History Characters / MCUHYDRALeadership

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Season 3 flashbacks, Nathaniel is depicted as a timid yet devoted believer of the Hydra cult that his family has been apart for generations. He was very close to his brother Gideon, and was equally devastated by the loss of his father. He also notably rejected Whitehall's facton of Hydra, yet maintained a level of fear of the man. The version of him that appears in Season 7 is a cruel, arrogant, and outwardly violent young man who became disillusioned with Hydra due to its hierarchy and tradition, showing more interest in Whitehall's experiments in transferring enhanced abilities and and trying to bring about anarchy. In addition, he doesn't have a lot of genunine care for his family, as he and his brother don't appear to be close, and how his father's death at the hands of Deke barely had any reaction from him.

* HatesTheirParent: Well, hate is a strong word. That said, Nathaniel doesn't speak highly of his father. While he does point out SHIELD's role in killing Wilfred and assaults Deke for it, he himself admits the death didn't upset him as much as it did, adding how he wanted nothing to do with his father's path, viewing his old mam as being trapped by Hydra's traditions and rules.

** He claims that he wants nothing to do with Hydra, yet continues to use hid Hydra connections for his own goals. Notably, he has nothing but contempt for Daniel Whitehall, but is content with using his theory of transferring enhanced abilities for his own means.
** He criticizes the leaders of Afterlife for picking and choosing who gets to undergo Terrigenesis. His solution is to forcibly drain power from Inhumans so that he can pick and choose who really deserves them, reserving such power for his own allies.
** For all his rants about chaos, he gets violent whenever people don't do as he says, striking Jemma when she refuses to give up Fitz's location and killing one of his henchmen for calling him "sir".
** He feels justified in abusing Deke as payback for killing his father, when he himself had just needlessly killed Jiaying when she tried to stop him from attacking Daisy.
** He condemns the likes of SHIELD, HYDRA, and Inhumans, accusing them of committing unspeakable acts for world order and control...all while he is helping an alien race in their goal to take over the planet, kidnapping innocent enhanced individuals so he can experiment on them for the purpose of transferring their powers into his subordinates. And it’s all a part of his big plan, which is to TakeOverTheWorld.
* IAmNotMyFather: When Coulson made the suggested assumption that he was not so different from his father, Nathaniel furiously affirmed that he wants nothing to do with his father's ways, who he viewed as being a man who let himself be trapped by Hydra's old school traditions and rules like a prison, finding the concept of anarchy to be much more appealing.

* TookALevelInJerkass: His first appearance in the flashbacks of Season 3 depict him as being a somewhat meek and affable young man who feared Whitehall enough to not disobey his invitation to meet at the Rat. Come, Season 7 he is shown to be very rude and aggressive, in addition to be quite arrogant to the point he openly describes Whitehall as an old man with a "Mein Kampf" vibe.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares himself to the legendary hero Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were going to be taken out by SHIELD in additon to stealing from the "rich and powerful", referring to the Inhumans to the more deserving. However, the individuals whose deaths he prevented from happening were ones who posed dangerous threats to others, while kidnapping innocent Inhumans for the purpose of transferring their powers into his own subordinates. If anything, Nathaniel is more like the petty and ill-tempered Prince John, the main antagonist of Robin Hood's stories.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Season 3 flashbacks, Nathaniel is depicted as a timid yet devoted believer of the Hydra cult that his family has been apart for generations. He was very close to his brother Gideon, and was equally devastated by the loss of his father. He also notably rejected Whitehall's facton of Hydra, yet maintained a level of fear of the man. The version of him that appears in Season 7 is a cruel, arrogant, and outwardly violent young man who became disillusioned with Hydra due to its hierarchy and tradition, showing more interest in Whitehall's experiments in transferring enhanced abilities and and trying to bring about anarchy. In addition, he doesn't have a lot of genunine care for his family, as he and his brother don't appear to be close, and how his father's death at the hands of Deke barely had any reaction from him.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the Season 3 flashbacks, Nathaniel is depicted as a timid yet devoted believer of the Hydra cult that his family has been apart for generations. He was very close to his brother Gideon, and was equally devastated by the loss of his father, while also rejecting Whitehall’s faction of Hydra, though feared Whitehall enough to not risk angering him by not agreeing to meet him when he summoned him and his brother. The version of him that appears in Season 7 is cruel, arrogant, and outwardly violent young man who became disillusioned with Hydra due to its hierarchy and tradition, showing more interest in Whitehall's experiments in transferring enhanced abilities over the worship of Hive. In addition, he is not shown to have a lot of genunine care for his family, as he and his brother don't appear to be at all close, and the death of his father did not really affect him, h

* BeardOfEvil: His past self sports ones in the 70s.

* DirtyCoward: His father used a scored stone in the ritual to ensure he was never sent into the Monolith. When Gideon learned of this, he continued the tradition, and his brother -- who also knew and thought that Gideon had tossed that stone into a lake -- was the next person to be chosen. This sheds a whole new light on him convincing Ward to go too.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In Season 7, his younger self only has one scene before completely disappearing from the story, while his younger brother Nathaniel gets involved with the Chronicoms. It is implied that he would have taken over his father's positon following the latter's death at the hands of Deke.

* IAmNotMyFather: When Coulson notes that the apple must have fallen from the tree with him and his father, Nathaniel affirms that he wants nothing to do with his father's ways, viewing the man' devotion to Hydra's traditions and rules as a prison confining one's self from pursuing bigger goals, which is why Nathaniel rejects Hydra in favor of anarchy.

* BrokenPedestal: His son Nathaniel admires him until he finds out Wilfred cheats during the ritual to choose Hive's sacrifice.

* ParentalNeglect: Based on both Gideon and Nathaniel's views on their father, it is implied that because of his job as a Hydra head leader within SHIELD, and working behind the scenes with the Chronicoms for Project Insight, Wilfred had very little time to spend with his two sons. It's possible that his youngest son Nathaniel feelings of neglect is the reason why he became disillusioned with Hydra's whole hierarchy and rules.

* HatesTheirParent: Well, hate is a strong word. That said, Nathaniel doesn't speak highly of his father. While he does point out SHIELD's role in killing Wilfred, he himself admits it didn't upset him as much as it did, and he adds how he hated how his father's devotion to Hydra's rules and traditions.

** He claims that he wants nothing to do with Hydra, yet continues to use Hydra connections for his own goals. Notably, he has nothing but contempt for Daniel Whitehall, but is content with using his theory of transferring enhanced abilities for his own means.

** He feels justified in abusing Deke as payback for killing his father, when he himself needlessly had just killed Jiaying for trying to stop him from killing Daisy.
** He condemns the likes of SHIELD, HYDRA, and Inhumans, accusing them committing unspeakable acts for world order and control...all while he is helping an alien race in their goal to take over the planet, kidnapping innocent enhanced individuals so he can experiment on them for the purpose of transferring their powers into his subordinates. And it’s all a part of his big plan, which is to TakeOverTheWorld.
* IAmNotMyFather: When Coulson notes that the apple must have fallen from the tree with him and his father, Nathaniel affirms that he wants nothing to do with his father's ways, viewing the man' devotion to Hydra's traditions and rules as being a prison confining one's self from pursuing bigger goals, which is why Nathaniel rejects Hydra in favor of anarchy.

** He even paints his recently deceased father in bad light during his conversation with Coulson. Specifically, he brings up his father let himelf be trapped by Hydra's old school traditions and rules, and how it controlled a lot of his life.

* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Nathaniel convinces Kora to join him instead of taking herself out. Of course, his reasoning was far from noble, because having Kora alive was essentially for his plans to take out SHIELD.

* TookALevelInBadass: Starting out a normal powerless human, he steals Daisy's powers but immediately suffers from PowerIncontinence and is left for dead. Except he didn't die, and in turn had years to master the powers before S.H.I.E.L.D. encountered him again, longer than even Daisy had herself.
* TookALevelInJerkass: His first appearance in the flashbacks of Season 3 depict him as being a somewhat meek and affable young man who feared Whitehall enough to not disobey his invitation to meet at the Rat. Come, Season 7 he is shown to be very rude and aggressive, in addition to be quite arrogant to the point, to describing Whitehall as an old man with a "Mein Kampf" vibe.

* ParentalNeglect: Based on both Gideon and Nathaniel's views on their father, it is implied that because of his job as a Hydra head leader within SHIELD, and working behind the scenes with the Chronicoms for Project Insight, Wilfred had very little time to spend with his two sons. It's possible that his youngest son Nathaniel feelings of neglect is the reason why he became disillusioned with Hydra's whole hierarchy and rules.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: It appears that his role as a Hydra head within SHIELD, as well as working with the Chronicoms, left him pretty busy during the years between the time-jumps. Gideon even brings up how the man spent a lot of days locked up in his windowless closet.

* AssholeVictim: In the alternate timeline, Nathaniel is depicted as a selfish, arrogant, cruel man who caused a lot of suffering for the SHIELD team with the help of the Chronicoms. This makes his death in the original timeline when Gideon rigged the stone ceremony to select him to be sacrificed to Hive feel a bit more deserved.

* HatesTheirParents: Well, hate is a strong word. That said, Nathaniel doesn't speak highly of his father. While he does point out SHIELD's role in killing Wilfred, he himself admits it didn't upset him as much as it did, and he adds how he hated how his father's devotion to Hydra's rules and traditions.

** He condemns on the likes of SHIELD, HYDRA, and Inhumans, accusing them committing unspeakable acts for world order and control...while he is helping an alien race in their goal to take over the planet, kidnapping innocent enhanced individuals so he can experiment on them for the purpose of transferring their powers into his subordinates. And it’s all a part of his big plan which is to TakeOverTheWorld.
* IAmNotMyFather: When Coulson notess that the apple must have fallen from the tree with him and his father, Nathaniel affirms that he wants nothing to do with his father's ways, viewing the man' devotion to Hydra's traditions and rules as being a prisosn confining one from bigger goal, which is why Nathaniel rejects Hydra in favor of anarchy.

* RebelPrince: In a way, as he was born into a Hydra blueblood family. Unlike his brother, Nathaniel wants nothing to do with the Hydra cult, as he became disillusioned with Hydra' hiearchy and tradition. During his conversation with Coulson, Nathaniel firmly said that he has no use for his father's thinking, rejecting hierarchy in favor of anarchy.

* SmugSnake: Nathaniel believes that the Chronicoms are either his willing minions or [[UnwittingPawns Unwitting Pawns]]. The reality is that Sibyl barely listens to him and his only accomplishment in the episode is screwing up his ally's plan.

* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Nathaniel convinces Kora to join him instead of taking herself out.

* VillainHasAPoint: When Coulson tries to convince him that the Chronicoms are using him for their own goals, Nathaniel rebuffs him. When Coulson brings up how aligning with the Chronicoms didn't work out for his father, Nathaniel quickly points out that Wilfred was taken out by Coulson's team, not the Chronicoms.

* ParentalNeglect: Based on both Gideon and Nathaniel's views on their father, it is implied that because of his job as a Hydra head leader within SHIELD, and working behind the scenes with the Chronicoms for Project Insight, Wilfred had very little time to spend with his two sons. It's possible that his youngest son Nathaniel feelings of neglect is the reason why he became disillusioned with Hydra's whole hierarchy and rules.

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: It appears that his role as a Hydra head within SHIELD, as well as working with the Chronicoms, left him pretty busy during the years between the time-jumps. Gideon even brings up how the man spent a lot of days locked up in his windowless closet.

* AssholeVictim: In the alternate timeline, Nathaniel is depicted as a selfish, arrogant, cruel man who caused a lot of suffering for the SHIELD team with the help of the Chronicoms. This makes his death in the original timeline, where Gideon rigged his the sacrifice lottery that resulted in him being selected to be sacrified to Hive, feel a bit more earned.

* HatesTheirParents: Well, hate is a strong word. That said, Nathaniel doesn't speak highly of his father. While he does point out SHIELD's role in killing Wilfred, he himself admits it didn't upset him as much as it did, and he adds how he hated how his father's devotion to Hydra's rules and traditions.

** He condemns on the likes of SHIELD, HYDRA, and Inhumans, accusing them committing unspeakable acts for world order and control...while he is helping an alien race in their goal to take over the planet, kidnapping innocent enhanced individuals so he can experiment on them for the purpose of transferring their powers into his subordinates. And it’s all a part of his big plan which is to TakeOverTheWorld.

* RebelPrince: In a way, as he was born into a Hydra blueblood family. Unlike his brother, Nathaniel wants nothing to do with the Hydra cult, as he became disillusioned with Hydra' hiearchy and tradition. During his conversation with Coulson, Nathaniel firmly said that he has no use for his father's thinking, rejecting hierarchy in favor of anarchy.

* VillainHasAPoint: When Coulson tries to convince him that the Chronicoms are using him for their own goals, Nathaniel rebuffs him. When Coulson brings up how aligning with the Chronicoms didn't work out for his father, Nathaniel quickly points out that Wilfred was taken out by Coulson's team, not the Chronicoms.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares his actions to Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were going to be taken out by SHIELD while stealing from the rich and powerful, referring to the Inhumans. However, Nathaniel saved those who posed dangerous threats to others, while kidnapping innocent Inhumans for the purpose of transferring their powers into his own subordinates. If anything, Nathaniel is more like the petty and ill-tempered Prince John, the main antagonist of Robin Hood's stories.

* AssholeVictim: His brother rigged the sacrifice lottery behind his back, resulting in Gideon surviving while Nathaniel was sacrificed to Hive. When an alternate timeline was created in which he survived, he ended up being a much worse person than his brother ever was.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite previously claiming to have had little reaction to his father's death, Nathaniel cares enough about the late Wilfred Malick to assault Deke for killing him.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He rebuffs Coulson's attempts to convince him that the Chronicoms are using him as a means to conquer the planet, and that whatever they are promising him is a lie. He is also confident that Daisy won't kill him in their final confrontation since she would die as well. Daisy proves him wrong by [[TakingYouWithMe unleashing a huge quake blast that detonates the reactor spheres around them]], consuming Nathaniel in a massive explosion, [[DisneyDeath though Daisy survives]].

* EvilIsPetty: Perhaps the pettiest villain on the show.

* EvilerThanThou: When compared to his brother and father, he is by far the most dangerous and mentally unstable member of his family.

** His plan of cultivating and redistributing powers from Inhumans to those he deems worthy is quite similar to X-Men villain Mister Sinister, who used the same method on mutants. The two even share the same first name.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Was originally a blip on the radar of history, nothing but a pawn in Gideon Malick and Hive's story. Now, he's stolen the powers of one of the most powerful known Inhumans, aligned himself with the Chronicoms, and is out to cause chaos.

* HateSink: Perhaps rivaling that of Daniel Whitehall. A SmugSnake who tortures and kills innocent Inhumans to steal their powers while gloating over it, justifying his sadism with an obviously thin story about 'redistributing powers'. It's implied that even the love for his family he had in the original timeline is gone, as he makes no mention of any desire to avenge his father and is heavily implied to have had his brother killed when he gave the command to the Chronicoms to start blowing up S.H.I.E.L.D. bases. He arranges for Gordon to have his powers transferred into Garrett, the former being an innocent man unlike Garrett.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Given that he is introduced as a meek young man who could never find his place in Hydra, and the fact that his brother was seemingly being groomed to take their father's place as a head of Hydra, it's possible that Nathaniel's arrogant and entitled personality stems from low-self esteem issues.

* TookALevelInJerkass: His first appearance in the flashbacks of Season 3 depict him as being a somewhat meek and affable young man who respected Whitehall enough to not disobey his invitation to meet at the Rat. Come, Season 7 he is shown to be extremely rude to the authorites, describing Whitehall as having "Mein Kampf" vibe.

* CelebrityParadox: Redford's long career combined with the size of the MCU would make it pretty hard to avoid, and sure enough ''Film/ButchCassidyAndTheSundanceKid'' has been mentioned on ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''.

* HateSink: Zola is responsible for everything Hydra has created in the modern day and he is arguably more detestable than The Red Skull.

** He also expresses regret about the death of his maid, even though he personally was forced to shoot her after [[HeKnowTooMuch she stumbled on his meeting with Winter Soldier]].

** He also expresses regret about the death of his maid, even though he personally was forced to shoot her after [[YouKnowTooMuch she stumbled on his meeting with Winter Soldier]].

* TheHeavy: While most definitely a BigBadWannabe being played like a fiddle by the Chronicoms, Nathaniel is nevertheless the de facto main antagonist of the season, as he does all of the work in assaulting Afterlife, corrupting Kora, and hunting Fitz. He even serves as the FinalBoss, with Sibyl being anticlimactically knocked out and killed offscreen.

'''Strucker:''' ''[quietly, to Dr. List]'' I'm going to surrender…\\

** While his objections aren't remotely moral in nature, Whitehall wants nothing to do with the "ancient cult" facet of HYDRA, viewing at as barbaric religious nonsense, while preferring the scientific aspects established by the Red Skull. He even tried to convince the young Malick brothers, Gideon and Nathaniel, to turn away from the cult and join his faction of Hydra. He also views the boys' father Wilfred Malick as a coward, knowing that the man devised a way to cheat his way out of being chosen to go through the Monolith.

* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: ZigZagged. While imprisoned, he still has considerable influence over not only the Red Skull's HYDRA, but also Malick's Hive-worshipping HYDRA. However, he ''was'' still stuck in prison with no way out, and as the decades passed his influence appeared to wane and he was honestly amazed when, as a crippled old man, he learnt that HYDRA was still alive and in need of his services again. [[note]]Might be a case of HoistByHisOwnPetard since he mocked a young Gideon Malick concerning his worship of Hive, and since Malick went on to become one of the major leaders of HYDRA he might have decided to just leave Whitehall there for the insult, and it was only chance that Whitehall proved useful to the cause again. [[/note]]

* {{Foil}}: To fellow HYDRA leader and season villain Gideon Malick. Both of them are leaders of their own HYDRA cells and have been in the organization since childhood, but Malick seems to have lived a fairly cushy life while Hale attended the HYDRA equivalent of public school, an experience which was no doubt quite demanding and painful. Malick is a politician and former World Security Council member [[FictionFiveHundred wealthy enough]] to fund his cell out of his own pocket, while Hale is a soldier in the US Military who seems to rely on government resources. While Malick is a proud member of a HYDRA dynasty and makes little pretense of his true allegiance, Hale denies it and insists that she and Baron Von Strucker merely [[InsistentTerminology "had overlapping interests"]] (interestingly, both of them also knew Daniel Whitehall when they were children.) Both of them have daughters who they [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes care about deeply]], and both of them lose it when said daughters are killed. Both of them are working for an alien, but while Malick brings Hive to Earth only to realize how badly he [[EvilIsNotAToy underestimated it]], Hale is only working for the Confederacy [[DragonWithAnAgenda with the intent of betraying them.]] Finally, both of them suffer a severe and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath painful]] HeelFaceDoorSlam.

A bartender at a New York speakeasy, working under Ernest Hazard "Gemini" Koenig. Eventually, the seemingly innocent young man becomes a force to be reckoned with...

* ChekhovsGunman: He was mentioned in Season 3's episode "Paradise Lost" via flashback, and like his youngest son, was a plot device meant to help further explore Gideon's past and the history of Hydra faction that worshipped Hive. In Season 7, his past self becomes involved with the Chronicoms, and serves as one of the main antagonists.

* FauxAffablyEvil: The way Gideon speaks, you would think he is a king, protective grandfather rather than a Nazi Terrorist trying to bring back a monster.

A member of the HYDRA faction that worshiped the Inhuman Hive, he is Wilfred Malick's second born son, and the younger brother of Gideon Malick. Originally sacrificed to Hive in 1970, his fate was changed via CosmicRetcon when his father became involved with the time-traveling Chronicoms.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares his actions to Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were going to be taken out by SHIELD while stealing from rich and powerful, referring to the Inhumans. Except, Nathaniel saved individuals who were individuals who posed dangerous threats to others who recruits for his team, while kidnapping innocent Inhumans for the purpose of transferring their powers into his own subdorninates. If anything, Nathaniel is more like the petty and ill-tempered Prince John, the main antagonist of the Robin Hood's stories.

* BigBadDuumvirate: He and Sibyl are the two main antagonists of the seventh season, Sibyl seeking him out and forging an alliance after his father's death. Malick provides Sibyl with muscle in exchange for knowledge of the future, and while he's little more than a useful pawn for the Chronicoms he gains much greater prominence and enmity with the agents, even serving as the FinalBoss.

* ChekhovsGunman: He first appeared in Season 3's episode "Paradise Lost" via flashbacks, and was pretty much a plot device meant to further explore Gideon's backstory and the Hydra cult that worshipped Hive. In Season 7, his past self becomes one of the main antagonists, and the FinalBoss of the series.

* OhCrap: When Daisy is getting ready to unleash her full power against Nathaniel after he kills Jiaying, he defensively raises his hands and starts backing off, clearly terrified of what she'll do if she's not holding back. ​

* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Characters/SpiderManTrilogyOthers Earth-96823]] as an actor who played the character Algernon.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares his actions to Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were going to be taken out by SHIELD while stealing from rich and powerful, referring to the Inhumans. Except, Nathaniel saved individuals who were individuals who posed dangerous threats to others who recruits for his team, while kidnapping innocent Inhumans for the purpose of transferring their powers into his own subdorninates. If anything, Nathaniel is more like the petty and ill-tempered Prince John, the main antagonist of the Robin Hood's stories.

** While Li is an Asshole Victim, draining the goodhearted Gordon is far less defensible.

* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Come 1976 in the altered timeline, he's not terribly interested in HYDRA's machinations, but is still willing to use his access to their resources (namely Daniel Whitehall) to further his own goals in stealing Daisy's powers for himself. By 1983, his stated goals are pure [[BombThrowingAnarchists anarchy]], putting him squarely at odds with [=HYDRA's=] totalitarian vision. That said, he is content using Hydra loyalists and technology to help further his goals.

** While his objections aren't remotely moral in nature, Whitehall wants nothing to do with the "ancient cult" facet of HYDRA, preferring the scientific aspects established by the Red Skull. He even tried to convince the young Malick brothers, Gideon and Nathaniel, to turn away from the cult and join his faction of Hydra. He also considered Wilfred Malick a coward for cheating his way out of being selected to be sent into the Monolith.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares his actions to Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were going to be taken out by SHIELD while stealing from rich and powerful, referring to the Inhumans. Except, Nathaniel saved individuals who were individuals who posed dangerous threats to others who recruits for his team, while kidnapping innocent Inhumans for the purpose of transferring their powers into his own subdorninates. If anything, Nathaniel is more like the petty and ill-tempered Prince John, the main antagonist of the Robin Hood's stories.

* ChekhovsGunman: He was mentioned in Season 3's episode "Paradise Lost" via flashback, and like his youngest son, was a plot device meant to help further explore Gideon's past and the history of the cult that worshipped Hive. In Season 7, his past self becomes involved with the Chronicoms, and serves as one of the main antagonists.

A member of the HYDRA faction that worshiped the Inhuman Hive and the brother of Gideon Malick. Originally sacrificed to Hive in 1970, his fate was changed via CosmicRetcon when his father became involved with the time-traveling Chronicoms.

* AnalogyBackfire: In "Stolen", Nathaniel compares his actions to Robin Hood, specifically how he saved individuals that were taken out by SHIELD and stealing from the rich and powerful Inhumans to those more deserving. Except, Robin Hood was a noble outlaw who stole money from a corrupt government who unfairly took it from the poor civilians, while always holding up a code of honor. Nathaniel, on the other hand, has a group of Inhumans kidnapped, intending to transfer their powers into his subdorinates. If anything, Nathaniel's behavior is similar to the ill-tempered and petty Prince John, the main antagonist of most of Robin Hood's stories.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He posed as an AntiHeri, acting like wanted to put bad people like Ian Quinn behind bars and is implied to be AFatherToHisMen, but he's otherwise a brutal and unfettered guy. To convince Quinn to talk, he threatens to rip out the guy's tongue and later smacked Quinn for getting too lippy. As it turns out, he's not heroic at all.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How his 1983 self dies in the altered timeline, [[IncrediblyLamePun at the hands]] of Victoria Hand, who's death he was ultimately responsible for in the original timeline.]]

* AssholeVictim: It's quite hard to feel sorry for his plight and ultimate demise after he's shown himself to be not just a loyal but also willing follower of Whitehall.

** His reaction after being found by the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents being tied up on a chair. This happened after Ward [[AssholeVictim beat him up off screen along with other HYDRA agents]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He was horrified by Red Skull's sanity slippage after the latter murdered three Nazi officers for calling him out. Though, by the time of ''The Winter Soldier'', this trait is long gone.

* AntiHero: Posed as one, as he acted like wanted to put bad people like Ian Quinn behind bars and is implied to be AFatherToHisMen, but he's otherwise a brutal and unfettered guy. To convince Quinn to talk, he threatens to rip out the guy's tongue and later smacked Quinn for getting too lippy. As it turns out, he's not heroic at all.

** His reaction after being found by the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents being tied up on a chair. This happened after Ward [[KickTheSonOfABitch beat him up off screen along with other HYDRA agents]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: For their racists cruelty towards Inhumans, Hive has the Watchdogs kidnapped to be used as as guinea pigs in its Terrigenesis experiments.

** In the penultimate episode, he promptly abandons Garrett when the latter gets caught by Coulson, May and Elena at the Lighthouse, leaving him there to die in the explosion. To KickTheSonOfABitch a little further, he doesn't know Garrett's been compromised, he's just unwilling to alter his timetable.

* TookALevelInJerkass: His first appearance in the flashbacks of Season 3 depict him as being a somewhat affably young man, who respected Whitehall enough to not disobey his invitation to meet at the Rat. Come, Season 7 he is shown to be extremely rude to the authorites, describing Whitehall as having "Mein Kampf" vibe.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: The version of him shown in Season 7 is more hot-tempered and outwardly antagonistical compared to Season 3.

* WouldHitAGirl: Nathaniel slaps Jemma for defying him, then threatens to quake her into a coma to coerce Deke. He also feels no qualms about experimenting on both Daisy and Kora for their powers, and of course, killing Jiaying.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Even Peggy and Howard clearly don't like him that much - the latter makes it perfectly clear that he's got NoSympathy for his broken nose after Hank punched him for mocking his wife. Turns very literal with TheReveal he's with HYDRA.

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Graham Sibley

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Jason Glover (original human form), Creator/BrettDalton (prominent human host)

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Mark Atteberry

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Darren Barnet (1931), Neal Bledsoe (1955-1976, pictured)

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/JoelCourtney (season 3), Thomas E. Sullivan (season 7, pictured)