Spoilers for all works set prior to the end of Avengers: Endgame are unmarked. Before the French demobilized him, he had thirty-six kill missions. An Algerian pirate who was a former French Intelligence agent before going rogue. His crew hijacks a S. Adaptational Badass : Batroc's considered something of a joke in the comics, although occasionally he proves to be a Not-So-Harmless Villain. Here he's able to put up a fair fight against one of the world's best super soldiers, and proves to be a better fighter than even some enhanced humans.
Adaptational Jerkass : Batroc in the comics is essentially a thief at best, and he has a strong code of honor that includes not harming innocent people. Here, he's a pirate leader fully willing to kill hostages and raid boats and airplanes. Adaptational Seriousness : In the comics, Batroc is mostly portrayed as an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain with a colourful costume and a silly accent who isn't taken too serious by his opponents. The MCU portrays him as a straight terrorist without the comical elements of his comic book counterpart.
Alternate Self : Batroc has one on Earth It seems to be pretty one-sided. Back for the Dead : His reappearance in the prime timeline of the MCU has him meet his end at the hands of the Power Broker, though he does manage to make one hell of a final impression before he goes. Badass Normal : He's able to put up an impressive fight against Captain America and later an upgraded Falcon, and he manages it using only his own personal skills, without any superhuman enhancements or even the special equipment other Badass Normal MCU characters like Falcon, Hawkeye, Black Widow, or Crossbones use.
He's the first non-enhanced human in the MCU to be able to put up a decent fight against Captain America in hand-to-hand combat, and later manages to make an escape from Cap and Natasha make his way off the Lemurian Star despite being in the middle of the Indian Ocean. During the climactic attack on the GRC , Batroc manages to give Sam more trouble than any of the Flag Smashers ever had before 1v1 other than Karli herself , despite lacking the super serum or even Sam's vibranium shield and Wakandan-enhanced suit.
Beard of Evil : Batroc sports a goatee and mustache, though it's nowhere near as pronounced as his comic book Dastardly Whiplash mustache. Blood Knight : After he lost his ship and his crew, he went back just to fight Captain America.
