“The struggle is what brings us all together. People who have nothing in common. For we are, after all, simply one world and one people.”
―Karli Morgenthau
Karli Morgenthau is the main antagonist in the Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
Karli is the leader of the Flag Smashers, a group who seeks to restore the world to the state it was in during the Blip when people of the world were unified to help each other after half of the life in the universe disappeared. Karli and other members of her group take the super soldier serum, which grants her enhanced abilities. Her actions draw the attention of Falcon, Bucky Barnes, and the new Captain America.
Karli Morgenthau is based on Flag Smasher, who was created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary.
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This marks the character's first adaptation in film and television. She is portrayed by Erin Kellyman.
In the original comics, the character Karli is based on was Male and he was named Karl Morgenthau, whose codename was Flag Smasher.
This makes Karli the eighth character to be gender-swapped in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as, Jeri Hogarth, the Ancient One, Fenris, Ghost, Mar-Vell, Morgan Stark, and Gabriella Rosetti, who were all male.