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Next Avengers
In General
The children of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, who have been kept hidden by Tony Stark until Ultron finds them.
- Canon Foreigner: All the Next Avengers except for Pym are this.
- Dark and Troubled Past: All of them have this: James, Azari and Pym were left orphans when Ultron killed their parents, Torunn suffers from Parental Abandonment and Francis was raised by his father until he was killed by Ultron which left him as the leader of the Scavengers.
- Kid Hero: The characters range from 12 like Pym to possibly 17 like James and Torunn. It's deconstructed however since while determined to help and their training meaning they aren't completely helpless, there is no way they can beat someone like Ultron. As a result they are forced to ask the Hulk for help, who does end up defeating Ultron so that Torunn can then dispose of his body in space.
- Like Brother and Sister: This obviously doesn't include Francis, but the Next Avengers view each other as siblings.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Less so than their parents, since except for Francis they were raised together. But the team includes: a Jerk with a Heart of Gold Magnetic Hero, a Shock and Awe Little Miss Badass, a Motor Mouth Sizeshifter, an Only Sane Electric Black Guy, and a Sixth Ranger with Improbable Aiming Skills.
- Spin-Offspring: They are the children of the Avengers and the main characters of the film.
- Well-Trained, but Inexperienced: Despite having been training their entire lives, the Next Avengers struggle when faced with real combat through most of the film and it's made clear that they don't stand a chance against Ultron. Meanwhile the Badass Normal Francis, who has spent his entire life actually fighting against Ultron in the real world, is shown to be better in combat than the other kids.
- Vague Age: Their ages aren't clearly established, but since they are described as children and the Time Skip after the opening is confirmed as twelve years, they can roughly be assumed to be between 12 and 17. Pym was shown to be a baby in the opening, making him 12 or 13 at the youngest, while both James and Torunn were the oldest which likely makes them 17, with Azari likely being around 15 and Francis was portrayed as being closer in age to James and Torunn.
James Rogers
James Rogers
"Avengers, assemble!"
Species: Mutate
Voiced By: Noah C. Crawford
James is the son of Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanova. Appears to posses the same abilities as his father, including his indestructible shield.
- Allergic to Routine: Routine doesn't agree with James, and he actively hates having to do something over and over. Near the beginning of the film, we see that just sitting still for a few hours annoys him more than anything, leading him to sneak off, then find and activate the robot Avengers.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear whether James has any actual powers. On the one hand he shows a level of physical skill well beyond his years that imply he inherited the super solder serum from his father. On the other hand, Pym outright tells Ultron that James doesn't have any powers, though he might have been referring to powers similar to his own and the other kids.
- Character Development: He grows from a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who's issues with routine make him unlikeable and angry, to a Magnetic Nice Guy and The Leader of the Next Avengers.
- Dead Guy Junior: While never stated outright, it's implied James was named after his father's late sidekick James "Bucky" Barnes.
- Deadly Disc: His energy shield can slice up object just as well as the original wielded by his father.
- Determinator: Like father like son, don't ever expect him to give up.
- Fiery Redhead: Played with, he's certainly outspoken and occasionally a Jerkass, but he's too level-headed and calm to fully fit the trope.
- Iconic Item: His wrist device created a hard light copy of his father's shield. He eventually comes into possession of the actual shield.
- Impossibly Cool Weapon: Once again, his shield.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Averted, he's quite easily the most jaded and cynical of the children at first, but his mood improves over the course of the movie.
- It's All My Fault: Blames himself heavily for activating the Iron Avengers which lead Ultron to their home and got Tony captured.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He can be immature and quite a Jerkass at times, but if people's lives are on the line, he'll jump right in to save them.
- The Leader: Much like his father.
- Like Father, Like Son: James shares many similarities to his father, such as his inability to do nothing, his sense of justice, ability to inspire others and natural leadership. He also sports a costume similar to Bucky’s and he seems to have inherited Nat’s hair color.
- Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: Wouldn't be the son of Captain America without this trope.
- Magnetic Hero: Much like how his father was able to inspire the Avengers, James was able to inspire his adoptive siblings and Francis to fight against Ultron. Ultron identifies this as the quality which made Captain America the most dangerous of the Avengers and declares his intent to kill James first so he won't inspire others.
- My Sister Is Off-Limits: Has this mindset with Torunn:Francis: Besides, anything to impress a girl right?
James: Girl? Wait, you mean Torunn? Dude, she's like my sister!
Francis: So, she's available then?
James: No, she's not! - Nice Guy: Despite shades of Jerkassness early on, James is as noble a hero as his father, and is always there for his siblings.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Hawkeye's red.
- Shield Bash: Again, given who his father is, what else did you expect him to use?
- Throwing Your Shield Always Works: Come on, it's gotta run in the family!
- White Male Lead: While being about all of them, James arguably get's the most focus as he develops into The Leader of the Next Avengers.
- Wrecked Weapon: His energy shield. Later it's replaced by the original and promptly gets a re-baptism of fire when it's used to fight Ultron.
Torunn
Torunn Thorsdottir
"Have at thee!"
Species: Asgardian
Voiced By: Brenna O'Brien
Daughter of the Avenger Thor, and the Asgardian Sif. She is aided by an enchanted sword, similar to her father's mighty hammer Mjölnir.
- Badass Boast: Like father like daughter.
- Badass Cape: After her talk with Thor, she returns to earth with a new outfit. Including a rather magnificent red cape.
- Battle Cry: "For Asgard!"
- The Big Guy: An unusual female variety.
- Boisterous Bruiser: Enjoys fighting just like her father, but unlike most examples has never been in actual fight. This means that her first fight ends with her being beaten quickly and she becomes depressed over her failure.
- Character Development: Starts out as a cocky Boisterous Bruiser, but becomes a more thoughtful individual after being humbled by her defeat at the hands of the Iron Avengers and being saved by Hawkeye.
- Disney Death: In that she nearly suffocates when disposing of Ultron's remains. It turns out that this act was all Thor needed to save her life and bring her to the safety of Asgard.
- Elemental Absorption: Can do this to Azari when he tries to intimidate them with his electric powers.
- Flying Brick: Has Flight, Super-Strength, and Nigh-Invulnerability. She later appears to have acquired Weather Manipulation/Shock and Awe by the end of the film.
- Foil: To Azari as both are technically royalty and have electric powers, but she is a Boisterous Bruiser who see combat as the best way to solve a problem.
- I Choose to Stay: Turns down her father's offer to return to Asgard, in favor of remaining with her family on Earth. Thor accepts her decision and reminds her that if she chooses to return, the doors to Asgard will be open to her.
- Large Ham: She shouts boasts whenever in combat, and aside from Pym, is usually the loudest member of the team.
- Lightning Bruiser: She can fly to space with amazing speed, and is probably the physically strongest among her siblings.
- Little Miss Badass: She's the daughter of Thor and Lady Sif. How could she not be one?
- Mythology Gag: While her father wears his classic costume, Torunn's is based on Thor's outfit from Ultimate Marvel.
- Not So Stoic: After the failed attack on Ultra City, where she also lost her sword, Torunn suffers a Heroic BSoD and becomes sullen for some time.
- Parental Abandonment: Was abandoned on Earth as an infant when Thor left the Avengers to rule Asgard following her grandfather Odin's death, in a misguided attempt to teach her humility - something he himself did not learn until much later in his life.
- Shock and Awe: Ain't the daughter of "The Thunderer" for nothing.
- The Smurfette Principle: She's the only female member of the Next Avengers, and one of three female characters in the entire film, the others being Jocasta and Betty Ross.
- Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Her nameless sword is similar to Mjölnir in this regard, though it seems she's not yet skilled enough to call it to her from great distances on her own.
- "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl: She strives for Thor to even notice her, and perhaps take her back to Asgard. She finally does get noticed by the end of the film, though chooses not to return to Asgard.
- Took a Level in Badass: Was very much a badass to begin with. Near the end of the film she comes back from Asgard stronger than ever.
Henry Pym Jr.
Henry Pym Jr.
"Hah! We showed him. We ARE dumb enough!"
Species: Mutate
Voiced By: Aidan Drummond
The young and innocent son of Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He's got a pretty short attention span.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: He was a brief villain in the comics before pulling a Heel–Face Turn, but this version is an In Name Only adaption and is The Heart of the Next Avengers.
- Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: His comic self wasn't raised by Tony Stark after the deaths of his parents.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: In the comics Pym could only grow in size, while here he has his mother's power to shrink and grow wings. Until the final fight with Iron Giant-Man, where he grows in size.
- Age Lift: He's around 12 years old in this film, while his comic self was a grown man.
- Badass Adorable: He is an adorable, funny little boy who can hold his own against an army of evil robots.
- Dead Guy Junior: Named after his father.
- The Heart: To put it in perspective, he was the only one Hulk would listen to during the battle with Ultron.
- The Gadfly: Likes to tease his friends every chance he gets.
- In Name Only: His comic self was a villain in A-Next who pulled a Heel–Face Turn, saving the new Avengers after seeing how vicious and sadistic his sister was in torturing the heroes. He switched sides and defeated his sister, eventually joining an anti-terrorist task force that also acts as a release program for supervillains. This version is a Kid-Appeal Character with a Motor Mouth and The Heart of the Next Avengers while not having a biological sister. A massive change is that Pym went by the name Big Man since he could only grow in size, while here he mainly has his mother's powers before growing to giant size to fight Iron Giant-Man.
- Kid-Appeal Character: He fits into this by being youngest, dorkiest and friendliest member of the cast.
- Last-Name Basis: Everybody calls him Pym instead of Henry.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: Do not mess with him or he will grow giant sized and start smashing stuff up.
- Morality Pet: For the Hulk, when he's not stinging him in order to make him angry.
- Motor Mouth: The boy almost never shuts up.
- Out of Focus: Out of all the kids, except maybe Azari, he gets the least focus.
- Race Lift: He's of Asian descent while his comic self was white.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Azari's blue.
- Sizeshifter: As shown when battling Iron Giant-Man, he can go big as well as play the Incredible Shrinking Man, but he's not very skilled with the ability yet.
- The Smart Guy: Is described as the 'tech-head' as he knows a thing or two about technology which he presumably gets from his parents.
- Team Member in the Adaptation: He's part of the Avengers in this version, while in the comics he was only part of the Revengers.
- Winged Humanoid: Of the "insect wings" variety.
Azari / Black Panther II
Azari T'Challa T'Chacka Evan
"This plan seemed a lot better when Torunn and the Hulk were involved.""
Species: Mutant
Voiced By: Dempsey M. Pappion
Azari T'Challa T'Chacka Evan Duke of Wakanda, is the son of Avenger Black Panther and mutant Storm.
- Animal Motifs: The panther.
- Cat Folk: Sort of, he has barely noticeable Cute Little Fangs.
- Charles Atlas Superpower: Can jump several feet into the air and climb walls with ease.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Most of his family (T’Challa and Ororo notwithstanding) were murdered by Ultron.
- Deadpan Snarker: Unlike T'Challa, who's often depicted as The Quiet One, Azari is very vocal when something or someone annoys him.
- Electric Black Guy: The Token Black and has minor electricity manipulation.
- Foil: To Torunn as both are technically royalty and have electric powers, but he is far more practical and rule abiding.
- The Lancer: Serves as a foil to James. He's humble, responsible, and (almost) always follows orders.
- Last of His Kind: By all accounts, he is presumably the only living heir to the throne of Wakanda.
- Legacy Character: By the end of the film he declares himself as the real Black Panther and defeats Iron Black Panther.
- Lost Orphaned Royalty: Thanks to Tony, he managed to survive Ultron’s massacre, which also intended to end the Wakandan line forever.
- Mutant: Never stated but given his powers and who his mom was implied to be it’s pretty obvious.
- Ninja: Well, sorta. His training while growing up seems to have focused on stealth, and sneaking up on his opponents. However, he's still excellent in physical combat and could defeat the robotic version of his father in a physical fight.
- Only Sane Man: Thinks he is compared to his Hot-Blooded, rule-breaking siblings. While he can be impulsive, he is far more calm and likely to follow the rules.
- Out of Focus: Arguably more so than Pym, in fact. As an example, he's the only one who doesn't have/isn't given a secondary subplot like his siblings and Francis did/were (even Pym is tasked with recruiting Hulk later on).
- Panthera Awesome: He officially takes up the title Black Panther after defeating the robotic Black Panther by the end of the film.
- Properly Paranoid: His apprehension over investigating the secret passage under the Avengers monument, and later charging in to rescue Tony from Ultron without any real plan proved justified both times.
- The Quiet One: Averted; very vocal compared to his father.
- The Reliable One: Always follows Tony's instructions, unless pushed to do otherwise by his siblings.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: Technically, being T'Challa's son makes him a prince though since Ultron has taken over there is unlikely to be anything left of Wakanda for him to rule.
- Scary Black Man: Downplayed. First for being a kid, second for being a mostly personable guy who gets easily flustered by his less responsible siblings.
- Sole Survivor: Of the Wakandan Royal Family (presumably).
- Shock and Awe: Has the ability to manipulate electricity to a degree, often creating small lightning shields around his body to protect himself. He can later project an electric panther aura and generate powerful electric blasts.
- Token Black: The only black hero on the team. He’s also the only mutant on the team making him a Twofer Token Minority.
Francis Barton / Hawkeye II
Franchis Barton
"Scavengers, disappear!"
Species: Human
Voiced By: Adrian Petrew
Son of Clint Barton and Barbara "Bobbi" Morse.
- All Men Are Perverts: Even though he's just a kid, he wastes no time in flirting with Torunn.
- Anti-Hero: On account of his argumentative and stubborn attitude as a result of being told he was the sole remainder of the Avengers for years, not to mention nearly leaving the other children to be killed by Ultron's drone army.
- Badass Normal: He's the only member of the Next Avengers to have no superpowers of any kind, but can still hold his own to their level and possibly beyond due to his fighting experience.
- Big Damn Heroes: Pulls this off when Ultron is about to finish off the other young heroes in their attempt to rescue Tony.
- Changed My Mind, Kid: Initially he refuses to go to Ultron's citadel with the other children, but with some convincing from the Scavengers he changes his mind and goes to help save them from Ultron.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Despite apparently only being 17 like James and Torunn, he's been the leader of the Scavengers since his father died.
- Deadpan Snarker: The snarkiest of the Avengers children.Torunn: Today we meet our destinies!Hawkeye: She means that in a good way, right?
- Embarrassing First Name: He's not too fond of being called 'Francis', as he hit Pym on the head with an arrow when he did, and prefers to be called 'Hawkeye' or 'Barton'.
- Experienced Protagonist: Unlike the others who have had plenty of training, Francis is actually experienced in surviving and fighting against Ultron.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Just like his old man, he's just that good with a bow.
- Legacy Character: Has been known as the second Hawkeye for some time before he's introduced.
- The Resistance: He was the leader of the last known human remnant group known as the Scavengers and kept them safe after his father, who previously led the group, had been killed by Ultron.
- Sixth Ranger: Despite being the fifth member of the team he fills this role joining them after they enter Ultron City.
- Ship Tease: With Torunn.
- Smug Super: Which is interesting as he's the only member of the team without powers, but to a degree, it makes some sense in context. While the other children had been training to fight Ultron since birth, he's been actually fighting Ultron's army in the real world for almost all of his life.
- Trick Arrow: One of his standard tricks, just like the original Hawkeye.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With James, in the sense that the two argue frequently and rarely agree on anything, yet when push comes to shove the two will stand up for one another.
Avengers
In General
Once Earth's Mightiest Heroes, after defeating many of their enemies the heroes settles down to live their own lives and have children. However Ultron ended up killing most of the Avengers, forcing Iron Man to hide the children in secrecy while Hawkeye survived with his own son.
- Death by Adaptation: As part of the film's premise, half of the Avengers are dead.
- The Hero Dies: Captain America, Black Widow, the Wasp, Giant-Man and Black Panther were all killed by Ultron during the first battle, and Hawkeye was eventually killed as well. By the time of the film, the only survivors are Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, and the Vision.
- Hero of Another Story: They are the Precursor Heroes to the Next Avengers and according to Tony fought Kang the Conqueror, alien invaders and the Masters of Evil.
- Old Superhero: Tony and Bruce are now in old age, but still capable of fighting. Thor and Vision avert this trope due to being a god and an ageless android respectively
- Precursor Heroes: The Next Avengers are their kids.
- Race Lift: Like the version from The Ultimates and Ultimate Avengers films, Wasp in this version appears to have been Asian.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: At the start of the film, Tony describes the heroes as being: a soldier (Captain America), a god (Thor), a knight (Iron Man), a spy (Black Widow), a giant (Giant-Man), a king (Black Panther), a pixie (Wasp), a ghost (Vision), and an archer (Hawkeye). He leaves out any mention of the Hulk however.
- The Remnant: The only Avengers that are still alive are Iron Man, Vision, Thor and Hulk.
Tony Stark / Iron Man
Anthony "Tony" Stark
Species: Human
Voiced By: Tom Kane
Once the superhero Iron Man, he now raises the children somewhere safe while keeping an eye on what Ultron is doing to the world.- Composite Character: The role of creating Ultron was given to him instead of Hank Pym.
- Cool Old Guy: He’s become this by the time of the movie, having become an adoptive father to the children of his deceased teammates. He also dons the armor again and puts up quite a fight against Ultron.
- He's Back!: Dons the Iron Man armor once again to protect the kids from Ultron.
- Old Superhero: While an exact age isn't given, his hair has now turned grey and it's implied that like with the other Avengers the fact that they had grown older was the reason for their retirement meaning he must have been older than most depections of the character by the time the children were born.
- Promoted to Parent: Had the responsiblity of raising James, Pym, Azari and Torunn after their parents were killed by Ultron.
Vision
Vision
Species: Android
Voiced By: Shawn Macdonald
Known as The Ghost in the stories told to the children, he has worked with Tony to keep an eye on what Ultron is doing.
- Age Lift: If the order of events told in Tony's stories are how they played out in reality, then Vision existed before Ultron while in the comics the latter created Vison.
- Intangibility: How he was able to survive as long as he did.
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: There doesn't seem to be any connection between Vision and Ultron, unlike in the comics.
Thor
Thor Odinson
Species: Asgardian
Voiced By: Michael Adamthwaite
The God of Thunder, he left Earth to rule Asgard but prior to Ultron killing the Avengers chose to leave Torunn on Earth.
- The Chains of Commanding: The most plausible (ie. generous) explanation for Thor's absence during the Ultron crisis, who (according to Tony) stated that after Odin's death, ruling Asgard was his responsibility from then on, not Earth. Obviously, the harsh decisions that come with leadership can take quite a toll.
- Jerkass God: The worst possible interpretation of his actions is that he just didn't care about Earth, the death of the Avengers or his daughter.
- Parental Abandonment: What he did to Torunn as a child, apparently under the belief that she needed to learn the same lesson in humility that he needed.
- Fair-Weather Friend: Likely not intentional, but the fact he never returned to Earth to help with Ultron suggests that he wasn't that close with the Avengers.
Hulk
Robert "Bruce" Banner
Species: Mutate
Voiced By: Ken Kramer (Bruce Banner) and Fred Tatasciore (Hulk)
Having left the Avengers prior to Ultron taking over, Bruce has become a hermit to avoid unleashing the Hulk on anyone.
- Cool Old Guy: Still able to give Ultron a thrashing.
- He's Back!: He eventually returns to aid the Next Avengers in the final battle against Ultron.
- Old Superhero: Bruce is an old man by this point with grey hair.
- Super-Strength: Even in old age, he’s still got it.
- Un-person: Apparently Tony omitted him from all the stories he told the Avengers' kids about their parents and their adventures.
Others
Ultron
Ultron
Species: Android
Voiced By: Tom Kane
A robot bent on world domination, he killed the majority of the Avengers thirteen year prior the start of the film.
- Age Lift: Based on the order of events in Tony's story, it appears that Ultron was created after Vision.
- Adaptational Badass: Zig-Zagged as this version did succeed in killing the Avengers, many other heroes and conquering the world. However at the time neither Thor or Hulk were members of the Avengers, and as shown in the film Hulk was able to beat him in a fight while Torunn was able to dispose of him permanently by throwing him into space which means that if both of Hulk and Thor had been around they would likely have beaten Ultron.
- Big Bad: He is the ruler of the Earth in this Bad Future, and the one responsible for killing the Avengers.
- Hero Killer: Killed Captain America, Black Widow, Black Panther, Giant-Man and the Wasp. Whether directly or indirectly he is also responsible for the deaths of Hawkeye and likely every other hero as Storm, and by extension the X-Men, are confirmed to exist. In fact, his massive trophy room implies he's killed almost every other Marvel hero the world had to offer.
- Related Differently in the Adaptation: Ultron created Jocasta in the comics, but since they're both created by Tony Stark that would in a way make them siblings.
- Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the comics, Ultron created Vision but this film removes that.
Iron Avengers
Iron Avengers
Species: Robots
Robot copies of Captain America, Black Widow, Giant-Man, Black Panther and the Wasp designed by Tony to fight Ultron.- Rotten Robotic Replacement: Created by Iron Man to replace the Avengers and fight Ultron, but were easily defeated and reprogrammed by Ultron.
Betty Ross
Betty Ross
Species: Human
Voiced By: Nicole Oliver
A human survivor who helps lead the Next Avengers to Bruce.
- Cool Old Lady: She is still Bruce’s Morality Pet.
- Morality Pet: Both Bruce and the Hulk care about Betty, and without her would have likely left the Next Avengers the second they had the chance.
