Ant-Man

***Scott Lang*** is a superhero, known as the second ***Ant-Man***.

## History

### Origins

Scott Lang was a professional thief and father to one Cassie Lang, who was sent to prison for robbing the tech company *Vistacorp*. He became hired by industrialist/former super-hero Hank "Ant-Man" Pym to assist him in stealing tech from his own company and fighting evil rivals. Hank equipped Scott with an Ant-Man suit and, "PYM Particle" shrinking tech to do this. As Ant-Man, Scott would become a member of the Avengers and fight alongside Hank's daughter Hope van Dyne, the second Wasp.

### Stark Expo

Around 2010, Scott and Hope attended the Stark Expo in Hong Kong. Here, the expo was attacked by the forces of HYDRA, lead by Arnim Zola with an army of Hydraswarm-bots. Ant-Man and the Wasp shrunk down to stop Zola's nano-bots from stealing a valuable Data Core while Iron Man fought Zola's robots in the skies. They were assisted by SHIELD who deployed deputized members armed with EMP Blasters in shrunken-down *Defense/Assault Ground Rovers*. Ultimately, Ant-Man and the Wasp were successful in defeating Zola.

### Avengers Campus

The attack on Stark Expo inspired Tony Stark to create superhero outposts across the world. One of these was the Super Hero Academy, established in the November of 2016 from a repurposed SHIELD base where Scott taught on the Quantum Realm.

#### Avengers Campus California

Tony would go on to establish another outpost called Avengers Campus in Orange, California. The campus was made from an old *Stark Industries* settlement which already included a base for PYM Tech. Cassie moved to the campus where she joined the *Worldwide Engineering Brigade* and was inspired by her father's fight with HYDRA to use Pym Particles to grow and shrink food to end world-hunger.

Scott assisted Cassie in testing out her idea by converting the Pym Tech base into the, "PYM Test Kitchen" restaurant. Cassie would also use WEB to augment Ant Man and the Wasp's technology. Scott would supply WEB with Pym Particles, resulting in an incident where the members of WEB destroyed one of Howard Stark's old labs, and Iron Man forced Scott to help clean up. Cassie also invited Scott and Hope to attend her tech demo at WEB's Open House, though this was seemingly ruined by Peter Parker's presentation before her.

In the region, Scott found a miniature fairgrounds used by insects called, "Flik's Fun Fair". Scott asked Hank Pym if they could enlarge the fair but Hank refused, so instead they placed it within a PYM Tech terrarium. Around this time, Scott was invited to the travelling fortress of the Collector, Taneleer Tivan, who stated that he liked Scott's ideas and wanted to discuss them over, "Sakaaran Cold Brew". It was likely that this was a trap set up by the Collector though the outcome of this incident is unknown.

At some point, Ant-Man was part of an Avengers fight against the Mad Titan, Thanos. Following this battle, it became a circulated speculation that Scott could have easily ended the battle by shrinking himself, entering Thanos' anus, and enlarging himself to Giant Man size.

### Quantum Encounter

Ant-Man and the Wasp would show of Pym Tech Quantum Cores used for food purposed aboard the Disney Wish. Here, Scott Lang accidentally temporarily shrunk the ship before they restored it to normal. Aboard this ship, they encountered Sam Wilson AKA Captain America who notified them of strange energy signals which turned out to be the ship being attacked by Ultron, seeking their quantum tech to wipe out humanity.

Amidst this incident, Scott was video-called by Tony Stark, requesting assistance in warding off a wave of Kree missiles being launched at the Earth. Scott refused due to being in the middle of fighting Ultron, then hung-up. Ultron confronted Ant-Man in his lab and fused with a Quantum Core's regulator as a power source. Ant-Man proceeded to slow down Ultron behind an energy-shield barrier. Using F.R.I.D.AY., Ant-Man was able to weaponize the regulator against Ultron, shrinking him down to a quantum level and foiling his plans.

After this, Ant-Man and the Wasp went to meet with attendees of the dinner, thanking them for their assistance (despite them having just sat there and eaten).

## Appearances

### Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle!

Ant-Man is one of the central characters in this attraction.

### Avengers Academy

Scott Lang's incarnation of the Ant-Man helmet is on display. Scott is also mentioned as teaching about the Quantum Realm at the school.

### Avengers Assemble: Flight Force

Ant-Man makes a cameo in the pre-show, being called up by Iron Man for help with Kree warheads but being unable to come help.

### Innoventions

Ant-Man's suit was on display in the V.A.U.L.T. exhibit.

### PYM Test Kitchen

Scott is part of this attraction's backstory. Scott's enlarged cellphone appears outdoors, receiving texts. Wasp's phone will also sometimes receive texts from Scott, in addition to being mentioned in texts from Cassie Lang.

### Shawarma Palace

There is a poster depicting Ant-Man and the Wasp on the side of this food-stand.

### Shawarma Palace Too

One of the tables is made from an enlarged sticker used by Scott for his experiments.

## Trivia

* In Nano Battle, Ant-Man uses the expression, "Honey, I shrunk the kids" when shrinking guests. This is a tribute to the film *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989) which was notably adapted into the attraction *Honey, I Shrunk the Audience* in Tomorrowland, Discoveryland and EPCOT's Imagination! Pavilion.
* Wasp and Ant-Man sometimes carries around a shrunken version of *Flik's Fun Fair*, the setting for the defunct *A Bug's Land* which predicated Avengers Campus in California.
* Scott and Hope's Avengers technology showcase is called, "Miracles From Molecules", named for the theme-song of defunct Tomorrowland attraction *Adventure Thru Inner Space*. An instrumental of this theme-song plays.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneycruiselineblog.com/2017/04/look-re-imagined-oceaneer-club-lab-aboard-disney-wonder/
2. ↑ https://mousertainment.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/super-hero-hq-flashback-and-the-new-marvel-meet-greet-at-disney-california-adventure/
3. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2021/06/04/marvel-character-text-messages-at-avengers-campus/
4. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2021/05/25/photos-first-look-at-shawarma-palace-too-coming-to-disneys-avengers-campus/
5. ↑ https://dlnewstoday.com/2022/04/the-wasp-poses-for-a-bugs-land-photo-on-avengers-campus-at-disney-california-adventure/
6. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2022/04/20/photos-video-ant-man-and-the-miniature-fliks-fun-fair-at-avengers-campus/