History Characters / MCUPeterQuill

* PrecisionFStrike: Peter has the honor of dropping the MCU's first official f-bomb in ''Vol. 3'', out of frustration when Nebula is having trouble opening an old car door.

* SupportingProtagonist: In ''Vol. 3'', he may be the primary viewpoint character, but the film is ultimately Rocket's story.

** Seemed to have developed a hidden one for the the concept of people doing despicable things (and/or harming those he cares about) and justifying it by saying they "[[IDidWhatIHadToDo had to]]." It was started when [[spoiler:Ego revealed he killed Quill's mother to keep him from [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack having any connections on Earth]] when he was a child, and the revelation of which snapped Quill out of Ego's braiwashing.]] Later, gets pressed in ''Infinity War'' when they almost take the gauntlet off Thanos; Quill is barely keeping himself together when Thanos reveals he killed Gamora for the soul stone, but he completely loses it the moment Thanos claims he "had to". He also flat-out refuses to listen to The High Evolutionary's MotiveRant in ''Vol. 3'', proclaiming that absolutely ''no'' justification can be made for his MeatgrinderSurgery experiments he oversaw.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: When Ego is about to die, he tells Peter that his death will mean Peter will lose his god-like powers and become just like everyone else. Peter responds by asking "What's so wrong with that?"

* BerserkButton: Don't touch his [[TragicKeepsake Walkman]] -- it's a gift from his mother. Ego finds this out the hard way when he destroys it.
** Seemed to have developed a hidden one for the the concept of people doing despicable things (and/or harming those he cares about) and justifying it by saying they "[[IDidWhatIHadToDo had to]]." It was started when [[spoiler:Ego revealed he killed Quill's mother to keep him from [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack having any connections on Earth]] when he was a child, and the revelation of which snapped Quill out of Ego's braiwashing.]] Later, gets pressed in ''Infinity War'' when they almost take the gauntlet off Thanos; Quill is barely keeping himself together when Thanos reveals he killed Gamora for the soul stone, but he completely loses it the moment Thanos claims he "had to".

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: is the responsible to sister Mantis's foolish, but is implied to have been the foolish to surrogate brother Kraglin's responsible when they were young.

* FreudianExcuse: Peter's birth farther abandoned his mother, who died from cancer when Peter was a child. Then Peter was kidnapped and raised by Yondu, who beat him up to teach him to fight, kept him in terror by threatening to eat him and is implied to have used him for thieving since he was eight. These events have influenced his personality as an adult.
* FriendlyEnemy: With Rhoman Dey. When Peter's arrested, he's briefly seen giving friendly grin to Dey... until Dey mistakenly called him "Star-Prince" and Peter immediately dropped his smile.

* GenerationXerox: ''Vol. 2'' reveals that Peter and his father Ego share many personality traits. The major difference is that Peter knows what is right and wrong while Ego does not hesitate in killing trillions to shape the galaxy into his image.

* GunsAkimbo: Wields two guns.

** Seemed to have developed a hidden one after he discovered [[spoiler:Ego killed his mother while saying he "had to".]] It gets pressed when they almost take the gauntlet off Thanos. Quill is barely keeping himself together when Thanos reveals he killed Gamora for the soul stone, but completely loses it the moment Thanos claims he "had to".

* TheAlcoholic: By the ''Holiday Special'' and ''Vol. 3'', he is shown drinking himself in a stupor due to losing Gamora and accidentally allowing Thanos enact his genocidal schemes. However, it's implied the attack from Adam Warlock and Rocket's critical condition (in no small part thanks to his drinking as the other guardians were too occupied with him to react in time) snaps him out of it and makes him realize his drinking has gotten out of hand.

* BestFriend: With Rocket. They're so close that Peter was the most determined to save Rocket's life and even took everything the High Evolutionary did to him ''[[ItsPersonal very]]'' [[ItsPersonal personally]] (probably even more so than Rocket himself) upon learning about it, to the point where he's eager to ''kill'' him, and [[spoiler: cried when he died and again when he got revived]].

* HatedHometown: Or rather, Hated Home Planet. Despite having the means to go back to Earth, Quill adamantly refuses to do so due to understanding that his lifestyle would clash with the people there, on top of associating the planet with his mother's death. The only time he ever returns to it is in ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' to battle Thanos and his army, and to attend Tony Stark's funeral afterwards. After that, he gets off the planet as soon as he can, along with his fellow Guardians and Thor. In ''Vol. 3'', Mantis confronts him about this and his abandonment of his grandfather, refusing to let him just shrug it off. [[spoiler: At the end, he leaves the Guardians, admitting that his mother died when he was eight and he's been running ever since. This time, he stops running and goes back to Earth, tracking down his grandfather, who tearfully embraces him - and going by the post-credits scene, chooses to stay for a while]].

* HistoryRepeats: As a young kid, he witnessed the death of his mother which caused him to get abducted and leave Earth. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', [[spoiler: he witnessed the death of a parent again that reminded him of his childhood which also caused him to leave Earth again.]]

!!! '''Species:''' Human-Celestial hybrid (Celestial Powers lost)

!!! '''Species:''' Human-Celestial hybrid

* OvershadowedByAwesome: The main joke of his interactions with Thor in ''Infinity War''; the other Guardians are quick to gush over how handsome and muscular Thor is, while noting that Quill has been putting on weight lately. Not to mention Thor's family history is even more epic and messed-up than Quill's. He starts outright mimicking Thor's BadassBaritone just to stay relevant.

* AlternateSelf: Quill has two: one who was never kidnapped by the Ravagers and grew up to become a janitor in Dairy Queen and another who was killed alongside his fellow Guardians fighting Ultron Sentries on the Sovereign.

* BadassNormal: Peter relies on his gadgets, cunning, and skill to get him by, and never displays himself to be any stronger or faster than a normal human (though he sure can take a beating). Subverted at the end of the first ''Guardians'' film, where it's revealed he's a HalfHumanHybrid. This aspect of his physiology kept the Infinity Stone from immediately killing him. However, after killing his father, he's just a regular human now, cementing this trope for good. Still, he took on both Spider-Man and Iron Man briefly in Infinity War and actually won.

* PrimaryColorChampion: Quill often wears red leather jackets and his CollapsibleHelmet has red glowing eyes and gold accents. ''Vol. 3'' takes this up a notch as he and the other Guardians sans [[FullFrontalAssault Groot]] wear a blue uniform with red accents.

* BadassNormal: Peter relies on his gadgets, cunning, and skill to get him by, and never displays himself to be any stronger or faster than a normal human (though he sure can take a beating). Subverted at the end of the first ''Guardians'' film, where it's revealed he's a HalfHumanHybrid. This aspect of his physiology kept the Infinity Stone from immediately killing him. However, after killing his father, he's just a regular human now, cementing this trope for good.

!!! '''Species:''' Human [[note]]Human-Celestial hybrid until 2014[[/note]]

* TheAlcoholic: By the ''Holiday Special'' and ''Vol. 3'', he is shown drinking himself in a stupor due to losing Gamora and accidentally allowing Thanos enact his genocidal schemes.

** In ''Vol. 3'' Despite his ThouShaltNotKill attitude, even he's willing to kill members of Ogrocorp after learning what they've done to Rocket.

* FatalFlaw: His SuicidalOverconfidence, ''Infinity War'' absolutely shows the consequences of this.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: One of the reasons he is considered an IdiotHero in general, but turns out to be his FatalFlaw when he and half of the universe pays for it in ''Infinity War''.

* HasTwoDaddies: While he was raised by Yondu, he starts bonding with his real father in ''Vol. 2''. In the end, he loses both father-figures.

* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: after the events of the trilogy, Peter decides to pass leadership of the Guardians to Rocket and return to Earth where he reunites and lives with his maternal grandfather.]]

* BeardOfSorrow: Following the Endgame Arc, as he is mourning the loss of Gamora, he slumps into a depressive funk and stops caring care of himself, resulting in his rougish PermaStubble growing into a short, shaggy and unkempt beard.

* DrowningMySorrows: By the ''Holiday Special'' and ''Vol. 3'', Peter drinks himself to a drunken stupor over the loss of Gamora and being at fault for Thanos enacting his genocidal schemes.

** He may have been acting equally immature but Peter was right to be at Rocket for how his actions got their crew in more trouble than they needed in the beginning of ''Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2''.

* PapaWolf: Peter and Groot II has developed a father-son-like relationship.

* TraumaCongaLine: Quill has gone through a rollercoaster of trauma throughout his time in the MCU.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Quill knows where Earth is, and has the means to get back there, he just doesn't. In ''Vol. 2'', he tries justifying it on the grounds that the last time he was there, he saw his mother die. Gamora disagrees, thinking he just doesn't go back to Earth because he'd rather play Space Cowboy. After being brought back from the Decimation, he does find himself returning to Earth to fight for it against Thanos.
** Creator/JamesGunn states Quill actually despised being back on Earth and got off that planet as fast as he freaking could. He associates it completely with his mother dying. Thankfully at the end of ''Vol. 3'', he does go back so he can spend some time with his grandfather.

* BeardOfSorrow: Following the Endgame Arc, as he is mourning the loss of Gamora, he slumps into a depressive funk and stops caring care of himself, resulting in his rougish PermaStubbe growing into a short, shaggy and unkempt beard.

* PermaStubble: It adds to his roguish demeanor.

* BeardOfSorrow: Following the Endgame Arc, as he is morning [[spoiler:the loss of Gamora]], he slumps into a depressive funk and stops caring care of himself, resulting in his rougish PermaStubbe growing into a short, shaggy and unkempt beard.