Nebula (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
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Nebula (portrayed by Karen Gillan) is an Avenger, member of the Guardians of the Galaxy and former lieutenant of Thanos, who raised her as his daughter along with Gamora. Nebula was created by Roger Stern and John Buscema and first appeared in the film Guardians of the Galaxy film as a secondary antagonist within the film but in later appearances she is portrayed as more sympathetic. She is an alien orphan outside of Earth raised by Thanos and is an orphan sister of Gamora. Being less favored by Thanos, she and Gamora are originally rivals of each other in combat but they later come to terms of their rivalry. Nebula later teams up with the Guardians of the Galaxy and then later the Avengers to defeat her foster father. Though the current version of her joins the Avengers, a past version allies with Thanos to stop the Avengers due to fear causing the present Nebula to have to kill her past counterpart.[1][2]
A version of the character from the 2014 alternate timeline, also portrayed by Gillan, travels with her adoptive father Thanos to 2023 to fight the Avengers. 2023 Nebula and 2014 Gamora attempt to convince her to side with them against Thanos, but she chooses to stay loyal to her father. She is killed by 2023 Nebula. She first appeared in the film Avengers: Endgame.
As of 2021[update], the character has appeared in four films: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. She will return in the upcoming films Thor: Love and Thunder and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, as well as the Disney+ animated series What If...?.
- ^ Wasserman, Ryan. "What 'Avengers: Endgame' tells us about the mysteries of time travel". Washington Post. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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