History Series / Echo2024

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: It's made clear through dialogue that Skully--Chula's husband when Maya was a child--was Taloa's stepfather and Maya's step-grandpa. Her biological grandfather, Taloa's dad, is never seen nor mentioned.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Echo'' is the first Creator/MarvelStudios series to be rated TV-MA[[note]]The various other Marvel shows previously given that rating (''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'', ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'', ''Series/{{Legion|2017}}'', etc.) were produced by the now-defunct Creator/MarvelTelevision and Creator/{{Netflix}}.[[/note]], and there is a lot more on-screen violence and blood than in other MCU shows. However, ''Echo'' actually is closer to TV-14 than TV-MA, and is similar in its depictions of violence to ''Series/SecretInvasion2023''.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Maya resembles her deceased mother strongly, so after her mother's death her grandmother had found it hard seeing her.

* CanonWelding: While ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' features Fisk with the same mannerisms and wearing almost the same attire from ''Series/Daredevil2015'' in flashbacks, it was a little ambiguous if his backstory from the latter series was retconned or not, as the only evidence for the latter was his use of his fathers' cufflinks, which sport the same design from ''Daredevil'', but in ''Hawkeye'', he was carrying a cane (something he didn't do in ''Daredevil'', and oddly doesn't do here). ''Echo'' however, makes the connection explicit, short of using archive footage from the series, as Fisk mentions killing his abusive father to protect his mother early on to Maya, and then shows Maya the same hammer he used on that day later on in the series, meaning it's the ''exact same'' backstory. Notably, as of ''Echo'''s premiere on Disney+, the six Marvel Netflix series's (''Daredevil'', ''Series/JessicaJones'', ''Series/LukeCage'', ''Series/IronFist'', ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' and ''Series/ThePunisher'') have been added to the official MCU chronological order, and these six, alongside ''Echo'', are listed together under ''The Defenders'' playlist.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The marketing put a lot of very heavy emphasis on the Wilson Fisk scenes. While he's very much a presence, he spends 2 (out of the five) episodes entirely absent and the core of the show is much more with Maya and her biological family in Oklahoma (which got downplayed) than with Fisk. The trailer also hints that Daredevil could have a role helping Maya against Fisk. In the show, Matt only shows up in a flashback for 5 minutes at best.

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Maya's maternal grandfather is never seen nor mentioned.

* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: In "Lowak", the Choctaw are playing a Stickball game...with the losing team being subject to permanent exile.

''Echo'' is a 2024 superhero miniseries set in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. It is developed by Marion Dayre (''Series/BetterCallSaul'') and sees Creator/AlaquaCox reprising her role as Maya “Echo” Lopez.

** Maya's wardrobe has a few subtle nods to her comics counterpart's costume, most notably the circular pattern of triangles that appears as a design on the show version's black shirt and stitching on her leather jackeet.

* OpposedMentors: A large part of Maya's arc is having to reconcile the kindness her mother and grandmother taught her and the ruthlesness her surrogate father figure Wilson Fisk taught her.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While Maya put up a solid resistance in the roller rink against Fisk's goons, she's just one woman fighting against a legion of physically strong and well-armed assailants. She's skilled, but is nowhere near the top of the street-level hierarchy, and she eventually has to surrender because there are too many and she's too exhausted to keep going.

** Maya's leather jacket has a stitching resembling her circle of triangles insignia from the comics.

* MythologyGag: The teaser poster evokes the art of Echo co-creator and artist David Mack.

* CanonWelding: While ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' features Fisk with the same mannerisms and wearing almost the same attire from ''Series/Daredevil2015'' in flashbacks, it was a little ambiguous if his backstory from the latter series was retconned or not, as the only evidence for the latter was his use of his fathers' cufflinks, which sport the same design from ''Daredevil'', but in ''Hawkeye'', he was carrying a cane (something he didn't do in ''Daredevil''). ''Echo'' however, makes the connection explicit, short of using archive footage from the series, as Fisk mentions killing his abusive father to protect his mother early on to Maya, and then shows Maya the same hammer he used on that day later on in the series, meaning it's the ''exact same'' backstory. Notably, as of ''Echo'''s premiere on Disney+, the six Marvel Netflix series's (''Daredevil'', ''Series/JessicaJones'', ''Series/LukeCage'', ''Series/IronFist'', ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' and ''Series/ThePunisher'') have been added to the official MCU chronological order, and these six, alongside ''Echo'', are listed together under ''The Defenders'' playlist.

** Skully basically serves as a surrogate grandfather for Maya and father to her mother (while she alive), because their actual grandfather/father appears [[AmbiguouslyAbsentParent absent]].

* CanonWelding: While ''Series/Hawkeye2021'' features Fisk with the same mannerisms and wearing almost the same attire from ''Series/Daredevil2015'' in flashbacks, it was a little ambiguous if his backstory from the latter series was retconned or not, as the only evidence for the latter was his use of his fathers' cufflinks, which sport the same design from ''Daredevil'', but in ''Hawkeye, he was carrying a cane (something he didn't do in ''Daredevil''). ''Echo'' however, makes the connection explicit, short of using archive footage from the series, as Fisk mentions killing his abusive father to protect his mother early on to Maya, and then shows Maya the same hammer he used on that day later on in the series, meaning it's the ''exact same'' backstory. Notably, as of ''Echo'''s premiere on Disney+, the six Marvel Netflix series's (''Daredevil'', ''Series/JessicaJones'', ''Series/LukeCage'', ''Series/IronFist'', ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' and ''Series/ThePunisher'') have been added to the official MCU chronological order, and these six, alongside ''Echo'', are listed together under ''The Defenders'' playlist.