History Characters / TheGiftedVillainousOrganizations

* AdaptationalVillainy: Sophie was the most unambiguously good of the original Five-in-One prior to them joining the X-Men. Here, like the others, she's a part of the Hellfire Club.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The comics version of Esme was the most ruthless and cunning of the Five-In-One. This manifested through actions such as using Kick to amp up her powers and gain control over the hive, working with Xorn, and shooting [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost Emma]] with a diamond bullet. Here, she takes on what's traditionally Sophie's position as the most heroic Cuckoo and protests when Reeva intends to kill Andy. [[spoiler: At the end of Season 2, she even pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After a whole season of being the most reluctant of the Frost Sisters, Lorna finally manages to convince her that she is acting no different than the people who mistreated her in the season's finale.]]

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: They are clones as in the comics, but there is no mention of the person they were cloned from, which in the comics was Emma Frost. Given that they use the surname Frost, that may still be the case here, but the show was cancelled before any reference to or appearance by Emma.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Their traditional surname of Cuckoo is changed to Frost, presumably to simplify their backstory for non-comics readers.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It's ''really'' hard to feel bad for them when [[spoiler:the Frost Sisters unleash their combined telepathy on them, forcing many of their agents to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide]].

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: By a very minor degree. He's still a sociopath in the series, but he treats his actions as a NecessaryEvil as opposed to the sadistic tendencies he had in the comics.

* AdaptationalWimp: While Ahab never ''quite'' rose to mainstream X Men villainy, being the ArchEnemy of [[SuperPowerLottery Rachel Gray]] meant that he was always considerably more powerful than the great majority of X Men villains in terms of raw power and he was ''always'' treated as a [[KnightOfCerberus dangerous player anytime he appeared]] as a [[ScarilyCompetentTracker hunter]]. This version of Roderick lacks any of the PsychicPowers he had in the comics that made him so dangerous.

* ButNotTooBlack: He's African-American, according to WordOfGod. But he's portrayed by Coby Bell who is biracial from a Caucasian mother and an African-American father.

* CompositeCharacter: As a result of the RaceLift the character has undergone, she looks more like Benazir Kaur, the Black Queen to Payge's White Queen in the comics.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that especially from a mutant POV, Sentinel Services is bad news and disappears people on a regular basis. It's also clear that society at large treats mutants as akin to terrorists (Andy's incident at the school is straight up reported as an intentional attack on children), and most would consider Turner a hero. He loses all ambiguity by Season 2.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the show, the surviving trio is Esme, Sophie, and Phoebe, the deaths of Mindee and Celeste being part of their aforementioned DarkAndTroubledPast. In the comics, it was Sophie and Esme who died (in unrelated incidents, both well into a period where all five had been major characters) and Celeste, Mindee, and Phoebe being the trio who sticks around.

* EvilCounterpart: To the Mutant Underground.

* CompositeCharacter: The AdaptationalWimp trope makes them more similar to the Friends of Humanity in the ''[[WesternAnimation/XMen X-Men: The Animated Series]]'' from the 90s.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: People of all races are present at their meetings.

!! [[ComicBook/StepfordCuckoos The Frost Sisters]]

* NotSoDifferent: Continually insists that what Marcos is doing now with the Mutant Underground isn't that different to her line of work, smuggling illegal people around. However, Marcos is quick to [[NotSoSimilar point out]] that he is doing it to help people and also isn't dealing drugs.

* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: Her thoughts are [[ZeroesAndOnes in binary]], which makes her immune to telepathy. This would be considered a major asset in any situation except for the one where it actually comes into play: when Esme tries to probe her mind to determine whether she's telling the truth when she's attempting to defend herself from accusations of betrayal following the security breach that led to Max's death. At this point Reeva loses her patience and murders Sage.]]

->'''Portrayed by:''' Ray Campbell

->'''Portrayed by:''' Grace Byers

->'''Portrayed by:''' Hayley Lovitt

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jeff Daniel Phillips

->'''Portrayed by:''' Renes Rivera

->'''Portrayed by:''' Anjelica Bette Fellini

->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesCarpinello (Max), Chelle Ramos (Heather), Tyshon Freeman (Tico)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Jesse O'Neill

->'''Portrayed by:''' Michelle Veintimilla

->'''Portrayed by:''' James Carpinello (Max), Chelle Ramos (Heather), Tyshon Freeman (Tico)

->'''Portrayed by:''' Zach Roerig

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is an anti-Mutant bigot and antagonist.

* MythologyGag: There are stickers of United Kingdom flag on her computer, referencing one of her aliases in the comics, Britannia.

* BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: Her thoughts are [[ZeroesAndOnes in binary]], which make her immune to telepathy. This would be considered a major asset in any situation except for the one where it actually comes into play: when Esme tries to probe her mind to determine whether she's telling the truth when she's attempting to defend herself from accusations of betrayal following the security breach that led to Max's death. At this point Reeva loses her patience and murders Sage.]]

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Esme receives much more screentime and character development than both of her siblings, who are pretty much interchangeable.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Because of her youth and the non-physical nature of her power, Esme was grossly underestimated with one of the main undergrounders even dismissing her as "she's just a kid". This comes back to bite EVERYONE in the ass.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Her own powers are causing her demise in the end, by making lose Reed what little control he has over his own powers and blow up in her face.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: After he's {{Mind Rape}}d and forced to experience the grief of his daughter dying from scratch, it's hard to not think he has a point about mutants being terrorist monsters.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His input to the Purifiers is leading them to gain goodwill by reducing collateral damage and more effectively targeting mutants without having to handle red tape.

* WouldHurtAChild: And no problems with ordering fire on the Strucker kids too.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Turner (and Sentinel Services) are quite comfortable and effective with a law enforcement-type approach to the Mutant Underground, most of whose powers are only annoying or weak. There's a lethal blindspot that there may still be X-man grade mutants capable of true weaponized mass destruction, which is exactly where Season 1 goes. [[spoiler:Esme and her sisters finally bring this home to him by murdering his entire team including his partner Ed at will.]]

->'''Portrayed by:'''Jesse O'Neill

->'''Portrayed by:''' Peter Gallagher