* TheWoobie: while all the X-Men and even their enemies have had their ups and downs (just ask Nightcrawler) the origin episode ''Breakdown'' goes to great lengths to portray Cyclops as having had a particularly crappy life - lost his parents in a plane crash an early age, separated from his brother, stuck in a coma for two years (in this show's continuity), victim of bullying and physical abuse at the group home he was placed in, mocked and ridiculed by his first class teammates for being clumsy, nearly punked to death by Magneto, cast aside by his mentor and foster father Xavier, left to waste away in misery by the teammates who were supposedly his friends, and even having his own girlfriend Jean Grey turn against him when he got mad and sucker punched Wolverine for hitting on her (true she got back together with him at the end but even that was implied to be a loss rather than a gain on his part). And yet despite all of that he ''STILL'' comes across as an unsympathetic character.
** Granted, the X-Men often act like they don't care about him so that's not helping.

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* TheWoobie: while all the X-Men and even their enemies have had their ups and downs (just ask Nightcrawler) the origin episode ''Breakdown'' goes to great lengths to portray Cyclops as having had a particularly crappy life - lost his parents in a plane crash an early age, separated from his brother, stuck in a coma for two years (in this show's continuity), victim of bullying and physical abuse at the group home he was placed in, mocked and ridiculed by his first class teammates for being clumsy, nearly punked to death by Magneto, cast aside by his mentor and foster father Xavier, left to waste away in misery by the teammates who were supposedly his friends, and even having his own girlfriend Jean Grey turn against him when he got mad and sucker punched Wolverine for hitting on her (true she got back together with him at the end but even that was implied to be a loss rather than a gain on his part). And yet despite all of that he ''STILL'' comes across as an unsympathetic character. Granted, the X-Men often act like they don't care about him so that's not helping.

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* DesignatedVillain: Weirdly enough, Cyclops seems to qualify for this as well. The flashbacks of ''Breakdown'' reveal that when Wolverine first arrived at the Xavier Institute he hit on Jean Grey almost immediately with no regard for whether or not she was in already in a relationship, and then proceeds to mock and taunt Cyclops, which then leads to Cyclops blasting him repeatedly until Jean got in the way and chastised him, saying Wolverine wouldn't fight back because he promised her he wouldn't fight Cyclops. Now sucker blasting Wolverine when the clawed one wouldn't fight back - and apparently when he'd only been there for like a night - doesn't portray Cyclops in the best light, but ''Wolverine'' was the one who went after Jean, acting like a horny biker guy more interested in a hot one night stand than in anything resembling true love, ''AND'' it was Wolverine who was clearly goading Cyclops into fight. The look in his eyes, the tone of his voice, Wolverine was clearly daring Cyclops to take a swing at him, probably figuring he was all bark and no bite (which turned out to be hilariously wrong) so... how exactly is Cyclops the bad guy here?

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* DesignatedVillain: Weirdly enough, Cyclops seems to qualify for this as well. The flashbacks of ''Breakdown'' reveal that when Wolverine first arrived at the Xavier Institute he hit on Jean Grey almost immediately with no regard for whether or not she was in already in a relationship, and then proceeds to mock and taunt Cyclops, which then leads to Cyclops blasting him repeatedly until Jean got in the way and chastised him, saying Wolverine wouldn't fight back because he promised her he wouldn't fight Cyclops. Now sucker blasting Wolverine when the clawed one wouldn't fight back - and apparently when he'd only been there for like a night - doesn't portray Cyclops in the best light, but ''Wolverine'' was the one who went after Jean, acting like a horny biker guy more interested in a hot one night stand than in anything resembling true love, ''AND'' it was Wolverine who was clearly goading Cyclops into a fight. The look in his eyes, the tone of his voice, Wolverine was clearly daring Cyclops to take a swing at him, probably figuring he was all bark and no bite (which turned out to be hilariously wrong) so... how exactly is Cyclops the bad guy here?

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