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“I am no longer the Winter Soldier. I am James "Bucky" Barnes, and you're part of my efforts to make amends.”
―T'Challa
James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes is a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the deuteragonist of the Captain America trilogy and a supporting character in The Avengers and will be one of the two protagonists in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Bucky was a brave and honorable soldier and best friend. He was usually protective of his best friend, Steve Rogers, due to his health. He was slightly jealous of all the attraction that Steve was getting but his philia often surpassed his jealousy. However, he was known to be a ladies’ man, often going on dates with other women and hitting on several of them, especially when he and Steve were younger. Bucky also appears to have a mischievous streak when they were younger, as he suggested that he and Steve rode on the back of
However, as the Winter Soldier, Bucky was a cold and ruthless killer brainwashed by HYDRA and was a super soldier similar to Captain America. He could not even recognize Steve as his best friend and mercilessly attacked him. Now fully reformed, Bucky regrets all the crime he had done. His mind was finally cleared when Shuri managed to operate on him to get rid of HYDRA's control on Bucky and managed to make it totally disappear
