Species of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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The

crossing over
common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters. Due to the galaxy-spanning nature of the franchise, multiple species have been introduced.

Main species

Asgardians

The Asgardians, or the Æsir, introduced in

Asgard, on whom the gods of Norse mythology are based in MCU mythology. In the first film they are shown as a race of superhuman extraterrestrials who look similar to humans but possess a highly advanced form of technology resembling magic and sorcery, upon which their entire civilization is built.[1] However, later films contradict this, with Thor: Love and Thunder establishing that Thor and Zeus are actual gods in the fictional universe.[2] The film's post-credit scene also confirms the existence of Valhalla
in the MCU.

The Asgardians are shown suffering major losses, first during Hela's attempt to harness Asgard's power in

King Valkyrie
.

They appear in the films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Thor: Love and Thunder; as well as the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Disney+ series Loki and the animated series What If...?.

Celestials

Celestials are an ancient race of entities introduced in Guardians of the Galaxy and later expanded upon on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Eternals as beings with vast matter and energy manipulation abilities.

In Guardians of the Galaxy, they are introduced as being present in the universe long before the galactic communities and even the Asgardians. Their origin and nature are not elaborated upon. Whatever is known about them is known only by a few characters, such as

Knowhere, appears in this film, Avengers: Infinity War, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
.

Eson the Searcher is shown in a flashback sequence as a former owner of the

Power Stone
in Guardians of the Galaxy. He uses its power to level the surface of an entire planet.

In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,

's biological father, is a Celestial who controls a humanoid avatar to travel the universe. His planetary form is a living extension of his Celestial consciousness. Over the course of many years, he plants thousands of alien-seedlings to expand his existence across all life sustaining planets. However, Ego needs another Celestial's assistance to activate them, so he fathers children with various alien races and had Yondu Udonta retrieve them so he could gauge their Celestial powers. Quill is the only child who gains his father's Celestial abilities, though he loses them after killing Ego and foiling his plans.

In Eternals,

Tiamut
, their remaining members are taken away by Arishem for judgement.

Celestials also appear in the Disney+ animated series What If...?.

Chitauri

The Chitauri are a powerful, reptilian warrior race, introduced in The Avengers as a hybrid between organic beings and machines. They have a caste-like society, with each caste (nearly a different species in itself) fulfilling a different role in Chitauri society.[

the Other
". They are presented as a race of grey-skinned, six-fingered reptilian humanoids that have a bio-mechanical physiology and superhuman attributes. Their technology ranges from hovercraft-like skimmers and Necrocraft, to living airborne troop carriers called Leviathans, all neurally linked with a mothership.

  • In The Avengers, the Other, acting on behalf of Thanos, lends the Chitauri to Loki for the invasion of Earth, leading to the Battle of New York. While they eventually overwhelm the Avengers, Iron Man destroys the mothership with a hijacked nuclear missile with the invading forces dropping dead instantly from the mental feedback.
  • In Guardians of the Galaxy, the Other briefly appears where he contacts Ronan the Accuser and Nebula about Gamora's betrayal, and calls them to the Sanctuary on behalf of Thanos. Once the two of them appear, Ronan argues his case to Thanos while The Other scolds him for his failure, and is then promptly killed by Ronan. A Chitauri soldier is also seen as a prisoner in the Collector's museum.
  • In Avengers: Age of Ultron, Chitauri technology is being studied and used by a
    Ultron
    .
  • In
    Adrian Toomes
    and his cohorts, who steal it from Damage Control and modify it into weapons to sell on the black market, and to forge technology such as Vulture's flight suit and Shocker's gauntlets.
  • In Avengers: Infinity War, the Chitauri are Thanos' enforcers in his mission to obtain the Infinity Stones. It is also revealed in a flashback that the Chitauri took part in the invasion of Gamora's home planet when she was a child, resulting in her being taken in by Thanos.
  • In an alternate version of the Battle of New York shown in Avengers: Endgame, Chitauri are seen fighting as they did in the original depiction of the battle. In present-day 2023, alternate versions of the Chitauri and their Leviathans are brought to fight in the
    Battle of Earth
    . While some Chitauri and Leviathans are slain, the rest are taken out by Iron Man using the Stark Gauntlet.

They also appear in the Disney+ series Loki (archival footage), What If...?, and Hawkeye (flashback).

Clandestines

The Clandestines, introduced in

Kamran, who tries to protect Kamala from the other Clandestines when they attempt to forcibly use her to return home.[10]

The Clandestines appear in the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel.

Chronicoms

A race of aliens based on the

Izel and the Shrike.[11]

Deviants

Deviants are a race of organic beings introduced in Eternals, created by the

Arishem. Like Eternals, they are sent to planets to ensure the development of intelligent life, creating the necessary conditions to birth a Celestial. Deviants achieve this by eliminating the apex predators
of planets, allowing populations to grow. But unlike Eternals, Deviants evolve from absorbing traits from those they killed and eventually become a threat to intelligent life themselves. Eternals are revealed to have been sent as replacements with the additional mission to eliminate Deviants.

On Earth, Deviants are believed to have been eliminated by Eternals led by

Gilgamesh
and absorbs their abilities to gradually evolve into a sapient being.

Dwarves

Dwarves, introduced in Avengers: Infinity War, are an ancient race of skilled forgers and blacksmiths hailing from the realm of Nidavellir. They are ruled by

Odin
, forged Mjolnir. Unlike the comics, Eitri was shown to be larger than normal.

Eitri appears in Avengers: Infinity War, when Thor, Rocket, and Groot arrive on Nidavellir. They find Eitri who informs them that Thanos killed the rest of the Dwarves after they forged the Infinity Gauntlet.

Dwarves also appear in the Disney+ series What If...?.

Elves

Elves are two separate races, the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, and the Light Elves of Alfheim.

In Thor: The Dark World, The Dark Elves, as with their enemies the Asgardians, are depicted as ancient astronauts. It is stated that they existed in the primordial darkness that predated the current vibrant state of the universe. Their goal is stated as destroying the current universe and returning existence back to that state. They were believed extinct, but unbeknownst to the Asgardians, Malekith and a number of warriors escaped and went into stasis in deep space until another attempt would be possible. For the film, David J. Peterson created a language for the Dark Elves called Shiväisith. In Guardians of the Galaxy, an imprisoned Dark Elf appears as an exhibit in Taneleer Tivan's museum. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dark Elf technology that was salvaged from the Battle of Greenwich was used by Tinkerer alongside the technologies from the Chitauri and Stark Industries.

Runa, a Light Elf with shape shifting abilities, appears in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. After impersonating various people including Megan Thee Stallion, she is caught and sentenced to pay damages and serve a 60 day sentence.[12]

Elves also appear in the Disney+ series Loki (archival footage) and What If...?.[13]

Eternals

Eternals are an immortal race of superpowered synthetic beings appearing in the film of the same name. They are revealed to have been created by the Celestials at the World Forge to rid planets of

Tiamut
from being born and destroying the planet. A guilt-ridden Ikaris, who had vowed to uphold Arishem's instructions but was unable to bring himself to kill Sersi, flies into the Sun, while Sprite is turned into a human.

Flerken

The Flerken, introduced in Captain Marvel, are stated to be alien creatures that completely resemble Earth's cats in appearance and behavior, but are shown to possess human-level intelligence. They have tentacles that come out of their mouths and can swallow up large objects and store them in pocket dimensions in their bellies.[14] Flerken also have longevity.[15]

Goose is the Flerken that makes her appearance in Captain Marvel. She accompanies Carol Danvers and Nick Fury on their mission, where she demonstrates her abilities by defeating Kree soldiers and swallowing the Tesseract. Later, she stays with Fury. In The Marvels, Goose gives birth to numerous offsprings which help with the evacuation of the collapsing S.A.B.E.R. station.

Frost Giants

The Frost Giants, introduced in Thor, are a race of 10 ft. tall humanoid beings that inhabit the frozen, barren realm

Laufey
, king of the Frost Giants, who is also Loki's true biological father. Small and weak for a Frost Giant, Loki is abandoned by his father in a temple, and left to die. In 965 A.D., not long after the war between the Giants and the Asgardians, Loki is found by King Odin and raised as his son.

After Thor, they also appear through Loki in the films The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, as well as the Disney+ series Loki and What If...?.[13][16]

Inhumans

The Inhuman Royal Family from the TV show Inhumans.

The Inhumans are introduced in the

Holden Radcliffe's failed experiments to turn humans into Inhumans through a pathogen created from a combination of Terrigen Crystals, the blood of Daisy Johnson
and a Kree Reaper, and Hive's own parasitic organism. While the Primitives have enhanced strength and infrared sensory capabilities, they also retain the skills they had before their transformation.

An eight-episode live-action television series, titled

Auran),[17][20] and was not intended to be a reworking of the planned film from Marvel Studios, nor a spin-off of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[17] Scott Buck served as showrunner and executive producer on the series.[21] The series was panned by both fans and critics alike, and was canceled after one season.[22]

A trade report in March 2011 said Marvel Entertainment was developing an Inhumans film.[23][24] In November 2012, Stan Lee reported that the film is in development.[25] In August 2014, it was reported that Marvel was moving forward with the development of an Inhumans film, with a screenplay written by Joe Robert Cole.[26] In October 2014, Marvel Studios confirmed Inhumans, with a release date of November 2, 2018 and with Vin Diesel openly attached to the role of Black Bolt shortly after the film's announcement, despite already having a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Groot.[27] The date was later pushed back to July 12, 2019.[28] By October 2015, Cole was no longer involved with the film and any potential drafts that he may have written would not be used.[29] In April 2016, the film was taken off of Marvel's 2019 release schedule for unknown reasons, though it is not considered canceled.[30] In July 2016, producer Kevin Feige said Inhumans would "certainly" be a part of the discussion regarding the film ideas for 2020 and 2021, adding the following November that he was still optimistic the film could be released in Phase Four, but had since not commented on the reason for the film's removal from its slate.[31] Since then, there have been no further updates regarding the film's development, leaving the project in limbo.

Kree

The Kree are a militaristic race of mostly blue-skinned humanoids from the planet Hala, first featured in the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. One of the most technically advanced races in the galaxy, the Kree are skilled in genetic engineering and are responsible for the creation of the Inhumans on Earth.

The species made its cinematic debut in

Xandar
, thereby ending a centuries-long war between the two races. This treaty prompts the radical Ronan to embark on a renegade campaign of genocide against all Xandarians, before being defeated and killed by Guardians of the Galaxy.

The Kree briefly appear in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, where their planet Hala is nearly destroyed by Ego.[36]

They next appear in

Talos
. On a parley with Talos, Carol learns of what the Kree did to the Skrulls and their homeworld. After removing the damper from her head, Carol uses her powers to fight the Kree forces, resulting in most of them either being killed or incapacitated. Yon-Rogg is sent back to Hala to relay Carol's message to the Supreme Intelligence.

The Kree also appear in The Marvels as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.

Mutants

The Mutants, are an enhanced species that, from birth, possess specific genetic mutations that grant them unique superhuman abilities or distinct physical characteristics. Usually, the term mutants refer to Homo superior, a race that came into being by having genetically evolved from

Talokanil
, various other types of individuals are able to develop mutations and those individuals would also be classified as mutants.

They have appeared in the films Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and The Marvels, and the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. They will also appear in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Outriders

The Outriders are mindless, feral aliens utilized by Thanos in his army, first appearing in Avengers: Infinity War, in which they invade Wakanda. Alternate versions of the Outriders appear in Avengers: Endgame during the final battle, but are disintegrated at the end.

The non-canon novel

Chitauri
, himself, and of various species that he has killed.

Sakaarans

Sakaarans, also known as Sakaarians, are a sentient insectoid race native to the planet Sakaar.

  • They make their first appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy, working for Ronan the Accuser. A maskless member of the race is portrayed by James Gunn.
  • A separate type, larva-like creatures, appears in
    Miek
    .

They also appear in the Disney+ animated series What If...?

Skrulls

The Skrulls are a race of extraterrestrial

shapeshifters
hailing from the planet Skrullos, introduced in Captain Marvel.

Alternate universe versions appear in the Disney+ series Loki,[44] and What If...?.[16]

Sovereign

The Sovereign, appearing in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, are a golden-skinned humanoid race that has advanced through genetic engineering and live on the

Adam Warlock
, who she intends to use as a weapon against the Guardians.

They appear in the films Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and the Disney+ series What If...?.[16]

Talokanil

The Talokanil, introduced in

Talokan. They are descended from an enhanced group of humans from Yucatán
who consumed an underwater herb infused with vibranium.

Other species

Several other species make appearances throughout the MCU, often in the form of a single character. These include:

See also

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