History SelfDemonstrating / Magneto

** In [[WesternAnimation/XMen the 90s cartoon series]], I was stripped of my status as a Holocaust survivor, as World War II and the Nazis were not allowed due to the insipid "moral code" of human animation producers. Instead, I was given a background as a boy from a [[{{Ruritania}} more generic Eastern European country]] which was invaded and conquered in a more recent armed conflict, with my parents being killed during the invasion. Though not quite as horrific as the Holocaust, it still convinced me that using reason in the face of violence was a foolish gambit, and that humanity was far too brutal and warlike to make coexistence a possibility.

** Though in media such as [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries those]] [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution animated]] [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXmen cartoons]] and the films, I limit myself. Realistically, I should be able to: turn invisible (due to visible light being a type of electromagnetic radiation), [[IntangibleMan phase shift]] (electromagnetism is what keeps solid objects from passing through one another and thus I could deactivate this and walk through walls or [[UpToEleven go beyond that]] and become completely invincible), unleash any kind of laser blasts at my foes (once again, light is electromagnetic radiation, as is everything on [[http://www.scienceprog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/electromagnetic_spectrum.jpg this chart]]), and even create optical illusions via, again, manipulation of light.

See {{YMMV.Magneto}} for more.

* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: During [[WebAnimation/DeathBattle a visit to Japan]], I found myself locked in combat with an arrogant yet powerful youth by the name of [[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Tetsuo Shima.]] [[spoiler:Despite his impudence, I nonetheless took it upon myself to put the troubled boy out to his misery.]]

* AdultFear: Before I became Magneto, my wife Magda and I tried to live an ordinary live with our daughter Anya. That changed when she burned to death in a fire, right in front of my very eyes, as humans prevented us from doing anything to save her. They did not have long to ''regret'' that decision.

** Though in media such as [[WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}} those]] [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution animated]] [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXmen cartoons]] and the films, I limit myself. Realistically, I should be able to: turn invisible (due to visible light being a type of electromagnetic radiation), [[IntangibleMan phase shift]] (electromagnetism is what keeps solid objects from passing through one another and thus I could deactivate this and walk through walls or [[UpToEleven go beyond that]] and become completely invincible), unleash any kind of laser blasts at my foes (once again, light is electromagnetic radiation, as is everything on [[http://www.scienceprog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/electromagnetic_spectrum.jpg this chart]]), and even create optical illusions via, again, manipulation of light.

* SuperpowerLottery: Long story short, I have total control over one of the four fundamental forces of the universe. This doesn't put me in spitting distance of strongest mutant, but I'm far away stronger than most others.

* EvilPlan: My methods can be rather... extreme, I will admit, but in truth I should be ''lauded'' for my efforts to prevent mutant genocide. Only a homo sapien would consider creating a utopia for them instead to be evil.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: A character-personified version, with Charles on the admirable but foolish Idealism end and myself vice versa. Although really, it is more what you call "realism" than mindless pessimism. Look at the history of the ''homo sapien'' race and score its track record of tolerance. Look at how many villains are human or mutant. Given these facts, peaceful coexistence is not reasonable.

* VisionaryVillain: No matter how vile they may be, my every act is a stone in the foundations of a world where mutants do not live in fear of ''homo sapien'' oppression.

** There's also Richard Green from the second ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' and the first ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' game.
** Similarly, Creator/FredTatasciore gave this to me in ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'', ''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'', and the second ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' game.

* TragicVillain: Had I not been persecuted so horrendously in my youth for the "crime" of being Jewish (and a mutant), would I have turned out to be a different person? Would I be the man Charles always hoped he could help me become? Perhaps. In a better world, where mutants and humans do not wage war and accept each other as they are, I like to believe I would be. I'd still be with my beloved Magda and our children, living peacefully. Regrettably, we don't live in that world... and I may never know such bliss, for humans stole it from me long ago.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: My life before I became Magneto was riddled with suffering and loss... most of which was bought on at the hands of you barbaric homo sapiens! I've suffered tremendous heartbreak and pain through enduring [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the horrors of the German conflict]] and the [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust loss of innocents, my family included, at the hands of brutal, soulless "men" JustFollowingOrders.]] From then, my suffering never seemed to truly cease, from the loss of my first wife and daughter to the constant conflicts I've been waging in the name of my fellow mutants. Humans did this to me... and they ''continue'' to show why they are unworthy of living in my utopia.

If I live by any creed, it is this: '''[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Never. Again.]]'''

* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Marvel were planning to have a major battle between me and Wolverine, when Creator/PeterDavid realized that [[ComicBook/FatalAttractions I could just rip his skeleton out and be done with him]].

** When I was de-aged by Alpha, Charles and that woman ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert did this to me. ''How dare they! How '''dare''' they play God with my mind, claiming it was for some greater good!'' ... As it transpired, it hadn't actually worked at all.

* HollywoodEvolution: The X gene is not just the next step in the evolution of the hominid genus, it is the adaptation that finally allows multicellular life on this planet to free itself from the parasitic bacterial colony commonly known as "Sublime". Instead of celebrating our emergence you homo sapiens slander us as corruptions of your genome by hostile Celestials, playing right into your puppet master's flagella. Thankfully the X gene tends to bestow the those who inherit with more gifts than mere immunity, ensuring mutants will ultimately triumph over both our microscopic and macrospic foes.

** Many would also attempt to remember that ridiculous period in which I, after [[TheMole posing as Xorn]], he conquered Manhattan Island and turned it into, more or less, a concentration camp for humans, complete with gas chambers and/or crematoriums. Even with one of my own likening the imitator's actions to UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Of course, that never REALLY happened, [[RetCon and was attributed]] to my addiction to the mutant-power-boosting drug "Kick". Then they tried to claim the drug was actually a sentient virus. What [[ContinuitySnarl REALLY REALLY happened]] was when Wolverine decapitated the thing, revealing its TRUE identity as the REAL Xorn's EvilTwin, imitating me imitating Xorn! [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall That one human wearing the hat and gluing himself to that settee]] has a point when he notes how other, gloriously incompetent humans wonder why new readers can't get into comics. I certainly can't after this mess.

* TopOneHundredComicBookVillains: Making number one was a rather dubious honor... Still, if it was meant as a compliment, who am I to argue?

''(The following should be read in the voice of Creator/IanMcKellen, David Hemblen, Creator/TonyJay, Creator/ChristopherJudge, or Creator/TomKane. If read in the voice of John Stephenson, all references to yourself should be in the third person, which means you can do it to the comicbook tab as well.)''

(The following should be read in the voice of Creator/IanMcKellen, David Hemblen, Creator/TonyJay, Creator/ChristopherJudge, or Creator/TomKane. If read in the voice of John Stephenson, all references to yourself should be in the third person, which means you can do it to the comicbook tab as well.)

(The above should be read in the voice of Creator/IanMcKellen, David Hemblen, Creator/TonyJay, Creator/ChristopherJudge, or Creator/TomKane. If read in the voice of John Stephenson, all references to yourself should be in the third person, which means you can do it to the comicbook tab as well.)

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even if my methods reach far into the depths of villainy as you see it, even if I almost become [[NotSoDifferent exactly like my oppressors]], I desire nothing but a world where mutants are FREE from the hand of racism dealt by man.

* NotSoDifferent: Many had tried this on me, but none had enraged me as much as when that disgusting Nazi Red Skull did this. I paid him back in kind.

Despite my resentment towards humans, I admit that some of them have portrayed me in a clever way in the films. The actors that played me are Creator/IanMcKellen and Creator/MichaelFassbender. My voice was also given by John Stephenson, Creator/DavidHemblen, [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution Christopher Judge]], [[VideoGame/XMenLegends Tony Jay, Richard Green]], [[VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance John DiMaggio]], and [[WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen Tom]] [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom Kane]].

** While I renounce ''Homo sapiens''[='=] limited labels of morality, my counterpart in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' was willing to allow Sentinels free reign of Genosha, killing my fellow mutants en masse, simply so that the remainder would be more willing to wage war, something that goes against everything I have ever struggled for.

** And Tom Kane lent his talents to me in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

** [[spoiler:My incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' is certainly this trope. In the approaching conflict with the anti-mutant faction in America, when warned that the war would lead to a BadFuture [[ItMakesSenseInContext where civilization is destroyed by the Phoenix Force and the Sentinels reign supreme]] with humans and mutants alike trampled underfoot, he crossed the line by using Sentinels to attack Genosha to provoke the war, feeling it would be best if he controlled both sides, even though he killed numerous innocent mutants in the process.]]

** First of all, there is the gift of {{Flight}}, and my ability to stay well out of reach of brutish attackers like the brash [[Franchise/{{Wolverine}} Logan]].

** In the 1990s animated series, David Hemblem gave the proper gravitas and weight to my words. May he rest in peace as well.

** In the 1990s animated series, David Hemblem gave the proper gravitas and weight to my words.