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* KnightOfCerebus: His first appearance in ''New Mutants'' marked the beginning of UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}.
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* KnightOfCerebus: His first appearance in ''New Mutants'' marked the beginning of UsefulNotes/{{the MediaNotes/{{the Dark Age|of Comic Books}}.
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* AgeLift: Recently, he's been replaced by a teenaged version of himself, colloquially dubbed "Kid Cable".
* AlternateTimelineAncestry: He and ComicBook/XMan are considered the "same" person from two separate timelines, despite the fact that Cable's mother (Madelyne Pryor) was a clone of Nate's mother, ComicBook/JeanGrey.
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* {{BFG}}: One of Cable's trademarks.
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* {{BFG}}: One of Cable's trademarks. Covers frequently just have him holding a gun.
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* BodyHorror: Whenever he loses the ability to keep the T-O virus in check this is the result. Stryfe in particular loves to torment him with this.
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* BodyHorror: Whenever he loses BodyHorror:
** While Cable's body was still infected with theability TO virus, he could become [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cablecover.png hideously distorted]] if it was allowed to keep run unchecked. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cabletohorror_4.png At one point in his childhood]] (as depicted in one issue of ''The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix''), he looked like something out of ''Film/TheThing1982''.
** One typical way of depicting him losing control of theT-O virus in check this is the result. Stryfe in particular loves was to torment him with this.have his left arm [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cablearm.png grotesquely deformed]].
** While Cable's body was still infected with the
** One typical way of depicting him losing control of the
* CainAndAbel:
** Cable and Stryfe, as Stryfe is Cable's clone.
** Cable also has an Absalom thing going on with his son Tyler... or at least, he did, until Wolverine killed him.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In the tie-in issue to ''The Wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix'', he calls out Scott for abandoning him by allowing him to be transported into the future as an infant. Cyclops says it was the only way to save Nathan's life, but Nate isn't particularly forgiving. Coincidentally, the follow-up to that series, ''The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'', showed Scott and Jean on their honeymoon... where they were transported into said future and ''did'' raise Nate!
** Cable and Stryfe, as Stryfe is Cable's clone.
** Cable also has an Absalom thing going on with his son Tyler... or at least, he did, until Wolverine killed him.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In the tie-in issue to ''The Wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix'', he calls out Scott for abandoning him by allowing him to be transported into the future as an infant. Cyclops says it was the only way to save Nathan's life, but Nate isn't particularly forgiving. Coincidentally, the follow-up to that series, ''The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix'', showed Scott and Jean on their honeymoon... where they were transported into said future and ''did'' raise Nate!
* {{Cyborg}}: Thanks to the techno-organic virus he was infected with.
* EvilTwin: His clone Stryfe.
* {{Foil}}: His half-brother and alternate counterpart, [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]]. The two undergo share backgrounds (born to fight Apocalypse and are dedicated to that goal), share misfiring powers, undergo similar CharacterDevelopment, and even both take up the mantle of saviour, as Nate did as the Mutant Shaman and original Mutant Messiah, and Cable did during ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool''. They even both wore trenchcoats at the time. And both willingly gave up the mantle to Hope. However, speaking of that burden, Cable is generally better at handling it, thanks to experience, a surprisingly functional childhood all things considered (complete with loving parents), and a more patience.
* LoveInterest: A couple of his most important relationships are with Domino and [[HotScoop Irene Merryweather]].
* ManlyTears: Despite Cable's hard, cold exterior most of the time, he has shed a few of them over the years. Examples include over the death of his wife Aliya in the first issue of his series, the first time he went back in time when he is found and taken by Moira Mactaggert to Muir Island and remembers his traumatic past, when he is transported forward in time and meets his younger wife when she was alive but is forced to let her go, when his mentor and friend Prosh is forced to leave Earth to save Nathan from the Techno Organic Virus, when he witnesses his parents wedding and in a Storm mini series when he believes that Ororo is dead.
* ManlyTears: Despite Cable's hard, cold exterior most of the time, he has shed a few of them over the years. Examples include over the death of his wife Aliya in the first issue of his series, the first time he went back in time when he is found and taken by Moira Mactaggert to Muir Island and remembers his traumatic past, when he is transported forward in time and meets his younger wife when she was alive but is forced to let her go, when his mentor and friend Prosh is forced to leave Earth to save Nathan from the Techno Organic Virus, when he witnesses his parents wedding and in a Storm mini series when he believes that Ororo is dead.
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* PapaWolf: In his earliest appearances he became the protective mentor, leader and drill sergeant gruff father type figure for the New Mutants. In turn his students, who he considers his children, helped tone him down a bit over time, helping his character growth.
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* PapaWolf: PapaWolf:
** In his earliest appearances he became the protective mentor, leader and drill sergeant gruff father type figure for the New Mutants. In turn his students, who he considers his children, helped tone him down a bit over time, helping his charactergrowth.growth.
** He is very protective of the new mutant child Hope, raising her as his daughter.
** Takes a similar attitude towards Nate Grey who is... less than receptive, though he warms up to Cable eventually.
** In his earliest appearances he became the protective mentor, leader and drill sergeant gruff father type figure for the New Mutants. In turn his students, who he considers his children, helped tone him down a bit over time, helping his character
** He is very protective of the new mutant child Hope, raising her as his daughter.
** Takes a similar attitude towards Nate Grey who is... less than receptive, though he warms up to Cable eventually.
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* SignatureScent: According to Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}, he smells of gunpowder and Old Spice.
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* SignatureScent: According to Comicbook/{{Sabretooth}}, ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}, he smells of gunpowder and Old Spice.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: He never gets to keep his full psionic powers for long. Mainly because he'd just end any story he's a part of [[DeusExMachina if he had them]].
* TangledFamilyTree: Cable is a member of the Summers/Grey family, and contributes a lot to the complexity of said family tree. His biological parents are Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor (a perfect clone of Jean Grey who contained part of the Phoenix Force), he grew up in the future, was raised by Scott and Jean [[MentalTimeTravel inhabiting the bodies]] of people from that period as arranged by his sister from a different future timeline, returned to the present before he was born (or [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble maybe slightly after]], and [[CasualTimeTravel then went back even further]]), and acted as adoptive parent to Hope, who was at the very least the Phoenix's ReplacementGoldfish of Jean Grey (in ''another'' future timeline). Then there's his clone, Stryfe, his son/nephew Tyler (whose parentage is ambiguous), and his half-brother/alternate counterpart [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey.]] In short, Cable's not [[MyOwnGrandpa his Own Grandfather]], but he might as well be.
* TangledFamilyTree: Cable is a member of the Summers/Grey family, and contributes a lot to the complexity of said family tree. His biological parents are Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor (a perfect clone of Jean Grey who contained part of the Phoenix Force), he grew up in the future, was raised by Scott and Jean [[MentalTimeTravel inhabiting the bodies]] of people from that period as arranged by his sister from a different future timeline, returned to the present before he was born (or [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble maybe slightly after]], and [[CasualTimeTravel then went back even further]]), and acted as adoptive parent to Hope, who was at the very least the Phoenix's ReplacementGoldfish of Jean Grey (in ''another'' future timeline). Then there's his clone, Stryfe, his son/nephew Tyler (whose parentage is ambiguous), and his half-brother/alternate counterpart [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey.]] In short, Cable's not [[MyOwnGrandpa his Own Grandfather]], but he might as well be.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: He never gets No matter what changes are made to keep Cable, be it killing his full archenemy, getting a new power, curing himself of the techno-organic virus, gaining complete control of his psionic powers for long. Mainly because he'd just end any story he's powers, getting weapons other than guns, etc. He always comes back to being a part of [[DeusExMachina if he had them]].
white haired, time tossed soldier with the {{BFG}} and metal arm.
* TangledFamilyTree: Cable is a member of the Summers/Grey family, and contributes a lot to the complexity of said family tree. His biological parents are Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor (a perfect clone of Jean Grey who contained part of the Phoenix Force), he grew up in the future, was raised by Scott and Jean [[MentalTimeTravel inhabiting the bodies]] of people from that period as arranged by his sister from a different future timeline, returned to the present before he was born (or [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble maybe slightly after]], and [[CasualTimeTravel then went back even further]]), and acted as adoptive parent to Hope, who was at the very least the Phoenix's ReplacementGoldfish of Jean Grey (in ''another'' future timeline). Then there's his clone, Stryfe, his son/nephew Tyler (whose parentage is ambiguous), and his half-brother/alternate counterpart [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey.]] In short, Cable's not [[MyOwnGrandpa his Own Grandfather]], but he might as wellbe. be.
* {{Tagline}}: "The man called Cable" is frequently associated with the character and his series, having appeared on the cover of his first appearance.
* TangledFamilyTree: Cable is a member of the Summers/Grey family, and contributes a lot to the complexity of said family tree. His biological parents are Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor (a perfect clone of Jean Grey who contained part of the Phoenix Force), he grew up in the future, was raised by Scott and Jean [[MentalTimeTravel inhabiting the bodies]] of people from that period as arranged by his sister from a different future timeline, returned to the present before he was born (or [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble maybe slightly after]], and [[CasualTimeTravel then went back even further]]), and acted as adoptive parent to Hope, who was at the very least the Phoenix's ReplacementGoldfish of Jean Grey (in ''another'' future timeline). Then there's his clone, Stryfe, his son/nephew Tyler (whose parentage is ambiguous), and his half-brother/alternate counterpart [[Characters/MarvelComicsXMan Nate Grey.]] In short, Cable's not [[MyOwnGrandpa his Own Grandfather]], but he might as well
* {{Tagline}}: "The man called Cable" is frequently associated with the character and his series, having appeared on the cover of his first appearance.
* TerminatorImpersonator: Some depictions play up his Terminator similarities (being a hulking, time-travelling, {{BFG}}-toting cyborg with a glowing eye).
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* {{Polyamory}}: He ends up dating all five of the Stepford Cuckoos at once. It turns out they had ulterior motives of keeping an eye on him and none of them were ever actually interested in him [[BecomingTheMask except Esme.]]
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* {{Polyamory}}: He While on Krakoa, he ends up dating all five ''all five'' of the Stepford Cuckoos at once.simultaneously. It turns out they had ulterior motives of keeping an eye on him and none of them were ever actually interested in him [[BecomingTheMask except Esme.]]
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* HeroesWantRedHeads: Like his father Cyclops, the former page image for the trope, the two women he has married were redheads.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: He's lived his entire life while infected with a virus that progressively and painfully turns his body into living technology and has to constantly use his telekinetic abilities to keep the disease from rapidly spreading until he's fully transformed and killed.
