Peggy Carter (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Dr. Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Carter, Ph.D. is a supporting character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
She was a British agent during World War II against HYDRA, a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the first girlfriend of Steve Rogers. She developed Alzheimer's disease in her old age and peacefully passed away in her sleep. Steve eventually reunited with Peggy in an alternate timeline via time-travelling in the 1970s, deciding to take Tony Stark's words of laying down to heart after saving the world from Thanos.
She was portrayed by Hayley Atwell, who also played Evelyn Robin in Christopher Robin and Grace in the Mission: Impossible series. Atwell reprised her voice and role for different iterations of the character in the 2021 Disney+ tv series, What If...? and the 2022 film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
==Personality==
Carter is tough and resilient, standing strong whenever she is mistreated, be it by man or woman. She has a sarcastic streak, and can also become close to a select few people, such as Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Edwin Jarvis, and a few others. Though she believes in morality, she will lie, if the situation calls for it, including the period when she was hiding her involvement with Howard Stark from the SSR.
A loyal soldier, Carter will do whatever is needed to get the job done, very nearly having Howard Stark shot out of the sky, when he was endangering the city of New York. Such sacrifices wound her; she does not enjoy it. Being somewhat no-nonsense, Carter does not take kindly to messing about during a mission or when there is work to be done. She is also quite clever, always able to work her way out of a pinch at a moment's notice. Though her number of dear friends is slim, she is exceedingly appreciative to those she has.
Peggy grew to love Steve after meeting him; seeing he had equally be discriminated against and used his wit and will to fight back. After clearing up she wasn't dating Howard, Peggy briefly got jealous when a secretary kissed Steve in an attempt to seduce him; believing Steve had lost the heart she knew. After seeing him keep a picture of her in his compass during a review footage of the Howling Commandos against HYDRA, Peggy decided to return his affection and dressed up for a victory party; using his dance partner metaphor to implicate she was ready when he was. Even after the loss of Steve, Peggy held onto her affections for a while; but eventually married someone he rescued from HYDRA in the main timeline. Even when she was senile, Peggy loved Steve visiting her; despite forgetting every few minutes, he always reminded her that he promised Peggy a dance.
==Abilities==
*Master Spy: Carter was able to infiltrate Castle Kaufmann and free Abraham Erskine with her disguise as "Eva". Likewise, she was able to flawlessly mimic other accents. She knew how to manipulate the sexist stereotypes of her time to her advantage by bringing coffee to a meeting in order to spy on it and seducing a man to gain information. She also spent time at Bletchley Park during the early years of , learning code breaking skills.
*Master Investigator: Carter was able to solve the Leviathan case very efficiently, including deducing that the person who manipulated Stark would be one of the women he had been with, and that that woman would likely have scars on her wrists from years of handcuffing herself to a bedpost. In a lot of cases Carter was able to connect evidence or spot things that her colleagues missed.
*Expert Martial Artist: Carter was a highly skilled martial artist. Carter used her fighting skills to defeat Sasha Demidov before he could kill her. She was able to defeat several highly skilled agents with little effort. Despite initially being overwhelmed, Carter managed to defeat Dottie Underwood, a highly trained Red Room assassin. Carter was also able to silently subdue the guards of the Zodiac. Carter uses a direct and highly versatile fighting style; she is adept at constantly using her surroundings to her advantage. Carter is able to quickly use the weapons or clothing of her opponents against them. Highly opportunistic and able to improvise quickly, Carter could use nearly every item available to her as an improvised weapon.
*Expert Marksman: During the assassination of Abraham Erskine, Carter was able to kill the driver of Heinz Kruger, as he drove towards her, without fear of being hit. She chided Rogers for interrupting her shot when she aimed for Kruger. While trying to obtain Zodiac, Carter shot at a steel door multiple times hitting the same spot to create a hole large enough for the gas grenade she had planned to drop.
*Expert Tactician: Though they were all seasoned war veterans, the Howling Commandos took instruction from Carter on how to infiltrate the Red Room Academy, following her leadership on how to divide the men and what to do in a given situation. Though both leaders of their respective branches of the SSR, Thompson and Sousa referred to Carter's plan to fight Whitney Frost.
*Scientist: Carter had knowledge of chemistry, knowing how to use simple household items to create a compound necessary to defuse a bomb.
*Thief: Carter was able to pickpocket an access card from an employee of Isodyne Energy with ease; however, she was not successful in using her Brooch Key to access Daniel Sousa's desk because he was too close to her.
*Multilingualism: Carter could speak and read English, Russian and German fluently.
==Equipment==
*S.H.I.E.L.D. Pin: At the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D., pins with the symbol of the agency were given to every agent, including Carter.
===Weapons===
===Espionage Gear===
*Pick-Lock Wristwatch
*Sweet Dreams Lipstick
*Brooch Key
*Camera Pen
*Hot Wire
===Other Equipment===
*Bulletproof Vest
*Grappling Hook Gun: Carter used this to escape with Abraham Erskine from Castle Kaufmann.
*Stun Light Device
==Relationships==
===Family===
*Harrison Carter † - Father
*Amanda Carter † - Mother
*Michael Carter - Brother
*Grandmother
*Husband
*Sharon Carter - Great Niece
*Steve Rogers - Husband (alternate timeline)
*Joseph Rogers † - Father-in-Law (alternate timeline)
*Sarah Rogers † - Mother-in-Law (alternate timeline)
===Allies===
*Fred Wells - Former Fiancé 
*Strategic Scientific Reserve
**Abraham Erskine † - Former Colleague and Rescuee
**Roger Dooley - Former Superior
**Jack Thompson - Former Superior
**John Flynn - Former Superior
*Howling Commandos
**Bucky Barnes
**Timothy Dugan/Dum Dum Dugan - Friend
**Gabe Jones
**James Montgomery Falsworth †
**Jim Morita †
**Jacques Dernier †
**Junior Juniper †
**Pinky Pinkerton
**Happy Sam Sawyer
*Stark Industries
**Edwin Jarvis † - Friend
**Jason Wilkes - Former Love-Interest and Friend
*S.H.I.E.L.D.
**Chester Phillips † - Former Superior
**Howard Stark † - Friend
**Daniel Sousa † - Former Superior and Ex-Boyfriend
**Hank Pym/Ant-Man
**Janet van Dyne/Wasp
===Enemies===
*HYDRA
**Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
**Arnim Zola †
**Heinz Kruger †
**Werner Reinhardt †
*Leviathan
**Johann Fennhoff - Former Ally
**Dottie Underwood - Temporary Ally
**Sasha Demidov † - Victim
*Leet Brannis †
==Media Appearances==
Appearances for Peggy Carter
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==Behind the Scenes==
*There was a scene intended for where Steve reunites with an old "Peggy Carter", but this was never released into the theatrical cut and was never even filmed. They partially reintegrated the scene in . However, there is a deleted scene in where Steve finds files about the deceased Howling Commandos and Peggy Carter. Her address and telephone number are on the file, but Steve decides to not make a call.
*Peggy's S.H.I.E.L.D. file in the deleted scene from The Avengers lists her current address as "57-J Merryweather, Winchester, U.K.". However, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier she is shown to be living in a retirement home in .
*Peggy Carter is the most frequently recurring character in the , having been featured in five movies (, , , and ), an and two TV series ( and ).
* was offered the role, but she turned it down.
==Gallery==
Peggy-Carter-CATFA.jpg|Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger.
Peggy-Carter-SP.jpg
Steve-and-Peggy-kiss.jpg|Peggy and Steve share a kiss.
Carter-AOS.jpg|Agent Carter in season two's of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent-Carter-Profile.jpg|Peggy in ABC's Agent Carter.
1989_Peggy_Carter.png|Peggy in Ant-Man, 1989.
Old_Peggy_Full.png|An elder Peggy, reuinting with Steve in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Captain-America-and-Peggy.jpg|Peggy in Steve's hallucination in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Peggy-Endgame-1970.png|Peggy in Avengers: Endgame in 1970, before a time-travelled Steve enters.
Captain-America-Happy-Ending.png|Peggy and Steve finally have their dance.
==Trivia==
*In the comics, Peggy Carter was a freedom fighter with the French Resistance during , and her relationship with Gabe Jones was one of the first inter-racial relationships in comics.
*According to S.H.I.E.L.D. files, Peggy joined the Special Air Service (SAS) in 1936. In reality, SAS wasn't formed before July 1941.
*At the end of when Nick Fury first encounters the bewildered Steve Rogers, Steve mentions that he is 70 years late for a date that he planned with Peggy.
*In , Peggy appears in short flashbacks conceived by Steve Rogers when he was using a punching bag in the gym.
*Peggy and Dottie Underwood shared the first same-sex kiss in the .
*When Carter drinks alcohol, she prefers whiskey.
*Peggy has two bullethole scars on her right shoulder.
*In the comics, Peggy shares many physical and biographical similarities with Cynthia Glass, such as being a friend and love interest to Steven Rogers both before and after his transformation, and being considered his first love.
**However, Cynthia was a Nazi spy who sacrificed her life to save Steve from the Red Skull. Peggy was decidedly more patriotic.
==External Links==
* Peggy Carter on the Near Pure Good Wiki
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