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| 13 | [[center: [- [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Main Character Index]] > Heroic Organizations > [[Characters/{{MCUSHIELD}} S.H.I.E.L.D.]] > [[Characters/MCUSHIELDLeadership Leadership]] ([[Characters/MCUNickFury Nick Fury]]) | [[Characters/MCUSHIELDTeamCoulson Team Coulson]] ([[Characters/MCUPhilCoulson Phil Coulson]] | [[Characters/MCUDaisyJohnson Daisy Johnson]] | [[Characters/MCUMelindaMay Melinda May]] | [[Characters/MCULeopoldFitz Leopold Fitz]] | [[Characters/MCUJemmaSimmons Jemma Simmons]]) | [[Characters/MCUSHIELDStrategicScientificReserve S.S.R.]] ([[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] | [[Characters/MCUHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]]) | '''Other Agents''' -]]] |
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| 16 | !! Spoilers for all works set prior to the end of ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 19 | ---- |
| 20 | !!Other Agents |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Agent Mack]] |
| 23 | !!''Agent Mack'' |
| 24 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mack.png]] |
| 25 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 26 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 27 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BodieNewcomb |
| 28 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset Episode 3: "The Asset"]]'') |
| 29 | |
| 30 | A seemingly ordinary truck driver tasked with transporting Dr. Franklin Hall. |
| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | * BigBadassRig: He is a highly trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who drives a high-tech truck. |
| 33 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Seems like a stereotypical redneck trucker but is actually a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. |
| 34 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted; not to be confused with Agent Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, who's introduced in season two. |
| 35 | * PunnyName: A truck driver named Mack, as in a [[BigBadassRig Mack truck]]. |
| 36 | * VulnerableConvoy: He is attacked while transporting Dr. Hall. |
| 37 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate after S.H.I.E.L.D. civil war is not explained. |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Agent Shaw]] |
| 41 | !!''Agent Shaw'' |
| 42 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agentshaw.jpg]] |
| 43 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm just having a hard time killing the people we once called friends."'']] |
| 44 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 45 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 46 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/CharlesHalford |
| 47 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E7TheHub Episode 7: "The Hub"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E17TurnTurnTurn Episode 17: "Turn, Turn, Turn"]]'') |
| 48 | |
| 49 | A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent undercover in Siberia. |
| 50 | ---- |
| 51 | * TheBusCameBack: He originally seemed to be a one off character, but comes back '''10''' episodes later during HYDRA's attack. |
| 52 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: When the audience is led to believe that he, along with Hand and her faction, are HYDRA infiltrators, he is disgusted at the order to kill Coulson's team or any other of his fellow agents. This is one of the first indications that Hand's faction is GoodAllAlong, as a HYDRA agent would not have been so sympathetic. |
| 53 | * NoseShove: He kept the intel he gathered hidden in a [=USB=] deep inside his nose. |
| 54 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted, as he shares a surname with Deke Shaw (who, while not technically an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., spends a lot of time around Team Coulson regardless). Of course, given that the latter is [[KidFromTheFuture FitzSimmons' grandson from a]] BadFuture, Agent Shaw may be an ancestor from Deke's father's side. |
| 55 | * TheMole: When he first appears, it's implied that he is going to torture Coulson for information but it's soon revealed that he too is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. |
| 56 | * TortureTechnician: He's undercover as an interrogator. |
| 57 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: His fate since the S.H.I.E.L.D. Civil War hasn't been revealed. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Agent Mike Peterson / Deathlok]] |
| 61 | !!''Agent Michael "Mike" Peterson / ComicBook/{{Deathlok}}'' |
| 62 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/74992439e9709ab175f410884b1d8f73.png]] |
| 63 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I could, you know? Be a hero."'']] |
| 64 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see Mike as Deathlok]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7d9735526b36f903e20a551d15e2a728.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 65 | !!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human |
| 66 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 67 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JAugustRichards |
| 68 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Episode 1: "Pilot"]]'') |
| 69 | |
| 70 | -->''"You said if we worked hard, if we did right, we'd have a place. You said it was enough to be a man, but there's better than man! There's gods... and the rest of us? What are we? They're giants... we're what they step on."'' |
| 71 | |
| 72 | An ordinary guy with a son who mysteriously receives superhuman abilities thanks to "Project Centipede", attracting the attention of both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Skye. Mike is eventually transformed into Deathlok by HYDRA, and forced to work for them or else they will kill him and his son. S.H.I.E.L.D. manages to free him and his son when they take down John Garrett. He is later recruited into the resurrected S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Coulson, working as a secret operative hunting down the remnants of HYDRA. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * ActionBomb: He very nearly explodes due to the Extremis in his system, like the previous user of Centipede. Unlike the former, Mike is spared from this fate. |
| 75 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics Deathlok is ''extremely'' unattractive- his cybernetics cover almost the entire left side of his head (including a large, bulging, yellow eye), and his human parts are scarred and (DependingOnTheArtist) withered almost to the point of being zombie-like. In the series, he has some scarring on the right side of his face and head. |
| 76 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the comics, Michael Peterson is a normal human and not a Deathlok. |
| 77 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Deathlok was a hero in the vein of Franchise/RoboCop. At least in Season 1, Mike is an unwilling villain through Centipede having him cowed by the ExplosiveLeash they have in his eye socket, and not allowing him to see his son, Ace. After being freed from HYDRA he strikes out on his own, presumably to become an AntiHero like the comics version, and Season 2 shows he's been working as a OneManArmy shadow operative for Coulson since he assumed Directorship of S.H.I.E.L.D., cementing him back into the "heroes'" side. |
| 78 | * AnArmAndALeg: Lost his right leg in the explosion at the end of "The Bridge". It's replaced with a high tech counterpart. |
| 79 | * AndIMustScream: He knows he's a good man deep down inside, and he's more concerned about his son's well-being than anything even after becoming Deathlok, but he has to do HYDRA's bidding or else, especially considering what he had learned about another victim of the eye implant. |
| 80 | * AntiVillain: In the pilot, Coulson calls him a "good man with a bad break". From "T.R.A.C.K.S." to "The Beginning Of The End", he's only working with Centipede because of the eye implant. |
| 81 | * AppropriatedAppellation: He's known as "the Hooded Hero" because he wore a hood when he performed his HeroicFireRescue at the opening of the pilot. |
| 82 | * ArmCannon: Gets one in "End of the Beginning", specifically a two-shot mini rocket launcher. It also comes with a few extra gadgets. |
| 83 | * AscendedExtra: He's returned as of "The Bridge" to work with Coulson and later becomes a Centipede Eye-drone. Not only that, see CompositeCharacter below. |
| 84 | * TheAtoner: |
| 85 | ** In "The Bridge," he's very ashamed of his past actions and eagerly works hard to be as much a force for good as possible to make up for them. Which only makes it worse when Centipede forces him to betray Coulson to save his son Ace. |
| 86 | ** Walking away in the Season 1 finale implies that he is going to make up for the evil deeds he was forced to commit. |
| 87 | * BaldOfEvil: Sort of. He's not evil, just extremely unstable and being coerced. |
| 88 | * BecomingTheMask: Garrett thinks this is the case in "Ragtag", after he punches a drug lord's head clean off. It's clear he's wrong about it, though; Mike is just venting in the few ways he can. |
| 89 | * BigDamnHeroes: Saves Coulson and Hunter from the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. in "Afterlife". |
| 90 | * BigEater: He mentions in "The Bridge" that he eats about four times the amount of food he used to, and when using his strength maybe ten times. |
| 91 | * TheBrute: A hitman for Garrett, albeit a very reluctant one. |
| 92 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 93 | ** In "Afterlife", he returns as Coulson's reinforcements against the other S.H.I.E.L.D. It's revealed that he's been tracking high level HYDRA members for Coulson for months. |
| 94 | ** Deathlok returns in "The Real Deal" to help Team Coulson, though he's apparently "gone solo" outside of helping S.H.I.E.L.D.. |
| 95 | * TheCape: |
| 96 | ** At the start of his introduction, there's an explosion. While other people are running scared or taking pictures, he tells his son that someone needs his help and goes to work. Later on, he tells Coulson that his stalwart nature ("it depends on the kind of person you are") is why he can control the Extremis in his system. A combination of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity and bad circumstances make him an antagonist. |
| 97 | ** When he returns in "The Bridge", he does everything he can to make up for his earlier mistakes. |
| 98 | * CompositeCharacter: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", he's the newest Deathlok, but isn't named after any of the known versions of him from the comics. As a MythologyGag, his leg is labeled 5.0, and there were only four Deathloks in the comics. He's still this. Though one of the Deathloks' secret identity in comics is Michael ''Collins'', there's a [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Michael_Peterson_(Earth-616) Michael Peterson]], a young African-American, that appeared in an issue of ''Slapstick'' in 1992. |
| 99 | * CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The more he's been upgraded with equipment, the less he resists orders, but his love for his son stays as strong as ever. As soon as he's freed, he becomes a hero once more. If anything, he's just developed (pardon the pun) NervesOfSteel and become more stoic while on assignment. |
| 100 | * {{Cyborg}}: As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", now that he has a robotic right leg to replace his missing one. As of "End of the Beginning", more than 95% of him has been transformed underneath the surface of his skin. |
| 101 | * DecoyProtagonist: His first scenes in the show are a showcase of heroism and extraordinary ability when he saves someone from a burning building. Skye even lampshades it and expresses a desire to be his sidekick. If it wasn't for the title of the show, many viewers might be led to think that he's the main character. |
| 102 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: He's excited to work with TheTeam that shot him. Justified in this case as the shot stabilized his serum and he wants to be a hero. |
| 103 | * TheDogBitesBack: "The Beginning of the End" sees him defeating Garrett with a rocket and a stomp to the face. |
| 104 | * TheEveryman: He was the most ordinary of Joes who was down on his luck and behind on his bills before he got his powers. |
| 105 | * {{Expy}}: With the new backstory, he's basically [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier Winter Soldier without the movie involvement]]. |
| 106 | * FaceMonsterTurn: ZigzaggedTrope from the first to the last episode of season 1. Narrowly averted in the pilot thanks to the SanitySlippage from the Extremis being stabilized. Played straight as of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", as he's been forced into becoming Deathlok. Then defied when he assists Team Coulson as soon as he's freed. |
| 107 | * GiveHimANormalLife: More than anything else, Mike wants his son to be safe and happy, and he's all too aware that he can't provide that. |
| 108 | * GuestStarPartyMember: When he re-appears in "The Bridge", he's temporarily drafted into the team to help them against Centipede's new {{super soldier}}s. |
| 109 | * HealingFactor: Courtesy of Extremis he heals quickly. |
| 110 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Though not entirely of his own volition - he would have stayed firmly on the Face side if not for being captured by Centipede. |
| 111 | * HeelFaceTurn: He quickly turns on Garrett upon learning that S.H.I.E.L.D. had taken his son back from HYDRA. |
| 112 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: He spent the bulk of season 2 on a mission assigned to him from Coulson. He was tracking Dr.List, one of HYDRA's heads, and monitoring his activity. If Marvel Studios ever wants to make a Deathlok mini-series, that would provide plenty of material. |
| 113 | * HerosFirstRescue: Mike's heroic debut was climbing up the side of a burning building to rescue a woman trapped in the top floor. |
| 114 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: Inverted in "The Bridge"; when he surrenders Coulson to Centipede against his will, Coulson's the one to reassure him that in doing so, he did the only thing he could do to ensure that nobody got hurt. |
| 115 | * IHaveYourWife: This is used by Raina to force his cooperation in "The Bridge". In "Nothing Personal", he notes that S.H.I.E.L.D. being disbanded has left his son vulnerable, which is on top of the ExplosiveLeash currently in his eye socket. By the time of "Ragtag" it's revealed that HYDRA has now captured his son, leaving him even more under their control. |
| 116 | * ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: He's got a mixture of alien technology, gamma radiation, super soldier serum ''and'' Extremis running through his body. |
| 117 | * ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Fitz-Simmons give him a bodysuit that monitors his vitals, protects him from bullets, and is very comfortable. |
| 118 | * InstantExpert: Here is a justified use of the trope. After his return, Mike is able to upload all of the data on a S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjet and expertly pilot in under a minute through his cybernetic eye. |
| 119 | * InTheHood: Wore one during his original rescue, hence the "Hooded Hero" moniker. |
| 120 | * JumpedAtTheCall: In "The Bridge" he is ecstatic to be recruited by Coulson and can't wait to get into the field and start helping people. |
| 121 | * KnightErrant: |
| 122 | ** At the end of season one finale is currently hitting the road to do good to make up for his actions. |
| 123 | ** He lands back in the main story in Season 2, by rescuing Coulson and Hunter from "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces and piloting the quinjet out of there. Turns out he's been working for Coulson for a little while to atone. |
| 124 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Based on his first scene in "The Bridge", he's taken 'Captain Rogers' as his role model in superheroing. |
| 125 | * MadeOfIron: Being hit with a shotgun blast to the chest doesn't do much to him apart from knock him over a rail owing to the sheer blast, and he gets back up afterwards. |
| 126 | * NeverFoundTheBody: Appears to be [[RedemptionEqualsDeath blown up]] in "The Bridge", after spending the entire episode trying to atone for his prior insanity, and even more specifically trying to "make up for things" and save Coulson after Centipede forced Mike to betray him in a SadisticChoice. As it turns out, he was taken alive by Centipede, and his right leg was left behind so S.H.I.E.L.D. would have something to find. |
| 127 | * NiceGuy: Before his StartOfDarkness, he was a friendly and humble guy who wanted nothing more than to provide for his family. He returns to this in his second appearance. |
| 128 | * ObliviouslyEvil: His SanitySlippage leads him to believe that his JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope is his SuperheroOrigin. |
| 129 | * OhCrap: |
| 130 | ** After he discovers that Centipede had recaptured him. And he's missing a leg. And he has an eye implant. |
| 131 | ** After becoming Deathlok, other people suffer this [[TheDreaded the moment they learn he's in the area]]. |
| 132 | * OneManArmy: When Hunter learns that the reinforcements Coulson calls in "Afterlife" is just one person, he replies "that's not reinforcements, that's a gravedigger!". After Mike takes out two quinjets full of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with only minimal assistance, he learns that one man is indeed all the back up they need. |
| 133 | * PapaWolf: He deeply loves his son. Even being transformed into a mostly-cyborg killing machine doesn't change that. |
| 134 | * PhlebotinumRebel: Once HYDRA's control over him is broken, he quickly turns on them. |
| 135 | * PsychoSerum: The Centipede has a side effect of SanitySlippage, making him more violent. Really, what did they expect if they used the same stuff that created the Hulk? |
| 136 | * PunchClockVillain: In "Nothing Personal", he admits to Skye that he's more concerned about Ace's safety and well-being than anything and only serves HYDRA so that nothing will happen to his son. After Ace is freed, he turns on HYDRA. |
| 137 | * PutOnABus: Nowhere to be seen in Season 3. The last time we saw him is after HYDRA removed most of his cybernetics. He returns in Season 5 to lead a bunch of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to the Lighthouse and saves Coulson from the manifestations of the Fear Dimension. |
| 138 | * ScarsAreForever: Despite his Centipede powers, the burn scars on his face remain. |
| 139 | * ScaryBlackMan: As he grows closer and closer to his SuperPowerMeltdown. In his second appearance, the serum's side effects are completely gone, and he's friendly and affable again. |
| 140 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: The first [[MonsterOfTheWeek Case of the Week]], but also shown that the people behind his powers, the Centipede group, was still out there, continuing where they left off. Later averted when he returned in a bigger role. |
| 141 | * SuperPowerMeltdown: Narrowly averted, by way of Ward using the [[TranquilizerDart Night-Night gun]]. "The Bridge" reveals that being tranquilized at just the right moment fixed his meltdown problems permanently. |
| 142 | * SuperPrototype: Mike is one of the very first of Centipede experiments, but is the strongest. |
| 143 | * SuperStrength: Due to the Centipede group's serum, or rather the Extremis aspect of it, he is far above human in strength. |
| 144 | * SuperToughness: Able to withstand serious blows without any injury, though it's implied that he can die from a [[BoomHeadshot headshot]]. His later upgrades make his durable enough to resist all but a few places being shot. |
| 145 | * ThatManIsDead: He claims that Mike Peterson is dead in "End of the Beginning", having given up on the hope that he might be freed or ever see his son again. |
| 146 | * TookALevelInBadass: In Season 2. His return is marked with a new costume which looks ''much'' better than the original, EMP rockets to complement his more lethal payload, and a tech overlay that lets him upload and [[InstantExpert learn new tech systems like the S.H.I.E.L.D. quinjets.]] |
| 147 | * TrappedInVillainy: Like Akela and The Englishman before him, and by the same method. After Project Centipede is destroyed, he becomes free again. |
| 148 | * TwoFaced: The result of being caught in the explosion at the end of [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E10THEBRIDGE The Bridge]]. Presumably the only reason he's even alive to begin with is because of the SuperSerum in his blood. |
| 149 | * UnskilledButStrong: Unlike [[OneManArmy most S.H.I.E.L.D. agents]], he has no formal combat training, and is a mere factory worker when the series begins. However, through his SuperSerum and later cybernetic upgrades he becomes a force to be reckoned with, effectively the inverse of the BadassNormal agents seen throughout the series. |
| 150 | * VillainOfTheWeek: Though not the reason for the problems with Centipede, he's the primary face of it to the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. |
| 151 | * WalkingTheEarth: At the end of "Beginning of the End", instead of turning himself in or reuniting with his son, he decides that he has to make up for his bloody actions and hits the road, telling Skye that they can keep an eye on him through his eye implant. |
| 152 | * WeCanRebuildHim: After being caught in a bomb planted by Centipede, he's turned into the cyborg Deathlok. |
| 153 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Given all the trouble that he's been through, it's hard not to feel sorry for him, even as he starts having a psychotic breakdown. |
| 154 | * WrongGenreSavvy: He's obviously aware of the old tropes, claiming at one point during the pilot that the events unfolding around him are the elements of a typical OriginStory of a superhero. However, his OriginStory ends up being that of an [[TheAtoner Atoner]] AntiHero, played out over the entire season instead. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:The Koenigs]] |
| 158 | !!''The Koenigs'' |
| 159 | |
| 160 | A BadassFamily of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents who report straight to the Director. Fury trusted them enough to let them know he faked his death after the HYDRA Coup and put them in charge of the secret bases he set up in case of emergencies. They rarely go out into the field, although they are more than capable should they be called to action. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | * AlmightyJanitor: They mostly look after secret bases - which are used either to rebuild the organization or house weapons and tools [[GodzillaThreshold that are only brought in as a last resort.]] |
| 163 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: While Eric was human, his identical brothers have the exact same mannerisms as he so there's been a lot of (In-universe!) speculation on what they actually ''are''. It's eventually clarified that the brothers are just identical quadruplets, or at least [[UnreliableExpositor that's what they told]] an inquisitive RedShirt. The subsequent reveal that they also have an [[IdenticalAncestor identical grandfather]], who was interested in robots, heavily suggests that the previous reveal that they are perfectly normal humans was not true. |
| 164 | * BackUpTwin: We don't know exactly how many brothers there are; but we do know there's a sister somewhere. According to Trip, Billy namedrops a new twin all the time. |
| 165 | * BadassFamily: Being a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent seems to be the family business. |
| 166 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: They may look more like desk jockeys than secret agents but don't let that fool you - they ''are'' S.H.I.E.L.D. agents after all who report directly to Coulson (and previously Fury). |
| 167 | * TheGadfly: They love teasing people with different possible explanations for being multiple (13?) perfectly identical (robot?) brothers. |
| 168 | * {{Geek}}: They really like their video games and geeking out about other badass agents. |
| 169 | * GenerationXerox: They are (almost) all quirky S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who had a hand in the LMD program, just like their quirky grandfather, who developed an interest in robotics after meeting Enoch and is implied to be a future member of the SSR. And they're all played by Patton Oswalt. |
| 170 | * HeterosexualLifePartner: All of them are very close and often play Call of Duty online. They took Eric's death very hard. |
| 171 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. Fury trusted them to look after his secret bases and let them know he was faking his death. |
| 172 | * InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Eric, Sam, and Billy act more like clones than brothers. |
| 173 | * MythologyGag: It's revealed that there's a Koenig sister. In the comics, Eric does have a sister, [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Ilsa_Koenig_%28Earth-616%29 Ilsa]]. |
| 174 | * RulesLawyer: All of them are a strickler for the rules - and one of those rules is that you have an ID lanyard with you at all times. |
| 175 | * ShooOutTheClowns: |
| 176 | ** Their quirkiness and overall weirdness provided some levity during their brief tenure on the show, but they were quietly phased out as Season 2's Inhuman plotline kicked into gear, with no further mention or appearances even though the two surviving brothers are still with S.H.I.E.L.D. until Season 4, missing entirely Season 3. |
| 177 | ** Billy Koenig is dead in the Framework's reality, to show how much CrapsackWorld it really is. There's no mention of the other Koenigs, assuming they exist at all in this reality. |
| 178 | |
| 179 | !!''Agent Eric Koenig'' |
| 180 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eric_keonig_aos_5417.jpg]] |
| 181 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 182 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 183 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 184 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E18Providence Episode 18: "Providence"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E19TheOnlyLightInTheDarkness Episode 19: "The Only Light In the Darkness"]]'') |
| 185 | |
| 186 | A Level Six agent in charge of "Providence", a secret base in the Canadian wilderness, set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. was compromised. |
| 187 | ---- |
| 188 | * AdaptationalNationality: Changed from German in the comics to American in MCU. |
| 189 | * BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D.agents. |
| 190 | * BasementDweller: In a manner of speaking. While he doesn't live at home, Koenig fits the type as he is likely the only person residing in "Providence". His isolated assignment has allowed him to rack up some major time on ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother. |
| 191 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He may look more like a desk jockey than a secret agent, but don't let that fool you. He was '''hand picked''' by Fury himself to watch over a secret base. When he notices the readings are off when Ward's in the lie detector, he ''immediately'' grabs a gun and keeps pushing Ward for more direct answers to his questions regarding HYDRA, and doesn't seem scared in the slightest. He also threatened Coulson in regards to revealing Fury's survival, without flinching. |
| 192 | * {{Fanboy}}: His welcoming of Coulson can be compared to Coulson's own welcoming of Captain America. |
| 193 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted. He's brought up in the Season 3 penultimate fall episode. |
| 194 | * GeekyTurnOn: After Skye hacks the [=NSA=]'s satellites, he says he understands why Ward likes her so much. |
| 195 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: ImpliedTrope. If Nick Fury, someone with major trust issues, trusts him to run his super secret, if-all-else-fails base, then he's gotta be pretty darn trustworthy. Hell, he's in that VERY exclusive club that knows Fury's still alive after the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. |
| 196 | * KilledOffForReal: Ward kills him after he starts to uncover too much about his allegiance with HYDRA. Skye finds his body, so he's definitely dead. |
| 197 | * MauveShirt: He's the only person residing at Providence who hasn't been on the show up until now. Take a guess what happens. |
| 198 | * NoSocialSkills: Smooth is not a word you'd use to describe him. |
| 199 | * ProperlyParanoid: |
| 200 | ** Given that HYDRA just launched a coup from within S.H.I.E.L.D. itself, he's understandably reluctant to trust the rest of Coulson's team until they've been properly vetted. When he sees Skye about to call Ward, he snaps at Coulson for allowing her to call a number at a secretive army base. |
| 201 | ** Not only does Koenig distrust the rest of the team, he also hides from them the fact that Nick Fury's still alive, only trusting Coulson with the information. Smart call, especially since it was revealed that [[TheMole Ward is with HYDRA]]. |
| 202 | * RulesLawyer: He's quite adamant about sticking to Fury's rules, including keeping the team besides Coulson LockedOutOfTheLoop about Fury's own survival. He also is willing to give Team Coulson some new clearance cards but in due time, as he is beginning to trust them. Turns out that this was a very good call on his part. Had he shared that with the entire team, HYDRA would have found out as well about Fury's survival once Skye called Ward. |
| 203 | * SecretKeeper: One of the few people in the world who knows Nick Fury is alive after ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. |
| 204 | |
| 205 | !!''Agent Billy Koenig'' |
| 206 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billy_koneig_aos_2603.jpg]] |
| 207 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 208 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 209 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 210 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E22BeginningOfTheEnd Episode 22: "The Beginning of the End"]]'') |
| 211 | |
| 212 | A Level Six agent in charge of "the Playground", a secret base set up by Nick Fury as a failsafe in case S.H.I.E.L.D. needed to rebuild from the ground up. His brother, Eric, is the agent who was put in charge of Providence. |
| 213 | ---- |
| 214 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Is implied to be a robot. "Hot Potato Soup" reveals that no, he's not a robot, although he did work on the original [=LMD=] program. |
| 215 | * BackupTwin: Although he was mentioned before appearing, there was no indication he was also a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent or Eric's twin. Which is really is just the tip of the iceberg for how surprisingly similar they are. |
| 216 | ** It turns out there's several Koenig brothers, with Sam Koenig appearing in a SDCC special teaser. |
| 217 | ** Triplett claims that Billy introduces a new brother into the mix every time they speak and that each brother is described in exactly the same way. Triplett spends a lot of time trying to rationalize it all in his head, and he practically has a HeroicBSOD when he sees Billy and Sam together. |
| 218 | * BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. |
| 219 | * ChekhovsGunman: Eric mentioned that he spent most of his time playing ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' with his brother, which always seemed odd since he was in a top-secret base. It's less odd when we find out said brother was ''also'' in a top-secret base. |
| 220 | * DeadAlternateCounterpart: The Framework version of Billy [[HeroicSacrifice died revealing the location of the Playground to S.H.I.E.L.D.]], allowing them to use it as their secret base. |
| 221 | * HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death. |
| 222 | * RulesLawyer: Like his brother Eric was at Providence, Billy is stringent about maintaining regulations in the Playground, especially when it comes to the [=ID=] lanyards. |
| 223 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Both in-universe and out. He greets Coulson with the exact same speech as his identical twin brother. |
| 224 | ** Lampshaded by Fitz in the Season 2 opener "Shadows", claiming he was their new "golden boy". With Fitz not being what he was once was, Billy is the only person that has been shown that could do some of the stuff like Fitz has done. |
| 225 | |
| 226 | !!''Agent Sam Koenig'' |
| 227 | [[quoteright:306:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sam_koenig_695.png]] |
| 228 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 229 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 230 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PattonOswalt |
| 231 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E9YeWhoEnterHere Episode 31: "...Ye Who Enter Here"]]'') |
| 232 | |
| 233 | A Level Six Agent just like his brothers Billy and Eric. He first appered in a special SDCC 2014 video, before appearing in the show proper in "Ye Who Enter Here". He's in charge of the Theta Protocol. He has a crush on Bobbi. |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Billy jokes that he's a robot. Well, at least, Trip '''thinks''' he's joking... It's eventually clarified later in "Hot Potato Soup" that he's not actually a robot. |
| 236 | -->'''Billy:''' All the excitement fried [Sam's] circuits. His cooling system kicked in and he's recharging his batteries. |
| 237 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Billy considers him this due to his fanboy reaction to getting to meet agents like May and Morse. |
| 238 | * BackUpTwin: Looks just like his brothers, he is exactly like Eric. |
| 239 | * BadassFamily: With his brothers and fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. |
| 240 | * EarlyBirdCameo: First appears in a promotional video for season 2 at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014, before finally appearing in the show proper on the December 2nd episode "Ye Who Enter Here". |
| 241 | * HasAType: Sam is explicitly attracted to [[AmazonChaser women who can kick ass]]. |
| 242 | * HeterosexualLifePartner: With his brothers. He's very upset over Eric's death. |
| 243 | * InsistentTerminology: He keeps referring to Daisy Johnson as "Agent Quake" in "Hot Potato Soup", even after she expresses her dislike of the name. |
| 244 | * SecretKeeper: It is revealed in "Scars" that he was in on Coulson's Theta Protocol. |
| 245 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When he mentions that there are SlashFics involving Daisy and ComicBook/BlackWidow, he says that he's never read any of them, but he's aware that the stories and associated drawings are quite "steamy". [[BrainBleach Daisy looks like she wishes she could unhear that.]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | !!''Agent L.T. Koenig'' |
| 248 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koenig_lt.jpg]] |
| 249 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Agent L.T. Koenig. Sorry about kicking your candy ass."'']] |
| 250 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 251 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 252 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ArtemisPebdani |
| 253 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E12HotPotatoSoup Episode 78: "Hot Potato Soup"]]'') |
| 254 | |
| 255 | The older sister of the Koenig brothers, and the one who recruited them into S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 256 | ---- |
| 257 | * ActionGirl: To be expected of the sister of the Koenigs, as she easily overpowered Agent Davis. In fact, she trained the brothers. |
| 258 | * AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, Eric Koenig's sister was named Ilsa Koenig. Then again, Ilsa Koenig was also a member of the German Resistance and Nick Fury's lover during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, so maybe it's not accurate to say that LT is based on Ilsa. |
| 259 | * BigSisterMentor: She was the one who recruited and trained Eric, Sam, and Billy. She's actually surprised that she wasn't able to recruit Thurston. |
| 260 | * BigSisterBully: When Daisy asks what it was likely growing up with quadruplets, LT says that there was a lot of crying...because she picked on them. She also casually shot Thurston with [=ICEr=] to shut him up when he refused to go into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s protection. |
| 261 | * IHaveBrothers: Inverted. ''They'' learned all of their masculine skills from ''her''. |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Agent Isabelle Hartley]] |
| 265 | !!''Agent Isabelle Hartley'' |
| 266 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_hartley_aos_5395.jpg]] |
| 267 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 268 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 269 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LucyLawless |
| 270 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows Episode 23: "Shadows"]]'', in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E15OneDoorCloses Episode 37: "One Door Closes"]]'') |
| 271 | |
| 272 | A longtime member of S.H.I.E.L.D. who is an experienced undercover operative. She has prior history with Coulson, and aides him in his efforts to rebuild the organization. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * ActionGirl: On the day S.H.I.E.L.D. fell, she took down legions of HYDRA goons with throwing knives and her bare hands. |
| 275 | * AnArmAndALeg: She grabs the original 084 with her bare hand in an attempt to use it against Creel, forcing it to be cut off to save her life. [[TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath Not that it ultimately saves her.]] |
| 276 | * BloodKnight: If you tell her that there are 14 decks of HYDRA goons between her and control of an aircraft carrier, her response will not be fear but excitement. |
| 277 | * CelebrityParadox: Lady Sif (who happens to have made a couple appearances on the show herself) was referred to as "Xena" in the first ''Thor'' film. |
| 278 | * DeadStarWalking: More proof that celebrities on this show have a high death rate: She dies at the end of her first episode. |
| 279 | * DueToTheDead: In "Heavy is the Head", the military buries her with full honors. |
| 280 | * HideYourLesbians: The writers considered revealing that Isabelle Hartley from Season 2 was Victoria Hand's former lover, but cut any mention of this from the script since they thought Hartley's death would cause people to accuse the show of exploiting the BuryYourGays trope. However, a later episode featured a flashback to the events of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', in which Hartley mentions having checked in on Hand, referring to her as "[[EmbarrassingNickname Vic]]", indicating that not only they knew each other but that they were also close. |
| 281 | * MauveShirt: Creel kills her and Idaho by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive. |
| 282 | * MinorMajorCharacter: She dies in her first episode, but it turns out much later that she's quite crucial to the circumstances of Season 2 - she played a big part in liberating the ''Iliad'', and during her time as TheMole she recruited her old friend (and Bobbi's ex-husband) Lance Hunter into her team for a time; this would have major consequences later on, with Hunter developing UndyingLoyalty to Coulson and hampering the plans of Real S.H.I.E.L.D. massively. |
| 283 | * TheMole: Turns out she was part of the 'Real' S.H.I.E.L.D. faction led by Gonzales and a mole alongside Bobbi and Mack. |
| 284 | * TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: Hartley's team seems to be in the clear, escaping from the military and Hunter having amputated her arm to save her from the 084's infection. Then they crash into Creel, killing both Hartley and Idaho. |
| 285 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode. |
| 286 | [[/folder]] |
| 287 | |
| 288 | [[folder:Idaho]] |
| 289 | !!''Idaho'' |
| 290 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/idaho_aos_9781.jpg]] |
| 291 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 292 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 293 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WilmerCalderon |
| 294 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows Episode 23: "Shadows"]]'') |
| 295 | |
| 296 | Idaho is a mercenary Coulson recruits to combat HYDRA and is teammates with Hartley and Hunter. |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | * CanonForeigner: Made for the show [[SacrificialLamb probably to die and show the audience how deadly Creel is]]. |
| 299 | * MauveShirt: Creel kills him and Hartley by flipping their car. Only Hunter makes it out alive. |
| 300 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: While his partners have a first and last name, Idaho is only referred to as Idaho. |
| 301 | * RealMenLoveJesus: Hunter says Idaho would frequently go to church after missions. |
| 302 | * SatelliteCharacter: His characterization begins and ends with him being TrueCompanions and partners with Hunter and Hartley. |
| 303 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in his first episode and Hunter subsequently only talks about Hartley in nostalgic tones with [[ForgottenFallenFriend no mention of Idaho]]. |
| 304 | [[/folder]] |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[folder:Agent Noelle Walters]] |
| 307 | !!''Agent Noelle Walters'' |
| 308 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 309 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' Unknown |
| 310 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MelanieCruz |
| 311 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E6FracturedHouse Episode 28: "A Fractured House"]]'') |
| 312 | |
| 313 | An agent in charge of a S.H.I.E.L.D. team in the Netherlands. |
| 314 | ---- |
| 315 | * CanonForeigner: She has no comicbook counterpart. |
| 316 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Headbutts Scarlotti in the face before he can take his knife to her, then upon taking a splinter bomb to the gut, states that HYDRA will never defeat S.H.I.E.L.D. before disintegrating. |
| 317 | * KilledMidSentence: Her aforementioned DefiantToTheEnd moment, which Scarlotti wastes no time [[BondOneLiner lampshading]]. |
| 318 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: She gets disintegrated by Marcus Scarlotti, who puts a splinter bomb into her stomach. |
| 319 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies in her first episode. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder:Agent Tomas Calderon]] |
| 323 | !!''Agent Tomas Calderon'' |
| 324 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9cab09cf9a05a4fd13b58bfabfcc9ca4.png]] |
| 325 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 326 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 327 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/KirkAcevedo |
| 328 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra Episode 36: "Love in the Time of HYDRA"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E15OneDoorCloses Episode 37: "One Door Closes"]]'') |
| 329 | |
| 330 | A subordinate agent to Robert Gonzales and a senior member of his "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * BaldOfEvil: He's bald and the nastiest member of Gonzales' council. |
| 333 | * TheDragon: He appears to be Gonzales' right-hand man. |
| 334 | * HateSink: Seems to serve the singular purpose of generating audience dislike for the 'real' S.H.I.E.L.D. compared to the more reasonable Gonzales and already likable Weaver. |
| 335 | * HotBlooded: More passionate than the other leaders of his faction of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 336 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Got impaled by a fast moving branch after Skye used her powers to defend herself. |
| 337 | * {{Jerkass}}: Takes great pleasure at Bobbi's visible discomfort when Lance learns the truth about her, and shortly after accuses her of being a traitor for not stopping Lance. |
| 338 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In regards to his accusation of Bobbi allowing Lance to escape; she ''did'' deliberately allow him to fight his way out and made no effort to subdue him, if only because she wasn't convinced he would succeed. |
| 339 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Tried to shoot Skye dead and got skewered (non-fatally) for it. |
| 340 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Probably the one and only member of the group who could be considered morally completely rotten. |
| 341 | [[/folder]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | [[folder:Agent Oliver]] |
| 344 | !!''Agent Oliver'' |
| 345 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oliver_mcu.jpg]] |
| 346 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 347 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 348 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MarkAllenStewart |
| 349 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E14LoveInTheTimeOfHydra Episode 36: "Love in the Time of HYDRA"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E19TheDirtyHalfDozen Episode 41: "The Dirty Half Dozen"]]'') |
| 350 | |
| 351 | Another subordinate to Gonzales and member of the "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D. leadership. |
| 352 | ---- |
| 353 | * FlatCharacter: Not as developed as his peers, he's mostly there to fill in the leading board of "Real" S.H.I.E.L.D.. What is known is that he's less harsh than Gonzales, Weaver and ''especially'' Calderon. |
| 354 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He (implicitly) outvoted Gonzales on the matter of letting May onto the board. |
| 355 | * TakenForGranite: He and several other agents are killed when Jiaying traps them in a room and shatters a diviner-laced crystal inside. |
| 356 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He received very little characterization before Jiaying killed him. |
| 357 | [[/folder]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | [[folder:Agent Damon Keller]] |
| 360 | !!''Agent Damon Keller'' |
| 361 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keller_aos.png]] |
| 362 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 363 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 364 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LucasBryant |
| 365 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E01MissingPieces Episode 111: "Missing Pieces"]]'') |
| 366 | |
| 367 | A STRIKE agent recruited by May into S.H.I.E.L.D. after it was reformed under the leadership of Director Alphonse Mackenzie. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * BodyHorror: [[spoiler:The alien bat parasite begins turning Keller into HumanArchitectureHorror, with long jagged spikes coming out of everywhere on his body and growing as they made contact with the walls.]] |
| 370 | * TheCuckoolanderWasRight: His and Fox's idea that the strange occurrences are happening on the Ley lines is initially blown off as a stupid idea, but they're proven right. Keller never lets the chance to mention this pass by. |
| 371 | * DeadpanSnarker: Snarks fairly frequently. [[spoiler:Even after getting infected by the parasite and is possibly dying, he keeps it up, joking to Yo-Yo that it's a little soon to bring a parasitic alien into their relationship and wanting to know if it's ok.]] |
| 372 | * LoveInterest: Begins a secret relationship with Yo-Yo after she and Mack broke up. |
| 373 | * MauveShirt: He is a very prominent character at the start of Season 6, [[spoiler:until his death in the fourth episode]]. |
| 374 | * MercyKill: [[spoiler:Yo-Yo is forced to stab him with Sarge's knife to halt the parasitic transformation his body was undergoing that could have destroyed the entire base.]] |
| 375 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. He shares a surname with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 1990s-era director from ''[[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]]''. It's not inconceivable that he could be a descendant or relation. |
| 376 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:He only outlives [[RedShirt Fox]] by two episodes (three if you count the one he didn't appear in.)]] |
| 377 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Agent Fox, who was from near Keller's hometown and who he helped recruit into S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 378 | [[/folder]] |
| 379 | |
| 380 | [[folder:Agent Trevor Khan]] |
| 381 | !!''Agent Trevor Khan'' |
| 382 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 383 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 384 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ShainuBala |
| 385 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' |
| 386 | |
| 387 | A STRIKE agent recruited by tasked by Director Mackenzie with infiltrating Deke Shaw's Company. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * FalseFriend: He befriends Deke and hangs out with him in order to keep up his cover. Deke believes Trevor actually likes him, which is not the case. |
| 390 | * MauveShirt: After playing a supporting role throughout season six, [[spoiler:when the Chronicom Hunters take over the Lighthouse, he's among the agents lined up and executed by the invaders.]] |
| 391 | * ProfessionalButtkisser: To keep up his cover, he constantly praises Deke and his endeavors. |
| 392 | * TheMole: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mole within Deke's company. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Agent Dimitri Smerdyakov]] |
| 396 | !!''Agent Dimitri Smerdyakov'' |
| 397 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spiderman_farfromhome_movie_screencapscom_4372_1.jpg]] |
| 398 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 399 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' Russian |
| 400 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NumanAcar |
| 401 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' |
| 402 | |
| 403 | A member of Nick Fury's crew operating in Europe. |
| 404 | ---- |
| 405 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Dimitri Smerdyakov is Spider-Man's foe the Chameleon. Here, he's working for Nick Fury ([[spoiler:or maybe Talos, [[AmbiguousSituation it's not clear which or if he knows the difference]]]]) as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and acts as Peter's ally during the film. |
| 406 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: After the reveal in the stinger, there has been some arguing in the fandom as to whether [[spoiler:he and the female agent who gives Peter the stealth suit are humans or Skrulls]]. |
| 407 | * TheComicallySerious: Dimitri has one hell of an impressive poker-face, even in the face of all the weirdness that comes with babysitting Peter Parker. The only time he seems to lose his cool is when he rolls his eyes and shakes his head in pure annoyance and disapproval of Flash's social-media nonsense. |
| 408 | * InNameOnly: Outside of sharing the same real name, he has zero resemblence to the Chameleon of the comics lacking his distinctive appearance, MasterOfDisguise abilities, and villainous role. |
| 409 | * TheQuietOne: He only has one line in the entire film, telling Mr. Harrington that they're making a short rest stop. This technically doubles as a MythologyGag to some depictions of his comic book counterpart, which have him never speak while not under a disguise. |
| 410 | * RaceLift: in the comics Dimitri Smerdyakov is a white man of Russian origin, while in the movie, he is played by Turkish actor Numan Acar. |
| 411 | * TheSpook: Aside from his name, E.D.I.T.H. has absolutely no data on this guy, or at least none that Peter can actually access due to it being encrypted. Justified in that he's a spy. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | [[folder:The Deke Squad]] |
| 415 | !!''The Deke Squad'' |
| 416 | [[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dekesquadaos.jpg]] |
| 417 | [[caption-width-right:278:Left to right: Roxy, Mack (in foreground), the Chang brothers, Olga, Deke. Not pictured: [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Cricket]].]] |
| 418 | !!!'''Species:''' Humans |
| 419 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 420 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TipperNewton (Roxy Glass), Creator/JohnYuan (Tommy Chang), Creator/MattYuan (Ronnie Chang), Creator/JoleneAnderson (Olga Pachinko), Creator/RyanDonowho (Cricket) |
| 421 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' |
| 422 | |
| 423 | A cover band formed by Deke Shaw while stranded in the early 1980s, as a disguise for his ad-hoc S.H.I.E.L.D. cell operating out of the Lighthouse. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Olga tells Roxy (in Russian), "My heart resides forever in your beautiful clutches." |
| 426 | * BrokenPedestal: The Chang twins are upset to find that Deke actually didn't write any of the songs they're playing, not even "[[Music/TheBangles Walk Like An Egyptian]]". |
| 427 | * TheBusCameBack: Three episodes after Mack and Deke leave them, Roxy reappears, having started training to become a legitimate S.H.I.E.L.D. agent (having found out that Deke actually didn't have the authority to recruit her into S.H.I.E.L.D.). |
| 428 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Cricket doesn't seem to be on the same plane of reality as the rest of the squad. Notably, he's the only one to ''not'' double as a secret agent. |
| 429 | * DemolitionsExpert: Olga. |
| 430 | * DirtyCoward: The Chang twins, despite putting up a decent fight against Sybil's {{Killer Robot}}s at first, panic and abandon their team when the bots start shooting lasers. [[BenevolentBoss Deke still forgives them]]. |
| 431 | * EgocentricTeamNaming: Named for lead vocalist Deke Shaw. |
| 432 | * HiddenInPlainSight: As Deke explains to Mack, the band is actually a good disguise for a S.H.I.E.L.D. faction, as they can move heavy equipment unchallenged and any odd behavior will be chalked up to drugs. |
| 433 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Roxy seems to think Alfie is Mack's son (when the former is the latter's younger self), implying that Deke either didn't mention TimeTravel to them, or just kept the situation with Mack's younger self a secret. |
| 434 | * MadeOfIron: Olga is seriously injured twice in a manner that might look like a RedShirt going down, only for her to recover soon enough. |
| 435 | * MasterOfDisguise: The Changs, according to Deke. [[InformedAbility We never actually see them do it]]. |
| 436 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never learn Cricket's real name. |
| 437 | * PlagiarismInFiction: Unbeknownst to the rest of the band, Deke is ripping off 80's pop songs that were ([[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will be?]]) written by completely different people. |
| 438 | * PsychoPartyMember: Olga uses ''live explosives'' during the team's training sessions. |
| 439 | * {{Pun}}: Deke's cover band is a ''cover'' for his operations. |
| 440 | * TheRuntAtTheEnd: When Deke is telling Mack about the squad, he lists off their capabilities as agents... except Cricket, who's just a drummer and drug dealer. |
| 441 | * SacrificialLamb: Cricket doesn't get any noticeable development before one of Sybil's robots kills him. |
| 442 | * TheSmartGirl: Deke seems to regard Roxy as this. |
| 443 | * WhatTheHellHero: Roxy tears into Mack for cutting himself off from everyone and abandoning his "son" (read: younger self), even while Deke checks up on the boy. |
| 444 | [[/folder]] |
| 445 | |
| 446 | |
| 447 | |
| 448 | !!S.H.I.E.L.D. Support Staff |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder:Benny Pollack]] |
| 451 | !!''Benjamin "Benny" Pollack'' |
| 452 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/benjamin_pollack_3691.png]] |
| 453 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 454 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 455 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JesseBradford |
| 456 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Item47'' |
| 457 | |
| 458 | -->''"I hope you are right..."'' |
| 459 | |
| 460 | One half of the OutlawCouple that formed following the Battle of New York. After getting pitched the crazy idea to rob banks with his girlfriend, he went along with it reluctantly, but deep down is grateful for the chance to finally live out their dreams. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * AntiVillain: Just an ordinary guy reluctantly robbing banks to fix his life's problems. |
| 463 | * BoxedCrook: At the end of ''Item 47'', he's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. in their Research and Development department's "Think Tank" due to his skill with Chitauri weaponry. |
| 464 | * GadgeteerGenius: He manages to make the Chitauri gun work, while S.H.I.E.L.D. hasn't made any progress with it. |
| 465 | * HeelFaceTurn: Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee. |
| 466 | * HenpeckedHusband: Pre-husband, as Claire is his girlfriend, but she still definitely shows she's the boss. |
| 467 | * OutlawCouple: With Claire; they rob banks. |
| 468 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', he wears a black ski-mask, while Claire's is pink. |
| 469 | * ShoutOut: His name is a ShoutOut to Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde. |
| 470 | * SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun. |
| 471 | * VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47'' |
| 472 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, his fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed. |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [[folder:Claire Wise]] |
| 476 | !!''Claire Wise'' |
| 477 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claire_wise_icon.png]] |
| 478 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 479 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 480 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LizzyCaplan |
| 481 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Item47'' |
| 482 | |
| 483 | -->''"I'm always right. And I'm always right about you."'' |
| 484 | |
| 485 | Claire's had a hard life of bills, rejected dreams, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and alien invasions]]. But when a Chitauri gun literally falls out of the sky as if as a present, she sees the chance to finally take matters into their own hands and gain the means to live like they want to. |
| 486 | ---- |
| 487 | * AntiVillain: Just an average woman with bills to pay who thinks she could solve her problems with bank robbing. |
| 488 | * BoxedCrook: At the end of ''Item 47'', she's given a job at S.H.I.E.L.D. as Agent Blake's new assistant. |
| 489 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' reveals that ''Film/HotTubTimeMachine'' exists in the MCU. Claire's actress plays April in the movie. |
| 490 | * DeusExMachina: She thinks of the Chitauri gun as this. After all, it literally fell out of the sky. |
| 491 | * HeelFaceTurn: Bank robber to S.H.I.E.L.D. employee. |
| 492 | * OutlawCouple: With Benny. Bank robbing was her idea. |
| 493 | * PinkGirlBlueBoy: In ''Item 47'', she wears a pink ski-mask, while Benny wears a black one. |
| 494 | * ShoutOut: Her name is a ShoutOut to Clyde of Bonnie and Clyde. |
| 495 | * SuperWeaponAverageJoe: Ordinary human with no connection to anything super except for the Chitauri gun. |
| 496 | * VillainProtagonist: A bank robber starring in ''Item 47'' |
| 497 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Since S.H.I.E.L.D. is revealed to be infiltrated by HYDRA all along, her fate after S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Civil War has yet to be revealed. |
| 498 | * WomenAreWiser: Thinks of herself because she's the one taking chances and opportunities to find a better life. |
| 499 | [[/folder]] |
| 500 | |
| 501 | [[folder:Dr. Streiten]] |
| 502 | !!''Dr. Streiten'' |
| 503 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/streiten.jpg]] |
| 504 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You'd lost your will to live. We tried to give it back."'']] |
| 505 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 506 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 507 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/RonGlass |
| 508 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E1Pilot Episode 1: "Pilot"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E11TheMagicalPlace Episode 11: "The Magical Place"]]'') |
| 509 | |
| 510 | A physician working for S.H.I.E.L.D. He knows how Coulson survived being stabbed by Loki during ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''. |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Is both obviously traumatized and horrified over what they had to do to bring Coulson BackFromTheDead. |
| 513 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He goes off the grid after Coulson confronts him about his resurrection, with not even S.H.I.E.L.D. able to find him. |
| 514 | * SecretKeeper: Along with Maria Hill, he's one of two characters confirmed to know how Coulson was resurrected besides Nick Fury, who ordered it. |
| 515 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: No further mention of him is made after he disappears, with his fate after HYDRA's emergence being unknown; and with Ron Glass' death, it's unlikely we'll get any more about him. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | [[folder:Cameron Klein]] |
| 519 | !!''Technician/Specialist Cameron Klein'' |
| 520 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9324882346419.png]] |
| 521 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 522 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 523 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AaronHimelstein |
| 524 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' | ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' |
| 525 | |
| 526 | -->''"I'm not gonna launch those ships... Captain's orders."'' |
| 527 | |
| 528 | Cameron Klein was a S.H.I.E.L.D. Technician responsible for the launch of the Insight Helicarriers. |
| 529 | |
| 530 | He's later recruited by Nick Fury and Maria Hill along with several other former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in relaunching the 'mothballed' Helicarrier. |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * AscendedExtra: In ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', he's recruited by Nick Fury as a technician for the old Helicarrier in a bid to evacuate the citizens of Sokovia before Ultron could enact his EvilPlan. Upon arrival he launched the Helicarrier's lifeboats to the now levitating city so that the Avengers and local law enforcement could commence with the evacuation. This time, he's credited with the name "Cameron Klein". |
| 533 | * HeroicSacrifice: Averted, as he intended one by defying Rumlow's commands while having a gun put to his head, but Sharon managed to kick him away from the gun and thus save his life. |
| 534 | * MissionControl: His job in S.H.I.E.L.D. is to offer assistance with information and technology to those in the field. |
| 535 | * MythologyGag: In the comics, he is grandson of Stanley Klein, a United States Armed Forces private rescued by Captain America and the Howling Commandos during World War II. By knowing this, his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America becomes more heartwarming and meaningful. |
| 536 | * NonActionGuy: He's a technician, not personal combatant. It's made explicit by him hiding under his desk when the S.H.I.E.L.D. loyalists and HYDRA infiltrators start shooting at each other and in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' hysterically screaming when an Ultron drone breaches the Helicarrier bridge. |
| 537 | * NoNameGiven: He's unnamed until his appearance in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''. |
| 538 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted and made into DecompositeCharacter. The other man with the name "Cameron Klein" is a retired S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and T.A.H.I.T.I. patient from ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' who now lives with new name, Hank Thompson. |
| 539 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Cap ends up stopping Project Insight with only a second left to go, which would not have been possible had Klein not delayed the launch of the helicarriers for as long as he could, even with Rumlow holding a gun to his head. His decision saved literally millions of lives. |
| 540 | * UndyingLoyalty: To S.H.I.E.L.D. and Captain America as seen in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. Even with Brock Rumlow holding him at gunpoint, he doesn't sacrifice his loyalty even if it might cost his life. |
| 541 | * TheUnreveal: In TheStinger of ''Infinity War'', Nick Fury tells Maria Hill to contact Klein to do unspecified task before getting cut off by a car crash. Klein makes no appearance nor mention in Fury and Hill's next appearances in ''Endgame'' and ''Far Frome Home'', leaving it ambiguous what they were trying to contact him for. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | |
| 544 | [[folder:Dr. Marcus Benson]] |
| 545 | !!''Dr. Marcus Benson'' |
| 546 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bd096169_83e6_4ba2_922d_08f80722a6af.png]] |
| 547 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 548 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 549 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BarryShabakaHenley |
| 550 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS6E01MissingPieces Episode 111: "Missing Pieces"]]'') |
| 551 | A natural sciences expert recruited to S.H.I.E.L.D. by Director Mackenzie and Agent May from his former position at Culver University. |
| 552 | ---- |
| 553 | * TheAlcoholic: Slipped into DrowningMySorrows after the death of his husband, to the point that his superiors at Culver University are slowly pushing him out the door to retirement. Sure enough, May and Mack meet him in a bar. |
| 554 | ** "From the Ashes" implies that the problem goes back even further, as [[spoiler:a manifestation of Benson's late husband accuses him of having been drunk on the night of the car crash that claimed his life.]] |
| 555 | * BadassBookworm: A middle-aged, alcoholic university professor...who flatly refuses to help Izel, a [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu body-hopping alien destroyer goddess]], with the information she needs to pull off her EvilPlan. |
| 556 | -->'''Benson:''' I've already lost everything that matters. [[BadassBoast Death doesn't scare me.]] |
| 557 | * BluffTheImpostor: He quickly catches on when Yo-yo refers to [[WeHardlyKnewYe Agent Keller]] in the present tense in front of an Izel-possessed Mack, who doesn't catch the error until Benson has already deleted the schematics Izel needed. |
| 558 | * ClosestThingWeGot: Mackenzie and May seek him out as their organization lacks scientific "brains" with Fitz still lost out in space and Simmons still out of contact hunting for Fitz after a full year. |
| 559 | * TheEeyore: Fairly uniformly serious and grim, at least so far. |
| 560 | * INeedAFreakingDrink: Pours Mack a drink as he prepares to report that Sarge's DNA exactly matches Coulson's -- then [[HypocriticalHumor downs it himself]] after delivering the WhamLine. |
| 561 | * JumpedAtTheCall: Being handed a folder full of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s current scientific challenges is enough to convince him to come aboard. |
| 562 | * TheLostLenore: His late husband is this to Benson, who has become TheAlcoholic by the time he is introduced in Season 6. |
| 563 | * TheMentor: Agent May explains that Dr. Benson had this relationship with her late ex-husband, Dr. Andrew Garner. Now, she and Mack intend for him to fulfill this role to a new generation of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and scientists. |
| 564 | * NotAfraidToDie: Flatly refuses to lead [[BigBad Izel]] to her "temple", saying that ever since the death of his husband, [[DeathSeeker he's no longer afraid of dying.]] |
| 565 | * SpearCounterpart: To Agent Weaver, who headed the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy before the agency's fall in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', and which Director Mackenzie intends for him to reestablish in the wake of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s relegitimization. |
| 566 | * StraightGay: It's mentioned that he was married to a late husband, but he has no overtly [[CampGay campy]] personality traits. |
| 567 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Dr. Streiten from Season 1. Dr. Benson focuses more on natural sciences rather than medicine, but still ends up dissecting a victim of the Shrike and attempting emergency surgery to try and save Agent Keller from the same creature. |
| 568 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Black and gay. |
| 569 | * TwoFirstNames: Benson can also used as a given name. |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | !!Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Operatives |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Felix Blake]] |
| 575 | !!''Felix Blake'' |
| 576 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blake_felix.png]] |
| 577 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Hate's a good motivator."'']] |
| 578 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 579 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 580 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TitusWelliver |
| 581 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Item47'' | ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E6FZZT Episode 6: "FZZT"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E16EndOfTheBeginning Episode 16: "End of the Beginning"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E14Watchdogs Episode 58: "Watchdogs"]]'') |
| 582 | |
| 583 | -->''"When I got out of the hospital it turned out there had never been a S.H.I.E.L.D., just HYDRA hiding behind one. I signed up to protect the world from these dangerous alien elements, [and now] you use them, unleash them, you've got those freaks working for you. Hell Phil, you are one. Makes me sick."'' |
| 584 | |
| 585 | An agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in charge of surveillance. After OutlawCouple Benny and Claire get on the organization's radar due to their robberies, he tasks Sitwell with retrieving the alien ArmCannon known as Item 47. After receiving traumatic injuries during the hunt for the Clairvoyant, Blake emerges from a coma after HYDRA revealed itself and new powered people began appearing more frequently around the world. Disgusted by what S.H.I.E.L.D. had become, Blake joined the Watchdogs and dedicated himself to protecting the world from powered individuals by any means necessary. |
| 586 | ---- |
| 587 | * AllThereInTheManual: His first name is only shown for a split-second in "End of the Beginning". |
| 588 | * AmazonChaser: He tries (fruitlessly) to flirt with Melinda "The Cavalry" May while they're on a mission. |
| 589 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Psychics? Pfft, nonsense. Astrology? There's something to that. May calls him on this. |
| 590 | * BadassBureaucrat: Despite appearing a mere supervisor instead of a field agent, he fights Deathlok with admirable ability and even has the foresight to replace his weapon's ammunition with a tracker beacon so the other agents would be able to track him down. |
| 591 | * ByTheBookCop: He's a rather staunch rule-follower, which brings him into conflict with the likes of Coulson who sees the value of improvisation and unconventional tactics. |
| 592 | * DespairEventHorizon: Blake's by-the-book dedication to S.H.I.E.L.D. dies a painful death; he's crippled by Deathlok and wakes up to discover that the organization he dedicated his life to was little more than an illusion maintained by HYDRA. |
| 593 | * EvilCripple: When he reappears as the head of the Watchdogs, it's revealed that Deathlok's attack left him paralyzed from the waist down. |
| 594 | * EvilFormerFriend: Coulson and Blake don't get along very well in "FZZT", but Blake was noticeably upset when he accidentally called Agent Sitwell "Coulson" in ''Item 47'', and Coulson did consider Blake a friend. After he learned Coulson was resurrected with alien blood, however, Blake says that Coulson makes him "sick". |
| 595 | * FaceHeelTurn: Blake was always a rather abrasive agent, but he was still a trustworthy S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. Then he gets crippled by Deathlok, and the HYDRA revelation pushes him into becoming the leader of [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic an anti-Inhuman hate group]] called The Watchdogs. |
| 596 | * FantasticRacism: He develops a downright genocidal hatred of anyone who isn't a pure human. He considers all aliens and Inhumans to be the enemy simply by virtue of their species. |
| 597 | * {{Irony}}: Unlike Agent Sitwell, Agent Blake was never a part of HYDRA when S.H.I.E.L.D. fell. Then, in season 3, he's becomes HYDRA's UnwittingPawn by collaborating with the Watchdogs. |
| 598 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite coming off as gruff and unpleasant he honestly tries to reason with Deathlok, addressing him as "Mr. Peterson" and promising to help free him if he'll call off his attack. In addition, while Sitwell is a [=HYDRA=] traitor, he is not. However, his heart of gold is ripped out by his injury and the rise of HYDRA. |
| 599 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While he wasn't [[GoodIsNotNice all that pleasant to work with]] as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and remained loyal unlike Agent Sitwell, who was part of HYDRA, he goes ''way'' off the deep end by actively supplying arms and intelligence to [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic The Watchdogs]]. |
| 600 | * KarmaHoudini: He never gets any comeuppance for his role with the Watchdogs. |
| 601 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: His NotSoStoic entry shows he isn't [[ClassifiedInformation Level 7]], since he is unaware that Coulson survived his attempted murder by Loki. He got a promotion sometime between then and ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''. |
| 602 | * TheMenInBlack: He was in charge of the retrieval of Item 47, though Sitwell does the field work. |
| 603 | * MustHaveCaffeine: |
| 604 | ** The first thing he does when granted an assistant is tell her to make him coffee. |
| 605 | ** When given particularly difficult missions, his first reaction is to reach for more coffee. |
| 606 | * NotSoStoic: He noticeably quiets up a bit when he accidentally calls Agent Sitwell "Coulson". It turns out even Blake misses him. |
| 607 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: In "FZZT" he insists that S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol be followed to the letter: if "infected cargo" is present on the Bus it has to be jettisoned into the ocean. Coulson's counter-argument that said "cargo" is a human being and fellow agent who still might survive her illness apparently has little impact on him. |
| 608 | * SinisterSurveillance: He's technically on the side of good, but he comes across as rather sinister regardless. His [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first in-person appearance]] in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' cements this. He insinuates that Coulson's days with the agency are numbered. [[MinorInjuryOverreaction Then he touches Lola]]. |
| 609 | * SmugSnake: He's not a villain ''per se'', at least until [[FaceHeelTurn he becomes one]] by joining The Watchdogs, but he's very confident in his own abilities. |
| 610 | * TookALevelInJerkass: In the third season of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', he reappears heading an anti-Inhuman organization called The Watchdogs, having developed (or at least acted on) a large amount of FantasticRacism since his hospitalization in the first season. |
| 611 | * TwoFirstNames: Blake is a common gender-neutral name. |
| 612 | * UnwittingPawn: To HYDRA in his new capacity with the Watchdogs. |
| 613 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the Watchdogs taking a more central role in Season 4, Blake is nowhere to be seen and isn't mentioned by any character. The sole leader of the Watchdogs is Anton Ivanov aka 'The Superior'. |
| 614 | * YouGetMeCoffee: Tries this at the end of ''Item 47'', but is stymied by the fact that his new assistant can't make coffee. |
| 615 | [[/folder]] |
| 616 | |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[folder:Richard Lumley]] |
| 619 | !!''Richard Lumley'' |
| 620 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/richardlumley.jpg]] |
| 621 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 622 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 623 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BoydKestner |
| 624 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds Episode 12: "Seeds"]]'') |
| 625 | |
| 626 | A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who went off the grid after investigating an 0-8-4 in Hunan, China. |
| 627 | ---- |
| 628 | * CombatPragmatist: Uses the environment of the alley while fighting May, including a wooden pallet. |
| 629 | * CyanidePill: Was willing to take one when he was confronted by Coulson and May. |
| 630 | * SecretKeeper: He's one of the only surviving people on the planet to know about the 0-8-4 from Hunan. It was Skye, and even he doesn't know the details, just that an entire village died to protect her when she was a baby. |
| 631 | * SoleSurvivor: Of the team that investigated the 0-8-4, with all the others being killed off one-by-one before Lumley went off the radar to avoid the same fate. |
| 632 | [[/folder]] |
| 633 | |
| 634 | [[folder:Sebastian Derik]] |
| 635 | !!''Sebastian Derik'' |
| 636 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f9f4f73907b7b479f1f04f0eab01bae1.png]] |
| 637 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I do some carving now and then."'']] |
| 638 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 639 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 640 | !!!'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BrianVanHolt |
| 641 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E6FracturedHouse Episode 28: "A Fractured House"]]'', ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E7TheWritingOnTheWall Episode 29: "The Writing on the Wall"]]'') |
| 642 | |
| 643 | A S.H.I.E.L.D. assassin and test subject of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. |
| 644 | ---- |
| 645 | * AntiVillain: What really drives him into villainy and becoming SerialKiller is because the effect of G.H. Serum from T.A.H.I.T.I. Project. Anyone exposed to it gains some of the alien's GeneticMemory, which comes in the form of a blueprint to an unknown city. However, his mind cannot properly process the image and he desperately needs an answer from this. |
| 646 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: Inverted. Rather than going mad, he calmed down and is saved from madness after knowing the answer to the symbols: blueprints to a city. |
| 647 | * ProfessionalKiller: He was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent working as an assassin. |
| 648 | * SerialKiller: Becomes one for test subjects of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. due to his [=GH=].235-induced obsession to complete the Words of Creation - on their bodies - and understand their meanings. |
| 649 | [[/folder]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[folder:Janice Robbins]] |
| 652 | !!''Janice Robbins'' |
| 653 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/janice_robbins.png]] |
| 654 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 655 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 656 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MoniqueGabrielaCurnen |
| 657 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E7TheWritingOnTheWall Episode 29: "The Writing on the Wall"]]'') |
| 658 | |
| 659 | ->'''Phil Coulson:''' How do you feel today?\ |
| 660 | '''Rebecca Stevens:''' Terrific. I've never felt better.\ |
| 661 | '''Coulson:''' Do you remember how you got here?\ |
| 662 | '''Stevens:''' I volunteered. I was dying, and when I woke up, everything was okay. |
| 663 | |
| 664 | An art teacher who was once Rebecca Stevens, a Level Six S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and test subject of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. |
| 665 | ---- |
| 666 | * AdaptationalBadass: Her comic book counterpart is a historian whereas the TV show Janice/Rebecca is a trained S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. |
| 667 | * BackFromTheDead: She was listed as having died from cancer, which she actually had. |
| 668 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: Just like everyone else in the T.A.H.I.T.I. program. However, this is averted once their memories are wiped and they're given new identities. |
| 669 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: She was subjected to the Memory Overwriting Machine to cure her of the GH.235-induced psychosis. |
| 670 | * RaceLift: The comic book version of Rebecca Stevens is a caucasian, whereas the TV version is a Latin of mestizo descent. |
| 671 | [[/folder]] |
| 672 | |
| 673 | [[folder:Hank Thompson]] |
| 674 | !!''Hank Thompson'' |
| 675 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/909dfac4756637b23956b42a8a50d2b7.png]] |
| 676 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"So I was some kind of super spy?"'']] |
| 677 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 678 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 679 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoelGretsch |
| 680 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E7TheWritingOnTheWall Episode 29: "The Writing on the Wall"]]'') |
| 681 | |
| 682 | -->''"I know who I am. I'm Hank Thompson. I've got a wife I love, a kid I adore, and every day, I wake up happy."'' |
| 683 | |
| 684 | A welder who was once Cameron Klein, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and test subject of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. |
| 685 | ---- |
| 686 | |
| 687 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: Despite having his mind wiped after Project T.A.H.I.T.I. he built a model train set that completed the 3D map of the hidden city. He did this completely subconsciously which is quite an achievement given that dozens of people were trying to figure out the puzzle for years. |
| 688 | * BackFromTheDead: He's a patient of Project T.A.H.I.T.I. formerly named Cameron Klein. |
| 689 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: Hank Thompson catches a thrown knife in between his bare hands, before throwing it back, [[ImprobableAimingSkills slicing clean through the rope holding Coulson]]. |
| 690 | * DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Cameron Klein is a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician. In the MCU, there's this former agent as well as a technician that appears in ''Winter Soldier'' and ''Age of Ultron'' both named Cameron Klein. |
| 691 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: Just like everyone else in the T.A.H.I.T.I. program. However, this is averted once their memories are wiped and they're given new identities. He's the only one that doesn't begin obsessively painting or sketching or carving the alien symbols. Because his way of expressing them is to build an elaborate model train set, making him the only one to display them correctly, in three dimensions. |
| 692 | * HappilyMarried: He's perfectly content with living a quiet life with his family. |
| 693 | * IChooseToStay: When given the option of returning to his old life as Cameron Klein, decides that he'd much rather remain as Hank Thompson, family man. |
| 694 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: After catching the knife that Sebastian threw at him, Thompson manages to accurately throw it so that Coulson was cut from his bindings. |
| 695 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Subjected to the Memory Overwriting Machine to cure him of the GH.235-induced psychosis. |
| 696 | * NeverForgottenSkill: Hank stops a knife that Sebastian throws at him by catching the blade in both hands. He looks surprised for a moment before throwing it at the rope holding up Coulson, freeing him. Apparently, that was a skill he learned back as Agent Klein of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 697 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. There's an unrelated man with the name "Cameron Klein" in other Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse media. He's the S.H.I.E.L.D. technician who disobey Brock Rumlow's order once HYDRA is exposed by Captain America in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''. He reappears in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', now works under Nick Fury, and the film credits him as "Cameron Klein". |
| 698 | * PapaWolf: He's protective of his family, especially where crazed GH-325 patients like Sebastian Derek are involved. |
| 699 | * RetiredBadass: He's a former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and according to his file, one of the elite. He was forced into retirement via memory wipe and now he prefers his new life. |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:Tony Caine]] |
| 703 | !!''Tony Caine'' |
| 704 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 705 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 706 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JakeBusey |
| 707 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' |
| 708 | |
| 709 | A former student of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy and classmate of Alphonso Mackenzie. Eventually he was recruited by a government operation to provide new identities to HYDRA scientists which had been forcibly recruited. |
| 710 | ---- |
| 711 | * BrilliantButLazy: Bright enough to obtain exam answers and forge fake [=IDs=] but rarely attending classes. |
| 712 | * HighSchoolHustler: During his time in the Academy, he was a dealer of exam answers and fake [=IDs=]. This was the cause for his expulsion. |
| 713 | * TheSlacker: Unlike Mack, Caine was a lazy student that constantly missed classes. |
| 714 | [[/folder]] |
| 715 | |
| 716 | !!Former S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:Dr. Franklin Hall]] |
| 719 | !!''Dr. Franklin Hall'' |
| 720 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hall_franklin.jpg]] |
| 721 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I've seen the future, Mr. Coulson, and it's a catastrophe."'']] |
| 722 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 723 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 724 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/IanHart |
| 725 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset Episode 3: "The Asset"]]'') |
| 726 | |
| 727 | -->''"S.H.I.E.L.D.? S.H.I.E.L.D. is just as guilty of the same thing, experimentation without thought of consequence! Your search for an unlimited power source brought an alien invasion."'' |
| 728 | |
| 729 | A brilliant S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist who theorized on the existence of gravity manipulating element called Gravitonium, and who further invented a means of controlling it. When said element is discovered, he is kidnapped by an old colleague of his named Ian Quinn, who wants him to finish his research. |
| 730 | ---- |
| 731 | * AndIMustScream: He's trapped inside the Gravitonium with Ian Quinn. |
| 732 | * TheAtoner: In his youth, he was quite enthusiastic about his research until he realized how if misused or worse, turned into a weapon, it could result in the deaths of millions. As an adult, he's ''very'' unwilling to continue work on it. |
| 733 | * BaldOfEvil: Or rather, Bald of Extremism. |
| 734 | * TheBusCameBack: He's absent for ''four seasons'' after his appearance, doubly impactful because he appeared in the ''third episode'', the ending of which established a cliffhanger. He ''finally'' comes back in Season 5, but doesn't become Graviton as many expected, instead, he becomes a GreaterScopeVillain for the person who does -- namely, Glenn Talbot. |
| 735 | * CompositeCharacter: InUniverse. He was absorbed by the gravitonium, then in an act of vengeance, he compelled the gravitonium to absorb Ian Quinn as well, as a result anyone who subsequently absorbs the gravitonium ends up absorbing their minds, including General Talbot, who became Graviton, Hall's identity in the comics. |
| 736 | * DecompositeCharacter: Unlike in the comics, he does not become Graviton; rather, it is General Talbot who takes the role. Although Hall is still a part of it (see CompositeCharacter above). |
| 737 | * FakeDefector: Pretends to go along with Quinn's scheme in order to sabotage the project and keep the device out of the wrong hands for good. |
| 738 | * KidnappedScientist: Exploited. He pulled the strings of his own kidnapping in order to ruin his kidnapper's plans, but said kidnapper isn't aware of this. |
| 739 | * MentorArchetype: He was [=FitzSimmons's=] favourite professor at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy. |
| 740 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Hall claims S.H.I.E.L.D. is this to people like Quinn - and that their desire to control things led to the events of ''The Avengers''. Coulson ultimately realizes that he and Hall are similar as well, and that they both make tough calls to protect people just before he seemingly kills Hall to save innocent lives. |
| 741 | * StartOfDarkness: In the comics, he becomes a gravity-manipulating supervillain named Graviton after a lab accident. And indeed, during the course of the episode, he falls into his device and is absorbed by a bubble of gravity manipulating matter... and is then seen at the end trying to claw his way out from the inside, complete with ScareChord. |
| 742 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Was willing to cause the deaths of quite a lot of people in order to destroy the device and prevent it from ever being used to hurt anyone. Coulson agrees that he has a point and that he made a tough call, but doesn't let him go through with it. |
| 743 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ian Quinn escaped with the Gravitonium, presumably with Hall still trapped inside, in the first season finale, and neither have been seen since. It was probably the biggest open plot thread on the show, until the Gravitonium resurfaced in the fifth season to be used as AppliedPhlebotinum in an effort to seal the "fear dimension" rift opened by the destruction of the three Monoliths. Still, there has been no sign of [[ChekhovsGunman Dr. Hall]], at least so far. It turns out that his consciousness is trapped inside the Gravitonium, and he seems to be able to direct it somehow, at least against Ian Quinn. |
| 744 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Is well aware that his research could and is going to be used to harm people, and is forced to accept the fact that if he doesn't do something about it, the world may very well be worse off for his contribution. And so he decides to destroy the device by causing it to go haywire, obliterating a wide area, sacrificing himself and causing the deaths of many innocent people in order to make sure this doesn't happen. |
| 745 | [[/folder]] |
| 746 | |
| 747 | [[folder:Elihas Starr]] |
| 748 | !!''Elihas Starr'' |
| 749 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elihas_starr.jpg]] |
| 750 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 751 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' British |
| 752 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/MichaelCerveris |
| 753 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' |
| 754 | |
| 755 | A S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist who worked under Hank Pym before being fired, and father of Ava Starr[=/=]Ghost. |
| 756 | ---- |
| 757 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While not quite a "hero" and still morally-questionable as a scientist, he still very much cared for his daughter and wasn't an outright villain. |
| 758 | * AdaptationalOriginConnection: Egghead had absolutely no connection to Ghost in the comics. Here, he's the MCU version's father and the accidental source of her powers and condition. |
| 759 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Hank says that he's a traitor that deserved to be fired. A deleted alternate opening shows that Starr had actually stolen some of Hank's research to try to build his own Quantum Tunnel in the 80s, only to be foiled by Ant-Man and the Wasp. |
| 760 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Never called "Egghead", though that has a justification: Elihas never went full-on villain in this continuity to begin with. |
| 761 | * CompositeCharacter: The Egghead of the comics was never married and never had a child, instead he had a sibling (unknown if brother or sister) who got married and had a child, Egghead's niece, Trixie Starr. |
| 762 | * DeathByAdaptation: Dead by the events of ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', but alive in the comics. |
| 763 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Not quite a saint, but he was still very much a family man. |
| 764 | * {{Foil}}: Deleted scenes make him one to Bill Foster. Both worked with Hank Pym and make it clear how much they ''loath'' the man, to the point that they brush off his valid concerns just to prove him wrong, and both throw their lot in with criminal elements to achieve their own goals. The difference is in their motivations. Elihas is implied to have done it for the sake of proving his own scientific capabilities, dismisses Hank's warnings and winds up killing himself and his wife while doing some horrific damage to his daughter as a result. Bill is far more altruistic, wanting only to help Ava, and learns to look past his own baggage with Hank to heed the man's warnings, resulting in a much better ending for everyone involved. |
| 765 | * PosthumousCharacter: Died in a FreakLabAccident that also mutated his daughter when she was a child. |
| 766 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: The father of Ghost in the MCU, unlike the original. |
| 767 | * TogetherInDeath: His corpse is seen lying next to his wife's. |
| 768 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: Appears only over the span of a flashback and then dies. |
| 769 | [[/folder]] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | |
| 772 | [[folder:Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath]] |
| 773 | !!''Dr. Bill Foster / Goliath'' |
| 774 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/billfoster_antmanandthewasp.png]] |
| 775 | %% [[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 776 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 777 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 778 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne, Creator/LangstonFishburne (young) |
| 779 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' |
| 780 | |
| 781 | A former friend of Hank Pym's during Pym's time at S.H.I.E.L.D. and fellow expert in growing/shrinking technologies. |
| 782 | ---- |
| 783 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: He supports Ava's criminal behavior as Ghost because he wants to save his adopted daughter, but he himself doesn't come across as particularly evil. When Ava goes too far in her suggestion to kidnap Cassie Lang, that's where he draws the line. Later, despite his longstanding hatred towards Pym, he eventually agrees to surrender and allow him to rescue Janet after Pym promises he can also cure Ava. |
| 784 | * AntiVillain: He isn't actually evil, but he is a willing accessory to most of Ava's crimes, and is willing to endanger Janet's life to save Ava's. He does however draw the line at extremes like child kidnapping or outright murder and he turns on Ava once he realises she is going too far, yet continues to be protective of her even after this. |
| 785 | * BlackAndNerdy: A brilliant scientist in his own right and a lecturer at a university by the time of ''Ant-Man and the Wasp''. |
| 786 | * CastFromCalories: Compares notes about how tiring sizeshifting to huge size can be. |
| 787 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Immediately becomes petty and abrasive once he's in a room with Hank, but is disturbed when Ava suggests going after Scott's daughter Cassie to force them into compliance, threatening that he'll sever ties with Ava if she goes that far. He also shows serious concerns when Hank reveals his and Ava's plan could possibly kill Janet. |
| 788 | * FavoritismFlipFlop: He scornfully condemns Hank's actions in Berlin, thinking it was Hank wearing the Ant-Man suit. When Hank reveals it was Scott, Bill immediately changes his tune, impressed that Scott could grow to such a size. |
| 789 | * KickTheDog: A ''cold blooded'' one when Bill says that Janet was the only who could tolerate Hank without being pushed way and that she paid the price for it. Hope and Scott have to physically restrain Hank. It was out of line and foreshadows the antagonism between them. |
| 790 | * MeaningfulName: Bordering on PunnyName: His surname is Foster he is Ava's foster father. |
| 791 | * MoralityChain: Despite helping as best he can, there are lines he won't cross. He's determined to help Ava save herself, but he still threatens to stop helping her if she actually goes ahead with kidnapping Cassie Lang as a bargaining chip. |
| 792 | * MythologyGag: |
| 793 | ** Was part of a S.H.I.E.L.D. program with Pym called "G.O.L.I.A.T.H.", which was an alias that both of them went by in the comics. |
| 794 | ** He wears a blue sweater with the collar up, a visual nod to his [[https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bill-Foster-aka-Goliath.jpg classic comic book costume]]. |
| 795 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: How he approaches his efforts to cure Ava. He tolerates Ava's collateral damage, illegal activities and any harm that befalls criminals but he draws the line at hurting innocents, most notably when he adamantly refuses to allow her to kidnap Cassie Lang. He even urges Ava to trust that Janet can help her to stop Ava from killing her by draining her quantum energy, something he turns out to be right about. |
| 796 | * NiceGuy: He's generally polite and cordial outside of his mutual bitterness with Hank. He's pleasant to Hope, Scott thinks he's cool before he's revealed to be working with Ghost, and presumably they get over that by the end of the movie, and he genuinely cares for Ava/Ghost, basically his foster daughter. Despite technically being an antagonist he's an AntiVillain at most, and even this is downplayed. He tolerates Ava's ruthlessness when it's directed toward criminals, but not innocents, and his own part in her operations is strictly selfless, presumably having had a hand in building the suit and isolation chamber which she uses to mitigate her condition. |
| 797 | * OldSuperhero: He is implied to be a retired hero, similar to Hank Pym. It is PlayedWith, as his actor Creator/LaurenceFishburne was around 55-56 during the filming of his first appearance, so it is not as extreme as other examples of this trope. |
| 798 | * ParentalSubstitute: Toward Ava. It becomes clear that his help isn't just about one-upping Pym but out of genuine concern for his adopted daughter. |
| 799 | * PassingTheTorch: It's an indirect version. He was partners with Hank on the technology that created Giant-Man and is implied to be the original Goliath superhero. Far from being upset that Scott is now using the technology he takes genuine interest and looks very impressed when Scott tells him how large he was able to grow. It's a subtle moment that suggests Foster has given Scott his approval. |
| 800 | * PetTheDog: When it seems like Hank is having a heart attack he's aggravated, but semi-quickly agrees to grab Hank's medicine. Which Hank was counting on; he was faking it, and the container was a trap. |
| 801 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: The adoptive father of Ava Starr, this version of Ghost. In the comics, Goliath and Ghost are not connected in any way. |
| 802 | * SitcomArchNemesis: He ''hates'' Hank. It's like a laboratory argument between colleagues that has lasted three decades. That being said, he doesn't turn Hank into the FBI when they come knocking, and he seems like a genuinely good guy who wants to do the right thing which includes helping Ghost, since no one else will. Hank Pym just seems to have that effect on people -- at least Bill didn't steal his company and try to kill him. |
| 803 | * {{Sizeshifter}}: As the original Giant-Man/Goliath, he reached a height of 21 feet. |
| 804 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, Bill was killed during ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' by a clone of Thor, nonetheless. In the films, he's introduced alive and well in a story set ''after'' [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar the MCU's version of the event]]. |
| 805 | * UnreliableExpositor: He's heavily biased against Hank, so Bill's accounts of how their partnership ended should be taken with a grain of salt. Neither of them were there for Elihas Starr's death, and this also affects their judgment when it comes to Ghost. |
| 806 | * WouldntHurtAChild: He immediately puts his foot down when Ava suggests kidnapping Cassie as a way of forcing Scott and the others into compliance, threatening to end their relationship if Ava hurts Scott's daughter. |
| 807 | [[/folder]] |
| 808 | |
| 809 | [[folder:Dr. Holden Radcliffe]] |
| 810 | !!''Dr. Holden Radcliffe'' |
| 811 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/radcliffe_holden.jpg]] |
| 812 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"It's not a hunch, it's science. It's a science hunch."'']] |
| 813 | !!!'''Species:''' Enhanced human |
| 814 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' Scottish |
| 815 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JohnHannah |
| 816 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (first appears in ''[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS3E18TheSingularity Episode 62: "The Singularity"]]'') |
| 817 | |
| 818 | ->''"I believe that art and science are entwined. The Devil, and God, is in the details. I don't want people to see my work and know it's work. If they gave a second glance, I want it to be out of awe, not disgust."'' |
| 819 | |
| 820 | A former GT Agrochemical researcher whose theories and experiments on transhumanism got him fired from the company. He was kidnapped and recruited by Hive in order to recreate the Kree experiment which had created the Inhumans, after which he was rescued by Team Coulson and began working with S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| 821 | ---- |
| 822 | * AdaptationalHeroism: While he frequently finds himself doing bad things, he's generally trying to do them for the right reasons, or because he hasn't been given any choice. His comics counterpart was an utterly ruthless CorruptCorporateExecutive who WouldHurtAChild. |
| 823 | * AdaptationalNationality: Radcliffe in ''Comicbook/MachineTeen'' was American, this version is Scottish. |
| 824 | * AffablyEvil: He is entirely friendly to pretty much everyone [[EveryoneHasStandards (unless he thinks that they're working for HYDRA)]] and gets on very well with fellow scientists Fitz and Simmons, especially Fitz -- as of season 4, the two are frequently sharing beers and discussing science. Really, he's mostly harmless. His only problem is his occasional lack of a moral compass, which doesn't really help matters when he takes one brief glimpse of the text of the evil Darkhold. |
| 825 | * AintTooProudToBeg: Routinely begs for his life whenever he upsets Hive. He later begs Aida and Fitz to spare Agnes when she orders him to kill her. |
| 826 | * AlasPoorVillain: Considering he's killed while he's still under Darkhold's corruption, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for him. Doubles for his ultimate death in the Framework, where he is DyingAlone, lamenting how he is glad that he will die now, as he doesn't have his beloved Agnes with him anymore. |
| 827 | * AntiVillain: During Season 3, all he really wanted was to improve humanity, realizing too late what Hive was really up to. And in Season 4 he gets corrupted by the Darkhold, which warps his view on how to help humanity. |
| 828 | * ArcVillain: Of the ''LMD'' pod in Season 4, all in an attempt to gain the Darkhold, and with it, the secret of immortality. By the end of the arc, though, he is [[EvilerThanThou supplanted]] [[DragonAscendant by]] Aida as the true villain of the season. |
| 829 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Forms an alliance with the Watchdogs, giving them information and [=LMDs=] in exchange for protection. |
| 830 | * BigDamnHeroes: When Fitz is about to kill Jemma he takes out his guards and then throws him through the portal. |
| 831 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Turns out he's under the Darkhold's morality-corrupting control and is using Aida to try to retrieve it. |
| 832 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "This was never my intention." |
| 833 | * CharacterDeath: Murdered by Aida in "Self Control" when she thinks his regrets could possibly go too far but she plugs him into the Framework immediately afterward. The death only applies to his physical body. However, his mind dies too when the Framework is shut down in "World's End". |
| 834 | * CompositeCharacter: He's essentially the Mister Sinister to Hive's ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, being an EvilutionaryBiologist who serves an ancient super powered being. However, personality wise Radcliffe is very different from Sinister. His role as the creator of AIDA is from Tom Thumb. |
| 835 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Sometimes the worst thing about Radcliffe is his lack of proper morals. Other times, it's his lack of common sense, usually at Fitz's expense: |
| 836 | ** In "Failed Experiments", Hive goes on a speech on how concentrating powers in the hands of [[ComicBook/TheAvengers a few]] will result in a war, while his plan to spread the Inhuman gene will avert this. Radcliffe asks if this means they can start the experiment. Hive takes a moment to compose himself before saying yes, implying that this has happened before. |
| 837 | ** In "The Ghost", when a dumbstruck Fitz asks "What the hell?" regarding Aida's robot body, Radcliffe assumes that it's over Aida being caught in a loop trying to say hello. Fitz was actually asking where the hell Aida comes from. |
| 838 | ** In "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire", after Fitz mentions how his eyes would bulge when he was frightened, he sees Aida talking with May, and nearly panics. Radcliffe is more interested in seeing that Fitz's eyes actually are bulging. |
| 839 | ** In "Broken Promises", Mack describes a missing Aida as a SexBot, which Radcliffe takes offense at--he's never had sex with Aida, they're just good friends. Fitz winces over how Radcliffe is making things actually worse. |
| 840 | * DeadpanSnarker: He likes to snark from time to time. |
| 841 | -->'''Radcliffe:''' ''[to Talbot]'' I can tell by your mustache that you're a man of much importance and not to be trifled with... |
| 842 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: Literally! After being bumped off by Aida/Madame Hydra, he comes to realize that the Framework has gone too far out of control and, albeit with some coaxing, tells Simmons and Coulson where their friends are being held. |
| 843 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: Radcliffe is the main villain of the ''LMD'' arc, as he is the one who programmed Aida to become more ruthless and steal the Darkhold. However by the end of the arc Aida kills him once she believes that his various regrets could lead towards him deactivating the Framework, becoming the season's true BigBad in the process. |
| 844 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He still greatly cares about his old girlfriend Agnes Kitsworth and saving her life was one of his main motivations for creating the Framework. He also loves Fitz like a father and readily sacrifices any chance at obtaining a new body to free him from the Framework. |
| 845 | * EveryoneHasStandards: To Radcliffe, science is meant to improve humanity, not hinder or harm it. He was appalled to learn that HYDRA placed explosives in the Deathlok's ocular enhancements, believing it a horrible misuse of science. When he thinks that Fitz and Simmons are from HYDRA, he orders his security forces to take them away. While working for Hive, Radcliffe makes it pretty clear that he is uncomfortable working on non-volunteers and that his only interest is in advancing the human race. His accidental creation of the Alpha Primitives horrifies him. He also makes it absolutely clear to Aida that he does ''not'' approve of her killing Agent Nathanson and attempting to kill Agent May. |
| 846 | * EvilFormerFriend: To Fitz after his treachery is revealed. Interestingly, the Radcliffe LMD still indicates that Radcliffe still considers Fitz a friend, though it's fairly one-sided at that point. |
| 847 | * {{Foil}}: To Fitz and Simmons, who work selflessly to protect humanity and have lines they will not cross and people they won't work with; Radcliffe is fairly [[ForScience amoral]] and will work with almost anyone so long as he can advance his transhuman agenda -- [[EveryoneHasStandards though he draws the line at HYDRA, and Hive's plan to turn everyone who isn't Inhuman into a swayed Primitive horrifies him.]] |
| 848 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: When the Framework gets deleted around him, he simply decides to pour himself a drink and calmly watch it’s last sunrise on a beach. |
| 849 | * ForScience: He willingly works for Hive after being kidnapped due to the opportunity to advance the human race by making everyone an Inhuman. However, he is less than pleased when he realizes Hive is happy with creating the Alpha Primitives instead so that he can have an easy-to-control slave race. Eventually, he's absolutely horrified at everything he's done, but is too afraid of dying to do anything about it. |
| 850 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: He briefly glimpses the Darkhold but refuses to read anymore as he felt his brain was being overloaded. Unfortunately, that brief glimpse corrupted his mind as he wants to uses it to make people immortal, and by "Hot Potato Soup" even he seems to be starting to regret even that brief glimpse. By "BOOM", it gets to the point where he's actively discouraging other people from trying to read it. |
| 851 | * GoneHorriblyRight: He is dismayed at the ghoul-like abominations he's created with his experiment, but otherwise it worked exactly as intended. Those exposed to the virus are instantly transformed and enslaved to Hive. |
| 852 | * HannibalLecture: After being captured by HYDRA, he's fond of giving personality-probing lines to his captors, particularly the Doctor and his father. |
| 853 | * HeelFaceTurn: He develops a friendship with Fitz and Simmons at the end of season 3 and begins working with them regularly. When Simmons has only 24 hours to save May's life in season 4, she makes a bee-line to his house. |
| 854 | ** The episodes "No Regrets" and "The Return" cement his second one, where he provides everyone on Team Coulson the location to a backdoor out of the Framework. |
| 855 | * KarmaHoudini: Somewhat. He helps out S.H.I.E.L.D. in the end, but doesn't seem to face charges for his (at first) willing cooperation with Hive, despite numerous hearings. It's later clarified he was given a pardon, but he's forbidden to conduct experiments without supervision -- creating Aida is something that could get him jailed. It goes back and forth over season 4, ending with the corruption of his work, the death of his true love, and his own death, and all of it can be linked back to him. |
| 856 | * KilledMidSentence: As everything in the Framework is being deleted, Radcliffe decides to spend his last moments before he meets the same fate watching the sunset on a beach with a bottle of liquor. He pours himself a glass and raises it for a toast, quoting Creator/TSEliot, but is deleted before he can finish his sentence, and the glass he was holding just drops to the ground. |
| 857 | * LikeASonToMe: Radcliffe admits that Fitz had been like the son he never had, and it's implied that Fitz felt the same way. Which makes Radcliffe's betrayal hurt Fitz all the more. |
| 858 | * MadScientist: Advancing the transhuman agenda means replacing parts of his own body with what he considers to be superior components from birds or machines and doing the same for others. Personality-wise he's pretty mild. |
| 859 | * TheManBehindTheMan: At the end of "Broken Promises", he's revealed to be pulling Aida's strings after duping the others into thinking she rebelled against him. |
| 860 | * MayDecemberRomance: He's over twenty years older than Agnes, his lover, going by the ages for their actors. |
| 861 | * TheMedic: From time to time, and he tends to be quite good at healing humans, if only because he's willing to come up with solutions that are CrazyEnoughToWork. |
| 862 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction upon seeing the Watchdogs transformed into mindless slave creatures. He all but utters the trope by name. |
| 863 | ** His breakdown in the Framework!Triskelion's prison "No Regrets" also screams this, after he loses Agnes. This inspires a shred of sympathy from Skye. |
| 864 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: He's largely uninterested in Hive's aims to control the world, save where they intersect with his of improving humanity -- when this results in the Primitives, which are as close to an antithesis of his ideas as you can get (they're not evolved humans, really, they're devolved) and Hive is entirely happy with, he's horrified. |
| 865 | * OmniDisciplinaryScientist: Played With. He's a brilliant genetic biologist and cyberneticist, but the practical engineering of a nuclear warhead is beyond him. |
| 866 | * PetTheDog: He's rather fond of Fitz and Simmons, and in the stinger of Season 3 he expresses sadness at the number of friends they've lost. This inspires his latest project: improving [=LMDs=]... which ends up going rather wrong when he's exposed to the corrupting influence of the Darkhold in the next season. |
| 867 | * PluckyComicRelief: His nonchalance about mad science is played for laughs to various degrees and he makes a great wise guy when paired with Fitz as the straight man. |
| 868 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After witnessing Hive's horrors, he is all too happy when S.H.I.E.L.D. shows up. |
| 869 | * {{Transhuman}}: Not only is he a a member of the transhumanist movement, he is a transhuman, having a hybrid avian eye. |
| 870 | -->'''Radcliffe:''' Bird's visual acuity is superior to mammals, I got envious. |
| 871 | * VillainousRescue: Saves May from being killed by Aida during her failed escape attempt as he orders her to sedate her instead. |
| 872 | * VirtualGhost: After Aida kills him and uploads his consciousness into the Framework, Radcliffe can only exist in the Framework itself. He's naturally not pleased to be spending the rest of his life in a HYDRA world order, and after Agnes is killed he becomes near-suicidal. |
| 873 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: His intention with the Framework is to end suffering. |
| 874 | [[/folder]] |
| 875 | |
| 876 | !!Others |
| 877 | |
| 878 | [[folder:Others]] |
| 879 | * [[Characters/MCUInhumans Dr. Andrew Garner]] |
| 880 | * [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains Aida]] |
| 881 | * [[Characters/MCUSteveRogers Agent Steve Rogers / Captain America]] |
| 882 | * [[Characters/MCUNatashaRomanoff Agent Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow]] |
| 883 | * [[Characters/MCUClintBarton Agent Clint Barton / Hawkeye]] |
| 884 | * [[Characters/MCUCriminalsTerroristsThePowerBroker Agent Sharon Carter / Agent 13]] |
| 885 | * [[Characters/MCUHYDRAOperatives Agent Brock Rumlow]] |
| 886 | * [[Characters/MCUOtherSupervillains Ava Starr / Ghost]] |
| 887 | * [[Characters/MCUUnitedStatesGovernment Agent James "Jimmy" Woo]] |
| 888 | * [[Characters/MCUHankPym Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym / Ant-Man]] |
| 889 | * [[Characters/MCUAvengersFamilies Janet van Dyne / The Wasp]] |
| 890 | * [[Characters/MCUAvengersFamilies Agent Laura Barton / Agent 19]] |
| 891 | [[/folder]] |
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