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The Vision is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. A synthetic humanoid built from the remains of [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics the android Human Torch]], the Vision made his debut in ''The Avengers #57'' (October, 1968) as a creation of the super-villain ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. The Vision is convinced to rebel against his creator after encountering Comicbook/TheAvengers, who invite him to join the team. Named by ComicBook/TheWasp, who described him as an "unearthly, inhuman vision", the Vision becomes one of Avengers' longest-serving members until his death during ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''. This went to the point in the 1970s when ''The Avengers'' standard cover masthead picture in the left hand corner was ''just him''. He came BackFromTheDead a few years later and once again features in Avengers books.
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* BerserkButton: The first sign of Vis's burgeoning love for Wanda was when she was abducted by the Skrulls. The previously, supposedly unemotional Vision ''flipped out''.
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* TheChewToy: Because he can always be rebuilt or have his memories restored, he gets killed a lot. In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' he's the only hero who [[HeroicSacrifice appears to be dead]] at the end, and his friends barely show any concern, with Thor telling Superman that the Avengers scientists have fixed him before and can do it again.
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* TheChewToy: Because he can always be rebuilt or have his memories restored, he gets killed smashed up a lot. In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' he's the only hero who [[HeroicSacrifice appears to be dead]] at the end, and his friends barely show any concern, with Thor telling Superman that the Avengers scientists have fixed him before and can do it again.
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* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Zig-zagged. Vision clearly cares about his new family, as suggested by his frantic efforts to repair Viv and his willingness to protect Virginia [[spoiler:when the truth of her killing comes to light.]] However, Vision secretly felt fear when Virginia opened her eyes for the first time. He has to remind himself that Virginia is his wife and he ''has'' to love her.
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* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Zig-zagged.Zig-zagged in ''Vision''. Vision clearly cares about his new family, as suggested by his frantic efforts to repair Viv and his willingness to protect Virginia [[spoiler:when the truth of her killing comes to light.]] However, Vision secretly felt fear when Virginia opened her eyes for the first time. He has to remind himself that Virginia is his wife and he ''has'' to love her.her.
* CreepyGood: In his early days, even his Avengers teammates found Vis just kind of unsettling, and he tended to give people he met the willies thanks to his total lack of emotional expression.
* CreepyGood: In his early days, even his Avengers teammates found Vis just kind of unsettling, and he tended to give people he met the willies thanks to his total lack of emotional expression.
* EpiphanyTherapy: Vision was initially quite reluctant to pursue a relationship with Wanda at all due to angst over his origins. Once he learned the truth (or one version of it), he and Wanda get married.
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** The Vision runs into a group of angry citizens in ''Avengers #59'' who claim that he was too "awful" to walk the streets with "decent folk". One woman shields her child with her body while an older man says that "crummy androids" should be strung up by their jumper cables.
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** The Vision runs into a group of angry citizens in ''Avengers #59'' ''Avengers'' #59 who claim that he was too "awful" to walk the streets with "decent folk". One woman shields her child with her body while an older man says that "crummy androids" should be strung up by their jumper cables.
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** The comic implies that Vision created a synthezoid family because he longs to relive his old life with Scarlet Witch. His greatest flaw is that he cannot let go of the memory of his first love.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:The series ends with Vision raising Viv alone, after Vin's death and Virginia's suicide.]]
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* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:The series [[spoiler:''The Vision'' ends with Vision raising Viv alone, after Vin's death and Virginia's suicide.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: In spite of all the evidence that he and his kind will never truly integrate into "normal" human society, [[spoiler:Vision tells Scarlet Witch that he still wants to be normal in issue #11.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: In spite of all the evidence that he and his kind will never truly integrate into "normal" human society, [[spoiler:Vision tells Scarlet Witch that he still wants to be normal in ''The Vision'' issue #11.]]
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Due to a bad case of MySkullRunnethOver, just before his 2015 miniseries began, Vision erased any and all emotions related to Wanda from his mind.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: LaserGuidedAmnesia:
** In his first origin story, when he's rebuilt from Jim Hammond, Ultron wiped all traces of Hammond's mind and personality after he proved unwilling to be controlled. Ultron's a dick like that.
** Due to a bad case of MySkullRunnethOver, just before his 2015 miniseries began, Vision erased any and all emotions related to Wanda from his mind.
** In his first origin story, when he's rebuilt from Jim Hammond, Ultron wiped all traces of Hammond's mind and personality after he proved unwilling to be controlled. Ultron's a dick like that.
** Due to a bad case of MySkullRunnethOver, just before his 2015 miniseries began, Vision erased any and all emotions related to Wanda from his mind.
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* MundaneUtility: Issue #8 shows him melting snow with his forehead laser.
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* OldFlame: He was previously married to Scarlet Witch. The comic implies that he created his synthezoid family because he's trying to recreate his old life with her.
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* OldFlame: He was previously married to Scarlet Witch. The comic ''The Vision'' implies that he created his synthezoid family because he's trying to recreate his old life with her.her.
* OneSteveLimit: Roy Thomas originally wanted to add a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] alien character named The Vision to the Avengers lineup. His editor, Creator/StanLee, vetoed that idea and ordered Thomas to create an android character instead, so Thomas created an android with the same name.
* OneSteveLimit: Roy Thomas originally wanted to add a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] alien character named The Vision to the Avengers lineup. His editor, Creator/StanLee, vetoed that idea and ordered Thomas to create an android character instead, so Thomas created an android with the same name.
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** The last page of issue #9 shows [[spoiler:Vision holding Vin's dead body, begging his son to wake up after Victor kills him.]]
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* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: From ''Avengers #57'':
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* TraumaCongaLine: The end of ''Avengers West Coast'' was not great for Vis. In no particular order, his marriage ended, his wife went insane and evil, his children were utterly destroyed, and Vis himself went insane and evil before being taken to pieces.
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* WhyIsntItAttacking: In ''The Avengers #57'', ComicBook/BlackPanther noticed that the Vision was programmed to kill the Avengers, but the synthezoid wasn't actually making any moves against the team.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: As a synthezoid, Vision could potentially outlive all his friends and teammates if something doesn't destroy him first. He's not terribly sold on this idea.
* WhyIsntItAttacking: In ''TheAvengers #57'', Avengers'' #57, ComicBook/BlackPanther noticed that the Vision was programmed to kill the Avengers, but the synthezoid wasn't actually making any moves against the team.
* WhyIsntItAttacking: In ''The
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The Vision is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. A synthetic humanoid built from the remains of [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics the android Human Torch]], the Vision made his debut in ''The Avengers #57'' (October, 1968) as a creation of the super-villain ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. The Vision is convinced to rebel against his creator after encountering Comicbook/TheAvengers, who invite him to join the team. Named by ComicBook/TheWasp, who described him as an "unearthly, inhuman vision", the Vision becomes one of Avengers' longest-serving members until his death during ''Avengers Disassembled''. This went to the point in the 1970s when ''The Avengers'' standard cover masthead picture in the left hand corner was ''just him''. He came BackFromTheDead a few years later and once again features in Avengers books.
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The Vision is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. A synthetic humanoid built from the remains of [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics the android Human Torch]], the Vision made his debut in ''The Avengers #57'' (October, 1968) as a creation of the super-villain ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. The Vision is convinced to rebel against his creator after encountering Comicbook/TheAvengers, who invite him to join the team. Named by ComicBook/TheWasp, who described him as an "unearthly, inhuman vision", the Vision becomes one of Avengers' longest-serving members until his death during ''Avengers Disassembled''.''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled''. This went to the point in the 1970s when ''The Avengers'' standard cover masthead picture in the left hand corner was ''just him''. He came BackFromTheDead a few years later and once again features in Avengers books.
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After this, she decided to join the newly-formed group of teenage superheroes called the [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions]]. She had a few adventures with them and even allowed Amadeus Cho to kiss her, although she said that it made her feel nothing. When Riri Williams, the armored superhero known as ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}, joined the team, however, Viv ''did'' feel something and, at one point, unexpectedly kissed her. Riri rejected her advances, however, although they remained friends.
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After this, she decided to join the newly-formed group of teenage superheroes called the [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions]].ComicBook/{{Champions|MarvelComics}}. She had a few adventures with them and even allowed Amadeus Cho to kiss her, although she said that it made her feel nothing. When Riri Williams, the armored superhero known as ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}, joined the team, however, Viv ''did'' feel something and, at one point, unexpectedly kissed her. Riri rejected her advances, however, although they remained friends.
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* IntangibleMan: Possessing complete density control, the Vision can shunt enough of his mass into another dimension to become completely intangible.
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* IntangibleMan: She can lower her density to the point that she can simply phase through solid matter. This is useful for moving through solid obstacles and passing through attacks, although she cannot interact with other objects in this state. When her father wants to ground her, he needs to seal her room with walls designed to counter-resonate with her to prevent her from simply floating out.
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* OnlySaneMan: Subverted. Out of all the Visions, she likely understands humans the best [[spoiler: because she actually remembers the memories of Scarlet Witch]] and her concerns that sending the children to school may cause problems turns out to be justified. On the other hand, she puts on a StepfordSmiler exterior around company and her sanity takes a ''nosedive'' as the story progresses.
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* OnlySaneMan: Subverted. Out of all the Visions, she likely understands humans the best [[spoiler: because she actually remembers the memories of Scarlet Witch]] and her concerns that sending the children to school may cause problems turns out to be justified. On the other hand, she puts on a StepfordSmiler exterior around company and her sanity takes a ''nosedive'' as the story progresses.
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* LogicBomb: Suffers one when trying to explain to her great-aunt [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia van Dyne]] how her half-brothers [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Wiccan and Speed]] fit into the family tree.[[note]]Wanda and Vision get married. Wanda creates boys out of Mephisto's essence using magic. Mephisto sends Master Pandemonium to take the boys so he can reabsorb them, which he does. Billy and Tommy somehow reincarnate into different boys who then join the Young Avengers.[[/note]]
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After this, she decided to join the newly-formed group of teenage superheroes called the [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions]]. She had a few adventures with them and even allowed ComicBook/AmadeusCho Amadeus Cho to kiss her, although she said that it made her feel nothing. When Riri Williams, the armored superhero known as ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}, joined the team, however, Viv ''did'' feel something and, at one point, unexpectedly kissed her. Riri rejected her advances, however, although they remained friends.
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Vision and Virginia's daughter.
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Vision and Virginia's daughter.
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Viv Vision
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Viv, Vivvy, Vivid Vessel
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'' #1 (November, 2015)
->''I used to be more emotional, like you. Then, within a very short period of time, my brother was killed and my mother committed suicide. After that, I decided that emotions were not something in which I cared to indulge.''
-->-- ''ComicBook/Champions2016'' #4
Vivian "Viv" Vision is the synthezoid daughter of The Vision. He built her from body alongside the body of her mother Virginia and
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Viv and her brother Vin were then instructed to go to school and become "normal" children, but things quickly went wrong. After an attack by the Grim Reaper, Viv was stabbed through the chest and the Vision went to great lengths to repair her. Unknown to her, however, her mother had killed the Grim Reaper and when the fact came to light, it was already too late and, due to an unfortunate series of events, her brother was killed and her mother committed suicide. This left both her and her father desolate and made her switch off her emotions, although she later turned them back on.
After this, she decided to join the newly-formed group of teenage superheroes called the [[ComicBook/Champions2016 Champions]]. She had a few adventures with them and even allowed ComicBook/AmadeusCho to kiss her, although she said that it made her feel nothing. When Riri Williams, the armored superhero known as ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}, joined the team, however, Viv ''did'' feel something and, at one point, unexpectedly kissed her. Riri rejected her advances, however, although they remained friends.
In the beginning of ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'', the Champions were projecting a teen activist from mercenaries that Roxxon hired when Viv suffered a catastrophic meltdown and seemed to explode in energy, putting into a coma the nearby [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Kamala Khan]], her teammate. The other Champions thought Viv died in the explosion, but Viv survived and ran away, blaming herself for hurting her friend and thinking that the new Kamala's Law, outlawing teenage superheroes, was for the best, even secretly tracking her friends to turn them in. Realizing what she was doing was wrong, however, she returned to the Champions, apologized, and helped them take down the corrupt C.R.A.D.L.E.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Even though neighborhood kids found their super-strength and laser-blasting abilities amusing, Viv and Vin are outsiders at school.
* BadassBookworm: She and her brother soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bullied her and Vin, but quickly turned around to try to befriend her, with implications that he might even have a crush on her. It ends up meaning a lot to Viv that he thought she was "cool" and she is ''furious'' when she discovers that [[spoiler:Virginia had a hand in his (accidental) death.]]
* BadassBookworm: She and her brother soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bullied her and Vin, but quickly turned around to try to befriend her, with implications that he might even have a crush on her. It ends up meaning a lot to Viv that he thought she was "cool" and she is ''furious'' when she discovers that [[spoiler:Virginia had a hand in his (accidental) death.]]
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* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Viv is a female "offspring" of an ostensibly male synthezoid. As a synthezoid she is pink with green hair, but her human form has dark skin and dark hair with green and pink highlights. Vision is also heterosexual, as shown by his marriage with Wanda and Virginia, while Viv turns out to be a lesbian and in love with Riri.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Even though neighborhood kids foundtheir her super-strength and laser-blasting abilities amusing, Viv and Vin are outsiders was an outsider at school.
* ArtificialHuman: She's a synthezoid, a humanoid robot built out of both mechanical parts and synthetic organs and tissues.
* BadassBookworm:She She's extremely intelligent and well-informed due to her brother soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
perfect recall and constant access to the internet, and is also a sturdily-built robot capable of tangling with supervillains.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bulliedher and Vin, her, but quickly turned around to try to befriend her, with implications that he might even have a crush on her. It ends up meaning a lot to Viv that he thought she was "cool" and she is ''furious'' when she discovers that [[spoiler:Virginia Virginia had a hand in his (accidental) death.]]
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Even though neighborhood kids found
* ArtificialHuman: She's a synthezoid, a humanoid robot built out of both mechanical parts and synthetic organs and tissues.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bullied
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* BreakTheCutie: Not to the extent of her mother, but the increasingly traumatic events appear to be wearing her down.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is [[spoiler:reviving her]].
* ForegoneConclusion: She was announced to appear in ''Champions'' after this series' end, so nothing permanent is going to happen to her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. By the end of the series, she is at peace with the fact that she is not "normal" and does not need to fit in.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is [[spoiler:reviving her]].
* ForegoneConclusion: She was announced to appear in ''Champions'' after this series' end, so nothing permanent is going to happen to her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. By the end of the series, she is at peace with the fact that she is not "normal" and does not need to fit in.
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* BreakTheCutie: Not to the extent of her mother, but the increasingly traumatic events appear to be wearing of ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'' wore her down.
* EmotionlessGirl: Very literally so. She turned off her emotions in order to deal with her grief over her mother and brother's death.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is[[spoiler:reviving her]].
reviving her.
* ForegoneConclusion:She Viv was announced to appear in be a member of the ''Champions'' after this series' end, the end of ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', so it was fairly obvious nothing permanent is was going to happen to her.
* {{Golem}}: In the "Weird War One" arc, her Weirdworld self is a metallic being described as a golem powered by magical crystals.
* HeroicSafeMode: After [[TraumaCongaLine everything she's been through]] in ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', Viv elected to eschew emotional experience, at least first. This remains her default through much of the series, but her emotions begin to reemerge by the end of the first run.
* HumanityEnsues: In the Champions/Avengers crossover event, the High Evolutionary turns her into a flesh-and-blood human, ostensibly as an improvement over her artificial form. She finds this state horrifying -- for a being used to being able to fly, phase through matter, and turn harder than diamond, a human body is horribly heavy, weak, and fragile, and the loss of the mechanical sensors and digital communications that she used constantly leaves her in effectively a state of sensory deprivation.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. By the end ofthe series, ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', she is at peace with the fact that she is not "normal" and does not need to fit in.
* EmotionlessGirl: Very literally so. She turned off her emotions in order to deal with her grief over her mother and brother's death.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is
* ForegoneConclusion:
* {{Golem}}: In the "Weird War One" arc, her Weirdworld self is a metallic being described as a golem powered by magical crystals.
* HeroicSafeMode: After [[TraumaCongaLine everything she's been through]] in ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', Viv elected to eschew emotional experience, at least first. This remains her default through much of the series, but her emotions begin to reemerge by the end of the first run.
* HumanityEnsues: In the Champions/Avengers crossover event, the High Evolutionary turns her into a flesh-and-blood human, ostensibly as an improvement over her artificial form. She finds this state horrifying -- for a being used to being able to fly, phase through matter, and turn harder than diamond, a human body is horribly heavy, weak, and fragile, and the loss of the mechanical sensors and digital communications that she used constantly leaves her in effectively a state of sensory deprivation.
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* JerkassBall: In issue #9, she's rude to Virginia when [[spoiler:Virginia and Vision cannot locate Vin and Victor.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: When Viv learns that [[spoiler:her mother was present when Leon Kinzky accidentally shot his son C.K.]], she explodes with rage and destroys the kitchen table.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Viv learns that [[spoiler:her mother was present when Leon Kinzky accidentally shot his son C.K.]], she explodes with rage and destroys the kitchen table.
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* IntangibleMan: She can lower her density to the point that she can simply phase through solid matter. This is useful for moving through solid obstacles and passing through attacks, although she cannot interact with other objects in this state. When her father wants to ground her, he needs to seal her room with walls designed to counter-resonate with her to prevent her from simply floating out.
* IncompatibleOrientation: In ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', she comes out as a lesbian to Riri by abruptly kissing her. Riri, however, rejects Viv's feelings.
* JerkassBall: In issue#9, #9 of ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', she's rude to Virginia when [[spoiler:Virginia Virginia and Vision cannot locate Vin and Victor.]]
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* LiteralMinded: In the first ''Champions'' series, Viv sometimes thinks of the literal version of a metaphor when someone says it.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: While disguised as an ordinary human, Viv passes through a bathroom. Her reflection shows her actual synthezoid appearance.
* TheMole: In ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' Viv turns out to be alive, and is secretly leaking the Champions' whereabouts to C.R.A.D.L.E.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Viv learns that[[spoiler:her her mother was present when Leon Kinzky accidentally shot his son C.K.]], , she explodes with rage and destroys the kitchen table.
* IncompatibleOrientation: In ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', she comes out as a lesbian to Riri by abruptly kissing her. Riri, however, rejects Viv's feelings.
* JerkassBall: In issue
* LiteralMinded: In the first ''Champions'' series, Viv sometimes thinks of the literal version of a metaphor when someone says it.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: While disguised as an ordinary human, Viv passes through a bathroom. Her reflection shows her actual synthezoid appearance.
* TheMole: In ''ComicBook/Champions2020'' Viv turns out to be alive, and is secretly leaking the Champions' whereabouts to C.R.A.D.L.E.
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* TokenReligiousTeammate: Viv turns to theism as a way to cope with [[spoiler:Vin's death; first praying that there is a God, then that her brother has a soul, then that God will allow Vin's soul to rest]].
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* TokenReligiousTeammate: Viv turns to theism as a way to cope with [[spoiler:Vin's Vin's death; first praying that there is a God, then that her brother has a soul, then that God will allow Vin's soul to rest]].rest.
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!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Victor Shade
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #57 (October, 1968)
!!! '''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/AvengersAI, '''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'''
[[AC: If you're looking for the Young Avengers version of Vision, go [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers here]].]]
The Vision is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. A synthetic humanoid built from the remains of [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics the android Human Torch]], the Vision made his debut in ''The Avengers #57'' (October, 1968) as a creation of the super-villain ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. The Vision is convinced to rebel against his creator after encountering Comicbook/TheAvengers, who invite him to join the team. Named by ComicBook/TheWasp, who described him as an "unearthly, inhuman vision", the Vision becomes one of Avengers' longest-serving members until his death during ''Avengers Disassembled''. This went to the point in the 1970s when ''The Avengers'' standard cover masthead picture in the left hand corner was ''just him''. He came BackFromTheDead a few years later and once again features in Avengers books.
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* AffectionateNickname: In flashbacks during the [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 2015 comic]], Scarlet Witch affectionately calls Vision a "toaster", in reference to a joke he made. During an argument, she also calls him this as an insult.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: ComicBook/RedTornado is often said to be the Creator/DCComics equivalent of the Vision, and vice versa.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is entirely bright red.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Originally, Ultron didn't even bother giving him a name, on the grounds Vision was just a tool to him, "and what right does a tool have for a name or number?" Vision took his name from an alarmed outburst of Janet Van Dyne's (appropriately the closest thing he has to a 'grandmother').
* BadassBoast: Vision delivers one to Principal Waxman after he disrespects Vision's family members.
-->'''Vision:''' I am the Vision of the Avengers. I have saved this planet ''thirty-seven'' times. Each day you live, each breath you take, each beat of your heart, ''each'' is due to my actions. Thirty-seven times over.
* BattleCouple: Vision and ComicBook/ScarletWitch
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a stoic family man who also [[spoiler:effortlessly defeated multiple Avengers and nearly killed Victor.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: As initially drawn, his eyes were totally black, and he was created as a servant of Ultron.
* BlindedByTheLight: The Vision can emit a flash of solar energy from his forehead jewel bright enough to temporarily blind [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
* BrainUploading: The Vision originally possessed the brain patterns of Simon Williams, the then-deceased hero known as ComicBook/WonderMan. Later, after the U.S. government dismantles him, the rebuilt Vision would use the brain patterns of the dead scientist Alex Lipton until Simon's patterns reemerge.
* CannotDream: As a synthezoid, he shuts down during the night so that his system can process the previous day's input, but he does not dream.
* TheChewToy: Because he can always be rebuilt or have his memories restored, he gets killed a lot. In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' he's the only hero who [[HeroicSacrifice appears to be dead]] at the end, and his friends barely show any concern, with Thor telling Superman that the Avengers scientists have fixed him before and can do it again.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: An earlier example, the Vision's features were modeled on Creator/LeonardNimoy.
%%* TheComputerIsYourFriend
* ContinuitySnarl: Was the Vision's body rebuilt from the 1940's Human Torch? Originally, the answer was a simple yes, but when John Byrne wanted to bring the Torch back without sacrificing the Vision, he retconned the character's origin. Busiek and Stern's ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' spends an inordinate amount of time untangling this question. (The answer: [[spoiler:Immortus used AppliedPhlebotinum to allow the Human Torch's body to exist twice in the same timeline, one of which was used to build the Vision and the other of which remained the Torch.]])
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At the end of ''Ultron Forever'', Black Widow accuses him of complicating things by not telling everyone his suspicions. Vision points out if he had, they probably would've thought he'd flipped his lid, something Nat concedes. [[spoiler:Asking people to trust a Doombot would have that effect.]]
* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Zig-zagged. Vision clearly cares about his new family, as suggested by his frantic efforts to repair Viv and his willingness to protect Virginia [[spoiler:when the truth of her killing comes to light.]] However, Vision secretly felt fear when Virginia opened her eyes for the first time. He has to remind himself that Virginia is his wife and he ''has'' to love her.
* CrisisOfFaith: Vision finds no solace in philosophical or religious traditions after [[spoiler:Vin's death.]] However, he does pray with Viv to comfort his daughter and himself.
-->'''Vision:''' I have spent this time thinking about my brother, Victor Mancha.(...) And I have rigorously applied those scenarios to a variety of philosophical and religious traditions. Despite my efforts, unfortunately, I cannot see how, in any scenario, in any philosophical or religious tradition, this current outcome is just. I must therefore conclude that it is not just. And what is not just must be addressed.
* DarkSecret: He agrees to keep the events surrounding [[spoiler:Virginia's killing and failed blackmail]] a secret to protect his family.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Many iterations of the Vision depict him as broad-shouldered and muscular. In the [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 2015 comic]], he's lanky.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His level of stoicism is one of those things that bounces around from writer to writer. Does he have a sense of humor or doesn't he? Can he quip or is he entirely LiteralMinded? Is he capable of casual conversation, or is it all SpockSpeak?
* {{Determinator}}: As [[spoiler:Agatha Harkness]] observes, Vision will stop at ''nothing'' to protect his family.
* DoAndroidsDream: Explored from many sides over the years. To cut a long story short; yes, yes they do.
* EmptyShell: Averted. Ultron-5 designed the Vision to be a "nameless, soulless imitation", but the synthezoid's time with the Avengers gave him a name and a purpose. Vision did spend a brief period in TheNineties as an Empty Shell after being taken apart and rebuilt.
* EyeBeams: The Vision can fire solar energy beams from his "thermo-scopic eyes".
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In ''All-New, All-Different Avengers'', he's somehow turned rogue, most likely at the hands of Kang the Conqueror. He's able to get [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]] and ComicBook/{{Nova}} kicked off the team before attacking the Sam Wilson Captain America and Jane Foster Thor, leaving only Iron Man and [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] left to face him and Kang.]]
* FantasticRacism:
** The Vision runs into a group of angry citizens in ''Avengers #59'' who claim that he was too "awful" to walk the streets with "decent folk". One woman shields her child with her body while an older man says that "crummy androids" should be strung up by their jumper cables.
** Often on the receiving end from Quicksilver. That Vision and Pietro's sister Wanda are a couple has something to do with this.
** In ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', the Vision and his family endure suspicion, hostility, and hate crimes as synthezoids living among humans. In one scene, vandals spray-paints "Socket Lovers" on their garage door. In another scene, [[spoiler:Grim Reaper tries to kill Virginia, Viv, and Vin out of hatred.]]
* FatalFlaw:
** Vision's hunger for normalcy (or the appearance thereof) leads him to make ethically questionable decisions.
** The comic implies that Vision created a synthezoid family because he longs to relive his old life with Scarlet Witch. His greatest flaw is that he cannot let go of the memory of his first love.
* FieryCoverup: Virginia [[spoiler:buried Grim Reaper's remains in the backyard]]. When George stops by the synthezoids' house, he sees a furrow carved into the backyard, and readers will notice that the dead body is missing. It's strongly implied that Vision [[spoiler:burned Grim Reaper's body with a blast from his forehead crystal.]]
* FlyingFirepower: He can levitate and fly, as well as fire lasers from the jewels in his forehead.
* {{Flight}}: Vision can fly by lowering his density to minimal levels.
* FreakyFridayFlip: During the 90s, he got body-swapped with a psychopathic version of himself from another reality. Things got a little complicated when that Vision got himself killed.
* FutureMeScaresMe: During ''Ultron Forever'', he runs into a version of himself in a BadFuture, a mutilated and willing servant of Ultron who tries to turn him into a Manchurian agent. Vision kills his future self while vowing to never become him, before admitting to Jim Rhodes how unsettling the experience is.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Vision experiences this at the hands of ComicBook/SheHulk during ''Avengers Disassembled''.
* HeadBlast: The Vision can also fire solar beams from the gem on his forehead.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:The series ends with Vision raising Viv alone, after Vin's death and Virginia's suicide.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: He was originally supposed to be a tool to be used by Ultron but ended up rebelling against his creator.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: In ''JLA/Avengers'' and ''Chaos War''.
%%* HollywoodDensity
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He creates Virginia, Viv, and Vin so that he can have a family, but as they all discover, normalcy is beyond their reach.
-->'''Agatha:''' Vision thought he could make a family. A happy, normal family. It was merely a matter of calculation. The right formula, shortcut, algorithm. What a shock then to (...) discover that it was all beyond him.
* IgnoredEpiphany: In spite of all the evidence that he and his kind will never truly integrate into "normal" human society, [[spoiler:Vision tells Scarlet Witch that he still wants to be normal in issue #11.]]
* InsistentTerminology: The Vision calls himself a "synthezoid" (a synthetic human being), and even protests and corrects people when he's called a robot or an android. The term, however, is exclusive to Marvel Comics, and has no scientific nor technological usage, being a term Hank Pym just made up one day just before making Ultron.
* IntangibleMan: Possessing complete density control, the Vision can shunt enough of his mass into another dimension to become completely intangible.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Due to a bad case of MySkullRunnethOver, just before his 2015 miniseries began, Vision erased any and all emotions related to Wanda from his mind.
* LegacyCharacter / TheNthDoctor:
** For a while, it was deliberately unclear as to whether or not the teen Vision from ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' was a successor to the original, or simply the original Vision in a new, younger body. It turned out to be a case of the former.
** Subverted with his backstory of being built from the remains of the [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics Golden Age Human Torch]]--the two have nothing in common aside from being android superheroes.
* MadeOfIron: The Vision's durability depends on his density. At his maximum density, the Vision weighs 90 tons and becomes as hard as diamond.
* MagicPants: Justified in that he wear "clothes that phase" to preserve his modesty when he phases out.
* ManlyTears: After being inducted into the Avengers, he heads out of the room for a moment. For you see, even an android can cry. And Vision didn't want the Avengers to see (it was the 60s, after all).
* MindControlDevice: Ultron-5 installed a control crystal in Vision's head that has been exploited over the years.
* MinovskyPhysics: His density control is later established to be the result of Pym particle treatments on his body by Ultron.
* MisplacedRetribution: The Grim Reaper has often attacked Vision for having the brain-patterns of his brother, blaming Vis for grudges against Simon, or Simon being dead. The Grim Reaper is not terribly sane even on a good day.
* MonochromaticEyes: His eyes are white with no irises or pupils.
* MundaneUtility: Issue #8 shows him melting snow with his forehead laser.
* TheNeedless: He doesn't require food or water. While he does shut down at night so that his system can process the day's events, they don't technically need sleep.
* NotSoAboveItAll: As their love scene shows, Vision's stoicism is no match for Virginia's feminine charms.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ultron-5 was destroyed by its own rage after taunting the Vision for having emotions.
--> '''Vision''': You ridiculed me for having emotions yet you possess them no less than I! Or else you would not have leaped at me in your rage to your own utter annihilation!
** Also notable in their origins, both Ultron and Vision turned out to not be what their creators expected within seconds of being turned on. But where Ultron immediately decided Hank Pym, and all humans everywhere, needed to die the minute it turned on, Vision was driven by curiosity and intrigue.
* OldFlame: He was previously married to Scarlet Witch. The comic implies that he created his synthezoid family because he's trying to recreate his old life with her.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** He's terrified when he nearly [[spoiler:loses Viv.]]
** The last page of issue #9 shows [[spoiler:Vision holding Vin's dead body, begging his son to wake up after Victor kills him.]]
* PapaWolf: When Tony Stark is about to [[spoiler:shut off the power Vision is using to revive Viv, fearful that it will kill Vision,]] Vision threatens him into refraining.
-->'''Vision''': Tony Stark, you are my colleague. You are a fellow Avenger. You are my oldest friend. But if you touch that button, I will kill you.
* TheParalyzer: Called "physical disruption", the Vision can stun opponents by solidifying part of his intangible form inside their bodies to produce a sudden shock to the nervous system and excruciating pain.
* PhlebotinumBattery: The Vision is solar-powered and functions something like a solar battery, capable of sharing his power reserves during emergencies.
* PowerCrystal: The Vision has a solar jewel on his [[ThirdEye forehead]] that absorbs ambient solar energy, even at night. Solar energy can be fired from this jewel at greater intensity than his eye beams, but it taxes his power supply at a higher rate.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Has it installed in his forehead, as a gem that absorbs latent solar radiation and grants him his powers. Naturally, LightIsGood.
* ProjectedMan: The Vision temporarily assumed a holographic form after his physical body was paralyzed during a battle with Annihilus. And again at the start of ''Avengers'' vol 3, when he's smashed by Morgan [=leFay=].
* PunchAWall: When Virginia confesses what really happened with Grim Reaper and Leon Kinzky, Vision smashes up the living room and backyard offscreen. Readers see the aftermath when George visits.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "She...is...my...DAUGHTER! And I will...SAVE HER!"
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: From ''Avengers #57'':
--> '''Hank Pym''': According to my examination, he's every inch a human being... except that all his bodily organs are constructed of synthetic materials!
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Vision fights his way through the Avengers and arrives at Victor's jail cell with the intent to kill Victor. Virginia suddenly appears and kills Victor instead to avert the BadFuture she and Agatha foresaw.]]
* {{Robosexual}}: He is capable of physical intimacy, having been in relationships with the Scarlet Witch, ComicBook/MsMarvel, and Mantis.. The comic depicts a love scene between Vision and Virginia and references his past romantic relationship with Scarlet Witch.
* SanitySlippage: When he discovers that Virginia [[spoiler:killed Grim Reaper and buried his remains in the backyard,]] he goes on an offscreen rampage, smashing up the house. Later, the narrator states that [[spoiler:Vin's death precipitated Vision's full descent into madness.]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: His speech is stilted compared to baseline humans, and his vocabulary is much larger.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* SpeedBlitz: The Vision once stunned half a dozen escaped prisoners by flying through their bodies faster than they could react, ending the blitz with a full-density punch to the villain Klaw.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, he's calm and collected.
* SuicideAttack: During ''Chaos War'', the Vision defeats super-villain Grim Reaper in this manner.
* SuperReflexes: Vision's reflexes are more than twice as fast as the average human.
* SuperSenses: Of the technological variety, naturally.
* SuperStrength: The Vision's strength increases with his density, maxing out at 75 tons.
* SurvivorsGuilt: After [[spoiler:Vin's death,]] Vision regrets not giving him more attention. He [[ItMakesSenseInContext removes his eye]] and replays a moment in which [[spoiler:Vin]] was sharing Shakespeare with him, but he was too busy to pay attention.
* TangledFamilyTree: As the 'son' of Ultron and (ex)husband of Wanda Maximoff, he's part of the hideous snarl that is the Pym-Maximoff family tree.
%%* {{Technopath}}
%%* TenMinuteRetirement
* UncannyValley: Human onlookers InUniverse find him unsettling and inhuman.
* UnderwearOfPower: Vision wears a pair of yellow trunks as part of his iconic design. However, like [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy many]] [[Film/XMenFilmSeries other]] [[Film/ManofSteel superheroes]], his [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron live-action design]] abandoned the undies.
* TheUnsmile: Vision has this problem from time to time.
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
-->"I do not like this...'smile'."
** At one point during Geoff Johns' run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', he's asked to smile for a photo. He does so technically, but it's... well, damned creepy looking. So Vis alters the photo to get rid of it.
** In ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', the Vision's [[https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ab2b0139145c42a9857dbb5/master/pass/%20Cantwell-Wisdom-of-The-Vision.jpg fake smile]] when he greets George and Martha for the first time cannot be unseen.
* VoiceChangeling: The Vision can replicate nearly any voice he's heard.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally intended be stark white but printing limitations would have rendered his pages translucent.
** Roy Thomas originally wanted to add a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] alien character named The Vision to the Avengers lineup. His editor, Creator/StanLee, vetoed that idea and ordered Thomas to create an android character instead, so Thomas created an android with the same name.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Often treated as less than human by unpleasant characters. His "death" in ''Disassembled'' has a nasty version of it. After being smashed and torn to pieces, rather than being sent to anyone who might have any knowledge of how to fix him, Vision's body is unceremoniously packed up in crates and sent off to a warehouse to rot for years.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His work with the Avengers and with the President frequently keep him away from home, to Virginia's disappointment.
-->'''Virginia:''' I do not relish asking this of you. You are an Avenger. You are needed there. Obviously. I am just trying to say, you are needed ''here'' as well.
* WhyIsntItAttacking: In ''The Avengers #57'', ComicBook/BlackPanther noticed that the Vision was programmed to kill the Avengers, but the synthezoid wasn't actually making any moves against the team.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:In the BadFuture seen by Agatha and Virginia, had he succeeded in killing Victor, he would've gone mad with grief and killed every living thing in the planet, starting with the Avengers.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Much like ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} of the ComicBook/TeenTitans and ComicBook/RedTornado of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, the Vision is often the first Avenger to be taken down in order to demonstrate how powerful the villain of the week is. The fact that he can be rebuilt after being destroyed certainly helps. Completely averted in ''Vision'': when Tony realizes Vision is coming to kill Victor, he hits the panic button and orders Kid Nova to bring in "Everybody!" This amounts to, in alphabetical order: Beast, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, Captain Marvel, Crystal, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Iron Man, Kid Nova, Medusa, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Spectrum, Spider-Man, and Thor (Jane Foster). Vision takes them ''all out'' with hardly any effort. This is a strong reminder he was originally built to take out the Avengers.
* WorkingWithTheEx: After his marriage with the Scarlet Witch goes south, the two Avengers worked together off and on. Then ''Disassembled'' happened. Vision was slightly less willing to work with Wanda after he got better, though they did eventually manage to mend most of their fences.
* XanatosGambit: Ultron-5's plan regarding the Vision had two intended outcomes: the Vision kills the Avengers or the Vision leads the Avengers into a death trap. The Vision [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]], but Ultron ''still'' wins thanks to the control crystal in the synthezoid's head.
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!!Supporting Characters
[[folder:Scarlet Witch]]
-> See Comicbook/ScarletWitch
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agatha Harkness]]
-> See Characters/ScarletWitch
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Virginia Vision]]
!!Virginia
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/769e2957_e831_4b27_9df1_ba89c1bc383f.jpeg]]
Vision's wife, a synthezoid whom he created for companionship.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Virginia is a polite neighbor and a loving wife and mother. She's also capable of ''savage'' violence in moments of stress or desperation, as [[spoiler:Grim Reaper, Leon Kinsky, Victor, and Sparky]] all discovered.
* BigNO: She angrily shouts "NO! NO! NO!" as she [[spoiler:kills Grim Reaper.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Leon Kinzky secretly films her [[spoiler:burying the Grim Reaper's body]] and tries to blackmail her.
* BreakTheCutie: Her life becomes a {{trauma conga line}} that taxes her sanity.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Viv is enraged when she learns that Virginia was present when Leon shot C.K.]]
* BlatantLies: She insists that "Everything is normal!" when law enforcement questions the Vision.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
-->'''Virginia:''' Vin, does your suspension from school somehow equate to you being permanently suspended upon this couch? You might answer the door.
** And then again, during an otherwise frightening scene in issue #9.
-->'''Virginia:''' And where is the damn dog?
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After drinking poisonous water, she dies as Vision holds her.]]
* DramaticStutter:
** She stutters when a law enforcement officer questions Vision. The stutter is an expression of her own anxiety over [[spoiler:her killing of Grim Reaper possibly being discovered.]]
-->'''Virginia:''' I do not know how to fix fix fix fix...
** In issue #8, she stutters repeatedly while talking to Victor. In issue #11, she stutters constantly while explaining [[spoiler:Vision's decision to kill Victor and the ugly aftermath that will likely follow]] to Viv.
* GhostMemory: Because her brain patterns were based off those of Scarlet Witch, [[spoiler:Virginia has access to many of Scarlet Witch's memories, including a formula for seeing the future.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed but when Vision is showing a gift from Scarlet Witch to their neighbors, Virginia goes quiet with her arms folded and a frown on her face.
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:After giving Detective Lin a false story in order to protect Vision, she drinks poisonous water that corrodes her synthetic organs. She dies in Vision's arms.]]
* {{Housewife}}: She tends the house and cares for Vin and Viv while Vision is away.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Although the last issue of the 2015 series suggests that Vision is building a new body to resurrect her, she hasn't been revived]].
* MamaBear: After Grim Reaper breaks into her house and attacks her children, she [[spoiler:savagely beats him to death.]] A trait less surprising when it's revealed she got her brain patterns from the Scarlet Witch, a woman so protective of her children she rewove reality.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution:
** [[spoiler:In issue #11, she kills Sparky as part of a magical formula for seeing visions of the future, even though she ''already'' knew that the future held horrors for her and her loved ones.]]
** [[spoiler:She kills Victor before Vision can do so, instead of trying to talk him out of the killing or restrain him.]]
* PunchAWall: She smashes the kitchen table out of anxiety when a law enforcement officer questions her husband.
* OnlySaneMan: Subverted. Out of all the Visions, she likely understands humans the best [[spoiler: because she actually remembers the memories of Scarlet Witch]] and her concerns that sending the children to school may cause problems turns out to be justified. On the other hand, she puts on a StepfordSmiler exterior around company and her sanity takes a ''nosedive'' as the story progresses.
%%* ReplacementGoldfish: Unlike most examples, Virginia was explicitly created ''by'' the other party with this goal in mind.
* {{Robosexual}}: Despite being a synthezoid/android, she is capable of physical intimacy with Vision.
* SanitySlippage: The trauma of [[spoiler:killing Grim Reaper, witnessing CK's death, and putting Leon Kinsky in a coma]] is taxing her sanity. In issue #6, she behaves casually as she leads George through her smashed home. In issue #8, she stutters constantly, sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to herself, and tells Victor that she ''is'' the music she plays. Victor observes that she is "hurt" in some way. [[spoiler:After Vin's death at Victor's hands, her mental state is even more fragile.]]
* StepfordSmiler: She cultivates a smiling housewife exterior, but cries when she explores her pre-loaded memory bank in private. [[spoiler:We later learn that she weeps when she accesses Scarlet Witch's memories of her romance with Vision.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:Virginia knows that Vision will kill Victor, and that she will probably be persecuted and killed anyway after he does so. Virginia kills Victor instead so that justice can be served while keeping Vision's reputation intact.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** A vandal thought that he could get away with spray-painting "Go Home Socket Lovers" on her garage. Virginia knocks the vandal out cold, and the [[OhCrap expression on his friend's face is priceless]].
** Grim Reaper thought he could [[spoiler:kill Virginia and her children by himself. Virginia quickly beat him to death.]]
** Leon Kinzky tried to [[spoiler:blackmail her after secretly filming her burying Grim Reaper's body, then threatened to destroy her loved ones.]] She struck him so hard that he was left in a coma.
* UnstablePoweredWoman: Virginia Vision is a based on the Vision (which means there's some Ultron tech within her) with a facsimile of the above-mentioned powerful-but-mentally-fragile Scarlet Witch. When her children are threatened, she becomes increasingly homicidal and ruthlessly murders anyone who might pose a threat to her family. This sets off a string of events that culminates in her murdering brother-in-law Victor Mancha, then murdering the family dog, and finally committing suicide.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Viv Vision]]
!!Viv
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4b7e9e67_cb9b_40ea_a960_2e8f479e5a71.jpeg]]
Vision and Virginia's daughter.
For tropes pertaining to her after the events of this series, see Characters/ChampionsMarvelComics
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Even though neighborhood kids found their super-strength and laser-blasting abilities amusing, Viv and Vin are outsiders at school.
* BadassBookworm: She and her brother soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bullied her and Vin, but quickly turned around to try to befriend her, with implications that he might even have a crush on her. It ends up meaning a lot to Viv that he thought she was "cool" and she is ''furious'' when she discovers that [[spoiler:Virginia had a hand in his (accidental) death.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Viv is a pleasant teenage girl most of the time (occasional moments of snottiness notwithstanding). When she is angered, however, expect shattered tables and staircases.
* BreakTheCutie: Not to the extent of her mother, but the increasingly traumatic events appear to be wearing her down.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is [[spoiler:reviving her]].
* ForegoneConclusion: She was announced to appear in ''Champions'' after this series' end, so nothing permanent is going to happen to her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. By the end of the series, she is at peace with the fact that she is not "normal" and does not need to fit in.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Grim Reaper impales her with his scythe, [[spoiler:earning him a savage beating from Virginia.]]
* JerkassBall: In issue #9, she's rude to Virginia when [[spoiler:Virginia and Vision cannot locate Vin and Victor.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: When Viv learns that [[spoiler:her mother was present when Leon Kinzky accidentally shot his son C.K.]], she explodes with rage and destroys the kitchen table.
* SeriousBusiness: Viv and Vin once got into a brawl over whether Shakespeare's Shylock was truly a villain. Viv accidentally punched through the staircase.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Viv turns to theism as a way to cope with [[spoiler:Vin's death; first praying that there is a God, then that her brother has a soul, then that God will allow Vin's soul to rest]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vin Vision]]
!!Vin
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f3ac4c8c_ae98_4657_b141_904976206c5b.jpeg]]
Vision and Virginia's son.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Vin and Viv are outsiders at school.
* BadassBookworm: Vin and Viv soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Vin is generally a nice teenage boy who likes Shakespeare. When provoked, however, he's dangerous. Vin necklifted C.K. when the boy gave him a hard time, and fought back against [[spoiler:Victor by firing his forehead laser.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Victor]] attacks Vin and accidentally kills him. [[spoiler:The damage to Vin's system is so extensive that he cannot be revived.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Even if Chris Kinzky ''was'' being a jerk, Vin overreacted when he grabbed the boy by his throat and choked him into unconsciousness.
* FriendlyFire: Vin fires his forehead laser at [[spoiler:Victor]] in an attempt to defend himself. He misses and accidentally fires the laser at George and Martha's house, igniting a house fire.
* EyeLightsOut: Vin's eyes go dark after [[spoiler:Victor kills him]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Vin walks in as Victor is [[spoiler: secretly communicating with the Avengers. Victor attacks him.]]
* KilledOffForReal: He's killed in the 2015 series and, as of 2022, has never been revived.
* NeckLift: Vin performs one on Chris Kinzky, earning him a suspension from school.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Chris Kinzky pushes him an inch too far, he lifts the bully off his feet by his throat and nearly chokes him to death.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sparky]]
!!Sparky
A synthezoid dog created from the brain of Zeke (George and Nora's dog) after he is electrocuted by the late Grim Reaper's equipment.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a bright green synthetic dog.
* BrainUploading: Vision removes the brain from Zeke's corpse and scans its brainwaves into a synthezoid dog.
* CoolPet: He's a friendly synthezoid dog with green fur.
* CuteMachines: Vin and Viv are smitten when they see him.
* RobotDog: Sparky is a synthezoid, a robot whose structure was designed to be as close as possible to a real dog's anatomy.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Virginia brutally kills him so that she can carry out the same magical formula as Agatha Harkness for seeing the future.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Zeke wanders into the synthezoids' backyard, [[spoiler:smells Grim Reaper's remains, and digs up his body.]] When Vision discovers [[spoiler:the dead body and electrocuted dog, it sets into motion his morally questionable decision to lie about Virginia's actions.]]
** Sparky leads Vin into Victor's room while the latter is in a meeting with the Avengers. Afraid that the boy may reveal his secrets to the rest of the family, Victor [[spoiler:tries to restrain Vin with his powers, but ends up accidentally killing him]].
* WeCanRebuildHim:
** Zeke digs up Grim Reaper's remains, bites a piece of Grim Reaper's equipment, and is electrocuted. Vision recovers his brain and uses it to create a synthezoid dog.
** In issue #12, [[spoiler:Scarlet Witch and Tony Stark repair Sparky after Virginia seemingly kills him. Scarlet Witch reunites Sparky with an overjoyed Viv.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Victor Mancha]]
-> See ComicBook/{{Runaways}}
[[/folder]]
!!Antagonists
[[folder:Grim Reaper]]
-> See Characters/AvengersEnemies
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Leon Kinzky]]
!!Leon Kinzky
A man whose son attends the same school as Vin and Viv.
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* {{Blackmail}}: He secretly films [[spoiler:Virginia burying Grim Reaper]], then tries to blackmail her with the footage. He demands that the synthezoids leave town or else.
* BlackmailBackfire: His attempt to blackmail Virginia ended with him [[spoiler:accidentally shooting his own son. When he threatened to kill Virginia afterwards, Virginia struck him,]] leaving him in a coma.
* FantasticRacism: He refers to Viv and Vin as Virginia's "things". ''To her face.''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He shoots his gun toward Virginia. Virginia phases out, causing the bullet to pass through her and [[spoiler:strike his son instead.]]
* PapaWolf: His decision to [[spoiler:blackmail Virginia and demand that the synthezoids leave town]] was rooted in genuine fear for his son's safety after Vin nearly choked the boy to death.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: After Vin performs a {{neck lift}} on his son, Kinzky genuinely fears that the synthezoids will become dangers to his son and his community.
[[/folder]]
!!Other Characters
[[folder:George and Nora]]
!!George and Nora
The synthezoids' neighbors.
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* ChekhovsGun: In the first issue, Nora gives the synthezoids a baking tray of cookies. It's the same tray that [[spoiler:Virginia uses to beat Grim Reaper to death.]] When Virginia returns the battered tray, George seems alarmed.
* ForegoneConclusion: Readers know from the first issue that George and Nora will someday die in a house fire set by one of the synthezoids. [[spoiler:A stray laser from Vin's forehead accidentally strikes their house and ignites a fire in issue 9.]]
* GossipyHens: Nora reads online gossip about the Vision.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Chris "C.K." Kinzky]]
!!Chris "C.K." Kinzky
Leon Kinzky's son, who attends school with Viv and Vin.
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* AccidentalMurder: His father tries to [[spoiler:kill Virginia with a gun]], but she phases out before the bullet can hit her. The bullet passes through her and [[spoiler:kills Chris instead.]]
* TheBully: He shouts and swears at Vin, who proceeds to {{neck lift}} him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's obnoxious to Vin, but he's later shown having a pleasant conversation with Viv as they walk home from school. It's implied that for all his bluster, he likes Viv and is genuinely curious about the synthezoids.
[[/folder]]
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!!Title Character
[[folder:The Vision]]
!!The Vision
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/avengers_vol_4_241_textless.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Behold... the Vision!"]]
%%!!! '''Alter Ego:'''
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Victor Shade
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #57 (October, 1968)
!!! '''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/TheAvengers, ComicBook/AvengersAI, '''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'''
[[AC: If you're looking for the Young Avengers version of Vision, go [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers here]].]]
The Vision is a Creator/MarvelComics superhero created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. A synthetic humanoid built from the remains of [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics the android Human Torch]], the Vision made his debut in ''The Avengers #57'' (October, 1968) as a creation of the super-villain ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. The Vision is convinced to rebel against his creator after encountering Comicbook/TheAvengers, who invite him to join the team. Named by ComicBook/TheWasp, who described him as an "unearthly, inhuman vision", the Vision becomes one of Avengers' longest-serving members until his death during ''Avengers Disassembled''. This went to the point in the 1970s when ''The Avengers'' standard cover masthead picture in the left hand corner was ''just him''. He came BackFromTheDead a few years later and once again features in Avengers books.
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* AffectionateNickname: In flashbacks during the [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 2015 comic]], Scarlet Witch affectionately calls Vision a "toaster", in reference to a joke he made. During an argument, she also calls him this as an insult.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: ComicBook/RedTornado is often said to be the Creator/DCComics equivalent of the Vision, and vice versa.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: His skin is entirely bright red.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Originally, Ultron didn't even bother giving him a name, on the grounds Vision was just a tool to him, "and what right does a tool have for a name or number?" Vision took his name from an alarmed outburst of Janet Van Dyne's (appropriately the closest thing he has to a 'grandmother').
* BadassBoast: Vision delivers one to Principal Waxman after he disrespects Vision's family members.
-->'''Vision:''' I am the Vision of the Avengers. I have saved this planet ''thirty-seven'' times. Each day you live, each breath you take, each beat of your heart, ''each'' is due to my actions. Thirty-seven times over.
* BattleCouple: Vision and ComicBook/ScarletWitch
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a stoic family man who also [[spoiler:effortlessly defeated multiple Avengers and nearly killed Victor.]]
* BlackEyesOfEvil: As initially drawn, his eyes were totally black, and he was created as a servant of Ultron.
* BlindedByTheLight: The Vision can emit a flash of solar energy from his forehead jewel bright enough to temporarily blind [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]].
* BrainUploading: The Vision originally possessed the brain patterns of Simon Williams, the then-deceased hero known as ComicBook/WonderMan. Later, after the U.S. government dismantles him, the rebuilt Vision would use the brain patterns of the dead scientist Alex Lipton until Simon's patterns reemerge.
* CannotDream: As a synthezoid, he shuts down during the night so that his system can process the previous day's input, but he does not dream.
* TheChewToy: Because he can always be rebuilt or have his memories restored, he gets killed a lot. In ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' he's the only hero who [[HeroicSacrifice appears to be dead]] at the end, and his friends barely show any concern, with Thor telling Superman that the Avengers scientists have fixed him before and can do it again.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: An earlier example, the Vision's features were modeled on Creator/LeonardNimoy.
%%* TheComputerIsYourFriend
* ContinuitySnarl: Was the Vision's body rebuilt from the 1940's Human Torch? Originally, the answer was a simple yes, but when John Byrne wanted to bring the Torch back without sacrificing the Vision, he retconned the character's origin. Busiek and Stern's ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' spends an inordinate amount of time untangling this question. (The answer: [[spoiler:Immortus used AppliedPhlebotinum to allow the Human Torch's body to exist twice in the same timeline, one of which was used to build the Vision and the other of which remained the Torch.]])
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: At the end of ''Ultron Forever'', Black Widow accuses him of complicating things by not telling everyone his suspicions. Vision points out if he had, they probably would've thought he'd flipped his lid, something Nat concedes. [[spoiler:Asking people to trust a Doombot would have that effect.]]
* CreatingLifeIsAwesome: Zig-zagged. Vision clearly cares about his new family, as suggested by his frantic efforts to repair Viv and his willingness to protect Virginia [[spoiler:when the truth of her killing comes to light.]] However, Vision secretly felt fear when Virginia opened her eyes for the first time. He has to remind himself that Virginia is his wife and he ''has'' to love her.
* CrisisOfFaith: Vision finds no solace in philosophical or religious traditions after [[spoiler:Vin's death.]] However, he does pray with Viv to comfort his daughter and himself.
-->'''Vision:''' I have spent this time thinking about my brother, Victor Mancha.(...) And I have rigorously applied those scenarios to a variety of philosophical and religious traditions. Despite my efforts, unfortunately, I cannot see how, in any scenario, in any philosophical or religious tradition, this current outcome is just. I must therefore conclude that it is not just. And what is not just must be addressed.
* DarkSecret: He agrees to keep the events surrounding [[spoiler:Virginia's killing and failed blackmail]] a secret to protect his family.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Many iterations of the Vision depict him as broad-shouldered and muscular. In the [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 2015 comic]], he's lanky.
* DependingOnTheWriter: His level of stoicism is one of those things that bounces around from writer to writer. Does he have a sense of humor or doesn't he? Can he quip or is he entirely LiteralMinded? Is he capable of casual conversation, or is it all SpockSpeak?
* {{Determinator}}: As [[spoiler:Agatha Harkness]] observes, Vision will stop at ''nothing'' to protect his family.
* DoAndroidsDream: Explored from many sides over the years. To cut a long story short; yes, yes they do.
* EmptyShell: Averted. Ultron-5 designed the Vision to be a "nameless, soulless imitation", but the synthezoid's time with the Avengers gave him a name and a purpose. Vision did spend a brief period in TheNineties as an Empty Shell after being taken apart and rebuilt.
* EyeBeams: The Vision can fire solar energy beams from his "thermo-scopic eyes".
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In ''All-New, All-Different Avengers'', he's somehow turned rogue, most likely at the hands of Kang the Conqueror. He's able to get [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]] and ComicBook/{{Nova}} kicked off the team before attacking the Sam Wilson Captain America and Jane Foster Thor, leaving only Iron Man and [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Miles Morales]] left to face him and Kang.]]
* FantasticRacism:
** The Vision runs into a group of angry citizens in ''Avengers #59'' who claim that he was too "awful" to walk the streets with "decent folk". One woman shields her child with her body while an older man says that "crummy androids" should be strung up by their jumper cables.
** Often on the receiving end from Quicksilver. That Vision and Pietro's sister Wanda are a couple has something to do with this.
** In ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', the Vision and his family endure suspicion, hostility, and hate crimes as synthezoids living among humans. In one scene, vandals spray-paints "Socket Lovers" on their garage door. In another scene, [[spoiler:Grim Reaper tries to kill Virginia, Viv, and Vin out of hatred.]]
* FatalFlaw:
** Vision's hunger for normalcy (or the appearance thereof) leads him to make ethically questionable decisions.
** The comic implies that Vision created a synthezoid family because he longs to relive his old life with Scarlet Witch. His greatest flaw is that he cannot let go of the memory of his first love.
* FieryCoverup: Virginia [[spoiler:buried Grim Reaper's remains in the backyard]]. When George stops by the synthezoids' house, he sees a furrow carved into the backyard, and readers will notice that the dead body is missing. It's strongly implied that Vision [[spoiler:burned Grim Reaper's body with a blast from his forehead crystal.]]
* FlyingFirepower: He can levitate and fly, as well as fire lasers from the jewels in his forehead.
* {{Flight}}: Vision can fly by lowering his density to minimal levels.
* FreakyFridayFlip: During the 90s, he got body-swapped with a psychopathic version of himself from another reality. Things got a little complicated when that Vision got himself killed.
* FutureMeScaresMe: During ''Ultron Forever'', he runs into a version of himself in a BadFuture, a mutilated and willing servant of Ultron who tries to turn him into a Manchurian agent. Vision kills his future self while vowing to never become him, before admitting to Jim Rhodes how unsettling the experience is.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Vision experiences this at the hands of ComicBook/SheHulk during ''Avengers Disassembled''.
* HeadBlast: The Vision can also fire solar beams from the gem on his forehead.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:The series ends with Vision raising Viv alone, after Vin's death and Virginia's suicide.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: He was originally supposed to be a tool to be used by Ultron but ended up rebelling against his creator.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: In ''JLA/Avengers'' and ''Chaos War''.
%%* HollywoodDensity
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He creates Virginia, Viv, and Vin so that he can have a family, but as they all discover, normalcy is beyond their reach.
-->'''Agatha:''' Vision thought he could make a family. A happy, normal family. It was merely a matter of calculation. The right formula, shortcut, algorithm. What a shock then to (...) discover that it was all beyond him.
* IgnoredEpiphany: In spite of all the evidence that he and his kind will never truly integrate into "normal" human society, [[spoiler:Vision tells Scarlet Witch that he still wants to be normal in issue #11.]]
* InsistentTerminology: The Vision calls himself a "synthezoid" (a synthetic human being), and even protests and corrects people when he's called a robot or an android. The term, however, is exclusive to Marvel Comics, and has no scientific nor technological usage, being a term Hank Pym just made up one day just before making Ultron.
* IntangibleMan: Possessing complete density control, the Vision can shunt enough of his mass into another dimension to become completely intangible.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Due to a bad case of MySkullRunnethOver, just before his 2015 miniseries began, Vision erased any and all emotions related to Wanda from his mind.
* LegacyCharacter / TheNthDoctor:
** For a while, it was deliberately unclear as to whether or not the teen Vision from ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' was a successor to the original, or simply the original Vision in a new, younger body. It turned out to be a case of the former.
** Subverted with his backstory of being built from the remains of the [[ComicBook/MarvelMysteryComics Golden Age Human Torch]]--the two have nothing in common aside from being android superheroes.
* MadeOfIron: The Vision's durability depends on his density. At his maximum density, the Vision weighs 90 tons and becomes as hard as diamond.
* MagicPants: Justified in that he wear "clothes that phase" to preserve his modesty when he phases out.
* ManlyTears: After being inducted into the Avengers, he heads out of the room for a moment. For you see, even an android can cry. And Vision didn't want the Avengers to see (it was the 60s, after all).
* MindControlDevice: Ultron-5 installed a control crystal in Vision's head that has been exploited over the years.
* MinovskyPhysics: His density control is later established to be the result of Pym particle treatments on his body by Ultron.
* MisplacedRetribution: The Grim Reaper has often attacked Vision for having the brain-patterns of his brother, blaming Vis for grudges against Simon, or Simon being dead. The Grim Reaper is not terribly sane even on a good day.
* MonochromaticEyes: His eyes are white with no irises or pupils.
* MundaneUtility: Issue #8 shows him melting snow with his forehead laser.
* TheNeedless: He doesn't require food or water. While he does shut down at night so that his system can process the day's events, they don't technically need sleep.
* NotSoAboveItAll: As their love scene shows, Vision's stoicism is no match for Virginia's feminine charms.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ultron-5 was destroyed by its own rage after taunting the Vision for having emotions.
--> '''Vision''': You ridiculed me for having emotions yet you possess them no less than I! Or else you would not have leaped at me in your rage to your own utter annihilation!
** Also notable in their origins, both Ultron and Vision turned out to not be what their creators expected within seconds of being turned on. But where Ultron immediately decided Hank Pym, and all humans everywhere, needed to die the minute it turned on, Vision was driven by curiosity and intrigue.
* OldFlame: He was previously married to Scarlet Witch. The comic implies that he created his synthezoid family because he's trying to recreate his old life with her.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** He's terrified when he nearly [[spoiler:loses Viv.]]
** The last page of issue #9 shows [[spoiler:Vision holding Vin's dead body, begging his son to wake up after Victor kills him.]]
* PapaWolf: When Tony Stark is about to [[spoiler:shut off the power Vision is using to revive Viv, fearful that it will kill Vision,]] Vision threatens him into refraining.
-->'''Vision''': Tony Stark, you are my colleague. You are a fellow Avenger. You are my oldest friend. But if you touch that button, I will kill you.
* TheParalyzer: Called "physical disruption", the Vision can stun opponents by solidifying part of his intangible form inside their bodies to produce a sudden shock to the nervous system and excruciating pain.
* PhlebotinumBattery: The Vision is solar-powered and functions something like a solar battery, capable of sharing his power reserves during emergencies.
* PowerCrystal: The Vision has a solar jewel on his [[ThirdEye forehead]] that absorbs ambient solar energy, even at night. Solar energy can be fired from this jewel at greater intensity than his eye beams, but it taxes his power supply at a higher rate.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Has it installed in his forehead, as a gem that absorbs latent solar radiation and grants him his powers. Naturally, LightIsGood.
* ProjectedMan: The Vision temporarily assumed a holographic form after his physical body was paralyzed during a battle with Annihilus. And again at the start of ''Avengers'' vol 3, when he's smashed by Morgan [=leFay=].
* PunchAWall: When Virginia confesses what really happened with Grim Reaper and Leon Kinzky, Vision smashes up the living room and backyard offscreen. Readers see the aftermath when George visits.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "She...is...my...DAUGHTER! And I will...SAVE HER!"
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: From ''Avengers #57'':
--> '''Hank Pym''': According to my examination, he's every inch a human being... except that all his bodily organs are constructed of synthetic materials!
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Vision fights his way through the Avengers and arrives at Victor's jail cell with the intent to kill Victor. Virginia suddenly appears and kills Victor instead to avert the BadFuture she and Agatha foresaw.]]
* {{Robosexual}}: He is capable of physical intimacy, having been in relationships with the Scarlet Witch, ComicBook/MsMarvel, and Mantis.. The comic depicts a love scene between Vision and Virginia and references his past romantic relationship with Scarlet Witch.
* SanitySlippage: When he discovers that Virginia [[spoiler:killed Grim Reaper and buried his remains in the backyard,]] he goes on an offscreen rampage, smashing up the house. Later, the narrator states that [[spoiler:Vin's death precipitated Vision's full descent into madness.]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: His speech is stilted compared to baseline humans, and his vocabulary is much larger.
%%* TheSmartGuy
* SpeedBlitz: The Vision once stunned half a dozen escaped prisoners by flying through their bodies faster than they could react, ending the blitz with a full-density punch to the villain Klaw.
* TheStoic: Most of the time, he's calm and collected.
* SuicideAttack: During ''Chaos War'', the Vision defeats super-villain Grim Reaper in this manner.
* SuperReflexes: Vision's reflexes are more than twice as fast as the average human.
* SuperSenses: Of the technological variety, naturally.
* SuperStrength: The Vision's strength increases with his density, maxing out at 75 tons.
* SurvivorsGuilt: After [[spoiler:Vin's death,]] Vision regrets not giving him more attention. He [[ItMakesSenseInContext removes his eye]] and replays a moment in which [[spoiler:Vin]] was sharing Shakespeare with him, but he was too busy to pay attention.
* TangledFamilyTree: As the 'son' of Ultron and (ex)husband of Wanda Maximoff, he's part of the hideous snarl that is the Pym-Maximoff family tree.
%%* {{Technopath}}
%%* TenMinuteRetirement
* UncannyValley: Human onlookers InUniverse find him unsettling and inhuman.
* UnderwearOfPower: Vision wears a pair of yellow trunks as part of his iconic design. However, like [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy many]] [[Film/XMenFilmSeries other]] [[Film/ManofSteel superheroes]], his [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron live-action design]] abandoned the undies.
* TheUnsmile: Vision has this problem from time to time.
** During Creator/KurtBusiek's run on ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', The Avengers become a UN organization, and have to get new photo [=IDs=] to go with the change of status. [[TheStoic Vision's]] attempt to smile for his photo at She-Hulk's urging is ''[[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/09/e2/bf/09e2bf6b903699db1dd181433d5c4263.jpg priceless]]''. He seems to do just fine on the rare occasion that he actually ''wants'' to smile, but apparently, photo day is his downfall.
-->"I do not like this...'smile'."
** At one point during Geoff Johns' run of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', he's asked to smile for a photo. He does so technically, but it's... well, damned creepy looking. So Vis alters the photo to get rid of it.
** In ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'', the Vision's [[https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5ab2b0139145c42a9857dbb5/master/pass/%20Cantwell-Wisdom-of-The-Vision.jpg fake smile]] when he greets George and Martha for the first time cannot be unseen.
* VoiceChangeling: The Vision can replicate nearly any voice he's heard.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally intended be stark white but printing limitations would have rendered his pages translucent.
** Roy Thomas originally wanted to add a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] alien character named The Vision to the Avengers lineup. His editor, Creator/StanLee, vetoed that idea and ordered Thomas to create an android character instead, so Thomas created an android with the same name.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Often treated as less than human by unpleasant characters. His "death" in ''Disassembled'' has a nasty version of it. After being smashed and torn to pieces, rather than being sent to anyone who might have any knowledge of how to fix him, Vision's body is unceremoniously packed up in crates and sent off to a warehouse to rot for years.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: His work with the Avengers and with the President frequently keep him away from home, to Virginia's disappointment.
-->'''Virginia:''' I do not relish asking this of you. You are an Avenger. You are needed there. Obviously. I am just trying to say, you are needed ''here'' as well.
* WhyIsntItAttacking: In ''The Avengers #57'', ComicBook/BlackPanther noticed that the Vision was programmed to kill the Avengers, but the synthezoid wasn't actually making any moves against the team.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:In the BadFuture seen by Agatha and Virginia, had he succeeded in killing Victor, he would've gone mad with grief and killed every living thing in the planet, starting with the Avengers.]]
* TheWorfEffect: Much like ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} of the ComicBook/TeenTitans and ComicBook/RedTornado of the ComicBook/JusticeLeague, the Vision is often the first Avenger to be taken down in order to demonstrate how powerful the villain of the week is. The fact that he can be rebuilt after being destroyed certainly helps. Completely averted in ''Vision'': when Tony realizes Vision is coming to kill Victor, he hits the panic button and orders Kid Nova to bring in "Everybody!" This amounts to, in alphabetical order: Beast, Black Panther, Blue Marvel, Captain Marvel, Crystal, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Iron Man, Kid Nova, Medusa, Miles Morales, Ms. Marvel, Spectrum, Spider-Man, and Thor (Jane Foster). Vision takes them ''all out'' with hardly any effort. This is a strong reminder he was originally built to take out the Avengers.
* WorkingWithTheEx: After his marriage with the Scarlet Witch goes south, the two Avengers worked together off and on. Then ''Disassembled'' happened. Vision was slightly less willing to work with Wanda after he got better, though they did eventually manage to mend most of their fences.
* XanatosGambit: Ultron-5's plan regarding the Vision had two intended outcomes: the Vision kills the Avengers or the Vision leads the Avengers into a death trap. The Vision [[TakeAThirdOption takes a third option]], but Ultron ''still'' wins thanks to the control crystal in the synthezoid's head.
[[/folder]]
!!Supporting Characters
[[folder:Scarlet Witch]]
-> See Comicbook/ScarletWitch
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Agatha Harkness]]
-> See Characters/ScarletWitch
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Virginia Vision]]
!!Virginia
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/769e2957_e831_4b27_9df1_ba89c1bc383f.jpeg]]
Vision's wife, a synthezoid whom he created for companionship.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Virginia is a polite neighbor and a loving wife and mother. She's also capable of ''savage'' violence in moments of stress or desperation, as [[spoiler:Grim Reaper, Leon Kinsky, Victor, and Sparky]] all discovered.
* BigNO: She angrily shouts "NO! NO! NO!" as she [[spoiler:kills Grim Reaper.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: Leon Kinzky secretly films her [[spoiler:burying the Grim Reaper's body]] and tries to blackmail her.
* BreakTheCutie: Her life becomes a {{trauma conga line}} that taxes her sanity.
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Viv is enraged when she learns that Virginia was present when Leon shot C.K.]]
* BlatantLies: She insists that "Everything is normal!" when law enforcement questions the Vision.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
-->'''Virginia:''' Vin, does your suspension from school somehow equate to you being permanently suspended upon this couch? You might answer the door.
** And then again, during an otherwise frightening scene in issue #9.
-->'''Virginia:''' And where is the damn dog?
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After drinking poisonous water, she dies as Vision holds her.]]
* DramaticStutter:
** She stutters when a law enforcement officer questions Vision. The stutter is an expression of her own anxiety over [[spoiler:her killing of Grim Reaper possibly being discovered.]]
-->'''Virginia:''' I do not know how to fix fix fix fix...
** In issue #8, she stutters repeatedly while talking to Victor. In issue #11, she stutters constantly while explaining [[spoiler:Vision's decision to kill Victor and the ugly aftermath that will likely follow]] to Viv.
* GhostMemory: Because her brain patterns were based off those of Scarlet Witch, [[spoiler:Virginia has access to many of Scarlet Witch's memories, including a formula for seeing the future.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed but when Vision is showing a gift from Scarlet Witch to their neighbors, Virginia goes quiet with her arms folded and a frown on her face.
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:After giving Detective Lin a false story in order to protect Vision, she drinks poisonous water that corrodes her synthetic organs. She dies in Vision's arms.]]
* {{Housewife}}: She tends the house and cares for Vin and Viv while Vision is away.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Although the last issue of the 2015 series suggests that Vision is building a new body to resurrect her, she hasn't been revived]].
* MamaBear: After Grim Reaper breaks into her house and attacks her children, she [[spoiler:savagely beats him to death.]] A trait less surprising when it's revealed she got her brain patterns from the Scarlet Witch, a woman so protective of her children she rewove reality.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution:
** [[spoiler:In issue #11, she kills Sparky as part of a magical formula for seeing visions of the future, even though she ''already'' knew that the future held horrors for her and her loved ones.]]
** [[spoiler:She kills Victor before Vision can do so, instead of trying to talk him out of the killing or restrain him.]]
* PunchAWall: She smashes the kitchen table out of anxiety when a law enforcement officer questions her husband.
* OnlySaneMan: Subverted. Out of all the Visions, she likely understands humans the best [[spoiler: because she actually remembers the memories of Scarlet Witch]] and her concerns that sending the children to school may cause problems turns out to be justified. On the other hand, she puts on a StepfordSmiler exterior around company and her sanity takes a ''nosedive'' as the story progresses.
%%* ReplacementGoldfish: Unlike most examples, Virginia was explicitly created ''by'' the other party with this goal in mind.
* {{Robosexual}}: Despite being a synthezoid/android, she is capable of physical intimacy with Vision.
* SanitySlippage: The trauma of [[spoiler:killing Grim Reaper, witnessing CK's death, and putting Leon Kinsky in a coma]] is taxing her sanity. In issue #6, she behaves casually as she leads George through her smashed home. In issue #8, she stutters constantly, sings "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to herself, and tells Victor that she ''is'' the music she plays. Victor observes that she is "hurt" in some way. [[spoiler:After Vin's death at Victor's hands, her mental state is even more fragile.]]
* StepfordSmiler: She cultivates a smiling housewife exterior, but cries when she explores her pre-loaded memory bank in private. [[spoiler:We later learn that she weeps when she accesses Scarlet Witch's memories of her romance with Vision.]]
* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:Virginia knows that Vision will kill Victor, and that she will probably be persecuted and killed anyway after he does so. Virginia kills Victor instead so that justice can be served while keeping Vision's reputation intact.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
** A vandal thought that he could get away with spray-painting "Go Home Socket Lovers" on her garage. Virginia knocks the vandal out cold, and the [[OhCrap expression on his friend's face is priceless]].
** Grim Reaper thought he could [[spoiler:kill Virginia and her children by himself. Virginia quickly beat him to death.]]
** Leon Kinzky tried to [[spoiler:blackmail her after secretly filming her burying Grim Reaper's body, then threatened to destroy her loved ones.]] She struck him so hard that he was left in a coma.
* UnstablePoweredWoman: Virginia Vision is a based on the Vision (which means there's some Ultron tech within her) with a facsimile of the above-mentioned powerful-but-mentally-fragile Scarlet Witch. When her children are threatened, she becomes increasingly homicidal and ruthlessly murders anyone who might pose a threat to her family. This sets off a string of events that culminates in her murdering brother-in-law Victor Mancha, then murdering the family dog, and finally committing suicide.
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[[folder:Viv Vision]]
!!Viv
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Vision and Virginia's daughter.
For tropes pertaining to her after the events of this series, see Characters/ChampionsMarvelComics
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Even though neighborhood kids found their super-strength and laser-blasting abilities amusing, Viv and Vin are outsiders at school.
* BadassBookworm: She and her brother soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: C.K. bullied her and Vin, but quickly turned around to try to befriend her, with implications that he might even have a crush on her. It ends up meaning a lot to Viv that he thought she was "cool" and she is ''furious'' when she discovers that [[spoiler:Virginia had a hand in his (accidental) death.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Viv is a pleasant teenage girl most of the time (occasional moments of snottiness notwithstanding). When she is angered, however, expect shattered tables and staircases.
* BreakTheCutie: Not to the extent of her mother, but the increasingly traumatic events appear to be wearing her down.
* EyeLightsOut: Her eyes briefly go black as Vision is [[spoiler:reviving her]].
* ForegoneConclusion: She was announced to appear in ''Champions'' after this series' end, so nothing permanent is going to happen to her.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. By the end of the series, she is at peace with the fact that she is not "normal" and does not need to fit in.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Grim Reaper impales her with his scythe, [[spoiler:earning him a savage beating from Virginia.]]
* JerkassBall: In issue #9, she's rude to Virginia when [[spoiler:Virginia and Vision cannot locate Vin and Victor.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: When Viv learns that [[spoiler:her mother was present when Leon Kinzky accidentally shot his son C.K.]], she explodes with rage and destroys the kitchen table.
* SeriousBusiness: Viv and Vin once got into a brawl over whether Shakespeare's Shylock was truly a villain. Viv accidentally punched through the staircase.
* TokenReligiousTeammate: Viv turns to theism as a way to cope with [[spoiler:Vin's death; first praying that there is a God, then that her brother has a soul, then that God will allow Vin's soul to rest]].
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[[folder:Vin Vision]]
!!Vin
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Vision and Virginia's son.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Vin and Viv are outsiders at school.
* BadassBookworm: Vin and Viv soak up as much information as they can through electronic means.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Vin is generally a nice teenage boy who likes Shakespeare. When provoked, however, he's dangerous. Vin necklifted C.K. when the boy gave him a hard time, and fought back against [[spoiler:Victor by firing his forehead laser.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Victor]] attacks Vin and accidentally kills him. [[spoiler:The damage to Vin's system is so extensive that he cannot be revived.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: Even if Chris Kinzky ''was'' being a jerk, Vin overreacted when he grabbed the boy by his throat and choked him into unconsciousness.
* FriendlyFire: Vin fires his forehead laser at [[spoiler:Victor]] in an attempt to defend himself. He misses and accidentally fires the laser at George and Martha's house, igniting a house fire.
* EyeLightsOut: Vin's eyes go dark after [[spoiler:Victor kills him]].
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Vin walks in as Victor is [[spoiler: secretly communicating with the Avengers. Victor attacks him.]]
* KilledOffForReal: He's killed in the 2015 series and, as of 2022, has never been revived.
* NeckLift: Vin performs one on Chris Kinzky, earning him a suspension from school.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Chris Kinzky pushes him an inch too far, he lifts the bully off his feet by his throat and nearly chokes him to death.
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[[folder:Sparky]]
!!Sparky
A synthezoid dog created from the brain of Zeke (George and Nora's dog) after he is electrocuted by the late Grim Reaper's equipment.
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* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: He's a bright green synthetic dog.
* BrainUploading: Vision removes the brain from Zeke's corpse and scans its brainwaves into a synthezoid dog.
* CoolPet: He's a friendly synthezoid dog with green fur.
* CuteMachines: Vin and Viv are smitten when they see him.
* RobotDog: Sparky is a synthezoid, a robot whose structure was designed to be as close as possible to a real dog's anatomy.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Virginia brutally kills him so that she can carry out the same magical formula as Agatha Harkness for seeing the future.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Zeke wanders into the synthezoids' backyard, [[spoiler:smells Grim Reaper's remains, and digs up his body.]] When Vision discovers [[spoiler:the dead body and electrocuted dog, it sets into motion his morally questionable decision to lie about Virginia's actions.]]
** Sparky leads Vin into Victor's room while the latter is in a meeting with the Avengers. Afraid that the boy may reveal his secrets to the rest of the family, Victor [[spoiler:tries to restrain Vin with his powers, but ends up accidentally killing him]].
* WeCanRebuildHim:
** Zeke digs up Grim Reaper's remains, bites a piece of Grim Reaper's equipment, and is electrocuted. Vision recovers his brain and uses it to create a synthezoid dog.
** In issue #12, [[spoiler:Scarlet Witch and Tony Stark repair Sparky after Virginia seemingly kills him. Scarlet Witch reunites Sparky with an overjoyed Viv.]]
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[[folder:Victor Mancha]]
-> See ComicBook/{{Runaways}}
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!!Antagonists
[[folder:Grim Reaper]]
-> See Characters/AvengersEnemies
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[[folder:Leon Kinzky]]
!!Leon Kinzky
A man whose son attends the same school as Vin and Viv.
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* {{Blackmail}}: He secretly films [[spoiler:Virginia burying Grim Reaper]], then tries to blackmail her with the footage. He demands that the synthezoids leave town or else.
* BlackmailBackfire: His attempt to blackmail Virginia ended with him [[spoiler:accidentally shooting his own son. When he threatened to kill Virginia afterwards, Virginia struck him,]] leaving him in a coma.
* FantasticRacism: He refers to Viv and Vin as Virginia's "things". ''To her face.''
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He shoots his gun toward Virginia. Virginia phases out, causing the bullet to pass through her and [[spoiler:strike his son instead.]]
* PapaWolf: His decision to [[spoiler:blackmail Virginia and demand that the synthezoids leave town]] was rooted in genuine fear for his son's safety after Vin nearly choked the boy to death.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: After Vin performs a {{neck lift}} on his son, Kinzky genuinely fears that the synthezoids will become dangers to his son and his community.
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!!Other Characters
[[folder:George and Nora]]
!!George and Nora
The synthezoids' neighbors.
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* ChekhovsGun: In the first issue, Nora gives the synthezoids a baking tray of cookies. It's the same tray that [[spoiler:Virginia uses to beat Grim Reaper to death.]] When Virginia returns the battered tray, George seems alarmed.
* ForegoneConclusion: Readers know from the first issue that George and Nora will someday die in a house fire set by one of the synthezoids. [[spoiler:A stray laser from Vin's forehead accidentally strikes their house and ignites a fire in issue 9.]]
* GossipyHens: Nora reads online gossip about the Vision.
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[[folder:Chris "C.K." Kinzky]]
!!Chris "C.K." Kinzky
Leon Kinzky's son, who attends school with Viv and Vin.
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* AccidentalMurder: His father tries to [[spoiler:kill Virginia with a gun]], but she phases out before the bullet can hit her. The bullet passes through her and [[spoiler:kills Chris instead.]]
* TheBully: He shouts and swears at Vin, who proceeds to {{neck lift}} him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's obnoxious to Vin, but he's later shown having a pleasant conversation with Viv as they walk home from school. It's implied that for all his bluster, he likes Viv and is genuinely curious about the synthezoids.
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