This is your chance. To earn that look in your daughter's eyes. To become the hero that she already thinks you are. It's not about saving our world, it's about saving theirs. Scott, I need you to be the Ant-Man.
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~ Hank Pym to Scott Lang in Ant-Man
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There must be something else. Well I suppose the human mind just can’t comprehend the experience, but you made it. You went in and you got out, that’s amazing.
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~ Hank to Scott on his survival in the quantum realm.
Henry Jonathan "Hank" Pym was the first Ant-Man and a major character of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He is the deuteragonist of the 2015 Marvel film Ant-Man, the tritagonist of its 2018 sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and a minor character of Avengers: Endgame.
He is a brilliant scientist who managed to create quantum particles that allowed him to shrink in size, and later became a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D. and partner of Wasp. Decades later, Hank decided to have Scott Lang become the new Ant-Man, and help him stop his former protégé, Darren Cross, from using the same particles to sell across the world.
Hank would later work on trying to find his wife, Janet, in the quantum realm after Scott managed to return from it when defeating Darren. He would succeed in finding Janet, and was later killed by the Mad Titan Thanos during the hunt for the Infinity Stones. He was resurrected by the Hulk in 2023, and later attended Tony Starks' funeral to honor his sacrifice in stopping Thanos and his army.
Hank Pym is a multi-faceted man, a passionate scientist who did not wish to see his work fall into the wrong hands. Pym was also a caring father and husband; however, once his wife, Janet van Dyne, sacrificed herself to save the world from a soviet ICBM, Pym became colder and distant. He sent his daughter Hope off to boarding school in order to protect himself and his young daughter from their loss.
Pym has an aggressive side and a tendency to lash out when provoked. When he was insulted by S.H.I.E.L.D. Head of Defense Mitchell Carson about not being able to protect his wife, Pym smashed Carson's face into the desk to the point where his nose bled and threatened him should he mention his wife ever again. This also happened with Darren Cross when Pym found out about Cross wanting to sell Pym Particles to a terrorist organization. He was willing to destroy Pym Technologies to keep his technology out of the wrong hands, though he showed concern for the people inside and planned for it to be evacuated, despite leaving at least some of Cross's men and knocked out terrorists inside when the building was destroyed.
Pym seems to be extremely distrustful of anything related to S.H.I.E.L.D. after they tried to copy the technology behind the Pym Particles. This distrust seems to be even higher towards the Stark family. When Scott Lang asked to bring in the Avengers to help with Cross; Pym replied that he had spent much of his early life keeping Pym Particles out of the hands of Howard Stark and he would not let it fall into the hands of Stark's son Tony. Pym also believes in second chances and redemption, Scott Lang, for example.
Powers and Abilities
Insect Manipulation: Pym can communicate with ants, allowing him a rudimentary form of control over the insects. He uses electromagnetic waves to stimulate their olfactory nerve center and to mimic the pheromones of insect sized organisms using the EMP Communication Device. He could effectively project his will into ants and other insects, which influence their actions and behavior. As of now, he uses the device in the form earpieces similar to hearing aids or coiled communication earpieces. Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne also have these earpieces.
Former Powers
Ant-Man Suit
Size Manipulation: Using his developed technology, Pym was able to reduce himself to approximately the size of an ant. He still maintained his regular-sized strength and durability during his shrinking. Also, the process of size alteration generates great amounts of physical force and momentum which is scaled beyond that of normal humans, which allows Pym to perform feats of superhuman strength and exert such extreme physical force and momentum in his regular size immediately after changing his size back to normal. He can exert force in his shrunken state that allows him to leap vast distances and great heights, though still on a small scale. Also, his durability in his shrunken scale is enough for him to fall from a great height and crash onto a surface with the force of a bullet, leaving a bullet hole like a crater in the surface while he can only remain stunned. The process of altering size compresses force and energy, manifesting as brief shockwaves of vibration around the target, which enhances the amount of force the target can generate. It also enhances the density and resilience of a target, making them stronger and harder than normal. Living subjects of this develop inhuman effort and exertion capabilities, notably giving them the force of a bullet while shrunk.
Superhuman Strength: The process of size alteration grants him superhuman strength, which allowed him to defeat opponents of normal human size.
Abilities
Genius Level Intellect: Hank Pym is among the most intelligent individuals in the history of the earth, with intelligence comparable to that of Anthony Stark.
Master Scientist and Engineer: Hank is among the most brilliant, if not, the most brilliant, scientific genius on Earth, particularly being unmatched in the fields of entomology, human enchantments, nanotechnology, molecular and atomic physics but also chemistry, and is also extremely adept at engineering magnificent scientific types of equipment. Pym's mastery of science was prominent even in his youth, having been a high-level enough of a promising scientist to be recruited as a consultant and even discovered and managed to personally and safely harness the extremely rare inter-dimensional Pym Particles, creating the Ant-Man Suit, which was an unmatched feat even with all of S.H.I.E.L.D's efforts and not even Howard Stark, an extremely accomplished scientist in his own right, was able to come close to replicating it. He also managed to create the EMP Communication Device to control ants, which he had mastered to an unseen level as its creator. Hank would greatly advance the fields of nanotechnology, human enhancements, as well as molecular and atomic studies with his company Pym Technologies and years later, would tinker successfully with the Ant-Man Suit to allow it to also increase its size.
Expert Businessman: Having been adept enough to consult S.H.I.E.L.D in its business affairs even while still young, Hank would become an exceptional businessman capable of founding the Pym Technologies and leading it single-handedly for years, overseeing its activities so effectively that he would earn a distinguished reputation among the business community, earning billions of money, and Darren Cross, an excellent businessman in his own right, needed the aid of Hope Van Dyne to force Hank into retirement.
Skilled Combatant: From his training in the US Army, Hank becomes an excellent fighter. He effortlessly overtook Mitchell Carson with a single swift slamming move that broke his nose upon hitting his desk and even at his old age, was able to take on the gun-armed Darren Cross, initially able to overwhelm him before being shot in the shoulder.
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