History ComicBook / AgeofApocalypse

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: As noted under "Bed Trick", it's implied during ''Legion Quest'' that an amnesiac David used his powers to pose as Charles and then sexually assault his own mother.

** A few examples: [[NiceGuy Nightcrawler]] and [[GentleGiant Colossus]] are both rude and merciless assholes and Beast is a sadistic right hand man for Mister Sinister.

* AdaptationalJerkass: Oh man! It would take a lot less time to list who hasn’t been hit by this . Magneto, Mystique and Exodus being notable inversions) Most normally heroic characters are [[GoodIsNotNice huge jerks]] or [[AdaptaionalVillainy straight up villains]] and most villains are much much worse than they are on Earth 616.

!!Tropes featured in the series:

*** The Psylocke in the ten-year revival is most likely Kwannon, the Chinese telepathic assassin who body-switched with Betsy Braddock in the main universe, who remained in possession of her original body in this reality.

** As revealed in the Blink mini-series which is a prequel to the main storyline [[spoiler: Sugarman is actually a pedophile who sexually abuses the young female prisoners in the slavecamps he supervises, including both ‘’Illyana Rasputin and Clarice Ferguson’’ . The consolation is that at least Sugarman apparently doesnt kill the girls he rapes, as both Illyana and Clarice still survived to join the X-Men) even though Sugarman was implied (later confirmed on Earth-616) to also be a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibal]] who eats his enemies alive.]]

** As revealed in the Blink mini-series which is a prequel to the main storyline [[Spoiler:Sugarman is actually a pedophile who sexually abuses the young female prisoners in the slavecamps he supervises, including both ‘’Illyana Rasputin and Clarice Ferguson’’ . The consolation is that at least Sugarman apparently doesnt kill the girls he rapes, as both Illyana and Clarice still survived to join the X-Men) even though Sugarman was implied (later confirmed on Earth-616) to ‘’also be a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibal]] who eats his enemies alive’’ as well.]]

** As revealed in the Blink mini-series which is a prequel to the main storyline [[Sugarman is actually a pedophile who sexually abuses the young female prisoners in the slavecamps he supervises, including both ‘’Illyana Rasputin and Clarice Ferguson’’ . The consolation is that at least he apparently doesnt kill the girls he rapes, as both Illyana and Clarice survived to join the X-Men) even though he was implied (later confirmed on Earth-616) to ‘’also be a [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibal]] who eats his enemies alive’’ as well.]]

* DePower: Happened to Magneto before the series proper began. He was able to damage Apocalypse's Celestial spaceship to the point that it could never fly again, but in doing so he nearly burned out his abilities, and in the present was said to only about half as powerful as he was previously.

** The Madri also count. They are also a ReligionOfEvil that worships Apocalypse.

%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

** [[spoiler:Logan (Weapon X) in the Dark Angel Saga]]

** The Infinites are genetically engineered {{Mooks}}

* ReligionOfEvil: The Madri, and the Brotherhood of Chaos. The regime itself promotes the idea of Apocalypse as a GodEmperor and PhysicalGod

* EvilAlbino: Some depictions of Northstar and Aurora.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Gateway, a mute Australian Aborigine in the mainstream universe, is quite chatty and a hell of a lot hipper, thanks to his role as an information broker.
** A case of ShownTheirWork, since mainstream Gateway is mute by choice, and has spoken before (albeit, approximately three words in total).

** The Cyclops-Wolverine fight in which Wolverine lost a hand, and Cyclops lost an eye, was much-discussed, but not shown in the original comics.
*** This incident's noodliness is actually [[InvokedTrope invoked]] when [[spoiler:Logan [[IAmNotLeftHanded uses the claws in his handless arm]] to kill TheHeavy in his series, with TheReveal that his claws were not extended when his hand was lost.]]

** Keeper [[Comicbook/Daredevil Murdock]], who serves as TheConsigliere and TheDragon to Mikhail Rasputin

* WhatIf: There were two stories that came back to this universe through the ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' title. The first one showed asked what would happen if they had to deal with Galactus, which took place after the events of the saga. The second asked what would happen if Legion was successful in killing Magneto and not accidentally killing Xavier.

In 1995, this crossover from Creator/MarvelComics among the [[Comicbook/XMen X-Titles]] began when ComicBook/{{Legion|MarvelComics}}, son of ComicBool/{{Professor X}}avier, traveled back in time to kill ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, but ended up killing his own father instead. This story, itself a minor crossover called ''Legion Quest,'' led to the main ''Age of Apocalypse'' crossover.

In 1995, this crossover from Creator/MarvelComics among the [[Comicbook/XMen X-Titles]] began when ComicBook/{{Legion|MarvelComics}}, son of Professor Xavier, traveled back in time to kill ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, but ended up killing his own father instead. This story, itself a minor crossover called ''Legion Quest,'' led to the main ''Age of Apocalypse'' crossover.

In 1995, this crossover from Creator/MarvelComics among the [[Comicbook/XMen X-Titles]] began when Legion, son of Professor Xavier, traveled back in time to kill ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, but ended up killing his own father instead. This story, itself a minor crossover called ''Legion Quest,'' led to the main ''Age of Apocalypse'' crossover.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Quite a few, including Mr. Sinister and Holocaust. And of course the titular Apocalypse.

** Keeper Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}, who serves as TheConsigliere and TheDragon to Mikhail Rasputin

TheConstant was Bishop. Hailing from an alternate future, he was already a chronal anomaly and thus unaffected by the change. He was the only one who remembered the world 'as it should be' and convinced the heroes to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, even though it would mean that their own timeline would cease to exist. It turned out that the world was doomed anyway, as both hemispheres would have been leveled by nuclear attacks. Some characters managed to escape the closing of the temporal singularity and entered normal {{Continuity}}. One who failed to make it back was the remarkably popular Blink, the second of her lamented deaths. [[DeathIsCheap Death may be cheap]], but she did not return until five years later in ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', a series about a team of characters who are all UnstuckInTime.

* CurbstompBattle: Nate Grey demonstrates his credentials in the final battle with Apocalypse by swatting the powerful Holocaust like bug. While Holocaust later gets up for a Round 2 with Nate, as in their later encounters, Holocaust is hideously outclassed.