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** In ComicBook/AmazingXMen. Proof if there ever was any that you can never keep a good X-Man down.
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** In ComicBook/AmazingXMen.''ComicBook/AmazingXMen''. Proof if there ever was any that you can never keep a good X-Man down.
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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: This seems to be his status after returning to life. Said return involved selling his soul to demons from one of Hell's dimensions. He got a new body and tiny versions of himself out of the deal (who made his mutant powers stronger) and used it to bind his demonic father to Earth. This left him unable to die however, since he now lacks a soul. He was fatally wounded twice in ComicBook/XMenGold and didn't die either time because neither Heaven or Hell would take him.
* BeardOfSorrow: It's been implied that his beard in ComicBook/XMenRed is a result of his breakup with ComicBook/RachelSummers.
* BeardOfSorrow: It's been implied that his beard in ComicBook/XMenRed is a result of his breakup with ComicBook/RachelSummers.
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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: This seems to be his status after returning to life. Said return involved selling his soul to demons from one of Hell's dimensions. He got a new body and tiny versions of himself out of the deal (who made his mutant powers stronger) and used it to bind his demonic father to Earth. This left him unable to die however, since he now lacks a soul. He was fatally wounded twice in ComicBook/XMenGold ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' and didn't die either time because neither Heaven or Hell would take him.
* BeardOfSorrow: It's been implied that his beard inComicBook/XMenRed ''ComicBook/XMenRed'' is a result of his breakup with ComicBook/RachelSummers.
* BeardOfSorrow: It's been implied that his beard in
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** Another time is in ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen when he finds a pit full of dead mutant children. It takes a while for him to recover from that.
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time of ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan, he's even more of SadClown than Peter Parker, which is appropriate since he's actually taken on the mantle.
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time of ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan, he's even more of SadClown than Peter Parker, which is appropriate since he's actually taken on the mantle.
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** Another time is in ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen ''ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen'' when he finds a pit full of dead mutant children. It takes a while for him to recover from that.
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time ofComicBook/UncannySpiderMan, ''ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan'', he's even more of SadClown than Peter Parker, which is appropriate since he's actually taken on the mantle.
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time of
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: ''Giant-Sized X-Men'' has him a little more melancholy, and implies his laughter sounds extremely unpleasant. Once Claremont takes over, Kurt's behaviour becomes far more boisterous.
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* DatingCatwoman: With Silver Sable in Uncanny Spider-man. They're having sex, but there are clearly some genuine feelings on top of that.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Quite a few things, most notably his religiousness. Writers also tend go back and forth on whether he's supposed to be a well adjusted FunPersonified NiceGuy or a SadClown who secretly suffers from a case of [[GermanicDepressives Germanic Depression]]. And he's one the more consistent characters in the X-men lineup.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Quite a few things, most notably his religiousness. Writers also tend go back and forth on whether he's supposed to be a well adjusted FunPersonified NiceGuy or a SadClown who secretly suffers from a case of [[GermanicDepressives Germanic Depression]]. And he's one the more consistent characters in the X-men lineup.
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* DatingCatwoman: With Silver Sable in Uncanny Spider-man.''Uncanny Spider-Man''. They're having sex, but there are clearly some genuine feelings on top of that.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Quite a few things, most notably his religiousness. Writers also tend go back and forth on whether he's supposed to be a well adjusted FunPersonified NiceGuy or a SadClown who secretly suffers from a case of [[GermanicDepressives Germanic Depression]]. And he's one the more consistent characters in theX-men X-Men lineup.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Quite a few things, most notably his religiousness. Writers also tend go back and forth on whether he's supposed to be a well adjusted FunPersonified NiceGuy or a SadClown who secretly suffers from a case of [[GermanicDepressives Germanic Depression]]. And he's one the more consistent characters in the
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* GermanicDepressives: He was intended to be an aversion of this, a light-hearted Errol Flynn type. He was introduced as devout as any other lay Catholic simply to demonstrate his [[DarkIsNotEvil demonism was only skin-deep]] and to heighten the injustice of the religious superstition against him. However, through MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks he became more of a SadClown, then as {{Wangst}}y as any X-Man. Recently he was killed outright and apparently replaced with a DarkerAndEdgier AlternateUniverse [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version]] of himself. He's come back as of ''Amazing X-Men'' (vol.2) #5 spoiler: but as he's apparently had to sacrifice his soul to keep Azazel out of Heaven.
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* GermanicDepressives: He was intended to be an aversion of this, a light-hearted Errol Flynn type. He was introduced as devout as any other lay Catholic simply to demonstrate his [[DarkIsNotEvil demonism was only skin-deep]] and to heighten the injustice of the religious superstition against him. However, through MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks he became more of a SadClown, then as {{Wangst}}y as any X-Man. Recently he was killed outright and apparently replaced with a DarkerAndEdgier AlternateUniverse [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version]] of himself. He's come back as of ''Amazing X-Men'' (vol.2) #5 spoiler: but as he's apparently had to sacrifice his soul to keep Azazel out of Heaven.
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* HideYourOtherness: On occasion, Kurt's made use of an image inducer to go out in public. The first time he got it, he used it to make himself look like Errol Flynn. He eventually stopped using it - a backup story revealed that Logan convinced him [[FriendshipMoment a proud man shouldn't hide himself, and Kurt's got nothing to be ashamed of]]. He still has it for emergencies and pranks though - just after ''Messiah [=Complex=]'', Logan messed with it so Kurt briefly looked like Angelina Jolie!
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* HideYourOtherness: On occasion, Kurt's made use of an image inducer to go out in public. The first time he got it, he used it to make himself look like Errol Flynn. He eventually stopped using it - a backup story revealed that Logan convinced him [[FriendshipMoment a proud man shouldn't hide himself, and Kurt's got nothing to be ashamed of]]. He still has it for emergencies and pranks though - just after ''Messiah [=Complex=]'', Complex'', Logan messed with it so Kurt briefly looked like Angelina Jolie!
* InterspeciesRomance: During the Alan Davis days of ''Excalibur'', he had a thing with Cerise, a Shi'ar agent.
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* JustAStupidAccent: Kurt's German can come across like this in the hands of less competent writers. It was especially bad in Ultimate X-Men where he addressed Storm as "fraülein" once (the correct spelling is Fräulein).
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* JustAStupidAccent: Kurt's German can come across like this in the hands of less competent writers. It was especially bad in Ultimate X-Men where he addressed Storm as "fraülein" once (the correct spelling is Fräulein).
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* TheLancer: To Jean Grey in ComicBook/XMenRed, according to writer Tom Taylor.
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* TheLancer: To Jean Grey in ComicBook/XMenRed, ''ComicBook/XMenRed'', according to writer Tom Taylor.
* MercyKillArrangement: Kurt's adoptive brother Stefan made Kurt swear a blood oath to kill him if he ever went evil or insane. Kurt didn't think he was serious. He ''was''. So, with some difficulty, Kurt did. Unfortunately the nearby villagers saw the furry demon killing someone and... [[TorchesAndPitchforks well.]] Stefan's mom wasn't too pleased, either.
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* OddFriendship: As noted above he's very close to Wolverine of all people, despite them having very different personalities. Storm may count as this too, before her character development set in and she became more open to her fellow X-Men. He also got along well with ComicBook/EmmaFrost at a time when most of the X-men did not.
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* OddFriendship: As noted above he's very close to Wolverine of all people, despite them having very different personalities. Storm may count as this too, before her character development set in and she became more open to her fellow X-Men. He also got along well with ComicBook/EmmaFrost at a time when most of the X-men X-Men did not.
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* OutOfFocus: He wasn't given much to do after his return from ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} in the late 90s and Creator/ChuckAusten's run on Uncanny X-Men probably didn't do him any favors. He faded even more into the background when fellow teleporter Pixie became a more prominent member of the X-Men in the late 00s. Ultimately this culminated in his death during the ''Second Coming'' storyline, supposedly because writers at the time couldn't figure out what to with him. He never lost his popularity though and since DeathIsCheap for the X-Men he was eventually brought back. More recently he didn't get much focus in ComicBook/XMenGold (though to be fair, no one except Kitty Pryde got to do all that much in that series). He had a fairly prominent role in ComicBook/XMenRed though. In the Krakoa Era, he's one of the Quiet Council (Krakoa's governing body) and has his own title, ComicBook/WayOfX.
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* OutOfFocus: He wasn't given much to do after his return from ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' in the late 90s and Creator/ChuckAusten's run on Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'' probably didn't do him any favors. He faded even more into the background when fellow teleporter Pixie became a more prominent member of the X-Men in the late 00s. Ultimately this culminated in his death during the ''Second Coming'' storyline, supposedly because writers at the time couldn't figure out what to with him. He never lost his popularity though and since DeathIsCheap for the X-Men he was eventually brought back. More recently he didn't get much focus in ComicBook/XMenGold ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' (though to be fair, no one except Kitty Pryde got to do all that much in that series). He had a fairly prominent role in ComicBook/XMenRed ''ComicBook/XMenRed'' though. In the Krakoa Era, he's one of the Quiet Council (Krakoa's governing body) and has his own title, ComicBook/WayOfX.''ComicBook/WayOfX''.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Kurt would've explained to his adoptive mother why he killed her son, but the angry mob got in the way, and it's kind of hard to get in contact with a travelling circus even when not leading the busy life of an X-Men. Once everything's been explained, she laments they could've avoided the whole sorry mess if Stefan had bothered to talk to her.
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* SneakAttack: Most video game adaptions cast Kurt in stealthy role. He even has a classic backstab attack in Marvel Heroes.
* TheSoulless: As of ComicBook/AmazingXMen in 2014, he no longer has a soul and has become immortal as a result
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* {{Teleportation}}: One of the most famous Tekeporter in Comics. It's his primary power and acompanied by black smoke that smells of brimstone, because he travels trought a hell-like dimension when he teleports. This way of teleporting puts considerable strain on things, but fortunately for Nightcrawler (and unfortunately for his foes), his body is tougher than the average human's, making TeleportSpam a viable strategy for him. People who aren't either used to it or have SuperToughness will often be knocked if Nightcrawler drags them along for a single teleport, let alone multiple ones.
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* {{Teleportation}}: One of the most famous Tekeporter teleporter in Comics.comics. It's his primary power and acompanied by black smoke that smells of brimstone, because he travels trought a hell-like dimension when he teleports. This way of teleporting puts considerable strain on things, but fortunately for Nightcrawler (and unfortunately for his foes), his body is tougher than the average human's, making TeleportSpam a viable strategy for him. People who aren't either used to it or have SuperToughness will often be knocked if Nightcrawler drags them along for a single teleport, let alone multiple ones.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Since his return from the dead he's gained his own mini-Nightcrawler army in the form of the Bamfs. One of the many added bonuses they bring is that he can now teleport anywhere one of his Bamfs is, regardless of distance or line-of-sight (a limitation the Bamfs seem to lack in the first place).
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** In his earliest days, Kurt couldn't teleport very much, and even teleporting one other person would knock him out easily from the strain. He's come a long way since.
** Since his return from the dead he's gained his own mini-Nightcrawler army in the form of the Bamfs. One of the many added bonuses they bring is that he can now teleport anywhere one of his Bamfs is, regardless of distance or line-of-sight (a limitation the Bamfs seem to lack in the firstplace).place).
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Krakoan Quiet Council, after Cyclops and Jean quit. Kurt's the only one who isn't on the same SuperSupremacist or SmugSuper kick as everyone else, and is often appalled by everyone else's attitudes.
** In his earliest days, Kurt couldn't teleport very much, and even teleporting one other person would knock him out easily from the strain. He's come a long way since.
** Since his return from the dead he's gained his own mini-Nightcrawler army in the form of the Bamfs. One of the many added bonuses they bring is that he can now teleport anywhere one of his Bamfs is, regardless of distance or line-of-sight (a limitation the Bamfs seem to lack in the first
* TokenGoodTeammate: Of the Krakoan Quiet Council, after Cyclops and Jean quit. Kurt's the only one who isn't on the same SuperSupremacist or SmugSuper kick as everyone else, and is often appalled by everyone else's attitudes.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: He was involved in a love triangle with Meggan and ComicBook/CaptainBritain during their time together on ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}. Meggan and Kurt were very attracted to each other, but Kurt gracefully backs off when he realizes that ultimately Meggan loves Brian. There have been many hints here and there over the years that Meggan isn't entirely over him though.
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* UnresolvedSexualTension: He was involved in a love triangle with Meggan and ComicBook/CaptainBritain during their time together on ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}.''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}''. Meggan and Kurt were very attracted to each other, but Kurt gracefully backs off when he realizes that ultimately Meggan loves Brian. There have been many hints here and there over the years that Meggan isn't entirely over him though.
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* GermanicDepressives: He was intended to be an aversion of this, a light-hearted Errol Flynn type. He was introduced as devout as any other lay Catholic simply to demonstrate his [[DarkIsNotEvil demonism was only skin-deep]] and to heighten the injustice of the religious superstition against him. However, through UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks he became more of a SadClown, then as {{Wangst}}y as any X-Man. Recently he was killed outright and apparently replaced with a DarkerAndEdgier AlternateUniverse [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version]] of himself. He's come back as of ''Amazing X-Men'' (vol.2) #5 spoiler: but as he's apparently had to sacrifice his soul to keep Azazel out of Heaven.
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* GermanicDepressives: He was intended to be an aversion of this, a light-hearted Errol Flynn type. He was introduced as devout as any other lay Catholic simply to demonstrate his [[DarkIsNotEvil demonism was only skin-deep]] and to heighten the injustice of the religious superstition against him. However, through UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks he became more of a SadClown, then as {{Wangst}}y as any X-Man. Recently he was killed outright and apparently replaced with a DarkerAndEdgier AlternateUniverse [[ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version]] of himself. He's come back as of ''Amazing X-Men'' (vol.2) #5 spoiler: but as he's apparently had to sacrifice his soul to keep Azazel out of Heaven.
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* ExpansionPackPast: Not only do we learn new things about his background every other week, but they blatantly contradict each other. Circus performer with freakish appearance but cheerful outlook. Check. Raised by Roma witch Margoli Szardos. Check. Girlfriend turns out to be adopted sister (Margoli's biological daughter Jimaine Szardos aka Amanda Sefton) and yet [[FlirtyStepsiblings they still date]]. Um...ok. Is revealed to be a devout Catholic. Not impossible, but highly unlikely given his background. Biological mother turns out to be Mystique, who threw him over the edge of a waterfall to escape pursuers after she was revealed to be a mutant. Not only does that not vibe with the earlier story of Margoli finding him with his dead mother, but she had no way of knowing his father's surname was Wagner. Oh, and his biological father is an ancient demon. [[FanonDiscontinuity But we don't like to talk about that.]]
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* ExpansionPackPast: Not only do we learn new things about his background every other week, but they blatantly contradict each other. Circus performer with freakish appearance but cheerful outlook. Check. Raised by Roma witch Margoli Szardos. Check. Girlfriend turns out to be adopted sister (Margoli's biological daughter Jimaine Szardos aka Amanda Sefton) and yet [[FlirtyStepsiblings they still date]]. Um...ok. Is revealed to be a devout Catholic. Not impossible, but highly unlikely given his background. Biological His mother turns out to be Mystique, who threw him over the edge of a waterfall to escape pursuers after she was revealed to be a mutant. Not only does that not vibe with the earlier story of Margoli finding him with his dead mother, but she had no way of knowing his father's surname was Wagner. Oh, and For a while it was believed that his biological father was Azazel, but then it was revealed that was a lie and that [[spoiler:Mystique and Destiny were ''both'' [[HomosexualReproduction his mothers]]]]. Safe to say, his past is an ancient demon. [[FanonDiscontinuity But we don't like to talk about that.]]''complicated''.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: "Mystique, you are my mother." [[Spoiler: Actually Mystique is his father and Destiny is his mother.]]
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: "Mystique, you are my mother." [[Spoiler: Actually [[spoiler:Actually Mystique is his father and Destiny is his mother.]]
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** [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] invariably gains his blue coloring, yellow eyes, and tail if she has to borrow his teleportation power. In the short-lived ''ComicBook/XMenForever'' line, after she and he inadvertently swapped powers permanently, she ended up looking almost like a female Nightcrawler with Rogue's hair, having gained his yellow eyes, blue skin/fur, tail, and distinctly shaped hands and feet.
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I don't like how his leg is cut off.
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: "Mystique, you are my mother."
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* LukeYouAreMyFather: "Mystique, you are my mother."" [[Spoiler: Actually Mystique is his father and Destiny is his mother.]]
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* HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating Destiny. Mystique could change herself on a genetic level and when Destiny told Raven she wanted a family, the latter was happy to oblige.]]
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* HomosexualReproduction: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating Destiny. Mystique could change herself on a genetic level (with the implication being that she mimicked Azazel’s genetic code while conceiving Kurt) and when Destiny told Raven she wanted a family, the latter was happy to oblige.]]
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* HasTwoDaddies: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating Destiny. Mystique could change herself on a genetic level and when Destiny told Raven she wanted a family, the latter was happy to oblige.]]
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* HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating Destiny. Mystique could change herself on a genetic level and when Destiny told Raven she wanted a family, the latter was happy to oblige.]]
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* HasTwoMommies: HasTwoDaddies: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating Destiny. Mystique could change herself on a genetic level and when Destiny told Raven she wanted a family, the latter was happy to oblige.]]
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* ChildOfForbiddenLove: [[spoiler:He is the product of Mystique impregnating the love of her life, Destiny, after the latter desired a child with the former. Both women see Kurt as this trope, as he came from a romance between two women in love.]]
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* DatingCatwoman: With Silver Sable in Uncanny Spider-man. They're having sex, but there are clearly some genuine feelings on top of that.
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** And again and again and again and again and... in ''Judgment Day''.
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* BreakTheCutie: More often than not he will be subjected to this trope when a storyline takes a darker turn. Jean's death during the ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga was probably the first time this happened to him. Another time is in ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen when he finds a pit full of dead mutant children. It takes a while for him to recover from that.
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* BreakTheCutie: More often than not he will be subjected to this trope when a storyline takes a darker turn.
** Jean's death during the ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga was probably the first time this happened tohim. him.
** Another time is in ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen when he finds a pit full of dead mutant children. It takes a while for him to recover fromthat.that.
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time of ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan, he’s even more of SadClown than Peter Parker, which is appropriate since he’s actually taken on the mantle.
** Jean's death during the ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga was probably the first time this happened to
** Another time is in ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen when he finds a pit full of dead mutant children. It takes a while for him to recover from
** While the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] give an EarnYourHappyEnding to a number of long suffering mutants, Kurt goes through a TraumaCongaLine that all but breaks his faith and forces him to leave Krakoa all together. By the time of ComicBook/UncannySpiderMan, he’s even more of SadClown than Peter Parker, which is appropriate since he’s actually taken on the mantle.
