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Pre-World War II Members

Viola

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Nora Zehetner

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode: "The New Deal")

An operative of the HYDRA cult.

Femme Fatale Agent: Downplayed. She does use her looks to achieve her objectives, but she doesn't get to reach "fatale" levels.

World War II Members

Heinz Kruger

Known Aliases: "Fred Clemson"

Species: Human

Citizenship: Nazi German

Portrayed By: Richard Armitage

Voiced By: Enrique Cervantes (Latin-American Spanish dub), Yoshihisa Kawahara (Japanese dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger

"The first of many."

A HYDRA assassin. Following the experiment that empowers Steve Rogers, he kills Dr. Erskine and steals a vial of the Super-Soldier serum. He is caught by Rogers, and commits suicide.

Adaptational Badass / Ascended Extra: Downplayed. In the comics, he doesn't last long after killing Erskine before he is killed by Steve. In the movie, he manages to get away with a sample of the serum, kill several SSR agents along the way, and make his way across the city to his submarine before he is captured by Steve.
Badass in a Nice Suit: He infiltrates and wipes out the super soldier program single-handed, but it doesn't help against the newly augmented Steve Rogers.
Clark Kenting: His physical disguise is just a business suit and glasses, aided by using an American accent, false name, and his general anonymity.
Cyanide Pill: Swallows one hidden in his teeth after he gets caught by Rogers.
Determinator: Despite the resistance against him, he was determined to escape. Almost succeeded, too.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the comics, Steve threw him into lab machinery, which electrocuted him to death. Here he's Driven to Suicide after he's captured by Steve.
Evil Sounds Deep: With Richard Armitage, he can only sport a deep, imposing voice.
Fake American: invoked He poses as an American named Fred Clemson working for the State Department and then reveals that he's The Mole from HYDRA.
The Mole: Infiltrated the US government to shut down the Super Soldier program and acquire a sample of the serum.
My Death Is Just the Beginning: Since he is "the first" of HYDRA to be coming after Rogers.
Professional Killer: Implied to be his profession because of all the killing he does.
Small Role, Big Impact: Kruger only appears for one scene and is killed early, but his murder of Erskine leaves Steve as the only person with the completed Super Soldier formula. This also inspires many, many attempts to recreate the forumula over the subsequent decades throughout the MCU, with their own successes and failures.
Starter Villain: The first antagonist Steve faces post-serum.
Who Are You?: Steve Rogers asks him this after capturing him. His answer is:
Heinz Kruger: The first of many. Cut off one head, [pops the fake tooth containing his cyanide capsule] two more shall take its place. [foam begins to form at his mouth] Hail HYDRA! [dies]
Would Hit a Girl: Guns down a female SSR agent who tries to stop him escaping the shopfront and attempts to blow up Peggy with a car bomb.
Would Hurt a Child: By pointing a gun at his head and then throwing him into a river. He can swim, mercifully.

Lohmer

Obersturmführer Lohmer

Species: Human

Citizenship: Nazi German

Appearances: Captain America: First Vengenance comics

A colonel in the Schutzstaffel (SS) and HYDRA.

Adaptational Wimp: He doesn't have the super-soldier powers that his mainstream comic books continuity counterpart does.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never referred to as Master Man. Unlike the mainstream comic books continuity, this Lohmer is never treated to a super-soldier serum.

Velt

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Patrick Monckeberg

Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger

The manager of a HYDRA weapons facility.

Middle-Management Mook: His position within the hierarchy of HYDRA.
Sole Survivor: He appears to be the sole HYDRA survivor of the weapons facility.
You Have Failed Me: The Red Skull executes him for not dying defending the weapons facility from the Howling Commandos.

Vincent Beckers

Species: Human

Citizenship: Belgian

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

A Belgian scientist and member of HYDRA. The grandfather of Julien Beckers.

The Evil Genius: A scientist that designed weapons for a fascist organization.
Generation Xerox: His grandson Julien also works for HYDRA in the modern days.
Les Collaborateurs: Possibly, since he's a Belgian working for HYDRA whose members are mostly Nazi German, and Belgium was occupied by Nazi Germany at the time.

Post-World War II Members

Winter Soldier Program

James Buchanan Barnes / The Winter Soldier

See the Bucky Barnes page

The Winter Soldiers

Species: Enhanced humans

Citizenship: Various

Portrayed By: Jackson Spidell (Josef)

Appearances: Captain America: Civil War

Steve Rogers: Who were they?
Bucky Barnes: The most elite death squad. More kills than anyone in HYDRA history. And that was before the serum.
Sam Wilson: They all turn out like you?
Bucky Barnes: Worse.

A group of five HYDRA assassins that were empowered with the Super Soldier Serum used by Bucky Barnes. They were cryogenically frozen like Bucky Barnes was, and Captain America learns that Zemo is looking for their resting place.

The Ace: All of them are this, according to Bucky. They are, among other things, expert infiltrators, multi-linguists, and superb assassins.
Asshole Victim: All five were already enlisted HYDRA agents before they got the serum, and were chosen for enhancement because they already had massive kill counts. Zemo killing them all is a favor to the heroes, if anything.
Ax-Crazy: After becoming enhanced, they became uncontrollable, even attacking doctors and guards at random in one scene. Bucky even said that the doctor could only control them "enough", and eventually they had to be cryogenically frozen until a means to control them properly could be determined.
Bald of Evil: One of the Winter Soldiers is a bald-headed man.
Boom, Headshot!: How Zemo killed each of them.
Conservation of Ninjutsu: A single Winter Soldier beats Bucky during a spar, but when they all go berserk, Bucky fights his way through several with no problem. Presumably he stopped holding back.
Empowered Badass Normal: As Bucky put it, they had more kills than anyone in HYDRA history before being given the Super Soldier serum.
Human Popsicle: They were put on ice after they suffered from collective mental instability.
Killed Offscreen: Zemo shot all of them in the head while they were in cryostasis, but we never see it.
No Name Given: Except for "Josef."
One-Man Army: Each of them is said to be this before receiving the serum. If they were to awakened from their cryogenic tubes, entire countries would fall.
Psycho Serum: The Super Soldier Serum injected into them has this effect, as it amplified their aggressiveness to near insanity. "Good becomes great, bad becomes worse" indeed.
Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs: One of the Winter Soldiers kills a guard trying to subdue him by punching him very hard, very quickly. Note that the guard is wearing body armor.
Red Herring: The Soldiers are given a fair bit of weight in Civil War, being suggested by Bucky to be the crux of Zemo's plan to "topple an empire", but it turns out Zemo had no intention of unleashing them. By the time our heroes arrive in the bunker where they were kept, Zemo has unceremoniously killed all of the Soldiers without thawing them, having only been interested in the mission records kept on the bunker's computers.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Elite and psychotic HYDRA super-soldiers kept in cryogenic stasis within a Siberian missile bunker.
Slain in Their Sleep: Zemo killed them during their cryostasis sleep.
The Smurfette Principle: One of the Soldiers is a woman.
The Unfought: Their entire role in Civil War is to appear to be part of the Big Bad Ensemble with Zemo once he finds out where they were. However, he kills them all before the heroes catch up to him, revealing that they were never a part of his goal to begin with. Instead, he uses the intel that he's gathered over the course of the movie in order to reveal the truth about the Winter Soldier to Iron Man and Captain America in order to break the Avengers up from within.
The Worf Effect: Just to show off how powerful these guys are, one of them completely outclasses the original Winter Soldier in hand-to-hand combat, then kicks Bucky across the room with ease.
Worf Had the Flu: Bucky manages to push his way through a group and even knock one out, so Bucky was probably holding back in training. Or possibly, Josef, the most muscular of the team was the strongest as well.

S.H.I.E.L.D. and U.S. Government Infiltrators

Agent Jasper Sitwell

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Species: Human

Citizenship: Honduran-American

Portrayed By: Maximiliano Hernández, Adam Faison (young)

Voiced By: Daniel del Roble (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Thor | The Consultant | The Avengers | Item 47 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Endgame | Loki ^note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

"I could do it. I do a great patsy."

A Level Six, then later Level Eight agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.. Like Coulson, he is frequently sent across the globe to handle what Fury can't.

Adaptational Villainy: In the comics, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent through and through. In The Winter Soldier, however, he's revealed as an agent of HYDRA.
Affably Evil: Sitwell is polite to everyone, and does forgive Jemma Simmons for shooting him.
All There in the Manual: Until his story significance in The Winter Soldier, his importance is mainly relegated to the shorts (Item 47 and The Consultant), as well as having a minor role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Badass Normal: We finally get to see it come Item 47. Sitwell captures Benny and Claire by moving into the hotel room next to theirs and playing extremely loud music so that they'll come over to complain. He then has to fight off Claire while struggling to handcuff her husband and while she tries to shoot him with an alien BFG.
Bald of Evil: As revealed in The Winter Soldier, he's a HYDRA mole.
Bit Character: His appearances in Thor and The Avengers are very brief, and he tends to play a larger role in the shorts. Winter Soldier is the first film where Sitwell plays a major role.
Decomposite Character: His role as the loyal everyman face of S.H.I.E.L.D. who continues working for S.H.I.E.L.D. after dying is given to Phil Coulson.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: In The Winter Soldier, he is torn from a moving vehicle by the Winter Soldier to his presumed death, but in the Captain America: Winter Soldier comic book storyline, he's shot to death by a brainwashed Black Widow.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: The Winter Soldier abruptly throws him in front of a truck.
Even Evil Has Standards:
- Clearly Jasper considered the Abomination a liability to his own cause, which is why he teamed up with Agent Coulson and Tony Stark to thwart his induction into the Avengers.
- He also understands just how big of a threat Loki is during the events of The Avengers, and so remains fully loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D while trying to locate and stop him.
Evil Counterpart: Ends up being one to Coulson. Coulson is a loyal S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and a fanboy of Captain America. Sitwell was an undercover HYDRA agent and called for Steve to be shot with no remorse.
Exact Words: Sitwell is ordered to neutralize Benny and Claire. He does so by hiring them to S.H.I.E.L.D., putting them to work on reverse-engineering Chitauri weapons.
Foil: To Phil Coulson. Both of them are high-ranking agents of S.H.I.E.L.D who tend to work together on assignments discovering and observing potential candidates for the Avengers Initiative. However, while Coulson is a legitimately nice guy who is wholeheartedly loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D and its cause, Jasper is secretly a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who had been serving HYDRA for most of his life. And while Loki's murder of Phil was the lynchpin for getting the Avengers to finally assemble and defeat the God of Mischief, Sitwell's death by the Winter Soldier's hands is barely even an afterthought for the heroes involved.
Hero Antagonist: In Item 47, where he's ordered to hunt down Benny and Claire.
Horrible Judge of Character: His 2012 variant in Avengers: Endgame was foolish enough to believe that someone like Captain America would pledge allegiance to HYDRA and immediately hands him the Mind Stone without second thought.
Locked Out of the Loop:
- Being a Level Six agent, he thought he was at the highest of information clearance levels. He was wrong.
  Coulson: What's your clearance level?
  Sitwell: It's Level 6. Like you... Come on, there's a Level 7?
- This is why he and Blake thought Coulson was still dead, because his survival was classified as Level 7.
- As of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., he has been promoted up to Level 8 alongside Coulson, where it's still part of the job description to be Locked Out of the Loop, solely because no one in Level 8 can know everything going on about the organization because it would be unsafe.
The Men in Black: As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent he seems to fit the bill pretty well, looking into stolen alien technology and working to keep it under wraps.
The Mole: He's one for HYDRA.
Nice Guy: Calm, approachable and friendly, he is almost exactly like Phil Coulson. However, when his Hydra Cover is revealed, he is revealed to have been Affably Evil.
Not So Stoic: He keeps staying calm even after being taken prisoner by Captain America and Black Widow, not taking their threat to throw him off a skyscraper seriously... until after they do throw him off, then catch him and imply they'll just keep doing that until he talks or they get bored. The near-death experience is too much for Sitwell, and he spills the beans.
Obfuscating Stupidity: He says he does "a great patsy", and offers to do it so S.H.I.E.L.D. can sabotage General Ross's meeting with Fury. Turns out he really does, having tricked the majority of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Obsessed with Food: He has a tendency to bring up what the food is like at the places he visits during otherwise serious meetings.
Oh, Crap!: After he starts spilling his guts to Steve, Natasha, and Sam, Sitwell stops talking for a moment and remarks "Pierce is gonna kill me". Sure enough, the Winter Soldier kills him a few minutes later.
Pragmatic Villainy: After discovering that he was HYDRA, his past more charitable actions (including sparing Benny and Claire and preventing Abomination from becoming an Avenger) look more darkly practical rather than morally motivated.
Race Lift: In the comics Sitwell is Caucasian and blond, while in the films he's bald and Honduran-American.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He comes off as a little more laid-back Red Oni compared to the stuffier Coulson's Blue Oni.
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: After being informed of the World Security Council's decision to put the Abomination on the Avengers, he and Coulson start plotting a way to stop this. Though given that Sitwell is HYDRA, he was probably more concerned that Blonsky was too unstable.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Like all S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, he dresses very well.
The Smart Guy: One of the smartest agents S.H.I.E.L.D. deploys.
The Stoic: Sitwell has some Nerves of Steel, and rarely shows fear. For instance, when caught aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. ship that had been hijacked by Ruthless Modern Pirates, all the other hostages were frightened but Sitwell looked mostly bored. His calmness wasn't unfounded, as just before a pirate was about to kill him, said pirate dropped dead by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Of Coulson after his "death". While he's appeared beforehand in the films, Item 47 hinted he would take Phil's place as the everyman of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Blake even accidentally calls him "Coulson" due to force of habit. However, this was negated when Coulson was revealed to be alive. Ironically, in the comics Sitwell has been around since the 60's, whereas Coulson is a very recent Canon Immigrant, so you'd think it would be the other way around.
Wrong Genre Savvy: In regards to High-Altitude Interrogation. He thinks it's the version where the hero holds him over the edge, threatening to drop and he knows that Steve is too much of a Nice Guy to threaten an unarmed man like that. He's right, but the Black Widow isn't.
You Have Failed Me: Killed by the Winter Soldier for selling out HYDRA to Captain America and his allies.

Brock Rumlow / Crossbones

Agent Brock Rumlow / Crossbones

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"This is going to hurt."

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"I don't work like that no more."

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"You know, I think I look pretty good, all things considered."

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Frank Grillo

Voiced By: Rafael Pacheco (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Captain America: Civil War | Avengers: Endgame | Loki ^note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

"There are no prisoners with HYDRA. Just order. And order only comes with pain. You ready for yours?"

A HYDRA agent within S.H.I.E.L.D., and a STRIKE team commander.

Adaptational Heroism: Zig-zagged. In the comics, Rumlow has always been an unrepentant thug with zero redeeming characteristics. In The Winter Soldier, he's a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent... who turns out to be a HYDRA agent, and by Civil War he has left HYDRA and any of its Knight Templar, fascist beliefs with them, now focused on revenge on Cap.
Adaptational Nice Guy: In the comics, Rumlow was a firm loyalist of the Red Skull, embodying Schmidt's fascistic ideals. Here, his loyalty to HYDRA is based in its modern-day, Knight Templar rhetoric, long after Schmidt's Card-Carrying Villain methods have been discarded. Even after dropping any pretension of good intentions, Rumlow shows no sign of following any kind of Nazi ideology; his gang in Civil War consists of multinational and multiracial mercenaries.
Advertised Extra: In Captain America: Civil War; Brock Rumlow/Crossbones played a crucial role in the comic book arc (by killing Captain America at the very end, even if he did get brought back eventually). Here, despite a heavy presence in the marketing and merchandising (he even got his own Hot Toys figure), he helps to kick-start the main plot of the movie by committing suicide in the second scene. And his comic arc has more to do with an ongoing Red Skull plot in Captain America's book, with the Civil War element only tangentially related.
And This Is for...: Almost said word for word in Captain America: Civil War.
Rumlow: This is for dropping a building on my face!
Avenging the Villain: Averted. In the interquel comic Rumlow makes it clear he's motivated by personal revenge rather than any remaining loyalty to HYDRA, who he explicitly disavows.
Badass Boast: He's one of the toughest agents around and he knows it, as shown when he brags before fighting Sam Wilson aka "Falcon".
Rumlow: This is gonna hurt. There are no prisoners with HYDRA. Just order, and order only comes through pain. You ready for yours? [after beating Falcon down again] You're out of your depth, kid.
Badass Normal:
- In Winter Soldier he's just a well-trained ordinary human, but he dominates in his fight with Sam and can even briefly hold out against Captain America in a fight, albeit not to the same extent as Batroc.
- After becoming Crossbones, Rumlow seems to have acquired advanced combat equipment (including a pair of powered gauntlets that look and operate suspiciously like Stark tech), that allow him to match Captain America in a fight. He can also fight evenly against Black Widow even without relying on his powered gauntlets. Though that fight implies he's had a few more upgrades than just his weapons and armor.
Bad Boss: In Civil War, he drops a live grenade into a jeep with two of his men in an attempt to kill Natasha.
Beard of Evil: A Perma-Stubble goatee.
Blade Below the Shoulder: The gauntlets he uses in Civil War have deployable ones.
Body Horror: Rumlow survived having a Helicarrier crash into a building while he was inside of said building. The end result isn't pretty. In Civil War, he shows that the various burns and debris left his face incredibly disfigured, prompting him to primarily sport a mask.
The Brute: He acts as Pierce's main muscle in The Winter Soldier.
Co-Dragons: With the Winter Soldier, to Alexander Pierce. Of those two, Rumlow is more active, and seems to be the blunt hammer and everyday right-hand man. When things really need to get done, the higher-ups call in Bucky/the Winter Soldier.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Zig-zagged. He's never referred to as 'Crossbones' in Winter Soldier, having not yet taken up the alias, and the only hint is the cross-shape of his weapon straps across his chest; Civil War, however, sees him finally identified as such, and donning a helmet and armored pads painted to resemble his comics counterpart.
Deadpan Snarker: At least as part of his façade as Cap and Black Widow's friendly colleague.
Rumlow: [after saving Steve from one mook when Cap's already taken every other one out] Yeah, you seemed pretty helpless without me.
Disability Superpower: Most likely due to nerve damage from his injuries and the resulting surgeries, he's able to No-Sell Black Widow's stun darts, which are strong enough to stagger even the superhuman Black Panther.
Dragon Their Feet: He's still fighting Sam after Pierce and HYDRA's Helicarriers have been dispatched.
Ear Ache: Under his helmet in Civil War, part of his outer ear is melted.
Empowered Badass Normal: His fight with Black Widow in the opening of Civil War implies he's gotten some sort of upgrades, more than just his weapons and armor. Or maybe it's a Disability Superpower following his severe injuries at the end of Winter Soldier. When Natasha shocks him with her shocking thingy, which five seconds earlier had dropped a guy, Rumlow just takes it and says "I don't work like that no more."
Even Evil Has Standards: In The Winter Soldier, he looks noticeably uneasy at Bucky's treatment by Pierce. He's dropped these objections by Civil War, using Bucky's suffering as a cruel taunt at Cap.
Evil All Along: Rumlow's been a member of HYDRA for God knows how long.
Face–Heel Turn: Introduced as a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague of Cap and Black Widow and on friendly terms with them, but eventually turns on them, because he's a member of HYDRA.
Facial Horror: His burn scars, as seen in Civil War, are extensive and quite horrific. Cap pauses in shock for a moment at the sight of Rumlow's disfigurement.
Faux Affably Evil: He's personable enough, and even claims that his assault on Cap is nothing personal, but he's still a loyal agent of HYDRA and a ruthless killer.
Friendly Enemy: To Cap. They're on opposite sides of the S.H.I.E.L.D.-HYDRA conflict, but according to the DVD commentary, he actually has a degree of admiration for Cap. This suggests that his attack on Cap may have indeed been Nothing Personal, despite what Cap believes. In the opening sequence, when Cap jumps out of a plane with no parachute, Rumlow doesn't show any envy or anything other negative emotions when he confirms that fact to a surprised associate. He seems to really like and admire the guy. Averted in Civil War, however, as noted below. Even in Endgame, an alternate timeline version of him is pretty impressed when he believes that Cap is a HYDRA supporter. He has a look that all but says "Sweet! Cap is on our side."
Feel No Pain: Catches a Taser to the neck and doesn't even flinch, implying that his severe injuries have also screwed up his pain receptors.
Crossbones: I don't work like that no more!
Good Scars, Evil Scars: In Civil War, under his mask Rumlow's face is pretty heavily scarred up from having S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters dropped on his head.
It's Personal: He stops being a Friendly Enemy to Cap in Civil War for obvious reasons.
Rumlow: This is for dropping a building on my face.
Karmic Death: He attempts to use a bomb to take out himself, Cap, and any nearby civilians. However, Wanda uses her powers to suppress the blast and contain in a ball of energy with Crossbones, so instead of the quick Taking You with Me he likely hoped, he ends up being simultaneously burned alive and crushed, screaming the whole way until he explodes. It's also entirely possible that after realizing that the explosion wasn't instant, he also realized he hadn't succeeded in killing Cap.
Knight Templar: If his remarks towards the end of The Winter Soldier are any indication, Rumlow fully believes in HYDRA's goals. It's no longer the case in Civil War, as he is now working as a mercenary out for revenge and in the Infinite Prelude comic he even states he is no longer working for HYDRA's goals.
The Lancer: Prior to HYDRA's uncloaking he acted as Captain America's Number Two in missions.
Made of Iron: He survived a Helicarrier crashing into the building he was in. He's not in good shape afterwards, though, and in Civil War lampshades that, considering the fact he was caught in a floor collapse with only the injuries he did sustain, means he got off fairly easily.
The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles.
Mook Lieutenant: As the leader of S.T.R.I.K.E.
More Hateable Minor Villain: In Captain America: Civil War, most of the conflict is between heroes who believe their actions are justified, and the Big Bad, Zemo, is out for revenge for the death of his family. The one villain we truly can hate is Crossbones from the opening, who has given up the few redeeming qualities he had before and became a murderous Arms Dealer who kills dozens.
Nerves of Steel: Easily the most cool headed member of both S.T.R.I.K.E. and the rest of the Hydra agents sent to try and capture Cap in the elevator. Everyone else is either sweating in anticipation or giving away their plans via posture or acting unnatural. Rumlow has his arms crossed and makes small talk to try and lower Cap's guard.
Nothing Personal: Claims this when attacking Cap. Steve begs to differ. Averted in Civil War, where he holds an immense grudge against Cap for the brutal damage he suffered at the end of The Winter Soldier. It leads to him trying to take Steve out in a last-ditch suicide bomb.
Not Quite Dead: At the climax of The Winter Soldier, he's seemingly crushed to death under debris when a helicarrier crashes into the floor of the building he's in. A sequence before the credits reveals he's badly scarred and in critical condition, but still alive.
Obviously Evil: According to Ant-Man, who can't believe that the Avengers gave him and Sitwell Loki's Scepter back in 2012.
Ant-Man: Who are those guys?
Tony Stark: S.H.I.E.L.D. Well, actually, HYDRA, but we didn't know that yet.
Ant-Man: Seriously? They look like bad guys!
Perma-Stubble: It gives him a rugged, tough-guy look.
Power Fist: As Crossbones, he has a pair of gauntlets which can punch with enough force to send Captain America flying.
Pragmatic Villainy: Though ruthless, he knows better than to shoot Rogers in broad daylight, after spotting a news helicopter filming overhead. Instead he opts to capture him and transport him some place abandoned where they can shoot him and dump the body.
Rogue Agent: By the time of Civil War, he's detached himself from both S.H.I.E.L.D. and HYDRA completely, and has taken to robbing banks in Lagos with his own gang of Mooks in order to draw out Captain America. Notably, he doesn't go out with a final "Hail HYDRA" like so many other operatives.
Shock Stick: He and his S.T.R.I.K.E. team carry electrified shock batons that are powerful enough to knock-out a mercenary with a single touch and hurt Rogers.
Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears at the very start of Civil War, but it's his acts of terrorism and the Avengers failing to prevent any casualties, that is the final star that leads to the Sokovia Accords and the rift between the Avengers.
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Serves as the Starter Villain of Civil War and dies during the first 10 minutes, though he inadvertently kicks off the main plot. Indeed, his final appearance in the MCU wound up being in an alternate timeline visited during Avengers: Endgame.
Taking You with Me: In the opening of Civil War, he gets outfought by Cap and tries to set off a bomb that will take them both out, as well as the surrounding block of people. He fails in his goal, as Wanda telekinetically contains the blast and lifts Crossbones into the air away from Steve. However, the explosion ends up packing too much power for her to hold back for long, and a number of people in the nearby building are killed as a result.
Tranquil Fury: All of his lines in his Crossbones identity are filled with this, and even dips into Deadpan Snarker territory, even though his mission by this stage is ending Cap for his injuries.
Took a Level in Jerkass: In The Winter Soldier, Rumlow at least acted jovial enough, and seemed to believe that HYDRA's goals would serve the greater good. By Civil War, he's a vicious brute who couldn't care less about the state of the world and just wants to kill Cap for causing his injuries, not caring if innocent people get caught in the crossfire.
We Have Reserves: Rather than waste time fighting Black Widow one-on-one, he drops her into an armored truck with his own fanatically loyal men and throws down a grenade, entrusting they'll hold her just long enough for everyone to be killed in the explosion.
Villainous Cheekbones: He has very visible ones in his face and he's one of the most dangerous HYDRA agents out there.
Villainous Legacy:
- His suicide bombing was the straw that broke the camel's back in regards of the Avengers being Destructive Saviours and caused the Sokovia Accords to be implemented.
- The gauntlets he used to fight Captain America in Lagos were salvaged by Adrian Toomes's clean-up company/criminal group in Spider-Man: Homecoming and subsequently retrofitted with air-blast tech, becoming the primary weapons of Jackson Brice and Herman Schultz, aka The Shocker.

Jack Rollins

Agent Jack Rollins

"Was he wearing a parachute?"

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Callan Mulvey

Voiced By: Dan Osorio (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Endgame

A HYDRA operative that was part of the infiltration of S.H.I.E.L.D., acting as a member of STRIKE.

Adaptational Villainy: In the comics, Jack Rollins is a loyal agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrated within the Roxxon Corporation
Adaptation Dye-Job: He's blond in the comics but dark-haired in the MCU.
The Brute: He's a brute to a brute, working as Rumlow's second on the field.
Evil All Along: Along with the rest of the STRIKE Team, he's a devotee of HYDRA.
Face–Heel Turn: He's introduced as a member of the S.H.I.E.L.D. STRIKE Team, but he's secretly a member of HYDRA.
Good Hair, Evil Hair: He wears his hair slicked back.
Jerkass: Rollins lacks any of Rumlow's more affable qualities.
The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles witin S.H.I.E.L.D..
Perpetual Frowner: Rollins' expression never changes from a dour glare.
Stupid Evil: He prepares to execute Cap in public after capturing him. Rumlow has to rein him in to maintain the illusion that they're legitimate law enforcement officials. In Endgame he's the only STRIKE agent to immediately lose his cool during the elevator scene when Cap steps aboard.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He's incapacitated by Natasha and isn't seen again, meaning he was probably arrested in the aftermath of the Triskelion attack.

Russo

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Jon Sklaroff

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

A HYDRA operative inside S.H.I.E.L.D., acting as a captain in Project Insight.

The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Mook Lieutenant: He commands other Project Insight agents who are also HYDRA moles.

Hauer

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Lou Ferrigno Jr.

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 30: "The Things We Bury")

A HYDRA operative inside S.H.I.E.L.D. stationed at the Rat.

The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Number Two: After the liberation of Werner Reinhardt (aka Daniel Whitehall), Hauer becomes the personal aide to the aged HYDRA leader.

Mark Smith

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle comic

A S.H.I.E.L.D. agent recruited into HYDRA by Wolfgang von Strucker.

Dude Where Is My Respect: Mark is resentful of being put into R&D instead of the field after a psychological evaluation by Maria Hill. This resentment is what makes HYDRA approach him.
Ink-Suit Actor: His appearance and name are based on the real Mark Smith, VP Routing and Tours of Victory Hill Exhibitions, responsible for the Marvel's Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Exhibition at Discovery Times Square in New York City.
Face–Heel Turn: Part of the plot of the comic is his recruitment into HYDRA.
The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D.
Shoot Your Mate: His final test to prove his loyalty to HYDRA is to kill his colleague, Nicholas Cooper, which he does.
What Happened to the Mouse?: The comic makes no mention of what happens to him after HYDRA's infiltration is exposed.

Mark Basso

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle comic

A HYDRA mole within S.H.I.E.L.D..

Beard of Evil: He's a member of a fascist organization and has a full beard.
Ink-Suit Actor: His appearance and name are based on the real Mark Basso, Assistant Editor and Project Manager at Marvel Entertainment.
The Mole: One of the many HYDRA moles within S.H.I.E.L.D.
One-Steve Limit: Averted. He shares the same first name with Mark Smith, another HYDRA mole in S.H.I.E.L.D., and both appear in the same comic.

Others

Baron Strucker’s Cell

Carmine

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 46: "Purpose in the Machine")

A member of HYDRA who formerly worked under Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. He gets captured by Grant Ward to make him reveal the whereabouts of Strucker's son, Werner.

Conspicuous Consumption: He bought a very expensive car not for driving it but just to show off his wealth.
Cool Car: His brand new sports car. Grant Ward even refers to it as "one hell of a machine" and praises its qualities after stealing it from him.
No Full Name Given: Grant Ward calls him "Carmine" at one point, but his last name is never used.
Outside Ride: After capturing him, Grant Ward puts Carmine on the hood of his own car and drives at full speed through his warehouse base to force him to talk.
Secret-Keeper: He is one of the few HYDRA members to whom Baron Strucker has entrusted the location of his son.
The Stool Pigeon: He ends up revealing the whereabouts of Werner Strucker to save his own life.
Torture Always Works: Grant Ward manages to get him to reveal everything he knows about Werner von Strucker by stealing his car and driving into him before threatening to kill him.
The Voiceless: Aside from a few screams, we never hear him speak. Even when he tells Grant Ward the location of Werner von Strucker, it only happens off-screen.
What Happened to the Mouse?: It's unknown what happened to him after he revealed Werner von Strucker's whereabouts. Grant Ward presumably either killed him, recruited him or let him go.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Invoked. Grant Ward threatens him by demanding him to prove that he still has a purpose, with the implication that he will be killed if that is not the case.

HYDRA Doctor

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Hans Obma

Appearances: WandaVision ^note Flashback only

A HYDRA doctor who conducted the experiments with Loki's Scepter.

Dissonant Serenity: Unlike his assistant who seems rather uncomfortable with it, the Doctor is eerily calm when he leads subjects to undergo potentially fatal experiments.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": His assistant calls him "Doctor", but his real name is never revealed.
Faux Affably Evil: He speaks politely to Wanda, but in reality he's more than willing to put her life in danger.
HYDRA Doctor: For our notes, Miss Maximoff, can you please state your name and confirm your status?
Karma Houdini: He is apparently responsible for the death of a significant number of test subjects, and yet as far as we know he has never paid for his crimes (unless he was arrested or killed during the attack on Strucker's base in Age of Ultron).
Mad Doctor: A doctor who doesn't hesitate to cause the death of his subjects.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: He's a member of HYDRA who has the title of doctor.
Rewind, Replay, Repeat: He has his assistant replay the surveillance video of Wanda's test several times to understand what happened after it seems like Wanda just collapsed after coming into contact with the Mind Stone.
Small Role, Big Impact: Even though he's a very minor character who only makes a brief appearance during a flashback, he is the one who made Wanda come into contact with the Mind Stone. Without him, Wanda wouldn't be anywhere near as powerful as she is now, so most of the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness probably wouldn't have happened.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He is not seen during the Avengers' raid on Strucker's base at the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron, so it's unknown what has become of him.
Would Hit a Girl: Not directly "hit", but he has no qualms about putting a young Wanda through a dangerous experiment knowing that she has a high chance of dying.

HYDRA Tech

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Stephen Goldbach

Appearances: WandaVision ^note Flashback only

A HYDRA scientist who participated in the experiments with Loki's Scepter.

Bald of Evil: A bald member of HYDRA.
Even Evil Has Standards: He appears uncomfortable with the idea of putting a young Wanda through an experiment that has already killed every subject who they've previously sent in, and even questions his boss about it.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears a pair of glasses and he's working for HYDRA. Downplayed though, in that he's much less cruel than his boss.
Is This Thing Still On?: During Wanda's test, he mentions that no one else survived the experiments so far on an open mic which Wanda can hear, much to the irritation of the Doctor who then turns the intercom off.
No Name Given: His name is never said in the episode. In the credits, he's only referred to as "HYDRA Tech".
Number Two: He seems to serve as the assistant to the HYDRA Doctor.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He is not seen during the Avengers' raid on Strucker's base at the beginning of Avengers: Age of Ultron, so it's unknown what has become of him.
With Due Respect: Says this to the HYDRA Doctor when he expresses his doubts about Wanda going through the experiment.
HYDRA Tech: Doctor, with respect, not one subject has survived direct cont...

Others

John Garrett's Cell / The Centipede Project

Grant Ward

See the Grant Ward page

Edison Po

"We all have to do things that make us uncomfortable if we are ever to get our toy soldiers off the shelf."

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Cullen Douglas

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 5: "Girl in the Flower Dress")

A sinister character the Centipede group breaks out of a federal prison. One of Raina's associates and part of the Centipede group, he is one of the few people permitted to contact "the Clairvoyant" and obtain information about the project's necessary later stages. Becomes Centipede's primary tactician after his escape from prison.

Asshole Victim: He tortured Coulson and went along willingly with centipedes goals, and his methods seemed too brutal for even the likes of Raina.
Bald of Evil: Doesn't have any hair, save for his Beard of Evil.
Big Bad Wannabe: On his own he is a dangerous villain, and he is one hell of a dangerous and smart enemy, but he’s in way over his head in comparison to the Clairvoyant.
Canon Foreigner: So far, he doesn't have a comic counterpart.
Cryptic Conversation: Raina comes to him to tell him how their latest plan was derailed, and that's the only thing the audience has context for at the time. They then go on to talk about "Phase 2" and "the Clairvoyant."
Dissonant Serenity: Calmly eats his meal while a fight breaks out in front of him.
The Dragon: The Clairvoyant only allows him to contact him and thus the orders for the organization flow through him. Then the Clairvoyant kills him and gives Raina the position.
Even Evil Has Standards: On the receiving end from Raina.
Eye Scream: He was arrested after gouging a man's eyes out with a steak knife. When Raina asks about the Clairvoyant, he warns he'd have to do the same to her if he told her.
Faux Affably Evil: Speaks politely and acts like a gentleman when speaking with Raina, he speaks to Coulson about his interests, but when coulson doesn’t cooperate, his tone of voice switches from Gentleman to angry thug and he starts torturing coulson and even Raina is repulsed by his methods.
Hate Sink: While Ward, Deathlok and Raina are sympathetic in ways and John Garrett while being pure evil is amusing, Po, along with Ian Quinn have no redeeming qualities and are made for the viewers to hate them.
Jerkass: Tortures for fun and doesn’t even say thank you when he is freed.
Lack of Empathy: He doesn't seem to particularly care that Debbie was killed. He expected her incompetence to off her sooner or later.
Man of Wealth and Taste: Gives off this vibe with his suits and taste for refined food.
Mouth of Sauron: "The Clairvoyant" allows no one else to speak with, see, or contact him. This is enforced on pain of Eye Scream.
Obviously Evil: Skye even describes him as a "walking mugshot".
Pet the Dog: Claims to care about Raina (at least, more than he did for Debbie) enough that he tries to dissuade her from learning too much about the Clairvoyant, since he would have to kill her, and he'd rather not do that.
Significant Anagram: Swap the first two letters of his first name with his whole last name. You get the word "Poisoned".
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Maintains a quiet and calm tone of voice while he tortures Coulson.
The Strategist: He has background on tactics, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. team speculates this is his role in the organization.
Troll: When he is freed from prison, he refuses to go until he is referred to as ‘Sir’
We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Tries torturing Coulson to force him to succumb to his mind probing. It doesn't work. And he's killed for his failure.
You Have Failed Me: A combination of this and You Have Outlived Your Usefulness after he fails at forcing Coulson to reveal his secrets and the Clairvoyant makes Raina his new Mouth of Sauron.

Ian Quinn

"I'm now a naturalized citizen of this fair country. Stunning beaches, beautiful tax laws, and a deep-seated hatred of outside forces telling them what to do."

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: David Conrad

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 3: "The Asset")

An old schoolmate of Franklin Hall, who stole his research and used it to create a multi-billion dollar company, Quinn Worldwide. Upon discovering that Hall's theory of graviton particles is correct, he becomes fixated on controlling this technology before someone else does and kidnaps Hall in order to make that dream a reality. He's also a libertarian opposed to any kind of government control or oversight over private businesses.

And I Must Scream: His ultimate fate, as revealed in "Inside Voices": he's trapped in the gravitonium.
Berserk Button: Treating him like an average Corrupt Corporate Executive is a good way to make him lose his cool. Skye, who made that mistake during their first encounter, gets shot for it, though he reveals later that it was under orders as part of a gambit to learn how Coulson was brought back to life.
Canon Foreigner: He doesn't have a comic counterpart.
Corporate Conspiracy: Owner of Quinn Worldwide, Quinn is a visionary philanthropist who spearheads a movement that champions deregulation of government interference with scientific research so that he can get his hands on advanced tech and is allied with the Centipede Group.
Corrupt Corporate Executive: Kidnaps people, steals ideas, and, by his own admission, has certain "exploits" he doesn't want Skye leaking through the Rising Tide. As explained below, he prefers to see himself as a visionary. When he thinks Skye is treating him like any other corrupt figure to be exposed, he briefly loses his temper.
The Corrupter: Whether deliberately or not, he's so far been responsible for the creation of several supervillains.
- Turning Dr. Hall villainous by kidnapping him for his gravity technology. This sets a chain of events into motion that causes Glenn Talbot to become Graviton much later. It becomes almost literal, as he and Hall end up becoming voices inside Talbot's head telling him that Coulson is the enemy and sending him into madness.
- Turning Donnie Gill into Blizzard by hiring him and then cutting him loose when S.H.I.E.L.D. found out.
- Turning Mike Peterson into Deathlok, through his collaboration with Centipede and Cybertek.
Cradling Your Kill: Does this to Skye after shooting her, only to shoot her a second time mid-cradle.
Deal with the Devil: In "Seeds" he acts as the devil to both Donnie Gill and his friend Seth by hiring them to create a weather control device. As is customary, he screws them both over.
Diplomatic Impunity: Seeks a form of this - a place where no government has the jurisdiction to touch him.
Faux Affably Evil: He honestly believes he's advancing humanity, and that anyone slowing down progress (with laws or regulations) is just doing it for greed and lust for power. However, he himself is very greedy, callous towards the lives of his enemies, and is implied to perform ecologically dangerous strip-mining without thought of the consequences. For instance, he fools Donnie and Seth into creating a dangerous weather machine, and now personally knows the Clairvoyant, to which he gloats to Coulson about it. And in the next episode, he casually shoots Skye. Yeah... there's a reason Coulson threatened to kill him.
Hate Sink: Similar to Po, he has zero redeeming features and he is made to be hated.
The Heavy: Becomes this after Po is killed and Raina is captured because he became the most prominent Centipede member still free. He is captured himself, but is later freed again by Garrett.
Honest Corporate Executive: He thinks he's one of these, because he advocates freedom of information and freedom of enterprise. He also saw his kidnapping of Hall as a rescue from his real captors (i.e. S.H.I.E.L.D.) so he could complete his life's work. When he assumed Skye thought of him as one more corrupt to expose, he was offended even though there was no one to look good for.
Hypocrite: For all his blustering about freedom and accountability, "The Asset" spends quite of time building him up as one;
- He's perfectly happy to use his money to set up shop in Malta surrounded by a small army to make himself unaccountable to anyone (and accuses S.H.I.E.L.D. of avoiding accountability for their actions while banking on it to prevent them from overtly storming the compound).
- He "frees" Hall from S.H.I.E.L.D. by tracking down and kidnapping him, then putting him to work deep inside said base (and gives an emotionally manipulative speech to Skye while talking about how S.H.I.E.L.D. uses such methods to recruit people like her).
- Hall himself points out that despite his insistence that information should be free for everyone's benefit, he made his fortune by keeping the flow one way. When he catches Skye poking around, he assumes she's investigating him for the Rising Tide and is outraged that she thinks he has something to hide and prepares to call security to have her taken away for poking around.
Ironic Hell: Quinn wants his own form of Diplomatic Impunity. He ends up in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, where, as he wanted, no government can touch him... meaning he has no rights to protect him either. Later, he ends up trapped inside the Gravitonium courtesy of Franklin Hall, meaning that he's now trapped inside the substance he coveted for so long thanks to the person he screwed over to get it.
Jerkass: Doesn’t care about anyone or anything and is rude to everyone.
Just Think of the Potential!: His New Era Speech to his investors is full of the wonders his company could achieve with gravitonium (and the stupid amounts of profit they could make).
Karma Houdini: Two episode plots were caused by him and his dirty money. Third time unlucky. As of "T.R.A.C.K.S.", he's imprisoned on The Bus and Team Coulson are furious that he gut shot Skye. Unfortunately, he got broken out of prison by the Clairvoyant himself, John Garrett, and escapes his downfall at the end of the season. When Team Coulson attacks Cybertek, Quinn hightails it out of there with the gravitonium and escapes justice. Although he's Put on a Bus for four seasons after this, we finally find out what really happened to him in Season 5, and this trope ends up Subverted.
Karma Houdini Warranty: Ian Quinn met his demise a long time ago; in "Inside Voices" it's revealed that shortly after he escaped Cybertek he was absorbed into the Gravitonium courtesy of a vengeful Franklin Hall, who gave it sentience.
Kick the Dog: In episode 13, when he shoots Skye, he makes clear he is a bad guy and minion of the season's arc villain.
Know When to Fold 'Em:
- As soon as he realizes what Hall's doing, he gives the order to evacuate immediately.
- Bails early on his investment in the ice machine in "Seeds" as soon as S.H.I.E.L.D. finds out about its existence.
Man of Wealth and Taste: He's an evil and charismatic mining magnate, so this isn't too surprising. In some respects, he's like an evil Tony Stark (see Shadow Archetype below).
New Era Speech: Gives one to his guests when he introduces gravity control technology.
Quinn: Imagine a world where you don't drill for oil; it rises to meet you.
Odd Couple: His libertarian views would seem to put him at odds with HYDRA, but given the many Hypocrite examples above, and the fact that he's meant to be a Strawman Political, it's not as odd as it appears.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here:
- In "Seeds", he decides to back out of his deal with Donnie and Seth once they realize that S.H.I.E.L.D. has uncovered their plan.
- In "Beginning of the End", he flees with his gravitonium when Team Coulson attacks the Cybertek facility (and also because Garrett has gone crazy). Although as "Inside Voices" shows, he didn't get far.
Sequel Non-Entity: When the plot thread of the gravitonium finally resurfaces in the fifth season, Quinn is nowhere to be found, and is given a one-off line handwaving that Coulson's team was simply never able to find him after he fled with the gravitonium during Garrett's downfall and was Put on a Bus. Real Life Writes the Plot, however, in that David Conrad retired from acting since the conclusion of the first season. "Inside Voices" reveals that he was killed shortly after the first season finale.
Shadow Archetype: He's basically Tony Stark with more Jerkassery, less genius, and zero morals. He's also one for Skye, or at least Skye as she was at the very beginning of the series, when she was a hacker who was anti-S.H.I.E.L.D.because they are the big brother who is watching; neither one of them likes S.H.I.E.L.D., but Quinn is the kind of guy that S.H.I.E.L.D. is supposed to stop and Tony Stark is their consultant.
The Sociopath: Flat out stated as such in "The Only Light in the Darkness", where he is described as the least dangerous one of these locked in The Fridge.
Strawman Political: Of anarcho-capitalists and libertarians. He is notably angry when he finds out he has been working for the explicitly fascist HYDRA all along, but quickly comes around when they offer him his money, reputation and gravitonium back. Ultimately he is likely just an opportunistic reprobate out mainly for himself.
The Team Benefactor: In "The Bridge", Coulson's team tries to pinpoint where Centipede's financing comes from. When the tremendously wealthy Quinn is revealed to be part of the group, it's implied that he is the source.
Too Clever by Half: He's smarter than your average TV villain and Hall manipulates him with his desire to "look smart".
Unwitting Pawn: Quinn doesn't realize that Dr. Hall deliberately allowed himself to be kidnapped, so he could sabotage the graviton machine that Quinn hired him to improve.
Villain with Good Publicity: His image is so squeaky clean that even Skye didn't know that he wasn't the wonderful philanthropist he claimed to be. S.H.I.E.L.D. knew better. He was arrested by S.H.I.E.L.D., but with their collapse he's able to regain his reputation.
Visionary Villain: Sees himself as a crusader, spearheading a movement against oppressive government control. In practice, he comes off more as a Corrupt Corporate Executive, though some of his rhetoric was sincere.
We Can Rule Together: Tries this with Skye when they first meet to recruit her from S.H.E.I.L.D.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He hasn't been seen since he high-tailed it out of Cybertek. Even Team Coulson have no idea where he went. "Inside Voices" reveals that he was absorbed into the Gravitonium shortly after fleeing Cybertek by a vengeful Franklin Hall.
Would Hit a Girl: More accurately, Would Shoot a Girl. In his defense, he shot Skye because the Clairvoyant told him to when he caught her snooping around with a gun.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Subverted. The Clairvoyant cuts him loose after he's served his purpose in revealing how Coulson was brought back to life, leaving him at the mercy of some very angry agents. Even better, it turns out the person telling him this was the Clairvoyant himself. But he's broken out when HYDRA raids the Fridge, and Garrett even gives him the gravitonium Coulson's team took from his facility in their first meeting. Double-subverted. They freed him so the gravitonium could eat him.

Raina

See the Inhumans page

Debbie

"This is a disaster."

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Shannon Lucio

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 1: "Pilot", Episode 5: "Girl in the Flower Dress")

"You exposed me! You exposed the program. The people who gave me this technology are very serious and they do not want to be revealed."

A doctor rescued by Mike from an exploding building.

Beauty Is Never Tarnished: All she gets from being caught in an explosion is some teardrop-shaped scars on the side of the head, which actually enhances her looks and could pass off for mascara or body paint. Completely averted in her death, where she is slowly and clearly roasted to ash from inside out.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She acts nice, but drops the facade when alone with Mike.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Via Kill It with Fire, by Chan Ho Yin/Scorch.
He Knows Too Much: Tries to have Mike killed to keep Centipede a secret.
Mauve Shirt: First appears as a major villain in her first appearance, then gets bluntly killed and essentially replaced by Raina in her second.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: One of the researchers working on the Centipede project.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Pulls this on Scorch. Ends upon the receiving end from Raina.

Agent Kaminsky

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Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Jeffrey Muller

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 18: "Providence", Episode 21: "Ragtag", Episode 22: "Beginning of the End")

Kaminsky: [doing salute] Hail HYDRA!
John Garrett: Alright, alright. Put your arms down, Kaminsky. You look like a West Texas cheerleader at a pep rally.

An agent working for the Clairvoyant of his own free will.

Black Shirt: He's pretty enthusiastically on board with this whole taking-over-the-world thing. Maybe a little too much, to the embarrassment of Garrett.
Curb-Stomp Battle: He's taken out by May almost immediately even though he's armed with the Berserker Staff.
Mook Lieutenant: He's the guy the Clairvoyant leaves in charge of ambushing Coulson's team at the HYDRA base under the Havana barber shop.
Significant Name Overlap: There was a "Kaminsky, Henry" trying to enlist in the military at the same recruiting office as Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger. Mix in a little One-Steve Limit and some saddening possibilities emerge.

Coerced Operatives

Akela Amador

"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping me? Where's the 'I told you so'?"

Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Pascale Armand

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 4: "Eye Spy")

A former S.H.I.E.L.D agent who disappeared for years and was presumed dead. Shows up and starts stealing diamonds, which leads Coulson to her.

Alliterative Name: Akela Amador.
A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil: Ultimately subverted; Ward's belief that she sold out her fellow agents turns out to be false (the op just went bad) and she isn't willingly working for her episode's villain. Given that Ward is an actual agent working for the episode's ultimate villain (the Clairvoyant), it's highly likely he wanted to get rid of a loose thread while breaking down S.H.I.E.L.D.'s loyal members.
Combat Pragmatist: When it becomes clear that Melinda is the superior hand-to-hand combatant, Akela knocks out the lights, switches to her x-ray vision, then tries to shoot her.
Dark Action Girl: An assassin, thief, misc. dirty worker for an unknown organization. Though the "Dark" part was against her will.
Explosive Leash: Her x-ray eye can be detonated if she disobeys orders.
Ineffectual Loner: Coulson states that she never trusted her fellow agents and always preferred working alone. This is why the op went bad, her fellows died, and she was captured.
It's All My Fault: She blames herself for the op going bad seven years ago and thus the death of the people she worked with.
The Stoic: Undergoes surgery on her cybernetic eye while awake without a single sign of worry.
Trapped in Villainy: Akela initially tried to ignore her handler's orders; he responded with remote electric torture. And then there's the kill switch.
Whatever Happened to the Mouse?: She is not seen in Season One after her first episode, not even when Garrett and Ward release every prisoner from The Fridge.
X-Ray Vision: Thanks to a cybernetic eye. When closed, it switches over from normal vision.

The Englishman

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Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: British

Portrayed By: Dominic Burgess

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 4: "Eye Spy")

Akela Amador: Only contacts are the messages I receive from the Englishman.
Phil Coulson: "The Englishman"? Your handler? How do you know he's English?
Akela Amador: The way he refers to certain things. He uses "lift" instead of "elevator", "boot" instead of "trunk".

Akela Amador's handler. She knows nothing about him other than what little she has been able to glean from his typing patterns.

Character Death: As soon as he looks at Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. badge, his Explosive Leash eye implant activates, killing him.
The Man Behind the Man: Just like Akela, he was being monitored and controlled through an eye implant by another unidentified party. A later episode shows that he's being controlled by the Clairvoyant. In other words, he was the man behind Akela but there was another man behind him.
No Name Given: He's only ever called "The Englishman" and we never learn his name during the episode.
Please Select New City Name: He once writes "Burma" instead of "Myanmar", which allows Akela to accurately guess his age.
Race-Name Basis: He's simply known as The Englishman.
Separated by a Common Language: Akela calls him "The Englishman" because his messages use British English instead of American English. For instance, he'll write "lift" instead of "elevator".
Trapped in Villainy: Like Akela, he was captured and forced by the Centipede Group to work for them via their Explosive Leash ocular implant.

Test Subjects

Chan Ho Yin / Scorch

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"Poor little Chan Ho Yin may have believed your lies... but not Scorch!"

Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: Chinese-American

Portrayed By: Louis Ozawa Changchien

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 5: "Girl in the Flower Dress")

A pyrokinetic street magician on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s watchlist. He is recruited by the organization behind Centipede in the hopes that they can use him to stabilize their serum.

Canon Foreigner: Chan Ho Yin isn't a character from the comics, though his codename is borrowed from a couple other D-list pyrokinetics. His ethnicity, as well as being "kind of a tool," also recalls Sunfire from the X-Men comics.
Code Name: Scorch, given to him by the people of Project Centipede to play to his ego.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: A major plot point is the aversion of this. The assignment of a codename to Chan helps him embrace the idea that he must have gotten his powers for a reason and that he's someone special and powerful for them. When he refers to himself as Scorch, Coulson treats the information that "they gave him a name" as an Oh, Crap! and realizes how seriously he's taking things.
Jerkass: He first demonstrates his powers by scaring a couple who weren't impressed with his magic tricks. His S.H.I.E.L.D. file describes him as "kind of a tool."
Not Using the "Z" Word: His debut was before Disney/MCU had the rights to X-Men, but it is likely he'd be referred to as a mutant. The Agents even theorize that exposure to nuclear radiation may have caused his powers, which was one of the reasons often given for Mutants developing mutations, particularly in the early X-Men issues.
Playing with Fire: His power is generating fire from his hands.
Pyromaniac: After his Sanity Slippage he's a mad man with fire powers.
Radiation-Induced Superpowers: It's theorized his powers come from living near a nuclear plant that caught fire. However, it's noted that no one else in the vicinity received powers of any sort, so in the end the source is unknown.
Required Secondary Powers: His blood platelets make him immune to being burned by his own powers. Once they're extracted, he ends up scorching himself each time he lights up.
Riddle for the Ages: It is never ultimately explained how he first acquired his fire powers.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After being given a taste of the Centipede serum then being betrayed by Raina. As soon as he gets free, he starts attacking everyone.
Strapped to an Operating Table: Happens to him during Debbie's experiments: "This isn't testing, this is torture!"
Street Performer: What he did for a living is magic tricks on street corners.
Super-Power Meltdown: He's given an overdose of Extremis when it's clear they can't talk him down.
That Man Is Dead: Once he embraces his codename, he says that only "Scorch" lives.

Deathlok

See the S.H.I.E.L.D. Other Agents page

Brian Hayward

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"It's time to go."

Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Paul Lacovara

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 10: "The Bridge")

One of the Centipede supersoldiers, whom the team finds through his sister.

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Begs Raina not to kill him with the implant.
The Brute: To Raina, he's a low level and expendable strongman.
Super-Strength: Due to the Centipede group's serum.
Super-Toughness: Able to withstand serious blows without any injury, though it's implied that he can die from a headshot.
Trapped in Villainy: Implanted with Centipede's Explosive Leash ocular implant.

Daniel Whitehall's Cell

Kara Palamas / Agent 33

Kara Lynn Palamas / Agent 33

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Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Maya Stojan, Ming-Na Wen

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 25: "Making Friends and Influencing People")

A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent now brainwashed into serving HYDRA.

Adaptation Dye-Job: Her comics counterpart is a blonde.
Alas, Poor Villain: An honest S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, brainwashed by HYDRA, manipulated by Ward into his loyal aide and lover, then killed by Ward when he mistakes her for May, leaving Ward grieving over her dead body.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Becomes this after being brainwashed into a HYDRA agent.
Birds of a Feather: She and Ward are both very damaged people who (unlike Ward and Skye) more genuinely understand one another and can support each other emotionally. This leads to them developing a relationship.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Her entire introductory episode is spent getting conditioned by Whitehall, finally succumbing at the end.
Dark Action Girl: After successfully being brainwashed, she uses her secret agents skills for HYDRA.
Designated Girl Fight: Her most prominent on-screen fights have been with May, Skye and Bobbi. This is especially obvious since every other Action Girl in the series, including the three she's fought, have all proven to be more than a match for the men, including Dark Action Girls like her who fight male heroes.
Discard and Draw: The mask fused over her face has enough memory for three different faces. To mimic a new one, she must delete an old one.
The Dragon: Becomes a replacement lieutenant for Whitehall after Bakshi is captured by S.H.I.E.L.D.. In the latter half of Season 2, becomes this to Grant Ward.
Electronic Speech Impediment: One symptom of having her mask fused to her face.
Evil Counterpart:
- To May, after using a hologram mask to impersonate her and getting stuck that way.
- She's also a Foil to May in that her loyalty to Whitehall is unquestioning and compelled by brainwashing, whereas May's loyalty to Coulson is based on a long friendship and history of shared service, and she's never afraid to argue with him. In fact, Coulson sees through Agent 33's impersonation of May in "Face My Enemy" because she is agreeing too readily with his orders to take his place if he goes off the deep end.
Evil Duo: Became this with Whitehall near the end of the first half of Season 2 after Bakshi's capture. In the latter half of Season 2 becomes this with Grant Ward.
Facial Horror: Getting a live wire to the face tends to leave scars. The nanomask is fused to her face with a horrific burn in the area the wire destroyed. She eventually gets the mask fixed, but the burn is still there, as shown when she deactivates it.
Hazy-Feel Turn: After Whitehall's death, she's left completely lost about what to do next with her life, and teams up with Ambiguously Evil Ward simply for a lack of other options.
Lady and Knight: She becomes Ward's Bright Lady after he is rejected (read: shot in the back) by Skye. After Whitehall's death she's like a wounded dove that inspires him towards a new purpose; helping her.
Loss of Identity: After Whitehall's death, she all but loses herself, but with Ward's help, Kara manages to reclaim her old identity.
My Master, Right or Wrong: Her brainwashing made her an agent of Whitehall, not HYDRA. She is dismayed by his death and doesn't know what to do with herself.
Race Lift: White in the comics, Hispanic here. Thanks to the mask permanently fused to her face, now appears Asian. Until the mask is repaired, enabling her to resemble her true appearance again even if it can't ever be removed for real.
Redemption Rejection: She pretends to stay with SHIELD for psychological recovery at Ward's urging, but it's all a ploy to exact vengeance on Bobbi. This bloodlust leads to her own accidental death at Ward's hands.
Satellite Character: Deconstructed. While her entire life revolves around helping Ward... this is because she is completely, utterly insane, and has lost her own psyche. She also does have her own wants and needs, making it more co-dependence.
Shapeshifter Mode Lock: Being electrically shocked while disguised as May fuses the mask to her face, along with giving her a horrible burn on her left eye that makes the disguise useless. She eventually gets it fixed, but the mask is still stuck to her. She can now shift at will, but can only keep three faces in memory. In order to gain any other identities, she has to give one up. However, she can also deactivate the mask and have her original (though still scarred) face. By the time of "The Frenemy of my Enemy", she's able to contact her mother and get a photo of herself pre-scarred, allowing her to have her own face without the damage.
Tragic Monster: As she points out, Whitehall wiped away whoever she was. Essentially, Kara Palamas is dead. She is very relieved when she is able to reclaim her old name, and as of "The Frenemy of My Enemy" she prefers to be called Kara again. It didn't remove her hatred against Bobbi for her betrayal.
Vengeance Feels Empty: Averted. She had Bobbi at gunpoint, but realizes she's not afraid to die and has no remorse for betraying Kara. Shooting her then and there won't give her closure. So Ward decided to try something else.
You Are Number 6: Initially referred to by her S.H.I.E.L.D. callsign and with no name given. She's eventually revealed to be Kara Palamas, an obscure character from the Hercules comics.

Julien Beckers

Species: Human

Citizenship: Belgian

Portrayed By: Michael Enright

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 28: "A Fractured House")

The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and a member of HYDRA.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Pretending to be a defender of civil liberties to get fugitive agents of the then outlawed S.H.I.E.L.D. to fall in HYDRA's trap.
Corrupt Politician: He's a minister who works for HYDRA.
Faux Affably Evil: He acts like he cares about civil rights and like he is a caring gentleman but in reality he is a puppet of the Big Bad and he is attempting to lure people to their deaths.
Generation Xerox: His grandfather was a HYDRA scientist during World War II.
The Mole: Within the Belgian government, until he gets discovered and arrested.

Marcus Scarlotti

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Falk Hentschel

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 28: "A Fractured House")

A mercenary and HYDRA operative hired to frame S.H.I.E.L.D. for attacking the United Nations and to eliminate S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

Adaptation Name Change: His first name is "Marco" in the comics.
Adaptational Nationality: He's American in the comics. Here, he's likely a German, since his actor is German. This is likely why his name is changed.
Blade on a Rope: Scarlotti uses a knife attached to a chain as his main weapon in "Fractured House".
Bond One-Liner: When Agent Walters is Killed Mid-Sentence by one of his splinter bombs, Scarlotti responds with "You were saying?"
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never called Whiplash or Blacklash.
False Flag Operation: He leads a HYDRA attack on the UN while claiming to be S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to turn the world's militaries on them. He and his team take out six S.H.I.E.L.D. agents with ease.
Mythology Gag: He pulls out a knife-and-chain to fight May in the safehouse. Scarlotti is the first Whiplash in the comics, though his weapons were closer to Vanko's Whiplash suits in Iron Man 2.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Bobbi Morse mentions that Scarlotti almost killed Clint Barton, aka Hawkeye, a few years ago.
Whip Sword: A downplayed example in that his weapon is a chain with a knife on one end.

Toshiro Mori

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Species: Human

Citizenship: Japanese

Portrayed By: Brian Tee

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 28: "A Fractured House")

A Japanese engineer and weapons designer for HYDRA.

Affably Evil: Quite pleasant for a weapons designer.
Beard of Evil: A short croppled goatee and mustache; classic villain facial hair.
Canon Foreigner: He has no direct comic counterpart.
Evil Genius: As the builder of the Splinter Bombs.
Man of Wealth and Taste: He loves his fine tea.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Wearing a black shirt and suit.
Too Dumb to Live: He just had to try and kill the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who had just taken out most of his guards. In response, they kill him as an afterthought.

Dr. Lingenfelter

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Dale Waddington

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 27: "A Hen In The Wolf House")

A HYDRA scientist serving Daniel Whitehall.

The Evil Genius: She's a brilliant scientist using her expertise in the service of fascist, genocidal maniac Daniel Whitehall.
Middle-Management Mook: She's in charge of a team of HYDRA scientist and reports directly to Whitehall.
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: She's a doctor in service of a fascist and genocidal organization.

Kenneth Turgeon

"The higher you go, the scarier it is."

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Adam Kulbersh

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 25: "Making Friends and Influencing People")

"The time tables have moved up, and I have been called upstairs to fill them in. No prep time, no powerpoint, just me, pants around my ankles, talking out of my butt."

A HYDRA scientist and supervisor.

Affably Evil: Sure, he works in an evil organization bent on world domination and killing a ton of people, but he's extremely friendly about it.
Benevolent Boss: He tries to keep Simmons from moving up in HYDRA because it's more dangerous the higher you go.
Canon Foreigner: He has no direct comic counterpart.
Frame-Up: He gets framed as S.H.I.E.L.D.'s mole in HYDRA by Simmons, who plants her Flex Screen in his desk.
Omnicidal Maniac: Despite being pretty affable, he's very excited about the prospect of HYDRA gaining the ability to kill millions using the Obelisk.
Simmons: Do you have any idea what this means? We could kill millions of people, perhaps even billions.
Turgeon: Pretty awesome, huh?

Test Subjects

Carl "Crusher" Creel / Absorbing Man

See his folder under Brigadier General Hale's Cell

Donnie Gill

Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Dylan Minnette

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 12: "Seeds", Episode 25: "Making Friends and Influencing People")

"I want to be left alone but you people won't stop coming after me. So I'm done hiding. It's time HYDRA learn once and for all I'm not interested. I'm not afraid. I'm pissed off. And every HYDRA agent they send is going to feel it."

An introverted genius at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Sci-Tech academy who gets involved in a series of attacks involving devices that are able to freeze people solid.

Abusive Parents: His parents didn't even realize how smart he was because they ignored him so much. When S.H.I.E.L.D. told his father that Donnie was gifted, his father replied "In what?"
Adaptation Species Change: He's Inhuman in the comics. Ironically, the Inhumans have yet to be introduced in the series when he appeared.
Adaptational Heroism: It's Adaptational Anti-Villainy in his case. He still ends up as a bad guy, but is given a sympathetic backstory. It's also made abundantly clear that he never intended for his actions to hurt anyone, at least at first, and he also never served HYDRA willingly; when he, as Blizzard, is acting of his own free will, it's actually against HYDRA. The only reason why S.H.I.E.L.D. put him down at the end of "Making Friends and Influencing People" is so HYDRA won't be able to use him again.
Age Lift: His comics counterpart is an adult criminal-for-hire.
Anti-Villain:
- He wasn't interested in Ian Quinn's money. He was just having fun building something with Seth.
- In his second appearance, he isn't even antagonistic toward S.H.I.E.L.D. at all until Bakshi triggers the mental conditioning HYDRA put him through.
Berserk Button: Don't even pretend to be HYDRA.
Brainwashed and Crazy: He was brainwashed by HYDRA sometime during season 1. His programing is re-activated during "Making Friends and Influencing People".
The Bus Came Back: He resurfaces in the Season 2 episode "Making Friends and Influencing People".
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: Played with. He is never called as Blizzard, his comics counterpart's alias. But the project to analyze his gifted power is indeed called as "Project: Blizzard" at HYDRA.
Empowered Badass Normal: While never badass in the "combat-capable" sense, his debut episode makes it clear he has borderline superhuman engineering abilities, rivaling those of Fitz (who is nearly a decade his senior and with more experience). After the accident at the end of his debut episode he gains a Touch of Death power via cryokinesis.
Friendless Background: Bonds with Fitz over this and their love of engineering. He had no friends in his hometown, and even at S.H.I.E.L.D Academy, he's a loner.
Gadgeteer Genius: Built devices capable of freezing pools and people solid and causing massive superstorms.
An Ice Person: As a result of his ice machine backfiring on him, he gets cryokinetic powers. He also has the technical skill to make weapons which can copy those abilities as well.
Intelligence Equals Isolation: Has trouble interacting with people below a 170 IQ.
Never Found the Body: According to Skye, his body hasn't been found since she shot him and he fell into the ocean.
Start of Darkness: In the comics, he's the supervillain Blizzard and indeed, over the course of the episode, he gets his only friend killed and obtains cryokinetic powers. During his first appearance in season 2, he only uses them in self-defense or to spite HYDRA. His only villainous actions are due to brainwashing.
Teen Genius: Has an IQ of 190 and still in school.

Octavian Bloom's Cell

Accountant

The Accountant

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Kyle David Pierce

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 33: "Aftershocks")

A HYDRA agent loyal to Octavian Bloom sent to kill the Banker.

Affably Evil: He treats others with respect and even a smile, even to his own targets.
Beard of Evil: An assassin with a beard.
Career Killers: He's an assassin sent to kill the Banker during the purge of the HYDRA leaders.
No Name Given: He's only described as "the accountant".
They Look Just Like Everyone Else!: He looks like an ordinary bank worker... until he draws an splinter bomb and uses it to kill the banker.

Mitchell Carson's Cell

HYDRA Buyer

See the Ten Rings page

Grant Ward's Cell

Kebo

Species: Human

Citizenship: British

Portrayed By: Daz Crawford

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 44: "S.O.S., Part 2")

The second-in-command of Ward's new HYDRA cell.

Asshole Victim: After the sadistic crimes he’s committed, his fate is well deserved.
Bald of Evil: Not a hair on this HYDRA operative's head.
Butt-Monkey: The deaths of Alexander Pierce and Daniel Whitehall have not been kind to Kebo. Since HYDRA's fall, he's made into Ward's errand boy, then beaten and humiliated by Ward into complete submission, then beaten up by a kid that he was torturing, finally capped off with a nasty death by electrocution.
Dumbass Has a Point: He's incompetent, and really, quite pathetic. But every time he calls out Ward for his lack of foresight or tendency to blame others for his own screw-ups, he's 100% in the right.
The Dragon: He serves as Ward's second-in-command.
Electrified Bathtub: He managed to match and nearly kill Bobbi in a straight fight, but Bobbi killed him by using her electrified escrima sticks while he's trying to get out of a swimming pool the two had previously been fighting in.
Evil Brit: Speaks in a noticeable British accent.
Faux Affably Evil: When he meets new recruits, he puts a charade on but not long after, his jerkass tendencies show.
Jerkass: Shows a delight in torturing Werner Von Strucker and is an outright jerk to his new recruits.
Last Episode, New Character: Shows up in a single scene right at the end of Season 2, when Ward decides to take over HYDRA.
Mouth of Sauron: He acts as Ward's voice when dealing with new recruits before they get to meet Ward.
Mugging the Monster: Is assigned to torture Werner von Strucker, who beats him easily once he starts fighting back.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Considering Ward and his HYDRA cell's status as Big Bad Wannabe, Kebo surprisingly manages to pose a serious threat to Bobbi, granted she was still in the middle of rehab for her knee.
Number Two: He's constantly at Ward's side throughout his introductory episode in Season 3 and Ward entrusts him with tasks such as torturing/evaluating Werner for leadership, screening recruits and Ward's own protection.
Torture Technician: When Ward doesn't feel like doing it himself, it falls on Kebo. Though....he's not exactly great at it.

Werner von Strucker

See his folder under Brigadier General Hale's Cell

Spud

Species: Human

Citizenship: British

Portrayed By: Daniel Feuerriegel

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 47: "A Wanted (Inhu)man")

"[Spud is] a psychopath. He's a murderous thief who I once saw bite a man's nose clean off."

— Lance Hunter

An old acquaintance of Lance Hunter working for HYDRA. He later becomes a contact for Grant Ward's HYDRA faction.

Ax-Crazy: Lance describes him as a murderous psychopath.
Beard of Evil: A psycho murderer with a full goatee.
The Brute: He's huge, and he's all muscle. If he didn't sneak in a knuckle duster in his pocket, Hunter would've been killed by him.
Disproportionate Retribution: When Hunter passed as an arms dealer who wished to sell to HYDRA; Spud explained that their new leader (Ward) had trust issues and would only meet with Hunter if he proved himself in a fight to the death. When they arrived to the fight club and Hunter asked whom he was fighting, Spud revealed he was the one to challenge him, as he wanted revenge from Hunter for... Hunter having mocked him for years.
Evil Brit: He's a British member of a neofascist terrorist organization.
Faux Affably Evil: When Hunter reunites with him at a pub, he's all drinks and laughs talking about the good old days. Then not long after reveals that he's a hateful nutjob with one hell of a disproportionate grudge.
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He is described as a psychopath, but he seems to hold respect for Lance Hunter and shows a sensitive side when certain songs are played. Wrong, he tries to kill Hunter for making fun of his sensitive side.
Man Bites Man: Hunter relates a story about Spud biting a man's nose off.
Psychopathic Manchild: He wanted to kill Hunter because he apparently made fun of him once for crying over a love song. He's held onto that resentment for years.
Villain Ball: Believing himself to have won the fight with Hunter, Spud turned to the crowd and let out a loud roar as he prepared to kill Hunter. This gave Hunter enough time to get up and, now wearing knuckle dusters, punch him straight in the jaw three times with such force that Spud fell to the ground dead.

Brigadier General Hale's Cell

Candice Lee

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Shontae Saldana

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 99: "All the Comforts of Home")

General Hale's aide.

Canon Foreigner: There's no Candice Lee in the comic books.
Enigmatic Minion: Her earlier appearances are in the episodes before Hale's origin with HYDRA was revealed, so the audience could only think that she's Hale's aide in the Air Force, even though she doesn't wear a military uniform. She's later revealed Hale's aide within HYDRA, instead.
Number Two: She acts as Hale's aide, bringing her intel and delivering her orders.
Sole Survivor: As of the Season 5 finale, she's the last character in Hale's HYDRA cell whom we haven't seen killed.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Last seen in "All Roads Lead..." and never mentioned since, though it's likely she was arrested after Hale surrendered to S.H.I.E.L.D. for real.

Ruby Hale

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Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Dove Cameron

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 99: "All the Comforts of Home")

The daughter of General Hale, who's particularly obsessed with Quake.

Abusive Parents: Her mother, of both the physical and the emotional kind, forcing her daughter to go through extensive training to become a killer and calling her a disappointment when she doesn't meet her demands.
Asshole Victim: Despite her mother's grief, it's hard to feel too bad for Ruby considering she was a sadistic psychopath who disobeyed orders just so she could mutilate more S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Ax-Crazy: Seems to be looking forward to the thought of cutting more S.H.I.E.L.D. agents' arms off.
Badass Normal: Has no powers, but is skilled enough to cut off Elena's arms while she is moving at Super-Speed and is even able to briefly go to-to-toe with Daisy.
Barbell Beating: During her fight against Carl Creel in the training room of the HYDRA facility, she grabs a dumbbell and repeatedly hits him in the head with it.
Be Careful What You Wish For: When Ruby achieves her life's purpose and absorbs Gravitonium, she can neither control the power merely 8% of the element gives her, nor cope with having Hall and Quinn's duelling consciousnesses in her head.
Bratty Teenage Daughter: How we're introduced to her. We later learn she's much, much worse.
Cute and Psycho: Definitely qualifies as both.
Dark Action Girl: She's a deadly trained fighter, and cuts Yo-Yo's arms off.
Disc-One Final Boss: Ruby is built up as the Destroyer of Worlds who will crack the world apart. Unfortunately, she proves unable to control her gravitonium powers once she receives them, and quickly gets killed.
The Dragon: To her own mother, General Hale.
Dragon with an Agenda: Due to her mother's maltreatment, Ruby has plans of her own that do not match her mother's.
Dude, Where's My Reward?: She was designed and trained since birth to be the perfect candidate for Whitehall's "Destroyer of Worlds" project. Despite all of that, her mother thinks she isn't worthy and believes Daisy is the better option. For obvious reasons, Ruby is incensed and is secretly plotting to doublecross her mother for her betrayal.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: She develops genuine affection for Werner, who becomes her boyfriend. After being infused with Gravitonium, she's horrified when her new powers accidentally kill him.
Expy: She shares some similarities with Sinthea Schmidt, a.k.a. Sin, the daughter of the Red Skull. Both are members of a younger generation of HYDRA. Both raised by a woman with ties to HYDRA (Hale for Ruby and Susan Scarbo a.k.a. Mother Night for Sin) and indoctrinated in its fascist ideology since childhood. Both psychotic and expert fighters. Both are the daughters of prominent members of HYDRA (though Ruby's says she was "engineered" and her actual parentage is never revealed). Ruby's combat outfit also looks similar to that of Sin's. While Sin was artifically aged with a machine, Ruby intends to use the Particle Infusion Chamber to empower herself.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Ruby looks like an ordinary, innocent teenage girl, but she's actually a HYDRA assassin, aspiring Destroyer of Worlds, and a borderline stalker who wants to murder Daisy.
Fangirl: She's obsessed with Quake, but we soon learn she's more of the Loony Fan variety, hoping to be the one that kills and surpasses her.
Faux Affably Evil: Ruby talks like a sweet but mischievous teenage girl but in reality she is a dangerous psychopath. Best shown when she is torturing Fitz-Simmons while her tone sounds as if she’s pranking someone.
Feet-First Introduction: In her first scene, the first thing we see of Ruby are her bare feet.
Foil/Evil Counterpart: Ruby is set up as one for Quake. Both are the designated heirs to their respective organizations (Coulson intends for Quake to become the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. after his death while Ruby was specifically engineered with the hopes of becoming a leader for HYDRA). Neither was raised by her biological father. Both chafe under the expectations placed upon them by their respective parent figures (Quake believes she's not fit to be Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. whereas Ruby is resentful of her mother considering her a disappointment). Whereas Quake is loyal to Coulson, her ersatz adoptive father, Ruby intends to doublecross Hale, her birth mother. While Quake dreads becoming the Destroyer of Worlds, Ruby desperately hopes to become it. On a more superficial level, Quake is brown-haired while Ruby is platinum blonde. And Quake's existence is known to the public, whereas Ruby's is known to just a few.
Gravity Master: After becoming infused with the Gravitonium. However, it comes with a price.
Hero Killer: Not quite, but in her first appearance, she cuts off Yo-Yo's arms despite her Super-Speed.
Karmic Death: Yo-Yo kills her with her own chakram.
Mommy's Little Villain: Still in training as an assassin, and she's marginally less far gone than her unrepentant Bad Boss of a mother.
Never My Fault: Much like her mother, she tends to blame others whenever things don't go her way, blaming the complications inherent in gravitonium on Fitz and Simmons for sabatoging her "destiny" and nearly killing both of them when she suffer from Power Incontinence trying to use it.
Pet the Dog: Literally. She refused to kill her dog.
Power Incontinence: After being infused with gravitonium, Ruby is unable to control it thanks to Hall and Quinn's voices inside her head.
The Resenter: Ruby hates Daisy because she knows her mother wants to turn Daisy into the "Destroyer of Worlds," a Super-Soldier Whitehall planned to be his magnum opus, when becoming that force is the very reason Ruby was conceived. She figures that if Daisy is killed, General Hale will have to stay on track and use Ruby.
Rings of Death: As an assassin, she uses chakrams as her preferred weapons.
Running Gag: Everyone keeps meeting (and getting utterly ignored by) her at the HYDRA continental breakfast.
Skipping School: She has a tendency to do this, but it turns out her classes are assassin training.
Slashed Throat: How Yo-Yo kills her.
The Starscream: Ruby is tired of her mother's abuse, and ultimately double-crosses her to pursue her own agenda.
Tragic Villain: Raised by her abusive mother as a Tyke-Bomb, used as an assassin, told of her magnificent destiny as the Destroyer of Worlds only to be pushed aside in favor of Daisy... Ruby never really had a chance for a normal life, and Daisy expresses the hope that, given help, Ruby could be a powerful force for good. After finally getting a taste of the power she sought, Ruby is left out of control and half-insane, accidentally killing her boyfriend before dying herself. As vicious and sadistic as she may have been, Ruby was still a damaged girl that Daisy laments never getting the chance to help.
Tyke-Bomb: Trained from childhood as her mother's right-hand assassin.
The Vamp: General Hale tells her to seduce Werner if she has to, so the general can get all of Wolfgang von Strucker's secrets.
Villainous Breakdown: Ruby freaks out after accidentally killing Werner.
We Can Rule Together: How she sways Werner to her side.

Werner von Strucker

"My father so rarely let me see any of his world."

Species: Human

Citizenship: German-American

Portrayed By: Spencer Treat Clark

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 46: "Purpose in the Machine")

The son of Wolfgang von Strucker.

Adaptational Nationality: He is German in the comics. In the MCU, he is German-American since his actor is American. His American heritage is most likely from his (unseen) mother. He also tells Ruby that he doesn't understand the German language.
Bastard Bastard: Implied, since he's a son of a German Baron but is mostly American and can't even speak German to boot, suggesting that Baron Strucker got Werner from an affair or fling with an American woman during his stay in US, possibly around the time of or shortly after his HYDRA Academy days.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Ruby crushes his head by mistake due to her inability to control her powers.
Faux Affably Evil: He puts on a facade as a friendly but troubled student in Professor Garner’s class, but once he reveals himself, he gives off a slasher smile as he taunts the professor and goes to kill him.
He Knows Too Much: After he fails to kill Andrew, Ward puts a hit on him.
Locked Out of the Loop: Zigzagged. While Werner did know about his father's allegiance with HYRDA, Wolfgang appears to have adopted a "keep home and work separate" mentality, telling Werner very little about his work.
Made of Iron: An extended torture session only made him a little bloody in mouth.
Missing Mom: His mother is never seen or mentioned. Considering he's not even remotely close to his abusive father, this is quite jarring.
Nerves of Steel: He endured an extended period of torture from Kebo without cracking. Afterward, Ward tells him that he was hoping the torture would bring out or develop this trope in him.
New Meat: After he blows his first assignment of killing Andrew, Malick chides Ward for giving him such an important assignment off the bat.
Not Quite Dead: He's stabbed in the gut and left in a comatose state. Coulson brings him out of said state and used the Theta Brain-Wave Frequency Machine to access Werner's memories and make him remember certain things about Gideon Malick.
Overlord Jr.: Played with a little. Werner's father Wolfgang was one of HYDRA's major heads, but he mostly kept his business separate from his son's life. It was only until after Wolfgang is killed by Ultron that Ward properly brought him into the HYDRA fold.
Photographic Memory: A side effect of Lincoln zapping him while he was in the Centipede memory machine. He now has perfect memory of his entire life. However, this ends up being a case of Blessed with Suck since he also remembers every bit of physical pain he has ever felt in his entire life as if it was fresh, which has made him quite suicidal. It also makes him highly valuable, simply due to his exposure to his father's leadership of HYDRA and its secrets as a child.
Took a Level in Badass: When Ward had Kebo torture him. Rather than break Werner, this has the opposite effect of pissing him off to the point where he beats Kebo bloody - the exact outcome Ward hoped for, to mold him into an effective operative. Though as Gideon pointed out, he was still too green to be an outright threat to S.H.I.E.L.D.
Upper-Class Twit: Until Ward came along, he just loafed around spending his father's money, but finds his inner strength while getting tortured.
You Have Failed Me: Ward orders a hit on Werner for failing to kill Andrew.
Your Head A-Splode: Or implode, rather, courtesy of Ruby's Power Incontinence.

Carl "Crusher" Creel / Absorbing Man

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Species: Enhanced human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Brian Patrick Wade

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Daredevil ^note Mentioned only

A man who worked for HYDRA after having his death faked by Garrett, Carl Creel is a former boxer nicknamed "The Crusher" with the ability to absorb the properties of anything he touches.

Adaptational Heroism: Though introduced as a villain, it's revealed that he was a brainwashed pawn. By Season 3, he's free of his HYDRA brainwashing and is working for the US government as Talbot's bodyguard. In the comics, though he's sometimes depicted as an Anti-Villain, he's usually a thug who's murdered, raped, and brutalized people in the past with no remorse.
Affably Evil: Even under the Faustus programming, Creel only goes after people who get in his way.
Alliterative Name: Carl Creel.
Ambiguous Situation: After his own out-of-control powers cause him to turn to stone, Coulson isn't quite sure he's actually dead or just in a coma of sorts. Season 3 removes the ambiguity by outright showing that he's alive.
And I Must Scream: Between his encounter with Team Coulson in "Heavy is the Head" and his recruitment as Talbot's bodyguard, this happened to him. He couldn't move or talk because he was trapped in his own stone body. He eventually recovered and spent time in jail once he'd regained consciousness.
Bald of Evil: Just like in the comics, Creel doesn't have a single hair on his head. He no longer fits this trope in season 3.
Book Dumb: While he is hardly an Evil Genius, he nonetheless shows a decent amount of strategy in his appearances and uses his powers creatively, such as for stealth, and not just for brute force. Prior to being a supervillain, he also secretly used his powers to cheat his way to a successful boxing career.
Blood Knight: He enjoys killing just slightly more than he enjoys the sensation of using his powers, and he seems to enjoy the latter quite a bit.
The Brute: He serves as Whitehall's muscle while under HYDRA's control. He later acts as one to Talbot as a bodyguard. And later for General Hale.
The Bus Came Back: Freed by Talbot after he is deprogrammed of his HYDRA brainwashing.
Chameleon Camouflage: Can pull this off against uniform surfaces, such as a concrete wall.
Chrome Champion: When he turns to steel. May and Lincoln exploit this with May grazing him with a steel pipe, turning him into steel, then Lincoln blasting him with his electric powers.
Death by Irony: The Absorbing Man... Gets absorbed. Specifically, by Graviton.
Death Faked for You: He was supposed to have been killed, but it turns out HYDRA faked his death while they were still a part of S.H.I.E.L.D. so they could use his talents for themselves.
Dragon Their Feet: Was brought into HYDRA's employ by Garrett, but doesn't show up until after Garrett has been dispatched.
Elemental Shapeshifter: He can take on the properties of any material he touches — wood, steel, glass, concrete; you name it. Assuming his powers are as flexible as they are in the comics, this can extend even further.
Even Evil Has Standards:
- While he has no problem killing targets who are trained professionals, he does seem concerned about the waitress he infects by accident (though that may have been more about losing control of the Artifact than any actual concern) and was reluctant to hurt Raina.
- It eventually turns out despite being a lifelong criminal, he had to be brainwashed into serving HYDRA, and he promptly turns once he's freed from it.
Forgot About His Powers: Despite being able to turn into any substance he touches, he has a habit of fighting in his normal human form.
Good All Along: In "The Inside Man", he's presented as being Talbot's morally-ambiguous bodyguard, and he's seemingly confirmed to still be evil when he knocks Lance out. However, it's later revealed that he only knocked Lance out to protect his cover, and he helps save him, Talbot, Coulson, and the other S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives.
G-Rated Drug: He enjoys the feeling of absorbing materials, keeping a cabinet full of various things to use at his leisure. HYDRA even pays him with exotic materials.
Heel–Face Turn: The US military has apparently broken him free of his HYDRA brainwashing and he's now working as Talbot's bodyguard. Inverted when he's recruited by General Hale.
Hero Killer: As Hartley and Idaho found out the hard way.
The Immune: Possibly due to what happened with him and the Obelisk, Creel's blood can 'vaccinate' an unawakened Inhuman from undergoing Terrigenesis.
Immune to Bullets: As long as he's absorbed something tough enough. Played with a bit; though the bullets don't stop him, they do knock off several chunks that end up reverting to flesh.
Made of Iron: Even when not literally being so, he doesn't even get bruised after getting punched in the face with a barbell.
Material Mimicry: Like his comic counterpart, he can take on the properties of what he touches. HYDRA rewards him by giving him samples of new materials to copy.
Mind Control: Implied to have been brainwashed by Whitehall into obeying HYDRA (as Bakshi uses the codephrase "Are you ready to comply?" to calm him down at one point). Later confirmed in his return in Season 3.
Mundane Utility: Before being discovered, he used his powers to cheat at boxing by turning his fists to steel beneath his gloves for easy knockouts.
Mythology Gag:
- In his debut appearance, he rips off a ball and chain to fight May with, an iconic weapon of his in the comics.
- Subsequent appearances has Raina offer him a material to absorb with the special property of being capable of absorbing energy itself. This is something he could do on his own in the comics.
- His name is also mentioned in flashbacks in Daredevil (2015) as a boxing rival of 'Battlin' Jack' Murdock, Daredevil's father.
Not Quite Dead: Coulson is smart enough to know that even if Creel's turned to stone, he could always pull this trick. It's better to keep him secure in case it doesn't stick. It doesn't.
Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Whatever he did to make Talbot literally trust him with his life must have been spectacular, but we never see it.
Pet the Dog: He allows Raina to get off with a warning when she seems to know about Hydra and the Obelisk.
Power Incontinence: Touching the Obelisk, even while made of rubber didn't completely insulate him from its effects and patches of it start spreading across his body. It's mentioned this isn't the first time he's had such problems.
Sculpted Physique: When he turns into stone or concrete.
Shapeshifter Swan Song: After being hit with a molecular disruptor by Coulson, he cycles through several of his past materials before turning into inanimate stone.
Shirtless Scene: He gives one in his trailer, and another while fighting Team Coulson in the warehouse. The latter is justified, since he was using his absorbing powers to camouflage himself (which wouldn't have worked with a powder blue shirt on). It doesn't explain why he's still shirtless walking down the street at the end of the episode.
Sleeves Are for Wimps: If he's not shirtless, then he's not wearing sleeves either.
Small Role, Big Impact: Even though he makes no physical appearances in Daredevil, he's arguably one of the biggest influences on Matt Murdock's life. His son not seeing him win any of his fights before he went blind ate Jack Murdock up inside, and when the Kitchen Irish finally arranged a fight between him and his rival, Creel, rather than take the dive, Jack at the least wanted Matt to hear him win, so he did. Jack's only win against Creel cost him his life, and shaped Matt into the man who would become Daredevil.
Super-Strength: Naturally strong due to his past as a boxer, but his strength increases depending on the material he absorbs. He was able to stop the speeding vehicle carrying Hartley and the Obelisk by absorbing the properties of the asphalt road he was standing on.
Super-Toughness: By absorbing tougher materials, his durability is enhanced, allowing him to shrug off bullets and survive being hit by a car, totaling the car in the process. He's not completely invulnerable, however, as the bullets managed to knock off several chunks which eventually reverted into normal flesh, allowing the team to ID him.
Taken for Granite: After being defeated he gets stuck in his stone form, but unable to move. With help from Talbot and the government, he recovers.
This Was His True Form: Not the man himself, but part of him. He's bulletproof during his first encounter with Team Coulson, but they do recover a piece of shrapnel from his then-metallic body after the fight. It reverts back to flesh and blood while Fitz is analyzing it, which makes the team realize that they're dealing with a gifted.
Unexplained Recovery: He's back for season 3, though it's not explained how he returned to normal.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: It was refusing to throw a fight with him that got Jack Murdock killed. His blood looks like it's going to cause this as well. In the right hands, the vaccine that could be created from it can prevent another Bahrain. In the wrong hands, it can prevent any Inhumans from appearing ever again.
Visible Invisibility: When he becomes glass, he still has to stand perfectly still to avoid his movements reflecting the light around him.
What the Hell, Hero?: Expressed to would-be Gilligan Hunter by knocking him out before he can inadvertently blow his cover.

Sleeper Mechs

Species: Robots

Citizenship: None

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 99: "All the Comforts of Home")

Robots built by Anton Ivanov and used as shock troops by Hale.

Adaptational Wimp: In the comics, the Sleepers are enormous and powerful robots created by Red Skull to conquer the world. While they are still quite dangerous, the Sleepers from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. are human-sized and are standard Mecha-Mooks, who can be defeated with relative ease by the heroes.
Cannon Fodder: Hale employs them as such.
Faceless Goons: Their faces (if they even have actual faces) are completely covered in gear and goggles.
- The trope is Lampshaded by Coulson and Ivanonv:
Coulson: Speaking of faces, how come your robot-warriors don't have any?
Ivanov: They are merely soldiers. Tools for battle.
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: At one point, at least half a dozen Sleeper Mechs armed with assault rifles surround Fitz and Simmons and try to shoot them, but none of them comes even close to hitting them.
Keystone Army: Ivanov's Sleepers are controlled by him remotely through a system in his body. When Yo-Yo kills him and disables his body, all of them deactivate.
Malevolent Masked Men: Just like Ruby, the Sleepers all wear imposing black face masks, though in their case the masks are their faces.
Mecha-Mooks: A typical example. They are shoddy knockoff LMDs created by Ivanov that are used as soldiers by General Hale to fight the heroes.
Poor Man's Substitute: In-universe, they are the result of Anton Ivanov's failed attempt at creating new Life-Model Decoys after Aida's death and the loss of the Darkhold.
Robotic Reveal: In their first appearance, they initially seem to be normal human soldiers wearing masks. However, when Mack shoots one of them in the eye, they are revealed to be robots.

Others

Eastern Europe Cell

Project Ultimo

Species: Robot

Citizenship: None

Appearances: Captain America: Road to War one-shot

A giant robot built by HYDRA.

Adaptational Backstory Change: In the mainstream comics, Ultimo is a sentient robot of alien origin. In the MCU he's a gigantic remote controlled mecha built from the remains of the Ultron sentries.
Humongous Mecha: A robot of humongous proportions.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Destroyed by the New Avengers in its first appereance.

Others

Yuri Zaikin

See the Watchdogs page

Victor Orlov

See the Watchdogs page

Dr. Wilfred Nagel

See the Power Broker page

Hive's Inhuman Followers

Giyera

R. Giyera

"You wanna see a trick?"

Species: Inhuman

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Mark Dacascos

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 52: "Many Heads, One Tale")

"I don't usually like getting my hands dirty, but for you, I'll make an exception."

A HYDRA operative whose Inhuman abilities of telekinesis were unlocked through HYDRA's experiments with the Terrigen Mist. He became the head of security for Endotex Labs, working directly under Gideon Malick to ensure no one learned of their true intentions for the Inhumans they were rounding up.

Asshole Victim: As Fitz notes during the Season 3 finale unlike most of the other Inhumans who were forced to work for Hive against their will Giyera was already an evil bastard responsible for Simmons' torture. Therefore Fitz kills him without a second thought.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Wears a suit and is capable of holding his own in a fight against badass Bobbi Morse.
The Brute: He's the most physically imposing of Malick's operatives. He leads the ATCU mooks in Endotex Labs as head of security.
The Dragon: Serves this position to Hive upon being infected as the first inhuman Hive turned and one of the longest lasting.
Empowered Badass Normal: He was formerly in special ops before becoming Inhuman, and is good enough to fight May equally after being tricked into a situation where his powers are useless.
Even Evil Has Standards: Is visibly horrified at hearing the dying screams of five innocent people that Hive kills to restore its host body.
Faux Affably Evil: While torturing Simmons he says ‘Wanna see a trick’ as if he’s performing a show.
Freeze-Frame Bonus: His ATCU profile shows he used to be in the Marine Corps.
Karmic Death: Ward ordered Giyera to torture Simmons in order to make Fitz crack, therefore he dies by Fitz's hand in the Season 3 finale.
Mind over Matter: His power is telekinesis, but he can only affect non-organic matter.
Mundane Utility: He mostly uses his power to levitate his gun and fire it. While this could be extremely overpowered if abused properly, 95% of the time he just keeps it floating next to himself, about a foot away from where it would normally be if he was holding it.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: You probably don't want to mess with someone whose surname is the Filipino term for "war."
Not So Stoic: He always maintains a cool and collected presence, but when he starts interacting with the Inhuman Hive, who was at that point possessing the deceased body of Grant Ward, he was notably perplexed to how to interact an Inhuman like Hive.
One-Man Army: In "Paradise Lost", he's able to seize the Zephyr all by himself. Note that most of the main cast is aboard at the time.
Torture Technician: Ward has him torture Simmons. Giyera starts with a wrench and a hammer.
Transhuman Treachery: Even before being swayed by Hive, he's the only known Inhuman who willingly works for a neofascist terrorist organization.

Lucio

Species: Inhuman

Citizenship: Colombian

Portrayed By: Gabriel Salvador

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode 55: "Bouncing Back")

An Inhuman working for the corrupt National Police of Colombia, who can induce a temporary paralysis in others with his gaze. Is kidnapped by HYDRA and becomes one of the two Inhumans tasked with guarding Hive.

All There in the Manual: He is not named in his debut episode, but the character's name can be found in the episode's credits.
Bald of Evil: A corrupt cop with not a shred of hair on his head.
Beard of Evil: He has a thick, bushy beard.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Falls under Hive's sway.
Chekhov's Gunman: He's just a standard Dragon once Hive takes control of him. After he is killed by Joey, Simmons is able to learn quite a bit about Hive and how he infects people after studying his infected brain. This becomes quite crucial after Daisy is infected in learning how to free her.
Deadly Gaze: He can induce paralysis in others with his gaze.
Dirty Cop: He works for the highly corrupt National Police of Colombia.
The Dragon: To Victor Ramon. Later on he becomes Co-Dragons with Giyera towards Hive.
Even Evil Has Standards: He objects to Hive slaughtering five innocent people to repair Ward's body.
Expy: His power to paralyse people with his eyes, and needing to cover them up to not do so constantly, may remind fans of the Secret Warriors of Gorgon, the HYDRA leader resurrected near the beginning of the series with the same power (albeit, Lucio's power is temporary, while Gorgon's turned them into permanent statues).
Facial Horror: Has some pretty horrific scarring around his eyes after Joey melted his sunglasses to his face.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Joey killed him by stabbing him in the chest with a partially-melted pipe to save Lincoln.
No Name Given: He's not named in his debut episode, but Bobbi refers to him as "Medusa-Eyes".
Sinister Shades: Since Lucio was unable to control his powers, he constantly wore thick flip-up sunglasses to conceal his Deadly Gaze.

Others

Characters / MCU: HYDRA – Operatives

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Pre-World War II Members

Viola

Species: Human

Portrayed By: Nora Zehetner

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (first appears in Episode: "The New Deal")

World War II Members

Heinz Kruger

Known Aliases: "Fred Clemson"

Species: Human

Citizenship: Nazi German

Portrayed By: Richard Armitage

Voiced By: Enrique Cervantes (Latin-American Spanish dub), Yoshihisa Kawahara (Japanese dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger

Obersturmführer Lohmer

Species: Human

Citizenship: Nazi German

Appearances: Captain America: First Vengenance comics

Velt

Species: Human

Citizenship: German

Portrayed By: Patrick Monckeberg

Appearances: Captain America: The First Avenger

Vincent Beckers

Species: Human

Citizenship: Belgian

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Post-World War II Members

Winter Soldier Program

The Winter Soldiers

Species: Enhanced humans

Citizenship: Various

Portrayed By: Jackson Spidell (Josef)

Appearances: Captain America: Civil War

S.H.I.E.L.D. and U.S. Government Infiltrators

Agent Jasper Sitwell

Species: Human

Citizenship: Honduran-American

Portrayed By: Maximiliano Hernández, Adam Faison (young)

Voiced By: Daniel del Roble (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Thor | The Consultant | The Avengers | Item 47 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Endgame | Loki note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

Agent Brock Rumlow / Crossbones

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Frank Grillo

Voiced By: Rafael Pacheco (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Captain America: Civil War | Avengers: Endgame | Loki note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

Agent Jack Rollins

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Callan Mulvey

Voiced By: Dan Osorio (Latin-American Spanish dub)

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Endgame

Russo

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Jon Sklaroff

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Hauer

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: Lou Ferrigno Jr.

Appearances: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (appears in Episode 30: "The Things We Bury")

Mark Smith

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle comic

Mark Basso

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Portrayed By: N/A

Appearances: Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle comic

Baron Strucker’s Cell

Carmine

Species: Human

Citizenship: American

Appearances: Thor | The Consultant | The Avengers | Item 47 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Avengers: Endgame | Loki ^note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

Appearances: Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Captain America: Civil War | Avengers: Endgame | Loki ^note Archive footage from Avengers: Endgame

Appearances: WandaVision ^note Flashback only

Appearances: WandaVision ^note Flashback only