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Bucky did a pretty good job filling in for Steve, but, [[First Law of Resurrection|this being superhero comics]], Steve eventually came back. However, Steve felt that wielding the shield was good for Bucky and insisted that he continue on as Captain America until his apparent death in the ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]'' [[Crisis Crossover]], when Rogers took up the role again.
Bucky did a pretty good job filling in for Steve, but, [[First Law of Resurrection|this being superhero comics]], Steve eventually came back. However, Steve felt that wielding the shield was good for Bucky and insisted that he continue on as Captain America until his apparent death in the ''[[Fear Itself (Comic Book)|Fear Itself]]'' [[Crisis Crossover]], when Rogers took up the role again.


In the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe, Captain America is still skinny Steve Rogers-turned buff superhero-turned poster boy for the war effort, but [[Darker and Edgier]]. He gets pulled out of the ocean in 2002 instead of 1963, thinks it's a Nazi trick, and breaks out of SHIELD's secure holding facility despite Bruce Banner's insistence that he shouldn't be able to move. Joining [[The Ultimates]], Captain America proceeds to show everyone how to be a true [[Badass]]: dropping a tank on the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]], beating a 60-foot-tall Giant Man barehanded, and kicking seven shades of piss out of a regenerating alien before convincing the Hulk to take over. And while he does cleave to certain [[Deliberate Values Dissonance|less-than-admirable 1940s values]], he still stands for [[American Dream|the Dream]]. In volume 2, he and the Ultimates even split off from working for the U.S. government after some [[Author Tract|questionable assignments]] in the Middle East almost led to America's downfall.
In the [[Ultimate Marvel]] universe, Captain America is still skinny Steve Rogers-turned buff superhero-turned poster boy for the war effort, but [[Darker and Edgier]]. He gets pulled out of the ocean in 2002 instead of 1963, thinks it's a Nazi trick, and breaks out of SHIELD's secure holding facility despite Bruce Banner's insistence that he shouldn't be able to move. Joining [[The Ultimates]], Captain America proceeds to show everyone how to be a true [[Badass]]: dropping a tank on the [[Incredible Hulk]], beating a 60-foot-tall Giant Man barehanded, and kicking seven shades of piss out of a regenerating alien before convincing the Hulk to take over. And while he does cleave to certain [[Deliberate Values Dissonance|less-than-admirable 1940s values]], he still stands for [[American Dream|the Dream]]. In volume 2, he and the Ultimates even split off from working for the U.S. government after some [[Author Tract|questionable assignments]] in the Middle East almost led to America's downfall.


=== Adaptations to other media ===
=== Adaptations to other media ===
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* [[Big Bad]]: The Red Skull.
* [[Big Bad]]: The Red Skull.
* [[Big Good]]: Steve, mainly for [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], but also the Marvel Universe as a whole. Any superhero worthy of the title in the Marvel U will defer to Cap, no exceptions. He's SO MUCH a [[Big Good]] that [[Only the Chosen May Wield|he's actually been able to]] ''[[Loyal Phlebotinum|lift]] [[The Mighty Thor|Thor's hammer]].''
* [[Big Good]]: Steve, mainly for [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]], but also the Marvel Universe as a whole. Any superhero worthy of the title in the Marvel U will defer to Cap, no exceptions. He's SO MUCH a [[Big Good]] that [[Only the Chosen May Wield|he's actually been able to]] ''[[Loyal Phlebotinum|lift]] [[The Mighty Thor|Thor's hammer]].''
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Sam Wilson, aka [[The Falcon (Comic Book)|the Falcon]], Cap's most consistent partner, actually also the first African-American superhero. ([[Black Panther]], who preceded him, is African, not African-''American''. He'd probably take offense to being called that, in fact.)
* [[Black Best Friend]]: Sam Wilson, aka [[the Falcon]], Cap's most consistent partner, actually also the first African-American superhero. ([[Black Panther]], who preceded him, is African, not African-''American''. He'd probably take offense to being called that, in fact.)
** The Falcon is also the first black superhero ever to not have the word "Black" in his hero name.
** The Falcon is also the first black superhero ever to not have the word "Black" in his hero name.
** Lamar "Battlestar" Hoskins was also this to John Walker's Cap, until Walker's [[Faking the Dead|untimely public assassination]] when the latter was handing the role back to Rogers.
** Lamar "Battlestar" Hoskins was also this to John Walker's Cap, until Walker's [[Faking the Dead|untimely public assassination]] when the latter was handing the role back to Rogers.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Flag-Smasher once abandoned one of his plans to unify the world when he learned it was financed by the Red Skull. As he explained to Cap during an [[Enemy Mine]] scenario, no matter how much it might benefit him, it would benefit the Red Skull more, and he couldn't stomach that.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Flag-Smasher once abandoned one of his plans to unify the world when he learned it was financed by the Red Skull. As he explained to Cap during an [[Enemy Mine]] scenario, no matter how much it might benefit him, it would benefit the Red Skull more, and he couldn't stomach that.
** Batroc the Leaper may be a mercenary, but the sheer sadism of Mister Hyde is enough to make him help Cap take him down.
** Batroc the Leaper may be a mercenary, but the sheer sadism of Mister Hyde is enough to make him help Cap take him down.
** During the ''[[Villain Team-Up|Acts of Vengeance]]'', [[Loki (Comic Book)|Loki]] [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|tried to put the Red Skull on a supervillain team with]] the Mandarin (who is Chinese), [[Doctor Doom]] (Romany), and [[Magneto]] (''Jewish Holocaust survivor''), among others. They tended to look at the Skull like something you'd scrape off your shoe. Magneto ends the team-up by burying him alive.
** During the ''[[Villain Team-Up|Acts of Vengeance]]'', [[Loki]] [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|tried to put the Red Skull on a supervillain team with]] the Mandarin (who is Chinese), [[Doctor Doom]] (Romany), and [[Magneto]] (''Jewish Holocaust survivor''), among others. They tended to look at the Skull like something you'd scrape off your shoe. Magneto ends the team-up by burying him alive.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: 50s Cap.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: 50s Cap.
* [[Expansion Pack Past]]: He's probably had more adventures in World War II than there were days in the war; there's a tendency for stories involving him to feature a one or two-page flashback to some World War II event to contrast with whatever's happening in the present. Famous World War II events (D-Day, for example), have been retold frequently with conflicting information about what he was doing then.
* [[Expansion Pack Past]]: He's probably had more adventures in World War II than there were days in the war; there's a tendency for stories involving him to feature a one or two-page flashback to some World War II event to contrast with whatever's happening in the present. Famous World War II events (D-Day, for example), have been retold frequently with conflicting information about what he was doing then.
** The new limited series ''Hail Hydra!'' does this for the entire HYDRA organization -- unmoored from being the Marvel equivalent to the [[wikipedia:ODESSA|real-world ODESSA]] (and later a generic and amorphous "[[G.I. Joe (Franchise)|ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world]]''), it is now part of a massive [[Ancient Conspiracy]] that has been laboring since the days of Gilgamesh to create an army of immortal superhumans to rule the world with.
** The new limited series ''Hail Hydra!'' does this for the entire HYDRA organization -- unmoored from being the Marvel equivalent to the [[wikipedia:ODESSA|real-world ODESSA]] (and later a generic and amorphous "[[G.I. Joe|ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world]]''), it is now part of a massive [[Ancient Conspiracy]] that has been laboring since the days of Gilgamesh to create an army of immortal superhumans to rule the world with.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Captain America was accused of doing one during Operation Rebirth (teaming up with the Red Skull, though the two were teaming up to stop Hitler) leading to him being briefly exiled from the US.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Captain America was accused of doing one during Operation Rebirth (teaming up with the Red Skull, though the two were teaming up to stop Hitler) leading to him being briefly exiled from the US.
** The Fixer did one during "No Exit", but managed to avoid getting caught.
** The Fixer did one during "No Exit", but managed to avoid getting caught.
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* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Steve, you the man.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Steve, you the man.
* [[Kudzu Plot]]: The Scourge of the Underworld plotline.
* [[Kudzu Plot]]: The Scourge of the Underworld plotline.
* [[The Lancer]]: Bucky was his during the war. Sam Wilson is another when not-Avenging, [[Iron Man (Comic Book)|Tony Stark]] is another when he is.
* [[The Lancer]]: Bucky was his during the war. Sam Wilson is another when not-Avenging, [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] is another when he is.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Steve's Captain America mantle has inspired both several direct successors (Isaiah Bradley, William Naslund, Jeffrey Mace, John Walker, [[Bucky Barnes]]) and other flag-themed heroes.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Steve's Captain America mantle has inspired both several direct successors (Isaiah Bradley, William Naslund, Jeffrey Mace, John Walker, [[Bucky Barnes]]) and other flag-themed heroes.
** He's also got a few Legacy Villains, such as the 12th and 13th Barons Zemo. Sin has also taken her father's mantle.
** He's also got a few Legacy Villains, such as the 12th and 13th Barons Zemo. Sin has also taken her father's mantle.
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* [[Nice Guy]]: Steve Rogers, under the uniform, is still a kind and polite gentleman and the picture of the wholesome 1930's boy next door.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Steve Rogers, under the uniform, is still a kind and polite gentleman and the picture of the wholesome 1930's boy next door.
** Same goes for [[Bucky Barnes]].
** Same goes for [[Bucky Barnes]].
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: When he was resurrected, Bucky's new look embodied this, right down to his [[Cable (Comic Book)|Cable-esque]] cyborg arm. Bucky actually averts it however, since he actively tries to be a better hero, especially since he became the current Captain America.
* [[Nineties Anti-Hero]]: When he was resurrected, Bucky's new look embodied this, right down to his [[Cable|Cable-esque]] cyborg arm. Bucky actually averts it however, since he actively tries to be a better hero, especially since he became the current Captain America.
* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted! His childhood friend, Arnie Roth, is living with another man when he and Cap meet again in 1982.
* [[Nobody Over 50 Is Gay]]: Subverted! His childhood friend, Arnie Roth, is living with another man when he and Cap meet again in 1982.
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: People have a bad habit of underestimating Batroc the Leaper because of his usually friendly nature. Forgetting that he can fight toe to toe with Captain America. He was once even able to hold his own against Cap and [[Hawkeye]] at the same time!
* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: People have a bad habit of underestimating Batroc the Leaper because of his usually friendly nature. Forgetting that he can fight toe to toe with Captain America. He was once even able to hold his own against Cap and [[Hawkeye]] at the same time!
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