History Characters / MCUHYDRA

* EliteMooks: The massive HYDRA troopers who wield dual cannons and flamethrowers during World War II. In Sokovia they fielded troopers with Chitauri-derived armor and jetpacks.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Outside of the MCU -- Bob, Agent of HYDRA has a [[TheCameo cameo]] in ''Film/Deadpool2016'' as a {{mook|s}}, though any ties to HYDRA are ExiledFromContinuity due to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox not having the rights to the organization. Similarly, Viper from ''Film/TheWolverine'' is never referred to as Madame Hydra, but is exclusively referred to as Viper. ''Series/TheGifted2017'' also has Baron Von Strucker's siblings and their descendants as the focus of the show, with their ties to Hydra only hinted at via the Nazis.

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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Outside of the MCU - Bob, Agent Of HYDRA has a [[TheCameo cameo]] in ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' as a {{mook}}, though any ties to HYDRA are ExiledFromContinuity due to Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox not having the rights to the organization. Similarly, Viper from ''Film/TheWolverine'' is never referred to as Madame Hydra, but is exclusively referred to as Viper.
** ''Series/TheGifted2017'' also has Baron Von Strucker's siblings and their descendants as the focus of the show, with their ties to Hydra only hinted at via the Nazis.

** ''Series/TheGifted'' also has Baron Von Strucker's siblings and their descendants as the focus of the show, with their ties to Hydra only hinted at via the Nazis.

* AncientConspiracy: Is revealed to be this in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''.

* EvilCounterpart: To the SSR/SHIELD.
* EvilerThanThou: To the ''Nazis''.

* ForScience: Armin Zola's motivation even after his "retirement" in America.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Post-Red Skull their new leadership seems to sincerely believe they are bringing law and order to a chaotic world. the factions of HYDRA only differ on how it will be accomplished: the ancient Hive-worshipping cult, who believe their deity is working for the Greater Good and will create a perfect world free of war, poverty and want, and the post-ideological schism militaristic and scientific faction, who want to make the world peaceful, orderly, and unified at any cost though more conventional mass subtle manipulation and socio-political engineering. Even then, EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily and they remain unified nonetheless.

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HYDRA is a subversive criminal-paramilitary organization bent on world domination. Originally the Nazi Science Division, its main purpose was to create advanced Tesseract-powered weaponry for the German armies, but over the years, members of HYDRA became loyal only to their leader, Johann Schmidt. At the beginning of World War II, HYDRA still fought for the Nazi cause, but Schmidt later separated HYDRA from Nazi Germany to start his own conquest of the world. While in the present day they dislike being called "Nazis" and are more EqualOpportunityEvil in terms of membership, fascism, and conquest of freedom is still their core philosophy.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: If Sitwell is an indication, even Hydra didn't like having the Abomination recruited into the Avengers.

!! Spoilers for all works set prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.

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* TheHeavy: Deathlok (until being freed from Hydra's control in "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E22BeginningOfTheEnd Beginning of the End]]"), Agent Ward, Crossbones, the Winter Soldier [[spoiler:(a.k.a. Bucky Barnes, through being brainwashed)]].

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Becomes this by the time of the modern day. They don't employ the SortingAlgorithmOfEvil and instead send everything they've got at you from the very beginning. They aren't keen on EvilGloating unless they're stalling for time. They also [[JustBetweenYouAndMe don't explain what their exact plans are]], only general goals and beliefs (which just might convert you to their side). This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by [[spoiler:Zola]], who says that UsefulNotes/WorldWarII taught them how to be smart.

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* KillEmAll: Hydra's plan for world domination through SHIELD requires 20,000,000 deaths.

HYDRA is a subversive-criminal-paramilitary organization bent on world domination. Originally the Nazi Science Division, its main purpose was to create advanced Tesseract-powered weaponry for the German armies, but over the years, members of HYDRA became loyal only to their leader, Johann Schmidt. At the beginning of World War II, HYDRA still fought for the Nazi cause, but Schmidt later separated HYDRA from Nazi Germany to start his own conquest of the world. While in the present day they dislike being called "Nazis" and are more EqualOpportunityEvil in terms of membership, fascism and conquest of freedom is still their core philosophy.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: They got three of them, the Insight Helicarriers, armed with some really powerful and accurate long-range gun batteries.

** After the SSR and the Howling Commandos all but destroyed HYDRA in the 1940s, Zola did this to the organization, rebuilding it within the nascent S.H.I.E.L.D.
** After the events of ''Winter Soldier'' thwart Project Insight, this happens again, with Daniel Whitehall and Sunil Bakshi taking over and fighting back in partnership with Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, Dr. List and the rest of the HYDRA Council.

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->See Characters/MCUMultiverse

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