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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''
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* DrinkOrder:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** When he's at Oxford, he orders a pint of beer and chugs down a yard of ale, which is stereotypically more "plebian" than, let's say, a martini. This signifies that despite his posh background, he enjoys interacting with people who are outside of his social class.
*** He and Erik wish to maintain an air of sophistication when they visit Angel at the strip club, so both men are sipping champagne.



* {{Fiction500}}: He comes from OldMoney, and his inherited fortune must be ''ludicrously'' vast because he has the financial means to operate and maintain his SuperheroSchool, which appears to house hundreds of students (can you imagine how high the food bill alone must be?). Moreover, he can fund the necessary research and development for high-tech vehicles, equipment and facilities that his BadassCrew requires. And the guy still has cash to spare because he enjoys some of the trappings of his upper-class upbringing, such as his [[SharpDressedMan expensive suits]], plus he owns [[Film/XMen1 several horses]] (naturally they're cared for in a well-stocked stable), and has a large [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast personal plane]] which is beautifully furnished. In other words, money is no issue for him ''whatsoever''.



* GoodFlawsBadFlaws:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Although the writers wanted to present him as a very different person when he was young man, they can't give him too many negative traits because the character is still the BigGood of the franchise, so one of his "good" flaws includes being a womanizer.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': His past self is no longer a cad like we saw in ''First Class'', but he has developed additional "good" flaws such as alcoholism, drug addiction, cynicism, and cussing. The guy is utterly messed up, but the writer was careful not to make the character too "bad" (Charles has to eventually become an AllLovingHero, after all).



'''Charles Xavier''': ''(smiles)'' No, it's ours.

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'''Charles Xavier''': '''Charles''': ''(smiles)'' No, it's ours.



* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: As a young man, he gets lack of self-confidence as one of his primary faults. He is one of Xavier's closest friends, so his personality can't be changed too drastically.



* ChivalrousPervert: Introduced flirting with a girl, who seems to find him comical more than anything else. He's also very appreciative of Angel.

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* ChivalrousPervert: Introduced Is introduced flirting with a girl, who seems to find him comical more than anything else. He's He also very appreciative of wolf-whistles at Angel.


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* DrinkOrder: His strong preference for beer stems from his [[CanadaEh Canadian]] background, and it's also an indicator that he has lived for many years as a vagabond.


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* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: His fondness for cigars is part of his macho image.


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* WouldHitAGirl:
** ''Film/XMen1'': Considering that Mystique is trying to kill him, he fights her as viciously as he would any man.
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': The brutal confrontation between himself and Lady Deathstrike is one of the most violent duels in the franchise.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': He has no choice but to slay the Phoenix in order to end her catastrophic rampage.

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* AddledAddict: In between 1963 and 1973, he is so far gone with his alcoholism and self-medication that he can't function without Hank's help.



* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The once effervescent and idealistic Xavier we saw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has crumbled into a heap of melancholia and cynicism in between 1963 and 1973. His telepathy, which he had been at ease with since he was 12 years old, has suddenly become a heavy burden that he avoids using at all cost. Charles' social drinking has deteriorated into alcoholism, and he gives up on other activities that he used to enjoy, such as teaching, scientific research and womanizing, in favour of a self-imposed exile from everything that exists beyond his mansion. Even the way he dresses has changed dramatically; the impeccable suits that define Professor X's style have been replaced by a gaudy paisley shirt paired with a brown leather jacket, or if he's feeling especially lazy, just an undershirt with jeans. Xavier has also neglected his grooming, which makes him look like a confused hippie or a hobo instead of a well-adjusted, upper-class academic.

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* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The once effervescent and idealistic Xavier we saw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has crumbled into a heap of melancholia and cynicism in between 1963 and 1973. His telepathy, which he had been at ease with since he was 12 years old, has suddenly become a heavy burden that he avoids using at all cost. Charles' social drinking has deteriorated into alcoholism, and he gives up on other activities that he used to enjoy, such as teaching, scientific research and womanizing, in favour of a self-imposed exile from everything that exists beyond his mansion. Xavier has more or less reduced himself into a ManChild who is completely dependent on Hank, when in the other movies, various mutants depend on the paternal telepath for emotional support. Even the way he dresses has changed dramatically; the impeccable suits that define Professor X's style have been replaced by a gaudy paisley shirt paired with a brown leather jacket, or if he's feeling especially lazy, just an undershirt with jeans. Xavier Charles has also neglected his grooming, which makes him look like a confused hippie or a hobo instead of a well-adjusted, upper-class academic.



* JadeColoredGlasses: For ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Creator/JamesMcAvoy observes in the "Double Take: Xavier & Magneto" featurette that his character's experience with Erik in ''First Class'' had crushed Charles' [[WideEyedIdealist rose-coloured glasses]].
-->"Erik challenged his world view so much, and then violently took away not just the ability to walk, but also his belief in other people a little bit."



* PowerPerversionPotential: He uses his powers to "guess" the drink orders of the women he flirts with.

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* PowerPerversionPotential: He In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he uses his powers to "guess" the drink orders of the women he flirts with.with. Executive producer Tarquin Pack lampshades this specific example in the rare "Extraordinary Abilities" featurette.
-->"If I had the ability to read minds, and I was at university, and I could influence people through my mental powers, I would probably also be a bit of a Lothario. ''(laughs)'' Who wouldn't be?"



* WhatBeautifulEyes: After he is [[spoiler:shot in the spine]] in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the glare of the Cuban sunshine shrinks his pupils, which makes his irises appear very large, and they are a ''stunning'' shade of [[http://james-mcavoy.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=21198&fullsize=1 vibrant blue]], especially in close-up. His InnocentBlueEyes are shiny and wet with tears due to the intense physical and emotional pain, and it marks the character's BreakTheCutie moment.

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': His 1973 self collapses after the serum wears off, and there are a few close-ups of his eyes. The colour of his irises is quite vivid, and they fully express his mental anguish and vulnerability in that scene. It's a stark contrast from his hopeful and confident InnocentBlueEyes in ''First Class''.
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* WhatBeautifulEyes: After he is [[spoiler:shot in the spine]] in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the glare of the Cuban sunshine shrinks his pupils, which makes his irises appear very large, and they are a ''stunning'' shade of vibrant blue, especially in close-up. His InnocentBlueEyes are shiny and wet with tears due to the intense physical and emotional pain, and it marks the character's BreakTheCutie moment.

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* WhatBeautifulEyes: After he is [[spoiler:shot in the spine]] in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the glare of the Cuban sunshine shrinks his pupils, which makes his irises appear very large, and they are a ''stunning'' shade of [[http://james-mcavoy.org/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=21198&fullsize=1 vibrant blue, blue]], especially in close-up. His InnocentBlueEyes are shiny and wet with tears due to the intense physical and emotional pain, and it marks the character's BreakTheCutie moment.
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* FragileSpeedster: Has to rely on dodging and IndyPloy to take out her opponents.

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine [[spoiler:Film/XMenOriginsWolverine]] | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine [[spoiler:Film/TheWolverine]] | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''



** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He had this for Raven, being very concerned about hiding her mutant form in public and telling her directly that he didn't want anything to happen to her. However, his relationship with his adoptive sister [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] this phenomenon because it caused him to become [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective]] to the point where he denied her the chance to embrace her true appearance and be proud of what she was, as well as caused him to [[ObliviousToLove ignore her very obvious crush on him]]. This in turn made Raven turn to Erik as a mentor/love interest and eventually joins him in his cause against humanity.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': When his younger self sees Mystique again for the first time in 11 years, he caresses her hair and shoulder as a gesture of comfort while telling her that he will keep her safe among other soothing words. [[spoiler:When Magneto then points a gun in her direction]], Xavier stands in between the barrel and his adoptive sister, and [[spoiler:Erik later has to use his power to change the bullet's trajectory so that it won't hit Charles in the head]]. Despite their estrangement, he is willing to die for Raven to save her life.

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** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He had this for Raven, being very concerned about hiding her mutant form in public and telling her directly that he didn't want anything to happen to her. However, his relationship with his adoptive foster sister [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] this phenomenon because it caused him to become [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective]] to the point where he denied her the chance to embrace her true appearance and be proud of what she was, as well as caused him to [[ObliviousToLove ignore her very obvious crush on him]]. This in turn made Raven turn to Erik as a mentor/love interest and eventually joins him in his cause against humanity.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': When his younger self sees Mystique again for the first time in 11 years, he caresses her hair and shoulder as a gesture of comfort while telling her that he will keep her safe among other soothing words. [[spoiler:When Magneto then points a gun in her direction]], Xavier stands in between the barrel and his adoptive foster sister, and [[spoiler:Erik later has to use his power to change the bullet's trajectory so that it won't hit Charles in the head]]. Despite their estrangement, he is willing to die for Raven to save her life.



** When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' starts, he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his adoptive sister, studying genetics, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to [[TheyFightCrime work with a superhuman team to fight evil]]. During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his sister all turn against him. By the finale, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued, and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets.

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** When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' starts, he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his adoptive foster sister, studying genetics, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to [[TheyFightCrime work with a superhuman team to fight evil]]. During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his sister all turn against him. By the finale, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued, and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets.



* TheHeart: He is this in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and in all the non-solo films to a lesser extent.

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* TheHeart: He is this in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and in all the non-solo team films to a lesser extent.



** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he cites this when Raven, feeling insecure about her looks, asks if he would date her... although it falls a little flat coming right after he's answered the question with "of course" in reference to her human form, before she clarifies that she means in her real form. (He is being a bit obvious in invoking the trope as the film establishes that she is indeed his adoptive sister.)

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** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he cites this when Raven, feeling insecure about her looks, asks if he would date her... although it falls a little flat coming right after he's answered the question with "of course" in reference to her human form, before she clarifies that she means in her real form. (He is being a bit obvious in invoking the trope as the film establishes that she is indeed his adoptive foster sister.)



* SiblingYinYang: Physical appearances aside, Charles' more pacifistic and diplomatic nature/philosophies is what sets him on a very different path than his adoptive sister in ''First Class'' and ''Days of Future Past''.

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* SiblingYinYang: Physical appearances aside, Charles' more pacifistic and diplomatic nature/philosophies is what sets him on a very different path than his adoptive foster sister in ''First Class'' and ''Days of Future Past''.



* UnclePennybags: In ''Film/XMen1''; he mentions that most of his students were runaways, so his school isn't just a centre for education, but also a safe haven for a lot of the youngsters who don't have a home.

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* UnclePennybags: In ''Film/XMen1''; he He is filthy rich and is a gentle, caring person; he's certainly the most altruistic character in the franchise.
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** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': His generous nature is alluded to in this exchange:
--->'''Sean Cassidy''': ''(in awe of Xavier's mansion)'' This is yours.\\
'''Charles Xavier''': ''(smiles)'' No, it's ours.



* WhatBeautifulEyes: After he is [[spoiler:shot in the spine]] in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the glare of the Cuban sunshine shrinks his pupils, which makes his irises appear very large, and they are a ''stunning'' shade of vibrant blue, especially in close-up. His InnocentBlueEyes are shiny and wet with tears due to the intense physical and emotional pain, and it marks the character's BreakTheCutie moment.



* MotorMouth: Talks as fast as he...everything else. And good luck shutting him up.

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** There's also the fact that Quicksilver is set to appear in ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'' - that one confirmed to use the name Pietro.

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Given [[Creator/PatrickStewart who plays him]], not surprising. Given who he ''is'', also not surprising. Xavier's core message basically requires having such a speech at hand and ready to give at a moment's notice (as true here as it was in the source material). The capacity to give such a speech is basically the only thing that he and Magneto are feuding over.

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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Given [[Creator/PatrickStewart who plays him]], not surprising. Given who he ''is'', also not surprising. Xavier's core message basically requires having such a speech at hand and ready to give at a moment's notice (as true here as it was in the source material). The capacity to give such a speech is basically the only thing that he and Magneto are feuding over.



* DeadpanSnarker: Basically, every line out of his mouth is a wisecrack.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Basically, every Every line out of his mouth is a wisecrack.



* MotorMouth: Talks as fast as he...just about everything else. And good luck shutting him up.

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->'''Played By''': Creator/AlanCumming
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/X2XMenUnited''

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/X2XMenUnited''
''Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenApocalypse''



* TheBusCameBack: After a 13-year-long absence from the silver screen, we finally see him again in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.



* ShipTease: with Storm in ''X2''.

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* ShipTease: with With Storm in ''X2''.



* TokenReligiousTeammate: he is a devout Catholic.

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* TimeShiftedActor: He is portrayed by two different actors: one as an adult and the other as an adolescent.
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* SpoiledSweet: He is filthy rich and is a gentle, caring person. Certainly the most altruistic character in the franchise.
-->'''Sean Cassidy''': ''(in awe of Xavier's mansion)'' This is yours.\\
'''Charles Xavier''': ''(smiles)'' No, it's ours.



* UnclePennybags: A SpoiledSweet example in ''Film/XMen1''; he mentions that most of his students were runaways, so his school isn't just a centre for education, but also a safe haven for a lot of the youngsters who don't have a home.

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* UnclePennybags: A SpoiledSweet example in In ''Film/XMen1''; he mentions that most of his students were runaways, so his school isn't just a centre for education, but also a safe haven for a lot of the youngsters who don't have a home.
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** When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' starts he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his sister, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to [[TheyFightCrime work with a superhuman team to fight evil.]] During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his adoptive sister all turn against him. By the end of the movie, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets.

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** When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' starts starts, he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his adoptive sister, studying genetics, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to [[TheyFightCrime work with a superhuman team to fight evil.]] evil]]. During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his adoptive sister all turn against him. By the end of the movie, finale, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued subdued, and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets.



* FatalFlaw: Ironically he had a habit of attempting to control those close to him without the use of his powers.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Upon meeting Jean Grey, he placed constraints upon her powers which lead to the creation of the Phoenix.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Trying to control Raven's life drove her away from him and lead her to become Mystique.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Part of his CharacterDevelopment revolves around realizing this and learning to trust instead of control. [[spoiler: It pays off when he proves just how much he trusts in Raven's good nature to do the right thing, instead of attempting to manipulate her. She doesn't murder Trask, and the bad Sentinel future is averted.]]

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* FatalFlaw: Ironically Ironically, he had a habit of attempting to control those close to him without the use of his powers.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Upon meeting Jean Grey, he placed constraints upon her powers which lead then led to the creation of [[SplitPersonality the Phoenix.
Phoenix]].
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Trying to control Raven's life drove her away from him and lead him, which eventually resulted in her to become becoming Mystique.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Part of his CharacterDevelopment revolves around realizing this and learning to trust instead of control. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It pays off when he proves just how much he trusts in Raven's good nature to do the right thing, instead of attempting to manipulate her. She doesn't murder Trask, and the bad Sentinel future is averted.]]



** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Both his past self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]]. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Erik personified "rage" while Charles embodied "serenity," but their roles are reversed in 1973. Xavier is now the one who is full of pain and anger, and therefore has great trouble wielding his telepathy, whereas Magneto is (relatively) calm and controlled, still possessing great mastery over his power despite being deprived of metal for a decade. (We even see Erik adopt a meditation pose in his prison cell, which makes him appear almost Zen-like.)

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Both his His past self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, depression, the latter due to depression).imprisonment). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]]. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Erik personified "rage" while Charles embodied "serenity," but their roles are reversed in 1973. Xavier is now the one who is full of pain and anger, and therefore has great trouble wielding his telepathy, whereas Magneto is (relatively) calm and controlled, still possessing great mastery over his power despite being deprived of metal for a decade. (We even see Erik adopt a meditation pose in his prison cell, which makes him appear almost Zen-like.)
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* FatalFlaw: Ironically he had a habit of attempting to control those close to him without the use of his powers.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Upon meeting Jean Grey, he placed constraints upon her powers which lead to the creation of the Phoenix.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Trying to control Raven's life drove her away from him and lead her to become Mystique.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Part of his CharacterDevelopment revolves around realizing this and learning to trust instead of control. [[spoiler: It pays off when he proves just how much he trusts in Raven's good nature to do the right thing, instead of attempting to manipulate her. She doesn't murder Trask, and the bad Sentinel future is averted.]]

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* ChivalrousPervert: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he boldly hits on co-eds.

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* ChivalrousPervert: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he boldly hits on co-eds.co-eds, but when his latest target for conquest sincerely needs help, he's all business.



*** He is upset when the mutant teens are behaving like party animals, and he rebukes them with a frown: "I expect more from you."

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* HollywoodNerd: Averted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he is stunningly attractive... and is aware of it. In fact, in his first scene as a grown man, he is seen using nerd-talk to pick up coeds in a bar.

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* HollywoodNerd: Averted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he is stunningly attractive... and is aware of it. In fact, in his first scene as a grown man, he is seen using nerd-talk to pick up coeds in a bar.at an Oxford pub.



** He plays this role to all of the X-Men, but it's most notable in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' with a young Hank and the teenaged Alex and Sean, all of whom remain loyal to him before and after Cuba. [[spoiler: The mere mention of Sean's death in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' makes Charles visibly distraught, which is in direct contrast to all of the other names that Erik throws at him.]]
** There is one exception. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Charles claims he raised Raven, and Erik corrects him--they ''grew up'' together. He is not her father. [[spoiler:This ties into the end of the film, when he stops trying to control her and lets her make her own choice]].

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** There is one exception. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Charles invokes this trope when he claims that he raised Raven, and but Erik corrects him--they ''grew up'' together. He is not her father. [[spoiler:This ties into the end of the film, when he stops trying to control her and lets her make her own choice]].



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Everyone calls her Rogue. Marie is only used once in the entire franchise.



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Stryker's raid on the school in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', they stopped by his house in hopes of regrouping, which in the process revealed his mutant abilities to his parents. His ''own brother'' calls the police on the group despite them coming with no ill intentions. After Pyro stupidly attacks the police in the standoff that follows, he's forced to flee with the others knowing he can never come back.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Stryker's raid on the school in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', they Bobby, Rogue, Logan and Pyro stopped by his the Drake family house in hopes of regrouping, which in the process revealed his Bobby's mutant abilities to his parents. His ''own brother'' calls the police on the group and reports them as a threat despite them coming with no the mutants not harbouring any ill intentions. After Pyro stupidly attacks the police officers in the standoff that follows, he's Bobby is forced to flee with the others knowing he can never come back.

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The mutants who represent and/or are associated with the Charles Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, a boarding school for mutants. Led by Professor Charles Xavier, their mission is to provide a face to the cause of mutant-human relations and use their powers to help the world.

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The mutants who represent and/or are associated with the Charles Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, a boarding school for mutants. Led by Professor Charles Xavier, their mission is to provide a face to the cause of mutant-human relations and use their powers to help the world.



->''"Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute."''

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->''"Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence existence, they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain chain, or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way way, it is a historical fact: sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute."''



* TheCameo: His older, Kelsey Grammar form appears [[spoiler:at the end of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', having his between movies death reversed.]]

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* TheCameo: His older, Kelsey Grammar Creator/KelseyGrammer form appears [[spoiler:at the end of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', having his between movies death reversed.]]reversed]].



* TheCameo: [[spoiler:She greets Logan in the AlternateTimeline of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.]]



* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* TheCameo: A younger version of him in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' as one of the mutants targeted by Stryker. His power is copied and put into Weapon X. Ironically it also ends up destroying most of Three Mile Island as well.

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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* TheCameo: A younger version of him in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' as one TheCameo:
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': As an adolescent, he's
of the mutants targeted by Stryker. His power is copied and put into Weapon X. Ironically Ironically, it also ends up destroying most of Three Mile Island as well.well.
** [[spoiler:''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': He's alive and well in the AlternateTimeline.]]



* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:She is alive and well in the AlternateTimeline of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.]]



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Storm By a [[spoiler:Sentinel in the climatic battle of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Thankfully the CosmicRetcon later spares her life.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: A white haired woman with weather manipulation/summoning powers.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Storm By [[spoiler:She is killed by a [[spoiler:Sentinel Future Sentinel in the climatic battle of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Thankfully Thankfully, the CosmicRetcon later spares her life.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: A white haired white-haired woman with weather manipulation/summoning powers.


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* TimeShiftedActor: An older actor was cast for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', and a younger thespian took over the role for the movies which are set in the 20th century.



* TimeShiftedActor: She is portrayed by two different actresses: one as an adult and the other as a teen.



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: There is his awakening in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' when he stabs his father's killer to death.

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* TimeShiftedActor: A different actor plays James Howlett as a kid in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: There is his awakening His mutant power first manifests itself in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' when he stabs his father's killer to death.



** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', his weapons of choice are still the metal claws that pop out of his hands.
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*** Not to mention the times that he's demonstrated just how awesome his powers are. He can psychically freeze entire airports full of people, co-opt the mind of anyone he can "see" and force them to be a perfect mouthpiece for himself, switch between bodies and even psychically control people if need be, despite the gravity of his puppet's own powers. And his strength has only increased with age.

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*** ** Not to mention the times that he's demonstrated just how awesome his powers are. He can psychically freeze entire airports full of people, co-opt the mind of anyone he can "see" and force them to be a perfect mouthpiece for himself, switch between bodies and even psychically control people if need be, despite the gravity of his puppet's own powers. And his strength has only increased with age.



* BlessedWithSuck: This is his attitude towards his physical mutation throughout his youth. He goes through great legnths in order to mask what he perceives to be his body's grotesque deformities.

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* BlessedWithSuck: This is his attitude towards his physical mutation throughout his youth. He goes through great legnths lengths in order to mask what he perceives to be his body's grotesque deformities.



->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/TheWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/TheWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast]] | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''
Film/XMenApocalypse''



->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''

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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast]] | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''
Film/XMenApocalypse''



* TimeShiftedActor: One actor has portrayed him during his adult years, but two different thespians have played him as a teen.



* {{Hunk}}: He's the largest of the X-Men and ''quite'' good-looking.

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* {{Hunk}}: {{Hunk}}[=/=]TallDarkAndHandsome: He's the largest of the X-Men and ''quite'' good-looking.



* SuperStrength: Even when not transformed, he can still [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121202165844/x-men-movies-canon/images/6/69/Colossus_X_-Men_Last_Stand_004.jpg carry around a massive TV]] as if it weighed nothing.
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* SuperStrength: Even when not transformed, he can still [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121202165844/x-men-movies-canon/images/6/69/Colossus_X_-Men_Last_Stand_004.jpg carry around a massive standard TV]] as if it weighed nothing.
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* BadassBeard: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self has a beard and somewhat longer hair.

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* BadassBeard: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Subverted in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''; his younger self has a beard and somewhat longer hair.hair, but they signify how much he has let himself go.



* BadassTeacher:
** ''Professor'' Charles Xavier. Specifically, with a doctorate in genetics.

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* BadassTeacher:
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BadassTeacher: ''Professor'' Charles Xavier. Specifically, with a doctorate in genetics.



* BaldOfAwesome: Not so much in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' or ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since he still has hair and fears losing it. Of course, in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and [[Film/XMen1 the]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited first]] [[Film/XMenTheLastStand three]] ''Film/XMen'' films, he's the bald of awesome that is Professor X.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Not so much Averted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' or and with his younger self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since because he still has hair and fears losing it. Of course, in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and [[Film/XMen1 the]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited first]] [[Film/XMenTheLastStand three]] ''Film/XMen'' films, Played straight when he's an older man, the bald of awesome that is Professor X.



** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after slipping into a deep depression, his younger self views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night.
** At the age of nine, Xavier believed that he was mentally ill (schizophrenia, most likely) due to the voices in his head, and it took him ''three whole years'' to recognize that he was actually telepathic--as dysfunctional as he is in 1973, his childhood experience must have been downright nightmarish in comparison.

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** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** After
slipping into a deep depression, his younger self views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night.
** *** At the age of nine, Xavier believed that he was mentally ill (schizophrenia, most likely) due to the voices in his head, and it took him ''three whole years'' to recognize that he was actually telepathic--as dysfunctional as he is in 1973, his childhood experience must have been downright nightmarish in comparison.



->'''Played By''': Creator/FamkeJanssen & Haley Ramm

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* TimeShiftedActor: Played by three different actresses depending on the character's age.



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->'''Played By''': Creator/JamesMarsden Creator/JamesMarsden, Tye Sheridan & Tim Pocock



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Years later, Raven followed Charles to England (posing as his sister) and worked as a waitress while he studied genetics at Oxford. She constantly had to hide her true appearance, which began to put a strain on their relationship. This caused her to follow Magneto (who accept her ''true'' appearance) when Charles and Magneto parted ways. However, she still regrets for abandoning her foster brother.

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Years later, Raven followed Charles to England (posing as his sister) and worked as a waitress while he studied genetics at Oxford. She constantly had to hide her true appearance, which began to put a strain on their relationship. This caused her to follow Magneto (who accept accepted her ''true'' appearance) when Charles and Magneto parted ways. However, she still regrets for abandoning her foster brother.


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* DefrostingIceKing: It's alluded to when the Phoenix (who is presumably using her telepathy) says to Wolverine, "What, you think [the Professor's] not in your head, too? Look at you, Logan. He's ''tamed'' you." Unbeknownst to both Wolverine and the audience, he has grown to love Xavier as a friend, and this finally comes to light after [[spoiler:Logan crumbles emotionally after Charles is murdered]]. This is the first time in the original trilogy where Wolverine had displayed this much vulnerability towards a male character.

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* CooldownHug: He does this in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' to Erik to save his life when the latter almost drowns himself trying to lift Shaw's submarine for the first time.



* FriendlessBackground[=/=]LonelyRichKid: Since Raven is explicitly stated to be his oldest and only friend, that means prior to their meeting in 1944, he had difficulty connecting with other children despite growing up in the lap of luxury. ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' elaborates on this a little further by revealing that Xavier was considered to be "crazy" in between the ages of 9 and 12 due to the voices in his head, and was therefore a social pariah among his peers.

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* FriendlessBackground[=/=]LonelyRichKid: Since Raven is explicitly stated to be his oldest and only friend, friend in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', that means prior to their meeting in 1944, he had difficulty connecting with other children despite growing up in the lap of luxury. ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' elaborates on this a little further by revealing that Xavier was considered to be "crazy" in between the ages of 9 and 12 due to the voices in his head, and was therefore a social pariah among his peers.



* HeroicBSOD:
** What he has been in since the [[BreakTheCutie end]] of ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
** A lot has happened in the TimeSkip between ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', resulting in the deaths of most of the characters from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' who don't appear here. It's also stated that Charles lost many of his students and teachers to conscription and the Vietnam War, effectively closing down his newly budding school.

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* HeroicBSOD:
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HeroicBSOD: What he has been in since the [[BreakTheCutie end]] of ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
**
''Film/XMenFirstClass''. A lot has happened in the TimeSkip between ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', resulting in the deaths of most of the characters from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' who don't appear here. It's also stated that Charles lost many of his students and teachers to conscription and the Vietnam War, effectively closing down his newly budding school.



* WritersCannotDoMath: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' there is a scene with him as a child which is set in 1944, while the bulk of the story takes place in 1962. However, the two actors are credited as playing "Charles Xavier: 12 years" and "Charles Xavier: 24 years."

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* WritersCannotDoMath: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', there is a scene with him as a child which is set in 1944, while the bulk of the story takes place in 1962. However, the two actors are credited as playing "Charles Xavier: 12 years" and "Charles Xavier: 24 years."



* BattleButler: Hank essentially fulfills this role for Charles. In addition to looking after his ex-mentor's needs and maintaining the mansion, [=McCoy=] also serves as Xavier's bodyguard.

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* BattleButler: Hank He essentially fulfills this role for Charles. In addition to looking after his ex-mentor's needs and maintaining the mansion, [=McCoy=] also serves as Xavier's bodyguard.



* BirdsOfAFeather: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the bond is especially intense between [[IJustWantToBeNormal Hank and Raven]] because they possess visible mutations, but they drift apart after the latter begins to accept her real appearance.
* BlessedWithSuck: This is his attitude towards his physical mutation throughout his youth. He goes through great pains in order to mask what he perceives to be his body's grotesque deformities.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the bond is especially intense between [[IJustWantToBeNormal Hank himself and Raven]] because they possess visible mutations, but they drift apart after the latter begins to accept her real appearance.
* BlessedWithSuck: This is his attitude towards his physical mutation throughout his youth. He goes through great pains legnths in order to mask what he perceives to be his body's grotesque deformities.


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* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self gives up on his powers and his role as the leader of mutants, and refuses to cooperate with Wolverine; without his aid, the entire venture is impossible. He's got more [[JustifiedTrope justified reasons]] than in most examples of the trope.

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* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self younger self gives up on his powers and his role as the leader of mutants, and refuses to cooperate with Wolverine; without his aid, the entire venture is impossible. He's got more [[JustifiedTrope justified reasons]] than in most examples of the trope.



* TheAlcoholic: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self has been a drunk for the past decade by the time Logan meets him.

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* TheAlcoholic: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self younger self has been a drunk for the past decade by the time Logan meets him.



** Both his future-self and future Magneto share this role in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. And his younger-self is growing into this.

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** Both his future-self and future self and the elderly Magneto share this role in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. And his younger-self younger self is growing into this.



** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after slipping into a deep depression, his younger-self views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night.

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** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after slipping into a deep depression, his younger-self younger self views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night.



* BrokenBird: Time and events have really taken their toll on his younger-self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. He lost Raven and Erik, Sean disappeared several years prior (and is later confirmed dead at the hands of Trask), then his teachers and students were drafted, leaving him alone except for Hank.

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* BrokenBird: Time and events have really taken their toll on his younger-self younger self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. He lost Raven and Erik, Sean disappeared several years prior (and is later confirmed dead at the hands of Trask), then his teachers and students were drafted, leaving him alone except for Hank.



* DespairEventHorizon: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after his younger-self is forced to close his school after the first semester due to the VietnamWar conscription, he gives up his ambition to be a leader and protector of mutants, and becomes a self-medicating recluse.

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* DespairEventHorizon: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after his younger-self younger self is forced to close his school after the first semester due to the VietnamWar conscription, he gives up his ambition to be a leader and protector of mutants, and becomes a self-medicating recluse.



* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self attempts to escape from his emotional torment by consuming copious amounts of alcohol.

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* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self younger self attempts to escape from his emotional torment by consuming copious amounts of alcohol.



* FantasticDrug[=/=]GRatedDrug: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self being dependent on his medicine, and suffering intense pain from his powers returning when he stops taking it, is about the closest a PG-13 film can come to depicting the effects of drug abuse and withdrawal.

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* FantasticDrug[=/=]GRatedDrug: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self younger self being dependent on his medicine, and suffering intense pain from his powers returning when he stops taking it, is about the closest a PG-13 film can come to depicting the effects of drug abuse and withdrawal.



** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Both his past-self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]]. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Erik personified "rage" while Charles embodied "serenity," but their roles are reversed in 1973. Xavier is now the one who is full of pain and anger, and therefore has great trouble wielding his telepathy, whereas Magneto is (relatively) calm and controlled, still possessing great mastery over his power despite being deprived of metal for a decade. (We even see Erik adopt a meditation pose in his prison cell, which makes him appear almost Zen-like.)

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Both his past-self past self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]]. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Erik personified "rage" while Charles embodied "serenity," but their roles are reversed in 1973. Xavier is now the one who is full of pain and anger, and therefore has great trouble wielding his telepathy, whereas Magneto is (relatively) calm and controlled, still possessing great mastery over his power despite being deprived of metal for a decade. (We even see Erik adopt a meditation pose in his prison cell, which makes him appear almost Zen-like.)



** Played straight in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' with his older-self and the elderly Magneto (the moment where they're holding hands is the closest that we've seen them since ''First Class''), but averted with their younger selves. In 1973, he never once calls Erik "friend" (although the latter uses the endearment twice), which goes to show how broken their relationship is.

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** Played straight in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' with his older-self older self and the elderly Magneto (the moment where they're holding hands is the closest that we've seen them since ''First Class''), but averted with their younger selves. In 1973, he never once calls Erik "friend" (although the latter uses the endearment twice), which goes to show how broken their relationship is.



** Lampshaded in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', by his older-self when he mentions that Mystique was like a sister to him. It's later alluded to when a nurse wonders if the blue, scaly woman at the Paris Peace Accords has a family, and Raven replies, "Yes, she does."

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** Lampshaded in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', by his older-self older self when he mentions that Mystique was like a sister to him. It's later alluded to when a nurse wonders if the blue, scaly woman at the Paris Peace Accords has a family, and Raven replies, "Yes, she does."



* LooksLikeJesus: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self not only sports longer hair and a BeardOfSorrow, but he ultimately becomes an AllLovingHero at the movie's climax.

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* LooksLikeJesus: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self younger self not only sports longer hair and a BeardOfSorrow, but he ultimately becomes an AllLovingHero at the movie's climax.



** He and Erik exchange numerous glances throughout ''Film/XMenFirstClass,'' which are indicative of their closeness.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he and Hank exchange an amused "Why am I not surprised?" glance (the former even adds a raised eyebrow) after Peter asks them, "I saw your flight plan in the cockpit; why are you going to Paris?"

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** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He and Erik exchange numerous glances throughout ''Film/XMenFirstClass,'' the movie, which are indicative of their closeness.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': He and Hank exchange an amused "Why am I not surprised?" glance (the former even adds a raised eyebrow) after Peter asks them, "I saw your flight plan in the cockpit; why are you going to Paris?"



* OldMoney: He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He lives in a very BigFancyHouse, there are servants (a maid is mentioned), and his mother is a snobby British {{Socialite}} who thinks so highly of herself that she never enters the kitchen of her own home.

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* OldMoney: OldMoney:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He lives in a very BigFancyHouse, there are servants (a maid is mentioned), and his mother is a snobby British {{Socialite}} who thinks so highly of herself that she never enters the kitchen of her own home. Charles' taste in material goods is often expressed in classic, SimpleYetOpulent ways, in contrast to the gaudy ConspicuousConsumption that we normally associate with the NouveauRiche.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': His past self can afford not to work for a decade because he can simply mooch off his inherited wealth. The Xavier family crest on the tail of his personal plane, his plane's elegantly decorated interior, and even the design of the chess set he brings along for the trip are a visual cue to the audience that he is this trope, and not the tacky (or so the stereotype goes) NouveauRiche.



** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': His younger-self in 1973 is more accurately an Overly Sensitive Guy with Wolverine in the Manly Man role. Logan has to act as the "glue" which barely holds the emotionally fragile Xavier together in order to complete their mission. Their opposite natures are most directly contrasted in the Pentagon kitchen scene, where Charles attempts to persuade the guards that he and his partner have a valid reason to be there, while Wolverine just knocks them out with a frying pan.

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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': His younger-self younger self in 1973 is more accurately an Overly Sensitive Guy with Wolverine in the Manly Man role. Logan has to act as the "glue" which barely holds the emotionally fragile Xavier together in order to complete their mission. Their opposite natures are most directly contrasted in the Pentagon kitchen scene, where Charles attempts to persuade the guards that he and his partner have a valid reason to be there, while Wolverine just knocks them out with a frying pan.



* TenderTears: A huge part of his younger self’s character development in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' is centered around his huge capacity for empathy, and how he needs to learn to move past his own pain for the benefit of others, so he spends a good percentage of the film either on the verge of tears or outright crying.

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* TenderTears: A huge part of his younger self’s self's character development in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' is centered around his huge capacity for empathy, and how he needs to learn to move past his own pain for the benefit of others, so he spends a good percentage of the film either on the verge of tears or outright crying.


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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Wolverine is the Manly Man with 1973 Charles in the Overly Sensitive Guy role. Logan has to act as the "glue" which barely holds the emotionally fragile Xavier together in order to complete their mission. Their opposite natures are most directly contrasted in the Pentagon kitchen scene, where Charles attempts to persuade the guards that he and his partner have a valid reason to be there, while Wolverine just knocks them out with a frying pan.


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* ThatManIsDead: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', when Yukio tells him it's an honour to meet the Wolverine, he mutters, "That's not who I am anymore."


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* HollywoodNerd: Played straight in both ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.

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* HollywoodNerd: Played straight in both ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' HideYourOtherness:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Fearful of humanity's negative reaction to mutants, he firmly lives by this philosophy.
**''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': He is very uncomfortable with his blue, furry form,
and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.he creates a serum which temporarily suppresses his mutation so that he can appear human.
* HollywoodNerd:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He is like an introverted version of Charles; all the brilliance, all the attractiveness, but none of the latter's telepathic gift with people.
**''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': In his human form, he is quite the PrettyBoy after he loses his NerdGlasses near the end of the movie.



* MeaningfulLook: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he and Charles exchange an amused "Why am I not surprised?" glance (the former even adds a raised eyebrow) after Peter asks them, "I saw your flight plan in the cockpit; why are you going to Paris?"

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* MeaningfulLook: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he MeaningfulLook:
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* HideYourOtherness: Fearful of humanity's negative reaction to mutants, he firmly lives by this philosophy.



* IWarnedYou: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', Professor X says this to Wolverine after the Phoenix escapes, having been awoken by Logan before Xavier could stabilize Jean Grey's mind.



* LesserOfTwoEvils: He invokes this trope when speaking to Logan in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' with regards to the psychic blocks he placed over the Phoenix without Jean Grey's knowledge or consent.
-->'''Professor X''': I had a terrible choice to make; I chose the lesser of two evils.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he is this to the approval-seeking Hank, who has voluntarily suppressed his individuality (i.e. he has no career, hobby, or social life) just to attend to Xavier's needs 24/7, and is thus defining himself exclusively through his dutiful service to his ex-mentor.



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* UndyingLoyalty: He has developed this for Xavier during the TimeSkip after the post-credits scene of ''Film/TheWolverine''. Although both Magneto and Professor X are co-leaders of the remaining X-Men in 2023, Logan only defers to Charles' authority. When Erik tells him that, "You'll need me as well [in the past]," Wolverine is wholly against the idea, but he reluctantly agrees after Xavier nods in approval.

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* DefrostingIceKing: He has done this to both Logan and Erik.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': It's alluded to when the Phoenix (who is presumably using her telepathy) says to Wolverine, "What, you think [the Professor's] not in your head, too? Look at you, Logan. He's ''tamed'' you." Unbeknownst to both Wolverine and the audience, he has grown to love Xavier as a friend, and this finally comes to light after [[spoiler:Logan crumbles emotionally after Charles is murdered]]. This is the first time in the original trilogy where Wolverine had displayed this much vulnerability towards a male character.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': In a PowerOfFriendship example, the combination of Charles' sensitivity and intelligence is able to "thaw" Erik's cold heart, making him the first (and possibly the only) person Erik has loved since the death of the latter's family during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Wolverine's bond with the elderly Professor X must have grown quite strong during the TimeSkip in between ''Film/TheWolverine'' and ''Days of Future Past'' because after Logan meets the younger Charles--who is practically a stranger to him--he gradually sheds his outer "macho armour." Compared to Wolverine's normally gruff exterior (especially towards other male characters), he really is quite gentle with Xavier in a few scenes where it's just the two of them, like the plane ride to Washington D.C. and the heart-to-heart talk they share in the [[spoiler:AlternateTimeline]].



** To Sebastian Shaw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Both are doctors of genetics who are interested in maximizing Lehnsherr's potential, but whereas Shaw uses torture to uncover his raw power, Xavier utilizes emotional intimacy to give Erik greater control. Erik grows to love Charles as a brother, but vehemently opposes the latter's peaceful approach to human-mutant relations. Magneto wholly embraces Shaw's mutant supremacist views, but loathes the man for murdering his mother.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', both his past-self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]].

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*** You can probably write a whole essay on how Charles and Erik contrast each other. Producer Creator/BryanSinger gives us a very basic summary from the "Magneto the Survivor" featurette:
--->"Ultimately, they come from different places. Erik Lehnsherr is a victim of the Holocaust, he probably left the war with nothing, and is very much a solitary man, while Xavier had a life of privilege, became a professor at Oxford, was surrounded by peers, has an intimate relationship with Mystique since childhood, so he's quite loved, and therefore quite idealistic, less embittered, and just has a very different view from Lehnsherr."
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', both ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Both his past-self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]]. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Erik personified "rage" while Charles embodied "serenity," but their roles are reversed in 1973. Xavier is now the one who is full of pain and anger, and therefore has great trouble wielding his telepathy, whereas Magneto is (relatively) calm and controlled, still possessing great mastery over his power despite being deprived of metal for a decade. (We even see Erik adopt a meditation pose in his prison cell, which makes him appear almost Zen-like.)



* NonIdleRich: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Xavier could live off his inheritance if he wished, but he's passionate about science, and his career goal before he is approached by the CIA is to become a professor of genetics.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the bond is especially intense between [[IJustWantToBeNormal Hank and Raven]] because they possess visible mutations, but they drift apart after the latter begins to accept her real appearance.
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* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self gives up on his powers and his role as the leader of mutants, and refuses to cooperate with Wolverine; without his aid, the entire venture is impossible. He's got more [[JustifiedTrope justified reasons]] than in most examples of the trope, but still.

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* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self gives up on his powers and his role as the leader of mutants, and refuses to cooperate with Wolverine; without his aid, the entire venture is impossible. He's got more [[JustifiedTrope justified reasons]] than in most examples of the trope, but still.trope.



* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: The once effervescent and idealistic Xavier we saw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has crumbled into a heap of melancholia and cynicism in between 1963 and 1973. His telepathy, which he had been at ease with since he was 12 years old, has suddenly become a heavy burden that he avoids using at all cost. Charles' social drinking has deteriorated into alcoholism, and he gives up on other activities that he used to enjoy, such as teaching, scientific research and womanizing, in favour of a self-imposed exile from everything that exists beyond his mansion. Even the way he dresses has changed dramatically; the impeccable suits that define Professor X's style have been replaced by a gaudy paisley shirt paired with a brown leather jacket, or if he's feeling especially lazy, just an undershirt with jeans. Xavier has also neglected his grooming, which makes him look like a confused hippie or a hobo instead of a well-adjusted, upper-class academic.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Among the young recruits in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Xavier connects more strongly with [=McCoy=] than with the others because both men are scientists with a similar temperament who believe it's important to HideYourOtherness from human society. ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' even goes a step further by showing us that they become HeterosexualLifePartners.



* ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts: Among the cacophony of thoughts at the White House in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his 1973 self can distinctly hear Mystique's inner voice speaking, "This is for you, brothers and sisters."



*** Xavier is upset when the mutant teens are behaving like party animals, and he rebukes them with a frown: "I expect more from you."
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*** After Havok insults Hank by calling him "Bozo," Charles' terse delivery of "Thank you, Alex" is his very polite way of saying, "Shut up."
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': It's subtle, but there is resentment in his past self's voice when he says, "Goodbye, Erik.
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* PrettyBoy: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', appearance-wise, he is strongly defined by his boyish appearance: he has a soft, round face, baby blue eyes, reddish lips (the colour is so deep at times that it almost looks like he's wearing lipstick), and is of shorter-than-average height. It's symbolic of his sensitive, nice guy qualities. Erik even calls him "adorable" when Charles tries the Cerebro machine for the first time.

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[[foldercontrol]]

!X-Men

The mutants who represent and/or are associated with the Charles Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, a boarding school for mutants. Led by Professor Charles Xavier, their mission is to provide a face to the cause of mutant-human relations and use their powers to help the world.

!!Founding Members

[[folder:Professor Charles Francis Xavier / Professor X]]
!!!Professor Charles Francis Xavier / Professor X
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"We're not as alone as you think."'']]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I tell you, we can start something incredible, Erik."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/PatrickStewart, Creator/JamesMcAvoy & Laurence Belcher
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

->''"Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute."''

Founder of the X-Men and the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Xavier hopes for peaceful coexistence between mutant kind and humankind, and is regarded as an authority on genetic mutation. Although he is restricted to a wheelchair, he is a powerful mutant with vast telepathic abilities. He uses the Cerebro supercomputer (which was invented by Dr. Hank [=McCoy=]) to further amplify his abilities.
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* SeventiesHair: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self still has a full head of hair, and sports a longer, hippie-style mane.
* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self gives up on his powers and his role as the leader of mutants, and refuses to cooperate with Wolverine; without his aid, the entire venture is impossible. He's got more [[JustifiedTrope justified reasons]] than in most examples of the trope, but still.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass''; Professor X in the comics was never depicted being gorgeous like Creator/JamesMcAvoy.
* AdaptationDyeJob: Professor X in the comics was blond before he lost his hair, but his movie counterpart is a brunet.
* {{Adorkable}}: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he was a cute geek in his childhood, as demonstrated by the framed pictures of his favourite scientists next to his bed. As an adult, he uses his nerdy knowledge to woo girls at bars.
* TheAlcoholic: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self has been a drunk for the past decade by the time Logan meets him.
* BackupTwin: In TheStinger for ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he is [[spoiler:revealed to have transferred his consciousness to another body to survive his physical death. According to WordOfGod, the recipient was a brain-dead identical twin who was as such since Xavier first used his powers. Confirmed in ''Film/TheWolverine'' when he shows up to meet Logan at the airport much to the latter's surprise. This, however, might now be subverted as the new AlternateTimeline from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' may have cosmically erased all or most of the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.]]
* BadassBeard: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self has a beard and somewhat longer hair.
* BadassBookworm: He is an Oxford graduate as shown in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', with a doctorate in genetics.
* BadassGrandpa: For the films set in the 21st century, he's fairly old. He's at least pushing 90 by 2023.
* BadassTeacher:
** ''Professor'' Charles Xavier. Specifically, with a doctorate in genetics.
** At the end of ''Film/XMen1'', Magneto asks him what happens when someone finds out about his mutant school, and Xavier replies that he has a great deal of pity for anyone who comes to the school looking for trouble. He was probably referring to ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes himself]]'', since in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' Stryker's forces only attacked when they knew that Xavier wasn't there, having incapacitated him ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy first]]''. Xavier also claims that if he wanted to, he could make Wolverine spend the rest of his life believing he was a "[[BrainwashedAndCrazy six-year-old girl with pigtails]]", simply for ignoring his rules about ''[[FelonyMisdemeanor smoking]]'' in the mansion! He was joking that time, but imagine the carnage Xavier could cause if he ever got downright ''[[GoodIsNotNice furious]]''?! [[note]]Look up Onslaught[[/note]].
*** Not to mention the times that he's demonstrated just how awesome his powers are. He can psychically freeze entire airports full of people, co-opt the mind of anyone he can "see" and force them to be a perfect mouthpiece for himself, switch between bodies and even psychically control people if need be, despite the gravity of his puppet's own powers. And his strength has only increased with age.
* BaldOfAwesome: Not so much in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' or ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' since he still has hair and fears losing it. Of course, in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and [[Film/XMen1 the]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited first]] [[Film/XMenTheLastStand three]] ''Film/XMen'' films, he's the bald of awesome that is Professor X.
* BeardOfSorrow: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self has one when Wolverine first visits him in 1973. Played with, as he keeps it for the entire movie.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He had this for Raven, being very concerned about hiding her mutant form in public and telling her directly that he didn't want anything to happen to her. However, his relationship with his adoptive sister [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] this phenomenon because it caused him to become [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective]] to the point where he denied her the chance to embrace her true appearance and be proud of what she was, as well as caused him to [[ObliviousToLove ignore her very obvious crush on him]]. This in turn made Raven turn to Erik as a mentor/love interest and eventually joins him in his cause against humanity.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': When his younger self sees Mystique again for the first time in 11 years, he caresses her hair and shoulder as a gesture of comfort while telling her that he will keep her safe among other soothing words. [[spoiler:When Magneto then points a gun in her direction]], Xavier stands in between the barrel and his adoptive sister, and [[spoiler:Erik later has to use his power to change the bullet's trajectory so that it won't hit Charles in the head]]. Despite their estrangement, he is willing to die for Raven to save her life.
* BigGood:
** He is this most of the time, but it's deconstructed to some degree in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. [[spoiler:He's called out by Logan about putting up mental blocks in Jean Grey's mind in order to suppress the split persona that called itself the Phoenix. Needlessly to say, Xavier had more or less IDidWhatIHadToDo in-order to suppress the Phoenix.]]
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He is the leader of the heroic team that eventually defeats the BigBad.
** Both his future-self and future Magneto share this role in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. And his younger-self is growing into this.
* BlessedWithSuck:
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after slipping into a deep depression, his younger-self views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night.
** At the age of nine, Xavier believed that he was mentally ill (schizophrenia, most likely) due to the voices in his head, and it took him ''three whole years'' to recognize that he was actually telepathic--as dysfunctional as he is in 1973, his childhood experience must have been downright nightmarish in comparison.
* [[BrainyBrunette Brainy Brunet]]: When he still has hair in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* BreakTheCutie:
** When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' starts he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his sister, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to [[TheyFightCrime work with a superhuman team to fight evil.]] During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his adoptive sister all turn against him. By the end of the movie, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets.
** And then comes ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', by which point even his attempts to set up a school for mutants has come crashing down around him due to the outbreak of the Vietnam War. It's heartbreaking to see just how much those events have broken him, to the point where he's taking a serum designed by Hank that suppresses his powers and restores the use of his legs just so he can sleep at night without feeling other people's pain.
* BrokenBird: Time and events have really taken their toll on his younger-self in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. He lost Raven and Erik, Sean disappeared several years prior (and is later confirmed dead at the hands of Trask), then his teachers and students were drafted, leaving him alone except for Hank.
* TheCameo:
** [[spoiler:An uncredited and digitally rejuvenated Creator/PatrickStewart appears in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''.]]
** [[spoiler:A resurrected Professor X greets Logan--much to the latter's astonishment--during the post-credits scene in ''Film/TheWolverine''.]]
* CareBearStare: He uses his telepathy to help Erik recall a happy memory from long ago in order to unlock the full potential of his friend's powers.
* TheCasanova[=/=]TheCharmer: In his youth, he uses his bubbly exuberance and [[PowerPerversionPotential his powers to pick up women in bars on campus.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' focuses primarily on his transition from a BrokenBird to gradually embracing the role of an AllLovingHero. As Simon Kinberg explains in the January 2014 issue of ''Total Film'':
-->"...very early on we made the decision that it was young Charles' arc, and that really the emotional story of the movie is watching him go from the guy who's lost his legs, lost his best friend, lost his sister, and in some ways lost his mind, to a guy who will become the all-powerful, benevolent Professor Xavier. [=McAvoy=] is really about as far as one can be from the Patrick Stewart that we know from ''X1'', and we're really watching him take the first big step towards owning that chair and being a leader."
* ChickMagnet: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he has the attention of Amy (the blond woman with heterochromia--she has a FunnyBackgroundEvent showing her continued interest), his sister figure Raven Darkholme (who has a crush on him) and Moira [=MacTaggert=] (there is a deleted scene where she and Charles are making out after drinking too much champagne).
* ChivalrousPervert: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he boldly hits on co-eds.
* CoolOldGuy: Has an almost grandfatherly sort of relationship with his students during his older years.
* CoolShades: In 1973, he sports fashionable '70s-style sunglasses.
* CulturedBadass: Comes with his educated status.
* DarkSecret: By 1973, he had never revealed to anyone--not even Raven, Erik or Hank--that as a nine-year-old kid, he thought he was going insane after his telepathy became active, and he didn't learn until he was twelve that he could in fact read other people's minds.
* DeadpanSnarker: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', 1973 Charles displays this when Wolverine states the obvious.
-->'''Logan''': You can walk.\\
'''Charles''': [[SarcasmMode You're a perceptive one. [...] I find it slightly perplexing that you managed to miss our sign on the way in.]]
** And later:
-->'''Logan''': That's it, you're just gonna to walk out?\\
'''Charles''': [[SarcasmMode Oh, top marks, like I said, you're perceptive.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after his younger-self is forced to close his school after the first semester due to the VietnamWar conscription, he gives up his ambition to be a leader and protector of mutants, and becomes a self-medicating recluse.
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* DisabledLoveInterest: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', it's hinted that he briefly had a romance with Moira after his spinal cord injury, but he is forced to end their relationship to protect himself and his students from the CIA.]]
* DisappearedDad: He mentions a stepfather in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. In the comics, his biological father died when he was young.
* DisappointedInYou:
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': He is disgruntled by Pyro's mischief at the museum.
-->'''Professor X''': The next time you feel like showing off, ''don't''.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Xavier is upset when the mutant teens are behaving like party animals, and he rebukes them with a frown: "I expect more from you."
*** After Havok insults Hank by calling him "Bozo," Charles' "Thank you, Alex" is his very polite way of saying, "Shut up."
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. He has a spare body just in case.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Between going through a personal hell, his mind clearly not working straight, it being the '70s and him shooting up to dull the pain, Xavier closely resembles a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran. Creator/JamesMcAvoy has even called it his ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' look.
* DontCallMeSir: In 1973, he insists that Logan not address him by his professor title.
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self attempts to escape from his emotional torment by consuming copious amounts of alcohol.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** When we first see him as a kid in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the framed photos on his night table are of Charles Darwin, Hedy Lamarr (who was both a Hollywood sex symbol and the [[http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/shortcuts/2011/dec/04/hedy-lamarr-wifi co-inventor of a radio-guided torpedo system]]) and Albert Einstein. He would later grow up to be a scientist with an appreciation for both brains and beauty.
** The first meeting between him and Raven showed his kindness and delight at finding other people who were different.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Even though they've only known each other for a couple of days in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the oh-so serious Erik Lehnsherr feels comfortable enough around the charming [[PrettyBoy Dr. Charles Xavier]] that he calls the telepath "adorable" when the latter tries the Cerebro machine for the first time. In the entire X-Men movie franchise, the dour Magneto never teases another male character for his cuteness, which goes to show how unique his affection for Professor X is.
* FantasticDrug[=/=]GRatedDrug: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self being dependent on his medicine, and suffering intense pain from his powers returning when he stops taking it, is about the closest a PG-13 film can come to depicting the effects of drug abuse and withdrawal.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: He believed in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' that he could help the emotionally damaged Erik find some measure of peace and happiness by offering the latter friendship and a home, but Erik [[spoiler:repays Charles' kindness with betrayal, abandonment, and a permanent (if accidental) spinal cord injury]].
* AFatherToHisMen: The vast majority of the X-Men view Xavier as a father-figure, and he in return treats them like his own children. His tendency to act as a ParentalSubstitute and BadassTeacher has reinforced UndyingLoyalty amongst his students, starting with the boys in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and extending all the way to the BadFuture of 2023 in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* FingerlessGloves: He sports a pair while in Russia during ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. They're probably not helping him keep warm, but they look pretty damn cool.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Sebastian Shaw in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Both are doctors of genetics who are interested in maximizing Lehnsherr's potential, but whereas Shaw uses torture to uncover his raw power, Xavier utilizes emotional intimacy to give Erik greater control. Erik grows to love Charles as a brother, but vehemently opposes the latter's peaceful approach to human-mutant relations. Magneto wholly embraces Shaw's mutant supremacist views, but loathes the man for murdering his mother.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', both his past-self and Past Magneto were both inactive and isolated in between 1963 and 1973 (the former due to imprisonment, the latter due to depression). Erik shows signs of wanting to repair at least part of their previous friendship, but a bitter Charles isn't interested for the most part. Magneto tries to [[spoiler:kill Mystique]] while Xavier tries to protect her. Hank remains unwaveringly devoted to Charles, but Erik [[spoiler:loses Mystique's loyalty after the murder attempt]].
* FriendlessBackground[=/=]LonelyRichKid: Since Raven is explicitly stated to be his oldest and only friend, that means prior to their meeting in 1944, he had difficulty connecting with other children despite growing up in the lap of luxury. ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' elaborates on this a little further by revealing that Xavier was considered to be "crazy" in between the ages of 9 and 12 due to the voices in his head, and was therefore a social pariah among his peers.
* GeniusCripple: His mutation gives him one of the most powerful minds in the world, and he is confined to a wheelchair after the events of ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He is well-educated and carries some characteristics of a QuintessentialBritishGentleman.
* GentlemanSnarker: He has shades of this in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. He's from an extremely wealthy family, attends Oxford and possesses an absolutely brilliant mind--but he prefers to use his mind-reading abilities and genius knowledge of genetics to seduce women, and seems more interested in drinking than helping mankind. Even when he starts the team, he still possesses a keen wit and sense of fun (which is not to say he is in any way flippant about his beliefs). Only towards the end, when [[spoiler:his friendship with Erik is destroyed and he is left paralyzed]], does he truly become the mentor and leader we would come to know and love.
* GoodSamaritan: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', as a kid, he generously offers food and a place to stay to a hungry and homeless young Raven.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he gives Wolverine one last smile before he gets ''disintegrated''. This is made all the more [[TearJerker emotional]] because the last time the two really talked, they were arguing.]]
* GuileHero: Due to his inability to walk, he has to rely much more on his intellect than most mutants.
* HandicappedBadass: Confined to a wheelchair, although as ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' show, he is able to walk on his own, but it comes at the loss of his powers.
* TheHeart: He is this in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and in all the non-Wolverine films to a lesser extent.
* HeroicBSOD:
** What he has been in since the [[BreakTheCutie end]] of ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
** A lot has happened in the TimeSkip between ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', resulting in the deaths of most of the characters from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' who don't appear here. It's also stated that Charles lost many of his students and teachers to conscription and the Vietnam War, effectively closing down his newly budding school.
* HeroicBystander: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', when he realizes that no one on the US Coast Guard vessel is willing to help Erik, he dives into the dark, frigid ocean without hesitation to save the life of a drowning stranger.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Considering that his and Erik's friendship only lasted a few months in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', it was unusually intimate on an emotional level.
** Played straight in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' with his older-self and the elderly Magneto (the moment where they're holding hands is the closest that we've seen them since ''First Class''), but averted with their younger selves. In 1973, he never once calls Erik "friend" (although the latter uses the endearment twice), which goes to show how broken their relationship is.
** With Hank in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. They are each other's OnlyFriend for a decade, so it's inevitable that they would develop a very close bond. There are moments of non-verbal (and non-telepathic) communication between the two men, like when Xavier gently taps Beast on the chest after he mutters to Logan, "I think I'd like to wake up now." [=McCoy=] immediately understands that the gesture means, "You can calm down now, our visitor is not a threat," and he reverts back to his human form.
* HollywoodNerd: Averted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he is stunningly attractive... and is aware of it. In fact, in his first scene as a grown man, he is seen using nerd-talk to pick up coeds in a bar.
* HotScientist[=/=]HotTeacher: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', a very rare male version of the trope. He shamelessly uses his charm, looks and {{technobabble}} to pick up women at Oxford.
* IAmVeryBritish: ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' attempts to explain why Xavier (who is American in the comics) has a Received Pronunciation accent. He is half-British, half-American (or alternately, he's fully British, but his family moved to the United States before World War II broke out in 1939), and his speech pattern was influenced by his posh English mother. It was later reinforced when he studied at the University of Oxford.
* IdleRich: In between 1963 and 1973, he hasn't done anything the least bit productive; he is a reclusive alcoholic who wallows in self-pity within his BigFancyHouse.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment from ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', but his face glows with delight when he witnesses Erik using the anchor of Shaw's boat as a destructive tool.
* InnocentBlueEyes: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', his bright blue irises represent his goodness and naïvety. After the [[BreakTheCutie events of the film]], he is still as idealistic, but has been rather blind-sided by reality, and is much more cautious and reserved.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: He scores high on androgynous personality traits because he possesses qualities from all of this trope's five broad categories: Lack of Athleticism (especially after he becomes wheelchair-bound), Lack of Aggression (he prefers negotiation over violence to resolve problems), An Open, Emotional Personality (he's the epitome of a Sensitive Guy), Typically Feminine Interests (he's a teacher, which is considered to be a "nurturing" profession), and Effeminate or Non-Masculine Appearance (he's a shorter-than-average PrettyBoy).
* IWasQuiteALooker: He was [[PrettyBoy boyishly beautiful]] during his youth with thick, wavy hair (not that he looks bad as a [[GrandpaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave bald, older gentleman]]).
* LikeBrotherAndSister:
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he cites this when Raven, feeling insecure about her looks, asks if he would date her... although it falls a little flat coming right after he's answered the question with "of course" in reference to her human form, before she clarifies that she means in her real form. (He is being a bit obvious in invoking the trope as the film establishes that she is indeed his adoptive sister.)
** Lampshaded in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', by his older-self when he mentions that Mystique was like a sister to him. It's later alluded to when a nurse wonders if the blue, scaly woman at the Paris Peace Accords has a family, and Raven replies, "Yes, she does."
*** On the plane ride to Paris, he argues that he raised Raven to be something better than a killer. Erik is quick to point out that Charles didn't ''raise'' Raven, they grew up together. This is what it takes for him to realize that Raven is not his to control.
* LooksLikeJesus: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger-self not only sports longer hair and a BeardOfSorrow, but he ultimately becomes an AllLovingHero at the movie's climax.
* ManlyTears: Twice in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
** Both he and Erik Lehnsherr in do this in a rather touching scene where the latter is learning to control his powers through something other than rage. By telepathically finding one of Erik's happiest childhood memories, Charles helps him to see that true focus lies between "rage and serenity." Cue the tears as they both experience a bittersweet memory of Erik's long-dead mother on welcoming in their Sabbath.
** After he [[spoiler: gets shot]], there is a particularly heartbreaking moment when he has to tell Erik that no, they do not want the same things when it comes to mutants and humans. Cue the ManlyTears on his part. [[spoiler: It's an indicator of how the two men have grown apart that Erik's face just blanks of emotion in response.]]
* MeaningfulLook:
** He and Erik exchange numerous glances throughout ''Film/XMenFirstClass,'' which are indicative of their closeness.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he and Hank exchange an amused "Why am I not surprised?" glance (the former even adds a raised eyebrow) after Peter asks them, "I saw your flight plan in the cockpit; why are you going to Paris?"
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand.'']]
* MessOfWoe: In 1973, his neglect of his mansion is a reflection of how utterly forlorn he is. His bedroom and study are extremely cluttered, plus the grass on his estate is overgrown. Hank does his best to clean up some of the mess that Xavier carelessly leaves behind (at one point we see [=McCoy=] picking up empty liquor bottles).
* MindOverManners: ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' threw this principle in the crapper by showing a much younger, less disciplined Xavier who had no problem using his powers on anyone whenever it was convenient for him. That being said, he did promise Raven that he wouldn't read her mind, and he did ask for Erik's permission before searching for the brightest corner of his friend's memory system.
* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he introduces himself to Amy in this manner.
-->'''Charles''': The name's Xavier, Charles Xavier, how do you do?
* NerdsAreSexy: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he has mastered the art of transforming his knowledge of genetics into successful flirtation methods.
* NiceGuy: He opens his heart and his home to mutants who feel persecuted by the outside world.
-->'''Logan''': There's not many people that will understand what you're going through, but I think this guy Xavier is one of them. He seems to genuinely want to help you, and that's a rare thing for people like us.
* NonActionGuy: His 1973 self invokes this trope to explain to Logan why he always tries to talk his way out of a problem (even if it results in ineffective rambling) instead using brute force. However, Xavier can still throw a mean punch if someone ''really pisses him off'' despite not being much of a fighter.
* NonIdleRich: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Xavier could live off his inheritance if he wished, but he's passionate about science, and his career goal before he is approached by the CIA is to become a professor of genetics.
* ObiWanMoment: [[spoiler:While fighting the Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he briefly smiles at Wolverine before being disintegrated. At the [[AfterTheCredits very end]] of the movie, it turns out he's NotQuiteDead.]]
* ObliviousToLove: He doesn't notice that Raven harbours some non-sisterly feelings towards him in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
* OhCrap: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his past self has a moment of terror when he realizes that a very large piece of falling debris will crush him to death unless he gets out of its way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: For ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2mi74MLHg4 Honest Trailers]] made the mistake of describing [=McAvoy=]'s character as a "young man," a term usually reserved for males who are under 30; Xavier is in his late thirties/early forties in 1973, but it's easy to forget that because the actor appears younger than his actual age.
* OldMoney: He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He lives in a very BigFancyHouse, there are servants (a maid is mentioned), and his mother is a snobby British {{Socialite}} who thinks so highly of herself that she never enters the kitchen of her own home.
* OnlyAFleshWound: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', [[spoiler:he is shot in the back]] and remains conscious throughout the entire scene, albeit in great pain. [[spoiler:He is permanently injured.]]
* OnlyFriend:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Near the beginning of the film, Raven points out to Charles that she is his only friend. Presumably an affable fellow like Xavier would have numerous acquaintances, but his sister figure is only person he fully trusts.
*** He becomes this to Erik.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': To Hank in between 1963 and 1973. [=McCoy=] doesn't seem to have a social circle, as he has taken it upon himself to be Charles' caretaker, which appears to be something of a full-time job.
* {{Oxbridge}}: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', the University of Oxford is his alma mater, and there are several Oxford scenes shot on location. It is clear, however, that the writers did not do their research properly, as his claim that you don't get to be called a professor unless you have a teaching position is utterly untrue. A professor at a UK university is not the same thing as a professor at a US university, and at Oxford in particular, professors frequently do little to no teaching. Someone in his position would either be a Junior Research Fellow or, if so elected by his college, a Don.
* PaletteSwap: ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' costume designer Louise Mingenbach described [[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/fashion/201405/x-men-days-of-future-past-costumes#slide=2 Past Xavier's switch from his brown-and-pink casual wear to his more formal blues and greys]] that is typically associated with the character in the other movies.
--> "At the beginning of the film, Charles is medicating, and very possibly on hallucinogens, so we had that come through in his shirt. As he pulls himself together, he wears a nice blue oxford like all good, put-together men—a progression from that psychedelic Cat Stevens-wear."
* ParentalNeglect: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', his mother is hinted to be emotionally distant towards her son, which is why Raven's maternal act backfires spectacularly.
-->'''Charles''': ''(telepathically communicates to Raven disguised as Mrs. Xavier)'' My mother has never set foot in this kitchen in her life, and she certainly never made me hot chocolate, unless you count ordering the maid to do it.
* ParentalSubstitute:
** He plays this role to all of the X-Men, but it's most notable in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' with a young Hank and the teenaged Alex and Sean, all of whom remain loyal to him before and after Cuba. [[spoiler: The mere mention of Sean's death in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' makes Charles visibly distraught, which is in direct contrast to all of the other names that Erik throws at him.]]
** There is one exception. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Charles claims he raised Raven, and Erik corrects him--they ''grew up'' together. He is not her father. [[spoiler:This ties into the end of the film, when he stops trying to control her and lets her make her own choice]].
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Given [[Creator/PatrickStewart who plays him]], not surprising. Given who he ''is'', also not surprising. Xavier's core message basically requires having such a speech at hand and ready to give at a moment's notice (as true here as it was in the source material). The capacity to give such a speech is basically the only thing that he and Magneto are feuding over.
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he is played by Creator/JamesMcAvoy, he gives such a speech to Erik Lehnsherr. During their chess game, he attempts to convince Erik that human beings are capable of great understanding, and that mutants should be patient, as "we have it in us to be the better men." Erik skeptically replies, "We already are."
* PietaPlagiarism: He is the recipient of this in ''First Class'' when Erik cradles him after [[spoiler:being shot in the back]].
* PowerAtAPrice: Inverted in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. A serum that allows him to regain the use of his legs instead nullifies his powers. He behaves like a drug addict while on it, and one of the film's major themes involves Charles' accepting his paraplegia and learning how to overcome it in a non-destructive way while also retaining his mutant telepathy.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He uses his powers to "guess" the drink orders of the women he flirts with.
* PrematurelyBald: Averted in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where he still has hair as a young man, although he does joke after [[spoiler:being paralyzed]] that [[TemptingFate he might lose his hair next]].
* PrettyBoy: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', appearance-wise, he is strongly defined by his boyish appearance: he has a soft, round face, baby blue eyes, reddish lips (the colour is so deep at times that it almost looks like he's wearing lipstick), and is of shorter-than-average height. It's symbolic of his sensitive, nice guy qualities. Erik even calls him "adorable" when Charles tries the Cerebro machine for the first time.
* TheProfessor: He [[Film/XMenFirstClass earned his "Professor of Genetics" title from the University of Oxford]]. Even before he became a paraplegic, he was considerably less action-oriented than the other mutants on his team, and is often protected by a combatant (e.g. [[Film/X2XMenUnited Cyclops]], [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Beast]]). Professor X serves as the TeamDad for the X-Men.
* PsychicPowers: Although no one, outside of Jean and Emma, has yet to shown this ability in the films, Xavier is likely the most powerful telepath on Earth.
** {{Telepathy}}: He read minds with his telepathy, and also can freeze entire groups of people in place.
** MindManipulation: He can control or manipulate the minds of several other people.
** PsychicRadar: He can detect people around himself, amplified greatly with Cerebro to find almost anyone in the world. In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' he uses it to allow him to track even a mutant who can teleport and it's further revealed that he can use it to sense the location of every mutant or every human on the planet. Concentrating hard enough will give them all a really serious PsychicNosebleed... followed by death.
* RedOniBlueOni: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he is more level-headed while Erik is rather hot-headed. [[http://roashina.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/x-men-first-class-magazine.jpg ''Empire'' magazine even colour-coded the front covers of their May 2011 issue accordingly.]]
* RuleOfSexy:
** Most (if not all) fans expected the young Professor X to be bald in ''First Class'', but the studio wanted Creator/JamesMcAvoy to [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-star-james-mcavoy-705595 keep his hair]] in order to retain the actor's sex appeal.
--->'''James [=McAvoy=]''': I had showed up on the first day of ''X-Men: First Class'', and I had shaved my head because I wanted to check what it looked like about a month before we started shooting--and it looked quite good--and they were like, "No, no, no, no, we want you to have long hair."
** In the March 2014 issue of ''Empire'' magazine, the actor states that he was more than willing to get rid of his luxurious locks for ''Days of Future Past'', but once again the producers nixed the idea.
--->'''James [=McAvoy=]''': I wanted to go bald in this one, [...] but they didn't go for it. I was gutted.
* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: His telepathy allows him to perceive an event through the eyes of another person.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': He is the Sensitive Guy to Erik Lehnsherr's Manly Man. They display this dynamic in their personalities and physique as well as their philosophies and methods.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': his younger-self in 1973 is more accurately an Overly Sensitive Guy with Wolverine in the Manly Man role.
* SharpDressedMan: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and in his elderly years, he's always well-dressed as befitting a professor and principal. Costume designer Louise Mingenbach refers to Professor X as "Mr. Fancy Pants" in the "United Colors of X" featurette on the ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' DVD, and Sammy Sheldon has stated in the "Suiting Up" documentary on the ''First Class'' Blu-Ray that she made Charles' attire as stylish as she could while keeping him "honest, real, studious."
* SiblingYinYang: Physical appearances aside, Charles' more pacifistic and diplomatic nature/philosophies is what sets him on a very different path than his adoptive sister in ''First Class'' and ''Days of Future Past''.
* SingleTear: Occurs twice in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
** He wipes a single tear from his cheek after he uncovers a happy memory from Erik's childhood involving the latter's mother with his telepathy. Despite living a much more comfortable and privileged life than his friend, the one beautiful thing that Charles never got to experience is a mother's warm affection.
** After [[spoiler:he gets shot]], he only sheds one noticeable tear which is partly because of [[spoiler:his injury]], but mostly because he is forced to tell Erik that [[spoiler:no, they really do not want the same thing, and knows that this realisation will push his friend away for good.]]
* SkywardScream: He does this right after [[spoiler:a bullet enters his spine]].
* SophisticatedAsHell: His younger self specifically fulfills the "A normally formal character resorting to profanity due to intense circumstances" example in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. This is the first movie where the otherwise polite and erudite Charles uses coarse language such as "fuck" and "shite."
* SpoiledSweet: He is filthy rich and is a gentle, caring person. Certainly the most altruistic character in the franchise.
-->'''Sean Cassidy''': ''(in awe of Xavier's mansion)'' This is yours.\\
'''Charles Xavier''': ''(smiles)'' No, it's ours.
* StoryBreakerPower: His power is such that most of the movies would be over very, very quickly if he did not frequently get incapacitated or rendered powerless in some way.
* SuperWheelchair: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his elderly self has a wheelchair that hovers.
* TeamDad:
** Best shown in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' [[spoiler:during his funeral, where a massive amount of his students cried during it. His tombstone reads, "Father, Teacher, Friend"]], and naturally "Father" is listed first because he was viewed by the youngsters (especially those who are orphans or have been disowned by their families) as primarily a paternal figure.
** He might qualify in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', but he tends to act more like the nurturing TeamMom, with Erik Lehnsherr as the TeamDad. Insert witty commentary [[HoYay here]].
* TenderTears: A huge part of his younger self’s character development in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' is centered around his huge capacity for empathy, and how he needs to learn to move past his own pain for the benefit of others, so he spends a good percentage of the film either on the verge of tears or outright crying.
* ThatManIsDead: When Hank tells Logan that "the Professor isn't here," Xavier is still living in his estate, only he has lost his powers and the will to lead mutants, thus dissociating himself from his identity as Professor X.
* TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', there's a hint that he had an unhappy childhood, but he simply chooses not to speak of it. After Erik makes a snide remark about his friend's wealth, Charles' expression is mixture of annoyance with a little bit of hurt, and Raven steps in between two men as if to "shield" her brother from Erik's not-so-nice comment. Although she says, "It was a hardship softened by me" in a light tone, there is no sarcasm in her voice, and Charles kisses her on the cheek as a quiet "thank you" for her support and understanding in what is a very sensitive matter to him.
* TimeShiftedActor: He has been portrayed by three actors in three different stages of his life.
* UnclePennybags: A SpoiledSweet example in ''Film/XMen1''; he mentions that most of his students were runaways, so his school isn't just a centre for education, but also a safe haven for a lot of the youngsters who don't have a home.
* UnkemptBeauty: In 1973, his appearance is rather sloppy and disheveled, especially in comparison to the other movies, yet he is still an attractive man. This was done on purpose by the filmmakers (see his RuleOfSexy entry), and it conveniently evokes the LooksLikeJesus trope, as Christ is often depicted as being handsome in art.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: He frequently wears one with his elegant suits, and it adds a little extra flair to his aura of academic professionalism while also being an indicator of his upper-class status.
* WhatTheHellHero: His younger self is one the receiving end of this twice in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
** Young Magneto goes into an outburst about how [[spoiler: fellow mutants were being killed left and right while he has been in hiding with Hank.]]
--> '''Erik:''' [[spoiler: Angel, Azazel, Emma, Banshee. Mutant brothers and sisters, all dead! Countless others, experimented on! Butchered! Where were you, Charles?! We were supposed to protect them! Where were you when your own people needed you?! Hiding! You and Hank! Pretending to be something you're not! You abandoned us all!]]
** Before that, Logan calls him a little shit for his cavalier attitude about the future.
* WideEyedIdealist: While in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' he isn't exactly naive, his idealism is accentuated by the fact that everyone else seems to have a far more pessimistic approach to mutant-human relations. It's suggested that this is at least partly because he hasn't faced persecution in the same way. It sets up a nice contrast with his portrayal in the previous films, where he remains idealistic, but is a lot more cautious about it now that he's had personal experience.
* {{Wimpification}}: Thanks to being played by the [[{{Bishonen}} very pretty]] Creator/JamesMcAvoy in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he more often than not plays {{Uke}} to [[{{Badass}} Erik Lehnsherr]] in FanFics.
* WritersCannotDoMath: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' there is a scene with him as a child which is set in 1944, while the bulk of the story takes place in 1962. However, the two actors are credited as playing "Charles Xavier: 12 years" and "Charles Xavier: 24 years."
* WrongGenreSavvy: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he seems to think he's in a SilverAge ScienceFiction story that will easily be resolved once he and his friends defeat [[BigBad Shaw]]. Actually, he's part of a larger conflict between humans and mutants, and he and his [[{{Magneto}} best friend]] are destined to become [[FriendlyEnemy reluctant arch-enemies]] in the oncoming war.
* YouAreNotAlone: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he says this verbatim to Erik after he rescues the latter from drowning.
* YouMonster: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his younger self considers Magneto to be a monster, which is why he initially resists Logan's suggestion that they break Erik out of the Pentagon.
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[[folder:Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto]]
A Holocaust survivor, he and Xavier were once friends, and they built Cerebro together. However, his belief that humans and mutants could never co-exist led to their separation, although he has no doubt to ally with X-Men whenever they had [[EnemyMine mutual enemy]] as seen in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he seems to rejoin X-Men for real and co-leads the team along with his old friend Charles.

For more about him, see Characters/{{X-Men Film Series Brotherhood}}.
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[[folder:Raven Darkholme / Mystique]]
Abandoned by her parents, Raven Darkholme met a young Charles Xavier when she broke into his family's Westchester mansion to steal food. She took the form of his mother to try and fool the boy, but he saw past the ruse. Thrilled at the fact that he wasn't the only one who was "different" in the world, he offered to let Raven stay and live with him and his family, which she happily accepted.

Years later, Raven followed Charles to England (posing as his sister) and worked as a waitress while he studied genetics at Oxford. She constantly had to hide her true appearance, which began to put a strain on their relationship. This caused her to follow Magneto (who accept her ''true'' appearance) when Charles and Magneto parted ways. However, she still regrets for abandoning her foster brother.

For more about her, see Characters/{{X-Men Film Series Brotherhood}}.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Henry "Hank" [=McCoy=] / Beast]]
!!!Secretary of Mutant Affairs Dr. Henry "Hank" [=McCoy=] (Beast)
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beast_older_xmen_films_4702.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Not all of us can fit in so easily. You don't shed on the furniture."'']]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_beast_6810.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"Robert Louis Stevenson; Jekyll and Hyde."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/KelseyGrammer, Nicholas Hoult & Steve Bacic
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

->''"[[BadassBoast My boy, I have been fighting for mutant rights since before you had claws.]]"''

The Secretary of Mutant Affairs in the U.S. government and longtime good friend of Charles and the X-Men. A brilliant scientist, Beast's mutation leads him to be covered in blue fur and have heightened strength and agility.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, his original (human) form included oversized hands and feet. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', while his feet are different than normal, they are still the right size and he has no problem passing for an ordinary human.
* {{Adorkable}}: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Soft spoken, stutters, asks Raven out on the pretext of getting a blood sample and then ''apologizes for being forward''.
* BadassBookworm: And [[http://marvel-movies.wikia.com/wiki/File:X-men-beast-hangs.jpg showing him reading...]]
* BattleButler: Hank essentially fulfills this role for Charles. In addition to looking after his ex-mentor's needs and maintaining the mansion, [=McCoy=] also serves as Xavier's bodyguard.
* BeastMan: Duh.
* BerserkButton:
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', it's taunting his looks.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he flies into a murderous rage after Magneto [[spoiler:attempts to kill Mystique]]. He still harbours feelings for her.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pressing his BerserkButton might lead to him strangling you. Jekyll and Hyde indeed.
* BodyHorror: His transformation sequence in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' depicted the process as rather painful and horrific, bones, muscles and skin shifting and stretching while fur aggressively sprouted along his body.
* TheCameo: His older, Kelsey Grammar form appears [[spoiler:at the end of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', having his between movies death reversed.]]
* TheChampion: He puts his entire life on hold for a decade in order to assist and defend the emotionally dysfunctional Charles. Since [=McCoy=] is no longer Professor X's student, they both should be on equal footing, yet Beast continues to readily defer to Xavier's authority. This steadfast devotion demonstrates that Hank values Charles' well-being and safety above his own.
* CoolOldGuy: Much older than Storm and Jean, but [[BadassGrandpa as destructive as Wolverine]].
* CulturedBadass: Tries to quote Churchill while fighting, and quotes Shakespeare prior to taking off to San Francisco in a deleted scene.
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* DramaticIrony: His attempt at a cure on himself appears to work and then [[spoiler:fails horribly in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'']]. When he later uses a variation to [[spoiler: rob Erik/Magneto of his powers]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', it seems to work. [[spoiler: And then, rather subtly, it also fails]].
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: According to the tie-in material for ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he gets [[spoiler: dragged from his home and murdered by a mob of mutant-hating humans akin to the "Friends of Humanity" from the 90's animated series.]]
** Doubles as a CallBack if you're watch the prequel before watching the main X-Men trilogy.
* GeniusBruiser:
** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he goes from being a BadassBookworm at the beginning to being a Genius Bruiser toward the end. [[spoiler: This is because he injected himself with something that utterly transformed his appearance.]]
** By ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he's a scientist/diplomat who can kick lots of ass.
* GentleGiant: Huge and animal-like, but on the good guys' side.
* GentlemanAndAScholar[=/=]NiceGuy: He's very friendly, prefers to avoid conflict, and truly comes out of his shell when in his comfort zones, such as discussing science or assisting with the other students.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Charles in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. They are each other's OnlyFriend for a decade, so it's inevitable that they would develop a very close bond. There are moments of non-verbal (and non-telepathic) communication between the two men, like when Xavier gently taps Beast on the chest after he mutters to Logan, "I think I'd like to wake up now." [=McCoy=] immediately understands that the gesture means, "You can calm down now, our visitor is not a threat," and he reverts back to his human form.
* HollywoodNerd: Played straight in both ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* HulkingOut: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', 70's Beast uses a serum that allows him to maintain a balance between his human and mutant appearances. When he's angry enough, his mutation kicks in, and he returns to human form once he's calmed down.
* IWasQuiteALooker: He used to be {{Adorkable}} before his Beast transformation.
* KarmicTransformation: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', his transformation into Beast is tragic, but he brought it on himself. He makes it a little more karmic by being insensitive to Raven just before using it. She tells him he's perfect just the way he is and doesn't need the "cure," and he responds with:
-->'''Hank''': It behooves me to tell you that even if we save the world tomorrow, and mutants are accepted into society, my feet and your natural blue form will never be deemed beautiful.
--> ''(Raven shifts back to her human-looking morph.)''
-->'''Hank''': You look beautiful ''now.''
** Bonus points for his mutation being relatively minor, before it becomes much more pronounced after taking the serum.
* MeaningfulLook: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he and Charles exchange an amused "Why am I not surprised?" glance (the former even adds a raised eyebrow) after Peter asks them, "I saw your flight plan in the cockpit; why are you going to Paris?"
* NerdGlasses: He wears the horn-rimmed variety in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', which in his case is a visual cue that he's a geeky academic.
* OhCrap:
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** He is very alarmed when Magneto points a gun in [[spoiler:Mystique's direction, with Charles standing directly in the line of fire]].
*** He panics when he notices how many people are staring at his blue, furry form after his brawl with Magneto.
* OncePerEpisode: In every movie where he is a prominent character, we see him hanging upside down.
* OnlyFriend: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', after Charles isolates himself from the outside world due to his severe depression, Hank becomes his sole companion.
* PermaStubble: He has light stubble throughout ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' which is meant to make him look older than his clean-shaven appearance in ''First Class''.
* PrettyBoy: He was one in his youth. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he is quite similar to Xavier (just younger and a lot more insecure), and while this may be a coincidence, it's nevertheless convenient that he shares some facial features with his mentor, like pale skin, blue eyes and thick reddish lips. The one big physical difference between them is that Hank is a lot taller.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: In ''First Class'', he is the first test subject for his appearance cure because there is not a big pool of test subjects for this sort of thing.
* TheReliableOne: He assumes responsibility for Charles and the estate after his friend becomes an emotional train wreck in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* SatelliteCharacter: Despite receiving a fair amount of screentime in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he doesn't undergo any proper character development, as his existence ''completely'' revolves around Charles.
* TheSmartGuy: He's incredibly intelligent and a brilliant scientist who has invented most of the nifty tools and gadgets (X-Jet, Cerebro, etc.) that the X-Men use.
* TransformationTrinket: He makes a serum that temporarily reverts him from "blue Beast" to "Nicholas Hoult" in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. [[spoiler:It comes to save him as a Sentinel is about to attack, as the serum not only disguises him but cloaks his X-gene as well.]]
* {{Trekkie}}: It's hinted in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' that he is a fan of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (an episode is playing on one of his [=TVs=]), which is fitting considering that he's {{Adorkable}} and a HollywoodNerd. He describes Peter's mutation as "fascinating," which is a reference to Spock. Creator/BryanSinger's favourite fandom is ''Franchise/StarTrek'', so it's natural that he would want to bestow that quality on the character (who, coincidentally, can be called Dr. [=McCoy=]).
* UndyingLoyalty: To Charles Xavier. From the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 to the rise of the Sentinels in the BadFuture, Hank always remains at Xavier's and the X-Men's side. And he won't hesitate to protect him, either.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', there are plenty of other things that he could do with his time, yet he chooses to take care of Charles during the latter's decade-long HeroicBSOD. Hank may even be a little ''too'' loyal because he serves as an enabler by providing a serum which worsens his friend's already bad case of substance abuse.
* UnstoppableRage: When he fights Magneto in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', it's decidedly in Beast's favour, to the extent that [[spoiler:Beast almost drowns him. Magneto only barely manages to save himself by using a nearby sculpture to restrain Beast.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Havok, eventually.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The fur that covers his body is blue. Before his KarmicTransformation, however, he was just a (somewhat) ordinary brunet -- the color probably came from him using Mystique's DNA.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Alexander "Alex" Summers / Havok]]
!!!Alexander "Alex" Summers / Havok
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->'''Played By''': Lucas Till
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A mutant who has the ability to absorb energy and discharge it as blasts.
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* TheBigGuy: Despite not being the largest or physically strongest, Alex's powers are ''much'' more destructive than the other young mutants and he's far more likely to pick a fight than the more docile Hank.
* ChestBlaster: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', his suit is designed to focus his energy and discharge it from a device in his chest. By ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he no longer needs the suit.
%% * DeadpanSnarker
* DemotedToExtra: He appears in the beginning of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' to be rescued by Mystique and never shows up afterwards. Still, at least he survived unlike the rest of the ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' cast, with everyone who didn't appear in the earlier/canonically later films being unceremoniously killed off between films. But of course, he had to survive because in the film continuity he's probably Cyclops's father rather than his younger brother.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: When he starts to practice controlling his powers, he first ends up shooting everything EXCEPT his intended target. While he really was trying to aim, he couldn't control the sheer force of his powers yet. After some training, he becomes much better at targeting and controlling his blasts.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He bullies Hank and is generally pretty abrasive. Later, he sticks by his friends when Shaw comes, and does grow to like and respect Hank.
* MagicFeather: The chest blaster device helps him control his energy blasts, but eventually it gets damaged. He eventually gains enough control over it to aim his uncontrolled blasts effectively, clipping Angel's wings with them.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He is fearful of the damage his powers could do if he isn't kept isolated, and so prefers being in solitary confinement while in prison so he is at less risk of hurting someone by accident.
* PowerIncontinence: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he can emit powerful energy blasts, but he can't control their direction. This problem is solved by a special harness, which he even refers to as his "energy diaper" in a deleted scene.
* SleevesAreForWimps: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' during the training scenes, everyone gets matching grey tracksuits. His, inexplicably don't have sleeves.
* {{Unishment}}: Given a passing mention in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. A prison guard where he was staying at the beginning of the film remarks that he's "the only prisoner I've ever seen who actually ''prefers'' solitary." Sure enough, when we first see him, Alex is in solitary. A subversion, since Alex doesn't really ''enjoy'' solitary, he's trying to stay away from people so he doesn't actually hurt them with the energy blasts that are his mutant power, and which he has great difficulty in controlling.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Hank, eventually.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sean Cassidy / Banshee]]
!!!Sean Cassidy / Banshee
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"[[MakeMeWannaShout You may want to cover your ears...]]"'']]
->'''Played By''': Caleb Landry Jones
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenFirstClass''

A mutant capable of ultrasonic screaming, used in various ways including as a means of flight and sonar.
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* {{Badass}}: He goes from scaring fish to helping avert nuclear disaster.
* ChivalrousPervert: Introduced flirting with a girl, who seems to find him comical more than anything else. He's also very appreciative of Angel.
* DeadpanSnarker: He does have some nifty lines.
-->'''Raven''': We should come up with secret codenames, we're secret agents now! I'll start, I'm gonna be Mystique.\\
'''Sean''': Damn! I wanted to be called Mystique!
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: He dies in between ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' at the hands of Bolivar Trask, who captured him and numerous other mutants to dissect, experiment on, and help develop the Sentinel Program.
* FieryRedhead: His actor even auditioned because it was a rare ginger superhero. Ironically, [[InvertedTrope Sean's one of the least hot-headed and combative of the students]], with those titles going moreso to Alex and Raven.
* GlassShatteringSound: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. Charles points out all the science to him.
* MakeMeWannaShout: His mutation involves making very powerful sound waves that can break glass (among other things). They're also very effective at locating things underwater, in similar variant of echolocation. In an unusual variation, this includes [[IBelieveICanFly the power of flight]], by bouncing sound waves off the ground back into a wingsuit.
* NotQuiteFlight: Sean's flight deals with using his supersonic screams to help him glide.
-->'''Charles''': You need the sound waves to be supersonic. Catch them at the right angle and they should carry you.
-->'''Sean''': They ''should'' carry me... that's reassuring.
* TookALevelInBadass: His training involves learning how to use his powers in more efficient ways, including flying, disorienting opponents, and locating Shaw's submarine.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Armando Muñoz / Darwin]]
!!!Armando Muñoz / Darwin
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Well, Darwin's already a nickname and it fits: "adapt to survive" and all..."'']]
->'''Played By''': Edi Gathegi
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenFirstClass''

A mutant with the power of "reactive evolution."
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, he had bulging eyes, slits for a nose, and reptilian grey skin. In the movie, he looks like a normal human.
* AdaptiveAbility: His ability involves his body making whatever changes necessary to keep him from dying in whatever environment he's in, such as growing gills while underwater.
* {{Badass}}: Shows no hesitation in taking a proactive role and even trying to take on Shaw.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:He is killed after only a few minutes onscreen, before the major battle, and other than the head villain of the film, he is the only mutant protagonist or antagonist to die. [[UselessUsefulSpell His power to adapt to anything to survive really helped him.]]]]
* DiedStandingUp: [[spoiler:He stays standing after being killed by Sebastian Shaw]].
* FakeDefector: He does this to Sebastian Shaw's group of evil mutants as a ploy to give his teammate Havok a clear shot at Shaw's group (his own mutant ability will protect him from Havok's attack, and their friend but genuine traitor Angel, who wouldn't be safe otherwise). [[spoiler:[[BlackDudeDiesFirst It doesn't turn out so good for him]] when Shaw's group survives unscathed due to Shaw's mutant ability allowing him to absorb Havok's attack.]]
* FeedItABomb: [[spoiler:He gets offed in this way]].
* HeroicSpirit: He stands up to Shaw after seeing him murder an entire building of CIA agents.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: he doesn't get to come back in ''Days of Future Past'' like Cyclops and Jean Grey, because ''First Class'' is still canon in the new timeline.]]
* MixedAncestry: Black/Hispanic.
* NiceGuy: Polite, friendly, and when things get rough he can be seen immediately moving to make himself a human shield for the other kids.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:He is vaporized immediately by the blast he took, and one of his teammates even said, "We can't even bury him."]]
* SacrificialLion: The first member [[spoiler: to die.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Angel Salvadore / Angel]]
One of young mutants whom Charles and Erik recruited. Abandoned the group to join Sebastian Shaw's Hellfire Club after Shaw killed Darwin. After Erik killed Shaw, she joins Magneto's Brotherhood.

For more about her, see Characters/{{X-Men Film Series Brotherhood}}.
[[/folder]]

!!Later Members and Staff

[[folder:Dr. Jean Grey / Phoenix]]
!!!Dr. Jean Grey / Phoenix
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Mutants are not the ones mankind should fear."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/FamkeJanssen & Haley Ramm
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/TheWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''

The doctor of the X-Mansion. She has the powers of telekinesis and telepathy like Xavier, although her powers are much less advanced than that of his, displayed when she is stunned by the usage of Cerebro.
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* ActionGirl: Fighting both up close and [[MindOverMatter in a distance]].
* AxCrazy: As the Dark Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* {{Badass}}: More than able and willing to get her hands dirty.
* BadassTeacher: And is one of the Xavier Institute's finest instructors.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: By ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', the HotTeacher is a PersonOfMassDestruction.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: As the Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* ColorMotif: while not in her X-Men tightsuit, she likes wearing red dress.
* CompositeCharacter: After the Beast was removed from the script for ''Film/XMen1'' movie due to budgetary concerns, elements of his character were grafted onto her. Namely, she takes his place as the team's medical and scientific expert, and scenes written for Beast ended up being given to her.
* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Once an entire lake falls on her at the end of ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', she gets stronger and more dangerous as shown in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* FieryRedhead -> EvilRedhead: The former for ''X-Men 1'' and ''X2''. The latter as Dark Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Wolverine falls for her.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** She accomplishes this in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', when the Blackbird is frozen at Alkali Lake with the dam about to burst in mere minutes, she steps off the jet and uses her now heightened telekinesis to break the ice and allow the jet to lift off, at the same time psychically restraining her teammates to keep them from stopping her. [[spoiler:She frees the jet seconds before she is seemingly crushed beneath tons of rushing water.]]
** Having survived this in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' but also becoming the [[spoiler:Dark Phoenix]], she twice regains her sanity long enough to beg [[spoiler:Logan/Wolverine to kill her]] so she won't kill anyone else. He finally relents at the movie's climax and [[spoiler:impales her on his claws.]]
* HotTeacher: tied with Storm in this regard while teaching in the academy.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', she asks Wolverine twice to kill her as she senses the [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Phoenix]] taking over. [[spoiler:The second time, the request is fulfilled]].
* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:Scott Summers and Professor X in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.]]
* MsFanservice: All of Creator/FamkeJanssen's cameos in ''Film/TheWolverine'' show her in very revealing clothing.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:"Haunts" Logan in ''Film/TheWolverine''.]]
* PowerLimiter: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', not to mention in the [[ComicBook/{{X-Men}} original comics]] it was based on, we learn that Professor Xavier placed a mental block in her as a child, to keep her more extreme powers from manifesting.
* PsychicPowers
** {{Telepathy}}: Almost to Xavier's levels.
** MindOverMatter: She has similar rules as Xavier because he's her mentor.
** PowerFloats: Part of her powers.
* RedHeadedHero: Played straight in the first two X-Men movies, but she defects in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' because of her SuperpoweredEvilSide.
* SanitySlippage: Why Xavier had neutered her mental powers to keep the Phoenix hidden. And once she's unleashed...
* SplitPersonalityTakeover[=/=]SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler: Phoenix]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* StatuesqueStunner: In quite an amusing way, since the comics Jean is a measly 5' 6", but Creator/FamkeJanssen is tall enough to surpass James Marsden (leading to [[ScullyBox some on-screen trickery to hide the fact]]).
* TeamMom: For X-Men, especially to the students. Best shown in ''X2''.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In her manifestation as Dark Phoenix in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. Although it is explained that she was already mentally unstable as a girl and her massive powers had to be reduced for her own good and that of everyone around her by putting mental blocks into her psyche. When these were removed, she started killing people with her mind. [[note]](This is actually closer to the original Phoenix story than the later comic and adaptation stories that portray Jean as having been TouchedByVorlons; see the Comic Books section above.)[[/note]]
* WomanInWhite: her cameo in ''Film/TheWolverine''.
* WomanScorned: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', after being rescued by the X-Men, she tries to sex Wolverine up. He refuses. Cue SuperpoweredEvilSide taking over.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Scott Summers / Cyclops]]
!!!Scott Summers / ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}
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[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see the younger Cyclops]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xmow_cyclops_85_91.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"It must burn you up that a boy like me saved your life, huh? Better be careful. I might not be there next time."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/JamesMarsden & Tim Pocock
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse]]''

The field leader of the X-Men, and a teacher at Xavier's Institute, he shoots uncontrollable beams of concussive force from his eyes and wears a ruby quartz visor to control them.
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* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''ummers.
%%* {{Badass}}
%%* BadassTeacher
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', thanks to a CosmicRetcon.]]
* TheCameo: A younger version of him in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' as one of the mutants targeted by Stryker. His power is copied and put into Weapon X. Ironically it also ends up destroying most of Three Mile Island as well.
* CoolShades: Justified--he's always wearing them because they keep his particular mutation in check.
* DemotedToExtra: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', though [[RealLifeWritesThePlot there's a reason]]. This started happening even in [[Film/X2XMenUnited the second film]] where he was captured fairly early on and didn't come back until the end.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Despite acting as the team's field leader and, within the regular comic series, their linchpin since inception, he's quickly killed off-screen within the first 30 minutes of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' by his newly resurrected fiancee, Jean Grey. As though that wasn't bad enough, his death barely registers with the rest of the cast later on in the film, with only a brief mention by Professor X who doesn't seem overly perturbed by the loss of his surrogate son]].
** [[spoiler:To some of the general public, his anti-climactic death might not have been that big of an issue as his screentime got shafted in the [[Film/XMen1 previous]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited 2]] films in favor of Wolverine, who acted as the series' cinematic alpha hero. However, for fans of the comics, the death was also a slap in the face of sorts since the film's plot was heavily influenced by the comics' extremely well-regarded "Dark Phoenix" storyline that focuses on Jean and Scott. Within the context of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', that story became a secondary plot thread, and Wolverine was substituted in as the romantic/heroic lead in light of Scott's less than stellar death]].
* EyeBeams: When his eyes are uncovered they shoot red beams uncontrollably.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' after Jean's "death".]]
%% * HotTeacher
* ImprobableAimingSkills: It's amazing how he shoots precisely through such a small visor.
* KnightInSourArmor: No matter how much of a boy scout Wolverine thinks he is.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', his body is never found after his death.]]
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:All they find are his sunglasses.]]
%% * NiceGuy
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he's killed early on by Phoenix.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: As stated, he has to wear sunglasses everywhere at all times or things tend to get destroyed by his eye beams.
* UnluckyEverydude: Beaten down by Deathstrike, and his relationship with Jean ends up in the worst way possible.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ororo Munroe / Storm]]
!!!Ororo Munroe / ComicBook/{{Storm}}
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[[caption-width-right:300:"So if you're with us, then ''be with us''."]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/HalleBerry & Elizabeth Wright
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine[[note]]deleted scene[[/note]] | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

A mutant and teacher at Xavier's School who can control the weather with her mind.
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* ActionGirl: One of the most powerful X-Men.
* {{Badass}}: She takes down several powerful mutants, including [[Film/XMen1 Toad]] and [[Film/XMenTheLastStand Callisto]], all by herself.
* BadassTeacher: She is one of the teachers in the Xavier's school and one of its best.
* BlowYouAway: Control of the weather includes powerful winds.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: More like dark skinned girl with MysticalWhiteHair.
* [[ElectricBlackGuy Electric Black Girl]]: Lightning is just another aspect of weather after all.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Regularly referred to as Storm, not Ororo or Munroe.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When using her powers.
%% * TheHeart
* HotTeacher: At the academy.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Storm By a [[spoiler:Sentinel in the climatic battle of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Thankfully the CosmicRetcon later spares her life.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: A white haired woman with weather manipulation/summoning powers.
%% * NotSoAboveItAll
* PowerFloats: Can fly through wind manipulation.
* ShipTease: with Nightcrawler in ''X2''.
* ShockAndAwe: Storm as in ''lightning'' storm.
* TeamMom: She becomes the headmistress of Xavier's school after [[spoiler:the Professor's apparent death]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine]]
!!!James "Logan" Howlett / ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I'm the best there is at what I do, but what I do best - isn't very nice."'']]
->'''Played By''': HughJackman & Troye Sivan
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenOriginsWolverine | Film/XMenFirstClass | Film/TheWolverine | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

A tough, rugged, belligerent loner who makes a living in cage fights. He has lived for fifteen years without memory of who he is, apart from his dog tags marked "Wolverine" and an adamantium-encased skeleton (as well as adamantium claws). He has enhanced, animal-like senses, enabling him to sense other people, and the ability to heal rapidly from numerous injuries, including the surgery that bonded the metal to his skeleton, which makes his age impossible to determine.
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* {{Absurdly Sharp Blade}}s: His claws, which are coated in adamantium. [[spoiler: By the end of ''The Wolverine'', however, the injuries Wolverine sustained in his battle with the Silver Samurai leaves him with his normal bone claws.]]
** Shortly after he receives his adamantium infusion in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', he slices up several items in a farmhouse bathroom (including a porcelain sink) with his now impossibly sharp claws, despite applying what appears to be no more than the force required to move an unrestrained arm.
* AchillesInHisTent: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', he has quit the X-Men for at least a year, and isolates himself within the Yukon wilderness because he is unable to cope with his guilt for being forced to kill Jean Grey.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comics, Wolverine is supposed to be extremely stocky and short [[KavorkaMan not an attractive man]]. Here he's Creator/HughJackman, who is so tall that castmate Creator/JamesMarsden had to [[ScullyBox stand on boxes to not be dwarfed by him]].
* TheAloner: Leaves the X-Men in ''Film/TheWolverine'', as he wants to be by himself. Also showed signs of being one in the previous films.
* AntiHero: He'll do good things, but clearly doesn't care much about it.
* TheAtoner: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', he goes to Japan to face his guilt for killing Jean Grey and to receive help from an old friend who might have the means to remove his HealingFactor and make him mortal.
* {{Badass}}: Comes with being Wolverine.
* BadassBeard: Grows one by the beginning of ''Film/TheWolverine''.
* BadassBiker: Often drives a motorcycle.
* BadassGrandpa: If you take his age into account.
* BadassTeacher: He sarcastically claims to be an art teacher in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', and serves as a substitute for Cyclops in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. [[spoiler:In the new future created at the end of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', it's explicitly stated that he's the history teacher.]]
* BashBrothers: In ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', he and Victor Creed do this for the first fifteen minutes of the movie. The opening sequence is a {{Badass}} {{Montage}} through UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar, UsefulNotes/WW1, UsefulNotes/WW2 and UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar! They also come back together briefly at the end, albeit [[EnemyMine for a mutual gain]].
* BeardOfSorrow: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Logan starts out with a shaggy one, likely resulting from the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* BeastMan: Though not as exaggerated as Sabretooth.
* BerserkButton: And not a hard one to press, either. Just getting him wound up seems to suffice, although he has some specific triggers:
** Hurting or threatening his friends.
** Threatening a woman.
** Harming defenseless animals and making them suffer.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His adamantium claws, duh.
* BlessedWithSuck: Let's see...
** His hands hurt every time his claws come out.
** ImmortalityHurts: It sure doesn't look like a pleasant experience to survive a nuclear bomb in ''Film/TheWolverine''.
** WhoWantsToLiveForever: Logan, for what he has experienced, cannot die. Which brings up the unfortunate circumstance of seeing those around him get killed or pass away of old age.
* BreakoutCharacter: Come on, it's Wolverine!
* BroughtDownToBadass:
** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', his HealingFactor is dialed down to near-human levels. While his adamantium skeleton and multiple lifetimes of traumatic injury have rendered him superhumanly strong, tough, and resistant to pain, he's still left considerably weaker since his injuries accumulate rather than healing automatically.
** In the past timeline of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', which is before his adamantium infusion, he loses the considerable advantage it affords him in exchange for a moderately better HealingFactor, which doesn't really balance it out. He ends up playing a supporting role and badly loses the two real fights he gets into.
* TheBerserker: Often flies into a rage when he's in a fight.
* CainAndAbel: With his significantly more unhinged and murderous brother, Victor Creed.
* CartwrightCurse: Silverfox, then Jean. Averted, surprisingly, with Mariko.
* CoolOldGuy: While he looks forty, he's over 170 in the original trilogy.
* CoolShades: In 1973, he sports fashionable '70s-style sunglasses.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His past history of fighting in the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and his past work with Team X.
* DeadpanSnarker: Often makes snide remarks.
* DecoyProtagonist: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Although he starts out as the main character, Charles Xavier is the true protagonist of the movie. He's just there only to help motivate Charles to change the future. [[spoiler:And when the final battle begins, Magneto simply impales him with rebar and throws him into a nearby river, quickly ending his importance in the film.]]
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Due to his HealingFactor, he does this on occasion. In the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]], he has to pierce his claws through his body to cut the restraints Magneto has him in.
* {{Determinator}}: To put simply, unless you are Magneto (or Beast in 1973), you won't stop him.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:In the finale of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he wakes up in the Sentinel-averted future to find all the X-Men and children at Xavier's school. Since he's the history teacher, he's settled and content.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: At Xavier's school.
* GoodIsNotNice: The quote underneath his picture says it all.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: He gets thrashed the most in all the films. Anyone else would die from the injuries he experiences.
* HairTriggerTemper: Downplayed, but still present.
* HealingFactor: By the climax of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', his flesh is being torn from his body at an alarming rate only to regenerate just as quickly. (This was explained in the novelization as being accelerated and enhanced even further than normal by the energy Jean was putting out.) He also survives a ''nuclear bomb'' in the opening of ''Film/TheWolverine'' and his body is left a charred and scalded mess from the affair. However, it seems like the film Wolverine's healing factor is not as absurd as the comic book Wolverine's healing factor, considering that decapitation is treated as a viable option in his solo films. [[spoiler:''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' also presents drowning as an effective method, though he was fished out before it could take.]]
* TheHeart: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Ironically, it's his major role in the film, with very few fight scenes. He's more there to galvanise the young Professor into action.
* HellBentForLeather: He is the best example as besides the X-Men body suit, he often wears a leather jacket.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With his half-brother Victor Creed for his childhood and most of his adult life, up until he left Team X.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Has some rather prominent muttonchops to go along with his rash personality. The PermaStubble brings it even further.
* HotTeacher: Joins the academy's staff in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. [[spoiler: Revealed to be a history teacher in the new timeline created in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'']].
* HowDoIShotWeb: Even he isn't immune, spending the first few hours after he got his adamantium claws in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' accidentally cutting things up.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', [[spoiler:during a dream sequence, Wolverine tells Jean Grey that he had no choice but to kill her because of all the death and destruction she was causing.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be rather rude, and he often makes snide remarks, but behind it all, he means well.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Due to the longevity his powers provide him, Wolverine faces this conundrum. [[spoiler:Well, he would, if his love interests would live long enough to see old age. The only one who survives parts with him on amicable terms.]]
* MeaningfulName: James ''Howl''ett.
* MotiveDecay: Happens midway through ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. [[spoiler:He thinks Sabretooth killed his wife and, obviously, wants him dead. When it turns out she's still alive he still wants to kill him... for some reason.]]
** [[spoiler: He also murdered Wolverine's only friend, Wraith and beat Wolverine repeatedly, at one point breaking his claws. And he's stated in no uncertain terms that he intends to hunt Wolverine and deny him any happiness, ever. And revealing that the love of your life was a long con just might set a man off]].
* MrFanservice: There's a reason that he's often shirtless.
** The bathing scene in ''Film/TheWolverine''.
*** He's the only reason Tao Okamoto initially agreed to play Mariko in ''Film/TheWolverine'' and Fan Bingbing can't stop gushing about him.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he appears entirely naked when first waking up in the past.
* MysteriousPast: Even to him.
* NakedOnArrival: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he wakes up in the past naked... because his past self just spent the night in bed with the woman he's supposed to be guarding.
* NatureHero: The AntiHero kind in ''Film/TheWolverine''. Specifically, he beat the shit out of the hunter who killed his bear friend/companion.
* NighInvulnerability
* OlderThanTheyLook[=/=]Really700YearsOld: All because of his Super Healing Factor. He was born in 1832, but as of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he still physically appears to be a buff as hell early forties. His powers constantly rejuvenate his cellular integrity rendering him seemingly ageless. He's not by any means immortal, he just ages at an incredibly slow rate.
* OneManArmy: He'll take down as many people as possible.
* PapaWolf: Towards Rogue and the children at the school.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Rogue.
* RatedMForManly: Cigar-chomping bearded badass who the chicks love. Pure macho!
* RunningGag:
** Thanks to his recurring nightmares of his DarkAndTroubledPast, it's a bad idea to share a bed with him or to be near him when he's unconscious. [[Film/XMen1 Rogue]], [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine Silverfox]], [[Film/TheWolverine a veterinarian (student), and, very nearly, Mariko,]] learn this lesson the hard way. Surprisingly enough Mariko seems completely unperturbed by almost being impaled and CONTINUES SLEEPING WITH HIM!
*** [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Later]], [[spoiler: Shadowcat]] learns it the hard way. Not for sleeping with him, just for being too close during one of his episodes.
** His discomfort when it comes to flying plays out across the various films.
** Likely unintentional, but whenever he tries to confront Magneto, he ends up being thrown through the air.
* ScreamingWarrior: Usually lets out a battle cry when taking down foes.
* ShellShockedVeteran: It's demonstrated in ''Film/XMen1''. Surprising a sleeping PTSD vet is a bad idea. Especially when he's got adamantium-coated bone claws.
* SleevesAreForWimps: Is often seen wearing a tank top.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: At 6'2", his snarkiness is as tall, if not taller, than his height.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: There is his awakening in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' when he stabs his father's killer to death.
* WelcomeEpisode: ''Film/XMen1''.
* WolverineClaws: [[TropeNamer Obviously]]. Both bone and adamantium versions.
** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', his weapons of choice are still the metal claws that pop out of his hands.
[[/folder]]

!!Notable Students

[[folder:Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue]]
!!!Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"The first boy I ever kissed ended up in a coma for three weeks. I can still feel him inside my head."'']]
->'''Played By''': Creator/AnnaPaquin
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | [[spoiler:Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast]]''

A girl who can absorb any person's memories and abilities by touching them. As she cannot control this absorbing ability, Rogue can easily kill anyone and thus is unable to be close to people.
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* TheArtifact: There was really no point in keeping her around after the [[Film/XMen1 first movie]] (when Magneto needed her to power his machine). The only useful thing she did after that was stop Pyro's rampage, as lampshaded by Website/TheEditingRoom (though she also drives the X-Jet to get the members back -- nearly crashing the thing, but that's a detail).
* BlessedWithSuck: Her superpower doesn't allow her to touch the ones she loves.
* BroughtDownToNormal: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', [[spoiler:she willingly takes the cure for mutants, although the film's final scene where Magneto slowly regains his power proves that the cure is not permanent]].
** There is an alternate scene where [[spoiler:Rogue doesn't take the serum]].
* CantHaveSexEver: Or even kiss someone ever. It tends to be hazardous to their health.
** In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', multiple characters point out the inherent problems faced by Iceman and Rogue.
* CompositeCharacter: In regards to the animated series, Movie!Rogue is a mix of Rogue and Jubilee.
* DamselInDistress: In ''Film/XMen1'' she was kidnapped by Magneto for his machine.
* DemotedToExtra:
** She had fairly large parts in [[Film/XMen1 the first]] and [[Film/X2XMenUnited second movies]], but her storyline in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' remotes to her being jealous of Bobby and Kitty and [[spoiler:taking an apparent cure]]. Part of it was also because Creator/HalleBerry didn't like Storm's comparatively smaller role and demanded a larger part. But objectively speaking they both were shafted.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she only appears in a non-speaking cameo and doesn't even get a close-up. This is because all her other scenes were cut out and will be put on the DVD release.
* FirstGrayHair: In ''Film/XMen1'' she gets her Skunk Stripe not from age, but [[LockedIntoStrangeness as a result of being used to power Magneto's machine]]. She is asked whether she's considered dyeing it, but replies that she actually thinks it looks kind of cool, and wears it like a battle scar.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: This is why in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', [[spoiler:she decides to take the cure; however, one alternate ending shows her not taking it, and holding hands with Bobby wearing gloves]].
* InformedAbility: ''Film/XMen1'' talks about but never shows the mental aspect of her power where she picks up memories and personality fragments from a person she touches in addition to the person's strength/ability. In a scene near the end, Jean says she picked up some of Logan's personality traits but they're gone by the next scene. In the later films, she seems to gain some measure of control over her powers, which might explain why she doesn't fear losing her mind anymore.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: She gets her white streak because of Magneto's attempted power-transfer toward the end of [[Film/XMen1 the first film]].
* PowerParasite: Her power involves sapping life energy and powers from those she comes into contact with. [[BlessedWithSuck Whether she wants to or not.]]
* PragmaticAdaptation: Rogue is unable to fly, has no fighting/combat abilities, and does not have super strength or invulnerability. This is because, unlike in the comic books, she has none of the abilities that she aquired from Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers).
* TheRunaway: In ''Film/XMen1'', she runs away from home after her power manifests itself while kissing her boyfriend, causing him to have a seizure and fall into a coma for three weeks.
* SkunkStripe: In ''Film/XMen1'', she acquires her signature white hair streak after her near-death experience in Magneto's apparatus. She decides it looks good enough to keep.
* VampiricDraining: Through touch.
* WelcomeEpisode: ''Film/XMen1''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Robert "Bobby" Drake / Iceman]]
!!!Robert "Bobby" Drake / Iceman
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->'''Played By''': Shawn Ashmore
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A student at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters who takes a liking to Rogue. He can change temperatures to subzero degrees and use the moisture in the air to create ice.
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* AdaptationalHeroism[=/=]NiceGuy: The movie version is much sweeter and more mature than his comic book counterpart's JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]ManChild persona.
* {{Badass}}: We finally get to see it in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* BadassBeard: He sports one in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Shawn Ashmore has said in interviews that it signifies his character's maturity.
* ChickMagnet: Rogue, Shadowcat...
* DieOrFly: His [[spoiler: mutation turning him into AnIcePerson]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
%% * TheHeart
* AnIcePerson: Uses his mutant ability to create ice.
* ImMelting[=/=]TorsoWithAView: By [[spoiler: ''three'' Sentinels in the climax of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives[=/=]OffWithHisHead: By a [[spoiler:Sentinel during the first battle of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Two {{Cosmic Retcon}}s later, he's back alive.]]
* MeaningfulLook: He shares one with Kitty as they cross paths during their battle against the Sentinels, and this may allude to them being in a relationship.
* MundaneUtility: In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', when Logan wants a cold drink, he gives a Dr Pepper to Bobby, who uses his powers to chill the drink.
* PrettyBoy: His dainty facial features quickly communicate to the audience that he's a good-hearted person. This is especially true in the first movie, where he was only a minor character, but viewers were able to tell right away that "the cute guy" is sincere when trying to befriend Rogue. Moroever, being forced to abandon his family in the second film is more painful when his expression is very much like a puppy dog who has just been kicked.
* SiblingRivalry: Implied, since his brother Ronnie calls the cops claiming that Iceman and the others are holding his family hostage soon after finding out he is a mutant.
* TookALevelInBadass: ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' and ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' have him upgrading from student to X-Men. In the climatic battle of ''The Last Stand'', he finally goes into his full ice form. By the time of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he has taken several more levels, including the debut of the iconic ice slide from the comics.
* WellDoneSonGuy: As his visit to his parents shows.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Pyro were friends in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', but are adversaries in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After Stryker's raid on the school in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', they stopped by his house in hopes of regrouping, which in the process revealed his mutant abilities to his parents. His ''own brother'' calls the police on the group despite them coming with no ill intentions. After Pyro stupidly attacks the police in the standoff that follows, he's forced to flee with the others knowing he can never come back.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Katherine "Kitty" Pryde / Shadowcat]]
!!!Katherine "Kitty" Pryde / Shadowcat
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->'''Played By''': Creator/EllenPage, Sumela Kay & Katie Stuart
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A mutant with the power of 'phasing' (meaning she can make her body insubstantial and travel through solid objects). She later somehow develops Mental Time Travel powers in between the events of ''The Last Stand'' and ''Days of Future Past''.
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* AscendedExtra: She has cameos in the [[Film/XMen1 first]] [[Film/X2XMenUnited two]] films, and then a more major role in the [[Film/XMenTheLastStand third]] and [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast fifth]] (seventh if you include the Wolverine movies) films.
%% * {{Badass}}
* BadassAdorable: She totally pwned [[Film/XMenTheLastStand The Juggernaut]], [[MemeticMutation bitch]]!
* CompositeCharacter: Rachel Summers's role in [[Comicbook/DaysOfFuturePast the original comic]] is given to her in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
* CuteBruiser: This cutie even made ''The Juggernaut'' her bitch!
* DeadlyDodging: Used against Juggernaut in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', as she tricks him into crashing into a wall behind her; due to their powers being temporarily nullified by Leech, he's promptly knocked out.
* {{Determinator}}: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she must keep the link open, is at one point stabbed by Logan when his present body reacts violently to mental trauma in the past. And due to how time runs concurrently in the past and present, it's implied that it takes a few days before Logan and co. can properly stop Mystique, which means that she is slowly bleeding out and can't sleep for that period.
* FanservicePack: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' while wearing her X-Men uniform.
* FragileSpeedster: Has to rely on dodging and IndyPloy to take out her opponents.
* IndyPloy: To take down Juggernaut, Shadowcat goads him into charging at her and Leech. Leech's power nullifies the Juggernaut's, and when he slams into the wall he gets knocked out.
* [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]: Her mutation allows her to do this.
* LittleMissBadass: She made the Juggernaut her bitch!
* MeaningfulLook: She shares one with Bobby as they cross paths during their battle against the Sentinels, and this may allude to them being in a relationship.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she now somehow has the ability to send people's consciousnesses back through time.
* OfficialCouple: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', she seems to have become one with Bobby. [[spoiler:In the new timeline, that seems to have been erased and she is presumably one with Colossus, as Bobby is with Rogue again.]]
* PintSizePowerhouse: In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', she totally owned the [[MightyGlacier Juggernaut]], [[MemeticMutation bitch]].[[note]]although admittedly, that was due more to cleverness than physical force[[/note]]
* PlayingGertrude: Somewhat. The viral website states the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' occurred in 2006 when Kitty appeared to be, at the most, in her mid-teens. The BadFuture is said to occur in or very close to 2023, putting Kitty in her early 30s even though the films were released just 8 years apart and Creator/EllenPage was 26 during filming.
* ShesAllGrownUp: Bobby Drake has certainly noticed that she's grown into EllenPage. [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140523084231/marveldatabase/images/0/08/Katherine_Pryde-DoFP.jpg Even more so]] in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Piotr Rasputin / Colossus]]
!!!Piotr Rasputin / Colossus
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->'''Played By''': Daniel Cudmore
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited | Film/XMenTheLastStand | Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A mutant can transform his skin into an organic steel, granting superhuman strength and a resistance to damage and temperature.
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* {{Badass}}: Easily trounces highly trained military operatives during ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' and takes down numerous mutants during the battle at the end of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. In the BadFuture of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he takes down several Sentinels.
* TheBigGuy: He is the strongest member of the X-Men and his power revolves around hitting hard and shrugging off blows that could take out most other mutants.
* FastBallSpecial:
** [[TropeNamer Naturally]]. He pulls this off with Wolverine as the fastball.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', ''he's'' the fastball. Blink throws him at the Sentinels by using her portals (first, he goes through one where the other end is high in the air; then, right before he hits the ground, she opens another one with the other end behind a Sentinel).
* GentleGiant: Is on the good guys' side.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he [[spoiler: is torn in half by a pair of Future Sentinels.]]
* {{Hunk}}: He's the largest of the X-Men and ''quite'' good-looking.
* MadeOfIron: ''[[ExtraOreDinary Literally]]'', which allows him to take more punishment than any other member of the team.
* MrFanservice: Spends most of his screen time in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' running around shirtless, and his uniform in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' lacks sleeves to show off his physique.
* TheQuietOne:
** He has only one line in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', despite his larger role.
** In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he has his largest role yet, but his speaking part only consists of a single word.
* PermaShave: In 2023, he has very little facial hair despite living in a post-apocalyptic world where mutants are being hunted down by Sentinels.
* SleevesAreForWimps: His uniform in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' is sleeveless, showing off his muscles and more of his transformation when using his power.
* SuperStrength: Even when not transformed, he can still [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121202165844/x-men-movies-canon/images/6/69/Colossus_X_-Men_Last_Stand_004.jpg carry around a massive TV]] as if it weighed nothing.
%% * TallDarkAndHandsome
[[/folder]]

[[folder:John Allerdyce / Pyro]]
A friend of Bobby and Rogue, Pyro has anti-social tendencies because he is very angry at humans for how they treat the mutant community. He has the ability to control (although not create) fire. Magneto tells him that "You are a god amongst insects; never let anyone tell you any different."

For more about him, see Characters/{{X-Men Film Series Brotherhood}}.
[[/folder]]

!!Other Allies

[[folder:Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler]]
!!!Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler
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[[caption-width-right:300:"Most people will never believe in ''anything'' beyond what they see with their own two eyes."]]
->'''Played By''': Creator/AlanCumming
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/X2XMenUnited''

A kindly German mutant with a strong Catholic faith, yet ironically he has the appearance of a blue demon. Nightcrawler was used by Stryker in an assassination attempt on the President of the United States and gives help to the X-Men. He is capable of teleporting himself (and others) instantly from one location to another. On his body are many scarification marks, one for every sin.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Loves to give (often interrupted) long-winded introduction speeches, playfully spies on secret meetings, and awkwardly flirts with Storm.
* {{Badass}}: Tears through the White House and beats the Secret Service like they stole something.
* BadassLongcoat: wears this in most of ''X2''.
* {{Brainwashing}}: By Stryker.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He was a major character and love interest for Storm in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', but didn't even appear in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' because actor Alan Cumming found the make-up and prosthetic process grueling and refused to return to it without Creator/BryanSinger. Cumming can be seen in the behind-the-scenes footage for ''X2'' already stating that he never wants to go through the ordeal again. The video game based on the films which takes place between the two movies explains that he, a peaceful man, went abroad to distance himself from the X-Men's violent lifestyle.
* CoveredInScars: He is covered, from his pointy ears to all four of his toes, in rather artistic-looking raised scars. They're self-inflicted; apparently, he felt the need to punish himself for... something. He seems to be a bit of a [[ExtremeDoormat harmless milksop]], so it's somewhat baffling and/or depressing to think about what he could possibly have to feel so guilty about. It could be related to the fact he's a devout Catholic.
* DarkIsNotEvil: As the description states, he looks like a dark blue demon but is strongly religious and helps the good guys.
* LightningBruiser: Even faster as he teleports.
* TheMagnificent: The Incredible Nightcrawler. He hasn't particularly let it go to his head, possibly because he gained the title as a circus acrobat, but he'll still drop it in occasionally.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Played with. He had a mouthful of fangs that were something between humanlike and sharklike, rather than merely pointed eyeteeth as in the comics. Fortunately he's a pretty cool guy [[spoiler:when he's not under mind control]].
%% * NiceGuy
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The only character to avert this.
* OneOfTheKids: In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', he was excluded from the planning session along with the younger X-Men.
* PutOnABus:
** He didn't appear in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', with no explanation given. (The in-universe explanation appears in ''X-Men: The Official Game'' where Nightcrawler leaves due to the X-Men's missions clashing with his peaceful nature; The real life one was Alan Cumming refusing to return without Creator/BryanSinger, especially since he was not fond of the torturous makeup sessions. In one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes, he readily admits that he doesn't think he could come back and go through it again.)
** Originally he was to appear in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', but it was cut out as Creator/BryanSinger felt there were too many mutants already.
* RealMenLoveJesus: Is a devout Catholic who questions if his demonic appearance is a curse from God for some misdeeds that he must atone for, to the point of tattooing crosses and such.
* ReligiousBruiser: Even reaches TheAtoner levels.
* RunningGag: In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', every time he meets someone new, he ''has'' to introduce himself with a long speech... and gets cut off nearly every time.
* SelfHarm: Implicitly where all those scars came from.
* ShipTease: with Storm in ''X2''.
* TeleportSpam: His attack on the White House in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', where he's kicking, throwing, punching, and just beating the crap out of every agent from every angle, with the last one in glorious slow motion.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Given his religiousness...
* TokenReligiousTeammate: he is a devout Catholic.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And skin!
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Peter Maximoff / Quicksilver]]
!!!Peter Maximoff / ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Prison break?[[SarcasmMode ...that's illegal y'know]]"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Evan Peters
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast | Film/XMenApocalypse''

A speedster who Logan knew in the future, and who the team recruits in the past to break Magneto out of prison.
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* SeventiesHair: His glam mop upset many fans in promotional materials, but it fits in with the era perfectly. Note the length and the silver sideburns.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Quicksilver is often an outright ''jerk'' (often intentionally), here he's more of a merry mischief-maker. While acknowledging the below AdaptationalVillainy, he is still more heroic than most adaptations portray him and while he can easily make it out on his own once the breakout goes bust, he instead goes out of his way to save Logan, Charles and Magneto, even though he already broke the latter out of his prison by technicality. He also clearly is not impressed by the idea that he helped break out the person suspected of killing JFK once he finds out, [[spoiler: and is especially shown to be horrified by Magneto's "demonstration" in the climax.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, he may be a world-class asshole and suffer from HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, but he is well-meaning at the core and can be counted on to do the right thing. Here, he's just a bored teenager with a kleptomaniac streak who doesn't really care about being a productive member of society and who has to have the breakout sold to him as an opportunity to raise hell, as it's clear that he probably wouldn't have done it of his own volition otherwise.
* AdaptationNameChange: His real name is changed from "Pietro Maximoff" to the more Americanized "Peter Maximoff".
** Presumably, this is due to the fact that the film version of Quicksilver was raised in the U.S., while his comic counterpart grew up in Eastern Europe. A supplementary website, 25 Moments, still refers to him as Pietro and so does the Italian dub.
** There's also the fact that Quicksilver is set to appear in ''Film/TheAvengersAgeOfUltron'' - that one confirmed to use the name Pietro.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Is seen playing with his little sister. He's even willing to sit down and watch television with her, which is heartwarming considering how hyperactive the guy is.
* CivvieSpandex: He does not wear a costume, but instead has a "cool jacket" and a pair of goggles.
* CompositeCharacter: He looks and acts like his comic-counterpart's nephew, [[YoungAvengers Speed]], and even wears a similar pair of goggles.
* [[CoolShades Cool]] [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual Goggles]]: [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140523085102/marveldatabase/images/5/52/Peter_Maximoff_%28Earth-10005%29.jpg Yup]]. Used to overcome anything that can impair his sight while in super speed.
* DeadpanSnarker: Basically, every line out of his mouth is a wisecrack.
* DeusExitMachina: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', [[spoiler:he EASILY takes out the guards in Magneto's prison, and is faster than anybody, even two powerful mutants--and one with enhanced senses--can react. Combining him with Xavier in locating either Trask or Mystique would've wrapped the plot up in far shorter time and at least half the damage. So naturally, he's out of the story once the break-out scene is over, save for a cameo near the end. {{Justified}} in that he only worked with the mutants because of the opportunity to pull off the heist of a lifetime (and Charles probably didn't want to drag more young people into this war after what happened to his students).]]
* DisappearedDad: [[WordOfSaintPaul Michael Fassbender]] says that Quicksilver ''is'' Erik's son, and comments from him about his mother knowing a guy who could control metal hints that he was probably the result of a one-night stand or a brief fling. [[WordOfGod Simon Kinberg]] confirms their [[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=108298 familial relation]].
* GadgeteerGenius: He mods a {{VideoGame/Pong}} arcade cabinet to run significantly faster than normal.
* GenkiGuy: Because of his accelerated perception of time, Quicksilver seems to get bored easily. Xavier calls him a pain in the ass because he refuses to stay still, running circles around his guests and generally amusing himself at their expense.
* ItAmusedMe: He helps the team just because he'll get to break into the most secure prison on Earth.
* LightningBruiser: So fast that time effectively stands still for him when he's moving, and hits with the kind of force that you'd expect from something moving at those speeds.
* MotorMouth: Talks as fast as he...just about everything else. And good luck shutting him up.
* MysticalWhiteHair: Well, silver hair. And while he is fond of breaking the law, he's not much of a WhiteHairBlackHeart like in the comics.
* RefugeInAudacity: Blatantly uses his super speed when he first meets Beast, Wolverine, and Professor X because he knows no one would believe what they said about him. It's implied this is how he gets away with everything he does.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers:
** He has no problems moving at super-speeds himself (in fact, he's most comfortable that way as everything around him moves too slowly). However when he runs Magneto past a hallway full of guards during their escape from the Pentagon, he specifically supports Erik's head and neck to protect him from whiplash during the sudden acceleration, while afterwards Erik is visibly nauseous.
** He can also hit people harder with much less force while in superspeed. He barely touches guards in superspeed, and that causes blows hard enough to render them unconscious.
* StickyFingers: His basement is full of stolen goods such as several [=TVs=], a Pong arcade machine and an entire shelf of junk food. His mother, upon opening the door, assumes Wolverine and co. are cops and simply offers to cut a check for whatever he stole.
* StoryBreakerPower: He gets PutOnABus after the Pentagon raid because, as that raid shows, he is ''downright unstoppable''. While moving at SuperSpeed, simply tapping a person is the practical equivalent of getting hit by a heavyweight boxer, and he can take out an entire room of armed guards so quickly that their bullets weren't even able to reach the people they had shot at when he started.
* SweetTooth: He is seen eating what appears to be a Popsicle and there's boxes of snack cakes from what he stole. During the Pentagon raid, he takes a moment to taste a sauce that was flung airborne by Magneto.
* SuperSpeed: His superpower. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he has one scene where he does a TimeStop while Jim Croce plays.
** BulletTime: How he sees the world when he runs.
** FlashStep: Uses this a lot.
** MundaneUtility: He uses his speed to play pingpong with himself.
%% * TricksterArchetype
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: He uses his super-speed for shits, giggles, and petty larceny.
[[/folder]]

!Free Mutants

The Free Mutants were a global network of mutant resistance founded by Lucas Bishop in 2018 in response to increased attacks on mutants by Trask Industries and their Sentinels, machines created explicitly for the purpose of hunting down and killing mutants. They allied with X-Men in the BadFuture section of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.

By 2023, their membership had dwindled down to only a handful of members, only managing to "survive" Sentinel attacks by Kitty Pryde sending Bishop's mind briefly into the past and warn the Free Mutants of the incoming attack early enough for there to be enough time to escape.

[[folder:Lucas Bishop / Bishop]]
!!Lucas Bishop / Bishop
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-->'''Played by:''' Omar Sy
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A large and powerful mutant with energy absorption and redirection powers and founder of the underground "Free Mutants" movement.
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* {{Badass}}
* {{BFG}}: He wields one which he charges with his powers. On closer inspection, it appears to be ''connected to his circulatory system''.
* DreadlockWarrior: An extremely impressive and long variety.
* EnergyAbsorption: His mutant ability allows him to absorb any form of energy and redirect it, which he uses to charge his gun.
* MarkOfShame: An "M" for Mutant above his eyebrow.
* PhlebotinumOverload: In one iteration of reality, he blows up after absorbing too much energy from three Sentinels' beams.
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* TakingYouWithMe: Implied while reaching critical mass when he rises to his feet and reaches outward, directing his explosion towards the three Sentinels that 'killed' him.
* VolcanicVeins: When using his mutant ability.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Clarice Ferguson / Blink]]
!!Clarice Ferguson / Blink
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-->'''Played by:''' Fan Bingbing
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A young mutant with teleportation powers; she's able to generate a series of connected portals that anyone can pass through.
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* ActionGirl: Her powers make her extremely effective in fighting the Sentinels, both in taking them out herself and assisting the others in fighting them.
%%* BadassAdorable
* BraidsOfAction: She wears her hair in a long fishtail braid (see image).
* EarlyBirdCameo: WordOfGod is she'll be in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' as well; which [[Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse makes sense.]]
* EmeraldPower: She has an eye-only example (a kinda realistic version of [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090310202912/marveldatabase/images/thumb/0/06/Clarice_Ferguson_%28Earth-295%29.png/250px-Clarice_Ferguson_%28Earth-295%29.png her comics counterpart's]] [[MonochromaticEyes fully-green eyes]] - the shade is still unusual, and [[PowerGlows her eyes glow]]).
* FacialMarkings: Has tattoos around her eyes.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Twice by Sentinels, thanks to the ResetButton. She got it three times in succession the second time.]]
* MulticoloredHair: She has dark hair with purple streaks.
* PointyEars: Although why the ability to create portals would also give her pointy ears isn't known. It could be just a peculiar side-effect of having Teleport Spam abilities since Nightcrawler and Azazel also have them.
%%* RoseHairedSweetie
* SameLanguageDub: All of her lines are dubbed by an uncredited actress. This may be due to Fan Bingbing possibly having difficulty with English.
* SkywardScream: She lets out a small cry towards the heavens after [[spoiler:being stabbed by three Sentinels]].
* TeleportSpam: Her main tactic in fight scenes in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Opening portals in the paths of projectiles, BeamSpam, and even blades to make Sentinels injure each other or themselves.
* ThinkingUpPortals: Can create portals, which she uses rather liberally. Tellingly, she was the last frontline defender to die in the final battle, and the Sentinels were only able to beat her through sheer number.
* [[WhatBeautifulEyes What Beautiful]] GreenEyes: And a weird aqua at that, complete with SicklyGreenGlow.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roberto da Costa / Sunspot]]
!! Roberto da Costa / Sunspot
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-->'''Played by:''' Adan Canto
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A young mutant with fire powers.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Gets his arm chopped off in the final battle. He lost pretty quickly after that.
* PermaStubble: Sunspot sports a 5 o'clock shadow.
* ThePowerOfTheSun[=/=]PlayingWithFire: His mutant ability.
* RaceLift: Afro-Brazilian in the comics but is played by a white Mexican here.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:James Proudstar / Warpath]]
!! James Proudstar / Warpath
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--> '''Played by:''' Booboo Stewart
-->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

A young mutant with greatly enhanced senses. He acts as the group's scout, warning of coming Sentinels.
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* {{Badass}}
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Gets his goddamn ''[[FacialHorror face burned off]]''. ''Slowly''. It's easily the most brutal Sentinel-related death.
* KnifeNut: Wields two knives.
* PermaShave: He has very little facial hair despite living in a post-apocalyptic world where mutants are being hunted down by Sentinels.
* SuperSenses: His mutant ability.
[[/folder]]
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