In November 1943, Schmidt's Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility was invaded by Captain America, who came to free his friend Bucky Barnes and the other P.O.W.s. Despite the HYDRA base exploding shortly after their escape, both Rogers and Barnes managed to escape themselves and returned to the United States Armed Forces where they now planned to bring the fight to HYDRA. Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes characters, Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers characters, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. After gaining possession of the mystical Tesseract and its unimaginable power, he decided to turn his back on the Third Reich and rule the world alone. White Skull. When it was initially believed that Red Skull was destroyed by the Tesseract, in reality, the cube transported Red Skull to the planet Vormir. Personality In the end, Schmidt took the Super Soldier Serum by force and, at Castle Kaufmann in the Bavarian Alps, Schmidt then injected himself in order to get super powers. Evil, ambitious, megalomaniacal, formal, dangerous, strict, god-complex, brutal, psychopathic, ruthless, egotist, irredeemable, cruel, serious, infamous, power-mad, murderous, traitorous, arrogant, dishonorable, unfriendly, disgraceful, unforgivable, heartless, sophisticated, sadistic, delusional Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving, appears in the Captain America movie during Phase 1. In the end, Black Widow made the sacrifice. “I haven’t [been asked to return], but I would jump at the chance to do it again,” Marquand told Nerds4Life. Schmidt revealed his intention to escape in a one man Focke-Wulf Triebflügel, but when Zola questioned how he would escape as well, Schmidt reluctantly handed him the keys to his own car and ordered him to drive it out of the danger without scratching it, something Zola agreed to without hesitation as he had secretly always wanted to drive the impressive car. Dormammu Red Prime Marvel Universe . And yet we are continually delayed, because you cannot outwit a simpleton with a shield! The Red Skull has a role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. [10] When Reinhardt showed the artifact to his leader, Schmidt said that the Obelisk may hold the answer to death itself. When he saw that his men could not stop the overwhelming enemy force, he retreated to his plane where he locked away the Tesseract and prepared to escape. Red Skull has MODOK to make several modifications to the Power-Draininator that will allow itself not only to drain any power from heroes, but also matter and living energy. 's Cosmic Cube 3.2 Red Skull's Cosmic Cube 3.3 A.I.M. • "The Secret of Success" • "The Doof Side of the Moon" • "Split Personality" • "Brain Drain" • "Rollercoaster: The Musical!" • Ultimate Spider-Man: Great Responsibility • Ultimate Spider-Man: Great Power When Schmidt asked Rogers what made him so special that Abraham Erskine had given him so much, Rogers answered that it was nothing, he was just a kid from Brooklyn. Other Characters: Nick Fury • Maria Hill • Jane Foster • J.A.R.V.I.S. Johann Schmidt Marvel Studios has released a possible explanation as to why Johann Schmidt -- the infamous Red Skull-- became a monster after injecting himself with the Super-Soldier serum. Bucky dies in the explosion while Captain America falls and is frozen for several years. Opening the box, Schmidt was amazed by his own discovery at long last. At Red Skull's castle MODOK informs the villains where the ray came from, Red Skull recognizes Doofemshmirtz's last name is Drusselstinian as he has a cousin who married one (and exclaims she is dead to him). While Schmidt's own soldier held Rogers back, Schmidt ran to the Valkyrie.[5]. After gaining possession of the mystical Tesseract and its unimaginable power, he decided to turn his back on the Third Reich and rule the world alone. Up to City level with Tesseract weapons (His bombs made of Tesseract energy can wipe out entire cities) | Unknown, Speed: Massively Hypersonic combat speed and reactions (Fought and reacted to Captain America). He goes to Norway and gets the Tesseract to power his weapons. So he’s probably, I would imagine on one level, he’s over it. As he left the pair to die in the fire, Rogers called out to him to ask if he was without fear why was he running, but Schmidt ignored the taunt as he believed they would both be dead soon while he would be able to get away. “I think that role obviously belongs to Hugo, he is the person that originated it and I loved what he did with that. Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) ... Red Skull weigerte sich jedoch, besiegt zu werden und bereitete sich darauf vor, endlich seinen größten Feind zu töten. At the temple, Red Skull presents himself to them and advises the Titan that to get the Soul Stone, one must be willing to sacrifice the person they love the most. The more HYDRA facilities that were destroyed, the angrier and more deranged Schmidt became. Schmidt mocked the Captain, noting that he had seen and enjoyed the propaganda films he had starred in. • "Make Play" • "Candace Gets Busted" Thanos, guided by Gamora, visits the planet on a search for the Stone. He is the main antagonist in Captain America: The First Avenger and a supporting character in both Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Starting with Thor, each film's Blu-ray release has included a short film called a Marvel One-Shot. Upon entering a church with his large army led by his HYDRA Tanks, Schmidt ordered his men to bust down a large wooden door to enter an ancient church where they encountered the Church Keeper, who bravely refused to talk to them, despite witnessing the death of Jan during the attack. During the fight, Schmidt picked up a Tesseract powered gun and used it to then kill several American soldiers before the overwhelming forces pushed him back. Dislikes In 1940, Schmidt had learned that, at long last, the first, unstable version of Abraham Erskine's Super Soldier Serum was now finished, which Schmidt had desired for himself. Originally he was Johann Schmidt the head of Hydra, and as a result of Hydra's experiments he was injected with the Super Soldier Serum. Schmidt prepared to execute Rogers but at the same moment, the Allied troops under Colonel Chester Phillips, Agent Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos stormed the HYDRA Headquarters and fired upon Schmidt and his soldiers. [3], In June 1934, as part of the Night of the Long Knives, Schmidt assassinated Kaufmann and seized control of his weapons program. • "Sleepwalk Surprise" • "Sci-Fi Pie Fly" • "Sipping with the Enemy" • "Tri-State Treasure: Boot of Secrets" • "Doofapus" • "Norm Unleashed" • "Where's Perry?" Despite his admitted pride in his "leaving humanity behind", he does show some disgust toward him no longer being considered of Aryan perfection, or at the very least that Hitler exiled him for that reason, and also expressed some anger at being called the Red Skull. The Red Skull is only referred to as such once in, When he finds the Tesseract, Johann Schmidt says: "And the Führer digs for trinkets in the desert." But, when Hitler left the scene, Kaumfann and his men took Schmidt from the opera. However, as World War 2 raged, his plans would be challenged by the only Allied super soldier, Captain America. While on his submarine, Red Skull sends a message to other villains to join his recently-founded group, the Cabal, in order to combat the Avengers (this message was also intercepted by S.H.I.E.L.D.). Red Skull A collection of quotes of the World War II-era HYDRA leader, Johann Schmidt, the Red Skull. Furious, he screamed at his soldiers and threatened Arnim Zola to continue his work before Captain America could defeat them. GunsTesseract-powered gun In this adaptation, he is the head of HYDRA which served as the Nazis' deep-science division. Unlike you, I embrace it proudly. When it did, Red Skull wasn't being brought back to be a major villain anymore, but simply a supporting character. Fearful of the innocent lives that would be lost, the man finally relented and Schmidt found the true Tesseract in a wall which depicted Yggdrasil and the Nine Realms. He and MODOK use microbots to cause the Avengers members to fight each other as a diversion so that he can blow up the Arc Reactor in Avengers Mansion. • "Phineas and Ferb Musical Cliptastic Countdown Hosted by Kelly Osbourne" • "Knot My Problem" • "Just Desserts" • "La Candace-Cabra" • "Happy Birthday, Isabella" • "Love at First Byte" • "One Good Turn" • "Mission Marvel" • "Thanks But No Thanks" • "Troy Story" • "Druselsteinoween" • "Terrifying Tri-State Trilogy of Terror" • "Face Your Fear" • "Cheers for Fears" • "Steampunx" • "Just Our Luck" • "Return Policy" • "Live and Let Drive" • "Phineas and Ferb Save Summer" • "Father's Day" • "Imperfect Storm" • "The Return of the Rogue Rabbit" • "It's No Picnic" • "The Klimpaloon Ultimatum" • "Operation Crumb Cake" • "Mandace" • "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" • "Lost in Danville" • "The Inator Method" • "Night of the Living Pharmacists" • "Tales from the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension" • "Doof 101" • "Act Your Age" • "Last Day of Summer" • "O.W.C.A. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Green Skull. Schmidt shared in Adolf Hitler's passion for occult power, although Schmidt's belief in it proved stronger than Hitler's as his obsession with understanding his own power grew. Firework: Celebrate the Magic However, he has shown some elements of pragmatism toward his minions, as he did not execute his soldiers for failing to remove the top of a stone coffin at Norway, and instead just removes it himself with his superhuman abilities. Fans finally have new insight into why Red Skull's Super Soldier experiment was a failure.Red Skull is part of the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe and has appeared in many films, including Captain America: The First Avenger, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Schmidt managed to reach his gun and fired at Rogers who took cover while attempting to regain his shield. Eventually, Doofenshmirtz reveals that his Power-Draininator was destroyed by his nemesis Agent Perry the Platypus after it drained the powers, much to Red Skull's anger; but Doofenshmritz manages to create a second and improved replica of the device, much to Red Skull's delight. Main Red Skull (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Red Skull appears in various episodes of the Captain America segment of The Marvel Superheroes. They engaged in a fist fight with Schmidt gaining the upper hand by taking Rogers' shield and striking him with it. At Castle Kaufmann in the Bavarian Alps, Schmidt injected himself with the serum. We encourage you to read our updated PRIVACY POLICY and COOKIE POLICY. Nazi Germany (formerly)SS (formerly)HYDRA However, as World War II raged, his plans would be challenged by the only Allied super soldier, Captain America. More than 50 years later, disguised as the Secretary of Defense Dell Rusk, he ordered the US Army to attack the Avengers' headquarters. Quote Johann Schmidt is the leader of HYDRA, the science branch of the Nazis. Goal “Or maybe he doesn’t care at all. Without touching the immensely powerful item, Schmidt placed it into a briefcase and regrouped with Zola. Schmidt could only scream in pain and rage as he watched the flesh from his hand burning away before he disappeared into the portal, vanishing from Earth. Red Skull tries to escape with the Tesseract, but it seemingly disintegrates him as he tried to take the fully charged Tesseract with his bare hands. After being enhanced by the serum Schmidt lost his human form as his body mutated and became what is known as the Red Skull. ""A soul for a soul." When some high-ranking Nazi officers go to oversee his results, they find he has his own plans to take over the world, including Germany, and Schmidt kills them. and taken into custody. Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving, appears in the Captain America movie during Phase 1. Rusk brutally beats Rogers. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesPhineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel (guest star)Avengers AssembleMarvel Disk Wars: The AvengersHulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. De Plane!" However despite Schmidt's orders and even the threat of execution, Erskine refused to hand it over to Schmidt. Firework: Disney Movie Magic • World of Color: Celebrate! With help from Red Skull and the villains with him, Dr. Doofenshmirtz causes "mayhem" in Danville and nearly destroy the Googolplex Mall. Kaufmann threatened to kill Schmidt if he came near Hitler again. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer, Captain America: The First Avenger Characters, Captain America: The First Avenger: The Hydra Files, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Johann Schmidt was the commanding officer of HYDRA, a special weapons division of the Nazi Schutzstaffel and the modern-day incarnation of the ancient HYDRA society. Full name The serum was supposed to make him faster, stronger, and more agile. Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki. 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[12][13], A revived Captain America (who crashed the Valkyrie into the Atlantic Ocean in order to avoid it crashing into New York City), when encountering the rogue Asgardian Loki in Stuttgart, Germany, indirectly referenced Red Skull by informing him that when he was in Germany during World War II, he had previously fought against someone who thought he was better than everyone else.[14]. • Disney Infinity (2.0) (3.0) • Phineas and Ferb: Day of Doofenshmirtz Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spider-Man's First Appearance), Tales of Suspense #39 (Iron Man's First Appearance), Incredible Hulk #181 (Wolverine's First Appearance), Batman and Captain America in World War II, Steve Rogers refused to give up being Captain America, Red Skull empowered via Super Soldier serum, Squirrel Girl was the partner of Captain America, Captain America and Bucky didn't disappear during World War II, Steve Rogers found dead, Frank Castle became Captain America, Marvel Super Heroes 3D: Grandmaster’s Challenge, https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Skull?oldid=5736467, Pages using DynamicPageList parser function. Researching history to find the greatest weapon known to man kind, Schmidt learned of Tesseract, which was lost on Earth having been held in Odin's Vault. • Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom! Killing, torturing and causing as much pain to the world as he can, wreaking havoc and chaos, destruction, harming Captain America, power, war With the help of MODOK, Red Skull manages to capture Captain America and bring him to his HYDRA base in Antarctica. A gallery of images of the SS general and HYDRA leader Johann Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull. Knowing that Rogers and the U.S. army were after him, Schmidt decided to now accelerate all of his plans.[5]. As the Red Skull continued firing his HYDRA Pistol at the super soldier, he began mocking him that he could have had the power of the gods, and claiming that HYDRA would create a future where there were no flags and HYDRA would rule without challenge. Rat Skull … Zola then realized that just the very small amount of energy they had captured could power the entire facility and help them build weapons powerful enough to change the war and allow Nazi Germany to at last defeat the United States of America and claim victory. “But if we think about it, there’s all these different multiverses now. The plan was a success and Red Skull escaped. When one HYDRA survivor appeared and begged for forgiveness, Schmidt shot him without mercy. Arnim Zola was allowed to resume his work on exo-skeleton battle suits and various high-tech weaponry. The Red Skull made his return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2018, with The Walking Dead actor Ross Marquand taking over the role from Captain America: The … Schmidt is pitiless and cruel, but also a scientific genius, who is able to see beyond appearances and managed to see the truth behind myths believed to be superstition, which are, in reality, fragments of Asgardian origin. His plan is stopped by Captain America and Bucky, but when the heroes try to stop his escape by plane, Red Skull rigs the plane to explode and ejects himself. The serum's creator, Dr. Erskine, believes it failed because Schmidt lacked the proper quality of character to become a super soldier like Captain America . Johann Schmidt is a megalomaniac and egocentric genius who firmly believed in the Nazi Party's long-standing misinterpretation of Friedrich Nietzsche's Übermensch, over-man, a concept where a race of superhuman beings are destined to rule the normal ones. If his heart is in a different place and he no longer wants to return, I would truly again be honored to play that character again.”. Superhuman StrengthDurability and Superhuman reflexesAccelerated healing factorAgeless Immortality • Agent Carter • Daredevil • Jessica Jones • Luke Cage • Iron Fist • The Defenders • Inhumans • The Punisher • Runaways • Cloak & Dagger • Helstrom • WandaVision • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier • Loki • What If...? The reason he had captured his own nemesis was because Red Skull was dying from the side effects of the Super-Soldier Serum attempt that was used on him, so he decided to take Captain America's youthful body and leave Cap to die in his aging body. After killing almost the entire personnel of the base, Schmidt found and recruited Arnim Zola, a scientist who worked on the advanced exo-skeleton battle armor. Shake It! • Goose • Mar-Vell • Morgan Stark • J. Jonah Jameson, Netflix: Daredevil episode list • Jessica Jones episode list • Luke Cage episode list • Iron Fist episode list • The Defenders episode list • The Punisher episode list 1 History 2 Capabilities 2.1 Cosmic Ring 3 Important Known Cosmic Cubes 3.1 A.I.M. A brilliant scientist in his own right, he fought his way through the ranks of Nazi elite to become a confidant of Adolf Hitler himself. Arnim Zola separated the two super soldiers and Schmidt revealed to Captain America that he believed he was Abraham Erskine's greatest success before ripping off his damaged face mask to show him what the serum did to his face. However, Rogers and the Howling Commandos invaded the castle. With HYDRA now self-funded, Schmidt and Arnim Zola explored their Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility where prisoners of war were being forced to build the new Tesseract powered weapons. A brilliant scientist in his own right, he fought his way through the ranks of Nazi elite to become a confidant of Adolf Hitler himself. [1] He was a smart student and eventually became a physicist. Schmidt watched closely as Captain America overpowered his soldiers with ease. However, upon finally getting hold of the device, Red Skull betrays Doofenshmirtz by imprisonming him in a cage, believing him to have outlived his usefulness. [3] Two years later, Erskine's wife and children died in the camp, but Schmidt never revealed that information to Erskine. In 2014, Red Skull meets Hawkeye and Black Widows moved in time, came back to recover the Soul Stone. The Skull also appears in the 1981 Spider-Man cartoon in the episode, The Capture of Captain America, voiced by Peter Cullen. Arnim Zola, Heinz Doofenshmirtz (formerly), Thanos Despite the progress of the workers being high, Schmidt ordered that they increase their work load by an exceptional amount, when Zola then warned that increased work load would kill the men, Schmidt was not concerned, noting they could always get more workers.[5]. Red Skull explains to them how they can have the stone, which causes a fight between the two heroes to sacrifice themselves while Red Skull watched them. Schmidt however continued as he told them that Hitler was talking of the thousand her Reich under the control of the Nazis but was failing to deliver or even protect his own men and therefore he would use the power of Asgard to achieve victory. [4] Eventually, Schmidt rose to the rank of Obergruppenführer (Lieutenant general), and formed his own branch of the SS, naming it HYDRA-Abteuilung. Red Skull was created by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, and France Herron. HYDRA agents Though he is disillusioned by the Führer's ideals, he is still morally devoid and capable of mass murder. Minor Characters: Jerry • Bigfoot • Yeti • Khaka Peu Peu • The Regurgitator • Bob Webber • Princess Baldegunde • Melissa • Unnamed Fireside Girls • Agent E • Brobots • Drill Sergeant • Buck Buckerson • Tiana Webber • Jack Johnson • Mrs. Johnson • Wendy • Eliza Fletcher • Nicolette • Mandy • Thaddeus and Thor • Mindy • Amanda • Lucy Fletcher • Adrian Fletcher • Beppo Brown • Dr. Hirano • Annabelle Johnson • Sara • Brigitte, Josette, and Collette • Mishti Patel • Liam McCracken • Rodrigo • Morg • Glenda Wilkins • Dr. Gevaarlijk • Heinz Doofenshmirtz's mother • Blanca Dishon • Professor Poofenplotz • Lyla Lolliberry • Balloony • Corn Colossus • Professor Parenthesis Captain America: The First AvengerThe Avengers (cameo)Captain America: The Winter Soldier (archive footage)Avengers: Infinity WarAvengers: Endgame When SS officers Roeder, Schneider, and Hutter came to Schmidt's base under Adolf Hitler's orders to question him about the progress in developing advanced weapons for the Third Reich, Schmidt showed them around his headquarters. He first appears leading HYDRA forces into fighting Captain America. In "The Avengers Initiative, Pt. Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie). Red Skull was able to fly his ship out of danger and regrouped with the forces of HYDRA back at his HYDRA Headquarters. • "Nerds of a Feather" • "Wizard of Odd" • "We Call it Maze" • "Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet Max Modem!" When Schneider commented on Hitler's lack of approval towards HYDRA and insulted Schmidt by using his hated nickname Red Skull, Schmidt made his decision to kill them all and finally cut all ties with the Nazi party. Specials: Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe • Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop Freeform: Cloak & Dagger episode list, Television: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes • Ultimate Spider-Man (Episode List) • Avengers Assemble (Episode List) • Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. But when Kaufmann and his men returned to the opera, Schmidt was approached by Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the elite Nazi paramilitary unit that served as Hitler's body guard. In 1945 Schmidt launched his offensive, intending to bring the United States to its knees, but he was intercepted by Captain America, and vanished when he touched the Tesseract with his bare hands. Johann Schmidt, also known as the Red Skull, was a general for the Nazi Army and the director of a special division called HYDRA, a special weapons division of the Nazi Schutzstaffel and the modern-day incarnation of the ancient HYDRA society. In some incarnations, he is the leader and founder of the evil organization known as HYDRA. The Red Skull appears as the primary antagonist of the summer 2013 Disney/Marvel animated special Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel, voiced again by Liam O'Brien. Video games: Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth • Iron Man 3: The Official Game • Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition • Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition • Marvel: Contest of Champions • Marvel: Avengers Alliance • Marvel vs. Capcom series (Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite) After over seventy years on Vormir, Schmidt met Thanos and Gamora, seeking the stone, which he led them to, disappearing once Thanos claimed the stone.