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Hope Mackenzie was a virtual recreation of the real-world person of the same name inside the Framework. With her father Alphonso Mackenzie, she joined S.H.I.E.L.D. after HYDRA manipulated them in order to capture Daisy Johnson. She was eventually erased due to a crazed Aida deactivating the Framework.
Biography[]
Life in a HYDRA World[]
- "If they didn't do anything wrong, why are they all being arrested?"
"Look, you're smarter than most kids your age, and you pick up on things pretty quickly. But I don't want you worrying about this stuff, okay?" - ―Hope Mackenzie and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
In the Framework, Hope Mackenzie lived with her father Alphonso Mackenzie, who initiated her to his passion for mechanics. Though the Mackenzies lived in a world dominated by HYDRA and its harsh rules, they were both happy.
While Mackenzie had engaged in a mechanical contest with her father, she admitted that she had used parts of a destroyed D.W.A.R.F. she had previously found in a park. Seeing her father was distraught by the revelation, she apologized to him. Mackenzie and her father later went to take the bus. While they were playing a game where Mackenzie had to recognize the engines of running motorcycles on the street, a HYDRA team arrived for checking their IDs. Mackenzie got scared as she had taken the D.W.A.R.F.'s remnants to put it back where she had found them, but fortunately for her, a potential Inhuman distracted the HYDRA agents by trying to run away. Mackenzie and her father returned to their home where they discussed the fate of the Inhuman with Mackenzie wondering why Inhumans were being arrested. Alphonso reassured her and they decided to watch a movie to forget what had happened.[1]
Capture by HYDRA[]
- "I'm Skye. What's your name?"
"Hope Mackenzie."
"Hope... You're the Hope that he lost."
"He didn't lose me. I was taken by you people." - ―Daisy Johnson and Hope Mackenzie[src]
Without warning, a HYDRA team led by Melinda May stormed the Mackenzies' house. They immediately seized Mackenzie and Alphonso Mackenzie and brought them to the Triskelion for further questioning. While May interrogated her father, Daisy Johnson, under the name Skye, came to talk with Mackenzie. Mackenzie lamented over the fact that they were arrested because she had picked up the drone's remnants and told Johnson that she wanted to go home with her father, to which Johnson answered that it was not her call to make.
Mackenzie was later released after her father was used by May in order to trick Johnson into admitting her allegiance to S.H.I.E.L.D.. Mackenzie saw Johnson being taken by HYDRA agents and wondered what happened. However, her father could not look her in the eyes and only whispered "Hail HYDRA" to May. Mackenzie and her father then left the Triskelion.[1]
New Life at the Playground[]
- "We're gonna stay right here. Everything I need... It's all right here."
- ―Alphonso Mackenzie to Hope Mackenzie[src]
Alphonso Mackenzie brought Mackenzie to the Playground while he worked with S.H.I.E.L.D.. Later, she heard Jemma Simmons and Phil Coulson talk about The Doctor, who was mentioned in his history textbook, though Coulson warned her about the fact that the official history was full of inaccuracies. When her father came to see her, he formally introduced her to Coulson and Simmons before going to get some candies for her. Later, she played cup-and-ball with other kids at the Playground.[3]
Mackenzie heard the news when Sunil Bakshi disclosed the identities of Daisy Johnson and Melinda May who had escaped from the Triskelion and severely injured Madame Hydra. Recognizing Johnson and remembering that she had tried to be nice to her when she had been taken to the Triskelion, she was afraid by Grant Ward's violent reaction when he mentioned that Johnson could be executed by HYDRA. However, her father comforted her and told her not to trust the information provided by HYDRA. Later, Mackenzie remained with Mrs. Lee at the Playground while her father joined a team to rescue Johnson. She also watched S.H.I.E.L.D. subversive broadcast featuring Coulson.[4]
While Mackenzie and her father were on the verge of leaving the Playground to return to their home, Johnson told them that they needed Alphonso to join on a mission, and Mackenzie encouraged his father to do it since he had been used to incarcerate Johnson. Her father agreed but finally returned to the Playground after he refused to leave the Framework, preferring to live a life, be it virtual, with his daughter. Mackenzie remained at the Playground with Antoine Triplett and was glad to see her father return, though she did not know what her father had gone through.[5]
Seeing the World Disappear[]
- "Am I gonna die? I don't wanna die! I wanna be real!"
- ―Hope Mackenzie to Alphonso Mackenzie[src]
Hope Mackenzie remained at the Playground with Alphonso Mackenzie but soon packed her bag as her father was organizing its evacuation. She also met with Elena Rodriguez, who had come to take Alphonso out of the Framework. After that, she took a bus with other refugees, her father, Rodriguez, Holden Radcliffe and Burrows. They were soon stuck in traffic as everyone was trying to leave. Mackenzie was as afraid as the others when she saw a whole bridge disappear with all the cars on it, as well as the other refugees of the bus, due to Aida shutting down the Framework.
Mackenzie is comforted by Alphonso Mackenzie
Mackenzie returned to her home with her father, Rodriguez and Radcliffe and overheard a conversation between the last two where Rodriguez said that Mackenzie was not real. Mackenzie cried and went to her father, who tried to comfort her. Shortly after, a door appeared in their living room, created by Daisy Johnson as an exit, but Alphonso refused to go. Mackenzie remained with her father and kept crying, witnessing the vanishing of more and more objects. Mackenzie told her father that she did not want to die and disappear, but her father could not stop the phenomenon and Mackenzie was deleted. Following her disappearance, her father agreed to return to the real world.[2]
Personality[]
- "How did you beat me?"
"The human brain peaks as early as age 24. Face it... you're slowing down, Dad." - ―Alphonso Mackenzie and Hope Mackenzie[src]
Mackenzie was a very bright and lively little girl, who frequently teased her father, mentioning his age and how she felt more skilled than him regarding their engineering abilities. She also shared her father's taste for robot-related movies. Even when she and her father were arrested by HYDRA and detained in the Triskelion, she was able to remain mostly calm after the panic of their arrest. Mackenzie was also able to quickly cope with her relocation in the Playground, happily greeting Jemma Simmons and convincing her father that he should help S.H.I.E.L.D. to make up for his unwilling assistance in having Daisy Johnson captured. However, when the Framework progressively collapsed, Mackenzie began to panic and was heavily upset when she overheard Yo-Yo Rodriguez mentioning that she was not real, leading her to try to sadly find comfort in the arms of her father.
Abilities[]
- Expert Engineer: Hope was well trained by her father Alphonso Mackenzie and developed a vast set of engineering skills at her young age. She and her father would often play games where Hope would be trained to recognize car engines types by the sound of them, a game Hope excelled at. She could even beat her father in building a civilian drone using spare parts from a D.W.A.R.F.
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Trivia[]
- Hope Mackenzie's nickname, Sparkplug, is the same nickname that Lincoln Campbell was given by Gordon.
Appearances[]
In chronological order:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.17: Identity and Change- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.18: No Regrets
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.19: All the Madame's Men
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.20: Farewell, Cruel World!
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.21: The Return (mentioned; alternate universe)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 4.22: World's End
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 5.01: Orientation Part One (mentioned; alternate universe)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Episode 5.04: A Life Spent (mentioned; alternate universe)
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