| 1 | !Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guardians_of_the_galaxy_vol_2_1_textless_9.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350: ''"I'm suggesting an ass-kicking force. Tough, elite, ready to deploy the instant anything flies towards the fan."''[[note]]Clockwise from the top: ComicBook/StarLord, ComicBook/{{Gamora}}, ComicBook/DraxTheDestroyer, ComicBook/RocketRaccoon, [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], ComicBook/{{Quasar}}[[/note]]]] |
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| 4 | A team of cosmic heroes formed in the aftermath of the second Annihilation war. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Founding Members |
| 9 | [[#StarLord]] |
| 10 | [[folder:Star-Lord]] |
| 11 | !!Star-Lord (Peter Jason Quill) |
| 12 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3704286_ann_con_star_lord_3.jpg]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/CheapTrick Surrender, surrender....]]'']] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ->''For nearly an hour...the newborn babe lay alone upon the chill, deserted Earth and stared at the stars above!'' |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Peter Jason Quill, better known by his alias Star-Lord, is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan, first showing up in ''Marvel Preview'' #4 (January 1976). |
| 18 | |
| 19 | Described by co-creator Englehart as "an unpleasant, introverted jerk" who becomes "the most cosmic being in the universe," Star-Lord was a product of Englehart's newfound interest in astronomy at the time. Fans of the character's current iteration reading this might laugh at how much he's changed since, but as they say on TV Tropes, {{characterization marches on}}. In any event, Peter was originally presented as an arrogant, anti-social astronaut who accidentally became an outer space badass, and only ''some'' of those qualities have been retained through the years. |
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| 21 | One of the character's early adopters was none other than infamous ''ComicBook/XMen'' scribe Creator/ChrisClaremont, who more or less took over the reins from Englehart in TheEighties in titles, writing Peter in titles like ''Marvel Super Special'', ''Marvel Spotlight'', and ''Marvel Premiere''. |
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| 23 | Star-Lord then proceeded to languish in relative obscurity for years until the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium early Naughts]], playing a key part of Marvel's reinvigorated cosmic line. Following notable appearances in ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'', Star-Lord joined the new ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, where he's been best known since. |
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| 25 | With the ComicBook/MarvelNOW initiative in 2013, Star-Lord (and his fellow Guardians) were further implemented into the greater Franchise/MarvelUniverse, showing up in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] Assemble'', as well as starring in a new volume of ''Guardians'' that initially teamed them up with ComicBook/IronMan. In 2014, Star-Lord headlined his first ongoing title, ''[[TheAdjectivalSuperhero Legendary]] Star-Lord''. |
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| 27 | During this time, Peter met ComicBook/KittyPryde in "The Trial of ComicBook/JeanGrey" --a {{crossover}} with the ComicBook/XMen-- and their relationship soon developed into a romantic one. "ComicBook/TheBlackVortex", another X-Men Crossover, ended with Star-Lord asking for Kitty's hand in marriage, which she readily accepted. |
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| 29 | Shortly after his engagement to Kitty, Peter ascended to the throne of Spartax, succeeding his {{archnemesis dad}} J'Son -- oh yeah, did we mention he was the prince and heir apparent to an alien empire all this time? |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Just as quickly as Peter became the ruler of Spartax, ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' destroyed the Marvel Universe; luckily, Peter was brought on an interdimensional life raft conceived by Reed Richards --a rare aversion to [[ReedRichardsIsUseless the trope claiming he's useless]]-- which brought him to [[PatchworkWorld Battleworld]], making him one of the few people in the ''entire'' Marvel Universe who remembered the world that existed before God Doom came into power. In spite of himself, Peter played a role in the taking of Doomstadt, which ultimately led to the restoration of the previous Marvel Universe. During this time, he also co-headlined the ''Star-Lord & Kitty Pryde'' limited series, which paired him up with the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' version of his new fiancee --- and she wasn't exactly enamored with him. |
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| 33 | After that, Peter's duties as emperor of Spartax put him out of commission with the Guardians, with Kitty ultimately taking up his mantle as Star-Lord in the interim of the new ''Guardians'' volume. In the meantime, a second ongoing title -- ''Star-Lord'' -- launched, retelling Peter's origin as a wayward astronaut. |
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| 35 | -> See: Characters/StarLord. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[#RocketRaccoon]] |
| 39 | [[folder:Rocket Raccoon]] |
| 40 | !!Rocket Raccoon |
| 41 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rocket_raccoon.jpg]] |
| 42 | [[caption-width-right:350:Never doubt a raccoon.]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | -> ''"Ain't no thing like me, ''''cept''' me!"'' |
| 45 | --> -- '''Rocket Raccoon''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' |
| 46 | |
| 47 | Rocket Raccoon is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen, first appearing in ''Marvel Preview'' #7 (June, 1976). |
| 48 | |
| 49 | Partially inspired by the song "Rocky Raccoon" by Music/TheBeatles, Rocket mostly served as a {{joke character}} for the majority of his existence in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, only appearing in ''ten'' issues over thirty years. |
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| 51 | It wasn't until the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}: Conquest'' event that Rocket would gain some prominence, showing up as a supporting character in the ''ComicBook/StarLord'' tie-in series. His role there then segued into the rebooted ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' title, where he'd establish himself as a prominent member of the team, appearing in just about every iteration of the lineup ever since. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Rocket is notable for his deceptively scrappy attitude, extensive knowledge of weaponry, and plentiful connections in the cosmic underworld. He's also become [[ThoseTwoGuys synonymous for his friendship]] with sentient tree ComicBook/{{Groot}} since ''Annihilation: Conquest'', and they're rarely seen apart from one another. |
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| 55 | Because of his popularity with audiences, Rocket appears in most interpretations of ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' in other media. He made his first appearance outside of the comics in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' on Creator/DisneyXD, where he was voiced by Creator/GregEllis. He also appeared on the ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2015'' cartoon on Creator/DisneyXD, voiced there by Creator/TrevorDevall, while Creator/NolanNorth portrays him in ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheTelltaleSeries''. Rocket is also voiced by Creator/BradleyCooper (with motion capture performed by Sean Gunn) in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, making his debut in their [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 2014 film of the same name]]. Cooper and Gunn reprise the role in its 2017 sequel, as well as ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. |
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| 57 | For the original version of Rocket (pre-''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''), see also ''ComicBook/RocketRaccoon1985''. |
| 58 | ---- |
| 59 | -> See: Characters/RocketRaccoon. |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[#Gamora]] |
| 63 | [[folder:Gamora]] |
| 64 | !!Gamora |
| 65 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamora_marvel_comics_guardians_of_the_galaxy_3_b.jpg]] |
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| 67 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gamora.png]] |
| 68 | [[caption-width-right:320:[[TheDreaded The Deadliest Woman in the Whole Galaxy.]]]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | -> ''"I go by many names, my Tick-Ridden Troll, but I'm sure the one that Black Knight knew me by is Gamora, the Deadliest Woman in the whole Galaxy!"'' |
| 71 | |
| 72 | Gamora is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Creator/JimStarlin, first showing up in ''Strange Tales'' #180 (dated June 1975). |
| 73 | |
| 74 | The last of the Zen-Whoberis race, Gamora is the adoptive child of ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, raised to defeat [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 The Magus]]. It was during this time in her life that Gamora became known as "[[TheDreaded the deadliest woman in the whole galaxy]]", and exacted revenge on The Church of Universal Truth, who'd been responsible for the genocide of her people. |
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| 76 | After working with Adam Warlock to stop his older version, Gamora realized the true evil of her adoptive father's ways, and teamed up with ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, Warlock, and future Guardian Drax the Destroyer to take him down. When Thanos mortally wounds Gamora and her allies in battle, Warlock absorbed their souls into his Soul Gem, where they existed in a realm called Soulworld. |
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| 78 | Gamora and her friends lived there in peace together for some time --until the events of ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet''-- in which Thanos finally completed his quest to form the titular object, using it to remove Gamora from existence. After Nebula restored her into being with the Gauntlet, Warlock soon gained its possession, starting to go mad with power because of it. For this reason, the Living Tribunal decided that each of the Infinity Gems must be spread among Gamora and some others, ultimately calling them the Infinity Watch. Gamora was given keep of the Time Gem -- she couldn't consciously use the thing, but it did give her sporadic precognitive dreams and visions. |
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| 80 | When Gamora left the Infinity Watch, she returned to being a mercenary. Her quasi-romantic relationship with Adam Warlock then became {{official|Couple}}, and they ran off together to a pocket dimension. |
| 81 | |
| 82 | Gamora wouldn't return to prominence for many years after that, until the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' story of the [[TurnOfTheMillennium early Naughts]] helped reinvigorate Marvel's cosmic line of characters and comics. Now possessing a sword called The Godslayer, Gamora had since left Warlock to be on her own, leading a group of female warriors called The Graces. She'd also entered a relationship with Richard Rider, better known as ComicBook/{{Nova}} at the time. |
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| 84 | Soon afterward, Gamora becomes a member of the new ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy, working with characters like Drax the Destroyer and ComicBook/StarLord. This is perhaps what's she best known for among recent comic readers, and has been a core member of the team since their inception in 2008. |
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| 86 | With the ComicBook/MarvelNOW initiative, Gamora (and her fellow Guardians) were further implemented into the greater Franchise/MarvelUniverse, receiving a new volume of their book while also featuring in titles like ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] Assemble'', and a {{crossover}} called ''The Trial of ComicBook/JeanGrey'' had them meet the ComicBook/XMen. She also became acquainted with ComicBook/{{Angela|AsgardsAssassin}} during this time, and enjoyed a brief sexual relationship with [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] when he joined the Guardians for a spell. An issue of ''Guardians Team-Up'' saw Gamora team-up Marvel's ''other'' preeminent green woman, ComicBook/SheHulk. |
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| 88 | Gamora emerged as a major player of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex'' --yet another crossover with the X-Men-- where she let herself submit to the titular artifact, gaining cosmically-enhanced powers in the process; she was one of the few who ''didn't'' relinquish their new powers at the story's end. |
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| 90 | Shortly before [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 the incursion]] between [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Earth-616]] and [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel Earth-1610]], Gamora left the Guardians when her cosmic abilities sensed impending doom. During ''Secret Wars'', she starred in the limited series ''Guardians of Knowhere'', in which Gamora served as a watcher of Knowhere, otherwise known as [[PatchworkWorld Battleworld]]'s moon. |
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| 92 | As part of the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel universe that emerged from ''Secret Wars'', Gamora headlined her first ongoing title, [[note]]though it didn't show up until 2016[[/note]] had a brief role in ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions2015'' and making guest appearances with the ''Guardians'' in the meantime. |
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| 94 | In the 2018 CrisisCrossover ''Infinity Wars'' [[spoiler: she takes the codename Requiem and starts the series off by killing Thanos]]. |
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| 97 | !!Gamora provides examples of: |
| 98 | |
| 99 | * TheAce: She retained the Black Vortex upgrade longer than almost everyone else, making her a contender for the most powerful affiliate of any team that would associate with her. |
| 100 | * ActionGirl: Action woman by now, but she was trained to fight since she was a girl, and if Gamora is in close quarters combat with anything, be it a robot, a pirate in a suit of {{powered armor}}, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor a frost giant]] or a herald of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, she can be expected to win. |
| 101 | * ActionHeroine: Gamora's response to most problems is to cut them to pieces. When violence cannot get her what she wants, or turns out to actively hinder her, she can be a little awkward. |
| 102 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: She is that someone for Nebula. Nebula's greatest desire is to be feared, and she claims relations to infamous killers like Thanos to help that along. Thanos only humors Nebula when it is convenient to him however, while he legitimately views Gamora as his daughter and will gladly help spread her reputation as the most dangerous woman in the galaxy/universe because he is so proud. Nebula has cybernetic implants, but while they do enhance her strength a bit their main function is to keep her alive and in her right mind. They triple as a mark of shame from her past failures. Gamora's cybernetics are purely to increase her killing potential and boost her far more than Nebula's do. Even when Nebula has been able to close the gap in their physical ability with things like the Coven trials, even when she has been able to physically surpass Gamora with things like the armor from Stellaris, her fighting skills and instincts lag so far behind that it doesn't matter. |
| 103 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Gamora fell for Adam Warlock after learning he was a very different person than the Magus. Warlock did not reciprocate her feelings until she quit the Infinity Watch and he ended up realizing he loved her while trying to get her to return. |
| 104 | * AmazonBrigade: Her ''Graces'' during Annihilation. They split up afterward. But not before Nebula tried to turn them on Gamora. |
| 105 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Although she definitely had been involved with men like [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Richard Rider]], [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], and [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]] [[ReallyGetsAround Stark]]; she also has quite a few of moments with ComicBook/{{Angela|AsgardsAssassin}}: |
| 106 | -->'''Intercom voice''': Will you marry me?\ |
| 107 | '''Angela''': You're too short, Rocket.\ |
| 108 | '''Intercom voice''': This is Gamora.\ |
| 109 | '''Angela''': I'll consider it. |
| 110 | * AmicableExes: With Adam Warlock. And usually with Richard Rider, though she was angered when he invited her to a private place and didn't want to sleep with her. Slightly less so after the beginning of the 2020 ''Guardians'' series, when Rich calls Peter off on the adventure that apparently gets him killed. |
| 111 | * ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: She primarily uses swords in combat. |
| 112 | * ArchnemesisDad: Has a bitter enmity with her adoptive father Thanos, who used her as means to an end against the Magus and was perfectly willing to kill her. |
| 113 | * AwesomeButTemporary: While on the warpath to destroy Thanos when she was empowered by the Black Vortex, she was the first to find out that the power it grants is limited and runs out the more it's used. Soon, she used it for the last time and went back to her usual power levels. |
| 114 | * BadassCape: A Gamora mainstay, up until vol 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy. The clasps look like skulls. |
| 115 | * BattleCouple: With Richard Rider during the Annihilation War. Their relationship ended after Gamora killed a bunch of Kree collaborators whom Richard wanted to be interrogated for information. |
| 116 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Several would-be boxers challenged The Champion Of The Universe to save a planet he conquered, but ComicBook/SheHulk was the only one who did badly enough to get the people she was trying to save to boo her. Gamora took pity on her, and decided to teach She-Hulk how to fight. |
| 117 | * BoyishShortHair: Very briefly, after recovering from being burn to a crisp, because her hair took slightly longer to grow back than the rest of her. |
| 118 | * BrokenBird: She grew up to be somewhat emotionally stunted after being the SoleSurvivor of her people's genocide and becoming a ward to Thanos, and suffering his TrainingFromHell as he molded her into the perfect weapon to kill the Magus. |
| 119 | * CainAndAbel: Her SiblingRivalry with her adoptive sister Nebula has often been deadly, with Nebula being driven by mad by jealousy and resentment due to being treated as TheUnfavorite by Thanos while Gamora was seen as his favorite and only daughter, despite Gamora opposing him. |
| 120 | * CoolSword: Wielded one during and after ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}, named Godslayer - fitting, as it was designed (and has been used to) kill gods and beings more powerful than them in the Marvel Universe. When Thanos is brought back to life to battle the Cancerverse, the sword shatters on him. |
| 121 | * CombatPragmatist: If the situation calls for it, Gamora will fight fair, and she rarely needs to fight dirty simply because her skill and cybernetic implants let her finish hand-to-hand encounters as soon as they start. But she's not above calling for a run in if things start going south. |
| 122 | * CombatStilettos: In her original outfit. Averted since vol 3 of Guardians. |
| 123 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: And the wall possibly. DependingOnTheArtist she might have green hair, eyes and skin. |
| 124 | * {{Cyborg}}: Gamora has cybernetics courtesy of her father, Thanos, who realized that her natural biological limits prevented Gamora from becoming the killing machine he desired her to be. |
| 125 | * TheCorrupter: Devondra invaded the soul gem in order to feed on the souls that lied within, and ended up turning the paradisaical world within that drove enemies to live in peace into something much worse. [[spoiler:It also influenced Gamora and Drax to turn against each other and the other Guardians Of The Galaxy]] |
| 126 | * DemonicPossession: While on a mission to please Mistress Death by killing half of all life in the universe, Thanos destroyed the bodies of Gamora, Adam Warlock and Pip The Rock Troll, but the soul gem, a component of "the infinity gauntlet" Thanos was trying to build, had a will of its own and decided to preserve their souls to prevent them from truly dying. In an attempt to stop Thanos, their souls then possessed three people. Gamora inhabiting a woman named Bambi Long. |
| 127 | * DependingOnTheWriter: Is she the deadliest woman in the galaxy, or the deadliest woman in the ''universe''? It can change, though being the former is much less impressive given how the major galactic powers in Marvel occupy a galaxy each (like the difference between 'deadliest in the county' and 'deadliest in the world'). |
| 128 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: The reason she joined the Guardians in the first place: After getting abandoned by the cosmic higher-ups, Gamora was looking for something to do with her life, and felt so low she actually ''enjoyed'' part of being inducted into the Phalanx because she had ''a'' purpose. |
| 129 | * TheDreaded |
| 130 | ** She isn't called ''the most dangerous woman in the galaxy'' for nothing. |
| 131 | ** After steamrolling through some of the hardest-hitting bricks on Earth, Gamora suddenly paused, seriously doubting her chances in a boxing match with Comicbook/TheThing that took on The Champion Of The Universe with the power gem and made him back off. She didn't forfeit though, she had a teammate [[WeNeedADistraction provide a distraction]] so she could [[CombatPragmatist disable The Thing with pressure point strikes]]. |
| 132 | * EnemyMine: The Graces had very little in common, and mainly stayed together because of the universal threat that was the Annihilation Wave. When the fleet was foiled, the team broke up behind Gamora's back when Nebula convinced them she had abandoned them while Gamora had taken an off-world trip. |
| 133 | * FacialMarkings: Gamora sports some under her eyes. These are actually make-up, not tattoos, and as such are occasionally color–coordinated with her outfit. Usually, they're yellow. During the 2008 ''Guardians'' run, they were red. |
| 134 | * GenocideSurvivor |
| 135 | ** She is the last member of the Zen Whoberian species. After her people were exterminated by the Universal Church of Truth, she was adopted by Thanos and trained as a deadly assassin. |
| 136 | ** The 616 timeline was once altered to remove, among other things, the Universal Church Of Truth's attempt to drive the Zen Whoberian species into extinction. Gamora had little preference for this "improved" timeline since she was still seemingly the last of her kind as the Badoon species, who also attempted to drive hers to extinction, and had much more success than they had in the original timeline. |
| 137 | * GoodCounterpart: Her cybernetic enhancements were intended to make her equal to the android..."[[InsistentTerminology artificially created human]]" Adam Warlock in every way. Luckily for Warlock it was his evil counterpart, The Magus, she was designed to kill. |
| 138 | * GoodThingYouCanHeal: Once got set on fire by being too close to a star. It took a few months for her to heal. |
| 139 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Greenness may vary. Sometimes it's more a pale olive colour. Regardless, her skin is the only consistently non-human thing about her, at a glance, and there have been human men, plus a pseudo angel female, who did not mind it. |
| 140 | * HeelFaceTurn: |
| 141 | ** First during the 70's, when she realized Thanos was not being genuine when he claimed to want to help Adam Warlock by having her guard him but was having her act as a spy. |
| 142 | ** Then before ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}, where she forsook her family to rebuild her reputation as the most deadly woman in the universe, but threw that aside for the sake of saving the universe from the Annihilation Wave. |
| 143 | ** Again after ''Annihilation'', when she joins the Phalanx invasion of a kree inhabited planet but ultimately finds what she was trying to find in the Phalanx with the Guardians Of The Galaxy. |
| 144 | ** Yet again after recovering the Soul Stone, coming to terms with the horrible things she had done to get it back, and trying to make up for it. |
| 145 | * HeelRealization: Since Thanos helped her get what she wanted and the end of the Magus reign would be for the good of the masses, she never considered that Thanos himself is what the masses would consider evil. The fact that the only acts of kindness Thanos showed her were building her a powerful body and teaching her how to kill, that he was otherwise borderline abusive, did nothing to shake Gamora's loyalty to him. Only after observing Adam Warlock's conflict with Thanos did she realize Thanos was also someone who needed to be detained for the good of everyone else. |
| 146 | * HeroesPreferSwords: She is skilled with every kind of weapon but she uses mostly swords. |
| 147 | * HitmanWithAHeart: It's buried under layers of sarcasm and cold-blooded ruthlessness, but it's there. She saved worlds from Drax, pro bono, and then tried to comfort him for getting too rough later. |
| 148 | * HyperspaceArsenal: When empowered by the Black Vortex, her BadassCape [[InTheHood becomes a hooded cloak]] of star-filled darkness called an "infinicloak" from which she could summon any numer of blades. |
| 149 | * IKnowKungFu: Among other forms of martial arts, all in the name of killing anything she runs into. |
| 150 | * ImHavingSoulPains: Gamora experiences reoccurring dreams concerning encounters with an older version of herself, and attributes it to when her soul was briefly contained inside the Soul Gem. This kicks off her personal hunt for the Infinity Gems. |
| 151 | * InterspeciesAdoption: After Adam Warlock returns her love, the two adopt a child... that turns out to be the CosmicEntity Atleza. |
| 152 | * InterspeciesRomance: With Adam Warlock, Nova (Richard Rider) and Peter Quill. You may notice two of them are human, and one is post-human. |
| 153 | * {{Jerkass}}: Gamora tends to do what she thinks is right, but has looser moral standards than most superheroes to the point she is often in an antagonistic or even VillainProtagonist role. AntiVillain protagonist, but she often has a hard time admitting or even realizing when she is wrong. |
| 154 | * JerkassRealization: She had to reign in Drax The Destroyer from compulsively destroying planets during her time in the Infinity Watch. Whether or not she had to be so violent about it was an open question, but destroying planets is kind of a big deal, so no one called her out on it. Thing is, she kept "beating up on" Drax whenever she got frustrated and he was around, even after he started behaving himself, even when he was trying to help her, misguided as his attempts may have been. When Drax threw a temper tantrum and tried to quit the watch, she took responsibility for it. |
| 155 | * LastOfHerKind: Last of the Zen Whoberians. Or, she will be. Either way, she's not concerned about it, not about being the last. If she comes across one of the people responsible for her being the last though, she'll show [[BestServedCold a great deal of care]]. |
| 156 | * LadyOfWar: She is much more reserved and aloof than most other characters in her "weight class", such as Binary, Hela, Power Pricess or Stardust, and though her first reflex to stress is often a violent one, she will sometimes try to reign herself in, make amends and show proper manners or etiquette. |
| 157 | * LaughingMad: Gamora really, ''really'' hates the Universal Church of Truth. When stuck on one of their worlds, facing an army of their best troops, she just slaughtered her way through them, the ones who survived what happened [[ApocalypseHow after]] would recount she'd been laughing. |
| 158 | * LegacyCharacter: In the 100th Anniversary Special, she takes up the mantle of Star-Lord. |
| 159 | * LightningBruiser: Thanks to her multiple cybernetic enhancements, she can take on a lot of damage and keep on going. |
| 160 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She's the adopted daughter of ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. Thanos is not her biological father but he is the mad scientist responsible for her superpowers. |
| 161 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Devondra has spider legs and spinnerettes, octopus tentacles, frog fingers, lizard claws, crocodillian teeth and human-like arms. |
| 162 | * TheMole: She was secretly completing missions for The Grand Master while claiming to be helping the Guardians Of The Galaxy after The Grandmaster told her he could get her the Soul Gem, which she became convinced had not released all of her soul. Star-Lord knew she was after the soul gem, but didn't realize just how badly she wanted it. The Guardians eventually relented and aided Gamora in her gem hunt after her The Grandmaster was revealed to be in conflict with The Collector but then abandoned her when she attacked Adam Warlock to get the soul gem, which he was hiding because it was getting "hungry". |
| 163 | * MonochromaticEyes: DependingOnTheArtist, her eyes can simply be entirely white, with no pupils. |
| 164 | * MoralityPet: Even Thanos couldn't say no to spending time with Lil' Gam. Inbetween the TrainingFromHell and assassination attempts from his many enemies. |
| 165 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: More ruthless than anyone on the Guardians save for perhaps Drax. While she and Richard were dating this was a source of conflict between the two of them and ultimately lead to their break up. He wanted to interrogate war criminals, she wanted to kill them. |
| 166 | * MoreThanMindControl: After Quill's apparent death in ''Guardians'' vol. 5, Gamora is nudged by Moondragon into hunting and attacking Rocket's Guardian team. Moondragon admits to her other-dimensional counterpart she didn't ''entirely'' use telepathy to do this. |
| 167 | * MsFanservice: A GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe whose original outfits sported [[NavelDeepNeckline a massive open cleavage]] and was prone to [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8d/b3/0c/8db30c60b24aa3684420f1091cb9c649.jpg tons]] of MaleGaze, specially during ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''. |
| 168 | * TheMusketeer: She prefers knives and swords, but Gamora recognizes the merits of firearms and is competent in their use. |
| 169 | * NavelDeepNeckline: She was known to wear outfits with deep v-shaped necklines during her early years and it took her a while to get used to the [[VaporWear concept of underwear]], one of many results being this trope when she wasn't suited up for battle. |
| 170 | * NoodleIncident: Exactly what happened to her before ''Annihilation'' is unclear. The only mention is she was "spurned" by the cosmic higher-ups, and wound up on Gothab Omega. It is also implied that the businessman Glorian, [[TouchedByVorlons who himself was working for the shaper of worlds]], was manipulating Gamora and Ronan The Accuser for the purpose of creating a world of his own until The Annihilation Wave forced them all to work together. Still, she makes no attempt to return to her "husband" Warlock nor "child" Atleza once Glorian and Annihilus are out of the picture. She instead hooks up with the last Nova. |
| 171 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: Soul Eaters tend to be fairly minor antagonists, if they are even antagonistic, in Comicbook/DoctorStrange stories. Devondra is what happens when one is allowed to run wild in the 616 universe without Strange intercepting it, since she completely bypasses [[InsignificantBluePlanet Earth]], and it isn't pretty. The Guardians do eventually seek out Strange's help, but since she has the soul gem by then, [[SuperWeaponAverageJoe she's still not so easily dealt with]]. |
| 172 | * NotBrainwashed: Nova works with the Technarch Tyro to free Gamora from the Phalanx, only to learn that Gamora didn't want to be freed. She then keeps trying to live like a member of the Phalanx despite being cured of the infection...until she finds The Guadians Of The Galaxy. |
| 173 | * OnlyOneName: She goes by a single name without any other identifiers. |
| 174 | * OneWomanArmy: She isn't called the deadliest woman in the galaxy just because it sounds cool. She's is one of the most skilled martial artists in Marvel lore, capable of defeating large numbers of enemies by herself as [[http://it.tinypic.com/r/29y3uo5/9 shown]] in Warlock and the Infinity Watch. However, she wasn't this at first. She specifically trained for handling multiple opponents after receiving a gang beating...and gang rape. |
| 175 | * PaletteSwap: Her Guardians outfit is just her previous outfit done up in the team's colours (i.e. blue with red trimming, as opposed to her previous dark green with yellow trimming). |
| 176 | * ParentalFavoritism: She's the favorite daughter of Thanos, often the only one he will even recognize as his daughter and the only one he has PetTheDog moments with. |
| 177 | * PressurePoint: [[https://imgur.com/a/QHjbI Gamora is capable of this]]. She can find them even on people who have irregular anatomy, such as [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]]. According to Thanos, he's the only one who could survive such a move. |
| 178 | * RapeAsBackstory: As Gamora's skill and reputation as a martial artist grew, Thanos decided to put her to the test. While on a trip, he set up a series of events that lead to Gamora coming into conflict with a group of Thugs, whom eventually overwhelmed her through sheer numbers and decided to rape her. This resulted in Thanos killing them as revenge and rebuilding Gamora to be more powerful. |
| 179 | * RedBaron: "The Deadliest Woman In the Galaxy / Universe", [[spoiler:"Requiem"]] |
| 180 | * SexGoddess: Her one-night-stand with Tony Stark ends up [[SpeedSex in disappointment]] when she turns out to be much more than he can handle, which is an achievement give Tony's history as TheCasanova back on Earth. |
| 181 | * SheFu: Gamora often fights with a graceful yet deadly style. She's done a flipping vault over Maxam's head while holding a polearm twice her height. Not the way a polevaulter would but looking down on him, searching for "weak points" with stabs where she thought she was out of his reach. |
| 182 | * {{Sideboob}}: Commonly showed them off during the 2000s. |
| 183 | * SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Her outfit during ''Annihilation'' and ''Conquest'' featured a skull belt buckle and skull cape straps. |
| 184 | * SourSupporter: Snarky and derisive though she is, she is a dedicated member of the Guardians, as getting herself horrifically burnt proved. |
| 185 | * SpeciesSurname: During {{ComicBook/Annihilation}}, she developed an interesting affectation of referring to {{ComicBook/Nova}} as "Richard Human". It wasn't until volume 3, approximately seven years later, that it was revealed that her whole name was Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan, making her an example of this (and, presumably, explaining why she referred to Nova as such). |
| 186 | * StatuesqueStunner: She's 6 feet tall. |
| 187 | * StrongAndSkilled: Gamora is considered [[WorldsGreatestWarrior The Deadliest Woman In The Galaxy]] for good reason. She possesses incredible strength, speed, agility, endurance and healing thanks to cybernetic enhancements bestowed on her by Thanos and is versed in various forms of armed and unarmed combat. |
| 188 | * {{Stripperific}}: The infamous fishnet bodysuit, though the Bendis series dropped this. |
| 189 | * ThongOfShielding: Her costume is depicted this way in the early issues of ''Nova v. 4'' (and to a lesser extent in ''Guardians of the Galaxy''). |
| 190 | * TookALevelInBadass: After empowered by [[UpgradeArtifact the Black Vortex]]. While benefitting from it, she is arguably the strongest character on the team. |
| 191 | * TranquilFury: She often fails, but knows about this trope and tries to use it. She [[DiscussedTrope told]] Maxam the first rule of combat was cooler heads usually prevailing. |
| 192 | * {{Tykebomb}}: Raised as an orphan by Thanos to became the assassin who would kill the Magus. [[spoiler:When he finally takes over Adam Warlock, her attempts to stop him fail, and she appears to die.]] |
| 193 | * TheUnfettered: Part of what scared Richard Rider out of a relationship with her, after witnessing Gamora summarily execute several traitors during the Annihilation War. |
| 194 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Being raised by Thanos for the express purpose of becoming the Deadliest Woman in the Universe, which he succeeded in, did a number on Gamora, who was shown in flashbacks to have been a perfectly ordinary little girl at one time. |
| 195 | * VaporWear: It took her a while to get used to underwear, and still is often drawn without it |
| 196 | * VerbalTic: Refers to Richard Rider as "Richard-Human". Given she doesn't do the same for anyone else, this is probably to annoy him. Then it's revealed in vol. 3 that her full name is Gamora Zen Whoberi Ben Titan. As she is Gamora Zen Whoberi and calls Nova "Richard-Human", it may be a cultural affectation of her species. |
| 197 | * ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: She went after Maxam with a spear when he traveled to the past to kill the "[[ComicBook/Warlock1967 larval form]]" of The Magus. Additionally, while she may have been aloof to Peter Quill during their relationship, she goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge when she discovered he was dead. She even personally tries to kill Nova (her friend and ex) because he sent Peter on the mission that got him killed. |
| 198 | * WhatOtherGalaxies: Gamora is often called the Deadliest Woman in the Galaxy. Never mind there exist galaxies besides the Milky Way, galaxies with maybe their own deadliest women. |
| 199 | * WorldsGreatestWarrior: Is considered to be the deadliest woman in the galaxy. She-Hulk is of the opinion that Gamora's better in at least some aspects of barehanded combat than Captain America, who consistently ranks in the single digits among Earth's best fighters, if behind the likes of Shang Chi and The Mandarin. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[#AdamWarlock]] |
| 203 | [[folder:Adam Warlock]] |
| 204 | !![[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]] |
| 205 | [[quoteright:242:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/warlockadam_6926.gif]] |
| 206 | !!!'''Alter Ego:''' Adam Warlock |
| 207 | !!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Warlock, Him, Golden Gladiator, Master of all Souls, Mr. Smith, Subject X-31, Jake Miller, Ultimate Avenger, God Slayer, Demon, Avenging Hand of Light, Avatar of Life, Adam Magus, Patient #6457987 |
| 208 | !!!'''Team Affiliations:''' Cosmic Avengers |
| 209 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Fantastic Four'' #66 (September, 1967) [[note]]As Him[[/note]]; ''Marvel Premiere'' #1 (April, 1972) [[note]]As Warlock[[/note]] |
| 210 | |
| 211 | Adam Warlock is a Creator/MarvelComics cosmic hero who has starred in more than one series. He's best known for being the personal nemesis of ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, for his connection to ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet and the Soul Gem, and as a founding member of the 616 version of the ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy. |
| 212 | |
| 213 | He first appeared in ''Fantastic Four'' vol. 1 #66-67 (September-October, 1967), created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby for a ComicBook/FantasticFour story, but as "Him", an artificial lifeform who had escaped its creators. In ''Marvel Premiere'' #1 (April, 1972) writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane reinvented him as Marvel [[NoSuchThingAsSpaceJesus Space Jesus]], complete with crucifixion and resurrection! His task was to save an artificial parallel Earth (CounterEarth) from [[SatanicArchetype a rebellious creation of its maker]], The High Evolutionary. |
| 214 | |
| 215 | Nevertheless, he never really took off until a new writer got his hands on him - [[MyRealDaddy Jim Starlin]]. It was under him that Adam became the [[WarriorPoet philosopher-hero]] that he is best known to be today, as well as the ArchEnemy of Thanos. Starlin also introduced the rest of his supporting cast including Pip the Troll (his best friend, a drunken space satyr) and Gamora, his love interest, Thanos' former personal assassin. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | Adam's major storylines involve his [[FutureMeScaresMe Evil Future Self]], The Magus, whom he eliminated from existence by ''killing himself in the future'' (both got better later) and the Infinity Gems, a collection of gemstones (said to be PiecesOfGod) that grant {{omnipotence}} if used all at the same time (Adam was given one, the Soul Gem, by the Evolutionary. He and his allies later took to guarding the rest, as a team known as The Infinity Watch.) |
| 218 | |
| 219 | Warlock has suffered at the hands of lesser writers over the years, but still exists in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse and occasionally pops up to save the day again. |
| 220 | |
| 221 | A cocoon similar in design to his one in the comics featured in the background of the Collector's collection in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', and again in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''. By the end of ''Guardians'', [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent it's been cracked open and is empty]] -- though WordOfGod is that in spite of the similar design, it wasn't his cocoon. Adam Warlock was originally considered for an appearance in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', but his role was cut as the script was revised -- while his sister, Ayesha, serves as the film's secondary antagonist. A cocoon different from the one in the first movie is later seen in one of the stingers, which Ayesha refers to as 'Adam'. |
| 222 | ---- |
| 223 | ->See: Characters/Warlock1967. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | [[#DraxTheDestroyer]] |
| 227 | [[folder:Drax the Destroyer]] |
| 228 | !!Drax the Destroyer |
| 229 | [[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3588b7699b08c6bcd375e70006bacdcd.jpg]] |
| 230 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drax_the_destroyer.jpg]] |
| 231 | %% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !!!'''Alter Ego:''' Arthur Sampson Douglas |
| 234 | !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Invincible Iron Man'' Vol. 1, #55 (February, 1973) |
| 235 | !!!'''Joined Team In:''' ''Secret Defenders'' Vol. 1, #23 (January, 1995) |
| 236 | |
| 237 | Before becoming the Destroyer, Drax was a human man named Arthur Douglas. Along with his wife and daughter, Douglas was killed by ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, thinking his existence had been revealed to [[HumansByAnyOtherName Terrans]] who'd seen him. (He would later learn that his daughter actually survived the accident and became the [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]] known as Moondragon.) |
| 238 | |
| 239 | After his death, Douglas was resurrected into a stronger body (by the Titanian god Kronos) for the sole purpose of killing Thanos, newly christened as Drax the Destroyer. |
| 240 | |
| 241 | For many years following, Drax remained a staple of the cosmic Franchise/MarvelUniverse, most notably appearing in ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' and ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''. Drax was then drafted to the new ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy in 2008, and has more or less remained a stalwart member of the team since then, barring the occasional death. |
| 242 | |
| 243 | Drax has appeared often in other media, most notably within the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Portrayed there by former Wrestling/{{WWE}} superstar Creator/DaveBautista, this version of the character is [[AdaptationDistillation vastly simplified]] from his comic book counterpart. He made his debut in 2014's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'', reprising the role in its 2017 sequel, and then again in 2018's ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. |
| 244 | ---- |
| 245 | !!Drax appears in: |
| 246 | [[AC:Notable Comic Books]] |
| 247 | * ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' (1991) |
| 248 | * ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' (2006) |
| 249 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (various runs): |
| 250 | ** vol. 2 (2008 -- 2010) |
| 251 | ** vol. 3 (2013 -- 2015) |
| 252 | ** vol. 4 (2015 -- 2017) |
| 253 | ** Vol. 5 (2019) |
| 254 | ** [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020 Vol .6]] |
| 255 | * ''Drax'' (2016) |
| 256 | * ''All-New Guardians of The Galaxy'' (2017) |
| 257 | * ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown'' (2018) |
| 258 | * ''ComicBook/InfinityWars2018'' |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[AC:Film]] |
| 261 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed by Creator/DaveBautista: |
| 262 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians Of The Galaxy|2014}}'' (2014) |
| 263 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' (2017) |
| 264 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018) |
| 265 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019) |
| 266 | ** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' (2022) |
| 267 | ** ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' (2022) |
| 268 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' (2023) |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[AC:Animation]] |
| 271 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Guardians Of The Galaxy|2015}}'' (2015 -- present), voiced by Creator/DavidSobolov |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[AC:Video Games]] |
| 274 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013) |
| 275 | ** ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2'' (2017) |
| 276 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2014) |
| 277 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' (2014) |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' (2015) |
| 279 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015) |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' (added in 2016) |
| 281 | * ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheTelltaleSeries'' (2017), voiced by Brandon Paull Eells |
| 282 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019) |
| 283 | * ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2021'' |
| 284 | |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | !!Drax provides examples of: |
| 287 | |
| 288 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: After becoming the Destroyer, Drax's skin became green. |
| 289 | * BadassPacifist: In the 2019 Guardians, he apparently started to become a pacifist. However, whatever caused it was enough that when two eldritch abominations try to mindrape him, he turn the table by showing them something that made them flee in terror. |
| 290 | * TheBerserker: Especially after his resurrection, he is prone to going into berserk furies in battle, which heightens his resemblance to the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]. |
| 291 | * TheBigGuy: Shares this role in the Guardians with Groot, courtesy of his immense strength. During the 1990s, he was actually the guardian of the Power Gem for a time as part of the Infinity Watch. |
| 292 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Being made into a Phalanx Select during ''Annihilation: Conquest''. Drax wasn't terribly happy about that. |
| 293 | * CameBackWrong: When first introduced in the 1970s, Drax was fairly intelligent. However, during the early 1990s, Moondragon went evil and killed him with her PsychicPowers. When subsequently resurrected in the 1993 series "Warlock and the Infinity Watch", he still retained some degree of the brain damage inflicted by her lethal psychic attacks, which reduced him to a child-like, violent-tempered DumbMuscle character. |
| 294 | * CharacterCheck: During ''Guardians Infinity'', Drax mostly still acts like his post-2012 idiot characterization, but momentarily stops the fighting and tells everyone to calm down, prompting Rocket to express amazement. Then Drax angrily yells "shut your hole" at him, and goes back to being an idiot. |
| 295 | * TheChosenOne: He's the Avatar of Life, to serve as Thanos' position as Avatar of Death. He is compelled by the universe itself to kill Thanos. |
| 296 | * ComboPlatterPowers: When first introduced in the 1970s, Drax's power set consisted of: SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, SuperToughness (borderline NighInvulnerable), {{Flight}}, {{Hand Blast}}s and {{Telepathy}}. Presently, he retains only the first three powers, all to a lesser degree than he had in his original body, but has picked up a low-grade HealingFactor and [[SuperSenses a heightened sense of smell]]. |
| 297 | * DeathIsCheap: He has died several times, but they don't tend to stick. |
| 298 | ** Moondragon killed him when she went evil. He got resurrected. |
| 299 | ** He dies at the end of his own series, just before ''Annihilation'', but resurrected moments later, with the addition of getting his brains back. |
| 300 | ** Thanos supposedly kills him completely dead for real in ''The Thanos Imperative'', but in 2012 he popped up again alive and well. |
| 301 | ** In ''Infinity Wars'', he sacrifices himself to stop the cosmic entity Devondra, but he was back up again in a year. |
| 302 | ** Heck, he's even one of the victims [[DeathByOriginStory in his own origin story]]. |
| 303 | * DePower: Drax used to have all kinds of fancy powers. Now all he has is his knives and the fact that he won't give up. And that's all he needs. |
| 304 | * {{Determinator}}: During ''Annihilation'', his drive to kill Thanos ramps up into overdrive. In order to accomplish it, Drax storms through the nigh-unstoppable Annihilation Wave, with nothing more than a pair of knives, and he still makes it to Thanos. |
| 305 | * DualWielding: A pair of big knives. |
| 306 | * DumbMuscle: After his resurrection in the '90s, he was basically an overgrown child in a super-strong body. He briefly became a lot smarter when he spontaneously mutated into his current body, which is notably smaller than the one he had in the 90s, but then in the Bendis run of the Guardians, he want back to being a dim-witted brute. |
| 307 | * FacialMarkings: Drax has some that are evocative of his ally, {{ComicBook/Gamora}}. At least in his previous body, they appeared to be make-up and therefore optional. |
| 308 | * FlyingBrick: He was this before his current body, he had even a cape. |
| 309 | * {{Golem}}: Technically, he is a living soul, but his body is anything but. He seems to be physically built out of the soil of Saturn's moon Titan. That said, this overlaps with ArtificialHuman and OurHomunculiAreDifferent, as he does have (artificial, non-functioning) bodily systems — just not made of living material. |
| 310 | * GoodIsNotNice: Drax is the champion of Life, opposed to Thanos. He's also brusque, and perhaps too fond of violent and direct solutions, even before his resurrection as a brain-damaged monster. |
| 311 | * HiddenDepths: While he's quite fond of killing things with knives or his bare hands, he occasionally dabbles in philosophical or existential musings and retains his past life's fondness for playing jazz music. And while it doesn't come up terribly often these days, he's had a lot of experience with the cosmic higher-ups. |
| 312 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: As Jack Flag remarks in the final issue of ''Guardians'' vol 2, if something can unnerve a guy called ''The Destroyer'', that's not good. |
| 313 | * HulkMashUp: For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, he was the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] but IN SPACE. Later on, in his new body he's moved away from this. |
| 314 | * HulkSpeak: In the '90s, as a result of his brain damage. |
| 315 | * ImplacableMan: If he wants to kill someone, he will kill them, and not even Galactus can stop him. |
| 316 | * ItsPersonal: Thanos killed Arthur Douglas and his wife just for witnessing him. Nevertheless, [[AvertedTrope it stopped being personal]] a long time ago, when Drax stopped seeing himself as Arthur Douglas. |
| 317 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Maybe not gold, but a precious metal, definitely. |
| 318 | * ManChild: As a result of [[CameBackWrong retaining psy-fried neurons when resurrected]], Drax acted like a child in the body of a hulking superhuman during the 1990s. He began growing out of this eventually, but did not fully recover until the build–up to ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''. Even then, {{Flanderization}} set in in the run up to the movie, and he has never quite been either as intelligent or as serious since. |
| 319 | * MentorArchetype: Briefly served as one for Richard Rider in ''Annihilation'', helping him keep a lid on all the Nova Force he had inside him, with the additional caveat that if Rich started going nuts, Drax would destroy him. |
| 320 | * MultiMeleeMaster: He tends to favor knives, but has also used swords, axes … even [[MultiRangedMaster rifles and landmines]]. That said, he averts HyperspaceArsenal, as all of his current weapons will always be visible on his body, and he has had to actively access hidden caches of weaponry to update his load out. |
| 321 | * MurderIsTheBestSolution: He believes there are very few problems that cannot be solved by killing somebody. Or, when there may be Skrull infiltrators on Knowhere, by killing ''everybody''. |
| 322 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: In his original incarnation, one of Drax's powers was {{Telepathy}} which he could use to track Thanos across vast distances. After his second reincarnation, Drax loses his telepathy but possessed the ability to either sense Thanos or other beings who have been in recent contact with Thanos, alongside a precognitive ability to sense when beings will be in contact with Thanos in the near future. |
| 323 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Destroyer. |
| 324 | * OneManArmy: He's called the Destroyer, and it shows. When chasing Thanos, he ploughed his way through the Annihilation Wave to reach him. |
| 325 | * PapaWolf: Even if he is estranged from them, and emotionally distant when he is there, don't hurt Cammi or Moondragon. |
| 326 | * RedBaron: "The Destroyer". |
| 327 | * RedGreenContrast: He has red tattoos on his green skin. |
| 328 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: But only as long as Thanos is alive. If Thanos is on this side of the great divide, then so is Drax. No ifs, ands, or buts. Once, when he had been dead for over six years, just the act of Thanos coming back to life [[EnforcedTrope was enough to wake Drax back up]]. |
| 329 | * ReverseGrip: Drax's preferred method of DualWielding. |
| 330 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: It was basically his raison d'être until he finally managed to kill Thanos in ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}''. |
| 331 | * TheStoic: This was his primary character trait during his original depiction in the 1970s. |
| 332 | * SuperSenses: He can smell whether Thanos is alive or not. |
| 333 | * ThatManIsDead: Arthur Douglas was killed by Thanos years ago. Drax is actually surprised when an act of MindRape awakens what little was left of his former self. |
| 334 | * TheseusShipParadox: Come 2020, between his various deaths and resurrections and the involvement of the Soul Stone, Drax has some existential angst over whether he's the same Drax, or a new version, and whether he owes anything to his "prior" selves. |
| 335 | * ThirdPersonPerson: When he's dumb, Drax speaks like this. |
| 336 | * TookALevelInJerkass: During ''The Thanos Imperative'', thanks to a mix of Thanos' resurrection, and being in the Cancerverse. Since he's compelled to kill Thanos, and is the chosen avatar life, being in a place where life rules the roost starts overriding him, driving him into a berserk need to utterly kill Thanos, regardless of the situation. |
| 337 | * TouchTelepathy: [[ForgotAboutHisPowers It isn't used very often]], but Drax has displayed this on occasion. |
| 338 | * UnexplainedRecovery: Thanos killed him dead in ''ComicBook/TheThanosImperative'', leaving nothing behind, and come ''Avengers Assemble'', he's back without a single comment. It took several years before an explanation was given, and that explanation was … he just came back to life. To be fair, [[ResurrectiveImmortality he has a habit of doing that]]. |
| 339 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: His look between ''Annihilation'' and ''The Thanos Imperative''. |
| 340 | * WasOnceAMan: Before being revived by Chronos. |
| 341 | * XtremeKoolLetterz: His name is spelled with an X and in a fashion that puts the vocal emphasis on said X. |
| 342 | [[/folder]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | [[#PhylaVell]] |
| 345 | [[folder:Quasar/Martyr]] |
| 346 | !!ComicBook/{{Quasar}}[=/=]Martyr |
| 347 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8af94888f06742aec7da74b1ea2eac7b.jpg]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Phyla-Vell |
| 350 | !!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Captain Marvel, Holy One, "Little Miss Goody Two-Bands", Phy, "Protector of the Universe", Quasar, Martyr |
| 351 | !!! '''First Appearance''': ''Captain Marvel'' (Vol. 5) #16 (January, 2004) [[note]]As Phyla-Vell[[/note]]; ''Captain Marvel'' (Vol. 5) #19 (March, 2004) [[note]]As Captain Marvel[[/note]]; ''Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar'' #1 (September, 2007) [[note]]As Quasar[[/note]] ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' (Vol. 2) #12 (May, 2009) [[note]]As Martyr[[/note]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | Phyla-Vell first appeared in ''Captain Marvel'' vol. 6 #16 (December, 2003), created by Peter David and Paul Azaceta. Formerly Captain Marvel, she is a daughter of ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} and Elysius and the sister of the late Genis-Vell. She acquired the Quantum Bands at the end of ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}, and became the new Quasar in ''Annihilation: Conquest Prologue'' #1 (August, 2007). |
| 354 | |
| 355 | Now in possession of the Quantum Bands, Phyla-Vell uses her new powers to help the people who survived the 'Annihilation Wave'. Later, Phyla hones her skill with the Quantum Bands during ''Annihilation: Conquest - Quasar'' series, eventually defeating the evil android [[AllYourPowersCombined Super-Adaptoid]] and taking up Quasar's mantle for the first time. After ''Conquest'', Quasar joins the new ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy. |
| 356 | |
| 357 | Phyla-Vell's time as Quasar is short-lived, coming to an end after losing the Quantum Bands to the resurrected Maelstrom. Forced to make a deal to save Moondragon, her lover, Phyla agrees to become the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification new avatar of Oblivion]], afterwords adopting the name Martyr; meanwhile, Wendell came back from the dead and reclaimed the Bands from Maelstrom, by cutting them off ''his'' hands in a very familiar manner. Phyla was later killed during the resurrection of ComicBook/{{Thanos}}. |
| 358 | |
| 359 | For the alternate universe version of her, see Phyla-Vell 18897. |
| 360 | |
| 361 | ---- |
| 362 | |
| 363 | * AbusiveMom: Her mother was very harsh and demanding towards her, often unfavourably comparing her to her brother Genis. |
| 364 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: Phyla-Vell is a lesbian. |
| 365 | * ArtifactOfPower: Her Quantum Bands, which she eventually loses, and declines to take back when given the chance. |
| 366 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Phyla-Vell is normally a nice, cheerful and amiable sort. Just don't hurt or manipulate Moondragon, because she ''will'' try and smash your head in. |
| 367 | * BoyishShortHair: Her hair is usually kept short. |
| 368 | * BuryYourGays: Killed instantly by a revived Thanos. |
| 369 | * ButtMonkey: Treated with less and less respect throughout ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'', up until [[spoiler:her death]]. |
| 370 | * CoolSword: The Quantum Sword, one of Phyla's favorite constructs, her go-to creation when wielding the Quantum Bands. When she becomes Martyr she gets a different one, forged with death-magic, and even capable of doing the Magus some injury. |
| 371 | * TheCorruption: Phyla learned that Annihilus corrupted the Quantum Bands during ''Annihilation: Conquest''. She was nearly consumed with evil after defeating the Super-Adaptoid, but Wendell Vaughn's spirit returned in time to purge the darkness from the Quantum Bands. |
| 372 | * DarkAgeOfSupernames: Much ragging is made of her change of name to "Martyr", her teammates commenting how ominous it is, and the Magus essentially calling it a cry for attention. |
| 373 | * DealWithTheDevil: She made a deal with Oblivion in exchange for saving Heather from the Dragon of the Moon, where she had to kill Adam Warlock before he became the Magus. She flubs it, and so Maelstrom leads her to Thanos as a way of "firing" her. |
| 374 | * DeadpanSnarker: When written by Keith Giffen. Less so under Abnett and Lanning. |
| 375 | * DiscardAndDraw: Phyla is a natural FlyingBrick whose other abilities have varied over the years. Initially she possessed the Nega-Bands, which allowed her to absorb energy and granted a limited form of [[MySignificanceSenseIsTingling cosmic awareness]]. Both of these vanished after she acquired the Quantum Bands. Then the Quantum Bands were drained in ''ComicBook/AnnihilationConquest'', leaving her with only her strength, flight and her Quantum Sword. After her deal with Oblivion she got powers that were never truly defined before she was killed again by Thanos. |
| 376 | * DroppedABridgeOnHer: Phyla is unceremoniously fried instantly by Thanos in the second to last issue of ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' vol 2, with Mantis later confirming that she found what was left of her later. As of 2020, she hasn't returned. |
| 377 | * EnergyWeapon: She can create many of these with her Quantum Bands. |
| 378 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Ever since her alternate universe counterpart appeared on Earth-616, Phyla has distressingly been forgotten by her friends and teammates due to her alternate self being treated as if she were their Phyla brought back from the dead. Even when the alternate Phyla vaguely mentions she's from another universe, she's nevertheless treated as though she were ''this'' Phyla. The one person who seemed upset about this was Moondragon, but after she merged with her alternate self there've been no complaints since. |
| 379 | * HairTriggerTemper: After becoming Martyr. |
| 380 | * TheHeart: The most compassionate member of the Guardians, up until she became Martyr. |
| 381 | * IHaveManyNames: Captain Marvel, Quasar, Martyr |
| 382 | * InTheHood: Consistent throughout all her outfits are hoods. |
| 383 | * InterspeciesRomance: Phyla, a half-Kree half-Eternal starts a relationship with Moondragon, a human. |
| 384 | * KilledOffForReal: At the very end of the second volume of ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. |
| 385 | * LegacyCharacter: To ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, her father, and to Quasar. She suffers a lot of self-doubt over it. |
| 386 | * LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards: Phyla's approach to using the Quantum Bands was very different from Wendell's. While Wendell tended to be versatile and creative with his constructs, Phyla's use was mostly limited to energy blasts and [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation forming swords]]. This was a reflection of their backgrounds and personalities; Wendell was a [[ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D.]] Academy graduate who was deemed unfit for field work due to [[ThouShaltNotKill his refusal to use lethal force]] and he followed a standard operating procedure of "contain, drain and attack". Phyla by contrast was a trained Kree soldier who had no problems with lethal force but lacked Wendell's versatility. |
| 387 | * MaleMightFemaleFinesse: Inverted. See LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards above. |
| 388 | * MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Wendell had a rule against killing. Phyla has no such rule. |
| 389 | * MostCommonSuperPower: Though given she's on the same team as Gamora, it can be hard to tell. |
| 390 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Quasar who has energy manipulation and flight powers and certainly looks the part. |
| 391 | * OddFriendship: She's about the only Guardian who gets on with Drax in vol 2. |
| 392 | * SuperStrength: Phyla-Vell, thanks to her half Kree/Eternal biological makeup. |
| 393 | * TookALevelInDumbass: Her decisions and temper become much worse once she's Martyr, from starting brawls in bars to holding a head of a major galactic empire hostage in front of her family. Magus implies it's all the equivalent of a desperate cry for attention, and points out that she's way in over her head. |
| 394 | * TookALevelInJerkass: When she became Martyr. |
| 395 | * UnscrupulousHero: As Martyr. |
| 396 | * UnwittingPawn: For Oblivion. Her making that deal with him was all part of a plan of his. |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | [[#Groot]] |
| 400 | [[folder:Groot]] |
| 401 | !!Groot |
| 402 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10b8f5411ac5bc3b6f36f81f893e6ecf.jpg]] |
| 403 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[CatchPhrase I am Groot]]''.]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | -> ''"I am Groot'' |
| 406 | --> -- '''Groot''', ''Whenever he speaks'' |
| 407 | |
| 408 | Groot is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Creator/StanLee, Larry Lieber, and Creator/JackKirby, first appearing in ''Tales to Astonish'' #13 (November, 1960). |
| 409 | |
| 410 | Groot is an extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, and the monarch of Planet X. He is a founding member of Star-Lord's Guardians of the Galaxy, and is known for his longtime friendship with Rocket Raccoon. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | ->See: Characters/{{Groot}}. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[#Mantis]] |
| 416 | [[folder:Mantis]] |
| 417 | !!Mantis |
| 418 | [[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a15345f569a6298feb5737b5e3e4e9a5.jpg]] |
| 419 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mantis_tropes.jpg]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | '''Mantis''' is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Steve Englehart & Don Heck, first appearing in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #112 (dated June 1973). |
| 422 | |
| 423 | To describe Mantis as having one of the weirdest, most complicated histories in all of superhero comics would be an understatement. Originally introduced as the title character of the ''[[ComicBook/TheCelestialMadonnaSaga Celestial Madonna]]'' storyline in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', Mantis is a Vietnamese martial artist raised by Kree monks to become [[TheChosenOne the savior]] of a plant-like alien race called the Cotati. After becoming an Avenger and joining them on some of their adventures, she eventually departs the team to realize her destiny as the so-called "Celestial Madonna." |
| 424 | |
| 425 | And then she winds up in ''Franchise/TheDCU'' as a character named "Willow," following co-creator Steve Englehart's move to the [[Creator/DCComics Distinguished Competition]] in 1977. While she is never explicitly identified as Mantis in those particular comics, it is very much [[SerialNumbersFiledOff implied]] to be the case. She then appears as "Lorelei" in the Eclipse Comics ''Scorpio Rose'', before finally returning to the Franchise/MarvelUniverse under Englehart's pen in 1987, now with [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe green skin]] and an [[NextTierPowerUp upgraded power set]] that includes [[NighInvulnerability invulnerability]], [[TheEmpath empathy]], [[GreenThumb chlorokinesis]], [[HealThyself self-healing]], and [[{{Seers}} precognition]]. |
| 426 | |
| 427 | She would remain a background player in the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe for quite a while until the ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event series, which then segued into a regular role in the reboot of ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' in 2008. Because of her new empathic abilities, she mostly served as a support player for the team, helping mediate all the different personalities onboard their roster, but she did spend time on the field with the rest of them throughout the run. |
| 428 | |
| 429 | Perhaps because of her convoluted nature in the comics, a [[PragmaticAdaptation streamlined version]] of Mantis appears in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed there by Creator/PomKlementieff. Debuting in 2017's ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', this iteration is an alien woman of unknown origin with empathic powers who serves as the ward (and [[IndenturedServitude servant]]) of [[GeniusLoci Ego]]. Though initially loyal to him, she soon defects to the Guardians of the Galaxy, and aids them in defeating Ego before he can colonize the entire universe. She appears again in 2018's ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', now having been a full member of the team for a number of years when the story begins, and plays an instrumental role in helping prevent ComicBook/{{Thanos}} from completing the Infinity Gauntlet. |
| 430 | |
| 431 | ---- |
| 432 | !!Mantis has appeared in the following works: |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[AC: Notable Comic Books]] |
| 435 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (various runs) |
| 436 | ** ''ComicBook/TheCelestialMadonnaSaga'' (1974 -- 1975) |
| 437 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' vol. 2 (2008 -- 2010) |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[AC: Live-Action Film]] |
| 440 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, portrayed by Creator/PomKlementieff: |
| 441 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' (2017) |
| 442 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018) |
| 443 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019) |
| 444 | ** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' (2022) |
| 445 | ** ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' (2022) |
| 446 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' (2023) |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[AC: Rides]] |
| 449 | * ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout'' (2017), portrayed by Klementieff |
| 450 | |
| 451 | [[AC: Western Animation]] |
| 452 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2015}}'' (2016 -- present), voiced by Creator/JenniferHale |
| 453 | |
| 454 | [[AC: Video Games]] |
| 455 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'' (2016), voiced by Creator/AliHillis |
| 456 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (added in 2016) |
| 457 | * ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheTelltaleSeries'' (2017), voiced by Creator/SumaleeMontano |
| 458 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (added in 2017) |
| 459 | * ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (added in 2017) |
| 460 | * ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2021'' |
| 461 | |
| 462 | ---- |
| 463 | !!Mantis provides examples of the following tropes: |
| 464 | |
| 465 | * ActionGirl: She's a woman who can kick ass. |
| 466 | * ActionMom: Having her son Quoi didn't slow her down. |
| 467 | * AmicableExes: She and Kang have a "history". [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble Or did, or will]]. Well, Mantis is amicable, at least. Kang is just indifferent to her presence. And he might not have a history with her. ... Kang is complicated like that. |
| 468 | * AsianHookerStereotype: It's no coincidence that when the (German-)Vietnamese woman had to go into the world to gain experience in a 1970s series she winds up... becoming a prostitute. |
| 469 | * AstralProjection: To travel in space, Mantis projects her astral form from her body, allowing her to travel interplanetary distances. She'd then recreate a body for herself out of the destination planet’s local vegetation. |
| 470 | * BecauseDestinySaysSo: Becoming the Celestial Madonna. |
| 471 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Normally, Mantis is one of the calmest, sweetest and friendliest people around. In combat, however, she's utterly ruthless. And she's not above BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood. |
| 472 | * BlessedWithSuck: She can see the future, but she can't do anything to change what happens, meaning if someone is going to go mad and turn the team, she can't warn anyone. |
| 473 | * BrainyBrunette: She is highly intelligent, with intuition and deductive skills rivaling those of Vision's (in his own words, she has a "remarkable mind"). |
| 474 | * ButNotTooForeign: Half-Asian (Vietnamese, specifically), half-white (German). |
| 475 | * CatchPhrase: "Strength is as nothing against skill". |
| 476 | * TheChosenOne: This one is the Celestial Madonna. |
| 477 | * DragonLady: She is initially introduced like this, as an enigmatic Eastern seductress with a shady agenda. Subverted, in that she turns out to be a good character. |
| 478 | * TheEmpath: This enables her to sense the emotions of others, which she feels as psychic "vibrations" which she also uses to communicate with the plant-like Cotati. |
| 479 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Not at first, and something of an inversion. She was originally a normal human who, through alien foster care, was chosen as the Celestial Madonna, developing psychic powers and a new body with green skin. |
| 480 | * GreenThumb: She's very fond of her plants. Both the sentient and the non-sentient ones. |
| 481 | %%* HealingFactor |
| 482 | %%* IKnowKungFu |
| 483 | * InterspeciesRomance: With a member of the Cotati race (read: a living tree). She also flirted with Yondu one time. |
| 484 | * KickChick: in battle scenes, usually shown kicking, showing off her long legs since she fights in something resembling a grass skirt. |
| 485 | * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Her father was the original Libra of the Zodiac (although as of ''Avengers Forever'', he's not quite a villain anymore). |
| 486 | * MagicalAsian: Is half-Vietnamese, and was raised in an Oriental Temple of the Priests of Pama where she became an adept of Eastern mysticism and also a martial arts master. She is that rare case when ethnic stereotypes do not spoil the character: she is seductive, she goes barefoot (bearing association with Asian martial arts), and almost always [[ThirdPersonPerson refers to herself in the third person]] (which is also a common practice in Eastern religions), but nonetheless, she is a very smart, independent and strong-willed character whose depiction is not in the least patronizing. |
| 487 | * MartialArtistsAreAlwaysBarefoot: She is almost always barefoot. This has to do with her upbringing at the Vietnamese Temple of the Priests of Pama where she became an adept of Oriental mystic practices and a master of martial arts (Asian martial arts are frequently associated with barefooting), as well as [[EarthyBarefootCharacter her connection to nature]]. |
| 488 | * MissionControl: In as much as the Guardians have anyone who can keep them in line and tell them what to do, Mantis is this during ''vol. 2''. |
| 489 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: During the ''Annihilation: Conquest - Star-Lord'' mini-series, she suddenly gains an immunity to being detected by Phalanx tech, out of nowhere. |
| 490 | * ParentalNeglect: She has not been a tremendous presence in her son's life, which he was... ah... just a little tetchy about on their reunion in ''Empyre''. |
| 491 | * PlantPerson: She can control the growth of plants, which is used to bring down the Phalanx Babel Spire. |
| 492 | * PlayingWithFire: On rare occasions, she has shown the ability of pyrokinesis. It's implied she doesn't like using it, which given her empathic abilities wouldn't be surprising. |
| 493 | * ProverbialWisdom: When she's first introduced, she tends to speak in a very flowery fashion, sprouting {{koan}}-like [[HurricaneOfAphorisms aphorisms]] like "He who fears the bee's sting will never taste the honey". This probably has to do with her upbringing in a mystic temple and her "Mysterious Asian Lady" image in general. |
| 494 | * PsychicPowers: Mantis has repeatedly demonstrated {{Telepathy}} as well as a variety of other mental powers. |
| 495 | * PutOnABus: Isn't a member of the team come vol 3, with only one appearance so far. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that she and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps. |
| 496 | * [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Aliens]]: Plant aliens, at that. |
| 497 | * SecondLove: For Silver Surfer, after Alicia Masters and before Nova (Frankie Raye) |
| 498 | * ShipTease: Between her and Peter. Nothing ever comes of it, though. |
| 499 | * SuperpowerLottery: Mantis possesses telepathy, empathy, pyrokinesis, plant control, astral projection and can sense and attack weak points. |
| 500 | * TastesLikePurple: According to Cosmo, her thoughts smell of flowers. |
| 501 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Always refers to herself in the third person as "this one"; this probably has to do with her upbringing by the Priests of Pama, an Oriental pacifistic sect of alien origin whose teachings bear a considerable similarity to real-life Eastern philosophy (which has referring to oneself in the third person as a common practice of "distancing oneself from the ego"). Her husband (the Cotati in Swordsman's body), who spent a significant part of his life at the Temple, also speaks like this, implying that this speech pattern is a custom of the Priests. |
| 502 | ** She even ''thinks'' about herself in the third person. Interestingly, this is apparently a conscious choice: in issue #135b, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giant_size_avengers_4_mantis_marry_tree.png she refers to herself in the first person and then corrects herself: "You're playing some monstrous game with m... with this one"]]. When [[http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans16/SS6_v3_Romance.jpg Silver Surfer asks her to stop doing this]], [[http://www.supermegamonkey.net/chronocomic/entries/scans16/SS6_v3_Romance2.jpg she retorts very cleverly by making him admit he's romantically interested in her]], and continues to speak like this. |
| 503 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Half-Vietnamese, half-German. |
| 504 | * VerbalTic: "This one". |
| 505 | [[/folder]] |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[#Cosmo]] |
| 508 | [[folder:Cosmo]] |
| 509 | !!Cosmo the Spacedog |
| 510 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px_cosmo_the_spacedog_5.jpg]] |
| 511 | |
| 512 | Originally a test animal for the Soviet Space Program, Cosmo eventually drifted to Knowhere and would be mutated into an intelligent dog with telekinesis and telepathy. He is chief of security of Knowhere and a steadfast ally of the Guardians and other Cosmic heroes. |
| 513 | ---- |
| 514 | * BadassAdorable: An incredibly powerful psychic, who just happens to come in the form of a Golden Retriever / Labrador cross-breed. Even more so when he's briefly turned into a puppy, while losing none of his abilities. |
| 515 | * BarrierWarrior: He can use his telekinesis to create walls of force and block incoming attacks. |
| 516 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Incredibly friendly and good-natured, but upset him, and the fangs come out. |
| 517 | * CurbStompBattle: Against the Cancerverse Hulk of all people. Cosmo swiftly kills the Hulk (temporarily) by using his psychic powers to make him have a stroke. |
| 518 | * FunnyAnimal: He's a telepathic dog who can be very fun to talk to. |
| 519 | * FurryReminder: Unlike Rocket, Cosmo isn't anthropomorphic, he's an Earth dog who's become sapient. He still enjoys squeaky toys, chasing squirrels, mentions he'd have dealt with Annihilus by going for the throat, and can't stand Rocket because he's a raccoon. |
| 520 | %%* HealingFactor |
| 521 | %%* HeroicDog |
| 522 | * HuskyRusskie: Setting aside the obvious dog {{Pun}}, InvokedTrope during a ZombieApocalypse on Knowhere. |
| 523 | --> '''Cosmo''': Come on then, ugly zombies, if you think you can bite harder than Russian dog! |
| 524 | * IBelieveICanFly: Using psychokinesis. |
| 525 | %%* MindOverMatter |
| 526 | * MissionControl: Starting after ''Secret Invasion'', he helps the team out by operating the teleport controls. |
| 527 | * MysteriousPast: Not even Cosmo remembers how exactly he came by his powers. |
| 528 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A psychic soviet space dog who is also the security chief of a space station. |
| 529 | * PoirotSpeak: [[{{Telepathy}} "Speaks"]] with a thick stereotypical Russian accent. |
| 530 | %%* PsychicPowers |
| 531 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In dog years, at least; he was sent to space in the first years of the Space Race, which means that Cosmo has been living ''three to four times longer'' than any other average dog. |
| 532 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the head of security for Knowhere, and the only being there who doesn't try to rake the Guardians over the coals. |
| 533 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Rocket. They hate each other. Because they're a dog and racoon. |
| 534 | * {{Telepathy}}: Being, well, a dog, this is how he communicates. |
| 535 | * UnexplainedAccent: His thought bubbles speak in stereotypical Russian dialogue. Even though he was a regular dog by the time he was shipped into space and who hasn't even been in Russia since the 1960s. |
| 536 | [[/folder]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | !!Members from Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning's run |
| 539 | [[#MajorVictory]] |
| 540 | [[folder:Major Victory]] |
| 541 | !!Major Victory (Vance Astro) |
| 542 | [[quoteright:252:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vanceastro.jpg]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | See Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyOriginal for more info. |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | [[#Bug]] |
| 547 | [[folder:Bug]] |
| 548 | !!Bug |
| 549 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gotg_bug.jpg]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | Part of the squad that Star-Lord leads against the Phalanx, Bug was not asked to join the Guardians at first, something he holds against Peter Quill. Eventually, he would be asked to join. Originated in Marvel's ''ComicBook/{{Micronauts|MarvelComics}}'' comic. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Just Bug. |
| 554 | * ChickMagnet: When you're able to seduce a member of the notoriously speciesist Kree, you qualify for this. It also gets him and the rest of the Guardians into trouble when he tries to flirt with ''Medusa''. Right in front of her husband, to boot. |
| 555 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Bug is a goofy, wisecracking sort, but he is lethal with that staff of his. |
| 556 | * DeadpanSnarker: Very snarky. |
| 557 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Spends a lot of his time asking why he wasn't on the first choice for the team, even though he was part of the proto-Guardians from the get-go. |
| 558 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Was perfectly happy to join the team again, mainly because Rocket forgot to mention the whole brainwashing thing. |
| 559 | * KidAppealCharacter |
| 560 | * PutOnABus: |
| 561 | ** Wasn't present during the team's founding, and it wasn't made clear where he'd gotten to. |
| 562 | ** He was briefly in the ComicBook/MarvelNOW version of the team until he was no longer being considered for the 2014 movie. After this he promptly disappeared without any explanation and rejoined the Micronauts by the Minimum Carnage BatFamilyCrossover for ComicBook/ScarletSpider and ComicBook/{{Venom}}. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that he and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps. |
| 563 | * RaisedByWolves: Plant aliens, at that. |
| 564 | * SpeaksFluentAnimal: His antennae enable communication with others bearing antennae. |
| 565 | * SpiderSense: He has his own version. |
| 566 | * SuperSenses: Has extraordinary sight, upgraded by his helmet. |
| 567 | * VerbalTic: "Tik". |
| 568 | * WallCrawl: His bug-like physiology means he can do this. |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[#JackFlag]] |
| 572 | [[folder:Jack Flag]] |
| 573 | !!Jack Flag (Jack Harrison) |
| 574 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackflag_5.PNG]] |
| 575 | -->"I hate cosmic stuff..." |
| 576 | |
| 577 | See Characters/CaptainAmericaSupportingCharacters for more info. |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | [[/folder]] |
| 580 | |
| 581 | [[#Moondragon]] |
| 582 | [[folder:Moondragon]] |
| 583 | !!Moondragon (Heather Douglas) |
| 584 | [[quoteright:234:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2006_10_16_185844_moondragon.JPG]] |
| 585 | |
| 586 | Moondragon is a powerful telekinetic and telepath, as well as the daughter of Arthur Douglas (better known as Drax). She once possessed the Mind Gem, one of the six Infinity Gems. Although she is a cold, shrewd loner at heart, she was almost always a member of a superhero team. |
| 587 | ---- |
| 588 | * AcePilot: She is a skilled starship pilot. |
| 589 | * ArrogantKungFuGirl: |
| 590 | ** She is a superb alien hand-to-hand combatant, trained by the Titanian monks of Shao-Lom who were veteran practitioners in martial arts. Douglas is well versed in pressure points. |
| 591 | ** And even after barely winning her fight with The Dragon of The Moon, she still remained arrogant. After several rounds of trauma and DemonicPossession, this has subsided. |
| 592 | * BackFromTheDead: Revived by Drax and Phyla halfway through Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. |
| 593 | * BaldMystic: A [[ChromeDomePsi powerful psychic]] who underwent monastic training and shaves her head, preferring to be bald, though has worn short hair in the past. |
| 594 | * BuryYourGays: |
| 595 | ** Much like Phyla-Vell, Heather has been killed off not once but twice. The first time, after she was infected with mutated spores and started to die the Dragon of the Moon appeared and told her it could save her life, but only if she agreed to be its host. She accepted, and, now an evil being, battled the Defenders, until four of them sacrificed themselves to kill both her and the Dragon. The second time, her death ended up being barely acknowledged and eventually turned out to be not the case. |
| 596 | ** BackFromTheDead: Heather's soul managed to survive, and, now free from the Dragon again, contacted a cousin of hers; through her, she was able to obtain a new body for herself, a clone created on Titan. |
| 597 | * CombatStilettos: Her team uniform for the Guardians of the Galaxy is the only one to have heels. |
| 598 | * DemonicPossession: She has a history with this. |
| 599 | * {{Doppelmerger}}: [[spoiler:During ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020'' she merges with her Earth-18897 counterpart, becoming a single Moondragon]]. |
| 600 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Supposedly died, off-screen, around the time of ''Infinity Wars''. Come 2020, it turns out Heather actually is very much alive and well, and pretty damn irritated that nobody bothered to ''check'' on her. |
| 601 | %%* TheEngineer |
| 602 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: Heather tends to wear green outfits (except during Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, where she wears a modified version of the shared team uniform). On her return in vol. 5, she's switched to an all-black outfit. |
| 603 | * TheGift: Moondragon is a classic case of this. Orphaned by the renegade Thanos of Titan, she was brought up on his homeworld and instructed in [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower physical]] and [[PsychicPowers mental]] disciplines for which she proved to have considerable talent. She got proud enough to challenge the [[CosmicBeing Dragon in the Moon]] and apparently proved good enough to destroy it, which [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning did not help]]. At her best she is insufferably arrogant (being almost That Damned Good to boot), and when the [=DitM=]'s influence [[FaceHeelTurn surfaces]] she lapses into [[AGodAmI full-blown Megalomania]]. Life with her new girlfriend seems to have mellowed her... somewhat. |
| 604 | %% * AGodAmI: Has her moments. |
| 605 | %%* GoodBadGirl |
| 606 | * InterspeciesRomance: With Phyla-Vell. She's a human, and Phyla's half-Kree, half-Eternal. |
| 607 | * ItsPersonal: Thanos killed her father, her mother and her lover. It's very personal. |
| 608 | * MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:While she insists she's no longer susceptible to the Dragon of the Moon's control, it uses her resentment and anger at her life to provoke her into going after her counterpart]]. |
| 609 | * NavelDeepNeckline: Her costumes before joining the Guardians went all the way to her navel. |
| 610 | * NotQuiteDead: After being presumed dead during ''Infinity Wars'', she reappeared to reconnect with her father during ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020''. |
| 611 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Douglas is an expert in various advanced Titanian sciences as well as Earth human sciences. |
| 612 | * PsychicPowers: Heather Douglas was one of the most powerful human born telepaths ever. Her telepathic abilities include mind-control, mental attacks, mental shielding, personality alteration, memory erasure, memory modification. Douglas telepathic range is virtually limitless, as she is able to contact minds scattered throughout a solar system without enhancement devices such as Xavier's Cerebro. |
| 613 | ** Heathers' most notable psychic actions were the complete mental enslavement of an entire warring planet of people, psionically stalemating the sorcerer supreme Doctor Strange for an extended period of time, and mentally killing a clone of Thanos endowed with psionic powers greater than Professor X, as well as being able to pierce the mental barriers of Galactus and even enabling Thanos to almost overwhelm the devourer's mind when channeling her powers. All feats well beyond that of Xavier (save possibly during the Krakoan era) and most other noted human and human mutant psychics (a.k.a. all those not related to ComicBook/JeanGrey or Xavier himself, and possibly Exodus thanks to his PsychoActivePowers). |
| 614 | * PutOnABus: Didn't come back for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. As of Volume 4, it's revealed that she and some of the other former Guardians are part of a new team called the Knowhere Corps. |
| 615 | * [[RaisedByWolves Raised By Aliens]]: When she was little, she was found by Thanos' father, Mentor, who took her to his home world, Titan, to be raised. He and Drax don't exactly get on too well, to say the least (the fact that Mentor is Thanos' ''dad'' really doesn't help). |
| 616 | * TheResenter: Not unreasonably, she intensely dislikes her other-dimensional counterpart for being so much better and happier than she is, along with being HappilyMarried to her version of Heather's dead girlfriend. [[spoiler:It gets so bad she falls victim to the Dragon of the Moon and, under its influence, tries to kill her]]. |
| 617 | * ScaledUp: Was only able to turn into a dragon once [[HeroicSacrifice but she made it count]]. Of course, said scaling was because of the Dragon of the Moon, and had Heather not died, it would've taken over her again. |
| 618 | * StalkerWithATestTube: To ComicBook/{{Quasar}}. Her ComingOutStory revolved around her realizing that she had only ever used sex and romance as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself. |
| 619 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: Most of her outfits before the Guardians tended to show off a ''lot'' of skin. Her uniforms in the team are more conservative than her usual wardrobe. |
| 620 | * TraumaCongaLine: The entire second half of the second volume of ''Guardians'', and ComicBook/TheThanosImperative are one for her. She gets saved from being the chew-toy of an EldritchAbomination by her girlfriend, and then scarcely a few weeks later her girlfriend is apparently killed by a mad god. A few months later, she finds out said girlfriend is alive, but by the time she gets to her, Phyla's been killed for real by Thanos. Then the war with the Cancerverse also manages to kill her father as well. |
| 621 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Amongst the Eternals, she's a bisexual human. |
| 622 | [[/folder]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | !!Members from Brian Michael Bendis' run |
| 625 | [[#IronMan]] |
| 626 | [[folder:Iron Man]] |
| 627 | !!ComicBook/IronMan (Anthony "Tony" Stark) |
| 628 | |
| 629 | Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist and founding Avenger. Tony joins the Guardians as Earth's representative, at least for a time, but his duties cause him to leave the team, appointing Flash Thompson as his replacement. See ComicBook/IronMan for more info. |
| 630 | ---- |
| 631 | * PoweredArmor: A trademark, but his one for this group was the Space Armor MK III. |
| 632 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Pretty much the only reason he was considered was his prominence in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[#Angela]] |
| 636 | [[folder:Angela]] |
| 637 | !!Angela (Aldrif Odinsdottir) |
| 638 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/angela_00.jpg]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | Daughter of Odin and sister of Thor, Angela hails from the tenth realm of Heven. Found adrift in space by the Guardians of the Galaxy, she joins the team for an extended period before returning to her homeworld. See ComicBook/{{Angela|AsgardsAssassin}} for more info. |
| 641 | ---- |
| 642 | [[/folder]] |
| 643 | |
| 644 | [[#CarolDanvers]] |
| 645 | [[folder:Captain Marvel]] |
| 646 | !!Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) |
| 647 | |
| 648 | See [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] for more info. |
| 649 | ---- |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[#AgentVenom]] |
| 653 | [[folder:Agent Venom]] |
| 654 | !![[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] (Eugene "Flash" Thompson) |
| 655 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/space_knight_venom.jpg]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | Former high school bully of Peter Parker, later war hero. After losing his legs in Iraq, Flash Thompson would become a super soldier for the U.S. Government, using the Venom symbiote for covert operations. Eventually going rogue, Flash would join the Avengers, and would later be appointed Earth's representative on the Guardians of the Galaxy. See Characters/MarvelComicsFlashThompson for more info. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * CostumeEvolution: After joining the Guardians, Flash changes his appearance from one resembling military body armor to a more exoskeletal appearance with a JaggedMouth. After the Venom symbiote is cleansed by the Klyntar Hive-Mind, he takes on a bulky form resembling sci-fi armor, but can revert to his original appearance if he so-chooses. |
| 660 | * FishOutOfWater: Flash was simply a member of the US Military who lost his legs trying his damnedest to save a superior officer, before jumping at the opportunity of being able to walk again thanks to the symbiote and volunteering to essentially become a government issue Spider-Man. And then was taken even further out of water by being appointed as the Avengers' liaison to the Guardians of the Galaxy. |
| 661 | * LegacyCharacter: The fourth person to wear the symbiote and operate under the identity of Venom. |
| 662 | [[/folder]] |
| 663 | |
| 664 | [[#KittyPryde]] |
| 665 | [[folder:Kitty Pryde]] |
| 666 | !![[ComicBook/KittyPryde Star-Lord]] (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde) |
| 667 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dbd2626f0e2186766282ab91d8a7b0fd.jpg]] |
| 668 | |
| 669 | The then headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, Kitty Pryde spent most of her life as an X-Man. Upon meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy and becoming involved with Peter Quill, she would join the team. |
| 670 | |
| 671 | For tropes relating to Kitty's appearances prior to taking up the Star-Lord mantle, see the ComicBook/KittyPryde page. |
| 672 | ---- |
| 673 | * AuthorAppeal: Happens to join the team and become leader when Brian Bendis, well-known for his fondness for Kitty, was writer. This is lampshaded in a crossover with Gwenpool. |
| 674 | * CoolHelmet: As Star-Lady, she wears a version of Star-Lord's helmet. |
| 675 | * LegacyCharacter: Takes over her fiancé Peter Quill's mantle after he becomes Emperor of Spartax. |
| 676 | * OfficialCouple: With Star-Lord, to whom she was engaged. It doesn't last and she returns to Earth. |
| 677 | * TookALevelInBadass: Started out as a naive, teenage newcomer in the X-Men books. Now, after many, many years and books worth of character development and achievements as a member of the X-Men, she's the current first lady of Spartax, and current holder of the mantle of Star-Lord (or Star-Lady to be more precise) while still cosmically powered thanks to the events of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex''. |
| 678 | [[/folder]] |
| 679 | |
| 680 | [[#TheThing]] |
| 681 | [[folder:The Thing]] |
| 682 | !!ComicBook/TheThing (Benjamin "Ben" J. Grimm) |
| 683 | |
| 684 | Founding member of the Fantastic Four and protector of Yancy Street. |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | * AcePilot: Finally gets to be an astronaut. |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | !!Members from Gerry Duggan's run |
| 690 | [[#AntManII]] |
| 691 | [[folder:Ant-Man II]] |
| 692 | !!ComicBook/AntMan (Scott Lang) |
| 693 | |
| 694 | The second Ant-Man, sneaking aboard Star-Lord's ship to get off world while he was a fugitive back on Earth. The team had no issues with letting him stay with them and admitted him onto the team. |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * ButtMonkey: Scott finds himself getting the short end of the stick quite frequently during his brief tenure on the team. |
| 697 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Though perhaps not as extreme, Scott's role on the team was quite similar to Jack Flag's, being a fish out of water in the highly advanced cosmic and mostly staying on the team since he believed he was a fugitive back on Earth. |
| 698 | * NoRespectGuy: Though the team was willing to let him stay with them, unlike Deadpool who they kicked off the ship immediately, it was clear that a lot of them showed little respect for Scott. Cosmo even went as far as calling him everyone's least favorite Avenger. |
| 699 | [[/folder]] |
| 700 | |
| 701 | !!Members from Donny Cates' run |
| 702 | [[#BetaRayBill]] |
| 703 | [[folder:Beta Ray Bill]] |
| 704 | !!Beta Ray Bill |
| 705 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beta_ray_bill_earth_12131_from_marvel_avengers_alliance_0001.png]] |
| 706 | |
| 707 | Bill is a steadfast ally of Thor and wielder of Stormbreaker. Bill is present when Thanos' will is read and after a string of events that put him at odds with the Dark Guardians, a team looking to kill anyone who Thanos may be possessing, Bill joins the Guardians of the Galaxy. See Characters/BetaRayBill for more info. |
| 708 | ---- |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
| 710 | |
| 711 | [[#PhylaVell18897]] |
| 712 | [[folder:Phyla-Vell (Earth-18897)]] |
| 713 | !!Phyla-Vell of Earth-18897 |
| 714 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phyla_vell_earth_trn707_from_infinity_countdown_vol_1_4_001.jpg]] |
| 715 | !!! '''Alter Ego:''' Phyla-Vell of Earth-18897 |
| 716 | !!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Captain Marvel |
| 717 | !!! '''First Appearance''': ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown'' #4 |
| 718 | |
| 719 | After the death of the 616-version of Phyla-Vell, another version from Earth-18897 appeared during ''ComicBook/InfinityCountdown''. She and her wife, [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Moondragon]], came to Earth-616 in search of the Reality Stone, which they needed in order to defeat their version of Requiem. Once they get the stone, they depart back to their own reality. |
| 720 | |
| 721 | Unfortunately, things don't go well in their reality and it's destroyed by Requiem, with Phyla and Moondragon as the only survivors, having been thrown back into the 616 as a last resort. They joined together with other superheroes in stopping Gamora from doing the same thing in this universe during ''ComicBook/InfinityWars2018'' and then both ended up joining Star-Lord's new Guardians of the Galaxy in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2019''. She and Moondragon both end up staying with the Guardians in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020'', although they do have a rough patch when Moondragon decides to merge with her 616 counterpart. |
| 722 | |
| 723 | She goes by the name ComicBook/CaptainMarvel and she and Moondragon are often referred to as "superheroes from a superhero dimension." |
| 724 | ---- |
| 725 | * TheBigGuy: Shares this role with Bill. She was able to easily one-shot Proxima Midnight, who has beaten the Hulk. Later on, she manages to go toe-to-toe with Olympians and live. |
| 726 | * BoisterousBruiser: She ''likes'' fighting. |
| 727 | * FishOutOfWater: As time goes on, she gets increasingly angry with the new universe she and her wife have wound up in. [[spoiler:Heather merging with her counterpart doesn't help with this.]] |
| 728 | * ForWantOfANail: Aside from not being dead, she became Captain Marvel in her universe, not Quasar, never joined the Guardians, and is evidently a hell of a lot tougher than regular Phyla ever was. |
| 729 | ** Her battle form resembles the cosmic form of her brother Genis-Vell and isn't an ability Phyla-616 ever possessed, so this could be related to why she is generally much more powerful than the original Phyla ever was. |
| 730 | * GameFace: By default, she's a pink-skinned Kree. When she goes into a fight, her skin takes on the star-pattern of someone using Cosmic Awareness. |
| 731 | ** This star-pattern form is something Phyla-616 never had, but it was associated with her brother Genis, its possible this Phyla developed powers like those possessed by Genis under relatively similar circumstances. |
| 732 | * HappilyMarried: To her reality's Moondragon. At least, at first. |
| 733 | * JumpedAtTheCall: When Rich came looking for someone to help with the reborn Olympians, Phyla immediately stepped up. |
| 734 | * LastOfHisKind: She and Heather are the only survivors of their universe, which got eaten by the cosmic entity Devondra. |
| 735 | * LighterAndSofter: Doesn't have any of the angst of 616 Phyla and is more often than not very cheerful, despite losing her universe. |
| 736 | * MindLinkMates: She and Heather are constantly psychically connected. |
| 737 | * NavelDeepNeckline: In formal situations, tends to favor a business suit with a plunging neckline. |
| 738 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She basically takes the place of 616 Phyla. |
| 739 | * WhatTheHellHero: Is (understandably) massively pissed when her wife [[spoiler:goes and merges with her other-dimensional counterpart without even telling her about this beforehand, and refuses to speak to her]]. |
| 740 | [[/folder]] |
| 741 | |
| 742 | [[#Moondragon18897]] |
| 743 | [[folder:Moondragon (Earth-18897)]] |
| 744 | !!Moondragon (Heather Douglas) of Earth-18897 |
| 745 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heather_douglas_earth_trn707_from_guardians_of_the_galaxy_the_prodigal_sun_vol_1_1_001.jpg]] |
| 746 | |
| 747 | An alternate universe version of Heather Douglas, hailing from a universe where Loki is heroic. She was brought to Earth-616 during ''ComicBook/InfinityWars'' along with her universe's Phyla-Vell, and the two are present for the reading of Thanos' will. After a chain of unfortunate events, Heather joins the Guardians of the Galaxy alongside her wife. |
| 748 | ---- |
| 749 | * AllLovingHero: [[spoiler:Doesn't have any grudge against her counterpart, even trying to save her when 'our' Heather just wants her dead and gone.]] |
| 750 | * AnimatedTattoo: A major different between her and 616!Heather is she has tattoos which she can turn into actual dragons, which she uses to attack people. |
| 751 | * DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: She's treated exactly like 616-Heather, despite their vast differences. 616 Heather is very annoyed by this. |
| 752 | * {{Doppelmerger}}: [[spoiler:Merges with her Earth-616 counterpart in an attempt to rescue her from the Dragon of the Moon]]. |
| 753 | * ForWantOfANail: Evidently in her universe she was never corrupted by the Dragon of the Moon. Her life has been less generally sucky, and she's much more pleasant than Heather tends to be. |
| 754 | * HappilyMarried: To her universe's Phyla. [[spoiler:At least at first.]] |
| 755 | * LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:A complaint Phyla has about her merger is that it's hard for her to tell which Heather she's interacting with.]] |
| 756 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She basically takes the place of 616 Heather. Everyone acts as if the two are one and the same. The native Heather is not too happy about this, adding another reason for her to dislike her alternate counterpart. |
| 757 | * {{Synchronization}}: She can use her telepathy to give Phyla a boost in fights. |
| 758 | [[/folder]] |
| 759 | |
| 760 | [[#Lockjaw]] |
| 761 | [[folder:Lockjaw]] |
| 762 | !!Lockjaw |
| 763 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lockjaw_6.png]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | The teleporting dog of the Inhuman Royal Family. Lockjaw joined the Guardians during the Thanos resurrection incident, and is usually seen alongside his friend Beta Ray Bill. See Characters/TheInhumans for more info. |
| 766 | ---- |
| 767 | [[/folder]] |
| 768 | |
| 769 | !!Members from Al Ewing's run |
| 770 | [[#Nova]] |
| 771 | [[folder:Nova]] |
| 772 | !!ComicBook/{{Nova}} (Richard Rider) |
| 773 | |
| 774 | Richard Rider is the original Human Rocket and one of Star-Lord's closest friends. Though he played a major role in the founding of Star-Lord's team after Ultron's conquest of the galaxy, he wouldn't join the team proper until years later. |
| 775 | ---- |
| 776 | ->See Characters/MarvelComicsNovaCorps. |
| 777 | [[/folder]] |
| 778 | |
| 779 | [[#NohVarr]] |
| 780 | [[folder:Marvel Boy]] |
| 781 | !!Marvel Boy (Noh-Varr) |
| 782 | |
| 783 | A Kree super soldier from an alternate universe. |
| 784 | ---- |
| 785 | ->See: See [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam Noh-Varr]]. |
| 786 | [[/folder]] |
| 787 | |
| 788 | [[#Hercules]] |
| 789 | [[folder:Hercules]] |
| 790 | !!Hercules Panhellenios |
| 791 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gotg_hercules.jpg]] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | The legendary hero of myth, long-standing Avenger and Prince of Power. After a [[ComicBook/AvengersNoRoadHome his Olympian family was slaughtered by the primordial goddess Nyx]], Hercules dedicated himself to selflessly helping others, and joined forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy when they rescued him from the reincarnated, malevolent Olympians. |
| 794 | ---- |
| 795 | -> See Characters/TheIncredibleHercules. |
| 796 | [[/folder]] |
| 797 | |
| 798 | [[#BlackjackOHare]] |
| 799 | [[folder:Blackjack O'Hare]] |
| 800 | !![[ComicBook/RocketRaccoon Blackjack O'Hare]] |
| 801 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackjack_guardians_of_the_galaxy_3_cover_0.jpg]] |
| 802 | |
| 803 | A genetically uplifted cyborg rabbit mercenary from Halfworld. Blackjack has been Rocket Raccoon's rival since his earliest adventures. He spent decades alternating between opposing and teaming up with Rocket depending on the situation. He joins the Guardians as a member of their West Spiral Arms team. |
| 804 | ---- |
| 805 | ->See: Characters/RocketRaccoon. |
| 806 | [[/folder]] |
| 807 | |
| 808 | [[#PrinceOfPower]] |
| 809 | [[folder:Prince of Power]] |
| 810 | !!The Prince of Power |
| 811 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7467189_rco004_1594822540.jpg]] |
| 812 | |
| 813 | A mysterious disgraced royal who keeps his past a secret to all but his closest allies, preferring to simply be referred to as "the Prince". He spent his recent years under the tutelage of Blackjack O'Hare whom he has great respect for as a mentor. He joins the West Spiral Arms team along with Blackjack. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted to be just as impressive as his more talented brother, and thanks to the Infinity Stone he got it... [[spoiler: at the cost of his world and everyone on it.]] |
| 816 | * BoisterousBruiser: He can hit like a truck and will likely be just as loud as one too. |
| 817 | * BrainsAndBrawn: Has this dynamic with Blackjack, and anyone else he partners with really, because he's too dumb to have any direction on his own. |
| 818 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Has the initials "P.O.P" [[SigilSpam on his sash, belt, vambraces, and forming the head of his hammer]]. |
| 819 | * CallBack: Serves as one to two of his teammates. As mentioned below, his appearance, title and personality are all based on Hercules pre-character development. In addition his super strength is drawn from [[spoiler:swallowing the Power Stone much like Drax did back when he was on Adam Warlock's Infinity Watch.]] |
| 820 | * DumbMuscle: Which he'll freely admit to... admittedly, he's so dumb he doesn't realize this isn't actually a positive. He was slightly smarter before he ate the Power Stone, but he was perfectly happy with the trade-off. |
| 821 | * [[FallenPrincess Fallen Prince]]: Blackjack addresses him as "your highness" and comments that he's a disgraced aristocrat. Judging by him sharing an old escape pod with Blackjack as living space when the series opens he certainly fits the bill. Rocket later confirms that he is indeed of Royal lineage. [[spoiler:He was one of the Princes of the planet Muscula... until he blew it up.]] |
| 822 | * FloweryElizabethanEnglish: He affects this type of speech. |
| 823 | * IgnoranceIsBliss: In his own words, if he thought about how he destroyed his entire planet he'd go mad with grief and if he thought about how someone smarter would use his power he'd go mad with fear. So he doesn't think about either of those things and maintains an airheaded optimism, because it's safer to be stupid than mad. |
| 824 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: He grew up a little resentful of his far more attractive, likable and successful brother's exploits, and angrily asked the universe why ''he'' couldn't be the impressive one. At which point the Power Stone showed up. |
| 825 | * IncomingHam: His first proper introduction really hammers it all in. |
| 826 | -->"I have the strength of of a thousand men - A thousand '''big''' men! I have never known doubt or fear or [[DumbMuscle any other thing]]! [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland I can hold my breath for ten minutes!]] And my name... is the '''Prince of Power!'''." |
| 827 | * LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Because he blew up everyone else. By accident.]] |
| 828 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: When asked about the origin of his powers, Otherone claimed they were given to him by a wizard, while at first glance this seems to be a simple lie, this statement actually true in broad strokes. |
| 829 | ** It was revealed in ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Vol. 6 #12 that he is the soul-bonded wielder of the Power Stone, Adam Warlock was the one who used the Soul Stone to bond the Infinity Stones to various beings across the universe. So Warlock's actions are essentially responsible for the Power Stone coming into the possession of Otherone. |
| 830 | ** In ''Guardians of the Galaxy'' Vol. 6 Annual, the wizard Answeros explained to Otherone that the capabilities of the Power Stone are restricted by the user's intelligence and level of understanding and he learned to truly tap into the power of the gem by reading a meditation for dummies book that he stole from the wizard's library. |
| 831 | * MeditationPowerup: With the way the Power Stone works now, more potential is tapped depending on the mental acuity of the wielder. So far, he's managed to unlock the ability to give a massive power boost to another person, after literal learning meditation to empty his head. Easy enough. |
| 832 | * MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: He got carried away with impulsiveness and ended up wiping out his own planet.]] |
| 833 | * PowerMakeover: Literally; the power of the Power Stone turned him from a nebbish, brunette office drone into a [[PowerDyesYourHair bleach blonde]], [[LanternJawOfJustice square-jawed]] paragon of power and [[HeroicBuild muscley might]]. |
| 834 | * ShoutOut: His homeworld of Musclar is a homage to Eternia, the home of the Masters of the Universe. His own brother Majestar is an Expy of He-Man. |
| 835 | * SpareToTheThrone: Years ago, the Queen of Noblor had her courtly mages work their magic to create a child of pure might and heroism. They succeeded... and also created a spare because the Queen didn't want to take any chances, who was much less mighty, much less heroic, and smelled vaguely unpleasant. The queen, not terribly unimpressed, told them to put him somewhere. They named him Otherone. That's this guy. |
| 836 | * StepfordSmiler: He is, at least, a little bit aware his backstory, if taken seriously, would drive him mad with guilt. So he tries not to think about it, and since he's good at not thinking about it, he often doesn't. But a brief heart-to-heart with Hercules has him admit he's feeling some, not to mention a bit of angst about the source of his powers. |
| 837 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Is [[{{Expy}} very obviously based on]] a pre-CharacterDevelopment Hercules, down to being [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname known as]] "the Prince of Power", Hercules' long-time [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Superhero Sobriquet]]. He also shares some traits with Herc's rival ComicBook/TheMightyThor, wielding a hammer that [[SummonToHand returns to him after being thrown]]. When the two end up fighting each other Hercules is initially taken back by how much the Prince reminds him of his old self before taking advantage of this. |
| 838 | [[/folder]] |
| 839 | |
| 840 | [[#SuperSkrull]] |
| 841 | [[folder:Super Skrull]] |
| 842 | !!Super Skrull (Kl'rt) |
| 843 | |
| 844 | The original Super Skrull, a genetically enhanced shapeshifter armed with the combined powers of the Fantastic Four. He is one of the very first recruits to the team during the New Age of Space. |
| 845 | ---- |
| 846 | See [[Characters/MarvelComicsSkrulls Skrulls]] for more info. |
| 847 | [[/folder]] |
| 848 | |
| 849 | [[#Quasar]] |
| 850 | [[folder:Quasar I]] |
| 851 | !!Quasar (Wendel Vaughn) |
| 852 | |
| 853 | The original Quasar. See ComicBook/{{Quasar}} for more info. |
| 854 | ---- |
| 855 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. After the Guardians expand into a more official galactic peacekeeping force, he joins alongside the third Quasar, who unlike Phyla Vell and Richard Rider, is still using the codename. |
| 856 | [[/folder]] |
| 857 | |
| 858 | [[#QuasarIII]] |
| 859 | [[folder:Quasar III]] |
| 860 | !!Quasar (Avril Kincaid) |
| 861 | |
| 862 | The third Quasar. See ComicBook/{{Quasar}} for more info. |
| 863 | ---- |
| 864 | [[/folder]] |
| 865 | |
| 866 | [[#DrDoom]] |
| 867 | [[folder:Dr. Doom]] |
| 868 | !!Dr. Doom (Dr. Victor Von Doom) |
| 869 | |
| 870 | Monarch of Latveria, arch-enemy of the Fantastic Four, and the most surprising new addition to the Guardians of the Galaxy, even to himself. See ComicBook/DoctorDoom for more information. |
| 871 | ---- |
| 872 | * TradingBarsForStripes: A variation. While the Guardians and the Kree / Skrull alliance ponder if they could even contain him in one of thier prisons, Star-Lord instead opts to have Doom give his word to join and help the team in exchange for Moondragon returning his consciousness back to his body, knowing Doom's pride and sense of honor will bind him much more effectively than any prison cell would. |
| 873 | * UnexpectedCharacter: His silhouette on the preview art was the final one to be unveiled. Before then, most people expected the mystery caped figure to be Adam Warlock or Beta Ray Bill. Nobody expected Doom to join the team. |
| 874 | [[/folder]] |
| 875 | |
| 876 | !!The Dark Guardians |
| 877 | |
| 878 | A cosmic hit squad formed in response to Thanos' posthumous revelation that he is now possessing an unknown person. The group is determined to kill any possible candidates. |
| 879 | [[#Starfox]] |
| 880 | [[folder:Starfox]] |
| 881 | !!Starfox (Eros) |
| 882 | Brother of Thanos with a hatred of his brother. He forms the Dark Guardians after the chaos that the reading of Thanos' will causes. |
| 883 | |
| 884 | See Characters/TheEternals for more info. |
| 885 | [[/folder]] |
| 886 | |
| 887 | [[#CosmicGhostRider]] |
| 888 | [[folder:Cosmic Ghost Rider]] |
| 889 | !!The Rider (Frank Castle) |
| 890 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cosmic_ghost_rider_thanos.png]] |
| 891 | |
| 892 | An alternate future-based version of the Punisher who became the Spirit of Vengeance, Herald of Galactus and then Herald of Thanos. Powered by the forces of Hell and the Power Cosmic, he is the most powerful of the group. He was killed by his universe's Silver Surfer, but was restored to life and sent to the present of Earth-616 by Odin, essentially kicked out of Valhalla. He attempted to kill and then raise a baby Thanos, but this proved fruitless. He is present for the reading of the modern Thanos' will, and is adamant about killing whoever Thanos may be possessing. |
| 893 | |
| 894 | -> See Characters/CosmicGhostRider |
| 895 | ---- |
| 896 | * BaitAndSwitch: It was implied both on the cover of the first issue of the 2019 series and its conclusion that he would join the Guardians of the Galaxy. He does not. |
| 897 | [[/folder]] |
| 898 | |
| 899 | [[#Gladiator]] |
| 900 | [[folder:Gladiator]] |
| 901 | !!Gladiator (Kallark) |
| 902 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5633688_czfaajoxuae6bgf_copy.png]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | Leader of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard and Majestor of the Shi'ar Empire. |
| 905 | |
| 906 | See [[Characters/MarvelComicsShiar Shi'ar]] for more info. |
| 907 | ---- |
| 908 | [[/folder]] |
| 909 | |
| 910 | [[#Wraith]] |
| 911 | [[folder:Wraith]] |
| 912 | !!Wraith (Zak-Del) |
| 913 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wraith_zak_del.jpg]] |
| 914 | |
| 915 | Orphaned as a child, Wraith is a Kree wanderer. As a child he was sucked into a black hole and empowered by the Exolon, becoming a member of the Nameless. After killing the Nameless' leader, he escaped his prison and aided the cosmos during the second Annihilation War, but would afterwards continue his hunt for those that killed his parents. He is present for the reading of Thanos' will, but is only aiding Starfox because he was promised information regarding dark god Knull in order to remove his Exolon powers and regain his soul. |
| 916 | ---- |
| 917 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:''Web of Venom: Wraith'' centers around him, his backstory, and he ends up dying when Knull reaps out his Exolon Symbiote and leaves him for dead in space]]. |
| 918 | * AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:Detecting Eddie Brock's Symbiote, he manages to teleport to Earth and warn him of Knull's coming before dying. Unfortunately, Eddie doesn't understand the significance of the message]]. |
| 919 | * TheBusCameBack: He only ever appeared in ''Annihilation: Conquest'' and his joining the Dark Guardians in 2019 marks his first reappearance in over a decade. |
| 920 | * CastingAShadow: His Exolon powers allow him to do wreathe an area in darkness by causing them to swarm. |
| 921 | * {{Expy}}: Zak-Del was based on Creator/ClintEastwood's character of the Man With No Name from Creator/SergioLeone's Film/DollarsTrilogy, with a number of {{Shout Out}}s being found in the ''Annihilation: Conquest - Wraith'' series. |
| 922 | * HealingFactor: He heals very quickly and cannot die. [[spoiler:Knull changes that by removing his Symbiote and leaving him to die in space]]. |
| 923 | * NothingPersonal: Admits to not wanting to hurt Richard Rider, but he wants the information Starfox promised him. |
| 924 | * TheSymbiote: As a child, Zak-Del was bonded to an Exolon, a parasitic creature made of living darkness. [[spoiler:''Web of Venom: Wraith reveals that the Exolon were essentially prototype symbiotes that were discarded by Knull, who deemed them failures.]] |
| 925 | * TooKinkyToTorture: The Phalanx-controlled Ronan brutalizes Zak-Del while interrogating him, but Zak-Del laughs it off. |
| 926 | * ThereIsAnother: [[spoiler:Before dying, he realizes there is a primordial god of Light that opposes Knull, and tells Eddie Brock about it. Unfortunately, Eddie doesn't comprehend his message]]. |
| 927 | * UhOhEyes: Zak-Del has black sclerae and red irises due to the Exolon bonded to him. |
| 928 | [[/folder]] |
| 929 | |
| 930 | [[#Nebula]] |
| 931 | [[folder:Nebula]] |
| 932 | !!Nebula |
| 933 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nebula_marvel_7.jpg]] |
| 934 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nebula_8.png]] |
| 935 | %% [[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]] |
| 936 | |
| 937 | '''Nebula''' is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Creator/RogerStern and John Buscema, first appearing in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #257 (dated July 1985). |
| 938 | |
| 939 | Introduced as a villain of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', Nebula was a {{space pirate}} later revealed to be the granddaughter of ComicBook/{{Thanos}}, the Mad Titan. That was generally the extent of her characterization for a while, occasionally popping up as a minor antagonist in the cosmic side of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. |
| 940 | |
| 941 | She received major emphasis, however, during the original ''[[ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet Infinity Gauntlet]]'' storyline in 1991. Nebula had a major role in helping the heroes take down Thanos, briefly even wielding the Gauntlet for herself. Following her arrest on (and escape from) Titan, Nebula was turned into the {{cyborg}} that she later become infamous for. |
| 942 | |
| 943 | Outside of minor role in the 2006 ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' event, Nebula mostly remained in the background figure in the cosmic Marvel Universe in the following year, but her appearances in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (as portrayed by Creator/KarenGillan) have seen a renewed interest in the character that's spread back into the comics, with her first solo series hitting in February 2020. |
| 944 | |
| 945 | ---- |
| 946 | !!Nebula has appeared in: |
| 947 | |
| 948 | [[AC:Notable Comic Books]] |
| 949 | * ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (various runs) |
| 950 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' (various runs) |
| 951 | * ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' (1991) |
| 952 | * ''ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}'' (2006) |
| 953 | * ''ComicBook/{{Gamora}}'' (2016 -- 2017) |
| 954 | * ''Nebula'' (2020) |
| 955 | |
| 956 | [[AC:Film]] |
| 957 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (2014 -- present), portrayed by Creator/KarenGillan ([[Characters/MCUNebula page]]): |
| 958 | ** ''Film/{{Guardians Of The Galaxy|2014}}'' (2014) |
| 959 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' (2017) |
| 960 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' (2018) |
| 961 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019) |
| 962 | ** ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' (2022) |
| 963 | ** ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3'' (2023) |
| 964 | |
| 965 | [[AC:Animation]] |
| 966 | * ''WesternAnimation/SilverSurferTheAnimatedSeries'' (1999), voiced by Jennifer Dale |
| 967 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' (2009), voiced by Creator/JaneLynch |
| 968 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Guardians Of The Galaxy|2015}}'' (2015 -- present), voiced by Creator/CreeSummer |
| 969 | |
| 970 | [[AC:Video Games]] |
| 971 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesWarOfTheGems'' (1996) |
| 972 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' 2016) |
| 973 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2016) |
| 974 | * ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2017), voiced by Linnea Sage |
| 975 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'' (2016) |
| 976 | * ''VideoGame/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyTheTelltaleSeries'' (2017) , voiced by Creator/AshlyBurch |
| 977 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' (2017) |
| 978 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2'' (2017) |
| 979 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019) |
| 980 | |
| 981 | ---- |
| 982 | !!Nebula provides examples of: |
| 983 | |
| 984 | * AGodAmI |
| 985 | ** Once The Avengers restored the universe destroyed by the [[PlotDevice infinity union]], they accidentally got it to start working the way Nebula wanted it to and turned her into giant god who could beat up The Stanger and torture The Avengers to her heart's content. Though she was defeated once [[CosmicEntity The Stranger]] accepted the need to work alongside The Anvengers. |
| 986 | ** When she wields the Infinity Gauntlet, intending to use it for selfish (and vindictive) reasons. |
| 987 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: She rose up against Annihilus when he oversaw the construction of a space ship fleet he called "The Annihilation Wave" for the purpose of destroying the universe. |
| 988 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Has blue skin, a trait among her race of people. |
| 989 | * ArchEnemy: She has claimed several different ones at various points, and several others have claimed her. Some cases are more onesided than others. The ComicBook/{{Nova}} Corps give Nebula their highest threat rating, even though a single Nova, Richard Rider, was able to defeat her entire crew when she sneak attacked him, because they're a bit salty about Nebula [[EarthShatteringKaboom blowing up their homeworld]] with Sanctuary II. |
| 990 | * ArchnemesisDad: Or rather, Granddad in the comics, regarding her antagonistic relationship with Thanos. |
| 991 | * BaldOfEvil: Originally wearing long hair in her earliest appearances, Nebula has since become known for her bald head in her most contemporary portrayals. In the MCU, baldness among Luphomoids is considered canon. In the comic book universe Nebula became ''slightly'' less evil after going bald, but the hair loss was a direct result of her own actions coming back on her. |
| 992 | * BatManCanBreatheInSpace: She was awarded with the ability to survive in a vacuum after passing the Three Witches trial. |
| 993 | * BountyHunter: Became one when she saw there was a bounty on Gamora's head. It wasn't really about the money, she lost some hiring a Chitauri army to help her get the bounty. It was just about humiliating Gamora. |
| 994 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: {{Inverted|Trope}} by her comic book counterpart, who was already morally dubious when she got her cybernetic enhancements. After having her brain repaired she actually showed a surprising degree of gratitude(she saved the man most responsible while using the rest of her crew as a diversion and then incinerating them). |
| 995 | * {{Cyborg}}: She becomes this after ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', when cybernetic implants are needed to save her brain from trauma in prison, and the criminal surgeon decides to give Nebula some upgrades for giggles on top of it. |
| 996 | * DarkActionGirl: As a female, cybernetic space pirate. |
| 997 | * {{Determinator}}: She's been on the wrong end of several {{curbstomp battle}}s against the likes of Starfox, Thanos, Silver Surfer, Ronan The Accuser and Nova. Gamora even broke her down while Nebula was wearing Stellaris Armor, which was made from Celestial technology, able to make Thor sweat, and could detonate entire galaxies. Even when she has the power to back up her bluster, Nebula will never be as good a fighter as she claims to be, but no matter how many times Nebula gets slapped down, she just won't give up. At best she'll just run away to try again later. |
| 998 | * DiabolusExMachina: Nebula and her crew are able to escape justice for what they did to the Skrull Empire because The Beyonder teleported them out of the Andromeda galaxy. He thought he was doing The Avengers a favor, and in a round about way he kind of was, but it took a long time and a lot more mayhem from Nebula before his decision bore any good fruit. |
| 999 | * DisguisedHostageGambit: How she and her crewman Geatar conducted her first escape from the Anvil on Titan. |
| 1000 | * EnemyMine: She joined forces with Gamora's Graces(Stellaris, Spirit, Tana Nile and Cerise), none of whom had anything in common, as well as with Ronan The Accuser, who wanted to kill all Graces before for being associated with Tana Nile, to stop the Annihilation Wave from the destroying the universe. |
| 1001 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: During the time she was claiming Warlord Zorr as her father, Nebula launched a raid on Earth to kill Richard Rider of the Nova Corps, since he killed her "dad". |
| 1002 | * EvilIsHammy: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/villains/images/9/91/4401837-0417946994-tumblr.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170205120433 This panel]] from ''The Infinity Gauntlet'' pretty much sums it up. |
| 1003 | * FromCamouflageToCriminal: The Skrull Governor Gorth hired Nebula and her crew to create a mercenary army that would reunite the Skrull Empire under his leadership. Nebula did a great job building that army, [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores amassing outcasts and criminals from thousands of worlds]]. But she spent most of her time engaging in acts of piracy and her ultimate goal was to claim the Skrull galaxy for herself. Gorth was simply a means of funding her ambitions. |
| 1004 | * GalacticConqueror: In her first appearance, sends her pirate crew to hijack Sanctuary II, which she warps to the Skrull Empire, which is in disarray after ComicBook/{{Galactus}} eats the planet its capitol is located on. She proceeds to use the stations power to beat the Skrulls into submission, but The Avengers decide to save the devil they know from the much more destructive one they just discovered. |
| 1005 | * GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Defied. Unlike ComicBook/{{Gamora}}, who's typically shown as tough ''and'' sexy, Nebula isn't typically treated the same way. That's not to say she ''isn't'' attractive to some people, but Nebula's most recent interpretations emphasize her deadliness over looks. |
| 1006 | ** Originally, [[StatuesqueStunner Nebula was a beautiful woman with luscious black hair]], [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation light blue skin]] and IcyBlueEyes. |
| 1007 | * HostageSituation |
| 1008 | ** She was able to keep ComicBook/SilverSurfer at bay when he first attempted to send her back to prison by having her crew take hostages and threatening their lives. Surfer wasn't her only opposition though, and hostages were not enough to make Jack Of Hearts negotiate. |
| 1009 | ** She had ComicBook/TheMightyThor kidnapped because after stealing so many artifacts of from Asgardian or related world tree origin realms, she fully expected Asgard to come after her and [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs decided to get a bargaining chip ahead of time]]. |
| 1010 | * IJustWantToBeSpecial: Nebula's deepest desire is to be feared, not even respected necessarily. Without understanding this, her motives seem as inconsistent as the tall tales she tells about her past. |
| 1011 | * KickTheDog: Xandar isn't part of Skrull space and simply going to it was just a waste of time and resources during Nebula's campaign, but she had to go all out and destroy it just because it was the Nova Corp home world and they had apparently interfered with her pirating before. |
| 1012 | * TheMole |
| 1013 | ** ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} was on what was supposed to be a low risk mission to Sanctuary II when Nebula's Crew got in and warped it out of the galaxy. Captain Marvel opted to join Nebula's crew until she could find out how to get back home, but ended up sabotaging them when she saw havoc Nebula was wreaking on the Skrull Empire. Nebula was planning on killing Captain Marvel anyway, and in fact shot in the chest when they met to see if Captain Marvel could really prove useful. Nebula made no effort to have a loyal, if temporary crew mate. |
| 1014 | ** Nebula had Dr. Druid act as a mole within The Avengers for the purpose of discrediting ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}. When ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and The Wasp ceded leadership of The Avengers to Captain Marvel, it resulted in Druid destroying the team's confidence in her to the point [[BreakingTheFellowship it dissolved]], but they caught on and reassembled later. |
| 1015 | * MultipleChoicePast |
| 1016 | ** For one example, there have been at least two different flashbacks that show Nebula's childhood involving two different fathers. Was he a violent warlord who raised Nebula to be the way she is? Was he a physically and sexually abusive deadbeat who drove Nebula to a life of crime? Are the contradictory stories of Nebula's past lies, delusions or just misconceptions? It doesn't help that "grandfather" Thanos denies and confirms Nebula's claims with equal inconsistency. |
| 1017 | ** Starfox has read Nebula's mind and given her a DNA test. He confirms neither method was able to determine anything conclusive about Nebula's origins. |
| 1018 | * MysteriousPast: Unlike her cinematic counterpart, much of Nebula's backstory in the comics is unknown. Her relationship with Thanos in particular has never really been explored to the extent it has in the MCU. |
| 1019 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain |
| 1020 | ** When she claimed the Infinity Gauntlet, her second order of business was undoing everything Thanos had been doing all day, not realizing the consequences of doing so, allowing Adam Warlock to take it from her in the ensuing confusion. |
| 1021 | ** When she learned her apparent uncle's plan to kill Thanos, which she was totally onboard with, involved stealing a phoenix egg from Terrax, she executed Thane on the spot. For some reason this resulted in the egg hatching with Thane as the next phoenix force host. |
| 1022 | ** After her second prison break, Nebula sucessfully managed to disguise herself and go into hiding. That ItsAllAboutMe attitude of hers ruined this though, as she encounted The Silver Surfer at a Nightclub with [[ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} Genis-Vell]], assumed Surfer was tracking her, and turned all her weapons on him in an attmept to "escape". All this did was get Surfer's attention and put her behind bars once more. |
| 1023 | * NightOfTheLivingMooks: She stole Naglfar Beacon from Loki. It is a horn that allows her to summon the soul less bodies of gods [[EternalRecurrence recurrent gods]] such as the Asir who have not yet been reborn. This wouldn't be all that impressive if not for the fact her EmptyShell {{ghost pirate}}s are still [[PhysicalGod gods]], and Nebula is perfectly content with plundering the mortal realm...[[EvilIsPetty after she crushes Gamora]]. |
| 1024 | * OmnicidalManiac: {{Subverted|Trope}}, in that she claimed she wanted to destroy the universe, just like her supposed grandfather after reading about him on Sanctuary II, but after stealing the [[PlotDevice infinity union]] from [[CosmicEntity The Stranger]], Nebula got upset when she found out it did just that, leaving her in an empty building surrounded by a lot of nothing. Luckily for her, some of The Avengers survived due to being in that building and sought to reverse its affects. [[StupidEvil Nebula still made it more difficult than it needed to be]] by attacking them. |
| 1025 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: All but one of Nebula's crew turned on her when Thanos came back for Sanctuary II, and that one crew mate gave Nebula the necessary medical treatment to survive after getting fried by Thanos's eyebeams. Since killing Nebula did nothing to impress Mistress Death, Thanos tried turning Nebula into a zombie only capable of random shuffling instead. He deemed it a mockery of life sure to please Death(it didn't) |
| 1026 | * PetTheDog: She occasionally rewards loyalty, such as with her crewman Geatar, who got her the surgery that restored her ability to think coherently. She also saved The Champion Of The Universe's life in repayment for saving hers, and even had a one night stand with him despite not liking him very much and refusing to start dating. |
| 1027 | * {{Retcanon}}: Like a lot of characters, her appearance was adjusted to align with her adaptations in the Marvel movies. |
| 1028 | ** Originally, [[StatuesqueStunner Nebula was a beautiful woman with luscious black hair]], [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation light blue skin]] and IcyBlueEyes. |
| 1029 | * RoguesGalleryTransplant: Nebula was created to serve as the arch nemesis of the second ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}, but as that Captain Marvel faded into obscurity Nebula defaulted to Firelord, since she destroyed his home world with Sanctuary II. Thanos's brother Starfox convinced Firelord to let go of his grudge after Nebula went to prison. She was broken out of prison, sent back three times by The Silver Surfer, then she faded into obscurity herself before resurfacing to clash with [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Loki]], who was attempting to reform where she rejected the chance. The ''Guardians Of The Galaxy'' got their own movie, making her their villain in general, and the nemesis of 'Aunt' Gamora specifically. |
| 1030 | * SanityStrengthening: No one was really sure if Nebula was a compulsive liar, simply believed things that couldn't possibly be true due to delusion, or had lied so long she started believing them. The brain surgery has made her views of reality much more in line with her peers however. |
| 1031 | * SpacePirate: How she was introduced. She even seized control of Thanos' Sanctuary II ship at one point. |
| 1032 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Thanos hated Nebula when he found her using his base of operations and claiming to be his granddaughter, but he turned her into a wandering zombie instead of killing her outright because he subconsciously hated himself even more. After he had "won" and crushed all known opposition with the gauntlet, zombie Nebula aimlessly wandered around until she reached Thanos, took the gauntlet and used it to restore herself to life, robbing Thanos of its power in the process. |
| 1033 | * StatuesqueStunner: She stands at a meter and eighty five centimeters, or an imperial 6'1. Became a little less stunner, if more striking, after she required surgery from an experience in a Titan jail called The Anvil. |
| 1034 | * SuperStrength: How strong she was originally was not so clear, but after getting cybernetic enhancements she became roughly as strong as ComicBook/LukeCage. She then underwent a trial in the God Quarry after being left behind by Thanos, which made her even stronger than that |
| 1035 | * {{Supervillain}}: How she's usually portrayed in the comics. Her main drives are territory to rule and money to be made, which makes it pretty easy to tell stories where Nebula works alongside superheroes even when she doesn't have motives they approve of. In ''Captain Marvel Volume 7'', ComicBook/CarolDanvers sees an alternate reality where Nebula leads a galactic peace keeping force sanctioned by Thanos The Just, and she wants to kill Gamora not out of spite, but because Gamora is a space pirate who rejects father Thanos's desires for peace and harmony. |
| 1036 | * TeleporterAccident: After Valkyrie broke Nebula's axe, she commanded the dwarf Urzuul to fix it, but he changed it's nature so that it now teleports Nebula to where she doesn't want to go. |
| 1037 | * VillainExitStageLeft: Especially in her early appearances, where Nebula didn't have much in the way of superpowers, relying on guns, fleets of spaceships and well paid mercenaries to defend herself. Direct encounters with super powered beings were best handled by turning the craft around and warping somewhere else. |
| 1038 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness |
| 1039 | ** Once Nebula no longer needed Gorth's help to recruit soldiers and get spacecraft, she simply killed him. |
| 1040 | ** Once Captain Marvel bypassed a planetary defense shield Nebula couldn't think of a way around, Nebula launched a torpedo after her to kill Captain Marvel. By that point Marvel was expecting a betrayal and faked her death to strike back at an opportune moment. |
| 1041 | ** After her crew broke her out from a prison on Titan, Nebula killed them to help her keep ComicBook/SilverSurfer and Jack Of Hearts from sending her back. [[PetTheDog Except Geatar, whom she still had use for]]. |
| 1042 | [[/folder]] |
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