This article is about the character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For other characters with the same name, see Agatha.
- “I'm a coven-less witch.”
- ―Agatha Harkness[src]
Agatha Harkness is a Marvel Comics character who appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the main antagonist of the Marvel Disney+ series WandaVision and the titular protagonist of Agatha All Along. She is a powerful witch from Salem, Massachusetts.
Centuries after the Salem witch trials and losing her son, Agatha sensed Wanda Maximoff creating a hex where she could live a fantasy life by bringing back Vision and two sons Billy and Tommy Maximoff. Agatha was able to intervine and enter the sitcom world, posing as "Agnes O'Connor, Wanda and Vision's nosy neighbor. However, Agatha later revealed herself to Wanda and fought her in the battle of Westview, as well as being the one who informed Wanda of her capabilities and potential as the Scarlet Witch, while in possession of the legendary Darkhold. Although Agatha was eventually defeated by Wanda, who placed the ancient witch under a spell for three years.
While living under Wanda's spell, Agatha continued her fake life as Agnes O'Connor, where she believed she was a detective covering a Jane Doe murder case, before being released from the spell in 2026, by a reincarnated, resurrected, Billy Maximoff, whom Agatha couldn't identify because of a sigil placed on him. Together, they conjured the legendary Witches' Road, along with a few other Witches. However, desperate to get her magic back, Agatha planned to use the road to receive her powers and steal some from the other witches, which eventually led to some of their deaths and Agatha, Billy - who Agatha soon realised was Billy Maximoff, Wanda's reincarnated son - and Jennifer managed to escape the road, but Lady Death demanded to either take Agatha or Billy to the afterlife, which led to a fearsome battle between the women, before Agatha died and returned to earth as a ghost for all eternity. She then teamed up with Billy to venture off to find his brother Tommy, whom he had reincarnated.
Agatha Harkness was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Background[]
Agatha Harkness was born to Evanora Harkness who always sensed that her daughter was evil, wanting to kill Agatha the second she was born. Many years later, Agatha was sentenced to death by her mother's coven but killed the latter instead by draining Evanora and the coven members' powers for her own. After defeating her mother and the coven, Agatha became pregnant with her son by 1750, naming him Nicholas Scratch because he was made from scratch (no magic). As Agatha was in labour, she was greeted by Rio as Death who agreed to let her son live for a few more years, but he died when he was only 6 years old, in 1756. Agatha then spent centuries absorbing powers from other witches for her own good and to take their power for her own, by singing a special ballad. Centuries later, Agatha was on the Titanic and survived the sinking of the ship as well as encountering Dolly Parton in the 1970s.
Personality[]
As Agnes, Agatha acts as a very perky and spontaneous person, being talkative nearly every time. She is shown to love gossiping and giving advice to the couple, especially to Wanda. She is also nosy, always barging into Wanda and Vision's house at anytime, normally without being invited. She curiously and conveniently always brings with her an item that they are needing at the moment and is always willing to help them, which Wanda sees as her just trying to be a good neighbor, but this also makes Vision suspicious of her.
However, behind her friendly and charismatic behavior, she is actually a very powerful witch who is later revealed to have been influencing Wanda, and turning her against the likes of those who would otherwise, genuinely want to help, like Monica Rambeau. She is shown to be cruel, to the point where she killed the twins' dog, Sparky, and sadistically laughed about it, and is also willing to harm young children to further her own goals. Upon being condemned by her own coven, she turns against the other witches and kills all of them, including her own mother, to survive, but shows no hint of sadness and remorse afterwards.
She is power-hungry, as demonstrated by her performing dark magic from a younger age, despite it violating the rules of her own coven, and by her fixation with Wanda, curious to understand the nature of her powers. Her slow manipulation also demonstrates the intelligence that Agatha holds. She learnt the art of magic, which required years of training, and excelled her own coven.
While being put under a spell by the Scarlet Witch, living as Agnes, Agatha lives as a detective and shown to be quite hard headed but very career focused as she is determined to find who is behind the case. When "Agnes" arrests an unnamed teenager for breaking into her house, she is shown to be tough and not care if she kicks the teen over when he acts callas towards her.
After being freed from the spell in 2026, Agatha's selfishness takes over as she immediately wants to get her magic back and has no desire to care for those she may endanger from this power. However, when it comes to meeting a unnamed teenager, Agatha shows genuine concern for him as she believes him to be her late son, Nicholas Scratch, reincarnated. A good example is when "Teen" says he will drink the poisoned wine during one the trials and she takes it for him, as she doesn't want to see him do something illegal. Then during the protection witch trial, Agatha shows genuine concern for Teen, when he faints due to blood loss and begs Jennifer to do what she can to save him. When Rio Vidal informs Agatha that Teen is not her son, she seems generally quite disappointed, but not just because she hoped to see her son again, but because she started to see this boy as a son.
However, that being said, when Agatha figures out that "teen" is Billy Maximoff, the son of the Scarlet Witch, she does start to go back to her old ways and taunts him and makes fun of him after his powers don't work the second time. When it comes to facing Death, Agatha initially betrays Billy as she now has her powers back, showing that it has always been about power for her, which the members of the coven have mentioned in the past, especially after Agatha takes Alice Wu-Gulliver's power, even though she tried to save her from the ghost of Agatha's mother, Evanora Harkness.
However, despite briefly betraying Billy, Agatha does decide to sacrifice her life for him by kissing Death, showing she does actually care for him deep down and doesn't want him to lose his life for her own sake, which results in her death, before returning to the world as a ghost. Agatha also shows her generally caring for Billy when she decides to help him locate his brother's soul, despite her initial deal with Death to hand Billy over to her.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Ghost Physiology: After Harkness was killed by death she was turned into a ghost, she became tied to Earth by emotions. Being a ghost, Harkness possess several supernatural abilities, such as invisibility, intangibility and teleportation.
- Intangibility: Harkness has the ability to become intangible, this allows her to phase to various different objects.
- Invisibility: Harkness has the ability to make her ghostly body completely transparent and invisible to others.
- Teleportation: As a ghost, Harkness possess the ability to teleport, as she did from Billy's room to the basement of Ralph's house.
Former Powers[]
- Magic: Being a witch, Agatha possesses powerful magic, which grant her the ability to perform a wide variety of supernatural feats. Her powers are projected in the form of violet energy.
- Telepathic Immunity: Billy Maximoff was gifted with the power of reading others thoughts, which at times, became a burden. When in the vicinity of Agnes, his power however, was not active.
- Telekinesis: The power to move objects without physically touching them.
- Mind Control: Agatha displayed the power to return Herb, Dottie and other residents of Westview to their original personas. She can also use mind control to command the psyche of another being. She also used her powers on Wanda Maximoff to access her past memories.
- Flight: The ability to defy gravity, and move, while remaining off the ground.
- Shapeshifting: Agatha was able to change the physical aspect of her clothing.
- Invulnerability: The ability to be resistant to any form of magical attacks.
- Magic Pollution: When Agatha's coven fired their magic at her in the forms of blue beams, she was able infect it, transforming it into a violet color.
- Magic Absorption: Agatha can absorb the magic of others, causing those who fire their powers offensively at her, to rapidly age and lose their magic. Agatha has little to no control over this ability.
- Spell Casting: The ability to perform spells. The user can perform acts of magic, that they may not naturally possess, but can access, though different means. Once cast, a spell can never be changed.
- Protection Spell: In a given space, when runes are inscribed on each wall, only the witch that cast the runes can use their magic.
- Binding: Magical restraints, placed on an individual to stop them from moving. They can be placed on the wrists and ankles.
- Necromancy: The ability to utilize magic to control the dead. Agatha briefly mentioned how it was a limited option for her.
- Magic Detection: The ability to sense the presence of magic. Westview emitted a high level of power, which drew in Agatha.
- Transmutation: The power to physically alter the structure of something, into something completely different. Agatha transformed a bug, into a bird, with an incantation.
- Longevity: The power to live a long period of time, with an expanded lifespan, and physically ageing at a slower rate.
- Sound Manipulation: Agatha was able to blackmail Wanda, by giving her access, to the sounds of her children's screams, while they remained elsewhere.
- Teleportation: The power to move from one location to another. Agatha disappears in a cloud of smoke.
- Energy Beams: An offensive power, which grants Agatha the ability attack her opponent with powerful beams of magical energy.
Abilities[]
- Bilingual: Agatha speaks English, and appears to have some understanding of Latin, as she uses it for her incantations.
- Ghost Abilities: As a ghost, Agatha has the ability to phase through things like walls and appear to other people without them knowing. She can salso pick up objects using her mind.
Appearances[]
WandaVision[]
In Salem, Massachusetts, 1693, Agatha is tried by the witches of her coven. She is magically bound, and tied to the stake, as her mother, Evanora, reads the charges against her. She is accused of betraying her coven by stealing knowledge above her age and station, and practicing the darkest of magic. Agatha vehemently denies this, but Evanora silences her. She claims that she didn't steal break any rules, but simply bent them to her power. The coven surrounding Agatha begin chanting, and she protests that she can't control it, and cries if they only taught her instead. She begs for help, and urges for her mothers aid, but Evanora joins in the chant. The coven shoot beams of blue magic into Agatha, and she screams in agony. The inside of her skin begins to glow, and Agatha's screams lessen. Agatha's magic pollutes their beams, as they turn into a violet color, and the witches firing at her, begin to rapidly age. Evanora joins in the attack, but Agatha's powers are stronger, than the collective, and she magically frees herself from her constraints. Agatha holds out her hands, and spreads out her arms, releasing a burst of magic, that kills all the witches, besides Evanora. She pleads with Evanora, claiming she can be good, but her mother refuses, and sends a stream of blue magic into Agatha's chest. Violet light, emanating from her chest, reaches the blue beam, until in moves onto her mother, causing her to rapidly age, until it kills her. Agatha walks to her mothers corpse, and yanks off the pendant, attached to her robe, and flies off the ground.
330 years later, Agatha Harkness senses a high usage of magic, and arrives to Westview, New Jersey. She creates a fake persona named Agnes, and moves into house, next door, to Wanda Maximoff and Vision. She takes control of the owner, who Ralph Bohner, and claims he is her husband.
Following the couples arrival, Agnes enters and introduces herself, with a housewarming gift, explaining that she would've visited earlier, had she been home, but her mother-in-law was in town, so she wasn't. She makes a remark on how fast Wanda has unpacked, and enquirers on her status, to which Wanda reveals, she is married. Wanda furthermore explains her husband will be returning that evening for a special occasion, and Agnes concludes it must be for an anniversary. When Agnes asks Wanda how long she and her husband have been together, Wanda explains that she's felt like they've always been together, and Agnes laments her own husband would only remember their anniversary, if it was named after a beer. She asks what Wanda's planned, for the occasion, and recalls a magazine article she read, which can help her, and leaves to retrieve it, so they can begin preparing. Having taken care of the music, décor and wardrobe, Agnes then reads out a few pointers for seduction techniques.
At that moment, Vision calls, and Wanda signals to Agnes, that her plans seem to be running smoothly. That evening, Wanda calls Agnes, and confesses, that the actual occasion was a meeting, with Vision's boss, and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Hart. Agnes, who already had a gourmet meal for four, prepared, brings it over, complaining that her husband would rather eat baked beans. She accidentally drops a few pans on the floor, prompting Mr. and Mrs. Hart's attention, so Wanda quickly thanks her, and turns her to the exit. Agnes asks Wanda if she's sure, and before she leaves, she briefly gives instructions on how to prepare all the food. Agnes then remembers to give Wanda a pineapple, for her upside-down cake, and getting no response to her knocks on the backdoor, goes and knocks at the front. She hands Wanda the pineapple, and greets Mr. and Mrs. Hart, before she quickly has the door, shut in her face.
On the day of the planning committee meeting, Agnes heads over to Wanda's home, so she can hand over her pet rabbit, Señor Scratchy, for their magic act, and the pair walk to the home of the committee host, Dottie Jones. Before they enter, Agnes gives Wanda a warning on Dottie, and advises she stay on her good side, as she holds power in town. During the meeting, Dottie remarks about the devil being in the details, and Agnes sarcastically replies, that isn't the only place he is, before offering Bev, a fellow committee member chided by Dottie, a drink from her flannel. Once the meeting is over, Agnes wonders how anyone could be doing it sober. The time of the talent show arrives, and Agnes can be seen attending in the audience, sitting alongside Mrs. Hart. Throughout the performance, Agnes uses her magical abilities to wreak havoc on stage, causing various disasters in Wanda and Vision's performance. She makes a comment on the star quality of her rabbit, and when Vision announces he will make his wife disappear, Agnes remarks whether he's sure that he doesn't need her husband as a volunteer instead. Following their act, Dottie declares Wanda and Vision as the winners of the best comedy act, and Agnes can be seen clapping, alongside everyone else.
In the opening sequence of the third episode, Agnes is seen passing Wanda, and giving her a wave. When Agnes finds Herb, trimming his hedge, she uses her powers of mental manipulation on him, briefly unearthing his true persona. The pair discuss Geraldine entering the Vision Residence, and Wanda's possible pregnancy. Vision arrives and greets the pair, and asks whether they also lost electricity. Agnes comments that they did, but her husband looks better in the dark, so she's not complaining. Before Vision heads back inside, Agnes asks if Geraldine is inside with Wanda. Herb mentions she's new to town, and Agnes notes she doesn't have a family or a home. When Vision asks them to further explain, Herb begins talking about the reason why Geraldine arrived, but before he can finish his sentence, Agnes tells him to stop it, with a fearful look in her eyes. She turns back to Vision, with a smile, and tells him she needs to leave, so she can hitch her macramé.
Agnes arrives at the Vision residence, after hearing the twins crying, and offers to console them, for the stressed parents. Wanda thanks her, but before Agnes can take on her offer, Vision begins fretting about keeping the twins safe, and decides, maybe she shouldn't. Agnes glances at Wanda, and in serious tone, different from her usual upbeat demeanor, asks if she should take that again, as Wanda wants her to hold the babies. She offers to take it from the top, and Wanda quickly laughs this off, and tells Vision they should let Agnes try. Agnes then shifts away from the serious manner in which she last spoke, back to her original preppy form, and dares the babies to stay awake.
She begins rocking the crib, while doing lunges, and then sprays lavender, which she tells Wanda and Vision, has a calming effect, and that Ralph sprays it on her, though there's not taming her. She then goes into their cabinet, and informs them, she's looking for dark liquor, for the twins. She then goes to backroom to check. While she's there, the twins age up five years, to Wanda and Visions shock, and Agnes sits on the counter, with a drink in hand, and makes a remark on how you cant control kids, no matter how hard you try. Agnes later sees Billy and Tommy have a new pet dog, though her window, and comes over, with a kennel for them. She asks if they've named him, and Billy suggests Sniffy, but at that moment, the dog, begins sniffing at a socket, causing sparky to fly, and Agnes suggests Sparky, which they settle on. She places a collar on, with them, and when Billy asks his parents if Sparky is their dog, she pleadingly poses, whilst holding him.
Wanda tells the pair, they don't think the can be responsible for a pet, until they're at least ten, and so the boys age up another five years, reaching ten years old. Agnes comments, that they should hope the dog stays the same size, and jokingly woofs at Sparky. Later that day, Agnes finds Sparky dead, after eating leaves from her azalea bushes, on her front lawn. She proceeds to wrap him up in a blanket, when Billy, Tommy and Wanda pass her house. She breaks the news to them, and apologizes to the boys, for their loss. The boys begin grieving over their Sparky, and when Tommy asks Wanda to resurrect him, Agnes questions if Wanda can do that. Wanda explains to them she cant, and Agnes watches on, as Vision arrives, and consoles the boys. That evening, she has Ralph, to take the part of Wanda's deceased brother, Pietro Maximoff, while sitting with a picnic on her front lawn.
On Halloween, Agnes dresses up as a witch, and drives, until she reaches the intersection of Rolling Hill and Ellis Avenue. Her intentions is to be seen by Vision, and plant the idea that Wanda is responsible, for going-ons, in the town. Her car stops, with the headlights on, and she stares mindlessly, at the road ahead. Vision arrives, from the sky, and questions what she's doing there. Agnes keeps her gaze off him, and asks where Town Square Scare is. He replies that he expects that it's in Town Square, and chuckles, and Agnes does so too, while her facial expressions remain unemotional, and she continues looking forward. She tells him she took a wrong turn and got lost. Vision asks if she's referring to the town she grew up in, but she remains unresponsive. He then proceeds to touché her temple, and Agnes gasps. She breaks her concentration ahead, and looks directly at Vision. She recognizes him as one of the Avengers, and hold his hands. She asks if he's there's to help them, and he confirms he is, but questions what an Avengers is. Agnes lets go of his hands, and wonders why he doesn't know. She appears in shock, places her hand over her heart, and asks if she's dead. He tells her no, and questions why she would even think that, and Agnes reveals he is dead. She begins to repeat the word "Dead", louder and louder. Vision informs her of his intentions, to reach those outside Westview, and make sense of their situation, but Agnes asks how, as no one leaves, and Wanda won't even let them think about it. She chortles, and remarks that all is lost, before manically laughing, while Vision tells her to calm down. He touches her temple again, and Agnes reverts to her former state. He promises he'll fix this, and she looks at him, tells him okay, in a happy manner, before driving back into town, with a smile on her face.
- “The name's Agatha Harkness. So lovely to finally meet you, dear.”
- ―Agatha revealing herself to Wanda Maximoff[src]
The following day, Agnes begins interviewing Wanda without her knowledge. She learns Wanda's thoughts, as she proceeds throughout the day. Agnes later arrives to the Vision Residence, and finds Wanda in her pajamas, while sitting on the couch. Agatha decides it may be a good idea, to take Billy and Tommy away, so Wanda can can have time alone, and she takes them to her home. The boys sit on her couch, and she settles in between them. She leans towards Billy, who is petting Señor Scratchy, and wonders what he is thinking. He tells her he likes it at her house, because it's quiet, and she is too, on the inside. Tommy asks if she thinks their mother is alright, and Agnes reassures them, calming they don't need to worry, and she's a super-mom. She confesses in an interview, that Ralph tells her, she sugarcoats things, but she is unable to tell a child his mother is unstable. Later on, Agnes peers outside her window, to see a confrontation between Wanda and Monica. She rushes to Wanda's side, tells Monica she's overstayed her welcome, and asks her to leave, guiding Wanda, back to her home. She sits her down, and heads to the kitchen to make her some tea. From the living room, Wanda asks where the twins are, and Agnes responds that they're likely playing in the basement. As Wanda heads in there to check on them, Agnes secretly follows her. They go through a passage with walls covered in vines, into a larger room. Agnes makes herself known, while petting Señor Scratchy, and reveals herself to also be a magic user. She flicks her hands, causing the doors to shut, and introduces herself by her true name; Agatha Harkness. Her eyes glow violet, and a flash of luminescence, flows around Wanda, turning her eyes the same color.
Señor Scratchy makes a comment on how shocked Wanda looks, to meet them, to which Agatha, agrees. Wanda tries tries reading Agatha's thoughts, but the witch reveals they were never available to Wanda, and chuckles. Wanda questions where her children are, and Agatha repeats her question, in a mocking tone, and observes the fluctuation between Wanda's Sokovian and American accent. Wanda attempts to use her powers against Agatha, but she is defenseless, and Agatha magically binds Wanda, and lifting her of the ground and towards her. She points out the protection spell, and explains that the runes, prevent any other magic users, from accessing their powers. She inquires how Wanda doesn't know the fundamentals of magic, and when Wanda questions who she is, Agatha returns the sentiment. She explains how she patiently waited for Wanda to reveal her true self and got close with the fake Pietro ("Fietro"), a crystalline possession, whom she controlled, and makes a joke about how the real Pietro was on another continent and full of holes, but observes that Wanda was so crippled with her own self-doubt, she believed the impostor to be her brother.
Agatha recalls how she sensed the high usage of magic, taking place in Westview, drawing her to the town, but she couldn't make sense of it. She picks up a bug from the wall, and places it in her palm. She waves her hand, over the creature and begins chanting, to demonstrate her power of mind control, making it land and travel, over Wanda's face. She questions how Wanda was able to control a mass population, all interacting with each other, according to complex storylines, something she notes as special. She removes the bug from Wanda's face, and demonstrates her ability of transmutation, by casting another incantation, and turning it, into a bird, and letting it fly free. She recounts the years of study she took, to achieve the smallest convincing illusion, and grabs the bird, mid-air with her hand. Agatha expresses the amazement, at what Wanda has achieved, from the little details to the illusions running, miles away from the edge of town, a feat she describes as magic on autopilot. She squeezes her palm, out of anger, and questions what Wanda's secret is. She waves her hand, over the bird, once again, and throws it in Señor Scratchy's direction. As the birds heads to the rabbit, it returns into a bug state, and he eats it. She demands Wanda tell her, how she achieved the transformation of Westview, and when Wanda denies her involvement, Agatha magically throws her against the walls, back and forth. She expresses how she tried to be gentle, and nudge Wanda from her fantasy, but declares she has now has no other choice. She recalls that Wanda told "Fietro" that she felt empty, alone and endless nothing, and decides to start there. She plucks a hair from Wanda's head, and recites an incantation over it, causing the hair to glow violet, and fly into a wall which conjures a door. She frees Wanda from her constraints, and orders her to follow her to the door, but when Wanda refuses, Agatha summons the sounds of Tommy and Billy screaming for their mother.
Wanda stands up, and the pair enter a room, leading into Wanda's childhood home, where they remain as ghosts, watching the past. Agatha compares the setting, to the Cold War, and watches Wanda's family. When Pietro arrives, she comments on how loud he is. Pietro begins calling for Wanda, and Agatha urges Wanda to join, and the family are accompanied, by young Wanda as a girl. She looks upon them, watching a comedy show, until a bomb lands on their house, killing Wanda and Pietro's parents, and destroying the home. The pair hide under a table, and second bomb lands in front of them, but doesn't detonate. Agatha questions if Wanda stopped the bomb and reveals that she used a probability hex. She asks how long they were trapped for, and Wanda tells them, it was two days. Agatha snidely remarks on Wanda's trauma and walks through the rubble. She observes that they were safe the whole time, and notes that Wanda was a witch, but still doesn't understand how she amassed so much power and questions her.
Another door is conjured, and Wanda expresses that she doesn't want to go there, but Agatha advises her, that the only way forward is back, and the pair enter together, leading to a HYDRA facility. Agatha asks why her reaction to the bombing of her home, and murder of her parents, led her to an anti-freedom terrorist organization, and Wanda tells her, that she and her brother wanted to change the world. She tells her not to be scared, and as Wanda steps forward, she lives through the memory again, in version of her younger self. Agatha watches, as Wanda makes contact with the Mind Stone, formerly contained in Loki's Scepter, and as she touches it, a burst of light shines upon her, and she witnesses a figure emerging from it, and falls unconscious. Agatha realizes that the Mind Stone amplified the magic she was born with, which would've otherwise died off. She makes a theory on Wanda's true nature, but needs access to further memories, to validate it. The pair enter a door in the Avengers compound, and Wanda divulges that it was the first home she and Vision shared together, right after Pietro died and she moved to a new country. Agatha watches Wanda in the past, interact with Vision, while watching Malcolm in the Middle and spectates, as the pair bond together. She sarcastically wipes a tear from her eye, and recaps that her parents, Pietro and Vision are all dead. She asks Wanda what happened when he wasn't there to pull her back from the darkness. She urges Wanda to explain how she did it, and Wanda recalls that she wanted Vision back. The pair go through another door, which leads to Wanda, arriving at the S.W.O.R.D. Headquarters, following the Blip, and five years after Vision passed. Agatha witnesses Wanda looks at Vision's broken body, while experimented on, by S.W.O.R.D. faculty, and being denied the opportunity to bury him. When Wanda, returns to her car, she finds an envelope, that leads her to Westview, where Vision planned a life for the pair together. She goes to the address, where he wanted to settle with her, only to find a demolished building.
In her grief, Wanda cries, releasing a blast of scarlet magic, emerging through her entire body, which reconstructs the house, transforms all of Westview, and its residents, into a 1950s, black and white setting, and recreates Vision. When the memory is over, Agatha slowly claps on the seat of an auditorium, congratulating Wanda, and disappearing. She takes ahold of Tommy and Billy Maximoff, and begins choking the boys on the ground, through magical wires, while levitating in the air. When Wanda reaches them, she tells her, she knows what she is, and strengthens her grip on the wires. She tells Wanda she has no idea how dangerous she is, and as a being capable of spontaneous creation, she is supposed to be a myth. Wanda begs her to free her children, and Agatha tells her that they, along with Vision and the life she's made, is Chaos Magic, making her the Scarlet Witch.
Wanda warns Agatha that her powers work outside, but she insists that she's counting on it. When Tommy and Billy attempt to run towards their mother, Agatha pulls back the wires attached their throats, causing the twins to fall to the ground. Wanda fires at her with an energy blast, throwing her back, and releasing her grip on the boys. Wanda orders her sons to go to their room, and they insist on staying with her, until Agatha tells them to listen to their mother, and the pair run away. An energy blast is thrown at her, but this time, Agatha catches and harnesses it for herself, while also causing Wanda's left hand to rapidly age. She redirects it at Wanda, blasting her back, and requests she surrender her magic. Agatha levitates in the air and adds onto her offer that she'll allow Wanda to keep Westview to herself, when suddenly, Wanda throws a car from behind her, crashing Agatha, into a house.
She teleports onto the roof, as Vision and White Vision also join in on the battle. Agatha comments on how awkward it must be for Wanda with her ex, and current partner, and flies away, into the town as Wanda follows, before disappearing from her line of sight, causing Wanda to begin searching in the middle of town. Agatha shoots Wanda with a beam of energy from behind, stating that she's never battled with another witch before. She informs her there's an entire chapter devoted to her in the Darkhold, and conjures it, to explain the power she holds as the Scarlet Witch, and how she's destined to destroy the world. Wanda disregards this, so Agatha makes a point to prove all the suffering she's already caused, and unearths the true persona of Dottie Jones, names Sarah Proctor. Sarah begs Wanda to free her daughter, and Wanda believes Agatha to be controlling the citizens, but Agatha expresses how the people are Wanda's puppets, and she just cut the strings. She begins to spread her magic, to all the townsfolk, in Westview, who begin reverting back to their true identities, and approach Wanda. Agatha watches on as Wanda becomes overwhelmed by the citizens pleads, and when she promises to free them, Agatha questions what's stopping her, as she has the power, and heroes don't torture people. Wanda unleashes her magic, and begins lowering the barrier, to which Agatha chuckles to, telling Wanda that now she'll see.
As the Hex weakens, Vision and her children begin fading, and Agatha elucidates how her family are tied to the Wanda's reality. Wanda restores the Hex, and runs to her family, before Agatha fires at her, and begins absorbing Wanda's magic. During the short period of time when the barrier was lowered, S.W.O.R.D. were able to infiltrate the town. They drive in, and aim their guns at Agatha, but she telekinetically lifts the personnel in the air and expresses how women such as her and Wanda will always be hunted, and drops them to the ground. Agatha throws a ball of energy towards Wanda, while heading in her direction, but misses, and Wanda suddenly disappears, to her confusion. Agatha settles on the roof of a building, observing Wanda's family, when the young witch creeps upon her, from behind, and uses her power to induce a nightmare. In this scenario, Agatha, returns to Salem, Massachusetts, and bound at the stake, once more, surrounded by her dead coven. Wanda appears before her, and asserts that the difference between the two, is that Agatha's misdeeds were on purpose. The witches of the coven begin rising from the dead, facing her, and she begs Wanda to free her. They then unexpectedly turn to Wanda, and proclaim she is a witch, with Evanora announcing her to be the Scarlet Witch. Wanda turns to Agatha who states she told her, and she frees herself. She watches as Wanda is tied up, in her place, and tells her that Wanda can't win, because of her lack of knowledge. As she's bound, a red crown, made up of magical energy, is conjured onto Wanda's head, and Agatha calls for her power, and in return, she will correct the flaws in Wanda's original spell, allowing her to be at peace with her family. Wanda fires a beam of energy knocking back the witches that held her back, and runs into Agnes, removing the two, from the nightmare. The pair tussle in the air, and head into the clouds. Wanda fires at Agatha, telling her she doesn't want her powers, and Agatha continues to provoke her. The two move in the sky, and Wanda hits Agatha, various times, but also misses, and hits the barrier. With each blast, Agatha's powers strengthen, and she begins absorbing Wanda's magic, leaving Wanda aged, and seemingly defenseless. Agatha discloses that the deal the pair made has been rescinded, as once cast, a spell can never be changed, leaving her world broken.
Agatha prepares to fire at her, and pushes her hands forward, but nothing happens and in her second attempt, nothing changes. Wanda's youth is restored before Agatha, and the runes of a protection spell cast by her are revealed in corners of the town, leaving Agatha powerless. Wanda thanks her for the lessons, and states she doesn't need her, to tell her who she is. Agatha screams in agony, as Wanda absorbs all the magic Agatha took from her, transforming into the Scarlet Witch, before her own eyes. Agatha utters that Wanda doesn't know what she's done, and the pair are lowered to ground level. Agatha lies in defeat, and praises Wanda, before questioning what she plans to do with her. Wanda decides that she will be tied to Westview, under the persona of "Agnes", the nosy neighbor. She pleads with her and labels her fate as cruel. She insists Wanda will need her, as she's unaware of what she's unleashed, but Wanda simply replies that if she does, she'll know where to find her. She touches Agatha's temple, and the witch transforms into Agnes. She cheerfully greets Wanda as "hon" and makes a comment on her new uniform. Wanda tells her that she lives in Westview, and no one will ever bother her, and the pair part ways.
Agatha All Along[]
Agatha as "Agnes O'Connor"
In 2026, Agatha is still under the Scarlet Witch's spell she put on the witch 3 years prior, living under the name Agnes O'Connor. Whilst under the spell, Agatha believes she is a detective and is trying to solve the case of a woman who was murdered by a lake. Later that night, Rio Vidal, visits "Agnes" and they discuss a recent death but hear sound. "Agnes" finds a teenage boy in her bedroom seemingly stealing her broach so Agnes arrests him after he escapes and is hit by a car. Agnes investigates this teenager and asks what he wants and why he stole from her, but he doesn't give a direct answer (when in reality he was really nice and actually explained why he was there, but Agatha's spell made her believe he had a bad behaviour). The unnamed teen then starts chanting in a language Agnes doesn't understand and she throws him in jail (which is actually Agatha's closet).
Agatha breaking out of the 3 year old spell.
Shortly after these events, Agnes decides to return to where the body is in the morgue but starts panicking as her co-worker, Rio comes in and mentions how a "witch" trapped her. Rio convinces "Agnes" to break out and the spell starts to slowly break as Agatha becomes herself again over time. Her clothes keep changing as she mentions how hot she is and they change to all the eras of clothing Agatha wore during Wanda Maximoff's hex. Agatha eventually returns to the 50s era and is finally free of the witch's spell. Having become her true self again, Agatha realises she is naked and wanders outside where she greets John Collins, who informs her that she has been under Wanda's spell for the past 3 years but they just let her be and live her fake fantasy. Collins then gives Harkness a dressing gown to cover herself up with and tells her that the people of Westview do not mention Wanda's name because they are afraid of her. Agatha then wanders back into her house where she finds the teenager gagged up in her closet.
Agatha fights Rio
However, before Agatha can do anything about this teenager, she is greeted with an angry Rio who tries to kill her, knowing Agatha is powerless. Agatha is able to hold her own against Rio and promises her a real fight when she is able to get her magic back. Rio agrees and leaves, but not before warning her that the Salem Seven are after her. Agatha then frees the teenager who tries to tell her his name, but she can't hear him as he has a sigil on him. He, however, does say he wants to walk the legendary Witches Road with her as she has supposibly walked it before, to have power of his own. Agatha agrees and she and the teen go in search for enough witches to form a coven. Agatha and "Teen" go to visit Lilia Calderu first and pretend that she and her "son" are wanting to know some information about her "husband"'s money. However, the plan does not work as well as Agatha hoped as Lilia recongises her and declines being part of her coven.
Not giving up, Agatha and Teen next go and visit Jennifer Kale who also declines although Teen leaves Agatha's address on the table like he did with Lilia, in case Jennifer changes her mind. The duo then travel to Westview shopping mall where Agatha tricks Alice Wu-Gulliver into thinking Teen is stealing something although Agatha denies this to the security guard, who fires Alice. Agatha takes this as a chance to ask Alice to join their coven, although she doesn't not give an answer.
Later that evening, Agatha and Teen are setting up when Lilia, Alice and Jennifer turn up but question where the other witch is. Agatha tries to convince them that another witch is not nessessary, although Jennifer tells her the ballad cannot work with a witch missing. Agatha eventually gives in and convinces Sharon Davis that she is having a party, to which Sharron immediately agrees to attend, unaware what it really is.
Agatha sees a vision of the Darkhold.
With her coven now gathered, Agatha and the others perform the "Ballad of the Witches' Road" which at first does nothing and they argue. Elsewhere upstairs, Teen is attacked by the Salem Seven and runs downstairs into the basement where the door to the Witches Road is now revealed to have opened. Upon hearing the seven, Agatha, Teen and the rest of the coven flee down the stairs and find themselves on the infamous witches road. The coven reaches their first trial on the road where they see a beach house and learn they must drink some poison as part of the first trial. Agatha pretends to drink it and hides her face as the other witch's (minus teen) faces swell up and exprience visions. However, teen notices that Agatha did not drink so says he will, but she gives in and drinks it so that he doesn't drink underage. This causes Agatha to hear a baby crying and sees a crib, but instead of seeing her son, Nicholas, she sees the Darkhold, much to her horror. With time running out, Agatha and the others look for an antidote and Jen makes it with the right ingredients and Teen's blood, which all, but Sharon, drink. The house then starts flooding and the witches leave through the oven, having succeeded in completing the trial, but notice Sharon has died.
With Alice and Teen burying Sharon, they decide to use a spell to summon another witch to the road, which brings Rio Vidal. Agatha and Rio start arguing but the coven eventually makes it to the next trial, which is set in a recording studio. Agatha and Rio discuss Rio's want for "bodies", which the other members hear. The coven then performs another version of the ballad, which destroys the demon that is connected to the Wu-Gulliver family curse. However, Teen is then thrown and knocked out, which greatly injures him. Outside, with the trial completed, Agatha begs Jen to heal Teen. Agatha sits with him until he wakes up sometime later and Teen asks Agatha if she put the sigil on him. She explains that she did not, but whether she did or not does not matter, because whoever put it on him, would immediately forget. The witches suddenly then hear the voices of the Salem Seven and flee, but the road pulls them back down from the air and the coven lands outside of the location for the next trial.
During the third trial, Agatha is possessed by her late mother.
The coven arrives at a cabin and find it is based on 1980s horror films. Teen finds a qiji board and the witches deduce that they must summon a spirit and that this trial is Agatha's. Teen questions who could be angry at her want to return to haunt Agatha, to which she says it could be anyone. Upon using the spirit board, the letters spell out "death" and as a joke, Agatha pretends to be possessed by the ghost of Sharon who recently died. Although Jennifer quickly clocks on that Agatha is messing with them and not really possessed. However, this quickly changes when Agatha is actually possessed by a ghost, who is revealed to be her late mother, Evanora Harkness, who Agatha killed in 1693. Evanora reveals she has come to take Agatha to the afterlife as revenge for what she has done and considers her daughter to be evil and wishes she had killed her the second she was born, which shocks everyone. Evanora then possesses Agatha again so Alice uses her magic to free her, but once Evanora is gone, Agatha takes Alice's magic and drains her life force, killing her. Alice lies lifeless as Teen desperately tries to get her to wake up, but Jennifer deduces that she is dead. Agatha flees and Teen follows her. He angerilly confronts her, to which Agatha claims she couldn't control her power, but teen does not believe her. He calls her out and now knowing who he is, Agatha tells Teen he is "so much like his mother", revealing Teen is William Kaplan, the reincarnated form of Billy Maximoff, who magically shoves Agatha into the dirt and does the same with Lilia and Jen.
Agatha and Billy as the Wicked Witch and Maleficent.
As Billy breaks the sigil, Agatha slowly makes her way out of the dirt and confronts him. She reveals that she can now hear him because the sigil is broken and taunts him. Agatha reminds him that Wanda and Vision are both dead and questions who Billy is trying to find at the end of the road. She then realises he is looking for his brother Tommy Maximoff, who Billy can hear but not find. They then decide to find the new trial although Billy now does not trust Agatha. On their way to the next trial, Agatha and Billy discuss Rio and any questions he may have, including if Wanda is indeed dead. Billy also reveals he does not consider Wanda his mother, because he already has a mom in Rebecca Kaplan, therefore embracing the William Kaplan identity and not the Billy Maximoff one.
The two soon arrive at a castle where their attire has changed, and Agatha is dressed as Theodora the Wicked Witch of the West and Billy is dressed as Maleficent. They realise the trial is about terot cards and try to work together, but time is running out and Agatha is randomly placing the cards which causes swords to fall down. Lilia and Jen then suddenly appear and Lilia reads for Billy, who is unsure if he is actually Billy Maximoff or William Kaplan. Lila succeeds in completing the trial and reveals to the coven that Rio Vidal is actually Lady Death, the original green witch, but stays behind in the chamber and defeats the Seven, which results in her own death while Agatha, Jen and Billy escape and return to the road.
Agatha makes a deal with Rio.
Upon returning to the witches road, Agatha meets up with Rio again and they discuss Billy having reincarnated. Agatha realises that Rio wants Billy to hand himself over so promises to get him to the finish line in exchange for Rio to leave her alone forever. Death agrees and Agatha takes Billy and Jen to the end of the road, which is at the start line. Upon putting their shoes back on, the trio suddenly find themselves in Agatha's basement, which now looks different. As the trial starts, they realise it is plant based and Jennifer discovers that Agatha was the one who bound her 100 years ago and is the reason she is powerless. Agatha tells Jen that she didn't know it was Jen she used the spell on and was just practicing. Jen is furious and does an unbinding ritual, which frees her and gives Jen her magic back. This allows Jen to leave the road as it gave her what she wanted. With Jen now gone, Agatha decides to help Billy find Tommy. She helps him find a body for his brother with his mind controlling powers. Billy is able to locate a dying teenager who is drowning in a pool after being pranked and is able to reincarnate his brother's soul into the boy's body. He succeeds and Billy is freed from the road after asking Agatha if he is "killing this boy so his brother can live". With Billy gone, Agatha cries as she says that sometimes, boys just die without a reason, mourning her son.
Agatha works alone to free herself from the basement, in which she is successful and escapes the road to find Rio on the roof. Rio congratulates Agatha who demands her prize to have her magic back now she completed the road. Rio starts to attack Agatha as a way to kill her since she failed to bring Billy to her. Rio begins by slicing Agatha's heal and ties to kill her by 1000 cuts and as Agatha is forcefully tied up, Billy suddenly appears in his Wiccan costume and saves Agatha by magically slamming Death against the wall of the garden. Billy saves Agatha and they discuss who shall sacrifice themselves, when Agatha tells Billy it should be her. When Rio returns, she demands one of them to hand themselves over and the other walks free. Billy decides to sacrifice himself and Agatha suddenly lets him do this, much to his shock after what she just said to him. She claims to be a covenless witch and asks Rio to put her yard back to normal.
Agatha's death
Knowing it is the only way to get through to Agatha, Billy uses his mind reading powers to communicate to her and asks her if this is how her son Nicky died. Moved by this, Agatha decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and kisses Rio. This causes Agatha to rise up and for Rio to absorb all of her lover's power, which kills Agatha as Billy watches on in shock. As Agatha slowly descends to the ground, her body eventually decomposes and sinks into the ground below. Her body is then covered in flowers as she takes one final breath and both Rio and Billy watch as Rio mourns her love. With the deal complete and Agatha now dead, Death lets Billy go, telling him he is now free. Billy leaves the Harkness residence as the people of Westview watch on and he returns to his parents in Eastview.
- “I saw you die.
Yeah and now I'm a ghost.” - ―Billy and Agatha[src]
Back at the Kaplan residence, Billy is searching his bedroom and notices how it is decorated the same as the witches road. As he is exploring, he suddenly hears a woman laughing and turns around to find Agatha in ghost form. Horrified, Billy learns he created the witches road and Agatha explains that while she killed Alice, Lilia chose to stay behind. Billy also worries that Sharon wasn't even meant to be on the road but she is now dead because of him, although Agatha has no idea who he is talking about. None the less, Agatha assures Billy that he saved a life with Jen being freed and reveals she planned on killing everyone in her basement on day one.
Billy and Agatha start their adventure to find Tommy.
Fed up with listening to Agatha, Billy arrives at her house which has now been boarded up and tries to find an item of her's. Agatha suddenly appears and questions him on what he is searching for. Billy reveals that he is banishing her as he reads an incantation. Agatha tries to stop Billy who asks why she won't die and move onto the afterlife. Agatha then cries out that she can't face her son Nickolas and is able to touch the broach Billy chose to banish her. Billy assures Agatha that he believes Nicky will forgive her for whatever she did, unaware that Nicky died at the age of 6 because of a sickness. Billy tells Agatha that being a ghost suits her and she deduces that they would make a good team. Deciding they should work together, Billy makes a plaque for the fallen coven members as they agree that they both kill their coven members, although Billy did it unintentionally while Agatha did it on purpose. The door to a place unknown then opens as Billy and Agatha start their quest to find Tommy.
What If...?[]
- “It's showtime!”
- ―Agatha Harkness[src]
Agatha Harkness in What If...?
An alternate universe version of Agatha Harkness appears in the episode "What If... Agatha Went To Hollywood?", where she is hired by Howard Stark as the star of his new film. With the production feeling flat, Agatha suggests hiring Kingo, one of the Eternals. Agatha uses the production and Kingo to take her power to the next level. While filming a dance number, Agatha and Kingo use their magic - which Howard is aware of - and she plans to absorb Kingo's powers for herself. Agatha becomes a celestrial and tries to take over the universe but Kingo manages to convince her to make the best movie of all time, which becomes a hit. Agatha and Kingo go to the premiere of their new movie where she teases to the press that there could be a sequel.
Other Appearances[]
Selma Bouvier appears as Agatha in this The Simpsons short, The Good, the Bart, and the Loki, as Lisa Simpson gathers the "Springfield Avengers" to attack Loki.
Agatha Harkness appears in this The Simpsons short, The Simpsons: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, along with Salma and Patty Bouvier, who are also witches. The sisters use their magic to restrain Agatha, who is hovering in mid-air.
In The Fantastic Four: First Steps, while it is not technically confirmed to be a variant of Agatha Harkenss, there is a woman who is dressed very similar to her, who tends to her daughter after she is saved by the Human Torch. The woman is seen wearing the same kind of outfit and hairstyle Agatha wore in the Agatha All Along episode "Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate".
Disney Parks[]
Agatha Harkness appears in the Avengers Campus at the Disney California Adventure as a part of the "Oogie Boogie Bash" Halloween event.[1]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Agnes' true identity was hinted at throughout WandaVision:
- She was the only person on the board of the Westview's "cast members" in the fourth episode that Darcy Lewis, Jimmy Woo and the agents of S.W.O.R.D. were not able to identify.
- She wears a distinctively round pendant in every episode, just like the one that her comic book self wears on the collar of her dress.
- In Episode 2's opening, an advertisement for "Auntie A's" cat litter (which pictures a black cat) can be spotted in the background. This is a nod to Agatha's familiar in the comics, a black cat named Ebony.
- Out of all the "supporting characters" in Westview, she seems to be the most aware that they're living in a TV show, as exemplified when she briefly breaks character and asks to redo her line. This is because unlike the other characters, she's out of Wanda's control and is playing her role on her own accord.
- She dresses as a witch in the Halloween Episode, and lets out an eerily witch-like cackle when she declares that all hope is lost. It's also quite suspicious that she isn't completely frozen when Vision finds her at the town's outer limits, unlike the other residents living around that area.
- She claims that her wedding was on June 2, the same day that the Salem witch trials commenced.
- Billy tells her that she's "quiet on the inside", as in, he can't sense any of her inner thoughts. This implies that she's immune to both Wanda and Billy's mind powers.
- When Wanda froze all those around her, during her confrontation with Monica Rambeau in the seventh episode, she was not frozen.
- Her guise as "Agnes" was in reference to actress Agnes Moorehead, who portrayed Eudora (the witch mother of Samantha Stephens) on Bewitched.
- Agatha is the second Marvel character originating from a Disney+ show to star in her own spinoff, the first being Echo, from Hawkeye.
- One of Agatha's fears is being apart of a coven.
- Agatha was trapped under Wanda's spell for three years, meaning she got released in 2026.
- According to the "Previously On" script, Agatha Harkness was born in either 1674 or 1675.[2]
- This puts her at either 380 or 381 years old in 2026, when Agatha All Along takes place and at the age she is when she dies.
- According to the second episode of Agatha All Along, Agatha had a son named Nicholas Scratch, who passed away in 1756.
- The finale episode shows the backstory of Nicholas Scratch, who Agatha gave birth to at the age of either 82 or 83 years old. (Agatha absorbing power kept her looking youthful for centuries, while she had Nicholas.)
- Agatha's live action portrayal is vastly different to her comic book counterpart in the way of features. In the comics, Agatha is shown to physically be an old lady, but in the MCU, she has the physical look of a middle aged woman, while actually being almost 400 years old.
- Agatha's ghost form strongly resembles her comic book counterpart.
- According to the sixth episode of Agatha All Along, Agatha was on the Titanic when it sank on April 12, 1912. She also had an encounter with Dolly Parton in the 1970s'.
- According to the last episode of Agatha All Along, Agatha made up the "Ballad of the Witches' Road" to lure witches to her so she could drain their magic and kill them. Agatha also made up the song with her son Nicholas when he was 6 years old, not long before he died.
- Agatha is the first protagonist of a live action Marvel Disney+ series to die, and return as a ghost.
- Agatha is the first female character in the MCU to openly admit she is a lesbian, when she tells Billy Maximoff to "ask a straight lady" about something.
- In the original Marvel Comics, Agatha was never gay.
- Agatha is also one of the few female characters to be a lesbian, another example is Valkyrie, but she hasn't openly admitted it like Agatha.
- Agatha Harkness is the first female character in the MCU to have an on-screen kiss with another woman.
- In the comics, Agatha Harkness is introduced as a nanny to Franklin Richards, the infant son to Sue Storm and Reed Richards, while she is introduced in the MCU as part of the storyline of the Scarlet Witch.
- There is a woman in The Fantastic Four: First Steps who looks a lot like how Agatha was dressed in the second episode of Agatha All Along, who cradles her daughter after she is saved by the Human Torch. It is currently unknown if this woman is meant to be an alternate Agatha Harkness or just a coincidence with the hairstyle.
References[]
External links[]
Agatha Harkness on Wikipedia- Agatha Harkness on Marvel.com
- Agatha Harkness on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Agatha Harkness (What If...?) on Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
- Agatha Harkness on Villains Wiki
- Agatha Harkness (Earth-199999) on Marvel Database
- Agatha Harkness (Earth-TRN1492) on Marvel Database
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