Hawkeye (Marvel Cinematic Universe)/Synopsis

The story of Hawkeye from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
==Biography==
===Background===
Clinton Barton was born on Thursday, January 7th, 1971 in Iowa to Harold and Edith Barton, and spent much of his childhood with his mother with his father's status being unknown. Since Edith was young when she had Clint, she had no money to support her child and became a thief alongside her son. Despite knowing of the wrongdoings of committing theft, Edith decided to only steal from those who were fortune. While stealing at a fair, Edith was caught and arrested, leaving the child without parents which resulted him in never finishing high school. 
As he matured, Barton developed exceptional marksmanship skills and used them to great effect in the military arm of S.H.I.E.L.D. when he was recruited by Nick Fury in 2004, in which he was given the codename "Hawkeye". In one of his missions, he thwarted the plans of mercenary Marcus Scarlotti. Around the time he joined S.H.I.E.L.D., he met fellow agent Laura and the two formed a romantic relationship, whom he married and had children with. Of his associates, only Nick Fury knew about his relationship with Laura and Fury excluded them from his S.H.I.E.L.D. file in order to protect them when she retired from the agency.
Later, he was tasked to carry out the assassination of a young Russian agent codenamed "Black Widow". However, instead of killing her, he opted to let her live, and discovered her true name, Natasha Romanoff. The relationship between the two developed a lasting partnership that continued through bringing her in to work for S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they had missions in Budapest, Abidjan and many other locations. The pair became so close that Romanoff was the only other agent Barton told about his family, and she became his children's honorary aunt. He would also work with her to eliminate General Dreykov, but unbeknownst to them, the mission was failure since the general survived alongside his injured daughter Antonia. 
===Thor (2011)===
In 2011, Barton was present in New Mexico when Thor broke in to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base to receive his hammer. Clint was aiming his arrow at him to wonder when to shoot, but didn't when the agents arrested Thor.
===The Avengers (2012)===
A year later, with his mission complete in New Mexico, Barton was assigned to guard the Tesseract at a S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility. When it began emitting increased levels of gamma radiation the entire facility was placed on high alert and most staff were evacuated. Barton and a few others remained as the rearguard for as long as they could. The emissions proved to be a precursor to the unexpected appearance of Loki, who had used it to reach Earth. Barton and the other guards were quickly overpowered and Barton was promptly enslaved into Loki's service.
For a time, Barton served Loki as a guard, enforcer, and assassin, completely without volition. When Loki was incarcerated in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Barton led a commando raid against the vessel to free him. They were also directed to add to the chaos that Loki was seeding within his enemies. The attack drew him into direct conflict with the beautiful Black Widow, his closest ally. She bested him in close combat and scored a blow to his head that helped to dislodge Loki's hold over him.
Upon recovering from the ordeal, Barton vowed to put Loki down, going so far as to propose an arrow to the Asgardian's eye socket. To that end, he willingly grabbed his equipment and offered to pilot Captain America and the Black Widow to Loki's location, which had been determined as New York City. Once there, the trio formed up with Thor, The (Hulk), and (Iron Man), to fight Loki together.
The group quickly found themselves embroiled in a battle for New York City against a huge invasion force of Chitauri that Loki had summoned using the Tesseract. Barton, now operating under the pseudonym of "Hawkeye" and serving as Corporal of the team, initially fought the alien warriors on the streets before switching to a higher vantage point atop a high-rise building to snipe at the alien air support. At one point, he even took a shot at Loki, and although the aim was true, Loki simply snatched the arrow from the air just before it struck. 
Hawkeye had planned in advance, however, and had rigged the arrow with an explosive head that knocked Loki's transport out of the sky. When the battle was over, Hawkeye and the others parted company. He and Agent Romanoff returned to the service of S.H.I.E.L.D. until the next time the world would call on The Avengers.
===Avengers: Age of Ultron===
In the opening of this movie, Hawkeye joined the other Avengers in an assault against Baron Wolfgang von Strucker's HYDRA base. Barton used explosive arrows to destroy many HYDRA bunkers and tanks. At one point he tried to destroy another but his arrow was strangely intercepted by a fast moving opponent. The attacker then threw Barton through the air before revealing himself to be an enhanced man named Pietro Maximoff, taunting Barton. Before Hawkeye could get away, he was shot in the side and gravely wounded; Black Widow came to his aid and Thor was able to get him back to the Quinjet to recover.
====The Winning Party====
Barton was taken back to Avengers Tower where his injured skin was repaired by Doctor Helen Cho; Barton joked that he was now made of plastic but made a full recovery. Later, during the celebration party at Avengers Tower, Barton voiced disbelief that Mjølnir could only be lifted by Thor; Thor then challenged all of the guests to lift his hammer. Barton was the first to try but soon failed. After the others had all tried and failed, they were interrupted when Ultron and the Ultron Sentries attacked the Avengers. Barton and the others fought against their attacker and won the fight.
====War against Ultron====
Barton joined the team when they had located Ultron and the Maximoff twins in a ship off the coast of South Africa, getting a supply of Vibranium from Ulysses Klaue. Stark, Rogers and Thor confronted Ultron directly while Barton and Romanoff stayed further back to provide cover. Ultron and the Maximoffs attacked, at the same time Klaue sent his soldiers to attack the Avengers. In the ensuing battle, the Scarlet Witch entranced most of the Avengers, causing them to become distracted by terrible visions. When she attempted to do the same to Barton, however, he was prepared for her and incapacitated her, not allowing himself to be put under mind control again. Her brother whisked her away to safety before she could be arrested.
====Retreat====
The Avengers become unpopular due to a massive battle between Hulk and Iron Man in his "Hulkbuster" armor in the middle of South Africa; at the same time many of the members were still suffering from the effects of Wanda Maximoff's visions. Maria Hill stated that there was no information about Banner's arrest order yet. 
Knowing they needed to get away and recover, Barton flew the team to his homestead, realizing that no one would be able to find them there. Once they arrived, Barton introduced them to his family. In private, Laura expressed concern about whether he should remain in the Avengers. He initially thought that she believed they did not need him, but she revealed that she felt they needed him too much, as the others' teamwork leaves a lot to be desired and she did not believe they would support him and the work he does for them.
Nick Fury arrived and spoke to the team, motivating them to gather together and fight Ultron. Bruce Banner revealed that Ultron's plan would be to create another body made of synthetic tissue using the Cradle, and would likely do this with the help of Helen Cho. As the team prepared to leave, Barton said his farewells to his wife and promised that he would return.
====Battle on Seoul====
The team discovered Banner was correct had use attempting to build a new body using the Cradle, Barton piloted the Quinjet and used it to keep the team informed of Ultron's location. When Captain America needed assistance fighting Ultron, Barton dropped Natasha Romanoff out of the Quinjet on a motorbike to join the fight. Eventually Romanoff was able to get onboard the truck Ultron was using, when the Ultron Sentries tried to fly the Cradle to safety, Romanoff dropped it out for Barton to catch with the Quinjet. However Romanoff was captured by the Ultron Sentries.
====Birth of Vision====
Bringing the Cradle back to Avengers Tower, Barton began searching for Natasha Romanoff by working out where Ultron could have taken her. He soon learned that during the battle in Seoul, Steve Rogers had recruited the Maximoff twins after they had betrayed Ultron. Barton was present when Tony Stark and Bruce Banner were confronted when they tried to upload J.A.R.V.I.S. into the body Ultron was creating, after a brief fight with the rest of the team, Thor arrived and used his lightning to activate the being. The being jumped out and briefly attacked Thor until he looked out over the city, the being apologised and called itself the Vision and claimed to wish to assist them to fight Ultron. As proof of his honor, Vision handed Thor's Mjølnir.
====Battle on Sokovia and Ultron's Machine====
The team located Ultron in Sokovia and arrived; their first priority was to evacuate the civilians. Barton sat in a clock tower and overlooked the evacuation, ensuring that the Ultron Sentries did not attack the people. Eventually Ultron made his move and used a device to cause the city to float off the ground before sending out his Sentries to attack the Avengers.
Barton and the rest of the team engaged the robots in a major battle, while focusing on protecting the civilians. At one point during the battle, Barton saved Wanda Maximoff and hid her in a building. He managed to calm her down and told her if she continued fighting in the battle, she would officially be an Avenger. While Barton continued to fight, Maximoff joined him and destroyed the robots. Pietro Maximoff then took her in his arms and ran to the centre of the city, mocking Barton. Irritated, Barton aimed his arrow at Pietro and jokingly considered shooting him.
As the battle became much more intense, Nick Fury and Maria Hill arrived on board a Helicarrier to evacuate the city while War Machine joined them in the battle. When Barton attempted to rescue a young child, he found himself under fire by Ultronwho had stolen a Quinjet. Seeing no way to escape, Barton tried to use his body to protect the boy, but they were saved by Pietro Maximoff, who ran into the line of fire and was killed. Barton carried Maximoff's body onto the Helicarrier and collapsed next to it. Later, Ultron have arrived to the Sokovian church, dressed in his new Mark 45 Iron Man armor, Stark was confronted by Ultron in his new vibranium form. Ultron deduced that Stark was stalling to protect the people of Sokovia in which the latter affirmed Sokovia was meant to be Ultron's target for his main plan. Ultron countered by saying that he has moved beyond his mission and that he is free.
Ultron Sentries emerged from the ground and began to terrorize the citizens of Sokovia, prompting Iron Man and the Avengers to defend them. Ultron was then confronted by the Vision, whom Ultron recognized as the synthetic body he had planned to use as his initial final form. Although Vision tried to reason with Ultron, the latter grabbed and choked the former in the air, allowing Vision to access Ultron's mind and effectively cut off his connection to the Internet. Tired from the skirmish, Vision was incapacitated by Ultron who remarked how the Avengers have taken everything away from him. Ultron then activated the vibranium detonator inside the church thus enacting the first stage of his main plan. Dust erupted from the outskirts of Sokovia and the city began to rise into the air; revealing that Ultron's machine underneath the city's landmass allowed it to forcibly lift the entire city into the sky with the Chitauri's anti-gravitational technology found at Strucker's base.
When Sokovia further rose into the sky, nearly approaching the Earth's atmosphere, Ultron gave a speech as his Sentries began to terrorize the Avengers and the citizens of Sokovia. Ultron then attacked Thor in the air, having recognized him as a noteworthy obstacle. The two engaged in battle after Ultron threw him down into the church. Though Ultron was able to outmatch Thor, the latter hinted at stalling the fight, after which Vision emerged and hit Ultron away using Mjolnir. Though it seemed as if there were no means of evacuating the citizens, the Helicarrier arrived to the rescue with War Machine, Nick Fury, Maria Hill and Cameron Klein. The Ultron Sentries attempted to sabotage the Helicarier, only to be destroyed by War Machine.
====Battling and Defeating Ultron====
Barton and The Avengers deduced Ultron's final scheme: he plans to raise the entire city of Novi Grad into the sky and crash it back down to Earth via the machine located underneath Sokovia's land mass; a means of replicating the impact of a meteor to cause an extinction-level event. The entire Avengers gathered inside the church to defend the vibranium detonator and prevent the city from crashing, with Thor decidedly taunting Ultron. Ultron summoned the entirety of his Ultron Sentries for one final battle and relished in the notion of the Avengers failing humanity while making way for the new age. Ultron commanded his entire army to attack the Avengers all at once from all sides of the church. Through the combined efforts of the Avengers, the large number of Ultron Sentries were slowly reduced until there were barely any left.
Ultron finally joined the battle and fought against Vision in an aerial confrontation, with the two hovering and circling above the center of the church. Though Ultron seemingly outmatched him in physical strength, the Vision blasted Ultron with the power of the Mind Stone, essentially pushing Ultron outside the church. Iron Man and Thor joined in and fired at full blast towards Ultron; using their repulsors and lightning respectively. With Ultron kept at bay through the combined efforts of Vision, Iron Man, and Thor, Ultron's vibranium armor began to melt and peel away. The three would halt their combined assault, only to find Ultron still standing, albeit greatly damaged. Before Ultron could finish remarking toward them, the Hulk dashed in and punched Ultron into the air.
Most of the remaining Ultron Sentries attempt to escape as means of allowing Ultron to retain a substitute host body, though most of them were chased down and destroyed by Vision and War Machine. With his vibranium armor effectively damaged, Ultron decided to hijack the Avengers' vacant Quinjet and fired its ammunition at civilians. Hawkeye, upon realizing that a kid was in danger comes to the rescue and Ultron attempts to shoot them both. However, Pietro Maximoff arrives in a flash, only to sacrifice himself to Ultron for Hawkeye, much to Wanda's misery. The Hulk jumped inside the Quinjet's open hangar and threw Ultron back out, in which the latter crashed near the church.
Injured and weak, Ultron was confronted by an angered Wanda who had abandoned her post from the church. Though Ultron still showed sympathy and concern for her safety, Wanda related her painful experience of losing her brother and likened it to dying. Wanda pried out Ultron's robotic heart and crushed it, inadvertently allowing him to activate the machine inside the church through one of his Ultron Sentries. Although everyone was evacuated, Sokovia began to plummet. Thor and Iron Man effectively destroyed the entirety of Ultron's machine and the landmass containing Sokovia's capital city, thus stopping the "Age Of Ultron" from coming to fruition.
===Captain America: Civil War===
Clint remained retire from heroics until he received a call from Rogers, who asked for his assistance in rescuing Wanda from the New Avengers facility. When attempting to leave the facility, Hawkeye briefly scuffled with Vision, but it was stopped by Wanda who used her magic against Vision. Escaping from the New Avengers facility, Clint and Wanda joined Rogers in his plan to stop Helmut Zemo, who had had taken control of Bucky Barnes. Hawkeye participated in the Clash of the Avengers, where he battled Iron Man's faction until he was imprisoned in the Raft. Along with his teammates Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson and Scott Lang, Clint was freed from imprisonment by Rogers. After escaping, Barton returned this family until his house arrest would be completed.
===Becoming Ronin===
One spring day in 2018, Barton, still on house arrest, was outside his homestead with his family. As his wired Laura, prepared a picnic lunch, he taught Lila archery. When the lunch was ready, the Snap occurred, and Barton was left alone, as his family had disintegrated.
After learning what had happened and the events that had transpired, Barton succumbed to his mourning and turned into the assassin "Ronin", working on killing criminals who survived. He would destabilize numerous criminal organizations, notably the Tracksuit Mafia in New York after being tipped off by the Kingpin to kill William Lopez.
===Avengers: Endgame===
In 2023, Barton went to Tokyo, Japan and eliminated Yakuza criminals. After killing their leader, he was greeted and consoled by Natasha Romanoff, who wanted to bring him back to the team. Upon arriving to the New Avengers Facility and reuniting with his teammates, Barton was informed about the Time Heist. He volunteered to go as a test run and travelled the Quantum Realm to an alternate timeline where his family was still alive. Due to the success of Barton’s travel, the Avengers made a plan to retrieve the six Infinity Stones from alternate timelines.
Barton and Romanoff were assigned to obtain the Soul Stone from the planet Vormir in an alternate 2014 timeline. Before leaving, Rocket Raccoon gave Barton his spaceship to use. They travelled the Quantum Realm to the timeline and went with James Rhodes and Nebula to the planet Morag. Barton and Romanoff then travelled to Vormir, meeting the Red Skull, and learning of how to get the Stone. After a struggle, Romanoff sacrificed herself allowing Barton to receive the Stone. In grief, Barton returned to the main timeline with the Stone. The original six Avengers then held a private mourning for Romanoff. Afterwards, a Nano Gauntlet was constructed and Banner used it to enact the Blip, which brought back Barton's family and every victim of the snap. 
However, the Facility was then attacked by missiles from an alternate Thanos’s spaceship. Barton landed in the Facility’s tunnels and retrieved the Gauntlet, being forced to escape the alien horde of Outriders. He then encountered an alternate Nebula, but was saved by the main Nebula and an alternate Gamora. Barton eventually made it out onto the ruins and participated in the Battle of Earth against an alternate Thanos’s army, fighting alongside the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Masters of the Mystic Arts, Ravagers, and Asgardians. When Stark sacrificed himself to win the battle, Barton knelt in respect. Afterwards, he returned home and reunited with his family. About a week later, Barton and his family attended Stark's funeral at Stark’s home. After the funeral, Barton reunited with Wanda Maximoff, and spoke about how he wanted Romanoff to know that they succeeded.
===Hawkeye===
Going to New York during the Christmas holidays, Clint overhears on the news that someone is wearing his Ronin suit. Barton decided to track the person down and learned that it was woman named Kate Bishop, who revealed herself to be a fan of Clint and explained that she is wearing the suit to fight the Tracksuit Mafia. The two were then attacked by said group, who tracked Bishop down after she rescued the golden retriever Lucky. Clint and Kate then escaped and went to the her aunt's apartment, but Barton decided to disguise himself as a firefighter to find the Ronin suit to no avail. Discovering that the NYC LARPERS had taken the suit, Clint was forced to join them in the park where he retrieved the suit from Grills.
Despite obtaining the suit, Clint and Bishop were captured by the Tracksuit Mafia and later interrogated by their leader Maya Lopez. He was able to break free from his binds when Lopez interrogated Bishop, and escaped with Bishop after going into an stalemate with Maya in combat. The pair proceeded to evade the mafia by using a Hank Pym particle arrow to crush their truck, and Barton explained to Bishop that being a superhero had its price. Clint also told Kate that Maya wasn't the boss of the mafia, believing their was someone else on the top. Bishop believed that her mother's fiancé Jack Duquesne was involved, but Clint didn't believe her theories and decided they should check her mother's files. The two were caught by Duquesne and Eleanor, and Barton was let go after having a conversation with Bishop's mother.
Speaking with his wife, Clint learned that Duquesne was the CEO of Sloan Limited, which was a front for the Tracksuit Mafia. Returning to Bishop, Barton admitted that he was Ronin, explaining that went down a dark path after his family were erased by Thanos' decimation. The following morning, Clint decided to threaten Lopez's colleague Kazi Kazimierczak, telling him to tell Maya to end her obsession with Ronin. Working with Bishop to obtain a rolex watch, Clint was attacked by Yelena Belova, the adoptive sister to Natasha who was tasked with eliminating Hawkeye. He battled her but focused on protecting Bishop, whom he also told was not his partner since he didn't want to lose another one. Seeing that the situation needed to end, Clint donned the Ronin suit one more time and faced Lopez at the Fat Man Auto Repair.
Defeating Maya, Clint explained that they were both weapons blinded by rage, revealing that he was used by the Kingpin to eliminate her father. Before he could be killed by an enraged Lopez, he was saved by Bishop and the two escaped. Seeing that the Tracksuit Mafia needed to be stop, Clint admitted that Bishop was his partner and the two work together to obtain trick arrows. At the Rockefeller Center, the two battled the mafia and Barton made amends with Yelena, explaining what happened to her adoptive sister. After the Kingpin was stooped, Clint decided to introduce Kate to his family, and also have her share the "Hawkeye" name.
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