Sam Wilson

also known as Falcon · Captain America

How the guy with the wings ends up carrying the shield.

14 entries 7 films 7 episodes 22h 14m

Sam spends five films as the most reliable person in the room and then has to decide whether a Black man should take the name Captain America in a country that made Isaiah Bradley disappear. The Disney+ series is where the run actually lives; the films before it are the case for why he was the right choice. He is the only person in this list who inherits a title rather than being given powers.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Film · 2014136m
Sam is running a VA support group for returning soldiers when Steve turns up needing help, and he digs out his old EXO-7 Falcon rig for it. He fights Rumlow, downs a helicarrier, and volunteers to help find Bucky.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Film · 2015141m
Two scenes: at the victory party Sam tells Steve he is happy chasing cold leads on Bucky rather than avenging, and in the final shot he arrives at the new compound with a Stark-upgraded wing rig as part of the roster. Short, and it explains where he is for the next film.
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Ant-Man
Film · 2015117m
Sam catches Scott Lang breaking into the Avengers compound and loses the fight to a man the size of an insect, then covers it up. The post-credits scene has him telling Steve he knows a guy who could help.
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Captain America: Civil War
Film · 2016147m
Sam refuses the Accords with Steve, recruits Scott Lang for Leipzig, and takes responsibility for the crash that puts Rhodey in a wheelchair. He is imprisoned in the Raft and gives up Steve's location to Tony on his own terms.
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Avengers: Infinity War
Film · 2018149m
Sam fights the Outriders in Wakanda with the new wing rig and is dusted off-screen, which is why Rhodey is calling his name into an empty field. Supporting role.
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Avengers: Endgame
Film · 2019181m
Sam's voice on the comms is the first sign the snap has been reversed, and he leads a wing squad through the final battle. Old Steve hands him the shield on the bench and he takes it without saying he deserves it.
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New World Order
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E1 · 202149m
Sam runs a rescue mission over Tunisia against Batroc, then donates the shield to the Smithsonian because he does not think it is his. The government announces John Walker as Captain America the same day.
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The Star-Spangled Man
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E2 · 202150m
Sam and Bucky lose a rooftop fight to the Flag Smashers, who turn out to be super soldiers, and Walker offers them a place on his team. Bucky introduces him to Isaiah Bradley, who tells him what the serum cost a Black soldier.
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Power Broker
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E3 · 202153m
Sam works Madripoor undercover as a smiling arms dealer, tracks the serum to Dr Nagel, and learns Sharon Carter has been living as a fugitive since Civil War. Karli destroys the lab before they can secure the serum.
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The Whole World Is Watching
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E4 · 202153m
Sam nearly talks Karli Morgenthau down at a refugee memorial before Walker forces a confrontation. He watches Walker take the serum and then execute a surrendering man with the shield in front of cameras.
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Truth
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E5 · 202160m
Sam takes the shield back from Walker in a warehouse fight, then goes home to Delacroix, fixes the family boat, and hears Isaiah say a Black man should never take that shield. He starts training with it anyway.
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One World, One People
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier · S1 E6 · 202151m
Sam debuts the Wakandan Captain America suit, stops the Flag Smashers' attack on the GRC, and makes a public case for why the powerful should be held to the standard they set. He gets Isaiah Bradley a memorial in the Captain America exhibit.
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Captain America: Brave New World
Film · 2025118m
Sam recovers stolen adamantium in Mexico with Joaquin Torres, then unravels Samuel Sterns's mind-control plot after Isaiah Bradley is framed for shooting President Ross. He talks the Red Hulk down among the cherry blossoms, gets Isaiah exonerated, and the post-credits scene has Sterns warn him other worlds are coming.
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What If... the Hulk Fought the Mech Avengers?
What If...? · S3 E1 · 202429m
Mackie voices a Sam who is already Captain America and leading the Avengers through a Gamma War, running a support group for Banner and finally talking the Mega-Hulk down by telling him all he sees is a friend. Alternate-timeline variant, and the only What If where Sam speaks.
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