10 Characters Who Were Massively Improved In Sequels

Considering Nebula was continually a one-note annoying prick for most of her earlier film appearances, that she was given such a big and universe-altering part in Avengers: Endgame is a choice that sneaks up on viewers as her story is fleshed out - but it's one of the most rewarding character transformations in blockbuster cinema that there is.

Guardians of the Galaxy introduced her as bitter, conniving, and intensely jealous of her badass sister Gamora, which is hammered home by the timeline crossing of 2012 and 2023 that we're subjected to in Endgame.

There, we're reminded of Nebula's old and particularly annoying habits, undercutting the character that has forgiven her sister and has found her home with a family that loves and supports her in their own quirky ways. Nebula has slowly unravelled from the tightly wound coil of a tortured soul and into a functional, somewhat happier version of herself across a long and arduous redemption arc, which is absolutely realised in her heroic turn in Endgame.

That she she then shot her old self dead was symbolic AF.