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[[folder:General]]
* AgeLift: With the exception of Tabitha, Pietro and Wanda, most of the characters were already adults when we first see them in the comics. Here, only Magneto and Mystique are adults.
* {{Delinquent|s}}: They skip school, get into fights with the X-Men, and commit petty crimes such as vandalism and theft.
* EnemyMine: They've worked with the X-Men on several occasions, usually out of necessity.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not so much evil as just criminals, but the Brotherhood show that they're not willing to let Apocalypse [[spoiler:turn the world into mutants, knowing that most wouldn't survive the change]].
* HeelFaceTurn: A pretty ambiguous case. [[spoiler:Xavier has a vision of the Brotherhood and Pyro forming the Freedom Force in the future, but then sadly states that "some people never change".]]
* IncidentalVillain: They're less a gang of sociopathic terrorists and more a bunch of antisocial teens being led around by an actual sociopath; once Mystique, and later Magneto, were gone, they couldn't care less about the heroes, wouldn't hurt people or really do anything bad, but just keep to themselves unless they were forced to act. They were practically friends with the X-Men, and had a more FriendlyRivalry vibe to their feud than anything; they helped them all the time, and most times they fought them outside of Mystique's influence were because, despite being not-quite-evil, they were generally [[JerkAss assholes]], or [[LetsYouAndHimFight there was a misunderstanding.]] However, with the exception of Lance, they adamantly refused to join the X-Men on principle, preferring to mind themselves. [[spoiler:In the end, however, they stopped going around wavering on the line between good and evil and joined SHIELD.]]
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: At least by Season 2. At first, they were at least even with the X-Men, and were able to overpower them in one episode, [[ButtMonkey except for Toad]]. But slowly, each one got more and more pathetic. Pietro became more cowardly, Blob became dumber, and Avalanche went through massive character derailment. In Season 3, they were bested by only ''two'' X-Men, one being the weakest member. It was why the Acolytes were introduced, who were definitely ''not'' this.
* LighterAndSofter: The Brotherhood are portrayed as trouble making teenagers instead of terrorists as in the comics and other versions.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Half of the Brotherhood members are European in the comics: Toad (British), Avalanche (Greek), and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch (Eastern Europe), but in the show they're reinvented as Americans.
* TeamRocketWins: The Brotherhood boys pretty much always get their asses kicked by the X-Men. However, in the Season 1 two part finale, they actually manage to defeat them (along with Rogue defeating Toad). And an episode in Season 2 depicts a fight between the two groups in a mall at night; as usual, the X-Men seem to have won again, but then [[TheDreaded Wanda Maximoff]] shows up...
-->'''Blob:''' All right! We finally beat 'em!
* WouldHitAGirl: Any of the Brotherhood boys has no problem fighting female members of the X-Men. Though not actually hitting, Avalanche does one better and used his power to create earthquakes to attempt to kill Kitty ''twice'' before Season 2 rolls in.
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[[folder:Mystique]]
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-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Raven Darkholme
-->'''Voiced by:''' Colleen Wheeler [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rosalia Cuevas (FR)[[/labelnote]]
->''"Come on boys, let's get out of here before you're invited to a slumber party."''
Mystique is the leader of the Brotherhood, but took orders from Magneto, until leaving him after she felt he questioned her loyalty and talent. She is intelligent, cunning, deceptive and very dangerous due to her shapeshifting abilities.\\\
She changed into human form and used the name Raven Darkholme to became the Bayville High school principal, giving her the opportunity to monitor Xavier's students as well as her Brotherhood members. Later, she fought Storm, but was easily punched out. Afterwards, she helped the X-Men fight Magneto, but was knocked into his enhancement machine, and was presumed dead by the X-Men following Asteroid M's destruction.\\\
She returned later to infiltrate and destroy Xavier's school by disguising herself as Professor X. Several students barely escaped with their lives.\\\
She raised Rogue and is Nightcrawler's mother, although neither knew her true identity growing up.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comic books she's a mutant [[{{Humanshifting}} humanshifter]], but still unable to alter her body mass and taking on the form of someone who doesn't have a similar build as it causes her great strain. In the show, however, Mystique is a full shapeshifter with ShapeshifterBaggage in play: she can grow up to the size of Juggernaut or the Blob, or shrink down to the form of a common house cat or a bird, such as a [[StealthPun raven]].
* AdaptationalWimp: Played with... this show's incarnation of Mystique is much less capable in a fight than any other incarnations, but she does have powers that her 616 and film counterparts lack (like the ability to turn into animals). She gets a [[TookALevelInBadass power boost]] in the first season finale that renders her more bestial-looking but stronger, and while that boost eventually goes away she does retain her more varied shapeshifting abilities and a bit of the strength as well.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Her blue skin is a cornerstone of her character design.
* AnimalEyes: After going through Magneto's mutant enhancer, Mystique eyes changed from grey human-like eyes with round pupils to yellow cat-like eyes with slitted pupils.
* {{Animorphism}}: Due to her being a shapeshifter, Mystique also has the ability to transform into animals as well as humans.
* ArchEnemy: Was this to Storm during the first season, due to both being the most prominent female members of their respective organizations. This comes to a head in "The Cauldron", where the two are pitted against each other as part of Magneto's plan.
* BigBadWannabe:
** During the first season, she appears to be the leader of the Brotherhood, but is actually subordinate to Magneto, who is implied to [[BadBoss abuse and torment her whenever she disobeys or angers him]]. When the time comes for her to prove her worth to him, she is one of the two Brotherhood members to fail to defeat the X-Man they had been paired to (the other being [[ButtMonkey Toad]]).
** Though she does reclaim some credibility in the second season, as she succeeds in [[spoiler:recruiting Wanda and destroying the X-mansion]], the following season has her being effortlessly [[spoiler:manipulated by Mesmero, who tricks her into unleashing Apocalypse at the cost of her own life]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final season, [[spoiler:she is turned into one of Apocalypse's Horsemen]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In season one, she was a FauxActionGirl that was chronically knocked out or incapacitated whenever she got into a real fight, and had to rely on either having other mutants fight for her or using her shapeshifting ability and trickery to manipulate others. Even then, she was more [[ShapeshiftingTrickster mischievous]] than dangerous, only being a legitimate threat on her own when she tried to kill Scott in "Turn of the Rogue". However, after her enhancements in the season one finale, she became [[TookALevelInBadass much more lethal and threatening as a villain]].
* CoDragons: As the leader of the Brotherhood, she acts as Magneto's direct subordinate during the first season, a position she shares with Sabretooth. Following Magnus' betrayal in "The Cauldron", she becomes his enemy for the rest of the show.
%%* ComboPlatterPowers
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Turns out she didn't intentionally abandon Kurt in this version. She'd accidentally dropped him into a river when he was a baby. When she found out he was alive she left him with the couple that found him, wanting to GiveHimANormalLife.
* DarkActionGirl: She can hold her own against Cyclops using just her physical prowess, and can also morph into various animals to give her an edge against most opponents.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: In "The Cauldron Part 1", Mystique looks on in complete horror as Storm comes running towards her out of the fog with a raised fist, and does nothing to stop her from knocking her out.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: In the first season, she's working for Magneto, but they have a slight falling out and she works independently for the rest of the series. This causes some tension when both tried to take command of the Brotherhood, with varied results depending on the episode and the Brother.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite her involvement with Magneto, she cares a lot about Kurt and Rogue. In "Shadowed Past", she clearly regrets losing Kurt and chose to tell him that she's his mother, knowing well enough that the truth would be a shock for him.
%%* EvilIsPetty:
%%* EvilMatriarch
* EvilPlan: In the second season, she pulls off a clever one on the X-Men by [[spoiler:impersonating the then-missing Professor X and getting Wolverine to go missing so he won't identify her]]. Only Scott's surprise arrival and deduction skills foiled her, and by then it was already too late to [[spoiler:prevent the X-Mansion from getting blown up]].
* EvilRedhead: Mystique is the leading female antagonist of the show, and her natural form is a combination of blue skin and red hair.
* EvilTeacher: In the first season, she impersonates Principal Darkholme to recruit mutant delinquents into the Brotherhood, and also takes the opportunity to bully the X-Men and hinder their academic lives.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In the first season, Mystique ''always'' lost any battle she had against Storm.
* FangsAreEvil: Mystique gains these after going through Magneto's enhancer. She really enjoys showing them off.
* FanservicePack: After the incident with Asteroid M, Mystique ended up changing from her comic outfit into a leather crop top, miniskirt, and matching high-heeled boots.
%%* ForeheadOfDoom
* FriendlyEnemy: Implied. Charles is explicitly aware of her identity as the high school principal, but still allows his X-Men to attend her school and has a civil chat with her in her office in one episode.
* GenderBender: While she's normally a woman, she can shapeshift into a man at will.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Implied in season 2, since she is frequently seen hanging around Arcade in "Fun & Games", and apparently falls in love with Forge towards the end of "Shadow Games". Both times, she's disguised as Risty Wilde.
* GlamourFailure: In the first season, Mystique can't quite mimic the scent of others, making her particularly vulnerable to Wolverine's sense of smell. However in Season 2, he wasn't able to detect her at all when she was under the disguise of Risty and while she was impersonating Xavier. The reasoning behind this is because her shapeshifting mutation was further advanced by Magneto's mutant enhancer.
* HarmlessVillain: Storm seems to view her as one in "The Cauldron, Part 1", treating her more like a nuisance than a real enemy when they fight each other.
* HealingFactor: Mystique has noticeably some sort of accelerated healing as she has been struck by Storm's lightning full force but still continued to fight with her. She has a much quicker recovery than other mutants when exposed to Rogue's powers as most become and stay unconscious for an extended period time unlike Mystique who's up and moving about within minutes afterwards. Then much later after Apocalypse enhances her powers even further, Mystique takes a direct blast from Cyclops that leaves a giant gaping hole in her stomach which instantly heals back together.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Following the battle with Apocalypse, Mystique makes overtures of reconciliation with Kurt and Rogue. Though whether she meant it or not depends on the view of the individual, her children make it clear they've had enough of her ChronicBackStabbingDisorder and want nothing to do with her.
* HellBentForLeather: After the first season, her base form's outfit becomes a stripperific black two piece, and she also becomes much more lethal.
* HimeCut: Has a variation of one in the first season, which gets replace by a more pronounced fringe in the later ones.
* InTheHood: In "Shadowed Past", she hides her true identity from Kurt by covering her face with a hood.
* InkSuitActor: As seen on the DVD special features cast interview, her first season appearance looks a lot like her voice actress with blue skin.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her actions, whether it'd be grabbing power or destroying her enemies, are purely motivated by self-interest. Telling enough when Mystique worked with Mesmero to mind-control Rogue to be the key to free Apocalypse, but after Mesmero revealed Mystique is also part of the key, she's completely livid.
* KickChick: Mystique has an abundance of martial arts skill, but great emphasis is put on the many ways she can contort herself just to plant a foot in an enemy's face. It helps that her costume (or lack thereof) is custom-made to show a ''lot'' of leg.
* LittleBitBeastly: After the first season, Mystique is shown to have a more feral-like appearance with yellow cat-like eyes and sharpened canines.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Mystique being Nightcrawler's biological mother is revealed quite early in Season 1. When Kurt finds out, he's less than pleased.
* MagicPants: Inversion. She shapeshifts fully clothed, and it's eventually revealed that she doesn't wear actual clothes, but shapeshifts them.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:She receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" her as one of his horsemen]].
* MasterOfDisguise: Naturally, given her mutation is to change her body and clothes into any appearance she wishes.
* MsFanservice: Wears a leather outfit that shows more of her skin and midriff after the first season.
* PetTheDog: Impersonates a police officer to keep the Bayville Sirens from getting arrested, seemingly just because she supported them sticking it to the guys.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: The enhancements applied to her in "The Cauldron, Part 2" turn her into a significantly less attractive, muscular version of her [[Film/XMenFilmSeries movie incarnation]]'s reptilian form (albeit clothed). Even after most of the enhancements wear off by season 2, her true form, while not necessarily ''hideous'', becomes more [[LittleBitBeastly feral]] in appearance, with yellow cat-like eyes, fangs, and a generally darker color scheme. A very clear contrast from the clean-cut, sophisticated appearance she had in the previous season.
* PsychicBlockDefense: After her mutation became fully advanced via Magneto's machine at the end of Season 1, she becomes immune to telepathy.
* ReformedButRejected: In her final scene, Mystique [[spoiler:begs Kurt and Rogue to listen to her as she tries to explain why she performed the actions that culminated in Apocalypse's release. The two siblings tell her to save it, and walk away saying they are done with her lies]].
%%* ScreamingWarrior
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Mystique was shown doing this in the GrandFinale where [[spoiler:Apocalypse enhanced her mutant powers so that she can transform her limbs in weapons like blades]].
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: In her natural form as part of her season one outfit, she wears a belt of skulls.
%%* SmugSnake
* TheStarscream: She was always looking to break out from under Magneto.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Her base form in every season but the first has yellow sclera, further distinguishing her status as a mutant.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where she was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts her to be one]].
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In the first season, Mystique was just Magneto's pawn and didn't pose much of a threat on her own, getting defeated every time she engaged the X-Men in combat. The following season and the beginning of season three firmly establish her as an extremely dangerous foe, as she becomes much more cunning, and her fighting skills are more pronounced, to the point she rivals (but not surpasses) Magneto as a threat.
** At the very end of the final season, Mystique is granted a ridiculous power boost to her shapeshifting skills, courtesy of [[spoiler:becoming one of Apocalypse's horsemen]]. Her new abilities include [[spoiler:SelfDuplication, liquefying her body, and shapeshifting her limbs into a variety of weapons]]; and that's on top of [[spoiler:a HealingFactor that's strong enough to regenerate her entire torso after Cyclops blasts a hole through it]].
%%* TheVamp: An embodiment of this trope, particularly during the first season.
* VillainDecay: In the later episodes of the show's third season, she loses all presence as a villain and becomes a pawn for Mesmero. In a couple episodes, she was only present just so that Rogue could absorb her powers.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nothing is revealed about her in [[spoiler:Xavier's vision of the future. All we are given is the scene where Kurt and Rogue disown her]].
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Mystique's eyes are yellow and she's a cunning and manipulative shapeshifter.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Mystique in the first season has a light blue skin, dresses in white and has opaque pupils. In every season after, she has a much darker skin color, HellishPupils and is always dressed in a black tank top and skirt. Nobody in the entire series seems to notice or comment on how much her base form has radically changed.
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[[folder:Avalanche]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You're making it yours, Kitty. Once you own it, nothing can own you."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Avalanche
-->'''Real Name:''' Lance Alvers
-->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Grey [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Erico Salamone (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant with the ability to manipulate the earth by generating seismic waves from his body. Avalanche came from the same town as Shadowcat, but had a very different upbringing. He grew up as a streetwise orphan who seemed angry at the world. Confused and alienated, he was a perfect target for Mystique and the Brotherhood. Lance was one of the most complex characters. He started off as a punk, before becoming more of a troubled youth, and then ultimately showing responsibility and maturity. His romantic interest in Kitty Pryde and their relationship played a major role in his attempts to change. It even leads him to attempt a major HeelFaceTurn by joining the X-Men. As the oldest Brotherhood member, Lance is often the defacto leader and feels responsible for the others.
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* EightiesHair: Has a mullet hairstyle that goes with his grungy, rebellious loner image.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He went from a unsympathetic PsychoForHire or PunchClockVillain in the comics to an angry, yet notably sympathetic character in the show.
* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his real name was Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis. It was changed to a more Americanized name, Lance Alvers.
* AdaptationalNationality: The comics' Avalanche is Greek, while the show's one is American.
%%* AntiVillain
* ArchEnemy: As the defacto leaders of their respective groups, Avalanche and Cyclops quickly become rivals.
* BerserkButton: Since Season Two on, for your own good don't hurt or threaten Kitty.
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Thin" to Blob's "Big" and Toad's "Short".
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Kitty accuses Lance of being this at the beginning of Season 3.
* BloodKnight: Lance is always ready for a good brawl, if not actively looking for one.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first episode, he's destroying his school without remorse, as well as trying to manipulate Kitty's feelings and eventually trying to kill her and her parents. In following episodes, his powers generate an OhCrap response to being love-struck with Kitty for the second season to then not even bothering any more either way to the third. In the fourth he becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and is shown to be the most powerful member of the Brotherhood, possibly even more so than the other villains not over 50.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He was designed to look like a young Creator/JuddNelson.
* CompositeCharacter: Lance seems to be a combination of the comic book Avalanche (codename, powers, and role with the Brotherhood) and Rictor of the New Mutants (appearance, the way he channels his seismic powers, and occasional consideration of a HeelFaceTurn). The hotheadedness comes from both of them.
* CoolCar: Speeds around in a green Jeep Wrangler. Tabitha is always stealing it.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DatingCatwoman: He dates Shadowcat during the second season. The Brotherhood tease him for this.
* DependingOnTheWriter: How much of a {{Jerkass}} Lance is varies depending on the season. In the first one, he is a manipulative bully with little to no redeeming qualities. Season 2 shows he has a sweeter side and depicts Kitty as his MoralityPet, only for the following season to revert his personality back to his unsympathetic and villainous self from before. The final season depicts him as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, with episodes like "No Good Deed" highlighting him as the most noble member of the Brotherhood.
* DishingOutDirt: His mutant power is geological manipulation which allows him to generate seismic waves, mainly creating earthquakes.
* EarthquakesCauseFissures: Avalanche is always doing this with his earthquake-causing abilities, and even seemed to be able to control their direction to more effectively use them as a weapon.
%%* ElementalPowers
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be violent and prone to aggression, but he's unwilling to allow a town to be blown up or ignore an old lady's cry for help.
** Before that, during his brief stay with the X-Men, he gets accused of being behind taking their vehicles for joyrides that the New Mutants are actually responsible and takes the blame just to spite Scott, despite not liking it at the same time. However, once he realizes they plan on taking the X-Jet as their next joyride, he decides they're taking their fun too far and brings Kitty with him to stop them and put an end to their antics.
* EvilCounterpart: To Cyclops - both are a BigBrotherMentor and usually the most responsible member of their team, both are orphans, and both tend to take the initiative. The differences end there though as while Scott is calm and collected, Lance is impatient and impulsive, and Scott has turned his own misfortunes in life towards more productive endeavours as opposed to Lance's self-destructive behaviour. Small wonder they're each other's ArchEnemy.
* FosterKid: The show confirms that Lance was in a foster home before joining the Brotherhood but it doesn't really go into much detail as to why he was there to begin with or how long he's been in the system or what happened to his parents, etc.
* HairTriggerTemper: Lance's fiery temper is one of his signature traits. He gets extremely angry easily and with minimal provocation, and usually vents by destroying everything in his immediate area via his earthquake-shaking powers.
* HeelFaceTurn: Attempted one and almost succeeded, but settled in as a WildCard.
* HotBlooded: Lance gets very annoyed easily, as he's often irrational and driven by his [[HairTriggerTemper temper]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Kitty.
* {{Hunk}}: He's re-designed as a handsome bad boy with the looks of Judd Nelson from The Breakfast Club.
* InNameOnly: Due to being mostly based on an X-Men character named Julio Esteban Richter aka Rictor, Lance has nothing in common with the Avalanche of the comics outside of his codename, powers and team affiliation.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts out as a straight-up {{jerkass}} in the first season, before becoming a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at the start of the fourth season.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A grunge chord is heard whenever he uses his power.
* LoveRedeems: Somewhat. He definitely tries to change for Kitty, but can go only so far, and decides to not stay in the New Mutants group after his disastrous and brief stint there. His heroic acts in ''No Good Deed'' had nothing to do with Kitty, which showed he had it in him all along. He also showed up with the rest of the Brotherhood in ''Ascension Part 2'' to help the X-Men fight Apocalypse after first refusing. He immediately goes to save Kitty, which can be either seen as their romance being reignited or a simple PetTheDog moment from him.
* MundaneUtility: Lance used his seismic powers on a soda machine to get a free can.
%%* NobleDemon
* OppositesAttract: He's a grungy, hot-headed and rebellious loner who hooks up with a sweet, naive uptown Valley girl Kitty. Also, they are on opposing teams; Lance is the field leader of the villainous Brotherhood whereas Kitty's part of the heroic X-Men.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Avalanche has little interaction with Shadowcat, but he becomes her love interest in the show.
* RaceLift: The comics' Avalanche was Greek. Presumably he was made American to ease him fitting into the setting (although the does have the darker features such as olive skin tone, dark hair and eyes).
* SingleTargetSexuality: He has eyes only for Kitty. He even go as far as to briefly join the X-Men just to be closer to her. Not even Tabitha briefly living with the Brotherhood removed his feelings.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Twice he did something completely unexpected that could really have upset Xavier's plans.
** In his debut episode, Xavier and Jean knew he was around but they never expected him to meet and connect with Kitty the way he did. They nearly lose Kitty as a result.
** In the season 2 opener, Lance tries to ''out all mutants''. Not even ''Magneto'' wanted that to happen... [[spoiler:yet]].
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: If you switch his first and last names you get pretty close to his codename.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's one of the taller characters on the show, has dark hair and features, and he definitely has some [[DeadpanSnarker snark]].
* TroubledButCute: Bad boy, check. Rebel attitude, check. Antisocial behavior, check. Difficult home life, check. Fingerless gloves, check. Heart of gold, check.
* UnskilledButStrong: Has the potential to be the most destructive recurring mutant in the series short of a BigBad like Magneto or Apocalypse (and even then, it's close) and for the most part is, but he lacks the control and the patience to make him a real powerhouse.
* VillainBallMagnet: Tired of failing, being pushed around by Mystique, and generally being unliked by people he respected and liked, Avalanche defects to the X-Men. However, Scott and several of the others don't trust him, and when something goes wrong, they immediately blame him. The younger X-Men even start taking advantage of this, doing extremely risky things that Avalanche gets blamed for. At the end, Scott admits he was wrong, and Kitty kisses him, but because StatusQuoIsGod, he still decides the whole thing is too much effort, and heads back to the Brotherhood.
* VillainRespect: In "Survival of the Fittest", he compliments Scott's abilities as the team leader.
--> '''Avalanche''': "Hey, Summers! As a group leader, you're not half bad!"
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[[folder:Quicksilver]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Look, when you live as fast as I do, there ain't enough things to occupy my time. I gotta entertain myself."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Pietro Maximoff
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardIanCox [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Valéry Benjilali (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant that can move at the speed of sound. Pietro is arrogant, deceptive and his loyalty is always in question. He would betray the Brotherhood and his sister Wanda at the command of his father Magneto, yet showed no compassion at his father's disappearance at the hands of Apocalypse. Pietro has a stormy relationship with his twin sister, although their relationship, as well the one with his Brotherhood teammates, improves during season four.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Comic book Pietro, while arrogant, was in the end an AntiVillain who worked for Magneto only because he felt like he owed him, and eventually pulled a HeelFaceTurn, becoming an [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]]. By contrast, this incarnation of him almost lacks any redeeming qualities, and might actually be one of the least sympathetic members of the Brotherhood.
* ArchEnemy: In his introductory episode with Spyke, which sets him up as TheRival. This doesn't show up in many later episodes though, mostly because Spyke [[CommutingOnABus joins the Morlocks.]]
* BeautyIsBad: Sociopathic disregard for human life? Check. Starscream level cowardice? Check. Draco level smugness? Check. Pretty white hair and bishonen level attractiveness according to female fans? Check.
* BeneathTheMask: Pietro seems to be hiding a heck of a lot under his usual cockiness.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Does genuinely have one towards Wanda, when she isn't trying to murder him. This is best demonstrated in the final episode when he [[spoiler: saves Wanda from being killed by Magneto]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he pretends to be nothing more than a Rival, and even helps Evan in luring a trap against whoever's ripping him off. Then he reveals, in an awesome manner, that he is the one who's been messing with him, and leaves him framed for vandalism and theft.
* BlowYouAway: He can use his speed to create cyclonic wind gusts strong enough to lift cars or knock people off their feet.
* TheCasanova: Or at least, the potential to become one. The episode with the dance has Boom-Boom implying that the members of the Brotherhood (besides Lance) don't want to go because they can't get dates. Blob and Toad go with Boom-Boom. Pietro shows up with ''four'' random girls.
* ChickMagnet: He showed up to the school dance with ''four'' girls on his arms. And he still manages to land himself dates even after he's outed as a mutant.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He supposedly works with the Brotherhood, but often goes behind their back at Magneto's request. His lack of loyalty aggravates Lance, to say the least.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyCoward: He talks a big game, but only if his father, Magneto is around to back him up.
* DisappearedDad: His dad came back, and that's where all the trouble for Pietro started.
* FlashStep: He often does this in scenes where he's using his powers for some MundaneUtility or another.
* FourManBand: The Smart Guy
* FragileSpeedster: He may be able to break the sound barrier and deliver punches at the speed of light, but if Pietro gets hit ''once'' by any attack (regardless of its strength) it usually sends him down for the count.
* GlamourFailure: It's implied that being super-fast is his natural state and that it takes an effort to slow down to human pace, and, as such, he speaks slightly faster than any other character and often can't restrain his powers over small distances; for example, in his first appearance, when he zooms around Evan in the locker room ''before'' revealing himself more dramatically later on.
%%* IAmNotMyFather
%%* ImpossibleThief
* {{Jerkass}}: He never stops being an arrogant, self-centered dick.
* ALadyOnEachArm: He shows up to a dance with a girl on each arm... And two girls besides them.
%%* LargeHam
* MissingMom: His and Wanda's mother is never mentioned. It is possible she died shortly before Magneto sent Wanda away.
* TheMole: He's essentially this for Magneto, and his primary task is to keep an eye on Mystique and the Brotherhood.
* MotorMouth: Quicksilver talks faster than the other characters by ''just enough''. It's a nice touch of GlamourFailure when he's in civilian dress. Understandable when you consider that ''everything'' about him is sped up, to the point that even when forcing himself to act at normal speed, the world is still moving at "long line at the DMV" speed to him (this is used to explain his often generally disagreeable attitude in the comicverse.)
* MysticalWhiteHair: Subverted. Although he is superpowered, his white hair is simply inherited from his father Magneto.
* NomDeMom: Has the surname of his mother, Magda Maximoff.
* NotQuiteDead: During the finale of the first season, [[spoiler: when the asteroid blew up, many fans speculated that Pietro had been killed because he was not shown with the rest of the Brotherhood. Actually, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene, the unconscious Pietro was carried to safety by Spyke]].
* PrettyBoy: He has a slim facial structure with pretty white hair and narrow blue eyes, a slender build fitting for a FragileSpeedster, and girls find him very handsome.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Brotherhood, at least, which might not really say that much.
* SmugSnake: Pietro acts arrogant and smug when in control of a situation or fight but as soon as the tables are turned, he becomes a DirtyCoward who runs away.
* SmugSuper: He can move [[SuperSpeed too fast to be seen]], calling everyone slowpokes and he doesn't hesitate to rub it in peoples' faces.
* SpectacularSpinning: Quicksilver can create whirlwinds by running around his enemies at top speed.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks almost exactly like his father, down to the white hair.
* SuperSpeed: His mutant ability.
* SpeedDemon: Quicksilver is very arrogant about his speed.
* ThickerThanWater: Willing to betray his entire team, including his sister, in order to help Magneto during the Sentinel. Doesn't seem to fully recover from this until Season 4.
* {{Troll}}: Likes to use his powers to mess with his enemies, such as in his fight against Nightcrawler in "The Hex Factor", where he keeps racing past Nightcrawler making him try different clothes until the X-Man is buried in a pile of them.
* WeakButSkilled: Pietro is a full-blown FragileSpeedster and in most direct confrontations he goes down in one hit. However, Pietro is the first member of the brotherhood seen with considerable control of his power and the other aspects his power might give him, no doubt having trained in its uses alongside his father. It's to be noted that Pietro is often the Brotherhood member who wins the most battles (or at least before the inclusion of his sister on the team), combined with MotorMouth CasualDangerDialogue.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Pietro constantly looks for approval from his father. It explains (but does ''not'' justify) a LOT.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Well, more {{Jerkass}} than evil, though.
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[[folder:Toad]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Hey, if you can't be cool, be feared. My momma always told me that."'' ]]
-->'''Codename:''' Toad
-->'''Real Name:''' Todd Tolansky
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NoelFisher [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Benjamin Jungers (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A repugnant mutant who physically resembles a humanoid toad. Like a toad, he can leap great distances, and possesses an extremely long and agile tongue. A social outcast, he has found some acceptance with the Brotherhood, where his talents for thievery and petty crime can be put to good use. Toad is often portrayed as the whipping boy of the Brotherhood, but he also is treated like a little brother, and is even protected by Blob. Toad is known for his extremely poor hygiene which doesn't help him in his attempts to get Wanda Maximoff to like him.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Is certainly cuter and less revolting in comparison to his {{gonk}}ish appearance in the comics.
* AdaptationalNationality: Toad is British in the comics. In this show, he's an American.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Mortimer Toynbee in the comics.
* AlliterativeName: '''T'''odd '''T'''olansky.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: As his name implies, Toad possesses almost all of the traits and abilities of a common toad, most notably his superhuman jumping and a 25-feet long tongue.
* ArchEnemy: Establishes himself as Nightcrawler's rival in the first episode. Later episodes imply that Toad is jealous of him, as he is also an outcast due to his physical appearance, but lacks an image inducer to hide it.
%%* AttackItsWeakPoint
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Short" to Avalanche's "Thin" and Blob's "Big".
* ButtMonkey: If someone in the show is going to get hurt or humiliated, it will almost always be Toad. This is highlighted in the season 1 finale, where he is the only member of his team who fails to defeat an X-Man: Rogue effortlessly knocks him out without even needing to use her own power.
* TheChewToy: And almost always PlayedForLaughs:
--> ''[After crashing a jet into a possessed Magneto]'' Did we win? ''[metal starts flying around]'' Oh yeah... we never win.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While Toad is usually portrayed as a coward who is too incompetent to be a credible threat, a few episodes show he can put his powers to surprisingly good use if given the opportunity. In "Survival of the Fittest", he manages to snatch Juggernaut's helmet so Xavier can subdue the villain; and in "The Cauldron", he saves Mystique by using his own hands and tongue to catch the metal bars flung at her by Magneto.
%%* EyeColorChange
%%* FiveFingerDiscount
* FunPersonified: Toad is this for The Brotherhood, to the point that a large majority of the show's comedy is derived solely from him.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Has very pale yellow eyes when in civilian mode and red eyes when in villain mode. Either he wears yellow contacts as a disguise that looks as unnatural as his real colour, or wears red contacts to look even weirder, or has the pointless and un-toadlike ability to change his eye colour.
* HopelessSuitor: Even though he has zero chance, he pursues Wanda, much like his comic book counterpart.
%%* IShallTauntYou
* InASingleBound: Due to his mutation, he can jump very high.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''T-O-A-D, T-O-A-D! Iss'sall good, yo! See I know, some things ya gotta undastand about Toad.''
* LittleBitBeastly: Has an green elongated tongue as well as certain frog abilities like leaping great distances and secreting slime. He also has webbed hands, red/yellow eyes, bowlegged with a hunched stance and has a very frog-like facial shape.
* MultipurposeTongue: He uses his OverlyLongTongue in combat as one of his primary abilities.
* ThePigPen: Some of his oft-commented upon body odor is implied to be a part of his mutation, but the fact he showers on a monthly basis ain't helping.
* PluckyComicRelief: One of the funniest characters in the series.
%%* PuppyDogEyes: He has a habit of making these.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He has a very high-pitched girly scream as shown whenever somebody or something scary is out for his blood.
%%* TheSneakyGuy: Toad could steal money with hardly anyone suspecting something. And his nimbleness and ability to WallCrawl allow him to be a good spy.
* StickyFingers: He has a habit of this and is known to be a pickpocket.
* SuperSpit: Toad has been shown to spit out some mucus slime gunk.
* {{Troll}}: Toad often enjoys the suffering of others as he's also trolling them by poking fun at them and pushing their buttons. Like when he zapped away all of Principal Darkholme's office furniture and her new car into the Middleverse just to rile up Mystique.
* VerbalTic: Toad has a tendency to randomly add "[[TotallyRadical yo]]" into most of his sentences.
* WallCrawl: He's able to stick to surfaces and climb along them.
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[[folder:The Blob]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Unstoppable? Meet the unmovable!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Blob
-->'''Real Name:''' Fred Dukes
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]David Pion (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A humongous boy from Texas, Fred Dukes is among the strongest mutants in the world. Blob is the least intelligent of the Brotherhood, but his brawn helps counterbalance his lack of brains. His hefty build and less than charming personality often make him a target of public ridicule. The social isolation and bad temper made him a prime candidate for recruitment into the Brotherhood by Mystique. He was initially treated well by the X-Men until he attempted to kidnap Jean.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Blob was close, though his friendship with Toad made him slightly more morally light than his comic self.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has blond hair here instead of the red/brown hair that his comic book counterpart has.
* BerserkButton: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT LAUGH AT THE BLOB!]]
* BigEater: One of his establishing character traits. His enormous appetite is matched only by his enormous size.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big guy to Toad's little guy.
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Big" to Avalanche's "Thin" and Toad's "Short".
%%* TheBrute
* CivilianSpandex: Unlike his fellows who wear stylized costumes, Blob's combat gear looks like something from an army surplus store.
* DelinquentHair: Sports a mohawk.
* DumbMuscle: Definitely not the brightest, but he's strong enough to serve as TheBrute for the Brotherhood.
%%* FatBastard
* FourManBand: The ButtMonkey; he alternates with Toad.
%%* GentleGiant
* GravityMaster: Can alter his own personal gravitational field to root himself to a spot and become immovable while taking advantage of his incredible durability and resistance to harm.
* TheKindnapper: Blob kidnaps Jean to force her to have a date with him. He sets up a nice dinner and some music... in an abandoned warehouse where she's tied to the chair with metal bars.
* MightyGlacier: He's incredibly strong and virtually indestructible, but he's not nearly as acrobatic or quick on his feet as his fellow teammates.
* NighInvulnerability: A very large guy with the codename Blob -- who has stood up to everything from Wolverine's claws to Cyclops' eye blasts.
%%* NoSocialSkills
* PetTheDog: He treats Toad like a little brother and is more of a GentleGiant when Mystique isn't around.
* ShoulderTeammate: Blob himself is known to give shoulder rides to his friend and teammate Toad.
* StalkerWithACrush: He took Jean being nice to him to mean she ''liked'' him. Unreasonable expectations indeed.
* VillainousGlutton: In the comics, his bulk is due to his mutation, but in the show, he is already very fat before he developed his powers. So it is possibly a combination of the two.
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[[folder:The Scarlet Witch]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You haven't seen me angry... until now!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Characters/ScarletWitch
-->'''Real Name:''' Wanda Maximoff
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sophie Servais (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Wanda was sent to an asylum by her father Magneto shortly after her mutant powers emerged. Magneto claimed it was necessary because he was unable to help control her dangerous powers, but Wanda always resented him for it. Mystique helped Wanda escape from the asylum in order to bolster the Brotherhood ranks. However, Wanda was more interested in revenge against her father than fighting for the Brotherhood. Wanda suffers from emotional damage from her years locked up in an asylum, but she appears to regain much of her sanity as the series progresses. Wanda has the ability to "hex" other mutants' powers to make them go haywire.
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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She's normally drawn with long hair in the comics. ''X-Men: Evolution'' introduces her with shoulder-length black hair that she then chops drastically short into a pixie.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the mainline comics for all her flaws she's usually a sweet and compassionate person who hates being seen as a villain and only really flies off the handle when it comes to her loved ones. Here she is a darkly embittered woman with a rebellious and aggressive personality.
* AdaptationalModesty: She wears less revealing outfits than her comic counterpart.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, she and Pietro both only became villains because Magneto saved their asses and they owed him; both of them eventually became aware of his true nature when they joined the Avengers (although Wanda was always the more heroic of the two). In the show, Wanda is a perpetually angry and dangerously unstable girl with sympathetic, but ''not'' heroic qualities.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her natural hair color is brunette in the comics but here, she's raven-haired.
* AffectionateNickname: Toad has given Wanda ''many'' pet names much to her utter disgust. Sweetums, Cuddlebumps, Babycakes, Poopsie, Snooknums, Crimson Cutie... the list goes on.
* AntagonisticOffspring: An EvilerThanThou variation. When [[BigBad Mystique]] breaks her out of the asylum, the Scarlet Witch spends the rest of the show trying to hunt down her father and exact her revenge upon him for institutionising her when she was child because she couldn't control her RealityWarper powers.
* AxCrazy: Being institutionalized at a young age due to her uncontrollable powers made Wanda develop into an emotionally unstable and murderously aggressive young woman. Even after Mastermind rewrites her bad memories, she still has a lot of internalized hostility and retains her cold and anti-social personality.
* BerserkButton: As she blames Magneto for abandoning her during her childhood, any mention of his name is enough to send Wanda into a vicious rage. This trait is lost once Mastermind overrides her original memories, making her think that Magnus was a supportive father instead.
* BoyishShortHair: She used to have long hair, but she cut it after her training with Agatha. This reflects her less feminine and assertive personality.
* BrokenBird: She was raised in an abusive asylum after her [[ParentalAbandonment father left her]] there as a child for undisclosed reasons. Her brother is utterly terrified of her as her entire life's goal seems to be to [[{{Patricide}} murder her father]]. Sadly, she only improves after her father [[MindRape has a telepath rewrite her memories to make her love him]]. The sad part is that while fellow BrokenBird Rogue at least got to be redeemed by the X-Men and made some friends, Wanda never really had anyone help her without selfish motives.
* CallingTheOldManOut: During the Sentinel attack, she calls Magneto out immediately upon seeing him for the first time in at least ten years since locking her away, and then proceeds to hex-attack him. Later in the episode "The Toad, the Witch and the Wardrobe", Wanda still has less than kind words to say as she calls out Magneto again when he captures her and attempts to reconcile their relationship.
* ColorCharacter: Red. In both her civvies and battle uniform, Wanda wears red and black clothing and the bottom layer of her hair is dyed red. She wears dark-red eyeshadow makeup, lipstick, and nail-polish, and her codename is '''Scarlet''' Witch.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Her appearance is heavily based on that of Creator/FairuzaBalk in ''Film/TheCraft.''
* CurbStompBattle: In her first appearance, she absolutely ''devastated'' the X-Men.
* CuteAndPsycho: Voracious, hair-trigger temper? Check. Adorable? Also check.
* CuteWitch: Her mutant powers? Hex powers or magic? Or mutant powers that let her ''tap into magic''? Also she's a pretty raven-haired girl. No matter which, she qualifies.
* DaddyIssues: She is a pretty angry girl, with some major daddy issues.
%%* DarkMagicalGirl
* TheDreaded: Due to her highly destructive powers and her unstable mental state, there is not a single character in the show who does not fear Wanda.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has black hair and pale skin, in keeping with her witchy gothic aesthetic. She also has an offputting & unstable demeanor, with even her own family being wary of her, and has very powerful and frightening mutant abilities.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When she finds Nightcrawler in the Brotherhood's house, Wanda prepares to attack him, but stops and lets him leave once he explains he just wants his mother's petrified body.
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Had these implanted by Mastermind - he basically replaced every bad memory she had of Magneto with good ones]].
* ForYourOwnGood: Magneto's reasoning for leaving her. He didn't have the skills or means to help her control her powers, so he abandoned her in an institution, where she would eventually start having therapy sessions with Xavier.
* FriendlyEnemy: While friendly may be too generous a word, and she still treats them with either aggression or apathy, she tends to be more open to accepting help from and returning help to the X-Men than the rest of the Brotherhood,
* {{Goth}}: Her fashion style gives off a very strong Hot Topic vibe, even more so than Rogue.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: She's the most gothy girl in the cast, and her [[WindsOfDestinyChange hex bolts]] are highly reminiscent of magic.
* HairTriggerTemper: Wanda's temper has caused almost every character she's confronted [[TheDreaded to fear her.]]
* ImportantHaircut: After her training with Agatha Harkness, Wanda cuts her [[MessyHair wild, unkempt shoulder-length hair]] to a [[BoyishShortHair closely cropped hairstyle]]. The haircut seems to symbolize as her being more focused and determined to start her [[RoaringRampageofRevenge revenge]] against her father.
%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* MagicalGesture: Wanda must have free usage of her hands in order to use her probability-altering powers, as she uses a lot of hand gestures and finger motions to channel them.
* MindOverMatter: She can generate psychokinetic force through her hexes, allowing her to move and control objects.
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Magneto has Mastermind do this to her, replacing her bad memories with good ones so she believes Magneto was a loving father]].
* MissingMom: Her and Pietro's mother is never mentioned. It is possible she died shortly before Magneto sent Wanda away.
* NomDeMom: Has the surname of her mother, Magda Maximoff.
* OneManArmy: In her debut episode, she's able to single-handedly defeat all of the X-Men core members by herself, to where they retreat from the fight and she walks away unscathed.
* ParentalAbandonment: The source of her issues.
* PerpetualFrowner: Her default facial expression is either an angry scowl or bitter indifference. She has only ever smiled twice and both times were after [[spoiler:Mastermind had [[MindRape fiddled with her head]]]].
* PetTheDog: Wanda has a couple of these moments though all of them are after she has [[MindRape her memories rewritten]]. First, when Toad put his life on the line in order to rescue her from Magneto, she gave him a very genuine smile and 'thank you' for his efforts. Later in Season 4, when Nightcrawler reveals that the stoned Mystique is his mother, she immediately backs off from attacking him and leaves him in peace. And then, Wanda helps Kurt when he asks for her help in getting in contact with Agatha Harkness to try and revive Mystique.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wanda spent much of her introductory series searching for her father with her initial mission to kill him for wronging her. She does eventually find and attempt to kill him twice.
* SanityStrengthening: [[spoiler:Ironically, she became less psycho and more kind and helpful towards others after Mastermind messed with her head]].
* SuperpowerLottery: On top of being a RealityWarper, Wanda can fire energy hex blasts from her hands; make objects combust and explode; has limited telekinetic abilities; and can interfere with other mutants' powers, enabling her to either take them away or make them go haywire. This makes her more than a match for all of the X-men combined, and she manages to wipe the floor with them both during her first appearance and in the second episode of season 4.
* TheUnfavourite: Magneto always chooses Quicksilver over her. This is part of the reason why she hates her brother.
* WildCard: She is part of the Brotherhood, but only so she can get revenge on Magneto, and only fights the X-Men when she has to (and the first time she does so is at Mystique's manipulation). In Season 4, she's pretty much the TokenGoodTeammate of the group, being horrified when her powers cause an accident that nearly gets innocent people killed. And in the GrandFinale, she's the only one of the Brotherhood (at first) to join the X-Men in fighting Apocalypse and his horsemen.
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Her mutant ability to harness and manipulate the force of probability.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:General]]
* AgeLift: With the exception of Tabitha, Pietro and Wanda, most of the characters were already adults when we first see them in the comics. Here, only Magneto and Mystique are adults.
* {{Delinquent|s}}: They skip school, get into fights with the X-Men, and commit petty crimes such as vandalism and theft.
* EnemyMine: They've worked with the X-Men on several occasions, usually out of necessity.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Not so much evil as just criminals, but the Brotherhood show that they're not willing to let Apocalypse [[spoiler:turn the world into mutants, knowing that most wouldn't survive the change]].
* HeelFaceTurn: A pretty ambiguous case. [[spoiler:Xavier has a vision of the Brotherhood and Pyro forming the Freedom Force in the future, but then sadly states that "some people never change".]]
* IncidentalVillain: They're less a gang of sociopathic terrorists and more a bunch of antisocial teens being led around by an actual sociopath; once Mystique, and later Magneto, were gone, they couldn't care less about the heroes, wouldn't hurt people or really do anything bad, but just keep to themselves unless they were forced to act. They were practically friends with the X-Men, and had a more FriendlyRivalry vibe to their feud than anything; they helped them all the time, and most times they fought them outside of Mystique's influence were because, despite being not-quite-evil, they were generally [[JerkAss assholes]], or [[LetsYouAndHimFight there was a misunderstanding.]] However, with the exception of Lance, they adamantly refused to join the X-Men on principle, preferring to mind themselves. [[spoiler:In the end, however, they stopped going around wavering on the line between good and evil and joined SHIELD.]]
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: At least by Season 2. At first, they were at least even with the X-Men, and were able to overpower them in one episode, [[ButtMonkey except for Toad]]. But slowly, each one got more and more pathetic. Pietro became more cowardly, Blob became dumber, and Avalanche went through massive character derailment. In Season 3, they were bested by only ''two'' X-Men, one being the weakest member. It was why the Acolytes were introduced, who were definitely ''not'' this.
* LighterAndSofter: The Brotherhood are portrayed as trouble making teenagers instead of terrorists as in the comics and other versions.
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Half of the Brotherhood members are European in the comics: Toad (British), Avalanche (Greek), and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch (Eastern Europe), but in the show they're reinvented as Americans.
* TeamRocketWins: The Brotherhood boys pretty much always get their asses kicked by the X-Men. However, in the Season 1 two part finale, they actually manage to defeat them (along with Rogue defeating Toad). And an episode in Season 2 depicts a fight between the two groups in a mall at night; as usual, the X-Men seem to have won again, but then [[TheDreaded Wanda Maximoff]] shows up...
-->'''Blob:''' All right! We finally beat 'em!
* WouldHitAGirl: Any of the Brotherhood boys has no problem fighting female members of the X-Men. Though not actually hitting, Avalanche does one better and used his power to create earthquakes to attempt to kill Kitty ''twice'' before Season 2 rolls in.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mystique]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Mystique/Raven Darkholme (White version)]]
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-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsMystique Mystique]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Raven Darkholme
-->'''Voiced by:''' Colleen Wheeler [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rosalia Cuevas (FR)[[/labelnote]]
->''"Come on boys, let's get out of here before you're invited to a slumber party."''
Mystique is the leader of the Brotherhood, but took orders from Magneto, until leaving him after she felt he questioned her loyalty and talent. She is intelligent, cunning, deceptive and very dangerous due to her shapeshifting abilities.\\\
She changed into human form and used the name Raven Darkholme to became the Bayville High school principal, giving her the opportunity to monitor Xavier's students as well as her Brotherhood members. Later, she fought Storm, but was easily punched out. Afterwards, she helped the X-Men fight Magneto, but was knocked into his enhancement machine, and was presumed dead by the X-Men following Asteroid M's destruction.\\\
She returned later to infiltrate and destroy Xavier's school by disguising herself as Professor X. Several students barely escaped with their lives.\\\
She raised Rogue and is Nightcrawler's mother, although neither knew her true identity growing up.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comic books she's a mutant [[{{Humanshifting}} humanshifter]], but still unable to alter her body mass and taking on the form of someone who doesn't have a similar build as it causes her great strain. In the show, however, Mystique is a full shapeshifter with ShapeshifterBaggage in play: she can grow up to the size of Juggernaut or the Blob, or shrink down to the form of a common house cat or a bird, such as a [[StealthPun raven]].
* AdaptationalWimp: Played with... this show's incarnation of Mystique is much less capable in a fight than any other incarnations, but she does have powers that her 616 and film counterparts lack (like the ability to turn into animals). She gets a [[TookALevelInBadass power boost]] in the first season finale that renders her more bestial-looking but stronger, and while that boost eventually goes away she does retain her more varied shapeshifting abilities and a bit of the strength as well.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Her blue skin is a cornerstone of her character design.
* AnimalEyes: After going through Magneto's mutant enhancer, Mystique eyes changed from grey human-like eyes with round pupils to yellow cat-like eyes with slitted pupils.
* {{Animorphism}}: Due to her being a shapeshifter, Mystique also has the ability to transform into animals as well as humans.
* ArchEnemy: Was this to Storm during the first season, due to both being the most prominent female members of their respective organizations. This comes to a head in "The Cauldron", where the two are pitted against each other as part of Magneto's plan.
* BigBadWannabe:
** During the first season, she appears to be the leader of the Brotherhood, but is actually subordinate to Magneto, who is implied to [[BadBoss abuse and torment her whenever she disobeys or angers him]]. When the time comes for her to prove her worth to him, she is one of the two Brotherhood members to fail to defeat the X-Man they had been paired to (the other being [[ButtMonkey Toad]]).
** Though she does reclaim some credibility in the second season, as she succeeds in [[spoiler:recruiting Wanda and destroying the X-mansion]], the following season has her being effortlessly [[spoiler:manipulated by Mesmero, who tricks her into unleashing Apocalypse at the cost of her own life]].
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final season, [[spoiler:she is turned into one of Apocalypse's Horsemen]].
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In season one, she was a FauxActionGirl that was chronically knocked out or incapacitated whenever she got into a real fight, and had to rely on either having other mutants fight for her or using her shapeshifting ability and trickery to manipulate others. Even then, she was more [[ShapeshiftingTrickster mischievous]] than dangerous, only being a legitimate threat on her own when she tried to kill Scott in "Turn of the Rogue". However, after her enhancements in the season one finale, she became [[TookALevelInBadass much more lethal and threatening as a villain]].
* CoDragons: As the leader of the Brotherhood, she acts as Magneto's direct subordinate during the first season, a position she shares with Sabretooth. Following Magnus' betrayal in "The Cauldron", she becomes his enemy for the rest of the show.
%%* ComboPlatterPowers
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Turns out she didn't intentionally abandon Kurt in this version. She'd accidentally dropped him into a river when he was a baby. When she found out he was alive she left him with the couple that found him, wanting to GiveHimANormalLife.
* DarkActionGirl: She can hold her own against Cyclops using just her physical prowess, and can also morph into various animals to give her an edge against most opponents.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: In "The Cauldron Part 1", Mystique looks on in complete horror as Storm comes running towards her out of the fog with a raised fist, and does nothing to stop her from knocking her out.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: In the first season, she's working for Magneto, but they have a slight falling out and she works independently for the rest of the series. This causes some tension when both tried to take command of the Brotherhood, with varied results depending on the episode and the Brother.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite her involvement with Magneto, she cares a lot about Kurt and Rogue. In "Shadowed Past", she clearly regrets losing Kurt and chose to tell him that she's his mother, knowing well enough that the truth would be a shock for him.
%%* EvilIsPetty:
%%* EvilMatriarch
* EvilPlan: In the second season, she pulls off a clever one on the X-Men by [[spoiler:impersonating the then-missing Professor X and getting Wolverine to go missing so he won't identify her]]. Only Scott's surprise arrival and deduction skills foiled her, and by then it was already too late to [[spoiler:prevent the X-Mansion from getting blown up]].
* EvilRedhead: Mystique is the leading female antagonist of the show, and her natural form is a combination of blue skin and red hair.
* EvilTeacher: In the first season, she impersonates Principal Darkholme to recruit mutant delinquents into the Brotherhood, and also takes the opportunity to bully the X-Men and hinder their academic lives.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: In the first season, Mystique ''always'' lost any battle she had against Storm.
* FangsAreEvil: Mystique gains these after going through Magneto's enhancer. She really enjoys showing them off.
* FanservicePack: After the incident with Asteroid M, Mystique ended up changing from her comic outfit into a leather crop top, miniskirt, and matching high-heeled boots.
%%* ForeheadOfDoom
* FriendlyEnemy: Implied. Charles is explicitly aware of her identity as the high school principal, but still allows his X-Men to attend her school and has a civil chat with her in her office in one episode.
* GenderBender: While she's normally a woman, she can shapeshift into a man at will.
* GiveGeeksAChance: Implied in season 2, since she is frequently seen hanging around Arcade in "Fun & Games", and apparently falls in love with Forge towards the end of "Shadow Games". Both times, she's disguised as Risty Wilde.
* GlamourFailure: In the first season, Mystique can't quite mimic the scent of others, making her particularly vulnerable to Wolverine's sense of smell. However in Season 2, he wasn't able to detect her at all when she was under the disguise of Risty and while she was impersonating Xavier. The reasoning behind this is because her shapeshifting mutation was further advanced by Magneto's mutant enhancer.
* HarmlessVillain: Storm seems to view her as one in "The Cauldron, Part 1", treating her more like a nuisance than a real enemy when they fight each other.
* HealingFactor: Mystique has noticeably some sort of accelerated healing as she has been struck by Storm's lightning full force but still continued to fight with her. She has a much quicker recovery than other mutants when exposed to Rogue's powers as most become and stay unconscious for an extended period time unlike Mystique who's up and moving about within minutes afterwards. Then much later after Apocalypse enhances her powers even further, Mystique takes a direct blast from Cyclops that leaves a giant gaping hole in her stomach which instantly heals back together.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Following the battle with Apocalypse, Mystique makes overtures of reconciliation with Kurt and Rogue. Though whether she meant it or not depends on the view of the individual, her children make it clear they've had enough of her ChronicBackStabbingDisorder and want nothing to do with her.
* HellBentForLeather: After the first season, her base form's outfit becomes a stripperific black two piece, and she also becomes much more lethal.
* HimeCut: Has a variation of one in the first season, which gets replace by a more pronounced fringe in the later ones.
* InTheHood: In "Shadowed Past", she hides her true identity from Kurt by covering her face with a hood.
* InkSuitActor: As seen on the DVD special features cast interview, her first season appearance looks a lot like her voice actress with blue skin.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Much of her actions, whether it'd be grabbing power or destroying her enemies, are purely motivated by self-interest. Telling enough when Mystique worked with Mesmero to mind-control Rogue to be the key to free Apocalypse, but after Mesmero revealed Mystique is also part of the key, she's completely livid.
* KickChick: Mystique has an abundance of martial arts skill, but great emphasis is put on the many ways she can contort herself just to plant a foot in an enemy's face. It helps that her costume (or lack thereof) is custom-made to show a ''lot'' of leg.
* LittleBitBeastly: After the first season, Mystique is shown to have a more feral-like appearance with yellow cat-like eyes and sharpened canines.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Mystique being Nightcrawler's biological mother is revealed quite early in Season 1. When Kurt finds out, he's less than pleased.
* MagicPants: Inversion. She shapeshifts fully clothed, and it's eventually revealed that she doesn't wear actual clothes, but shapeshifts them.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:She receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" her as one of his horsemen]].
* MasterOfDisguise: Naturally, given her mutation is to change her body and clothes into any appearance she wishes.
* MsFanservice: Wears a leather outfit that shows more of her skin and midriff after the first season.
* PetTheDog: Impersonates a police officer to keep the Bayville Sirens from getting arrested, seemingly just because she supported them sticking it to the guys.
* PowerUpgradingDeformation: The enhancements applied to her in "The Cauldron, Part 2" turn her into a significantly less attractive, muscular version of her [[Film/XMenFilmSeries movie incarnation]]'s reptilian form (albeit clothed). Even after most of the enhancements wear off by season 2, her true form, while not necessarily ''hideous'', becomes more [[LittleBitBeastly feral]] in appearance, with yellow cat-like eyes, fangs, and a generally darker color scheme. A very clear contrast from the clean-cut, sophisticated appearance she had in the previous season.
* PsychicBlockDefense: After her mutation became fully advanced via Magneto's machine at the end of Season 1, she becomes immune to telepathy.
* ReformedButRejected: In her final scene, Mystique [[spoiler:begs Kurt and Rogue to listen to her as she tries to explain why she performed the actions that culminated in Apocalypse's release. The two siblings tell her to save it, and walk away saying they are done with her lies]].
%%* ScreamingWarrior
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Mystique was shown doing this in the GrandFinale where [[spoiler:Apocalypse enhanced her mutant powers so that she can transform her limbs in weapons like blades]].
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: In her natural form as part of her season one outfit, she wears a belt of skulls.
%%* SmugSnake
* TheStarscream: She was always looking to break out from under Magneto.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Her base form in every season but the first has yellow sclera, further distinguishing her status as a mutant.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where she was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts her to be one]].
* TookALevelInBadass:
** In the first season, Mystique was just Magneto's pawn and didn't pose much of a threat on her own, getting defeated every time she engaged the X-Men in combat. The following season and the beginning of season three firmly establish her as an extremely dangerous foe, as she becomes much more cunning, and her fighting skills are more pronounced, to the point she rivals (but not surpasses) Magneto as a threat.
** At the very end of the final season, Mystique is granted a ridiculous power boost to her shapeshifting skills, courtesy of [[spoiler:becoming one of Apocalypse's horsemen]]. Her new abilities include [[spoiler:SelfDuplication, liquefying her body, and shapeshifting her limbs into a variety of weapons]]; and that's on top of [[spoiler:a HealingFactor that's strong enough to regenerate her entire torso after Cyclops blasts a hole through it]].
%%* TheVamp: An embodiment of this trope, particularly during the first season.
* VillainDecay: In the later episodes of the show's third season, she loses all presence as a villain and becomes a pawn for Mesmero. In a couple episodes, she was only present just so that Rogue could absorb her powers.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nothing is revealed about her in [[spoiler:Xavier's vision of the future. All we are given is the scene where Kurt and Rogue disown her]].
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Mystique's eyes are yellow and she's a cunning and manipulative shapeshifter.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Mystique in the first season has a light blue skin, dresses in white and has opaque pupils. In every season after, she has a much darker skin color, HellishPupils and is always dressed in a black tank top and skirt. Nobody in the entire series seems to notice or comment on how much her base form has radically changed.
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[[folder:Avalanche]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You're making it yours, Kitty. Once you own it, nothing can own you."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Avalanche
-->'''Real Name:''' Lance Alvers
-->'''Voiced by:''' Christopher Grey [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Erico Salamone (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant with the ability to manipulate the earth by generating seismic waves from his body. Avalanche came from the same town as Shadowcat, but had a very different upbringing. He grew up as a streetwise orphan who seemed angry at the world. Confused and alienated, he was a perfect target for Mystique and the Brotherhood. Lance was one of the most complex characters. He started off as a punk, before becoming more of a troubled youth, and then ultimately showing responsibility and maturity. His romantic interest in Kitty Pryde and their relationship played a major role in his attempts to change. It even leads him to attempt a major HeelFaceTurn by joining the X-Men. As the oldest Brotherhood member, Lance is often the defacto leader and feels responsible for the others.
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* EightiesHair: Has a mullet hairstyle that goes with his grungy, rebellious loner image.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He went from a unsympathetic PsychoForHire or PunchClockVillain in the comics to an angry, yet notably sympathetic character in the show.
* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, his real name was Dominikos Ioannis Petrakis. It was changed to a more Americanized name, Lance Alvers.
* AdaptationalNationality: The comics' Avalanche is Greek, while the show's one is American.
%%* AntiVillain
* ArchEnemy: As the defacto leaders of their respective groups, Avalanche and Cyclops quickly become rivals.
* BerserkButton: Since Season Two on, for your own good don't hurt or threaten Kitty.
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Thin" to Blob's "Big" and Toad's "Short".
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Kitty accuses Lance of being this at the beginning of Season 3.
* BloodKnight: Lance is always ready for a good brawl, if not actively looking for one.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first episode, he's destroying his school without remorse, as well as trying to manipulate Kitty's feelings and eventually trying to kill her and her parents. In following episodes, his powers generate an OhCrap response to being love-struck with Kitty for the second season to then not even bothering any more either way to the third. In the fourth he becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and is shown to be the most powerful member of the Brotherhood, possibly even more so than the other villains not over 50.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: He was designed to look like a young Creator/JuddNelson.
* CompositeCharacter: Lance seems to be a combination of the comic book Avalanche (codename, powers, and role with the Brotherhood) and Rictor of the New Mutants (appearance, the way he channels his seismic powers, and occasional consideration of a HeelFaceTurn). The hotheadedness comes from both of them.
* CoolCar: Speeds around in a green Jeep Wrangler. Tabitha is always stealing it.
%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DatingCatwoman: He dates Shadowcat during the second season. The Brotherhood tease him for this.
* DependingOnTheWriter: How much of a {{Jerkass}} Lance is varies depending on the season. In the first one, he is a manipulative bully with little to no redeeming qualities. Season 2 shows he has a sweeter side and depicts Kitty as his MoralityPet, only for the following season to revert his personality back to his unsympathetic and villainous self from before. The final season depicts him as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, with episodes like "No Good Deed" highlighting him as the most noble member of the Brotherhood.
* DishingOutDirt: His mutant power is geological manipulation which allows him to generate seismic waves, mainly creating earthquakes.
* EarthquakesCauseFissures: Avalanche is always doing this with his earthquake-causing abilities, and even seemed to be able to control their direction to more effectively use them as a weapon.
%%* ElementalPowers
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He may be violent and prone to aggression, but he's unwilling to allow a town to be blown up or ignore an old lady's cry for help.
** Before that, during his brief stay with the X-Men, he gets accused of being behind taking their vehicles for joyrides that the New Mutants are actually responsible and takes the blame just to spite Scott, despite not liking it at the same time. However, once he realizes they plan on taking the X-Jet as their next joyride, he decides they're taking their fun too far and brings Kitty with him to stop them and put an end to their antics.
* EvilCounterpart: To Cyclops - both are a BigBrotherMentor and usually the most responsible member of their team, both are orphans, and both tend to take the initiative. The differences end there though as while Scott is calm and collected, Lance is impatient and impulsive, and Scott has turned his own misfortunes in life towards more productive endeavours as opposed to Lance's self-destructive behaviour. Small wonder they're each other's ArchEnemy.
* FosterKid: The show confirms that Lance was in a foster home before joining the Brotherhood but it doesn't really go into much detail as to why he was there to begin with or how long he's been in the system or what happened to his parents, etc.
* HairTriggerTemper: Lance's fiery temper is one of his signature traits. He gets extremely angry easily and with minimal provocation, and usually vents by destroying everything in his immediate area via his earthquake-shaking powers.
* HeelFaceTurn: Attempted one and almost succeeded, but settled in as a WildCard.
* HotBlooded: Lance gets very annoyed easily, as he's often irrational and driven by his [[HairTriggerTemper temper]].
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Kitty.
* {{Hunk}}: He's re-designed as a handsome bad boy with the looks of Judd Nelson from The Breakfast Club.
* InNameOnly: Due to being mostly based on an X-Men character named Julio Esteban Richter aka Rictor, Lance has nothing in common with the Avalanche of the comics outside of his codename, powers and team affiliation.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Starts out as a straight-up {{jerkass}} in the first season, before becoming a JerkWithAHeartOfGold at the start of the fourth season.
* {{Leitmotif}}: A grunge chord is heard whenever he uses his power.
* LoveRedeems: Somewhat. He definitely tries to change for Kitty, but can go only so far, and decides to not stay in the New Mutants group after his disastrous and brief stint there. His heroic acts in ''No Good Deed'' had nothing to do with Kitty, which showed he had it in him all along. He also showed up with the rest of the Brotherhood in ''Ascension Part 2'' to help the X-Men fight Apocalypse after first refusing. He immediately goes to save Kitty, which can be either seen as their romance being reignited or a simple PetTheDog moment from him.
* MundaneUtility: Lance used his seismic powers on a soda machine to get a free can.
%%* NobleDemon
* OppositesAttract: He's a grungy, hot-headed and rebellious loner who hooks up with a sweet, naive uptown Valley girl Kitty. Also, they are on opposing teams; Lance is the field leader of the villainous Brotherhood whereas Kitty's part of the heroic X-Men.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: In the comics, Avalanche has little interaction with Shadowcat, but he becomes her love interest in the show.
* RaceLift: The comics' Avalanche was Greek. Presumably he was made American to ease him fitting into the setting (although the does have the darker features such as olive skin tone, dark hair and eyes).
* SingleTargetSexuality: He has eyes only for Kitty. He even go as far as to briefly join the X-Men just to be closer to her. Not even Tabitha briefly living with the Brotherhood removed his feelings.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Twice he did something completely unexpected that could really have upset Xavier's plans.
** In his debut episode, Xavier and Jean knew he was around but they never expected him to meet and connect with Kitty the way he did. They nearly lose Kitty as a result.
** In the season 2 opener, Lance tries to ''out all mutants''. Not even ''Magneto'' wanted that to happen... [[spoiler:yet]].
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: If you switch his first and last names you get pretty close to his codename.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's one of the taller characters on the show, has dark hair and features, and he definitely has some [[DeadpanSnarker snark]].
* TroubledButCute: Bad boy, check. Rebel attitude, check. Antisocial behavior, check. Difficult home life, check. Fingerless gloves, check. Heart of gold, check.
* UnskilledButStrong: Has the potential to be the most destructive recurring mutant in the series short of a BigBad like Magneto or Apocalypse (and even then, it's close) and for the most part is, but he lacks the control and the patience to make him a real powerhouse.
* VillainBallMagnet: Tired of failing, being pushed around by Mystique, and generally being unliked by people he respected and liked, Avalanche defects to the X-Men. However, Scott and several of the others don't trust him, and when something goes wrong, they immediately blame him. The younger X-Men even start taking advantage of this, doing extremely risky things that Avalanche gets blamed for. At the end, Scott admits he was wrong, and Kitty kisses him, but because StatusQuoIsGod, he still decides the whole thing is too much effort, and heads back to the Brotherhood.
* VillainRespect: In "Survival of the Fittest", he compliments Scott's abilities as the team leader.
--> '''Avalanche''': "Hey, Summers! As a group leader, you're not half bad!"
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[[folder:Quicksilver]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Look, when you live as fast as I do, there ain't enough things to occupy my time. I gotta entertain myself."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Quicksilver]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Pietro Maximoff
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RichardIanCox [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Valéry Benjilali (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant that can move at the speed of sound. Pietro is arrogant, deceptive and his loyalty is always in question. He would betray the Brotherhood and his sister Wanda at the command of his father Magneto, yet showed no compassion at his father's disappearance at the hands of Apocalypse. Pietro has a stormy relationship with his twin sister, although their relationship, as well the one with his Brotherhood teammates, improves during season four.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Comic book Pietro, while arrogant, was in the end an AntiVillain who worked for Magneto only because he felt like he owed him, and eventually pulled a HeelFaceTurn, becoming an [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]]. By contrast, this incarnation of him almost lacks any redeeming qualities, and might actually be one of the least sympathetic members of the Brotherhood.
* ArchEnemy: In his introductory episode with Spyke, which sets him up as TheRival. This doesn't show up in many later episodes though, mostly because Spyke [[CommutingOnABus joins the Morlocks.]]
* BeautyIsBad: Sociopathic disregard for human life? Check. Starscream level cowardice? Check. Draco level smugness? Check. Pretty white hair and bishonen level attractiveness according to female fans? Check.
* BeneathTheMask: Pietro seems to be hiding a heck of a lot under his usual cockiness.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Does genuinely have one towards Wanda, when she isn't trying to murder him. This is best demonstrated in the final episode when he [[spoiler: saves Wanda from being killed by Magneto]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: At first, he pretends to be nothing more than a Rival, and even helps Evan in luring a trap against whoever's ripping him off. Then he reveals, in an awesome manner, that he is the one who's been messing with him, and leaves him framed for vandalism and theft.
* BlowYouAway: He can use his speed to create cyclonic wind gusts strong enough to lift cars or knock people off their feet.
* TheCasanova: Or at least, the potential to become one. The episode with the dance has Boom-Boom implying that the members of the Brotherhood (besides Lance) don't want to go because they can't get dates. Blob and Toad go with Boom-Boom. Pietro shows up with ''four'' random girls.
* ChickMagnet: He showed up to the school dance with ''four'' girls on his arms. And he still manages to land himself dates even after he's outed as a mutant.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He supposedly works with the Brotherhood, but often goes behind their back at Magneto's request. His lack of loyalty aggravates Lance, to say the least.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DirtyCoward: He talks a big game, but only if his father, Magneto is around to back him up.
* DisappearedDad: His dad came back, and that's where all the trouble for Pietro started.
* FlashStep: He often does this in scenes where he's using his powers for some MundaneUtility or another.
* FourManBand: The Smart Guy
* FragileSpeedster: He may be able to break the sound barrier and deliver punches at the speed of light, but if Pietro gets hit ''once'' by any attack (regardless of its strength) it usually sends him down for the count.
* GlamourFailure: It's implied that being super-fast is his natural state and that it takes an effort to slow down to human pace, and, as such, he speaks slightly faster than any other character and often can't restrain his powers over small distances; for example, in his first appearance, when he zooms around Evan in the locker room ''before'' revealing himself more dramatically later on.
%%* IAmNotMyFather
%%* ImpossibleThief
* {{Jerkass}}: He never stops being an arrogant, self-centered dick.
* ALadyOnEachArm: He shows up to a dance with a girl on each arm... And two girls besides them.
%%* LargeHam
* MissingMom: His and Wanda's mother is never mentioned. It is possible she died shortly before Magneto sent Wanda away.
* TheMole: He's essentially this for Magneto, and his primary task is to keep an eye on Mystique and the Brotherhood.
* MotorMouth: Quicksilver talks faster than the other characters by ''just enough''. It's a nice touch of GlamourFailure when he's in civilian dress. Understandable when you consider that ''everything'' about him is sped up, to the point that even when forcing himself to act at normal speed, the world is still moving at "long line at the DMV" speed to him (this is used to explain his often generally disagreeable attitude in the comicverse.)
* MysticalWhiteHair: Subverted. Although he is superpowered, his white hair is simply inherited from his father Magneto.
* NomDeMom: Has the surname of his mother, Magda Maximoff.
* NotQuiteDead: During the finale of the first season, [[spoiler: when the asteroid blew up, many fans speculated that Pietro had been killed because he was not shown with the rest of the Brotherhood. Actually, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene, the unconscious Pietro was carried to safety by Spyke]].
* PrettyBoy: He has a slim facial structure with pretty white hair and narrow blue eyes, a slender build fitting for a FragileSpeedster, and girls find him very handsome.
* TheSmartGuy: Of the Brotherhood, at least, which might not really say that much.
* SmugSnake: Pietro acts arrogant and smug when in control of a situation or fight but as soon as the tables are turned, he becomes a DirtyCoward who runs away.
* SmugSuper: He can move [[SuperSpeed too fast to be seen]], calling everyone slowpokes and he doesn't hesitate to rub it in peoples' faces.
* SpectacularSpinning: Quicksilver can create whirlwinds by running around his enemies at top speed.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks almost exactly like his father, down to the white hair.
* SuperSpeed: His mutant ability.
* SpeedDemon: Quicksilver is very arrogant about his speed.
* ThickerThanWater: Willing to betray his entire team, including his sister, in order to help Magneto during the Sentinel. Doesn't seem to fully recover from this until Season 4.
* {{Troll}}: Likes to use his powers to mess with his enemies, such as in his fight against Nightcrawler in "The Hex Factor", where he keeps racing past Nightcrawler making him try different clothes until the X-Man is buried in a pile of them.
* WeakButSkilled: Pietro is a full-blown FragileSpeedster and in most direct confrontations he goes down in one hit. However, Pietro is the first member of the brotherhood seen with considerable control of his power and the other aspects his power might give him, no doubt having trained in its uses alongside his father. It's to be noted that Pietro is often the Brotherhood member who wins the most battles (or at least before the inclusion of his sister on the team), combined with MotorMouth CasualDangerDialogue.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Pietro constantly looks for approval from his father. It explains (but does ''not'' justify) a LOT.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Well, more {{Jerkass}} than evil, though.
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[[folder:Toad]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Hey, if you can't be cool, be feared. My momma always told me that."'' ]]
-->'''Codename:''' Toad
-->'''Real Name:''' Todd Tolansky
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NoelFisher [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Benjamin Jungers (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A repugnant mutant who physically resembles a humanoid toad. Like a toad, he can leap great distances, and possesses an extremely long and agile tongue. A social outcast, he has found some acceptance with the Brotherhood, where his talents for thievery and petty crime can be put to good use. Toad is often portrayed as the whipping boy of the Brotherhood, but he also is treated like a little brother, and is even protected by Blob. Toad is known for his extremely poor hygiene which doesn't help him in his attempts to get Wanda Maximoff to like him.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Is certainly cuter and less revolting in comparison to his {{gonk}}ish appearance in the comics.
* AdaptationalNationality: Toad is British in the comics. In this show, he's an American.
* AdaptationNameChange: His name is Mortimer Toynbee in the comics.
* AlliterativeName: '''T'''odd '''T'''olansky.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: As his name implies, Toad possesses almost all of the traits and abilities of a common toad, most notably his superhuman jumping and a 25-feet long tongue.
* ArchEnemy: Establishes himself as Nightcrawler's rival in the first episode. Later episodes imply that Toad is jealous of him, as he is also an outcast due to his physical appearance, but lacks an image inducer to hide it.
%%* AttackItsWeakPoint
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Short" to Avalanche's "Thin" and Blob's "Big".
* ButtMonkey: If someone in the show is going to get hurt or humiliated, it will almost always be Toad. This is highlighted in the season 1 finale, where he is the only member of his team who fails to defeat an X-Man: Rogue effortlessly knocks him out without even needing to use her own power.
* TheChewToy: And almost always PlayedForLaughs:
--> ''[After crashing a jet into a possessed Magneto]'' Did we win? ''[metal starts flying around]'' Oh yeah... we never win.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While Toad is usually portrayed as a coward who is too incompetent to be a credible threat, a few episodes show he can put his powers to surprisingly good use if given the opportunity. In "Survival of the Fittest", he manages to snatch Juggernaut's helmet so Xavier can subdue the villain; and in "The Cauldron", he saves Mystique by using his own hands and tongue to catch the metal bars flung at her by Magneto.
%%* EyeColorChange
%%* FiveFingerDiscount
* FunPersonified: Toad is this for The Brotherhood, to the point that a large majority of the show's comedy is derived solely from him.
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Has very pale yellow eyes when in civilian mode and red eyes when in villain mode. Either he wears yellow contacts as a disguise that looks as unnatural as his real colour, or wears red contacts to look even weirder, or has the pointless and un-toadlike ability to change his eye colour.
* HopelessSuitor: Even though he has zero chance, he pursues Wanda, much like his comic book counterpart.
%%* IShallTauntYou
* InASingleBound: Due to his mutation, he can jump very high.
* {{Leitmotif}}: ''T-O-A-D, T-O-A-D! Iss'sall good, yo! See I know, some things ya gotta undastand about Toad.''
* LittleBitBeastly: Has an green elongated tongue as well as certain frog abilities like leaping great distances and secreting slime. He also has webbed hands, red/yellow eyes, bowlegged with a hunched stance and has a very frog-like facial shape.
* MultipurposeTongue: He uses his OverlyLongTongue in combat as one of his primary abilities.
* ThePigPen: Some of his oft-commented upon body odor is implied to be a part of his mutation, but the fact he showers on a monthly basis ain't helping.
* PluckyComicRelief: One of the funniest characters in the series.
%%* PuppyDogEyes: He has a habit of making these.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: He has a very high-pitched girly scream as shown whenever somebody or something scary is out for his blood.
%%* TheSneakyGuy: Toad could steal money with hardly anyone suspecting something. And his nimbleness and ability to WallCrawl allow him to be a good spy.
* StickyFingers: He has a habit of this and is known to be a pickpocket.
* SuperSpit: Toad has been shown to spit out some mucus slime gunk.
* {{Troll}}: Toad often enjoys the suffering of others as he's also trolling them by poking fun at them and pushing their buttons. Like when he zapped away all of Principal Darkholme's office furniture and her new car into the Middleverse just to rile up Mystique.
* VerbalTic: Toad has a tendency to randomly add "[[TotallyRadical yo]]" into most of his sentences.
* WallCrawl: He's able to stick to surfaces and climb along them.
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[[folder:The Blob]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Unstoppable? Meet the unmovable!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Blob
-->'''Real Name:''' Fred Dukes
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelDobson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]David Pion (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A humongous boy from Texas, Fred Dukes is among the strongest mutants in the world. Blob is the least intelligent of the Brotherhood, but his brawn helps counterbalance his lack of brains. His hefty build and less than charming personality often make him a target of public ridicule. The social isolation and bad temper made him a prime candidate for recruitment into the Brotherhood by Mystique. He was initially treated well by the X-Men until he attempted to kidnap Jean.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Blob was close, though his friendship with Toad made him slightly more morally light than his comic self.
* AdaptationDyeJob: He has blond hair here instead of the red/brown hair that his comic book counterpart has.
* BerserkButton: [[PunctuatedForEmphasis DO NOT LAUGH AT THE BLOB!]]
* BigEater: One of his establishing character traits. His enormous appetite is matched only by his enormous size.
* BigGuyLittleGuy: The big guy to Toad's little guy.
* BigThinShortTrio: The "Big" to Avalanche's "Thin" and Toad's "Short".
%%* TheBrute
* CivilianSpandex: Unlike his fellows who wear stylized costumes, Blob's combat gear looks like something from an army surplus store.
* DelinquentHair: Sports a mohawk.
* DumbMuscle: Definitely not the brightest, but he's strong enough to serve as TheBrute for the Brotherhood.
%%* FatBastard
* FourManBand: The ButtMonkey; he alternates with Toad.
%%* GentleGiant
* GravityMaster: Can alter his own personal gravitational field to root himself to a spot and become immovable while taking advantage of his incredible durability and resistance to harm.
* TheKindnapper: Blob kidnaps Jean to force her to have a date with him. He sets up a nice dinner and some music... in an abandoned warehouse where she's tied to the chair with metal bars.
* MightyGlacier: He's incredibly strong and virtually indestructible, but he's not nearly as acrobatic or quick on his feet as his fellow teammates.
* NighInvulnerability: A very large guy with the codename Blob -- who has stood up to everything from Wolverine's claws to Cyclops' eye blasts.
%%* NoSocialSkills
* PetTheDog: He treats Toad like a little brother and is more of a GentleGiant when Mystique isn't around.
* ShoulderTeammate: Blob himself is known to give shoulder rides to his friend and teammate Toad.
* StalkerWithACrush: He took Jean being nice to him to mean she ''liked'' him. Unreasonable expectations indeed.
* VillainousGlutton: In the comics, his bulk is due to his mutation, but in the show, he is already very fat before he developed his powers. So it is possibly a combination of the two.
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[[folder:The Scarlet Witch]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You haven't seen me angry... until now!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Characters/ScarletWitch
-->'''Real Name:''' Wanda Maximoff
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KellySheridan [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sophie Servais (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Wanda was sent to an asylum by her father Magneto shortly after her mutant powers emerged. Magneto claimed it was necessary because he was unable to help control her dangerous powers, but Wanda always resented him for it. Mystique helped Wanda escape from the asylum in order to bolster the Brotherhood ranks. However, Wanda was more interested in revenge against her father than fighting for the Brotherhood. Wanda suffers from emotional damage from her years locked up in an asylum, but she appears to regain much of her sanity as the series progresses. Wanda has the ability to "hex" other mutants' powers to make them go haywire.
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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: She's normally drawn with long hair in the comics. ''X-Men: Evolution'' introduces her with shoulder-length black hair that she then chops drastically short into a pixie.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the mainline comics for all her flaws she's usually a sweet and compassionate person who hates being seen as a villain and only really flies off the handle when it comes to her loved ones. Here she is a darkly embittered woman with a rebellious and aggressive personality.
* AdaptationalModesty: She wears less revealing outfits than her comic counterpart.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, she and Pietro both only became villains because Magneto saved their asses and they owed him; both of them eventually became aware of his true nature when they joined the Avengers (although Wanda was always the more heroic of the two). In the show, Wanda is a perpetually angry and dangerously unstable girl with sympathetic, but ''not'' heroic qualities.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Her natural hair color is brunette in the comics but here, she's raven-haired.
* AffectionateNickname: Toad has given Wanda ''many'' pet names much to her utter disgust. Sweetums, Cuddlebumps, Babycakes, Poopsie, Snooknums, Crimson Cutie... the list goes on.
* AntagonisticOffspring: An EvilerThanThou variation. When [[BigBad Mystique]] breaks her out of the asylum, the Scarlet Witch spends the rest of the show trying to hunt down her father and exact her revenge upon him for institutionising her when she was child because she couldn't control her RealityWarper powers.
* AxCrazy: Being institutionalized at a young age due to her uncontrollable powers made Wanda develop into an emotionally unstable and murderously aggressive young woman. Even after Mastermind rewrites her bad memories, she still has a lot of internalized hostility and retains her cold and anti-social personality.
* BerserkButton: As she blames Magneto for abandoning her during her childhood, any mention of his name is enough to send Wanda into a vicious rage. This trait is lost once Mastermind overrides her original memories, making her think that Magnus was a supportive father instead.
* BoyishShortHair: She used to have long hair, but she cut it after her training with Agatha. This reflects her less feminine and assertive personality.
* BrokenBird: She was raised in an abusive asylum after her [[ParentalAbandonment father left her]] there as a child for undisclosed reasons. Her brother is utterly terrified of her as her entire life's goal seems to be to [[{{Patricide}} murder her father]]. Sadly, she only improves after her father [[MindRape has a telepath rewrite her memories to make her love him]]. The sad part is that while fellow BrokenBird Rogue at least got to be redeemed by the X-Men and made some friends, Wanda never really had anyone help her without selfish motives.
* CallingTheOldManOut: During the Sentinel attack, she calls Magneto out immediately upon seeing him for the first time in at least ten years since locking her away, and then proceeds to hex-attack him. Later in the episode "The Toad, the Witch and the Wardrobe", Wanda still has less than kind words to say as she calls out Magneto again when he captures her and attempts to reconcile their relationship.
* ColorCharacter: Red. In both her civvies and battle uniform, Wanda wears red and black clothing and the bottom layer of her hair is dyed red. She wears dark-red eyeshadow makeup, lipstick, and nail-polish, and her codename is '''Scarlet''' Witch.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Her appearance is heavily based on that of Creator/FairuzaBalk in ''Film/TheCraft.''
* CurbStompBattle: In her first appearance, she absolutely ''devastated'' the X-Men.
* CuteAndPsycho: Voracious, hair-trigger temper? Check. Adorable? Also check.
* CuteWitch: Her mutant powers? Hex powers or magic? Or mutant powers that let her ''tap into magic''? Also she's a pretty raven-haired girl. No matter which, she qualifies.
* DaddyIssues: She is a pretty angry girl, with some major daddy issues.
%%* DarkMagicalGirl
* TheDreaded: Due to her highly destructive powers and her unstable mental state, there is not a single character in the show who does not fear Wanda.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has black hair and pale skin, in keeping with her witchy gothic aesthetic. She also has an offputting & unstable demeanor, with even her own family being wary of her, and has very powerful and frightening mutant abilities.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: When she finds Nightcrawler in the Brotherhood's house, Wanda prepares to attack him, but stops and lets him leave once he explains he just wants his mother's petrified body.
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Had these implanted by Mastermind - he basically replaced every bad memory she had of Magneto with good ones]].
* ForYourOwnGood: Magneto's reasoning for leaving her. He didn't have the skills or means to help her control her powers, so he abandoned her in an institution, where she would eventually start having therapy sessions with Xavier.
* FriendlyEnemy: While friendly may be too generous a word, and she still treats them with either aggression or apathy, she tends to be more open to accepting help from and returning help to the X-Men than the rest of the Brotherhood,
* {{Goth}}: Her fashion style gives off a very strong Hot Topic vibe, even more so than Rogue.
* GothGirlsKnowMagic: She's the most gothy girl in the cast, and her [[WindsOfDestinyChange hex bolts]] are highly reminiscent of magic.
* HairTriggerTemper: Wanda's temper has caused almost every character she's confronted [[TheDreaded to fear her.]]
* ImportantHaircut: After her training with Agatha Harkness, Wanda cuts her [[MessyHair wild, unkempt shoulder-length hair]] to a [[BoyishShortHair closely cropped hairstyle]]. The haircut seems to symbolize as her being more focused and determined to start her [[RoaringRampageofRevenge revenge]] against her father.
%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia
* MagicalGesture: Wanda must have free usage of her hands in order to use her probability-altering powers, as she uses a lot of hand gestures and finger motions to channel them.
* MindOverMatter: She can generate psychokinetic force through her hexes, allowing her to move and control objects.
* MindRape: [[spoiler: Magneto has Mastermind do this to her, replacing her bad memories with good ones so she believes Magneto was a loving father]].
* MissingMom: Her and Pietro's mother is never mentioned. It is possible she died shortly before Magneto sent Wanda away.
* NomDeMom: Has the surname of her mother, Magda Maximoff.
* OneManArmy: In her debut episode, she's able to single-handedly defeat all of the X-Men core members by herself, to where they retreat from the fight and she walks away unscathed.
* ParentalAbandonment: The source of her issues.
* PerpetualFrowner: Her default facial expression is either an angry scowl or bitter indifference. She has only ever smiled twice and both times were after [[spoiler:Mastermind had [[MindRape fiddled with her head]]]].
* PetTheDog: Wanda has a couple of these moments though all of them are after she has [[MindRape her memories rewritten]]. First, when Toad put his life on the line in order to rescue her from Magneto, she gave him a very genuine smile and 'thank you' for his efforts. Later in Season 4, when Nightcrawler reveals that the stoned Mystique is his mother, she immediately backs off from attacking him and leaves him in peace. And then, Wanda helps Kurt when he asks for her help in getting in contact with Agatha Harkness to try and revive Mystique.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wanda spent much of her introductory series searching for her father with her initial mission to kill him for wronging her. She does eventually find and attempt to kill him twice.
* SanityStrengthening: [[spoiler:Ironically, she became less psycho and more kind and helpful towards others after Mastermind messed with her head]].
* SuperpowerLottery: On top of being a RealityWarper, Wanda can fire energy hex blasts from her hands; make objects combust and explode; has limited telekinetic abilities; and can interfere with other mutants' powers, enabling her to either take them away or make them go haywire. This makes her more than a match for all of the X-men combined, and she manages to wipe the floor with them both during her first appearance and in the second episode of season 4.
* TheUnfavourite: Magneto always chooses Quicksilver over her. This is part of the reason why she hates her brother.
* WildCard: She is part of the Brotherhood, but only so she can get revenge on Magneto, and only fights the X-Men when she has to (and the first time she does so is at Mystique's manipulation). In Season 4, she's pretty much the TokenGoodTeammate of the group, being horrified when her powers cause an accident that nearly gets innocent people killed. And in the GrandFinale, she's the only one of the Brotherhood (at first) to join the X-Men in fighting Apocalypse and his horsemen.
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Her mutant ability to harness and manipulate the force of probability.
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