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Independent Supervillains
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International Criminals
Vanchat
T. Vanchat
"It's what I do... Find alien scrap that no one else can, then offer to people who fully appreciate my efforts."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Aiden Turner
Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 11: "The Magical Place")
A notorious international criminal who now smuggles alien tech and metals and sells it to the highest bidder.
- Arms Dealer: He has become a black market dealer in alien technology and materials to whoever pays him enough.
- Bait-and-Switch Boss: He's mentioned in two early episodes, implying he's as a notorious criminal S.H.I.E.L.D. is trying to capture and may even be an Arc Villain, only to be captured in his first onscreen appearance.
- Canon Foreigner: There's no Vanchat in the mainstream comics.
- The Ghost: During the early episodes, in which he's one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s targets.
Alex Sokolov
Alex Sokolov
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Roman Roytberg
Appearances: Jessica Jones
A smuggler and dealer under contract for the United States government. He's hired by Jeri Hogarth to smuggle Trish Walker away from USA territory.
- Arms Dealer: Implied to be one.
- Friend in the Black Market: He's one for the USA armed forces.
- Venturous Smuggler: Averted. The second Jessica Jones attacks him, he sells out Trish Walker.
Smiling Tiger
Conrad Mack / Smiling Tiger
Species: Human
Citizenship: African
Portrayed By: Anthony Mackie
Appearances: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
A gangster of African origin, regularly seen in Madripoor.
- Adaptational Nationality: American in the comic, but described as African in the show.
- Identical Stranger: He greatly resembles Sam Wilson so that Wilson can impersonate him. This because he's played by the same actor.
- Impossibly Tacky Clothes: In-Universe, Falcon considers him this, comparing Tiger's clothing style to that of a pimp. Zemo argues, however, that one man's fashion victim is another man's fashion forward.
- Trademark Favourite Food: His usual at the Brass Monkey is a shot of alcohol with the fresh innards of a snake.
Raoul Bushman
Raoul Bushman
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Moon Knight note
A mercenary and former partner of Marc Spector.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the comics, Marc and Bushman were partners as mercenaries, which is retained for the MCU, but Moon Knight adds the detail that Bushman was Marc's former C.O. who gave him a job after Marc's discharge from the military, giving some context to why Marc would trust Bushman and making Bushman's betrayal of Marc that much worse.
- Adaptational Job Change: Downplayed. Bushman is still a mercenary, as he was in the comics, but here, he was an American military officer before that.
- Ax-Crazy: Implied. Bushman's response to getting a bit too greedy while providing security for an archeological dig site was to murder everyone present, including his own partner when he tried to help the archaeologists escape.
- From Camouflage to Criminal: According to Marc, Bushman was his commanding officer before going into business as a mercenary, and even gave Marc a job after his mental health issues cost him his standing in the military. As it turns out, Bushman is a backstabbing murderer who guns down not only the people who hired him, but also his partner Marc when he tried to stop the massacre.
- The Ghost: Despite being important to Marc’s origin story, he hasn’t actually appeared yet in the show, and is only mentioned as the person who killed everyone at the dig site, including Layla’s father and nearly Marc himself.
- Karma Houdini: Implied. Marc doesn't mention ever seeing Bushman again after the latter slaughtered Dr. El-Faouly's archaeological team, and as far as Layla knows, her father's murder is unsolved, suggesting that Bushman never got his comeuppance for the crime.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: He is responsible for Marc becoming Moon Knight, as greed and betrayal of Marc inadvertently led him to meet Khonshu and be to chosen to be his avatar.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Bushman doesn't even appear onscreen in Moon Knight and is only mentioned briefly by Marc, but his actions in murdering Layla's father and leaving Marc for dead led to Marc's pact with Khonshu, and the rise of not one, but two superheroes.
Afghanistan
Khalid Khandil
Khalid Khandil
Species: Human
Citizenship: Afghan
Portrayed By: N/A
Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier note
An Afghan criminal targeted by the United States Air Force and apprehended by Sam Wilson.
- Alliterative Name: His name is Khalid Khandi.
- The Ghost: Justified because he's in custody by the time Winter Soldier takes place.
- South Asian Terrorists: Implied to be one.
Egypt
Anton Mogart
Anton Mogart
"Preserving history is a responsibility I take very seriously."
Species: Human
Citizenship: French
Portrayed By: Gaspard Ulliel
Appearances: Moon Knight
A thief and collector.
- Celebrity Paradox: Nick Fury mentions Hannibal Lecter in Captain Marvel (2019) when the Kree put a muzzle on Goose. Gaspard Ulliel played Lecter in Hannibal Rising.
- Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He is never called "Midnight Man" in the series, only being referred to as Anton Mogart.
- Hypocrite: He justifies his desire to hoard Egyptian relics in a private, black market collection as "preservation," keeping them safe and well-maintained away from the masses. But, when Harrow destroys the priceless and irreplaceable sarcophagus in his collection and promises him further glimpses of godly power, it's enough to convince him to help bump off Layla and Marc.
- I Just Want to Be Special: He's introduced getting private lessons in horsemanship and lance-fighting from a team of experts, and it's telling that Harrow is easily able to tempt him into his service with promises of "proof" that the supernatural exists.
- Uncertain Doom: We see Moon Knight hit Anton in the back with a crescent blade after he saves Layla but it's unclear if that killed him or not. With the passing of his actor Gaspard Ulliel, it's unlikely we’ll get a resolution to that.
- Villainous Valor: Say what you will about him, Mogart isn't afraid to ride down Moon Knight personally on horseback armed only with a spear, after Moon Knight has just torn apart all his bodyguards and is no longer pinned down and helpless.
- Wicked Cultured: He's a wealthy thief and collector of ancient Egyptian artifacts, justifying his hoarding of Egyptian patrimony to others as "conservation".
- Would Hit a Girl: He tries to kill Layla with a spear as revenge for some Noodle Incident in Madripoor.
United States
Los Angeles
Eugene Patilio / Leap-Frog
Eugene Paul Patilio / Leap-Frog
"Ribbit and rip it!"
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Brandon Stanley
Appearances: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
A frog-themed Failure Hero with a vigilante career being funded by his rich dad.
- Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed. The original Leap-Frog suit either looked like a weird swamp monster with diving gear or a chubby amusement park mascot, whereas here the suit is still goofy but it looks like a cross between a frog themed Power Ranger and Kick-Ass so it's slightly more believable.
- Adaptational Villainy: Zig-zagged. Patilio wants to be a good-guy like his comic book counterpart, but he's a lot less competent and a lot more of an egotist. It culminates in him kidnapping Luke Jacobson and forcing him to make a new supersuit, landing him firmly in an antagonist role that he never had in the comics.
- Adaptation Name Change: Sort of. In the comics, Leap-Frog is the name of the villainous identity of Eugene's father Vincent whereas Eugene used the same suit as the heroic Frog-Man. In the series, Leap-Frog is a "hero" from the get go.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Though Eugene in the comics was a rather klutzy and less-than-competent superhero, he nonetheless is a good person who became Frog-Man as a heroic counterpart to his father's villainous Leap-Frog persona. Here, Eugene is a Spoiled Brat who has absolutely no idea how to be a crimefighter, and revels in spending his father's money to brand himself further.
- Alliterative Name: Eugene Paul Patilio.
- Animal Motif: His suit physically resembles a frog, he operates out of the Lilypad, and he calls his henchgoons "Tadpoles".
- Anti-Hero: Is he a genuinely good person? He's not an awful person, but he's also a selfish, irresponsible manchild. He's also got a skewed enough moral compass to kidnap Luke Jacobson and try to trick Jen Walters into helping him get compensation for a costume failure that was entirely his own fault. The guy wants to be a hero, he just kinda sucks at it and is also just generally an asshole.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: Frogs, if you couldn't tell.
- Character Catchphrase: "Ribbit and rip-it!" Which he says over and over again. It's about as intimidating as you'd expect.
- Composite Character: Combines the codename and villainous tendencies of Vincent Patillo with the real name and heroic aspirations of Eugene Patillo.
- Corrupted Character Copy: This version of Leap-Frog manages to be a spoiled, incompetent version of Batman: he's a wealthy vigilante with an animal-themed costume, an appropriately themed lair, and his own signal to boot. He just sucks at actually stopping crime.
- Dirty Coward: His Catchphrase above? The one he's so proud of? It's what he says when he flees a fight that isn't going his way.
- Early-Bird Cameo: His first appearance in She-Hulk is a very easy-to-miss cameo; in the fifth episode, he's the guy who walks past Nikki and Jen in Luke Jacobson's shop, carrying what appears to be his frog suit.
- Epic Fail: Eugene attempts to sue his tailor for supposedly making a faulty suit that catches on fire...only for it to be revealed that he used jet fuel to power his jet boots, which Luke specifically warned him not to do in the instructions.
- Failure Hero: His Establishing Character Moment has him completely fail to defeat two ordinary robbers stealing a TV. He doesn't get much better from here.
- Frivolous Lawsuit: Tries to file a civil liability claim against Luke Jacobson when he defied explicit instructions on how to fuel the ankle thrusters - given that he outright lied by omission to get Jen to even take his case, he knew full well that he didn't have one.
- Frog Men: Dresses up like an anthropomorphic frog, even if he isn't literally an upright amphibian.
- Giver of Lame Names: Leap-Frog and the Lilypad get snickers from everyone who hears them. One of his henchgoons also complains that he calls them his "tadpoles".
- Green and Mean: He wears a green costume and is an incredibly intolerable douchebag.
- Hero with an F in Good: In his attempts to become a hero, Eugene spends his resources on a themed lair and goons that are more fitting for a villain due to his massive ego. He also tries to sue Luke Jacobson for a costume failure that occurred purely due to his own incompetence, and when his claim is laughed out of court (after he deceived Jen to even get her to accept his case), he decides to kidnap Luke to force him to make a new costume.
- Implausible Deniability: In court, he brags about filling his rocket shoes with jet fuel, which Luke Jacobson reminds was explicitly not the instructions he gave. Patilio then immediately tries to backtrack and say he didn't actually use jet fuel, which no one buys.
- Insanity Defense: During Casual Danger Dialogue, Jen suggests Patilio try a temporary insanity defense in court after he kidnaps Luke Jacobson, but Matt suggests he instead try claiming it was done in a bout of undiagnosed PTSD.
- Jerkass: Arrogant, obnoxious, vainglorious, and completely unwilling to take responsibility for his own incompetence and poor choices, he is a complete dickhead who is almost instantly disliked by everyone he meets.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Eugene is a dumb rich kid who spends much of his dad's money trying to establish his superhero moniker as Leap-Frog despite being about as competent as an actual tadpole.
- Small Name, Big Ego: He assumes everyone knows about and fears the amazing superhero Leap-Frog, and he demands that Jen Walters meet him at his incredibly famous secret lair "the Lilypad". Of course, he's just some rich kid who wants to play superhero, who's both useless at crimefighting and utterly laughable.
- Super Window Jump: He attempts one of these to make a Villain: Exit, Stage Left, but since Luke hadn't fixed his jet boots yet all that happens is he falls several stories and has to be carried out on a stretcher.
- Too Dumb to Live: Aside from using jet fuel to power his rocket boots, jumping out a window several stories above the ground with no way to cushion his fall just goes beyond normal idiocy.
- Tricked-Out Shoes: Leap-Frog attempts to fly using the jets on his shoes. It doesn't go so well for him, since he loaded them with jet fuel.
- Upper-Class Twit: Needless to say, Eugene Patilio is not a nice person, and he loves spending his wealthy father's money to try to brand himself as a (rather terrible) crimefighter.
- Villain of the Week: He ultimately proves to be this for episode 8. However, since he himself is absolutely useless as a crimefighter, he is essentially a Non-Action Big Bad, and the real danger he presents comes from his Hired Guns (which She-Hulk and Daredevil are able to dispatch with little trouble).
New Mexico
Roxxon Gas Station Robbers
Robbers
Species: Humans
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Jeff Prewett & Zach Hudson
Appearances: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer
A pair of robbers that try to rob a Roxxon gas station in New Mexico.
- Agony of the Feet: One of them accidentally shoots his own foot when Coulson kicks his gun.
- Bit-Part Bad Guys: While these two robbers are technically the main antagonists of the short, it's clear that from Coulson's point of view they're barely nuisances who pose no threat to him and get defeated so easily that it's just routine for him.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: They don't stand a chance against a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent armed with a bag of flour.
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: One of the robbers demands cigarettes from the store clerk at gunpoint.
- A Handful for an Eye: One of them is momentarily blinded by Coulson throwing a bag of flour at his face.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Coulson causes one of the robbers to shoot himself in the foot with his own gun by kicking it, and then he grabs the gun to beat up the two robbers.
- Mooks: They're a pair of minor criminals whose only role is to be easily overpowered by an unarmed Coulson to show how much of a badass he is.
- No Name Given: Each one is only credited as Robber 1 and Robber 2.
- Put Down Your Gun and Step Away: Invoked by Coulson, who points out that he's in possession of a gun so that they order him to pass it to them and he can attack them while they are distracted.
- Would Hit a Girl: They both threaten the female store clerk with their guns to force her to give them the money from the register.
Vermont
Todd Neiman
Todd Neiman
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Will Stout
Appearances: Daredevil
Karen Page's ex-boyfriend and a drug dealer.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Seemingly the reason intelligent, beautiful Karen ended up with homely, trailer-dwelling drug dealer Todd.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He lays one on Kevin for burning down his trailer.
- Toxic Friend Influence: He tends to drag Karen down with him.
- Would Hit a Girl: He doesn't show any hints of being an abuser until Kevin burns down his trailer, after which he strikes Karen when she tries to stop him from beating up Kevin.
New Orleans
Duane Porter
Duane Porter
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Michael Vincent Donovan
Appearances: Cloak And Dagger
A friend of Cloak's elder brother, Billy Johnson. Runs a home repair business which serves as a cover for his drug dealing activities, in which he's involved with Connors.
- Character Death: Gets shot by O'Reilly while trying to reluctantly shoot her himself under Connors' orders.
- I Did What I Had to Do: He claims that survival justifies his selling drugs and collaborating with the man who shot Billy Johnson.
Rick Cotton
Rick Cotton
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Michael Vincent Donovan
Appearances: Cloak And Dagger
A rich bachelor that tries to rape Tandy Bowen in revenge for being robbed by her.
- Asshole Victim: His actions are intended so he won't get sympathy when something bad happens to him. Prior to getting robbed by Tandy and Liam, he was getting pushy and entitled when Tandy refused to have sex with him. Later on, he tries moves on to violent Attempted Rape in revenge, only to get stabbed with one of Tandy's light daggers. He survives, though.
- Attempted Rape: In revenge for getting drugged and robbed by Tandy, he tries to rape her in an alley. Prior to that, he was getting pushy with Tandy and ignoring her refusal to have sex with him.
- Entitled to Have You: He feels this way towards Tandy after she agrees to go to his house for a drink.
- Karma Houdini: Thanks to Connors, he gets away with attacking Tandy.
- Rich Bitch: The male example of the trope: rich entitled guy who uses his connections to get away with Attempted Rape.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: He has connections with at least one member of the New Orleans Police, which he uses to plant supposed evidence corroborating the story he pulls to justify his injuries.
Edwin Dunlap
Edwin Dunlap
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Jon Eyez
Appearances: Cloak And Dagger
A gangster leading his own operation.
- Bald of Evil: A bald gangster.
Jeremy
Jeremy
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: T.C. Matherne
Appearances: Cloak And Dagger
Mikayla Bell’s abusive boyfriend.
- The Alcoholic: His drinking exacerbates his violent and abusive demeanor.
- Domestic Abuse: He commits it against Mikayla.
- Manipulative Bastard: After Tandy trashes his place and leaves a message warning him to leave Mikayla alone, he instead takes advantage to victimize himself and get Mikayla to come back with him.
- Would Hit a Girl: His girlfriend Mikayla.
Eric
Eric
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Ilan Muallem
Appearances: Cloak And Dagger
The ex-boyfriend of Lia Dewan and a marihuana dealer.
- Domestic Abuse: He used to beat on Lia when they were together.
- Would Hit a Girl: At some point he was abusive towards Lia, which pushed her under Andre Deschaine's clutches. He also attacks Tandy.
San Quentin State Prison
Peachy
Peachy
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Robert Crayton
Appearances: Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time | Ant-Man
An inmate at San Quentin who befriended Luis and Scott Lang.
- Only Known By His Nickname: He's just referred to as "Peachy".
- Scary Black Man: Subverted. He's physically imposing, but is actually friendly towards Scott Lang and Luis. Beating Scott was simply a goodbye ritual.
Seagate Penitentiary
Shades
- See the Stokes-Dillard Crime Ring page
Comanche
- See the Stokes-Dillard Crime Ring page
Squabbles
Reggie / "Squabbles"
"When's the last time you showered? Or cut your hair? Just seems like you're spiraling downward."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Craig muMs Grant
Appearances: Luke Cage
An inmate in Reva Connors' support group who befriends Carl Lucas.
- Hidden Depths: He talks about having spent years fighting in Golden Gloves tournaments, showing that he has outside world fighting experience.
- I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: Rackham has Comanche shank another inmate, then has the guards beat Squabbles up for it to coerce Carl into participating in the underground fight ring.
- Killed Offscreen: He's tortured and killed by Shades and Comanche after learning that Carl wants to quit the fight ring.
- Morality Chain: He tries to act as Carl's moral compass to keep him from going off the deep end.
White Power Dave
White Power Dave
"I want to give the world exactly what it's been crying out for: Your dead body laid out on a goddamn slab."
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Matt Gerald
Appearances: All Hail the King
A white supremacist imprisoned at Seagate alongside Trevor Slattery.
- Bald of Evil: He's a skinhead.
- Bullying a Dragon: He insults and threats Slattery after the latter spills his lunch tray on him but doesn't attack him because Slattery has several inmates as bodyguards.
- Identical Stranger: He and Melvin Potter are.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: A white supremacist with "White Power" in his name is telling of his negative nature towards non-whites.
Herman
Herman
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Lester Speight
Appearances: All Hail the King
An African-American imprisoned at Seagate alongside Trevor Slattery.
- Battle Butler: Herman acts both as Slattery's personal assistant, picking his lunch tray and organizing his interviews, and bodyguard, defending him when Jackson Norriss attempts to kidnap him.
- Co-Dragons: He's one of Trevor Slattery's two main followers and protectors in Seagate, alongside Fletcher Heggs.
- Scary Black Man: A physically imposing, African-American criminal.
Fletcher Heggs
Fletcher Heggs
Species: Human
Citizenship: American
Portrayed By: Allen Maldonado
Appearances: All Hail the King
"Mr. Slattery, me and the boys were just wondering if you could do... do the voice..."
An African-American gangbanger imprisoned at Seagate alongside Trevor Slattery.
- All There in the Manual: His name is not mentioned in the short film itself, but it is revealed in the credits.
- Co-Dragons: He's one of Trevor Slattery's two main followers and protectors in Seagate, alongside Herman.
- No Name Given: He isn't named in the short film, but his name appears in the credits.
Russia
Ursa
Ursa
Species: Human
Citizenship: Russian
Portrayed By: Olivier Richters
Appearances: Black Widow
One of Alexei Shostakov's fellow inmates in the Seventh Circle Prison.
- Fingore: Alexei dislocates his entire hand during their arm wrestling match.
- The Giant: Granted it's not as obvious due to him sitting down for most of his screen time, but his actor is a legitimate 7'2, making him one of the largest characters in the franchise.
- Mythology Gag: His name is a reference to Mikhail Uriokovitch Ursus, aka Ursa Major, a mutant with the ability to turn into a brown bear and a member of the Winter Guard.
- Uncertain Doom: It's not clear if he escaped from the gulag, or if he survived the avalanche.
- The Worf Effect: His obvious size and Richters' dense musculature make it that much more shocking when Alexei slams his hand down on the table hard enough to dislocate it.
