History Characters / MarvelComicsSabretooth

* ShipSinking: Sabretooth had a very drawn out ShipTease with Monet with it's original writer confirming their love. On–panel, it's ambiguous how far their relationship went. Was it just budding or were they secretly / subtly together. However it's rendered moot with Sabretooth's [[StatusQuoIsGod reset]] to a [[FaceHeelTurn villain]]. He's back to his blood thirsty self, which will effectively end anything he and Monet may or could have had.

* BigBad: The closest one for Wolverine's solo series as he is the one most active and has some plots to make Logan miserable as possible being his Arch–Enemy and all.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'': Voiced by CreatoR.PeterLurie.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'': Voiced by Neil Kaplan.

* ''ComicBook/XMen2019''

* ''ComicBook/SabretoothMaryShelleyOverdrive''

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (1990s): Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
Voiced by Michael Donovan.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.

* ''VideoGame/X2WolverinesRevenge'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

* ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes'': Voiced by Travis Willingham.

* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.

* ''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.

* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]'': Voiced by Travis Willingham.

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* GeniusBruiser: Doesn't come up much primarily because of his extreme arrogance which tends to make him look less intelligent than he actually is. However, he's a very skilled tactician and quite an accomplished hacker. Like Wolverine — though perhaps to a lesser extent — he is an OmniGlot, a highly–trained professional soldier and mercenary, and a veteran of countless wars, not to mention an incredibly cruel and efficient manipulator. Underestimate him at your peril.

* OldFlame: Monet in Pak's Weapon X. Many assumed they had a SecretRelationship in Uncanny X-Men, but it's ambiguous. Deathstrike follows that thought and refers to Monet as Creed's ex. Though he gets defensive at the insinuations, the Ship Tease very heavily implies lingering feelings, despite them not seeing each other in a few months to over a year.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1990s): Voiced by Don Francks.

** Given the nature of comics, his language was somewhat muted with his references to women. Short of using the word "whore", he often referred to many female characters as "chippie" on a few occasions, Jubilee, Kitty, Marrow, and Psylocke being the recipients.
** Heck, he usually refers to women in general as "frails".

* SendInTheClones: An AbortedArc for Sabretooth in the eighties centered around TheReveal that the X-Men had never actually faced the real Sabretooth, and that ''[[UpToEleven every time]]'' they'd tangled with him, it was really a clone created by Mr. Sinister, with the real Sabretooth having been unseen since his very first appearance. Later story arcs rolled with the idea of Sinister making imperfect clones of Sabretooth, but didn't go so far as to retcon earlier appearances, with the end result being something of a ContinuitySnarl as to whether the [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind degraded Creed]] of the Marauders was the real thing or just a convenient copy. General consensus is that the original Sabretooth did participate in the Morlock Massacre...but that that might have been the end of his association with the team, with subsequent Marauders appearances being clones (especially since, in his ''very next appearance'', he was suddenly unaware of Wolverine's adamantium skeleton).

* WouldHitAGirl: Creed can be chivalrous when he wants to be, but he has no problem with the equality of men and women in a fight. Women he's cold–cocked include Mystique, Birdy, and Monet.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After his inversion, which goes into GoodIsNotNice.

* BullyingADragon: He's had some moments of this, openly provoking others stronger than he is or who have him at their mercy. He's done so with ComicBook/{{Bishop}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey, and Hulk Cho for examples.

He moved to the [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Island of Krakoa]] with other mutants, including Xavier, Magneto, and the X-Men, having made the island their own Sovereign Nation. But his bloodthirsty ways and murder of humans led to his exile beneath Krakoa [[AndIMustScream in stasis where he will remain conscious but immobile forever]]… or [[ComicBook/Sabretooth2022 maybe not]].

* DumbMuscle: Besides Bunn's Uncanny X-Men, Creed has been this every other time he's been on a team. His stints in The Marauders, Exodus's Brotherhood, Avengers 1959, [[ComicBook/WeaponX2017 Weapon X]], and in [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen Mystique's Brotherhood]].

** His alternate self from the [[BadFuture highly negative]] parallel timeline ''Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse''. This version of Sabretooth displayed higher morals to begin with, being horrified when Apocalypse tried to turn nuclear weapons on the world and trying to stop him. This led to him being taken in by Magneto's X-Men, where he was treated with basic human kindness and decency for the first time in his life: as a result of this, he genuinely reformed, becoming TheAtoner as well as a surrogate father for Blink, in addition to developing/showing a much more jovial, sincerely friendly personality (although he and Logan still didn't really get along, it was more of a friendly rivalry than the bloody relationship they have in the 616 universe).

* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''

%%* FeralVillain: IntendedAudienceReaction, while talkative ‘tooth is ''meant'' to come off as a wild animal that can leave the trappings of civilization when it suits him, showing up in his first appearance fighting Iron Fist. DependingOnTheWriter took hold in later decades and he’s been portrayed just as a slathering monster. Then later writers would {{Retcon}} this as brain damage that gets healed later on, sometimes it’s a brain-dead clone used by Sinister. Consider him a Subversion of this trope generally.

*** The ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse Sabretooth is this towards Blink and Wild Child. Also, ComicBook/XMenForever Sabretooth is a rather twisted version of this. He used to beat the crap out of Wolverine on his birthday every year, but he's still furious when the evil version of Storm kills his son. he openly says he wants revenge for "his boy's" death and joins the X-Men to pursue revenge.

* PsychoForHire: Emphasis on "psycho" sometimes he'll take jobs solely to fight Wolverine, like when joining the Hellfire Academy.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Was thought to have raped Silver Fox, until it turned out to be a memory implant. However, there's been other instances that hint Creed as a rapist — such as killing a woman's husband and telling her to snuggle up with his body to make room in the bed for him.

* TheResenter: Hates how Logan is similar to him but gets praised and loved as a hero, while he's treated as a killer[=/=]animal. He vents about it in Remender's Uncanny X-Force and ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine''.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/IronFist'' villain before [[Creator/ChrisClaremont Claremont]] snagged him for the X-Men, and it would be nearly forty years (1982's ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and Iron Fist'' #84 to 2017's ''[[ComicBook/MarvelLegacy Iron Fist]]'' #73) before he and Danny would have another significant run–in; in between his respective days as an Iron Fist and Wolverine enemy he also fought Franchise/SpiderMan a few times. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine. He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Dave Cockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low-level henchman not on Wolverine's level.

* SmugSuper: Unbelievably arrogant and is absolutely convinced of his complete physical and intellectual superiority over just about everyone who isn't obviously more powerful than him.

** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoBestFriendsPlay/comments/au7xin/sabertooth_enjoying_the_little_things_in_life/ One popular page]] has Creed set up a boobytrap to catch Logan while he's riding by on his motorcycle, then stepping from behind a tree ''just'' to needle him about becoming a teacher before blasting off on a jetpack.

* FeralVillain: IntendedAudienceReaction, while talkative ‘tooth is ''meant'' to come off as a wild animal that can leave the trappings of civilization when it suits him, showing up in his first appearance fighting Iron Fist. DependingOnTheWriter took hold in later decades and he’s been portrayed just as a slathering monster. Then later writers would {{Retcon}} this as brain damage that gets healed later on, sometimes it’s a brain-dead clone used by Sinister. Consider him a Subversion of this trope generally.

* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: With saber–toothed cats as the animal in question.

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His primary justification when Wolverine calls him out on his animalistic behaviour.

* FeralVillain: While admittedly an example of DependingOnTheWriter this has been a large part of his characterization even under Claremont. Civilization has never really had a hold on him and he can leave its trappings anytime he wants even if he enjoys its comforts occasionally. The brain-dead clones that show up are obvious examples but 'tooth can tear people apart with his claws and teeth while in an excellently tailored business suit, the only difference being the original does it far more intelligently.

* PrettyInMink: A RareMaleExample. Many of Creed's outfits include [[NemeanSkinning self–sourced]], 100% genuine {{Wendigo}} fur.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/IronFist'' villain before [[Creator/ChrisClaremont Claremont]] snagged him for the X-Men, and it would be nearly forty years (1982's ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and Iron Fist'' #84 to 2017's ''[[ComicBook/MarvelLegacy Iron Fist]]'' #73) before he and Danny would have another significant run–in; in between his respective days as an Iron Fist and Wolverine enemy he also fought Franchise/SpiderMan a couple times. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine. He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Dave Cockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low level henchman not on Wolverine's level.

* PsychoForHire: Emphasis on "psycho".

* TheResenter: Hates how Logan is similar to him but gets praised and loved as a hero, while he's treated as a killer / animal. He vents about it in Remender's Uncanny X-Force and ''ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine''.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/IronFist'' villain before Claremont snagged him for the X-Men, and it would be nearly forty years (1982's ''[[ComicBook/LukeCage Power Man]] and Iron Fist'' #84 to 2017's ''[[ComicBook/MarvelLegacy Iron Fist]]'' #73) before he and Danny would have another significant run–in; in between his respective days as an Iron Fist and Wolverine enemy he also fought Franchise/SpiderMan a couple times. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine. He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Dave Cockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low level henchman not on Wolverine's level.

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He WILL find you, no matter how many pains you take to cover your tracks.

** Possibly the best example of this is his "annual tradition" detailed in Claremont's run: every year on what Logan believes to be his birthday, Sabretooth will track him down, regardless of where he is, beat him to near death, and then simply walk away, just so Logan knows Sabretooth can kill him whenever he wants to.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: His creators [[WordOfGod John Byrne and Chris Claremont]] mentioned envisioning him as 50 years older than Wolverine. Subsequent writers never gave any definite age difference between the two, but Creed is always depicted as the older one, and being born in the early to mid 1800s.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Wolverine. Sabretooth's creators, Claremont and Byrne intended for this trope to be the case in their relationship, with Creed being the superior version of Wolverine, whom the latter could never beat in straight fight. After the 90's however, many writers depicted Sabretooth getting his ass kicked more often, with the roles reversed and Logan becoming his someone better.