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Westview
In General
Westview
"Home: It's where you make it."
Appearances: WandaVision | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
A small town in New Jersey engulfed in a strange, reality-bending energy field that has trapped the residents within and altered the memories of anyone who knew them. At the center of this mystery is Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch and the inexplicably revived Vision, who at some point arrived as the "stars" of WandaVision, a bizarre sitcom being broadcast from the town.
- Adapted Out: The victims of the reality warping anomaly created by Wanda played a much bigger role in the House of M storyline in their own rescue because most of them are superheroes. Here, most of them are civilian victims and only Monica Rambeau, and to a lesser extent Darcy Lewis, have any active role.
- And I Must Scream: If Norm/Abilash's freakout in Episode 5 is to be believed, Westview's residents are keenly aware that they're being controlled, but with the exceptions of Agnes they are unable to do anything about it thanks to being trapped in their own minds by Wanda's powers. Even worse, when the "camera" isn't on them a lot of them are frozen in place awake or forced to repeat motions over and over with no reprieve, presumably to conserve Wanda's energy for more important tasks.
- Arc Symbol: Hexagons are prominent in the television commercials that air on the WandaVision show, and S.W.O.R.D. later discovers that the force field that surrounds Westview is hexagon shaped. Unfortunately, nobody involved can understand what it means.
- Bullying a Dragon: Once freed from Wanda's spell and able to speak for themselves, they are not afraid to openly talk back to Wanda and hold her accountable for what she's done to them. Though it's implied that they may actually be trying to get Wanda to Mercy Kill them.
- Childless Dystopia: Wanda and Vision's sons seem to be the only children in Westview, despite the existence of an elementary school. While arguing with Wanda about something being wrong with the town, Vision mentions that the playground he passes on his way to work every morning is always empty. Episode 6 shows that there are indeed other kids in Westview; Pietro assumes that Wanda had them in a spell-induced sleep so that they would be spared from their parents' mental torment, and only changed it when Vision brought it up.
- Crapsaccharine World: Westview looks like a nice place to live with friendly neighbors and no danger around when one takes it at face value. In truth however, everyone who lives in the town who isn't Wanda Maximoff is completely miserable and terrified of incurring her wrath if they break character. However...
- Crapsack World: Even before Wanda created the Hex, Westview is shown to have fallen on hard times in WandaVision's eighth episode. Like San Francisco and New York in Avengers: Endgame, the town is quite messy and dirty, with all the real-world citizens being noticeably unhappy and struggling to make ends meet, even after Thanos' Snap was undone. Keep in mind, of course, that "The Blip" only brought everyone back a matter of weeks before the events of the TV show.
- Deliberately Monochrome: The first two episodes are apparently set in the 1950s and 1960s and are in black and white... until Wanda ends the second episode by introducing color to the world.
- Eldritch Location: Despite seeming like a cute little town with mostly friendly neighbors, it's not hard to notice that there's something inherently wrong with Westview. The town progresses through several time periods every episode or so, but no time actually passes when this happens, so the citizens don't age through these shifts, and the television commercials it shows make eerie references to previous events of the MCU. "We Interrupt This Program" reveals that Westview's strange influence even extends to outside its borders: citizens outside the town can't recall or even see the place if they have a personal connection to it, and if people/objects enter the forcefield surrounding Westview, they're instantly transformed into things more befitting of a small town setting in the time period they're in.
- Everytown, America: There are almost no details that could place the sitcom version of Westview in any particular part of the country. (The flag outside the library is the flag of New Jersey, and the neighborhood watch mention Hackensack, a city in New Jersey). The real world scenes establish that Westview is in New Jersey.
- Fisher Kingdom: Anyone or anything that enters Westview is changed to match the retro small-town aesthetic, such as a man in a hazmat suit changing into a beekeeper, or a drone turning into a toy helicopter. In Episode 5, Monica theorizes that items and technology from the appropriate time period can enter Westview without being altered, which is put into practice when S.W.O.R.D. sends in a drone with an '80s-era camera.
- From New York to Nowhere: According to the opening theme for Episode One, Wanda and Vision "left the big city to find a quiet life", but they have no memories of the specifics. As far as they can tell, everything has only ever been the way it is right now. As it turns out, Vision bought an empty lot in Westview before the events of Infinity War, hoping to one day build a home there with Wanda and give her the quiet life she always dreamed of.
- Genius Loci: Implied. When Monica and Jimmy are discussing Westview's sudden appearance, Jimmy offhandedly mentions that he feels that the town seems to be rejecting his presence somehow.
- Red Scare: In The '50s and '60s era episodes, many of the citizens show visible fear of anything related to communism. Notably, Arthur Hart goes out of his way to insult Wanda when he finds out she's originally from Sokovia, an Eastern European country.
- Politically Correct History: While there's casual sexism reflective of the social attitudes that several of the decades the town phases through, the people of Westview are surprisingly forward-thinking when it comes to matters of race, given that there is a greater amount of racial diversity than one would typically expect. Justified, since Westview is actually a modern day town trapped in Wanda's sitcom reality.
- Retraux: The town of Westview is deliberately made to look as though it is going through different time periods from episode to episode. It's really in the 21st century, but made inaccessible to outsiders to preserve the illusion.
- Some Kind of Force Field: From an outsider's look onto Westview, an invisible forcefield covers the area where the town exists. S.W.O.R.D. later picks up on the fact that it's shaped exactly like a hexagon.
- Status Quo Is God: As with most sitcoms, the comical misunderstandings are resolved after a half-hour and the characters do it all again the next episode. The characters have no memories of a life before Westview, and don't mind that fact until it comes up in conversation and they don't have any answers. S.W.O.R.D. is trying to break this loop, and at the end of Episode Two, someone apparently sent by S.W.O.R.D. appears in town, only for Wanda to reverse time so she and Vision never see the person and never have to reckon with any possible consequences of that interaction.
- Stepford Suburbia: Everything about Westview is a note-perfect recreation of American sitcoms... but something is clearly wrong here. In "On a Very Special Episode..." it is implied that with the exception of Vision, everyone is under a form of mind-control, their original personalities just aware enough to know what is happening to them while suppressed under Wanda's all-consuming grief.
- Weirdness Censor: Nobody in town seems to be bothered by the constant shifting between various decades.
- What the Hell, Hero?: When released from her mind control, they all call out Wanda for Mind Raping them.
The Maximoff Family
"Pietro Maximoff" (Unmarked Spoilers)
Ralph Bohner / "Pietro Maximoff" / "Fake Pietro" / "Fietro"
"Long lost bro get to squeeze his stinkin' sister to death or what!"
Species: Human (Possibly enhanced)
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Evan Peters, Joshua Begelman (young, WandaVision Episode 6)
Appearances: WandaVision
"I'm just trying to do my part, okay? Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother-in-law, stir up trouble with the rugrats, and ultimately give you grief. I mean, that's what you wanted, isn't it?"
After she gives birth to a pair of children, Wanda's previously-dead brother arrives in Westview... Just not quite as she remembers him. In fact, he's portrayed by the actor behind a completely different iteration of the character!
In actuality, "Pietro Maximoff" is Ralph Bohner, a man living in the house next to Wanda and Vision's, possessed and brainwashed by Agatha Harkness through an enchanted necklace in order to spy on Wanda.
For tropes applying to the original Pietro Maximoff, see the MCU: Pietro Maximoff page.
- Actor Allusion: The mention of Kick-Ass in front of Evan Peters speaks for itself.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In-Universe. The real Pietro was smug, but otherwise had a more subdued personality and was nothing but protective towards his sister. Within Wanda's fake sitcom, he's louder and more of an Ambiguously Evil jerk. Seeing as he is under Agatha's control, it's possible he's just playing the role she wants him to play.
- Ambiguously Evil: He has full knowledge of his part in Wanda's world as well as the fact that she's controlling people to act it out. He has no problem with it, even describing the way she did it as being ethical. He also cracks a rather cruel joke about Vision being dead. The reveal that his appearance and behaviour was all driven by Agatha, and his appearance in Episode 7's stinger to stop Monica from investigating Agnes' house make it clearer he is likely not on the side of good here. It's not clear whether he's a willing participant, or whether the purple smoke around him when Agatha brought him to Wanda's door is a sign that she's mind-controlling him into playing his part. Episode 8 confirms Agatha was manipulating his mind through Demonic Possession.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear if he's a resident of Westview, what's his reason for being there if he's not, and if his powers were his own or given to him by Agatha Harkness. Agatha also mentions that he's not there because of her, in spite of the fact that she's been staying in his house, which indicates that he's not from around town.
- Artifact Domination: Agatha calls her control over "Fietro" a "crystalline possession" in Episode 8. It's eventually revealed to be his puka necklace.
- As Himself: Listed as such in the Episode 6 title sequence. (The joke is that he's Not Himself.)
- Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: In spite of all his ribbing of Wanda and Vision, when she asks why he's here, he says he could hear her calling for him and came to Westview because she needed him. This is darkly subverted when it seems that Agatha had a hand in getting him into Westview and is controlling his mind.
- Back from the Dead: Quicksilver's alive! ...And also a different actor. Later subverted when it turns out that this isn't MCU's Quicksilver resurrected in a different body, but some other person who happens to have the same powers and was forced to act like him.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Whoever he is, he is under Agatha's control, as he's shown being manipulated by her magic in Episode 7. As soon as Monica yanks his necklace off, he's harmless.
- Bullying a Dragon: Zigzagged - he's a Smug Super who gets the job of watching over Monica Rambeau, whose Story-Breaker Power is already awakening. Ultimately, he's still an undisciplined schlub and she doesn't need her powers to deal with him.
- Call-Back: Despite Evan Peters' casting, he specifically recalls growing up in Sokovia and his death by Ultron, as what MCU Pietro experienced. His lack of an accent is also addressed, and he himself isn't sure where it went. It's likely this is because of Pietro being under Agatha's control.
- Casting Gag: The "recast" version of Pietro in Wanda's warped sitcom reality is portrayed by Evan Peters, who played Quicksilver in 20th Century Fox's separate X-Men film series (before Disney bought them, and Marvel subsequently regained the X-Men film rights). Unlike previous cases of recastings, the change for Pietro is actually acknowledged. It also is revealed that Agatha brainwashed Pietro into playing a part in Wanda's sitcom life.
- Cool Uncle: Plays this role to Billy and Tommy, to the point of a parody of the entire concept. Tommy says, "he even snores cool".
- The Dragon: It's revealed that he's in league with Agatha, albeit not of his own will.
- Dramatic Necklace Removal: Is on the receiving end of this from Monica, which breaks Agatha's hold on him.
- Embarrassing Last Name: "Ralph Bohner". When Monica says it aloud, it's almost in disbelief that that's really his name, to which Pietro giggles and mutters "boner". Whether this was his real name, a stage name, or the name given to him in the Hex is unclear.
- Euphemistic Names: See above under Embarrassing Last Name.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: He plays the foolish Manchild sibling to Wanda's responsible mother sibling.
- Forgotten First Meeting: He seemingly doesn't recognize the Vision when he first shows up, in spite of the Aaron Taylor-Johnson version of Pietro being present for Vision's creation. Unlike Vision, Pietro confirms he remembers his life before Westview, including his own death, though his actions and treatment of Vision infer he did remember him and was just being mean. It is confirmed his cruelty towards Vision is merely because of Agatha's influence.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: In the background, he notices one of Billy's asides to the camera and seems confused about who he's talking to.
- Friend to All Children: Pietro is clearly having fun being the Cool Uncle to Billy and Tommy in Episode 6, pretending to be a vampire to humor them, expressing joy at Tommy having the same powers as him, and helps the twins play pranks on their neighbors in Westview. He's also the only person to express mild curiosity at the sudden number of children in Westview, speculating about how and where they came from.Vision: You never told me much about your brother. I had no idea he'd be so...
("Pietro" shotguns a soda with Billy and Tommy.)
Vision: (Giving a sarcastic thumbs-up) Great with kids! - The Gadfly: He loves trolling people, particularly his sister Wanda, who he spends the entirety of Episode 6 playfully ribbing on. Given Wanda is already at unease about his revival, loss of accent, and changed face, this behaviour makes her extremely jumpy as she doesn't hold the same affection for him as he does her.
- The Ghost: We never see Ralph and only hear about him from Agnes' descriptions of him, until he's revealed as the fake Pietro.
- Guys are Slobs: Agnes describes Ralph as a slob who'd gladly eat canned beans every night.
- Henpecked Husband: Agatha complained about him constantly and he was seemingly banished to an upstairs room while Agatha used the rest of the house when she wasn't using him. The two aren't truly married, but Agatha pretended they were while he was under her power.
- Iconic Item: He wears the same necklace in all his appearances, even when it doesn't fit the time period or theme of the current Westview (such as when he is in his Halloween costume). It's the totem Agatha originally used to gain power over Ralph.
- Jerkass: Despite acting like a Cool Uncle to Billy and Tommy and being supportive of Wanda, he doesn't care that his 'sister' has essentially taken an entire town hostage and even cracks a joke when Vision is slowly dying outside Westview, earning him an energy blast from an enraged Wanda. However, he is merely under Agatha's influence justifying these dark quips.
- Joisey: He inexplicably has a New Jersey accent, which is somewhat befitting of Westview's location. Wanda notably asks him what happened to his original accent, to which he deflects about her adopting an American accent.
- Legacy Character: Since he's not the original in someone else's body or a parallel-universe version of him, he's effectively one to the original Quicksilver.
- Manchild: He's a lot less mature than Wanda, pulling pranks with his nephews and sleeping on his sister's couch until 4pm. Billy even refers to him as being one of these.
- Meta Guy: Unlike everyone introduced on the show before he acts entirely savvy to the situation in Westview as a fabricated reality from the start and discusses his role in it openly with Wanda when confronted.
- The Mole: He was meant to act as such, collecting information for Agatha while under her control.
- Not Himself: Part of Wanda's difficulty in accepting him, apart from the obvious that he does not look like her brother, is that he doesn't really act like Pietro either, acting like more of a Manchild and outing himself as Ambiguously Evil later on. It turns out he was being controlled by Agatha Harkness.
- The Nth Doctor: This is a different version of Quicksilver, portrayed by Evan Peters, who takes the place of the Aaron Taylor-Johnson version.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Doesn't seem too fond of his brother-in-law, Vision, from mocking his Halloween costume (which is fair), to telling Wanda she could talk to him because he wasn't a stranger or her husband, and cracking a poorly-timed joke about Vision's death while he's in danger and possibly dying again. This is enough to get him kicked out of the house come the next episode.
- The Other Darrin: Not played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who was Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron, as Darcy immediately notes.Darcy: She recast Pietro?
- Pet the Dog: Contrasting his otherwise Ambiguously Evil nature, he's nothing but affectionate towards his nephews, albeit in a teasing older brother sort-of way. Tommy especially he seems particularly close to, who in turn worships him.
- Prefers the Illusion: Makes the case to Wanda in Episode 6 that he not only doesn't think what she's doing to Westview is wrong, but she's handled "handled the ethical considerations of this scenario as best you could", and that the town being under this spell is for the better because people get to live "better" versions of their lives with approximations of their old personalities — and, tellingly, because families and couples stay together in Westview. With him being revealed to be under Agatha's control, it's possible he's merely mouthing her own opinion of the situation.
- Same Character, But Different: Part of the eerie undercurrent of his character. Wanda has no idea if this actually is her brother revived in a different body or a complete stranger playing the part. Whenever she tries to get him about their lives before Westview, he dodges the question. Agatha later reveals he is under her control."Pietro": Hey, it's cool. I know I look different.
Wanda: Why do you look different?
"Pietro": You tell me. I mean, if I found Shangri-La, I wouldn't wanna be reminded of the past either. - Red Herring: The fact that he is played by Evan Peters, as well as the knowledge that Wanda is later set to play a major role in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, may initially lead the viewer to believe that he's the version of the character Peters played in the X-Men Film Series ripped from his home universe. The finale eventually reveals that no, he was just a random civilian native to the MCU that Agatha made everyone think was Pietro Maximoff.
- The Reveal: He is the real "Ralph".
- Saying Too Much: Something that clearly demonstrates that Quicksilver isn't quite who he appears to be is that he blabs about Vision being dead twice, which gets him a face full of Wanda's magic. But more importantly, he shouldn't know this to begin with. It turns out this is because Agatha is controlling him.
- Self-Deprecation: He claims he died like a chump for no reason in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Self-Serving Memory: Inverted. According to this version of Pietro, he was "shot like a chump in the street for no reason", while the Age of Ultron Pietro willingly sacrificed himself to save Hawkeye. Either he doesn't remember the exact circumstances of his death, or he doesn't much care for the heroics that got him killed. Seeing as he compliments Wanda on what she's done and encourages her to keep Westview under her spell, signs point to the latter. However, it reveals that the signs actually point to the former due to him being under Agatha's spell.
- Sibling Rivalry: Of the Vitriolic Best Buds part, but from the second he walks into the door, he's affectionately insulting Wanda. Their comments indicate that he grew up doing this.
- Stealth Hi/Bye: Gets the drop on Monica in this fashion. Justified by the fact that his Super-Speed allows him to do so."Pietro": Snoopers gonna snoop.
- Super-Speed: Still possesses his powers, which he uses to horse around with the twins and help them play pranks.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Minus the part where he's being a doting uncle to his nephews, this version of Pietro is much more nasty than he was before coming to Westview. His Deadpan Snarker tendencies seem much less like playful ribbing, instead coming across as borderline offensive at times. His dark quip of how Vision can't die twice is so insulting to Wanda that she blasts him into a bale of hay, and discourages her sons from seeing him afterwards. A lot of these traits might come from being under the control of Agatha Harkness.
- Toxic Friend Influence: He encourages his nephews to behave badly, getting them to steal candy from the other children, spray people with silly string, and smash jack-o-lanterns.
- The Trickster: He sows chaos into Wanda's life by encouraging her kids to play pranks on the neighborhood and mocking Vision at every opportunity. He flat out says he believes this is the role Wanda wants him to play in Westview. It turns out that instead he's playing the trickster because Agatha is making him.
- Uncertain Doom: He isn't seen for the rest of the finale after Monica removes the necklace controlling him, leaving it unknown what happened to him after the Hex went down, as well as who he really is, why he's in Westview and if his powers were real.
- Unexplained Recovery: It's established in the episode that he's introduced in that Pietro died and that Wanda can't bring dead people back to life, so what he's doing here is anyone's guess. It's made more complicated later on when it's implied that he's not Pietro after all, but another person with super speed that Agatha mind-controlled into behaving like Pietro.
- Walking Spoiler: His very existence is a shocker.
Sparky
Sparky
Species: Dog
Appearances: WandaVision
A dog found by the Maximoffs and adopted as their pet.
- Adaptation Species Change: Originally a synthezoid dog in the comics, but a regular Jack Russell terrier here.
- Aesop Collateral Damage: He dies in "A Very Special Episode" so that Wanda can teach her children about dealing with grief.
- And Your Little Dog, Too!: Is revealed to have been murdered by Agatha in the last line of Episode 7.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: He originally was beaten to death in a fit of rage by Virginia in The Vision (2015), but was instead murdered by Agatha Harkness through unspecified means here.
- Long-Lost Uncle Aesop: Serves this purpose in the Show Within a Show, appearing and dying in the same episode to teach the kids a lesson about dealing with death.
- Mythology Gag: Sparky is the name of Vision's android dog who was introduced in The Vision (2015) and dies a similar way after supposedly eating Agnes' azalea leaves, while Sparky in the comics died shortly after eating the Wundagore Everbloom.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies minutes after being introduced. Vision notes that they got him and buried him on the same day.
Other Residents
Agnes
Species: Human
Portrayed By: Kathryn Hahn
Appearances: WandaVision
Wanda and Vision's Nosy Neighbor.
- For her actual identity see Agatha Harkness.
Señor Scratchy
Señor Scratchy
*rabbit noises*
Species: Rabbit (?)
Appearances: WandaVision
Agnes' pet rabbit.
- Alliterative Name: Señor Scratchy.
- Ambiguous Situation: The fact that he's carnivorous and may be able to talk to Agatha based on her behavior, as well as Agatha referring to both of them when she comments on how shocked Wanda looks to see the real them implies he may not actually be a rabbit. At least not just a rabbit. A post-series interview
with the director of the show, Matt Shakman, confirmed that Señor Scratchy was originally supposed to transform into a demon during a scene from the finale, An American Werewolf in London style, but it was cut after being shot due to not meshing well with the tone and action of the rest of the finale. - Ascended to Carnivorism: Agatha flings a magically transmuted bird in his direction, turning it back to a cicada, which he catches in his mouth and devours in only a few bites.
- Bunnies for Cuteness: He is quite cute and Billy is seen petting him while he is at Agnes' house. Subverted when his decidedly non-rabbit like eating habits are used to amp up the creepy factor during Agatha's interrogation of Wanda.
- Expy: For Ebony, Agatha Harkness' familiar from the comics who was a black cat instead of a rabbit.
- Familiar: Appears to take this role from Ebony, Agatha Harkness' black cat in the comics.
- Formally-Named Pet: Señor being Spanish for "mister".
- Killer Rabbit: While Agatha is finished demonstrating her magical abilities to Wanda, she flicks the cicada she used as a demonstration towards Señor Scratchy, who promptly begins chowing down on it ravenously.
- Mythology Gag: Given Agnes is Agatha Harkness, his name is likely a nod to her son in the comics, Nicholas Scratch.
- Pull a Rabbit out of My Hat: Serves as this in Wanda's Magic show although he leaves the hat before anyone pulls him out and runs away.
- Right-Hand Cat: Agnes holds him this way during her villain reveal.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Or rabbit, technically. He doesn't make an appearance in the finale, currently leaving his nature and the reasons for his Killer Rabbit behavior a mystery.
Todd Davis / "Arthur Hart"
Todd Davis
"We don't break bread with Bolsheviks!"
Known Aliases: "Arthur Hart"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Fred Melamed
Appearances: WandaVision
Vision's hard-to-please boss.
- Ambiguous Situation: Barring the animated opening of the second episode, Mr. Davis is only present in the first episode of the in-universe show, while his wife "plays" a recurring side character. His true self, Todd Davis, also doesn't show up in the series finale, despite his wife being amongst the citizens that are desperately asking Wanda to free them from the Hex.
- Armor-Piercing Question: When the Harts finally sit down to dinner with Wanda and Vis, Mrs. Hart throws a barrage of questions at them about their past. Arthur nails the one that really matters. "Why did you come here?!"
- Ironic Name: Hearts are usually a symbol of love, and he definitely does not fit that description.
- Jerkass Has a Point: While he's a petty dickhead and treats his employees badly, he's entirely right to point out Wanda and Vision's erratic behavior and unpreparedness for their dinner. He's also correct in that they should be able to answer questions about their past, and that their choice to come to Westview is to be questioned. Ironically, he gets so worked up over it that he starts to choke on a strawberry. A strawberry that wasn't served with the rest of the food. A strawberry that Wanda hoped would be erotic eating for her and Vision's special night.
- Mean Boss: He fires employees for arbitrary reasons (just ask Jones) and is needlessly hostile to the Visions.
- Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation: What exactly does his company do? None of his employees have the answer, which Vision finds odd.
- Pet the Dog: After Vision saves his life, he announces that he's impressed and will be giving him a promotion.
- Pull the Thread: See Armor-Piercing Question...
- Red Scare: He is immediately suspicious of Wanda when Vision tells him that she is from Sokovia in Eastern Europe, accusing her of being a communist.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After his appearance in the first episode (and as an animation in the second episode's intro), Mr. Hart seems to just disappear from Westview, even as his wife continues to make reappearances.
Sharon Davis / "Mrs. Hart"
Sharon Davis
"Patience, Arthur. They're setting up their story, let them tell it."
Known Aliases: "Mrs. Hart"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Debra Jo Rupp
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
Arthur Hart's wife.
- Broken Record: All she can say is "Oh, Arthur, stop it!" as her husband nearly chokes to death in front of her. Notably, her facial expression and tone never change, making it appear as a Madness Mantra.
- Dissonant Serenity: She has a big camera-ready smile on her face as she tells her husband to "stop it", acting as if he's just being his usual, needlessly gruff self instead of nearly choking in front of her.
- Eating Lunch Alone: When Wanda first drives through Westview, Mrs. Davis is seen sitting by herself drinking coffee and barely managing a smile, while Todd is nowhere to be seen.
- A Fate Worse Than Death: When Agatha frees her from the mind control spell, she tells Wanda that she would rather die than go back to living under her spell.
- Only Sane Woman: She's kinder and more patient with the Visions than her husband, under normal circumstances at least. And her most notable scene is definitely not "normal".
Abilash Tandon / "Norm"
Abilash Tandon
"Now tell me this, if I sent an email, where would I put the stamp?"
Known Aliases: "Norm"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Asif Ali
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
Vision's co-worker.
- And I Must Scream: Beneath the enforced sitcom cheerfulness, he's scared out of his mind.
- Innocently Insensitive: His attempt to compliment Vision by calling him a "walking computer" backfired because of course, Vision is trying to keep his status as a android under wraps. He believes he's telling a fellow human that he's so good at thinking he's like a computer, whereas to Vision it sounds like his secret's getting out.
- Mind Rape: Vision temporarily undoes Wanda's hold on him and he regains his real identity for a moment, describing in panic to Vision how it felt to have her in control of his mind and personality.
- Mister Exposition: He serves the same role for Vision that Agnes does for Wanda in the premiere — a bit character whom Vision can talk to and thus explain the situation to the audience.
- Nice Guy: He's overly friendly with Vision at work and at the library, even when Vision snaps at him for innocently commenting on Vision's computer-like nature in the first episode, and accusing him of being a communist in the second.
- Red Scare: Vision wins the approval of the gossipy neighborhood men when he jokes that Norm is a communist. He surprisingly laughs off this accusation pretty well, joking that he's glad Vision isn't as square as he thought he was.
- Token Black Friend: Or rather, Token South Asian Friend. He's the first person of color we see in Westview in the first episode (which is "set" in the considerably less-diverse fifties), and serves no role in the sitcom outside of being Vision's work friend.
Harold Proctor / "Phil Jones"
Harold Proctor
"That was my grandmother's piano..."
Known Aliases: "Phil Jones"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: David Lengel
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
Another Westview resident and the butt of a joke Once an Episode.
- All for Nothing: He and his family cooked a five-course feast and hired a string quartet for a dinner party with Mr. Hart. He didn't approve and Jones is being shown emptying his desk in his first appearance.
- Butt-Monkey: Jones only gets one scene an episode, but it's always about some comical way of making him suffer. First he gets fired by his Mean Boss, and then Wanda turns his beloved grandmother's piano into cardboard.
- Cardboard Box of Unemployment: Carries one with him after getting fired and leaving the office he used to work at. In the real world, Harold Proctor is shown putting up a flyer offering piano lessons at "affordable rates" and "flexible hours" on Westview's community bulletin board, suggesting that he really was unemployed and either he or Sarah tutored to supplement a poor income.
- Cerebus Retcon: Harold is seen clipping up a piano lessons flyer in Episode 8, meaning that probably was his grandmother's piano that he saw turned into cardboard just for the sake of a sitcom gag.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Downplayed. He's mostly rather average-looking compared to classic blonde bombshell Dottie/Sarah.
Isabel Matsueda / "Beverly"
Isabel Matsueda
"Is that how mirrors work?"
Known Aliases: "Beverly"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Jolene Purdy
Appearances: WandaVision
A member of the homemaker's committee and "friend" of Dottie.
- Butt-Monkey: Bullied by Dottie.
- Nice Girl: Is noticeably one of the nicest members of the homemaker's committee compared to Dottie.
Sarah Proctor / "Dottie Jones"
Sarah Proctor
"So, I want you all to give yourselves a big hand...at the appropriate time of course."
Known Aliases: "Dottie Jones"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Emma Caulfield Ford
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
The Queen Bee of Westview's homemakers, who suspects that the Visions are more than they appear to be.
- All for Nothing: She cooked a five-course meal to try and help her husband impress his boss over dinner, only for Mr. Hart to fire Jones anyway because he didn't like the turtleneck he wore for the occasion.
- Alpha Bitch: Out of high school and into the suburbs. She's the ideal stay-at-home wife, and every other woman in the neighborhood is determined to win her approval to secure the best opportunities for themselves and their families. She clearly knows this, and exploits her position to be a bully to anyone who doesn't meet her high standards.
- Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: She is the blonde to Wanda's redhead and Agnes' brunette. The three of them are the major female characters of the Westview's sitcom.
- Control Freak: Definitely gives this vibe off. She scolds Beverly for forgetting to arrange one aspect of the talent show and says she won't let her organise anything in future for that, rudely tells Wanda and Geraldine not to talk to each other while she's talking and instructs the other ladies to clap only when she tells them to. Agnes also snarks that her roses bloom on pain of getting shot.Dottie: The Devil's in the details, Bev.
Agnes: [Aside to Wanda] That's not the only place he is... - Doesn't Trust Those Guys: Makes it clear to Wanda that she is suspicious of her and Vision because of the strange stories she's hear about them around town.
- Facial Composite Failure: S.W.O.R.D. is unable to identify Dottie's true identity when they see her, alongside Agnes and Dennis the Mailman. While Dennis is eventually identified and Agnes' lack of identification is justified, Dottie's real name isn't ever discovered by S.W.O.R.D., with the audience only learning it after Agatha frees Sarah Proctor of Wanda's brainwashing and she flat-out tells us who she is. Though she most likey was discovered by S.W.O.R.D. if they found her husband offcamera.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Most of the other Westview women dislike her because of her being a bullying, vindictive Control Freak, but her position as someone who can grant or deny them things like country club memberships and special school placements for their children means that that all of them just have to put up with her. Being around her makes Agnes reach for the bottle.
- Genre Savvy: When she's temporarily freed from Wanda's control, she tries pitching Wanda some sitcom roles for her daughter to play so that she'll be able to see her again.
- Jerkass: Makes people laugh at her mean jokes, punishes her associates for the slightest slip-ups, is obsessed with things happening as she wants when she wants and almost never says anything nice about anyone except herself, yet still expects everyone to hang off her every word, never talk over her and always do what she says.
- Major Injury Underreaction: After hearing a mysterious radio broadcast calling Wanda's name, Dottie drops her glass in shock and cuts open her hand. When Wanda sees her hand covered in bright red blood, she rushes to get something to stop the bleeding. Dottie just continues to side-eye Wanda, reminding her how difficult it is to get bloodstains out of white linen.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: In-Universe. Beneath her Alpha Bitch role in the Hex reality, she's just a mother completely terrified for her daughter's safety. She even desperately "pitches" sitcom roles for her daughter to Wanda just to be able to see her again.
- One-Steve Limit: Peggy Carter once faced a Black Widow by the name of Dottie Underwood in The '40s, but it's most certainly an alias.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Jimmy Woo tries contacting Wanda via the radio, Dottie appears to have some sort of brief awakening from whatever spell is over the residents of Westview, her Alpha Bitch attitude suddenly disappearing as she asks where she is and who Wanda is in a panic... before going back to bitch mode as if nothing ever happened.
- Ungrateful Bitch:
- Instead of thanking Wanda for helping her with her hand, she coldly tells Wanda how hard it is to get a bloodstain out of white linen, making it clear she does not see Wanda as a worthy part of the community. That being said, she just heard a mysterious radio broadcast call Wanda's name, and suddenly her suspicions of the Visions seem more well-founded.
- Subverted in regards to the talent show however. It appears that she's upset at Vision's disastrous magic show performance, but quickly dispels that notion by telling him and Wanda that she thought they were hilarious, and awards them first prize.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: She's considerably better-looking than Phil/Harold.
Dennis
"Dennis"
"Don't shoot! I'm just a messenger."
Known Aliases: "Dennis the Mailman/Delivery Man"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Amos Glick
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
The Westview postal worker.
- Ambiguous Situation: Initially, Dennis was one of the few people that S.W.O.R.D. could not identify. Episode 5 revealed that S.W.O.R.D. was able to track down Dennis in the real world and ID him, but the camera angle on the board is too far away to allow us to see what his real name is on his license. Strangely, despite S.W.O.R.D. finding his ID, his real name is not written on the official S.W.O.R.D. document. Stranger still, we do later get shown that he lived in Westview before Wanda arrived, living as a normal man.
- Double Meaning: He encourages the twins when they're looking for their lost dog, assuring that Wanda "won't let him get far", alluding to the Closed Circle Wanda has made of Westview.
- Mr. Fanservice: In his first appearance, he greets Agnes as he makes his rounds. She not-so-subtly watches his butt as he walks away.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Dennis is amongst the few citizens of Westview whose real identity remains a mystery to the audience by the series' end. Even in the closing credits of Episode 8, Glick's character is listed as "Pizza Delivery Guy".
John Collins / "Herb"
John Collins
"Sure thing, buddy!"
Known Aliases: "Herbert", "Herb"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: David Payton
Appearances: WandaVision | Agatha Coven Of Chaos
Another Westview neighbor, a member of the community watch.
- Accidental Misnaming: While gummed up, Vision keeps calling Herb "Sherbert".
- Becoming the Mask: After being forcibly freed from Wanda's mind control in Episode 9, he tells her that he's been trapped as "Herb" for so long that he doesn't recognize his own face or voice anymore.
- Beneath the Mask: Alongside Agnes, he seems to be one of the few people in Westview to realize that something is off.
- Funny Afro: Sports one during the 1970s scenes in "Now In Color".
- Fun with Homophones: Herb offers Vision some chewing gum, leading to a debate among the men about whether gum qualifies as food, seeing as Vision doesn't eat between meals.Vision: My understanding is that it's purely for mastication.
Herb: Oh, no, I don't do that. - Quiet Cry for Help: At the end of Episode 3, he is trying to communicate to Vision that something is wrong, but he wouldn't just say it outright, and stops when Agnes pleads him to. It turns out that Agnes/Agatha was the one who planted that idea in his head in the first place, in a bid to drive a wedge between Vision and Wanda.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: "Doom" is stretching it, but he does create some problems for our heroes when he pats Vision on the back too hard, causing him to swallow the chewing gum and literally gum up his circuits.
Monica Rambeau / "Geraldine"
See Monica Rambeau
Dr. Stan Nielsen
"Doctor Stan Nielsen"
"Small towns, you know. So hard to... escape."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Randy Oglesby
Appearances: WandaVision
The doctor of Westview.
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: While affable, is condescending in comments to Wanda about how big her fetus is, or to Monica when he says she'd make a good nurse.
- My Car Hates Me: His car just happens to break down as he and his wife plan on going on vacation.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Like Dennis, Dr. Nielsen's real world identity is left unknown by the end of WandaVision. He's also a particularly curious character, as he only appears once in the third episode before promptly disappearing from the series, not even after the Hex is dispersed.
- Punny Name: "Nielsen" nods to the Nielsen ratings system used for television audience measurement, which fits with other TV-related references throughout the series.
Jersey City
Bruno Carrelli
Bruno Carrelli
"What does it feel like?"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Matthew Lintz
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Kamala's best friend and one of her classmates.
- Cool Car: He gets to keep Kamran's Porsche Panamera after the latter leaves for Karachi. Not that it stops Nakia from taking the wheel, though...
- Drop-In Character: A regular fixture at the Khan household. Kamala mentions he doesn't have much family (his mother and father "aren't around" so he lives with his grandmother), and Muneeba is implied to regularly cook for him.
- Jealous Romantic Witness: He's passive-aggressively jealous of how Kamala is instantly head-over-heels with Kamran.
- Like Brother and Sister: He and Kamala have the kind of lifelong friendship where he is basically adopted by her family in regards of who gets invited to weddings, funerals, and other family gatherings. He is regularly invited to family dinners, and when we see him decline the offer, Muneeba reflexively and almost magically (her secret) pushes around three days' worth of perfectly stored food into Bruno's arms. Given his crush on Kamala, he would like a different sort of relationship.
- Race Lift: Slightly; in the comics, he was Italian-American and explicitly Catholic (which is one of the reasons him and Kamala had never had a Relationship Upgrade, as it was unlikely their families would accept them dating outside the religion), but here, he's played by the very not Italian Matthew Lintznote .
- Ship Tease: Despite their long-standing friendship, there are a few hints throughout the show that a romance could bloom between Bruno and Kamala, but considering they're Just Friends in the comics (not to mention how painfully Oblivious to Love Kamala is), there's no way to tell if anything will actually happen.
- Teen Genius: Bruno is highly mechanically and technologically inclined, whipping up functional gadgets (such as a digital assistant programmed to understand English and Urdu, and light-up gauntlets for Kamala's Ms. Marvel cosplay) from salvaged electronics. He is also capable of analyzing Kamala's genes and after comparing her genetic makeup with the rest of her family, discovers that she's a Mutant. Bruno even got accepted into an early immersion program at Caltech specifically for gifted students.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend: Bruno is Kamala's oldest friend, and he has a massive crush on her. Unfortunately for him, she not only doesn't reciprocate, she doesn't even know he has a crush.
- You Don't Look Like You: Bruno in the comics has long hair that hangs down to his neck and noticeable stubble on his chin. In contrast, his show counterpart has shorter, neater hair and is clean-shaven.
Nakia Bahadir
Nakia Bahadir
Species: Human
Citizenship: Lebanese, American
Portrayed By: Yasmeen Fletcher
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Kamala's other best friend and one of her classmates.
- Affectionate Nickname: Kamala calls her Naks. Likewise, she calls Kamala KK.
- Child of Two Worlds: Nakia states that she felt like this when she was younger; both too light-skinned and too ethnic to fit in, calling it "this very uncomfortable, sucky, in-between". Her deciding to wear a hijab (and it's implied her mother doesn't) was a way of claiming her own identity out of the conflict.
- Eating the Eye Candy: In "Crushed", Nakia and Kamala both eagerly stare at a shirtless Kamran as he emerges from the pool.
- Locked Out of the Loop: Despite being best friends, Nakia is unaware of Kamala's powers as every time Kamala tries to tell her Nakia launches into a rant about how terrible a person "Night Light" is for bringing increased government scrutiny down on their already oppressed community. That is until the end of "Destined", where she indignantly asks why Kamala didn't tell her immediately.
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: It is implied that she is the result of one, her mother being a secular white woman and her father being a traditional Middle-Eastern Muslim (her mother having a hard time looking at her because of her hijab and her father having a hard time looking at her because of "the girlies").
- One-Steve Limit: She shares her name with a certain heiress of Wakanda's River Tribe.
- Platonic Declaration of Love: Nakia and Kamala share one after their little heart-to-heart in "Crushed".
- Race Lift: Unlike the comics where she is Turkish American, the MCU Nakia is half-Lebanese, half-white in the MCU. Unlike many Hollywood examples of casting mixed-race actors (where they're typically portrayed as "fully" non-white despite being visibly lighter skinned), her mixed ancestry is acknowledged and made part of her character, with her describing the difficulties of being mixed race in the real world, namely being seen as an outsider in both cultures.
- Soapbox Sadie: Like her comics counterpart, Nakia is outspoken and politically active in progressive causes. Before we even meet her in the show, we see her comment on Kamala's YouTube video: a fundraising attempt to combat climate change. When she's running for the mosque board, she makes a huge speech to Yusuf about women's suffrage and how America is a land of freedom to try and sway his vote. She also criticizes the school curriculum for spending more time on Western cultures than on Eastern ones.
- Turbulent Priest: She's not actual clergy, just a mosque board member, but otherwise fits as she uses her position to resist Islamophobia from secular authorities as well as correcting the sexism within her community.
Zoe Zimmer
Zoe Zimmer
"Another Avengers shirt...Cute."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Laurel Marsden
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
A girl in Kamala's class, a prissy budding influencer.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: In the comics, she's a blonde; while in the MCU, she's a redhead.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Even at her worst and most Alpha Bitchy, Zoe in this series is never as deliberately cruel or openly prejudiced as she is in the comics.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the comics, she starts out being condescendingly racist towards Kamala and Nakia. The series omits this, but has her hit Kamala in the face with a ball repeatedly in what she claims to be "accidents".
- Alliterative Name: Zoe Zimmer
- Alpha Bitch: She's one of the popular girls at Kamala's school and is antagonistic towards her and her love of the Avengers. The trailer (and therefore Kamala's inner thoughts) gives her neon devil horns to represent this. Transitions out of this as shown in "No Normal".
- Mostly subverted in that most of what she does to Kamala while acting the part ranges from petty to slightly annoying. Even when Kamala and her friends crash her party, she shows no issue with them being there uninvited. Kamala also gets jealous of how popular Zoe's video of being saved by "Night light" is, even though Zoe only ever says good things about the hero and promotes her—meaning Zoe is indirectly making Kamala more popular through her own popularity. For most of the series, Zoe is also acting as a Secret-Keeper for Kamala by pretending she doesn't know who "Night light" is when in reality, she has most likely known since day one. Yet Zoe never holds it over Kamala and even protects her from the government without Kamala realizing until much later.
- Closet Gay: Implied. Nakia asks her in the finale why she chose to keep Kamala's Secret Identity and Zoe answers with an extremely heartfelt "I think Kamala should be able to tell the world when she's ready." In the comics, Zoe is eventually revealed to be a closeted lesbian. And in the series, her soon to be ex-boyfriend asshole doesn't exist, the dude who tricked Kamala into drinking alcohol being given to a random student.
- Closet Geek: She pretends not to be interested in superheroes, but she does attend AvengerCon and participates in the Captain Marvel cosplay contest, though as a "sexy" altered version with a diminutive outfit, Domino Mask, and fishnet stockings (i.e. the classic Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel costume).
- Expy: A jerkass popular character who bullies the nerdy protagonist, but adores their superhero identity and has Hidden Depths that show they are more than just a stereotypical bully? She is how Flash Thompson is usually portrayed in the comics.
- Genre Savvy: While being interrogated, it's when Agents Cleary and Deever go Good Cop/Bad Cop that Zoe immediately realizes that they were using manipulative tactics to get information out of her.
- Hidden Depths:
- Zoe is an Alpha Bitch who may or may not have decked Kamala with a basketball on purpose, but it turns out she's a closet Captain Marvel fan, too, though she sexifies her cosplay.
- When the Department of Damage Control tries to interrogate her for information on "Night light", she refuses to give them anything after catching on to their slimy, manipulative tactics and shuts up. It's later implied she realized it was Kamala, as evident by the fact she wasn't surprised finding Kamala with her mask off, but still helps her for saving her life.
- Horns of Villainy: Kamala views her with devil horns to befit Zoe's Alpha Bitch status.
- I Owe You My Life: Feels this way after Kamala saves her in episode 1 and it's the reason why she helps Kamala protect Kamran from Damage Control when they attack the school.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Although Zoe tends to act like an Alpha Bitch, she does not hesitate in helping Kamala protect Kamran from Damage Control.
- Loves My Alter Ego: Acts disdainful towards Kamala but is incredibly grateful to a disguised Kamala after she saves her life at AvengerCon. Subverted when she later implies she knew it was Kamala who saved her life and kept quiet because she owed her.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: It is heavily implied in the last episode that she knew who Kamala was from day one.
- Statuesque Stunner: She's 5'8".
- Stocking Filler: The costume she wears at AvengerCon has fishnets on it.
- We Used to Be Friends: Dialogue implies that Zoe used to be on better terms with Kamala, Nakia, and Bruno, and would carpool to school with them. But now that Zoe's remade herself into a social media darling with tens of thousands of followers, she is dismissive towards her old friends. They seem to have reconciled after "No Normal".
Kamran
See MCU: Dimensions
Sheikh Abdullah
Sheikh Abdullah
"Good is not a thing you are, Kamala. It is a thing you do."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Pakistani, American
Portrayed By: Laith Nakli
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
Kamala's religious mentor.
- Cool Old Guy: He is willing to give a fair chance to Nakia joining the council. In No Normal, he is among the people using TikTok, and is having fun with the filters.
- Good Shepherd: An Islamic version. He cares greatly for the people in his community, offers good advice to Kamala and does what he can to calmly protect everyone from Agent Deever's bigotry.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: While at first presented as possibly strict and sexist in keeping with stereotypes about Muslims, he instead is kind and patient with Kamala, giving her advice and helping her find her best self.
Ruby
Species: Human
Citizenship: Pakistani-American
Portrayed By: Anjali Bhimani
Appearances: Ms. Marvel
A respected older woman in Kamala Khan's Jersey City neighborhood with a penchant for gossip.- Gossipy Hens: Ruby and her friends live to talk about the community goings-on.
- True Companions: Muneeba Khan cites Ruby and Humaira as among her first true friends in the United States.
Khan Family
Yusuf Khan
Yusuf Khan
"If you save one life, you save the world."
Species: Human
Citizenship: Pakistani, American
Portrayed By: Mohan Kapur
Appearances: Ms. Marvel | The Marvels
Kamala's father.
- Adaptational Curves: Downplayed, as Yusuf in the comics is a bit heavyset, while in the MCU he has a more average build.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, he's more of a stern authority figure who complains about his daughter's strange interest in the Avengers and writing of fan-fics. Here he's more sweet and supportive of her as a dreamer.
- Bumbling Dad: He tries to be supportive of his teenaged daughter' interests, going as far as painting his face and head green so he can go with Kamala to AvengerCon. Problem is she's embarrassed by this surprise cosplay and that it involves matching outfits with her dad, who's chaperoning her at what's supposed to be a cool outing with her friends.
- Manly Tears: When Kamala rejects his and Muneeba's plan for them to go to AvengerCon together as Dad Hulk and Daughter Hulk with Muslim flare to their costumes (made by Muneeba), she's pretty harsh, and he leaves the room in tears.Kamala: I think I made my dad cry.
- Papa Wolf: Yusuf immediately rushes in to protect Kamala from Damage Control in "No Normal".
Muneeba Khan
Muneeba Khan
"That is not you."
Species: Human-Clandestine hybrid
Citizenship: Pakistani, American
Portrayed By: Zenobia Shroff
Appearances: Ms. Marvel | The Marvels
Kamala's mother.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Where Kamala's father has been changed to be more supportive of her fantastical dreams and open to new American things (geeking out over Bruno's homemade Echo), her mother has been made more strict and critical. In the comics, they both favored a more traditional Pakistani lifestyle and disapproved of Kamala Going Native, and her mother's complaints were staged more as complaining to the sky that her daughter is doing things she doesn't approve of. Here, she's very blunt, even unkind, in her criticism of Kamala. It's implied that this is due to past trauma with her own mother, whose powered bracelet Kamala inherits, which the show's creator has said they will explore.
- AM/FM Characterization: While primarily portrayed as Kamala's uptight mom, she's also shown as being Not So Above It All by being a massive and unapologetic fan of Bon Jovi.
- Brutal Honesty: She's a very blunt person and not shy about letting everyone know exactly what she thinks.Kamala: Look I promise I won't do anything stupid. You... you do trust me, right?
Muneeba: No. I don't trust you.
Yusuf: Of course she does.
Muneeba: No. I don't. - Fantasy-Forbidding Mother: Muneeba does not share Kamala's passion for superheroes and wants her daughter to focus on the real world and their cultural traditions. It's suggested by dialogue this is due to some incident involving her own mother who shared Kamala's quirks. Subverted when she learns about Kamala's powers.
- Flat-Earth Atheist: A downplayed example with Muneeba, who left Pakistan because she was tired of being the girl with the weird mother who believed she was descended from Djinn. Thor and the others have only started showing up recently, and clearly people like Muneeba haven't made the connection with Sufficiently Advanced Aliens to accept maybe her mother was telling the truth.
- Former Teen Rebel: During her teenage years, Muneeba wore loud clothes, had '80s Hair, and ran away from home to become a Bon Jovi groupee.
- I Want Grandkids: Towards the end of The Marvels she tells Aamir that the Rambeau house in Louisiana would be a good place for someone to start a family.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's harsh with Kamala, bluntly telling her she doesn't trust her and criticizing her... for almost everything. However, she does love her daughter and tries to connect with her. It doesn't work that well, but hot damn, she sewed matching Dad Hulk and Daughter Hulk costumes with Pakistani flair overnight.
- Mama Bear:
- Muneeba immediately rushes in to protect Kamala from Damage Control in "No Normal".
- In The Marvels she tells Kamala in another language that she'll kill Carol (one of the most powerful people in the universe) if Kamala gets hurt while she's traveling with Carol and Monica.
- My Beloved Smother: Is blatantly untrusting of Kamala's own judgement and insistent on her restrictions for her protection.
- When Kamala has not been answering her calls, Muneeba (jokingly?) says she wishes microchipping children was legal, and immediately tracks her down via their family cellular plan.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: She anticipated that Bruno would be present to be asked to stay for dinner; she anticipated that he would say no; she's already prepared food for each of his family members, personalized to their tastes, in individual containers.Bruno: How did you do that so fast?
Muneeba: Stick to the gizmos, beta, this is my thing. - Sacred Hospitality: When Bruno pays a visit, she asks if he's staying for dinner. When he declines, she insists on giving him dishes to take home for each member of his household, customized to their individual tastes.
Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan
"Did something happen to you?"
Species: Human-Clandestine hybrid
Citizenship: Pakistani, American
Portrayed By: Saagar Shaikh
Appearances: Ms. Marvel | The Marvels
Kamala's older brother.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Aamir in the MCU has much snazzier fashion sense, unlike Aamir in the comics who was introduced dressing like, in his father's own words, "a penniless mullah".
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, Aamir started out as stuck-up and obsessively religious, had a low view of superheroes, and he and Kamala didn't get along well at first. In the series, he's still very religious but is nicer to his sister and sticks up for her interest in superheroes.
- Adaptational Personality Change: Comics Aamir has no interest in being a superhero to the point of rejecting the idea of using his superpowersnote and does not bother to find work, preferring to be a stay-at-home house husband and conservative Muslim. Here he worries about not being able to support his new bride after graduating, having no job or money or driver's license, and eagerly asks Bruno to check if he can have powers, clearly interested in the idea. A very huge departure from his comics version.
- Adaptational Species Change: A latent Inhuman in the comics later mutated by an unknown mist initially believed to be terrigenisis. Here, he is an unpowered Human-Clandestine hybrid.
- Adaptational Wimp: Comics Aamir is implied to have the Inhuman gene and at one point, Kamran exposes him to the Terrigen Mist (or what Kamran thought was Terrigen). Aamir emerges with the power to generate forcefields and shockwaves. Here according to Bruno, Aamir can't have powers as he lacks the Mutation that Kamala and possibly Kamran possess.
- Asian Drivers: Despite being a South Asian Muslim, who are typically stereotyped as Taxi or delivery drivers in the West. He doesn't have a driver's license and it can be assumed he failed his test.
- Big Brother Instinct: Aamir helps Kamala in protecting Kamran from Damage Control.
- Emo Teen: Apparently, Aamir went through an emo phase, wearing all black and spiky jewelry as well as working at a Hot Topic. Tyesha is very amused by that.
- The Fundamentalist: Downplayed. He's much more outwardly religious than the rest of his family, but is otherwise a nice, laid back guy.
- Knight Templar Big Brother: Hinted at. He's an overly friendly guy but when he discovers that Kamran and his sister might be an item, he questions Kamran on what the two were doing.
- Muggle Born of Mages: After learning his sister has powers, Aamir asks Bruno if he, too, is capable of producing Hard Light since he's technically a Clandestine hybrid himself. However, Bruno implies that, genetically speaking, Aamir is incapable of harnessing Noor energy like Kamala because she has a mutation in her genes.
Tyesha Hillman
Tyesha Hillman
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Travina Springer
Appearances: Ms Marvel | The Marvels (mentioned only)
Aamir's wife.
- Age Lift: Not her, but her younger brother Gabriel is a child as opposed to being a late teenager/young adult. Making their age gap much larger.
- Big Sister Instinct: Tyesha immediately rushes in to protect Kamala from Damage Control in "No Normal".
- Nice Girl: When the ClanDestine's attack ruins several weddings, she goes out of her way to comfort and compliment a crying bride despite Tyesha's wedding also being ruined.
- Practically Different Generations: Her little brother Gabriel is a child whilst she is an adult.
- Sassy Black Woman: Extremely downplayed. But there's a hint of it during her wedding vows when she says "I do" with a flirty, sassy tone.
- Twofer Token Minority: Even when it's a non-white majority cast, an African-American woman still stands out (though she's Muslim).
- Women Are Wiser: When Kamran pretends to be Kamala's cousin, Aamir falls for it but Tyesha understands right away that Kamran and Kamala are trying to hide their budding relationship.
