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Professor X

Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Voiced by: Jim Ward ^{Foreign VAs}Franck Dacquin (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Charles Francis Xavier, the leader and founder of the X-Men, is a paraplegic with one of the world's most powerful mutant minds. He is a high-level telepathic mutant who can read, control and influence human minds. Also known as Professor X, his goals are to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans and to protect society from antagonistic mutants, including his old friend, Magneto. To achieve these aims, Professor X founded Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to teach mutants to explore and control their powers.

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• Arch-Enemy: As with most versions, Magneto serves as the enemy of Professor X and his X-Men. Magneto is also his rival in proposing a different dream for mutants, one of mutant supremacy. Which is against everything Xavier stands for.
• Big Good: As always, Professor X is the leader of the X-Men, principal of the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters, and the standard-bearer of the campaign for mutants and Muggles to co-exist peacefully.
• Cain and Abel: He has an evil stepbrother (Juggernaut, who is actually called Cain).
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Jim Ward's voice as Professor Xavier was inspired by the live-action version portrayed by Patrick Stewart.
• Cool Old Guy: He is a middle aged man and one of the most powerful telepaths.
• Chrome Dome Psi: As per usual for the character.
• Deus Exit Machina: He and Jean Grey suffering from comas inflicted to them from a bomb in the pilot episode during the shows run kept major plots from being resolved far too quickly with their all-powerful telepathy and telekinesis respectively.
• Evil Former Friend: As with most versions, he and Magneto used to be friends, before Magneto chose to go on the warpath and become a terrorist. However, there are some times in the show where they tend to act in a friendly manner to each other.
• Friendly Rivalry: He has this with Magneto, as with most versions.
• Gadgeteer Genius: He is responsible for the creation of technological achievements such as the mutant-tracking computer Cerebro and the Danger Room.
• Genius Cripple: While Xavier may be a paraplegic confined to using a wheelchair, he is still a very powerful telepath who is responsible for the creation of technological achievements such as the mutant-tracking computer Cerebro and the Danger Room and the formation of the X-Men.
• Good Is Not Nice: However, it's not to the same level as his comic book counterpart.
• Guile Hero: His intellect is his greatest weapon.
• Handicapped Badass: He is a very powerful mutant that is confined to a wheelchair.
• Hypocrite: Professor X could also be considered this, at least in regards towards Cyclops. He pretty much ignored Cyclops's personal problems while always putting time aside for Wolverine.
• Last of His Kind: In the Bad Future, he is the final telepathic mutant.
• The Leader: Professor X served as one of the leaders of the X-Men before he was placed in a coma.
• Manipulative Bastard: It's not to the same level as his comic book counterpart, but he is still this.
• Mind Rape: It's implied that he and Jean Grey have been doing this to Cyclops.
• Mind over Manners: Professor X is able to read, control, and influence people's minds.
• Mutant: He is one that has telepathic powers.
• Omnidisciplinary Scientist: A mild version. He is at least an expert in genetics, and a proficient inventor. He created the mutant-searching computer Cerebro and the Danger Room.
• Ominous Message from the Future: Charles gives these to Wolverine while his mind is stuck in the future so Wolverine can stop the crises from happening in the past.
• Papa Wolf: Towards his students, to a certain extent.
• Psychic Powers: Just like in the comics and most versions, he is one of the most powerful psychics in the series.
• Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Professor X seems to have it. Or does he? As a telepath in contact with people from the past he can read from their minds what he told them to avert, even when it no longer happened.
• The Rival: As per usual, Professor X is a friendly one to Magneto as a result of their differing views on whether mutantkind and mankind can live in peace or not.
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong: Professor X sends messages to the X-Men from the Bad Future, in the hope they can stop it.
• Supporting Leader: He is this to the X-Men from the apocalyptic future.
• Team Dad: The members of the X-Men view him as their father figure, especially Cyclops, Jean, and Wolverine.
• Telepathy: As always, Professor X is one of the most powerful telepaths and able to contact minds on a global scale.
• We Used to Be Friends: As per usual, Professor Xavier and Magneto were initially best friends until they broke off due to their different opinions (Charles had the opinion that mutants and humanity are not enemies while Erik believed they are with mutants poised to become the dominant force). As of now, they are currently Friendly Rivals and enemies.

Wolverine

Wolverine (James Logan Howlett)

^{Wolverine in his original suit}

Voiced by: Steve Blum ^{Foreign VAs}Erwin Grünspan (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Haunted by memories of the life that was stolen from him, Logan, also known as Wolverine, is a rebellious loner forced into being the reluctant leader of the X-Men after the disappearance of Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey. Wolverine has a rapid healing ability and indestructible adamantium metal claws capable of slicing through almost any substance known to man make him a fearsome combatant. Only with the help of the team can Wolverine hope to protect the world from its own bleak future and continue Xavier's mission of peace. He is also a member of the New Avengers in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

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• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Just like his comic book counterpart and other versions, he has pointy claws that stick out of his hands.
• The Ace: As per usual, Wolverine is the best at what he does, and what he does isn't very nice.
• Adaptational Badass: While Wolverine is already badass in the comics, this version got made into The Leader of the team and is quite efficient at it.
• Adaptational Protagonist: Whenever there is an Animated Adaptation of the comics, it is almost always about the X-Men as a team, with Professor Xavier, Cyclops, or Storm at the helm. However, the premise for this show is that the X-Men dissolve after a mysterious attack where Jean Grey and Professor Xavier disappear. Years later, it is up to Wolverine to reunite the X-Men and step up as their de facto team leader. It's even lampshaded in the title who the (new) protagonist is supposed to be.
• Amnesiac Lover: It is revealed that he is this for Mystique.
• Amusing Injuries: Wolverine's ability to heal from virtually anything has led to him often being the target of some quite slapstick-style humor that would be fatal for most anyone else, such as when Cyclops blasts him out a three story window for annoying him or the Hulk knocking him miles through the air across a forest.
• Animal-Themed Superbeing: He has a lot in common with real wolverines through the fact that they are both small in comparison to others, solitary, extremely aggressive for their size, have very keen senses of smell, and pack powerful claws. Hence the name, Wolverine.
• Anti-Hero: Of the Pragmatic Hero variety, as he will not hesitate to get dirty if he needs to. Although, it is not to the extent of the other versions due to being the leader of the X-Men.
• The Atoner: One of the reasons given for Wolverine being a hero is that after regaining his memories, he feels very guilty about all the nasty stuff he did in his past when he was associated with Weapon X.
• Archenemy: Sabertooth, as always.
• Audible Sharpness: As per usual, he has a pair of very sharp adamantium claws in his hands.
• Badass Biker: Wolverine is this in general through being a skilled Motorcycle rider.
• The Berserker: As per usual, Wolverine has this as his default fighting style through wading into battle, hacking and slashing with his claws.
• Betty and Veronica: Logan is the Veronica to Scott's Betty in relation to Jean.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: In "Hunting Grounds", he's controlled by Mojo.
• Chekhov's Gunman: His pre-Adamantium self made some short appearances in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, particularly in "Meet Captain America" and "The Fall of Asgard" (possibly as an illusion on the second case).
• Conscience Makes You Go Back: In the first episode, Logan sees smoke coming from a train wreck down the road. He initially drives away from it, but then eventually goes to back to help.
• Cool Old Guy: Wolverine is arguably one of the coolest (and oldest) guys on the show, but "cool" doesn't necessarily mean "nice"...
• Deadpan Snarker: Wolverine tends to make sarcastic, if not snarky, remarks. When Spider-Man complains that Wolverine killed some dinosaurs that were attacking him, his only response is "you're welcome".
• Distaff Counterpart: Laura Kinney (aka X-23), who's literally his female clone made from an incomplete DNA sample at Weapon X.
• Drill Sergeant Nasty: He serves as this towards the entire team.
• Fastball Special: Thing does this with him twice in "New Avengers".
• Friend to All Children: This is best shown when he rescues a blonde haired mutant girl named Magma.
• Foil: To Spider-Man in "New Avengers".
• Genius Bruiser: This is one of Wolverine's biggest strengths is his mind. He's been around for well over a century and has spent quite a bit of that time taking in information. In addition to that, He is a great leader of the X-Men.
• Good Is Not Nice: Although Wolverine is more-or-less a heroic guy, unless you're his daughter or some other kid he's taken under his wing or joined the X-Men, it's better he ignores you.
• Healing Factor: Part of his powers.
• Honor Before Reason: Wolverine is attacked by Cyclops for hitting on Jean. The clawed one refuses to fight back simply because he promised Jean he wouldn't (granted, Wolverine brought this on himself since he hit on a woman who was already in a relationship). He also holds to promises he made to Mystique and Yuriko years earlier.
• I Am a Monster: Wolverine blatantly acknowledges his own vengeful tendencies and even lampshaded the trope word for word, but he fights to prevent others he knows can do better from doing the same. Case and point with Angel.
• Iconic Item: As per usual, they are his claws, especially in combination with the gloves that have the chutes the claws extend through.
• Iconic Outfit: Wolverine wears his trademark Astonishing X-Men costume from the comics.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Unfortunately due to the fact that the show was meant for children to watch, Wolverine was only allowed to use this particular signature move that he has against robots (such as the Sentinels).
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Wolverine is a Jerk with an abrasive personality, a serious anti-authoritarian attitude, and nasty personal habits. At the same time, he is a devoted friend with a soft spot for teenagers (particularly girls), women, and children. He will go out of his way to help the people that need him.
• Knight in Sour Armour: While Wolverine is very cynical, he is still on the side of good.
• The Leader: He was promoted to the leader of the X-Men by Professor Xavier after Cyclops was unable to.
• Mythology Gag: He is wearing his silly original costume from the comics in the flashback presented in the episode "Wolverine vs The Hulk".
• The Nose Knows: Wolverine's sense of smell is very strong, resulting in him using this ability to track mutants. The viewer even gets an inside perspective into it by seeing the imaginary scent track left by whoever Wolverine is trying to find.
• One Head Taller: He's one of the tallest members of the X-Men, which is a stark contrast from his original character design of the comics as a short and hairy beast of a man.
• One-Man Army: As always, he's a very tough member of the X-men.
• Papa Wolf: Harm or threaten to harm any of his team mates or students under his care and he will hunt you down to the ends of the Earth.
• Pragmatic Hero: As per usual, Wolverine is shown to be very violent during the fight scenes.
• Rebellious Spirit: Subverted due to exchanging his usual role with Cyclops.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Unlike the other versions, he is the blue oni to Cyclops' red.
• Shadow Discretion Shot: When Wolvie saves Spidey from some velociraptors in "New Avengers", it only shows the shadow of him slicing them apart, complete with spraying blood. Amusingly enough, the claws are shown clean right after this.
• Signature Sound Effect: As with most versions of the character, SNIKT! is the sound with the adamantium claws and SCHLIKT! is the sound without it.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Wolverine's name is in the title of the show and receives more focus than anyone else (other than Nightcrawler).
• Super-Reflexes: Wolverine has heightened reflexes and reaction times, which are tied to his healing factor.
• Super-Senses: A side effect of the healing factor is that all of Wolverine senses are superhumanly keen.
• Super-Strength: Yet another byproduct of his healing factor. Wolverine's muscles, bones, and connective tissue are all denser than those of a normal human, resulting in enhanced strength.
• Unstoppable Rage: This tends to happen a lot whenever he goes into berserker mode.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Cyclops.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Whenever he's not in costume or his clothes have been removed or destroyed in some fashion.
• Wall Crawl: He can do this through poking his claws into surfaces and climbing.
• Wolverine Claws: One version of the Trope Namer.
• Wolverine Publicity: The reason why the writers of the show made him the leader of the X-Men and the main character who appears in every episode. The fact Wolverine didn't do an actual guest spot prior to "New Avengers" (the combined number of words he said during his cameos in season one totals six at most) might make his recruiting feel more shoehorned than that of the other five.
• World's Best Warrior: He is good enough to put up a fight against all of that which results in him being very dangerous.
• The Worf Effect: Despite having his name in the title, Wolverine is not slacking on his indestructible punching bag duties. Against anyone with a name he either loses, stalemates, or gets a beatdown before winning. These are the hazards of having blades as your main offense when you aren't allowed to cut anyone.
• Would Hit a Girl: Wolverine is willing to attack Mystique and Emma.

Cyclops

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

^{Cyclops in his original suit.}

Voiced by: Nolan North ^{Foreign VAs}Philippe Allard (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Scott Summers, also known as Cyclops, is a mutant who is one of the founding members and originally the optimistic leader of Professor Xavier's X-Men, but when he lost the two people he cared for most, he also lost the drive to lead the mutant heroes. Cyclops may begrudgingly work with Wolverine and the X-men to prevent a future that looks darker every second, but inside he is alone. Cyclops has the mutant ability to project beams of pure energy from his eyes yet he can only control or block them when he is wearing a visor or sunglasses made out of ruby-quartz material or closing his eyes. If not, when he opens his eyes, he will uncontrollably shoot optic blasts at whatever he is trying to see.

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• Adaptational Jerkass: Cyclops comes off as more of a Sociopathic Hero than in the comics and other animated adaptations.
• Adaptational Wimp: He is generally portrayed as considerably incompetent in this series and loses all of his leadership quality from the comics and most adaptations as a result of his overall personality in the show being a caricature of his comic self's whiniest and most ineffectual moments.
• All for Nothing: He runs into one of the Marauders on the street and instantly believes that his old boss Mr. Sinister must have Jean because he had an interest with experimenting on her in the past. He attacks several members of the Mauraders and is eventually led to Sinister himself who tells him point blank he doesn't have Jean.
• Alliterative Name: Scott Summers.
• Anti-Hero: He is more anti-heroic than Wolverine in this series.
• Badass Biker: He is shown to be very skilled with riding a Motorcycle.
• Battle Couple: With Jean, particularly in the flashback.
• Badass Longcoat: Cyclops wears his current mainstream costume from the comics with a long trench coat.
• Betty and Veronica: Scott is the Betty to Logan's Veronica in relation to Jean. Subverted as Jean still chooses to be in a relationship with Scott.
• Chick Magnet: He somehow manages to obtain the affections of both Jean Grey and Emma Frost.
• Cool Shades: As per usual, He also wears a pair of red shades.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Nolan North as Cyclops vaguely evokes his film counterpart James Marsden.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Scott's this for Jean when it comes to Logan.
• Deadpan Snarker: He tends to make snarky, though sarcastic, remarks toward people, particularly Wolverine.
• Despair Event Horizon: He undergoes this after losing Jean.
• The Determinator: He is a very disturbing and unheroic (if not outright unsympathetic) example with his obsession with trying to search for Jean Grey.
• Disproportionate Retribution: Scott violently blasts Logan for implying that he wasn't good enough for Jean. The results of this action are... not good.
• Distressed Dude: He appears to be cursed with this, especially in "Breakdown".
• Eye Beams: Cyclops has the mutant ability to shoot powerful optic blasts, but they have a disadvantage in the fact that he is unable to turn them off, requiring him to constantly wear a protective visor or ruby sunglasses.
• Forceful Kiss: Gives one to Emma Frost after waking up from being knocked out, mistaking her for Jean. He quickly realizes his mistake and apologizes.
• Heartbroken Badass: Cyclops is supposed to be this in the series, but sadly he's just a self-destructive jerk and whiner who attacks anyone who even reminds him of Jean.
• Highschool Sweethearts: With Jean, as per usual.
• Informed Attribute: His qualities of being a competent leader and heroic member of the X-Men are most certainly this in the series. This adaptation implied that Cyclops used to be the confident leader of the X-Men prior to Jean's disappearance, but there was not really enough evidence to back him as being this since the series portrays him as being a weak, clumsy, foolish, violent, Too Dumb to Live, psychopathic, Yandere Manchild that is incapable of doing anything right in addition to being nothing without Jean in his life.
  • This is caused by the flashbacks in the episode "Breakdown". Prior to the episode, Cyclops was presented as being a broken man who was understandably grief stricken over the violent disappearance (and possible death) of his long time girlfriend, but everyone talked about how in the old days he held the team together. But from the flashbacks, we see that he was always a loser. From day one, he was never the responsible, respected leader of the X-Men like most versions. So instead of being the leader who collapsed after the loss of Jean, he was the loser who somehow managed to snag a hot chick, then attacked anyone who even looked at her, and reverted to his loser status the moment she was gone.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: He briefly considers letting Emma Frost erase all of his memories related to Jean because the pain of being without her was too much and he was beginning to let his friends get hurt in the field.
• The Leader: He used to be the leader of the X-Men, or maybe he was not. See Informed Attribute above.
• Love Makes You Dumb: A lot of Cyclops’ less than ethical, moronic, needlessly aggressive, and downright suicidal decisions are centered around his obsession with finding Jean, sometimes getting to the point where his decisions mark him as Love Makes You Crazy since he oscillates between being depressed and inactive and violent and impulsive. Especially when he starts tearing up the city nearby in broad daylight just to find leads on Jean’s whereabouts.
• Love Triangle: With Jean and Emma. He's also in one with Wolverine and Jean.
• Loving a Shadow: This seems to be the entire basis of Cyclops' relationship with Jean Grey.
• Jerkass: He has the tendency of displaying not so nice behavior towards others.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite his jerky behavior, Cyclops does have rare moments on the show where he is portrayed as heroic and likable, mainly through the fact that he reacts very poorly when his teammates get hurt (even Wolverine), proving that he does care after all.
• Mindlink Mates: With Jean.
• Oblivious to Love: Cyclops never seems to realize that Emma is interested in him.
• Official Couple: With Jean, as with most versions.
• One-Way Visor: As always, Cyclops wears one of these with his costume.
• Person of Mass Destruction: He becomes this when he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor.
• Power Incontinence: Without his trademark visor he wears as part of his costume or a pair of ruby quartz glasses out of costume, Cyclops would be firing his Eye Beams 24/7.
• Power Limiter: Cyclops' visor and shades, which keep his uncontrollable Eye Beams under wraps.
• Power of the Sun: As per usual, Cyclops stores solar power to use his optic blasts.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Unlike the other versions, he is the red oni to Wolverine's blue.
• Shrinking Violet: As a teenager, his self esteem was definitely not the highest due to being bullied at the group home that he was placed in and mocked and ridiculed by his fellow first class teammates of the X-Men.
• Stepford Snarker: Cyclops is cold and often sarcastic as well as being broken, probably beyond repair.
• Sunglasses at Night: Which he uses in order to control his powers.
• Sociopathic Hero: He is this compared to his comic book counterpart and most versions.
• The Lancer: He now serves the role as this to Wolverine and the X-Men.
• The Load: Cyclops of all people is portrayed as this to the X-Men in the series, especially in the flashbacks to his earlier years.
• Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Cyclops is 6'1" and attractive to the female characters.
  • Tall, Dark, and Snarky: He can also be very snarky (particularly towards Wolverine) when he wants to be.
• Took a Level in Dumbass: Cyclops is so caught up in his despair over Jean's disappearance that he does things like go off to pick a fight with Mr. Sinister, which even Wolverine proclaims is a bad idea. Arguments about characterization aside, it's not so hard to consider why Professor Xavier might have considered Cyclops to not be in any shape to lead the team again.
• Too Dumb to Live: He makes a large amount of stupid mistakes mainly due to being obsessed with searching for Jean.
• Truer to the Text: Unlike the Evolution and X-Men film series versions, this Cyclops retains his comic book counterpart's role of being one of the X-Men's founding members.
• Undying Loyalty: With his seemingly indestructible determination to hold out hope for Jean Grey's eventual return.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: He was so certain that Sinister had something to do with Jean's disappearance, which is reasonable given the backstory, but he's actually innocent. It gets deconstructed, as Cyclops becomes so obsessed that he nearly gets himself killed.
• Yandere: Cyclops was this to Jean Grey due to the unhealthy nature of their relationship.

Emma Frost

Emma Frost

Voiced by: Kari Wahlgren ^{Foreign VAs}Dominique Wagner (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 3"

Emma Frost is a mysterious and beautiful telepathic mutant who showed up on the X-Men's doorstep just when they needed her most. She once tried to start her own school for gifted mutants, the Massachusetts Academy. The ambitious Emma is the X-Men's only hope of finding their missing colleagues. She has the mutant ability to read minds and project thoughts into other's minds, controlling their actions. She can also project mental blasts to knock out her victims by touching their brow and is able to change her skin into diamond form.

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• Adaptational Heroism: Emma is portrayed in a more sympathetic light, completely turning her into a straight hero rather than a byronic one. That said, this version of Frost also has Adaptational Villainy, as she's the mole and still the White Queen of the Inner Circle (and even kicks off the events of the series as it's revealed she's the one who attacked Jean and Professor Xavier, which in turn ended up destroying the mansion—albeit with the intention of taking out the Phoenix before she could be a threat).
• Adaptational Villainy: Emma used to be one hell of a foe (even being Big Bad of New Mutants for a time) but comic fans know that that was a long time ago, at least in the main Marvel Universe. In this show, she's The Mole and still the White Queen of the Hellfire Club. However, in the finale she sacrifices her life to contain the Phoenix.
• Always Someone Better: Much like her comic book counterpart, Emma is quite possibly the most powerful telepathic mutant. Other telepaths who attempt to engage her are no match.
• Betty and Veronica: She's the Veronica to Jean's Betty in relation to Cyclops.
• Chess Motifs: She has the rank of 'White Queen' in the Inner Circle.
• Deadpan Snarker: She tends to snark with her fellow teammates. It makes her appear even colder at some points, but she's still a kind and sympathetic person.
• Death by Adaptation: As the series ended before it could get a second season, her planned return never happened, so she's still dead.
• Death Equals Redemption: Her Heroic Sacrifice to stop the Phoenix Force firmly shows she is indeed on the side of the X-Men.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Emma acts pretty much like anyone familiar with the comics would expect in her introduction. Compare that Emma with the one we see in the end. Hoo boy.
• Face–Heel Turn: When it's revealed that she is a Mole and still the White Queen of the Inner Circle (and even kicks off the events of the series as it's revealed she's the one who attacked Jean and Professor Xavier, which in turn ended up destroying the mansion—albeit with the intention of taking out the Phoenix before she could be a threat).
• Forceful Kiss: She receives one from Cyclops when he wakes up and mistakes her for Jean.
• Glass Cannon: As usually is the case with psychics, her abilities make her a mighty asset but she is lacking in the physical strength department. Quicksilver was easily able to knock her out once before she could even do anything.
• Head-Turning Beauty: During her introduction, she certainly has the attention of some of the male characters (particularly Iceman, Angel, and Forge).
• Heel–Face Turn: Emma may not have been working for the X-Men per-se, but her goals were always good (stop the Phoenix). It's the Inner Circle who had a Face–Heel Turn when they decided to use the Phoenix as a tool for their own power.
• Heroic Sacrifice: In the final episode, Emma ultimately sacrifices herself to prevent the Phoenix Force from causing destruction. Had the second season happened, she would apparently have returned.
• Hopeless Suitor: Emma has shown great attraction to Cyclops throughout the story much to his obliviousness, being the only to defend his actions by calling him a good person in a world striving to crush goodness, despite Wolverine’s assertions of how idiotic his actions have become.
• Immune to Mind Control: Emma is able to transform in a diamond form that prevents her from using her own telepathy and renders her immune to anyone else's.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her aloof behavior and extreme methods, she genuinely cares about the mutant race and her teammates (especially Cyclops).
• Laser-Guided Karma: Emma forces a kiss on an unconscious Cyclops and she gets violently tied down when Jean catches her in the act.
• Love Redeems: She falls for Cyclops hard; as mentioned elsewhere, standard rules apply.
• Manipulative Bitch: Emma is naturally this to the X-Men.
• The Mole: Emma accidentally caused the explosion at the Xavier Institute and stole Xavier's body so that she could buy her way onto the team and eventually have another chance to find Jean. Or more precisely, the Phoenix. Though she did have good intentions...
• Ms. Fanservice: Her design has gone completely unchanged from how she looks in the comics. And considering how she usually dresses... they sure were lucky for being able to do so.
• Most Common Superpower: She's shown to be very buxom through her corset.
• Psychic Powers: She's a very powerful Telepath.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: She's not The Leader, but due to her expertise in what they're dealing with, she will often provide the most advice on the correct course of action.
• Redemption Equals Death: She presumably dies in the final episode through performing a Heroic Sacrifice.
• Second Love: She is set up to be this towards Cyclops but her death makes the development null - made even more null by the series being cancelled.
• Token Good Teammate: To The Inner Circle.

Beast

Beast (Henry "Hank" McCoy)

^{Beast in his original form and suit.}

Voiced by: Fred Tatasciore ^{Foreign VAs}Martin Spinhayer (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Though blessed with the agility and strength of a great ape, the blue-furred Henry McCoy, also known as Beast, is a mutant who is one of the founding members of the X-Men and has the greatest asset of having a keen scientific mind. Beast possesses a genius-level IQ, with extraordinary expertise in genetics, biochemistry and other subjects. Beast often acts as the voice of reason for Wolverine and the X-Men.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: As in the comics and most versions, he has blue colored skin.
• Badass Bookworm: As per usual. He always finds ways to make sophisticated references to literature, science, music, and science fiction.
• Beware the Nice Ones: As always, Beast is a very nice person, but he is still willing to use brute force after offering his foes a chance to surrender.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Fred Tatasciore as Beast appears to patterned on Kelsey Grammer's Beast from X3
• Genius Bruiser: Beast is a genius, as per usual.
• Handy Feet: One of his most notable powers is superhuman manual dexterity, even in his feet.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With both Iceman and Wolverine.
• Intergenerational Friendship: With Wolverine. Wolvie was born in the 19th century and is old enough to be Beast's ancestor.
• Lightning Bruiser: Not only is Beast strong, but he's also incredibly fast and agile.
• Martial Pacifist: Just like his comic book counterpart, Beast always offers his foes a chance to surrender.
• Mutants: He is both a mutant and a mutate and was born a mutant with ape-like features and abilities.
• Natural Weapon: His fangs and claws are weapons.
• Smart People Wear Glasses: He occasionally wears reading glasses and is a genius scientist, despite the fact that it's slightly odd to see a big blue cat/ape thing wearing reading glasses.
• Techno Wizard: As with most versions, Beast is an X-Man who is an expert in electronics (other than Forge).
• Truer to the Text: Unlike the Evolution and X-Men film series versions, this Beast retains his comic book counterpart's role of being one of the X-Men's founding members.

Storm

Storm (Ororo Munroe)

Voiced by: Susan Dalian ^{Foreign VAs}Catherine Conet (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Orphaned at an early age, Ororo Munroe turned to a life of crime to survive on the mean streets of Cairo, Egypt. When her mutant power to control weather patterns emerged, she was worshiped as a goddess by the tribes. Eventually, Ororo found her true purpose at Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where she helps the X-Men as Storm. Storm is a mutant with the ability to control the weather and create rain, snow, sleet, wind, fog, hail, and lightning.

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• Adaptation Personality Change: Storm is more reserved and timid in this adaptation, which is a far cry from her comic book counterpart and most versions (who are usually portrayed as being confident in addition to having warm personalities and the tendency to be Large Hams whenever they are using their mutant powers).
• Adaptational Modesty: As with most media versions of the character, Storm wears a bodysuit instead of the usual Leotard of Power from the comics.
• Adaptational Wimp: In addition to becoming more timid, Storm is prone to getting a Tap on the Head to keep her from easily winning fights and has been knocked out or incapacitated numerous times more often than other X-Men of the show, which is a huge contrast from the Storm from the comics as well as the other animated X-Men series, who was one of, if not the last X-Men to be taken down in a fight.
• Archenemy: To the Shadow King.
• Badass Cape: She has this on her costume.
• Blank White Eyes: She has these whenever she is using her powers.
• Blow You Away: One of the mutant powers that Storm has is to create wind, which she mainly uses in order to fly.
• Combat Stilettos: She has them on her costume.
• Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: An animated example and a lone Aversion; she's called Storm more often than her real name. Presumably because it's less of a mouthful than Ororo.
• Demoted to Extra: Storm's role in the show is much smaller compared to most versions, despite being a major character in the comics as well as one of the most recognizable members of the X-Men and the main cast in both the comics and nearly all the previous animated adaptations, in order to give Wolvie a bigger role.
• Drama-Preserving Handicap: This tends to happen to Storm in the episodes in which she takes part in battles. She appears, makes a major power play, and is knocked out almost immediately. The writers of the series even acknowledged that she was too powerful to work into their universe properly.
• Elemental Powers: She has complete control over the weather, which gives her the ability to whip up lightning, wind, and ice storms in combat. Hence the name Storm.
• Fisher King: Her mood influences her weather manipulation powers.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: Her eyes also tend to glow whenever she is using her powers.
• I Believe I Can Fly: She is able to do this with wind.
• Lady of Black Magic: Her mutant powers give her control over the elements, and she's a Physical Goddess and queen with a regal air.
• Mystical White Hair: Just like her comic book counterpart and most versions, Storm has long, white hair.
• Person of Mass Destruction: When the Shadow King too control of her body, he mentioned he could use her to destroy all of Africa with her powers alone.
• Promoted to Love Interest: Storm had a romantic relationship with Angel until his transformation into Archangel. Such a close romantic relationship was never found in the comics or other animated adaptations.
• Reed Richards Is Useless: Zig-zagged. After leaving the X-Men, Storm goes off to Africa and uses her mutant powers to transform vast swathes of the country into working farmland. And then the minute the Shadow King attacks, she drops all this and goes back to the X-Men, to be of no more use whatsoever.
• Ship Tease: With Angel. It is only shown in one episode, though, thanks to the show's cancellation. And it's the episode where Angel is brainwashed and turned into Archangel, no less.
• Shock and Awe: Her most common form of attack, whenever she has any moments to shine that is.
• Spock Speak: It's not as present as the comics and most versions, but she still speaks like this.
• Statuesque Stunner: Storm is tall in height and very beautiful.
• Street Urchin: When she was younger, she lived on the streets and worked for the Shadow King.
• The Worf Effect: A stark contrast to her comic book counterpart and most versions. Most of the time, Storm has been knocked out or incapacitated numerous times more often than other X-Men of the show during the fight scenes.

Angel

Angel (Warren Worthington III)

^{Angel in his original suit.}

Voiced by: Liam O'Brien ^{Foreign VAs}Christophe Hespel (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 2"

Born and raised in affluence, Warren Worthington III, also known as Angel, is a mutant who is one of the founding members of the X-Men and forced to hide who he has become to spare his own intolerant family from embarrassment. As such, he leads a dual life. One playing the dutiful heir to the family fortune, and the other as the mysterious Angel, who uses his abilities to help those in need and is a member of the X-Men. Angel's wings can carry up to twice his weight and can fly him to 29,000 feet at speeds up to 159 mph. His enhanced lungs enable him to breathe at high altitudes and he possesses extraordinary eyesight.

Wolverine and the X-Men (2009) - Marauders See here for the tropes that apply to him as Archangel.

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• Aborted Arc: Angel is still under Sinister's control and his storyline will never be resolved due to the series' cancellation.
• Alliterative Name: Warren Worthington.
• Amazing Technicolor Population: He has blue skin as Archangel.
• Artificial Limbs: After becoming Archangel, Warren has his naturally-occurring wings amputated and replaced with razor-edged metallic wings that can shoot blades.
• Advertised Extra: He appears in only a handful of episodes, but is prominently featured in the opening sequence's cast shot.
• Black Sheep: To his family, especially to his father who blatantly hates mutants and barely tolerates his son.
• Blessed with Suck: He invokes this trope. His father considers his wings to be an illness, but he denies it and shows off his mutation to the public.
• Calling the Old Man Out: Angel is not pleased that his father bankrolls the anti-mutant movement, and isn't afraid to say it to his face.
• Chick Magnet: He is a blonde-haired hunk of a man who obtains the affections of Storm.
• Face–Heel Turn: When he is approached by Mister Sinister, who uses his technology to transform Angel into Archangel.
• Flight: Thanks to his wings, he is able to fly.
• Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He is a blonde-haired heroic member of the X-Men before he is transformed into Archangel.
• I Believe I Can Fly: He has the ability to fly thanks to his wings.
• Pretty Boy: He is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed man who looks like a model.
• Promoted to Love Interest: Has never had a romantic relationship with Storm in the comics and other versions.
• Razor Wings: As Archangel, he has techno-organic wings that can cut through flesh.
• Truer to the Text: Unlike the Evolution and X-Men film series versions, this Angel retains his comic book counterpart's role of being one of the X-Men's founding members. He also becomes Archangel as well.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: In "Guardian Angel", Warren walks around shirtless with his wings in order to present that he is proud of being a mutant.
• Winged Humanoid: As per usual, Angel is a mutant with white feathered wings. ( He has a pair of razor sharped wings as Archangel)
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: The fact that Angel has "just flight" as his mutant power due to his wings.
  • As Archangel however, he has a pair of Razor Wings that he can use in order launch razor-sharp feather projectiles.

Shadowcat

Shadowcat (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde)

Voiced by: Danielle Judovits ^{Foreign VAs}Géraldine Frippiat (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Kitty Pryde, also known as Shadowcat, might be a mutant that is able to become immaterial and able to "phase" through solid objects and living organisms, but her devotion to Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is anything but insubstantial. Enrolled in the school since she was only thirteen, the spunky young mutant called Shadowcat serves as a cheerleader for Xavier's mission and a valued teammate to Wolverine and the X-Men.

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• Affectionate Nickname: "Kitty" is a nickname to begin with.
• Animal Motifs: Of cats. But it's mostly in her real and codename.
• The Baby of the Bunch: She's the youngest member of the X-Men.
• Beta Couple: She is likely this with Iceman.
• Deadpan Snarker: Not often, but she is pretty good at being sarcastic. Especially to Iceman.
• The Gadfly: Not above getting on Wolverine's nerves if the situation calls for it.
• Intangible Man: Shadowcat's mutant ability is to phase through solid objects.
• Intangibility: Her main mutant power is to phase through solid objects and living organisms.
• Intergenerational Friendship: With Wolverine and Storm who are older, and Tilde Solmes who is younger.
• Jewish and Nerdy: She's probably still Jewish and she's smart.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Shadowcat can be this with everyone (particularly Iceman), sometimes without even knowing it thanks to her stubborn personality.
• Mythology Gag: Shadowcat's design is inspired by the appearance of her comic book incarnation in the Astonishing X-Men comics and the appearance of the blue and yellow used on her costume emulates that design. The shorts she wears are based off the appearances of the original X-Men along with her first appearance in the comics when she wore a variant of the uniform.
• Pink Means Feminine: She is seen wearing pink at least once.

Iceman

Iceman (Robert "Bobby" Drake)

^{Iceman in his original form and suit.}

Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal ^{Foreign VAs}Alessandro Bevilacqua (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Bobby Drake, also known as Iceman, is a mutant and one of the founding members of the X-Men. He thinks he's the coolest guy around, but his cockiness may sometimes cause trouble. However, Iceman's mutant ability to project intense cold and convert moisture into ice, forming a variety of icy weapons, protective ice shields and ice slides, has nonetheless made him a valuable asset to Wolverine and the X-Men.

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• Adaptation Dye-Job: Iceman has brown hair in the comics. Here, his hair is blonde.
• Adaptational Sexuality: Played With. Iceman appears to be straight in this series (which is closer to his original sexuality from the comics), but later on came out as gay in the comics after the series ended.
• An Ice Person: Iceman transforms into an organic ice form, and generates subzero energy to freeze his surroundings, cool and condense moisture in the atmosphere into ice, shaping it into various forms such as snowballs, battering rams, shields, solid blocks, columns, and ice slides.
• Beta Couple: He is probably this with Shadowcat.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Iceman may be very goofy, but he's a powerful warrior through being an Omega-level mutant.
• Deadpan Snarker: As per usual, Iceman has a cool wit to match his personality.
• Elemental Shapeshifter: Iceman originally covered his body with snow. At some point later, He then changed to covering his body with ice and later learned about how to convert his body into organic ice.
• Fun Personified: As with most versions of the character, Iceman is the clown of the X-Men.
• Harmless Freezing: Iceman encases people in ice a few times, but they never have lasting effects from it.
• Older Than They Look: At first, it appears that Iceman is near the same age as Shadowcat (as he was in the movies and X-Men: Evolution), to the point that they may even be in a relationship, but a later episode shows that he's a founding X-Man, just like he is in the comics. He is specifically stated to be 18 by Beast when he talks to Bobby's parents.
• Truer to the Text: Unlike the Evolution and X-Men film series versions, this Iceman retains his comic book counterpart's role of being one of the X-Men's founding members.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: He controls his transformation from his human form to that of organic ice.
• You Fight Like a Cow: Iceman usually uses Witty Banter in combat situations.

Rogue

Rogue

Voiced by: Kieren Van Den Blink ^{Foreign VAs}Alexandra Corréa (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Raised by numerous foster families, the young woman known only as Rogue has learned to look after herself. Her mutant ability to drain the life energy, memories and powers of anyone she touches forced her to keep those she cared about at arm's length, literally. Rogue has found a home at both Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and Wolverine and the X-Men.

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• Bad Powers, Good People: Removing energy from others is generally something evil characters tend to use, but Rogue tries her best to make it a temporary borrowing boost rather than a selfish draining power.
• Blessed with Suck: Yes, technically the ability to copy other mutants' powers by touching them makes her very adaptable, but draining people's life energy whenever she touches them is about as sucky as it gets. And absorbing 'everything else about that person, including memories and personality traits. And she can't not do so, rendering her incapable of having any sort of intimate relationship.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Kieren van den Blink as Rogue evokes her film actress Anna Paquin.
• Can't Have Sex, Ever: She's unable to touch anyone without her gloves (or with any exposed part of her body for that matter), or else she will absorb their powers, life energy, and memories.
• Civvie Spandex: As with most versions, she wears a brown, leather bomber jacket over a pair of tights as her uniform.
• Crying Wolf: The rest of the X-Men accuse Rogue of this after she left to join the Brotherhood supposedly to spite Wolverine. Once she gleaned information from Quicksilver's mind, she quickly rushes back to warn her old team, who naturally don't believe her due to their past encounters where she set them up.
• Fake Defector: Her joining the Brotherhood turned out to be this; she was infiltrating the team to gather intel and was really loyal to the X-Men all along.
• Good All Along: She never sincerely joined the Brotherhood or turned against the X-Men, she was just a spy. It's not long before she's back on the team full-time.
• Instant Expert: Part of her absorption powers.
• Life Drain: Part of her powers is she will suck the life force out of them.
• The Mole:
  • Played with. Initially, Rogue looks like this in “Hindsight Part 2”. She pretends to join the Brotherhood, but is working with the X-Men against them. But this is all a ploy. She's really working with the Brotherhood to use the X-Men to help push the anti-mutant agenda, thus justifying further anti-human activities by the Brotherhood and pushing along the path to war.
  • Later, in “Battle Lines”, Rogue reveals that all of that was part of her plan; she was on the X-Men's side all along. She read some disturbing things from Toad's mind, so she decided to hook up with them to keep an eye on them. She even tried to tell the X-Men about it once in a prior episode, but Logan wasn't there, which pissed her off enough to not bother.
• Mythology Gag: Her X-Men uniform is similar to the costume that she wore in the X-Men: The Animated Series while her casual clothing is closer to the version in the X-Men Film Series.
• Not as You Know Them: Rogue's loyalties in this series have been switched from the comics and previous animated incarnations. Usually, she is part of the Brotherhood because she has nowhere else to go, then she joins the X-Men. Here, it's the other way around and that's because she was moling for the X-Men all along.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: As with the other animated adaptations, Rogue is never referred to by her real name from the comics (Anna Marie).
• Parental Substitute: Just like in the films, Rogue thinks of Logan as this. Or at least, as an absentee-version of it, since he keeps leaving for days or weeks at a time.
• Power Copying: As per usual, she can take other mutant's powers.
• Power Incontinence: As with the other versions, this is a problem for Rogue.
• Southern Belle: It's not as emphasized as the comics and most versions, but it's still present.
• We Used to Be Friends: With the X-Men after she joins the Brotherhood. Resolved once she reveals she was a Fake Defector.

Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

Voiced by: Liam O'Brien ^{Foreign VAs}Aurélien Ringelheim (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Because of his demon-like appearance, the only place that circus performer Kurt Wagner, also known as Nightcrawler, ever felt truly welcome was at Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Nightcrawler is a mutant that is able to teleport himself and a limited amount of extra mass over short distances. This mischievous, German-born mutant consistently proves himself a major asset to Wolverine and the X-Men.

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• Amazing Technicolor Population: As per usual for the character, Nightcrawler has blue colored skin.
• Badass Preacher: He's a devout catholic, but also a firm force for good.
• Beta Couple: Nightcrawler occasionally had this type of relationship with Scarlet Witch.
• Beast and Beauty: He is the beast while Scarlet Witch is the beauty.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Liam O'Brien's Nightcrawler was partially inspired by Alan Cumming's portrayal from X2.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Nightcrawler grew up hunted by angry mobs and tormented for his devilish appearance until Xavier came to offer his help.
• Dark Is Not Evil: Nightcrawler is a demon looking mutant who clings to the shadows, yet he's indisputably a force for good.
• Dual Wielding: Or rather, triple wielding, due to his prehensile tail.
• Handy Feet: His feet are shaped very much like his hands.
• Heroes Prefer Swords: As shown in "X-Calibre", Nightcrawler is an excellent fencer.
• Heart Is an Awesome Power: Nightcrawler taught a group of mutants with "useless" powers this in one episode.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Wolverine, just like in the comics. After escaping from Genosha, Nightcrawler is basically his Number Two.
• Hope Spot: Congratulations, Nightcrawler. You performed a Multistage Teleport from Genosha all the way to the Institute. Why, one of your good friends is there to meet you and—oh, it's just Mystique in disguise.
• In-Series Nickname: Wolverine's own personal nickname for him is "Elf". He tries to use this to snap a brainwashed Wolverine back to his senses.
• Master Swordsman: He's shown to be this against his fight with Mojo's pirates.
• Monochromatic Eyes: Just like her comic book counterpart, he has yellow iris-less eyes.
• Mythology Gag: His Ship Tease with Scarlet Witch is likely a reference to their alternate universe daughter Nocturne.
• Nice Guy: One of the nicest characters on the team and the whole show.
• Oblivious to Love: It appears that he has no idea just how badly Scarlet Witch is into him.
• Poirot Speak: Nightcrawler speaks in a German accent and occasionally uses German words and phrases in his speech.
• Prehensile Tail: His tail can serve as a third arm for holding a weapon.
• Rousing Speech: Just as Xavier helped him all those years ago in helping him see he wasn't a freak, but was gifted. He in shares this wisdom with mutant refugees children, asking them to tell him their "gifts".
• She Is Not My Girlfriend: Nightcrawler says this about the Scarlet Witch, who is visibly sad about that.
• Ship Tease: He tends to have this with Scarlet Witch.
• Signature Sound Effect: The "BAMF" sound effect of his teleports.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: As with most versions of the character, Nightcrawler has yellow colored eyes.
• Super-Senses: In the comics, Nightcrawler is implied to be able to predict/anticipate other teleporters if he is aware of them. This is demomstrated in this series as he is able to dodge and avoid Spirals Teleport Spam.
• Spotlight-Stealing Squad: Nightcrawler gets way more focus than anyone else (other than Wolverine, of course). He got his own mini-arc in helping the mutant refugees to Genosha.
• Teleporters and Transporters: As per usual, this is Nightcrawler's primary super-power.
• Portal Cut: He amputates Spiral mechanical arms and threatens to do the same to her biological arms. Later he uses this to decapitate a Sentinel before it can headbutt a helicopter.
• Teleport Spam: Not surprising considering he's one of the most well-known examples of this trope. Nightcrawler has used this to disarm enemies or to land hits from multiple directions.
• Wall Crawl: One of the mutant powers that Nightcrawler most commonly uses in the series. The other one being teleporting.

Forge

Forge

Voiced by: Roger Craig Smith ^{Foreign VAs}Pierre Lognay (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 3"

Forge is a mutant with a superhuman talent for inventing and repairing mechanical devices. While even the greatest inventors must work out the principles and designs of their inventions, the ideas for Forge's inventions spring fully formed from his mutant mind. He is the main technician at the X-Mansion and has a bionic right hand and left leg.

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• Butt-Monkey: Forge is often the source of comedic misfortune in the team, often having to repair machines his teammates destroy and constantly having to fix the Blackwing.
• Chew Toy: He has to constantly see his things broken, gets treated with no respect (particularly by the other X-Men), and is generally shoved around by life.
• Ditzy Genius. Forge is the tech-wizard who keeps the X-men's more advanced gear running, including the Blackbird and the Danger Room, but he's also a total ditz.
• Gadgeteer Genius: As with most versions of the character, Forge has the mutant ability to invent and repair mechanical devices.
• The Engineer: The team's resident gadget guy.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is unknown.
• Non-Action Guy: Forge spends more time working on the X-Men's technology than in field missions. He is even conspicuously absent when the Brotherhood attacks the mansion, only showing up after the fight (Which Shadowcat calls him out on).
• Race Lift: Forge appears to be a Caucasian instead of a Cheyenne Indian just like his comic book counterpart. He even gets whiter as the series goes on.
• Techno Wizard: Forge is an expert in electronics and is the go-to member when it comes to gadgets and engineering.

Jean Grey

Jean Grey

^{Jean in her original suit.}

Voiced by: Jennifer Hale ^{Foreign VAs}Laetitia Reva (FR)

First appearance: "Hindsight, Part 1"

Jean Grey is a mutant born with telepathic and telekinetic powers and one of the founding members of the X-Men. She has the mutant ability to read the thoughts of others, influence and control their minds, project her mind into the astral plane, and generate telepathic force blasts that can stun enemies. She can also lift and move objects telekinetically and create telekinetic shields. Jean is also missing due to an explosion.

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• Apocalypse Maiden: Being the vessel for the Phoenix Force, she could lay waste to the Earth if she wanted to.
• Battle Couple: With Cyclops, particularly in the flashback.
• Betty and Veronica: She's the Betty to Emma's Veronica in relation to Cyclops.
• Beware the Nice Ones: As per usual, Jean is sweet, motherly and level-headed. But if you were to wrong her or her loved ones (such as Cyclops), then you are in for a world of psychic pain.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Jean is capable of getting very jealous, particularly when Scott/Cyclops is around Emma.
• Comic-Book Fantasy Casting: Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey evokes the sound of her film actress counterpart Famke Janssen.
• Demoted to Extra: In this series, Jean has been reduced to being nothing more than a plot device.
• Deus Exit Machina: She and Professor Xavier suffering from comas inflicted to them from a bomb in the pilot episode during the shows run kept major plots from being resolved far too quickly with their all-powerful telekinesis and telepathy respectively.
• Flight: She is able to use her telekinetic powers in order to do this.
• Fiery Redhead: Just like in the comics and most versions, Jean has red hair.
• Glowing Eyes of Doom: When she is using the Phoenix Force.
• High-School Sweethearts: With Cyclops, as per usual.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Conveniently when she appears in the show after her disappearance, she doesn't remember anything.
• Manipulative Bitch: Jean is hinted to be this through the way she coaxed Cyclops via telepathy when they were teenagers.
• Mindlink Mates: With Cyclops.
• Mind over Matter: As per usual, Jean is able to lift and move objects telekinetically with her mind.
• Mind Rape: It's implied that she and Professor Xavier have been doing this to Cyclops.
• Official Couple: With Cyclops, as always.
• Pink Means Feminine: The flashbacks feature her wearing a pink shirt (with blue and purple hair bands) as a teenager.
• Power-Strain Blackout: In the episode "Shades Of Grey", she unintentionally did this to everyone.
• Psychic Powers: As with most versions, Jean's main mutant powers (other than the Phoenix Force) include Telepathy and Telekinesis.
• Redheads Are Ravishing: Cyclops and Wolverine are both attracted to the red-headed Jean.
• Significant Green-Eyed Redhead: As per usual, Jean has red hair and green eyes.
• The Smurfette Principle: Just like in the comics, Jean was the only female member of the original X-Men team.
• Superpowered Evil Side: As with most versions, The Phoenix serves the role as this to her.
• Telepathy: As always, Jean has the ability to read, influence and control the minds of others.
• Truer to the Text: Unlike the Evolution and X-Men film series versions, this Jean retains her comic book counterpart's role of being one of the X-Men's founding members.
• Victorious Childhood Friend: Jean may or may not count as this reclaiming Cyclops for herself at the end - though it may be more like Victorious Teenage Friend.
• Violently Protective Girlfriend: As a teenager, Jean went toe to toe with Magneto to save teen Cyclops may count, but probably even more so as an adult when she (justifiably) violently throws Emma Frost up against a wall and binds her there with pipes for kissing an unconscious Cyclops. And in between that briefly going into Phoenix mode when Cyclops almost gets knifed by Archangel.
• What Does She See in Him?: It's evoked (though never outright asked by any of the characters) with Jean in regards to Cyclops, mostly due to the fact that he is not portrayed with any admirable traits.
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • This is pretty much Jean's reaction to Cyclops zapping Wolverine after Wolverine hit on her without knowing she made the clawed one promise her he wouldn't fight Cyclops.
  • She has this reaction towards Cyclops again in the series finale when he tries to take on the Phoenix - though that time she was trying to save his life.
• Yandere: As shown in the series finale, Jean can be this towards Cyclops due to the unhealthy nature of their "romantic" relationship.

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