History Characters / MarvelComicsCyclops

[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Post-House of M]], 98% of all mutants lost their powers. With his race near extinction, Cyclops came to the conclusion that Xavier's vision was no longer going to cut it. Survival was the new primary objective. This saw Cyclops transition from the Field Leader and "Headmaster" of the X-Men, [[WellIntentionedExtremist to the General of Mutants]].

At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost, in a mental breakdown, makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to avenge [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen Scott's death, effectively furthering a conflict between Inhumans and Mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunited with a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Cyclops, while a boy scout in general, definitely fits the 'troubled aloof stoic' bad boy criteria, and is the first to point out he's dangerous to be around. Even before his recent descent into AntiHero badassery, he's had a steady stream of women pursuing him, including ComicBook/JeanGrey, [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]], ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.

* AntiHero: Originally ClassicalAntiHero or KnightInSourArmor, but recently briefly drifted to UnscrupulousHero or GuileHero when assembling X-Force, although he later reconsidered. Seems to have settled at CrazyPrepared badass under Warren Ellis and others.

* BackFromTheDead: He's returned from the dead twice:

* CaptainPatriotic: After apparently dying in public, he reluctantly takes up a new moniker to keep mutant resurrection a "state secret. Thus he becomes Captain Krakoa, Krakoa's answer to ComicBook/CaptainAmerica.

* ChickMagnet: Telepaths in particular can't keep their hands off him.

--->'''Emma''' (lying on a bed in Jean's Phoenix uniform): So, anyway... I am song and fire and life incarnate... but the truth is, no matter how hard I try, I can't help playing with '''fire'''. How about you, darling?

* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse at one point, but he got better. During ''Avengers versus X-Men'', he was taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.

** Another instance of this is in the first volume of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. Cyclops is being restrained by a Sentinel because it has figured out that he operates his optic blasts by pressing a button on the side of his visor. Scott then reveals that he can also do it by snapping his fingers.

* PowerOfTheSun: Cyclops stores solar power to use his optic blasts. In the 90's cartoon, he was once BroughtDownToNormal by a foe who just kept him indoors long enough for him to drain his reserves.

** "WesternAnimation/XMen97" (2024-): Voiced by Creator/RayChase ([[TheOtherDarrin taking over]] for the late Norm Spencer)

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1992-1997): voiced by Norm Spencer

* AbusiveParents: While he was not biologically Scott's father and instead a foster father (and an illegal one at that), Jack Winters treated him as more of a weapon than a child and physically abused him.

* AloofBigBrother: To Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan).
** Averted in his first meeting with Gabriel as Scott is entirely nice and friendly to him and completely breaks down at his apparent death. Then Xavier completely erases any memory of Vulcan's existence from his memory because he wasn't getting over it quickly enough for him.

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* FightsLikeANormal: Since his power causes way too much collateral damage for most situations, Scott tends to rely on his extensive skill in hand to hand combat, showing particular skill in Boxing, Kung Fu, Judo and Aikido.

* SuperWeight: Level 3, bordering on Level 4 on his more powerful days (though always with the {{Glass Cannon}} disadvantage). During ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, he became a Level 5 when he was first powered up by a 1/5 of the Phoenix and after he absorbed the whole Force he became a Level 6.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Jean Grey. And Madelyne Pryor. Oh, and Colleen Wing. Lee Forrester's blonde hair looked kind of reddish in some comics, too.

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** Bonus points for the reason he can't control his optic blasts: at a young age he was in an accident and suffered severe head trauma, but fortunately there wasn't any damage to any "important" parts of the brain. This was before he developed the ability to obliterate everything in sight... Sadly, this actually plausible explanation (a rare sight in comic books) has been re-explained or outright removed several times, with many writers defaulting to "he just can't control it because that's how it is."

* AgeLift: In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' he's the younger brother, instead of the older one.

* CannotSpitItOut: A non-romantic variant. In the very first issue of ''X-Men Unlimited'', it was revealed that Cyclops was so courteous to Professor X he literally cannot call him "Charles". He'll call him "Professor" or "Xavier" or "Professor Xavier", but he'll never call him "Charles".

** His entire mentality is that of a soldier. He was raised to be a soldier, looks at life from a soldier's perspective, and acts like a military man at all times. In ''First Class'', he even admits that had it not been for his power being uncontrollable, he would have likely enlisted once he was old enough. Its notable that his father was an air force pilot, and in the Film Universe, Alex was in a military prison when Xavier found him. It runs in the family.

* DemotedToExtra: In the movies, to many fans' dismay. [[spoiler:It's even worse that Scott is [[KilledOffForReal killed off]] in the third ''X-Men'' film.]]

* EnemyMine: Now that they all hate his guts, he's found himself forced to team up with Captain America, Wolverine, and the rest of his former allies quite a lot.

* HeroicBSOD: Cyclops, in Creator/JossWhedon's Astonishing ComicBook/XMen run, has a severe one of these when [[spoiler:A mind controlled (by Cass Nova) Emma Frost reveals to him that his inability to control his powers is the result of a complex he developed about self-control as teenager, rather than a brain injury resulting from a concussion, as he had previously believed.]] He spends an issue or two in a completely catatonic state, his powers not functioning. He soon recovers enough to move around and lead the team (perhaps even more effectively than usual, with his self-control issues out of the way) and [[spoiler:later surprises everyone by revealing (with a point blank blast in the face of his interrogator) that his powers still work, and that he now has full control over them. At the end of the arc, this control fades as the "clarity" he got from Emma's intervention wears off. See StatusQuoIsGod.]]

*** This is demonstrated in ComicBook/HouseOfM when the heroes who have received their memory back (including several non-X-Men) all turn to Scott for orders.

** Following Xavier stepping down, he basically becomes this to the entire Mutant race. However, as its been revealed Xavier did some questionable things behind the scenes, its showed that Cyclops has done the same, only difference being that now we see first hand as he does them.

* VillainessesWantHeroes: Emma Frost, a former vilain with a history of being a victim of sexual and domestic abuse, fell in love with Scott because he was the first and only man to treat her with love. She really did love him and would do anything for him. Scott truly loved her too.

* WhatTheHellHero: He recently assembled a black ops[=/=]wetwork team, ''over the objections of [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the homicidal]] AntiHero he orders to lead it'', and hides it from the X-Men at large because the "X-Men do not kill." Later Wolverine calls him out on his willingness to allow children to fight on the front lines (though in his defense, that's not that much different then how the X-Men have been since they were first formed. Logan's comments were also made with ComicBook/{{X 23}} in mind, who he was trying to help find a normal life of ''not'' being a LivingWeapon).

** To a lesser extent, Charles Xavier's treatment of him drifts into this, too, being emotionally distant (and at times abusive), forcing multiple hard jobs on him from the age of 17, including killing his previous foster father (though Xavier ''did'' try multiple times to get Jack to surrender), being trigger happy with erasing his memories, and repeatedly vacillating between giving Scott command of the X-Men and then either backseat driving or swooping in because his ControlFreak tendencies have kicked in, until Scott finally got sick of him and chucked him out after the revelations of ''Deadly Genesis''. Some people might argue his treatment was worse than Jack's thanks to all of the messing around in Scott's brain, and that when Scott killed him ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', he had it coming.

** To a lesser extent, Charles Xavier's treatment of him drifts into this, too, being emotionally distant (and at times abusive), forcing multiple hard jobs on him from the age of 15–16, including killing his previous foster father, being trigger happy with erasing his memories, and repeatedly vacillating between giving Scott command of the X-Men and then either backseat driving or swooping in because his ControlFreak tendencies have kicked in, until Scott finally got sick of him and chucked him out after the revelations of ''Deadly Genesis''. Some people might argue his treatment was worse than Jack's thanks to all of the messing around in Scott's brain, and that when Scott killed him ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', he had it coming.