History Characters / MCUCarolDanvers

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** In ''Endgame'', after their failure to get the Stones from Thanos and when it seems they will have to live with a literal WorldHalfEmpty, Carol inverts the colors of her suit from blue-with-red-motifs to red-with-blue-motifs to perfectly match the pattern of her predecessor, [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Captain Mar-Vell]]. Her haircut also now looks more like that sported by the modern Carol Danvers in the more recent comics.

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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In her first movie as well as ''Endgame'', she is never once called "Captain" or "Marvel". Averted by ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' where Spider-Man refers to her as Captain Marvel, much to the chagrin of Nick Fury [[spoiler:(or rather, Talos impersonating him)]], and ''Series/WandaVision'' where Jimmy Woo refers to her in the same way. At the time of ''Series/{{Ms Marvel|2022}}'', this trope seems completely {{Inverted|Trope}} as "Captain Marvel" is now established as her given codename in the MCU the public (such as AscendedFangirl Kamala Khan) uses to refer to her.

* FriendToAllChildren: Carol is much friendlier to kids than she is to other adults (save Maria Rambeau and Nick Fury), possibly owing to having an unpleasant upbringing. She's an HonoraryAunt and close friend to Maria's daughter Monica, and she quickly bonds with the Skrull children who took refuge in Mar-Vell's laboratory. She's also very pleasant to Peter Parker (a 16-year-old boy) during the FinalBattle of ''Endgame'', which is substantially nicer than we see her when interacting with the other Avengers. And, after being initially - and [[StalkerShrine justifiably]] - weirded out by [[LoonyFan Kamala]], Carol takes her under her wing and both mentors and protects her.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A heavily downplayed and PlayedForLaughs case; because Danvers spends the vast majority of her time off-Earth, the other Avengers don't really know what to make of her and are both intimidated and slightly weirded out by her (admittedly justified) SmugSuper attitude. This even gets lampshaded in ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'', where Bruce Banner essentially admits to Shang-Chi and Katy that no one really knows how to act around her because of her brusque demeanor and the fact that she's barely present. She gets a little better about this in ''The Marvels'' when she starts opening up to people again and spending more time on and around Earth.

* HonoraryAunt: To Monica Rambeau. Though not related to her family, the two are close enough that Monica calls her "Auntie Carol."

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: Downplayed. Carol is technically classified as an Avenger (and her callsign was actually the basis for the group's name in the first place), but she spends much of her time far away from Earth in order to protect and help planets that don't have their own heroes to keep things in order. The Avengers themselves only find out about Captain Marvel's existence after Thanos completes his snap in 2018, but are quick to establish some form of connection with her afterwards, with Steve even explicitly asking Danvers for assistance during the final battle.

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler:Although she is not officially gay, her marriage to Prince Yan is only one of convenience, and there appears to be no romance involved, while she shares a moment with Valkyrie, which can be seen as a ShipTease.]]

* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:''The Marvels'' reveals that Carol has a marriage of convenience with Prince Yan of Aladna after helping him with an unspecified issue many years ago. Though the two aren't actually lovers, they are still close friends, with Yan immediately organizing his troops to fight Dar-Benn when Carol asks for his help.]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:The main reason Carol has spent so much of her time in deep space is because she nearly destroyed Hala and caused a massive civil war to break out amongst the Kree, for which she felt personally responsible for. Carol has since devoted herself to try to fix the mess she caused before allowing herself to return home to Earth.]]

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Once her powers were fully awakened, this came into effect. Prior to that, she wore a CollapsibleHelmet as part of her uniform for use underwater or in vacuum.

* BoyishShortHair: In ''Avengers: Endgame'', she cut her hair down at some point after the TimeSkip. Rocket makes a crack about it at her expense. She reverts back to her original haircut from her debut film [[spoiler:in the mid-credit scene of ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'', which takes place after ''Endgame''.]]

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: In her first movie as well as ''Endgame'', she is never once called "Captain" or "Marvel". Averted by ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' where Spider-Man refers to her as Captain Marvel, much to the chagrin of [[spoiler:Talos impersonating]] Nick Fury, and ''Series/WandaVision'' where Jimmy Woo refers to her in the same way. At the time of ''Series/{{Ms Marvel|2022}}'', this trope seems completely {{Inverted|Trope}} as "Captain Marvel" is now established as her given codename in the MCU the public (such as AscendedFangirl Kamala Khan) uses to refer to her.
-->'''[[spoiler:Talos as]] Fury:''' ''Don't invoke her name.''

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Carol killing the Supreme Intelligence during the interim since the first film. While Carol's intent was to end the AI's threat and avenge its countless crimes and victims, she didn't realized her actions would cause the Kree civilization to destabilize with a 30-year civil war that devastated Hala -- leaving her wracked with guilt over the catastrophe she unknowingly caused.]]

* HealingFactor: She was able to quickly get back on her feet after falling through the roof of a DVD store into the floor from a very long distance. Plus, she not only survived being hit with the Power Stone, but according to a deleted scene, recovered in mere minutes. This and her being NighInvulnerable are why in ''The Marvels'' Fury demonstrates absolutely zero concern when it turns out that [[spoiler:the figure who just face-planted into the Khan family's lawn from about ten thousand feet up]] is Carol.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''The Marvels'', [[spoiler:it turns out her well-intentioned crusade against the Supreme Intelligence led to the fall of Hala into civil war following the AI's destruction. This made her a villain in the eyes of Dar-Benn and the Kree, which call her 'Annihilator" and regard her with great fear and hatred. At the end of the movie, however, she restores Hala's sun and subsequently achieves a better standing with the Kree.]]

** [[spoiler:She is horrified after she somehow ended up switching places with Kamala in TheStinger of "No Normal".]]

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: PlayedWith, as even during ''The Marvels'', she's still discovering exactly what she can do. [[spoiler:Despite being powerful, characters like Thanos (without gems) or Thor were capable of fighting at her level. In ''The Marvels'' she is able to reignite a star, a feat that makes her infinitely more powerful than Thor or Thanos, something her comic incarnation managed once in the normal timeline (which burned out her Binary powers) and once in an alternate future (which was a HeroicSacrifice) - though she had expressed serious doubt that she was capable of it. As it was, once she tried it, she managed it.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Although she is not officially gay (yet), her marriage to Prince Yan is only one of convenience, and there appears to be no romance involved, while she shares a moment with Valkyrie, which can be seen as a ShipTease.]]

** Carol herself is this to her [[HonoraryAunt surrogate niece]] Monica Rambeau. While Monica idolized her in her youth, ''Series/WandaVision'' implies she has more complicated feelings towards Carol now. These are explored in ''The Marvels'', where the two have it out (Carol didn't return, save during the Blip, because she was ashamed of [[spoiler:her role as 'the Annihilator' and the unforeseen consequences of destroying the Supreme Intelligence]]).

On [[Recap/WhatIfS1E3WhatIfTheWorldLostItsMightiestHeroes Earth-51825]], Carol came back to Earth to fight King Loki, eight years earlier than in the main timeline.

On [[Recap/WhatIfS1E7WhatIfThorWereAnOnlyChild Earth-72124]], Carol came back to Earth eight years earlier than in the main timeline. In this universe, she aids Maria Hill and S.H.I.E.L.D in dealing with a stubborn Thor Odinson hosting a worldwide party on Earth that causes quite some mayhem.

On [[Recap/WhatIfS1E8WhatIfUltronWon Earth-29929]], Carol tried stopping Ultron before he destroyed the entire universe.

On [[Recap/WhatIfS1E5WhatIfZombies Earth-89521]], Carol was among the many who fell to the zombie virus originating from the Quantum Realm.

* TankTopTomboy: In the opening scene of the movie, she wakes up wearing a white tank top and in ''Endgame'', it's revealed that she wears a black tank top under her Starforce uniform.

* TheWorfEffect: In the Sacred Timeline, Carol is one of the most powerful beings in the universe. As seen in the art shown at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, her falling to the virus shows how dangerous it is.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"So, where's the fight?"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Listen, bud, clean up this mess and leave this planet."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Listen, [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Skynet]], I've seen the killer robot movie and I gotta say, I really don't think it needs a sequel."'']]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Nick Fury. She's more than a decade younger than him chronologically and is decades younger physically.

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Although she is not officially gay (yet), her marriage to Prince Yan is only one of convenience, and there appears to be no romance involved, while she shares a moment with Valkyrie, which can be seen as a Ship Tease.]]

On Earth-51825, Carol came back to Earth to fight King Loki, eight years earlier than in the main timeline.

On Earth-72124, Carol came back to Earth eight years earlier than in the main timeline. In this universe, she aids Maria Hill and S.H.I.E.L.D in dealing with a stubborn Thor Odinson hosting a worldwide party on Earth that causes quite some mayhem.

On Earth-29929, Carol tried stopping Ultron before he destroyed the entire universe.

On Earth-89521, Carol was among the many who fell to the zombie virus originating from the Quantum Realm.

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics (particularly the earlier ones), Carol is an extremely passionate person to point of being HotBlooded and generally very outgoing having friends on both the Avengers and X-Men as well as being quippy as Spider-Man (whom she's very close with). The [=MCU=] version of Carol is a much more introverted, stoic and irritable person, being a DeadpanSnarker {{Troll}} even among her allies, although there’s some InUniverse justification since she believes she's a Kree soldier for most of her solo movie and has spent a ''lot'' of time away from other humans in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''[[note]]in actuality both the filmmakers and her actress Creator/BrieLarson hadn't fully figured out Danvers' personality at the time due to shooting her ''Endgame'' scenes prior to ''Captain Marvel''[[/note]]. Carol's [[DefrostingIceQueen friendlier and more easygoing attitude]] and HotBlooded nature as seen in both ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'' and TheStinger of ''[[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings Shang-Chi]]'' is closer to how she [[DependingOnTheWriter usually]] is in the comics.

* AdaptedOut: Before she took on the mantle of Captain Marvel in 2012 in the comics, her most well-known superhero identity was that of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel''. Her time as Ms. Marvel is completly skipped in the MCU which the Captain Marvel being the only superhero moniker she wears.

* AgeLift: In the comics she's likely in her thirties and therefore is around the same age as many other Marvel heroes. In the MCU canon she was born sometime in the 1960s, making her older than Tony Stark who was born in 1970, and in her late fifties when she finally meets the Avengers (though she still looks and acts much like a woman in her mid-thirties).

* BeenThereShapedHistory: The final scene to ''Captain Marvel'' reveals that not only did Carol give Fury the inspiration behind the creation of the Avengers Initiative, but she's also the team's ''namesake'' as well.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Carol killing the Supreme Intelligence during the interim since the first film. While Carol's intent was to end the AI's threat and avenge its countless crimes and victims, she didn't realized her actions would cause the Kree civilization to destablize with a 30 year civil war that devastated Hala -- leaving her wracked with guilt over the catastrophe she unknowingly caused.]]

* FriendToAllChildren: Carol is much friendlier to kids than she is to other adults (save Maria Rambeau and Nick Fury), possibly owing to having an unpleasant upbringing. She's an HonoraryAunt and close friend to Maria's daughter Monica, and she quickly bonds with the Skrull children who took refuge in Mar-Vell's laboratory. She's also very pleasant to Peter Parker (a sixteen-year-old boy) during the FinalBattle of ''Endgame'', which is substantially nicer than we see her when interacting with the other Avengers. And, after being initially - and [[StalkerShrine justifiably]] - weirded out by [[LoonyFan Kamala]], she takes her under her wing and both mentors and protects her.

* AgeLift: In the comics she's likely in her thirties and therefore is around the same age as many other Marvel heroes. In the MCU canon she was born sometime in the 1960s, making her older than Tony Stark who was born in 1970, and in her fifties when she finally meets the Avengers (though she still looks and acts much like a woman in her mid-thirties).

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Although she is not officially gay (yet), her marriage to Prince Yan is only one of convenience, and there appears to be no romance involved, while she shares a moment with Valkyrie, which can be seen as a Ship Tease, and she is essentially Monica's other parent, even acting a lot like an estranged parent trying to reconnect with her in ''The Marvels''.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Although she is not officially gay (yet), her marriage to Prince Yan is only one of convenience, and there appears to be no romance involved, while she shares a moment with Valkyrie, which can be seen as a Ship Tease..]]

* AdaptationalBadass: Zigzagged. Movie Carol is actually missing roughly half of her [[ComboPlatterPowers wide array of superpowers]] from the comics. But once she burns off the inhibitor device on her neck, her raw power level increases drastically, to at least the same level as her comic version's [[GoldenSuperMode Binary incarnation]]. In contrast, the comics version of Carol Danvers had a strength level of about 50 tons, though she could boost that through EnergyAbsorption, and is literally half as powerful as Binary in all physical fields. Played straight in ''Endgame'', where she is capable of overpowering Thanos and can NoSell an attack from him, something even Thor and the Hulk couldn't do, which isn't the case in the comics. In ''The Marvels'', she cements the fact that she has more raw power than even her Binary counterpart, by [[spoiler: reigniting Hala's sun]], a feat that actually burned out her Binary powers in the comics, and required a HeroicSacrifice in an alternate future.

* AloofAlly: Despite being affiliated with the Avengers in the modern day, Carol is rarely involved with what the group does, due to her spending most of her time in the depths of space. She's not an easy person to contact either, and even when she ''does'' get involved with Earth matters, Carol generally doesn't stay around long, or limits her appearances to short video chats. This is ultimately deconstructed in ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'', where Carol's lack of communication and absence from Earth matters have angered Gravik and many of the Skrulls she left on Earth in TheNineties, which motivates them to take over the planet and destroy its citizens out of spite for her seemingly breaking her promise. The main reasons behind this are guilt over [[spoiler: her inadvertent role in causing the Kree Civil War]], and then trying to pick up the pieces, and generally being a SociallyAwkwardHero.

** Carol herself is this to her [[HonoraryAunt surrogate niece]] Monica Rambeau. While Monica idolized her in her youth, ''Series/WandaVision'' implies she has more complicated feelings towards Carol now. These are explored in ''The Marvels'', where the two have it out (Carol didn't return, save during the Blip, because she was ashamed of [[spoiler: her role as 'the Annihilator' and the unforeseen consequences of destroying the Supreme Intelligence]]).

* CharacterDevelopment: She starts out her titular film with BlackAndWhiteInsanity from the Kree having {{gaslight|ing}} her in their war against the Skrulls and doesn't really question the orders she's been given that much. However, she eventually lets go of that mindset over the film's course and becomes significantly more selfless and altruistic, to the point that she performs a HeelFaceTurn to help save the Skrulls from the Kree's genocidal ambitions. Furthermore, she decides to be significantly more proactive without relying on other people's orders, with her now being the self-appointed guardian of countless worlds across the universe. In ''The Marvels'', she learns to let go of her guilt over [[spoiler: her inadvertent role in setting off the Kree Civil War that devatated Hala because she didn't think about the consequences of destroying the Supreme Intelligence]] and generally open up to people more.

-->'''[[spoiler: Talos as]] Fury:''' ''Don't invoke her name.''

* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler: Carol killing the Supreme Intelligence during the interim since the first film. While Carol's intent was to end the AI's threat and avenge its countless crimes and victims, she didn't realized her actions would cause the Kree civilization to destablize with a 30 year civil war that devastated Hala -- leaving her wracked with guilt over the catastrophe she unknowingly caused.]]

** To the Kree Empire. Carol destroys one of Ronan the Accuser's bomber ships, resulting in him retreating with the rest of his fleet. It's possible that the Kree never attacked the Earth specifically because they assumed it was under Carol's protection. [[spoiler: Following the Supreme Intelligence's destruction, the Kree refer to her as the Annihilator for causing the civil war that devastated Hala.]]

* HealingFactor: She was able to quickly get back on her feet after falling through the roof of a DVD store into the floor from a very long distance. Plus, she not only survived being hit with the Power Stone, but according to a deleted scene, recovered in mere minutes. This and her being NighInvulnerable are why in ''The Marvels'' Fury demonstrates absolutely zero concern when it turns out that [[spoiler: the figure who just face-planted into the Khan family's lawn from about ten thousand feet up]] is Carol.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: In ''The Marvels'', [[spoiler: it turns out her well-intentioned crusade against the Supreme Intelligence led to the fall of Hala into civil war following the AI's destruction. This made her a villain in the eyes of Dar-Benn and the Kree, which call her 'Annihilator" and regard her with great fear and hatred. At the end of the movie, however, she restores Hala's sun and subsequently achieves a better standing with the Kree.]]

* {{Motifs}}: Frequently associated with stars and comets, which is quite appropriate since the Tesseract/Space Stone basically imbued her with ThePowerOfTheSun. In ''The Marvels'', [[spoiler: she ends up reigniting Hala's sun]].

** As it turns out, a large part of why she's been so distant and [[AloofAlly aloof]] from Earth has been because she's horrified at having accidentally [[spoiler: instigated the Kree Civil War that devastated Hala by destroying the Supreme Intelligence]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Carol killing the Supreme Intelligence [[spoiler: plunged the Kree Empire into a 30-year civil war that nearly destroyed their civilization and left their homeworld of Hala a dying planet. The guilt she feels over this and her inability to fix the problem is one of the reasons Carol hasn't returned to Earth prior to the events of ''Infinity War''.]] She is acutely conscious of it, and very guilty. [[spoiler: That also resulted in her universe being endangered by the revenge-driven Kree seeking to restore Hala through the Quantum Bands.]]

* StepfordSnarker: Carol can snark with the best of them, keeping up with Nick Fury. Yet for her snark and stoicism, you get glimpses of the absolute SuppressedRage underneath her composed exterior. Some BrokenBird protagonists hide sorrow; Carol hides ''anger''. And, as ''The Marvels'' demonstrates, a metric ton of guilt for [[spoiler: accidentally instigating the Kree Civil War that devastated Hala]].

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: PlayedWith, as even during ''The Marvels'', she's still discovering exactly what she can do. [[spoiler: Despite being powerful, characters like Thanos (without gems) or Thor were capable of fighting at her level. In ''The Marvels'' she is able to reignite a star, a feat that makes her infinitely more powerful than Thor or Thanos, something her comic incarnation managed once in the normal timeline (which burned out her Binary powers) and once in an alternate future (which was a HeroicSacrifice) - though she had expressed serious doubt that she was capable of it. As it was, once she tried it, she managed it.]]

* SuperMode: Her Binary Mode is her at her strongest. It makes her so powerful to the point where she can NoSell a headbutt from Thanos, survive a blast from the Power Stone, and [[spoiler: reignite a star]].

* WorldsStrongestWoman: She's one of the most powerful heroes in the MCU along with Scarlet Witch, Thor with Stormbreaker (in his prime), and Doctor Strange by the time of ''Endgame'', and even then is hands down the most powerful ''physical'' hero as the other two both are {{Glass Cannon}}s who rely on mystical powers, and Thor, as noted, would need Stormbreaker. This is proven when she single-handedly shoots several advanced Kree missiles out of the sky, destroys a ''warship'', and forces Ronan the Accuser to run for his life, all with nothing but her bare hands. It's to the point where it's probable the only characters capable of exceeding her power are legitimate '''gods''' or those who wield god-like power (technically, we are given no indication just yet of what can actually hurt her when she's at full strength other than the Power Stone as in her movie, she shrugs off, avoids, or is only somewhat stunned by attacks used on her once her limiter is removed), and Nick Fury considers calling her in to be a GodzillaThreshold. Given that she arguably surpasses all of the above by [[spoiler: reigniting a star]] in ''The Marvels'', we haven't yet reached her ceiling.

* SuperSpeed: She can easily get in and out of a planet's atmosphere in mere seconds and keep up with both human and alien aircraft. In ''Film/TheMarvels|2023'' after switching places with Kamala and Monica, she effortlessly travels from Earth to the Skrull refugee planet in seconds.

* SuperSpeed: She can easily get in and out of a planet's atmosphere in mere seconds and keep up with both human and alien aircraft.