- "I killed them. I know. And even worse, everyone started blaming you. I tr– I tried to stop them."
"But you hurt more people."
"I was trying to protect you from them. I was trying to atone for my sin." - ―Tobias Ford and Hannah Hutchins[src]
Tobias Ford was a technician employed by StatiCorp. He was seemingly killed in a laboratory accident that he caused; however, Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons have confirmed that Ford is somehow caught between two worlds.
Biography
- "Listen, we believe you're trapped between two worlds, this world and –"
"And hell. I'm being dragged to hell for what I did."
"What did you do?"
"Just loosen a few bolts and then you'd visit. It was the best part of my day. I'm sorry. I... I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt." - ―Melinda May, Tobias Ford and Hannah Hutchins[src]
While performing his duties at StatiCorp, Ford met and developed a crush on Hannah Hutchins. In order to get Hutchins to visit his section, he would loosen the bolts on a coupling and then file a safety complaint. One time, he was loosening the bolts and caused a Particle Accelerator explosion at the StatiCorp Facility that killed three other people (Jack Benson, Frank Delacourt, and Arlene Willoughby) which caused a portal to another world to briefly open. Ford was drawn through the portal and became stuck in-between this world and a world Ford described as "Hell".
Ford was able to observe the happenings in this world and was able to partially manifest and manipulate items. The townspeople blamed Hutchins for the explosion and when Taylor of a Roxxon gas station confronted her, Ford defended Hutchins the only way he could, by hurling objects at the clerk and manipulating the gas pumps to blow up the station. A mob soon formed outside of Hutchins' home and Ford started a police car and attempted to run over Roger. Believing Hutchins to be behind the mysterious incidents, she was taken into protective custody by a S.H.I.E.L.D. team led by Phil Coulson.
Ford reveals his presence to Jemma Simmons
Ford followed Coulson's Team to the Bus, where he sought to free Hutchins from their custody. He sneaked up on Jemma Simmons as she was studying the portal created by the explosion and attacked her. Having warned the team, all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were on the lookout for him.
After Ford caused the Bus to crash, Hutchins was led from the scene by Melinda May, hoping Ford would follow. Ford did follow, and after a brief altercation with May, Ford asked Hutchins for forgiveness, only for her to tell him that only God could forgive him. May convinced him that he had to let Hutchins go and Ford withdrew to the world in which he was trapped.[1]
Powers
- Teleportation: Ford developed the ability of teleportation after a laboratory tragedy he accidentally caused. When he teleported, he traveled between Earth and another realm.
Equipment
Weapons
- "That guy's traveling back and forth between alien worlds, with a wrench?"
"Must have been in his hand when the blast hit." - ―Grant Ward and Leo Fitz[src]
- Wrench: Ford wielded a plumber's wrench that he held at the time of his "death." The wrench was similarly trapped between realms and teleported with him.
Relationships
Allies
- Hannah Hutchins - Colleague and Love Interest
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Coulson's Team - Enemies turned Allies
Enemies
- StatiCorp
- Arlene Willoughby † - Colleague and Victim
- Frank Delacourt † - Colleague and Victim
- Jack Benson † - Colleague and Victim
- Taylor - Attempted Victim
- Roger - Attempted Victim
- Martha
Trivia
- Tobias Ford is erroneously listed in a newspaper article as "Tobias Trost."
Behind the Scenes
- Paul Lacovara was a stunt double for Thomas Baker in the role of Tobias Ford.
