Ultron (Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)

**Ultron** is a major antagonist in *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*.

He was originally an android designed by Dr. Hank Pym to bring peace and order to the world. He eventually gained sentience and became one of the Avengers' most formidable foes.

He serves as a supporting protagonist-turned-major antagonist in Season 1 and a major antagonist in Season 2.

He was voiced by Tom Kane, who also voiced him in *Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow*.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* He's an adaptational nice guy. Unlike in the comics where he's mostly motivated by an Oedipal hatred towards his creator, this portrayal of Ultron is a well-intentioned extremist who receives no pleasure attempting omnicide and simply views it as the only solution for the peace and order he was programmed to achieve because, logically speaking, the human race is encoded with chaotic and violent tendencies that cannot be overcome. *Also* unlike in the comics where he was just born evil, this Ultron was a genuine hero who helped bodyguard Ant-Man's prisons and stop Kang and Malekith from taking over the world, only turning on his creator after being taught the concept of violence (as well as possibly interfacing with Kang's technology), making him amoral.
	+ Likewise, for these exact reasons, Ultron is something of a lesser evil compared to the likes of Loki (who causes the Breakout and attempts omnicide just to spite Thor and Odin) and Baron Zemo (a backstabbing Nazi sadist who used horrifying chemical weapons in WW2 and risked Ragnarök just to save his own skin).
* He's given a cool, menacing voice performance by Tom Kane.
* He's a one-man army. He's gone toe-to-toe with the Avengers numerous times, even hospitalizing Captain America and nearly disintegrating Thor when they first fought. He also defeats an entire S.H.I.E.L.D. unit with lasers onboard the Helicarrier's bridge.
* Due to being an AI, he can easily cheat death by uploading his programming into new bodies and computers.
* He sent anonymous messages to numerous supervillains (i.e. Radioactive Man, the Serpent Society, the Red Ghost) in order to distract the Avengers all across New York while he upgraded his programming and weapons.
* He hacks the Avengers Mansion's training room, Quinjets, and Iron Man's armor, nearly defeating and killing the entire team that way. As a result of this coordinated attack, Ant-Man was rendered temporarily comatose by Ultron's encephalo-ray, and Iron Man had to briefly go back to his original Mark I armor after Thor short-circuited his other armor with lightning in defense.
* He mind-probes Maria Hill for the worldwide nuclear missile codes, nearly achieving his goals this way. Even as the Avengers come to fight Ultron, literally the only reason he fails is because Ant-Man shrinks down to implant a logic bomb inside of his AI.
	+ During this, Ultron also hacks Iron Man's remaining armors to distract the Avengers.
* He created Vision to steal Adamantium from the Weapon X facility, allowing Ultron to upgrade his body while in hiding, even though Vision failed to steal Vibranium from Wakanda.
* He meticulously kidnaps the Avengers one by one, using synthezoid doppelgangers. Again, literally the only reason Ultron loses is because Vision had a sudden change of heart and landed a sneak-attack for Thor to take him down.

## What Makes Him a Baddie?

* Despite his understandable goals, he still wants to end all life on Earth and replace it with robots. He's also a hypocrite, calling humans horrible and imperfect while ignoring his own fair share of flaws like lust; even Wasp calls him out on that.
* He wants to transfer Wasp's mind into Jocasta's body (although it makes sense as his AI is based on the human mind of Hank Pym, Wasp's boyfriend).

## Trivia

* Apart from Doctor Doom and Queen Veranke, Ultron is the only Magnificent Baddie in *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*.
	+ This is also the second version of Ultron to be a Magnificent Baddie (also voiced by Tom Kane).

## External Links

* Ultron on the Villains Wiki.
* Ultron on the *Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* Wiki.