Quicksilver

: "I’m just trying to do my part, okay? Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother-in-law, stir up trouble with the rugrats, and ultimately give you grief."
: ―Ralph Bohner to Wanda Maximoff[src]
Pietro Maximoff is a native of Sokovia who grew up with his fraternal twin sister, Wanda. After losing their parents to a bombing caused by the United States Air Force using Stark Industries weapons, the Maximoffs formed a hatred for the United States and Tony Stark. While protesting against the constant war and strife in Sokovia, the twins joined Baron Strucker's HYDRA cell and became volunteers for human experiments. After being exposed to the Mind Stone within the Scepter, he gained the ability to move at superhuman speeds and was dubbed Quicksilver.
Following the Avengers' attack on the HYDRA Research Base, the twins joined Ultron to continue their quest for revenge on Stark over his weapons killing their family, but eventually switched sides and helped the Avengers when they discovered Ultron's true intentions. Pietro then joined the Avengers and fought in the Battle of Sokovia but sacrificed his own life to protect Hawkeye and Costel, much to his sister's grief. Pietro's sacrifice was not in vain, as the Avengers destroyed Ultron and stopped him from enacting his cataclysmic extinction-level plan.
He is also a resident of Westview who was taken under the thrall of Agatha Harkness. With dark magic, Bohner possessed superhuman speed and posed as Pietro Maximoff to get close to Wanda Maximoff and try to extract information about how she had created the Hex. During the Battle of Westview, Bohner kept Monica Rambeau hostage until she subsequently freed him from Harkness' control.
== Biography ==
=== Early Life ===
==== Losing their Parents ====
: "I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But, it doesn't go off. It just... sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word...""Stark."
: ―Pietro Maximoff and Wanda Maximoff[src]
Pietro Maximoff was born in 1989 to Olek and Iryna Maximoff in Sokovia along with his twin sister, Wanda. As Maximoff and Wanda grew up, Sokovia was marred by a civil war. At the age of 10, while watching American sitcoms with his family, a mortar shell hit their apartment building, killing Maximoff's parents while trapping him and his sister. Maximoff led Wanda under their bed to take shelter from the collapsing building.
A second shell then hit the structure and landed three feet in front of them but did not go off. Maximoff and Wanda were left trapped under the rubble for two days, terrified for their lives, as they waited to be rescued while staring at the unexploded missile, which bore the name Stark Industries. Pietro and his sister were subsequently admitted into a Sokovian orphanage. While there, they lived and interacted with a child who had a skin condition, which was always trying to steal Pietro's boots.
==== Protesting Against Heroes ====
: "We're not at war, Captain.""They are."
: ―Maria Hill and Captain America[src]
This horrifically traumatic experience gave the twins a great hatred for Tony Stark, and later the Avengers. At the same time, Pietro became highly protective of his sister. Driven by this hatred growing up, they often took part in and would lead anti-United States protests against the Avengers, searching for ways to bring the group down. This constant political activity put Pietro and Wanda on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar as a potential threat to world security, as well as HYDRA's.
=== Avengers Conflict ===
==== Recruited by Baron Strucker ====
: "Be strong, sister. It won't be long before we have the power we need to fight."
: ―Pietro Maximoff to Wanda Maximoff[src]
By the time the twins reached adulthood, the political unrest in Sokovia had boiled over into a civil war, prompting even more intervention led by the United States of America and pushing the country into a state of turmoil. Pietro and Wanda participated in frequent riots to drive the American forces out of their streets. What the twins did not know was that the riots were orchestrated by HYDRA, who had taken up residence in the country and were using its conflict as a cover for their illegal experiments.
List, desiring to see what effect the Scepter's power would have on live humans, approached several Sokovian rioters, including the Maximoff twins, and offered them the opportunity to achieve the power needed to free their country from war. While Wanda expressed some doubt over Baron Strucker's claims, Pietro was determined to save Sokovia and convinced his sister to accept. Upon exposure to the Scepter, the other volunteers did not survive but Pietro and Wanda experienced drastic changes, with unlocked latent supernatural powers within them; Pietro was now able to move at superhuman speeds, with enhanced durability and perception, while Wanda developed a number of mental powers.
==== Attack on the Research Base ====
: "Let's show them what we have accomplished. Send out the twins."
: ―List to Baron Strucker[src]
Soon after Pietro and Wanda's abilities had been unlocked, the Avengers arrived and raided the HYDRA Research Base, attempting to defeat HYDRA and take the Scepter. As the alarms sounded, List recommended to Baron Strucker that they send the twins to fight the Avengers, but Strucker refused. In the confusion, Pietro and Wanda escaped from their holding cells, and though inexperienced, were able to use their powers to evade the guards and escape to defend the base.
While Wanda was defending Strucker inside the base, Pietro found Hawkeye outside attempting to use an explosive arrow to destroy a HYDRA bunker. Maximoff used his powers to run in front of the arrow and caught it in mid-air before knocking Hawkeye off his feet and mocking him. In the confusion, Hawkeye was shot and nearly killed by a cannon, but the Hulk defended him and destroyed the bunker. Pietro then attacked Captain America, using his speed to try to stop the Avengers' advance and to protect the base.
Returning to the inside of the base, Pietro found his sister hexing Tony Stark and forcing him to see a future involving the death of all the Avengers. Pietro recommended that they kill him, as they had intended to do for years, but Wanda refused, allowing Stark to steal the Scepter as she had had a vision of what he would do with it. Although Pietro disagreed with this decision, he did not argue with his sister. The Avengers won the fight and HYDRA was seemingly defeated, forcing the twins to escape the base before going on the run.
==== Joining Ultron ====
: "You need patience. Need to see the bigger picture.""I don't see the big picture, I have a little picture. I take it out and look at it... every day."
: ―Ultron and Pietro Maximoff[src]
With the HYDRA Research Base and Baron Strucker captured, the Maximoffs returned to Novi Grad and Pietro provided for them by using his speed to steal necessities for himself and Wanda, as well as the local people. Several days later as Pietro handed out supplies, including medicine for an elderly man who couldn't afford insurance, he also got a football for Costel and a fancy Paris dress for Zrinka in an attempt to flirt with her. Wanda warned him that he would get shot if he kept stealing and Pietro began to question her decision to let Tony Stark go free. Costel then approached the pair and told them that "Iron Man" was waiting in a nearby church for them.
Pietro and Wanda went to the church and found a "man" sitting on a chair wearing a red cloak who spoke about how much he enjoyed the church. When Wanda questioned why she could not read his mind, the "man" revealed himself to be Ultron. Ultron explained that he intended to destroy the Avengers to bring about real change and wanted the Maximoffs to help him complete his plans. Ultron then led them from the church and back to the HYDRA Research Base.
Ultron revealed that he had taken over the base and was using HYDRA's technologies to create an army of sentries, knowing that with the twins' powers, they could defeat the opposition. When they discussed the reasons for killing the Avengers, Pietro told Ultron the story of how he and Wanda had lost their parents due to a Stark Industries missile. Although they were initially unsure, Ultron assured the twins that they would use their powers to kill the Avengers; noting that while he and Pietro could defeat them with strength, Wanda would be able to tear them apart from the inside.
==== Battle at the Salvage Yard ====
: "Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark. It's what, comfortable? Like old times?""This was never my life."
: ―Pietro Maximoff and Iron Man[src]
Pietro and Wanda accompanied Ultron in acquiring Ulysses Klaue's supply of vibranium. The Maximoffs entered the Salvage Yard first and shut off the lights before Pietro disarmed Klaue and confronted him. Klaue remained unimpressed by the Maximoffs, having heard of them already. He noted that he was saddened to hear of Baron Strucker's death, then mocked the pair for their reaction to the news.
Eventually, Klaue told the pair that he would have no respect for them if Wanda used her powers to make him see what he feared, a cuttlefish, and he wished to speak to the man in charge. In response, Ultron threw Klaue through a window and introduced himself. Ultron then forced Klaue to sell him his stockpile of Vibranium in exchange for billions of dollars. When Klaue noted that Ultron was quoting Tony Stark, the comparison threw Ultron into a rage, resulting in him slicing off Klaus's left arm and kicking him down a flight of stairs.
When the Avengers arrived, Captain America attempted to convince the Maximoffs to walk away while they still had a chance, but they both refused. Iron Man attempted to learn what Ultron's plan was, but this resulted in a fight breaking out. Pietro attacked Captain America and Thor using his incredible speed. At one stage, Pietro tried to use Mjølnir against the team, but was unsuccessful and thrown across the room and knocked back by Captain America. He soon recovered and injured Captain America by throwing him across the room, leaving him vulnerable to his sister's attacks.
When Wanda attempted to hex Hawkeye, he subdued her with a taser arrow to the head. Pietro saved her in the nick of time and threw Hawkeye through a window. He took her outside Klaue's base and tried to go back inside to kill Hawkeye, but she insisted that she was all right and wished to continue with the plan. She caught sight of Bruce Banner and hexed him as well, causing him to transform into the Hulk and go on a rampage in Johannesburg. The twins used the distraction to their advantage and escaped in the chaos.
==== Ultron's True Intentions ====
: "We have to evolve. There's no room for the weak.""And who decides who's weak?""Life. Life always decides."
: ―Ultron and Pietro Maximoff[src]
When the trio arrived in Seoul, Ultron used the Scepter to indoctrinate Helen Cho, forcing her to use the vibranium in synchrony with the Regeneration Cradle to build a new, more powerful body for Ultron. As Ultron's consciousness was being uploaded into the body, Wanda curiously took the opportunity to explore Ultron's mind and was horrified to learn of Ultron's true plans, which involved the genocide of humanity in its entirety. With Pietro, Wanda abandoned Ultron and left the facility, much to the automaton's rage.
==== Battle of Seoul ====
: "I'm fine. I just need to take a minute.""I'm very tempted not to give you one."
: ―Quicksilver and Captain America[src]
The twins attempted to escape Seoul, but as they made their way through the city, they spotted a news report showing that the Avengers were attempting to steal the Regeneration Cradle, and battling Ultron and his army in the middle of the city, endangering thousands of lives. Refusing to allow the people of Seoul to be put in danger, the Maximoffs decided to assist the Avengers in the fight.
The twins found and assisted Captain America in fighting off Ultron on a moving passenger train. Quicksilver charged onto the train and knocked Ultron back while Scarlet Witch trapped him inside by twisting the metal to put a defensive barrier between Ultron and the Captain. However, Ultron responded by firing a blast into the front of the train, killing the driver, and destroying the controls of the train before escaping, leaving the train charging straight forwards the center of the city of Seoul and forwards the people standing in its path.
With the train now completely out of control and heading to the middle of the city, Rogers ordered Pietro to use his incredible speed to move the civilians out of its path while Wanda stopped it. Pietro ran as fast as he physically could and pushed everyone he came across out of the path of the train. Despite the train still traveling at its full speed and Pietro using every ounce of energy he had to keep moving at such a speed, he still managed to stay ahead and saved dozens of lives before Wanda was finally able to stop the train in the center of the city.
With the train now stopped, Pietro took a break to rest as he could barely stand after running so fast for so long. When Rogers revealed that the Regeneration Cradle and Ultron's would-be body had been sent to Tony Stark for analysis, Wanda was disturbed, aware that Stark would attempt to utilize the body rather than destroy it in order to correct his own folly. Although the Captain was reluctant to accept this as a possibility, Wanda compared Stark and Ultron and made key comparisons with their mindsets.
=== Changing Sides ===
==== Birth of the Vision ====
: "No, no. Go on. You were saying?"
: ―Pietro Maximoff to Tony Stark[src]
The Maximoffs were taken to Avengers Tower in New York City by Steve Rogers. Once there, they discovered that Tony Stark was attempting to program Ultron's being in the Regeneration Cradle with J.A.R.V.I.S.. Rogers ordered Stark to terminate the program as it was too dangerous. Stark refused, so Maximoff used his incredible speed to unplug and damage the machine. As he took a moment, he noticed a bullet coming up from the ground below him. Before he could react, the glass he was standing on shattered and he was captured by Clint Barton, who mocked him using the same phrase Maximoff taunted him with earlier.
Rogers' and Stark's argument hit a boiling point and the pair began fighting until Thor arrived and used his lightning to power the Regeneration Cradle, causing the being inside to be born. The being briefly attacked the Avengers before overlooking the city and calming down. The being apologized and explained that he was not Ultron or J.A.R.V.I.S., but a new Vision. He told them that they needed to go to stop Ultron. He ultimately gained their trust when he handed Thor Mjølnir. Maximoff and the rest of the Avengers could only look on in shock and confusion.
Pietro and Wanda then agreed to help the Avengers to stop Ultron and save Sokovia, where he would be enacting his final plan. Pietro took a new uniform and threw a red jacket at Wanda for her to wear and joined the Avengers on the Quinjet as Rogers gave a speech where he informed the team that their priority was getting the people of Sokovia out of harm's way before Ultron could destroy their homes and their lives. Pietro stayed silent, still unsure of trusting the Avengers in the long term. However, he shared their intention to save the lives of his friends.
==== Battle of Sokovia ====
: "We're under attack! Clear the city, now! Get off your asses."
: ―Quicksilver to the Sokovian police[src]
Pietro and his sister joined the Avengers in evacuating the citizens out of Sokovia before the upcoming battle. While the rest of the team quietly moved the people out, Maximoff's method of evacuating them is more aggressive, charging into a police station and ordered Sokovian Police Department to clear Novi Grad. When none of the police officers in the station listened to him, Maximoff returned and fired a machine gun into the air, demanding they hurry up.
Quicksilver went into different houses and told the people who were still there to leave the city and bring nothing with them. He then went to a young woman and told her to evacuate. Quicksilver then went back to her and asked that he might see her later, and then went to help other civilians.
Seeing what the Avengers were trying to do, Ultron unleashed his army of Ultron Sentries upon the civilians. Pietro readied himself and charged into the robots, the speed of which he impacted them ripping them apart in a millisecond. When the city started to rise due to the device Ultron had planted inside it, Maximoff, alongside the Avengers, watched in horror while Ultron explained his grand plan to turn the city into a giant meteor and destroy all human life on the planet so only he and his metal army remained to rule the Earth.
Using his speed, Quicksilver took out numerous robots as he charged across the city tearing them apart and keeping the people still in the city safe. While Iron Man flew around the city and worked out a plan to stop Ultron's scheme, Captain America gave a speech to the team in which he ordered them to do whatever they could to destroy the Sentries, telling them not to even let death stop them. Quicksilver took a moment to catch his breath before continuing to fight.
Before long, Quicksilver came across Scarlet Witch and Hawkeye who were working together in their own battle against the Ultron Sentries. As they walked to their next mission, Quicksilver charged in and picked up his sister before running away with her in his arms and teasing Barton, calling him an old man and telling him to keep up. Barton considered shooting Quicksilver in the back for being such an annoying teammate and continued to jog far behind them. When Black Widow regrouped with the Avengers, Rogers told her that they fight robots today. Quicksilver rushed by and joked that next month might be better for them, and then rushed off again.
Quicksilver carried Wanda into the center of a fight between the local police and some Sentries. They worked together to tear the machines apart while the police chief ordered his men not to fire upon the Maximoffs. However, during the battle, he was accidentally shot in the arm by one of the officers. The wound was minor and non-life-threatening, but Maximoff still turned to the officer who had fired and glared at him for ripping his uniform.
==== Reinforcements ====
: "This is S.H.I.E.L.D.?""This is what S.H.I.E.L.D.'s supposed to be.""This is not so bad."
: ―Quicksilver and Captain America[src]
As the battle became more and more intense, Captain America became focused on finding a way to save the remaining citizens. In response, Nick Fury and Maria Hill arrived on a Helicarrier and used evacuation pods to get the people to safety. Maximoff watched this unfold and turned to Rogers, asking if this the S.H.I.E.L.D., Rogers told him that this is what S.H.I.E.L.D. is supposed to be, which Maximoff happily accepted.
==== Protecting the Key ====
: "Get the people on the boats.""I'm not going to leave you here.""I can handle these."
: ―Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver[src]
The team regrouped around the church in the center of the city, where Ultron had placed his device's key, which if activated would drop Novi Grad upon the Earth and cause a devastating explosion. Ultron flew outside the church where Thor challenged him to a rematch, so Ultron responded by showing off his entire remaining army of Ultron Sentries vastly outnumbering the Avengers. The team remained together as they prepared for the final showdown.
Ultron unleashed his sentries upon the Avengers all at once in his attempt to activate the key. Quicksilver and the Avengers fought them off with every bit of strength they had. Quicksilver darted around the arena, ripping the Sentries apart as quickly as he could. Before long, Ultron himself attempted to attack Vision, but with the help of Iron Man, Thor and Hulk, Ultron was overpowered. A heavily injured Ultron was thrown across the city.
The team decided it was time for them to escape and Captain America ordered them to sweep the city for any remaining drones before getting on the escape pods. Scarlet Witch decided to stay behind and protect the key from Ultron. Quicksilver was reluctant to leave his sister but she told him she could take care of herself and told him to get all the civilians on the evacuation ships and to come back for her. He then proceeded to tease her about her bossy attitude by reminding her that he was still the elder twin.
==== Self-Sacrifice ====
: "You didn't see that coming?"
: ―Quicksilver to Hawkeye[src]
During the civilian's evacuations nearing the end of the battle, Ultron as a last-measure hijacked the Avengers' Quinjet and began to fire its gatling guns at civilians attempting to board the Helicarrier lifeboats. When he saw Hawkeye in imminent danger when he ran back to secure a young boy, Pietro ran to aid them without a second thought. Running into the path of the bullets, Quicksilver used his own body to shield them from the gunfire, saving both their lives.
After the dust settled, the bullet-ridden Pietro then took one last glance at Barton, remarking if he saw that coming before collapsing dead from his many gunshot wounds. Captain America rushed to help, but it was too late. Pietro's body was taken onto a lifeboat by Barton and Rogers. His sister Wanda Maximoff sensed his death through her psychic powers, inadvertently allowing a single Ultron Sentry to activate the Doomsday Trigger.
==== Controlled by Agatha Harkness ====
: "I got close with fake Pietro. Fietro, if you will."
: ―Agatha Harkness to Wanda Maximoff[src]
In 2023, Bohner was in Westview when Wanda Maximoff created the Hex. This disconnected his ankle monitor from the protection program. Agatha Harkness then arrived and took Bohner hostage, forcibly moving in to his house, and claiming to others that he was her husband. Eventually, Bohner was "cast" by Harkness to play the role of Maximoff's deceased brother Pietro in order to have more information about the Hex. Harkness also placed a necklace onto Bohner that gifted him super-speed powers.
==== Meeting Wanda Maximoff and Vision ====
: "Long-lost bro get to squeeze his stinkin' sister to death or what?""Pietro?"
: ―Ralph Bohner and Wanda Maximoff[src]
Bohner, under Agatha Harkness’s command, went to the Vision Residence and posed as Pietro Maximoff. He rang the doorbell and waited a few seconds, before ringing it a second time, in which Wanda Maximoff came to the door.
Bohner then smiled at Maximoff, asking if he could give her a hug. Maximoff was confused by his different appearance and asked if he was Pietro, with Bohner nodding his head in confirmation. Once Maximoff recognized him as her brother, the two of them hugged. Entering the house, Bohner also saw a confused Vision and asked humorously who he was.
==== Halloween ====
: "Hey, it's cool. I know I look different.""Why do you... look different?"
: ―Ralph Bohner and Wanda Maximoff[src]
Bohner started living at the Vision Residence and became an uncle figure for Wanda Maximoff and Vision's children, Tommy and Billy Maximoff. One day, the five of them gathered in the backyard for a family photo. Bohner used his super speed to catch Tommy, who was positioning the camera.
When Halloween came, Bohner was still sleeping on the couch at four in the afternoon while the whole Maximoff family were preparing their costumes for the night. Once Tommy and Billy arrived in the living room and saw Bohner, they started making several comments about their "uncle". Bohner ended up waking up and jumped off the couch to scare them. As the boys screamed and ran, Bohner used his super speed power to chase them around the house.
Bohner continued to play with Tommy and Billy until Maximoff came down the stairs dressed in a Halloween costume. When Bohner and the twins questioned what she was, she explained that she was a Sokovian fortune teller. Bohner laughed and disapproved of her outfit, noting that it was worse than the costumes that their mother made for them when they were children. Maximoff did not remember this event and Bohner stated that she was probably suppressing trauma.
Once Vision came down the stairs, Bohner jokingly made a few guesses as to what his costume was, with Vision showing no sense of humor, before joining Tommy and Billy to play video games and show them how to shotgun their soda-cans. Having heard Maximoff and Vision's discussion, Bohner learned that Vision would not be present at the celebration since he apparently was going to do a job for the Westview Neighborhood Watch. As she continued to try convincing Vision to be with his family on their first Halloween, Bohner interrupted the conversation and offered to replace Vision and step in to assist with watching with the twins.
With Maximoff having closed the door, Bohner stood behind Wanda and scared her when she turned around. Bohner asked where she kept the water balloons, but she told him they didn't have any. Bohner then revealed his intentions to spend the night pulling pranks with the twins, blaming Billy for the idea, as he pointed to Tommy, who had to correct him about the names. As Wanda realized that they didn't even have costumes, Bohner ran off with Tommy and quickly returned wearing a costume.
Bohner and Maximoff took the boys trick-or-treating. While walking through the streets, she questioned Bohner on his childhood memories since she was doubting that he was her brother. Bohner realized that he was being tested and attempted to put her suspicion at ease, acknowledging that he knew he looked different. The conversation was interrupted by Tommy and Billy, with Bohner deciding ran off with the twins to help them get candy faster. However, Bohner used his super-speed to commit several acts of vandalism.
==== Investigation ====
: "I'm impressed! Seriously. It's a big leap from giving people nightmares and shooting red wiggly-woos out of your hands. How'd you even do all this? Hey, I'm not some stranger and I'm not your husband. You can talk to me."
: ―Ralph Bohner to Wanda Maximoff[src]
Later, Bohner was a little annoyed and pointed out that Wanda Maximoff was lame for making Tommy and Billy give back all the candy they stole. Being called a "bad influence" for the twins by Maximoff, Bohner explained that he was just trying to do his part as the relative who arrived in town and stirred up with the family, further adding that this is what she wanted.
Maximoff saw a new opportunity to test Bohner and questioned him about his missing accent, but Bohner replied by asking her about hers. Bohner told Maximoff that the details were fuzzy on what happened to him prior to his arrival there, but he remembered being "killed" by Ultron during the Battle of Sokovia and then he heard Maximoff calling for him. Suddenly, the discussion was ended when Tommy and Billy returned and asked to continue trick-or-treating. Bohner and Maximoff discovered that Tommy gained superhuman speed, much to Bohner's delight.
As Bohner and Maximoff admired the festivities set up in Westview, the two sat down and started to discuss her current life. Bohner agreed with her positive comments on Westview and talked about how their parents, Iryna and Olek Maximoff, would’ve loved the town, making her smile. Suddenly, Bohner asked her what she did with all the children since there were no children in the Hex before Halloween, and suggested that she had them asleep in their beds, with Maximoff struggling to explain.
Finally, Bohner began talking about how Maximoff was controlling all of the Westview residents, noting that she handled the ethical issues of the town the best she could, and stating that he was impressed by her upgraded power set since she was being able to do more than project energy blasts and manipulate minds. Assuring that she could trust him, Bohner asked her how she created the Hex. However, she told him she wasn't sure how she did it and that she only remembered being filled with despair.
Bohner was confused when Maximoff turned toward him and panicked for a second, but she stated that she was fine. Bohner then witnessed Billy, who had acquired telepathy powers, frantically calling out to Maximoff, telling her that Vision was in trouble. When Maximoff attempted to calm her son down, asking where Vision was, Bohner interrupted and humorously said that her husband could not die twice. Having made her infuriated, Bohner was blasted away.
==== Liberated from Enthrallment ====
: "Don't waste your breath, babe. No one can hear you from in here."
: ―Ralph Bohner to Monica Rambeau[src]
Bohner returned to his house since Wanda Maximoff was convinced that he was an imposter. When Monica Rambeau, who was suspecting Agatha Harkness, decided to investigate the house and detected dark energy running through the basement, Bohner approached Rambeau to interrupt her search.
Bohner held Rambeau hostage in his house and thwarted her every attempt of escape. Eventually, Rambeau came across several documents and bills that revealed Bohner's true identity. Rambeau then subdued Bohner before taking off the necklace around his neck, freeing him from Harkness' enchantment.
==== Escape from Westview ====
: "Let's keep an eye out for our missing witness, we still need him to testify. Should be easier to spot now that everything's back to normal."
: ―Jimmy Woo[src]
Having gained freedom, Bohner sneaked around the commotion and found himself wirecutters. He then cut off the Ankle Monitor that was tracking him.
== Personality ==
: "Don't sweat it, sis. It's not like your dead husband can die twice."
: ―Ralph Bohner to Wanda Maximoff[src]
Under Agatha Harkness' control and posing as "Pietro Maximoff", Bohner behaves like a manchild, conforming to the sitcom trope of the disruptive visiting relative. He was playful, as seen when he joked around with Billy and Tommy Maximoff in the Vision Residence and later played with them in the trick or treat party in the sitcom world, bringing on the twins for fun. He was also quite snarky and rude, even making a joke to Wanda Maximoff about how Vision has died multiple times, and even humorously asking who Vision was when he first met him.
When he held Monica Rambeau captive, he no longer pretended to be Pietro, and acted on the behalf of Harkness which he referred to as "Mrs". When Bohner's true persona was unearthed, he begged Rambeau for his life, suggesting he was frightened and unaware of the current conflict. Bohner also expressed an interest in video games and action films, such as Steven Seagal films.
== Powers ==
=== Former Powers ===
* Enchanted Necklace Empowerment: Agatha Harkness enchanted a necklace and made Ralph Bohner wear it in order to both fall under her control and give him super speed. This was so that Harkness could get closer to Wanda Maximoff.
** Superhuman Speed: Thanks to the enchanted necklace he wore, Bohner gained the ability to run at extremely high speeds. He was able to act and move in seconds or less, far faster than normal people could even perceive. His powers caused him to generate an aura of blue, white, and transparent energy currents and mist-like shapes, much like fire or wind, leaving behind a trail of it as he runs. Bohner's enhanced momentum allowed him to generate enough force to push Monica Rambeau away with a simple flick of his finger.
== Equipment ==
=== Former Equipment ===
* Ankle Monitor: As a result of Bohner being placed in witness protection, he was given an ankle monitor so his whereabouts could be monitored at all times. After Westview was freed from the Hex, Bonher would using a pair of wire cutters to remove the monitor from his ankle.
* Enchanted Necklace: Bohner wore a beads necklace that had been enchanted by Agatha Harkness with a "crystallum possession" spell. This kept him under her thrall and also granted him the power of super speed until Monica Rambeau took it off his neck, liberating him.
== Facilities ==
* Ralph Bohner's House: Bohner lives in this house as his permanent residence in Westview. He continued to live in it when Agatha Harkness took control of his mind and used it to imprison Monica Rambeau until she freed him from Harkness' spell.
* Vision Residence: When Agatha Harkness controlled Bohner's mind, she commanded him to move in and live with Wanda Maximoff, Vision, and their sons Tommy and Billy. This was a ploy in order to get close to Maximoff and make her reveal how she controlled all of Westview. He eventually moved out from the house after Maximoff expanded the barrier around Westview.
== Relationships ==
=== Family ===
* Mother
=== Allies ===
* Jimmy Woo - Searcher
* Vision †
* Tommy Shepherd †
* Billy Kaplan †
* Monica Rambeau - Temporary Enemy	
=== Enemies ===
* Agatha Harkness - Former Enthraller and Acting Wife
* Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch †
== Trivia ==
* Ralph Bohner posing as Pietro Maximoff was a meta-reference to Peter Maximoff, the character portrayed by Evan Peters in the 20th Century Fox X-Men movies, which are not set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
== Behind the Scenes ==
* WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer stated that she had no backup options for casting the fake Pietro Maximoff if Evan Peters was unavailable to play the part, feeling that Peters can play an amalgamation of Uncle Jesse from Full House, Nick Moore from Family Ties and Joey Tribbiani from Friends. Schaeffer also explained in order to get the point across that Wanda Maximoff was desperate to see her brother again, they needed to cast someone whom the audience and Wanda would realize should be Pietro, despite it being impossible, and going along with it. The only way to do this was to cast Peters, whom the audience would immediately recognize for his X-Men role.
* The character was also used as a play on the sitcom tropes of recasting characters without "much fuss".
* The concept of the fake Pietro Maximoff turning out to be an actor was inspired by a similar twist in Iron Man 3 regarding Trevor Slattery, who posed as the fake Mandarin.
* The name of Ralph Bohner was a reference towards Ricard "Boner" Stabone from the sitcom Growing Pains.
* Teyonah Parris revealed in an interview with Collider's Perri Nemiroff that Ralph Bohner was not definitively chosen as the character's name when the series was in production, as it was one of several names she read out when they shot the scene where his name and identity are revealed.
* Craig Henningsen and Lloyd Pitts were stunt doubles for Evan Peters in the role of Ralph Bohner.
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# ↑ Jump up to:1.0 1.1 WandaVision: 1.05: On a Very Special Episode...
# ↑ Jump up to:2.0 2.1 2.2 WandaVision: 1.04: We Interrupt This Program
# ↑ Jump up to:3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 WandaVision: 1.09: The Series Finale Deleted Scenes
# ↑ Jump up to:4.0 4.1 WandaVision: 1.09: The Series Finale
# ↑ Jump up to:5.0 5.1 WandaVision: 1.01: Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience
# ↑ WandaVision: 1.08: Previously On
# ↑ Jump up to:7.0 7.1 7.2 WandaVision: 1.06: All-New Halloween Spooktacular!
# ↑ WandaVision: 1.07: Breaking the Fourth Wall Post-credits Scene
# ↑ How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life
# ↑ 'WandaVision' Boss Jac Schaeffer on Fan Theories
# ↑ WandaVision: Evan Peters Arrives as the Latest Westview Resident
# ↑ WandaVision Director Says Finale Twist Was Inspired by Iron Man 3's Mandarin Reveal
# ↑ *SPOILERS* WandaVision Finale & Special Guest MATT SHAKMAN!! FMB 3/7/21
# ↑ WandaVision: Ralph Bohner Almost Had a Different Name - YouTube
== External Links ==
* Quicksilver on Marvel Database
* Quicksilver on Wikipedia