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| 7 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} & ComicBook/MsMarvel'' '''[[Characters/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 8 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Captain Marvel & Ms. Marvel]] ([[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]] | '''Kamala Khan''')\ |
| 9 | [[Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] ([[Characters/MsMarvelKamalaKhanSupportingCharacters Kamala Khan's Supporting Cast]]) | [[Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelEnemies Rogues Gallery]] ([[Characters/MsMarvelKamalaKhanRoguesGallery Kamala Khan's Rogues Gallery]])-]]]]] |
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| 11 | !!Kamala Khan |
| 12 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ms_marvel_7.jpg]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[{{CharacterCatchphrase}} EMBIGGEN!]]]] |
| 14 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as a member of the X-Men]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ca447a4a_adc2_410d_a18f_982e18ca26c9.jpeg]][[/labelnote]] |
| 15 | !!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Big M, Captain Marvel, Destined One, Giant Girl, Sword of Saffa, Shield to a Million Children |
| 16 | !!! '''Editorial Names:''' Magnificent Ms. Marvel |
| 17 | !!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Captain Marvel'' (Vol. 7) #14 (September, 2013)[[note]]Unnamed[[/note]]; ''All-New Marvel NOW! Point One'' #1.NOW (March, 2014)[[note]]As Ms. Marvel[[/note]] |
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| 19 | Kamala Khan is a [[JustForFun/OneOfUs nerdy]] teenage girl from a UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}i-American family of [[UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} Muslim]] faith living in [[{{UsefulNotes/NewJersey}} Jersey City]] -- [[AliensInCardiff not]] [[BigApplesauce New York City]], unlike most of the heroes who populate the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. |
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| 21 | After being [[SuperEmpowering exposed to Terrigen Mist]], Kamala discovers she has [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] DNA and her latent {{shapeshifting}} power become apparent. Inspired by her heroine [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], who had recently abandoned the Ms. Marvel title to become Captain Marvel, Kamala decides to use her newfound abilities to protect her home and those in need. |
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| 23 | Kamala is notable for being one of the most prominent (and heroic) Muslim characters in popular culture; she was co-created by G. Willow Wilson (a Muslim convert herself) and Marvel editor Sana Amanat -- a Pakistani-American Muslim woman not unlike Kamala -- who currently serves as their Director of Content & Character Development. |
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| 25 | Kamala's presence outside of comics has been steadily growing since her introduction. She appears in a variety of Marvel's mobile games, and serves as the de facto protagonist of ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers''. She also guest stars in the third season of Creator/DisneyXD's ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' and joins the team in season 4, and also stars in ''WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingSecretWarriors''. In the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, she's played by Creator/ImanVellani in her very first acting role, starting from her own Creator/DisneyPlus [[Series/MsMarvel2022 live-action series]]. Vellani is also set to appear in ''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}'', opposite Creator/BrieLarson as Captain Marvel. |
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| 27 | ---- |
| 28 | !!Kamala Khan has appeared in the following works: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[AC:Notable Comics]] |
| 31 | * ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'' (various runs): |
| 32 | ** [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 vol. 3]] (2014 -- 2015) |
| 33 | ** [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2016 vol. 4]] (2016 -- 2019) |
| 34 | ** ''ComicBook/TheMagnificentMsMarvel'' (2019) |
| 35 | ** ''ComicBook/MsMarvelBeyondTheLimit'' (2021 -- 2022) |
| 36 | * ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'' (2015 -- 2016) |
| 37 | * ''ComicBook/{{Champions|MarvelComics}}'' (various runs): |
| 38 | ** [[ComicBook/Champions2016 vol. 2]] (2016 -- 2018) |
| 39 | ** [[ComicBook/Champions2019 vol. 3]] (2019) |
| 40 | ** [[ComicBook/Champions2020 vol. 4]] (2020 -- 2021) |
| 41 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' vol. 2 (2017 -- 2018) |
| 42 | * ''ComicBook/AvengersBackToBasics'' (2018) |
| 43 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelRising'' (2018 -- 2019) |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' vol. 3 (2018 -- 2019) |
| 45 | * ''Marvel Team-Up'' vol. 4 (2019) |
| 46 | * ''[[Webcomic/LoveUnlimited2022 Love Unlimited: Ms. Marvel & Red Dagger]]'' (2022) |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan2022'' (2022) |
| 48 | ** ''ComicBook/DarkWeb'' (2023) |
| 49 | * ''ComicBook/FallenFriendTheDeathOfMsMarvel'' (2023) |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/FallOfX'' |
| 51 | ** ''ComicBook/HellfireGala'' (2023) |
| 52 | ** ''ComicBook/XMen2021'' (2023 -- present) |
| 53 | ** ''ComicBook/MsMarvelTheNewMutant'' (2023) |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/{{Fall of the House of X|Crossover}}'' |
| 55 | ** ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHouseOfXLimitedSeries'' (2024) |
| 56 | ** ''ComicBook/RiseOfThePowersOfX'' (2024) |
| 57 | ** ''ComicBook/MsMarvelMutantMenace'' (2024) |
| 58 | %% See top of page note before adding unreleased works |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[AC:Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse]] |
| 61 | * Portrayed by Iman Vellani: |
| 62 | ** ''Series/{{Ms Marvel|2022}}'' (2022) |
| 63 | ** ''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}'' (2023) |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[AC:WesternAnimation]] |
| 66 | * ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' (2016 -- 2019), voiced by Creator/KathreenKhavari |
| 67 | * ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' (2017 -- present), voiced by Kathreen Khavari |
| 68 | * ''Franchise/MarvelRising'', voiced by Kathreen Khavari: |
| 69 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingInitiation Initiation]]'' (2018) |
| 70 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingSecretWarriors Secret Warriors]]'' (2018) |
| 71 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingChasingGhosts Chasing Ghosts]]'' (2019) |
| 72 | ** ''[[WebAnimation/MarvelRisingUltimateComics Ultimate Comics]]'' (2019) |
| 73 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingHeartOfIron Heart of Iron]]'' (2019) |
| 74 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingBattleOfTheBands Battle of the Bands]]'' (2019) |
| 75 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingOperationShuri Operation Shuri]]'' (2019) |
| 76 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/MarvelRisingPlayingWithFire Playing with Fire]]'' (2019) |
| 77 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpideyAndHisAmazingFriends'' (2021 -- present), voiced by Sandra Saad |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[AC:Video Games]] |
| 80 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions'' (added in 2016) |
| 81 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelPuzzleQuest'' (added in 2015) |
| 82 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (added in 2015) |
| 83 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelsAvengers'' (2016) |
| 84 | * ''VideoGame/AvengersAcademy'' (2016) |
| 85 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (added in 2016) |
| 86 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2016) as a team-up hero. |
| 87 | * ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes2'' (2017) |
| 88 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019) |
| 89 | * ''VideoGame/MarvelsAvengers'' (2020) |
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| 91 | ---- |
| 92 | !!Kamala Khan provides examples of: |
| 93 | |
| 94 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:A-G]] |
| 97 | * AchillesHeel: A couple, in fact. |
| 98 | ** Her powers, particularly her HealingFactor, burn out her body's energy reserves very quickly, as she finds out the hard way in #9 when [[spoiler:she's almost killed in a giant robot attack that wrecks her school; her healing factor is using up so much energy that she's basically only able to "''embiggen''" her hands, and she hits empty right after the robot goes down]]. |
| 99 | ** In addition, electrical shocks reduce the flexibility of her body's cells; see KryptoniteFactor, below. |
| 100 | * AffectionateNickname: The citizens of Jersey City call her Big M, and Miles Morales occasionally calls her "Marv". |
| 101 | * AffirmativeActionLegacy: Kamala Khan is a Muslim Pakistani-American taking over the name from the white, blonde Carol Danvers. Unlike some cases where the replacement is sudden, the Marvel continuity had the "Ms. Marvel" name unattached for some time since Danvers had become Captain Marvel. |
| 102 | * AgainstMyReligion: She's not as devout as her brother but she still won't drink alcohol (although she's too young to drink legally anyway) or eat pork (although she finds the smell of bacon [[ForbiddenFruit frustratingly tempting]]). |
| 103 | * AlliterativeName: '''K'''amala '''K'''han, in true Marvel fashion. |
| 104 | * AscendedFangirl: Less than seven issues and she's already teaming up with some of her favorite supers. Then it goes through the roof when she becomes a member of The Avengers. Beyond that, she went from a fan of Carol Danvers to being her LegacyCharacter! |
| 105 | * AudienceSurrogate: Kamala Khan is in many ways a modern version of Peter Parker. She's obsessed with ComicBook/TheAvengers and superheroes in general, and partakes in a number of common nerd activities like reading {{Shoujo|Demographic}} manga and writing fanfiction. |
| 106 | * AVillainNamedKhan: ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'' aka Kamala Khan thoroughly averts this of course, being that she's a superhero born to immigrants from Pakistan where there is no stigma attached to that name at all. |
| 107 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: While she has quite the impressive shapeshifter powerset, being a nerdy and intelligent teenage girl, Kamala pretty much specializes in using the laws of physics to her advantage as part of her superheroing style. |
| 108 | * BetaOutfit: A variation, in that Kamala's first, involuntary form after being exposed to Terrigen mist is what she ''thinks'' she wants to be as a superhero: Carol Danvers in her original Ms. Marvel outfit, to the point that her skin whitens, her eyes turn blue, and her hair emblondens. She soon finds out that she only feels like a hero when doing good deeds, [[BeYourself not wearing a borrowed (and impractical) costume]], and she goes through a series of more traditionally-defined, sometimes improvised Beta Outfits before embracing her heroic identity with a costume that balances her heritage and personality with her aspirations of being the new Ms. Marvel. |
| 109 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Kamala is generally a very nice, caring person, who subscribes to the "appropriate amount of force" doctrine when fighting her enemies. However, if they willfully threaten innocents or people she cares about, her attitude does such a 180 that's it's like flipping a switch, and she stops holding back. |
| 110 | * BigEater: Kamala's powers burn a lot of calories, and she tends to be ravenously hungry after fights or other situations where she makes extensive use of them. |
| 111 | * BollywoodNerd: She's Pakistani rather than Indian, but she probably still counts. She is a huge superhero nerd, having intricate knowledge of her universe's superheroes, and she is a keen MMORPG player and fanfic writer. Downplayed, though, because, while she is fairly intelligent, her best friend Bruno (as well as his girlfriend, Mike) are smarter and fulfill the role of TheSmartGuy in her solo series. |
| 112 | * BreakoutCharacter: Kamala herself in the greater Marvel Universe. The sales of the comic far exceeded original expectations, even easily outselling the former Ms. Marvel's new series, and by the end of 2014 she was already showing up in major guest spots in other comics, such as ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' With her cross-cultural appeal credited with drawing female Muslim readers into buying comics, many critics started calling her the new Spider-Man. |
| 113 | ** For comics as a whole. There are reports from store owners of first-time customers (especially Muslim women and girls) who only come in to buy ''Ms. Marvel'', and nothing else. |
| 114 | ** Kamala also gained considerable popularity within the ''Marvel'' franchise itself, and after her debut went on to cameo in several other titles and star in a number of adaptations. |
| 115 | * BrokenPedestal: During ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'', not only does Kamala suffer this due to backing a detention cell approved by Carol Danvers, but she ends up getting one towards Carol when [[spoiler:she witnesses the death of [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] and she can only ask in a traumatized manner why she let it happen. Then Carol arrests [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] for a vision]]. This trope is finally hit when [[spoiler: she's forced to show Carol how flawed using Ulysses is using Hijinx as proof and all the heroine can see is that Kamala is working with a criminal. This, along with the fact that her best friend Bruno has effectively dumped her for her actions, leads her to walk off and dump the special pendant Carol gave her]]. |
| 116 | * CallingYourAttacks: When she was still [[HowDoIShotWeb trying to understand how her powers worked]], Kamala shouted commands when using them. The commands themselves are not actually necessary, but she continues to use them out of habit -- in particular, she tends to shout "Embiggen!" when she uses her powers to grow in size. |
| 117 | * TheCameo: She appears in ''Marvel [=75th=] Anniversary Celebration'' #1, which shows her as a toddler as of the day that the ComicBook/FantasticFour went to space. |
| 118 | * TheCape: In an age when so many of Marvel's old guard heroes are being depicted as [[ComicBook/TheIlluminati morally compromised]] [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 for the sake of drama,]] Kamala Khan is one of the most stand-up and earnest heroes around, and the citizens of Jersey City are generally very proud of their hometown hero in a way that's rare in the Marvel Universe. |
| 119 | * CastFromCalories: When using her shapeshifting to heal, Kamala becomes extraordinarily hungry and needs to eat to recharge her powers. |
| 120 | * CastFromHitPoints: Kamala's powers, or at least her HealingFactor, come straight from her life force, so overusing them (like healing a potentially lethal wound ''and'' going on a rescue mission not long afterwards) leaves her ravenously hungry and so tired as if she skipped sleeping for days. When she embiggened her fists in a fight ''while'' already been mortally wounded, the strain of both (which was already preventing her from transforming her appearance into that of someone else) "''pretty much uses up the very last little bit of my strength. I can't heal fast enough to get ahead of it. Whatever fuel my healing factor uses up is'' gone." |
| 121 | -->'''Kamala:''' I'm hungry in a way I've never been hungry before. Ravenous. Starving. Seriously, I need a '''thesaurus'''. It's the '''healing''' I think, it feels like I skipped a night of sleep -- like the healing power comes straight out of my life force. |
| 122 | * CharacterShilling: In a rare example of Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad for this trope, everyone loves Kamala in-universe, for good reason. She makes quite the impression on Wolverine, Carol Danvers quickly decides that Kamala is exactly the right person to carry on the Ms. Marvel name, Queen Medusa of the Inhumans takes a special interest in the young woman, Spider-Man states that she reminds him of himself as a teen and he thinks she's doing fine as a superhero and person, Tony Stark likes her enough to add her to the new Avengers roster ''and help her with her physics homework''. Everyone says there's "something special" about Kamala Khan, and they're certainly right. She may not be the most powerful superhero around, but her high moral standards, amazing attitude, and pure heart make her someone easy to love, in-universe and out. The point is proven big-time in ''All-New Wolverine'' -- in a story set thirty years in the future, it's revealed that Kamala was elected as President of the United States. |
| 123 | * CharacterTic: When she's mad, Kamala has a habit of grimacing and cutting her eyes to the side. |
| 124 | * ChestInsignia: A lightning bolt across her chest. |
| 125 | * ChildOfTwoWorlds: Kamala was conceived in Karachi and born in New Jersey. Her Pakistani heritage and customs make her an outsider in America, but in an issue where she goes to Pakistan, she stands out by being too American. And then there's her latent Inhuman heritage... |
| 126 | ** And later, a mutant too. Kamala is a child of FOUR worlds! |
| 127 | * ClarkKenting: Her mask doesn't really cover that much. Lampshaded once [[spoiler:Josh]] finds out and points that it should be obvious in hindsight, but the idea that a shy, nerdy girl who doesn't like sports could be a superhero never crossed his mind. |
| 128 | * CluelessDudeMagnet: Kamala herself is a fairly chaste hero and not the best at recognizing when other people are romantically interest in her, but a number of coetaneous male characters have expressed interest in her. These include her own crushes like Bruno, Kamran, and Laal/Red Dagger, but also a few fellow heroes in various team-up books such as ComicBook/{{Nova}}, Miles Morales, and Inferno. |
| 129 | * CombatStilettos: When Kamala's powers first kick in, she ends up transforming into [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]' iconic ComicBook/MsMarvel look and is excited to go out in the look. Unfortunately, the outfit has high heels and, in trying to foil a robbery, she ends up falling on her face. |
| 130 | * CrossCulturalKerfluffle: Her parents named her Kamala because, in Arabic, ''Kamal'' means "perfection". In Finnish, however, the word "Kamala" translates to "horrible." |
| 131 | * CulturallyReligious: The Khans are Muslim, but, aside from Kamala's brother, are not shown to be particularly religious, although Kamala attends lectures given by her imam several times early in the series and she regularly goes to him with questions of morality. True to the trope, Kamala clearly takes the moral teachings of her faith as being of greater importance than the theology. |
| 132 | * DependingOnTheArtist: |
| 133 | ** Kamala's mask varies a lot depending on who's drawing her. Sometimes it'll be seemingly adhered to her face or it'll be clearly tied on, sometimes it'll have lenses or cloth that obscure the eyes or it won't, and sometimes the eye holes will be just big enough to see out through or will be two to three times wider than her actual eyes. |
| 134 | ** The precise form and color of her hair also tend to vary. The original run of the comics has it as a solid brown with a slight wave, but depending on the specific comic and artist it ranges in color from hazel to black and from curly to wavy to straight. The only consistent traits are that it's some shade of brown and a little over shoulder-length. |
| 135 | * DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Her college years are marked by her undertaking any internships that seem promising to figure out what she wants to do when she grows up, even going so far as to work on the scientific staff of a reformed Oscorp. |
| 136 | ** It's actually TheInfiltration - her first internship, at Roxxon, was just an undercover operation for the Champions, and the Oscorp one was just her spying on Norman Osborn. After being killed and resurrected, she learns Spider-Man's secret identity and realises that he's already watching Osborn anyway, so she doesn't need to go back there. Her next one after that is a mission for the X-Men. |
| 137 | * DominoMask: Kamala's facial concealment is a simple figure-eight blue cloth mask. In Issue #22 of the second run, after Kamala [[spoiler:reveals her identity to Josh/Discord]], the latter comments that in hindsight a part of them had always known, since a domino mask isn't exactly heavy-duty concealment. |
| 138 | -->"That mask doesn't exactly cover a whole lot, you know?" |
| 139 | * DoWrongRight: Kamala can't resist smelling bacon ("Delicious, delicious infidel meat") even though she is Muslim. Her friends think she should either ''eat'' it or stick to her principles. "Chow or chow not, [[ThereIsNoTry there is no smell.]]" |
| 140 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Kamala Khan was retroactively identified as a foreground character in ''Captain Marvel'' #14 before the official announcement that she was the new Ms. Marvel. ''Captain Marvel'' #17, which was published after the announcement, concludes with an unnamed appearance as she uses her transformation powers. |
| 141 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In Kamala's first appearance in ''Captain Marvel'' #14, she looked markedly different, appearing older, having a different hairstyle and fashion sense, and even wearing lipstick. According to Wilson, the ''Captain Marvel'' artists were working off of a generic description of the character and didn't yet know what her finalized design would look like. |
| 142 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In her cameo in ''Captain Marvel'' #17, Kamala's powers are depicted as a form of HulkingOut rather than shapeshifting or stretching. This is because the ''Captain Marvel'' artists thought her becoming more muscular would be a more serious and realistic approach, while the more cartoonish and surreal nature of her powers wouldn't be nailed down until Adrian Alphona came aboard. |
| 143 | * {{Everygirl}}: Kamala has been repeatedly described as the true successor to Spider-Man for the millennial age. She's dorky, connected to the internet, constantly being underestimated by her conservative family for being unruly, ultimately wants to do some good in the world, and is a fan of all the heroes who have come before her. |
| 144 | * ExtradimensionalPowerSource: In issue #34, this is revealed to be how Kamala's powers work whenever she gains or loses mass when she shapeshifts. ''All Kamalas'' through time and space are connected to a nexus dimension that binds each other at a molecular level. Whenever she stretches or enlarges, she's essentially borrowing mass from some point in the past, future, or parallel present that she's shrunken herself. |
| 145 | * {{Fangirl}}: Into the Avengers, Carol Danvers, ComicBook/SpiderMan, 616-''My Little Pony'', video games, writing fanfic... |
| 146 | * FluffyTamer: Not that [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude Lockjaw]] needs much taming, but her reaction to a dog the size of a car that has everybody else freaking out and running away is to {{Squee}} and call him the cutest thing ever. |
| 147 | * FutureBadass: Kamala is pretty badass in her own right as a [[KidHero teenage superhero]], but various adult versions of her {{Alternate Universe}}s have also appeared: |
| 148 | ** [[https://rael-rider.tumblr.com/post/173978009973/older-kamala-khan-with-cosmic-awareness-rocking Kamala as a cosmically-empowered older woman]] whom even Kang the Conqueror dreads. |
| 149 | ** [[http://boundingintocomics.com/2018/03/15/kamala-khan-is-the-new-leader-of-the-inhumans/ Khan of the Exiles]], a ComicBook/{{Cable}}-esque leader of an Inhuman resistance. |
| 150 | ** U.S. President Kamala Khan from the [[ComicBook/AllNewWolverine Old Woman Laura]] timeline. |
| 151 | ** Agent Khan from [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 Battleworld]], seen in the ''Attilan Rising'' mini-series. |
| 152 | ** Kamala Kang, a fusion of Kamala and Kang the Conqueror who exists in the ''[[ComicBook/InfinityWarps Infinity Warps]]'' universe. |
| 153 | * GamerChick: In her words, she's been playing video games since she was a kid and has the thumbs to prove it. The experience proves handy when Kamala first fights The Inventor's robotic minions. Also referenced when she describes the reveal of her powers' limitations as "''like when you get a really good build going, then the devs decide to nerf your class''." |
| 154 | * GiantHandsOfDoom: Enlarging her fists to gigantic proportions is one of the most frequent applications of Kamala's [[RubberMan stretching powers]]. |
| 155 | * GiantWoman: Kamala has various shape/size-shifting abilities and prefers [[PerfectlyCromulentWord embiggening]] herself when it's combat time. Unlike other examples, this appears in conjunction with NoodlePeople proportions - either a limitation of her power or simply reflecting a lack of experience. |
| 156 | * GreenEyedMonster: Gets this way when she finds out Bruno is dating someone new while she was too busy to notice. |
| 157 | * TheGrinch: In the 2015 Gwenpool Christmas special, she ''cannot stand'' Christmas. This is because her family doesn't celebrate it but she's practically forced by the school to engage in Yuletide activities. |
| 158 | -->"What're ''you'' looking at?" ''(punches a snowman in the face)'' |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:H-Z]] |
| 162 | * HalfHumanHybrid: ''ComicBook/HellfireGala 2023'' reveals that Kamala is part Inhuman and part mutant. Xavier believes her being in the Terrigen Mists prevented her mutant powers from awakening, so no one had any idea what she might have. |
| 163 | * HealingFactor: Her wounds (like those from gunfire) heal very quickly when she's in her normal form... but it's shapeshifting ''or'' healing[[note]]as she found out when she tried shapeshifting into Carol Danvers one last time -- promptly halting the healing and pain alleviation until she reverted[[/note]]. It also leaves her [[CastFromHitpoints very tired and hungry afterwards]], and in extreme cases greatly weakens her ability to shapeshift. |
| 164 | * HeroInsurance: Kamala takes a lot of steps to try and avoid collateral damage, a trait more noticeable during her period on the Post Secret Wars Avengers team. |
| 165 | * HeroesLoveDogs: Kamala doesn't have her own dog. But when Lockjaw, the big friendly Inhuman dog, gets sent to help her out for a bit she falls in love with him. It helps that not only is he adorable, but he is the size of a small car and can teleport, great assets in a fight. |
| 166 | * HeroicSacrifice: She disguises herself as Mary Jane Watson to prevent an interdimensional creature from killing her. |
| 167 | * HeroineWithBadPublicity: In the first story arc of her comic's second run, Ms. Marvel's image is used by the Hope Yards project without her permission while she's too busy getting used to her role as an Avenger to notice. Even after exposing Hope Yard's sinister agenda and putting a stop to it, she's considered a sell-out who had only opposed Hope Yards once it was revealed to be headed by an actual supervillain. This got worse during Civil War 2, though her reputation began to recover afterwards. |
| 168 | * HeroWorshipper: Kamala is a massive fan of the Avengers, particularly Captain Marvel. She thinks that being more like Carol Danvers, the blonde, beautiful superhero, would make her life so much better. But she quickly finds out that it's better to be herself. |
| 169 | * HowDoIShotWeb: |
| 170 | ** Kamala has a lot of difficulty in first understanding her powers. They start off tied to her emotional state (shrinking when she feels small, turning into Carol Danvers when she thinks of Captain Marvel) and she is unable to control them willingly at first. |
| 171 | --->'''Kamala:''' I wonder if I can do it again, this time on purpose. '''[[ByThePowerOfGreySkull TRANSFORM!]]'''\ |
| 172 | ''[{{beat panel}}]''\ |
| 173 | '''Kamala:''' Nope. |
| 174 | ** She also goes through a literal version of this trope in ''Marvel Team-up'', when a FreakyFridayFlip puts her mind in Peter Parker's body. Learning his spider-powers takes her most of an issue. |
| 175 | * {{Hypocrite}}: |
| 176 | ** An odd variation -- she's oh-so-cool with knowing the identities of her Avengers teammates, but trying to get her to open up about hers is like trying to pull teeth. Miles Morales calls her out on this when she drops in on his home while he's under trouble. |
| 177 | ** She's a great fan of reading and writing what -- in-universe -- is RealPersonFic of superheroes. When such fanfics start popping up about ''her'', she's much less appreciative. |
| 178 | * IdenticalAncestor: In the flashback sequence in #36, her thirteenth-century ancestor, Kamilah of Samarkand, looks identical to her outside of her clothing. |
| 179 | * IKnowMortalKombat: She claims that her hours playing video games have given her superior reflexes. |
| 180 | * ImmigrantParents: Her parents, Yusuf and Aisha, are from UsefulNotes/{{Pakistan}}. |
| 181 | * ImmuneToMindControl: She's somehow naturally resistant to MindManipulation and possession. Maximus the Mad has so far proven to be the only person powerful enough to forcibly control her mind. |
| 182 | * ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: When Kamala meets Lockjaw, she goes into FreakyIsCool CutenessOverload, then takes him home with her and asks her parents if she can keep him. |
| 183 | * InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike: Her first name, Kamala, is derived from the Arabic word "kamal" which means "perfection". However, "Kamala" is also a name in Sanskrit that means "lotus", and is a variation on the name of Kamalatmika, the Hindu goddess of wealth. Less flatteringly, in Finnish, her name would mean something along the lines of "dreadful". |
| 184 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: With Scott Summers. Technically, they were roughly around the same age when they became friends but it became this due to the time-traveling teen Scott going back to his original timeline and his adult self gaining his memories. |
| 185 | * {{Invocation}}: Kamala tends to shout "Embiggen!" when she uses her powers to grow in size. She doesn't tend to do it for shrinking or other shapeshifting stunts. |
| 186 | * InvoluntaryShapeshifter: When she first emerges from her Terrigenesis cocoon, she ends up looking like her idol Carol Danvers. |
| 187 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Kamala's reason for turning down Bruno after his AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. She acknowledges that she has feelings for him in return, but feels that her being a superhero is more important than her personal happiness. |
| 188 | * JumpedAtTheCall: The girl agreed to being part of the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers before [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] even asked the question. |
| 189 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Her reaction to meeting heroes like Wolverine, Spider-Man, and her hero Captain Marvel for the first time is usually a stream of excited gushing. She almost faints from excitement when Spider-Man ashes to do a combo attack with her. |
| 190 | * KryptoniteFactor: Electric shocks reduce the elasticity of her cells, nullifying her many of her shape-shifting powers for a few moments. The Inventor predicts and exploits this, and Kaboom's attacks trigger it at least once (though oddly, not every time). |
| 191 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As a longstanding fan of superheroes, Kamala frequently comments on the situations she is in, in terms that are quite logical in context but sound exactly like a comics fan. |
| 192 | -->'''Kamala:''' Oh! My! Gosh! I'm in a Spider-Man team-up! |
| 193 | * LegacyCharacter: Kamala decides to become Ms. Marvel, having idolized Carol Danvers, who left the identity to become '''Captain''' Marvel. They finally meet during ''Secret Wars''. |
| 194 | * LeotardOfPower: Kamala [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor wishes]] for the classic costume when her [[ShapeShifter powers]] first manifest, but learns quickly how uncomfortable it is. Opting later for [[SubvertedTrope one made from a re-purposed swimsuit]]. |
| 195 | * MeaningfulName: The name Kamala's name is based on "''kamal''", an Arabic word for "perfection" though in Urdu-Hindustani (which is the language in Pakistan, ''not Arabic'') it usually means, colloquially, "awesome". Orthographically, the word Kamala makes as much sense as Marvel's usual word choices (which runs on RuleOfCool[[note]]For instance a poor Roma boy getting the aristocratic surname of Von Doom, or a [[WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant WASP]] being named Charles Francis Xavier, which sounds Catholic[[/note]]) since Kamala is a separate Sanskrit word that refers to the Lotus flower, and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala#Deities_called_Kamala_as_a_praise-name is usually the name]] of a girl born to a Hindu background, which implies that Ms. Marvel's mother is quite a good deal more syncretic than she lets on. The name Kamal does exist among Muslim communities but it doesn't have a feminine form in that context. |
| 196 | * MistakenForTerrorist: Kamala doesn't want to go public with her superhero identity because she fears this could happen to her friends, family, and mosque. |
| 197 | * MistakenIdentity: Kamala's first shapeshifting in public wound up looking like Carol Danvers herself, so when she immediately leapt into heroism a lot of bystanders thought she was Captain Marvel, although they were confused as to why she had seemingly gone back to wearing her old costume... much less had a giant hand. As she continues to look like Carol Danvers in later issues, the people she encounters do not seem sure how to address her, backtracking over calling her "''Ms.''" and "''Captain''". |
| 198 | * {{Moe}}: Kamala Khan is usually perky and upbeat the majority of the time. |
| 199 | * MorePopularReplacement: Kamala was not the first Ms. Marvel - that would go to Carol Danvers, now known as Captain Marvel, Kamala's idol. There were also multiple Ms. Marvels running around now and then. However, Kamala has eclipsed all of them in terms of modern popularity. In fact, before Carol got her own movie, Kamala's book would consistently out-sell hers. |
| 200 | * MostCommonSuperpower: Lampshaded and subverted. Kamala spent much of her life idolizing ComicBook/CarolDanvers and fantasized about looking as good as she does in Carol's most well-known outfit. When Kamala's {{Shapeshifting}} abilities first appear, she subconsciously forces herself to look somewhat like Carol, but quickly comes to realize that she doesn't have the body type, doesn't like the hair, and the outfit is uncomfortable. The outfit she comes up with later is far more modest, being a modified burkini. As she is a sixteen year old girl, this is probably for the best. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13f03d37ff16a6ff3f0dc4912e3d2914.jpg Not all the cover artists got the memo, though.]] |
| 201 | * MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Kamala is an avid fanfic writer and reader, mainly writing ''Avengers'' and ''X-Men'' fanfics, specifically, about the Avengers' adventures on "Planet Unicorn", and Wolverine's and Storm's in space (where they fight worm hole farting monsters for example). The trope is subverted in ''All-New All-Different Avengers Annual'', however; not only is the author of a fanfic shipping Ms. Marvel with her friends, Miles Morales Spider-Man and Sam Alexander Nova, actually [[spoiler:Miles himself]] but the admin Kamala contacts about it is [[spoiler:Phil Coulson]]. |
| 202 | * MushroomSamba: Kamala thinks this is happening to her after her Inhuman transformation shows her a vision of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Captain Marvel]], and ComicBook/IronMan. She thinks it was caused by the small amount of vodka she was tricked into drinking at the party. |
| 203 | * MyBelovedSmother: Kamala has this problem to contend with in addition to getting her powers out of the blue: having grown up in a Muslim household, Kamala has problems trying to juggle her family life and coming to grips with her new skill set. Since she is too frightened to outright tell her family what happened, her mother immediately assumes she's becoming a degenerate and is constantly reaming on her shirking her responsibilities. Her father is more understanding (as he thinks she just feels stifled at her age), but no less strict, and her brother, while being fervently religious to the point of openly denouncing the father's profession as a banker, just prefers to remain neutral. Eventually, however, Kamala's mother figures out her secret and accept it, since they know she is out doing good for the people around her. |
| 204 | * {{Nanomachines}}: In ''Magnificent Ms. Marvel'', Kamala obtains a new Kree nanotech suit that allows her to interface with computer systems and can shapeshift into additional tools or weapons. It can also shapeshift into objects such as a bookbag for when she doesn't want it to be seen. However, it also has a tendency to use excessive force when not needed, [[spoiler:and it doesn't like it when Kamala doesn't let it finish off her foes, prompting it to become its own entity so she can't restrain it]]. |
| 205 | * {{Nice G|uy}}irl: She is a very compassionate person that avoids unnecessary violence and seeks peaceful resolutions at any reasonable opportunity. Any strain on her relationships is usually due to conflicting responsibilities because she wants to be there for everyone. |
| 206 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Post-''Secret Wars'', Kamala's life is in so much overdrive that not only does she not notice that [[spoiler:Bruno is dating another girl]], but that [[spoiler:a real estate agency has co-opted her image to promote destroying buildings]]. |
| 207 | * OldTimeyBathingSuit: Kamala's costume is partially constructed from a burquini. "I thought you swore you would never wear that." "Never wear that ''to swim''." |
| 208 | * PerfectlyCromulentWord: "Embiggen" itself is the CatchPhrase of Kamala when she activates her SizeShifter and PartialTransformation powers (she also uses "disembiggen" to shrink). |
| 209 | * PersonalityPowers: Kamala is a shapeshifter, but unlike [[ShapeshiftingTrickster most examples]] she's honest and genuinely heroic. Rather, it factors into her being a Pakistani-American Muslim teenager and feeling uncomfortable in her own skin. The lesson she has to learn in her first story is that she has to accept herself for everything she is, rather than try to be a watered-down version of someone else. As she turns into other people less frequently, she instead primarily uses her powers to [[RubberMan change the proportions of her body]], emphasizing her teenage [[FunPersonified playful streak]] and her intelligence as she uses the laws of physics to her advantage. |
| 210 | * RealPersonFic: Kamala, as part of her AudienceSurrogate characterization, is a devoted superhero fan and an avid writer and reader of superhero fanfic -- with the catch that these superheroes are all very much real and public figures in her world. This leads to a number of comedic incidents when she discusses these with their subjects (Wolverine in particular was not pleased to learn that a story about him got third place in popularity to "Cyclops and Emma Frost's romantic vacation in Paris"), and she's less than pleased when shipping fanfics start popping about ''her''. |
| 211 | * RealWomenHaveCurves: Kamala originally fantasized about being like Carol Danvers, who fits conventional beauty standards, including weight. After using her powers to look as close to Danvers as possible, she realizes how uncomfortable the uniform is and how her natural body shape is incompatible with that ideal. |
| 212 | * RebuiltPedestal: In issue #28, [[spoiler:Kamala and Carol reunite for the first time since that incident with Kamala admitting she was afraid Carol truly hated her (and even worse, she was afraid she hated Carol), but Carol reassured her that she'd never hate Kamala, but she just gave her her space because she felt she was growing up and she didn't need to be around her all the time]]. |
| 213 | * RequiredSecondaryPowers: Kamala can shift her clothes along with herself when she changes shape or size. However, this is stated to take more effort, to justify giving her a costume and domino mask. |
| 214 | * RubberMan: She can stretch her limbs, increase the size of her limbs or entire body, and flatten herself to almost paper-like dimensions. Vol. 4, issue 19 shows that she's improved her stretching skills to bend and elongate her body, allowing her to easily dodge attacks. |
| 215 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Kamala's costume incorporates a long red scarf. Her nanosuit adds blades to the tips of the scarf, which can also turn into grabbing claws and computer scanners. |
| 216 | * SecretIdentity: Kamala is an interesting variation in that she is ''fiercely'' protective of her secret identity, but she's more than happy to hang around with her friends in ''their'' secret identities while she's in costume. She's also told her friends that revealing their identities ''to her'' was a bad idea, and they shouldn't just assume that fellow superheroes can automatically be trusted with that information. |
| 217 | ** When in-costume, she only identifies herself as Kamala when talking to an adult superhero she trusts, such as ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, Medusa, Carol Danvers, and ComicBook/IronMan. |
| 218 | ** Early in her solo comic, she freaks out that, if anyone besides Bruno learns her true identity, they'll "sell [her] to science". |
| 219 | ** As a member of the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers, she takes great pride in teasing both Miles and [[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam]], the two other members of the team her own age, because they both revealed their real names to her while she has kept hers secret from them. When Miles (in his own book) suggests that, since he trusted her with his identity, she should do the same, Kamala tells him that that just means that she's smarter than him. Nowadays, all three of them know each others' secret identities (Miles worldlessly figures it out in ''Ms. Marvel'' #7, and Kamala reveals herself to Sam as part of a IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight when he falls under Blackheart's HatePlague spell in ''Champions Vol. 3'' #9). |
| 220 | * SecretKeeper: She knows [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]] is the new Spider-Man, but keeps it to herself. Miles is peeved that he doesn't actually know who Kamala is under the mask. |
| 221 | * SexilyModest: Kamala Khan's costume as Ms. Marvel is based on a burkini, a modest swimwear outfit designed for Muslim women. Some artists draw the suit to be formfitting akin to SensualSpandex, which has been criticized as Kamala is a teenager and faithful to her religion. |
| 222 | * ShapeshifterBaggage: Her ability to shapeshift and change size is eventually explained as working by shunting her mass back and forth along her timestream (including alternate futures and maybe even the multiverse) to when she needs it. |
| 223 | * ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: This happens to Kamala when she first gets her powers; left in a state of confusion, she transformed into her hero, Carol Danvers, and thus wound up [[LegacyCharacter taking Carol's old "Ms. Marvel" title]]. |
| 224 | * ShapeShifting: Her main ability, which gives her several other abilities as well. |
| 225 | * ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: Averted; notably her clothes are shifted when she emerges from Terrigenesis. She notes she can shift her clothes as well but it takes concentration that would be distracting during heroics so she wears specially treated stretchy fabric to ease the effort. |
| 226 | * ShapeshiftingHealsWounds: Kamala has a limited healing factor which seems to be both connected to her morphing powers, because she can't use them while she's healing, and CastFromCalories, because she becomes utterly ravenous as well. It hasn't come up much after introduction though, only referenced after saving her from a gunshot wound when she squees over working with Wolverine. |
| 227 | * ShipperOnDeck: |
| 228 | ** During her first team-up with ComicBook/SpiderMan, she has no hesitation in gleefully telling him she ships him with Carol Danvers and pestering him for details on a date they went on together. |
| 229 | ** When Tyesha, Amir's not girlfriend, makes a reference to ''Literature/{{Dune}}'', Kamala's response is "please marry my brother". |
| 230 | * SignatureHeadgear: Kamala's ushanka (the correct name for a "Russian furry hat") is starting to become iconic. It can be seen cropping up other places in the comic, such as on a pigeon during her Inhuman transformation. |
| 231 | * SizeShifter: She can grow her entire body or just parts of it, such as her fists. She can also shrink to insect-size. |
| 232 | * StayInTheKitchen: One ''Avengers'' annual saw Kamala read a fanfic where she took over the Captain Marvel mantle from Carol...only for the original ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} to show up and espouse this view, which she readily accepts. The story ends with the fanfic Kamala planning on baking muffins for the male Avengers and the real Kamala [[BurningWithAnger absolutely seething with rage.]] |
| 233 | * StrictParentsMakeSneakyKids: Kamala of course has to do this as a {{Superhero}}, since Kamala's parents are very strict in all aspects of her life. However, when Kamala finally tells her mother about her secret identity, she revealed that she already knew and was pleased that her daughter's darkest secret was sneaking out to help others. |
| 234 | -->'''Muneeba:''' If the worst thing you do is sneak out to help suffering people, then I thank God for having raised a righteous child. |
| 235 | * SuperWindowJump: Kamala does an undignified belly-flop version of this through a villain's skylight, with a comically dismayed expression. She lampshades it with [[GenreSavvy "Man. That is way harder than it looks in the movies."]] |
| 236 | * SuperheroParadox: Kamala deals with this a bit during her post ''ComicBook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}'' run. A number of citizens comment that Ms. Marvel's activities have led to problems and 'crazy New York sh*t' to come to Jersey City. However, what isn't noted is that a lot of the problems Ms. Marvel fights do not originate in direct response to her: The Inventor was already there, and the Inhuman and Hydra villains were either created at the same time she was, or were long existent. While a few incidents were caused by her presence, many of the issues the people are upset about would have been a thing regardless of if she had or hadn't taken up the mantle. Heck, many of the issues the (right wing) citizens put at her feet originate from ''Loki'', who, while he did come to the city after she took up the mantle, was sent in response to the ''Inventor's'' actions, not Kamala's. |
| 237 | * TenMinuteRetirement: Following a string of bad moments since ''Civil War II'', Red Dagger accidentally stealing the spotlight has caused her to up and run off. The only one who knows where she is is her brother and she made him promise not to tell ''anyone'' where she is. Issue #28 revealed that [[spoiler:she ended up in a private school, determined to leave her entire old life behind and just blend into the crowd. She's convinced otherwise]]. |
| 238 | * TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The ''Magnificent'' Ms. Marvel. |
| 239 | * TheHerosIdol: Kamala has a great of admiration for Carol Danvers, to the point that she transformed into Carol when her powers manifested. After Carol officially changed her alias to "Captain Marvel", Kamala took on the Ms. Marvel moniker for herself. |
| 240 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Kamala is beside herself with glee, going into doge speak, squeeing, and half incoherent blabbering about her fanfic featuring him (in this order), when she first meets Wolverine (who is less than impressed by this). When she gets saved by Spider-Man, she squees over being in a Spidey team-up, and tells Spidey she ships him and ComicBook/CarolDanvers, her predecessor as ComicBook/MsMarvel. And when she met Carol Danvers... oh gosh. Reached its peak when she was asked to join the Avengers, although she did have a minor moment afterwards when she met the original Nova shortly after his resurrection (although she notes that [[FandomNod some of his online fans put even her to shame in this department]]). |
| 241 | * TokenReligiousTeammate: As a reasonably devout Muslim whose beliefs inform her moral behavior, Kamala is likely to be this when she participates in a team. |
| 242 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: She loves some halal gyros. It's even (part of) how she bonded with Tony Stark. |
| 243 | * TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Deliberately {{averted|Trope}}, where Kamala Khan gains her powers through a peaceful communion with the Terrigen mists, and it's treated as an almost religious experience. G. Willow Wilson wanted to dispel the notion that all superhero origins have to be tragic or horrifying. |
| 244 | * TripleShifter: Kamala, like many teen heroes before her, runs into this. It's especially a problem post-''Secret Wars'', as she now has to juggle high school, solo heroics ''and'' being an Avenger. It's costing her a lot of sleep and time with her friends, to the point that she's the ''last'' person to learn about her best friend dating someone. It ''really'' doesn't help that her powers drain a lot of stamina. |
| 245 | * TwoferTokenMinority: Kamala is female, Pakistani-American, and has Inhuman (alien species) genes. She is also the first Muslim to headline a Marvel comics series. |
| 246 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Kamala's primary superpower. She has been shown to be able to change [[{{Sizeshifter}} the size]] and shape of her body, the color of her skin and hair, and even the clothing she's wearing. By [[http://allnewmsmarvel.tumblr.com/post/77183012333/dont-worry-kamala-misses-you-too issue #2]], her shapeshifting can even have different parts of her upper body showing different outfits simultaneously[[note]]though as that was during her initial panic at finding herself a shapeshifter, it has yet to be seen whether she can do that consciously[[/note]], and she's revealed in #2 and #3 to have SuperStrength when she's "''[[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever embiggened]]''" herself or even [[PartialTransformation just her hand]][[note]]in #2 scooping out both Zoe ''and'' a noticeable portion of the mudbank from the river in her hand, then in #3 ripping out an entire locker room bench and its supports -- and cracking the bench itself in half[[/note]]. Issue #5 expands this even further by having Kamala transform into a store mannequin. By #6, she can transform into completely non-humanoid shapes such as a sofa, or flatten herself to be almost as thin as paper (seen in ''S.H.I.E.L.D.'' #2). |
| 247 | * WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Kamala tries hard to balance her normal teenage life with her superheroing. The difficulties this causes her are brought up a number of times: she doesn't get enough sleep, her school performance starts to slip as a result of her constantly missing classes, and her relationships with her friends and family start to suffer due to her duties and actions as Jersey City's superhero interfering with her social and family life [[spoiler:to the point of completely destroying her friendship with her closest friend]]. |
| 248 | * WatchedItForTheRepresentation: Kamala gained a lot of positive press and immediate popularity for being a teenage, Pakistani-American Muslim female superheroine. This made her popular amongst a ''multitude'' [[TwoferTokenMinority of different minority groups]], and she proved to be an interesting and refreshing character within her own right, due to her FunPersonified personality combined with tackling various real-life issues like body image and bigotry. Anecdotal accounts from comic book stores remarked how her introduction lead to people (specifically young Muslim girls) who had never once read a comic coming in to check out the character, which is virtually unheard of actually happening beforehand. Her success sparked a [[FollowTheLeader a new wave]] of [[AffirmativeActionLegacy female and/or minority heroes]], including ComicBook/{{Silk|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} and [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers America Chavez]], as well as pushing others into the spotlight, such as [[ComicBook/{{Thor|2014}} Jane Foster]] and [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]]. |
| 249 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Turns out Kamala's actually weak against electricity. And she never bothered to ask Tony Stark to insulate her costume. |
| 250 | * WeakToMagic: She's weak to magic - a cursed dagger caused her HeroicSacrifice in Amazing Spider-Man #26. She assumed she'd just heal, but her healing factor failed to trigger, she died, and had to be resurrected by the X-Men. |
| 251 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatHotness: Subverted. When Kamala first gets her shapeshifting powers, she uses them to look like her idol, Carol Danvers (in her "[[LeotardOfPower swimsuit]]" Ms. Marvel costume). She quickly learns changing your outside doesn't change anything about who you are inside. . . along with many practical downsides of a typical superheroine outfit. |
| 252 | * WrongGenreSavvy: She copied Carol Danvers's most well-known costume, the one with the leotard, thigh-high boots, and opera gloves. As she is not a FlyingBrick with energy absorption and projection powers and the ability to switch outfits instantaneously, running around (let alone actually attempting to fight) while dressed like that was beyond awkward and uncomfortable, to say the least. |
| 253 | * YouAreGrounded: Kamala's parents use grounding as their go-to disciplinary method, and use it liberally when her grades drop or her adventures as Ms. Marvel cause her to behave suspiciously or stay out late. |
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