Sidekick to soldier
Bucky grew up in Brooklyn alongside Steve Rogers and famously promised him, "I’m with you 'til the end of..." this phrase.
What is "The Line"?
HYDRA uses this specific medical procedure, involving massive surges of electricity to the brain, to wipe Bucky's memory between missions.
What is Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT / Electroshock therapy)?
After the events of Civil War, Bucky goes into cryo-sleep in this hidden, technologically advanced African nation to be deprogrammed.
What is Wakanda?
Bucky’s most devastating, historical assignment was the December 1991 assassination of Howard Stark and this woman, Tony Stark's mother.
Who is Maria Stark?
This Romanian-American actor has played Bucky Barnes in the MCU since 2011.
Who is Sebastian Stan?
During World War II, Bucky served in this elite, multi-national military unit led by Captain America.
What are the Howling Commandoes?
This is the first numerical word spoken in the Russian sequence used to activate the Winter Soldier's programming.
What is one? (Odin)
The children of Wakanda affectionally give Bucky this fierce canine nickname, which King T'Challa later uses to address him.
What is the White Wolf?
While under HYDRA control, Bucky is directly responsible for stealing cases of this glowing blue fluid from the trunk of Howard Stark's car, used to make more super soldiers.
What is the Super Soldier Serum?
This comic book writer is credited with shockingly bringing Bucky back from the dead as the Winter Soldier in a famous 2005 comic arc.
Who is Ed Brubaker?
In Captain America: The First Avenger, Bucky is separated from Cap and falls into a snowy ravine after a battle atop this moving vehicle.
What is a train?
This metallic word is the very first trigger phrase used to activate the Winter Soldier in the red booklet.
What is Longing?
This Wakandan Princess and head scientist successfully uses a combination of advanced tech and psychological therapy to clear Bucky's mind of HYDRA control.
Who is Shuri?
To make amends in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Bucky frequently visits Yori, an elderly Japanese man whose son Bucky murdered at this type of venue in Europe.
What is a hotel?
In his first comic appearance in 1941, Bucky is introduced as a teenager who accidentally discovers Steve Rogers' secret identity in this specific military camp.
What is Camp Lehigh?
According to his memorial at the Smithsonian, Bucky Barnes was born in this specific year, making him a year older than Steve Rogers.
What is 1917?
When HYDRA scientists speak the trigger words, Bucky must always respond in Russian with this phrase, meaning "Ready to comply."
What is Gotov podchinit'sya?
To test if his mind is truly free, this Dora Milaje warrior recites the HYDRA trigger words to Bucky around a campfire, moving him to tears when nothing happens.
Who is Ayo?
In Captain America: Civil War, Bucky is falsely framed by Helmut Zemo for a bombing that kills King T'Chaka at a UN assembly in this European city.
What is Vienna?
For his long-haired look as the Winter Soldier, Sebastian Stan didn't wear a wig in the 2014 movie; instead, he grew his real hair out for this many months.
What is half a year/6 months?
Before going off to war, Bucky takes Steve to this 1943 futuristic expo in Queens where Howard Stark debuts a flying car.
What is the Stark World Exposition of Tomorrow?
This botanical trigger word shares its name with a real-life red-flowered tree, or a character in a classic Roald Dahl book.
What is Daybreak?
In The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Bucky travels to Louisiana and helps repair Sam Wilson's family boat using his metal arm, which is now made of this Wakandan material instead of titanium.
What is Vibranium?
In Marvel Comics lore, the Winter Soldier is responsible for the assassination of this iconic X-Men character's pregnant wife, Itsu.
Who is Wolverine/Logan?
In the comics, Bucky takes over as Captain America after Steve's "death" and wears a modified costume made of this flexible, blade-proof material.
What is Kevlar?