Captain Marvel

Carol Danvers is adapted from the comics as a white woman; no established character is race or gender swapped.

Carol is a powerful lead, which alone isn't woke, but the film leans into a 'overcoming men who hold her back' framing with the Yon-Rogg mentor she ultimately refuses to fight on his terms.

• Yon-Rogg repeatedly tells Carol to control her emotions and prove herself to him
• Carol blasts him aside rather than engaging in his 'prove it' challenge
• Montage of Carol being told to sit down/quit throughout her life

No notable LGBTQ+, trans, or non-binary characters or themes.

Diverse supporting cast (Maria Rambeau, Nick Fury) fits a 1990s setting plausibly.

• Maria Rambeau as a Black fighter pilot and Carol's best friend

The empowerment/'get back up' theme is present and at times underlined, but folded into the arc rather than delivered as overt sermon.

• Flashback montage emphasizing Carol rising after being knocked down
• 'I have nothing to prove to you' confrontation with Yon-Rogg

Some male figures are framed as condescending gatekeepers, giving a mild 'men holding women back' undertone, but no explicit anti-masculinity message.

• Yon-Rogg's patronizing mentorship
• A biker telling Carol to smile, played as a dismissive male moment

Standard MCU origin-story liberties with the comics; changes are not identity- or agenda-driven.

• Kree/Skrull backstory reworked for the film