This article is about the character that uses the alias of Pietro Maximoff. For the real Pietro, see Quicksilver.
- “Agatha hijacked my life! God damn it! She called me her husband. But I was her puppet.”
- ―Ralph to Billy Kaplan[src]
Ralph Bohner is a supporting character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featured in the Disney+ series WandaVision and Agatha All Along. He lived in Westview next to what would have been the home of Wanda Maximoff and Vision. He was placed under the thrall of Agatha Harkness, who initially claimed him to be her husband, before having him pose as Wanda's deceased brother, Pietro Maximoff. He was first mentioned in the first episode, and made his debut in the fifth episode.
Ralph returns in Agatha All Along, where he has been suffering from PTSD for the last 3 years and has left Westview after the trauma of Agatha controlling his mind. He is portrayed by Evan Peters.
Background[]
Personality[]
After Agatha Harkness turned him into Wanda Maximoff's late brother, Pietro, Ralph became the irresponsible and fun uncle to Wanda and Vison's kids, Billy and Tommy Maximoff. Under the alias of Pietro Maximoff, Ralph liked to use his powers to play with the kids and mess with people by using his speed ability. When it was later revealed that "Pietro" was being used by Agatha Harkness, he became slightly hostile to Monica Rambeau by locking her in his basement under Agatha's control.
After the mind-controlling necklace was broken by Monica, Ralph returned back to his normal self and was shown to be much more fearful of those around him, as shown when he begged Monica to spare his life and that he had no control over what he could do while under Agatha's power. Feeling scared of what has recently happened, Ralph left Westview and suffered from PTSD as a result.
3 years later in 2026, Ralph was shown to still be fearful about trusting people as he agreed to meet with someone who had messaged him online about the Westview anomaly. When Ralph agreed to meet up with "William Kaplan", he was shown to still be traumatised by the events 3 years before and became paranoid of someone wearing a wire in case people could hear their conversations and became fearful of sounds around him.
Physical Appearance[]
When posing as Wanda's late brother, Ralph had white/grey hair that matched the deceased's look. He wore a leather jacket and as he became part of Wanda's sitcom fantasy, his attire would change based on the era the show was set in. During Halloween, Ralph wore a blue and white suit like Tommy Maximoff, who also had super speed. The costume had a white strip down the middle, to reference the person he was impersonating.
After the Westview anomaly ended, Ralph left Westview and his clothes were shown to be a lot more ragged compared to before. He had grown a beard and worn a bucket hat to hide himself from people he didn't think he could trust. He also wore a long tench coat.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Super speed: while posing as Pietro Maximoff, Ralph was given super speed to match Pietro's powers. He could run faster than any regular human and go somewhere and return within seconds.
Appearances[]
Marvel Cinematic Universe[]
WandaVision[]
In the fifth episode of the series, "Pietro" arrives with an American accent much like Wanda's. The fact that the role was recast is referenced in the episode. He rings her door, and asks if he can give her a hug. Wanda looks at him in shock, before embracing him, and when he sees Vision, she refers to him as a "popsicle" and questions who he is.
Ralph in "WandaVision"
In the sixth episode, it is revealed that this "Pietro" has the memories of the original (including his death) and is fully aware of how he looks different. "Pietro" tells Wanda that he only remembers being shot on the street and later hearing her calling him, which caused him to come to Westview as he knew his sister needed him. He is also aware of how the world of Westview is deliberately made to resemble a sitcom, with him playing the role of the man-child uncle that gives Wanda grief, as well as how Wanda appears to be in control of everything. Wanda questions what happened to his accent, to which "Pietro" points out that Wanda does not have her normal accent either. While he is talking to Wanda, she briefly has a vision of his corpse with bullet wounds, reminding her of his death. When Billy senses that Vision is dying outside of Westview, "Pietro" comments that it's not as though Vision can die twice. This angers Wanda, who uses her magic to throw him across the town square.
In the seventh episode, Billy and Tommy ask Wanda what "Pietro" meant when he said about re-killing Vision, but Wanda tells them not to believe in anything that "Pietro" said because he is not their real uncle. As the twins are confused by this and ask who "Pietro" is, Wanda replies that she does not have all the answers. While talking with Darcy Lewis, Vision also asks who is the imposter "Pietro", and Darcy replies she does not know. At the end of the episode, Wanda's next door neighbor Agnes is revealed to be a witch named Agatha Harkness and she is the one responsible for bringing this version of "Pietro" to Westview. During a post-credit scene, "Pietro" re-appears and catches Monica Rambeau while she is trying to enter the basement of Vision and Wanda's house to go after Wanda.
In the eighth episode, Agatha reveals that the "fake Pietro", or "Fietro" as she puts it, is an actual person who was the result of a "crystalline possession" who acted as her eyes and ears. She explains that she would not be able to manipulate the real Pietro with necromancy and bring him to Westview, because he is on another continent and "full of holes" and her magic has limits.
In the final episode, "Pietro" is revealed to be an actor living in Westview named Ralph Bohner, the continuously mentioned husband of Agnes, who is actually the real owner of the house Agnes was living during the sitcom and is being mind-controlled by her to act as her lackey. Monica manages to flip him and removes his necklace, which had been controlling him this entire time, and he reverts to normal, begging her to be spared.
Agatha All Along[]
- “You couldn't do anything on your own. It was like watching TV inside your own head. But you couldn't turn it off.”
- ―Ralph recalls the traumatic events of the Westview anomaly.[src]
Ralph Bohner returns in the episode "Familiar by Thy Side", three years after the Westview events. He is shown to look vastly different due to the effects Wanda's Hex had on him and has moved out of Westview by 2026. He has shown to developed PTSD from the events, which seem to be haunting him. Bohner is found by Billy Kaplan (the reincarnated physical form of Billy Maximoff) and Billy asks Ralph about the events of WandaVision so that Billy can understand what happened to him and his brother Tommy. Ralph says that there was a little boy who could mind read and he had a brother who was a speedster, referring to the Maximoff twins and explains his traumatic memories of being under Agatha's magic. He also mentions that he left Westview as soon as the anomaly was over because of what happened, and has never returned.
Trivia[]
- Evan Peters, who posed as Quicksilver, also portrayed another version of him, in the X-Men film franchise.
- The actors who portray the two Quicksilvers (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters) appeared together in the movie Kick-Ass, which was a superhero movie based on a comic book by Icon, an imprint of Marvel Comics.
- This was referenced, in the sixth WandaVision episode.
- The actors who portray the two Quicksilvers (Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Evan Peters) appeared together in the movie Kick-Ass, which was a superhero movie based on a comic book by Icon, an imprint of Marvel Comics.
- The costume Ralph wears for Halloween. in the sixth episode of Wandavision, resembles Quicksilver's comic book costume.
- The character's reveal in the final episode was based on the infamous twist from Iron Man 3 wherein the Mandarin is revealed to be an actor named Trevor Slattery.[1]
- The revelation that "Pietro" is actually an actor named Ralph Bohner has a double meaning. Upon Monica learning his name, Ralph chuckles at his surname which sounds like "Boner", which typically refers to someone who has an erection. However, the word also means a goof up or a punchline. This could be a reference to the fact that his character, should one be watching the series for the first time, misleads the audience into thinking that he is Quicksilver of the X-Men films, only to be fooled that he is simply an actor who exists within the MCU.
- Additionally, his name is also a reference to Richard "Boner" Stabone from Growing Pains which director Matt Shakman starred in as a child.
- Ralph returns in the Agatha All Along episode "Familiar by Thy Side", where he has developed PTSD and trauma in the three years following the events of Westview and being controlled. It is also revealed he left Westview straight after the hex was destroyed.
- When he meets with Billy Maximoff, Ralph says Billy can call him Randall, which implies that is his real name, and Ralph is an alias used while he is in witness protection.
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ "This is what Matt Shakman, the director of WandaVision, had to say about the Ralph Bohner twist.". Twitter (March 8, 2021).
External links[]
Ralph Bohner on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
Ralph Bohner (Earth-199999) on Marvel Comics Database
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