History TearJerker / AntManAndTheWasp

* Ghost’s whole situation is tragic. Her father, Elihas Starr, was a former partner of Hank Pym's at S.H.I.E.L.D. who was fired in disgrace over a disagreement with Hank Pym, and who struggled desperately to complete his own experiments with quantum energy to try and regain his good name. When his quantum tunnel exploded, he and Ghost's mother Catherine were killed, and Ghost was affected by the quantum energy waves, which caused her molecular structure to begin unraveling and re-raveling itself on the quantum level. This gave her the power to phase through objects or become invisible, but also forced her into a life of constant, debilitating pain. S.H.I.E.L.D. took her in and experimented on her, ostensibly planning to cure her, but in reality just exploiting her as a covert agent, forcing her to commit acts of espionage, sabotage and assassination (with Ava describing this as selling her soul for the prospect of being saved). Worse still, her condition is worsening; she only has weeks left to live before she simply fades away into nothingness, and she's desperate to try and fix herself before that happens.

** Thanos's snap essentially turns the entire film into a ShaggyDogStory, just like ''Film/ThorRagnarok''. [[Film/AvengersEndgame At least, for awhile.]]

* Ghost may be very difficult to watch for anyone who has either dealt with chronic pain personally or seen in a friend or family member. Hannah John-Kamen deserves a lot of credit for the performance. Notice the slight grimaces and mildly discomforted expressions she has on her face; you can tell that Ava has essentially been forced to adjust to living with a constant degree of varying pain and it's heartbreaking to watch.

* The intro that shows the last time Janet saw Hope as a child before she went subatomic is tragic because the audience knows what's going to happen. Hank then has to tell her that her mom isn't coming back. Both of them are devastated.

* Ghost may be very difficult to watch for anyone who has either dealt with chronic pain personally or seen in a friend or family member. Hannah John-Karmen deserves a lot of credit for the performance. Notice the slight grimaces and mildly discomforted expressions she has on her face; you can tell that Ava has essentially adjusted to living with a constant degree of varying pain and it's heartbreaking to watch.
* The simple look of desperate fear Ghost has when she's defeated, and is passing more heavily at the end. [[MoodWhiplash before Janet steps up to help her]].

* Hank and Hope being kept in jail, being told that it will be an hour before they can even ''talk'' to anyone, an hour which will use up the last of their window to save Janet and keep her from being lost for good, while their except options look grim but they are determined to try anyway for Janet's sake. [[MoodWhiplash Fortunately, Scott picks that time to show up and redeem himself in their eyes.]]

'''Janet:''' Tell Hope I love her.

* Ghost angrily slapping Bill aside when he's question gin their design to Harvest Janet's energy at the end. Whether you sympathize more with either one of them at that moment, it still hurts.

* Hank and Hope being kept in jail, being told that it will be an hour before they can even ''talk'' to anyone, an hour which will use up the last of their window to save Janet and keep her from being lost for good, while their except options look grim but they are determined to try anyway for Janet's sake. [[MoodWhiplash Fortunately, Scott picks that time to show up and redeem himself in their eyes.

** At the very least, all three go together as a family. Plus, it [[backFromTheDead doesn't stick]].

* Ghost’s whole situation is tragic. Her father, Elihas Starr, was a former partner of Hank Pym's at S.H.I.E.L.D. who was fired in disgrace over a disagreement with Hank Pym, and who struggled desperately to complete his own experiments with quantum energy to try and regain his good name. When his quantum tunnel exploded, he and Ghost's mother Catherine were killed, and Ghost was affected by the quantum energy waves, which caused her molecular structure to begin unraveling and re-raveling itself on the quantum level. This gave her the power to phase through objects or become invisible, but also forced her into a life of constant, debilitating pain. S.H.I.E.L.D. took her in and experimented on her, ostensibly planning to cure her, but in reality just exploiting her as a covert agent, forcing her to commit acts of espionage, sabotage and assassination. Worse still, her condition is worsening; she only has weeks left to live before she simply fades away into nothingness, and she's desperate to try and fix herself before that happens.

** At the very least, all three go together as a family.

** Thanos's snap essentially turns the entire film into a ShaggyDogStory, just like ''Film/ThorRagnarok''.

! Meta
* This was the last MCU film released before Stan Lee's death, and his last pre-mortem Marvel cameo. However, he did appear in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' and ''Film/Venom2018'', and several more were pre-taped, so this isn't the last we'll see of him.

* Ghost’s whole situation is tragic. Her father was a former partner of Hank Pym's at S.H.I.E.L.D. who was fired in disgrace over a disagreement with Hank Pym, and who struggled desperately to complete his own experiments with quantum energy to try and regain his good name. When his quantum tunnel exploded, he and Ghost's mother were killed, and Ghost was affected by the quantum energy waves, which caused her molecular structure to begin unraveling and re-raveling itself on the quantum level. This gave her the power to phase through objects or become invisible, but also forced her into a life of constant, debilitating pain. S.H.I.E.L.D. took her in and experimented on her, ostensibly planning to cure her, but in reality just exploiting her as a covert agent, forcing her to commit acts of espionage, sabotage and assassination. Worse still, her condition is worsening; she only has weeks left to live before she simply fades away into nothingness, and she's desperate to try and fix herself before that happens.