Line #137 Characters/AntManHeroes


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8	!!Ant-Man
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10	[[folder:Hank Pym]]
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12	!!'''Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym'''
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17	The original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym was created by Creator/StanLee, Larry Lieber, and Creator/JackKirby. Making his [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] debut in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 (January, 1962), Hank Pym was an ordinary, but brilliant biochemist. Happily married to Maria Trovaya, a political refugee, Hank was devastated when she was murdered on a trip to Hungary. Her death led to Hank's first mental breakdown, one of his defining attributes in later years. After recovering, Hank threw himself into his work, leading to the creation of a rare group of subatomic particles. Pym then uses the particles to create two serums: one that shrinks objects and one that makes them larger. Testing the first serum on himself, Pym shrinks to insect size for the first time but is unable to reverse the procedure. Now trapped in a nearby anthill, Pym nearly drowns in honey before being rescued by a friendly ant. The new friends fend off an attack by other ants looking for an easy meal before Pym makes it back to his lab. Using the second serum to return to normal size, Pym recognizes the danger of his discovery and decides to destroy the serums before they can do more harm.
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19	Realizing that he was destroying a breakthrough, Hank recreated his serums a few weeks later. Inspired by his experience in the anthill, Pym uses the shrinking serum to become the superhero Ant-Man in ''Tales to Astonish'' #35 (September, 1962). He would pick up a partner a few issues later in the form of Janet van Dyne, a young socialite who closely resembled his dead wife. With her father dead thanks to the arrival of the Creature from Kosmos, Janet volunteers to undergo genetic alteration at the hands of Pym to become "ComicBook/TheWasp". Together, the heroes defeat the Kosmosian and become partners. Later, the duo would join ComicBook/IronMan and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] in battle against the [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] until the heroes realize that they've been manipulated by Loki, the God of Mischief. Banding together, the heroes defeat Loki and officially become Comicbook/TheAvengers.
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21	Pym soon tinkered with his serums further, complementing his shrinking abilities with ones that would make him grow larger; as a result he tweaked his codename to '''Giant-Man'''. He also experimented with other superhero identities through the Sixties, calling himself '''Goliath''' (which exclusively used the growth powers) and '''Yellowjacket'''.
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24	!!Tropes
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26	* TenMinuteRetirement: Pym has retired several times over the years, sometimes taking Janet with him, but it never stuck.
27	* AbsentMindedProfessor: Has occasionally shown these tendencies, especially early in he and Janet's relationship.
28	* ActionDad: As revealed in ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'', he has a daughter with his deceased first wife, [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]].
29	* AgentScully: Sometimes, he insists that magic isn't real and that there are no gods.
30	* AntiHeroSubstitute: As Yellowjacket, he becomes this to ''himself'', a ruthless, arrogant crimefighter who thinks Ant-Man is a loser.
31	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Hank Pym is a confessed atheist. He dismisses [[PhysicalGods "gods"]] like [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] and [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]] as extra-dimensional heroes. But he either knows of or has met [[CosmicEntity Eternity]], [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the living spirit of the universe]] and is still an atheist.
32	* ArchEnemy : Originally it was rival scientist Egghead, but then became Ultron. Whirlwind is a close third.
33	%%* ArchnemesisDad: To Ultron.
34	* BadassBookworm: He's much more "Bookworm" than most other scientists in the Marvel Universe.
35	* BattleCouple: With Janet, and later with Tigra.
36	* TheBeastmaster: Thanks to his helmet, he can control insects.
37	* BigShutUp: When he hit Janet in ''Avengers'' #213.
38	* BitchSlap: During a moment when he was NotHimself, Hank [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten infamously]] slapped his wife Janet Van Dyne like this.
39	* BreakoutCharacter: Hank's first appearance in ''Tales to Astonish'' #27 was a seven page story where as a scientist, he just tests his shrinking experiments on himself and runs afoul of some ants. "The Man in the Ant Hill" was intended as a one-off story, but positive response led to bringing him back almost a year later as a superhero.
40	* BunnyEarsLawyer: On his better days, Hank can still be a little... quirky, but a genius scientist nonetheless.
41	* ButtMonkey:
42	** Has become kind of a RunningGag both in and out of the comics, though it's technically not really deserved considering it stemmed from maybe two bad judgment calls on Pym's part at the most.
43	** At one point, Hank got abducted and replaced by Skrulls. Due to their method of infiltration, the Skrulls replacing him (yes, plural, there's a reason) inherit Hank's mental issues, and their superiors refuse to listen to them and their warnings that the Skrulls aren't going to win simply because they look like Hank Pym.
44	* CatapultToGlory: Only capable of shrinking early in his career, Hank used a catapult to launch himself around town.
45	* ControlFreak: Has some of these tendencies, wanting to control the actions of those around him, the world and most of his scientific advancements are in an effort to take more control over things he previously couldn't. It gets worse during his breakdowns.
46	* CreateYourOwnVillain: Hank Pym built the KillerRobot Ultron, which became one of the Avengers' most dangerous enemies.
47	* DeaderThanDead: Presumably as of ''Infinity Countdown'' #5 Hank's soul was removed from [[FusionDance Pymtron's body]] by the Soul Stone. And then his soul ended up getting devoured by a beast within the Soul Stone. This gets pushed even further in ''[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark: Iron Man]]'' #19 wherein [[spoiler:Tony shuts down any possibility that Hank is still somewhere in there in the FusionDance he's had with Ultron. Tony confirms that Ultron had been faking Hank's presence the entire time]]. Eventually subverted come ComicBook/AvengersInc, [[spoiler:where it’s revealed Hank has been restored to life through a fragment of his consciousness who managed to free himself using the power of the All-father]].
48	* DelayedDiagnosis: Hank Pym showed signs of some mental illness for years before it was finally revealed that he was bipolar.
49	* DidntThinkThisThrough: While Ultron turning out to be murderously misanthropic wasn't Hank's intention, he ''did'' think it was apparently a good idea to build the tin-can with the ability to fire off energy blasts.
50	* DisappearedDad: To Nadia, though in fairness he never even knew his wife had been pregnant in the first place.
51	* DomesticAbuse: Hank, who developed the persona Yellowjacket during a mental breakdown, marries Janet but their initially-happy marriage quickly deteriorates and culminates in Hank slapping Janet hard enough to bruise her face. For this, he is booted off of The Avengers, he and Janet are divorced, and their superhero partnership is broken.
52	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Occasionally, when in his Giant Man form, Hank might forget he's much stronger, at one point cracking the Avengers' meeting table just making a dramatic exclamation. Seeing this, Hawkeye asks that he ''not'' slap the archer on the back any time soon.
53	* DudeWheresMyRespect: At least one explanation for Hank's downswings is feeling short-changed on the respect he deserves, regardless of whether he actually is or not.
54	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As seen in the opening description, the very first Hank Pym story was a science fiction-horror story with no superheroics and wouldn't feel out of place in an episode of ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone\|1959}}'' or ''Series/{{The Outer Limits\|1963}}''. It wasn't until his second appearance where the concept was retooled into a superhero adventure story, with superhero comics undergoing a revival and the ComicBook/FantasticFour being a big enough hit from a year before that Marvel was ready to start branching out with other heroes and costumed adventurers.
55	* EnemyWithout: ''"Rage of Ultron"'' establishes that Ultron turned out like it did because Hank used an engram of his brain as a base and Ultron inherited all of his suppressed misanthropy.
56	* EngineeredHeroics: As Yellowjacket in ''Avengers'' #212, Pym unleashed a giant robot called Salvation I that only ''he'' could stop in an attempt to appear heroic in front of his fellow Avengers. When the actual incident happened, [[EpicFail he failed]], nearly got killed, and had to be saved by Janet.
57	* FatalFlaw: Hank's feelings of inadequacy, and later discovered he was bipolar, which caused seemingly every problem in his life outside of ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. Among other things, this led to him:
58	** Becoming Giant-Man after comparing himself to people like ComicBook/IronMan, ComicBook/TheMightyThor, and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk. This gave him an increase in strength but made him clumsier and a much bigger target, as well as causing serious health risks if he grew beyond his limit.
59	** [[InsecureLoveInterest Not proposing to Janet when both of them were clearly interested in each other]], since he figured she'd be more interested in celebrities and millionaires as opposed to a scientist. This led to him developing a split personality and becoming Yellowjacket for the first time.
60	** Causing the breakdown of his marriage, as Jan's success and money coupled with his failures in science (most notably, Ultron) led to him becoming more bitter and angry towards her.
61	** Becoming desperate to prove himself as a meaningful member of the Avengers, which led to him attacking a super-villain after the conflict was resolved and being kicked out of the Avengers, as well as [[EngineeredHeroics creating Salvation-1]] to attack the Avengers so he could stop it.
62	** Very nearly outright committing suicide early during his run in the Avengers' [[ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers West Coast title]] while alone in their headquarters, when his body would no longer take the strain of changing size and he felt that without actual superpowers he'd just be TheLoad. Occasional guest heroine Firebird showed up just in time to talk him out of it.
63	* {{Flight}}: Hank uses artificial wings to fly as part of his Yellowjacket and Wasp personas.
64	* ForScience: The ultimate motivation for most of what he does.
65	* FreudianExcuse: His feelings of inadequacy and desire to prove himself come from his FantasyForbiddingFather, who was a scientist that stifled his [[MrImagination fanciful imagination]] as a child to work on "something practical" in direct conflict with his grandmother who was a fantasy author and encouraged him to follow his dreams. This only got worse when her influence was removed by her death, leading him to be lead by his father to take a dull job in science that would continue to stifle his whims.
66	* FusionDance: Hank and Ultron fuse into one being during ''Rage of Ultron''. At first, Ultron's mind is dominant over Pym's, but Starfox forces the more human side to wake up. However, all later appearances have Ultron in the driver's seat.
67	* GeniusBruiser: Is a scientist who studies biology, robotics, and minerals. As Giant-Man he gains super strength.
68	* HappilyMarried: He and his first wife, Dr. Maria Trovaya, were happy together until her death. His relationship with Janet had happy moments but was not as fulfilling.
69	* HesBack: Given Hank's tendency to try and retire, there've been more than a few occasions where he's come back to the superhero fold, starting as early as the 70s.
70	* HollywoodAtheist: Hank denounces Thor and Hercules as divine at most times but in his darker moods dismisses faith in anything through a perspective of rationalism.
71	* HorseOfADifferentColor: Pym took to riding Korr, his flying ant companion, after Janet's flying power made the catapult superfluous.
72	* HugeGuyTinyGirl: When he was Giant-Man and Janet, Wasp.
73	* IAmWhatIAm: At the climax of ''Avengers'' #229 (written by Creator/RogerStern) where he confronts Egghead:
74	--> '''Hank''': I did a pretty good job of screwing up my life recently. You just about finished the job for me! You used me, Egghead...and you tried to make me a criminal! But you couldn't, you see. I've come to terms with myself in the past month. I know who I am, and who I'm not! I'm not Ant-Man anymore, I'm not Giant-Man...or Goliath...or Yellow-Jacket! I am Henry Pym! And it was Henry Pym who beat the Masters of Evil!
75	* IHaveManyNames: His superhero identities include Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket and Wasp. He even went as Dr Henry Pym for a while. After Rage of Ultron, he becomes Ultron.
76	* InstantAIJustAddWater: Hank is uncannily good at programming AI; Even with a brain engram starter, Ultron is both self-evolving and propagating, making AIs of its own. Heck, the deactivation subroutine time travel events led him to install into it kept developing once their task was completed into six fully sentient AIs of their own whose conflict motivated its own miniseries to resolve.
77	* ItsAllMyFault: He blames himself for every sin committed by Ultron. He also tends to be extremely hard on himself, even for things out of his control, as a symptom of his general self-hatred.
78	* {{Jerkass}}: Sometimes, even when not explicitly on the downswing of his bipolar disorder, Hank can be a jerk. In the case of 60s Hank, some of that is also just part of the mores of the time making him come across as stuffier to modern readers, but still. He brushed off Janet phoning him to say her dad had been murdered as a prank call. As Yellowjacket (during his dissociative period), he's an obnoxiously smug jerkass.
79	* LiteralSplitPersonality: At one point, Hank was split between two versions of himself, which needed to merge together to avoid dying.
80	* TheMasochismTango: His relationship with Janet was this long before they got divorced. Janet was far younger than Hank and was a ReplacementGoldfish who resembled his first wife, Dr. Maria Trovaya. Personality wise, Janet was an extroverted socialite interested in fashion and invested in being a public superhero. She was often playful and flirty with her fellow male team-mates and insensitive to Hank. Hank was introverted and insecure, preferred staying in the laboratory and rarely communicated openly to her. This in part led to his breakdown as a "bad-boy" Yellowjacket. Janet consented to marry him in this state knowing that he was normally too shy to do it despite both of them wanting to. While Janet believed she was helping Hank, he would backbite and hurt her emotionally during their marriage until the incident when he slapped her led her to call it quits.
81	* MayDecemberRomance: His relationship and subsequent marriage to Janet. At nineteen, Jan was an adult but closer to Rick Jones' age rather than Hank and the other original Avengers’ ages.
82	* MonsterProtectionRacket: At his lowest point, he built one of his lesser-known robots (Salvation-1) to stage a fight and make himself look good. He ultimately failed. The Wasp defeated it and Hank was kicked out of the Avengers.
83	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to Ultron's decision that humans need to be purged.
84	* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:His return from death’s door in ComicBook/AvengersInc left Pym rapidly aged, a result of having been trapped in Ultron for centuries]].
85	* OmniDisciplinaryScientist: While starting out as "merely" a brilliant biochemist, Hank's story arc eventually led to him becoming an innovator in numerous fields, including particle and quantum physics ("Pym Particles"), electronics/robotics/programming (Ultron) and of course, entomology. [[CosmicEntity Eternity]] (later revealed [[UnreliableNarrator by Loki]] to actually be Loki in disguise) told Hank he was Earth's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandroth#Yandroth Scientist Supreme]]" because his prowess with wide-spread scientific disciplines allow him abilities akin to magic, a claim that tends to lose some credibility given the fact that Reed "I Can Make [[RealityWarper Cosmic Cubes]] For The Lulz" Richards exists. Eternity lampshades this in-universe, pointing out that Reed Richards uses science to facilitate his main goal (exploration), as does Tony Stark (futurism/engineering). It's Pym who explores and expands science simply because that's what he, as a scientist, is driven to do.
86	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
87	** To this day, Hank is still accused of being a "wifebeater" and people that don't read comics frequently claim that he's a repeat offender. In actuality, he hit Janet only once while he was in the midst of a mental breakdown. The way people both in-universe and out talk about the incident, you'd think he'd been beating her since the day they met, or that all his relationships are like that, when his first marriage was perfectly happy. [[WordOfGod Jim Shooter intended for the blow to be an accident]], with Janet being in the way when Hank angrily gestured, but the artist interpreted his script directions incorrectly.
88	** Invoked in ''ComicBook/SecretEmpire'' when it's used by Tony as a reason why the Avengers don't feel so much like a family unit anymore. Hank got mad when Tony said that and goes on a tirade on how he's accomplished so much and yet judged by one moment when Tony Stark, Steve Rogers and slews of others have made far worse and more destructive mistakes yet are EasilyForgiven.
89	* OtherMeAnnoysMe: During ''Avengers: Forever'', Hank of the early 00s has to team up with him when he first became Yellowjacket. Modern Hank is put out by seeing a representation of his lowest point, while Yellowjacket is suffering a severe disassociative episode and refuses to admit he ''is'' Hank.
90	* OvershadowedByAwesome: In-universe, it was established via retcon that Hank first came up with the Giant-Man identity because he felt his shrinking abilities were useless when compared to the raw power the other Avengers brought to the table. This becomes a MythologyGag of sorts in ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures: The Avengers'' when Janet, here as Giant-Girl, thought the shrinking powers were incredibly lame and when she accidentally discovered she could grow with them, she decides to stick with that.
91	* PaperTiger: His Yellowjacket personality was supposed to be a gruff, manly man to contrast the "wimpy" Hank Pym, but when the Circus of Crime crash his and Jan's wedding he immediately freezes up.
92	* PassingTheTorch: Pym usually gets a chip on his shoulder when someone adopts one of his identities, but he ultimately decided to become Giant-Man fulltime to give Scott Lang the Ant-Man mantle.
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94	* ProfessorGuineaPig: in his origin story, he tested his Pym Particles on himself.
95	* QuestionableConsent: Hank Pym married Janet during an emotional breakdown where he claimed the identity of Yellowjacket, a supervillain who claimed to kill "Hank". Janet knew all along that Yellowjacket was Hank, and that Hank in his normal state was too insecure to pop the question, but she married him while he was in this altered state. While Hank was happy to be married to her when he snapped back, later writers, such as Kurt Busiek, have him and Janet discuss how messed up it was for her to marry him in that situation.
96	* ReplacementGoldfish: Hank's initial attraction to second wife Janet was because she bore a strong resemblance to his first wife Maria. Years later, Hank reflects that his attempt to have Janet take the role of Maria in his life was probably the cause for their relationship not working out.
97	* RoboticSpouse: Hank's relationship with Jocasta, the robot bearing some of the memories of his ex-wife. And who was created by Ultron, essentially making her his granddaughter.
98	* SanitySlippage: The stress from the amount of work he had on himself, his crushing self-doubt mixed with the disrespect of his teammates, and Janet's emotional abuse of him ultimately lead him down a disastrous spiral which has defined his superhero career since. It was ultimately revealed that these moments were caused by an undiagnosed case of bipolar disorder.
99	* ScienceHero: For a short time, he has ditched the costume, code name, and powers altogether and fought crime in a lab coat and civvies (or, more famously during his stint with the West Coast Avengers, a red jumpsuit) with nothing but his tool-belt full of super-tech. Recent plot developments have brought back the scientific acumen in full force. He's even got a fully functional pocket dimension lab on him at all times.
100	* SecondSuperIdentity: Hank Pym has a habit of juggling multiple superhero personae. Some attribute this to his insanity.
101	* ShapeshifterModeLock: The instability of the Pym Particles trapped Hank at various sizes over the years.
102	* TheSmartGuy: Plays this role in the original Avengers line-up, and a lot of traditional team builds.
103	* SpearCounterpart: As Wasp after she was killed in the ''Secret Invasion''.
104	* StrawNihilist: In his worst depressive episodes Hank doesn't believe in the value and meaning of anything and becomes callously pragmatic.
105	* TangledFamilyTree: Legacy-wise he technically has 4 "grandchildren": Cassie Lang (by being Scott Lang's daughter and inspired by his heroism), Victor Mancha (built from Ultron Tech and human DNA) and both versions of the Vision (as the original was built by his "son" Ultron, and the second was a back-up copy of the original's programming). Mind you before their deaths in ''Avengers: The Children's Crusade'' Cassie and the second Vision dated, making them something of KissingCousins.
106	** Also, if Ultron is his "son", Jocasta, his "robotic wife", can be considered both a robot clone of Janet and both Pym's niece, as Ultron created her, with some of Janet's memories, to satisfy his budding Oedipal Complex.
107	*** Jossed in-universe: Jocasta doesn't consider Henry Pym to be her grandfather, but, having created one of the first and the most powerful AI running rampant in the Marvel Universe, and being Ultron her creator, she staunchly and vocally believes that Henry Pym has to be regarded as the "God of Robots", and thus, when they dated, she claimed that her experience was more akin "Kissing God".
108	* WeddingSmashers: The Ringmaster and the Circus of Crime attack during Hank's wedding to Janet, prompting a return of Pym's Giant Man persona.
109	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Hank has held two positions on sentient robots. In ''Avengers A.I.'', he fully believes in civil rights for artificial intelligences while later on in ''"Rage of Ultron"'', he's so bitter over Ultron that he callously executes a group of A.I. terrorists who were simply fighting for their rights.
110	* WhatTheHellHero: Pym has gotten this more than a few times, but probably the biggest came when Pym led the Mighty Avengers. It turned out a member of their team, the ComicBook/ScarletWitch, had in fact been Loki in disguise as part of one of his trademark evil schemes. Pym's response was to ask the God of Evil to join the Avengers for real. Every person in the room, including Loki himself, reacted this way, and his Avengers team actually broke up for a time on the grounds that Pym was either too crazy or too stupid to lead them.
111	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity:
112	** Before it was finally established that he was bipolar, his moments of insanity were explained away as being due to Pym Particles altering his brain chemistry, a detail carried over into the MCU adaptation. No one else ever having such a problem is probably why he was made bipolar via retcon.
113	** In an oft-forgotten part of the reviled ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'', the story that tried to say Iron Man was a ManchurianAgent for Kang, it attempted to retcon the cause of Hank's mental issues, saying that Tony's was Kang's ''second'' choice and Hank was Kang's first, the various issues Hank suffered were really the result of this attempt at brainwashing Hank. However, much like retconning that it was really Immortus manipulating Tony and only since the events of ''ComicBook/OperationGalacticStorm'', ''ComicBook/AvengersForever'' also revealed that Immortus lied and really did nothing of the sort to Hank, simply adding that lie to reinforce the deception as it was something Hank would have ''wanted'' to be true.
114	* WorldsSmartestMan: Hank Pym is sometimes labelled the smartest man depending on the media. However, he's usually overshadowed by other scientific minds and remains reclusive. Generally accepted these days is that he's ''one of'' the smartest men in the world, probably top ten, just not ''the'' smartest.
115	* WorkingWithTheEx: Hank and Janet continued to work together as Avengers even when she started dating other men. It was awkward for both.
116	* YankTheDogsChain: In ''Infinity Countdown'', Pymtron touches the Soul Stone, dragging part of Hank into the Soul World. He refuses to accept he's stuck there, and finagles a way back to the real world, apparently succeeding... Nope, he hasn't. A demon in the Soul World is messing with his head. Then it eats him.
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121	[[folder:Scott Lang]]
122	!!Ant-Man II
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125	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Scott Edward Harris Lang
126	%%!!! '''Known Aliases:'''
127	!!! '''First Appearance:''' As Scott Lang: ''The Avengers'' #181 (March 1979); As Ant-Man: ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (April 1979)
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129	Scott Lang was the second man to take up the mantle of Ant-Man. He has been a member of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four.
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131	%%* ActionDad: He has a daughter, Cassie Lang.
132	* AmicableExes: Averted, like how. Scott's ex-wife really doesn't think very highly of him, even successfully taking him to court of custody of Cassie.
133	* BrilliantButLazy: According to {{Word of God}} Scott Lang excels at electrical engineering as well as some other fields but never quite applies himself.
134	* ButtMonkey: After coming back from the dead, or more specifically after his time in ''FF'', Scott becomes a barely functional doofus who endangers everyone around him through his own thoughtlessness and stupidity.
135	* CostumeCopycat: Scott stole the Ant-Man suit from Hank Pym's house, using it to break into CTE to confront Darren Cross as "Ant-Man".
136	* DatingCatwoman: He had a fling (and slept) with Janice Lincoln, the Lady Beetle. Lampshaded:
137	-->''(thoughts, as Janice is about to kiss him) "One rule that can never be broken no matter what--and no matter how many times [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]] [[ReallyGetsAround Stark]] may tell you otherwise--if you want to be an Avenger, [[TemptingFate you do]] '''[[TemptingFate not]]''' [[TemptingFate sleep with the super-villans]]." (GilliganCut to him and Janice in bed [[SexyDiscretionShot the next morning]])''
138	* DeathIsCheap: He was killed at the beginning of ''Avengers: Disassembled'', and brought back during ''Avengers: Children's Crusade'', by his daughter and some time-travel shenanigans.
139	* HeadbuttingHeroes: With Jack of Hearts, during his time on the Avengers. The two never got along, bickering at the drop of a hat over everything. And then Jack died in the process of saving Scott's daughter.
140	* InsistentTerminology: During Geoff John's Avengers run, Scott keeps repeating that he's not ''really'' an Avenger, he's just helping them. No-one listens. Eventually, a judge asks him just how often the Avengers have a problem they need help with.
141	%%* LoserProtagonist: In Nick Spencer's run.
142	* JustifiedCriminal: Scott turned to burglary as a last resort after his daughter is diagnosed with a congenital heart condition. His ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' incarnation provides the page image for HealthCareMotivation.
143	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Dr. Doom in Matt Fraction's ComicBook/{{FF}} run after Dr. Doom killed his daughter.
144	* NoRespectGuy: Since about 2015, Scott's generally been treated as a loser or wannabe by other heroes, despite the several decades of solid heroing under his belt beforehand. During ''ComicBook/AntMan2022'', Cassie calls him out on this, suggesting his attempts make him come across as cloying, with a dose of YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre.
145	* PapaWolf: Go after Cassie and Scott will make you regret it.
146	* PartTimeHero: Scott only donned the Ant-Man costume for brief periods early in his career, preferring to raise his daughter and, later, run his own electronics store.
147	* ProfanityPolice: In the 2020 miniseries, Ant-Man (Scott Lang) and Stinger (his daughter Cassie) are stopping a drug operation by AIM. Stinger attacks them with SymbolSwearing, and Scott objects "Whoa! Language!"
148	* RememberTheNewGuy: In ''Avengers'' Vol 3 #62, Scott Lang's ex-wife Peggy Rae appears when she obtains a court ruling limiting Scott's time with Cassie to supervised visits for one month. She has a strained relationship with Scott both because of his past as a criminal and his career as a superhero, feeling it's too dangerous for their daughter. This despite the fact that in Scott's first appearances his wife, and Cassie's mother, never appeared or was mentioned, with it being implied that Scott was raising Cassie alone. And with him having custody of Cassie with no problems.
149	* {{Retcon}}: In Scott Lang's first appearance, his daughter Cassie suffered from a congenital heart defect. To save her life, Scott stole Hank Pym's Ant-Man equipment and Pym Particles, which he used to rescue Doctor Sondheim, the only doctor able to cure Cassie's condition, from Cross Technological Enterprises. Scott's wife, and Cassie's mother, never appeared or was mentioned, with it being implied that Scott was raising Cassie alone. In fact, when Scott was in prison, his sister Ruth Lang and her boyfriend Carl were the ones that took care of Cassie, and have since disappeared. Then in ''Avengers'' Vol 3 #62, Scott's ex-wife Peggy Rae appears when she obtains a court ruling limiting Scott's time with Cassie to supervised visits for one month. Despite the fact that before that issue, Cassie was under his custody with no problems.
150	* ReformedCriminal: Scott is a former thief.
151	* RomanticRunnerUp: Lang dated Jessica Jones for months but she ended up with ComicBook/LukeCage.
152	* UnknownRival: During one of his series, he says that after multiple fights, he considers Taskmaster to be his arch-enemy. Taskmaster barely remembers fighting him, and only attacked Scott because he was in town anyways.
153	** [[JustifiedTrope Justified]]: Taskmaster only remembers people through the physical abilities he can copy. Scott not being a martial artist and his powers not being immitatable means Taskmaster has no reason (or ability) to memorize Scott.
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156	[[folder:Eric O'Grady]]
157	!!Ant-Man III
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159
160	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Eric O'Grady
161	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Slaying Mantis, Derek Sullivan, G.I. Ant-Man
162	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Irredeemable Ant-Man'' #1 (December 2006)
163
164	After stealing prototype Ant-Man armor from SHIELD, Eric O'Grady became the Irredeemable Ant-Man; the world's most unlikable superhero. After spending some time as a member of the Initiative and later the Thunderbolts, Steve Rogers personally chose him for his steam of Avengers giving him a chance to redeem himself.
165	----
166	* AchillesHeel: Eric's Achilles tendons become vulnerable when he's in giant form.
167	* TheAdjectivalSuperhero: The ''Irredeemable'' Ant-Man.
168	* TheAtoner: The reason why he joined the Secret Avengers. That, and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] decided to give him a second chance.
169	* ClearMyName: Subverted. O'Grady did indeed steal the Ant-Man suit and evade SHIELD while on the run. But in order to get back into their good graces after he was found, he passes most of the blame for the serious stuff onto Mitch Carson (who was revealed to actually be a serial killer and about to brutally kill O'Grady anyway when SHIELD caught up to where Carson was holding him) and sold out Black Fox at the end of his series as well.
170	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Although by ''Secret Avengers'' he is doing this less often.
171	* ComedicSociopathy: Eric is a very selfish man, and he uses his superpowers to get what he wants at the expense of others.
172	* DeathEqualsRedemption: Eric is ultimately killed while saving a young child from the Descendants. In his final moments, he notes that it was worth it, since after a lifetime of being an asshole, his last moments on Earth were spent finally doing the right thing.
173	* DirtyCoward: O'Grady has a tendency to shrink and hide in the face of danger. He also shoved his best friend out of the way when they were trying to flee some rampaging supervillains, which led to his friend's brains being blown out.
174	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Less then a few issues into Remender's start on ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'', after being given a back story that didn't even fit his previous history well, he is killed off and replaced.
175	* EccentricMentor: Black Fox was this for O'Grady early on, aiding in crimes as well as playing video games in their down time. The relationship went south however after Black Fox stole his UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.
176	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first time he appears, he smashes Hank Pym (well, a Skrull replacing Hank Pym) in the face with a rifle, when he's supposed to be ''guarding'' him, because he was jumpy.
177	* EveryoneHasStandards:
178	** Despite his long list of disreputable traits and general awfulness, Eric was horrified by Norman Osborn's Thunderbolts, and was looking for any opportunity to get out.
179	** During ''ComicBook/AntMan2022'', O'Grady is shown attempting to find more Pym Particles for his suit by GraveRobbing Scott Lang's grave in the hope that he was buried with his equipment. He tries to tell himself that this applies as he isn't ''comfortable'' digging up the grave, but it doesn't stop him trying it.
180	** When first informed that an old girlfriend was pregnant, Eric made it clear that he didn't want to be involved because he recognised that ''he'' would be a bad father.
181	* FakeUltimateHero: During the events of ''Secret Invasion'', he hides when the going gets tough, allowing him to gain some key intel on the Skrulls by accident. As a reward, he's assigned to the Thunderbolts by Norman Osborn, and spends his entire time there surrounded by amoral psychoes.
182	* FireForgedFriends: With ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}} from his days in the [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative Avengers Initiative]].
183	* HandsomeLech: He's pretty perverse and not above using his status as a superhero to pick up women. Best way to describe him would be [[Series/HowIMetYourMother Barney Stinson with superpowers]].
184	* HowDoIShotWeb: Eric went through a trial-and-error stage after he stole the Ant-Man suit, burning Mitch Carson's face with his rocket boots and nearly killing an attempted rapist because he underestimated his own strength at insect size. He didn't even know the suit had size-changing abilities until he was sent to Camp Hammond.
185	* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: In ''ComicBook/AntMan2022'', he tried to dig up Scott Lang's grave to find more Pym Particles in the hope that Lang was buried with his equipment, unaware that Lang had been ''blown up'' and so the grave was purely symbolic.
186	* {{Jerkass}}: Just two examples:
187	** Having sex with Veronica, the girlfriend of his best friend Chris, who was dead, and then later admitting he doesn't feel anything for her.
188	** At Camp Hammond, Eric provoked Stature when he slandered the name of her father and his predecessor, Scott Lang, blaming him for Eric's own voyeurism.
189	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It took ''a lot'' of digging to finally get there, but Eric showed he had the heart of a true hero in his time with the Secret Avengers, redeeming himself by saving a child and his mother.
190	* JetPack: The G.I. Ant-Man suit [[{{Flight}} flies]] using a set of rocket boots. They can also be used as a [[WeaponizedExhaust weapon]] in the right circumstances.
191	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: While never out-and-out villainous, O'Grady was on both the Shadow Initiative and Osborn's second ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}} team. Never mind playing DisappearedDad to his kid. With his death finally karma has caught him.
192	* KillAndReplace: Eric ends up being killed by the Descendants and replaced by a Life Model Decoy.
193	* MarshmallowHell: O'Grady snuck into the cockpit of Air Force One hidden in Black Widow II's cleavage.
194	* OddFriendship: Struck up one with Taskmaster during their time at Camp Hammond, starting when they both decide to sit out KIA's rampage and watch ''Chuck'' on Eric's [=iPod=].
195	* ThePeepingTom: A complete pervert, Eric used the Ant-Man's shrinking powers to spy on ComicBook/MsMarvel (when Carol was in the role) while she was in the shower.
196	* PoweredArmor: O'Grady's stolen Ant-Man suit. Later, Hank Pym would add the power to grow to the suit, renaming it the G.I. Ant-Man suit.
197	* ShoutOut: To ‘’Franchise/{{Batman}}’’ When Eric was hiding inside Ms. Marvel's purse he mentioned all the cool stuff she must have at her lair like a dinosaur or a giant penny.
198	* SpiderLimbs: The G.I. Ant-Man suit has two retractable limbs used for balance and [[WallCrawl wall crawling]].
199	* StickyFingers: Eric has no compunctions about simply taking whatever he wants.
200	* StealthPun: His original suit's official name is "G.I.ANT-MAN" which could be read as General Infantry Ant-man or Giant Man, could also be considered FunWithAcronyms on Skrull Hank Pym's part.
201	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During ''World War Hulk'', Eric - an otherwise ordinary human in powered armor - gets between Hulk and Iron Man's fight. He's badly injured.
202	* TagalongKid: His role in the Secret Avengers seems to be this, though he tries hard to prove himself.
203	-->'''War Machine''': Let's go, kid.
204	-->'''Ant-Man''': I got a codename, you know?
205	-->'''War Machine''': Not to me. Not until you live up to it.
206	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: A man of very few morals and willingness to lie, cheat, steal and manipulate in order to get ahead in life, O'Grady immediately steals the Ant Man armor for his own selfish plans, which include using his status as a "super-hero" to stalk women and facilitate his thievery.
207	[[/folder]]
208	!!Giant-Man
209
210	[[folder:Raz Malhotra]]
211	!!Giant-Man III
212	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4956384_aantman2015006_cov_48b6e.jpg]]
213	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Raz Malhotra
214	%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
215	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Ant-Man Annual'' #1 (September 2015) [[note]]As Raz Malhotra[[/note]]; ''Ultimates'' Vol 2 #3 (March 2016) [[note]]As Giant-Man[[/note]]
216
217	A technician expert in A.I. who received the Giant-Man suit.
218	----
219	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: He's Indian-american and gay, taking the identity of previously heterosexual users.
220	* TheBigGuy: His role with the new Agents of Atlas.
221	* TheCallPutMeOnHold: During an appearance in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015'', he asks the team if he can help, but is politely told that until he's punched a Cthulhu, there's not much call for him.
222	* OfficialCouple: He begins a romance with Isaac Ikeda, the Protector of Pan.
223	* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. Raz's suit is mostly red with black linings but he's a hero.
224	* ShipTease: With Isaac Ikeda, the Protector of Pan city. They later become an OfficialCouple.
225	* StraightGay: Raz is gay but not stereotypically so.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	!!Goliath
229
230	[[folder:Bill Foster]]
231	!!Giant-Man II
232	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/82174_142326_goliath.jpg]]
233	[[caption-width-right:300:As Giant-Man]]
234	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4301993_2006_11_29_143627_giant_man_1.jpg]]
235	[[caption-width-right:300:As Goliath]]
236	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1122508_bg6.jpg]]
237	[[caption-width-right:300:As Black Goliath]]
238	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' William "Bill" Foster
239	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Goliath, Black Goliath, Giant-Man, Rockwell Dodsworth
240	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #32 (Sept. 1966) [[note]]As Bill Foster[[/note]]; ''Luke Cage, Power Man'' #24 (April 1975) [[note]]As Black Goliath[[/note]]; ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #55 (September 1979) [[note]]As Giant-Man[[/note]]; ''The Thing'' #1 (January 2006) [[note]]As Goliath[[/note]]
241
242	Brilliant and tough, Goliath fought evil using a variation of the Pym Particles. He was killed during the Civil War by Ragnarok, a clone of Thor. He was succeeded by his nephew, Tom Foster.
243	----
244	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: To Hank Pym, being African-American to Hank's Caucasian.
245	* BackForTheDead: After several years away, he reappeared in issue 3 of ''Civil War''. Guess what happens in issue 4.
246	* ColorCharacter: Sometimes known as ''Black'' Goliath. Because... y'know... he's black.
247	* IHaveManyNames: His superhero identities include Black Goliath, Giant-Man and Goliath.
248	* KilledOffForReal: Gets a hole blown through his chest by Ragnarok, partway through ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006''. As of 2020, he hasn't gotten better from it.
249	%%* ScienceHero
250	* SizeShifter: Following from Hank Pym, Bill took the identity of Giant-Man, allowing him to grow to the size of a large building.
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder:Clint Barton]]
254	!!Goliath III
255	%%
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258	%%
259	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0000_64.png]]
260	%%
261	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Clinton "Clint" Barton
262	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Tales of Suspense'' #57 (September 1964) [[note]]As Hawkeye[[/note]]; ''Avengers'' #63 (April 1969) [[note]]As Goliath[[/note]]
263	As the archer Hawkeye, Clint Barton was one of the earliest Avengers - a member of "Cap's Kooky Quartet" alongside Captain America, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Hank Pym later rejoined the team as well, but later decided to retire his 'Goliath' identity due to fears that its growth serum was aggravating his mental health problems. Simultaneously, Hawkeye was doubting his place as a normal, powerless human in the Avengers - especially after a bowstring snapped at a vital moment, almost killing some of the team. Taking the latest growth serum and wearing a new costume that Janet Van Dyne had designed for Hank, he abandoned his bow and became a new Goliath. The change was temporary and Clint eventually reassumed his old identity as Hawkeye.
264	----
265	See ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} for more info.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Erik Josten]]
269	!!Goliath IV
270	[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7533969_img_8451.jpg]]
271	[[caption-width-right:281:Atlas]]
272	[[caption-width-right:281:[[labelnote:Click here to see as Goliath]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/284full_atlas_power_man_slash_goliath.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
273	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Erik Josten
274	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Power Man, Smuggler, Goliath, Atlas
275	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #21 (October 1965) [[note]]As Power Man[[/note]]; ''Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man'' #49 (December 1980) [[note]]As Smuggler[[/note]]; ''Iron Man Annual'' #7 (October 1984) [[note]]As Goliath[[/note]]; ''The Incredible Hulk'' #449 (January 1997) [[note]]As Atlas[[/note]]
276
277	See Characters/ThunderboltsFoundingMembers for more info.
278	----
279	[[/folder]]
280
281	[[folder:Tom Foster]]
282	!!Goliath V
283	[[quoteright:326:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/275500_30393_tom_foster.jpg]]
284	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Thomas "Tom" Foster
285	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Black Goliath, Black Buck, Big Brother, Big Black
286	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Black Panther'' Vol 4 #23 (February 2007) [[note]]Unnamed[[/note]]; ''Incredible Hulk'' Vol 2 #107 (August, 2007) [[note]]Named[[/note]]; ''World War Hulk Aftersmash: Damage Control'' #1 (March 2008) [[note]]As Black Goliath[[/note]]; ''World War Hulk Aftersmash: Damage Control'' #2 (April 2008) [[note]]As Goliath[[/note]]
287
288	Tom Foster is the nephew of Bill Foster a.k.a. Black Goliath. After his uncle died, Tom took on the identity of the hero known as Goliath.
289	----
290	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: His immediate predecessor as Goliath was the caucasian Erik Josten.
291	* AfroAsskicker: Has an afro and he's a powerful size-shifter.
292	* HeelFaceTurn: While originally a member of the Revengers, he saw the error of his ways and is now a hero, although not officially part of any team.
293	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Wears glasses and he's an MIT graduate.
294	* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks very similar to his uncle.
295	* YouKilledMyFather: Holds a massive grudge against Tony Stark, holding him responsible for Ragnarok killing his uncle. And he's got a point.
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	!!Stature
299	[[folder:Cassandra "Cassie" Lang]]
300	!!Cassie Lang
301	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cassie_lang.png]]
302	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Cassandra Eleanor "Cassie" Lang
303	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Stature, Stinger, Ant-Girl, Giant-Girl
304	!!! '''Species:''' Human mutate
305	!!! '''Team Affiliations:''' ComicBook/SecretAvengers, ComicBook/MightyAvengers, ComicBook/YoungAvengers
306	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (April, 1979) [[note]]As Cassie Lang[[/note]]; ''Young Avengers'' #6 (May, 2006) [[note]]As Stature[[/note]]; ''The Astonishing Ant-Man'' #6 (May, 2016) [[note]]As Stinger[[/note]]
307
308	Cassie is the daughter of Scott Lang, better known as the second Ant Man. In fact, she served as his primary initial motivation to be a superhero, when her ailing health came with medical bills he couldn't quite afford.
309
310	After her father was killed during the [[ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled Avengers' disbandment]], Cassie was inspired to become a superhero in her own right, and --after having stolen Pym Particles for years-- finally manifests the ability to grow and shrink in size at will, without the need of a suit. With this ability, she becomes one of the very first ComicBook/YoungAvengers, christening herself as Stature.
311
312	She later joined the ComicBook/MightyAvengers at the start of ''Dark Reign'', before rejoining her friends in the Young Avengers when that team disbanded. Then she died just as her father was brought back to life during ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade.
313
314	Cassie would be dead until 2014, when ComicBook/DoctorDoom (morally inverted from ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'') resurrects her as reparation for having been responsible for her death in the first place. With a new lease on life, she reunites with her father and later returns to her life of superheroics, this time operating under the name Stinger.
315
316	----
317	!! Cassie Lang provides examples of the following tropes:
318
319	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In a way, to her father, who shared her powers.
320	* ActionGirl: To be specific, she herself is the one who chooses to become a superheroine.
321	* ArtisticAge: She was 14 years old when she first joined the Young Avengers but was often drawn as much older looking.
322	* BackFromTheDead: She's killed in ''Children's Crusade'' but is eventually brought back to life by Doom in ''Comicbook/{{AXIS}}''.
323	* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: After she punches Doom, who at the time was boosted on reality warping power stolen from the Scarlet Witch, he promptly responds by killing her.
324	* CanonImmigrant: Stinger was an adult Cassie's costumed persona in the Marvel Comics 2 continuity.
325	* CollateralAngst: Her death at the hands of Doctor Doom is what fuels Iron Lad's StartOfDarkness, putting him on the path to becoming Kang.
326	* ComicBookTime: She was apparently aged up several years in the brief period between Creator/GeoffJohns' ''Avengers'' run and the debut of ''Young Avengers''.
327	* DaddysGirl: She adores her father and wants to follow his footstep.
328	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu?: After she thinks he killed her father, she grows to the size of God Mode Doom and knocks him over.
329	* DisappearedDad: Her father, Scott Lang. As of ''Children's Crusade'', [[BackFromTheDead not so disappeared]].
330	* DominoMask: She wore one as Stature.
331	* FakeDefector: She pretends to work for the Power Broker in order to trick him into giving her superpowers. She agrees to do one legitimate job for him though after she learns that the target is Darren Cross.
332	* FirstFatherWins: Cassie greatly adores her father Scott Lang and wants to follow in his footsteps in being a superhero. However, she has a strained relationship with her stepfather Blake Burdick, a police officer who cannot stand the world of superheroes the young girl loves, and he unsuccessfully tries to keep Cassie and Scott apart. In the events of ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', when Scott is killed due to the actions of an insane Scarlet Witch, Cassie retreats into herself, blaming Blake for being unable to understand her as her father always did. Though Blake does try unsuccessfully to be a caring stepfather, despite sometimes being distant toward her and seeing her as a "less than brilliant" girl, it is clear that Cassie favors her father over him.
333	* GotTheCallOnSpeedDial: After being killed, when she was resurrected she found that she'd lost her powers. When the Power Broker launched Hench X (in ComicBook/AstonishingAntman), which offered the chance to get superpowers to use against the heroes, Cassie applied, intending to get her powers back and then bring the organisation down. She is given Pym Particles, a new uniform, a new codename: [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 Stinger]].
334	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde haired and she's a pretty nice and caring girl.
335	* HeroicBSOD: She has one in ''Young Avengers Presents'' when she accidentally indirectly injures her stepfather. She shrinks herself to microscopic size and ''keeps shrinking the more she talks''. Eli snaps her out of it.
336	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After her resurrection, she becomes increasingly bitter and resentful over no longer having powers. She ends up forming an alliance with the Power Broker in exchange for a new costume and Pym Particles.
337	* InSeriesNickname: Cassie is short for Cassandra.
338	* InterspeciesRomance: With Jonas, a synthezoid.
339	* JumpedAtTheCall: Was originally planning to join the Runaways but forced her way into the Young Avengers after she found out about them.
340	* JuniorCounterpart: She has the powers of her father, Scott Lang.
341	* PsychoactivePowers: She grows when she gets angry and shrinks when she feels guilty.
342	* SacrificialLion: Killed near the end to hammer in that ''Children's Crusade'' is a tragedy.
343	* {{Sizeshifter}}: Her power is to make herself grow or shrink at will.
344	* SpinOffspring: She became a superhero after Scott's death, and effectively took his place as far as the Lang family goes. This ended upon his revival, where ''she'' died, but quickly got better.
345	* SuperiorSuccessor: While Scott needs a special suit to access his shrinking and growing abilities, Cassie's powers are completely innate.
346	* YoungerThanSheLooks: She's the youngest of the Young Avengers but it's hard to tell.
347	----
348	[[/folder]]
349
350	!!Yellowjacket
351	[[folder:Rita [=DeMara=]]]
352	!!Yellowjacket II
353	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ant_man_yellowjacket_02.jpg]]
354	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Rita [=DeMara=]
355	%%!!! '''Notable Aliases:'''
356	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #264 (February 1986)
357
358	Rita [=DeMara=] became Yellowjacket after stealing the identity from the former Avenger, Hank Pym. She was a member of the Masters of Evil and the Femizons but ultimately joined the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy in their quest to keep the universe safe.
359	----
360	* ActionGirl: Is female and is a badass in her own right.
361	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: She took Henry Pym's former Yellowjacket identity.
362	* AnimalThemeNaming: She's named after a species of wasp, a recurring theme for Ant-Man and his related identities & partners.
363	* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: All of Yellowjacket's powers derive from her costume.
364	* ColorCharacter: ''Yellow''jacket.
365	* DatingCatwoman: Yellowjacket had a flirtatious, possibly romantic, relationship with the Black Knight.
366	* TheDragalong: Quite literally dragged into the events of "The Evolutionary War" when she showed up at an abandoned Avengers Manion, and everyone else figured it was a bad idea to leave her there.
367	* EveryoneHasStandards: About two minutes after becoming a crook, she was recruited into the Masters of Evil, led by Baron Zemo at his pettiest. She spent much of ''Under Siege'' being silently appalled by his terrible management styles.
368	* {{Flight}}: Her original costume (which was a straight modification of Pym's) included cybernetic wings that let her do this. When she revamped it in the Guardians' time, it was modified to allow her to fly without wings.
369	* HeelFaceTurn: She was part of the Masters of Evil, though she ultimately turned on them, and was even named an honorary Avenger after helping out during the Evolutionary War. She did pass through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor a couple of times, though, before she turned face for good and eventually joined the Guardians of the Galaxy and time-traveled to the 31st century where she became a hero.
370	* HowDoIShotWeb: She stole one of Hank's Yellowjacket outfits and repurposed it. Turns out it came with a few features she didn't know to check for, such as a connection to the Avengers emergency frequency.
371	* KilledOffForReal: In ''ComicBook/TheCrossing'', having gotten homesick for her own time, she came back to the modern era, found out along the way that something bad was about to happen to the Avengers, and was promptly killed by ComicBook/IronMan.
372	** BackFromTheDead: Came back briefly during the ComicBook/ChaosWar when she was part of the BackupFromOtherworld.
373	* LegacyCharacter: [=DeMara=] stole one of Hank Pym's old costumes to become a villainous version of Yellowjacket.
374	* SizeShifter: Inherited from the original Yellowjacket identity, she uses Pym Particles to manipulate her size and the size of others.
375	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She was [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] during the ComicBook/ChaosWar, and was one of the few returned Avengers to survive the event, but hasn't been seen since.
376	[[/folder]]
377
378	[[folder:Darren Cross]]
379	!!Yellowjacket III
380	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5467196_darren_cross_earth_616_from_astonishing_ant_man_vol_1_12_001_1.jpg]]
381	!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Darren Agonistes Cross
382	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Darren Cross
383	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Premiere'' #47 (April 1979) [[note]]As Darren Cross[[/note]]; ''The Astonishing Ant-Man'' #12 (September 2016) [[note]]As Yellowjacket[[/note]]
384
385	The ex-CEO of Cross Technological Enterprises and the first enemy of Scott Lang in his role as the second Ant-Man.
386	----
387	* BackFromTheDead: After being dead for decades, he was brought back to life by his son Augustine Cross.
388	* HulkingOut: A side effect of his radioactive pacemaker is his body enlarging, turning pink and developing a muscular physique.
389	* LegacyCharacter: He's the third person to don the Yellowjacket identity.
390	* OrganTheft: His introduction involves him kidnapping people to steal their hearts because an experimental pacemaker is burning out his own. When he comes back he steals Cassie's heart.
391	* PoweredArmor: Being based on his Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse incarnation, his Yellowjacket suit is bulkier and is better armed.
392	* RetCanon: Being brought back and taking the Yellowjacket identity references his role during the ''Ant-Man'' movie, in which Cross was the main antagonist.
393	* SuperhumanTransfusion: In his return, he stole and transplanted Cassie's heart into himself, gaining sizeshifting powers, though uncontrollably [[EmotionalPowers linked to his emotional state]].
394	[[/folder]]
395
396	!!The Wasp
397
398	[[folder:In General]]
399	-> See Characters/TheWasp
400	[[/folder]]
401

Context Characters / AntManHeroes