Category:Retired

"Eh. I retired."

- Huey Freeman stating that he retired from domestic terrorism.

"Man, I love being retired."

- Michael Scarn enjoying retirement from saving the world. "(Henry: You take Spider-Man's pictures, right?) I used to. (Henry: Where is he?) (Aunt May: Henry and I agree. We don't see his picture in the paper anymore.) He... -...quit. (Henry:-Why?) Wanted to try other things. (Henry: He'll be back, right?) I don't know. (Aunt May: You'll never guess who he wants to be. Spider-Man.) -Why? (Aunt May: -He knows a hero when he sees one. Too few characters out there, flying around like that... ...saving old girls like me. And Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people... ...setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them. Cheer them. Scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours... ...just to get a glimpse of the one... ...who taught them to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us... ...that keeps us honest... ...gives us strength... ...makes us noble... ...and finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady... ...and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams. Spider-Man did that for Henry... ...and he wonders where he's gone. He needs him.)"

- Aunt May and Henry to Peter about Spider-Man

Heroes who gave up being heroes because of what catastrophe had happened, wanting to live a normal life, or choosing their own ways to move forward. Some of them might come back.

Here are a few examples of Retired Heroes:
 * 1) Agent K: After he and his partner Agent J have defeated Edgar The Bug, they return to MIB Headquarters with Weaver. J thought he was going to neuralyze Laurel, instead K grabs his neuralyzer and explains that she isn't going to get neuralyzed, when it's K himself. K tells J that he hasn't been training a partner, when in fact he has been training a replacement. K explains to him how to properly use the neuralyzer he hands it to J. K says "See you around.," and smiles. J replies "No you won't.", and neuralyzes him. After K retires, it is explained that he was in coma for all of those years, and returned to his wife, he left behind in 1961. In Men In Black II, when the world is at stake again from Serleena, they have to bring him back to MIB Headquarters and restore all of his memories.
 * 2) Brian O'Conner: He agrees to help Dominic Toretto and his crew do one last job, before he can spend some time with his family in Los Angeles.
 * 3) Peter Parker: He struggles to manage both of his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man, somehow he lost all of his powers and threw away his suit in a bin. He returns to his normal life and tries to fix things up with his love interest Mary Jane Watson. When Doctor Octopus kidnaps Mary Jane, his powers have returned also steals back his suit from the Daily Bugle and goes after him.