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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]]) | '''S.S.R.''' ([[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] | [[Characters/MCUHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]]) | [[Characters/MCUSHIELDOtherAgents Other Agents]] -]]] |
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| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | !! Spoilers for all works set prior to the events of ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !Strategic Scientific Reserve (S.S.R.) |
| 19 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ssr.png]] |
| 20 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' | ''Film/MarvelOneShots: Film/AgentCarter'' | ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''[[note]]Mentioned only[[/note]] | ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' | ''Series/AgentCarter'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ->''"The Strategic Scientific Reserve is an Allied effort made up of the best minds in the free world. Our goal is to create the best army in history."'' |
| 23 | -->-- '''Chester Phillips''' |
| 24 | |
| 25 | The Strategic Scientific Reserve (S.S.R.) was a top-secret Allied war agency during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It was formed in 1940 to battle the Nazi special division HYDRA. The Allies won the war thanks to the S.S.R.'s SuperSoldier Captain America. After the war, the S.S.R. was later absorbed by S.H.I.E.L.D. after its founding. |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 28 | |
| 29 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 30 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: Other than Carter herself, the S.S.R. folks are by-and-large chauvinistic {{Inspector Javert}}s who will often use [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique ethically questionable]] tactics when questioning witnesses; meanwhile, Howard Stark and Jarvis will often keep secrets from others, including Peggy. On the other hand, the Leviathan organization is clearly, unambiguously evil (or at least [[DirtyCommunist the worst possible depiction of a Soviet agency]]), but its leader turns out to have moralistic motives behind their murders. |
| 31 | * CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: |
| 32 | ** As far as all of Peggy's civilian acquaintances are concerned, she works for the Bell Phone Company, which host the S.S.R. New York Office. |
| 33 | ** The Auberbach Theatrical Agency serves as front for the S.S.R. LA Office. |
| 34 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: S.S.R. agents have absolutely no problem [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique beating the crap out of a suspect when he won't cooperate]]. |
| 35 | * {{Expy}}: Similar to how S.H.I.E.L.D. serves as an expy for the CIA/FBI, the S.S.R. during the war appears to be an expy of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services Office of Strategic Services]] (OSS), the predecessor of the CIA, both being intelligence agencies during World War II that coordinate activities behind enemy lines (although the S.S.R. appears to involve the Allies as a whole rather than just the U.S. like the OSS) who later gave way to a modern agency. |
| 36 | * MadonnaWhoreComplex: Seems to be a dominant mindset, to varying degrees, amongst Peggy's sexist colleagues at the S.S.R.. |
| 37 | * YouGetMeCoffee: Most of the S.S.R. thinks Peggy is only good for getting them coffee and reports. |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !!London Office |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[folder:Captain Steve Rogers / Captain America]] |
| 43 | -->See [[Characters/MCUSteveRogers his]] page |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Agent Peggy Carter]] |
| 47 | -->See [[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter her]] page |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Colonel Chester Phillips]] |
| 51 | !!''Colonel Chester Phillips'' |
| 52 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chester_phillips.png]] |
| 53 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"You don't win wars with niceness, doctor. You win wars with guts."'']] |
| 54 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 55 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 56 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TommyLeeJones |
| 57 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BlasGarcia (Latin-American Spanish dub); Juan Antonio Gálvez (European Spanish dub), Creator/YvesRenier (European French dub), Éric Gaudry (Canadian French dub) |
| 58 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' |
| 59 | |
| 60 | ->''"If you have anything to say, now would be a perfect time to keep it to yourself."'' |
| 61 | |
| 62 | The U.S. Army Colonel in charge of the SuperSoldier project alongside Erskine. Upon first seeing Rogers (before the serum), he "wanted to cry" and had absolutely no faith in the young asthmatic. Even after the project worked, Phillips still considered it a failure because Rogers was its only product instead of the supersoldier army he hoped for. While Phillips went off to the battlefield, he intended for Rogers to be locked up in a lab - didn't work out quite so well as the Captain became America's greatest propaganda icon. After the Cap saved 400 prisoners from HYDRA, the two reconciled and worked together to bring down Schmidt. |
| 63 | ---- |
| 64 | * AdaptationalJerkass: Comic Philips recognized Steve's spirit from the beginning and picked Steve himself for Rebirth, while the movie Philips starts out dismissive until Steve proves him wrong twice. |
| 65 | * BadassNormal: No superpowers here, just vast combat experience and a shotgun. |
| 66 | * ColonelBadass: When he goes into combat, he shows that he's very much a badass: He joins the fray in the final fight and coins the response to HYDRA agents' "cut off one head, two more will take its place" evil creed. |
| 67 | -->'''HYDRA Soldier:''' [[BadassCreed Cut off one head, two more shall]]--! ''[gets [[KilledMidSentence shot mid sentence]] by Philips]''\ |
| 68 | '''Colonel Philips:''' ''[[[DramaticGunCock Dramatic Shotgun Cock]]]'' [[BondOneLiner Let's go find two more!]] |
| 69 | * CommanderContrarian: He's a Colonel, and all his naysaying leaves him with is egg on his face no less than twice. |
| 70 | * CompositeCharacter: In the comics, Phillps chose Steve Rogers personally for being the Super Soldier test subject, while General Saunders was contrary. In the movie, Phillips fills Saunders role as he opposes the choice until being convinced otherwise. |
| 71 | * CoolCar: Procures Schmidt's monstrosity to help Cap stop him. |
| 72 | * DeadpanSnarker: Seeing as it's Creator/TommyLeeJones, it's hard to expect anything less. |
| 73 | -->'''Phillips:''' ''[when Steve looks to him for orders after his and Peggy's NowOrNeverKiss]'' [[NoYay I'm not kissing you!]] |
| 74 | * AFatherToHisMen: Of a particularly curmudgeonly sort -- but when Steve goes to ask him about Bucky, he didn't need to check any paperwork; the clear implication is that he knows the name of every man he's lost in the last mission. |
| 75 | * GoodIsNotNice: |
| 76 | ** He may be on the heroically portrayed side in his film, but his words show he's not all that nice. |
| 77 | --->'''Phillips:''' When you brought a ''[[MuscleAngst ninety-pound asthmatic]]'' onto ''my'' army base, I let it slide. I thought, what the hell? Maybe he'll be useful to you, like a gerbil. I never thought you'd ''[[SuperSoldier pick]]'' him. ''[sees Pre-Serum Steve doing some very awkward jumping jacks]'' Look at him. He's making me cry. |
| 78 | ** Steve shows him that the two can go hand in hand and he noticeably becomes more respectful, leading to the below trope. |
| 79 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He has a good reason for not staging a mission to rescue the 107th: they are located 30 miles behind enemy lines in a heavily fortified area. They'd lose more men than they'd save. |
| 80 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dislikes Steve greatly early on, but warms up to him as he proves himself. |
| 81 | * PetTheDog: Near the end of the film, he silently gives Peggy a file on Steve Rogers, [[HerHeartWillGoOn to help her cope with the loss of the love of her life.]] |
| 82 | ** A little bit before this, when it becomes clear that Steve won't be coming back, Philips quietly removes himself and Private Morita from the room so that Steve and Peggy can say their goodbyes. |
| 83 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not at first but CharacterDevelopment turns him into one, starting from the moment Steve surrenders himself to disciplinary action and up to his final scene when he gives Peggy Steve's folder with a heartfelt look of sympathy. |
| 84 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Wields a shotgun during the assault on Schmidt's base during the climax. A [[JustifiedTrope practical]] choice for an assault on the interior of an underground base. |
| 85 | * SourSupporter: His reaction to [[MuscleAngst Steve Rogers]] JumpingOnAGrenade ([[SecretTestOfCharacter dud]]) instead of [[JerkJock his favored subject]]? |
| 86 | -->'''Colonel Philips:''' [[SourGrapes He's still skinny.]] |
| 87 | * VeteranInstructor: UsefulNotes/WorldWarII isn't his first rodeo. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Dr. Abraham Erskine]] |
| 91 | !!''Dr. Abraham Erskine'' |
| 92 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abraham_erskine_7.png]] |
| 93 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"So many people forget that the first country the Nazis invaded was their own."'']] |
| 94 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 95 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' German |
| 96 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/StanleyTucci |
| 97 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/PedroDAguillonJr. (Latin-American Spanish dub); Pep Antón Muñoz (European Spanish dub), Bernard Alane (European French dub), Jacques Lavallée (Canadian French dub) |
| 98 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' |
| 99 | |
| 100 | ->''"This is why you were chosen. Because a strong man, who has known power all his life, will lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength, and knows compassion."'' |
| 101 | |
| 102 | A German scientist and inventor of a SuperSoldier formula. He picks Rogers as the candidate out of an entire muscled platoon, believing that a weak man knew the value of strength, and knew that Rogers was a truly good man. |
| 103 | ---- |
| 104 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's much thinner, and approachable in appearance, than his comic book counterpart. |
| 105 | * AllGermansAreNazis: {{Defied|Trope}} and {{averted|Trope}}. As Erskine notes; "many people forget" the first country the Nazis invaded was, in fact, Germany. |
| 106 | * AmbiguouslyJewish: His name is "Abraham", he had to leave UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, he has some resemblance to UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, and his wife being confirmed as Jewish in the tie-in comic all suggest this. |
| 107 | * TheAtoner: He works with Americans to create an American super-soldier because he was responsible for the creation of the Red Skull... even if it was at gunpoint. |
| 108 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Film/TheHungerGames'' is referenced in an episode of ''Series/Hawkeye2021''. Erskine's actor Creator/StanleyTucci played Caesar Flickerman in all three films. |
| 109 | * TheChooserOfTheOne: He chooses [[NiceGuy Steve Rogers]] to be [[SuperSoldier Captain America]]. |
| 110 | * CoolOldGuy: For Example, in his conversation with Steve the night before the [[SuperSoldier procedure]] about drinking. |
| 111 | * DeathByOriginStory: He dies in the same scene as the creation of Captain America, ensuring that Captain America is the only super-soldier of his kind. |
| 112 | * ForScience: {{Averted|Trope}}. He doesn't want to create a super soldier for its own sake; he wants to so this super soldier can do good in the world. |
| 113 | * HerrDoktor: Steve is initially surprised to see him because of this reason; his accent is German. |
| 114 | * IgnoredExpert: Despite being the inventor of the super soldier serum, everyone initially ignores Erskine's explanation that the subject needs to be someone who demonstrates they have a kind heart, not military prowess. Even after Steve proves to be a success, everyone who attempts to replicate his work in the succeeding decades also ignores this detail and uses subjects who Erskine would not approve of. It's best shown in ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' when [[spoiler:John Walker]] takes a replicated serum and proceeds to go off the deep end. |
| 115 | * MentorArchetype: To Steve; mentoring, empowering, [[MentorOccupationalHazard death]]; the whole nine yards. |
| 116 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: See his quote above; the reason he picked Steve is because Steve knows what it's like to be weak, and can empathize with those who can't defend themselves. |
| 117 | * MyGreatestFailure: Allowing [[ComicBook/RedSkull Schmidt]] to take the SuperSoldier serum. |
| 118 | * NiceGuy: Insists on noble qualities for his super soldier because he wants it to be used to end the war. He clearly isn't lacking in noble qualities himself. |
| 119 | * NonActionGuy: Not a fighter obviously. |
| 120 | * NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: He intentionally kept all the notes to his super-serum in his head, as he didn't want anyone to replicate it and then misuse it. |
| 121 | * ParentalSubstitute: In their friendship Abraham was a gentle figure of wisdom ''and'' the man who allowed Steve Rogers to be reborn as a new man, effectively becoming his second father in every sense of the word. |
| 122 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: He gave Steve several tests to see whether or not Steve's the AllAmericanFace that's perfect for his SuperSoldier project; Rogers passes with flying colors. |
| 123 | * TokenEnemyMinority: A German-born scientist working for the Allies in WWII. |
| 124 | * WideEyedIdealist: Adamant in his belief that it takes a kind heart to create the ultimate warrior, not just loyalty or willingness to fight; hence his choice of Steve as his candidate for the Super Soldier Serum test. |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | [[folder:Howard Stark]] |
| 128 | -->See the [[Characters/MCUAvengersFamilies Families]] page |
| 129 | [[/folder]] |
| 130 | |
| 131 | [[folder:Lorraine]] |
| 132 | !!''Pvt. Lorraine'' |
| 133 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/private_lorraine.jpg]] |
| 134 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"And the women of America, they owe you their thanks. And um, seeing as they're not here..."'']] |
| 135 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 136 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 137 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NatalieDormer |
| 138 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Dulce Guerrero (Latin-American Spanish dub); Ana Aznárez (European Spanish dub), Bianca Gervais (Canadian French dub) |
| 139 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' |
| 140 | |
| 141 | Private Lorraine served in the United States Army during World War II. She was the secretary of Colonel Chester Phillips. |
| 142 | ---- |
| 143 | * CanonForeigner: She has no comic counterpart. |
| 144 | * CelebrityParadox: |
| 145 | ** ''Series/GameOfThrones'' has been mentioned in an episode of ''Series/LukeCage2016''. Creator/NatalieDormer played Margaret Tyrell in the series. |
| 146 | ** ''Film/TheHungerGames'' is also mentioned in ''Series/Hawkeye2021''. Dormer played Cressida in the films. |
| 147 | * ForcefulKiss: Forced Steve into one, until they're caught by [[WomanScorned Peggy]]. |
| 148 | * SexySecretary: For Phillips; she's his personal assistant and played by the sinfully sexy Natalie Dormer. She wastes little time trying to seduce Steve. |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | !!New York Office |
| 152 | |
| 153 | !!Directors |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Deputy Director Roger Dooley]] |
| 156 | !!''Deputy Director Roger Dooley'' |
| 157 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d7a712c460628bcb0c7cb3ff1bba5d3d.jpg]] |
| 158 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I buried myself deep in this job the day that I started."'']] |
| 159 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 160 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 161 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SheaWhigham |
| 162 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Óscar Gómez (Latin-American Spanish dub); Antonio Villar (European Spanish dub) |
| 163 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 164 | |
| 165 | The chief of the New York City S.S.R. branch, where Peggy works. |
| 166 | ---- |
| 167 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The thing Dooley is known for in the comics is that he was a corrupt and depraved S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who had sexually harassed ComicBook/SheHulk. He's still a jerk in the show, but not anymore so than the typical male of the era. In fact, ''this'' Dooley is treated as a good guy, a mostly-competent chief of the S.S.R. and dies heroically saving his employees from a bomb explosion. |
| 168 | * AdaptationDyeJob: He's blond in the comic. |
| 169 | * AgeLift: In as much as he was originally depicted in the comics' present-day, but the show shows him as the same age, or older, shortly after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. |
| 170 | * AndStarring: Shea Whigham gets this treatment in the OBB. |
| 171 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Dr. Fennhoff hypnotizes him in episode 7, causing Dooley to lock up Peggy and Jarvis, steal a Stark invention for the doctor, and put on an explosive vest threatening to blow up the whole office. |
| 172 | * DaChief: He's the classic hard-ass chief, though with a counter-intelligence organization rather than a police one. |
| 173 | * DeadpanSnarker: He has a very dry wit and a tendency to snark at the more outlandish things his job meets. |
| 174 | -->'''Dooley:''' ''[after finding [=McFee=] fleeing while tied to a chair]'' Do I even need to ask?\ |
| 175 | '''[=McFee=]:''' Ask what?\ |
| 176 | '''Dooley:''' Yeah, I guess you're right. I used to strap a chair to my ass and take long walks around the neighborhood, too. |
| 177 | * EveryoneHasStandards: When Thompson makes a crack about Peggy after she leaves during a tense moment Dooley not so subtly tells him to shut it. |
| 178 | * AFatherToHisMen: After Krzeminski's death, he vows to not lose another one of his agents and to get the man responsible. He gets a similar treatment from the rest of the S.S.R. after his death. |
| 179 | * FightingFromTheInside: Downplayed. Dooley shows mild awareness he's doing something wrong while hypnotized and at one point is reluctant to hand Fennhoff the invention. When we see inside his mind, he admits he knows he let a criminal get away but he couldn't find the will in himself to snap out of the trance and arrest him. |
| 180 | * HappyPlace: Imagining he's with his family is how Fennhoff keeps him delusional and under his control. |
| 181 | * HeroicSacrifice: After being fitted with an explosive vest, Dooley shoots a window and jumps out of it to prevent the S.S.R. from being destroyed with him. |
| 182 | * HiddenDepths: His sexism seem to have been the result of his wife's infidelity. As a result, he distrusts women. |
| 183 | * InspectorJavert: Dooley fully believes (incorrectly) that Howard is a traitor to his country and is hellbent on proving it, but he's just misguided rather than unsympathetic. Eventually, as he uncovers more on the Finow massacre, he even comes to question his views towards Stark. |
| 184 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He doesn't want to sent Peggy on missions, but as he points out in "The Iron Ceiling" if anything happens to her, he'll be the moron who got a woman killed in action. |
| 185 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Dooley is rather sexist and dismissive of Peggy, but he's a dedicated lawman who cares about his agents and his country. |
| 186 | * NobleBigotWithABadge: He treats Carter with the same casual sexism as most of her colleagues and tends to dismiss her input if it's not convenient to him, but he's genuinely committed to serving and protecting his country, and according to Whigham, cares more deeply for his agents (including Peggy) than he feels capable of showing. |
| 187 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When evidence comes to light that implies Stark is being set up he immediately starts looking into discovering it. He also recognizes Peggy's competence just before his death. |
| 188 | * SacrificialLion: The local BigGood dies in "SNAFU". |
| 189 | * TrailersAlwaysLie: Press materials said he would be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who would be supportive of Peggy and appreciative of her accomplishments. In the series itself, he appears to be just as sexist as the rest of the S.S.R.. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Agent Jack Thompson]] |
| 193 | !!''Agent/Chief Jack Thompson'' |
| 194 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thompson_jack.jpg]] |
| 195 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"Something you learn in war: Not every battle you win is a notch on your belt."'']] |
| 196 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 197 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 198 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChadMichaelMurray |
| 199 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (Latin-American Spanish dub); Creator/ClaudioSerrano (European Spanish dub) |
| 200 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 201 | |
| 202 | ->''"Poor guy. I hear he got his personality shot off in Iwo Jima."'' |
| 203 | -->--'''Daniel Sousa''' |
| 204 | |
| 205 | One of Peggy's coworkers at the S.S.R. who's sexist, but competent. Becomes Chief of the New York City office in Season 2. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * TheAce: Thompson is a competent S.S.R. worker, was awarded the Navy Medal during the war, and is also quite handsome. |
| 208 | * AmbitionIsEvil: In Season 2, he seems content to turn a blind eye to corruption in exchange for a high position in a new agency when the S.S.R. is fully dissolved. Subverted, though, as he also thinks to be protecting his subordinates from accusations as communist spies, which in those days were career-killers regardless of innocence. Not only that, but it turns out he was unaware Vernon Masters was even corrupt to begin with. |
| 209 | * BelligerentSexualTension: A serious moment between him and Dooley has Dooley out right saying he has a crush on Peggy, which Thompson doesn't refute, implying he demeans and dismisses her to cover it up. |
| 210 | * BloodKnight: {{Subverted|Trope}}. While he takes pleasure out of his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, and Sousa implies that he was quite the killer back in the war, when seen in an actual firefight Thompson gets overcome by fear rather than by bloodlust. Rather than look back fondly on his time in the war, he seems to hold it in shame. |
| 211 | * BrokenAce: Thompson secretly confided in Peggy that he killed Japanese soldiers that he assumes were about to attack when they were actually there to surrender and covered it up, and feels great remorse over his actions. |
| 212 | * BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: While she may not quite be Cthulhu, Dottie Underwood is certainly on another level from Thompson and he legitimately broke his hand punching her out, while she ultimately escaped. |
| 213 | * CannotSpitItOut: |
| 214 | ** Covered up that the soldiers he killed he thinks were trying to surrender and later just could not bring himself to admit it. |
| 215 | ** He can't admit his romantic feelings for Peggy, though this is more out of his arrogant and sexist attitude. |
| 216 | * CanonForeigner: There's no Jack Thompson in the main comics. |
| 217 | * CharacterDevelopment: Started out as a StrawMisogynist, but has gradually come to respect Peggy; his entire character arc by the end of the first season is described in detail by ''Agent Carter'' Executive Producer and Screenwriter, [[WordOfGod Michelle Fazekas]]: |
| 218 | -->"The interesting thing, for instance about Thompson, is Thompson has actually learned nothing. Which is an overstatement - He's learned something. I know this is a different topic entirely but his theme at the end of the show… We always thought of as this is the moment you decide how the rest of your life is going to go. And he thinks about it and he knows what the right to do is and he chooses to do the thing that benefits him the most. I think I'm actually probably wrong when I say he hasn't learned something. He's learned something, but now it's almost worse that he's actually making the active choice, like, "I'm going to screw a bunch of people over because it benefits me." I find that really interesting because it's growth, in a way, because he's taking charge. But it's growth in the wrong direction." |
| 219 | ** In the second season, Thompson initially sides with the villainous Vernon Masters, but learns to set aside his own ambitions when it comes time to do the right thing. Unfortunately, he's then shot, and his fate is unclear. |
| 220 | * CorruptCop: In Season 2, due to influence from Vernon Masters. He knows everything that Peggy's saying about him and the Arena Club is true, but Thompson doesn't seem to care. |
| 221 | * DarkSecret: Thompson won a Navy Cross for rescuing his sleeping camp from a Japanese ambush. Only after he killed them did he began to think the enemy troops had come to surrender, as they were carrying a white flag. He buried it before any of his fellow soldiers saw it, and has had to live with the guilt of his presumed mistake ever since the war. |
| 222 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Thompson is a sexist jerk who is constantly being condescending towards Peggy, but even ''he'' doesn't approve of Krzmenski's attitude. |
| 223 | * FakeUltimateHero: Was given the credit for stopping Leviathan's plan by the government (apparently because he was the senior agent involved), when he probably was the person whose contributions were the least important to preventing the gassing of Times Square. |
| 224 | * FireForgedFriends: His relationship with Peggy improves dramatically after the Russia mission. |
| 225 | * GoodCopBadCop: |
| 226 | ** The Bad Cop to Dooley's Good Cop. As we see when he interrogates Jarvis, he's very good at this even when he doesn't resort to physical force. |
| 227 | ** However, it's flipped in "SNAFU" when he plays the Good Cop to Sousa's Bad Cop while interrogating Peggy. It stands out even more because at the start of the series he had no empathy for Peggy and no reluctance for using violence. |
| 228 | * HiddenDepths: When they finally interact in private, he surprisingly reveals to Peggy he's not blind to her abilities, and even appends the aforementioned observation about her perceived inequality by stating that it is unfair. The fact that he still does nothing to deter the sexism or help her, even when in a position to do so in Dooley's absence, implies he's quite defensive about maintaining his "image" as a "man's man". In ''The Iron Ceiling'', we find out he is haunted both by killing enemy soldiers he thought were surrendering ''and'' lying about it to save face. |
| 229 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: In two parts. |
| 230 | ** Towards Peggy, he's a condescending, sexist jerk. But as pointed out by Dooley, this may be just a way for him to hide his crush on her. |
| 231 | ** In general, he's an arrogant, smug jerk to everyone in the S.S.R. (sans Dooley). However, it's implicitly stated that it's how he deals with him killing Japanese soldiers that he believes were about to surrender and then covering it up. |
| 232 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: When Sousa implies that Thompson was rather bloodthirsty during the war, he plays it off like this. |
| 233 | -->'''Thompson:''' Something you learn in war: Not every battle you win is a notch on your belt.\ |
| 234 | '''Sousa:''' The way I hear you fought, I'm surprised there's any belt left to notch.\ |
| 235 | '''Thompson:''' Just doing what needed to be done. |
| 236 | * IgnoredEpiphany: Thompson starts to become more respectful of Peggy and recognizing of her abilities as Season 1 goes on. But in the season finale, he's mistakenly credited for saving the city when Peggy and Sousa did most of the work. Rather than point the praise to them, he takes all the credit once again for something he didn't do. |
| 237 | * InvulnerableKnuckles: Played straight and averted. His "carrot and stick" routine has him usually beating the shit out of suspects with his bare hands, and he's usually no worse for wear. However, in Season 2 he breaks his hand knocking out Dottie, and spends the rest of the season with a cast. Note, this may be a WrittenInInfirmity.[[invoked]] |
| 238 | * IOweYouMyLife: Peggy saves him in "The Iron Ceiling" when he freezes up during a firefight. After that he's much more respectful to her, and even tells her after her arrest that it's why he doesn't believe she's a bad guy, as a Leviathan agent would have no reason to save someone she hates. |
| 239 | * JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: He uses a liberal dose of it to extract information from the Roxxon Oil inside man. |
| 240 | * {{Jerkass}}: He is sexist and dismissive of Peggy, even more than the other S.S.R. agents, and outright tells her that she is not going to be thought of as the equal of the men. |
| 241 | ** Subverted in him actually respecting Peggy's abilities but not thinking they will be recognized by the present attitude towards women. |
| 242 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Thompson may be a complete jerk, but he does make some good points once in a while. |
| 243 | ** When Sousa interrogates a homeless man who was a witness to the events on the ''Heartbreak'', he tries to appeal to his better nature by pointing out how they're both war veterans rejected by society. But the man refuses to care, so Thompson enters and tries a different tactic: bribing the man with a burger and bottle of scotch. Sure enough, the guy springs for it and starts talking, with Thompson telling Sousa, "Not everyone wants a hug." |
| 244 | ** Thompson later makes an unfortunately accurate for the times speech to Peggy about her efforts to prove herself are doomed because of her gender - which still doesn't justify why neither he nor Dooley has ever allowed her an opportunity to ''try''. |
| 245 | ** In Season 2, he clearly tries to weasel the S.S.R. out of pursuing the Isodyne investigation, but he's right in calling Peggy out for not having any hard evidence and for taking the whole thing too personally after Jason Wilkes (supposedly) got killed. |
| 246 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ''Very'' hard to see, but Thompson eventually proves he's not entirely a jerk. He does notice Peggy's skills, has genuine remorse over accidentally killing Japanese soldiers who he believes were about to surrender, and after a mission with the Howling Commandos, Thompson ''finally'' shows Peggy some respect. Continues in "SNAFU", where he's arguably the least aggressive towards Peggy during the S.S.R.'s interrogation of her, and indicates he does not want to use his JackBauerInterrogationTechnique on her. And while he doesn't stick up for her as vocally afterwards as Sousa, he privately admits to Sousa that he too supports her. |
| 247 | * {{Nepotism}}: His rapid rise in the S.S.R. is in part due to his father's political connections. |
| 248 | * NumberTwo: He is Roger Dooley's ''de facto'' second-in-command, being in charge of the office in Dooley's absence. |
| 249 | * PetTheDog: In Season 2, even though he's become corrupt he does his best to protect Sousa and Peggy from Masters' wrath by trying to get them to drop the Arena Club investigation, lest they become the victims of a smear campaign. |
| 250 | * ARealManIsAKiller: Genuinely traumatized by being rewarded for killing enemy soldiers he thinks were attempting to surrender. The fact that he buried their white flag and didn't tell anyone the truth has messed him up quite a bit, since everyone expects him to be this ultra-manly war hero. |
| 251 | * ReturningWarVet: Like much of the cast. He is implied to have served in Iwo Jima. |
| 252 | * ShellShockedVeteran: During the team's firefight in Russia he freezes up, leading Peggy to snap him out of it. He also dislikes talking about his wartime in the Pacific, despite having earned a medal there since only he knows it was from a presumed surrender. |
| 253 | * SlutShaming: Asks if Peggy is used to serving ''under'' Captains. She says she's not used to serving with ''boys''. |
| 254 | * StepfordSnarker: Very snide, especially when it comes to his war record. In front of Dooley, he snarks that the reason Sousa is willing to believe Peggy is because he's carrying a torch for her, but when he and Sousa are alone, he admits he believes her, too. |
| 255 | * TookALevelInKindness: While he's not entirely "cured" of his sexism, Thompson gradually stops the sexist quips directed at Peggy and begins to respect her skills. He even is the more sympathetic to her when interrogating her after she's arrested. But that doesn't stop him from taking the credit for her accomplishments. He knew it was wrong, just like he knew it was wrong to hide the Japanese soldiers' white flag, and he may well be just as haunted by it in the future. But it didn't stop him from choosing to snub her. |
| 256 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: His coworkers don't think much of his leadership style while he is in charge. |
| 257 | * UncertainDoom: What ended up being the series finale ended with Thompson getting shot by a mysterious assailant. With the series being over, it's completely up in the air whether he died or not. Considering in the ''Film/AgentCarter'' short set after the show showing Agent John Flynn (who's also a {{Jerkass}} like Thompson at first, but lacking his later redeeming qualities) having replaced him as the head of the S.S.R.'s New York office further leans towards the possibility that he was killed and Flynn later took over his vacant position as a result. However, the plans for the unmade Season 3 describe his shooting as "an assassination ''attempt''". |
| 258 | * YouAreInCommandNow: Temporarily while Chief Dooley is away interrogating a Nazi war criminal, and then for real after Dooley's death in "SNAFU". |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Agent John Flynn]] |
| 262 | !!''Agent John Flynn'' |
| 263 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 264 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 265 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/BradleyWhitford |
| 266 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AgentCarter'' |
| 267 | |
| 268 | An senior S.S.R. agent. |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * ActorAllusion: Apparently Bradley Whitford's characters have a [[Series/TheWestWing history]] of putting overqualified women in a secretarial position. |
| 271 | * MeanBoss / {{Jerkass}}: Agent Flynn, who's kept Peggy from going on missions in the three months that she's been there. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | !!Field Agents |
| 275 | |
| 276 | [[folder:Agent Ray Krzeminski]] |
| 277 | !!''Agent Ray Krzeminski'' |
| 278 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/29f9c102d82f45fffab41d792d51463c.png]] |
| 279 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 280 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 281 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KyleBornheimer |
| 282 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 283 | |
| 284 | A dim but strong agent of the S.S.R.. |
| 285 | ---- |
| 286 | * AlasPoorScrappy: In-universe example. His coworkers are saddened by his death even if he wasn't the nicest to them. Even Peggy is confused at why she's unhappy about his death. |
| 287 | * AssholeVictim: A case where neither the "asshole" nor "victim" part is downplayed. While during his screentime he's constantly rude, dimwitted, and cheating on his wife, his coworkers are saddened by his death even if he wasn't the nicest to them. But he's still "one of [them]", and part of Peggy's unhappiness about his murder is that she suspects the assassin meant to take out her. |
| 288 | * ButtMonkey: Not particularly well-respected by his coworkers. While they investigate a explosion at a Roxxon refinery, he's assigned the menial task of prying apart the wreckage. |
| 289 | * DeathBySecretIdentity: The arrested thug tells him a female agent with a British accent beat him up. If he wasn't killed, chances are he would have figured out he was talking about Peggy. |
| 290 | * DumbMuscle: Not the smartest agent, but very strong. When looking over the compacted Roxxon remains, he wonders out loud if the bomb had a magnetic effect. When Thompson corrects him and points out that magnets don't pull wood and concrete, Ray gets miffed and chides him for being "Isaac Newton". |
| 291 | * FatBastard: Alongside Thompson, he's one of the most abrasive of the agency. |
| 292 | * FatSlob: Heavier than his fellow agents and, in his first scene, has a mustard stain on his shirt. After his death, his desk is strewn with roses but nobody bothered to wipe up his breadcrumbs. |
| 293 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: No one at the S.S.R. seems to like him. [[EveryoneHasStandards Not even Thompson]]. |
| 294 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Mocks Peggy for supposedly [[ReallyGetsAround getting around]] during the war but cheats on his wife with a girlfriend and at least one prostitute. |
| 295 | * {{Jerkass}}: Mocks Carter for being a woman and Sousa for being a cripple. Even [[{{Jerkass}} Thompson]] [[EveryoneHasStandards doesn't like him.]] |
| 296 | * KavorkaMan: The rudest, most misogynistic ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance which is really saying something]]), least intelligent, least attractive man in the S.S.R., and he still managed to get both a wife and a girlfriend. Even the hooker was oddly enthusiastic about seeing him around. |
| 297 | * KickTheDog: When he notices Sousa has feelings for Carter, he cruelly tells him she'd never love a cripple after being with Captain America. |
| 298 | * MauveShirt: He has a name and a basic personality but that's about it. |
| 299 | * SacrificialLion: He is the first S.S.R. agent to be killed on the show. And Dooley doesn't want to lose anyone else. |
| 300 | * SlutShaming: Implies Peggy [[ReallyGetsAround really got around during the War]] (for which neither the audience nor the S.S.R. have any evidence that this was true). |
| 301 | * StoutStrength: Pries apart the fused wreckage of the refinery. |
| 302 | * WhoMurderedTheAsshole: After his death, Sousa dedicated most of his time to investigate his murder even when other agents like Thompson had other jobs to do. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Agent Yauch]] |
| 306 | !!''Agent Yauch'' |
| 307 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/da1e958f35cffcbc1d54b6751469f0e9.png]] |
| 308 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 309 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 310 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AlexanderCarroll |
| 311 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Daniel Abundis (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 312 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 313 | |
| 314 | An agent of the S.S.R. assigned to protect Dr. Ivchenko. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * FightingFromTheInside: Downplayed. Though seemingly a faithful puppet of Ivchenko/Fennhoff, he refuses to take him to the lab with Stark's confiscated weapons, because Dooley ordered all agents to stay out of there. |
| 317 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: Dr. Ivchenko pegs him as a middle child as he's eager to please while competing with his siblings for the attention of his parents. Ivchenko notices a similar dynamic between Yauch, [[TheAce Thompson]], and [[TeamDad Chief Dooley]]. |
| 318 | * OneLastSmoke: Ivchenko uses hypnosis to send him to his favorite bar and get one last drink before walking into traffic. |
| 319 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: Dr. Fennhoff hypnotizes him into helping Leviathan and then walking in front of a car. |
| 320 | * RedShirt: He's killed to show just how dangerous Dr. Fennhoff can be. |
| 321 | * SpottingTheThread: |
| 322 | ** Early on he notices that Dooley's been taking a ''really'' long time talking with Ivchenko, until Thompson urges him not to bother. |
| 323 | ** When Fennhoff starts hypnotizing him, Yauch looks suspiciously at his hypno-ring, but ultimately his attention drifts back to the doctor. |
| 324 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After telling the doctor everything he can about the S.S.R. headquarters, he's ordered to kill himself so that the S.S.R. doesn't learn about his hypnotizing. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Agent Mike Li]] |
| 328 | !!''Agent Mike Li'' |
| 329 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5b8615f4c65423d0b548e7a2f4fd52d7.png]] |
| 330 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 331 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 332 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EddieShin |
| 333 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Ferso Velázquez (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 334 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 335 | |
| 336 | An S.S.R. agent who accompanies Carter and Thompson to Russia. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * DeathNotification: He had a wife, who Dooley had to notify after his death. |
| 339 | * KilledMidSentence: During a firefight with Leviathan guards, he's killed by Black Widow in-training Eva in "The Iron Ceiling". |
| 340 | %%* RedShirt |
| 341 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Never been seen or mentioned before "The Iron Ceiling" but has apparently been an agent of the S.S.R. the whole time. |
| 342 | * TokenMinority: The only named Asian-American man seen in ''Agent Carter''. |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Agent Rick Ramirez]] |
| 346 | !!''Agent Rick Ramirez'' |
| 347 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f22ae896c763a272ca4fc59e82001f76.png]] |
| 348 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 349 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 350 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/GregSerano |
| 351 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 352 | |
| 353 | An S.S.R. agent who accompanies Carter and Thompson to Russia. |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''ick '''R'''amirez. |
| 356 | * AscendedFanboy: An admirer of the Howling Commandos who gets to work with them in "The Iron Ceiling." |
| 357 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Never been seen or mentioned before "The Iron Ceiling" but has apparently been an agent of the S.S.R. the whole time. |
| 358 | * TokenMinority: The only Latino seen in ''Agent Carter''. |
| 359 | [[/folder]] |
| 360 | |
| 361 | !!LA Office |
| 362 | |
| 363 | !!Director |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:Agent Daniel Sousa]] |
| 366 | -->See the [[Characters/MCUSHIELDTeamCoulson Team Coulson]] page |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | !!Field Agents |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Rose Roberts]] |
| 372 | !!''Rose Roberts'' |
| 373 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roberts_rose.jpg]] |
| 374 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 375 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 376 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LesleyBoone |
| 377 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Isabel Romo (Latin-American Spanish dub) |
| 378 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 379 | |
| 380 | An S.S.R. employee who operates phones and watches the front. |
| 381 | ---- |
| 382 | * ActionGirl: Rose shows off her combat skills in Season 2. |
| 383 | * AlliterativeName: '''R'''ose '''R'''oberts. |
| 384 | * AscendedExtra: She's a BitCharacter in the first season, but has an increased role in the second. |
| 385 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Dr. Samberly and Howard seem to think so. Samberly not-so-subtly has a crush on her, while [[TheCasanova Howard]] shamelessly flirts with her while [[GreenEyedMonster Samberly]] watch. |
| 386 | * BitCharacter: Initially; shows up a couple of times only in Season 1, prior to becoming an AscendedExtra. |
| 387 | * HiddenBadass: She appears to be just a phone operator in her first few appearances but carries a gun and is ready to use it to protect the S.S.R. headquarters. In addition to that, she is quite proficient in hand-to-hand combat. |
| 388 | * NumberTwo: Rose becomes Sousa's unofficial right-hand woman when he is appointed head of the LA office. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
| 390 | |
| 391 | [[folder:Dr. Aloysius Samberly]] |
| 392 | !!''Dr. Aloysius Herbert Samberly'' |
| 393 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samberly_profile.jpg]] |
| 394 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm doing my best."'']] |
| 395 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 396 | !!!'''Citizenship:''' American |
| 397 | !!!'''Portrayed By:''' Matt Braunger |
| 398 | !!!'''Voiced By:''' Nacho Rodríguez (Latin-American Spanish dub); Antonio Cremades (European Spanish dub) |
| 399 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/AgentCarter'' |
| 400 | |
| 401 | A scientist working in the S.S.R.'s LA office. |
| 402 | ---- |
| 403 | * BizarreTasteInFood: Orders a pickled herring salad sandwich for lunch. When placing the order on the phone, Thompson finds the mere idea of it so disgusting he can barely even say it. |
| 404 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: He feels like because he is not a field agent, his work isn't given the appropriate recognition. He isn't entirely wrong. |
| 405 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: ''Nobody'' at the S.S.R. can stand Samberly, and that includes Sousa. This is actually why Sousa feels he can trust him. He figures that there's no way Samberly could be secretly working for the bad guys because ''they'' wouldn't want him around either. |
| 406 | * GadgeteerGenius: He is the one who comes up with the gadgets the S.S.R. agents use in the field. |
| 407 | * IJustWantToBeBadass: He joined the S.S.R. because Sousa promised him that he would get training and become a field agent, but he ended up in a lab. |
| 408 | * InsufferableGenius: He may be a genius on par with Wilkes or Howard Stark, but his pettiness and resentment make him act like a jerk towards the agents, even in urgent situations. |
| 409 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Samberly is bitter, petty, and irritable but he's far from a bad person. |
| 410 | * MadScientist: He has a very cavalier attitude regarding the testing of his gadgets on his coworkers. |
| 411 | * NonActionGuy: He is completely useless in a fight, a fact that he blames Sousa for not keeping his promise of getting him training. |
| 412 | [[/folder]] |
| 413 | |
| 414 | !!Associates |
| 415 | [[folder:Howling Commandos]] |
| 416 | -->See the [[Characters/MCUHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]] page. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
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