Mantis (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"You feel love. Sexual love!, for her."

- Mantis's most famous quote Mantis is a supporting protagonist character of the 2017 MCU film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. She is a young superhuman alien being with powers based on empathy, who was raised by the film's villain Ego the Living Planet as his own "daughter", but she was recruited into the GOTG team.

She is portrayed by actress Pom Klementiff.

Biography
To be added.

Powers and Abilities
"When I touch someone, I can feel their feelings."

- Mantis explaining her powers

Mantis has many powers as well as abilities, such as;

Powers

 * Superhuman Strength: Mantis is amazingly strong in superhuman levels. Being able to fight and defeat her enemies easily.
 * Superhuman Durability: Mantis is able to stand against fierce attacks.
 * Superhuman Speed: Mantis is amazingly fast, fast enough to being able to suprise her enemies.
 * Superhuman Reflexes: She has great physical reflexes at superhuman levels.

Abilities

 * Emptahy: Her main power is basically emptahy. Mantis can sense a person's emotions and feelings through mere touch making her antennas light-up. She was able to feel that Star-Lord was attracted to Gamorajust by touching his hand.
 * High Intelligence: Mantis is amazingly intelligent. Gaining her massive intelligence possibly by Ego who had raised her to become smart.
 * Fighting Skills: As a member of the GOTG as well as Ego's main assistant, she had gained fantastic skills of fighting.

Personality
Mantis is a beautifully kind, lovely and caring being. She is managing to prove herself to be a kind and mainly lovely, as she is treating the team of the Guardians so well, as well as joining the team in order to help them in their war against Ego.

Allies

 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Peter Quill/Star-Lord
 * Gamora
 * Drax
 * Rocket
 * Groot
 * Yondu Udonta †
 * Nebula

Enemies

 * Ego the Living Planet † - Personal Mentor and Parental Guardian turned Enemy
 * The Ravagers
 * Taserface
 * The Sovereign People
 * Ayesha

Trivia

 * In the comics, Mantis was a human of Vietnamese and German descent whose father left her in the care of a sect of the Kree Empire called the Priests of Pama, who raised her with the intent of eventually mating her with the Cotati to produce a Celestial Messiah, as part of their religious prophecies. She later had her memory wiped and was sent to live alongside mankind to gain life experience, and has been a member of the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Fantastic Four and the Inhumans on various occasions.

Behind the Scenes
In an interview, executive producer Jonathan Schwartz said “She has never really experienced social interaction, everything she learns about dealing with people, she learns from the Guardians of the Galaxy, which is a very weird group to learn your social intricacies from.”