History Characters / XMenAcolytes

* AdaptationalNationality: As just mentioned, he's Genoshan in the animated series, unlike his mainstream counterpart who is Spanish.
* AintTooProudToBeg: He tries pleading for his life when attacked by a Knull-possessed Cable during ''King in Black''. Doesn't save him.

* BigBadWannabe: Cortez clearly sees himself as a leader in the mutant community on par with Magneto and Professor X, but he's just as clearly the only mutant (or human) who feels this way.
** SmallNameBigEgo: Few outside of the mutant community have ever even heard of him.

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:His final fate in the animated series, courtesy of a disembodied Apocalypse]].

* NukeEm: Proving that Cortez is a go big or go home kind of guy, his reaction to having a VillainousBreakdown in the 90s cartoon was to promptly go for this option, attempting to wipe out all human life (and mutant life, for that matter) on Earth by launching Asteroid M's stolen nuclear missiles. [[spoiler:Fortunately, the recovered Magneto turned up just in time and managed to stop the annihilation before getting his revenge on him]].

* TakeThat: Comic book [[UrbanLegend urban legend]] has it that Creator/ChrisClaremont named this weasely, treacherous character very specifically for fellow writer Fabian Nicieza, who he was said to have a contentious relationship with (and who ended up taking over the X-books after Claremont's departure).

* WeakButSkilled: Perhaps deliberately so, to contrast with Exodus's being UnskilledButStrong.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: All of the first-gen Acolytes suffer from this, but none of them had it worse than Anne-Marie. She barely got to do ''anything'' before being KilledOffForReal.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only appeared in the first three issues of ''X-Men'' vol. 2 before being KilledOffForReal.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Like his compatriots he only lasted a whole three issues before being KilledOffForReal, though he did at least did make a brief return in the modern day, being one of the many deceased mutants who CameBackWrong during the ''Necrosha'' story arc.

Cortez quickly gathered a second generation of Acolytes, a group with massive numbers mirroring the size the X-Men had grown to by this time and organized around a ChurchMilitant ideology that exalted Magneto as a mutant messiah. Unfortunately for Cortez, Magneto had survived his assassination attempt and recruited a messiah figure of his own, the biblically-powerful mutant Exodus. Deposing Cortez with Exodus's aid, Magneto retook the reins of Acolytes, casting them firmly into the role of EvilCounterpart team to the X-Men as a whole. However, off-panel politics (the continuing fallout of the rather fiittingly titled "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Comics#Founding Image X-odus]]) disrupted whatever plans the writers originally had for the Acolytes, Consequently, they lost their focus after two highly-publicized CrisisCrossover stories (''ComicBook/{{Fatal Attractions|MarvelComics}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Blood Ties|MarvelComics}}'') and devolved in short order into a team of SuperPoweredMooks.

The fourth and currently final incarnation of the Acolytes debuted in 2008's ''[[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]]'', and was a team made up of the most memorable characters from the previous three generations along with new arrivals Random and Tempo (a pair of refugees from ''ComicBook/XFactor'' and D-list villain team the Mutant Liberation Front, respectively). After a failed bid to claim the '''actual''' mutant messiah (a baby who would go on to become the new character [[Characters/GenerationHope Hope Summers]]) and a successful bid at saving the life of [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]], this generation was defeated by the one force more powerful than any mutant power: logic.[[note]]Specifically, Xavier arguing to Exodus that the mutant race had grown too small and imperiled for warring factions[[/note]] Following this revelation, Exodus disbanded the Acolytes. Their legacy of integrating religion, once a subject verboten by UsefulNotes/TheComicsCode, into the X-Men universe as an idea to be examined and deconstructed, lingers to this day though, as do a handful of the Acolytes themselves.

The (probable) daughter of classic [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Brotherhood member Unus the Untouchable, Unuscione took up her (probable) father's legacy by joining Magneto's Acolytes. Her fairly unique appearance and powerset has made her one of the more visually enduring Acolytes over the years, and she has been a mainstay through four consecutive generations of the team.\\\

* ShoutOut: During one mission Joanna Cargill skeptically wonders if one of Milan's gadgets is just a converted UsefulNotes/GameBoy.

* HeirClubForMen: A lot of them held Quicksilver in high regard and wanted him to lead them, but none of them seemed to care about the Scarlet Witch or Polaris. Became HilariousInHindsight after Wanda instantly became mutantkind's #1 enemy on M-Day.

* AssholeVictim: The first time he dies, it's in the sewers of Genosha at the hands of Exodus, who executes him in disgust after Cortez threatens to murder little Luna Maximoff. The second time, when he's KilledOffForReal, it's at the hands of a vengeful Magneto, who uses his fully-charged magnetic powers to fling Cortez fifty miles and smash him to the ground. Both times, he clearly has it coming.

* ButtMonkey: In ''S.W.O.R.D.'', in the space of the first issue alone, it's clear ol' Fabien's fallen down the totem pole. Magneto pretends not to recognize him, then brushes him off, while Abigail Brand makes it plain he's only there because they can't find anyone else with his powerset, and it's made clear no-one else on the Peak can stand him either.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: The conclusion of his epic HumiliationConga from ''S.W.O.R.D.'' and ''Way of X''. He has a genuine moment of self-awareness, honesty and remorse after some serious ToughLove from [[AllLovingHero Nightcrawler]] and overcomes his cowardice and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishness]] to help him prevent [[EarthShatteringKaboom the destruction of Planet Arakko]], [[WhatYouAreInTheDark when he could have easily escaped.]] As a reward Kurt gives him the task of restoring his memories after he's resurrected from his HeroicSacrifice making him a key to Onslaughts defeat and therefore finally achieve his wish of being considered an important part of mutant history. He's then [[AndIMustScream put in a coma]] by an Onslaught possessed Xavier and since no-one saw/remembered his act of heroism, nobody protested when Xavier denied his resurrection. Thankfully Kurt realizes something is amiss following his resurrection and rescues Fabian from that hell.

* HumiliationConga: Issue 5 of ComicBook/SWORD2020 is a big one for Fabian. First, his rebirth isn't celebrated by anyone (apparently everyone was too partied out after resurrecting Sunfire). Then he has to attend the Quiet Council meeting he asked for completely nude. His points are dismissed, and it turns out Magneto never had any intention of actually going through with them and when he tries to play the "you need me" card, he finds out, ''nope'', they don't. Brand's already found a better replacement for him. Inbetween all this, everyone snarks at him. In all fairness, he really has it coming.

* KilledOffForReal: In the ''Magneto: Dark Seduction'' miniseries, courtesy of the Big M himself. He was briefly brought back in the pages of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', only to be killed off again by Sentinels.

* TheManBehindTheMan: When Cortez came BackFromTheDead about five or six years after being offed by Exodus in ''Blood Ties'', it's with no in-story explanation. Much later, in his final few appearances, it's (sort of) revealed that his resurrection was the work of [[spoiler:Mister Sinister, who was apparently using him to sow discord in Magneto's ranks]].

* RecruitingTheCriminal: Abigail Brand has recruited him to be a part of S.W.O.R.D., a decision that absolutely will not come back to bite her in the butt given Fabian's long history of playing well with others. She even went to the trouble of giving him a codename!

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell My Name with a Hyphen]]: Is it "Anne-Marie" or "Annemarie"?

* FirstNameBasis: She is notably one of the only characters to refer to Exodus by his human name of Bennet. Seeing as how he specifically said that "no one living" knew his name when fighting Holocaust, presumably he revealed it to Voght off-panel after the fact. This might be a factor in her UndyingLoyalty; read below for more on that.

* AbortedArc: ''ComicBook/XMenBlue'' saw Unuscione make a return as a recruit for the most recent incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants, being one of the only two Acolytes (along with Exodus) recruited for the group. This was abruptly abandoned after the conclusion of ''X-Men Blue'', however.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Due to the sliding timescale and the fact its never been clearly stated on panel, its still up in the air whether she is Unus' daughter or younger sister.
* BarrierWarrior: Like her father, Unuscione has the mutant power to create barriers, but her version of the ability is both more limited and more potent, as she focuses it exclusively on psionic PoweredArmor that she surrounds herself with. While this is limited compared to Unus the Untouchable's version of the ability, it has also been seen to be more useful in a fight, and unlike her father, Unuscione has never been seen to suffer from any form of PowerIncontinence.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Hasn't been seen since the fall of Utopia.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He hasn't been seen since 2008's ''[[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]]'' storyline.

* PutOnABus: Hopped on one after the fall of Utopia and wasn't seen for a good few years. TheBusCameBack in ''ComicBook/XMen2019'', where he was given a token cameo as one of the many characters that show up to live on the mutant nation of Krakoa.

* TookALevelInCynic: Since his time with X-Factor and the Acolytes, he's become a lot more cynical. His most recent appearances have seen him butting heads with ComicBook/HopeSummers, the so-called "mutant messiah" who he is openly skeptical of.

* PrecociousCrush: He developed a crush on ComicBook/{{Polaris}} that looked a lot like a VillainousCrush but was actually this, him being a kid and all.

->'''Cortez:''' [[VillainousBreakdown It's not fair!]] A-all I wanted was for people to think I'm - I'm important [[IJustWantToHaveFriends or - to @$%#$% like me]] - is that so wrong? And - and - and -\\

! First-Generation Acolytes

! Second-Generation Acolytes

A talented but impressionable young mutant who acted as the field scout of the Acolytes and was [[DePower De-Powered]] on M-Day. She appears in the ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' episode "Greetings from Genosha" and in all three books of the ''Literature/XMenMutantEmpireTrilogy''.

The full trio of Eric and Harlan and Sven appear in the ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' episode "Battle Lines" and make a cameo appearance in ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''. They also appear in all three books of the ''Literature/XMenMutantEmpireTrilogy''.

* LighterAndSofter: They were distinctly less evil for their appearance in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' than they ever were in the comics.

He appears in the in the ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' episodes "Greetings from Genosha" and "Battle Lines".

Senyaka makes minor appearances in both ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' cartoon and ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''. He also appears in all three books of the ''Literature/XMenMutantEmpireTrilogy''.

! Third-Generation Acolytes

He appears in the ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' episode "Hindsight".

! Fourth-Generation Acolytes

! Acolytes in other realities

* ComplexityAddiction: As the X-universe had mined the power well pretty dry by TheNineties, many of the Acolytes had more complex versions of established characters's powers. Katu, Neophyte and Rakkus are the worst offenders.

* ComboPlatterPowers: Boy do these three have [[ComplexityAddiction a platter]]. Their most distinctive power is a FusionDance ability that allows the duo (or trio) of Kleinstocks to combine into a single being. This also seems to overlap with AllYourPowersCombined, as the fused Kleinstock duo is unable to fly as Eric Kleinstock did and after his death the remaining siblings almost never fight in any state other than fused. Each Kleinstock seems to bring something different to the table.

* ComplexityAddiction: His ElementalPowers are similar to Storm's, in the way a GambitRoulette is similar to a XanatosGambit. They've got all kinds of limitations, for one thing, and for another his control over them appears to be limited.

* {{Technopath}}: His mutant ability, Electropathy, was this combined with AwesomenessByAnalysis and a generous dose of ComplexityAddiction.

* ComplexityAddiction: He's an {{intangib|ility}}le mutant but with a twist: he can phase into an object and re-emerge from any point that object occupies. For example, he can phase through one wall of a castle and come out on the other wall, even if it's literal ''miles'' away.

* ComplexityAddiction: Rakkus's mutant ability is a functional form of GrandTheftMe, but with a ''lot'' of twists and turns: for one, he must "infect" the victim in a disembodied DNA strain form to possess them, and for another, he can transform the victim into a large HumanoidAbomination form.

Cortez quickly gathered a second generation of Acolytes, a group with massive numbers mirroring the size the X-Men had grown to by this time and organized around a ChurchMilitant ideology that exalted Magneto as a mutant messiah. Unfortunately for Cortez, Magneto had survived his assassination attempt and recruited a messiah figure of his own, the biblically-powerful mutant Exodus. Deposing Cortez with Exodus's aid, Magneto retook the reins of Acolytes, casting them firmly into the role of EvilCounterpart team to the X-Men as a whole. However, off-panel politics (the continuing fallout of the rather fiittingly titled "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_Comics#Founding Image X-odus]]) disrupted whatever plans the writers originally had for the Acolytes, Consequently, they lost their focus after two highly-publicized CrisisCrossover stories (''ComicBook/FatalAttractionsMarvelComics'' and ''ComicBook/BloodTiesMarvelComics'') and devolved in short order into a team of SuperPoweredMooks.

* DirtyCoward: In the 1993 ''Bloodties'' event, Cortez takes Quicksilver's human daughter Luna hostage, despite it clearly being [[TooDumbToLive the very worst thing he could possibly do]]. When Magneto's new [[TheDragon Dragon]] Exodus comes calling, he quickly flees to the sewers and tries to force Quicksilver and his friends to get rid of Exodus for him, threatening to kill little Luna if they don't. [[spoiler:It goes about as well for him as you'd expect.]]

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