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!!The Students
[[folder:Cyclops]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"No, we're the X-Men. We're not kids anymore. You trained us, Wolverine, and you know something? We're good. Very good."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]\\
'''Real Name:''' Scott Summers\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KirbyMorrow [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Philippe Allard (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The leader of Professor Xavier's students. A mutant who shoots [[EnergyWeapon high-intensity beams]] [[EyeBeams from his eyes]]. Unfortunately for him, he can never shut this power off so he must always wear special visors or glasses made of ruby-quartz. Due to having a strong sense of morals and drive to be the leader, Scott can sometimes come off as a "boy scout" or "do-gooder". But he also has an extremely competitive side and tries hard to hold his temper in check, which can sometimes get the better of him. In contrast to his reputation for being stiff, he surprisingly shows a good sense of humor. During the series, Scott reunited with his brother Alex, who he thought died in the plane crash both were involved in.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to his cold and serious comic-book counterpart, Scott is much kinder to his friends, likable, and much more unambiguously [[TheCape heroic]] in this series.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Contrasting with many other incarnations, this version of Scott is not an aloof, doubtful, stiff loner, but a confident and self-assured leader with a much more extroverted personality and more open sense of humor.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''ummers.
* ArchEnemy: Avalanche. Even when he attempts a HeelFaceTurn, Cyclops constantly has issues with him, which Lance is all too happy to provoke.
* BadassInDistress: In "Blind Alley", Mystique abducts Scott, steals his PowerLimiter and leaves him stranded in the Mexican desert, as revenge for him leaving her to be captured in Area 51. She comes back to finish him off when he is exhausted, but Jean saves him at the nick of time.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Reliable and level-headed when calm, but piss him off and watch out!
--> '''Juggernaut:''' (taking a full blast from Cyclops' visor) You think that can stop me? I'm RAW POWER!!\\
'''Cyclops:''' You want it raw, tough guy, then take it RAW!! (takes off his visor and unleashes his unfiltered, unrestrained optic blast)
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Very protective of his long-lost little brother, Alex.
** As the team leader, he's protective of the younger mutants, particularly Kurt.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Kurt. He takes him under his wing when Kurt joined the X-Men, giving him pilot lessons and advice when needed and acts as a sort of older brother figure to him.
* BlessedWithSuck: Scott's powers ought to be as controllable as any other energy blaster, but he suffered a concussion in his youth [[spoiler:(his parents had pushed him out of a burning plane)]], which somehow led to his inability to shut off his powers after they emerged.
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Cyclops' eye beams knock bad guys back, but not Cyclops himself. It's one of the ways he's immune to his own power.
* BullyingADragon: In this case, Scott is the dragon. For some reason, everyone wants a piece of Cyke, especially Duncan and Avalanche, ''especially'' when the former finds out ''why'' he wears those shades.
* TheCaptain: And a badass one at that. This is easily one of Scott's most badass depictions yet, especially compared to his less experienced teammates.
* ChickMagnet: Attracted the affections of [[HopelessSuitor Rogue]], [[SatelliteLoveInterest Taryn]], and [[OfficialCouple Jean]]. Even Kitty was seen gushing over him.
* CoolShades: As usual, still has to wear ruby-quartz lenses to control his powers. These come in the form of sunglasses in his civilian outfit.
* DecompositeCharacter: His usual role from the comics and other animated adaptations of being the first mutant recruited into the X-Men is given to Wolverine. Perhaps as a trade-off, he's Nightcrawler's HeterosexualLifePartner, a role that was filled by Wolverine in the comics.
* EyeBeams: Cyclops' mutation is the ability to fire optic blasts of concussive force from his eyes. Unfortunately, he is unable to control it and must wear ruby-quartz glasses to be able to see without destroying everything in his line of sight.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Alex's Foolish. His more controlled and mature nature contrasts with Alex's recklessness and immaturity.
* GlassesAreSexy: His pretty boy design flirts with the idea. It's one of the reasons why girls fawn over him.
--> He's, like, ''totally'' Hollywood in those shades!
* TheHero: He's the leader of the main X-Men team, as always.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kurt. Scott comes to view him as a younger brother, likely as a result of him being separated from Alex at a young age.
* InkSuitActor: If you take away the shades, Scott closely resembles his voice actor.
* TheLeader: Of the levelheaded variety.
* MrFanservice: TallDarkAndHandsome, with plenty of ClothingDamage to boot.
* NiceGuy: Less aloof than usual portrayals and surprisingly affable.
* OfficialCouple: [[ForegoneConclusion He ends up with Jean]].
* OneWayVisor: He wears one of these as part of his X-Man costume, but ditches it for ruby-quartz glasses while in his civilian outfit.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor... it's not pretty to put it mildly.
--> Come on Professor. I'm packing a bazooka behind each eyeball! What do ya want from me?
* PowerIncontinence: It's Cyclops. The uncontrollable and destructive eye beams are inherent to the character.
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Scott is the protagonist of the first and second season, before Rogue takes over in season three.
* ShipTease: Rogue had a crush on Scott and he ''might'' have had some feelings for her, though he was mostly ObliviousToLove.
* ShirtlessScene: Scott suffers ClothingDamage more than any other male character in the series. A notable example is when he spends the majority of the third season's premiere with a torn shirt, which he somehow got when the X-Mansion exploded.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Jean. Once they finally get together, Kurt and Kitty gleefully mock them as being this.
-->'''Kurt:''' Jean, darling, please accept this croissant as a symbol of my love!\\
'''Kitty:''' Oh, Scott, you have such a way with pastry!
* SingleTargetSexuality: Scott has only ever had eyes for Jean. He never notices Rogue's obliviously huge crush on him, and even though he dated Taryn for a bit, Scott was always trying to get closer to Jean.
* SunglassesAtNight: ''Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades, oh no!''
* TemporaryBlindness: Played with. Scott is dropped off in Mexico as a part of a trap laid by Mystique. He can see fine, it's just that she took his visor so he has to keep his eyes closed to avoid his EyeBeams causing massive damage to everything he looks at. Plus, you know, he's in the middle of the desert with no one to help him.
-->''(Scott opens his eyes for an instant to get a look at his surroundings)
'' '''Scott:''' The good news...no one was there. The bad news, no one was there.
* WaveMotionGun: Pulls one off against the Juggernaut by tearing off his visor and opening his eyes as wide as he can. Sure, this is the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} and it only lasts a while, but it takes out huge chunks of the surrounding area.
* {{Workaholic}}: PlayedForLaughs: Scott ''LOVES'' Danger Room Simulations, and is happy to suggest them as a possible group activity at two in the morning.
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-->'''Real Name:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VenusTerzo [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Laetitia Reva (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Jean was the most popular of the X-Men who attended Bayville High. Beautiful, athletic, and smart, she seemed to not have the problems the others faced trying to fit in and be normal. But her growing powers made her extremely insecure and showed she had her own burdens to bear. And she was ultimately shunned by her former friends when revealed to be a mutant. Jean dated Duncan Matthews for the first two seasons, but later fell for Scott, who had secretly loved her from afar. Jean also has a very close father-and-daughter type relationship with Professor Xavier.
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* AcademicAthlete: She's shown to excel in various sports like soccer, track, and basketball, and she's mentioned to have been accepted by several universities to study genetics.
* TheAce: Jean is one of the most powerful mutants at the Institute and she has excellent control over her abilities. She is also intelligent, strong-willed, very well-liked, and a naturally gifted athlete.
* ActionGirl: Jean is highly capable of defending herself and others whenever the time calls for it.
* BarrierWarrior: Jean can generate telekinetic force fields to protect herself and others.
* BattleCouple: With Cyclops, combining his optic blasts with her potent psychic abilities.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Kitty's Beauty and Rogue's Brawn. Jean is an honor student, and she's the more level-headed and mature one of the girls.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 25, she is the first victim of Mesmero's brainwashing, and goes around collecting the objects he needs to further his agenda.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Of the passive-aggressive kind. She wasn't outwardly mean to Taryn or Rogue when in the jealous mood, but being a {{Tsundere}} she tended to take it on Scott instead via phone PassiveAggressiveKombat.
%%* CoolBigSis: To Kitty and the New Mutant girls.
* DudeMagnet: Jean has had a total of four guys that have taken an interest in her at some point throughout the series: [[OfficialCouple Scott]], [[JerkJock Duncan]], [[StalkerWithACrush Fred]] and [[SplitPersonality Lucas]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:She pulls one at some point after the show ends, as Xavier remembers having a vision of her transforming into the Dark Phoenix while he was under Apocalypse's control]].
-->'''Xavier:''' With a heavy heart, I saw the dearest of friends become the most terrible of enemies.
* FieryRedhead: Played with. Jean is level-headed and sensible. However, the mutant-hating Principal Kelly invokes this trope as he questions whether her anger can influence her powers.
-->'''Principal Kelly:''' A fiery temper? That's a dangerous combination with your kind of powers.
* GirlyBruiser: Jean is girly and well-mannered, but also quite the badass with her psionic powers.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a feminine young lady who is also a passionate athlete at several different sports and is a GirlyBruiser.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: At the beginning of the series, Jean never really expressed having romantic feelings towards Scott as she had a boyfriend, and they acted more like JustFriends. Until Season 2 when both Taryn and Rogue start showing interest in him, is when Jean starts showing her jealousy. Taryn even points out the fact that Jean has had plenty of chances at Scott but she never fell through with it. That is until later during Season 3.
* HypnotizeTheCaptive: Mesmero uses his hypnosis powers on her to make her steal for him.
* ImprovisedWeapon: She uses this a lot with her telekinetic powers to hurtle stuff at the bad guy.
* JediMindTrick: She usually uses her mind powers to do this trick. For example, when a high school bully breaks Kurt's holowatch and it reveals Kurt's real blue demon form, he starts freaking out. She hypnotizes the bully, making him forget what he saw and to walk away.
-->'''Jean:''' You're going to forget. You don't remember any of this. You're going to leave now.\\
'''Bully:''' ''(while walking away)'' Yeah... I'm going...
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Along with Kitty, both are the light to Rogue's dark. Jean is a beautiful, confident and polite popular girl whereas Rogue is a snarky, brooding goth loner who has a much shorter hairstyle than the former two.
* LovableJock: Jean is the school's star soccer player. Although referred to as 'Miss Perfect', she's considerate and gracious to everyone.
* MindOverMatter: Her powers are telepathy and telekinesis. She often uses her telekinesis to lift herself and others, giving her the ability of levitation and flight. She also uses her telekinesis to create durable shields and energy blasts.
* MindRape: Is Mesmero's first victim.
* MoralGuardians: Compare Jean to Cyclops in Season One's ''Survival of the Fittest''. Both the Brotherhood and X-Men competed to get to the top of a mountain and place a flag before the other team. The catch was neither team could use their powers. But Scott had no problem cheating and using his powers after seeing Avalanche cheat. Jean though was quick to point out that the X-Men should be above such things and stick to the rules. Interesting that neither Scott or Jean were portrayed in a positive light here with Jean being shown as slightly overbearing and self-serving.
* NotQuiteFlight: Her telekinesis enables her to effectively fly when she uses it on her own body.
* NumberTwo: She's the second-in-command after Cyclops but it's a role she rarely has to play.
* OfficialCouple: With Scott starting Season 3 and onwards.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Jean is not only a member of the X-Men, but also a skilled soccer player and the captain of the girls' team in her school. [[spoiler:Sadly, she's kicked off the team when it's revealed that she's a mutant.]]
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* PowerIncontinence: In "Power Surge", her powers start to manifest in short destructive bursts, though the seizures eventually worsen to the point she creates a telekinetic typhoon. Jean only manages to regain control after Rogue drains her energy.
* PstandardPsychicPstance: When she uses her powers, she usually either puts her hands on her temples or stretches her arms in the direction of her target.
* PsychicPowers: Her main powers are {{Telepathy}} and {{Telekinesis}}.
* PunnyName: Jean Grey has mutant powers because she possesses the X-''gene'' and her powers also involve her ''grey'' matter.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Rogue's red, being intelligent, nurturing, more levelheaded and willing to follow the rules.
* RedheadInGreen: She wears a black X-Men uniform with a bright green stripe down the front and back.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Scott. Once they finally get together, Kurt and Kitty gleefully mock them as being this:
--> '''Kurt:''' Jean, darling, please accept this croissant as a symbol of my love!\\
'''Kitty:''' Oh, Scott, you have such a way with pastry!
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Has vibrant red hair and green eyes and is the leading female character.
* SoapboxSadie: With her speeches on mutant pride and mutant/human equality, she tips into this. It was even lampshaded at one point, in which she gears herself up for a lecture: "And I for one, am very proud of the fact..." only to be yanked off-screen by Scott. In the GirlsNightOutEpisode she and the other mutant girls rail against Scott's overprotectiveness and start fighting crime as the "Bayville Sirens." She mellows out by the end of the episode (although she needed almost getting killed by some random gangsters and Cyke helping with a covert optic blast for her to get it).
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a gorgeous, 5'11 girl who stands taller than a good lot of the cast.
* StrawFeminist: This comes up during "Walk on the Wild Side" and is never really touched on again. She calls Scott out on trying to help and bitches at Duncan for buying tickets to a dance, when it's supposed to be the girl who asks the guy out, while complaining about always feeling like she's treated as the weaker sex.
* SupernaturalFloatingHair: Jean's hair sometimes floats when she uses her psychokinetic powers.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like her mentor Professor Xavier, Jean is a telepath which means that she has the ability to detect and read the thoughts of others, project her own thoughts into other's minds, form psychic links with other beings, control others' minds so as to manipulate their physical functions, mentally stun opponents with bolts of pure psionic force, cast near-flawless mental illusions, and project her mind onto the astral plane.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. She's the sweetest CoolBigSis, unless Duncan or Scott (or both) are around.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Mystique strands Scott in Mexico without his glasses, Jean's rescue is something to behold.
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-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Kurt Wagner
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BradSwaile [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Aurélien Ringelheim (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Nightcrawler is a blue, furry mutant whose power is the ability to teleport. He uses a [[{{Glamour}} holographic image inducer]] in public to appear as a normal teenage boy. Nightcrawler is the [[LukeIAmYourFather biological son of Mystique]], who [[ParentalAbandonment dropped/abandoned him]] a long time ago. They don't get along.
In contrast to his demonic appearance, Kurt is kind, fun loving, and a loyal friend. But there also is a sense of sadness about him as he longs to be accepted by the world outside despite his appearance.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Unlike the comics, he's given a more elfish appearance than outright demonic.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. This version is not a devout Catholic and the TokenReligiousTeammate, but remains otherwise one of the nicest and most compassionate members of the X-Men.
* AgeLift: Unlike the rest of his peers in the series, Kurt was already an adult (like Ororo and Logan) when he joined the X-Men in the comics.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Blue, just like his mother Mystique, though in his case it's due to his fur.
* ArchEnemy: Has a rivalry with Toad from the Brotherhood, which was established as early as the first episode. Their antagonism would grow worse as the series progressed due to Toad attempting to sabotage Kurt's date by stealing his holographic image inducer.
* AttractiveBentGender: The female version of his human self in "Adrift" is very pleasing to the eyes.
* BadassAdorable: Pretty cute for a demonic mutant. Just don't let your guard down around the fuzzy dude.
* BeastAndBeauty: He becomes the boyfriend of pretty-girl Amanda Sefton.
* BeautifulDreamer: Strangely subverted. Nightcrawler would look cute as he's sleeping... if only he didn't accidentally teleport every time he sneezes due to a bad cold. Taking Kitty with him.
* BerserkButton:
** ''Don't'' pull his tail.
** Also don't steal his Image Inducer. He completely ''flips out'' when Toad does it.
* BigEater: Apparently the price of 'porting is an insatiable appetite.
* ChickMagnet: He has had multiple ShipTease moments with Kitty, Tabitha, and Amanda despite his demonic visage. Like the above quote says, chicks dig the fuzzy dude!
* ClassClown: Kurt has a playful and teasing nature as he loves to joke around and have fun. He sometimes uses this to cover up his self-esteem issues.
* CuteLittleFangs: The pointy teeth helps accentuate his demon-esque elf theme.
* CuteMonsterGirl: A male version of this trope. In this version, Kurt is an elfin [[PrettyBoy cutie]] with blue fur, a tail, [[PointyEars pointed ears]] and [[CuteLittleFangs fangs]].
* TheCutie: Despite his appearance, Kurt's compassion and idealism and fun-loving nature make him one of the most adorable X-Men.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Don't be fooled by his demonic appearance, he's one of the sweetest guys around.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut: His teleportation abilities involve him slipping into another dimension, travelling very quickly through it then popping out elsewhere.
* FourFingeredHands: He has three-fingered hands and feet in his original, demon form. Whenever he's in his human disguise, his fingers stick together in a Vulcan-salute formation.
* FreakinessShame: While Kurt is ashamed of his appearance, he soon seems to become more relaxed about it around other mutants. He's still afraid of letting normal people see his true face, constantly wearing a device that projects a hologram around him to make him look like a normal person in public, but this trope is invoked when Amanda Sefton convinces him to turn off his image inducer as she likes his real self.
* FreakyIsCool: Kurt's girlfriend [[FanOfUnderDog Amanda]] isn't bothered at all by his true appearance.
* FunPersonified: He ''loves'' to party.
* GlamourFailure: Kurt's image inducer. Given that it really only needs the settings "off" and "on", was there really the need to give it so many options and make the off button so incredibly easy to press by accident? As the image inducer only makes him LOOK human, anyone who touches him can still feel his fur or bump against his tail. There is also his permanent Vulcan salute.
* GratuitousGerman: Kurt originally comes from Germany and since he's one of the main characters, this longtime trait is a given trope for his character. There are a few times when he slips German into his sentences, but he stops this early in the first season.
* HairColorDissonance: The only one with blue hair. Similarly to Wolverine, they are in-universe black.
* HandyFeet: His feet are shaped very much like his hands and are just as dexterous as shown when he was piloting the X-Jet with just his feet.
* HappilyAdopted: Played with, as Kurt loves his adoptive parents dearly and wouldn't trade them for the world, but as time goes on he shows a little too much interest in his birth parent and his origin. However, at the end he's shown to be unwilling to establish any kind of relationship with Mystique.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Quickly befriends Scott in the first episode and develops a sibling-like relationship with him.
* HideYourOtherness: In order for him to attend Bayville High, Kurt uses an image inducer to go out in public looking like a normal dark-haired, light-skinned teenage boy.
* {{Hologram}}: Kurt's normal Bayville High appearance is nothing more than a hologram. [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] at the beginning of Season 3 when it turns out that Kurt is the only Xavier Institute student with his cover still intact thanks to his hologram inducer.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Fuzzy Blue Elf.
* InTheHood: In the first episode, he wears a trenchcoat with a hood to hide his demonic appearance.
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest members of the cast, to the point Kurt's only negative trait seems to be that he loves partying a bit too much.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Grows very close to Kitty following the events of "Grim Reminder", but never shows any romantic attraction towards her for the entirety of the show's run.
%%* PluckyComicRelief
* PointyEars: Much like his comic book counterpart, he has elfish ears as part of his physical mutation.
* PoirotSpeak: Kurt frequently uses German words and phrases in his speech.
* PrehensileTail: His tail is strong enough to not only support his body weight but also lift an adult man completely off the ground.
* PrettyBoy: Kurt is very attractive with or without his disguise, although he falls more on the "cute" side. With his elfin features, they reflect his [[TheCutie adorable personality]], and the impression Nightcrawler leaves on viewers is that he's a cute blue elf rather than a freaky blue demon.
* RedIsHeroic: Like his comic counterpart, Kurt's outfit includes a significant amount of red.
* RedRightHand: A limitation of his image inducer. If you pay close attention, you can see that his index and middle fingers, plus his pinky and ring fingers, are practically glued together whenever he moves them. This is because the hologram is hiding the fact that he only has three fingers per hand.
* RunningOnAllFours: On occasion. He usually does this when he's in an urgent situation.
* SadClown: Sometimes, not nearly as often as the fandom would have you think. He gets his fair share of angst, but by the next episode he'll be back to making jokes and acting happily.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Due to the blue skin and opaque white eyes, it's pretty obvious that Mystique is his mother.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He inherited them from his mother.
* TeleFrag: When Scarlet Witch messes up his powers and causes him to teleport into a sign. The sign is pushed apart by Nightcrawler appearing in the middle of it. What would happen if it had been a person is left to the imagination.
* TeleporterAccident: Forge tries to extend the range of Nightcrawler's teleportation, and ends up creating rifts to the hell-like dimension Nightcrawler uses to move from place to place. Needless to say, the inhabitants get out.
* TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Nightcrawler's powers aren't especially elaborated on, though at one point he explains to Kitty he can't teleport them off an airplane due to being way too high up and moving too fast. Objects will also break apart if he teleports into them, so one can only wonder what would happen if he teleported into a person. Messing with his teleporting can also allow a hellish dimension to leak through.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Amanda is Kurt's adopted sister [[NotBloodSiblings whom he dates]]; here they keep the romance but cut out the sibling angle.
* WallCrawling: He can stick to walls. He's even called "Wall Crawler" at one point.
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[[folder:Rogue]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Me and Miss Popularity there are worlds apart, galaxies, but then I realized something. She would do the same thing for me."''[[note]] regarding Jean [[/note]]]]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]\\
'''Real Name:''' Unknown\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MeghanBlack [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alexandra Corréa (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Rogue is a mysterious mutant who absorbs the memories and abilities of others through touch. Due to her powers, Rogue has become [[BrokenBird withdrawn, bitter, anti-social, and sullen]]. Only after learning to trust the other X-Men, does she begin to open up. Rogue is Mystique's adopted daughter, but turns her back on Mystique after learning that she was only using her and joins the X-Men. She develops a massive crush on Cyclops, but later accepts that Scott loves Jean and not her.
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* ActionGirl: She has mutant powers and she does use them occasionally but relies more on her [[FightsLikeANormal combat skills]] to fight enemies.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Rogue of the comics and other adaptations is more of a SouthernBelle. The cartoon presents her as an awkward, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] {{goth}} who happens to be from the South.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her eyes are generally green in the comics, but they're portrayed as grey in the show.
* AdaptationalWimp: She lacks her comic book self's super strength and flight[[note]] Those were absorbed from a heroine who doesn't appear to exist in this continuity. [[/note]]; and although the powers and memories she absorbs from her victims are permanent, she is unable to voluntarily tap into them for more than a few minutes after absorption, and they begin to overwhelm and drive her insane with time.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
** Her love for Cyclops can never be returned; although series writer Frank Puar says that [[spoiler:though Rogue lost to Jean during their teen years, the small glimpse of the future team from the series finale showed subtle hints that after Jean's disastrous contact with the Phoenix Force and subsequent death, Rogue would finally be able to confess her feelings for Scott and they would become a couple]].
** Cody, the star football player from her hometown in her debut episode, had been staring at her for a week before being brave enough to ask her for a dance, but is accidentally put into a coma due to her latent mutation.
* AllYourPowersCombined: In "Self Possessed", the personalities she had absorbed in previous episodes begin to surface and overwhelm her mind, allowing her to use all their powers at the same time. Though Xavier erases these abilities by the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Rogue would reclaim them on top with a few others in "Dark Horizon"]].
* AntiVillain: Starts out as a member of the Brotherhood, due to feeling isolated because of her uncontrollable power.
* BadassAdorable: Is a very shy and pretty girl with superpowers.
* BadassBiker: She commandeers Logan's motorcycle for them to escape military capture, and proves plenty skilled with it.
* BadassLongcoat: She wears a [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120817060909/xmenevo/images/c/c4/Profile-_rogue_coat.png brown coat]] every now and then.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Kitty's Beauty and Jean's Brains. She's the most aggressive, with a rebellious attitude and a TouchOfDeath power by skin contact that works wonders in a fist fight.
* BlessedWithSuck: Zigzagged.
** Her mutation means she can never touch anyone without injuring or knocking them out, but it also makes Rogue a force to be reckoned when she joins a fight. She is often shown using her power to knock out one opponent, and then proceeding to use the stolen power to take care of the rest of her enemies. Or if one of her friends is knocked out anyway, she takes their powers as an extra boost to the group's fighting strength. She definitely uses her power much more liberally not to mention more effectively than in other media portrayals.
** "Self Possessed" reveals that her mutation ''permanently'' stores the powers and memories from the people she touches. However, she cannot voluntarily tap into them, and they begin to overwhelm her original personality, driving her to the brink of insanity. It takes Xavier's intervention to prevent the other personalities from taking over her body.
* BrokenBird: Rogue was purposefully raised as an [[{{Goth}} outsider]] by Mystique and Destiny to manipulate her into becoming Mystique's tool, [[BlessedWithsuck cannot touch anyone without draining them due to her mutant ability]], and to top it all off suffers from a bad case of [[LoveHurts unrequited love]] for Scott and consequentially is bitterly jealous of Scott's official {{Love Interest|s}} Jean.
* ClothingDamage: Somewhat justified. In the Season 3 two-parter finale, Rogue is hit head-on by a massive fire blast from Pyro. Having just absorbed Colossus' metal skin power, she comes out of it unharmed. Her clothes, however, are burned off except for the obvious necessary bits and some extra scraps.
* ConflictingLoyalty: In the earlier parts of the first season, Rogue was torn between her feelings towards Scott and the X-Men, and her loyalty to her superior Mystique and the Brotherhood. She ends up officially joining the X-Men when she learns that Mystique has been manipulating her from the start and that her feelings of mistrust for the X-Men were misplaced.
* ConspicuousGloves: Rogue wears gloves so as not to accidentally touch anyone, [[PoisonousPerson since touching her skin causes her to absorb others' memories and physical abilities, often harming or potentially killing them]].
* CuteBruiser: Is a very cute, shy and pretty girl who likes being tough.
* CoolBigSis: Kurt comes to see her as this once they find out she is his adoptive sister. She seems to reciprocate the feelings by the series' end, as they walk away together after rejecting Mystique.
* DeadpanSnarker: As a rather moody character, she's quick to throw some sarcasm out every now and then.
* DistractedByTheSexy: She's so taken with Gambit when she first meets him that she doesn't realize he's given her a card that's about to explode.
* EnergyAbsorption: If her skin touches anyone else's then she'll absorb energy as well as their memories and abilities. The longer she holds on, the more she absorbs.
* FightsLikeANormal: Due to the nature of her power, most Danger Room scenes have her instead use basic training and martial arts to deal with the robotic threats and use her powers sporadically. Shown off in ''Cajun Spice'', where she uses her power for mind reading only and mostly takes out the Rippers with just outmatching them in fighting skills.
* {{Goth}}: A huge departure from her SouthernBelle comic persona. And it proved to be quite popular. Some Comic writers (notably Grant Morrison) wanted to CanonImmigrant this, but never got the chance to. Instead it appears X-23 has absorbed this trait when adapted into the Comics.
* GreenEyedMonster: Rogue shows some jealousy toward Jean, possibly due to her [[PowerIncontinence own power's drawback]] and Jean seeming to be perfect in every way. This becomes clear in season two's ''Power Surge'' where Jean can telepathically hear Rogue snark on her for winning an award, and later for believing Professor Xavier gives Jean preferential treatment. Knowing that Scott, who she has a crush on, really loves Jean doesn't help either. At the end, she acknowledges that for all their differences, Jean does care for her.
* HeelFaceTurn: She initially joined the Brotherhood of Mutants, but left to join the X-Men after finding out that they recruited her to be a potential weapon.
* HopelessSuitor: For Scott since he only has eyes for Jean.
* IdentityBreakdown: In the episode "Self Possessed," Rogue's powers are revealed to not only take the abilities of others, but permanently store them inside of her. The personalities of all the people she's absorbed abilities from begin to overwhelm her and threaten a SplitPersonalityTakeover, which [[DrivenToMadness drives her to the brink of madness]] as she struggles to maintain her sense of self. Xavier has to intervene, erasing the personalities from her mind, in order to save her.
* KissOfDeath: She did this to Gambit in "Dark Horizon" to absorb his powers, though it only knocks him out.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Jean and Kitty's light. Rogue is a snarky, brooding gothic loner whereas Jean and Kitty are both bright and friendly long-haired extroverts.
%%* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold
* MostCommonSuperpower: As expected from [[MsFanservice Rogue]]. While not to the levels seen in the comics, she is realistically proportioned but still more ample than the other X-Men.
* MundaneUtility: She once used her power so she could dance like Kitty.
* MsFanservice: Despite her appearance, Rogue is very cute, hot and beautiful.
* NiceGirl: She is very kind, protective, caring, brave and loving inside, despite the sarcasm and broken heart.
* NoNameGiven: She's referred to as 'a rogue' by Xavier in her origin episode, then she expresses a lack of memory. Since then, her name was never revealed in the show, and she was only referred to as Rogue. Many have taken to calling her Anna Marie, her current comic name, but it's more of a fanon thing right now.
* OddFriendship: With Kitty. The girls have nothing in common, and earlier episodes showed them as not being able to stand each other, though later on the two quickly grow to become close friends.
* OneManArmy: In "Dark Horizon", Rogue [[spoiler:ambushes and defeats ''the entire cast'' while under Mesmero's control]].
* OnlyOneName: Just Rogue. One wonders how that worked at school.
* OutOfTheInferno: When Rogue is brainwashed by Mesmero to steal the powers of dozens of mutants, she targets Magneto's crew. After taking out most of them, Pyro blasts her. She walks out of the fire with some ClothingDamage and Colossus' metal skin power active.
* PersonalityPowers: She's a gloomy, withdrawn goth with an uncontrollable death touch.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Her comics' counterpart never had romantic feelings for Scott.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Jean's blue, with Rogue being cynical, tough, impulsive and willing to break the rules.
* RedheadInGreen: Rogue has auburn hair but she still qualifies. In one of her civvies outfits, she wears a green mesh top over her black halter. And her X-Men battle uniform has a green armor platelet that goes over her chest area.
* TheResenter: A little bit, for Jean. During the first episode of season 2, Jean catches Rogue getting chided by the Professor, with Rogue thinking to herself the Professor would never treat Jean the same way.
* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: When her powers become unstable all the personalities she's ever absorbed begin to surface and with Mystique's powers she takes the form of whatever person she has previously been in contact with.
* ShipTease: Beside her crush on Scott, in the later seasons she had one full episode of blatant teases with Gambit, plus scattered moments in other episodes. Though according to the character designer and occasional director of the series, they kept this to a minimum because a lot of the writing team shipped Scott and Rogue.
* SixthRanger: She became the last member to join the original team before the recruits appeared.
* StereotypeFlip: Her gothic-influenced fashion sense runs pretty contrary to most stereotypes about people from the American South (particularly the Deep South, where she's from).
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She was the unwitting accomplice that helped Mystique release Wanda from the mental institution and recruit her into the Brotherhood, because she briefly toured Risty/Mystique around the Institute in "Power Surge," familiarizing her with Cerebro. When Risty returned there accompanied by Arcade in "Fun and Games," she gathered data on Charles' sessions with Wanda as revealed in "The [=HeX=] Factor."]]
* WakeupMakeup: Rogue is never seen without her makeup. Even when Avalanche pushed her into a pool, or when she ''just'' steps out of the shower, her make-up is completely intact. Though there is one episode in season 4, "Cajun Spice," where Rogue falls into a lake and comes out makeup-free.
* WhenSheSmiles: She doesn't smile a lot, but when she does, it's a very beautiful and heartwarming thing.
* WorkoutFanservice: Gets in a couple of [[MaleGaze very well animated]] athletic training scenes in a lowcut sports bra and tight leggings.
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[[folder:Shadowcat]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I don't have any gifts, just a curse."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Shadowcat
-->'''Real Name:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaggieBlueOHara [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Géraldine Frippiat (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant from Northbrook, Illinois whose ability allows her to become intangible. Shadowcat is the youngest member of the team and is characterized by [[ThePollyanna her upbeat nature and cheerfulness]]. She usually pals around with Nightcrawler since they are about the same age. Her on-again off-again romance with Avalanche was a sub-plot that continued through all four seasons. She first develops a crush on him while still in school, but it turned out he was only using her to steal test answers. Later, even though they are on opposite teams, Lance saves her life and her opinion of him changes. They date for a while, but their differences break them up, before ultimately reigniting their romantic relationship after the fight against Apocalypse.
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* ActionGirl: She gets to join in on the action frequently as one of the team's core members.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her eyes are generally portrayed as brown/hazel in the comics, but here they're a [[InnocentBlueEyes light blue]].
* AffectionateNickname:
** "Kitty" is a nickname to begin with. (Her real first name is Katherine.)
** Avalanche calls her "Pretty Kitty" and "Kit-Kat", alternatively.
** Wolverine calls her "Half-Pint".
** Spyke calls her "K-Girl".
* AgeLift:
** Slightly. In the comics, she was in middle school when she first got her powers. Here, she's in high school.
** Unlike the comics, Kitty is the same age as Scott, Jean, Kurt, etc. This means she's more of a peer to the other X-Men, not a TagAlongKid.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted in that Kitty was attracted to the ''good'' person inside of Lance, and wasn't super thrilled when he acted like an asshole. Although to a 15-year-old girl being pursued by an older and handsome bad boy wasn't exactly a turn-off.
* BadassAdorable: Cute, sweet, and naïve, and she can whoop ass along with the rest of the X-Men.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Beauty to Jean's Brains and Rogue's Brawn. She's a cute ValleyGirl and the most feminine of the X-Men girls.
* BrainyBrunette: Kitty has long, brown hair, most often tied back in a high ponytail. She's shown to be well versed with the mansion's computer system, and was stated to be a straight A student with taking senior-class courses like trigonometry and astrophysics. So its more that she just acts a [[DitzyGenius little ditzy]].
* CuteClumsyGirl: The only class she doesn't ace is gym.
* DatingCatwoman: She briefly dates Avalanche in the second season, but they both realize the relationship is not going to work as long as they are in opposing teams. Their interactions in the final episode imply they still have feelings for each other.
* DitzyGenius: Although she speaks like a ValleyGirl, she's quite smart. In her first episode, the GirlPosse claim she's acing all of her classes except PE. In another episode she and Evan figure out how Forge's machine works simply by examining it. And she also demonstrates knowledge of how to short out a helicopter's weapon system without knocking down the craft.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Her driving even scares Wolverine, due to her habit of phasing the car through obstacles. Scott was so scared that he stated he never wanted to ride a vehicle again.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She's seen cuddling/sleeping with a stuffed, purple dragon, which is a reference to Lockheed, Kitty's pet dragon from the comics.
* GirlyBruiser: Has a ValleyGirl personality but capable of kicking just as much ass as her teammates.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Lance.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. But she gets over it after a few episodes.
* InformedJudaism: The only evidence that she's Jewish is a scene of her lighting the menorah in her home in the ChristmasEpisode.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Kitty has huge light blue eyes and she has a [[ThePollyanna sweet and optimistic personality.]]
* {{Intangibility}}: She can phase through solid objects and even people. Amusingly in one episode she phases through Beast while brushing her teeth...and accidentally leaves the toothbrush inside him.
* LethalChef: Oh, yes. She gains this reputation after she uses Kurt as a guinea pig for her muffins. After a couple of batches, he bolts whenever she asks him to taste her cooking.
* LettingHerHairDown: Shadowcat undoes her trademark ponytail once she starts fighting crime as a Bayville Siren in episode "Walk On The Wild Side".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Along with Jean, both are the light to Rogue's dark. Kitty is a sweet, bubbly, pink-wearing girl whereas Rogue is a snarky, brooding gothic loner who has a much shorter hairstyle than the former two.
* LikeIsLikeAComma: Like, she tends to talk this way. Occasionally it gets to the point where her teammates can barely even understand her.
* MoralityPet: From season two on, definitely Lance's. While his antagonism towards the X-Men, especially Scott, remains intact, Kitty is the only member he has a soft spot for, even going as far as to briefly join the X-Men just to be closer to her. She also inspires most of his heroic feats, including how she convinces him to join the battle against Apocalypse during the finale.
* MsFanservice: A modest example, but she spends an episode or two clad in nothing but a swimsuit, so it's there in a "girl next door" kind of way.
* NaiveNewcomer: She definitely feels like a fish out of water when she first joins the X-Men, being particularly weirded out by Kurt's appearance at first.
* NotQuiteFlight: Kitty has been shown (at least once) being able to float/walk on air using her phasing power. She can also phase upward through ceilings, which has about the same effect as levitation.
* OddFriendship: With Rogue. Once the latter joins the team, the two of them can often be seen hanging out together in spite of their very different personalities. They even go on a mission together in "The Stuff of Villains."
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:She gets back together with Lance in the last episode]].
* OppositesAttract: She's a sweet, naive uptown Valley girl who hooks up with the grungy, hot-headed and rebellious loner Lance. Also, they are on opposing teams; Kitty's part of the heroic X-Men whereas Lance is the field leader of the villainous Brotherhood.
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pink sweater cardigan with her main outfit, her pajamas are pink, and she has a pink one-piece swimsuit. And she's definitely girly too.
%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Kurt.
* PluckyGirl: Although she's initially nervous with being on the X-Men, she demonstrates a lot of bravery and determination when the occasion calls for it and in later seasons.
* PuppyDogEyes: To the extent that Wolverine once snaps at her: "And don't give me them puppy-dog eyes, Half-Pint!"
* ShipTease: Occasionally with Evan. She's notably more affectionate to him than the other X-kids.
%%* TheSmartGuy: She can be a brainiac [[DitzyGenius sometimes...]]
* StuffedIntoALocker: This happens to her in her debut episode, mostly as an excuse for Kitty to discover her ability to phase past solid objects. So naturally, this causes her to bump into Avalanche to kick off the plot.
* TeenGenius: A straight-A student (although her intelligence was somewhat downplayed compared to other versions of Shadowcat).
* UnexplainedAccent: Talks like a stereotypical Southern California ValleyGirl, despite ostensibly being from Illinois.
* ValleyGirl: Unlike her comic book counterpart. However, she stopped, like totally, after the first season. For sure.
* WalkingTechbane: Like her comics counterpart, her powers can often cause machinery to malfunction if she phases through them.
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!!The Teachers
[[folder:Wolverine]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"We're definitely gonna need more instructors. An' maybe a couple of tanks."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Unknown, goes by Logan
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Robert Dubois (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The X-Men's top fighter and chief drill instructor to the students. His keen senses help him track down adversaries and alert him of danger ahead. His healing powers make him nearly impossible to defeat in a brawl. Adamantium claws are capable of shredding enemies and just about any inanimate object as well. His past is a mystery to everyone, including himself. It is a rather lengthy past as well because his healing factor has drastically slowed the aging of his body. He was already an adult by World War II. Unlike in other X-Men series, Wolverine plays a supporting role in ''X-Men: Evolution'' and is more of a PapaWolf than carousing badass.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: A few, particularly "Grim Reminder" in season 1 (which focuses on his backstory), "Operation: Rebirth" (which includes his time fighting alongside Captain America in World War 2), and "X23" (which introduces his eponymous clone).
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Due to the series' [[AgeLift changes to certain character's ages]], he never falls in love with teenage Jean Grey, and therefore never has the heated rivalry with Cyclops that is the cause for much of his {{Jerkass}} behavior in the comics (though the two did briefly have a leadership struggle).
** Also, while he always was fond of young mutant daughter figures, it would take the comic version decades of CharacterDevelopment for him to be anywhere close to willing to play father figure with Storm and Xavier for an entire group of mutant children before any school for gifted youngsters or superhero team was properly established. Here, he's one the school's founding members alongside Xavier, Storm, and Beast.
* AnimeHair: It actually ''bends backwards and up.''
* ArchEnemy: With Sabretooth.
* BadassBiker: Logan owns two motorcycles and is often seen driving them. And just watch the beginning sequence of "Operation: Rebirth" where Wolverine being chased by the military in the woods on his motorcycle. Talk about badass!
* BadassTeacher: He's the students' chief drill instructor, and he kicks a lot of ass.
* BashBrothers: With Captain America back in WWII, who he promises to one day find a cure for his recovery.
* BerserkButton: If anyone refers him as "Weapon X", it ''really'' gets under Logan's skin.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He gradually warms up to Kitty and Kurt nicknaming them "Half-pint" and "Elf" respectively.
* CompositeCharacter: He has Cyclops' usual role from the comics and other animated adaptations of being the first X-Man and Xavier's right-hand man.
* CoolOldGuy: The guy was around helping Captain America in WWII.
* DeadpanSnarker: To the students.
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Whenever the students are having issues with themselves or their powers, he's there to help make sense of it since he's been there himself. Most notably to Rogue.
%%* {{Determinator}}
* DrillSergeantNasty: Can be at times; see TrainingFromHell below.
* HairColorDissonance: Technically, his hair is supposed to be black, but with the way the animation is, it looks more dark blue than black.
* HairTriggerTemper: Downplayed. Despite his temper and violent attributions, he does try to control them.
* HealingFactor: Due to the nature of most children's shows, this can't be shown that effectively. But it's better shown here when Wolverine's shown to have broken his legs from a helicopter jump, and later on in Season 4 when he falls out of a plane.
%%* HellbentForLeather
%%* HotBloodedSideburns
* IWorkAlone: Downplayed. Although he prefers to be alone, he does enjoy the company of those he likes.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kitty and Rogue.
* MysteriousPast: Some episodes go into his past... a little.
* TheNicknamer: "Chuck" for Professor X, "Red" for Jean, "Elf" for Nightcrawler, and "Half-Pint" for Kitty.
* TheNoseKnows: His tracking mutant ability.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to his self-regeneration power, Logan's true age will never be revealed but it's shown he was at least old enough to have served in the military along with Cap, which he did in this cartoon. Magneto was a kid back then.
* OppositeSexClone: X-23
* PapaWolf: Hurt any of his X-Men at your own risk. Especially Kitty, Rogue, and X-23.
* ParentalSubstitute: To X-23. Even though she's basically his OppositeSexClone, he treats her like he would with his own daughter.
* RetCanon: During the final two seasons, this Wolverine adopted the second costume of his counterpart in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', which started concurrently with ''Evolution'' (both series starting in 2000).
* ScreamingWarrior: Logan can be counted on to be yelling or roaring in battle when taking down foes.
* ShipperOnDeck: Rather amusingly, he serves as one for Scott and Jean here. When Scott is wondering about communicating his feelings to Jean and decides to ask Logan of all people for girl advice, Logan tells him that if he won't tell her his feelings Logan will. At the end when they hook up, Logan merely says, "About time".
* SuperSenses: Wolverine's senses are so high-tuned he can recognize and track people by individual scents -- this ability also allows him to see through shape-shifter disguises.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Inverted. as despite a notable things about the Logan of the comics (including how he got the adamantium regrafted onto his skeleton after Magnetl ripped the metal out in ''ComicBook/{{Fatal Attraction|MarvelComics}}''), he's never made one on the show.
* TrainingFromHell: This trope gets first {{deconstructed|Trope}}, and then ''{{reconstruct|ion}}ed'' - in the first X-23 episode, it's established that he can be pretty harsh with training the younger X-Men-to-be, to the point that Rogue wouldn't admit she'd gotten better (after the last episode's events) to avoid it. After his experience with the aforementioned {{Tykebomb}}, he loosens up because "Sometimes you gotta let kids just be kids". He realizes that pushing teenagers too far in training is detrimental, and he eases up by the end. Contains hilarity in that Rogue of all people was pretending to still be sick in an effort to evade his training session.
* TrueCompanions: In their first scene together you can tell just how much he and Charles trust each other, and through the whole series they remain good confidants to each other.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Charles and his school.
* WolverineClaws: [[TropeNamers Obviously]]. His claws along with the rest of the bones in his body were bonded with an unbreakable metal known as adamantium as part of the Weapon X program.
* TheWorfEffect: Need to make The Juggernaut look like a huge threat? Have him kick Wolverine's ass.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Storm]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I'm a weather-witch, not a snow plow. I'm doing the best I can."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Ororo Munroe
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KirstenWilliamson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Francine Laffineuse (FR)[[/labelnote]]
One of Professor Xavier's top teachers, Storm is seen as a role model by the students. She is also one of the most powerful mutants alive due to her ability to manipulate the weather. One of her few weaknesses is her claustrophobia which was explored in her one spotlight episode ''African Storm''.
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* ActionGirl: Due to being an adult in contrast to the rest of the teenagers, she's quite powerful.
* AdaptationalModesty: She doesn't have her usual LeotardOfPower from the comics - instead she wears a modest bodysuit.
* AffectionateNickname: Her nephew Evan calls her "Auntie O".
* BadassCape: She wears a nice dark blue cape as a part of her costume.
* BadassTeacher: She's not shown teaching that much, but she's suitably badass.
* BlowYouAway: She can manipulate the winds to great effect.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Storm isn't an actual goddess, but her mutant power gives her the ability to smite enemies with massive bolts of lightning from the sky if she's sufficiently mad.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: First when Hungan captures her will into his scepter, giving him the ability to control her body, using her powers to attack the X-Men. [[spoiler:Later she becomes one of Apocalypse's Horsemen.]]
* BrightnessShadows: Storm's lightning attacks create darker shadows upon striking people, as does Rogue's version [[spoiler:when she's copying her powers during their fight]].
* CaringGardener: She uses her weather manipulating powers to water the plants in the mansion's greenhouse in her spare time.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: As in the comics, she's got a great fear of confined spaces. One Danger Room simulation had her trapped in a tight box and she freaked out.
* CombatStilettos: She has these on in both of her series and post-series costumes, but they're a non-issue for her since she's often seen floating or flying.
* CoolAunt: To Evan. He outright calls her this in his video project.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Her spotlight episode, "African Storm".
* DemotedToExtra: Despite always having been a major player in the X-Men franchise, she receives very little focus in this series and only has one episode centered around her during the entire run of the show.
* ElementalPowers: She has complete control over the weather, which gives her the ability to whip up [[ShockandAwe lightning]], [[BlowYouAway wind]], [[MakingASplash rain]] and [[AnIcePerson ice storms]] in combat. Hence her codename Storm.
* EmotionalPowers: Ororo's powers have always been closely linked with her emotions. As such she has had to teach herself a large degree of self control. Containing her emotions isn't always easy though and when she fails, the results can be quite dramatic.
* FisherKing: The weather changes according to her mood.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Whenever she is using her powers.
* GodGuise: She was worshiped as a goddess in Africa due to her ability to summon the rains.
* AnIcePerson: Comes with her control of the weather which includes blizzards and hailstorms.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: WordOfGod from the guy who designed the characters, Storm has very long shapely legs and curvy hips.
* InconsistentColoring: Ororo's eyes can be seen as changing from blue to purple depending on the episode.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Her mutant powers give her control over the elements, and she's a PhysicalGoddess with a regal manner.
* MakingASplash: Can produce rain, of course.
* MamaBear: It's best not to mess with the younger X-Men. And more specifically with her nephew Spyke.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:She receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" her as one of his horsemen]].
* MonochromaticEyes: She has normal blue eyes until she uses her powers, causing them to glow white.
* MundaneUtility: She frequently use her weather powers to generate small rains to water her plants or fill up a water fountain.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Courtesy of her mutant powers.
* NotQuiteFlight: She can fly by using her powers to manipulate the winds surrounding her.
* OccultBlueEyes: She has blue eyes, which is extremely rare among non-Europeans.
* PhysicalGoddess: Was worshipped as one by her tribe.
* ShockAndAwe: Her most famous power; creating lightning either from the clouds or her hands.
* StatuesqueStunner: As per usual, Storm is a towering beauty!
* TeamMom: And aunt to Spyke.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where she was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts her to be one]].
* WeatherDissonance: She tends to whip up fogs and tornadoes to suit her purposes.
* WeatherManipulation: As her codename implies, Storm's mutant abilities allow her to create storms and manipulate wind, rain and lightning. Using the wind she can fly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beast]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I can see now that teaching mutants will require entirely different skills."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Hank [=McCoy=]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelKopsa [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jean-Paul Dermont (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Hank [=McCoy=] was a popular teacher at Bayville High who held a dark secret. His mutation gave him a burly physique with large hands and feet and unparalleled agility, but also a feral side to his mind. After school hours, he worked on a serum he hoped would stop his primal regressions when simply reciting Shakespeare wasn't enough to keep him focused. But unfortunately his beastly side was set free by an attempt to make a better serum, turning him into a blue furred beast. He damaged the school, also threatening Principal Kelly in an uncontrollable rage. The X-Men eventually were able to locate and subdue him. Soon the rage subsided, but life would never be the same. His rampage at the school and his drastic and permanent change in physical appearance would make any public appearance too startling for a general population unaware of the mutants among them. Hank remained at the Xavier Institute as a teacher for the New Recruits. Similar to Wolverine and Storm, he is more of a bit player due to the focus being on the students.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he was in the first issue when the X-Men as founded. Here, Hank appears after the X-Men was already formed in the second season.
* AgeLift: In the comics, he was around the same age as Scott and Jean when he first arrived at Xavier's School. Here, he's a middle-aged teacher while Scott and Jean are high school students in their late teens.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The fur which covers out his body is a blue-grey color.
* BadassTeacher: He was pretty tough ''before'' mutating into his blue, furry form.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very nice person, but push him too far and you WILL regret it.
* CoolTeacher: In the eyes of the New Mutants, in stark contrast to Wolverine's SternTeacher or Jean and Scott's PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher mentality.
* CulturedBadass: Always finds ways to make sophisticated references to literature and science.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: After his mutation, his eye color matches his blue fur.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He starts off as Bayville High's chemistry and gym teacher before he officially joins the X-Men later as Beast.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene after entering the classroom in Season 2 is to ask if any of the students want to create a stink bomb, right after Lance and Kitty were talking about one. A later scene also has him kick [[JerkJock Duncan]] off the track team immediately after he rams into Scott during a dash. More importantly, when he goes to Scott, whose shades had been knocked off, he instantly but quietly tells him to keep his eyes closed as he puts the shades back on, establishing he's a SecretSecretKeeper to his mutant students episodes before we learn about his debut as Beast.
* FreakinessShame: Like with Kurt, Hank feels like a freak at times after trying to cure himself, despite he still retains his mind. Even when Xavier suggested to give him a holographic inducer, Hank doesn't want to reenter the world. He does get over it after a researcher captured Hank [=McCoy=] after mistaking him for Bigfoot. When he finds out that [=McCoy=] is intelligent, he is amazed and does his best to save him from overzealous hunters. Since then, never had much of a problem of his appearance.
%%* GeniusBruiser
* GentleGiant: Sure he ''looks'' big and scary, but he has the temperament of a teddy bear.
%%* HandyFeet
* LightningBruiser: Not only is Hank strong, but he's also incredibly fast and agile.
%%* MonsterModesty: He started off looking reasonably normal. Once he turned into a furry monster, he stripped down to underwear. This is especially odd since the character is a very educated, polite individual who would normally be the type to dress in a dignified manner.
* {{Mutants}}: Hank is both a mutant and a mutate. He was born a mutant with ape-like features and abilities. He mutated himself by ingesting a serum which made him more animal-like. It turned him into a new form with new powers. He grew blue-gray fur over his entire body, his muscles expanded, ears became larger and pointed, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength, as well as enhanced his senses.
%%* NerdGlasses
* PointyEars: When he mutated himself, Beast gained pointy ears.
%%* ProfessorGuineaPig
%%* ResistTheBeast
%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* ShapeshifterModeLock: He's stuck in the furry blue "Beast" mode and can never change back into regular human Hank because his mutation could no longer be controlled with the serum he had formulated upon first learning of his mutation.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Not only a practice of his, it's also how Spyke gets through to him.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Hank sometimes wears reading glasses and he's a genius scientist.
* SuperStrength: Has always had some level of super strength which has increased even more when his mutation evolved.
* TeamDad: To the New Mutants.
* TechnoWizard: He is an expert in electronics.
%%* TVGenius
* UnderwearOfPower: His X-Men costume whenever he's on missions is just underwear covering his crotch and buttocks.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor X]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You know, handling defeat is as much mark of your character as coming home the victor. And from what I see, this was a lesson, apparently, much needed."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Prof. Charles Xavier
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidKaye [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jean-Marc Delhausse (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The team's telepathic mentor and financier. He is the world's most powerful telepath and founder of the X-Men. His goal is to maintain a peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants. He created a school which trains mutants to use their powers responsibly and discreetly in order to prevent panic from the general human population. This philosophy puts him at odds with mutants such as Magneto who believe mutants should be dominating humanity rather than hiding from it.
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%%* ActualPacifist
* AdaptationalNationality: Xavier was American in the comics, but here he speaks with a British accent. This seems inspired by [[Film/XMen1 the movie]] released few years prior to the series, where Xavier is portrayed by British actor Creator/PatrickStewart.
* BadassTeacher: ''Professor'' Charles Xavier has a doctorate in genetics and is the most powerful telepath in the world.
* BigGood: He is the wise leader of the X-Men, principal of the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, and his mission is to create a world where mutants and {{Muggles}} to co-exist peacefully.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final season, [[spoiler:he's captured by Apocalypse and turned into one of his Horsemen]].
* ChromeDomePsi: He's bald and a telepath.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: As with every version of Xavier since the first ''Film/XMen1'', he sounds a lot like Creator/PatrickStewart, though this version sounds like a fusion of Stewart and Creator/SeanConnery.
%%* TheComicallySerious
%%* CoolChair
%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* CrimefightingWithCash
* FriendlyEnemy: How Xavier sees Magneto, although their friendship is not ''as'' emphasized as in other portrayals.
* GadgeteerGenius: He's responsible for the creation of technological achievements such as the mutant-tracking computer Cerebro, the Danger Room, Nightcrawler's holowatch and the Juggernaut's holding cell.
* GeniusCripple: Paraplegic and not just smart, but also his mutation gives him one of the most powerful minds in the world.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He's well-educated and carries some characteristics of a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:He receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" him as one of his horsemen]].
* MindOverManners: He often prefers to "ask" before he reads your mind.
* NonActionGuy: Justified since he's wheelchair-bound. Not that it impedes his telepathic powers. He ''could'' perform MindRape and the like, making him a destructive force, if he wasn't so moral.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being generally concerned for the larger picture and being a stern but fair father figure they can all trust, it doesn't stop him from reprogramming Nightcrawler's image inducer to make him look like a girl after he broke it.
%%* TheProfessor
* PsychicPowers: One of the most powerful psychics in the franchise (the comics and cartoons).
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Xavier and Juggernaut are half-brothers instead of step-brothers like in the comics.
* ShapingYourAttacks: With [[spoiler:Apocalypse]]'s power-up, Xavier can create a literal psychic scythe.
* TheTeamBenefactor: Xavier's wealth allows him to supply the team with whatever they may need. He's able to fund room and board for all of his students/teachers who all live in a mansion, having access to its spacious grounds and enough money to have his X-Men ride into action in a private jet, rebuild the Xavier Institute including the Danger Room and all the various technology that is inevitably damaged every other week in training simulations.
* TeamDad: Several of the X-Men view him as their father figure, especially Scott and Jean.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where he was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts him to be one]].
* {{Telepathy}}: With his formidable psychic powers, Professor X can read and communicate with other minds, apply MindManipulation and LaserGuidedAmnesia, has the capability of accessing, suppressing and restoring memories, able to generate mental blocks onto others' minds, and include sleep. These are just some of the things that he can do with his mutant ability.
* TookALevelInBadass: Once he is [[spoiler:turned into one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse]], Professor X's psychokinesis receives a boost in versatility and raw power, granting him telekinesis, levitation, the ability to fire psionic blasts, and the power to manifest his mind as a shapeshifting being of pure energy. It took Jean using Cerebro and tapping into the power of the Phoenix just to hold him off.
[[/folder]]
!!New Mutants/New Recruits
[[folder:Iceman]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iceman_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:320:''"Hey! Did you see? Were you watching? This time it took me almost twice as long to crash and burn."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Robert 'Bobby' Drake
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]David Scarpuzza (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Iceman, also known as Bobby Drake, is the unofficial leader of the 'baby' group, the New Mutants. He is the most outgoing of the new recruits and he later [[SixthRanger becomes a standby X-Man to take the place of Spyke]]. After Spyke's departure, he became a regular in X-Men missions, including being considered one of the more "experienced" students during the Season Three finale to join Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Beast, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Shadowcat to fight Apocalypse. Iceman has the ability to convert his body to ice and to produce ice from his hands.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he was in the first issue when the X-Men as founded and was one of the founding members. Here, Drake appears after the X-Men was already formed in the second season.
* AscendedExtra: Starts off as nothing more than an extra face. By Season 4, he's officially taken over Evan's role in the series, getting to hang out with the main X-Men. Bobby himself points out in one episode that he's practically an X-Men by this point.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's shown in the few times he gets to be on a mission to be a capable team player, and was a fairly competent leader during a Danger Room session, but usually his immaturity gets in the way.
* ChickMagnet: He gets his own legion of island fangirls while on a vacation cruise, and enjoys showing off for them.
* ClassClown: He's almost always the one to act out and make a scene in class.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cannonball.
%%* TheHero: To the New Recruits anyway.
* AnIcePerson: His codename is Iceman and his powers involve firing freezing blasts from his hands and shapeshifting into an icy form.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MrFanservice: He is not as tall or as muscular as the older men being an adolescent boy still but he has a moderate amount of muscle and he does get some scenes like when Beast took them out on a field trip and when the X Men were on a cruise ship wearing nothing but boardshorts.
* ThePrankster: On occasion, Iceman uses his powers for pranks, such as dropping the temperature of a pool when the people inside insult the X-Men for being mutants.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: While this version would later join the X-Men, his comic counterpart was one of the original members and thus was never tied to the New Mutants.
* TooDumbToLive: He stole the X-Jet for a joyride, broke into the Danger Room for unsupervised training, and put an iceberg in front of the cruise ship he himself was sailing on. If it wasn't for the intervention of the other, more experienced X-Men, he would very easily have gotten himself and many other innocent people killed.
%%* TotallyRadical: To some extent, not as bad as Spyke though.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cannonball]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cannonball/Sam Guthrie]]
-->'''Codename:''' Cannonball\\
'''Real Name:''' Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillSwitzer
The tall, blond southern boy who joined at the same time as the other New Recruits. More well rounded and likable than Bobby in some respects, he's easily identifiable by being a head taller than most of the students, even some of the original cast.
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* BarrierWarrior: Doesn't ever use his power to fight, he's more of an evacuation type person. In the final fight, all he does is fly Rogue to Apocalypse's strong hold.
* {{Flight}}: His power allows him to fly like a rocket, however unlike most people, he can't stop or float, meaning his only way to land is to crash.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bobby.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Could have beat Logan in a race, but got cocky and decided to use his powers. Lost horribly because of this.
* {{Geek}}: WordOfGod bios for the New Recruits refer to him as such.
* GentleGiant: The tallest of the New Recruits, but easily the nicest.
* TheKlutz: He certainly crashes a lot.
* TheLancer / TheBigGuy: To the New Recruits anyway.
%%* NiceGuy
* ShipTease: Has a bit with Amara.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jubilee]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joyride__jubilee_oops.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:320:''"I'm totally chafed. Class dismissed. I'm outta here!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Jubilation Lee
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiaraZanni
Usually seen with Bobby, Sam, and Jamie, Jubilee is the second most seen female member of the New Recruits during Season 2. She's PutOnABus despite proving to be rather popular amongst some of the fans when the [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]] decided there were too many characters. She has the ability to shoot firework-like 'plasmoids' either in the shape of actual fireworks or beams. Easily identifiable by her yellow jacket.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Her WordOfGod official bio describes her as this, not really shown however.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Jubilation, never referred to as such in the show though.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: She fires explosive plasmoids! Regularly seen firing them at friends/other students.
* MythologyGag: Constantly wears a yellow jacket when out of uniform. Season 2 ends with her clothes damaged enough to turn her normal jeans into shorts, making her look exactly how she did in the comics, only with longer hair.
* OneOfTheBoys: Only seen hanging out with girls in two appearances; in every other scene, she's always with Bobby (and to lesser extent Sam and Jamie), either for his crazy adventures, or for the ShipTease.
* PersonalityPowers: A cute, bubbly party girl with the ability to shoot fireworks.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Bobby, depending on who you ask.
* PutOnABus: Alongside Wolfsbane she was written out at the beginning of season 3. [[spoiler:Came back in the finale to help fight Apocalypse.]]
* ShipTease: With Bobby, who she's usually paired up with in fanfics.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: She was never a New Mutant in the comics, instead being part of both the X-Men proper and ComicBook/GenerationX.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Magma]]
[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magma.png]]
[[caption-width-right:316:''"If this fails, it's not my fault, I told you I wasn't ready for this."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Magma
-->'''Real Name:''' Amara Juliana Olivia Aquilla
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alexandria Carter [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Esther Aflalo (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The only one to get a focal episode (two actually) but also the most powerful. Magma, as her name suggests, can generate heat and fire, along with to some extent control lava. A princess in her home country, Amara is one of the more girly members of the group, not to mention a little of a ShrinkingViolet at first.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Magma's appearance has been [[RaceLift significantly altered]] from her comic book incarnation, where she has blond hair and blue eyes; in Evolution, she is fully Brazilian with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Ends up getting two focal episodes, "Walk On the Wild Side" and "Cruise Control".
* DefrostingIceQueen: Similar to the one below, Amara was apparently going to be one of these, assumed to have mostly happened off screen.
* ElementalShapeshifter: She can transform her body into magma and molten rocks along with FlamingHair.
* FlamingHair: She has this when in her lava form.
%%* FingerSnapLighter
%%* InNameOnly
* MagmaMan: Amara is a mutant with geothermal powers meaning that her mutant ability allows her to harness the power of the earth elements, allowing her to simulate effects associated with volcanic activity. She can create earthquakes too, but this is simply the logical side effect of bringing magma to the surface.
* NaiveNewcomer: In "Walk On The Wild Side", it's mentioned that it was her first day of starting high school. She's taken under Jean's wing (and later Tabitha's) throughout the episode.
* {{Ojou}}: The official bios stated that she's a princess and has been described as having a somewhat haughty, "royal" attitude at times.
* PlayingWithFire: With her mutant abilities, Amara also has the full range of fire powers at her disposal.
* RaceLift: She's actually from Brazil in both show and comics, but her comic appearance had her as a blue-eyed Caucasian Brazilian. In the show she is an Afro-Brazilian.
%%* ShipTease: With Sam, explaining why they're paired up so frequently in fanfics.
* ShrinkingViolet: A minor example. Amara retains a rather shy, soft-spoken demeanor and she doesn't have a lot of confidence as she gets easily discouraged when she does not live up to her own expectations.
%%* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Tabitha's Tomboy. Amara is more timid, sweet and insecure compared to Tabitha's more bold, adventurous and loud personality.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wolfsbane]]
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[[caption-width-right:319:Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair]]
-->'''Codename:''' Wolfsbane
-->'''Real Name:''' Rahne Sinclair
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChantalStrand
Wolfsbane, also known as Rahne Sinclair, is a relatively serene individual, only speaking in four episodes and eventually being altogether removed from the cast during the third season despite being popular, but returned in a cameo during the series finale. She is of Scottish decent and is able to transform into a lupine form. Her name was mispronounced as "Rohn-ee" in "Retreat", but is correctly pronounced as ''rain'' in "Mainstream".
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* {{Animorphism}}: Her mutant ability allows her to transform into a full wolf or a werewolf (wolf-like humanoid) at will.
* FanService: Got a swimsuit scene in the episode 'Retreat', not only the first to do so but also the only New Recruit girl to wear a two piece.
* FlatCharacter: She doesn't exactly have as many characteristics that make her stick out from the rest of the cast, leading her to be PutOnABus later on in Season 3.
* GirlishPigtails: Her default hairstyle is two short pigtails.
* MagicPants: Her clothes disappear when she turns into a wolf, and reappear when she turns back into human.
%%* NobleWolf
* TheNoseKnows: Rahne has a superhuman sense of smell as part of her overall turning-into-a-werewolf package.
* NotCompletelyUseless: Most of the time her power to turn into a ''dog'' seemed almost completely useless, until the kids needed her to sniff out Beast after he'd been kidnapped by some Big-Foot hunters.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: She's a mutant human girl who can turn into either a full wolf or half wolf/human hybrid, her clothes slowly disappear while transforming (they are likely made of unstable molecules, this being a Franchise/MarvelUniverse after all), only to reform while transforming.
* PartialTransformation: She can change into a wolf or a transitional state between human and wolf.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Until she appears one final time in the series finale, in Xavier's glimpse into the future, revealing that she does return to the team]].
* RedheadInGreen: Rahne has short red hair and (whenever she's not in her wolf form) is usually seen wearing a green cut-out shoulder, turtle neck top. She also has has green eyes and at one point wears a green bikini.
* {{Scotireland}}: Downplayed. She has a very mild to non-existent accent that almost sounds like the voice of a fairy.
* ShipTease: She played around with Sam and helped Jamie with his homework which may explain her ships with them, but the most popular Rahne-related ships are with Roberto, based on the episode ''Retreat'' (being the only episode in which both of them actually speak in full sentences).
* TheVoiceless: As said before, got two speaking roles; in one of them all she does is laugh a little, usually she's just in the background or in her wolf form.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sunspot]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Sunspot/Roberto da Costa]]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsSunspot Sunspot]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Roberto da Costa
-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Coleman
Sunspot, also known as Roberto da Costa, is a rich Brazilian boy with the power to absorb solar energy to gain super human capabilities, such as strength, speed, agility, and (seen in the first episode of Season 2) able to fly. Roberto was shown to be a perfectionist and an overachiever, and he seem to be romantically attracted to Wolfsbane. He does very little for the show but still retains a small but dedicated fanbase.
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* BattleAura: When using his powers he becomes a black silhouette within yellow, Kirby Dotted flame. And just like his comics counterpart, sun-powered SuperStrength is his power - no heat is generated, regardless of how fiery he looks.
* EnergyAbsorption: He absorbs solar energy from the sun.
%%* {{Flight}}
* FlyingBrick: Only seen flying once, but his powers make him one.
%%* HotBlooded
* ThePerfectionist: He is shown to be an overachiever.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: His power comes from sunlight.
* ShipTease: With Rahne in the episode ''Retreat'', Namely the scene in which they're both wearing swimsuits and staring romantically at each other.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's noted to be a little arrogant regarding his powers and abilities.
* SuperStrength: Sunspot has the ability to absorb solar energy and convert it for use as physical strength.
* TheVoiceless: Speaks in one episode only.
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[[folder:Berzerker]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Berzerker/Ray Crisp]]
-->'''Codename:''' Berzerker
-->'''Real Name:''' Ray Crisp
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonySampson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alexandre Crépet (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Berzerker, also known as Ray Crisp, has been significantly altered from his comic book incarnation, where he was an extremely violent Morlock; in Evolution, he's fairly mellow, though he still has a temper. He was initially intended to have an on-going rivalry with Sunspot, but aside from one scene this was phased out of the show. It's shown in a later episode that he was allied with the Morlocks before he joined Xavier's school and tried to stop Spyke from joining them. Often seen goofing off with Bobby, if he's not blowing something up, he's thinking of new, inventive ways to blow it up anyway. Berzerker's mutant power allows him to harness electricity or electrical discharges.
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* AbortedArc: Was originally going to have a rivalry with Sunspot, but it was dropped after one episode.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Unlike his comic counterpart, Ray is laid back and generally non-violent.
* AscendedExtra: Appearing once in the comics as an AxCrazy Morlock, here he appears in a good number of B-Plots, usually as Bobby's second Male Best friend and speaks in almost every appearance.
* BerserkButton: Apparently hitting him in the face with a ball when using your powers in a non-powered game of volleyball is a sure fire way to set him off.
* BerserkerRage: His codename ''is'' [[{{Pun}} Berzerker]], after all.
* BigBrotherMentor: To the other New Recruits being the oldest among them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: WordOfGod claims this as the reason they created him, they wanted a New Recruit who has a "bad boy" vibe, someone who acts tough but is really nice. In the show however he's almost always expressing the heart part.
* MundaneUtility: Thanks to his mutant powers, he can charge electric devices on the go, such as laptops and hair dryers.
* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, he comes off as one of the most mature of the New Mutants. Yes, he has a temper but that doesn't distract that he's the least seen when the other members are doing their normal shenanigans
* PsychoElectro: Not as powerful or as psychotic as some, but does have serious anger issues which were addressed at times and did hold his own against Storm (who at the time had been upgraded by Apocalypse).
* ShockAndAwe: Ray's mutant ability allows him to harness electricity.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: His comic counterpart was a Morlock throughout his tenure and never joined the New Mutants.
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[[folder:Multiple]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Awww I never get to go."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/XFactor Multiple]]
-->'''Real Name:''' James 'Jamie' Madrox
-->'''Voiced by:''' David A Kaye (not [[Creator/DavidKaye the one who voices Professor X]])
The youngest of the ensemble, Jamie is like the little brother none of them wanted. His power is to duplicate himself, his clothes, and any object he's holding but only when hit with external kinetic energy (such as being hit/knocked over), which causes him to get in the way due to his clumsiness.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Related to his AgeLift, but his full comic codename was "Multiple ''Man''."
* AgeLift: He was Scott's age in the comics, while he's the youngest member of the New Mutants in the show.
%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Not by blood, but still basically the same deal.
%%* BrattyHalfPint: A rare, non-Scrappy case!
%%* CheerfulChild: Hence why he's not Multiple ''Man'' like the comics.
* InNameOnly: Aside from retaining his real name and powers, he has nothing in common with his comic book counterpart.
* MesACrowd: He's a self-duplicator - can create multiple copies of himself. It's shown that every copy is independent of itself but Jamie has the ability to also retract these copies at will.
%%* MundaneUtility: Jamie constantly uses his dupes like this.
* PrecociousCrush: Hinted to have a bit of one on Kitty.
* SelfDuplication: Possesses the power to not only create clones of himself, but also of any objects that he might have knocked over.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: His comic counterpart had no ties to the New Mutants, instead being a member of the back-up X-Men that rose from the fallout of ''Fall of the Mutants'' and later various incarnations of ComicBook/XFactor.
* TheTeamWannabe: He keeps begging and pleading to be let in on the antics the other kids get themselves into, it usually never works. Which is actually a good thing.
* VagueAge: While the writers have stated they had no idea how old most of the characters were, Jamie's exact age in particular is uncertain, but they suggested he was around 12, which seems to fit.
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!!Ex-Members
[[folder:Spyke]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"We've been expecting you. You gotta be sharp if you're gonna mess with the Spyke."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Spyke
-->'''Real Name:''' Evan Daniels
-->'''Voiced by:''' Neil Denis [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Guillaume Legier (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant from New York City and also Storm's nephew. He has the ability to project bone-like spikes from his skin. Spyke is stubborn and lacks respect for authority. This often puts him in conflict with the other X-Men. When his powers can't be controlled he leaves the X-Men, and joins the Morlocks, becoming their champion.
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* AntiHero: Part of Evan's character development. At the start of the series he's a ClassicalAntiHero; he's the least serious-minded of the cast, regularly skipping out on meetings and acting hot headed. After his secondary mutation, and seeing the living condition of the Morlocks, Spyke grows into a PragmaticHero, taking to vigilantism to protect mutants who are being bullied and attacked by humans, but his heart remains in the right place.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Evan is the youngest member of the X-Men until the New Mutants make their appearance later.
* BadWithTheBone: His power is shooting bone spikes out of his body.
* TheBigGuy: He's the most reckless and prone to violence on the X-Men team.
* CanonForeigner: Evan doesn't exist in the regular Marvel Universe, and due to the circumstances of his origin, won't ever (in the regular Marvel Universe, Storm's an only child).
* CityMouse: He's a city kid, and he has more trouble adapting to the outdoors. Evan would rather be skateboarding than doing any nature hikes.
* CommutingOnABus: Part of the main cast for the first two and a half seasons. He leaves the X-Men during the third season to join the Morlocks. He is all but forgotten about till he reappears in a season four episode.
* DemotedToExtra: A major character in seasons one and two; in season three, he up and joins the Morlocks. Gets an episode here or there, but he's mostly gone.
%%* FadSuper
* GoodIsNotNice: In Season 4.
* HealingFactor: It's how he can remove the bones from his body without bleeding to death or injuring himself.
* HotBlooded: It makes the future evolution of his powers quite fitting.
* IncendiaryExponent: Flaming spikes after "Uprising".
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JustLikeRobinHood: After joining the Morlocks. Though he never actually steals, he partakes in Street Justice to protect mutants.
%%* OriginalGeneration
* PowerIncontinence: He initially had some difficulties with his powers going off without him wanting them to (accidentally taking out a light by stretching on waking up, for example). In fact, this is how Storm noticed he was a mutant: his powers subtly kicked off when he fell over in a game of basketball. Then, in season 3, it got worse. So much worse.
* TheRival: To Quicksilver in their introductory episode.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: An involuntary version of the trope "Uprising".
* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: To the comics' Marrow, powerset-wise (and him joining the Morlocks later also reflects this, since Marrow was a Morlock to begin with). The show's producers stated that, at the time, they didn't know about Marrow, hence why Spyke's so similar to her.
* SpikeShooter: His usual use of his powers is shooting out projectiles.
* TakingTheBullet: In "Uprising", he takes an energy blast from a laser gun that was intended for Leech.
* TokenMinority: He's the only black member of the team (or at least the students) in the first season.
* TookALevelInBadass: After joining the Morlocks.
* TooQualifiedToApply: In one episode, he enters a skateboarding contest and performs well, but is pressured by the other contestants into forfeiting because of his mutant genes. Spyke insists his mutation doesn't affect his ability to skateboard, but leaves the contest anyway, feeling that when the judges find out he's a mutant, [[FantasticRacism he's not going to stand a chance of winning anyway]].
* TotallyRadical: If the hair and skateboard weren't enough of a clue.
* TroubledButCute: He's a scruffy athletic teen rebel with a penchant for trouble. And even after his secondary mutation, is still not exactly ugly.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In "Uprising", he goes to great lengths to defend mutants from mutant-hating bigots.
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!!The Students
[[folder:Cyclops]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"No, we're the X-Men. We're not kids anymore. You trained us, Wolverine, and you know something? We're good. Very good."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]]\\
'''Real Name:''' Scott Summers\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KirbyMorrow [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Philippe Allard (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The leader of Professor Xavier's students. A mutant who shoots [[EnergyWeapon high-intensity beams]] [[EyeBeams from his eyes]]. Unfortunately for him, he can never shut this power off so he must always wear special visors or glasses made of ruby-quartz. Due to having a strong sense of morals and drive to be the leader, Scott can sometimes come off as a "boy scout" or "do-gooder". But he also has an extremely competitive side and tries hard to hold his temper in check, which can sometimes get the better of him. In contrast to his reputation for being stiff, he surprisingly shows a good sense of humor. During the series, Scott reunited with his brother Alex, who he thought died in the plane crash both were involved in.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Compared to his cold and serious comic-book counterpart, Scott is much kinder to his friends, likable, and much more unambiguously [[TheCape heroic]] in this series.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Contrasting with many other incarnations, this version of Scott is not an aloof, doubtful, stiff loner, but a confident and self-assured leader with a much more extroverted personality and more open sense of humor.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''ummers.
* ArchEnemy: Avalanche. Even when he attempts a HeelFaceTurn, Cyclops constantly has issues with him, which Lance is all too happy to provoke.
* BadassInDistress: In "Blind Alley", Mystique abducts Scott, steals his PowerLimiter and leaves him stranded in the Mexican desert, as revenge for him leaving her to be captured in Area 51. She comes back to finish him off when he is exhausted, but Jean saves him at the nick of time.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Reliable and level-headed when calm, but piss him off and watch out!
--> '''Juggernaut:''' (taking a full blast from Cyclops' visor) You think that can stop me? I'm RAW POWER!!\\
'''Cyclops:''' You want it raw, tough guy, then take it RAW!! (takes off his visor and unleashes his unfiltered, unrestrained optic blast)
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Very protective of his long-lost little brother, Alex.
** As the team leader, he's protective of the younger mutants, particularly Kurt.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Kurt. He takes him under his wing when Kurt joined the X-Men, giving him pilot lessons and advice when needed and acts as a sort of older brother figure to him.
* BlessedWithSuck: Scott's powers ought to be as controllable as any other energy blaster, but he suffered a concussion in his youth [[spoiler:(his parents had pushed him out of a burning plane)]], which somehow led to his inability to shut off his powers after they emerged.
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Cyclops' eye beams knock bad guys back, but not Cyclops himself. It's one of the ways he's immune to his own power.
* BullyingADragon: In this case, Scott is the dragon. For some reason, everyone wants a piece of Cyke, especially Duncan and Avalanche, ''especially'' when the former finds out ''why'' he wears those shades.
* TheCaptain: And a badass one at that. This is easily one of Scott's most badass depictions yet, especially compared to his less experienced teammates.
* ChickMagnet: Attracted the affections of [[HopelessSuitor Rogue]], [[SatelliteLoveInterest Taryn]], and [[OfficialCouple Jean]]. Even Kitty was seen gushing over him.
* CoolShades: As usual, still has to wear ruby-quartz lenses to control his powers. These come in the form of sunglasses in his civilian outfit.
* DecompositeCharacter: His usual role from the comics and other animated adaptations of being the first mutant recruited into the X-Men is given to Wolverine. Perhaps as a trade-off, he's Nightcrawler's HeterosexualLifePartner, a role that was filled by Wolverine in the comics.
* EyeBeams: Cyclops' mutation is the ability to fire optic blasts of concussive force from his eyes. Unfortunately, he is unable to control it and must wear ruby-quartz glasses to be able to see without destroying everything in his line of sight.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The Responsible to Alex's Foolish. His more controlled and mature nature contrasts with Alex's recklessness and immaturity.
* GlassesAreSexy: His pretty boy design flirts with the idea. It's one of the reasons why girls fawn over him.
--> He's, like, ''totally'' Hollywood in those shades!
* TheHero: He's the leader of the main X-Men team, as always.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kurt. Scott comes to view him as a younger brother, likely as a result of him being separated from Alex at a young age.
* InkSuitActor: If you take away the shades, Scott closely resembles his voice actor.
* TheLeader: Of the levelheaded variety.
* MrFanservice: TallDarkAndHandsome, with plenty of ClothingDamage to boot.
* NiceGuy: Less aloof than usual portrayals and surprisingly affable.
* OfficialCouple: [[ForegoneConclusion He ends up with Jean]].
* OneWayVisor: He wears one of these as part of his X-Man costume, but ditches it for ruby-quartz glasses while in his civilian outfit.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor... it's not pretty to put it mildly.
--> Come on Professor. I'm packing a bazooka behind each eyeball! What do ya want from me?
* PowerIncontinence: It's Cyclops. The uncontrollable and destructive eye beams are inherent to the character.
* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Scott is the protagonist of the first and second season, before Rogue takes over in season three.
* ShipTease: Rogue had a crush on Scott and he ''might'' have had some feelings for her, though he was mostly ObliviousToLove.
* ShirtlessScene: Scott suffers ClothingDamage more than any other male character in the series. A notable example is when he spends the majority of the third season's premiere with a torn shirt, which he somehow got when the X-Mansion exploded.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Jean. Once they finally get together, Kurt and Kitty gleefully mock them as being this.
-->'''Kurt:''' Jean, darling, please accept this croissant as a symbol of my love!\\
'''Kitty:''' Oh, Scott, you have such a way with pastry!
* SingleTargetSexuality: Scott has only ever had eyes for Jean. He never notices Rogue's obliviously huge crush on him, and even though he dated Taryn for a bit, Scott was always trying to get closer to Jean.
* SunglassesAtNight: ''Don't switch the blade on the guy in shades, oh no!''
* TemporaryBlindness: Played with. Scott is dropped off in Mexico as a part of a trap laid by Mystique. He can see fine, it's just that she took his visor so he has to keep his eyes closed to avoid his EyeBeams causing massive damage to everything he looks at. Plus, you know, he's in the middle of the desert with no one to help him.
-->''(Scott opens his eyes for an instant to get a look at his surroundings)
'' '''Scott:''' The good news...no one was there. The bad news, no one was there.
* WaveMotionGun: Pulls one off against the Juggernaut by tearing off his visor and opening his eyes as wide as he can. Sure, this is the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} and it only lasts a while, but it takes out huge chunks of the surrounding area.
* {{Workaholic}}: PlayedForLaughs: Scott ''LOVES'' Danger Room Simulations, and is happy to suggest them as a possible group activity at two in the morning.
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[[folder:Jean Grey]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"It bugs me to always be treated like the weaker sex!"'']]
-->'''Real Name:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VenusTerzo [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Laetitia Reva (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Jean was the most popular of the X-Men who attended Bayville High. Beautiful, athletic, and smart, she seemed to not have the problems the others faced trying to fit in and be normal. But her growing powers made her extremely insecure and showed she had her own burdens to bear. And she was ultimately shunned by her former friends when revealed to be a mutant. Jean dated Duncan Matthews for the first two seasons, but later fell for Scott, who had secretly loved her from afar. Jean also has a very close father-and-daughter type relationship with Professor Xavier.
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* AcademicAthlete: She's shown to excel in various sports like soccer, track, and basketball, and she's mentioned to have been accepted by several universities to study genetics.
* TheAce: Jean is one of the most powerful mutants at the Institute and she has excellent control over her abilities. She is also intelligent, strong-willed, very well-liked, and a naturally gifted athlete.
* ActionGirl: Jean is highly capable of defending herself and others whenever the time calls for it.
* BarrierWarrior: Jean can generate telekinetic force fields to protect herself and others.
* BattleCouple: With Cyclops, combining his optic blasts with her potent psychic abilities.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brains to Kitty's Beauty and Rogue's Brawn. Jean is an honor student, and she's the more level-headed and mature one of the girls.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In episode 25, she is the first victim of Mesmero's brainwashing, and goes around collecting the objects he needs to further his agenda.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Of the passive-aggressive kind. She wasn't outwardly mean to Taryn or Rogue when in the jealous mood, but being a {{Tsundere}} she tended to take it on Scott instead via phone PassiveAggressiveKombat.
%%* CoolBigSis: To Kitty and the New Mutant girls.
* DudeMagnet: Jean has had a total of four guys that have taken an interest in her at some point throughout the series: [[OfficialCouple Scott]], [[JerkJock Duncan]], [[StalkerWithACrush Fred]] and [[SplitPersonality Lucas]].
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:She pulls one at some point after the show ends, as Xavier remembers having a vision of her transforming into the Dark Phoenix while he was under Apocalypse's control]].
-->'''Xavier:''' With a heavy heart, I saw the dearest of friends become the most terrible of enemies.
* FieryRedhead: Played with. Jean is level-headed and sensible. However, the mutant-hating Principal Kelly invokes this trope as he questions whether her anger can influence her powers.
-->'''Principal Kelly:''' A fiery temper? That's a dangerous combination with your kind of powers.
* GirlyBruiser: Jean is girly and well-mannered, but also quite the badass with her psionic powers.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She's a feminine young lady who is also a passionate athlete at several different sports and is a GirlyBruiser.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: At the beginning of the series, Jean never really expressed having romantic feelings towards Scott as she had a boyfriend, and they acted more like JustFriends. Until Season 2 when both Taryn and Rogue start showing interest in him, is when Jean starts showing her jealousy. Taryn even points out the fact that Jean has had plenty of chances at Scott but she never fell through with it. That is until later during Season 3.
* HypnotizeTheCaptive: Mesmero uses his hypnosis powers on her to make her steal for him.
* ImprovisedWeapon: She uses this a lot with her telekinetic powers to hurtle stuff at the bad guy.
* JediMindTrick: She usually uses her mind powers to do this trick. For example, when a high school bully breaks Kurt's holowatch and it reveals Kurt's real blue demon form, he starts freaking out. She hypnotizes the bully, making him forget what he saw and to walk away.
-->'''Jean:''' You're going to forget. You don't remember any of this. You're going to leave now.\\
'''Bully:''' ''(while walking away)'' Yeah... I'm going...
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Along with Kitty, both are the light to Rogue's dark. Jean is a beautiful, confident and polite popular girl whereas Rogue is a snarky, brooding goth loner who has a much shorter hairstyle than the former two.
* LovableJock: Jean is the school's star soccer player. Although referred to as 'Miss Perfect', she's considerate and gracious to everyone.
* MindOverMatter: Her powers are telepathy and telekinesis. She often uses her telekinesis to lift herself and others, giving her the ability of levitation and flight. She also uses her telekinesis to create durable shields and energy blasts.
* MindRape: Is Mesmero's first victim.
* MoralGuardians: Compare Jean to Cyclops in Season One's ''Survival of the Fittest''. Both the Brotherhood and X-Men competed to get to the top of a mountain and place a flag before the other team. The catch was neither team could use their powers. But Scott had no problem cheating and using his powers after seeing Avalanche cheat. Jean though was quick to point out that the X-Men should be above such things and stick to the rules. Interesting that neither Scott or Jean were portrayed in a positive light here with Jean being shown as slightly overbearing and self-serving.
* NotQuiteFlight: Her telekinesis enables her to effectively fly when she uses it on her own body.
* NumberTwo: She's the second-in-command after Cyclops but it's a role she rarely has to play.
* OfficialCouple: With Scott starting Season 3 and onwards.
* PassionateSportsGirl: Jean is not only a member of the X-Men, but also a skilled soccer player and the captain of the girls' team in her school. [[spoiler:Sadly, she's kicked off the team when it's revealed that she's a mutant.]]
%%* PluckyGirl
* PowerIncontinence: In "Power Surge", her powers start to manifest in short destructive bursts, though the seizures eventually worsen to the point she creates a telekinetic typhoon. Jean only manages to regain control after Rogue drains her energy.
* PstandardPsychicPstance: When she uses her powers, she usually either puts her hands on her temples or stretches her arms in the direction of her target.
* PsychicPowers: Her main powers are {{Telepathy}} and {{Telekinesis}}.
* PunnyName: Jean Grey has mutant powers because she possesses the X-''gene'' and her powers also involve her ''grey'' matter.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Rogue's red, being intelligent, nurturing, more levelheaded and willing to follow the rules.
* RedheadInGreen: She wears a black X-Men uniform with a bright green stripe down the front and back.
* SickeninglySweethearts: With Scott. Once they finally get together, Kurt and Kitty gleefully mock them as being this:
--> '''Kurt:''' Jean, darling, please accept this croissant as a symbol of my love!\\
'''Kitty:''' Oh, Scott, you have such a way with pastry!
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Has vibrant red hair and green eyes and is the leading female character.
* SoapboxSadie: With her speeches on mutant pride and mutant/human equality, she tips into this. It was even lampshaded at one point, in which she gears herself up for a lecture: "And I for one, am very proud of the fact..." only to be yanked off-screen by Scott. In the GirlsNightOutEpisode she and the other mutant girls rail against Scott's overprotectiveness and start fighting crime as the "Bayville Sirens." She mellows out by the end of the episode (although she needed almost getting killed by some random gangsters and Cyke helping with a covert optic blast for her to get it).
* StatuesqueStunner: Is a gorgeous, 5'11 girl who stands taller than a good lot of the cast.
* StrawFeminist: This comes up during "Walk on the Wild Side" and is never really touched on again. She calls Scott out on trying to help and bitches at Duncan for buying tickets to a dance, when it's supposed to be the girl who asks the guy out, while complaining about always feeling like she's treated as the weaker sex.
* SupernaturalFloatingHair: Jean's hair sometimes floats when she uses her psychokinetic powers.
* {{Telepathy}}: Like her mentor Professor Xavier, Jean is a telepath which means that she has the ability to detect and read the thoughts of others, project her own thoughts into other's minds, form psychic links with other beings, control others' minds so as to manipulate their physical functions, mentally stun opponents with bolts of pure psionic force, cast near-flawless mental illusions, and project her mind onto the astral plane.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B. She's the sweetest CoolBigSis, unless Duncan or Scott (or both) are around.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: When Mystique strands Scott in Mexico without his glasses, Jean's rescue is something to behold.
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[[folder:Nightcrawler]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Chicks dig the fuzzy dude!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Kurt Wagner
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BradSwaile [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Aurélien Ringelheim (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Nightcrawler is a blue, furry mutant whose power is the ability to teleport. He uses a [[{{Glamour}} holographic image inducer]] in public to appear as a normal teenage boy. Nightcrawler is the [[LukeIAmYourFather biological son of Mystique]], who [[ParentalAbandonment dropped/abandoned him]] a long time ago. They don't get along.
In contrast to his demonic appearance, Kurt is kind, fun loving, and a loyal friend. But there also is a sense of sadness about him as he longs to be accepted by the world outside despite his appearance.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Unlike the comics, he's given a more elfish appearance than outright demonic.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. This version is not a devout Catholic and the TokenReligiousTeammate, but remains otherwise one of the nicest and most compassionate members of the X-Men.
* AgeLift: Unlike the rest of his peers in the series, Kurt was already an adult (like Ororo and Logan) when he joined the X-Men in the comics.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Blue, just like his mother Mystique, though in his case it's due to his fur.
* ArchEnemy: Has a rivalry with Toad from the Brotherhood, which was established as early as the first episode. Their antagonism would grow worse as the series progressed due to Toad attempting to sabotage Kurt's date by stealing his holographic image inducer.
* AttractiveBentGender: The female version of his human self in "Adrift" is very pleasing to the eyes.
* BadassAdorable: Pretty cute for a demonic mutant. Just don't let your guard down around the fuzzy dude.
* BeastAndBeauty: He becomes the boyfriend of pretty-girl Amanda Sefton.
* BeautifulDreamer: Strangely subverted. Nightcrawler would look cute as he's sleeping... if only he didn't accidentally teleport every time he sneezes due to a bad cold. Taking Kitty with him.
* BerserkButton:
** ''Don't'' pull his tail.
** Also don't steal his Image Inducer. He completely ''flips out'' when Toad does it.
* BigEater: Apparently the price of 'porting is an insatiable appetite.
* ChickMagnet: He has had multiple ShipTease moments with Kitty, Tabitha, and Amanda despite his demonic visage. Like the above quote says, chicks dig the fuzzy dude!
* ClassClown: Kurt has a playful and teasing nature as he loves to joke around and have fun. He sometimes uses this to cover up his self-esteem issues.
* CuteLittleFangs: The pointy teeth helps accentuate his demon-esque elf theme.
* CuteMonsterGirl: A male version of this trope. In this version, Kurt is an elfin [[PrettyBoy cutie]] with blue fur, a tail, [[PointyEars pointed ears]] and [[CuteLittleFangs fangs]].
* TheCutie: Despite his appearance, Kurt's compassion and idealism and fun-loving nature make him one of the most adorable X-Men.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Don't be fooled by his demonic appearance, he's one of the sweetest guys around.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut: His teleportation abilities involve him slipping into another dimension, travelling very quickly through it then popping out elsewhere.
* FourFingeredHands: He has three-fingered hands and feet in his original, demon form. Whenever he's in his human disguise, his fingers stick together in a Vulcan-salute formation.
* FreakinessShame: While Kurt is ashamed of his appearance, he soon seems to become more relaxed about it around other mutants. He's still afraid of letting normal people see his true face, constantly wearing a device that projects a hologram around him to make him look like a normal person in public, but this trope is invoked when Amanda Sefton convinces him to turn off his image inducer as she likes his real self.
* FreakyIsCool: Kurt's girlfriend [[FanOfUnderDog Amanda]] isn't bothered at all by his true appearance.
* FunPersonified: He ''loves'' to party.
* GlamourFailure: Kurt's image inducer. Given that it really only needs the settings "off" and "on", was there really the need to give it so many options and make the off button so incredibly easy to press by accident? As the image inducer only makes him LOOK human, anyone who touches him can still feel his fur or bump against his tail. There is also his permanent Vulcan salute.
* GratuitousGerman: Kurt originally comes from Germany and since he's one of the main characters, this longtime trait is a given trope for his character. There are a few times when he slips German into his sentences, but he stops this early in the first season.
* HairColorDissonance: The only one with blue hair. Similarly to Wolverine, they are in-universe black.
* HandyFeet: His feet are shaped very much like his hands and are just as dexterous as shown when he was piloting the X-Jet with just his feet.
* HappilyAdopted: Played with, as Kurt loves his adoptive parents dearly and wouldn't trade them for the world, but as time goes on he shows a little too much interest in his birth parent and his origin. However, at the end he's shown to be unwilling to establish any kind of relationship with Mystique.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Quickly befriends Scott in the first episode and develops a sibling-like relationship with him.
* HideYourOtherness: In order for him to attend Bayville High, Kurt uses an image inducer to go out in public looking like a normal dark-haired, light-skinned teenage boy.
* {{Hologram}}: Kurt's normal Bayville High appearance is nothing more than a hologram. [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] at the beginning of Season 3 when it turns out that Kurt is the only Xavier Institute student with his cover still intact thanks to his hologram inducer.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Fuzzy Blue Elf.
* InTheHood: In the first episode, he wears a trenchcoat with a hood to hide his demonic appearance.
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest members of the cast, to the point Kurt's only negative trait seems to be that he loves partying a bit too much.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Grows very close to Kitty following the events of "Grim Reminder", but never shows any romantic attraction towards her for the entirety of the show's run.
%%* PluckyComicRelief
* PointyEars: Much like his comic book counterpart, he has elfish ears as part of his physical mutation.
* PoirotSpeak: Kurt frequently uses German words and phrases in his speech.
* PrehensileTail: His tail is strong enough to not only support his body weight but also lift an adult man completely off the ground.
* PrettyBoy: Kurt is very attractive with or without his disguise, although he falls more on the "cute" side. With his elfin features, they reflect his [[TheCutie adorable personality]], and the impression Nightcrawler leaves on viewers is that he's a cute blue elf rather than a freaky blue demon.
* RedIsHeroic: Like his comic counterpart, Kurt's outfit includes a significant amount of red.
* RedRightHand: A limitation of his image inducer. If you pay close attention, you can see that his index and middle fingers, plus his pinky and ring fingers, are practically glued together whenever he moves them. This is because the hologram is hiding the fact that he only has three fingers per hand.
* RunningOnAllFours: On occasion. He usually does this when he's in an urgent situation.
* SadClown: Sometimes, not nearly as often as the fandom would have you think. He gets his fair share of angst, but by the next episode he'll be back to making jokes and acting happily.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Due to the blue skin and opaque white eyes, it's pretty obvious that Mystique is his mother.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He inherited them from his mother.
* TeleFrag: When Scarlet Witch messes up his powers and causes him to teleport into a sign. The sign is pushed apart by Nightcrawler appearing in the middle of it. What would happen if it had been a person is left to the imagination.
* TeleporterAccident: Forge tries to extend the range of Nightcrawler's teleportation, and ends up creating rifts to the hell-like dimension Nightcrawler uses to move from place to place. Needless to say, the inhabitants get out.
* TeleportationWithDrawbacks: Nightcrawler's powers aren't especially elaborated on, though at one point he explains to Kitty he can't teleport them off an airplane due to being way too high up and moving too fast. Objects will also break apart if he teleports into them, so one can only wonder what would happen if he teleported into a person. Messing with his teleporting can also allow a hellish dimension to leak through.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, Amanda is Kurt's adopted sister [[NotBloodSiblings whom he dates]]; here they keep the romance but cut out the sibling angle.
* WallCrawling: He can stick to walls. He's even called "Wall Crawler" at one point.
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[[folder:Rogue]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Me and Miss Popularity there are worlds apart, galaxies, but then I realized something. She would do the same thing for me."''[[note]] regarding Jean [[/note]]]]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]]\\
'''Real Name:''' Unknown\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MeghanBlack [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alexandra Corréa (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Rogue is a mysterious mutant who absorbs the memories and abilities of others through touch. Due to her powers, Rogue has become [[BrokenBird withdrawn, bitter, anti-social, and sullen]]. Only after learning to trust the other X-Men, does she begin to open up. Rogue is Mystique's adopted daughter, but turns her back on Mystique after learning that she was only using her and joins the X-Men. She develops a massive crush on Cyclops, but later accepts that Scott loves Jean and not her.
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* ActionGirl: She has mutant powers and she does use them occasionally but relies more on her [[FightsLikeANormal combat skills]] to fight enemies.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Rogue of the comics and other adaptations is more of a SouthernBelle. The cartoon presents her as an awkward, [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]] {{goth}} who happens to be from the South.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her eyes are generally green in the comics, but they're portrayed as grey in the show.
* AdaptationalWimp: She lacks her comic book self's super strength and flight[[note]] Those were absorbed from a heroine who doesn't appear to exist in this continuity. [[/note]]; and although the powers and memories she absorbs from her victims are permanent, she is unable to voluntarily tap into them for more than a few minutes after absorption, and they begin to overwhelm and drive her insane with time.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited:
** Her love for Cyclops can never be returned; although series writer Frank Puar says that [[spoiler:though Rogue lost to Jean during their teen years, the small glimpse of the future team from the series finale showed subtle hints that after Jean's disastrous contact with the Phoenix Force and subsequent death, Rogue would finally be able to confess her feelings for Scott and they would become a couple]].
** Cody, the star football player from her hometown in her debut episode, had been staring at her for a week before being brave enough to ask her for a dance, but is accidentally put into a coma due to her latent mutation.
* AllYourPowersCombined: In "Self Possessed", the personalities she had absorbed in previous episodes begin to surface and overwhelm her mind, allowing her to use all their powers at the same time. Though Xavier erases these abilities by the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Rogue would reclaim them on top with a few others in "Dark Horizon"]].
* AntiVillain: Starts out as a member of the Brotherhood, due to feeling isolated because of her uncontrollable power.
* BadassAdorable: Is a very shy and pretty girl with superpowers.
* BadassBiker: She commandeers Logan's motorcycle for them to escape military capture, and proves plenty skilled with it.
* BadassLongcoat: She wears a [[http://static2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120817060909/xmenevo/images/c/c4/Profile-_rogue_coat.png brown coat]] every now and then.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn to Kitty's Beauty and Jean's Brains. She's the most aggressive, with a rebellious attitude and a TouchOfDeath power by skin contact that works wonders in a fist fight.
* BlessedWithSuck: Zigzagged.
** Her mutation means she can never touch anyone without injuring or knocking them out, but it also makes Rogue a force to be reckoned when she joins a fight. She is often shown using her power to knock out one opponent, and then proceeding to use the stolen power to take care of the rest of her enemies. Or if one of her friends is knocked out anyway, she takes their powers as an extra boost to the group's fighting strength. She definitely uses her power much more liberally not to mention more effectively than in other media portrayals.
** "Self Possessed" reveals that her mutation ''permanently'' stores the powers and memories from the people she touches. However, she cannot voluntarily tap into them, and they begin to overwhelm her original personality, driving her to the brink of insanity. It takes Xavier's intervention to prevent the other personalities from taking over her body.
* BrokenBird: Rogue was purposefully raised as an [[{{Goth}} outsider]] by Mystique and Destiny to manipulate her into becoming Mystique's tool, [[BlessedWithsuck cannot touch anyone without draining them due to her mutant ability]], and to top it all off suffers from a bad case of [[LoveHurts unrequited love]] for Scott and consequentially is bitterly jealous of Scott's official {{Love Interest|s}} Jean.
* ClothingDamage: Somewhat justified. In the Season 3 two-parter finale, Rogue is hit head-on by a massive fire blast from Pyro. Having just absorbed Colossus' metal skin power, she comes out of it unharmed. Her clothes, however, are burned off except for the obvious necessary bits and some extra scraps.
* ConflictingLoyalty: In the earlier parts of the first season, Rogue was torn between her feelings towards Scott and the X-Men, and her loyalty to her superior Mystique and the Brotherhood. She ends up officially joining the X-Men when she learns that Mystique has been manipulating her from the start and that her feelings of mistrust for the X-Men were misplaced.
* ConspicuousGloves: Rogue wears gloves so as not to accidentally touch anyone, [[PoisonousPerson since touching her skin causes her to absorb others' memories and physical abilities, often harming or potentially killing them]].
* CuteBruiser: Is a very cute, shy and pretty girl who likes being tough.
* CoolBigSis: Kurt comes to see her as this once they find out she is his adoptive sister. She seems to reciprocate the feelings by the series' end, as they walk away together after rejecting Mystique.
* DeadpanSnarker: As a rather moody character, she's quick to throw some sarcasm out every now and then.
* DistractedByTheSexy: She's so taken with Gambit when she first meets him that she doesn't realize he's given her a card that's about to explode.
* EnergyAbsorption: If her skin touches anyone else's then she'll absorb energy as well as their memories and abilities. The longer she holds on, the more she absorbs.
* FightsLikeANormal: Due to the nature of her power, most Danger Room scenes have her instead use basic training and martial arts to deal with the robotic threats and use her powers sporadically. Shown off in ''Cajun Spice'', where she uses her power for mind reading only and mostly takes out the Rippers with just outmatching them in fighting skills.
* {{Goth}}: A huge departure from her SouthernBelle comic persona. And it proved to be quite popular. Some Comic writers (notably Grant Morrison) wanted to CanonImmigrant this, but never got the chance to. Instead it appears X-23 has absorbed this trait when adapted into the Comics.
* GreenEyedMonster: Rogue shows some jealousy toward Jean, possibly due to her [[PowerIncontinence own power's drawback]] and Jean seeming to be perfect in every way. This becomes clear in season two's ''Power Surge'' where Jean can telepathically hear Rogue snark on her for winning an award, and later for believing Professor Xavier gives Jean preferential treatment. Knowing that Scott, who she has a crush on, really loves Jean doesn't help either. At the end, she acknowledges that for all their differences, Jean does care for her.
* HeelFaceTurn: She initially joined the Brotherhood of Mutants, but left to join the X-Men after finding out that they recruited her to be a potential weapon.
* HopelessSuitor: For Scott since he only has eyes for Jean.
* IdentityBreakdown: In the episode "Self Possessed," Rogue's powers are revealed to not only take the abilities of others, but permanently store them inside of her. The personalities of all the people she's absorbed abilities from begin to overwhelm her and threaten a SplitPersonalityTakeover, which [[DrivenToMadness drives her to the brink of madness]] as she struggles to maintain her sense of self. Xavier has to intervene, erasing the personalities from her mind, in order to save her.
* KissOfDeath: She did this to Gambit in "Dark Horizon" to absorb his powers, though it only knocks him out.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark to Jean and Kitty's light. Rogue is a snarky, brooding gothic loner whereas Jean and Kitty are both bright and friendly long-haired extroverts.
%%* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold
* MostCommonSuperpower: As expected from [[MsFanservice Rogue]]. While not to the levels seen in the comics, she is realistically proportioned but still more ample than the other X-Men.
* MundaneUtility: She once used her power so she could dance like Kitty.
* MsFanservice: Despite her appearance, Rogue is very cute, hot and beautiful.
* NiceGirl: She is very kind, protective, caring, brave and loving inside, despite the sarcasm and broken heart.
* NoNameGiven: She's referred to as 'a rogue' by Xavier in her origin episode, then she expresses a lack of memory. Since then, her name was never revealed in the show, and she was only referred to as Rogue. Many have taken to calling her Anna Marie, her current comic name, but it's more of a fanon thing right now.
* OddFriendship: With Kitty. The girls have nothing in common, and earlier episodes showed them as not being able to stand each other, though later on the two quickly grow to become close friends.
* OneManArmy: In "Dark Horizon", Rogue [[spoiler:ambushes and defeats ''the entire cast'' while under Mesmero's control]].
* OnlyOneName: Just Rogue. One wonders how that worked at school.
* OutOfTheInferno: When Rogue is brainwashed by Mesmero to steal the powers of dozens of mutants, she targets Magneto's crew. After taking out most of them, Pyro blasts her. She walks out of the fire with some ClothingDamage and Colossus' metal skin power active.
* PersonalityPowers: She's a gloomy, withdrawn goth with an uncontrollable death touch.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Her comics' counterpart never had romantic feelings for Scott.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Jean's blue, with Rogue being cynical, tough, impulsive and willing to break the rules.
* RedheadInGreen: Rogue has auburn hair but she still qualifies. In one of her civvies outfits, she wears a green mesh top over her black halter. And her X-Men battle uniform has a green armor platelet that goes over her chest area.
* TheResenter: A little bit, for Jean. During the first episode of season 2, Jean catches Rogue getting chided by the Professor, with Rogue thinking to herself the Professor would never treat Jean the same way.
* ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis: When her powers become unstable all the personalities she's ever absorbed begin to surface and with Mystique's powers she takes the form of whatever person she has previously been in contact with.
* ShipTease: Beside her crush on Scott, in the later seasons she had one full episode of blatant teases with Gambit, plus scattered moments in other episodes. Though according to the character designer and occasional director of the series, they kept this to a minimum because a lot of the writing team shipped Scott and Rogue.
* SixthRanger: She became the last member to join the original team before the recruits appeared.
* StereotypeFlip: Her gothic-influenced fashion sense runs pretty contrary to most stereotypes about people from the American South (particularly the Deep South, where she's from).
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She was the unwitting accomplice that helped Mystique release Wanda from the mental institution and recruit her into the Brotherhood, because she briefly toured Risty/Mystique around the Institute in "Power Surge," familiarizing her with Cerebro. When Risty returned there accompanied by Arcade in "Fun and Games," she gathered data on Charles' sessions with Wanda as revealed in "The [=HeX=] Factor."]]
* WakeupMakeup: Rogue is never seen without her makeup. Even when Avalanche pushed her into a pool, or when she ''just'' steps out of the shower, her make-up is completely intact. Though there is one episode in season 4, "Cajun Spice," where Rogue falls into a lake and comes out makeup-free.
* WhenSheSmiles: She doesn't smile a lot, but when she does, it's a very beautiful and heartwarming thing.
* WorkoutFanservice: Gets in a couple of [[MaleGaze very well animated]] athletic training scenes in a lowcut sports bra and tight leggings.
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[[folder:Shadowcat]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I don't have any gifts, just a curse."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Shadowcat
-->'''Real Name:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaggieBlueOHara [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Géraldine Frippiat (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant from Northbrook, Illinois whose ability allows her to become intangible. Shadowcat is the youngest member of the team and is characterized by [[ThePollyanna her upbeat nature and cheerfulness]]. She usually pals around with Nightcrawler since they are about the same age. Her on-again off-again romance with Avalanche was a sub-plot that continued through all four seasons. She first develops a crush on him while still in school, but it turned out he was only using her to steal test answers. Later, even though they are on opposite teams, Lance saves her life and her opinion of him changes. They date for a while, but their differences break them up, before ultimately reigniting their romantic relationship after the fight against Apocalypse.
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* ActionGirl: She gets to join in on the action frequently as one of the team's core members.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Her eyes are generally portrayed as brown/hazel in the comics, but here they're a [[InnocentBlueEyes light blue]].
* AffectionateNickname:
** "Kitty" is a nickname to begin with. (Her real first name is Katherine.)
** Avalanche calls her "Pretty Kitty" and "Kit-Kat", alternatively.
** Wolverine calls her "Half-Pint".
** Spyke calls her "K-Girl".
* AgeLift:
** Slightly. In the comics, she was in middle school when she first got her powers. Here, she's in high school.
** Unlike the comics, Kitty is the same age as Scott, Jean, Kurt, etc. This means she's more of a peer to the other X-Men, not a TagAlongKid.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted in that Kitty was attracted to the ''good'' person inside of Lance, and wasn't super thrilled when he acted like an asshole. Although to a 15-year-old girl being pursued by an older and handsome bad boy wasn't exactly a turn-off.
* BadassAdorable: Cute, sweet, and naïve, and she can whoop ass along with the rest of the X-Men.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Beauty to Jean's Brains and Rogue's Brawn. She's a cute ValleyGirl and the most feminine of the X-Men girls.
* BrainyBrunette: Kitty has long, brown hair, most often tied back in a high ponytail. She's shown to be well versed with the mansion's computer system, and was stated to be a straight A student with taking senior-class courses like trigonometry and astrophysics. So its more that she just acts a [[DitzyGenius little ditzy]].
* CuteClumsyGirl: The only class she doesn't ace is gym.
* DatingCatwoman: She briefly dates Avalanche in the second season, but they both realize the relationship is not going to work as long as they are in opposing teams. Their interactions in the final episode imply they still have feelings for each other.
* DitzyGenius: Although she speaks like a ValleyGirl, she's quite smart. In her first episode, the GirlPosse claim she's acing all of her classes except PE. In another episode she and Evan figure out how Forge's machine works simply by examining it. And she also demonstrates knowledge of how to short out a helicopter's weapon system without knocking down the craft.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Her driving even scares Wolverine, due to her habit of phasing the car through obstacles. Scott was so scared that he stated he never wanted to ride a vehicle again.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She's seen cuddling/sleeping with a stuffed, purple dragon, which is a reference to Lockheed, Kitty's pet dragon from the comics.
* GirlyBruiser: Has a ValleyGirl personality but capable of kicking just as much ass as her teammates.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: With Lance.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: At first. But she gets over it after a few episodes.
* InformedJudaism: The only evidence that she's Jewish is a scene of her lighting the menorah in her home in the ChristmasEpisode.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Kitty has huge light blue eyes and she has a [[ThePollyanna sweet and optimistic personality.]]
* {{Intangibility}}: She can phase through solid objects and even people. Amusingly in one episode she phases through Beast while brushing her teeth...and accidentally leaves the toothbrush inside him.
* LethalChef: Oh, yes. She gains this reputation after she uses Kurt as a guinea pig for her muffins. After a couple of batches, he bolts whenever she asks him to taste her cooking.
* LettingHerHairDown: Shadowcat undoes her trademark ponytail once she starts fighting crime as a Bayville Siren in episode "Walk On The Wild Side".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Along with Jean, both are the light to Rogue's dark. Kitty is a sweet, bubbly, pink-wearing girl whereas Rogue is a snarky, brooding gothic loner who has a much shorter hairstyle than the former two.
* LikeIsLikeAComma: Like, she tends to talk this way. Occasionally it gets to the point where her teammates can barely even understand her.
* MoralityPet: From season two on, definitely Lance's. While his antagonism towards the X-Men, especially Scott, remains intact, Kitty is the only member he has a soft spot for, even going as far as to briefly join the X-Men just to be closer to her. She also inspires most of his heroic feats, including how she convinces him to join the battle against Apocalypse during the finale.
* MsFanservice: A modest example, but she spends an episode or two clad in nothing but a swimsuit, so it's there in a "girl next door" kind of way.
* NaiveNewcomer: She definitely feels like a fish out of water when she first joins the X-Men, being particularly weirded out by Kurt's appearance at first.
* NotQuiteFlight: Kitty has been shown (at least once) being able to float/walk on air using her phasing power. She can also phase upward through ceilings, which has about the same effect as levitation.
* OddFriendship: With Rogue. Once the latter joins the team, the two of them can often be seen hanging out together in spite of their very different personalities. They even go on a mission together in "The Stuff of Villains."
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:She gets back together with Lance in the last episode]].
* OppositesAttract: She's a sweet, naive uptown Valley girl who hooks up with the grungy, hot-headed and rebellious loner Lance. Also, they are on opposing teams; Kitty's part of the heroic X-Men whereas Lance is the field leader of the villainous Brotherhood.
* PinkIsFeminine: She wears a pink sweater cardigan with her main outfit, her pajamas are pink, and she has a pink one-piece swimsuit. And she's definitely girly too.
%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Kurt.
* PluckyGirl: Although she's initially nervous with being on the X-Men, she demonstrates a lot of bravery and determination when the occasion calls for it and in later seasons.
* PuppyDogEyes: To the extent that Wolverine once snaps at her: "And don't give me them puppy-dog eyes, Half-Pint!"
* ShipTease: Occasionally with Evan. She's notably more affectionate to him than the other X-kids.
%%* TheSmartGuy: She can be a brainiac [[DitzyGenius sometimes...]]
* StuffedIntoALocker: This happens to her in her debut episode, mostly as an excuse for Kitty to discover her ability to phase past solid objects. So naturally, this causes her to bump into Avalanche to kick off the plot.
* TeenGenius: A straight-A student (although her intelligence was somewhat downplayed compared to other versions of Shadowcat).
* UnexplainedAccent: Talks like a stereotypical Southern California ValleyGirl, despite ostensibly being from Illinois.
* ValleyGirl: Unlike her comic book counterpart. However, she stopped, like totally, after the first season. For sure.
* WalkingTechbane: Like her comics counterpart, her powers can often cause machinery to malfunction if she phases through them.
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!!The Teachers
[[folder:Wolverine]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"We're definitely gonna need more instructors. An' maybe a couple of tanks."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Unknown, goes by Logan
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Robert Dubois (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The X-Men's top fighter and chief drill instructor to the students. His keen senses help him track down adversaries and alert him of danger ahead. His healing powers make him nearly impossible to defeat in a brawl. Adamantium claws are capable of shredding enemies and just about any inanimate object as well. His past is a mystery to everyone, including himself. It is a rather lengthy past as well because his healing factor has drastically slowed the aging of his body. He was already an adult by World War II. Unlike in other X-Men series, Wolverine plays a supporting role in ''X-Men: Evolution'' and is more of a PapaWolf than carousing badass.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: A few, particularly "Grim Reminder" in season 1 (which focuses on his backstory), "Operation: Rebirth" (which includes his time fighting alongside Captain America in World War 2), and "X23" (which introduces his eponymous clone).
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Due to the series' [[AgeLift changes to certain character's ages]], he never falls in love with teenage Jean Grey, and therefore never has the heated rivalry with Cyclops that is the cause for much of his {{Jerkass}} behavior in the comics (though the two did briefly have a leadership struggle).
** Also, while he always was fond of young mutant daughter figures, it would take the comic version decades of CharacterDevelopment for him to be anywhere close to willing to play father figure with Storm and Xavier for an entire group of mutant children before any school for gifted youngsters or superhero team was properly established. Here, he's one the school's founding members alongside Xavier, Storm, and Beast.
* AnimeHair: It actually ''bends backwards and up.''
* ArchEnemy: With Sabretooth.
* BadassBiker: Logan owns two motorcycles and is often seen driving them. And just watch the beginning sequence of "Operation: Rebirth" where Wolverine being chased by the military in the woods on his motorcycle. Talk about badass!
* BadassTeacher: He's the students' chief drill instructor, and he kicks a lot of ass.
* BashBrothers: With Captain America back in WWII, who he promises to one day find a cure for his recovery.
* BerserkButton: If anyone refers him as "Weapon X", it ''really'' gets under Logan's skin.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He gradually warms up to Kitty and Kurt nicknaming them "Half-pint" and "Elf" respectively.
* CompositeCharacter: He has Cyclops' usual role from the comics and other animated adaptations of being the first X-Man and Xavier's right-hand man.
* CoolOldGuy: The guy was around helping Captain America in WWII.
* DeadpanSnarker: To the students.
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Whenever the students are having issues with themselves or their powers, he's there to help make sense of it since he's been there himself. Most notably to Rogue.
%%* {{Determinator}}
* DrillSergeantNasty: Can be at times; see TrainingFromHell below.
* HairColorDissonance: Technically, his hair is supposed to be black, but with the way the animation is, it looks more dark blue than black.
* HairTriggerTemper: Downplayed. Despite his temper and violent attributions, he does try to control them.
* HealingFactor: Due to the nature of most children's shows, this can't be shown that effectively. But it's better shown here when Wolverine's shown to have broken his legs from a helicopter jump, and later on in Season 4 when he falls out of a plane.
%%* HellbentForLeather
%%* HotBloodedSideburns
* IWorkAlone: Downplayed. Although he prefers to be alone, he does enjoy the company of those he likes.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Kitty and Rogue.
* MysteriousPast: Some episodes go into his past... a little.
* TheNicknamer: "Chuck" for Professor X, "Red" for Jean, "Elf" for Nightcrawler, and "Half-Pint" for Kitty.
* TheNoseKnows: His tracking mutant ability.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Thanks to his self-regeneration power, Logan's true age will never be revealed but it's shown he was at least old enough to have served in the military along with Cap, which he did in this cartoon. Magneto was a kid back then.
* OppositeSexClone: X-23
* PapaWolf: Hurt any of his X-Men at your own risk. Especially Kitty, Rogue, and X-23.
* ParentalSubstitute: To X-23. Even though she's basically his OppositeSexClone, he treats her like he would with his own daughter.
* RetCanon: During the final two seasons, this Wolverine adopted the second costume of his counterpart in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'', which started concurrently with ''Evolution'' (both series starting in 2000).
* ScreamingWarrior: Logan can be counted on to be yelling or roaring in battle when taking down foes.
* ShipperOnDeck: Rather amusingly, he serves as one for Scott and Jean here. When Scott is wondering about communicating his feelings to Jean and decides to ask Logan of all people for girl advice, Logan tells him that if he won't tell her his feelings Logan will. At the end when they hook up, Logan merely says, "About time".
* SuperSenses: Wolverine's senses are so high-tuned he can recognize and track people by individual scents -- this ability also allows him to see through shape-shifter disguises.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: Inverted. as despite a notable things about the Logan of the comics (including how he got the adamantium regrafted onto his skeleton after Magnetl ripped the metal out in ''ComicBook/{{Fatal Attraction|MarvelComics}}''), he's never made one on the show.
* TrainingFromHell: This trope gets first {{deconstructed|Trope}}, and then ''{{reconstruct|ion}}ed'' - in the first X-23 episode, it's established that he can be pretty harsh with training the younger X-Men-to-be, to the point that Rogue wouldn't admit she'd gotten better (after the last episode's events) to avoid it. After his experience with the aforementioned {{Tykebomb}}, he loosens up because "Sometimes you gotta let kids just be kids". He realizes that pushing teenagers too far in training is detrimental, and he eases up by the end. Contains hilarity in that Rogue of all people was pretending to still be sick in an effort to evade his training session.
* TrueCompanions: In their first scene together you can tell just how much he and Charles trust each other, and through the whole series they remain good confidants to each other.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Charles and his school.
* WolverineClaws: [[TropeNamers Obviously]]. His claws along with the rest of the bones in his body were bonded with an unbreakable metal known as adamantium as part of the Weapon X program.
* TheWorfEffect: Need to make The Juggernaut look like a huge threat? Have him kick Wolverine's ass.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Storm]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I'm a weather-witch, not a snow plow. I'm doing the best I can."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Ororo Munroe
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KirstenWilliamson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Francine Laffineuse (FR)[[/labelnote]]
One of Professor Xavier's top teachers, Storm is seen as a role model by the students. She is also one of the most powerful mutants alive due to her ability to manipulate the weather. One of her few weaknesses is her claustrophobia which was explored in her one spotlight episode ''African Storm''.
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* ActionGirl: Due to being an adult in contrast to the rest of the teenagers, she's quite powerful.
* AdaptationalModesty: She doesn't have her usual LeotardOfPower from the comics - instead she wears a modest bodysuit.
* AffectionateNickname: Her nephew Evan calls her "Auntie O".
* BadassCape: She wears a nice dark blue cape as a part of her costume.
* BadassTeacher: She's not shown teaching that much, but she's suitably badass.
* BlowYouAway: She can manipulate the winds to great effect.
* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Storm isn't an actual goddess, but her mutant power gives her the ability to smite enemies with massive bolts of lightning from the sky if she's sufficiently mad.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: First when Hungan captures her will into his scepter, giving him the ability to control her body, using her powers to attack the X-Men. [[spoiler:Later she becomes one of Apocalypse's Horsemen.]]
* BrightnessShadows: Storm's lightning attacks create darker shadows upon striking people, as does Rogue's version [[spoiler:when she's copying her powers during their fight]].
* CaringGardener: She uses her weather manipulating powers to water the plants in the mansion's greenhouse in her spare time.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: As in the comics, she's got a great fear of confined spaces. One Danger Room simulation had her trapped in a tight box and she freaked out.
* CombatStilettos: She has these on in both of her series and post-series costumes, but they're a non-issue for her since she's often seen floating or flying.
* CoolAunt: To Evan. He outright calls her this in his video project.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Her spotlight episode, "African Storm".
* DemotedToExtra: Despite always having been a major player in the X-Men franchise, she receives very little focus in this series and only has one episode centered around her during the entire run of the show.
* ElementalPowers: She has complete control over the weather, which gives her the ability to whip up [[ShockandAwe lightning]], [[BlowYouAway wind]], [[MakingASplash rain]] and [[AnIcePerson ice storms]] in combat. Hence her codename Storm.
* EmotionalPowers: Ororo's powers have always been closely linked with her emotions. As such she has had to teach herself a large degree of self control. Containing her emotions isn't always easy though and when she fails, the results can be quite dramatic.
* FisherKing: The weather changes according to her mood.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Whenever she is using her powers.
* GodGuise: She was worshiped as a goddess in Africa due to her ability to summon the rains.
* AnIcePerson: Comes with her control of the weather which includes blizzards and hailstorms.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: WordOfGod from the guy who designed the characters, Storm has very long shapely legs and curvy hips.
* InconsistentColoring: Ororo's eyes can be seen as changing from blue to purple depending on the episode.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Her mutant powers give her control over the elements, and she's a PhysicalGoddess with a regal manner.
* MakingASplash: Can produce rain, of course.
* MamaBear: It's best not to mess with the younger X-Men. And more specifically with her nephew Spyke.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:She receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" her as one of his horsemen]].
* MonochromaticEyes: She has normal blue eyes until she uses her powers, causing them to glow white.
* MundaneUtility: She frequently use her weather powers to generate small rains to water her plants or fill up a water fountain.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Courtesy of her mutant powers.
* NotQuiteFlight: She can fly by using her powers to manipulate the winds surrounding her.
* OccultBlueEyes: She has blue eyes, which is extremely rare among non-Europeans.
* PhysicalGoddess: Was worshipped as one by her tribe.
* ShockAndAwe: Her most famous power; creating lightning either from the clouds or her hands.
* StatuesqueStunner: As per usual, Storm is a towering beauty!
* TeamMom: And aunt to Spyke.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where she was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts her to be one]].
* WeatherDissonance: She tends to whip up fogs and tornadoes to suit her purposes.
* WeatherManipulation: As her codename implies, Storm's mutant abilities allow her to create storms and manipulate wind, rain and lightning. Using the wind she can fly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Beast]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"I can see now that teaching mutants will require entirely different skills."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Hank [=McCoy=]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelKopsa [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jean-Paul Dermont (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Hank [=McCoy=] was a popular teacher at Bayville High who held a dark secret. His mutation gave him a burly physique with large hands and feet and unparalleled agility, but also a feral side to his mind. After school hours, he worked on a serum he hoped would stop his primal regressions when simply reciting Shakespeare wasn't enough to keep him focused. But unfortunately his beastly side was set free by an attempt to make a better serum, turning him into a blue furred beast. He damaged the school, also threatening Principal Kelly in an uncontrollable rage. The X-Men eventually were able to locate and subdue him. Soon the rage subsided, but life would never be the same. His rampage at the school and his drastic and permanent change in physical appearance would make any public appearance too startling for a general population unaware of the mutants among them. Hank remained at the Xavier Institute as a teacher for the New Recruits. Similar to Wolverine and Storm, he is more of a bit player due to the focus being on the students.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he was in the first issue when the X-Men as founded. Here, Hank appears after the X-Men was already formed in the second season.
* AgeLift: In the comics, he was around the same age as Scott and Jean when he first arrived at Xavier's School. Here, he's a middle-aged teacher while Scott and Jean are high school students in their late teens.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The fur which covers out his body is a blue-grey color.
* BadassTeacher: He was pretty tough ''before'' mutating into his blue, furry form.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very nice person, but push him too far and you WILL regret it.
* CoolTeacher: In the eyes of the New Mutants, in stark contrast to Wolverine's SternTeacher or Jean and Scott's PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher mentality.
* CulturedBadass: Always finds ways to make sophisticated references to literature and science.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: After his mutation, his eye color matches his blue fur.
* EarlyBirdCameo: He starts off as Bayville High's chemistry and gym teacher before he officially joins the X-Men later as Beast.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene after entering the classroom in Season 2 is to ask if any of the students want to create a stink bomb, right after Lance and Kitty were talking about one. A later scene also has him kick [[JerkJock Duncan]] off the track team immediately after he rams into Scott during a dash. More importantly, when he goes to Scott, whose shades had been knocked off, he instantly but quietly tells him to keep his eyes closed as he puts the shades back on, establishing he's a SecretSecretKeeper to his mutant students episodes before we learn about his debut as Beast.
* FreakinessShame: Like with Kurt, Hank feels like a freak at times after trying to cure himself, despite he still retains his mind. Even when Xavier suggested to give him a holographic inducer, Hank doesn't want to reenter the world. He does get over it after a researcher captured Hank [=McCoy=] after mistaking him for Bigfoot. When he finds out that [=McCoy=] is intelligent, he is amazed and does his best to save him from overzealous hunters. Since then, never had much of a problem of his appearance.
%%* GeniusBruiser
* GentleGiant: Sure he ''looks'' big and scary, but he has the temperament of a teddy bear.
%%* HandyFeet
* LightningBruiser: Not only is Hank strong, but he's also incredibly fast and agile.
%%* MonsterModesty: He started off looking reasonably normal. Once he turned into a furry monster, he stripped down to underwear. This is especially odd since the character is a very educated, polite individual who would normally be the type to dress in a dignified manner.
* {{Mutants}}: Hank is both a mutant and a mutate. He was born a mutant with ape-like features and abilities. He mutated himself by ingesting a serum which made him more animal-like. It turned him into a new form with new powers. He grew blue-gray fur over his entire body, his muscles expanded, ears became larger and pointed, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength, as well as enhanced his senses.
%%* NerdGlasses
* PointyEars: When he mutated himself, Beast gained pointy ears.
%%* ProfessorGuineaPig
%%* ResistTheBeast
%%* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness
* ShapeshifterModeLock: He's stuck in the furry blue "Beast" mode and can never change back into regular human Hank because his mutation could no longer be controlled with the serum he had formulated upon first learning of his mutation.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Not only a practice of his, it's also how Spyke gets through to him.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Hank sometimes wears reading glasses and he's a genius scientist.
* SuperStrength: Has always had some level of super strength which has increased even more when his mutation evolved.
* TeamDad: To the New Mutants.
* TechnoWizard: He is an expert in electronics.
%%* TVGenius
* UnderwearOfPower: His X-Men costume whenever he's on missions is just underwear covering his crotch and buttocks.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Professor X]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"You know, handling defeat is as much mark of your character as coming home the victor. And from what I see, this was a lesson, apparently, much needed."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Prof. Charles Xavier
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidKaye [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jean-Marc Delhausse (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The team's telepathic mentor and financier. He is the world's most powerful telepath and founder of the X-Men. His goal is to maintain a peaceful co-existence between humans and mutants. He created a school which trains mutants to use their powers responsibly and discreetly in order to prevent panic from the general human population. This philosophy puts him at odds with mutants such as Magneto who believe mutants should be dominating humanity rather than hiding from it.
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%%* ActualPacifist
* AdaptationalNationality: Xavier was American in the comics, but here he speaks with a British accent. This seems inspired by [[Film/XMen1 the movie]] released few years prior to the series, where Xavier is portrayed by British actor Creator/PatrickStewart.
* BadassTeacher: ''Professor'' Charles Xavier has a doctorate in genetics and is the most powerful telepath in the world.
* BigGood: He is the wise leader of the X-Men, principal of the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, and his mission is to create a world where mutants and {{Muggles}} to co-exist peacefully.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the final season, [[spoiler:he's captured by Apocalypse and turned into one of his Horsemen]].
* ChromeDomePsi: He's bald and a telepath.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: As with every version of Xavier since the first ''Film/XMen1'', he sounds a lot like Creator/PatrickStewart, though this version sounds like a fusion of Stewart and Creator/SeanConnery.
%%* TheComicallySerious
%%* CoolChair
%%* CoolOldGuy
%%* CrimefightingWithCash
* FriendlyEnemy: How Xavier sees Magneto, although their friendship is not ''as'' emphasized as in other portrayals.
* GadgeteerGenius: He's responsible for the creation of technological achievements such as the mutant-tracking computer Cerebro, the Danger Room, Nightcrawler's holowatch and the Juggernaut's holding cell.
* GeniusCripple: Paraplegic and not just smart, but also his mutation gives him one of the most powerful minds in the world.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He's well-educated and carries some characteristics of a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
* MarkOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:He receives blue markings similar to those of Apocalypse when he "recruits" him as one of his horsemen]].
* MindOverManners: He often prefers to "ask" before he reads your mind.
* NonActionGuy: Justified since he's wheelchair-bound. Not that it impedes his telepathic powers. He ''could'' perform MindRape and the like, making him a destructive force, if he wasn't so moral.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being generally concerned for the larger picture and being a stern but fair father figure they can all trust, it doesn't stop him from reprogramming Nightcrawler's image inducer to make him look like a girl after he broke it.
%%* TheProfessor
* PsychicPowers: One of the most powerful psychics in the franchise (the comics and cartoons).
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Xavier and Juggernaut are half-brothers instead of step-brothers like in the comics.
* ShapingYourAttacks: With [[spoiler:Apocalypse]]'s power-up, Xavier can create a literal psychic scythe.
* TheTeamBenefactor: Xavier's wealth allows him to supply the team with whatever they may need. He's able to fund room and board for all of his students/teachers who all live in a mansion, having access to its spacious grounds and enough money to have his X-Men ride into action in a private jet, rebuild the Xavier Institute including the Danger Room and all the various technology that is inevitably damaged every other week in training simulations.
* TeamDad: Several of the X-Men view him as their father figure, especially Scott and Jean.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Unlike the comics, where he was no ties to the Horsemen, Apocalypse forcibly conscripts him to be one]].
* {{Telepathy}}: With his formidable psychic powers, Professor X can read and communicate with other minds, apply MindManipulation and LaserGuidedAmnesia, has the capability of accessing, suppressing and restoring memories, able to generate mental blocks onto others' minds, and include sleep. These are just some of the things that he can do with his mutant ability.
* TookALevelInBadass: Once he is [[spoiler:turned into one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse]], Professor X's psychokinesis receives a boost in versatility and raw power, granting him telekinesis, levitation, the ability to fire psionic blasts, and the power to manifest his mind as a shapeshifting being of pure energy. It took Jean using Cerebro and tapping into the power of the Phoenix just to hold him off.
[[/folder]]
!!New Mutants/New Recruits
[[folder:Iceman]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iceman_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:320:''"Hey! Did you see? Were you watching? This time it took me almost twice as long to crash and burn."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Robert 'Bobby' Drake
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewFrancis [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]David Scarpuzza (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Iceman, also known as Bobby Drake, is the unofficial leader of the 'baby' group, the New Mutants. He is the most outgoing of the new recruits and he later [[SixthRanger becomes a standby X-Man to take the place of Spyke]]. After Spyke's departure, he became a regular in X-Men missions, including being considered one of the more "experienced" students during the Season Three finale to join Cyclops, Storm, Jean Grey, Beast, Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Shadowcat to fight Apocalypse. Iceman has the ability to convert his body to ice and to produce ice from his hands.
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* AdaptationalLateAppearance: In the comics, he was in the first issue when the X-Men as founded and was one of the founding members. Here, Drake appears after the X-Men was already formed in the second season.
* AscendedExtra: Starts off as nothing more than an extra face. By Season 4, he's officially taken over Evan's role in the series, getting to hang out with the main X-Men. Bobby himself points out in one episode that he's practically an X-Men by this point.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's shown in the few times he gets to be on a mission to be a capable team player, and was a fairly competent leader during a Danger Room session, but usually his immaturity gets in the way.
* ChickMagnet: He gets his own legion of island fangirls while on a vacation cruise, and enjoys showing off for them.
* ClassClown: He's almost always the one to act out and make a scene in class.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Cannonball.
%%* TheHero: To the New Recruits anyway.
* AnIcePerson: His codename is Iceman and his powers involve firing freezing blasts from his hands and shapeshifting into an icy form.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* MrFanservice: He is not as tall or as muscular as the older men being an adolescent boy still but he has a moderate amount of muscle and he does get some scenes like when Beast took them out on a field trip and when the X Men were on a cruise ship wearing nothing but boardshorts.
* ThePrankster: On occasion, Iceman uses his powers for pranks, such as dropping the temperature of a pool when the people inside insult the X-Men for being mutants.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: While this version would later join the X-Men, his comic counterpart was one of the original members and thus was never tied to the New Mutants.
* TooDumbToLive: He stole the X-Jet for a joyride, broke into the Danger Room for unsupervised training, and put an iceberg in front of the cruise ship he himself was sailing on. If it wasn't for the intervention of the other, more experienced X-Men, he would very easily have gotten himself and many other innocent people killed.
%%* TotallyRadical: To some extent, not as bad as Spyke though.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cannonball]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Cannonball/Sam Guthrie]]
-->'''Codename:''' Cannonball\\
'''Real Name:''' Samuel 'Sam' Guthrie\\
'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillSwitzer
The tall, blond southern boy who joined at the same time as the other New Recruits. More well rounded and likable than Bobby in some respects, he's easily identifiable by being a head taller than most of the students, even some of the original cast.
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* BarrierWarrior: Doesn't ever use his power to fight, he's more of an evacuation type person. In the final fight, all he does is fly Rogue to Apocalypse's strong hold.
* {{Flight}}: His power allows him to fly like a rocket, however unlike most people, he can't stop or float, meaning his only way to land is to crash.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Bobby.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Could have beat Logan in a race, but got cocky and decided to use his powers. Lost horribly because of this.
* {{Geek}}: WordOfGod bios for the New Recruits refer to him as such.
* GentleGiant: The tallest of the New Recruits, but easily the nicest.
* TheKlutz: He certainly crashes a lot.
* TheLancer / TheBigGuy: To the New Recruits anyway.
%%* NiceGuy
* ShipTease: Has a bit with Amara.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Jubilee]]
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joyride__jubilee_oops.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:320:''"I'm totally chafed. Class dismissed. I'm outta here!"'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsJubilee Jubilee]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Jubilation Lee
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiaraZanni
Usually seen with Bobby, Sam, and Jamie, Jubilee is the second most seen female member of the New Recruits during Season 2. She's PutOnABus despite proving to be rather popular amongst some of the fans when the [[ExecutiveMeddling executives]] decided there were too many characters. She has the ability to shoot firework-like 'plasmoids' either in the shape of actual fireworks or beams. Easily identifiable by her yellow jacket.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Her WordOfGod official bio describes her as this, not really shown however.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Jubilation, never referred to as such in the show though.
* LethalHarmlessPowers: She fires explosive plasmoids! Regularly seen firing them at friends/other students.
* MythologyGag: Constantly wears a yellow jacket when out of uniform. Season 2 ends with her clothes damaged enough to turn her normal jeans into shorts, making her look exactly how she did in the comics, only with longer hair.
* OneOfTheBoys: Only seen hanging out with girls in two appearances; in every other scene, she's always with Bobby (and to lesser extent Sam and Jamie), either for his crazy adventures, or for the ShipTease.
* PersonalityPowers: A cute, bubbly party girl with the ability to shoot fireworks.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Bobby, depending on who you ask.
* PutOnABus: Alongside Wolfsbane she was written out at the beginning of season 3. [[spoiler:Came back in the finale to help fight Apocalypse.]]
* ShipTease: With Bobby, who she's usually paired up with in fanfics.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: She was never a New Mutant in the comics, instead being part of both the X-Men proper and ComicBook/GenerationX.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Magma]]
[[quoteright:316:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magma.png]]
[[caption-width-right:316:''"If this fails, it's not my fault, I told you I wasn't ready for this."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Magma
-->'''Real Name:''' Amara Juliana Olivia Aquilla
-->'''Voiced by:''' Alexandria Carter [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Esther Aflalo (FR)[[/labelnote]]
The only one to get a focal episode (two actually) but also the most powerful. Magma, as her name suggests, can generate heat and fire, along with to some extent control lava. A princess in her home country, Amara is one of the more girly members of the group, not to mention a little of a ShrinkingViolet at first.
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%%* ActionGirl
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Magma's appearance has been [[RaceLift significantly altered]] from her comic book incarnation, where she has blond hair and blue eyes; in Evolution, she is fully Brazilian with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Ends up getting two focal episodes, "Walk On the Wild Side" and "Cruise Control".
* DefrostingIceQueen: Similar to the one below, Amara was apparently going to be one of these, assumed to have mostly happened off screen.
* ElementalShapeshifter: She can transform her body into magma and molten rocks along with FlamingHair.
* FlamingHair: She has this when in her lava form.
%%* FingerSnapLighter
%%* InNameOnly
* MagmaMan: Amara is a mutant with geothermal powers meaning that her mutant ability allows her to harness the power of the earth elements, allowing her to simulate effects associated with volcanic activity. She can create earthquakes too, but this is simply the logical side effect of bringing magma to the surface.
* NaiveNewcomer: In "Walk On The Wild Side", it's mentioned that it was her first day of starting high school. She's taken under Jean's wing (and later Tabitha's) throughout the episode.
* {{Ojou}}: The official bios stated that she's a princess and has been described as having a somewhat haughty, "royal" attitude at times.
* PlayingWithFire: With her mutant abilities, Amara also has the full range of fire powers at her disposal.
* RaceLift: She's actually from Brazil in both show and comics, but her comic appearance had her as a blue-eyed Caucasian Brazilian. In the show she is an Afro-Brazilian.
%%* ShipTease: With Sam, explaining why they're paired up so frequently in fanfics.
* ShrinkingViolet: A minor example. Amara retains a rather shy, soft-spoken demeanor and she doesn't have a lot of confidence as she gets easily discouraged when she does not live up to her own expectations.
%%* SugarAndIcePersonality
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Tabitha's Tomboy. Amara is more timid, sweet and insecure compared to Tabitha's more bold, adventurous and loud personality.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Wolfsbane]]
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[[caption-width-right:319:Wolfsbane/Rahne Sinclair]]
-->'''Codename:''' Wolfsbane
-->'''Real Name:''' Rahne Sinclair
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChantalStrand
Wolfsbane, also known as Rahne Sinclair, is a relatively serene individual, only speaking in four episodes and eventually being altogether removed from the cast during the third season despite being popular, but returned in a cameo during the series finale. She is of Scottish decent and is able to transform into a lupine form. Her name was mispronounced as "Rohn-ee" in "Retreat", but is correctly pronounced as ''rain'' in "Mainstream".
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* {{Animorphism}}: Her mutant ability allows her to transform into a full wolf or a werewolf (wolf-like humanoid) at will.
* FanService: Got a swimsuit scene in the episode 'Retreat', not only the first to do so but also the only New Recruit girl to wear a two piece.
* FlatCharacter: She doesn't exactly have as many characteristics that make her stick out from the rest of the cast, leading her to be PutOnABus later on in Season 3.
* GirlishPigtails: Her default hairstyle is two short pigtails.
* MagicPants: Her clothes disappear when she turns into a wolf, and reappear when she turns back into human.
%%* NobleWolf
* TheNoseKnows: Rahne has a superhuman sense of smell as part of her overall turning-into-a-werewolf package.
* NotCompletelyUseless: Most of the time her power to turn into a ''dog'' seemed almost completely useless, until the kids needed her to sniff out Beast after he'd been kidnapped by some Big-Foot hunters.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: She's a mutant human girl who can turn into either a full wolf or half wolf/human hybrid, her clothes slowly disappear while transforming (they are likely made of unstable molecules, this being a Franchise/MarvelUniverse after all), only to reform while transforming.
* PartialTransformation: She can change into a wolf or a transitional state between human and wolf.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Until she appears one final time in the series finale, in Xavier's glimpse into the future, revealing that she does return to the team]].
* RedheadInGreen: Rahne has short red hair and (whenever she's not in her wolf form) is usually seen wearing a green cut-out shoulder, turtle neck top. She also has has green eyes and at one point wears a green bikini.
* {{Scotireland}}: Downplayed. She has a very mild to non-existent accent that almost sounds like the voice of a fairy.
* ShipTease: She played around with Sam and helped Jamie with his homework which may explain her ships with them, but the most popular Rahne-related ships are with Roberto, based on the episode ''Retreat'' (being the only episode in which both of them actually speak in full sentences).
* TheVoiceless: As said before, got two speaking roles; in one of them all she does is laugh a little, usually she's just in the background or in her wolf form.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sunspot]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Sunspot/Roberto da Costa]]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/MarvelComicsSunspot Sunspot]]
-->'''Real Name:''' Roberto da Costa
-->'''Voiced by:''' Michael Coleman
Sunspot, also known as Roberto da Costa, is a rich Brazilian boy with the power to absorb solar energy to gain super human capabilities, such as strength, speed, agility, and (seen in the first episode of Season 2) able to fly. Roberto was shown to be a perfectionist and an overachiever, and he seem to be romantically attracted to Wolfsbane. He does very little for the show but still retains a small but dedicated fanbase.
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* BattleAura: When using his powers he becomes a black silhouette within yellow, Kirby Dotted flame. And just like his comics counterpart, sun-powered SuperStrength is his power - no heat is generated, regardless of how fiery he looks.
* EnergyAbsorption: He absorbs solar energy from the sun.
%%* {{Flight}}
* FlyingBrick: Only seen flying once, but his powers make him one.
%%* HotBlooded
* ThePerfectionist: He is shown to be an overachiever.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: His power comes from sunlight.
* ShipTease: With Rahne in the episode ''Retreat'', Namely the scene in which they're both wearing swimsuits and staring romantically at each other.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He's noted to be a little arrogant regarding his powers and abilities.
* SuperStrength: Sunspot has the ability to absorb solar energy and convert it for use as physical strength.
* TheVoiceless: Speaks in one episode only.
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[[folder:Berzerker]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:Berzerker/Ray Crisp]]
-->'''Codename:''' Berzerker
-->'''Real Name:''' Ray Crisp
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TonySampson [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alexandre Crépet (FR)[[/labelnote]]
Berzerker, also known as Ray Crisp, has been significantly altered from his comic book incarnation, where he was an extremely violent Morlock; in Evolution, he's fairly mellow, though he still has a temper. He was initially intended to have an on-going rivalry with Sunspot, but aside from one scene this was phased out of the show. It's shown in a later episode that he was allied with the Morlocks before he joined Xavier's school and tried to stop Spyke from joining them. Often seen goofing off with Bobby, if he's not blowing something up, he's thinking of new, inventive ways to blow it up anyway. Berzerker's mutant power allows him to harness electricity or electrical discharges.
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* AbortedArc: Was originally going to have a rivalry with Sunspot, but it was dropped after one episode.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Unlike his comic counterpart, Ray is laid back and generally non-violent.
* AscendedExtra: Appearing once in the comics as an AxCrazy Morlock, here he appears in a good number of B-Plots, usually as Bobby's second Male Best friend and speaks in almost every appearance.
* BerserkButton: Apparently hitting him in the face with a ball when using your powers in a non-powered game of volleyball is a sure fire way to set him off.
* BerserkerRage: His codename ''is'' [[{{Pun}} Berzerker]], after all.
* BigBrotherMentor: To the other New Recruits being the oldest among them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: WordOfGod claims this as the reason they created him, they wanted a New Recruit who has a "bad boy" vibe, someone who acts tough but is really nice. In the show however he's almost always expressing the heart part.
* MundaneUtility: Thanks to his mutant powers, he can charge electric devices on the go, such as laptops and hair dryers.
* OnlySaneMan: Surprisingly, he comes off as one of the most mature of the New Mutants. Yes, he has a temper but that doesn't distract that he's the least seen when the other members are doing their normal shenanigans
* PsychoElectro: Not as powerful or as psychotic as some, but does have serious anger issues which were addressed at times and did hold his own against Storm (who at the time had been upgraded by Apocalypse).
* ShockAndAwe: Ray's mutant ability allows him to harness electricity.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: His comic counterpart was a Morlock throughout his tenure and never joined the New Mutants.
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[[folder:Multiple]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Awww I never get to go."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' [[Characters/XFactor Multiple]]
-->'''Real Name:''' James 'Jamie' Madrox
-->'''Voiced by:''' David A Kaye (not [[Creator/DavidKaye the one who voices Professor X]])
The youngest of the ensemble, Jamie is like the little brother none of them wanted. His power is to duplicate himself, his clothes, and any object he's holding but only when hit with external kinetic energy (such as being hit/knocked over), which causes him to get in the way due to his clumsiness.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Related to his AgeLift, but his full comic codename was "Multiple ''Man''."
* AgeLift: He was Scott's age in the comics, while he's the youngest member of the New Mutants in the show.
%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Not by blood, but still basically the same deal.
%%* BrattyHalfPint: A rare, non-Scrappy case!
%%* CheerfulChild: Hence why he's not Multiple ''Man'' like the comics.
* InNameOnly: Aside from retaining his real name and powers, he has nothing in common with his comic book counterpart.
* MesACrowd: He's a self-duplicator - can create multiple copies of himself. It's shown that every copy is independent of itself but Jamie has the ability to also retract these copies at will.
%%* MundaneUtility: Jamie constantly uses his dupes like this.
* PrecociousCrush: Hinted to have a bit of one on Kitty.
* SelfDuplication: Possesses the power to not only create clones of himself, but also of any objects that he might have knocked over.
* TeamMemberInTheAdaptation: His comic counterpart had no ties to the New Mutants, instead being a member of the back-up X-Men that rose from the fallout of ''Fall of the Mutants'' and later various incarnations of ComicBook/XFactor.
* TheTeamWannabe: He keeps begging and pleading to be let in on the antics the other kids get themselves into, it usually never works. Which is actually a good thing.
* VagueAge: While the writers have stated they had no idea how old most of the characters were, Jamie's exact age in particular is uncertain, but they suggested he was around 12, which seems to fit.
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!!Ex-Members
[[folder:Spyke]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"We've been expecting you. You gotta be sharp if you're gonna mess with the Spyke."'']]
-->'''Codename:''' Spyke
-->'''Real Name:''' Evan Daniels
-->'''Voiced by:''' Neil Denis [[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Guillaume Legier (FR)[[/labelnote]]
A mutant from New York City and also Storm's nephew. He has the ability to project bone-like spikes from his skin. Spyke is stubborn and lacks respect for authority. This often puts him in conflict with the other X-Men. When his powers can't be controlled he leaves the X-Men, and joins the Morlocks, becoming their champion.
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* AntiHero: Part of Evan's character development. At the start of the series he's a ClassicalAntiHero; he's the least serious-minded of the cast, regularly skipping out on meetings and acting hot headed. After his secondary mutation, and seeing the living condition of the Morlocks, Spyke grows into a PragmaticHero, taking to vigilantism to protect mutants who are being bullied and attacked by humans, but his heart remains in the right place.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Evan is the youngest member of the X-Men until the New Mutants make their appearance later.
* BadWithTheBone: His power is shooting bone spikes out of his body.
* TheBigGuy: He's the most reckless and prone to violence on the X-Men team.
* CanonForeigner: Evan doesn't exist in the regular Marvel Universe, and due to the circumstances of his origin, won't ever (in the regular Marvel Universe, Storm's an only child).
* CityMouse: He's a city kid, and he has more trouble adapting to the outdoors. Evan would rather be skateboarding than doing any nature hikes.
* CommutingOnABus: Part of the main cast for the first two and a half seasons. He leaves the X-Men during the third season to join the Morlocks. He is all but forgotten about till he reappears in a season four episode.
* DemotedToExtra: A major character in seasons one and two; in season three, he up and joins the Morlocks. Gets an episode here or there, but he's mostly gone.
%%* FadSuper
* GoodIsNotNice: In Season 4.
* HealingFactor: It's how he can remove the bones from his body without bleeding to death or injuring himself.
* HotBlooded: It makes the future evolution of his powers quite fitting.
* IncendiaryExponent: Flaming spikes after "Uprising".
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JustLikeRobinHood: After joining the Morlocks. Though he never actually steals, he partakes in Street Justice to protect mutants.
%%* OriginalGeneration
* PowerIncontinence: He initially had some difficulties with his powers going off without him wanting them to (accidentally taking out a light by stretching on waking up, for example). In fact, this is how Storm noticed he was a mutant: his powers subtly kicked off when he fell over in a game of basketball. Then, in season 3, it got worse. So much worse.
* TheRival: To Quicksilver in their introductory episode.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: An involuntary version of the trope "Uprising".
* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: To the comics' Marrow, powerset-wise (and him joining the Morlocks later also reflects this, since Marrow was a Morlock to begin with). The show's producers stated that, at the time, they didn't know about Marrow, hence why Spyke's so similar to her.
* SpikeShooter: His usual use of his powers is shooting out projectiles.
* TakingTheBullet: In "Uprising", he takes an energy blast from a laser gun that was intended for Leech.
* TokenMinority: He's the only black member of the team (or at least the students) in the first season.
* TookALevelInBadass: After joining the Morlocks.
* TooQualifiedToApply: In one episode, he enters a skateboarding contest and performs well, but is pressured by the other contestants into forfeiting because of his mutant genes. Spyke insists his mutation doesn't affect his ability to skateboard, but leaves the contest anyway, feeling that when the judges find out he's a mutant, [[FantasticRacism he's not going to stand a chance of winning anyway]].
* TotallyRadical: If the hair and skateboard weren't enough of a clue.
* TroubledButCute: He's a scruffy athletic teen rebel with a penchant for trouble. And even after his secondary mutation, is still not exactly ugly.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In "Uprising", he goes to great lengths to defend mutants from mutant-hating bigots.
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