History ComicBook / EmmaFrost

* BattleCouple: with Cyclops, a relationship which lasted more than 10 (real world) years before they broke up.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Many animated adaptations, especially ''Anime/XMen'' anime, take away Emma's more [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] personality traits. Rearranging her backstory, often giving her a HiddenHeartOfGold among other positive qualities.

* AntiheroSubstitute: While she never adopted the name or costume, she essentially became this to Jean after the latter's death in ''New X-Men'', replacing her as the team's resident telepath, the Institute's headmistress and Cyclops' bedmate.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series (1992-1997): voiced by Tracey Moore.

* BerserkButton: Emma's relationship with ComicBook/{{X-23}} is one of her most complicated relationships with fellow X-Women. But mess with the young girl is one of things which will cause Emma enter MamaBear mode and you'll wish you were dead, as Kimura finds out the hard way.

She's later freed from her custody by Cyclops, SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}}, and ComicBook/{{Magik}}. Although she was still furious with Cyclops for what happened in the climax of Avengers vs X-Men above, she agreed to join with Cyclops and Magneto once more and along with Magik, began searching for new Mutants. She becomes one of leader in Cyclops’ new X-Men team and she’s present when Cyclops freed several mutants from their human captors. New Charles Xavier School for Mutants is founded.

* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012-present): appears as playable hero.

** She can even becomes this for teen Jean Grey if she wants to despite she dislikes the younger girl. Granted, at the time teen Jean is among those who have been psychically attacked by Lady Xorn, a.k.a. older Jean Grey from yet another future timeline. But it's quite impressive Emma would like to stand up for her despite she strongly opposed modern Cyclops' decision for allowing Past X-Men to join Cyclops' X-Men. That being said, Emma, along with the Cuckoos, are still curb-stomped by Lady Xorn, and teen Jean has to be the one who ultimately defeat her older self.

** ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'': She is former White Queen of the Hellfire Club. She joined SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}} and Jubilee to save ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and defeat the alternate evil Psylocke who is also Red Queen of Hellfire Club. She later attempts to rehabilitate Psylocke back to the side of good.

-->--'''Emma Frost, ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen Vol. 1 #529'''''

'''Emma Frost''' is a Creator/MarvelComics character associated with the mutant superhero team, ComicBook/XMen. She's introduced in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen Vol. 1 #129'' in 1980. She's created by Creator/ChrisClaremont and Creator/JohnByrne.

Later in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen Vol. 3'' (2004-2013), she co-leads X-Men alongside Cyclops after Jean Grey's death. In this series, she also has antagonistic relationship with Kitty Pryde who is reluctant to accept Emma as a leader and teacher.

* AnArmAndALeg: In ''Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2'', she loses an arm against Mr. Sinister. Being in diamond form, she doesn't die from blood loss or anything, and she gets better.

* NotAMorningPerson: In ''Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3''. [[https://31.media.tumblr.com/8857f05fdafc48c1f84e33a12e948fe5/tumblr_mxcd766wnI1re8ijgo5_1280.jpg It has to be seen to be believed]].

* SexyMentor: In ''Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3'', she decides to wear a sexy punk-ish outfit when comforting Benjamin after his fight with Scott. It just makes him incredibly uncomfortable since he's only wearing a towel at the time.

Emma began her role in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse as an X-Men supervillainess under the title of White Queen of Hellfire Club. She first appeared in the storyline ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', and later becomes the primary villain in original run of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' with her own team from her Massachussets Academy, Hellions.

Emma began her role in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse as an X-Men supervillainess under the title of White Queen of Hellfire Club. She first appeared in the storyline ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', and later becomes the primary villain in original run of ''ComicBook/NewMutants Vol. 1'' with her own team from her Massachussets Academy, Hellions.

->''[[ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} Scott]] was trying to be sweet and [[BrokenBird all I felt was cold and alone]] because so many wonderful lights have gone out and I'm so tired from fighting against all this darkness. And I thought, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments I'll name them Jean and Kurt]]. I'll name my gray hairs after dead friends. Dead friends and ComicBook/XMen.''

In the miniseries ''X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong'', it's revealed that during her comatose, her egg cells are used as genetic template to clone several of identical telepath mutant girls, five of which would later known as the Stepford Cuckoos. The clones refer Emma as their "mother", title whose usage she later accepts. She also personally acts as their tutor. She's also one of main characters in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' where her infamous affair with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} happened. In ''New X-Men: Academy X'' (2004), she becomes the leader of new Hellions Squad, this time associated with Xavier Institute. Her team is also the rival of second New Mutants team, echoing the rivalry between the two original groups of the similar names. During the [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], most of her team members retain their powers, with the exception of Tag (Brian Cruz) and Specter (Dallas Gibson). Around this time, one of the Cuckoos, Sophie, had HeroicSacrifice to stop Quentin Quire and his Omega Gang. This prompts another Cuckoo, Esme, to leave and she later returned to personally tried to kill Emma. Emma is [[LiterallyShatteredLives literally shattered]] while in her organic diamond form by Esme who shot her with diamond bullet, but ComicBook/JeanGrey managed to repair Emma at the molecular level. Esme herself is later killed by Xorn who also killed Jean.

Emma began her role in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse as an X-Men supervillainess under the title of White Queen of Hellfire Club. She first appeared in the storyline ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga, and later becomes the primary villain in original run of ''ComicBook/NewMutants Vol. 1'' with her own team from her Massachussets Academy, Hellions.

During a conversation with ComicBook/IronMan in ComicBook/CivilWar, Emma announces that the Xavier Institute and the X-Men will not support the SuperhumanRegistrationAct and remain neutral, as she fears that the registration of mutants would put them in more danger.

After ComicBook/SecretInvasion and during ComicBook/DarkReign, she's introduced as a member of ComicBook/NormanOsborn's Cabal and X-Men (''Dark X-Men''), only to later betray the team during a confrontation with ComicBook/XForce. She took [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], [[ComicBook/CloakAndDagger Cloak, and Dagger]] along with her to rejoined the rest of the mutants. An enraged Osborn sent ComicBook/DarkAvengers and Dark X-Men to kill her and Namor, but failed spectacularly.

In ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, she's one of five mutants who are possessed by the Phoenix Force and becomes one of Phoenix Five. Under its influence, she does several terrible things which she later regrets. She lost her portion of Phoenix Force power after Cyclops, who becomes more corrupted by the Phoenix Force, forcibly took it from her. She's later in custody of ComicBook/NewAvengers members [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]], ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}}, ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]]. There, she survives an assassination attempt by the Purifiers.

* TheChick: In ''ComicBook/NewXMen''. Also in ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen before she becomes Phoenix Five.

* TheDragon: After she's possessed by Phoenix Force in ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, she becomes TheDragon to [[spoiler:Cyclops]]' BigBad.

* OddFriendship: with Wolverine. Also a FanPreferredCouple. In an ironic twist, out of all the ComicBook/NewMutants, she has the most relaxed friendship with Sam Guthrie.

* [[TragicHero Tragic Heroine]]: Eventually in ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, she's horrified by her actions as Phoenix Five.

In the miniseries ''X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong'', it's revealed that during her comatose, her egg cells are used as genetic template to clone several of identical telepath mutant girls, five of which would later known as the Stepford Cuckoos. The clones refer Emma as their "mother", title whose usage she later accepts. She also personally acts as their tutor. She's also one of main characters in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' where her infamous affair with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} happened. In ''New X-Men: Academy X'' (2004), she becomes the leader of new Hellions Squad, this time associated with Xavier Institute. Her team is also the rival of second New Mutants team, echoing the rivalry between the two original groups of the similar names. During the [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], most of her team members retain their powers, with the exception of Tag (Brian Cruz) and Specter (Dallas Gibson). Around this time, one of the Cuckoos, Sophie, had HeroicSacrifice to stop Quentin Quire and his Omega Gang. This prompts another Cuckoo, Esme, to leave and she later returned to personally tried to kill Emma. Emma is [[LiterallyShatteredLives literally shattered]] while in her organic diamond form by Esme who shot her with diamond bullet, but Jean managed to repair Emma at the molecular level. Esme herself is later killed by Xorn who also killed Jean.

* DefrostingIceQueen: She is in no danger of defrosting completely anytime soon. Since she was already defrosting in the ''Generation X'', but then Morrison reverted her into even more of an ice queen than when she was a villain, any defrosting now still seems like a regression. However, in some chapters, she seems to be [[{{Chickification}} melting]].
* DependingOnTheWriter: A BrokenBird with a SugarAndIcePersonality, [[TheAtoner trying to atone for her past sins]] and [[IJustWantToBeLoved just wanting to be loved]], or an amoral JerkSue SadistTeacher with no sense of ethics who [[MoralMyopia is praised for]] being a textbook extreme [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] serial-rapist, torture-fetishist, supremacist, and otherwise all-around BastardGirlfriend? Basically, the answer seems to be that she has been portrayed as two (three, four...) entirely different types of people over the years.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Her relationship with certain other X-women. In the mini-series that reintroduced Nova (the flaming Herald of Galactus, not the other guy), she's this to quite a few superheroines in the Marvel Universe given the number that showed up to her birthday party. They might not like the way she does things, but respect what she can do and she's nothing if not interesting to the more straight-laced heroines.

After she's recovered from a coma and learns that her Hellions has been slaughtered by the [[KillerRobot Sentinels]] led by a supervillain Trevor Fitzroy during The Phalanx Covenant crossover. Her guilt over her students' deaths led to her eventual reform. Her first role as TheAtoner is in ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' (1994) where she, along with Sean Cassidy a.k.a. Banshee, becomes the mentor for the team. She's also one of main characters in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' where her infamous affair with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} happened. In ''New X-Men: Academy X'' (2004), she becomes the leader of new Hellions Squad, this time associated with Xavier Institute. Her team is also the rival of second New Mutants team, echoing the rivalry between the two original groups of the similar names. During the [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], most of her team members retain their powers, with the exception of Tag (Brian Cruz) and Specter (Dallas Gibson). Later in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen Vol. 3'' (2004-2013), she co-leads X-Men alongside Cyclops after Jean Grey's death. In this series, she also has antagonistic relationship with Kitty Pryde who is reluctant to accept Emma as a leader and teacher.

In the miniseries ''X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong'', it's revealed that during her comatose, her egg cells are used as genetic template to clone several of identical telepath mutant girls, five of which would later known as the Stepford Cuckoos. The clones refer Emma as their "mother", title whose usage she later accepts. She also personally acts as their tutor.

Later, when [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen the timely-displaced original five X-Men]] come to join the school, she becomes the tutor for teen Jean Grey in the use of her power. Again, they began with restrained relationship, but to everyone’s surprise, they eventually reconcile their differences and begin to bond, after a fashion.

** ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'': Emma is a young mutant and one of few people who knows ComicBook/SpiderMan's true identity. She had crush on Peter. She also briefly became costumed rogue with the alias "Silencer" (complete with DominoMask!) to see what Spidey capable of.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Many animated adaptations, especially ''Anime/XMen'' anime, take away Emma's more [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] personality traits. Rearranging her backstory, often giving her a HiddenHeartOfGold among other positive qualities.