This article is about the character from the Ant-Man franchise. For other characters, see Cassandra.
Cassandra Eleanor "Cassie" Lang, is a Marvel Comics character who first appears in Ant-Man. She is the daughter of Scott Lang, whom she views as a hero, even before he takes on the mantle of the superhero. Later, she exposes herself to Pym Particles and becomes the superhero Stature.
Cassandra Lang was created by David Michelinie and John Byrne.
Powers
- Size Manipulation: After exposing herself to Pym Particles, Cassie gains the ability to shift in size, being able to either shrink to miniature size, or grow to giant size.
- Superhuman Strength: Cassie possesses superhuman strength when she is as small as an insect or as big as a house.
- Superhuman Durability: Cassie possesses superhuman durability when she is the size of a giant.
Appearances
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Ant-Man
Cassie is the daughter of Scott and Maggie Lang. After the arrest of her father, her mother became engaged to policeman named Jim Paxton. Cassie was visited by Scott on her sixth birthday (though Scott could not be there) and Scott gave his daughter a very ugly rabbit toy, which Cassie loved, much to Jim's displeasure. Excited, Cassie told her mother that her father had attended the party. Days later, Cassie learned that her step-father was chasing her father, Paxton said he only wants to help him; she then said she did not want him to find her father.
Later, Maggie comes in to her room and Cassie asks her if her father is a bad man. Maggie replies with he gets confused sometimes.
A day before the big mission, while she slept, Scott went to her room to kiss her forehead and tell her he loved her. One night after, a furious Darren Cross went to Maggie's house to kidnap her and thus make Scott came to him for a final duel. Eventually, Scott went to rescue her which led to a super mini-battle between Darren and Scott. When the battle seemed lost, Jim broke into the room to protect Cassie from Darren as he sought revenge against Scott and his family. As Darren was ready to give the final blow, Scott decided to turn sub-atomic to destroy the Yellowjacket suit and save Cassie and Jim. Scott's plan was a success as he saved the lives of Cassie and Jim. After the battle, Cassie called her father to appear (thanks to that Scott fought to return from the Quantum Realm and go back to being normal size).
A few days later, she with her parents and Jim had a pleasant dinner until Luis called Scott to tell something very important. At dinner, it is revealed that Cassie took a giant ant as a pet.
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Cassie's bond with Scott has become stronger over time, as both Cassie and Maggie more or less accepted Scott's role as Cassie's father. Cassie helps Scott with his ordeal at being in house arrest, and is willing to accept Hope as a mother figure.
Avengers: Endgame
Five years after surviving Thanos's snap, a teenage Cassie reunites with her father after he escapes the Quantum Realm. Later, Cassie watches fireworks with Scott, Hope and Luis.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Cassie appears in the sequel to Ant-Man and the Wasp, now as a teenager. In 2026, Cassie is in jail after shrinking a cop car and her father Scott Lang is informed by the San Francisco county jail of her arrest. Scott arrives to the jail to find his girlfriend and Cassie's mother-figure Hope Van Dyne, already there, having also been informed. Cassie is bailed out of jail by her parents and on their way home, she tells Scott she got arrested after trying to help people find homes after losing them during the blip. Scott praises Cassie for wanting to help people, but she accidentally lets it slip that she now has a suit which was created by Hank Pym. Annoyed that Cassie has her own suit, becoming known as Stature, Scott tells his daughter he just wants her to have a normal life, to which she reminds him of the incident back in 2015, when a "guy dressed like a bee" tried to kill her in her bedroom when she was 6 years old, referring to Darren Cross.
Back home at the Pym residence, the Lang-Pym family are having dinner when Cassie informs her dad that she has been working on a device that sends down a signal to the quantum realm, which she started back during the blip while the rest of the family were dusted and Scott was trapped down there. In Hank's workshop, Cassie shows Scott what she has been working on and although amazed, Janet soon scolds her "granddaughter" for sending a signal down to the realm and demands Cassie turns it off. However, before she is able to do so, Cassie and her family are sucked into the tunnel and find themselves in the area where Janet was stuck for 30 years, but Cassie and Scott find themselves separated from Hope, Janet, and Hank.
They are soon surrounded by residents of the realm and learn of Kang the Conqueror, whom eventually captures them thanks to M.O.D.O.K. - and tortures Cassie in front of Scott. Scott agrees to help Kang if he releases Cassie and goes down to the multiversal engine core, while Cassie watches. Following Scott's success, Cassie is sent back to her holding cell, but she manages to use two quantum discs, which allows her to shrink herself and escape the cell. Finding the Axia residents, Cassie encourages them to fight back against Kang, despite their history of losses.
Eventually finding M.O.D.O.K., Cassie tries to teach out to the deformed human and tries to encourage him to also fight back against his leader. Cassie and Scott are soon reunited with Hope and the three bound together to confront Kang, During the battle, Cassie is able to grow to giant size for the first time and grabs hold of Kang, amazing her father. The two hug as Kang seems defeated, until he rants to the family about how powerful he is. M.O.D.O.K decides to take upon Cassie's words she said earlier and sides with them to defeat Kang, which leads to his death.
The Lang-Pym family mourn their ally as he dies and Janet informs Cassie, Hope, Scott, and Hank that she has successfully reopened the portal, which can send them back to earth. Cassie gets through with Hope, Janet, and Hank but without Scott, whom has been pulled away by Kang. Cassie watches as Hope goes back in to save Scott. Following Kang's demise, Cassie is reunited with her father and the family celebrates all of Cassie's birthdays they missed during those five years during the blip.
Marvel Animation
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Cassie was kidnapped by William Cross because Scott had stolen money from him. However, Cross didn't know Scott had spent all the money in the treatment of Cassie. This caused Scott to steal the Ant-Man suit to rob banks to pay his debt to Cross. She was later rescued by Hank and the Heroes for Hire.
Disney Parks
PYM Test Kitchen
Cassie is part of this restaurant's fictional backstory. It is explained that it was her idea to use PYM particles to experiment in ways to solve world hunger. Concept art of this process made by Cassie is hung on the walls. Texts from Cassandra sometimes show up on the enlarged phone of Wasp with Cassie mentioning being a member of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade where she innovates Ant-Man and the Wasp's tech.
Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure
Cassie is referenced in the queue for this attraction as being a member of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade in Avengers Campus. She has a locker between those of Peter Parker, Anya Corazon and Amadeus Cho with hers being equipped with a special door for ants.
Relationships
Scott Lang
Although Cassandra doesn't live with her biological father, she looks up to him and considers him a hero. However, by the time Cassie is a teenager, they have become more close and they live together with his girlfriend Hope and her parents, Hank and Janet. Scott is very protective of Cassie, especially after finding out she has been arrested and now has her own suit.
Maggie Lang & Jim Paxton
Cassandra has a healthy relationship with her mother, Maggie Lang, and her stepfather, Jim Paxton.
Hope Van Dyne
Cassie and Hope formed a mother-daughter-like relationship after Cassie's father Scott resumed his relationship with Hope at the end of Ant-Man and the Wasp. By the time of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Cassie sees Hope as a mother-figure and vice-versa.
Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne
Cassie formed a close friendship with both Hank and Janet as they worked together to create signals down to the quantum realm and Cassie even calls Hank her grandfather.
Darren Cross
Darren was an enemy of Cassandra's who kidnapped her and had no concern for her well-being. After he became M.O.D.O.K., Cassie helps her family defeat him until he has a change of heart and turns against his boss, Kang the Conqueror, which results in his death.
Gallery
Trivia
- Cassie has gone by two codenames in the comics, Stature and Stinger.
- Cassie's outfit is mainly a nod to the latter alias in terms of color scheme.
- Cassie mentions in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania that she was 6 during the events of the first Ant-Man film, which took place in 2015, meaning Cassie was born in 2009. This also means she is 17 by the time of the third film, which is set in 2026.
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