History Characters / XMenTheOriginalTeam

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Introduced as one of the original five Franchise/XMen, Hank was a [[SuperIntelligence genius-level intellect]] whose mutation manifested itself in the form of gorilla-like physiology and enhanced strength, but remained otherwise human-looking. Because of his combined brains and brawn, he's often regarded as a {{trope codifier}} of the {{genius bruiser}} trope. It wasn't until nearly a decade later, however, that Hank would transform into a ''literal'' blue, furry {{beast man}}.

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During the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel era, there were two Bobby Drakes populating the mainstream MarvelUniverse: original Bobby, who's since grown into adulthood, and a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time-displaced]] teenage Bobby, who (with his fellow original X-Men) was pulled from the 1960s into the present. Each served on a distinct faction of the X-Men: adult Bobby with the ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen, teenage Bobby with the ComicBook/AllNewXMen. At the end of ''ComicBook/{{Extermination|2018}}'', however, the younger, time-displaced Bobby was returned back to his own time period and had his memories wiped.

* AnIcePerson: He transforms into an organic ice form, generates subzero energy to freeze his surroundings, and cools and condenses moisture in the atmosphere into ice, shaping it into various forms such as snowballs, battering rams, shields, solid blocks, columns, and ice slides. That's just how he started out -- turns out, he's an Omega-level mutant (that means his full potential is ''Phoenix-class!'') with complete control over moisture. When ComicBook/EmmaFrost (who is a psychic and normally has nothing to do with ice despite the name and the white outfit) took his body over, she did things with his powers that he could never do on his own... but he's learning bit by bit.
** One ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' comic suggests that he could basically become the next [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Ymir]].
** In the Draco story arc, Bobby Drake gets his head cut off (in Ice form). He later reforms it using the water coming from a demon opponent. Later, Beast issues a research paper regarding this unique mutation for Iceman.
** He once cured himself of poisoning by replacing his ''entire'' body with new ice little by little this way.
* AnIceSuit: Technically he's wearing clothes under his ice body, but when he's iced up, he looks like he's pretty much in the buff.
** In the old days, he wasn't. Getting his ice coating broken or melted left him in his boxers. He doesn't get a proper costume until well into his stint with the Champions. As is common for X-characters suffering Clothing Damage, he doesn't get too embarrassed by it.
* ArchEnemy: Iceman has Oblivion (the BigBad of his first solo series), Graydon Creed (who he acted as TheMole to and who was responsible for an attack on his father), and, to a lesser extent, Pyro, given their opposing powers.
* ArmoredClosetGay: After six hundred issues and years of [[https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/flame-on/episode-207-scott-lobdell-LeFvHrzjh_Y/amp/?__twitter_impression=true intentional]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4jsr9h/ama_marjorie_liu_monstress_image_comics/d39bqc7?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 subtext]], it was finally revealed (during a conversion with his younger self) that Iceman was gay. He said that he just wanted one part of his life in which he ''wouldn't'' be persecuted, so he decided to just pretend to be straight and, eventually, tried to ''be'' straight. But when Teen Iceman asks him if he thinks Angel is hot, he says, "God yes."
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Iceman started off at the youngest of the team, and tended to act the most immature. Even after character development, he still acts like this from time to time.
* BadassLongcoat: Iceman sported one for a short time during Chuck Austen's run. [[AwesomeButImpractical It would break away when his powers were activated]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Iceman wishes young Scott could see himself. Beast somehow thinks that jeopardizing the entire time-space continuum is a great idea and brings the original X-Men to the future so they shame adult Scott. What happens instead is the Original Five are originally horrified, but then they discover the modern X-Men twisted and withheld facts to make adult Cyclops look worse. At the end of ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' the Original Five decide Wolverine and his X-Men aren't better than adult Cyclops and can't be trusted, and they all join the older Cyclops' side.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Similar to his bros Franchise/SpiderMan and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], he's a pretty easygoing, goofball kind of guy for the most part. Make the mistake of screwing with his friends and teammates though, and you learn just how terrifying taking him on can be.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde to the brunette Spider-Man and red-haired Firestar.
* BobFromAccounting: Subverted. Bobby holds a college degree in accounting but is a main character rather than a throwaway one. He briefly worked in an accounting firm, but quit to become a full-time member of X-Factor.
* {{Brainwashed}}: He was brainwashed by Rampage/Stuart Clarke ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #17-18 (April-May, 1978). He put on the Rampage costume and served as a new supervillain.
* CaliforniaUniversity: Iceman attended UCLA in California with Angel.
* ChildhoodFriends: With the original ComicBook/XMen -- ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey, ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}}, and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]. They were between 14-16 when they were all first recruited and have known each other for roughly two decades since, with Cyclops and Jean developing a ChildhoodFriendRomance before they graduated. The others are often depicted as having an UnluckyChildhoodFriend dynamic, with the exception of Iceman (who saw her as a big sister and, in the 2010s, would be revealed as gay).
* ClassClown: Iceman was the original Class Clown of the ''ComicBook/XMen'', but when he left, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} took over that role.
* CrazyJealousGuy: In regards to Polaris. He has been infatuated with her since they first met. He acts clingy towards her and rather hostile to her actual lover, Havok.
* DeadpanSnarker: His humor has a tendency to fall in this category. An example from ''X-Men'' #31:
-->'''Bernard the Poet:''' Life is a yo-yo --- and mankind keeps tying knots in the string! Go up... go down... then call it progress!\\
'''Zelda Kurtzberg :''' What a groovy poem! And it's in free verse!\\
'''Iceman:'''It hadda be! Nobody'd be nutty enough to pay'im for it!
* DeathIsCheap: In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' #1 (July, 1991), ComicBook/{{Thanos}} wipes out of half the population of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. In issue #2 (August, 1991), a list of "missing" (dead) heroes is read and Iceman was among them. Every casualty of the event was restored to life in issue #6 (December, 1991), Iceman included.
* DependingOnTheArtist:
** He arguably owes his current status quo to this phenomenon. For his first handful of appearances, he turned into a snowman, but very early on (''X-Men'' #8) he became able to turn into ice. And, indeed, the very first time Creator/JackKirby drew him as ice, he was obviously solid, ''transparent'' ice -- Angel even compares his powers to the Invisible Girl. Somewhere down the road, it was decided that he just ''coated'' himself in ice during combat. His inclusion in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' led to a generation of kids that knew what he looked like but didn't really know anything else about him and it became the common idea that he actually turned into ice (which ''is'' the most logical way to interpret his powers going on appearance alone). Eventually, you started getting artists once again drawing him as transparent when in "iced up" form. Eventually turning into ice was made officially part of his power spread. Now, not only does he turn completely into ice, but no two artists can agree whether he looks the same as he used to, like an average person made of ice, or like some spiky-headed monstrosity.
** Of course, when you can convert your body to a substance that you can manipulate at will, who says you have to maintain a constant shape in your transformed state? The ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version of Iceman (which is where the "ice body" concept first appeared) embodied this idea. As flighty as the mainstream Iceman is often depicted, it's a testament to his ability to concentrate (or, possibly, his subconscious desire to fit in) that his shape is not in as constant flux as the [=AoA=] version.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Every time it looks like he might finally end up with Polaris, she ends up going back to Havok. While serving with the Champions, Iceman fell for fellow member Darkstar... who only viewed him as a friend. While serving with the Defenders, he was in love with Cloud, The latter being a member with both a female and a male form. She/he had some feelings for Bobby but was much more interested in Moondragon, another lady on the team. Most recently, he tried to get it on with ComicBook/KittyPryde, first stealing a big kiss from her after she broke up with Colossus and later going out on a date. In the end, both declared that they were better off as friends, with Kitty going back to Colossus despite his outlaw status.
** Another instance is his relationship with Annie Ghazikhanian. In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #425 (August, 2003), Havok and Polaris are about to get married. This leaves Iceman and Annie brokenhearted since Iceman still loves Polaris and Annie loves Havok. Iceman and Annie bond over their feelings of loss and kiss each other. This looked like a PairTheSpares situation. In the very next issue, Havok breaks up with Polaris and chooses Annie, who reciprocates his feelings.
** During the X-Factor days, Bobby had a brief romance with a woman named Opal Tanaka, whom he met late into the series. Opal had feelings for the cyber samurai Hiro even while she was dating Bobby, and she often felt that Bobby put her second to his superheroics. This came to a head when Bobby used her as bait to lure in his pursuers, which led to her dumping him early into the 90s Uncanny X-men series.
** This trope is directly acknowledged in Marjorie Liu’s ''Apocalypse Seed'' arc, in which it is explained that Bobby never felt honest in his relationships with these women, and felt like he had to wear a mask. Opal confirms this. (This is before he comes out as gay, but Liu has said she was already writing him as closeted.)
* DudeNotFunny: Subverted. Bobby tells Judah there's another him, and warns him not to make any smutty jokes about it, particularly because his younger self is underage.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first few issues of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Iceman was a JerkAss (mission briefing would sometimes lead to him attacking the rest of the team).
* ElementalBaggage: For Iceman's powers source of ice.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Iceman once defeated the Human Torch despite the apparent weakness, using his ice powers to create steam and water vapors around Torch and extinguish his flames. Obviously, The Torch was struck dumb.
* ElementalShapeshifter: In his earliest appearances, Iceman covered his body with snow. He then changed to covering his body with ice. He later learned how to convert his body into organic ice.
* ElementalSpeed: While speed is not specifically one of Bobby Drake's powers, using his abilities to create slippery platforms that he or others can use to slide around is one of the most recognizable and iconic abilities he possesses.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: At least a homosexual guy. One subplot in Chuck Austen's ''Uncanny X-Men'' run was that Northstar had an unrequited crush on Iceman. Which manifested itself as protective behavior towards Iceman, and rescuing his life at least once. The pairing of the two has proved relatively popular with writers of [[SlashFic Slash Fics]].
* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted. In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #62-65 (July-October, 2013). Iceman has been affected by the Apocalypse Seed and his powers manifest in new and more powerful ways. He acts increasingly evil and fights the X-Men and Thor. However, even when acting as a monster, Iceman manages to not kill any of his friends. He is simply having a temper tantrum over being unloved and unappreciated by his father and his past lovers. A talk with a "psychiatrist" calms him down.
* FantasticRacism: When his powers are first revealed to the public, his girlfriend Judy calls him a freak and a mob gathers outside when he's in police custody.
** After a lifetime of facing anti-mutant racism, Iceman himself displays anti-human prejudice in Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men''.
* FireIceDuo:
** A notorious rivalry is between Iceman and Pyro, a rogue mutant and member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Both naturally can create and control ice and fire respectively and are considered to be ArchEnemies. This is given a twist with the [[LegacyCharacter second Pyro]] in ''Comicbook/XMenGold'', who turns out to only be a villain due to MindControl, and later petitioned to join the X-Men. Bobby is unhappy with having a Pyro on the team, but [[spoiler:they later sleep together]].
** Outside of X-books, he has also teamed up with [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Human Torch]] several times. A memorable occasion had them fight Equinox, a villain with fire ''and'' ice powers. When meeting in the ''Days of Future Present'' crossover, they lampshade this trope:
---->'''Iceman:''' Yo! Ice and fire...\\
'''Torch:''' The unbeatable combo!
** In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen2016'', the team has the time-displaced versions of Iceman and Angel. The latter got his wings replaced/upgraded by fire-like constructs after the events of ''ComicBook/TheBlackVortex'' and can use them to unleash fire storm-like attacks. There's also Oya, who got temperature control powers, meaning she can use fire and ice. Iceman tends to be a bit jealous of her abilities.
* FireWaterJuxtaposition: The rogue mutant [[PlayingWithFire Pyro]] has a notorious rivalry with Bobby and is often considered his ArchEnemy.
* FleetingDemographicRule: Iceman has been subject to countless stories where he finally decides to start acting like an adult and vows to stop being an immature jokester. [[StatusQuoIsGod It never lasts]].
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: When they are teenagers in the future (long story), Jean reads his mind and tells him he's gay, although it's in private. He calls her on it years later, when they are adults, claiming he thought he could get over it, but was proven wrong by a three-hundred-year-old version of himself from the future.
* FromASingleCell: Was once vaporized by a BrainwashedAndCrazy Northstar and Aurora and managed to reconstitute himself, before collapsing from the strain.
* FunPersonified: In an early issue of ''X-Men: First Class'', calls himself "The Bringer of Fun", and throughout the series generally acts like a lovable dork.
* {{Gaydar}}: Averted. In Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men'', Iceman fails to realize that his teammate Northstar is gay. In issue #425 (August, 2003), Annie Ghazikhanian finally tells him. His jaw drops, his eyes widen, and he asks: "Northstar is gay?" He then nervously states: “Well I-...how should I know? It’s not like we’re….I mean....Oh my god that’s so funny.”
** He's had quite a lot of HoYay moments, like having Northstar hit on him. Even appeared as a one-off gag on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
* GrandTheftMe: At one point, he had his body possessed by ComicBook/EmmaFrost after the mansion was attacked by Sentinels. She used his powers in ways he never had before, such as traveling quickly through bodies of water and even adding the water to his body mass. Later on, he would ask Emma for help improving his powers.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he was younger. Including some infighting with his fellow X-Men, particularly Angel.
* HeroesWantRedheads: He was attracted to redhead Jean Grey in his teenage years. He was the only of the young X-Men to not fall for her upon meeting her. His reaction was saying: "A Girl... Big Deal". He started competing for her attention in ''X-Men'' (vol. 1) #3 (January, 1964).
** In Creator/MikeCarey's run on ''X-Men'' vol. 2, Iceman had a relationship with his redhead teammate Mystique. They slept together in issue #200 (August, 2007). But Mystique betrayed him, passing a neuro-inhibitor to him through skin-to-skin contact. This left him nearly powerless as the Marauders arrived to take down the X-Men.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Beast. In the 1960s, they spend most of their free time together. Iceman was dating Zelda Kurtzberg, and Beast was dating Vera Cantor. All four typically went on double dates at Coffee A-Go-Go, a Greenwich Village coffee shop. Later they served together in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/XFactor, continuing to be close friends. Some fans have interpreted their relationship as too close to be heterosexual, and they tend to be paired in [[SlashFic Slash Fics]].
** Also with ComicBook/SpiderMan and the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]]. Spider-Man and Iceman were best friends and housemates in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends''. In regular continuity, Spider-Man and Iceman have had their share of fights over the years. But grew closer when Spidey helped rescue a brainwashed Iceman in ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #17-18 (April-May, 1978). His friendship with the Human Torch goes back to their teenage years, at least according to ''X-Men: First Class'' (vol. 2) #16 (November, 2008). Though they did break up a temporary partnership when the Torch dared to hit on Zelda Kurtzberg, Iceman's main love interest.
* HilariousInHindsight: The revelation in ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' that Iceman was gay retroactively cast some older stories in a ''much different'' light:
** Fans like to joke that a CutawayGag in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' actually predicted this years in advance, as it depicted Iceman as a closeted gay man in a loveless marriage with a woman.
** The very first issue of ''X-Men'' back in 1963 had a scene where all of the other male X-Men were practically drooling over the newly-arrived ComicBook/JeanGrey, while Iceman made it clear he didn't get what all the fuss was about.
--->'''Iceman:''' A girl...big deal!
** ''Bizarre Adventures'' #27 had a black-and-white short story that opened with Bobby lovingly admiring an ice sculpture of Angel, noting how handsome and impressive it looked. Decades later in ''All-New X-Men'', the time-displaced teenage Bobby would admit to Jean that he found Angel quite attractive. It also included a scene where Bobby, while modifying one of the {{sculptures}}, compared himself to Creator/LeonardoDaVinci and Creator/MichelangeloBuonarroti, both of whom are widely contended to have been gay by modern scholars. The ''Bizarre Adventures'' story was so heavy on unintentional {{Foreshadowing}} that it was later reprinted in ''X-Men'' #600, the issue where the adult Iceman [[ComingOutStory came out of the closet]].
** In ''[[ComicBook/TheDefenders New Defenders]]'' #131, Bobby pranked a female college student by convincing her that he and Beast were dating.
** During the 90s, Bobby got dumped by his girlfriend Opal after she got sick of being neglected. While lamenting the breakup, Bobby noted that most guys his age already had wives or girlfriends, and found his own lack of interest in Opal to be odd.
** In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #319, Bobby brought ComicBook/{{Rogue}} home to meet his parents, which ended badly due to his dad's anti-mutant bigotry. The issue read ''a lot'' like a gay man having his female friend act as a [[TheBeard beard]] in order to fool his family, an undercurrent that was possibly intentional given the way mutants are [[FantasticRacism often treated as a metaphor for oppressed minority groups]].
** In another issue, ComicBook/EmmaFrost sarcastically suggested that Iceman was not cut out to be a superhero, and would be much more comfortable pursuing his true passion: interior decorating. [[note]]For those who don't get the barb, interior decorating is a profession that is stereotypically associated with women and gay men.[[/note]] In the same encounter, Emma taunted him by creating a psychic image of his ex-girlfriend, who had this to say:
--> I was never ''really'' your girlfriend. You ''never loved'' me. You just needed me there to make you ''look'' good.
* HolyWater: During an encounter with an army of vampires, Cyclops arranges for a priest to bless Iceman, reasoning that any ice constructs he manufactures would then be made of frozen holy water.
* HowDoIShotWeb: Bobby freezes himself into a swimming pool when his powers first manifest. He masters the basics quickly after that, but there's still some subtle PowerIncontinence going on.
* IcePalace: After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Bobby can't leave the south pole without slowly dying. Therefor, Bobby has made an Ice Palace to live in with Romeo.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'', Iceman waits for ComicBook/{{Mystique}} to run a bath, then gets into the water system, so that he IS the bathwater, then when Mystique gets in, he holds her down and "does it"; she doesn't tell anyone for some time afterward, so her subsequent betrayal of the X-Men to the Marauders and attempt to abduct the baby "Mutant Messiah" ComicBook/HopeSummers is seen as just another example of her innate treachery.
* InformedJudaism:
* InformedJudaism: In ''Iceman'' (vol. 1) #1 (December, 1984), Bobby mentions that he's attended Hebrew school, the Jewish equivalent of Sunday school. This is largely ignored however as the character is normally featured as irreligious.
-->'''Bobby Drake:''' My dad's Irish-Catholic, my mom's Jewish. I was the only kid in ''Hebrew school'' who got off for ''St. Patrick's Day''!
-->'''Bobby Drake:''' ''Any''way... the Catholic kids used to ride me for being Jewish... the Jewish kids used to ride me for being Catholic... and ''that'' wasn't even my ''big'' problem!
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Wolvie was born in the 19th century and is old enough to be Iceman's ancestor.
* {{Jerkass}}: On occasion. Including the odd remark that the X-Men were better when there were just five of them.
* KidAppealCharacter: In the original team, Iceman was the jokester, the funnyman, and the surrogate kid-brother to his teammates. He was naturally the youngest member.
* KidHeroAllGrownUp: He started his career as a teenager, and he is currently an adult.
* TheLancer: In the earliest days, Bobby was loudmouthed, egotistical, and irreverent, and had a constant problem with Cyclops' leadership. He was still one of the best fighters in the team. In his first appearance, Iceman single-handedly took down most of Magneto's missiles.
* LGBTFanbase: After Creator/BrianMichaelBendis outed teen Iceman, [=adult/regular timeline=] Iceman had two limited series focusing on his coming out, making him the oldest gay character in the X-Men, being one of the original five.
* LoveTriangle: Iceman, Havok, and Lorna Dane, which eventually seemed to conclude with Havok ending up with Lorna.
* MakingASplash: A story arc where his body was possessed by Emma Frost in the early 90s revealed that Bobby is capable of incredible feats of power involving bodies of water, such as traveling quickly through a river and utilizing the water to increase his body mass. After this event, Bobby would actually start converting his body into organic ice, rather than simply encasing himself in it.
* MayDecemberRomance: His brief relationship with Mystique fits this trope. She was born in the 19th century and is old enough to be his ancestor.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: He had a tumultuous relationship with Japanese expatriate Opal Tanaka. He served as her protector against the plans of her villainous grandfather. His father William, bigoted against the Japanese, disapproved of the relationship.
* MuggingTheMonster: Beasley and his gang try to harass Bobby and assault Judy. Bobby simply freezes him in a block of ice, and the others flee. Unfortunately, revealing his powers has consequences for Bobby's life and family.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lashed out at Thunderbird on the guy's first day, which didn't help with his already-present anger issues.
* NighInvulnerability: Iceman in his living ice form. In that state, you can blow a hole through his chest, shatter him into a million pieces, melt him, evaporate him... it doesn't matter. His body will always re-form itself. The only way to harm him is via psychic attack or catching him in his normal form.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In Iceman's origin, young Bobby Drake is out on a date with a girl called Judy Harmon, when a local bully attacks and tries to drag her away. Bobby saves her by encasing the bully in ice, which leads Judy to reject Bobby as a monster. Also, soon afterward a group of locals forms a lynch mob and attack the Drakes' home.
* NotQuiteDead: Although he melted at the Hellfire Gala and seemed quite dead, Bobby’s mind was actually scattered and Bobby even says he felt dead.
* OutOfFocus: Of the five original X-Men, he gets by far the least focus. Though this has changed in recent times with his 2 solo series.
* PhysicalGod: It's been revealed he has the ''potential'' to be this, as his powers have over the years been redefined from "shoots ice" to "ability to do literally ''anything'' so long as it involves water." This is rarely actually ''seen'', however, a notable exception is the first arc in ''[[ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics Wolverine and the X-Men]]'' where he creates an army of clones to defend the school from villains... from the school's sprinkler system.
* PowerIncontinence: Bobby learns how to use his powers quickly, but even after his [[HowDoIShotWeb initial learning curve]], the temperature around him drops noticeably when he’s feeling threatened.
* SadClown: Bobby has had a difficult life since childhood; his parents smothered him initially but also had strict ideals of the "proper" son he was supposed to be, particularly his dad who would neglect him and belittle any "unmanly" interests he had. This caused Bobby to repress a lot of his feelings and cover up his insecurities with a joke. Consequently, this impacted many of his personal dynamics; whether it be his identity, his relationships, or his powers, but over the years he was able to embrace all of the things that made him different.
* SelfDuplication: In recent years, Iceman has gained the ability to produce duplicates of himself. They usually do not demonstrate much intelligence or combat ability. Subverted in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #62-65 (July-October, 2013). Iceman has been affected by the Apocalypse Seed and his powers act out in erratic ways. Several Iceman duplicates are running around, acting independently of the original. A few attempt to kidnap Opal Tanaka and her son. Another allies himself with Mystique, and kidnaps Polaris and Annie Ghazikhanian. Another takes care of "their" father William Drake who has suffered a heart attack. Another takes a “psychiatrist” role and gives the original Iceman a much-needed therapy session. The "psychiatrist" saves the day, since Iceman regains control of himself and his powers. Ending the madness.
** Later, in ''All-New X-Men'', it's revealed that one future version of The Brotherhood has one of the Iceman duplicates, who is a mindless raging snow giant controlled by Xavier's son.
** Neither Iceman nor anyone else seems overly concerned when the [[ExpendableClone duplicate Icemen]] get destroyed in combat or otherwise terminated.
* SexyShirtSwitch: In ''ComicBook/{{Marauders}}'', Iceman is taking a cruise on Christian Frost's private submarine and wearing Christian's monogrammed bathrobe, subtly indicating that they slept together. Reinforced by the flirting. They are [[BigDamnKiss explicitly shown]] to be a couple in a later issue.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: In Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men'', Iceman starts losing the ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Voluntary Shapeshift]]. A wounded part of his body is stuck in ice form. In issue #415 (January, 2003), the ice covers part of his chest and stomach. It is his new secondary mutation. He is actually becoming ice and can’t change back. In issue #425 (August, 2003), Annie Ghazikhanian figures out why Iceman is so miserable with the change. He is used to passing as a regular human whenever he wants. If he turns to ice [[PassFail permanently]], he will have to be a mutant 24/7.
* ShoutOut:
** In the 2017-18 solo series.
*** Iceman calls a runaway student out on wanting to see the world at all costs, calling him [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]] in the process.
*** While fighting some bad guy alongside his younger self, he references Music/{{ABBA}} hit ''Knowing Me, Knowing You''.
** Vol. 2 (2018-)
*** Issue #1 has a poster referencing Music/{{ABBA}}'s ''One Of Us''.
---->One of us is dying\\
None of us are trying
* SignatureMove: Iceman's [[AnIcePerson Ice-Ramps]] are his means of fast travel.
* SixthRanger: In ''Fantastic Four'' Vol 5. #24, it's revealed that Bobby joined the Fantastic Four after a humiliating experience in the Danger Room and Johnny Storm raced off in a hot-headed huff over his popularity. Johnny refuses to believe Bobby was a member at all. It takes a few years and Bobby suddenly appearing to drop Franklin off for Johnny to admit he was scared of being replaced by the family.
* SizeShifter: In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #63 (August, 2013), Iceman's powers manifest in new ways due to his exposure to the Apocalypse Seed. At the finale of the issue, he increases his mass, towering over the skyscrapers of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Frequently undergoes minor power-ups or character switches where he decides to take himself (and his work) more seriously. Generally, he's back to being an immature jokester with his standard powers in no time.
* StrangledByTheRedString: Bobby Drake/Iceman and Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat. As of the seventh issue of the ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' comic, Bobby and Kitty have shared two kisses, despite how they've spent years as distant acquaintances at best. They had a decent relationship arc in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, and writers have been known to mix the two up before. It comes completely out of nowhere in the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse. However, this, too, was crashed into the ground, this time by the events of ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' after Kitty gets fed up with Wolverine's HolierThanThou attitude and, after chewing out Iceman for not trying to stand up for himself and leaning towards Wolverine's way of thinking, breaks it off and goes to join Cyclops' team.
** Iceman gets it again in [[ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics his solo series]], which began shortly after he came out as gay. This was already contentious among some fans who felt like it came out of nowhere, and many complained that the series seemed far more interested in being a ComingOutStory than a superhero book. While in L.A. Bobby goes out with a guy whom he found on a dating app, winds up sleeping with him, and ''immediately'' decides to move in with him, which of course means relocating across the country and leaving the X-Men. Must have been some really good sex, huh?
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Much like Beast, he rarely ever wears a shirt with his uniforms. More recently he has taken to wearing bikini briefs and flip-flops.
* SuperpowerLottery: Iceman at his full potential is not just AnIcePerson, but has full control over moisture itself. This includes absorbing bodies of water to increase his size, teleportation (not quite, but close enough) by traveling through water vapor, physical immortality since he can reconstitute his body from ''any'' source of moisture, and he even killed a villain by drawing the water from her body.
* SuperSliding: Bobby often gets around by creating slides and platforms made of ice that he generates under his feet, enabling him to slide around at speeds far faster than he can run and even maneuver himself through the air.
* TeleFrag: In one post-Decimation storyline, Iceman is teleported into the middle of a wall. Luckily, having ice in place of flesh makes this non-lethal.
* TookALevelInBadass: He's come a long way since his appearances and is now the second most powerful of the original five X-Men after Jean.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men'', Iceman exhibits anti-human prejudice towards Annie Ghazikhanian and antagonizes several of his teammates. In issue #416 (February, 2003), he gives a little speech about him being a real X-Man and the others are not. "I mean, who is Stacy and why’s she hanging around us so much? All right, so she’s a mutant, but she’s not an X-Man. The X-Men are a group - a set group - a family even - not a club anyone can join just because they’ve got the right chromosome" He continues saying that nowadays "anyone who hangs out in the lobby for an hour thinks they’re an X-Man." He proclaims that the X-Men are Scott, Warren, himself, Hank and Jean - and that everyone else is just a Johnny-come-lately. He is saying all this to Nightcrawler who takes offense, since Iceman does not think of him as a real X-Man.
* TookALevelInKindness: Since (and most likely due to) coming out of the closet, Bobby has 95% fewer asshole moments, which is noticeable post ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' when he’s a lot more helpful to the students at the Jean Grey School. He’s kinder to his teammates, his allies and generally just more pleasant to be around.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ice cream, in the earliest days. Yes, it's an awful attempt at punning.
* TheTrickster: On occasion, Iceman uses his powers for pranks.
* UnderwearOfPower: Since he converts his body into organic ice, he has little need for clothing. His outfit usually consists of a pair of briefs and some boots.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Beast. They are best friends, but that does not prevent them from taking shots at each other. Beast pointing that Iceman is not the brightest guy around: "Meet my blundering associate – who's not such a bad idiot when you get to know him!"
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He controls his transformation from his human form to that of organic ice. His powers get a temporary upgrade in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #64 (September, 2013). He shapeshifts into a massive ice dragon and swallows ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.
* WellDoneSonGuy: He wants the approval of his father William Drake, who is prejudiced against mutants. He was touched in ''X-Men'' (vol. 2) #58 (November, 1996) when his father had a change of heart and stood up for mutant rights. At the time his father was really pissed with the racist rhetoric of Graydon Creed. They attempted a reconciliation.
** Their relationship simply returned to being adversarial. An angry Iceman almost killed his father in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' (vol. 3) #64 (September, 2013), by giving him a heart attack. William was being his usually loveable self, upon starting the conversation with: "What... the big superhero making time in his busy schedule to lend his old man a hand shoveling snow?"
* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: His parents aren't wild about Mutants. They also don't like the idea of their son being a superhero, dreading the phone call telling them their son had been killed in battle. Now his sexuality has taken the top spot on their list. To the extent that they are unperturbed by him fighting Juggernaut -- so long as it buys them time to catch a train back to Long Island after he comes out to them. His mother in particular wants to know why he can't just keep dating women.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #62-65 (July-October, 2013), Iceman has temporary upgrades to his powers which make him a global threat. He is at his most powerful phase but goes mentally unstable.
* YouFightLikeACow: Regularly uses WittyBanter in combat situations.

* AffablyEvil: As the Dark Angel version of Archangel, he's calm, polite to allies and enemies alike, even a potential rival to the throne of Apocalypse in the form of 616's Holocaust, who he takes under his metaphorical wing, and maintains an entirely reasonable demeanor. He's also planning to wipe out all life on Earth and when 616 Holocaust's mother protests that Archangel is turning his son into a monster, he kills her.
* AlliterativeName: '''W'''arren '''W'''orthington. His middle name "Kenneth" is a later addition and is often left unmentioned.
** And an alliterative codename. According to his origin story, he was briefly a solo hero before joining the X-Men. His codename was '''A'''venging '''A'''ngel.
* AllLovingHero: The amnesiac Angel claims to love everyone (platonically) and is trying to perform miracles for them. This does not prevent him from getting involved in fights.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Notably had blue skin for many years, even after he had lost the metallic wings.
* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: The amnesiac Angel is no longer a vicious killer, instead showing love and care towards people he barely knows. Starting with Psylocke.
* AntiHero: Type V in Apocalypse-engineered mode.
* ArchEnemy: Cameron Hodge, one of ComicBook/XFactor's major foes, serves as one to Archangel. Highlights of his activities include the crossovers ''Extinction Agenda'' and ''Phalanx Covenant''. Cameron has died a few times, but always seems to find a way to get BackFromTheDead. Once through a DealWithTheDevil, twice through the [[TheAssimilator Phalanx]]'s techno-organic virus restoring him.
* ArtificialLimbs: He has his naturally-occurring wings amputated and replaced with razor-edged metallic wings that can shoot blades. As the procedure is [[spoiler:done by an evil mad scientist]], there are some [[FaceHeelTurn side effects]].
* ArtImitatesArt: Text only use. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012), Rachel Grey describes the rapid learning the amnesiac Angel is displaying. He went from being unable to draw even a basic stick figure to producing a faithful recreation of the ceiling of the Art/SistineChapel on the walls of his room.
* BattleCouple: With ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} when they were together.
* BettyAndVeronica: Veronica for Jean in the early days. He was the rich, arrogant suitor in comparison to the poor, humble Cyclops. Then he became the Betty to Psylocke's Archie with Fantomex being the Veronica.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. His lover Charlotte Jones is African-American, so this is a pairing of White Guy and a Black Gal. But neither of the two face derision and this is not played for drama.
* BloodKnight: In Apocalypse-engineered mode. He actively sought combat and the death of his opponents.
* {{Brainwashed}}: Even though he had willingly agreed to serve ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} as Death, one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse in exchange for new wings (bear in mind he was [[DrivenToSuicide borderline suicidal at the time]], and everyone thought he ''was'' dead), Apocalypse still programmed him to be loyal though, however. He stayed under his control from ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #21 to #25(October, 1987 - February, 1988). It wasn't thorough enough, though, and after apparently killing Iceman, he snaps out of it and attacks Apocalypse. Fortunately, the Iceman he destroyed was only an ice statue of the original and Warren rejoined X-Factor.
* CastFromLifespan: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel gained new energy powers. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #20 (January, 2013), Beast speculates that they come at a terrible price. Angel is using his own energy reserves to fight, and they are a limited resource. When they are exhausted, he will die.
* ChickMagnet: He is a blonde-haired hunk of a man and regularly attracts ladies. This goes as far back as ''X-Men'' #2 (November, 1963). The X-Men have recently defeated Magneto and have become celebrities. Anti-mutant sentiment was not introduced yet. So there is a scene where the Angel has trouble escaping his adoring fangirls. He has went on to have romances with several notable women, the dates given are the duration of the relationship: Candy Southern (1967-1986), ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} (1982-1983), Charlotte Jones (1990-1991), ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} (1994-2001), and Husk (2002-2005).
** In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #169-170 (May, 1983), Angel was kidnapped by the Morlocks. Their leader Callisto wanted to have him as her consort, since he was “the most beautiful man in all the world.” In ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' vol. 3 #13 (July, 2005), both Callisto and Viper express their lust towards Archangel.
** His teammate Stacy X had an unrequited crush on him. In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #413 (November 2002), Stacy and Husk fight over their common attraction to Archangel.
** In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #415 (January, 2003), Warren attracts the attentions of the empath Josette. She tries to seduce him, and he turns her down.
** In ''X-Men: First Class'' #7 (May, 2007), Angel has a brief relationship with the ComicBook/ScarletWitch.
** In ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' #16 (November, 2011), Archangel has sex with Pestilence/Ichisumi. He impregnates her and she goes on to give birth to their twin children: Uriel and Eimin.
** The younger version of Angel, displaced to Earth-616, has a relationship with ComicBook/{{X 23}}.
** In ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'', even as the team is fighting him, Songbird says that she has "never in ''[her]'' life seen a guy that good-looking!"
* ClipItsWings: Angel has large wings: during the ''Mutant Massacre'' storyline, his wings are mutilated and later develop gangrene so they're amputated. For a while, he uses artificial wings; later, real wings grow back.
* ComboPlatterPowers: He's got enhanced strength and endurance, healing blood, flight...
* CrimefightingWithCash: He inherited a large fortune from his father, as well as the position of CEO of Worthington Industries.[[note]]Very loosely based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthington_Industries the real-life Worthington Industries]] and the similarly-named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthington_Corporation Worthington Corporation]], both of which were well-established by the .[[/note]] The company is "an international conglomerate with holdings in advanced aviation technology, periodicals (at least one newspaper), experimental alternative fuels and fancy frozen yoghurts, with nearly uncountable net worth." He has used his fortune to bankroll the Defenders, X-Factor, and the X-Men.
** At one point, his old foe the Vanisher set up a company to sell drugs. Termed "designer genes," they were drugs distilled from mutants that gave their users temporary access to unique mutant powers. In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #409 (September, 2002), Archangel ended the threat by performing a hostile takeover of Vanisher's company.
* DeathIsCheap: In ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #15 (April, 1987), his wings were amputated. He escaped the hospital and took off on a private plane. The plane explodes in to ball of flames, and Angel was declared deceased. His funeral was held in issue #17 (June, 1987). In issue #18 (July, 1987), it is revealed that Angel was teleported out of the plane moments before the explosion. His rescuer was ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, who wanted to convert him to his cause.
** In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' #1 (July, 1991), ComicBook/{{Thanos}} wipes out of half the population of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. In issue #2 (August, 1991), a list of "missing" (dead) heroes is read and Archangel was among them. Every casualty of the event was restored to life in issue #6 (December, 1991), Archangel included.
** In ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' #18 (February, 2012), Archangel is killed by ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, who uses the Life Seed to stab him. The death did not even last the issue. The Life Seed immediately resurrects him, but [[DeathOfPersonality wipes out his memory]].
* DidNotGetTheGirl: He was involved in a LoveTriangle with Jean Grey and Cyclops. Both men wanted her, and Warren was more open about it. This subplot run for years in the original ''X-Men'' series. It was resolved in issue #31 (April, 1967), when Warren decided to drop the pursuit. He realized Jean was not returning his affection. That same issue introduced his ReplacementGoldfish, Candy Southern.
* DiscardAndDraw: Due to the limitations of his original abilities in combat, Warren's powers have gone through a number of changes over the decades to the point that he rivals Psylocke in this trope. Originally, Warren started out as simply having wings that allowed him to fly. After he suffered an injury to these wings, he was transformed into Apocalypse's Horseman and gained techno-organic wings which fired poison tipped FeatherFlechettes. He regained his organic wings and gained the ability to heal himself and others by mixing his blood with theirs. After some time, his metallic wings and the Archangel persona resurfaced. Following Psylocke killing him, his organic wings and healing powers returned. He also gained the ability to fire energy blasts from his hands and manifest a LaserBlade.
* DistressedDude: ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' #169-170 (May, 1983), Angel was kidnapped by the Morlocks. Their leader Callisto wanted to have him as her consort, since he was "the most beautiful man in all the world." He spend both issues as a helpless captive, "silent and naked except for a loincloth, shackled, crucifixion-style, to a wall in Callisto's dungeon."
* DoomedUpgrade: Superpowered version. Various writers continue trying to upgrade him beyond "lame old flight," but nobody can agree on what that upgrade should be, so his powers have gone through at least three major revamps. The longest-lasting of these was being stints as Archangel with razor-sharp metal wings (permanently locked into the form from 1988 to 1996, able to shift at will between Angel and Archangel from 2008 to present).
* DreamSequence: In ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' #18 (February, 2012), Archangel is dying and Psylocke uses her telepathy to give him an elaborate dream. In it, the two are a married couple, raising two daughters in Colorado. They grow old together, and Warren dies of natural causes. [[YearInsideHourOutside All those decades in a few minutes]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Yes, he's THAT hot. His former friend Cameron Hodge was obsessed with Warren. In ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #34 (November, 1988), Cameron killed Candy Southern, Warren's actual lover. He explains his reasons for killing her: "She loved you. And you loved her. You turned from me and loved her." The motivation of a StalkerWithACrush who has decided to MurderTheHypotenuse.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Angel, as Death of the Four Horsemen (he kept his costume after returning to X-Factor and becoming Archangel).
* EvilFormerFriend: Cameron Hodge used to be his friend before becoming his Archenemy. Warren trusted him enough to have him serve as the public relations director to X-Factor.
* EvilUncle: His paternal uncle Burtram "Burt" Worthington is the super-villain Dazzler. He killed first Warren's father and then his mother. All in an attempt to claim the family fortune. Unfortunately for him, Warren survived and became the actual heir. His appearances so far include ''Ka-Zar'' #2-3 (December, 1970 - March, 1971), ''Marvel Tales'' vol. 2 #30 (April, 1971), and ''X-Men: The Hidden Years'' #13-16 (December, 2000 - March, 2001).
* FaceHeelTurn: Angel, after being brainwashed by Apocalypse into becoming the Horseman of Death. He eventually [[HeelFaceTurn returned to the side of good]] though.
** It happens again when his Death persona takes over and he becomes the successor to Apocalypse. Setting off the Dark Angel Saga in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]''.
** His first Face Heel Turn occurred back in ''Tales of Suspense'' #49 (January, 1964). Following an accidental exposure to [[NuclearMutant radiation]], Angel becomes an "evil mutant." He heads right to the Xavier Mansion and announces his resignation from the X-Men. His teammates attempt to restrain him until the Professor arrives. Instead, Angel easily knocks Beast and Cyclops off their feet, evading attacks by Iceman and Marvel Girl. He flies away just before Professor X arrives and casually ignores a mental command to return. Pointing he is no longer scared of Xavier. He then goes on trying to make contact with evil mutants. He instead gets into a fight with ComicBook/IronMan. Iron Man fails to get the best of his opponent, but then tries another strategy. He pretends to fall out of the sky to his death. This snaps Angel out of his "evil mutant" persona and he goes to the rescue. He is a hero again and is welcomed by the X-Men.
* TheFavourite: Of Apocalypse, as implied many times after his initial transformation, and confirmed in the lead-up to ''ComicBook/XOfSwords''. The Horsemen of Apocalypse are all ReplacementGoldfish for the original Horsemen, his children, and while he liked a few well enough, none of them really measured up... except for Warren, who Apocalypse both liked and respected, once calling him "the greatest of my Horsemen". Unsurprisingly, Warren's not so wild about the idea.
* FeatherFlechettes: In his Death/Archangel persona. Each flechette is tipped with a paralytic toxin that temporarily renders his victims immobile, physically "dead" and unable to access any conscious powers they may have.
* {{Fiction 500}}: His personal wealth places him as one of the richest men in the United States. He can always cover the expenses of entire teams
* FlightOfRomance: This trope is taken to an extreme when Angel has sex with Husk in mid air in front of her ''mother'', Nightcrawler, and several other people.
* FriendToAllChildren: In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012), Rachel Grey reveals that Angel devotes part of his day to children. Specifically, he volunteers at the hospital and takes sick children on rides through the clouds.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Angel has white feathery wings during his early incarnation. Later, he is grabbed by Apocalypse and experimented upon, and his wings become metallic and retractable. Later the metal wings mysteriously fall off and reveal the old feathered wings have returned, and still later Warren gains the ability to shift at will between the feather-winged Angel and metal-winged Archangel. And in the latter form, he has to fight against the evil urges that have been imbued in him by Apocalypse, hence sticking with the weaker but entirely good Angel form whenever possible.
* HandBlast: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel gained new energy powers, being able to blast energy from his hands. However, this ended up being a case of CastFromLifespan.
* HaveWeMet: Amnesiac or not, Angel finds his teammate Genesis/Evan Sabahnur looks familiar and feels he should know more about him. Genesis is a clone of Apocalypse, Angel's former master.
* HealingFactor: When Chuck Austen revamped Archangel's powers, one of the new ones was a healing factor. In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #415 (January, 2003), Warren is completely healed after being severely injured. Even his broken bones are repaired. Warren surprises Iceman with his "rapid healing." Iceman suggests that Warren is turning into a copy of Wolverine: "So what’s next? You pop claws out of your forearms, develop a taste for beer and mousse your hair all pointy on the sides?"
* HealingHands: Averted. While believing himself to be an actual [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]], Warren is convinced he has this power. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #8 (June, 2012), Warren tries to use this power on a paralyzed Wolverine. Nothing happens.
* HeroesPreferSwords: He briefly wielded a sword that he took from a battle he won with an alternate reality Illyana Rasputin. It hasn't really been seen in a while, though he's proved himself a competent fencer with his wings.
* HeroesWantRedheads: He was a suitor to redhead Jean Grey. His one time love interest Scarlet Witch has auburn hair. "Auburn" being reddish-brown.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: He is the CEO of Worthington Industries and is not in favor of underhanded business methods or morally questionable investments. His board of directors, on the other hand, has invested money in the X-Ranch (a mutant brothel) and Lobo Technologies (a company illegally selling Stark Enterprises products under their logo).
* IBelieveICanFly: When Angel was introduced as a member of the ComicBook/XMen, it was alongside the very flightless ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} and Beast, while Iceman's ice slides didn't offer the same level of maneuverability and ComicBook/JeanGrey couldn't levitate herself very far. But as the roster has expanded with characters who have flight as a side effect of their powers--ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}} (after absorbing the right abilities), ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, Cannonball, ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, and so on--being stuck with huge feathered wings as a mutation must be annoying.
** In fairness, Angel has gained (and lost) a lot of powers over the years, such as vision on par with a hawk's, being ''physically'' capable of flight i.e. being both lighter and stronger than normal humans, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic and recently universal donor blood with regenerative properties]] that, for ''some,'' can heal otherwise-doomed characters from fatal damage. And even when his power of flight was more exclusive, he always made it look like a lot of ''fun'', like every childhood daydream you've had but better.
* IdentityAmnesia: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel lost all memories of his previous life. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'', Angel becomes just another student. He has to be taught the basics about being a mutant, doesn't answer to the name "Warren," and for a while believed he was an actual [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]].
* IHateYouVampireDad: Considered [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] his worst enemy after the latter made him a horseman.
* ImpoverishedPatrician: Following his amnesia, Angel spend a period when his bank accounts were frozen. This started in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #5 (April, 2012). He also lost control of his company to its board of directors: "It is painfully obvious to the board of directors that their longtime CEO has suffered a mental breakdown and thus at present must be considered mentally unfit to run this company. They have no choice but to strip Mr. Worthington of all authority in regards to this company and to implore him to seek the medical attention he so desperately needs." ... "He is being called before a judge to demonstrate mental competence."
* IntergenerationalFriendship:
** With Genesis/Evan Sabahnur. Angel is a full adult, Genesis is little more than a newborn clone. Justified in that Angel himself is functionally a child following his resurrection.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #24 (January, 1988), Warren serves as Death, a Horseman of the Apocalypse. He lists his reasons for his newfound hatred of humans: "They took away his wealth, beauty, name, pride, and even his wings." He is correct that hateful humans have caused his TraumaCongaLine, and his former teammates offer no argument against his reasoning.
** In ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', he reverts to his Archangel persona, being a SociopathicHero at best and flat out states that he is undecided on whether or not he is going to attack them or not. He also rips the X-Men a new one, because they are responsible for his reversion, as he'd been one of [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey's]] 'Horsemen of Salvation' and they'd taken him out. However, as he pointed out, he'd been serving Nate more or less willingly, since Nate was helping him with the Archangel persona, and the X-Men had just returned him to his worst nightmare. Betsy - who was the one to do it - admits he's right.
* TheLancer: Full of himself, overconfident, and continued to contend with Scott for Jean long after Bobby and Hank lost interest.
* LaserBlade: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel gained new energy powers. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #20 (January, 2013), he manifests an energy sword and has a brief SwordFight with the second Silver Samurai. He bests his opponent.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Angel, after the Life Seed is used on him.
* LastOfHisKind: Chuck Austen's storylines hinted that Warren is the last member of the Cheyarafim, an ancient Mutant sub-species with angelic looks and powers. They were the archenemies of the demonic-looking Neyaphem, a Mutant sub-species which includes Nightcrawler. Warren's blood, which heals others, burns Nightcrawler when used on him. This has been quietly ignored ever since.
* TheLeader: Starting from ''Uncanny X-Men'' #395, the series featured a group of X-Men going on rescue missions. Under Creator/JoeCasey, the leader was Nightcrawler. Under Chuck Austen the leader was Archangel.
* LegacyCharacter: When [[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]] killed Apocalypse, the mantle was passed on to Archangel. Cue Archangel [[OhCrap becoming the new Apocalypse]].
* MayDecemberRomance: His relationship with Husk fits the trope. She was said to be about 19 years old at the time. Archangel is in his 30s.
** His relationship with Pestilence/Ichisumi is a more extreme version. Her origin story in ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' #3 (February, 2011), depicts her as an adult in 1833. She is likely more than 150-years older than Archangel.
* TheMedic: A grisly version, since he can use his {{blood|y murder}} to heal others.
* MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow: He had a brief relationship with Pestilence/Ichisumi, a Japanese woman, when he usurped Apocalypse's position. He was clearly the dominant partner, as she served his will.
* MissionFromGod: In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #8 (June, 2012), Angel goes on a space mission to find a device able to heal a paralyzed Wolverine. He declares it a Mission From God.
* MistakenForCheating: In ''ComicBook/XFactor'' #10 (November, 1986), Angel and Jean Grey bond for a while and embrace. His lover Candy Southern walks in on them and mistakes this for a lover's embrace. She chews them both out. Angel because this is not his first time philandering. Jean because her real powers are wrecking relationships, making men fall in love with her, and destroying the men who fall for her. She then dumps Warren, quits her job in Warren Industries, and walks out.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Warren has a slender figure and is not muscle-bound. However, his Handbook profiles list him as having "Peak Human Strength." "The Angel possesses greater physical strength than an ordinary human equal to him in body weight and can lift about 500 lbs (226,80 kilos)."
* NapoleonDelusion: For several issues of ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'', Warren thought himself to be an actual [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angel]] and an agent of {{God}}. In issue #10 (July, 2012), his delusion almost kills him. He tries to fly up to {{Heaven}} and flies to a height where there is not enough oxygen for him to breath. He falls from the sky and has to be rescued by Genesis/Evan Sabahnur. When he wakes up, Angel realizes he is a mutant after all.
* {{Necromancer}}: Angel demonstrates new powers after his resurrection in 2012. One of them is the ability to bring back the recently deceased. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #4 (March, 2012), he first uses this power to bring a dead dog back to life.
* NeverLearnedToRead: As revealed by Rachel Grey in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012), the amnesiac Angel "couldn’t read a word in any language." Due to his rapid learning, Angel goes from illiterate to having the highest marks among students of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, along with Quentin Quire.
* OldMoney: His family has been wealthy and socially prominent since the 18th century. ''X-Men: The Hellfire Club'' #2 (February, 2000), features his ancestor Major-General Wallace Worthington as a key figure in the late years of UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Angel is explicitly stated from the beginning to be a mutant who just happens to have various flying mutations including big white fluffy wings. Except, of course, [[spoiler:later developments made him a descendant of the Cheyarafim, along with Icarus (Joshua Guthrie), and added healing blood to his powers]].
* OutOfFocus: Of all the original X-Men crew, he is unequivocally the one who has received less attention and representation in the last few years.
* PowerLossDepression: Warren had his wings amputated after they were mutilated by Harpoon, one of Mr Sinister's Marauders. This resulted in him falling into emotional turmoil, which Apocalypse took advantage of by offering to give him new wings in exchange for becoming one of his Four Horsemen.
* PreppyName: He's from a wealthy family called Worthington, and is the [[AncestralName third]] generation of the lineage to be named Warren.
* PrettyBoy: He is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed man who looks like a model. [[DependingOnTheArtist Not every artist can pull it off]], of course, but he is supposed to be unnaturally, ethereally beautiful, to the point that the wings aren't what you notice first if you're close enough to make out his features. This even continued when he was blue-skinned. Amusingly, [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen his time-displaced teenaged self]] jokingly acknowledges this while on a date with ComicBook/{{X 23}}, making himself out to be prettier than ''Jean Grey''.
-->'''Laura:''' Jean is prettier than me.\\
'''Warren:''' That's not true.\\
'''Laura:''' You're prettier than me.\\
'''Warren:''' That ''is'' true.
* RazorWings: As Archangel. His techno-organic wings can cut through flesh, and tend to be used for the mutilation or [[OffWithHisHead decapitation]] of his opponents.
* RestartTheWorld: During his FaceHeelTurn in ''ComicBook/UncannyXForce'' The intent of the newly ascendant Archangel intends to raze the world using Willaim Rolfson [=AKA=] Genocide to burn the earth to the ground and then use the energies of the Celestial Life seed coupled with the YearOutsideHourInside nature of The World to create gardens on earth each exploding with possibilities' untold. Pity everyone will have to die for that to happen.
* SkinToneDisguise: Warren used to have blue skin as part of his mutation. He would use an image-inducer to look like the Caucasian man he is.
* TheSmartGuy: Among the students of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. He gets the highest marks among them, along with Quentin Quire.
* SociopathicHero[=/=]VillainProtagonist in Apocalypse-engineered mode. While heroic, Archangel is still extremely violent and kills on instinct. When his dark side wins out, he becomes an outright villain. Which does not prevent him from being the co-protagonist of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' and ''ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]''.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Angel has Archangel, the persona he developed after being experimented on by Apocalypse. Warren usually has wings and average healing powers. Archangel has razor sharp, retractable wings that launch out metal feathers that are dipped in his natural poison. He is a killer. See YoYoPlotPoint below.
* SuperSenses: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel gains new powers. One of them gives him a version of enhanced vision. He is able to see the true essence of whomever he looks upon. He uses it twice in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012)When he looks at himself (in the mirror), Angel sees himself glowing. Which makes him believe that he is so much more than a mutant. When he sees Genesis/Evan Sabahnur, Angel sees the adult Apocalypse.
* TokenFlyer: Warren was this for the original team. As new members with flight (and other powers) were added, Warren's own powers [[DiscardAndDraw had to be expanded]] in order to avoid redundancy.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: You try getting a shirt on over those things on a regular basis.
* TheWorfEffect: It may seem absurd, considering that he was the weakest of all the X-Men, but back in the day when he wasn't QUITE so useless the first thing that would happen in most fights is that Angel would rush in and get his ass handed to him, after which he would either be totally taken out or have to retreat to be rescued by the others. In retrospective, his strength was somewhat justified in that one of the attempts to revamp his powers was to make him physically stronger due to his flight musculature.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Starting from ''ComicBook/XForce'' vol. 3 #7 (November, 2008), Warren could willingly change from his white-skinned, feather-winged Angel form to his blue-skinned, techno-organic Archangel form.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: The utter redundance of "just flight" as a power in such a fully realized superhero universe has caused numerous attempts to revamp him into a more serious combat threat (though there was the time around 2000 when they tried to up his usefulness by just focusing him on rescue in hazardous areas and situations). The most common variant is, as Archangel, RazorWings, but he's also displayed the ability to launch feather projectiles in that form (exploding ones in the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries '90s animated series]] and [[FlechetteStorm razor-sharp ones]] in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'').
* WingedHumanoid: He is a mutant with white feathered wings. He was later {{Retcon}}ned into having super-strength and unbreakable, ultra-light bones, to [[HandWave explain away]] the biological improbabilities (he also has eagle-keen vision, though no one seems to remember this). When transformed into the Horseman Death by ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, his previously amputated feathered wings were replaced by razor-sharp mechanical ones that shot poison-tipped feathers. His white-feathered wings returned eventually, having grown back underneath the metal ones.
** He can now switch between normal Angel and blue-skinned, metal-winged Archangel forms.
* WillfullyWeak: As much crap as he gets in and out of universe when he’s just a guy that can fly in a world where people have flying as part of a bigger powerset, Warren would much rather be the guy with feathered wings flying around and enjoying the sky. Despite the big power up it gives him, he hates the Archangel form and the baggage it brings. It’s very seldom his choice but he very often tries to resist the Archangel form so he can just be Angel.
* YoYoPlotPoint: The conflict between Warren and his Archangel persona. ''Every'' time it gets resolved and Warren either makes his peace or even rids himself of Archangel entirely, guaranteed a few months later it's going to be dragged back up ''again''. This is lampshaded in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', when Betsy 'frees' him of Nate Grey's control as a 'Horseman of Salvation', turning him into Archangel - ''again'', something which he doesn't hesitate to call her out on (especially since he was voluntarily serving Nate, because Nate was helping him keep Archangel under control). It should be noted that a handful of other characters have been converted into Horsemen and besides Gambit none of them have shown a hint of relapsing - though that might have something to do with how deeply Apocalypse transformed him. Certainly, it's notable that aside from the original Horsemen (who were his children), he's by far Apocalypse's favourite.

* ABeastInNameAndNature: A rare heroic version; codenamed for his gorilla-like physique, enormous hands and feet, and (later) his blue fur and other animalistic attributes. In sharp contrast to his beastly appearance, Hank is commonly portrayed as a brilliant scientist and a gentleman. Even following his moral decline, his behaviour is less obviously beastly, more cold, and clinically cruel.
* AllForNothing: The main reason he's had so many mutations over the years is that he took the first dose of mutant growth hormone he had synthesized in order to avoid it being taken by thieves. A few flashbacks to the backstories of contemporary characters show that MGH ended up on the streets soon after anyway.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Hank, like practically everyone in the original X-Men (sans Bobby), had a crush on Jean Grey and he even stole a kiss but was never a contender for her affections between [[BettyAndVeronica Scott and Warren]]. This only came up ''well'' after the fact when his past self is brought to the present and his love for Jean is explored, with their past versions even starting a relationship, but one that is ultimately broken off-panel.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The fur which covers his body was grey when he had his own series in ''Amazing Adventures''. It later changed to blue, which is his signature color.
* AntiHero: Originally Hank was one of the nicest X-Men, but since not that long ago he seems to have gotten into this. Specifically one of his more questionable decisions is pulling out O5 from the past just to show ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} how Scott has changed since the team’s early days. And as of the present [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] he’s X-Force supervisor and by issue 6 his methods include torture, ordering to kill the creatures (that were once humans), and brainwashing, veering into NominalHero territory.
* ArchEnemy: Dark Beast, his alternate universe counterpart, who kidnapped Beast and killed his loved ones to cover it up.
* BadassBookworm: A ScienceHero who reads Shakespeare, quotes poetry, [[SuperStrength can lift well over 10 tons]] and once flipped freaking the Juggernaut on his head. There is a good reason Hank is TropeCodifier (and picture) for GeniusBruiser.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: From the 60s to the mid-2000s, Beast was once a shining pillar of morality and a jovial and witty prankster who objected to ruthless and reckless acts and orders. Unfortunately, since [[ComicBook/HouseofM M-Day]] bitterness and his belief that he failed mutantkind in the past, has gradually erased almost all of the standards he once held, and as of the present [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]], Beast now operates in a very clinical and often horrifying fashion, using his former friends and subordinates as pawns for plans he believes that only he can comprehend and direct to secure Krakoa and mutantkind's future.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a very nice person, but push him too far and you WILL regret it. Sadly, the nice part of this trope no longer applies as he has fallen considerably from his once moral heights.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Hank cares deeply for his fellow less strong teammates, he even gave Iceman a spine cracking hug upon discovering he was alive. Hank is also protective of Jean though his feelings weren’t always brotherly. Later in the 90s Beast insisted on joining Gambit and Rogue’s date alongside Wolverine and Jubilee making sure Gambit “treats her right”.
* TheBigGuy: The strongest and more physically imposing of the original X-Men, though he's gone a bit to seed in the Krakoa era.
* BloodKnight: Hank may be a GeniusBruiser poet and GentleGiant but due to his animalistic side, he falls into this trope occasionally. It’s especially evident when he’s facing the aforementioned Juggernaut and has a huge smile on his blue furry face before flipping Jugs over. Sometimes DependingOnTheWriter Hank is more civilized but other times he’s as enthusiastic about fighting as he is working on scientific discoveries.
* BlueIsHeroic: Beast with his blue fur, intelligence, and kind nature.
* BreakTheCutie: He is widely known as an energetic and brainy sweetheart. But [[ComicBook/XForce2019 recently]]? It’s implied that [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]] and any tragedy that followed haven’t done any favors for his mental health.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: His initial Secret Avengers costume had a gigantic "A" on the chest, which [[FridgeLogic is kind of odd for a guy who's on a secret team]]. Thankfully he's gone back to his normal X-Men costume.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He frequently quotes poetry and literature, and is a very kind and warm man.
* CatchPhrase: "Oh my stars and garters!" and "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent"--usually [[HypocriticalHumor said right before he slugs someone.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]] between this and [[DependingOnTheWriter Depending On The Writer]]. Since the aftermath of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Beast's morals steadily circling the drain has been a frequent yet fluctuating motif for the character with Henry’s increasing God Complex, loss of accountability (see “Never My Fault” and other examples on this page), and propensity to assume that anyone disagreeing with him is simply too thick to understand the proper way to accomplish things or his reasonings. On the other hand, Ben Percy’s portrayal of Hank during the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] leans toward the [[FallenHero logical]] [[FaceHeelTurn endpoint]] of this motif; and has been consistent since the beginning of the relaunch.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He was originally written as a DumbMuscle, but the third issue abruptly changed his characterization to GeniusBruiser, and it stayed that way.
* ChickMagnet: At least before he took on a feline appearance (and after gaining his blue fur), quite a number of women displayed attraction for him, or at least when he was with ComicBook/TheAvengers, as it was not a rare sight to see groups of women swooning over him. He has had longtime relationships with Vera Cantor (1966-1990) and Trish Tilby (1988-2001). More recently he has been dating Abigail Brand.
* DeadpanSnarker: He was the main source of verbal humor in the original ''X-Men'' and this trait has remained defining for him.
-->'''Jubilee:''' Show-off! I was just about to do that!\\
'''Beast:''' I am certain. Fact is, I was sitting over there thinking, "What would Jubilee do in MY place?"
* DeathIsCheap: In ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'' #1 (July, 1991), ComicBook/{{Thanos}} wipes out of half the population of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. In issue #2 (August, 1991), a list of "missing" (dead) heroes is read and Beast was among them. Every casualty of the event was restored to life in issue #6 (December, 1991), Beast included.
* DependingOnTheArtist:
** His original appearance, chubby looking nerdy guy with oversized hands and feet? Or rugged nerdy guy with oversized hands and feet? ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' settles on a {{Adorkable}} look but his height still changes so that sometimes he’s only a head taller than Jean but other times he’s only a little shorter than his adult self.
** Hank’s blue beast appearance is infamously [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5YwLb4cM8AkYcxIwvPmfuV01ND2HwzcwQyA&usqp=CAU all over the shop]], sometime he looks like a [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRZf8Z-X2YwsE5HSYhUhYMkoeK4GN78S-dDkA&usqp=CAU bear]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBQYzNEd1vA96E4rIoOBter3kmUdZNSHoZOw&usqp=CAU a lion]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS3QT4JYYHiH8WZvDQ4SGYXkNlMF6t3n-rUIg&usqp=CAU a horse]], [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS8MdeG0WHn3q3z1F8md0nVGzT9Ue9aYmXNqg&usqp=CAU an ape]] or [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRUH2QoRHpPJMQ-1SFGjnlN7ux13fpHpUN63A&usqp=CAU Wolverine]].
** Notably "Cat Beast" (the version of Hank that is cat-like) has a tendency to look like a different animal depending on who draws him. He's been a grizzly bear, a lion or a baboon, and sometimes looks closer to the older version, "Ape Beast". Grant Morrison (likely to get the artists off the hook) unlocked this Pandora's box when he introduced the lion look as Beast's "secondary mutation," and he's been morphologically unstable ever since.
** Does Hank have pupils? Or featureless eyes like Nightcrawler.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: Hank [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin does not like magic]]. The ''X-Men: Endangered Species'' short series is about him trying -- [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption and failing]] -- to understand the way ComicBook/ScarletWitch's "no more mutants" spell works and revert it. He even goes on a rant about how, for all the weird magic stuff he found, he always hoped SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic was in effect. That the effect of said spell was the mutant population being reduced to 198 doesn't hurt his case. Ironically, the "Time-Displaced Hank" from ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' ultimately switched from studying science to studying magic after being stranded in the future, because he couldn't catch up to how far science had advanced.
* DrunkWithPower: Whether or not it’s because of M-Day and the other traumatizing events following it; either way, the moment he is appointed as head of X-Force, all of the simmering hubris and recklessness that has been gestating in him for the last ten or so years is ballooned to an egregious level that it [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zags]] with DrunkOnTheDarkSide - with all previous goodwill shriveling up in him, wholeheartedly believing that only he is in the right no matter his actions; that antagonism is the only way to solve problems, [[DidntThinkThisThrough never considering (or acknowledging) the full spectrum of consequences from his actions]], gets offended when he isn’t gifted with [[EntitledBastard leniency]], and [[SmugSnake looks down on everyone, including his own (former) friends and allies as ineffective dullards]].
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Beast originally looked like an ordinary human, albeit one with enlarged hands and feet. He didn't gain his iconic apelike appearance until the ''Amazing Adventures'' series in TheSeventies, and even then, his fur was initially ''gray'', [[HairColorDissonance then black]], before finally being described as blue in the pages of ''The Avengers''.
* EvilTwin: While all the X-Men have evil twins, Beast is notable because his EvilTwin (known as the Dark Beast, who is actually himself from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline) has stuck around long-term, become a recurring villain, and even teamed up with Beast himself on occasion. It's a mark of how far Beast's CharacterDevelopment has gone that Sinister himself has cheerfully remarked to Dark Beast (currently a head in a jar) that he's not even the Darkest Beast anymore.
* {{Expy}}: Beast (in his human form) is very similar to "Monk" Mayfair, sidekick of proto-superhero Literature/DocSavage. Monk is a scientist (industrial chemist) who resembles a great ape. Beast is a scholar (later scientist) with apelike features and abilities. Monk loves a good brawl, and so does the Beast. Monk loves beautiful women, and so does the Beast.
** In the early issues of ''X-Men'', he was basically an expy of ComicBook/TheThing. It wasn't until #4 that he started wearing glasses and doing higher math.
** His current characterization during the Krakoan Age could make him one to [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Regime Superman]]. Both are former [[TheParagon paragons]] who were also [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and LovedByAll; who, after a series of events, [[TookALevelInJerkass allowed their bitterness to cloud their judgment]] [[TookALevelInCynic and develop an excessively grim worldview]]; inspiring them to adopt [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans fascistic mindsets]]; transform into ticking time bomb fusions of KnightTemplar, TheParanoiac, and TheUnfettered; developing extreme {{Hubris}} and becoming HatedByAll by former friends and allies alike; and more than willing to [[spoiler: murder]] said friends and allies should they stray out of line. However - besides the differences in physical appearance and power sets - Injustice Superman’s fall takes place in a different continuity, whereas Hank’s is set within the main 616 continuity.
* EyeScream: In ''ComicBook/XForce2019'' issue #24, he ripped out and crushed his own eye after realizing one of Xeno's nesting doll soldiers was inside it. Since then, he is depicted as missing his left eye.
* FatalFlaw: In [[ComicBook/HouseofM recent]] [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge years]], Pride, to the point of Hubris, wherein he believes that he has the right to play God and that anyone objects to his actions are simply too thick to understand.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Hank has suffered from this syndrome at least twice in various continuities. His original mutant power was superhuman strength and dexterity and unusually large hands and feet, and it was established early on that he also happened to have genius-level intellect, leading to a career in biochemistry - a GeniusBruiser. He has occasionally suffered from traumas, or [[ProfessorGuineaPig performed medical experiments on himself]], that made him lose intelligence, turning him into DumbMuscle. He often has time to see this coming and regret the loss (until [[StatusQuoIsGod something comes along and makes him better]]). In one continuity, being DumbMuscle was the status quo for him and he was temporarily enhanced, playing this trope completely straight.
* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The final story arc of his feature in ''Amazing Adventures'' concerned an old friend named Vera, who approached Hank with the revelation that she needed his help to save the world from some unspecified threat. The threat was never revealed in ''Amazing Adventures'', and the story was eventually (hastily) concluded in an issue of ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk''.
* GeniusBruiser: Hank is super-strong ([[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]], but sometimes he is said to bench press 70 ''tons''), agile, and Nobel-level intelligent (generally regarded as the preeminent biochemist in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, and he gave himself the power upgrade that made him look like how he is today, only stronger than he was when he looked more human). As a bonus, he was played by [[Series/{{Frasier}} Kelsey Grammer]] in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
-->'''Jean Grey:''' His name's Henry [=McCoy=], dipstick--he reads poetry, swings from trees, knows [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons the square root of a million]], and he's gonna kick your butt.\\
'''Beast:''' ''[cracks knuckles]'' Indubitably.
* GeniusesHaveMultiplePhDs: He is a genius biochemist and geneticist who has at least two doctorates in genetics and biophysics but has claimed to have as many as six. One of the eight smartest men in the world, his skills veer into OmnidisciplinaryScientist territory, having invented a time machine with the X-Club and installed a thermonuclear reactor into the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Before his God Complex [[ComicBook/HouseOfM clouded]] [[ComicBook/XForce2019 his]] [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 judgement]], his politeness and courtesy were on par with his renowned intellect; serving as the voice of reason on many occasions.
* HairColorDissonance: He is known for his iconic blue fur, but when he first debuted this new look back in ''Amazing Adventures'' #15, his fur was explicitly stated to be ''black''. However, since black hair is usually colored with a blue tint in comics, this gave off the perception that the fur was supposed to be blue, which was later made canon by subsequent creators.
* HandyFeet: One of his most notable powers is superhuman manual dexterity, even in his feet. He regularly uses them along with his hands to perform all kinds of tasks, sometimes seen typing with his feet alone. Some adaptations (and further mutations) go so far as to make his big toes opposable like a gorilla. This is generally when he actually has feet, instead of lion-like paws.
* HatedByAll: He wasn't this trope before, but by the time of the ComicBook/HellfireGala, his hypocrisy, smugness, and overall morally bankrupt actions have been nearing a breaking point. He has lost almost all of the respect, care, and trust he had garnered throughout the years. Even his longtime allies and friends and his X-Force teammates have had enough. Hell, even ComicBook/JeanGrey, who [[AllLovingHero has a kind word for practically everyone and formerly regarded Hank as a close, dear friend]], has told him where to get off. Even worse, he rationalizes the hate as proof that he is more intelligent and righteous than they are.
** Its [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to his metatextual inner monologue in X-Force 2019 issue #23, and a line of dialogue by Kate Pryde in ComicBook/ImmortalXMen #1; which elaborate and imply that despite abhorring what Hank is now, many characters in-Universe still have fond memories of who he was before.
* HealingFactor: He has one, making him able to recover from non-fatal wounds at a much faster rate than normal humans.
* TheHeart: Throughout the majority of his appearances from the 60s to the mid-or-late 2000s, Hank would usually serve this role to the Avengers, Defenders, X-Men, etc. in general or as a backup version of this whenever it was already filled; using his down-to-earth friendliness to keep everyone in check.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Before M-Day and Krakoa-as-a-Nation, when he was still an earnest, heroic figure, he adopted a small dog named Sassafras during his tenure within the [[ComicBook/TheDefenders New Defenders run]] by Creator/JMDeMatteis. [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse Whatever happened to Sassafras afterwards is anyone’s guess.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: He was attracted to redhead Jean Grey in his teenage years. Mind you, [[DudeMagnet so was literally everyone who didn't later come out as gay]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Iceman, and later his Avengers teammate ComicBook/WonderMan.
* HiddenDepths: Before his "secondary mutation" kicked in, giving him cat-like paws, he was a talented guitar player. Something he revealed only ''after'' he lost the ability to do so. He later started learning how to the play drums.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He brings the O5 to the present to mess with Cyclops by showing his younger self how far he had fallen. It works for Cyclops (though his younger self ends up admiring him) but it also works for young Beast. And unfortunately (and ironically), while the integration of their past selves' memories does wonders for Scott, [[IgnoredEpiphany it does absolutely]] ''[[IgnoredEpiphany nothing]]'' to Hank.
* HolierThanThou: After the Decimation, Hank develops quite the self-righteous streak toward Scott, Emma, and anyone who agrees with them on anything, judging them for actions he’s even had a hand in. It’s one of the characteristics that drives him to a more villainous role.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once accused Scott of forming X-Force as a black ops team to do all of his “dirty work”. In ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' he himself became a supervisor of the Krakoan X-Force and his deeds involve torturing, brainwashing, and giving direct orders to kill.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Beast's entire view on his job as head of the Krakoan X-Force. The result is that nobody on the team likes him anymore.
* IgnoredEpiphany: His encounter with Uatu condemning him for his actions and destroying potential futures with mutant utopias caused Beast to reflect on his actions and wonder if he could fix them. However, he then proceeded to continue down his same self-righteous path and decide that only he could judge himself. It happens again when he integrates the memories of his younger self, as the other O5 does. All of the others? They have reason to think, and in Scott's case, it causes positive CharacterDevelopment. Beast? Doesn't even think about it.
* InsufferableGenius: Increasingly in [[ComicBook/HouseofM recent]] [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge years]] as he starts JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope by bringing the Original Five to the present on false pretenses (he claimed that present day Cyclops was about to unleash mutant genocide) and refused to admit he'd done anything wrong - while the incident with Uatu suggests that it haunts him somewhat, he just continued to double down.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}. Wolvie was born in the 19th century and is old enough to be Beast's ancestor. Sadly, this friendship later becomes broken by Beast's moral decline and manipulations of Wolverine.
* IRejectYourReality: Pre-Schism, Henry [=McCoy=] was one of the most reasonable and sensible people in the Marvel Universe. Post-Schism, Hank’s developing habit of shirking accountability (See “Never My Fault”) was mainly due to pride and/or insecurity, with shades of this regarding the consequences of bringing the O5 to the future. However, since the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]], he appears to have completely graduated to this trope. No matter how much empirical evidence there is that his methods cause more harm than good or if his colleagues and peers have more valid points than he does, he will perpetually insist to himself that he is the only one who can do the right or smart things; and will compulsively shun his colleagues’ points to near-delusional levels.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Throughout the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]], Beast slips further and further down the scale of morality and is repeatedly called out by his teammates and former friends. Beast insists everything he does is right and for the security of the nation, but grows increasingly frustrated and unhinged due to his critics, particularly Wolverine. He ultimately decides to [[spoiler:eliminate that source of criticism by murdering Wolverine in secret and leaving him a mindless husk under Beast's sole control upon resurrection with no one else the wiser, utilizing him to murder Krakoa's "enemies", which include both legitimate threats and innocents, like a reporter who wrote a negative article about mutantkind]].
* KnightTemplar: He was formerly open to admitting his mistakes and taking responsibility for his actions. Unfortunately, he has become so convinced of his own righteousness in the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] that he will tolerate no criticism of his work or even consider he might be wrong in the brutal and monstrous actions he takes in the name of Krakoan security. It reaches the point where he begins to plan on excluding refugee mutants from the island behind the Quiet Council's back because he considers them undesirable and contributes nothing to the security of the nation.
* LightningBruiser: Not only is Hank strong, but he's also incredibly fast and agile.
* LovableNerd: Before the Schism event, when he was portrayed as a genial character, his warmth towards his friends and allies was as infectious as his intellect was extraordinary. Later, there were still shades of it. By the Krakoan Age? Officially HatedByAll.
* LovedByAll: Before the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] turned him into the skin-crawling opposite (see “Hated By All” above and “We Used To Be Friends” below) Hank was a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], but significant example of this for the Marvel Universe (just not at the same level as Captain America or The Thing). He often served the role of a bridge between the Mutant groups and the non-Mutant groups; generally viewed (even by a large amount of baseline humans) as a respectable, trustworthy, endearing, and diligent individual from both a social and academic standpoint. Even his parents and (implicitly) his uncles cherished and supported Henry well after he grew mammalian traits and a blue pelt (though it did take his mother a little longer to warm up to him again) - a rarity for Mutants in the Marvel Universe. There were plenty of times when he would butt heads with his friends and allies, get on their nerves, or be in the wrong, but never to the point of receiving utter dislike from them. Even after his moral fracturing and loss of accountability after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], he was still thought fondly of by a large portion of the superbeing world.
** The often gruff and surly [[Characters/WolverineJamesLoganHowlett Wolverine]] also expressed a brotherly soft spot for Hank on a handful of occasions (though that relationship has also turned sour very recently).
* MinoredInAssKicking: Hank has always been a [[GeniusBruiser capable fighter belying a brilliant mind]], regardless of how various media portray him. Yet his incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' states early on that he's "a pacifist by nature." Push comes to shove, however, he'll knock you down.
* MistakenForGay: His girlfriend Trish Tilby once accused him of being gay... prompting him to admit to such in the media... despite not actually being gay. See, she gave him the idea that he could be a role model for mutants ''and'' gay people at the same time.
* MonsterModesty: He started off looking reasonably normal. During this time, he was covered up almost completely. Once he turned into a furry monster, he stripped down to underwear. This is especially odd since the character is a very educated, polite individual who would normally be the type to dress in a dignified manner.
** Hank explained at least once, though it may not have been fully serious (or even canonical), that he dresses the way he does because all that fur got downright HOT when all covered up. When he DOES get fully dressed, he's about as dapper as a bulky, stocky man with bright blue fur all over his body can be.
* {{Mutants}}: He is both a mutant and a mutate. He was born a mutant with ape-like features and abilities. He mutated himself by ingesting a chemical. It turned him into a new form with new powers. He grew gray fur over his entire body, his muscles expanded, his ears became larger and pointed, claws sprouted, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength, as well as enhanced his senses, and granted him an extraordinary healing factor.
* NaturalWeapon: His fangs and claws are weapons.
* NeverMyFault: When the entirety of the current X-men and the O5 he brought to the present try to talk to him about tampering with time and space, for petty reasons and how his actions have affected others, all he can do is talk about how Scott Summers made him do it.
* NiceGuy: Before his gradual and dramatic moral fall from [[ComicBook/HouseofM M-Day]] to the present [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] obliterated this trait from him, he was genuinely this from the 60s to the mid-2000s. A kind, gregarious, playful, and very empathetic soul. However, even then, he did have his fair share of [[ZigZaggedTrope emotional and psychological baggage now and then]]. [[DependingOnTheWriter Even during the years before Krakoa-as-a-Nation, this friendly side of him popped up every once in a while to varying periods of time.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He tried to secure Krakoa's future by hacking Terra Verde's telefloronics to kill their prince, but he also ended up making them dominant and in control of people's bodies, which at the least nearly resulted in a genocide of the whole country.
* NonSequiturThud: When he gets knocked down by a mind-controlled ComicBook/{{Colossus}}, he goes: "Anyone… get the number... of that [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor uru hammer]]?"
* NuclearMutant: Creator/StanLee toyed with the idea that Mutants were the result of exposure to radiation. Which is why the X-Men were the so-called "Children of the Atom." Beast's OriginsEpisode in ''X-Men'' #49 (October, 1968) reveals the reason for Beast's mutation. His father Norton [=McCoy=] worked in nuclear power plant. An accident exposed him to a massive dose of radiation. When Norton eventually had a son, this son was born with an obvious genetic mutation.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He had his brains undergo an inflation similar to ComicBook{{Superman}}'s powers going from FlyingBrick in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] to almighty in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]. In the early days, he was just the best and most studious of the school's students. By now he's a world-renowned expert in every science there is, and when it comes to solving the science-based problem of the week, be it a virus, a killer robot that doesn't respond to EyeBeams, etc. he'll be the one to do it. ''Officially'' [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] is the smartest human in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, but Beast really can stand up to him in the ''actual'' count of scientific day-saving moments. Need a device to make the godlike Dark Phoenix's butt temporarily kickable? He'll whip it up in an hour. The BigBad is using an alien spaceship left behind by the {{Precursors}}? He'll pull up a chair and make it work for him in under an hour! Legacy Virus? Get on it, Hank. And somehow, even with the superhero-ing and research work in all fields of science, Hank ''also'' finds time to be a regular on the talk show circuit.
** Interestingly, he's less like this in his ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]]'' appearances: when you've got a team with [[ComicBook/AntMan Pym]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Banner]] you don't need another genius, so he's more of a BoisterousBruiser with his (considerable) physical powers emphasized (which have ''also'' greatly increased since his days as one of the original X-Men; he once casually boasted about being able to bench press 70 ''tons'' and his agility has always been on par with Franchise/SpiderMan). However, that was when he was ''first'' with the ''Avengers,'' during the interregnum between the original X-Men series and the "all new, all different" one that introduced ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, etc. This many ''decades'' of being the X-Men's resident genius later, it's no longer possible to ignore the brains angle. He keeps his X-Men characterization during ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers,'' and in that series, he's clearly on par with Pym.
*** The in-universe explanation (although never stated outright) was that this was the time when he started [[TheStoner experimenting with pot.]]
** Dark Beast, the evil alternate Hank who arrived here from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse universe, once posed as "our" Hank and [[LampshadeHanging ended up complaining about all the things he was expected to know]]. Dark Beast is an expert on genetics, [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke making him seriously bad news to have on the wrong side in this universe]]. However, genetics is his specialty while prime Hank's specialty is "everything ever." At one point, that was prime Hank's specialty too, but he's branched out a lot since then, being a medical doctor in addition to having Ph.Ds in genetics and biochemistry and being a self-trained expert in everything else.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: In ''ComicBook/InhumansVsXMen'', ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} ends up blasting Beast with a lightning bolt to stop him from ratting out the X-Men to the Inhumans over their plan to attack them and stop the Terrigen Cloud's effect on mutants. This would be seen as a KickTheDog moment since they're teammates and friends. However, since the end of ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', Beast has been written as a major jerkass trying his damnedest to prove that ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} was some sort of monster and essentially treating his friends like crap. Even more, Beast wasn't going to warn the Inhumans due to moral objections (ComicBook/{{Rogue}} had decided to OptOut of the attack because of this), but because [[DirtyCoward he was scared of any possible Inhuman retaliation.]] And as of ''ComicBook/Wolverine2020 #30 (Feb 2023), [[spoiler: he has been killed by Wolverine, but then given what he ''did'' to him, many feel Hank had it coming.]]
* TheParanoiac: Not long ago, Hank was an amiable and fun-loving soul. Even after his disillusionment post-[[ComicBook/HouseofM House of M]], he found it in himself to maintain these two traits. Unfortunately, as of [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the Krakoa relaunch]], he has, tragically, become a man who harbors a nigh-[[SociopathicHero sociopathic]] fear of imminent doom, the unpredictable, or just being wrong; as exemplified with these instances:
** He has an obscenely high opinion of himself; proclaiming in his inner monologues and data pages that his role is the most vital compared to everyone else’s; that only he knows how to accomplish “the job” and everyone is too dim witted to make valuable contributions.
** Rationalizes cruelty and violence as the only solution to solving Mutantkind’s problems and defeating their “enemies”.
** Rarely holds himself accountable for any screw-ups that are tangibly his own fault.
** Expresses a grim outlook of the world; believing that everyone, including Mutants, are full of nasty tendencies (in X-Force 2019 issue #23); often deriding the Quiet Council’s work as “diplomatic nonsense” (behind their backs); having an accusatory outburst at Sage - suspecting her of sabotage (in Wolverine 2020 issue #13); and claiming his teammates are acting on “sickening optimism” when they agree on inducting Omega Red (in X-Force 2019 issue #27). He distrusts anyone else to do “the job” properly (like him) so much that he lies and keeps secrets on a regular basis.
** Expresses a fear of dying and being gene-edited or having his mind tweaked upon resurrection (in X-Force 2019 issue #23).
** Bristles or becomes agitated when someone (even professionally) calls him out on his B.S.
** Has installed a bio-technological surveillance network across the globe, even on Krakoa, in order to “protect” everyone.
** Plays the role of fear-monger in X-Force 2019 issue #12; rationalizing that instilling paranoia and terror in Krakoa’s residents will motivate them to be more vigilant.
** In Wolverine 2020 issue #27, he wants a band of Arakki pirates eliminated before they commit a crime in order to prevent a crime from happening.
* PillarsOfMoralCharacter: Originally. His heroism was duty-based, seeing it as his duty to save lives as both a hero and a scientist, driven by compassion, refusing to compromise his morals and attempting to act as a living conscience to others. That changed following M-Day.
** Undermined somewhat in recent years; while he still sees himself as this and tries to behave as such, he tends to behave in an increasingly reckless, self-righteous, and destructive manner - bringing the teenage Original 5 to the present and consequently screwing up the timeline in a hairbrained scheme to get Cyclops to 'see reason', for instance, nearly wound up retgonning Cyclops out of existence, increased the rate of the universe's decline and according to Uatu in a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, destroyed multiple positively Utopian possible futures for the X-Men.
** Worse, when repeatedly confronted with his habit of defying the laws of nature with no regard to the consequences, even when called out for it by ''his own younger self'', he refused to admit that he'd done anything wrong and his justification was basically [[InsufferableGenius 'I'm far too smart for you to understand anything I do, therefore you are in no position to judge me.']] It gets to the point where Storm bluntly asks when he stopped knowing the difference between right and wrong.
** In the present [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]], it's only got even worse; he's now running an incarnation of X-Force - something he'd once condemned Cyclops for - and one that, if anything, made Cyclops' version look like fluffy bunnies. They, after all, only targeted direct threats to mutantkind. Beast's version is less discriminating... and he still believes, as ever, that he is right and no one is fit to morally judge him because they aren't smart enough. Even the eternally compassionate ComicBook/JeanGrey, the Original 5's other version of this (and unlike Beast, managed to largely stick to it), shuts him down because she's sick of his behaviour.
** And if THAT wasn’t bad enough, he THEN [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slope]] by [[spoiler: murdering Wolverine, keeping his skull as a memento, and having him resurrected as a mindless, mind-controlled husk that he points at anyone he deems an 'enemy' of Krakoa, even if they just wrote a negative article about mutants]].
* PointyEars: When he mutated himself, Beast gained pointy ears. He lost them when he changed to a new catlike form, then regained them when he started looking human again.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Gradually becoming a [[FatalFlaw recurring problem]] with him during the Krakoan Age, who keeps making decisions unilaterally without consulting anyone else, leaving them to confront him when they find out after it blows up in their faces.
* PowerAtAPrice: During X-Factor Pestilence infected him with a disease that increased his strength the more he exerted himself at the cost of his intelligence.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: That is how Beast went from a hairless gorilla to a furry form. While working for the Brand Corporation, discovered a hormonal extract that causes mutations in genetic structures. He then discovered a mission that would need him to be unrecognizable. Beast decided to use the chemical on himself to temporarily disguise his features. He would have an hour to complete his mission and take an antidote to change back. He missed that deadline and the furry form became permanent.
* PsychologistTeacher: As a teacher, Beast tries to solve the problems of his students. Though, he is far from infallible in his role.
* QueerFlowers: Invoked (but probably as GayBravado) in the case of ComicBook/WonderMan and Beast. When Wonder Man returns from the dead again in the pages of the Busiek/Perez Avengers, Beast shows up with a bouquet of roses, tackles him, and gives him [[http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/Rem_Rant/Beastkiss.jpg a sloppy kiss on the lips.]] In an issue of Marvel's AlternateUniverse ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'', the team's Alterna-Beast chooses not to return to his own universe because, with his lover Wonder Man dead, there was nothing left for him there.
* SelfMadeSuperPowers: Henry [=McCoy=] (Earth-295), better known as Dark Beast, continuously experimented on himself and others and gained Super Strength, slowed aging, etc. The full extent of his capability remains unknown as he continuously changes them. He also received cybernetic enhancements from Mr. Sinister.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Easily the most verbose of the original X-Men and has a tendency to use "big words." It's just for the joy of wordplay -- everyone he works with already knows he's a genius -- though it undoubtedly has a side effect of convincing people he's never met before that [[GeniusBruiser even mutants who look like him can possess an enormous vocabulary]].
** And he does it with insults too; "go suck eggs" becomes:
---> '''Hank:''' Why don't you go orally extract embryonic fluid from a hen's egg?
* ShoeSizeAngst: His first mutation gave him enlarged hands and feet but his feet got the most attention, especially because of [[HandyFeet everything he could do with them]].
* SillySimian: Beast's original thing was his incredibly simian physique, causing him to look like a shaved gorilla. Then he became something akin to a blue-furred gorilla with a bizarre ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}-ish hairdo. Later he lost the gorilla-like traits to become cat-like, though.
* TheSmartGuy: Although he was probably more TheBigGuy of the original team, since his intelligence was downplayed in those days. He is the resident genius.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: In one issue, he converses with a Catholic nun in Latin.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He wears reading glasses and is a genius scientist. It's a little odd to see a big blue cat/ape thing wearing reading glasses, but it lets you know what you're in for.
* SophisticatedAsHell: Always finds ways to make sophisticated references to literature, science, music, and science fiction. It's like a game for him, and it's his favorite one.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Not as bad as the Hulk or the Thing, but he's never going to stay human-looking for long.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Less likely to wear a shirt than Music/IggyPop. After mutating to his original furry form, he went around almost nude. Only his crotch and buttocks were covered by clothing.
* StrongAndSkilled: Hank balances brute strength with scientific guile to an excellent degree, in one comic when Juggernaught is middle of a rampage, Hank figured out to use Juggs's mass and inertia against him by literally flipping Juggernaut on his head.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: A strange case in that his time displaced younger self began dabbling in magic, and is seemingly possessed by a mystical artifact, and the nature of restoring the timeline means that technically Beast has been an Adept for years. This has yet to be followed up on in the present, especially the demonic transformation.
* SuperSpeed: He can run and move at speeds that are slightly beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, despite his [[FasterThanTheyLook abnormal size]]. He can run at speeds up to 40 mph for short distances, particularly if he runs on all fours, Beast can even take out [[https://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/7/75188/2193976-beastvsdanger.gif flying foes]] with his mobility.
* SuperStrength: Has always had some level of super strength. As a teenager, Beast could lift 1 ton. His strength has since increased over the years.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With Dark Beast offstage, Hank’s [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge recent characterization]] has been evoking more and more of his ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse counterpart to an uncanny degree with his terrifying actions reaching closer and closer to the same level of pointless unethicality as the grey-furred version - it gets to the point where Sinister cheerfully informs Dark Beast (now a head in a jar in his lab) that he's not even the Darkest Beast anymore. In addition, this present characterization and its visual portrayals have echoes of Weapon X alums Dr. Abraham Cornelius and Professor Thornton from the Weapon Plus mythos; with their [[ScaryShinyGlasses Scary Shiny Glasses]] aesthetic; their personalities as [[MadScientist menacing]] science leaders who take themselves very seriously; their management of a government-sponsored black-ops group with nationalist vibes; their reliance on mind control, brainwashing, and insanely sketchy experimentation; their goal to make the world a better place through borderline fascistic methods, and the styling of Hank’s facial fur is similar to Dr. Cornelius’s hair and beard combo. The similarities to Doctor Cornelius and Professor Thornton are elevated to a shocking degree when Henry [[spoiler: develops a disturbing obsession with using and controlling Wolverine as a “perfect tool” [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 to solving the world’s problems via assassinating the “enemies”]]]].
* TechnoWizard: He is an expert in electronics.
* {{Transplant}}: After gaining his blue-furred form in ''Amazing Adventures'' #11, he was recruited to join the Avengers, before leaving to rejoin the original five X-Men as X-Factor.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Although not impossible for him to recover from this trope, the beginnings of his recent moral fall set in after M-Day, when he was desperate to save mutantkind, but it got supercharged after the death of Charles Xavier, when he became increasingly reckless, self-righteous, and destructive. This doesn’t stop when Xavier returns - if anything, he just gets that much worse, to the point where Sinister considers him ''worse'' than his EvilCounterpart. See WhatTheHellHero below.
* TookALevelInJerkass: From the death of Charles Xavier onwards, he's become increasingly reckless, self-righteous, and destructive. This doesn’t stop when Xavier returns. See WhatTheHellHero below.
* TVGenius: He's actually one of the better socialized members of the team, but constantly spouts volumes of jargon and technobabble and frequently expresses amazement at others' lack of intellectual curiosity.
* UnderwearOfPower: His costume for most of TheSeventies and part of TheEighties was just underwear-type bikini briefs covering his crotch and buttocks.
* TheUnfettered: He was formerly the [[TheFettered opposite]]. However, starting from the aftermath of ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', when he was trying everything to seek a solution to the Decimation and teaming up with even the likes of [[EvilCounterpart Dark Beast]], he steadily began to become this - exemplified by bringing the Original Five to the present on extremely spurious grounds. By the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]], as the head of X-Force on Krakoa there are absolutely no lines that Beast will not cross to ensure the security of Krakoa. This includes murder, human experimentation, lying to his teammates and sending them to die as tests, and numerous other crimes. Whether or not he breaks away from this trope and gets restored to [[TheFettered The Fettered]] in future books is uncertain.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: As of the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] he believes that any actions are justified, even ones that violate the nation's laws or hurt those closest to him. It’s uncertain whether he will or won’t be snapped out of this phase in the future.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Iceman. They are best friends, but that does not prevent them from taking shots at each other. Beast pointing that Iceman is not the brightest guy around: "meet my blundering associate – who's not such a bad idiot when you get to know him!"
* WeUsedToBeFriends: His fellow X-Men have all come to despise Beast by the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] viewing him with disdain and only ever reluctantly working with him due to his brutal and corrupt nature. This is particularly notable with Scott, Jean Grey, and Logan. The former who he began to resent after the Decimation and the latter two who he [[ComicBook/XForce2019 recently]] [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 fell out]] with during the Krakoan Age. Only time will tell if he makes a recovery from his moral fall and somehow (miraculously) rekindle these friendships in future books.
* WhatTheHellHero: He was on the delivering end of this to Cyclops but ended up taking their falling out too far and has since been on the reviewing end of this a number of times.
** When the Phoenix Force makes Cyclops kill Xavier, he brings younger versions of the original X-Men (himself, Scott, Jean, Bobby, and Warren) to the present day in order to torment him. Many people including the Watcher voice disgust in him for putting the whole Universe in danger just to mess with someone he hates, with even his younger self horrified at who he’s become. The X-Men eventually have an intervention in order to confront him about his actions telling him his hatred for Cyclops does not justify what he’s done. He just dismisses them all as not smart enough to see what he does. While he is haunted by the Watcher showing him all the Utopian futures he wiped out, and he has a breakdown when he achieves cosmic awareness and realizes he broke time, [[IgnoredEpiphany he arguably gets even worse]].
** He joins the Illuminati in destroying alternate worlds in order to save their own, Captain America and the rest of the Avengers are horrified and they end up on the run. When the end of their world comes anyway, he receives another “What the hell” from his younger self for bringing him to the present knowing the world was in danger instead of letting him live his life.
** When he teams up with the Inhumans in I.V.C, he received another from his former team when they come around to the fact that what the Royal Family was doing was wrong.
** In ''ComicBook/XForce2019'', Jean calls out Hank on keeping secrets within X-Force, as they nearly ruined a whole country and made a threat to Krakoa, before walking off the team.
** Later in the book, when Krakoa comes into conflict with Russia, he starts rounding up Russian mutants for being potential moles, including longtime friend Colossus. To make it worse, Beast gathers Krakoan citizens to watch Colossus be arrested in a humiliating traitors parade. Both Domino and Wolverine voice how inappropriate and flat out messed up this is especially for someone as sweet and peaceful as Colossus. Wolverine even punches him in the stomach for this having had enough of his crap.
* WickedCultured: "Beast turns evil" is kind of a much more common scenario than you'd think. See Creator/GrantMorrison's "Here Comes Tomorrow" arc in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' for a quintessential one. Beast (under the influence of Sublime) attempts to destroy the X-Men (now led by a reformed clone of Cassandra Nova) once and for all.
* YouMakeMeSick: In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', This is what Uatu the Watcher says about the present-day Beast, after he deliberately jeopardized the timeline to bring the O5 X-Men from the past. His specific words are "[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness You]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness disgust]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness me]]".

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* ArmoredClosetGay: After six hundred issues and years of [[https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/flame-on/episode-207-scott-lobdell-LeFvHrzjh_Y/amp/?__twitter_impression=true intentional]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/4jsr9h/ama_marjorie_liu_monstress_image_comics/d39bqc7?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3 subtext]], it was finally revealed (in a conversion with his younger self) that Iceman was gay. He said that he just wanted one part of his life in which he ''wouldn't'' be persecuted, so he decided to just pretend to be straight and, eventually, tried to ''be'' straight. But when Teen Iceman asks him if he thinks Angel is hot, he says, "God yes."

* BobFromAccounting: Subverted. Bobby holds a college degree in accounting, but is a main character rather than throwaway one. He briefly worked in an accounting firm, but quit to become a full time member of X-Factor.
* {{Brainwashed}}: He was brainwashed by Rampage/Stuart Clarke ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #17-18 (April-May, 1978). He put on the Rampage costume and served as a new super-villain.

** He arguably owes his current status quo to this phenomenon. For his first handful of appearances, he turned into a snowman, but very early on (''X-Men'' #8) he became able to turn into ice. And, indeed, the very first time Creator/JackKirby drew him as ice, he was obviously solid, ''transparent'' ice -- Angel even compares his powers to the Invisible Girl. Somewhere down the road, it was decided that he just ''coated'' himself in ice during combat. His inclusion on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' led to a generation of kids that knew what he looked like but didn't really know anything else about him and it became the common idea that he actually turned into ice (which ''is'' the most logical way to interpret his powers going on appearance alone). Eventually you started getting artists once again drawing him as transparent when in "iced up" form. Eventually turning into ice was made officially part of his power spread. Now, not only does he turn completely into ice, but no two artists can agree whether he looks the same as he used to, or like a normal person made of ice, or like some spiky-headed monstrosity.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Every time it looks like he might finally end up with Polaris, she ends up going back to Havok. While serving with the Champions, Iceman fell for fellow member Darkstar... who only viewed him as a friend. In the Defenders, he was in love with Cloud. The latter being a member with both a female and a male form. She/he had some feelings for Bobby, but was much more interested in Moondragon, another lady of the team. Most recently, he tried to get it on with ComicBook/KittyPryde, first stealing a big kiss from her after she broke up with Colossus and later going out on a date. In the end, both declared that they were both better off as friends, with Kitty going back to Colossus despite his outlaw status.
** Another instance is his relationship with Annie Ghazikhanian. In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #425 (August, 2003), Havok and Polaris are about to get married. This leaves Iceman and Annie brokenhearted, since Iceman still loves Polaris and Annie loves Havok. Iceman and Annie bond over their feelings of loss and kiss each other. This looked like a PairTheSpares situation. In the very next issue, Havok breaks up with Polaris and chooses Annie, who reciprocates his feelings.

* FantasticRacism: After a lifetime facing anti-mutant racism, Iceman himself displays anti-human prejudice in Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men''.

** A notorious rivalry is ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}}, a known member of the X-Men, and Pyro, a rogue mutant and member of Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Both naturally can create and control ice and fire respectively and are considered to be ArchEnemies. This is given a twist with the [[LegacyCharacter second Pyro]] in ''Comicbook/XMenGold'', who turns out to only be a villain due to MindControl, and later petitioned to join the X-Men. Bobby is unhappy with having a Pyro on the team, but [[spoiler:they later sleep together]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Beast. In the 1960s, they spend most of their free time together. Iceman was dating Zelda Kurtzberg, Beast was dating Vera Cantor. All four typically went on double dates at Coffee A-Go-Go, a Greenwich Village coffee shop. Later they served together in ComicBook/TheDefenders and ComicBook/XFactor, continuing to be close friends. Some fans have interpreted their relationship as too close to be heterosexual, and they tend to be paired in [[SlashFic Slash Fics]].

* In ''Uncanny X-Men'' #129, new villainess Emma Frost briefly admired how [[WorthyOpponent well the X-Men fought]]. The author had no way of knowing that decades later, she would join them.
* AnIcePerson: He transforms into an organic ice form, generates subzero energy to freeze his surroundings, and cools and condenses moisture in the atmosphere into ice, shaping it into various forms such as snowballs, battering rams, shields, solid blocks, columns, and ice slides. That's just how he started out -- turns out, he's an Omega-level mutant (that means his full potential is ''Phoenix-class!'') with complete control over moisture. When ComicBook/EmmaFrost (who is a psychic and normally has nothing to do with ice despite the name and the white outfit) took his body over, she did things with his powers that he could never do on his own... but he's learning bit by bit.
** One ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' comic suggests that he could basically become the next [[Characters/TheMightyThorGiants Ymir]].
** In the Draco story arc, Bobby Drake gets his head cut off (in Ice form). He later reforms it using the water coming from a demon opponent. Later, Beast issues a research paper regarding this unique mutation for Iceman.
** He once cured himself of poisoning by replacing his ''entire'' body with new ice little by little this way.
* AnIceSuit: Technically he's wearing clothes under his ice-body, but when he's iced up, he looks like he's pretty much in the buff.
** In the old days, he wasn't. Getting his ice coating broken or melted left him in his boxers. He doesn't get a proper costume until well into his stint with the Champions. As is common for X-characters suffering Clothing Damage, he doesn't get too embarrassed by it.

* InformedJudaism: According to ''Iceman'' (vol. 1) #1 (December, 1984), Iceman has attended Hebrew school, the Jewish equivalent of Sunday school. "My dad's Irish-Catholic, my mom's Jewish. I was the only kid in Hebrew school who got off for St. Patrick's Day!" ... "Anyway... the Catholic kids used to ride me for being Jewish... the Jewish kids used to ride me for being Catholic... and that wasn't even my big problem!" That is largely ignored as the character is normally features as irreligious.

* KidAppealCharacter: In the original team, Iceman was the jokester, the funnyman and surrogate kid-brother to his teammates. He was naturally the youngest member.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In Iceman's origin, young Bobby Drake is out on a date with a girl called Judy Harmon, when a local bully attacks and tries to drag her away. Bobby saves her by encasing the bully in ice, which leads Judy to reject Bobby as a monster. Also, soon afterwards a group of locals forms a lynch mob and attack the Drakes' home.

* PhysicalGod: It's been revealed he has the ''potential'' to be this, as his powers have over the years been redefined from "shoots ice" to "ability to do literally ''anything'' so long as it involves water." This is rarely actually ''seen'', however, a notable exception being the first arc in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' where he creates an army of clones to defend the school from villains... from the school's sprinkler system.
* SadClown: Bobby has had a difficult life since childhood; his parents smothered him initially but also had strict ideals of the "proper" son he was supposed to be, particularly his dad who would neglect him and belittle any "unmanly" interests he had. This caused Bobby to repress a lot of his feelings and to cover up his insecurities with a joke. Consequently, this impacted many of his personal dynamics; whether it be his identity, his relationships or his powers, but over the years he was able to embrace all of the things that made him different.
* SelfDuplication: In recent years, Iceman has gained the ability to produce duplicates of himself. They usually do not demonstrate much intelligence or combat ability. Subverted in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #62-65 (July-October, 2013). Iceman has been affected by the Apocalypse Seed and his powers act out in erratic ways. Several Iceman duplicates are running around, acting independent of the original. A few attempt to kidnap Opal Tanaka and her son. Another allies himself with Mystique, and kidnaps Polaris and Annie Ghazikhanian. Another takes care of "their" father William Drake who has suffered a heart attack. Another takes a “psychiatrist” role and gives the original Iceman a much-needed therapy session. The "psychiatrist" saves the day, since Iceman regains control of himself and his powers. Ending the madness.
** Later, in ''All-New X-Men'', it's revealed that one future version of The Brotherhood has one of the Iceman duplicates, who is [[spoiler:a mindless raging snow giant controlled by Xavier's son]].
** ExpendableClone. Neither Iceman nor anyone else seem overly concerned when the duplicate Icemen get destroyed in combat or otherwise terminated.

* SixthRanger: In ''Fantastic Four'' Vol 5. #24, it's revealed that Bobby joined the Fantastic Four after a humiliating experience in the Danger Room and Johnny Storm raced off in a hot-headed huff over his popularity. Johnny refuses to believe Bobby was a member at all. It takes a few years and Bobby suddenly showing up to drop Franklin off for Johnny to admit he was scared of being replaced by the family.

* SuperSliding: Bobby often gets around by creating slides and platforms made of ice that he generates under his feet, enabling him to slide around at speeds far faster than he can run and even manuever himself through the air.
* SuperpowerLottery: Iceman at his full potential is not just AnIcePerson, but has full control over moisture itself. This includes absorbing bodies of water to increase his size, teleportation (not quite, but close enough) by traveling through water vapor, physical immortality, since he can reconstitute his body from ''any'' source of moisture, and he even killed a villain by drawing the water from her body.

* TookALevelInBadass: He's come a long way since his appearances and is the now the second most powerful of the original five X-Men after Jean.
* TookALevelInJerkass: In Chuck Austen's run of ''Uncanny X-Men'', Iceman exhibits anti-human prejudice towards Annie Ghazikhanian and antagonizes several of his teammates. In issue #416 (February, 2003), he gives a little speech about him being a real X-Man and the others are not. "I mean, who is Stacy and why’s she hanging around us so much? All right, so she’s a mutant, but she’s not an X-Man. The X-Men are a group - a set group - a family even - not a club anyone can join just because they’ve got the right chromosome" He continues saying that nowadays "anyone who hangs out in the lobby for an hour thinks they’re an X-Man." He proclaims that the X-Men are Scott, Warren, himself, Hank and Jean - and that everyone else is just a Johnny-come-lately. He is saying all this to Nightcrawler who takes offense, since Iceman does not think of him as a real X-Man.
* TookALevelInKindness: Since( and most likely due to) coming out of the closet , Bobby has 95% less asshole moments, which is noticeable as soon as post secret wars when he’s alot more helpful to the students at the Jean Grey School. He’s kinder to his teammates, his allies and generally just more pleasant to be around.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Beast. They are best friends, but that does not prevent them from taking shots at each other. Beast pointing that Iceman is not the brightest guy around: "meet my blundering associate – who's not such a bad idiot when you get to know him!"
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He controls his transformation from his human form to that of organic ice. His powers get a temporary upgrade in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #64 (September, 2013). He shapeshifts into a massive ice dragon and swallows ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''.

** Their relationship simply returned to being adversarial. An angry Iceman almost killed his father in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' (vol. 3) #64 (September, 2013), by giving him a heart attack. William was being his usually loveable self, upon starting the conversation with: "What... the big super hero making time in his busy schedule to lend his old man a hand shoveling snow?"

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #62-65 (July-October, 2013), Iceman has temporary upgrades to his powers which make him a global threat. He is at his most powerful phase, but goes mentally unstable.

* FireIceDuo: Outside of X-books, Iceman teamed up with the Human Torch many times. A memorable occasion had them fight Equinox, a villain with fire ''and'' ice powers. When meeting in the ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePresent'' crossover, they [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trope:
--> '''Iceman:''' Yo! Ice and fire...
--> '''Torch:''' The unbeatable combo!

** Also with Franchise/SpiderMan and the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]]. Spider-Man and Iceman were best friends and housemates in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends''. In regular continuity, Spider-Man and Iceman have had their share of fights over the years. But grew closer when Spidey helped rescue a brainwashed Iceman in ''Spectacular Spider-Man'' #17-18 (April-May, 1978). His friendship with the Human Torch goes back to their teenage years, at least according to ''X-Men: First Class'' (vol. 2) #16 (November, 2008). Though they did break up a temporary partnership when the Torch dared to hit on Zelda Kurtzberg, Iceman's main love interest.
* AnIcePerson: He 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.

* TheLancer: In the earliest days, Bobby was loudmouthed, egotistical, and irreverent, and had a constant problem with Cyclops' leadership. He was still one of the best fighters in the team. In his first appearance, Iceman single-handedly took down most of Magneto's missiles.
* KidAppealCharacter: In the original team, Iceman was the jokester, the funnyman and surrogate kid-brother to his teammates. He was naturally the youngest member.

* SexyShirtSwitch: In an issue of ''Marauders'' Bobby is taking a cruise on Christian Frost's private submarine and wearing Christian's monogrammed bathrobe, subtly indicating that they slept together. Reinforced by the flirting.

* SixthRanger: In ''Fantastic Four'' Vol 5. #24, it's revealed that Bobby joined the Fantastic Four after a humiliating experience in the Danger Room and Johnny Storm raced off in a hot-headed huff over his popularity. Johnny refuses to believe Bobby was a member at all. It takes a few years and Bobby suddenly showing up to drop Franklin off for Johnny to admit he was scared of being replaced on the family.
* SizeShifter: In ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' #63 (August, 2013), Iceman's powers manifest in new ways due to his exposure to the Apocalypse Seed. At the finale of the issue, he increases his mass, towering over the skyscrapers of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity.

* ArchEnemy: Cameron Hodge, one of Comicbook/XFactor's major foes, serves as one to Archangel. Highlights of his activities include the crossovers ''Extinction Agenda'' and ''Phalanx Covenant''. Cameron has died a few times, but always seems to find a way to get BackFromTheDead. Once through a DealWithTheDevil, twice through the [[TheAssimilator Phalanx]]'s techno-organic virus restoring him.

* TheFavourite: Of Apocalypse, as implied many times after his initial transformation, and confirmed in the lead-up to ''ComicBook/XOfSwords''. The Horsemen of Apocalypse are all ReplacementGoldfish for the original Horsemen, his children, and while he liked a few well enough, none of them really measured up... except for Warren, who Apocalypse both liked and respected, once calling him "the greatest of my Horsemen". Unsurprisingly, Warren's not so wild about the idea.

* AllLovingHero: The amnesiac Angel claims to love everyone (platonically) and is trying to perform miracles for them. This does not prevent him from getting involved in fights.
* AlliterativeName: '''W'''arren '''W'''orthington. His middle name "Kenneth" is a later addition and is often left unmentioned.

* ArtificialLimbs: He has his naturally-occurring wings amputated and replaced with razor-edged metallic wings that can shoot blades. As the procedure is [[spoiler:done by an evil mad scientist]], there are some [[FaceHeelTurn side effects]].

* FaceHeelTurn: Angel, after being brainwashed by Apocalypse into becoming the Horseman of Death; He eventually [[HeelFaceTurn returned to the side of good]] though.
** It happens again when his Death persona takes over and he becomes the successor to Apocalypse. Setting of the Dark Angel Saga in the pages of ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]''.
** His first Face Heel Turn occurred back in ''Tales of Suspense'' #49 (January, 1964). Following an accidental exposure to [[NuclearMutant radiation]], Angel becomes an "evil mutant." He heads right to the Xavier Mansion and announces his resignation from the X-Men. His teammates attempt to restrain him until the Professor arrives. Instead Angel easily knocks Beast and Cyclops off their feet, evading attacks by Iceman and Marvel Girl. He flies away just before Professor X arrives and casually ignores a mental command to return. Pointing he is no longer scared of Xavier. He then goes on trying to make contact with evil mutants. He instead gets into a fight with ComicBook/IronMan. Iron Man fails to get the best of his opponent, but then tries another strategy. He pretends to fall out of the sky to his death. This snaps Angel out of his "evil mutant" persona and he goes to the rescue. He is a hero again and is welcomed by the X-Men.
* TheFavourite: Of Apocalypse, as implied many times after his initial transformation, and confirmed in the lead-up to ''ComicBook/XOfSwords''. The Horsemen of Apocalypse are all ReplacementGoldfish for the original Horsemen, his children, and while he liked a few well enough, none of them really measured up... except for Warren, who Apocalypse both liked and respected, once calling him "the greatest of my Horsemen". Unsurprisingly, Warren's not so wild on the idea.

* FlightOfRomance: This trope is taken to a extreme when Angel has sex with Husk in mid air in front of her ''mother'', Nightcrawler, and several other people.
* FriendToAllChildren: In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012), Rachel Grey reveals that Angel devotes part of his day to children. Specifically he volunteers at the hospital and takes sick children on rides through the clouds.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Angel has while feathery wings during his early incarnation. Later, he is grabbed by Apocalypse and experimented upon, and his wings become metallic and retractable. Later the metal wings mysteriously fall off and reveal the old feathered wings have returned, and still later Warren gains the ability to shift at will between the feather-winged Angel and metal-winged Archangel. And in the latter form he has to fight against the evil urges that have been imbued in him by Apocalypse, hence sticking with the weaker but entirely good Angel form whenever possible.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: He is the CEO of Worthington Industries and is not in favor of underhanded business methods or morally questionable investments. His board of directors, on the other hands, has invested money in the X-Ranch (a mutant brothel) and Lobo Technologies (a company illegally selling Stark Enterprises products under their logo).
* IBelieveICanFly: When Angel was introduced as a member of the ComicBook/XMen, it was alongside the very flightless ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and Beast, while Iceman's ice slides didn't offer the same level of maneuverability and ComicBook/JeanGrey couldn't levitate herself very far. But as the roster has expanded with characters who have flight as a side effect of their powers--ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}} (after absorbing the right abilities), ComicBook/{{Mystique}}, Cannonball, ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, and so on--being stuck with huge feathered wings as a mutation must be annoying.

* ImpoverishedPatrician: Following his amnesia, Angel spends a period when his bank accounts were frozen. This started in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #5 (April, 2012). He also lost control of his company to its board of directors: "It is painfully obvious to the board of directors that their longtime CEO has suffered a mental breakdown and thus at present must be considered mentally unfit to run this company. They have no choice but to strip Mr. Worthington of all authority in regards to this company and to implore him to seek the medical attention he so desperately needs." ... "He is being called before a judge to demonstrate mental competence."
* IHateYouVampireDad: Considered [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] his worst enemy after the latter made him a horseman.

* KilledOffForReal: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, during ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}''

* MayDecemberRomance: His relationship to Husk firs the trope. She was said to be about 19 years old at the time. Archangel is in his 30s.
** His relationship with Pestilence/Ichisumi is a more extreme version. Her origin story in ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' #3 (February, 2011), depicts her as an adult in 1833. She is likely more than 150-years older than Archangel.

* {{Necromancer}}: Angel demonstrates new powers after his resurrection in 2012. One of them is the ability to bring back the recently deceased. In ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #4 (March, 2012), he first uses this power to a bring a dead dog back to life.

** OurAngelsAreDifferent: Angel is explicitly stated from the beginning to be a mutant who just happens to have various flying mutations including big white fluffy wings. Except, of course, [[spoiler:later developments made him a descendant of the Cheyarafim, along with Icarus (Joshua Guthrie), and added healing blood to his powers]].
* OutOfFocus: Of all the original X-Men crew, he is unequivocally the one who has recieves less atention and representation in the last years.

* SociopathicHero[=/=]VillainProtagonist in Apocalypse-engineered mode. When heroic, Archangel is still extremely violent and kills on instinct. When his dark side wins out, he becomes an outright villain. Which does not prevent him from being the co-protagonist of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' and ''ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]''.
* SuperSenses: Following his resurrection in 2012, Angel gains new powers. One of them gives him a version of enhanced vision. He is able to see the true essence of whomever he looks upon. He uses it twice in ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #10 (July, 2012)When he looks at himself (in the mirror), Angel sees himself glowing. Which makes him believe that he is so much more than a mutant. When he sees Genesis/Evan Sabahnur, Angel sees the adult Apocalypse.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Angel has Archangel, the persona he developed after being experimented on by Apocalypse. Warren usually has wings and average healing powers. Archangel has razor sharp, retractable wings that launch out metal feathers that are dipped in his natural poison. He is a killer. See YoYoPlotPoint below.

Despite his monstrous appearance, Hank remained upbeat and witty for years, and continued serving as a stalwart X-Man and professor at the Xavier Academy in the following decades. He also became known for his pro-mutant activism and accolades in the fields of genetics and biochemistry. However, after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], Hank grew angry and frustrated at his failures to prevent or reverse the depowering of almost all mutants and had a severe falling out with Cyclops over the morality of X-Force and other issues. From there, he became convinced that only he had the intellect to solve the problems facing mutantkind, to the concern of the rest of the X-Men who called him out for his increasingly reckless and immoral actions. Upon the founding of [[ComicBook/XMen2019 Krakoa]], little remained of the witty and kind Dr. [=McCoy=], and Hank was appointed the head of the new X-Force to act as the new nation's "mutant [=CIA=]", wielding a large amount of unchecked power which he believed only he had the intellect, right, and ability to hold.

Beast is also notable for being one of the few Marvel characters to serve as an X-Man, ComicBook/{{Avenger|s}}, ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defender]], while also spending a period of time with ComicBook/TheInhumans as well. He was specifically placed on The Avengers by Steve Englehart because of his light-hearted personality, serving as a foil to some of their more serious members.

* AntiHero: Originally Hank was one of the nicest X-Men, but since not that long ago he seems to have gotten into this. Specifically one of his more questionable decisions is pulling out O5 from the past just to show ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} how Scott has changed since the team’s early days. And as of [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the present Krakoan Age]] he’s X-Force supervisor and by issue 6 his methods include torture, ordering to kill the creatures (that were once humans), and brainwashing, veering into NominalHero territory.

** His current characterization during the Krakoan era could make him one to [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Regime Superman]]. Both are former [[TheParagon paragons]] who were also [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and LovedByAll; who, after a series of events, [[TookALevelInJerkass allowed their bitterness to cloud their judgment]] [[TookALevelInCynic and develop an excessively grim worldview]]; inspiring them to adopt [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans fascistic mindsets]]; transform into ticking time bomb fusions of KnightTemplar, TheParanoiac, and TheUnfettered; developing extreme {{Hubris}} and becoming HatedByAll by former friends and allies alike; and more than willing to [[spoiler: murder]] said friends and allies should they stray out of line. However - besides the differences in physical appearance and power sets - Injustice Superman’s fall takes place in a different continuity, whereas Hank’s is set within the main 616 continuity.

** Its [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to his metatextual inner monologue in X-Force 2019 issue #23, and a line of dialogue by Kate Pryde in [[ComicBook/ImmortalXMen Immortal X-Men]] #1; which elaborate and imply that despite abhorring what Hank is now, many characters in-Universe still have fond memories of who he was before.

* IRejectYourReality: Pre-Schism, Henry [=McCoy=] was one of the most reasonable and sensible people in the Marvel Universe. Post-Schism, Hank’s developing habit of shirking accountability (See “Never My Fault”) was mainly due to pride and/or insecurity, with shades of this regarding the consequences of bringing the O5 to the future. However, since the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the Krakoa relaunch]], he appears to have completely graduated to this trope. No matter how much empirical evidence there is that his methods cause more harm than good or if his colleagues and peers have more valid points than he does, he will perpetually insist to himself that he is the only one who can do the right or smart things; and will compulsively shun his colleagues’ points to near-delusional levels.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Throughout [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the Krakoan Age]], Beast slips further and further down the scale of morality and is repeatedly called out by his teammates and former friends. Beast insists everything he does is right and for the security of the nation, but grows increasingly frustrated and unhinged due to his critics, particularly Wolverine. He ultimately decides to [[spoiler:eliminate that source of criticism by murdering Wolverine in secret and leaving him a mindless husk under Beast's sole control upon resurrection with no one else the wiser, utilizing him to murder Krakoa's "enemies", which include both legitimate threats and innocents, like a reporter who wrote a negative article about mutantkind]].

* LovableNerd: Before the Schism event, when he was portrayed as a genial character, his warmth towards his friends and allies was as infectious as his intellect was extraordinary. Later, there were still shades of it. By the Krakoan age? Officially HatedByAll.
* LovedByAll: Before the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Era]] turned him into the skin-crawling opposite (see “Hated By All” above and “We Used To Be Friends” below) Hank was a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], but significant example of this for the Marvel Universe (just not at the same level as Captain America or The Thing). He often served the role of a bridge between the Mutant groups and the non-Mutant groups; generally viewed (even by a large amount of baseline humans) as a respectable, trustworthy, endearing, and diligent individual from both a social and academic standpoint. Even his parents and (implicitly) his uncles cherished and supported Henry well after he grew mammalian traits and a blue pelt (though it did take his mother a little longer to warm up to him again) - a rarity for Mutants in the Marvel Universe. There were plenty of times when he would butt heads with his friends and allies, get on their nerves, or be in the wrong, but never to the point of receiving utter dislike from them. Even after his moral fracturing and loss of accountability after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], he was still thought fondly of by a large portion of the superbeing world.

** Interestingly, he's less like this in his ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' appearances: when you've got a team with [[ComicBook/AntMan Pym]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Banner]] you don't need another genius, so he's more of a BoisterousBruiser with his (considerable) physical powers emphasized (which have ''also'' greatly increased since his days as one of the original X-Men; he once casually boasted about being able to bench press 70 ''tons'' and his agility has always been on par with Franchise/SpiderMan). However, that was when he was ''first'' with the ''Avengers,'' during the interregnum between the original X-Men series and the "all new, all different" one that introduced ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, etc. This many ''decades'' of being the X-Men's resident genius later, it's no longer possible to ignore the brains angle. He keeps his X-Men characterization during ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers,'' and in that series, he's clearly on par with Pym.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: His fellow X-Men have all come to despise Beast by the ''[[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]]'' viewing him with disdain and only ever reluctantly working with him due to his brutal and corrupt nature. This is particularly notable with Scott, Jean Grey, and Logan. The former who he began to resent after the Decimation and the latter two who he [[ComicBook/XForce2019 recently]] [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 fell out]] with during the Krakoan Age. Only time will tell if he makes a recovery from his moral fall and somehow (miraculously) rekindle these friendships in future books.

* ABeastInNameAndNature: A rare heroic version; codenamed for his gorilla-like physique, enormous hands and feet, and (later) his blue fur and other animalistic attributes. In sharp contrast to his beastly appearance, Hank is commonly portrayed as a brilliant scientist and a gentleman. Even following his moral decline, his behaviour is less obviously beastly, more cold and clinically cruel.
* AllForNothing: The main reason he's had so many mutations over the years is that first dose of mutant growth hormone he had synthesized and then took himself to avoid it being taken by thieves. A few flashbacks to the backstories of contemporary characters show that MGH ended up on the streets soon after anyway.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The fur which covers out his body was grey when he had his own series in ''Amazing Adventures''. It later changed to blue, which is his signature color.
* AntiHero: Originally Hank was one of the nicest X-Men, but since not that long ago he seems to have gotten into this. Specifically one of his more questionable decisions is pulling out O5 from the past just to show ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} how Scott has changed since the team’s early days. And as of [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the present Krakoan Age]] he’s X-Force supervisor and by issue 6 his methods include torture, ordering to kill the creatures (that were once humans) and brainwashing, veering into NominalHero territory.

* BlueIsHeroic: Beast with his blue fur, intelligence and kind nature.

* EvilTwin: While all the X-Men have evil twins, Beast is notable because his EvilTwin (known as the Dark Beast, who is actually himself from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline) has stuck around long-term, become a recurring villain, and even teamed up with Beast himself on occasion. It's a mark of how far Beast's CharacterDevelopment has gone that Sinister himself has cheerfully remarked to Dark Beast (currently a head in a jar) that he's not even the Darkest Beast any more.

* HandyFeet: One of his most notable powers is superhuman manual dexterity, even in his feet. He regularly uses them along with his hands to perform all kinds of tasks, sometimes seen typing with his feet alone. Some adaptations (and further mutations) go so far as to make his big toes opposable like a gorillas. This is generally when he actually has feet, instead of lion-like paws.
* HatedByAll: He wasn't this trope before, but by the time of the ComicBook/HellfireGala, his hypocrisy, smugness, and overall morally bankrupt actions have been nearing to a breaking point. He has lost almost all of the respect, care, and trust he had garnered throughout the years. Even his longtime allies and friends and his X-Force teammates have had enough. Hell, even ComicBook/JeanGrey, who [[AllLovingHero has a kind word for practically everyone and formerly regarded Hank as a close, dear friend]], has told him where to get off. Even worse, he rationalizes the hate as proof that he is more intelligent and righteous than they are.

* IgnoredEpiphany: His encounter with Uatu condemning him for his actions and destroying potential futures with mutant utopias caused Beast to reflect on his actions and wonder if he could fix them. However, he then proceeded to continue down his same self-righteous path and decide that only he could judge himself. It happens again when he integrates the memories of his younger self, as the other O5 do. All of the others? They have reason to think, and in Scott's case, it causes positive CharacterDevelopment. Beast? Doesn't even think about it.

* KnightTemplar: He was formerly open to admitting his mistakes and taking responsibility for his actions. Unfortunately, he has become so convinced of his own righteousness in the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] that he will tolerate no criticism of his work or even consider he might be wrong in the brutal and monstrous actions he takes in the name of Krakoan security. It reaches the point where he begins to plan on excluding refugee mutants from the island behind the Quiet Council's back because he considers them undesirable and contributing nothing to the security of the nation.

* LovedByAll: Before the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Era]] turned him into the skin-crawling opposite (see “Hated By All” above and “We Used To Be Friends” below) Hank was a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], but significant example of this for the Marvel Universe (just not at the same level as Captain America or The Thing). He often served the role of a bridge between the Mutant groups and the non-Mutant groups; generally viewed (even by a large amount of baseline humans) as a respectable, trustworthy, endearing, and diligent individual from both a social and academic standpoint. Even his parents and (implicitly) his uncles cherished and supported Henry well after he grew mammalian traits and a blue pelt (though it did take his mother a little longer to warm up to him again) - a rarity for Mutants in the Marvel Universe. There were plenty of times where he would butt heads with his friends and allies, get on their nerves, or be in the wrong, but never to the point of receiving utter dislike from them. Even after his moral fracturing and loss of accountability after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], he was still thought fondly of by a large portion of the superbeing world.

* MinoredInAssKicking: Hank has always been a [[GeniusBruiser capable fighter belying a brilliant mind]], regardless of the media portraying him. Yet his incarnation in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' states early on that he's "a pacifist by nature." Push comes to shove, however, he'll knock you down.

* {{Mutants}}: He is both a mutant and a mutate. He was born a mutant with ape-like features and abilities. He mutated himself by ingesting a chemical. It turned him into a new form with new powers. He grew gray fur over his entire body, his muscles expanded, ears became larger and pointed, claws sprouted, and his canine teeth became larger, resembling fangs. The serum further increased his superhuman agility, endurance, speed, and strength, as well as enhanced his senses, and granted him an extraordinary healing factor.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He had his brains undergo an inflation similar to ComicBook{{Superman}}'s powers going from FlyingBrick in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] to almighty in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]. In the early days he was just the best and most studious of the school's students. By now he's a world-renowned expert in every science there is, and when it comes to solving the science-based problem of the week, be it a virus, a killer robot that doesn't respond to EyeBeams, etc. he'll be the one to do it. ''Officially'' [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] is the smartest human in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, but Beast really can stand up to him in the ''actual'' count of scientific day-saving moments. Need a device to make the godlike Dark Phoenix's butt temporarily kickable? He'll whip it up in an hour. The BigBad is using an alien spaceship left behind by the {{Precursors}}? He'll pull up a chair and make it work for him in under an hour! Legacy Virus? Get on it, Hank. And somehow, even with the superhero-ing and research work in all fields of science, Hank ''also'' finds time to be a regular on the talk show circuit.
** Interestingly, he's less like this in his ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' appearances: when you've got a team with [[ComicBook/AntMan Pym]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Banner]] you don't need another genius, so he's more of a BoisterousBruiser with his (considerable) physical powers emphasized (which have ''also'' greatly increased since his days as one of the original X-Men; he once casually boasted about being able to bench press 70 ''tons'' and his agility has always been on par with Franchise/SpiderMan). However, that was when he was ''first'' with the ''Avengers,'' during the interregnum between the original X-Men series and the "all new, all different" one that introduced ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, etc. This many ''decades'' of being the X-Men's resident genius later, it's no longer possible to ignore the brains angle. He keeps his X-Men characterization during ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers,'' and in that series he's clearly on par with Pym.
*** The in-universe explanation (although never stated outright) was that this was the time where he started [[TheStoner experimenting with pot.]]
** Dark Beast, the evil alternate Hank who arrived here from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse universe, once posed as "our" Hank and [[LampshadeHanging ended up complaining about all the things he was expected to know]]. Dark Beast is an expert on genetics, [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke making him seriously bad news to have on the wrong side in this universe]]. However, genetics is his specialty while the prime Hank's specialty is "everything ever." At one point, that was prime Hank's specialty too, but he's branched out a lot since then, being a medical doctor in addition to having Ph.Ds in genetics and biochemistry and being a self-trained expert in everything else.

** Expresses a grim outlook of the world; believing that everyone, including Mutants, are full of nasty tendencies (in X-Force 2019 issue #23); often deriding the Quiet Council’s work as “diplomatic nonsense” (behind their backs); having an accusatory outburst at Sage - suspecting her of sabotage (in Wolverine 2020 issue #13); and claiming his teammates are acting on “sickening optimism” when they agree on inducting Omega Red (in X-Force 2019 issue #27). He distrusts anyone else to do “the job” properly (like him) that he lies and keeps secrets on a regular basis.

* PowerAtAPrice: During X-Factor he became infected by Pestilence with a disease that increased his strength at the cost of his intelligence the more he exerted himself.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: That is how Beast went from hairless gorilla to a furry form. While working for the Brand Corporation, discovered an hormonal extract that causes mutations in genetic structures. He then discovered a mission that would need him to be unrecognizable. Beast decided to use the chemical on himself to temporarily disguise his features. He would have an hour to complete his mission and take an antidote to change back. He missed that deadline and the furry form became permanent.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With Dark Beast offstage, Hank’s [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge recent characterization]] has been evoking more and more of his ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse counterpart to an uncanny degree with his terrifying actions reaching closer and closer to the same level of pointless unethicality as the grey-furred version - it gets to the point where Sinister cheerfully informs Dark Beast (now a head in a jar in his lab) that he's not even the Darkest Beast any more. In addition, this present characterization and its visual portrayals have echoes of Weapon X alums Dr. Abraham Cornelius and Professor Thornton from the Weapon Plus mythos; with their [[ScaryShinyGlasses Scary Shiny Glasses]] aesthetic; their personalities as [[MadScientist menacing]] science leaders who take themselves very seriously; their management of a government-sponsored black-ops group with nationalist vibes; their reliance on mind control, brain washing, and insanely sketchy experimentation; their goal to make the world a better place through borderline fascistic methods, and the styling of Hank’s facial fur is similar to Dr. Cornelius’s hair and beard combo. The similarities to Doctor Cornelius and Professor Thornton are elevated to a shocking degree when Henry [[spoiler: develops a disturbing obsession with using and controlling Wolverine as a “perfect tool” [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 to solving the world’s problems via assassinating the “enemies”]]]].

* WhatTheHellHero: He was on the delivering end of this to Cyclops but ended up taking their falling out to far and has since been on the reviewing end of this a number of times.
** When the Phoenix Force makes Cyclops kill Xavier, he brings younger versions of the original X-Men (himself, Scott, Jean, Bobby, and Warren) to present day in order to torment him. Many people including the Watcher voice disgust in him for putting the whole Universe in danger just to mess with someone he hates, with even his younger self horrified at who he’s become. The X-Men eventually have an intervention in order to confront him about his actions telling him his hatred for Cyclops does not justify what he’s done. He just dismisses them all as not smart enough to see what he does. While he is haunted by the Watcher showing him all the Utopian futures he wiped out, and he has a breakdown when he achieves cosmic awareness and realizes he broke time, [[IgnoredEpiphany he arguably gets even worse]].
** He joins the Illuminati in destroying alternate worlds in order to save their own, Captain America and the rest of the Avengers are horrified and they end up on run. When the end of their world comes anyway, he receives another “What the hell” from his younger self for bringing him to the present knowing the world was in danger instead of letting him live his life.

* AntiHero: Originally Hank was one of the nicest X-Men, but since not that long ago he seems to have gotten into this. Specifically one of his more questionable decisions is pulling out O5 from the past just to show ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} how Scott has changed since the team’s early days. And as of [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the present Krakoan Age]] he’s X-Force supervisor and by issue 6 his methods include torture, ordering to kill the creatures (that were once humans) and brainwashing, veering into NominalHero territory.
* ABeastInNameAndNature: A rare heroic version; codenamed for his gorilla-like physique, enormous hands and feet, and (later) his blue fur and other animalistic attributes. In sharp contrast to his beastly appearance, Hank is commonly portrayed as a brilliant scientist and a gentleman. Even following his moral decline, his behaviour is less obviously beastly, more cold and clinically cruel.
* BadassBookworm: He has been constantly portrayed as a major bibliophile and has been integral to ending many world-destroying threats.
* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: From the 60s to the mid-2000s, Beast was once a shining pillar of morality and a jovial and witty prankster who objected to ruthless and reckless acts and orders. Unfortunately, since [[ComicBook/HouseofM M-Day]] bitterness and his belief that he failed mutantkind in the past, has gradually erased almost all of his standards he once held, and as of the present [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]],Beast now operates in a very clinical and often horrifying fashion, using his former friends and subordinates as pawns for plans he believes that only he can comprehend and direct to secure Krakoa and mutantkind's future.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He was a very nice person, but push him too far and you would regret it. Sadly, the nice part of this trope no longer applies as he has fallen considerably from his once moral heights.
* TheBigGuy: The strongest and more physically imposing of the original X-Men, though he's gone a bit to seed in the Krakoa era/

* BreakTheCutie: He is widely known as an energetic and brainy sweetheart. But [[ComicBook/XForce2019 recently]]? It’s implied that [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]] and any tragedy that followed haven’t done any favors for his mental health.

* DrunkWithPower: Whether or not it’s because of M-Day and the other traumatizing events following it; either way, the moment he is appointed as head of X-Force, all of the simmering hubris and recklessness that has been gestating in him for the last ten or so years is ballooned to an egregious level that it [[ZigZaggedTrope zig-zags]] with DrunkOnTheDarkSide - with all previous goodwill shriveling up in him, wholeheartedly believing that only he is in the right no matter his actions; that antagonism is the only way to solve problems, [[DidntThinkThisThrough never considering (or acknowledging) the full spectrum of consequences from his actions]], gets offended when he isn’t gifted with [[EntitledBastard leniency]], and [[SmugSnake looks down on everyone, including his own (former) friends and allies as ineffective dullards]].
* EvilTwin: All the X-Men have evil twins. Beast is notable because his EvilTwin (known as the Dark Beast, who is actually himself from the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline) has stuck around long-term, become a recurring villain, and even teamed up with Beast himself on occasion. It's a mark of how far Beast's CharacterDevelopment has gone that Sinister himself has cheerfully remarked to Dark Beast (currently a head in a jar) that he's not even the Darkest Beast any more.

** Its [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in regards to his metatextual innner monologue in X-Force 2019 issue #23, and a line of dialogue by Kate Pryde in [[ComicBook/ImmortalXMen Immortal X-Men]] #1; which elaborate and imply that despite abhorring what Hank is now, many characters in-Universe still have fond memories of who he was before.
* HealingFactor: He has one, making him able to recover from non-fatal wounds at a much faster rate than normal humans.
* TheHeart: Throughout the majority of his appearances from the 60s to the mid-or-late 2000s, Hank would usually serve this role to the Avengers, Defenders, X-Men, etc. in general or as a backup version of this whenever it was already filled; using his down-to-earth friendliness to keep everyone in check.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He brings the O5 to the present to show mess with Cyclops by showing his younger self how far he had fallen. It works for Cyclops (though his younger self ends up admiring him) but it also works for young Beast. And unfortunately (and ironically), while the integration of their past selves' memories does wonders for Scott, [[IgnoredEpiphany it does absolutely]] ''[[IgnoredEpiphany nothing]]'' to Hank.
* HolierThanThou: After the Decimation, Hank develops quite the self-righteous streak toward Scott, Emma and anyone who agrees with them on anything, judging them for actions he’s even had a hand in. It’s one of the characteristics that drives him to a more villainous role.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Once accused Scott of forming X-Force as a black ops team to do all of his “dirty work”. In ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' he himself became a supervisor of the Krakoan X-Force and his deeds involve torturing, brainwashing and giving direct orders to kill.
* IRejectYourReality: Pre-Schism, Henry [=McCoy=] was one of the most reasonable and sensible people in the Marvel Universe. Post-Schism, Hank’s developing habit of shirking accountability (See “Never My Fault”) was mainly due to pride and/or insecurity, with shades of this regarding the consequences of bringing the O5 to the future. However, since the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge the Krakoa relaunch]], he appears to have completely graduated to this trope. No matter how much empirical evidence there is that his methods cause more harm than good or if his colleagues and peers have more valid points than he does, he will perpetually insist to himself that he is the only one who can do the right or smart things; and will compulsively shun his colleagues’ points to near-delusional levels.

* KilledOffForReal: In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, during ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}''

* NuclearMutant: Creator/StanLee toyed the idea that Mutants were the result of exposures to radiation. Which is why the X-Men were the so-called "Children of the Atom." Beast's OriginsEpisode in ''X-Men'' #49 (October, 1968) reveals the reason for Beast's mutation. His father Norton [=McCoy=] worked in nuclear power plant. An accident exposed him to a massive dose of radiation. When Norton eventually had a son, this son was born with an obvious genetic mutation.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He had his brains undergo an inflation similar to Franchise/{{Superman}}'s powers going from FlyingBrick in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] to almighty in the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]]. In the early days he was just the best and most studious of the school's students. By now he's a world-renowned expert in every science there is, and when it comes to solving the science-based problem of the week, be it a virus, a killer robot that doesn't respond to EyeBeams, etc. he'll be the one to do it. ''Officially'' [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] is the smartest human in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, but Beast really can stand up to him in the ''actual'' count of scientific day-saving moments. Need a device to make the godlike Dark Phoenix's butt temporarily kickable? He'll whip it up in an hour. The BigBad is using an alien spaceship left behind by the {{Precursors}}? He'll pull up a chair and make it work for him in under an hour! Legacy Virus? Get on it, Hank. And somehow, even with the superhero-ing and research work in all fields of science, Hank ''also'' finds time to be a regular on the talk show circuit.

* TheSmartGuy: Although he was probably more TheBigGuy of the original team, since his intelligence was downplayed in those days. He is the resident genius.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Less likely to wear a shirt than Music/IggyPop. After mutating to his original furry form, he went around almost nude (see Monster Modesty above).

* SuperStrength: Has always had some level of super strength. As a teenager, Beast could lift 1 ton. His strength has since increased over the years.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: With Dark Beast offstage, Hank’s [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge recent characterization]] has been evoking more and more of his ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse counterpart to an uncanny degree with his terrifying actions reaching closer and closer to the same level of pointless unethicality as the grey-furred version - it gets to the point where Sinister cheerfully informs Dark Beast (now a head in a jar in his lab) that he's not even the Darkest Beast any more. In addition, this present characterization and its visual portrayals have echoes of Weapon X alums Dr. Abraham Cornelius and Professor Thornton from the Weapon Plus mythos; with their [[ScaryShinyGlasses Scary Shiny Glasses]] aesthetic; their personalities as [[MadScientist menacing]] science leaders who take themselves very seriously; their management of a government-sponsored black-ops group with nationalist vibes; their reliance on mind control, brain washing, and insanely sketchy experimentation; their goal to make the world a better place through borderline fascistic methods, and the styling of Hank’s facial fur is similar to Dr. Cornelius’s hair and beard combo. The similarities to Doctor Cornelius and Professor Thornton are elevated to a shocking degree when Henry [[spoiler: develops a disturbing obsession with using and controlling Wolverine as a “perfect tool” [[ComicBook/Wolverine2020 to solving the world’s problems via assassinating the “enemies”]]]].
* TechnoWizard: He is an expert in electronics.

* UnderwearOfPower: His costume for most of TheSeventies and part of TheEighties was just a pair of underwear-type bikini briefs.

** When the Phoenix Force makes Cyclops kill Xavier, he brings younger versions of the original X-Men (himself, Scott, Jean, Bobby and Warren) to present day in order to torment him. Many people including the Watcher voice disgust in him for putting the whole Universe in danger just to mess with someone he hates, with even his younger self horrified at who he’s become. The X-Men eventually have an intervention in order to confront him about his actions telling him his hatred for Cyclops does not justify what he’s done. He just dismisses them all as not smart enough to see what he does. While he is haunted by the Watcher showing him all the Utopian futures he wiped out, and he has a breakdown when he achieves cosmic awareness and realizes he broke time, [[IgnoredEpiphany he arguably gets even worse]].

* IBelieveICanFly: When Angel was introduced as a member of the ComicBook/XMen, it was alongside the very flightless ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and Beast, while Iceman's ice slides didn't offer the same level of maneuverability and ComicBook/JeanGrey couldn't levitate herself very far. But as the roster has expanded with characters who have flight as a side effect of their powers--ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Rogue (after absorbing the right abilities), Mystique, Cannonball, ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}}, and so on--being stuck with huge feathered wings as a mutation must be annoying.

** Interestingly, he's less like this in his ''ComicBook/{{Avengers}}'' appearances: when you've got a team with [[ComicBook/AntMan Pym]], [[ComicBook/IronMan Stark]], ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Banner]] you don't need another genius, so he's more of a BoisterousBruiser with his (considerable) physical powers emphasized (which have ''also'' greatly increased since his days as one of the original X-Men; he once casually boasted about being able to bench press 70 ''tons'' and his agility has always been on par with Franchise/SpiderMan). However, that was when he was ''first'' with the ''Avengers,'' during the interregnum between the original X-Men series and the "all new, all different" one that introduced ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, etc. This many ''decades'' of being the X-Men's resident genius later, it's no longer possible to ignore the brains angle. He keeps his X-Men characterization during ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers,'' and in that series he's clearly on par with Pym.

** His current characterization during the Krakoan era could make him one to [[Characters/InjusticeSuperman Regime Superman]]. Both are former [[TheParagon paragons]] who were also [[NiceGuy Nice Guys]] and LovedByAll; who, after a series of events, felt inspired to adopt [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans fascistic mindsets]]; transform into ticking time bomb fusions of KnightTemplar, TheParanoiac, and TheUnfettered; developing extreme {{Hubris}} and becoming HatedByAll by former friends and allies alike; and more than willing to [[spoiler: murder]] said friends and allies should they stray out of line. However - besides the differences in physical appearance - whereas Injustice Superman’s fall takes place in a different continuity, Hank’s is set within the main 616 continuity.

Despite his monstrous appearance, Hank remained upbeat and witty for years, and continued serving as a stalwart X-Man and professor at the Xavier Academy in the following decades. He also became known for his pro-mutant activism and accolades in the fields of genetics and biochemistry. However, after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], Hank grew angry and frustrated at his failures to prevent or reverse the depowering of almost all mutants and had a severe falling out with Cyclops over the morality of X-Force and other issues. From there, he became convinced that only he had the intellect to solve the problems facing mutantkind, to the concern of the rest of the X-Men who called him out for his increasingly reckless and immoral actions. Upon the founding of [[ComicBook/XMen2019 Krakoa]], little remained of the witty and kind Dr.[=McCoy=], and Hank was appointed the head of the new X-Force to act as the new nation's "mutant [=CIA=]", wielding an large amount of unchecked power which he believed only he had the intellect, right, and ability to hold.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Bobby is frequently barefoot, in contrast to most of his teammates except for Beast.

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