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My name is King T'Challa, son of King T'Chaka. I am the sovereign ruler of the nation of Wakanda. And for the first time in our history, we will be sharing our knowledge and resources with the outside world. Wakanda will no longer watch from the shadows. We can not. We must not. We will work to be an example of how we, as brothers and sisters on this Earth, should treat each other. Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.
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~ T'Challa addressing to the United Nations.
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Wakanda forever!
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~ T’Challa's famous catchphrase.
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Yibambe!
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~ T'Challa's famous battle cry
King T'Challa, also known as the Black Panther, is a major character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
He was the late royal ruler of the Kingdom of Wakanda, assuming the throne and the role of Black Panther, after his father's murder. He was also a major ally of the Avengers and later on, the late father of T'Challa II.
Though he did become determined in killing Bucky in order to avenge his father's death, when confronting Helmut Zemo, the true killer, as well as seeing the way vengeance had affected Zemo's morality and the Avengers' fellowship, T'Challa chooses not to take revenge on Zemo and lets go of his hatred, showing it was a heating-up moment. Additionally, he doesn't even mention vengeance for his father, instead admitting he almost killed the wrong person and questions Zemo's actions.
He saves Natasha from Bucky, influenced by the Winter Soldier programming. While he might have been more focused on revenge, Bucky would have choked Natasha to death if T'Challa hadn't stepped in.
With the exception of Bucky, he used non-lethal force against Captain America's team, even giving Steve a chance to step aside.
Stops Zemo from committing suicide despite the role he played in his father's death, choosing instead to turn him over to the authorities so he can answer for his crimes.
Forgives Bucky for his crimes as the Winter Soldier, recognizing him as an innocent, and keeps him in Wakanda to heal to make up for his attempts at killing him before.
Rescues a group of Chibok girls from a group of kidnappers.
During his duel with M'Baku, despite having the option of killing him, T'Challa asks him to surrender instead, stating that his people needed him, sparing his life and winning the duel.
When meeting his father in the spirit world, he gets down on his knees, apologizing to his father for being unable to save him and asks for forgiveness.
When T'Challa has Klaue apprehended and prepares to kill him for all the Wakandan lives he ruined, he stops himself when Nakia points out the many eyewitnesses and instead hands him over to Ross.
He decides to take Ross to Wakanda to heal him when he sustained life-threatening injuries to protect Nakia despite knowing that Ross would likely expose the truth about Wakanda, refusing to let him die knowing that Ross could be saved.
Is distraught when seeing the disappointment on W'Kabi's face upon learning Klaue escaped, feeling guilty that he failed to apprehend him as he'd promised W'Kabi.
Upon learning the truth about his uncle's betrayal, which caused the many casualties from Klaue's raid, and death, though shocked by the former and acknowledging it, he directs all his disappointment and anger at his father for neither giving his own brother a burial after taking his life or taking his now-orphaned nephew, a child, back to Wakanda.
While he demanded Zuri to tell him of his uncle when the latter remained tight-lipped, T'Challa clearly didn't want to pull that string. This shows he prefers to ask of those close to him with his personal trust as friends and family rather than subjects.
He chose not to immediately tell his mother and sister of his father's dark secret, even when Killmonger exposed it (which was the right thing to do), likely not wanting to hurt their good memories of him as his own had been.
He briefly tried to reason with his cousin and find a peaceful resolution, understanding his pain and clearly not wanting to kill him.
Accepts the problems his nation's isolationism caused, rightfully calling his father and all the previous rulers out for turning their backs on the rest of the world and noting they are responsible for creating a monster in Killmonger.
Chooses to return to the world of the living and reclaim the throne of Wakanda instead of staying in the spirit world with his father and ancestors.
Thanks M'Baku for saving his life and accepts his initial refusal to help against Killmonger.
Offers to heal Killmonger's wounds after their fight despite his evil actions, but Killmonger refuses and respects his wishes after accepting death as his fate rather than being imprisoned. He showed sympathy over Killmonger's death.
Stops Killmonger from his violent plans to conquer the rest of the world with force. While he kills Killmonger, it was for the greater good as his cousin would destroy the world with his conquest and outright threatened to kill all who were loyal and close to him like he had Zuri.
Opens Wakanda to the outside world and ends their country's isolation.
He purchases the apartment building where his father killed his uncle, turning it into the first Wakandan International Outreach Centre as a way of atoning for his family's past mistakes and to give the local community their support.
Gives Vision asylum in Wakanda to protect him from the threat of Thanos, possibly considering the humanoid saved him from the giant Ant-Man's attack in the Avengers Civil War.
Him helping Wanda and being able to work with Natasha can be noted as gratitude for how they notably prevented him from killing Bucky.
Holds off the Outriders to buy time for Shuri to extract the Mind Stone.
Attempts to stop Thanos from stealing the Mind Stone and fights him single-handedly.
Leads his Wakandan army in the second battle against Thanos and his army, then helps to keep the Nano-Gauntlet away from Thanos and his children.
He refers to Hawkeye by his real name, showing his face when he offers to take the Nano Gauntlet off his hands. What makes this poignant is that T'Challa, back then obsessed with avenging his father and wary of the Avengers, said he didn't care who Clint was when the latter introduced himself while opposing him.
Like the rest of the heroes, he kneels in respect and mourning upon Tony's death, and attends his funeral.
He prepared both Nakia and their son T'Challa II for his passing, showing how, despite his respect for him being shaken, he took his father's words to heart.
Even after his passing, he has an influence on his sister: being the sole reason she didn't kill Namor in order to avenge their mother's death. If Shuri didn’t learn from T'Challa's mercy on Zemo for their father's death, she would have become like their cousin: N’Jadaka.
While Namor blames the world's interest in vibranium and nearly exposing Talokan on T'Challa revealing Wakanda’s true stature, it doesn't count against the latter since he was making a genuine effort to Wakanda's wealth as atonement for their neutrality and did not know of Talokan's existence. Given how the world tried seizing the vibranium following his death, it’s likely he was fully aware of the cons in his actions and had precautions.
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Coincidentally, T'Challa and Erik Killmonger are both Pure Good and Near Pure Evil, and both possess an alternatecounterpart who are Pure Good and Near Pure Evil respectively.
The T'Challa from the Marvel Zombies universe's heroism is mostly offscreen. Also, he didn't have a big role in taking out the zombies compared to Wasp. However, this is still subject to change in the upcoming Marvel Zombies series.
The T'Challa from the Prince Killmonger's universe only did one heroic thing, which was stopping Killmonger's mercenaries, and was still a little bit lethal.
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