Janet Van Dyne (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Janet van Dyne, also known as the Wasp, is the overarching protagonist of the Ant-Man trilogy and a minor character in Avengers: Endgame. 
She is the wife of Hank Pym and mother of Hope van Dyne, who took the mantle of Wasp after stopping Darren Cross. Janet became an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and partner of Hank during the 1980s, and later sacrificed herself by going sub-atomic to prevent a missile from hitting the United States. Though believed dead, Janet was still alive within the quantum realm and managed to reach out to Hank and Hope to escape.
She is portrayed by Hayley Lovitt in Ant-Man (2015) young, and Michelle Pfeiffer (who also played Caroline Hubbard in Murder on the Orient Express, and Angela de Marco in Married to the Mob) in Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. 
Paul Rudd (who portrays Ant-Man in the series, and also played Tommy Doyle in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers and Gary Grooberson in Ghostbusters: Afterlife and its upcoming 2024 sequel, and voiced Mr. Prince in The Little Prince and Mondo Gecko in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem), also played the character when he was possessed by her in said film.
==Biography==
===Background===
Janet van Dyne married Hank Pym, a scientist who developed a way to shrink things and objects and become a superhero named Ant-Man. Fascinated and wanting to help Hank, she convinced him to let be his sidekick and developed a suit of her own, taking the mantle Wasp. Together, they had a daughter named Hope van Dyne in the late 1970s to early 1980s. Janet and Hank didn't spend much time with Hope, as they went on S.H.I.E.L.D. operations and left their daughter with babysitters.
On one mission in 1987 to stop a Soviet ICBM that was heading to the United States, Janet disabled her regulator to shrink herself to fit into the rocket after Hank's regulator was too damaged. Though successful, disabling the regulator shrunk her into the Quantum Realm, trapping her there. Hank told Hope that she died in a plane crash, hiding the truth until she was older when it was time to tell her so. As Janet was in the Quantum Realm, the place changed her and was able to control the molecules and remained stable.
At some point during her time in the Quantum Realm, she met Kang and learns he was a multiversal conqueror who was banished there for his conquests against the multiverse. She sabotaged his escape by enlarging his ship beyond usage, but in doing so accidentally created a kingdom allowing Kang to rule the Quantum Realm. 
===Ant-Man (2015)===
Hank finally told Hope the truth about her mother's "death" in 1987, healing their strained relationship since the incident. After Scott Lang survived being in the Quantum Realm after defeating Yellowjacket, Pym wonders if Janet is sill alive. She slightly appears in the Quantum Realm when Lang is there, hinting she is alive.
=== Ant-Man and the Wasp ===
In 2018, a doorway to the Quantum Realm was opened, and Janet managed to entangle with Hank's successor, Scott Lang. She made Scott experience a memory of herself, and this led Lang to get back into contact with Hank to tell him about the dream. She later inhabited Scott's body, and began to fix the algorithm in the Quantum Tunnel. After she fixed the tunnel, she briefly reunited with her family before telling them they had two hours to find her, or it would be another century before they could find her.
Janet reunited with Hank in the quantum real, and used her quantum powers to stable Pym's mind. Upon returning, Janet began to fade out due to Ghost extracting quantum energy, thus killing van Dyne in the process. Ant-Man and Wasp were able to stop Ghost and keep Janet from fading, and Janet finally reunited with her daughter. The reunion was interrupted when Ghost got back up, and Janet acknowledged that Ghost was in pain due to her condition. Janet used her quantum powers to stabilize Ava's condition, and realized she could help her. Ant-Man's friend, Luis, entered the building to notify them that the police were on their way, and Scott came up with plan to distract the FBI.
Afterward, Janet and Hank continued their lives together, moving to a tropical beach where they could live peacefully. Janet and her family decided to keep their promise to Bill Foster to find a permanent cure for Ava. Creating a smaller Quantum Tunnel in Luis' van, they planed to send Scott into the tunnel to harvest quantum energy. While counting down to have Scott re-enter after collecting quantum energy, the Pym family suddenly turned into dust due to Thanos having snapped his fingers with the Infinity Stones. Lang was stuck in the quantum realm, unaware of what was happening, and half of humanity was erased from existence.
===Avengers: Endgame===
Scott managed to re-enter into the world from the quantum realm, but five years passed since the decimation. Scott met with the Avengers, and the group came up with a plan to use Pym particles to time travel, and collect the Infinity Stones. The Pym family were resurrected alongside everyone by Hulk in 2023, as Hope aided Scott and the heroes stop Thanos and his army. Afterward, Janet and her family attended Tony Stark's funeral, honoring his sacrifice to defeat the Mad Titan.
=== Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania===
In 2026, Hank and Janet have been mentoring Scott's teenage daughter Cassie about the Quantum Realm. Cassie reveals she built a device that can send a signal to the Quantum Realm and demonstrates it. Fearing Kang will up the signal, Janet immediately tries to shut the device off, but it accidentally opens a portal sending Janet, Hank, Hope, Cassie and Scott to the Quantum Realm. As both families get seperated upon arrival, Janet leads Hank and Hope as they explore a lost civilization created by Kang's kingdom. Janet finally explains her encounter with Kang and how she accidentally created his kingdom when she sabotaged his escape. 
Upon learning that Cassie and Scott were captured by Kang's forces, they steal a ship and set out to rescue them. Janet tries to dissuade Scott, who was threatened by Kang to retrieve his ship and shrink it back to save Cassie. However, Kang breaks his deal with Scott and steals his ship back without returning Cassie. He enlarges his ship to its proper size and takes Janet inside where he shows her how his kingdom evolved. However, Cassie escaped and sends a message convincing the inhabitants to rebel against Kang and attack. Kang manages to overpower the rebellion, but is defeated by Hank's gigantally enhanced ants. The Pyms and the Langs use Kang's ship to open a portal back to the real world, but Scott and Hope stay behind to stop Kang from escaping too and eventually kick him into his engine vaporizing him. After Kang's death, Janet and Hank re-open the portal to save Scott and Hope.
==Relationships==
===Family=== 
*Hank Pym Husband and Former Partner
*Hope van Dyne - Daughter and Successor
===Allies===
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Howard Stark †
**Peggy Carter †
*Rose
*Bill Foster - Former Colleague
*Bill Foster
*Ava Starr/Ghost - Former Attempted Killer
*Luis
*Avengers
**Scott Lang/Ant-Man - Friend
**Bruce Banner/Hulk - Resurrector
===Enemies=== 
*Elihas Starr †
*Soviet Armed Forces
*Thanos † - Killer
==Gallery==
Janet van dyne (2).jpg|Janet's character poster for Ant-Man and the Wasp.
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Pym van Dyne.png|Janet with her husband and daughter.
Young-Janet.png|Young Janet in 1989.
MCU-Wasp-Ant-Man-2015.jpg|Janet in the flashback of Ant-Man (2015).
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Janet, Hope & Hank Death.png|The Pym family turning into dust.
Pym-Family-Ant-Man-Funeral.png|Janet with her family and Scott, attending Tony Stark's funeral.
==Trivia== 
*Sharon Stone and Catherine Zeta-Jones were considered for the role before Pfeiffer was casted.
* Director Joss Whedon intended to use Wasp in The Avengers as one of the female leads when Scarlett Johansson's involvement was still unconfirmed. Plans to use Janet and Hank Pym in the 2012 film were both scrapped.
*Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely considered putting Janet and Hank in the Battle of Earth sequence, but the idea was scrapped.
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