her picture, she frequently has a faint pink coating under her eyes (even ''[[ExpressiveMask through]]'' her mask while she's wearing it) much like the trope in question, but it's entirely without the implications of her being shy or embarrassed - she's often entirely alone while her mask is off, and she'll still look like that. It's just how she (very cutely) looks.
* MediumAwareness: Due to being an [[TrappedInTVLand "immigrant" from a world where she read comic books.]]
-->'''Gwen''': The people are paying good money! Give them a show!\\
'''Cecil''': Your wealthy mutant clients probably don't want you to blow up robots on their lawn. \\
'''Gwen''': Not them! The people who paid $4,99 for this comic!\\
'''Cecil''': Right, your [[TrumanShowPlot Truman Show thing]].
** It gets worse when she returns to her homeworld and sees comic book features ''there'', leading to some NinjaProp attempts.
* MetaGuy: Her background lends to this. Just see her [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KQakYw0C-k/V-xh4KZq87I/AAAAAAAAFC4/E_bRB1iirwAR6pw_Xh_1s9lGpqw6mdmAgCEw/s400/NickKhocke.PNG commenting on her]] ClothingDamage.
* MoralSociopathy: Gwen has little reservations about resorting to violence and murder based off her view that's just in a comic book world, with simple justifications like they're the bad guys, they're unimportant, [[{{Mooks}} they're both]]... and sometimes, she'll just do it for the intent of saving her own skin, though she certainly doesn't rob banks to get by. [[spoiler:Future Gwenpool apparently dropped the moral part entirely. Gwen herself finally realizes how deranged she was behaving when she sees her evil future self kill Miles Morales.]]
* MostCommonSuperpower: Averted; she's of average size. In Issue #3 of ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'', she poses for a pin-up shot and demands the artist "give me a D-cup!", but remains completely normal size.
* MultipleChoicePast: Due to Kamala suggesting Gwen might actually be a mutant who suppressed her real past and interprets her BreakingTheFourthWall abilities as the world being a comic book and Gwen's powers retconning this past as the truth through visualizing it as a flashback, Gwen is simultaneously a girl from the "real world" and a mutant from Earth 616 as of ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''.
* {{NEET}}: Her backstory is revealed in issue 16: she dropped out of high school and has no job, and has very little connection to the outside world. By the next issue she got a job at a movie theater and is considering college, but is overall thinking more about returning to the comics world.
* {{Mutant}}: What she retcons herself into as a way to safeguard her existence when her series ends. She's mutant enough that she lives on Krakoa and sometimes shows up as a background character for various X-Men related titles including the last fight sequence for ComicBook/XOfSwords.
* OtherMeAnnoysMe: "Harley-Gwen" in ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''.
* PinkIsFeminine: Gwen tends to be clearly visible in covers or in-universe situations alike by cutting a streak of pink over the background. It goes hand-in-hand with her [[BadassAdorable cutesy image]].
* PopularityPower: Who she can and can't beat is dependent on her popularity. Seeing as she's a D-lister, more famous characters always get the upper hand or find a way out of her traps - including [[HarmlessVillain Paste-Pot Pete]], of all people.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: In her solo titles, Gwen's manipulation of the medium works perfectly, In ''West Coast Avengers'', she downright notes not being able to reach to outside the panel.
* RealityWarper: As her understanding of the comic universe grows [[spoiler:[[NinjaProp she learns how to interact with]] and [[ExploitingTheFourthWall manipulate the medium itself]] to effectively become this, stealing a spare costume from a prior issue, escaping tracking by retreating into the "space between" (the white space between panels), and becoming such a massive threat that even the future Sorcerer Supreme is no match for her ability to "crumple reality like it's paper."]]
** [[spoiler:Even without becoming evil, she's been shown to be able to do things like teleport and time travel, create "paper-memories" of anyone that while easily destroyed have all the same powers and strength as the original (which she did unintentionally with ''Doctor Doom''), and ''both enter and escape Hell with Mephisto present''. Essentially, she has the potential to be one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel universe.]]
** ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' gives her the ability to rewrite time through visualizing events she wants to have happened in flashbacks.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets this from ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' of all people who basically tells her she is just a random new character most casual readers would confuse with Gwen Stacy and that compared to him she is expendable.
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] and played with. Gwen, being a literal [[SelfInsertFic Self Insert Character]], has a tendency to force her way into taking part of other Marvel Heroes' adventures. This tends to have varying levels of acceptance from the other characters.
* ScrewDestiny: Her future self tells her how she is destined to be a villain and will make a sizeably long run[[labelnote: Note]]as in, a long running series of issues.[[/labelnote]] of it too, citing how her [[BadPowersBadPeople powers]] are more tailored to those of a villain, how she was relegated to the role of henchman when she debuted, and how the other heroes already see her as a nuisance. Gwen, realizing she doesn't want to screw over the rest of the Marvel Universe even if she is supposedly more real than them [[labelnote: Note]] And she isn't even sure of that anymore.[[/labelnote]], promptly promises her future counterpart that NONE of that will ever happen. Cue RetGone. Unfortunately, [[HeroicSacrifice doing this dooms her series to be cancelled.]]
* SizeShifter: [[spoiler:Future Gwen abuses establishing shots and perspective tricks to enter the following panels as a giant.]]
* StuffBlowingUp: Gwen's usual way of handling remotely-difficult foes early on since she had [[RealityEnsues nothing in the way of actual combat training]].
* TalkativeLoon: Speaks a lot, and whether she's just talking at random or expressing her MediumAwareness, it does make her look like a complete lunatic to others. It gets even worse in ''Gwenpool Strikes Back''.
* TaughtByTelevision: Her initial sword fighting and bomb-making skills were straight out of Website/YouTube videos.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: The Marvel Universe is, at least. [[spoiler: This eventually convinces her to become a full-on hero and abandon her reckless ways: She loves all the Marvel Heroes and the world they live in, and if continuing her current path leads to her becoming a villain who opposes them it just isn't worth it.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Beyond the constant badass-grinding she undergoes through the story, there's her first being trained by Batroc the Leaper, then unlocking her RealityWarping powers.
* TriggerHappy: She's always in ecstasy when given the option of shooting her opponents.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Her LeotardOfPower with sleeves could be easily mistaken for a bathing suit (and in some ways, it was one in the alternate cover that spawned the character).
* WrongGenreSavvy: While Gwen's knowledge of the world helps her to a degree, she assumes she's in a straight-up superhero story while she's actually in a DeconstructiveParody.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Her pink highlights inspired the costumer to do a pink outfit - using all the spare fabric in that color was a plus!
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[[folder: Cecil]]

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Gwen's first friend, or at least first person she didn't try to murder.
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* BreakTheCutie: His time as a ghost is very unpleasant. [[spoiler: He can't interact with much of the world and his own family tries to exorcise him when he tries to visit, causing him to develop depression and nearly get tempted into evil.]]
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Once he possesses a brainless beast to get a physical body again.]]
* CuteGhostGirl: A male example.
* FriendlyGhost: Gwen even has an ImagineSpot with him as a Casper type.
* KilledOffForReal: He dies in the first issue, and while his ghost comes back he's still, technically, "dead". [[spoiler: Though he eventually regains his real body in the final issue.]]
* WhiteSheep: His uncle was a criminal, and his parents are dangerous rednecks who try to exorcise him. All things considered, Cecil turned out a lot better than his family.
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[[folder: Big Ronnie]]
The owner of a clothing store/tailor who caters to special clientele. She also hands out jobs to freelance mercenaries looking for work.
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* FluffyTamer: In the "Merry Mix Up" Holiday Special at least she has magical connection to Fin Fang Foom. Yes. You read that right. She also affectionately calls the giant alien dragon "[[FluffyTheTerrible Little Egg]]," and the holiday special implies that they are romantically connected.
* TheHandler: The part of her business that isn't costume design.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's always referred to as Ronnie or Big Ronnie.
* QuoteMine: Her hero testimonials outside her costume shop are clearly cut and pasted from multiple sentences or even sources. The only one which wasn't cut and pasted was Daredevil's (which might still be used out of context anyway), and Captain Marvel's [[YouNoTakeCandle isn't proper English]].
* SensualSlavs: Implied to be Eastern European with how her speech is written.
* StatuesqueStunner: Tall enough to earn the name "Big" Ronnie, and very easy on the eyes.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Frequent in her speech.
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[[folder: Batroc the Leaper]]

French mercenary and master of ''savate''. For general information, see Characters/CaptainAmericaCentralRoguesGallery.
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* BadassNormal: By ''far'' the most experienced and capable member of the team M.O.D.O.K. put together.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Issue 24 has Batroc perform several impossible feats such as jumping hundreds of feet in the air and kicking down the thick metal doors of a safe, all while stating that he doesn't have super powers. Heck he even gets through a force field that specifically targets people with powers.
* EvilMentor: Becomes this to Gwen, teaching her to fight and shoot. [[spoiler:Though he has enough affection for her to realise that she doesn't actually want to be evil, and so only takes her on non-villainous heists, such as robbing Chance's casino.]]
* FanNickname: "Dadroc".
* ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: After years of BadassDecay turning Batroc into a MemeticLoser, people -- including Gwen! -- have forgotten that he's capable of going toe-to-toe with ''Captain America''. This series gives him a CharacterCheck that shows ''exactly'' how much of a badass he can be.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His daughter was a one-off joke character from ''Agent X'', and died shortly after her introduction. While it's never brought up in ''Gwenpool'' proper, ''Gwenpool Holiday Special'' heavily implies that her spirit visited Batroc every year during the Solstice Reunion. [[labelnote:explanation]]A holiday that was temporarily retconned into continuity during the special.[[/labelnote]] Because her spirit visits him, Batroc is unable to move on and stop mourning.
* TeamDad: As the oldest and most experienced member of M.O.D.O.K's team, he serves as this to the rest of the agents. He also develops quite the soft spot for Gwen especially.
* TheDragon: First to M.O.D.O.K., then to Gwen.
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[[folder: Mega Tony]]
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A mad scientist who actually isn't that mad, in-fact he's usually quite friendly. But he is also a brilliant inventor who specializes in potion-like concoctions.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck : His work is so impressive that gets him a job with Parker Industries.
* TheMedic: He's a master of the HealingPotion.
* NiceGuy: The calmest, sanest, most pleasant member of the M.O.D.O.K. crew. Gwen even calls him "The Sweetie".
* PerpetualPoverty: Why he's working for M.O.D.O.K. He has a ton of student loans, and is struggling to stay afloat, despite the excellent pay his boss offers. It's also why he becomes so angry after she inadvertently brings down the organization.
* TheSmartGuy: While Gwen is the strategist of the bunch, Tony has shown to be the most learned of the group, and uses his creations to help whenever he can.
* WhiteMage: His role in the Arcade arc. He was the team's healing mage, and even wore a white mage outfit with crosses.
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[[folder: The Terrible Eye]]
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Real name "Sarah". A strange magic user that works for M.O.D.O.K., connected to a higher plane of existence. Her powers come from her mutli-eyed helmet, which is also what makes her so loony.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: She has slightly-off looking skin and eye coloration and an odd, Skrull-like chin.
* CloudCuckooLander: Whatever cosmic awareness her helmet grants her, it covers such a broad range with no filter that she comes across as completely unhinged.
* FutureBadass: Sarah knows a few magical cantrips but is no match for any A-lister hero like Thor or Deadpool. But in at least one BadFuture she qualifies as the Sorceror Supreme.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: Thanks to her helmet, at least. After she gets into "Nyu's School of Witchcraft" she gains magical abilities even when not wearing it, but the helmet continues to act as AmplifierArtifact.
* PerkyGoth: When she's not wearing the helmet, she returns to her normal self, which is a gothic but otherwise pleasant girl.
* PhlebotinumOverload: It turns out all of her magic abilities are contained in the headpiece, which expands her consciousness beyond the normal plane. She's a normal human though, so having expanded consciousness results in some pretty strange quirks.
* TalkativeLoon: Her ramblings about magic and other worlds confuse everyone around her.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:In the future, Gwenpool is a villain that incites chaos and war among the Marvel universe for her own amusement and Sarah is a foremost adversary in trying to stop her.]]
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!Villains

[[folder: M.O.D.O.K.]]

"Recruited" Gwen into his mercenary outfit after she killed his top agent. For general information, see [[ComicBook/{{MODOK}} his TV Tropes entry.]]
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* BadBoss: Everyone who works for him is expecting him to flip out and murder them at the slightest provocation, so no one is really that upset when Gwen launches him into space.
* StarterVillain: The first real supervillain Gwen has to face in her series.
* TheWorfEffect: Subverted: Gwen initially doesn't take him seriously because he's low-tier villain who always gets his ass kicked, but he quickly proves how much of a threat he is by killing Cecil and forcing Gwen to work for him.
** Played straight when Gwen finally defeats him, showing off all the new knowledge and skill she gained up until that point.
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[[folder: Vincent Doonan]]

The biggest, and often ''only'' client of M.O.D.O.K. He hires the mercenaries to get rid of any abnormal threat that endangers his neighborhood.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Despite looking like a middle-aged man, he is actually a literal doombot, made by Doctor Doom himself, who ran off after an attack on Doom by Squirrel Girl.
* AntiVillain: He makes some pretty bad decisions [[spoiler:like temporarily allying himself with the Tuethidans against Gwen and her friends]] but he isn't really a bad guy. Just one whose experiences have led him to believe in keeping his neighborhood safe and isolated from the usual comic book weirdness. [[spoiler:Further more, he'll later be trying to stop Future Gwenpool.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: After his identity as a Doombot with free will becomes public and he fights to save his neighbors from alien criminals, he's lauded as a hero and no longer has to hide his true self. Exactly the sort of thing that he had been trying to ''avoid'' for so many years.
* HeelFaceTurn: He's on good terms with Gwen after he sees that she wants to be a hero.
* RoboticReveal: He's secretly a Doombot who escaped Latveria during a raid by Squirrel Girl who, after seeing his creator's complete apathy towards his survival, wishes to live a mundane life away from metahumans. The Tinkerer build him his fleshlike covering to conceal his true form.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Despite being a Doombot he is actually a pretty good guy and is rather horrified to find that even the nicest people can still harbor irrational hatred.
* TwoFaced: After his RoboticReveal, Vincent's face is split between his exposed Doombot face on the left side and his human disguise on the right.
* WellDoneSonGuy: After his reveal goes public, Dr. Doom (who at this point is the new Iron Man) watches the news bulletin apparently proud of what his runaway creation had become.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He really just wants to keep his neighborhood safe and free from the destructive antics of super-people.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Arcade]]

Like M.O.D.O.K., another pre-established villain, and the third major villain Gwen faces in her story. He traps Gwen, her friends and many other mercenaries in a dungeon.
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* BreatherBoss: He himself is no physical threat to Gwen, and the dungeon game he creates is easily breezed through. ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} is the biggest threat to the heroes during the story.
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[[folder: Future Gwenpool]]
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An evil version of Gwen, from the future. Through the use of her powers, she's become a nigh-omnipotent, omniscient villain.
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* ArcVillain: She's the main villain of the ''Beyond the Fourth Wall'' arc.
* BadPowersBadPeople: She invokes this to explain why they should be evil. Knowing people's secrets, warping reality to suit your own needs is a powerset more fitting for a villain so their life would be so much easier (and ''fun'') that way.
* BrokenBird: Possibly. She states the ''universe itself'' was setting herself up to become evil and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil she decided to play along.]]
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: In her own timeline she's ridiculously powerful. In here, though? Her power level is proportionate to Gwen's belief in her future being a good idea, which surprised even her.
* DealWithTheDevil: Mentions she made a deal with Mephisto.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Shows shades of this, listing her many evil accomplishments and claiming it's all very fun.
* EvilCounterpart: To our Gwen. She's what Gwen would be if she abused her powers and didn't develop empathy for other characters.
* EvilFeelsGood: Part of her argument as to why current Gwen should become her.
* EvilIsCool: Invokes this too to make Gwen want to be her after she realizes the ''hand clapping'' thing.
* EvilMakeover: The costume becomes mostly black, and adds a cape and pants.
* ForTheEvulz: Apparently, she just became full villain, destroyed everyone's lives, and started wars because it was fun.
* FutureBadass: Our Gwen is a low-level hero who only recently got her powers. But her future self is almost unbeatable, and has ruined the lives of pretty much every hero.
* HostileShowTakeover: She does [[http://static1.cbrimages.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/GWENPOOL-2.jpg?cs=tinysrgb&q=50&w=864&h=1311&fit=crop the recap page]] for Issue #20.
* MakeUpIsEvil: Has black lipstick to go with her new black wardrobe.
* PopularityPower: She's unable to permanently take down A-list heroes such as ComicBook/SpiderMan as their deaths are retconned or explained as dream sequences whenever she does. However, she can ''hurt'' them and does so frequently.
* PaintItBlack: Her outfit is primarily black, as opposed to our Gwen's white.
* RealityWarper: Why she's so powerful, along with MediumAwareness.
* RetGone: She gets undone when Gwen rejects the path that would lead to her... even if this probably shortened her own comic's run and so [[CastFromLifespan her own life]].
* SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains: Inverted. This Gwen wears pants, while ours doesn't. Presumably Ronnie got more material to make her pants with.
* SizeShifter: In her first actual appearance, Gwen abuses establishing shots and perspective tricks to enter the following panels as a giant. With the help of an ImagineSpot an PerspectiveMagic she makes herself human size next issue.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: She claims the universe itself wanted her to become a villain (explaining Gwen's current reality as a StartOfDarkness arc) and she decided to go with it.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: She claims accepting this philosophy is expected from heroic characters nowadays, something she was not willing to do (so sacrifice the people she thought of as friends for mooks and bystanders), and this was her StartOfDarkness. She [[UnreliableNarrator isn't exactly reliable]] though.
* VillainsNeverLie: Averted, she tries to convince Gwen she's an AntiHero from a timeline where ComicBook/SpiderMan and Sarah were evil for a few minutes before dropping the act.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Up until now, Gwen's had to face relatively small-time villains. But future Gwen is, far and away, stronger than all her predecessors combined.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Subverted. At first Future Gwen does try to take out her enemies with martial arts moves complete with TalkingIsAFreeAction, but finally gets bored of the fight and just shoots them all dead. Including ComicBook/SpiderMan.
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[[folder: Doctor Doom]]
''The'' ComicBook/DoctorDoom, and the villain of the fifth arc. Gwen decides to target him, hoping that defeating him will boost her relevancy and prevent her from being cancelled. Unfortunately, Gwen doesn't know about his recent HeelFaceTurn.
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* AesopAmnesia: Invoked by Gwen, who is somehow able to remove several years of character development and briefly set him back to villainy.
* FlatEarthAtheist: He believes that Gwen is simply a magic-user, and that her Gutter Space and use of comics are just how she chooses to manifest her powers. Though he does find it odd that her power doesn't feel like magic.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Was a villain who became a hero, then was turned back into a villain by Gwen, and finally managed to return to the side of good.
* NoSell: As a master of magic, he's able to transport himself out of the Gutter Space, and is able to deflect Gwen's bullets.
* NotSoDifferent: Both he and Gwen come to realize that they're both villains who had chosen to abandon their destiny and become heroes, even though it's difficult. They end up parting on good terms after this.

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!Others

[[folder: Teddy Poole]]

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Gwen's brother. He's very caring and supportive of Gwen and her interests.
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* DistressedDude: [[spoiler: He ends up in ''Hell'', somehow. Strung up by Satan, no less. Gwen busted him out for his troubles in the final issue.]]
* {{Foil}}: To his sister. Unlike Gwen who whole heartedly embraced the marvel universe as so much better than her own and wanted to stay, Teddy saw it as a DeathWorld constantly under threat of destruction where only a select named few get to survive and wanted nothing to do with it.
* RealityWarper: Its implied that he has the same abilities as Gwen. [[spoiler: The reason the Future Miles, Vincent, and Sarah need him is because he can passively shield them from Future Gwen's wall breaking powers.]]
* RetGone: Unmaking [[spoiler:Evil Future Gwen]] also made him disappear, though only in a "was never found" way, meaning he is still somewhere in the Marvel Universe. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, that somewhere happened to be Hell.]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler: While everyone else forgets the timelines he's altered, he remembers.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler: He goes into the Marvel universe to get his sister back, then brings her back in time to before she left her world, so as to prevent her from ever traveling to the Earth-616.]]
* TrappedInTVLand: Turns out that when Gwen first arrived on Earth-616, Teddy was with her for the ride. But unlike her, he had a much rougher time adjusting to the universe.
* WalkingSpoiler: He has a bigger role in the plot than expected.
* VagueAge: He goes to school, but what kind of school isn't explained. We know he's younger than Gwen, so that would put him anywhere in high school.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler: After retrieving Gwen from the Marvel Universe, he finds keeping her there to be quite the chore as she keeps coming across more and more ways to cross back over, each one a completely new way over from how she originally did it. This is because it's a one-way trip, and he's just bringing them into a pocket universe modeled after their memories.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Ted and Martha Poole]]

Gwen and Teddy's parents. Unlike Teddy, their relationships with Gwen are more strained, as they're frustrated with with her being a {{NEET}}. It's later revealed that they have counterparts in the Marvel Universe, but these versions never had any children.
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* OpenMindedParent: Gwen's mother doesn't appreciate her daughter's lot in life, but she takes an interest in Gwen's writing, and encourages her to work hard at it. After Gwen gets a job and starts turning her life around, her father also encourages her love of comics by giving her tickets to Comic Con.
* ShoutOut: One is "Ted Poole", referencing one of the heroes who were combined in Gwen, and the other is Martha because that's how the mothers of both Superman and Batman are named.
* ToughLove: Gwen's father is more argumentative with Gwen, and isn't afraid to call her out on her behavior. When she gets a job, he's more lenient ("dream cool dad dreams for me!")
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[[folder: Jeff the Land Shark]]
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A baby Land Shark that was adopted by Gwenpool.
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* CoolPet: Both Gwen and Wade see him as this. He's a shark the size of a dog, and treated almost like one.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He's surprisingly cuddly for a shark.
* TeamPet: For the West Coast Avengers while Gwen was there.
* ThreateningShark: Adult land sharks sure are, but he's kind of cute.
* {{Transplant}}: Kind of literally, but Gwen put him in the care of Deadpool since she didn't want him to get cancelled alongside her.
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[[folder: M.O.D.O.K]]

* DependingOnTheWriter: Just how crazy and chaotic Gwen really is depends on who's writing her and what they are trying to accomplish in any given series. This is [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] in ''Gwenpool Strikes Back'' where the titular Gwen calls her previous incarnations from different titles and all their personalities are similar but still not quite the same. ''Champions'' and ''Rocket & Groot'' Gwen are the quickest to resort to violence with the later even earning a comparison to ComicBook/HarleyQuinn. By contrast, the ''[[ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers2018 West Coast Avengers]]'' and ''Superior Spider-Man'' versions are much better teams player and a lot more subdued. Naturally, the one penned by Gurihiru and Hastings is considered the sweet and adorable fan favorite and most likely to be recognized by general readers.[[note]]The original one from the ''Deadpool'' alternate cover and the ''Howard the Duck'' version [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext were too busy doing other things to help out]][[/note]]

* TheCutie: At least the naive and endearing Gwen from her ongoing, even nicknamed on ''Gwenpool Strikes Again'' as "Marshmallow Gwen".

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: "Harley-Gwen" in Gwenpool Strikes Back

* TalkativeLoon: Speaks a lot, and whether she's just talking at random or expressing her MediumAwareness, it does make her look like a complete lunatic to others. It gets even worse in ''Gwenpool Strikes Again''.

A baby Land Shark that was adopted by Gwenpool

* ShoutOut: One is "Ted Pool", referencing one of the heroes who were combined in Gwen, and the other is Martha because that's how the mothers of both Superman and Batman are named.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gets this from ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' of all people who basically tells her she is just a random new character most casual people would confuse with Gwen Stacy and that compared to him she is expendable.

* {{Mutant}}: What she retcons herself into as a way to safeguard her existence when her series ends. She's mutant enough that she lives on Krakoa and sometimes shows up as a background character for various X-Men related titles including the last fight sequence for ComicBook/XOfSwords

* MoralSociopathy: Gwen has little reservations about resorting to violence and murder based off her view that's just in a comic book world, with simple justifications like they're the bad guys, they're unimportant, [[{{Mooks}} they're both]]...and sometimes, she'll just do it for the intent of saving her own skin, though she certainly doesn't rob banks to get by. [[spoiler:Future Gwenpool apparently dropped the moral part entirely. Gwen herself finally realizes how deranged she was behaving when she sees her evil future self kill Miles Morales.]]

'''Cecil''': Your wealthy mutant clients probably don't want you to blow up robots on their lawn \\

French mercenary and master of ''savate''. For general information, see Characters/CaptainAmericaEnemies.

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* TheSouthpaw: As seen in ''Comicbook/SpiderManDeadpool'', [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/afd84cd39d109dea84539b4ce6c1abef/tumblr_pp0rqdoKry1rm02yo_500.jpg when the Merc with a Mouth finds her drawing in the Gutter Space]].

French mercenary and master of ''savate''. For general information, see [[Characters/CaptainAmerica Captain America's villains]].

* BiTheWay: Finally acknowledged on panel. Even joking she could be the unicorn in Reed and Sue Richards' marriage.

* Main/BiTheWay: Finally acknowledged on panel. Even joking she could be the unicorn in Reed and Sue Richards’ marriage.