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Piotr Nikolayevich Rasputin, better known as Colossus, is a Creator/MarvelComics character created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, first appearing in ''Giant-Size ComicBook/XMen'' #1 (dated May 1975).

A Russian mutant with the ability to transform the entirety of his body into [[ChromeChampion organic, indestructible metal]], Colossus was introduced as one of the "all-new, all-different X-Men" who followed in the footsteps of the original roster --alongside ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}-- who would also become stalwart mainstays of the team.

Despite his [[TheBigGuy imposing appearance and immense strength]], cultivated from years growing up on a Soviet collective farm, Piotr is characterized by his [[GentleGiant kind soul]] and love for painting. He may be a physical threat and reliable tank for the X-Men in battle, but violence is frequently his last resort in any given situation -- which sometimes works against him.

He's also notable for his extensive relationships among the X-Men. His younger sister, ComicBook/IllyanaRasputin, became the demonic sorceress ComicBook/{{Magik}}, while his longtime ([[WillTheyOrWontThey on-off]]) love interest is fan favorite --and eventual leader of the X-Men-- ComicBook/KittyPryde. And that's not even mentioning his friendship with Wolverine, with whom he'd become the {{trope maker}} for the so-called "{{fastball special}}." He has a spanning network of relationships among the X-Men's rogues as well, having followed ComicBook/{{Magneto}} for a time as one of his [[Characters/XMenAcolytes Acolytes]] and having a supervillain older brother, Mikhail Rasputin.

As a longtime X-Man, Colossus has appeared frequently in other media. Most notably, he's appeared throughout the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' since its inception -- primarily portrayed by Daniel Cudmore in the original trilogy, while Andre Tricoteux & Stefan Kapičić share the role [[note]](through motion capture and voice acting, respectively)[[/note]] in 2016's ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' and its 2018 sequel, ''Film/Deadpool2''.

Colossus has also appeared in just about every cartoon series featuring the X-Men, voiced by a variety of well-known voice actors like Creator/NolanNorth and Creator/TomKenny, as well as (non-speaking) appearances on the ''Anime/XMen'' anime.

Also? He's canonically related to UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk.

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!! Colossus has appeared in:
[[AC: Notable Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' (various runs)
* ''ComicBook/XMen'' (various runs)
* ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' vol. 1 (1983 -- 1984)
* ''[[ComicBook/AstonishingXMen Astonishing X-Men]]:''
** vol. 3 (2004 -- 2012)
** vol. 4 (2018 -- present)
* ''X-Men: Colossus Bloodline'' (2005 -- 2006)
* ''ComicBook/{{Cable}} & ComicBook/XForce'' (2013 -- 2014)
* ''ComicBook/AmazingXMen'' vol. 2 (2015)
* ''ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen'' (2015 -- 2017)
* ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' (2017 -- 2018)

[[AC: Anime]]
* ''Anime/XMen'' (2011)

[[AC:Film]]
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' (2003 -- present):
** ''[[Film/XMen1 X-Men]]'' (2000), portrayed by Donald Mackinnon
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' (2003), portrayed by Daniel Cudmore
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006), portrayed by Daniel Cudmore
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014), portrayed by Daniel Cudmore
** ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' (2016), portrayed by Andre Tricoteux (motion capture) & Stefan Kapičić (voice)
** ''Film/Deadpool2'' (2018), portrayed by Andre Tricoteux (motion capture) & Stefan Kapičić (voice)

[[AC: Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (1983), voiced by Creator/JohnStephenson
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1992 -- 1997), voiced by Rick Bennett
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (2000 -- 2003), voiced by Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' (2008), voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' (2009), voiced by Creator/TomKenny

[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMenMadnessInMurderworld'' (1989): Appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMen'' (1992): Appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (1994): Appears as a playable hero. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' (1998): Appears as an assist character. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' (2000): Appears as a playable hero. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' (2004): Appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Earl Boen.
* ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005): Appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/JimWard.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' (2006): Appears as playable hero exclusive to Xbox 360 version. Voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman.
* ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' (2009): Appears as an NPC and Boss. Voiced by Creator/NolanNorth.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011): Appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny'' (2011): Appears as NPC. Voiced by Andre Sogliuzzo.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013): Appears as playable hero. Voiced by Creator/ChrisCox.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013): Appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015- Added 2018): Appears as a playable hero.
* '' VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019): Appears as an NPC in the base game and later playable as a free post-launch DLC. Voiced by Chris Cox.

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!! Colossus provides examples of:
* ArchNemesis: Mikhail Rasputin, Mr. Sinister and Proteus are his three most recurring and dangerous foes.
** In ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' his Arch-Enemy was Omega Red.
* BaldOfAwesome: During his stint as the Juggernaut he shaved his head.
* BashBrothers: Most long-runningly with Wolverine, though he has also been half of this with Deadpool and Exodus.
* BattleCouple: With Kitty Pryde. Also, during his stint with X-Force, with Domino.
* BerserkButton: During the 70s, any insult toward Storm was likely to set him off. At one point, Wolverine (pre-character development) yelled at her when she took off on her own during a fight, and Colossus promptly picked him up and tossed him into the distance.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a calm, gentle artist. But upset him seriously and you'll end up with his metal fist in your face. Or, in the case of Riptide, ''twisted in half.''
* BigBrotherInstinct: to Illyana... initially. [[spoiler:No wonder he is hurt after learned that she was EvilAllAlong in ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''.]]
** And yet, even after threatening to kill her if he saw her again, he still cares for his "Little Snowflake". Illyana still cares about him too, and both make amends not too long after.
* BigBrotherWorship: He deeply respects his own big brother Mikhail, even after the latter's turn to supervillainy, and never gives up on him even at his worst moments. [[spoiler:This eventually pays off, as Mikhail was ultimately able to overcome his insanity and the mental manipulations of Mr. Sinister long enough to make a HeelFaceTurn and HeroicSacrifice for his little brother's safe]].
* BigLittleBrother: Despite being younger than Mikhail, he's the larger of the two.
* TheBigGuy: He's physically huge (7'5" in his armored form), and his abilities to both ignore and dish out great amounts of damage makes him one of the most powerful X-Men. In the early days he was usually the one to take on people like Juggernaut and Gladiator because he was the only X-Man who would even have a ''chance'' against them.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** Arcade once brainwashed him into believing he was the Proletarian, a Russian enforcer.
** ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} also brainwashed him into becoming one of his horsemen at one point.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: An archetypal example, as he is a comic book strongman whose greatest passion is painting.
* CainAndAbel: Kinda sorta with Mikhail, depending on how AxCrazy the latter is that day.
* CainAndAbelAndSeth: Ironically enough ''Magik'' is the Cain in this trope, given that she predates Mikhail in terms of creation [[spoiler:and has also played a more antagonistic/corrupting role to Piotr in recent years]]. As this trope and the Rasputins go, Piotr is the Abel, Magik is the Cain and Mikhail is the latecomer Seth.
* TheCape: After ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, he's the best example in the Marvel U. Ironically, the only time he's actually ''worn'' a cape was during his FaceHeelTurn stint with the Acolytes.
* ChromeChampion: He can transform at will from a normal (though fairly large and muscular) flesh-and-blood human to what the comics refer to as "organic" osmium steel.
* ChummyCommies: Introduced during the ColdWar as a kindhearted Soviet immediately onboard with Professor X’s suggestion that his powers be used for the good of “the whole world”.
* DespairEventHorizon: During the late 80s to early 90s he was put through a long TraumaCongaLine which culminated in him losing both of his siblings. Losing Magik in particular was his Event Horizon, driving him to renounce Xavier's ways and join Magneto as one of his Acolytes.
* {{Determinator}}: Another good reason not to piss him off.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Took this approach toward Kitty Pryde in ''ComicBook/XMenGold'': [[spoiler: Persistence appears to have paid off; at the end of issue #20 she asked him to marry her...only to get cold feet and leave him at the altar in issue #30.]]
* ExtraOreDinary: He even provides the trope image.
* FaceHeelTurn: Joined Magneto for a while after the aforementioned death of his little sister. His personality didn't change all that much, though, and between this and being OutOfFocus his turn to the 'dark side' wasn't very well received. He went back to the X-Teams within a couple of years.
* FakeAmerican: In-universe. Piotr speaks English with a noticeable American accent, so when he passed through the Siege Perilous and ended up amnesiac in New York, he was assumed by everybody (including himself) to be a local.
* FakeDefector: In retrospect he was one of these in his defection to the Acolytes, though he wasn't originally intended to be such (even though he betrayed his comrades almost from the get-go by allowing the X-Men to teleport onto Avalon unhindered).
* FamousAncestor: His is the infamous Mad Monk Rasputin
* FantasyMetals: His armoured form is made with a metal called osmium, the densest element known to man. His power exchanges osmium from this other place with carbon atoms in his own cells to make a super-strong steel alloy.
* FastballSpecial: He and Wolverine cornered the market on this, their CombinationAttack being both the TropeMaker ''and'' TropeNamer.
* FasterThanTheyLook: It's been commented many times throughout the years that his metallic form is both much faster and more agile than people would think.
* FatalFlaw: His love for Illyana is not, strictly speaking, a negative, but if it comes down to his Snowflake or anyone else, Piotr will go for Illyana, regardless of anything else.
** As noted in HeroicSacrifice Peter will ''always'' try to take the bullet for someone else. This gets him in trouble a few times.
* FlatCharacter: With a liberal dose of GoodIsBoring, as unlike his more multifaceted teammates Piotr has been given little characterization over the years beyond "BruiserWithASoftCenter and IncorruptiblePurePureness". To be fair, this seems to be the way fans like him, as an attempt in the '90s to inject some DarkerAndEdgier angst into him was not well received and the idea has not been revisited, but if you ever wonder why he always seems to be in the background compared to the likes of fellow 2nd-gen X-Men like Wolverine or Storm, well, this is why.
* GentleGiant: Colossus is one of the strongest member of the X-Men, and his favourite activities include painting.
* GoodHurtsEvil: His IncorruptiblePurePureness has been shown to be as harmful as his metal body when it comes to most demons and LegionsOfHell.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: As mentioned elsewhere on those page, Colossus is one of the kindest, sweetest characters in all of the Marvel Universe and in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' he's shown to be such a phenomenal lover that he causes Kitty to phase through the floor of the mansion.
* HeroicRussianEmigre: He was only a farmboy in rural Russia until Xavier recruited him. He became one of the most recognizable mutant heroes, and is generally one of the [[GentleGiant kindest]] and most honorable people on the team.
* HeroicSacrifice: To stop the Legacy Virus, which had infected and eventually killed his sister, Piotr sacrificed himself so that no other mutants would fall victim to it's curse. Don't worry though, [[ComicBookDeath he got better]].
** He has a tendency towards this in general. It's part of the reason [[spoiler: Kitty breaks up with him once and for all.]]
* HeroicBuild: He has a very muscular body.
* HiddenDepths: He's the team tank and one of the strongest and toughest heroes of the Marvel Universe. He's also a capable painter, and one of the sweetest and most truly gentle people you'd ever want to meet.
* HopelessSuitor: In the 70s, he had a huge crush on Storm (and due to his innocent nature wasn't exactly good at hiding it). However, Storm didn't return the affection, and the idea eventually vanished, mostly because '''everyone''' had a crush on Storm under Creator/ChrisClaremont's pen.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl:
** Many times over with Kitty Pryde, who is ever the Tiny Girl to his Huge Guy.
** Also the case with Kayla, the purple water-bender he lives with in the Savage Land in Comicbook/XForce2019.
* HuskyRusskie: He's Russian, and ''very'' big and muscular even when he's not transformed.
* {{Hunk}}: He's extremely muscular and good-looking.
* ImplacableMan: You piss him off and ''nothing'' will stop him. Riptide found this out the hard way. After the events of ''ComicBook/FearItself'', he became TheJuggernaut for a time.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As mentioned above, Colossus is one of the nicest, gentlest, and most decent-hearted of all the X-Men. His "purity of spirit" has been shown to be harmful to the various incarnations of TheLegionsOfHell, whenever the X-Men have gone up against them - in a crossover with Comicbook/DoctorStrange, he was able to literally open the gates of Hell, he was so pure. Though this turned out to be the first hint something wasn't right about "Hell", as Strange noted that good-hearted as he is, only [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} one guy]] was supposed to be able to do ''that''. Though he has killed (most famously when he snapped Riptide's neck during the Mutant Massacre), he has to be pushed '''very''' far to do it, and it usually involves righteous rage, which [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't detract from his "purity" in any way.]]
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: A rare male example. While Colossus is consistently portrayed as one of the most shy, naive and innocent character in the X men his costumes are usually extremely skimpy and revealing.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He will go through hell and back for his siblings and in Magik's case has ''literally'' gone through hell for her sake.
* MadeOfIron: Can take a beating even in his un-armored form, but even tougher when steeled up.
* TheMafiya: He's a member of the Russian mob in ''Ultimate X-Men''.
* ManOfKryptonite: Serves this role whenever the supervillain Proteus is around, as metal is Proteus's WeaksauceWeakness and Colossus is made of it. Because Proteus is a RealityWarper of PhysicalGod proportions, Colossus was forced to ShootTheDog and kill him, making him the one being Proteus is afraid of when he came back (because [[DeathIsCheap of course he came back]]).
* MartialPacifist: At heart, he's an artist. He doesn't like violence. But over the years he's become extremely good at it, and as probably the strongest and most durable X-Man, he tends to be first on the front lines.
* [[MayDecemberRomance May-September Romance]]: His and Kitty's relationship dates back to roughly when she was thirteen or fourteen[[note]]She turned 15 in an issue of ''Excalibur'', some time after their break-up.[[/note]] and he was ''at least'' eighteen (but certainly not more than twenty). This caused him a lot of angst at the time. When a [[PreClimaxClimax depressed Kitty wants to consummate their relationship before a battle]], he refuses due to her age. Things like this [[{{Squick}} disturbed]] then-Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter to no end, finally leading him to not only demand in no uncertain terms an end to the relationship arc, but to personally write a story arc in ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' in which Colossus falls in love out of nowhere with alien healer Zsaji (for whom [[Comicbook/FantasticFour the Human Torch]] also had the hots - no pun intended) to force a "breakup" story in ''Uncanny X-Men''. They finally consummated their relationship in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''.
-->'''Wolverine:''' About damn time.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: Averted -- Even though he is the middle child there is no evidence that Piotr was regarded with any less love or affection than his siblings, even with his older brother was a famous cosmonaut.
* MotherRussiaMakesYouStrong: His origin story has him being raised on a Russian collective farm, and he was clearly a hard worker even before his mutation kicked in.
* MrFanservice: He's frequently noted in-universe to be very good looking. It helps that, in order to show off his armored form, his costumes tend to leave a fair amount of him uncovered. His good looks are best summarized in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen'' when Emma Frost praises how attractive he was.
-->'''Observer:''' He's a good looking boy, isn't he?
-->'''Emma Frost:''' If you like the tall, muscular, square-jawed, unbelievably gorgeous type....I suppose he's all right.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Len Wein came up with the name Peter Rasputin, based on two famous Russian figures: UsefulNotes/PeterTheGreat and UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk. Ironically enough, decades later the latter would be retconned into an ancestor of Peter's family.
* NewChildLeftBehind: During an arc in the Savage Land Piotr, somewhat reluctantly, lost his virginity to a native. Some time later on another mission there he reconnects with her and her new son. It's implicit then that the son is his, but she decided not to tell him. ''Bloodlines'' definitively shows he's his son, and in an alternate future he developed the same power set.
* NighInvulnerability: His armored form is extremely hard to damage, even compared to a lot of the other heavyweights in the Marvel Universe.
* NotBrainwashed: All the X-Men thought Piotr had been brainwashed when he made the decision to join Magneto's Acolytes, but no, he was just burned out and at the bottom spiral of a DespairEventHorizon.
* OnlySaneMan: During his time as an Acolyte, as he and OnlySaneWoman Amelia Voght were the only two members of their ranks who did not worship Magneto as a divine mutant messiah.
* PersonalityPowers: Piotr has a very protective and self-sacrificing personality, and just so happened to manifest a mutant ability that more or less allows him to be the ultimate human shield. Even his SuperStrength, which more aggressive personalities would use for destructive purposes, is most often used by Colossus to help or support his teammates, the natural use of it for a person [[IncorruptiblePurePureness without a selfish bone in his body]].
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Piotr after becoming the avatar of Cyttorak.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: While they are both very manly physically, in terms of their personalities he and Wolverine are this, with him being the Sensitive Guy to Wolverine's Manly Man.
* SpockSpeak: Frequently, but especially after his revival.
* StraightGay: Ultimate universe only.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: A very rare male version. His main costume is very revealing, consisting of his boots, armbands, a red speedo and leotard that's open at sides revealing most of his upper body. This is probably the reason he's almost always in his metal form whenever he's wearing it.
* StrongerSibling: In terms of pure strength he's easily the strongest of the three Rasputins, and he's also easily the most stable and moral among them.
* SuperStrength: Initially stated to be in the impressive 70-ton range when he was in his teens, but this was bumped up a bit following the Mutant Massacre due to physical maturity and a side-effect of Magneto's treatment on him after getting injured by Riptide, so he's now in the godlike "Class 100" strength (able to lift more than 100 tons) these days.
* SuperToughness: Even when unarmored he's a big guy with some degree of this.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Colossus is very much tall, dark-haired and really handsome.
* TechnicalPacifist: Originally he was one of these, but over the years as his world has grown DarkerAndEdgier Piotr has had to accept using lethal measures here and there, though he still prefers only to kill when ''absolutely'' necessary.
* TheJuggernaut: Literally, after he gains the Power of Cytorrak. Like Cain Marko before him, he becomes a walking engine of destruction that cannot be stopped by physical force. At least, on a good day; Cytorrak eventually starts to weaken his powers because he's not destructive enough.
* TheyDo: [[spoiler: ''X-Men Gold'' #30 promised [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIy7w7DAfE the Wedding of the Century]] between Colossus and Kitty Pryde.]]
-->''(RecordNeedleScratch)'' [[TemptingFate "What could possibly go wrong"]]
** [[spoiler: Turns out to be a BaitAndSwitch with Rogue and Gambit. See WillTheyOrWontThey below for the full story.]]
* ThouShaltNotKill: Averted. Piotr is possibly the gentlest and kindest-hearted member of the team, but he ''will'' kill someone if necessary. He killed Moira's son Proteus in cold blood, simply because he was so dangerous, there was literally no other option. And when he realised the Marauder Riptide [[{{Sadist}} was enjoying killing helpless people]] he [[NeckSnap broke his neck with just one hand]]. In fact, it's ''because'' Piotr is usually so kind-hearted that you know when he kills someone, [[GodzillaThreshold things have gotten very, very serious.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: He served as this during his time as a member of Magneto's Acolytes, in contrast with the far more vicious or bloodthirsty members of the team.
* TooDumbToLive: A justified example during one of his first times facing Magneto. He turns ''into'' his metal form to fight...the guy who controls metal. This was ''very'' soon after the 2nd generation's introduction, and the point is made several times that the new team, while powerful, lacks experience and cohesion, and isn't ready to handle Magneto (which is why they're even in a position to ''have'' that particular fight in the first place).
* TraumaCongaLine: Starting from the 80s onwards, his sister was abducted by a demon, aged into young adulthood, then aged back down. His parents and everyone he knew on the farm he grew up on were murdered, and then Illyana caught the Legacy Virus and died.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Of Illyana.]]
* VillainousLegacy: ''Colossus: Bloodlines'' show that his last name isn't a coincidence, he really is descended from the Mad Monk himself. On his death bed Grigori, [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy who was apparently a mutant]], used his powers to imbue his essence into the unborn children of all the women he slept with in a kind of mutant breeding cult with Mister Sinister. This had the effect of corrupting everyone descended from him, as pieces of him drove them to madness and eventually suicide, redistributing his essence to the rest until the final survivor ended up with all of him thus resurrecting him completely.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Exodus were comrades in the Acolytes and Piotr initially was convinced that Exodus had a "firmer grasp of Magneto's commandments" than the traitor Fabian Cortez. In a more recent and darker example, his relationship with [[spoiler:his sister Magik]] his also gone this way.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Piotr and Kitty in particular have had a strife-ridden relationship. The latest installment in the story of their relationship happens in ''X-Men Gold''. After Piotr proposed to her and Kitty asked for time to think about it, Kitty proposed back in ''Gold #20''. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, in ''Gold #30'', Kitty decided to back out at the last minute ''because'' of their history, to the point where her powers trigger ''when he tries to put the ring on'' and vanishes in front of all their friends. AND THEN, in ''#31'', she's surprised and upset when he tries to leave without saying good-bye]].
* TheWorfEffect: Frequently in his earlier years, Colossus would be beaten away by the latest enemy of the week. It even got to the point where he started grumbling about it to himself.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: As mentioned elsewhere on those page, Colossus is one of the kindest,sweetest characters in all of the marvel universe and in AstonshingXMen hes shown to be such a phenomenal lover that he causes Kitty to phase through the floor of the mansion.

* MrFanservice: He's frequently noted in-universe to be very good looking. It helps that, in order to show off his armored form, his costumes tend to leave a fair amount of him uncovered.His good looks are best summarized in AstonshingXMen when Emma Frost praises how attractive he was.
-->Observer: "Hes a good looking boy, isnt he?"
--> Emma Frost: If you like the tall,muscular,square jawed, unbelievably gorgeous type....I suppouse hes all right.

* OnlySaneMan: During his time as an Acolyte, as he and Only Sane Woman Amelia Voght were the only two members of their ranks who did not worship Magneto as a divine mutant messiah.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: A very rare male version. His main costume is very revealing, consisting of his boots, armbands, a red speedo and leotard thats open at sides revealing most of his upper body. This is probably the reason hes almost always in his metal form whenever hes wearing it.

* TooDumbToLive: A justified example during one of his first times facing Magneto. He turns ''into'' his metal form to fight...the guy who controls metal. This was ''very'' soon after the 2nd generation's introduction, and the point is made several times that the new time, while powerful, lacks experience and cohesion (which is why they're even in a position to ''have'' that particular fight in the first place).

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Many times over with Kitty Pryde, who is ever the Tiny Girl to his Huge Guy.

* MadeOfIron: Well, an iron-based alloy; he does turn to steel when he activates his powers.

* FantasyMetals: His armoured form is made with an otherdimensional metal called osmium. His power exchanges osmium from this other place with carbon atoms in his own cells to make a super-strong steel alloy.

* SuperStrength: Initially stated to be in the 70-ton range, but this was bumped up a bit following the Mutant Massacre, so he's probably at or near "Class 100" strength (able to lift more than 100 tons) these days.

* ''VideoGame/XMenMadnessInMurderworld'' (1989): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMen'' (1992): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (1994): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' (1998): appears as an assist character. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by George Buza.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' (2004): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Earl Boen.
* ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/JimWard.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' (2006): appears as playable hero exclusive to Xbox 360 version. Voiced by Creator/CrispinFreeman.
* ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' (2009): appears as an NPC and Boss. Voiced by Creator/NolanNorth.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny'' (2011): appears as NPC. Voiced by Andre Sogliuzzo.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Creator/ChrisCox.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelFutureFight'' (2015- Added 2018): appears as a playable hero.
* '' VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019): appears as an NPC in the base game and later playable as a free post-launch DLC.

* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero.

* ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' vol. 1 (1983 -- 1984)

* [[MayDecemberRomance May-September Romance]]: His and Kitty's relationship dates back to roughly when she was thirteen or fourteen[[note]]She turned 15 in an issue of ''Excalibur'', some time after their break-up.[[/note]] and he was ''at least'' eighteen (but certainly not more than twenty). This caused him a lot of angst at the time. When a [[PreClimaxClimax depressed Kitty wants to consummate their relationship before a battle]], he refuses due to her age. Things like this [[{{Squick}} disturbed]] then-Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter to no end, finally leading him to not only demand in no uncertain terms an end to the relationship arc, but to personally write a story arc in ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' in which Colossus falls in love out of nowhere with alien healer Zsaji (for whom [[Comicbook/FantasticFour the Human Torch]] also had the hots - no pun intended) to force a "breakup" story in ''Uncanny X-Men''. They finally consummated their relationship in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''.

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As mentioned above, Colossus is one of the nicest, gentlest, and most decent-hearted of all the X-Men. His "purity of spirit" has been shown to be harmful to the various incarnations of TheLegionsOfHell, whenever the X-Men have gone up against them - in a crossover with Comicbook/DoctorStrange, he was able to literally open the gates of Hell, he was so pure. (Though this turned out to be the first hint something wasn't right about "Hell", as Strange noted that good-hearted as he is, only [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} one guy]] was supposed to be able to do ''that''. Though he has killed (most famously when he snapped Riptide's neck during the Mutant Massacre), he has to be pushed '''very''' far to do it, and it usually involves righteous rage, which [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't detract from his "purity" in any way.]]