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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With the big exception of the ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} her love interests very from well-intentioned anti-heroes like Hawkeye, Bucky and Iron Man to despots like Red Guardian as well as hedonistic loveable scoundrels like Hercules.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With the big exception of the ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} her love interests very vary from well-intentioned anti-heroes like Hawkeye, Bucky and Iron Man to despots like Red Guardian as well as hedonistic loveable scoundrels like Hercules.



* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: At times. It's DependingOnTheWriter how strong she actually is. PlayedWith, as like with Cap, the SuperSerum she took brought Natasha to the peak of human condition but prior to this her strength was solely due her training.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: At times. It's DependingOnTheWriter how strong she actually is. PlayedWith, as like with Cap, the SuperSerum she took brought Natasha to the peak of human condition but prior to this her strength was solely due to her training.
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** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[spoiler:she sacrifices herself in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' to allow the Avengers to claim the Soul Stone]].

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** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[spoiler:she sacrifices herself in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' to allow the Avengers to claim the Soul Stone]].
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* BreakoutCharacter: Natasha has gone through this twice. First she was just a minor villainess of Iron Man before eventually becoming a recurring character and love interest of Hawkeye before pulling a HeelFaceTurn and becoming an Avenger. Then thanks to her prominence in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' played by Creator/ScarlettJohansson Natasha has been catapulted into the Marvel A-List and has own [[Film/BlackWidow2021 movie]], she’s even gotten her own [[Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher anime film]] where she’s similar to [[Franchise/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]].

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* BreakoutCharacter: Natasha has gone through this twice. First she was just a minor villainess of Iron Man before eventually becoming a recurring character and love interest of Hawkeye before pulling a HeelFaceTurn and becoming an Avenger. Then thanks to her prominence in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' played by Creator/ScarlettJohansson Natasha has been catapulted into the Marvel A-List and has her own [[Film/BlackWidow2021 movie]], she’s even gotten her own [[Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher anime film]] where she’s similar to [[Franchise/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]].



* GoodParents: Despite Natasha’s laundry list of crimes and morally dubious actions and her horrific past, she is a surprisingly [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqzfhQ97SkjE9uCicuQd_0IxYTvaSz06CPew&usqp=CAU affectionate mother]] to her genetic born son Stevie (despite his birth being orchestrated by supervilllains) as seen in her 2020 miniseries. Although as much as her mother skills are a positive, in Natasha’s profession it’s only a liability with Stevie being a target for her foes and a distraction that can impede her judgement. Which is why she ultimately has her allies send Stevie and his father James into hiding and makes Clint and Bucky promise to never tell her where they are, since she can’t trust herself not to find them again.

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* GoodParents: Despite Natasha’s laundry list of crimes and morally dubious actions and her horrific past, she is a surprisingly [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqzfhQ97SkjE9uCicuQd_0IxYTvaSz06CPew&usqp=CAU affectionate mother]] to her genetic genetically born son Stevie (despite his birth being orchestrated by supervilllains) as seen in her 2020 miniseries. Although as much as her mother skills are a positive, in Natasha’s profession it’s only a liability with Stevie being a target for her foes and a distraction that can impede her judgement. Which is why she ultimately has her allies send Stevie and his father James into hiding and makes Clint and Bucky promise to never tell her where they are, since she can’t trust herself not to find them again.



* MamaBear: In her 2020 miniseries Natasha becomes a mother thanks to Hydra kidnapping her and using her genes to genetically engineer a baby boy named Stevie, whom in spite of the circumstances of his birth she genuinely loves even after her housewife brainwashing wears off. Any goes in a square mile radius of her son will die... no hyperbole. This was extensively shown when a group of assassins attacked her house and the TranquilFury she delivers to Hydra after they tried to blow Stevie and James (his father) up.

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* MamaBear: In her 2020 miniseries Natasha becomes a mother thanks to Hydra kidnapping her and using her genes to genetically engineer a baby boy named Stevie, whom in spite of the circumstances of his birth she genuinely loves even after her housewife brainwashing wears off. Any goes foes within in a square mile radius of her son will die... no hyperbole.''no hyperbole''. This was extensively shown when a group of assassins attacked her house and the TranquilFury she delivers to Hydra after they tried to blow Stevie and James (his father) up.



** The ''Black Widow: The Coldest War'' graphic novel features several scenes with her in a state of undress, such as changing clothes, a ShowerofAngst and a {{flashback}} sex scene with her husband Alexei.

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** The ''Black Widow: The Coldest War'' graphic novel features several scenes with her in a state of undress, such as changing clothes, a ShowerofAngst ShowerOfAngst and a {{flashback}} sex scene with her husband Alexei.



* SexGoddess: As a trained expert in the field of seduction, she's ''very'' proficient at pleasuring others and has been regarded as a skilled lover by past paramours.

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* SexGoddess: As a trained expert in the field of seduction, she's ''very'' proficient at pleasuring others and has been regarded as a skilled lover by past paramours. She's even been blessed by a literal sex godesss such as Amora the Enchantress.

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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, Natasha has a successor in the form of Monica Chang, a young Chinese American woman who ends up taking over the Black Widow identity.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: She tends to get a lot of this, especially in other comics e.g in both ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' and ''ComicBook/Marvel1602'' she’s an unapologetic villainess who cruelly betrays Iron Man and Daredevil respectively, even murdering Jarvis and Hawkeye’s family in the former. In ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' she seems like a case of this betraying Shield for Hydra [[spoiler: but it turns she was a FakeDefector in deep undercover for Nick Fury.]]
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel the ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe, Natasha has a successor in the form of Monica Chang, a young Chinese American woman who ends up taking over the Black Widow identity.



* AllAmazonsWantHercules: One of her love interests is the TropeNamer himself whom she had a fling with during ''ComicBook/Champions1975''.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: With the big exception of the ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} her love interests very from well-intentioned anti-heroes like Hawkeye, Bucky and Iron Man to despots like Red Guardian as well as hedonistic loveable scoundrels like Hercules.



** She also gets along well with Hercules whom she dated while they were on the ComicBook/Champions1975.

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** She also gets along well with Hercules whom she dated while they were on the ComicBook/Champions1975.''ComicBook/Champions1975''.



** Most recently, she dated the newly returned ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, and fought alongside him in his capacity as Captain America and later, when he returned to the Winter Soldier identity.

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** Most recently, In modern comics, she dated the newly returned ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, and fought alongside him in his capacity as Captain America and later, when he returned to the Winter Soldier identity.



* BreakoutCharacter: Natasha has gone through this twice. First she was just a minor villainess of Iron Man before eventually becoming a recurring character and love interest of Hawkeye before pulling a HeelFaceTurn and becoming an Avenger. Then thanks to her prominence in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' played by Creator/ScarlettJohansson Natasha has been catapulted into the Marvel A-List and has own [[Film/BlackWidow2021 movie]], she’s even gotten her own [[Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher anime film]] where she’s similar to [[Franchise/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]].



* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: At times. It's DependingOnTheWriter how strong she actually is.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: At times. It's DependingOnTheWriter how strong she actually is. PlayedWith, as like with Cap, the SuperSerum she took brought Natasha to the peak of human condition but prior to this her strength was solely due her training.



* ConvenientMiscarriage: One of the effects of the Red Room's SuperSerum is to instantly cause a miscarriage in case she gets pregnant, since a pregnant spy would be an inconvenience.

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* ConvenientMiscarriage: One of the effects of the Red Room's SuperSerum is to instantly cause a miscarriage in case she gets pregnant, since a pregnant spy would be an inconvenience. Ironically Natasha still manages to have a living child anyway through her genes being used to artificially engineer a baby boy.



* DanceBattler: She’s a superbly trained ballet dancer and that [[https://preview.redd.it/hu0bcx5z3av71.jpg?width=564&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5dc0df9dae693d61ffd505b729f4071dc53159ef grace in her movements]] comes out in her fighting.



* DependingOnTheWriter: Natasha’s past has been rewritten an inordinate amount of time with different dates being given to her birth and different accounts for how exactly she ended up working for the KGB, the usual HandWave from Marvel is that the varying accounts of Natasha’s past are [[MultipleChoicePast intentionally vague and contradictory]] to reinforce her status as a spy.



* GoodParents: Despite Natasha’s laundry list of crimes and morally dubious actions and her horrific past, she is a surprisingly [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqzfhQ97SkjE9uCicuQd_0IxYTvaSz06CPew&usqp=CAU affectionate mother]] to her genetic born son Stevie (despite his birth being orchestrated by supervilllains) as seen in her 2020 miniseries. Although as much as her mother skills are a positive, in Natasha’s profession it’s only a liability with Stevie being a target for her foes and a distraction that can impede her judgement. Which is why she ultimately has her allies send Stevie and his father James into hiding and makes Clint and Bucky promise to never tell her where they are, since she can’t trust herself not to find them again.



* KickChick: Natasha often utilises her powerful legs in combat, in her first solo comic in ''Marvel Fanfare'' she kills a man by snapping his neck with one strong kick.



* MamaBear: In her 2020 miniseries Natasha becomes a mother thanks to Hydra kidnapping her and using her genes to genetically engineer a baby boy named Stevie, whom in spite of the circumstances of his birth she genuinely loves even after her housewife brainwashing wears off. Any goes in a square mile radius of her son will die... no hyperbole. This was extensively shown when a group of assassins attacked her house and the TranquilFury she delivers to Hydra after they tried to blow Stevie and James (his father) up.



* ParentalSubstitute: Natasha was raised and mentored by Ivan Petrovich after he rescued her as an orphan, and even after her HeelFaceTurn he served as her chauffeur while she was on missions with Daredevil or The Champions. But he secretly actually harbored romantic feelings for her, which [[LoveMakesYouEvil eventually drove him to betray her]] to become a {{Cyborg}} villain.


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* ParentalSubstitute: Natasha was raised and mentored by Ivan Petrovich after he rescued her as an orphan, and even after her HeelFaceTurn he served as her chauffeur while she was on missions with Daredevil or The Champions. But he secretly actually harbored romantic feelings for her, which [[LoveMakesYouEvil eventually drove him to betray her]] to become a {{Cyborg}} villain.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Several of her costumes expose a fair deal of cleavage, sometimes up to her stomach, especially in the early 2010s.



* ExposedToTheElements: On at least two occasions she was seen wearing only her iconic SpyCatsuit in a cold snowy environment. Particularly ludicrous as one of those instances was showing AbsoluteCleavage.

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* NavelDeepNeckline: Several of her costumes expose a fair deal of cleavage, sometimes down to her stomach, especially in the early 2010s.
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Black Widow (Natalia Romanova, aka Natasha Romanov) is a Creator/MarvelComics SuperHeroine. Introduced in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in the pages of the AnthologyComic ''Tales of Suspense'' #52 (April 1964), she has been a fixture in the Marvel universe ever since, graduating from a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] socially conscious solo feature and a co-lead in ''[[Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil and the Black Widow]]'' to TheLeader of the [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]], and even ComicBook/TheAvengers for a time.

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Black Widow (Natalia Romanova, aka Natasha Romanov) is a Creator/MarvelComics SuperHeroine. Introduced in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in the pages of the AnthologyComic ''Tales of Suspense'' ''ComicBook/TalesOfSuspense'' #52 (April 1964), she has been a fixture in the Marvel universe ever since, graduating from a [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] socially conscious solo feature and a co-lead in ''[[Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} ''[[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil and the Black Widow]]'' to TheLeader of the [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]], ComicBook/{{Champions|1975}}, and even ComicBook/TheAvengers for a time.



Bring her up in comics fandom and inevitably one of the first things to be mentioned is her numerous {{Love Interest}}s. Apart from the aforementioned Hawkeye, she has also, over the years, been romantically linked to Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} (even getting billed alongside him on the title for a while), [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] (while they were on the Champions), and ComicBook/BuckyBarnes.

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Bring her up in comics fandom and inevitably one of the first things to be mentioned is her numerous {{Love Interest}}s. Apart from the aforementioned Hawkeye, she has also, over the years, been romantically linked to Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} (even getting billed alongside him on the title for a while), [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] (while they were on the Champions), and ComicBook/BuckyBarnes.
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* StartingANewLife: Weaponized against Black Widow in the 2020 Thompson-headed series. A cabal of her villains places a mind-wiped Nat in a challenging and fulfilling architectural career while being married to an intelligent good looking man who was put through mutual brainwashing with her to ensure they genuinely know and love each other. Their nuclear family is completed with a toddler cooked up from their genetics in a UterineReplicator during the whole process. In short her life is idyllic, why would she try to leave it even *if* her real memories are resurfacing?

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* FailedFutureForecast: This is why Natasha was {{Retcon}}ned into possessing [[OlderThanTheyLook slowed aging]]. Marvel wanted to keep her UsefulNotes/ColdWar ties and her back story as a Soviet super-spy without having to retroactively make her appear decades older.



* TheGreatPoliticsMessUp: This is why Natasha was {{Retcon}}ned into possessing [[OlderThanTheyLook slowed aging]]. Marvel wanted to keep her UsefulNotes/ColdWar ties and her back story as a Soviet super-spy without having to retroactively make her appear decades older.
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** The [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger". As shown in [[Film/BlackWidow her solo film]], some part of this comes from [[spoiler:being responsible for a bombing that was planned to take out the leader of the Red Room that turned her into the super-spy she is, but which inadvertently killed the target's young daughter instead.]] [[spoiler:Supposedly, at least...]]

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** The [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger". As shown in [[Film/BlackWidow [[Film/{{Black Widow|2021}} her solo film]], some part of this comes from [[spoiler:being responsible for a bombing that was planned to take out the leader of the Red Room that turned her into the super-spy she is, but which inadvertently killed the target's young daughter instead.]] [[spoiler:Supposedly, at least...]]



** Another one from the ''Avengers'' movie that fans latched onto is the vague reference to "Budapest". Though the exact nature of what the incident is wasn't discussed beyond the fact that she and Clint "remember Budapest very differently", but ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has an extended scene where its revealed to have been one of the many atrocities she committed and regrets. It's finally discussed in full in [[Film/BlackWidow2021 her own movie]], as [[spoiler:she intentionally led a young girl to her death in order to get to her target]].

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** Another one from the ''Avengers'' movie that fans latched onto is the vague reference to "Budapest". Though the exact nature of what the incident is wasn't discussed beyond the fact that she and Clint "remember Budapest very differently", but ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has an extended scene where its revealed to have been one of the many atrocities she committed and regrets. It's finally discussed in full in [[Film/BlackWidow2021 [[Film/{{Black Widow|2021}} her own movie]], as [[spoiler:she intentionally led a young girl to her death in order to get to her target]].

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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of eight films including her own starring role in ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}''.

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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of eight films including her own starring role in ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}''.
Widow|2021}}''. Other Black Widows have also appeared in the franchise, in ''Series/AgentCarter'' and ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}''.



* ActionGirl: In her first appearances as a villain, she was mainly just a [[HoneyTrap seduction agent]] who relied on incompetent minions to handle the violence, but over time she’s been {{retcon}}ned into always having been a total badass.

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* ActionGirl: In her first appearances as a villain, she was mainly just a [[HoneyTrap seduction agent]] who relied on incompetent minions to handle the violence, but over time she’s she's been {{retcon}}ned into always having been a total badass.



* TheAtoner: One of the motivations for her becoming an Avenger is to atone for her past as a Soviet agent. Played up more in the ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' movies than in the comics.

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* TheAtoner: One of the motivations for her becoming an Avenger is to atone for her past as a Soviet agent. Played up more in the ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] movies than in the comics.



* KilledOffForReal: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, [[spoiler:she was killed by Hawkeye because she killed his whole family]].

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** In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, [[spoiler:she sacrifices herself in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' to allow the Avengers to claim the Soul Stone]].



* MurderousThighs: She has choked or {{Neck Snap}}ped quite a few people with her legs, to the point it became her SignatureMove in the ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' adaptation.

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* MurderousThighs: She has choked or {{Neck Snap}}ped quite a few people with her legs, to the point it became her SignatureMove in the ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] adaptation.



** Another one from the ''Avengers'' movie that fans latched onto is the vague reference to 'Budapest'. Though the exact nature of what the incident is wasn't discussed beyond the fact that she and Clint 'remember Budapest very differently', but ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has an extended scene where its revealed to have been one of the many atrocities she committed and regrets.

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** Another one from the ''Avengers'' movie that fans latched onto is the vague reference to 'Budapest'. "Budapest". Though the exact nature of what the incident is wasn't discussed beyond the fact that she and Clint 'remember "remember Budapest very differently', differently", but ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' has an extended scene where its revealed to have been one of the many atrocities she committed and regrets. It's finally discussed in full in [[Film/BlackWidow2021 her own movie]], as [[spoiler:she intentionally led a young girl to her death in order to get to her target]].



* {{Xenafication}}: Natasha originally was just a FemmeFataleSpy whose main weapon [[HoneyTrap was seduction]] and let other people do the fighting for her. When she [[HeelFaceTurn switched]] to the good side it was [[{{Retcon}} retroactively made apparent]] that Natasha was always combat-trained due to the TrainingFromHell she got in the Black Widow program along with a SuperSerum that made her OneWomanArmy super-assassin capable breaking a man's neck [[KickChick with one kick]]. The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' and ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' versions ditch all her early characterization and make Nat an ActionGirl from the start, though she’s still [[HeroicSeductress very skilled at seducing]].

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* {{Xenafication}}: Natasha originally was just a FemmeFataleSpy whose main weapon [[HoneyTrap was seduction]] and let other people do the fighting for her. When she [[HeelFaceTurn switched]] to the good side it was [[{{Retcon}} retroactively made apparent]] that Natasha was always combat-trained due to the TrainingFromHell she got in the Black Widow program along with a SuperSerum that made her OneWomanArmy super-assassin capable breaking a man's neck [[KickChick with one kick]]. The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' ComicBook/UltimateMarvel and ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] versions ditch all her early characterization and make Nat an ActionGirl from the start, though she’s still [[HeroicSeductress very skilled at seducing]].
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** The ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger". As shown in [[Film/BlackWidow her solo film]], some part of this comes from [[spoiler:being responsible for a bombing that was planned to take out the leader of the Red Room that turned her into the super-spy she is, but which inadvertently killed the target's young daughter instead.]] [[spoiler:Supposedly, at elast...]]

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** The ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger". As shown in [[Film/BlackWidow her solo film]], some part of this comes from [[spoiler:being responsible for a bombing that was planned to take out the leader of the Red Room that turned her into the super-spy she is, but which inadvertently killed the target's young daughter instead.]] [[spoiler:Supposedly, at elast...least...]]
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** The ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger", the nature of which is left unrevealed.

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** The ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]]'' film version of the character states several times that she doesn't consider herself a hero, and claims one reason she is with SHIELD is to clean the "red from her ledger", ledger". As shown in [[Film/BlackWidow her solo film]], some part of this comes from [[spoiler:being responsible for a bombing that was planned to take out the nature leader of the Red Room that turned her into the super-spy she is, but which is left unrevealed.inadvertently killed the target's young daughter instead.]] [[spoiler:Supposedly, at elast...]]
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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of seven films to date. As a result of her popularity among audiences, in January 2018, Jac Schaeffer (''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', ''Film/TiMER'') was tapped to write [[Film/BlackWidow2021 a film featuring the character]], and in July, Cate Shortland was announced as the director. It started to film in May 2019. In July 2019, the film's release date was announced as May 1, 2020, as the first film in Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it was later delayed to November 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and then delayed again to July 9, 2021.

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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of seven eight films to date. As a result of including her popularity among audiences, own starring role in January 2018, Jac Schaeffer (''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', ''Film/TiMER'') was tapped to write [[Film/BlackWidow2021 a film featuring the character]], and in July, Cate Shortland was announced as the director. It started to film in May 2019. In July 2019, the film's release date was announced as May 1, 2020, as the first film in Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it was later delayed to November 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and then delayed again to July 9, 2021.
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** Done explicitly in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as [[spoiler:a predecessor Black Widow was active in the 1940s as a major enemy in ''Series/AgentCarter'']].

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** Done explicitly in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as with the film ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' revolving around the training facility that molds dozens of young girls into Black Widows. And even years before that, it was shown that [[spoiler:a predecessor Black Widow was active in the 1940s as a major enemy in ''Series/AgentCarter'']].
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Had to send her child away to be with Bucky to protect them.
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* ActionDressRip: Natasha does this in Issue #2 of the Kelly Thompson run before engaging some crooks that have accosted a woman in an alley.
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!! Black Widow appears in the following works:

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* ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'', voiced by Creator/ClareGrant
* ''Anime/AvengersConfidentialBlackWidowAndPunisher'', voiced by Creator/JenniferCarpenter
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
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[[folder:{{Comics}}]]
* ''Amazing Adventures'' Vol. 2 (1970)
* ''Daredevil & the Black Widow'' (1972)
* ''ComicBook/{{Champions|1975}}'' (1975)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 1 (1999)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 2 (2001)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 3 (2004)
* ''Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her'' (2005)
* ''Black Widow and the Marvel Girls'' (2010)
* ''Black Widow: Deadly Origin'' (2010)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 4 (2010)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 5 (2014)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 6 (2016)
* ''ComicBook/TalesOfSuspenseRedLedger'' (2017)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 7 (2019)
* ''Black Widow'' Vol. 8 (2020)
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[[folder:{{Film}}]]
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' (voiced by Creator/OliviaDAbo)
* ''Ultimate Avengers 2'' (voiced by Creator/OliviaDAbo)
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2010 – present), portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson:
** ''Film/IronMan2'' (2010)
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (2012)
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' (2014)
** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (2015)
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016)
** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' (2017) [[note]]archive footage[[/note]]
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018)
** ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' (2019) (cameo)
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
** ''[[Film/BlackWidow2021 Black Widow]]'' (2021)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/ThePunisher'', voiced by Creator/SaffronHenderson
* ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'', voiced by Creator/NikaFutterman
* ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'', voiced by Creator/NikaFutterman
* ''VideoGame/SpiderManWebOfShadows'', voiced by Creator/SalliSaffioti
* ''Iron Man 2'', voiced by Creator/CatherineCampion
* ''Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet'', voiced by Creator/GreyGriffin
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'', voiced by Creator/JulianneBuescher
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight''
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'', voiced by Creator/ScarlettJohansson
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomInfinite'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''Marvel Powers United VR'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
[[/folder]]

[[folder:WesternAnimation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'', voiced by Creator/MargaretGriffin
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'', voiced by Creator/LenaHeadey
* ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'', voiced by Creator/AshleighBall
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' ,voiced by Creator/VanessaMarshall
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesMaximumOverload'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''WebAnimation/LEGOMarvelSuperheroesAvengersReassembled'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'', voiced by Creator/LauraBailey
[[/folder]]
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** A RunningGag has Natasha needing to change outfits on the back of a car, while telling her chauffeur Ivan to "Keep his eyes forward".

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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Had to send her child away to be with Bucky to protect them.

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* AmazonianBeauty: She usually has an athletic build, but DependingOnTheWriter her muscle tone can be very noticeable on her [[FormFittingWardrobe skintight]] catsuit, sometimes she even has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_widow_2.png a six-pack]]. All while still remaining a HeadTurningBeauty.

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* AmazonianBeauty: She usually has an athletic build, but DependingOnTheWriter DependingOnTheArtist, her muscle tone can be very noticeable on her [[FormFittingWardrobe skintight]] catsuit, sometimes she even has [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_widow_2.png a six-pack]]. All while still remaining a HeadTurningBeauty.



* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: At the very least, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} has a crush on her. Going from their internal monologue when they first met, it's not entirely one-sided. ComicBook/{{Rogue}} also thinks she's a good kisser.



* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: At the very least, ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} has a crush on her. Going from their internal monologue when they first met, it's not entirely one-sided. ComicBook/{{Rogue}} also thinks she's a good kisser.
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* ExpansionPackPast: There was originally nothing in her backstory to suggest that she was [[TheAgeless quasi-immortal]]. This only developed (confusingly) in order to keep a famous late 1980s team-up issue of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' set in the 1940s that had her as a young girl meeting Franchise/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in continuity. This concept has had some rather large implications for the character’s background.

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* ExpansionPackPast: There was originally nothing in her backstory to suggest that she was [[TheAgeless quasi-immortal]]. This only developed (confusingly) in order to keep a famous late 1980s team-up issue of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' set in the 1940s that had her as a young girl meeting Franchise/{{Wolverine}} ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/CaptainAmerica in continuity. This concept has had some rather large implications for the character’s background.
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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of seven films to date. As a result of her popularity among audiences, in January 2018, Jac Schaeffer (''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', ''Film/TiMER'') was tapped to write [[Film/BlackWidow2021 a film featuring the character]], and in July, Cate Shortland was announced as the director. It started to film in May 2019. In July 2019, the film's release date was announced as May 1, 2020, as the first film in Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it was later delayed to November 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and then delayed again to May 2021.

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Black Widow has appeared quite often in other media, most notably in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, as portrayed by Creator/ScarlettJohansson. First introduced in 2010's ''Film/IronMan2'', she's since become a major recurring player within the franchise, appearing in a total of seven films to date. As a result of her popularity among audiences, in January 2018, Jac Schaeffer (''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'', ''Film/TiMER'') was tapped to write [[Film/BlackWidow2021 a film featuring the character]], and in July, Cate Shortland was announced as the director. It started to film in May 2019. In July 2019, the film's release date was announced as May 1, 2020, as the first film in Phase 4 of the MCU. However, it was later delayed to November 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and then delayed again to May July 9, 2021.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Natasha originally had black hair, and wore a much more flamboyant costume that included a mask, fishnets and a cape. Natasha would bring the costume back years later [[TheGadfly just to tease Tony Stark]] at the end of a mission in Russia in an issue of ''ComicBook/IronMan''.

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Natasha originally had black hair, hair and wore a much more flamboyant costume that included a mask, fishnets and a cape. Natasha would bring the costume back years later [[TheGadfly just to tease Tony Stark]] at the end of a mission in Russia in an issue of ''ComicBook/IronMan''.
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* DyeOrDie: She usually dyes her hair when going undercover, given her red-hair is one of her most distinguishing features.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Natasha wears a black SpyCatsuit, has an overall [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Red and Black color motf]] and her moniker references an [[BlackWidow animal known for eating its mate]]. She did start out as a villain but has long since reformed.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Natasha wears a black SpyCatsuit, has an overall [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver Red red and Black black color motf]] motif]] and her moniker references an [[BlackWidow animal known for eating its mate]]. She did start out as a villain but has long since reformed.

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