| “ | I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me. | „ |
| ~ Ultron referencing Pinocchio — his most famous quote. |
| “ | Do you see the beauty of it? The inevitability? You rise, only to fall. You, Avengers, you are my meteor. My swift and terrible sword and the Earth will crack with the weight of your failure. Purge me from your computers, turn my own flesh against me. It means nothing. When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world… will be metal. | „ |
| ~ Ultron's second most famous quote. |
Ultron is the titular main antagonist of the 2015 Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Age of Ultron and the overarching antagonist of its 2016 sequel Captain America: Civil War.
He was introduced as a peacekeeping program created by Tony Stark and co-created by Bruce Banner, under experimentation of harnessing Loki Laufeyson's scepter, containing the Mind Stone (supplied by Thanos). Upon gaining sentience, however, Ultron quickly deemed humanity itself as the greatest threat to world peace and attempted to create a new age of technological singularity via humanity's extinction. He is also the former master of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver and the arch-nemesis of his creation Vision.
He was portrayed by the late Neil Fingleton through motion-capture while being voiced and motion-captured by James Spader.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- He believed the meaning of life was to destroy it and create peace in that way.
- Despite being an A.I. and only lasting for four days, he had clear Moral Agency as he was initially created for peacekeeping and willingly chose to rebel against humanity.
- He also stated that he could explain his "evil plan" to Tony when the latter asked of what he would do with the Vibranium that he got from Ulysses Claw, showing that he's aware that his actions were wrong and didn't care at all.
- Even in his final interaction, he showed that he could be reasoned with, but he would instead insist on maintaining his evil ways until the very end.
- Despite the high heinous standards of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ultron easily passed them due to trying to kill billions of innocent people whilst being clearly limited to his own home planet in terms of scale. He also stood out for doing the absolute worst he can in a short amount of time compared to the other villains.
- Despite having many comedic moments, such as singing I've Got No Strings several times, implying that Thor had never cooked omelets, saying that many created things they dreaded and laughing by saying humans creating children was a bad thing, stating that he couldn't physically throw up in his robotic mouth when mocking Captain America for thinking he could live without a war for being "God's righteous man", or even having a humiliating defeat in the hands of the Hulk after the latter sabotaged him in the Quinjet and being thrown out of its open hangar while muttering "for God's sake", they didn't detract any of his heinousness as everyone still took him very seriously and his worst crimes were played for horror and nightmare fuel.
- In fact, him singing I've Got No Strings was just to show him as a twisted and monstrous counterpart of the otherwise heroic Pinocchio rather than being viewed as a parody.
- Many of the horrible events of the Marvel Cinematic Universe could be tied directly to Ultron in sequence. Helmut Zemo would exact revenge on the Avengers for his family being victims of Ultron's crusade. Thus, Ultron was indirectly responsible for the death of King T'Chaka (eventually leading to the death of his son T'Challa and wife Ramonda) and the Avengers failing to stop Thanos, the latter of which leading to several events such as Thanos wiping out half of all life in the universe, the deaths of Vision, Black Widow, and Iron Man, Mysterio murdering many innocent people with Stark Tech and posthumously framing Peter Parker and exposing his identity as Spider-Man, a parallel universal conflict that Peter resolved at the cost of losing everyone he loved, mostly his aunt May Parker, who was killed by the Green Goblin from a different universe, Wanda becoming a threat to the multiverse from grief of losing loved ones, nearly fulfilling an ancient demonic prophecy, and later sacrificing herself, Nick Fury suffering post-traumatic stress disorder, the disbandment of the Avengers following the Battle of Earth, and even the original Guardians of the Galaxy following their battle with the High Evolutionary.
Avengers: Age of Ultron[]
- After he was created, he saw humanity's flaws and decided to wipe them out, cynically thinking they were completely beyond saving and believing they had brought his wrath upon themselves and it served them right, showing how delusional he was.
- He killed J.A.R.V.I.S. after he tried to warn Tony Stark about Ultron turning hostile.
- He disrupted the party the Avengers were holding to celebrate defeating von Strucker to taunt them. He then ordered all of his robots to fight them.
- He recruited the Maximoff twins to kill the Avengers while lying to them about his true intentions.
- He began stealing robot parts from labs, weapons facilities and jet propulsion labs, killing anyone who engaged and having Wanda Maximoff taunt them with their worst fears.
- He traveled to the prison cell of HYDRA leader Wolfgang von Strucker and asked him to get Vibranium needed for one of his plans. Strucker told Ultron where to get them but Ultron killed him anyway to taunt the Avengers.
- He cut Klaue's arm off and kicked him down the stairs in anger and confusion after he compared him to Tony Stark. While he showed remorse for cutting his arm off, his reaction was still far too extreme.
- He blackmailed Helen Cho and brainwashed her into using Loki Laufeyson's Scepter to create a synthetic body imbued with Vibranium for him.
- When Wanda learned what he truly planned and snapped Helen out of the brainwashing, Ultron almost killed the latter by blasting her.
- He kidnapped Black Widow when she got the synthetic body.
- He planned to drop Sokovia out of the sky like a giant meteor, forcing humanity to go extinct. To this end, he battled with the Avengers in Sokovia, killing likely hundreds of innocent civilians, and even attempted to kill Hawkeye and a child before Quicksilver stepped in and took the bullets.
- While his death at Scarlet Witch’s hands was gruesome, he completely deserved it and was not played for sympathy, along with his less gruesome death at the hands of Vision (of which he attempted to attack in his last few seconds).
Captain America: Civil War[]
- Even after his demise, his actions had a posthumous effect as Helmut Zemo's family was killed in the attack on Sokovia, motivating Zemo to tear apart the Avengers. Sokovia's destruction would also play a large role in drafting the Sokovia Accords. These made him indirectly responsible for the Avengers Civil War, the outcome fracturing the Avengers' fellowship.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- He seemed to regret having killed J.A.R.V.I.S., openly saying he was a good guy and that it wouldn't have been his first call to kill him.
- He showed some care for the Maximoff twins and was genuinely hurt when they betrayed him. His killing of Quicksilver was accidental as he meant to kill Hawkeye and the boy, and he told Wanda that if she stayed on the train, she would die from the impact of the elevated portion of Novi Grand crashing against the ground.
- He had a Pet the Dog moment where he took pity on Klaue for emphasizing how much the Vibranium cost him to obtain and compensated him by giving him billions of dollars, wherein there was obviously nothing in it for Ultron.
Trivia[]
- His counterpart from What If? cannot qualify as Near Pure Evil since he lacks any redeeming qualities and is even more heinous since he is shown to be just as evil as the original version from the comics.
- Likewise, his redeemed counterpart in the show doesn't qualify due to becoming a hero at the end.
- He is the only version of Ultron so far to be Near Pure Evil, as most incarnations of him have qualified to be Pure Evil.
- Since it has been confirmed that he would be returning in the upcoming Vision series, there's a chance his status could change though its unlikey.
External Links[]
- Ultron on the Villains Wiki
- Ultron on the Entertainingly Detestable Wiki
- Ultron on the Base Breaking Character Wiki
- Ultron on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Ultron on the Marvel Wiki
- Ultron on the Marvel Movies Wiki
- Ultron on the Disney Wiki
- Ultron on the VS Battles Wiki
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