What is the Red Room in Black Widow?

The Red Room is a fictional location appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Soviet training facility was created to produce highly specialized spies, including Black Widows Natasha Romanova
Natasha Romanova
Natasha was born in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russian SFSR, USSR. The first and best-known Black Widow is a Russian agent trained as a spy, martial artist, and sniper, and outfitted with an arsenal of high-tech weaponry, including a pair of wrist-mounted energy weapons dubbed her "Widow's Bite".
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and Yelena Belova.
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Why did Black Widow get sent to the Red Room?

Instead, the plan for the Red Room was to implant false memories in all of their spies, making them believe they were all professional ballerinas. This particular retcon was an easy one for Black Widow since the earlier storyline for Natasha involved her (as a ballerina) married to a Soviet hero.
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How does Black Widow get out of Red Room?

Taking down General Dreykov's floating fortress with her “family,” the work that she and Yelena Belova did throughout the film saw the Widows in the Red Room freed from the General's psychological conditioning, through an antidote known as Red Dust.
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What does the red thing in Black Widow do?

Red Dust is a gas used to free mind controlled victims from their subjugation. Yelena Belova and Natasha Romanoff used the Red Dust to free the Black Widows and Taskmaster from Dreykov's control.
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Is the Red Guardian Natasha's dad?

The Red Guardian (real name Alexei Alanovich Shostakov) is a Marvel superhero that appears in Black Widow, played by David Harbour. He is Natasha's and Yelena's adoptive father.
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Why is the Red Guardian so strong?

In the comics, Red Guardian was given his own variant of the super soldier serum that enhanced his strength, endurance and abilities immensely. Alexei debuted in 1967's Avengers Vol. 1 #43 and it's revealed that his death was faked when he was married to Natasha Romanoff.
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Was the Red Room Hydra?

Hydra Used The Red Room's Technology For Its Winter Soldier Program. As shown in Agents of SHIELD season 2, Hydra employed a highly-effective form of brainwashing called the “Faustus method” to hypnotize even the most loyal SHIELD agents into serving their greatest enemy.
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Who created the Red Room?

In Marvel Comics the Red Room Academy was founded by Department X, a program within the KGB. One notable member of Department X is Vasily Karpov, Alexei's adoptive father. It's likely Department X and the Red Room Academy will be combined in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for simplicity's sake.
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How did Natasha escape the Red Room as a child?

Ultimately, Natasha was able to use the mind control antidote on Antonia, which meant she was freed from the Red Room – and her father's influence.
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Can Black Widow have a baby?

It's because she is the monster. She was forcibly sterilized in the Red Room and can never have children. The criticism of Black Widow's arc was severe, particularly her infantilizing relationship with the Hulk.
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How old was Natasha when she joined the Red Room?

She first appears in Iron Man 2, when she's (supposedly) 26 years old, and already an established S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. This would require all of Natasha's Red Room spy backstory to happen before her early twenties.
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Why did Natasha break her nose?

Dreykov takes great pleasure in tormenting Natasha while controlling her, but she then goads him into striking her a number of times. He is too weak to actually break her nose, though, so Natasha just smashes her face on to Dreykov's desk and breaks her own nose, thus neutralizing his pheromone control!
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Is the Red Room real Russia?

The Red Room is a fictional location appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Soviet training facility was created to produce highly specialized spies, including Black Widows Natasha Romanova and Yelena Belova.
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Is Leviathan the Red Room?

I think the broad answer is yes. Leviathan and the Red Room program were both created in the interest of the Soviet Union. With the former focusing on deep science and espionage and the latter brainwashing and training assassins. Dottie Underwood went through the Red Room Program but was also associated with Leviathan.
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Did Bucky train Natasha?

As revealed later in their canon, not only were Bucky and Natasha both taken in and spun around by the Red Room, but in fact, Bucky trained Natasha.
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Is Dottie Underwood a Black Widow?

Dorothy "Dottie" Underwood is a Soviet assassin and former Black Widow trained in the Red Room Academy.
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How old was Natasha Romanoff when graduated?

It's unclear what exact age Nat became Black Widow but her graduation took place in the '90s. It most likely happened in the late '90s, making her between the ages of 13 and 15.
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Is the 10 rings Hydra?

Even older than Hydra, however, is the Ten Rings. As was explained in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Wenwu led the organization for over 1000 years, achieving this feat with the power and immortality granted to him via ten otherworldly rings he controlled.
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Who runs the Red Room?

In the comics, the Red Room was run by the Headmistress. Later, her daughter Anya took over. Anya later became Recluse and prided herself on being Natasha's greatest rival, having spent years trying to fight like her, fueled by her jealousy sparked by their time together in the Red Room.
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Is the Ten Rings stronger than Hydra?

The two groups are even implied to be allies in Ant-Man, but if the two ever became rivals, the MCU makes it clear that The Ten Rings would prove stronger than Hydra.
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How did Alexei get his powers?

Extraordinary Physical Strength

Unlike Steve Rogers who gained his power by getting injected by Super Soldier Serum, Alexei was instead gained his power from the physical strength that he has. He never get a serum or any kind of power to get stronger.
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How did Alexei become a super soldier?

Artificially Enhanced Physiology: Alexei Shostakov was subjected to the Soviet Union's recreated Super Soldier Serum, gaining abilities that enhanced his physical parameters to superhuman levels.
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Is Alexei Natasha's dad?

Alexei Alanovich Shostakov (Russian: Алексей Аланович Шестаков), is the adoptive father of Natasha Romanoff.
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