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Some time later, he joins the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers Unity Division]], which lasted a story arc before that series ended. He now works with Magneto in the 2015 cast of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''.
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Some time later, he joins the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers Unity Division]], which lasted a story arc before that series ended. He now works then worked with Magneto in the 2015 cast of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''.''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', before that series ended as part of the ''ResurrXion'' relaunch. As part of the ''Weapon X'' series, he works with Old Man Logan, Lady Deathstrike, Domino and Warpath. This series features the group determined to shut down a new, far-reaching version of the Weapon X program.
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* LukeIMightBeYourFather: As a plot twist at the dawn of the 90s, it was suggested that he was Wolverine's father, but fairly quickly proven not to be. The multiple memory malleations of the Weapon X project made him think he was, though (and led Wolvie to ponder the possibility until [=SHIELD=] examinations proved otherwise).
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** DumbMuscle: ... though on the other hand, just about every time Creed joins a team, he always ends up looking like this, as seen with his stints as a Marauder and a member of Exodus's Brotherhood. Maybe Creed lets it all hang out when he has other people around to do the thinking for him?
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** DumbMuscle: ... though on DumbMuscle: On the other hand, just about every time Creed joins a team, he always ends up looking like this, as seen with his stints as a Marauder and a member of Exodus's Brotherhood. Maybe Creed lets it all hang out when he has other people around to do the thinking for him?
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: He is the only villain in AXIS to not have his inversion undone, leaving him a hero [[GoodIsNotNice though still not the nicest guy.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years.
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* HeelFaceBrainwashing: He is Sabretooth as one of the only villain villains who joined Magneto's VillainousRescue operation during the initial big battle in AXIS to not have ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', and like the others he had his inversion undone, leaving him a hero [[GoodIsNotNice though still not morality reversed by the nicest guy.]]
[[MirrorMoralityMachine Inversion spell]]. Unlike the other villains, his Inversion sticks. He decides to honour Logan's memory by finding his own Wolverine.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years. ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' makes it finally stick.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years. ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' makes it finally stick.
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* ReliableTraitor: Whether it's Weapon X, the Brotherhood, Apocalypse, or even the X-Men themselves, no one who employs him ever really trusts him.
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** The period during the dawn of the 1990s when he thought he was Logan's father might also count, as he was (sometimes literally) at his alleged son's throat over half the time they were together.
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* {{Badass}}: The man is undoubtedly horrific, but anybody that can repeatedly go up against Wolverine is one hell of a fighter.
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* {{Lobotomy}}: He received one from Logan via a claw through the frontal lobe just before the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse storyline kicked in. Once the regular timeline was restored, he was shown to have been reduced to an docile, almost dog-like mentality, and Boom-Boom took a shine to caring for him. It lasted a lot less time than Creed let on, and just before he made his escape, he eviscerated Psylocke in front of Boom-Boom to mock her.
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** His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
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** His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly.regularly (as due to his powers his canines formed fangs and grew back in 24 hours). Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
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* GoodCounterpart: He actually reformed during the BadFuture of ''Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse'', and, after being treated with basic human kindness and decency for the first time in his life, became a surrogate father for Blink and developed a much more jovial personality.
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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: His original version is blond, as are most adaptations of him, and he's unquestionably one of the most evil mutants to ever live. His blond hair also serves to contrast him with the black-haired Wolverine.
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* BreakoutVillain: He used to be a minor [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] villain.
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* HeelFaceTurn: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years, but owing to his truly evil nature, none have ever stuck.
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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years, but owing to his truly evil nature, none have ever stuck.years.
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** [[http://i61.tinypic.com/10mmsza.jpg One popular page]] has Creed set up a boobytrap to catch Logan while he's riding by on his motorcycle, then stepping from behind a tree ''just'' to needle him about coming a teacher before [[CrowningMomentOfFunny blasting off on a jetpack]].
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** [[http://i61.tinypic.com/10mmsza.jpg One popular page]] has Creed set up a boobytrap to catch Logan while he's riding by on his motorcycle, then stepping from behind a tree ''just'' to needle him about coming becoming a teacher before [[CrowningMomentOfFunny blasting off on a jetpack]].
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: His primary justification when Wolverine calls him out on his animalistic behaviour.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More like "Even hideously evil, irredeemable monsters love their mamas if they were kind to them".
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More like "Even hideously evil, irredeemable monsters love their mamas if they were kind to them". Though the opinions on this retcon are split to put it mildly.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Sabretooth once [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/preview/0/0/1/WOLV2013013-int-LR2-2-28b0a.jpg delivered]] [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/preview/0/0/1/WOLV2013013-int-LR2-3-7032c.jpg an]] [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/preview/0/0/1/WOLV2013013-int-LR2-4-11bb0.jpg epic]] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Wolverine in the last part of ''Killable''. Even Wolverine seems to admit that nothing he says is entirely wrong, as he doesn't dare to raise an objection once.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: One possible explanation for his sometimes feral behaviour even though he has proven time and again how smart he is.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Threatened to eviscerate Jubilee once, and had Psylocke not come along to save her butt, he would have done exactly that.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Threatened to eviscerate Jubilee once, and had Psylocke not come along to save her butt, he would have done exactly that. Also ate a toddler once.
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* AbusiveParents: His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
** His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
** His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' villain before Claremont snagged him for the X-Men. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine.
** He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Creator/DaveCockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low level henchman not on Wolverine's level.
** He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Creator/DaveCockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low level henchman not on Wolverine's level.
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* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' villain before Claremont snagged him for the X-Men. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine.
**Wolverine. He was, however, originally created (by Creator/JohnByrne) with links to Wolverine; according to Byrne, the character was a prototype for his idea of a maskless Wolverine (not knowing that Creator/DaveCockrum had already created what is now Logan's appearance) and was thrown into other works. Byrne had planned for the two to be father and son, but WolverinePublicity was inverted, as editors saw Sabretooth as a low level henchman not on Wolverine's level.
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* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat-out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called an afterthought.
** An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.
** An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.
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* TheVietnamVet: His film universe counterpart served in Vietnam and notably lost it, trying to assault a woman and going berserk against his fellow American soldiers.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat-out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called anafterthought.
**afterthought. An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat-out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called an
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What is consistent, though, is that Creed is obsessed with Logan and will give him frequent {{Hannibal Lecture}}s about how he should turn to the DarkSide and become an animal like him, whilst simultaneously hell-bent on proving that he is Logan's AlwaysSomeoneBetter despite- or probably because of- the evidence suggesting it is really the other way round, as Wolverine consistently gets the better of him, though Sabretooth often leaves scars whenever that happens and tends to win by a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown landslide]] when he does get the better of him.
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What is consistent, though, is that Creed is obsessed with Logan and will give him frequent {{Hannibal Lecture}}s about how he should turn to the DarkSide and become an animal like him, whilst simultaneously hell-bent on proving that he is Logan's AlwaysSomeoneBetter despite- despite -- or probably because of- of -- the evidence suggesting it is really the other way round, as Wolverine consistently gets the better of him, though Sabretooth often leaves scars whenever that happens and tends to win by a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown landslide]] when he does get the better of him.
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* BloodKnight: After his inversion, Creed decides to genuinely try to be a good person. However as shown in ''Comicbook/Wolverines'' he's still an incredibly savage and violent person who revels in a fight.
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* BloodKnight: After his inversion, Creed decides to genuinely try to be a good person. However as shown in ''Comicbook/Wolverines'' ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's still an incredibly savage and violent person who revels in a fight.
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During the event ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', he's one of villains inverted into the side of heroes. And when the reinversion happened, he was close to ComicBook/IronMan, who had devised a shielding which protected him from the reinversion, which also prevented Sabretooth from becoming evil again. Still a hero, Sabretooth decided to follow Wolverine's example and try to do good, but before that, he turned himself in to the authorities to pay for the crimes he had committed.
Some time later, he joins [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers Unity Division]].
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During the event ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' event, he's one of villains inverted into to the side of heroes. And when the reinversion happened, he was close to ComicBook/IronMan, who had devised a shielding which protected him from the reinversion, which also prevented Sabretooth from becoming evil again. Still a hero, Sabretooth decided to follow Wolverine's example and try to do good, but before that, he turned himself in to the authorities to pay for the crimes he had committed.
Some time later, he joins the [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers UnityDivision]].Division]], which lasted a story arc before that series ended. He now works with Magneto in the 2015 cast of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''.
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* BigBad: The closeted one for Wolverine's solo series as he is the one most active and has some plots to make Logan miserable as possible being his Arch-Enemy and all.
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* BigBad: The closeted closest one for Wolverine's solo series as he is the one most active and has some plots to make Logan miserable as possible being his Arch-Enemy and all.
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* BlondeGuysAreEvil: His original version is blond, as are most adaptations of him, and he's unquestionably one of the most evil mutants to ever love.
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He is a sadistic, unrepentant, bestial mass-murderer with superpowers and is [[CardCarryingVillain proud of that fact]], believing both [[HumansAreBastards Humans and Mutants are Bastards]] and that [[NietzscheWannabe he is just the only one honest enough to recognize it]], and embrace the monster within. This plays directly into his relationship with {{Wolverine}}, his ArchEnemy, GoodCounterpart and ShadowArchetype with nearly identical powers, with whom he shares a long and complicated past ShroudedInMyth, with neither of them really sure how they first knew each other or why Victor feels such a grudge against him.
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He is a sadistic, unrepentant, bestial mass-murderer with superpowers and is [[CardCarryingVillain proud of that fact]], believing both [[HumansAreBastards Humans and Mutants are Bastards]] and that [[NietzscheWannabe he is just the only one honest enough to recognize it]], and embrace the monster within. This plays directly into his relationship with {{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, his ArchEnemy, GoodCounterpart and ShadowArchetype with nearly identical powers, with whom he shares a long and complicated past ShroudedInMyth, with neither of them really sure how they first knew each other or why Victor feels such a grudge against him.
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* RetCanon: Sabretooth's post-''AXIS'' design draws some inspiration from Creator/LievSchreiber's portrayal of the character in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', namely the shorter haircut and less bestial appearance.
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* BoxedCrook: He spent a large chunk of TheNineties locked up by the X-Men, who were attempting to rehabilitate him. [[spoiler:It didn't take]].
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* PoisonousCaptive: During the period in TheNineties when the X-Men were holding him captive in their basement and trying to reform him. It's later revealed that Xavier's utter failure to redeem Victor played a large part in his corruption which led him to assume the persona of Onslaught.
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* PoisonousCaptive: During the period in TheNineties when the X-Men were holding him captive in their basement and trying to reform him. It's later revealed that Xavier's utter failure to redeem Victor played a large part in his corruption which led him to assume the persona of Onslaught.[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Onslaught]].
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-> ''"Now it's my turn to see if I can find that spirit to overcome my past. The heart to push through the glaring eyes that only see the beast I was. You'll see Logan. I'll do it. I'll find it. Spirit of a Wolverine."''
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'''Victor Creed''', also known as '''Sabretooth''', is a Creator/MarvelComics character. He first appeared in ''[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]'' comics in 1977 where he's depicted as a SerialKiller. Later, he's transplanted into ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics as vicious {{mutant}} [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] who is responsible for numerous deaths both as a paid mercenary and for his personal pleasure.
He is a sadistic, unrepentant, bestial mass-murderer with superpowers and is [[CardCarryingVillain proud of that fact]], believing both [[HumansAreBastards Humans and Mutants are Bastards]] and that [[NietzscheWannabe he is just the only one honest enough to recognize it]], and embrace the monster within. This plays directly into his relationship with {{Wolverine}}, his ArchEnemy, GoodCounterpart and ShadowArchetype with nearly identical powers, with whom he shares a long and complicated past ShroudedInMyth, with neither of them really sure how they first knew each other or why Victor feels such a grudge against him.
What is consistent, though, is that Creed is obsessed with Logan and will give him frequent {{Hannibal Lecture}}s about how he should turn to the DarkSide and become an animal like him, whilst simultaneously hell-bent on proving that he is Logan's AlwaysSomeoneBetter despite- or probably because of- the evidence suggesting it is really the other way round, as Wolverine consistently gets the better of him, though Sabretooth often leaves scars whenever that happens and tends to win by a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown landslide]] when he does get the better of him.
During the event ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', he's one of villains inverted into the side of heroes. And when the reinversion happened, he was close to ComicBook/IronMan, who had devised a shielding which protected him from the reinversion, which also prevented Sabretooth from becoming evil again. Still a hero, Sabretooth decided to follow Wolverine's example and try to do good, but before that, he turned himself in to the authorities to pay for the crimes he had committed.
Some time later, he joins [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers Unity Division]].
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[[AC:Notable Comic Book Appearances]]
* ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''
* ''Death of Wolverine''
* ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''
* ''[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]''
* ''Sabretooth''
* ''Sabretooth Classic''
* ''Sabretooth and ComicBook/{{Mystique}}''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''
* ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]''
* ''X-Men Origins: Sabretooth''
[[AC:Animations]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1990s): Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Voiced by Michael Donovan.
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' : Voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'': Voiced by Mark Acheson.
[[AC:Live-Actions]]
* ''Film/XMen1'': Portrayed by Tyler Mane.
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Portrayed by Creator/LievSchreiber.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''X-Men: Mutant Academy'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
* ''X-Men: The Official Game'': Voiced by Tyler Mane.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''X-Men Legends II : Rise of Apocalypse'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'': Video game adaptation of [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine the movie]], voiced by Creator/LievSchreiber.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'': Voiced by Neil Kaplan.
* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]'': Voiced by Travis Willingham.
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* AbusiveParents: His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
** Like the worst cases of this trope, Creed later perpetuates the cycle with his own son Graydon. While whatever he did to the boy is mercifully never shown, the end result was Graydon becoming a truly fanatical BoomerangBigot as an adult.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He thinks of himself as this to Logan, how accurate this is [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]]. He wins most of the fights overall and often wins by a large margin, but enough writers have depicted him getting his ass kicked over the years that it's been evened out.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: With Sabretoothed cats as the animal in question.
* ArchEnemy: To Wolverine.
* TheAtoner: Post-AXIS.
* AvengingTheVillain: This is what started the feud between him and Logan; Logan killed his brother Saul. Subverted in that Creed isn't trying to avenge Saul out of love, he is mad that Logan was the one to kill Saul and ''not'' him. Since Logan took away his chance to kill Saul, Logan now takes the place Saul had as Creed's punching bag.
* AxCrazy: He may be extremely intelligent and a very effective manipulator, but beneath that lies a homicidal maniac who will kill you the minute that you become inconvenient or annoying.
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* BeastMan: Most of the time he is depicted with a very hirsute physique, along with fangs and claws that don't seem to be retractable. He is also capable of lion-like roars and growls.
* BigBrotherBully: An extreme case towards Saul and Clara Creed. He frequently beat Saul as a child and had a tradition of giving him annual beatings on Saul's birthday. He once forced Saul to maim Clara, leaving the left side of her face disfigured.
* BigBad: The closeted one for Wolverine's solo series as he is the one most active and has some plots to make Logan miserable as possible being his Arch-Enemy and all.
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* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Saul and Clara's Abels.
* CardCarryingVillain: He considers himself a violent and rabid animal and has no problem acting like one and gloating about it.
* TheChessmaster: Shows shades of this, usually when it comes to finding new ways to hurt Logan as much as possible.
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* TheDreaded: Even ''hiring'' him is dangerous, because he will turn on employers the minute that they piss him off or cease being useful to him.
** Probably the only person Creed ''himself'' fears is [[BadBoss Mr. Sinister]], thanks to having seen up close and personal how dangerous Sinister can be during his time as a Marauder.
* EgomaniacHunter: As far as he's concerned, he's the one true predator of humanity.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More like "Even hideously evil, irredeemable monsters love their mamas if they were kind to them".
* EvilCounterpart: To Wolverine; he's an example of what he would have become had he given in to his animal side and allowed his bitterness towards the world to morph into brutal misanthropy.
* EvilerThanThou: As Mr. Sinister reminds him in his first appearance, manhandling the ferociously powerful Creed with one hand as easily as if he were a petulant child.
* EvilIsBigger: He is at least as muscular and powerfully built as Wolverine... and 15 inches (38 centimeters) taller.
* EvilIsPetty: Most villains want world domination and unlimited power. Victor is happy just having endless opportunities to make Wolverine suffer. He's certainly got the intellect and competence to work on a larger scale, but even when he does; it usually leads back to tormenting Logan.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* ForTheEvulz: This is the reason why he does everything that he does.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was chained up and treated like an animal, in addition to regularly being beaten and having his [[TheToothHurts teeth forcibly pulled]] to keep him from biting; also, it's more or less official that his bloodlust, violence, and predatory urges are part of his mutation. That being said, this does ''nothing'' to overshadow all the awful things he's done, and it's entirely possible that these are implanted memories courtesy of Weapon X and that absolutely none of what he remembers of his childhood actually happened.
* GeniusBruiser: Doesn't come up much (primarily because his extreme arrogance tends to make him look less intelligent than he actually is), but he's a very skilled tactician and quite an accomplished hacker. Like Wolverine (but perhaps to a lesser extent) he is an OmniGlot, a highly-trained professional soldier and mercenary, and a veteran of countless wars, not to mention an incredibly cruel and efficient manipulator. Underestimate him at your peril.
** DumbMuscle: ... though on the other hand, just about every time Creed joins a team, he always ends up looking like this, as seen with his stints as a Marauder and a member of Exodus's Brotherhood. Maybe Creed lets it all hang out when he has other people around to do the thinking for him?
* HannibalLecture: Loves giving these to Wolverine.
* HealingFactor: Less powerful than Wolverine's, but still more than sufficient.
* HeelFaceTurn: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years, but owing to his truly evil nature, none have ever stuck.
* TheHeavy: If he isn't the BigBad then he's usually this for Logan for the real villain.
* ImAHumanitarian: Very open about, and even more proud of it.
** EatsBabies: Has eaten humans many times and he '''LOVES''' snacking on live babies.
* IdenticalStranger: Bears an uncanny resemblance to Logan's half-brother Dog. For years, fan speculated that they were one and the same, and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' goes along with that idea, but recent stories have shown that they are in fact ''not'' the same individual.
* IronicHell: When he goes to hell after finally biting it, Mephisto strips him of his sentience and puts a collar on him, making Creed the [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing animal]] in death he always claimed to be in life.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Notoriously selfish and egocentric; if he ever goes out of his way to act like you truly matter to him, that should be your first clue that he's planning something.
** Creed has killed hundreds if not ''thousands'' of people over the years, but the [[MyGreatestFailure only one]] he regrets killing is Birdie, the mutant telepath who was briefly his henchwoman.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* KickTheDog: His entire raison d'etre. He has the skill and intellect to aim for bigger things, but endless acts of cruelty are what provide a more immediate rush for him.
* LeanAndMean: His original look is this when compared to [[LightningBruiser more modern takes]].
* LightningBruiser: This is a big part of why he's so dangerous. He's massively strong and has ''at least'' multiple decades' worth of combat experience (quite possibly a lot more, but, due to Weapon X's manipulations, this is at least somewhat apocryphal), but he's also extremely quick and has superhumanly efficient joints and musculature that provides him with agility and grace that is far beyond what any normal human can pull off.
* ManipulativeBastard: When it comes to finding ways to further his own agenda or hurt Logan, there aren't many people in the MU who do this better than he does.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Probably his core motivation. He had a horrifying upbringing that left him with an incredible amount of anger and bitterness towards humanity, and he eventually embraced that bitterness and allowed it to morph into brutal misanthropy and a sense that humanity was only to be manipulated and fed upon.
* MoralityPet: He briefly had one of these during the nineties in the form of Birdie, who is [[AdaptationDisplacement best remembered today]] as that girl with the gun who appears beside him in VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: As the nineties kicked in, Creed was experiencing something of a low point, having just gotten off a stint of being Mr. Sinister's whipping boy and being portrayed as a StarterVillain in the animated series and video games of the day. Cue artists giving Sabretooth a slight redesign, making his costume less corny and drawing him as more of a LightningBruiser than LeanAndMean. Suddenly the Sabretooth of the comics was back to being a fearsome and dreaded presence again in no time.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name alone is usually a sign that things are about to get a whole lot worse.
* NietzscheWannabe: Believes that the world is a completely worthless place filled with disgusting scum, including himself, and that he's the only one who has acknowledged it and is reveling in the thoughts and urges that everyone holds but will not admit to.
* OffingTheOffspring: He's heavily implied to kill his own son Graydon in the X-Men animated series.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His reason for joining up with [[KnightTemplar Exodus]]'s incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants. Exodus [[EvenEvilHasStandards is not impressed]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "Little baby Saul? Dead? Without my permission? Hell, I don't think so."
%%* PermaStubble
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He murdered his father, a hideously abusive bastard who treated him like an animal at a very young age, but continued to financially support and visit his mother up until her death because she was the only person who ever showed him kindness.]]
* PoisonousCaptive: During the period in TheNineties when the X-Men were holding him captive in their basement and trying to reform him. It's later revealed that Xavier's utter failure to redeem Victor played a large part in his corruption which led him to assume the persona of Onslaught.
* PsychoForHire: Emphasis on "psycho".
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He raped and brutally killed Silverfox, Logan's sweetheart at the time, when Logan was not around. ''Then'' he wrote a big-lettered message "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" (it was during Logan's birthday) with [[CouldntFindAPen her blood]] in the wall just to piss Logan off. Also overlaps with WouldHitAGirl.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: His real age isn't known. While it's quite likely that he is well over a century in age, this very well could be an implanted memory from Weapon X.
* ReliableTraitor: Whether it's Weapon X, the Brotherhood, Apocalypse, or even the X-Men themselves, no one who employs him ever really trusts him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' villain before Claremont snagged him for the X-Men. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine.
* {{Sadist}}: Making others suffer is the one thing that truly drives him.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He WILL find you, no matter how many pains you take to cover your tracks.
* SendInTheClones: An AbortedArc for Sabretooth in the eighties centered around TheReveal that the X-Men had never actually faced the real Sabretooth, and that ''[[UpToEleven every time]]'' they'd tangled with him, it was really a clone created by Mr. Sinister, with the real Sabretooth having been unseen since his very first appearance. Later story arcs rolled with the idea of Sinister making imperfect clones of Sabretooth, but didn't go so far as to retcon earlier appearances, with the end result being something of a ContinuitySnarl as to whether the [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind degraded Creed]] of the Marauders was the real thing or just a convenient copy.
%%* SerialKiller
* SmugSuper: Unbelievably arrogant and is absolutely convinced of his complete physical and intellectual superiority over just about everyone who isn't obviously more powerful than him.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He will follow Wolverine anywhere, but his intentions are anything but romantic.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Occasionally drawn with these, which helps make his bestial nature even more apparent.
* SuperSenses: If his tracking skills are anything to go by, his senses might be better than Logan's (whose tracking skills are still excellent, of course).
* SuperStrength: On the low-end of the scale, to be sure, but he is certainly stronger than any normal human.
* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: He prefers to inflict violence and psychological torture on Logan, but sometimes does petty things such as following him into a diner and stealing pie off his plate just to annoy him.
* {{Troll}}: "Final Execution." [[spoiler:He reveals he set up the entire Brotherhood scheme purely as an excuse to force Wolverine into a position where he'd have to kill his last remaining child, ''just to piss him off''. And he gives no thought to the fact that all his comrades save Mystique are dead or comatose by the end, either; he's satisfied knowing he got a reaction out of Logan he could never get personally]].
** Possibly the best example of this is his "annual tradition" detailed in Claremont's run: every year on what Logan believes to be his birthday, Sabretooth will track him down, regardless of where he is, beat him to near death, and then simply walk away, just so Logan knows Sabretooth can kill him whenever he wants to.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Sabertooth has been on X-Men at least twice (though, one of those times it was a situation where they didn't want to kill him, but didn't trust anyone else to deal with him - he was an involuntary teammate).
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat-out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called an afterthought.
** An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.
* VillainProtagonist: Briefly, when he had his own series.
* WouldHurtAChild: Threatened to eviscerate Jubilee once, and had Psylocke not come along to save her butt, he would have done exactly that.
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'''Victor Creed''', also known as '''Sabretooth''', is a Creator/MarvelComics character. He first appeared in ''[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]'' comics in 1977 where he's depicted as a SerialKiller. Later, he's transplanted into ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' and ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics as vicious {{mutant}} [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] who is responsible for numerous deaths both as a paid mercenary and for his personal pleasure.
He is a sadistic, unrepentant, bestial mass-murderer with superpowers and is [[CardCarryingVillain proud of that fact]], believing both [[HumansAreBastards Humans and Mutants are Bastards]] and that [[NietzscheWannabe he is just the only one honest enough to recognize it]], and embrace the monster within. This plays directly into his relationship with {{Wolverine}}, his ArchEnemy, GoodCounterpart and ShadowArchetype with nearly identical powers, with whom he shares a long and complicated past ShroudedInMyth, with neither of them really sure how they first knew each other or why Victor feels such a grudge against him.
What is consistent, though, is that Creed is obsessed with Logan and will give him frequent {{Hannibal Lecture}}s about how he should turn to the DarkSide and become an animal like him, whilst simultaneously hell-bent on proving that he is Logan's AlwaysSomeoneBetter despite- or probably because of- the evidence suggesting it is really the other way round, as Wolverine consistently gets the better of him, though Sabretooth often leaves scars whenever that happens and tends to win by a [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown landslide]] when he does get the better of him.
During the event ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'', he's one of villains inverted into the side of heroes. And when the reinversion happened, he was close to ComicBook/IronMan, who had devised a shielding which protected him from the reinversion, which also prevented Sabretooth from becoming evil again. Still a hero, Sabretooth decided to follow Wolverine's example and try to do good, but before that, he turned himself in to the authorities to pay for the crimes he had committed.
Some time later, he joins [[ComicBook/UncannyAvengers Avengers Unity Division]].
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!!Appearances in various media
[[AC:Notable Comic Book Appearances]]
* ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}''
* ''Death of Wolverine''
* ''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''
* ''[[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]''
* ''Sabretooth''
* ''Sabretooth Classic''
* ''Sabretooth and ComicBook/{{Mystique}}''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}''
* ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''
* ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]''
* ''X-Men Origins: Sabretooth''
[[AC:Animations]]
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1990s): Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Voiced by Michael Donovan.
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow'' : Voiced by Creator/CharlieAdler.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'': Voiced by Mark Acheson.
[[AC:Live-Actions]]
* ''Film/XMen1'': Portrayed by Tyler Mane.
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Portrayed by Creator/LievSchreiber.
[[AC:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''X-Men: Mutant Academy'': Voiced by Don Francks.
* ''X2: Wolverine's Revenge'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'': Voiced by Fred Tatasciore.
* ''X-Men: The Official Game'': Voiced by Tyler Mane.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''X-Men Legends II : Rise of Apocalypse'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'': Voiced by Peter Lurie.
* ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'': Video game adaptation of [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine the movie]], voiced by Creator/LievSchreiber.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'': Voiced by Neil Kaplan.
* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame Lego Marvel Super Heroes]]'': Voiced by Travis Willingham.
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!!Tropes
* AbusiveParents: His father was, in many ways, just as bad as him, if not worse, treating young Victor like an animal and keeping him chained up in a basement and pulling out his teeth regularly. Not that Vic is any better to his own son.
** Like the worst cases of this trope, Creed later perpetuates the cycle with his own son Graydon. While whatever he did to the boy is mercifully never shown, the end result was Graydon becoming a truly fanatical BoomerangBigot as an adult.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He thinks of himself as this to Logan, how accurate this is [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]]. He wins most of the fights overall and often wins by a large margin, but enough writers have depicted him getting his ass kicked over the years that it's been evened out.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: With Sabretoothed cats as the animal in question.
* ArchEnemy: To Wolverine.
* TheAtoner: Post-AXIS.
* AvengingTheVillain: This is what started the feud between him and Logan; Logan killed his brother Saul. Subverted in that Creed isn't trying to avenge Saul out of love, he is mad that Logan was the one to kill Saul and ''not'' him. Since Logan took away his chance to kill Saul, Logan now takes the place Saul had as Creed's punching bag.
* AxCrazy: He may be extremely intelligent and a very effective manipulator, but beneath that lies a homicidal maniac who will kill you the minute that you become inconvenient or annoying.
%%* {{Badass}}
%%* BadassBeard
%%* BeardOfEvil
* BeastMan: Most of the time he is depicted with a very hirsute physique, along with fangs and claws that don't seem to be retractable. He is also capable of lion-like roars and growls.
* BigBrotherBully: An extreme case towards Saul and Clara Creed. He frequently beat Saul as a child and had a tradition of giving him annual beatings on Saul's birthday. He once forced Saul to maim Clara, leaving the left side of her face disfigured.
* BigBad: The closeted one for Wolverine's solo series as he is the one most active and has some plots to make Logan miserable as possible being his Arch-Enemy and all.
%%* BigOlEyebrows
%%* BlondeGuysAreEvil
%%* BloodKnight
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Saul and Clara's Abels.
* CardCarryingVillain: He considers himself a violent and rabid animal and has no problem acting like one and gloating about it.
* TheChessmaster: Shows shades of this, usually when it comes to finding new ways to hurt Logan as much as possible.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* DeathIsCheap
* TheDreaded: Even ''hiring'' him is dangerous, because he will turn on employers the minute that they piss him off or cease being useful to him.
** Probably the only person Creed ''himself'' fears is [[BadBoss Mr. Sinister]], thanks to having seen up close and personal how dangerous Sinister can be during his time as a Marauder.
* EgomaniacHunter: As far as he's concerned, he's the one true predator of humanity.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: More like "Even hideously evil, irredeemable monsters love their mamas if they were kind to them".
* EvilCounterpart: To Wolverine; he's an example of what he would have become had he given in to his animal side and allowed his bitterness towards the world to morph into brutal misanthropy.
* EvilerThanThou: As Mr. Sinister reminds him in his first appearance, manhandling the ferociously powerful Creed with one hand as easily as if he were a petulant child.
* EvilIsBigger: He is at least as muscular and powerfully built as Wolverine... and 15 inches (38 centimeters) taller.
* EvilIsPetty: Most villains want world domination and unlimited power. Victor is happy just having endless opportunities to make Wolverine suffer. He's certainly got the intellect and competence to work on a larger scale, but even when he does; it usually leads back to tormenting Logan.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* ForTheEvulz: This is the reason why he does everything that he does.
* FreudianExcuse: As a child, he was chained up and treated like an animal, in addition to regularly being beaten and having his [[TheToothHurts teeth forcibly pulled]] to keep him from biting; also, it's more or less official that his bloodlust, violence, and predatory urges are part of his mutation. That being said, this does ''nothing'' to overshadow all the awful things he's done, and it's entirely possible that these are implanted memories courtesy of Weapon X and that absolutely none of what he remembers of his childhood actually happened.
* GeniusBruiser: Doesn't come up much (primarily because his extreme arrogance tends to make him look less intelligent than he actually is), but he's a very skilled tactician and quite an accomplished hacker. Like Wolverine (but perhaps to a lesser extent) he is an OmniGlot, a highly-trained professional soldier and mercenary, and a veteran of countless wars, not to mention an incredibly cruel and efficient manipulator. Underestimate him at your peril.
** DumbMuscle: ... though on the other hand, just about every time Creed joins a team, he always ends up looking like this, as seen with his stints as a Marauder and a member of Exodus's Brotherhood. Maybe Creed lets it all hang out when he has other people around to do the thinking for him?
* HannibalLecture: Loves giving these to Wolverine.
* HealingFactor: Less powerful than Wolverine's, but still more than sufficient.
* HeelFaceTurn: He's had a number of attempts at these over the years, but owing to his truly evil nature, none have ever stuck.
* TheHeavy: If he isn't the BigBad then he's usually this for Logan for the real villain.
* ImAHumanitarian: Very open about, and even more proud of it.
** EatsBabies: Has eaten humans many times and he '''LOVES''' snacking on live babies.
* IdenticalStranger: Bears an uncanny resemblance to Logan's half-brother Dog. For years, fan speculated that they were one and the same, and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' goes along with that idea, but recent stories have shown that they are in fact ''not'' the same individual.
* IronicHell: When he goes to hell after finally biting it, Mephisto strips him of his sentience and puts a collar on him, making Creed the [[AnimalThemedSuperbeing animal]] in death he always claimed to be in life.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Notoriously selfish and egocentric; if he ever goes out of his way to act like you truly matter to him, that should be your first clue that he's planning something.
** Creed has killed hundreds if not ''thousands'' of people over the years, but the [[MyGreatestFailure only one]] he regrets killing is Birdie, the mutant telepath who was briefly his henchwoman.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* KickTheDog: His entire raison d'etre. He has the skill and intellect to aim for bigger things, but endless acts of cruelty are what provide a more immediate rush for him.
* LeanAndMean: His original look is this when compared to [[LightningBruiser more modern takes]].
* LightningBruiser: This is a big part of why he's so dangerous. He's massively strong and has ''at least'' multiple decades' worth of combat experience (quite possibly a lot more, but, due to Weapon X's manipulations, this is at least somewhat apocryphal), but he's also extremely quick and has superhumanly efficient joints and musculature that provides him with agility and grace that is far beyond what any normal human can pull off.
* ManipulativeBastard: When it comes to finding ways to further his own agenda or hurt Logan, there aren't many people in the MU who do this better than he does.
* MisanthropeSupreme: Probably his core motivation. He had a horrifying upbringing that left him with an incredible amount of anger and bitterness towards humanity, and he eventually embraced that bitterness and allowed it to morph into brutal misanthropy and a sense that humanity was only to be manipulated and fed upon.
* MoralityPet: He briefly had one of these during the nineties in the form of Birdie, who is [[AdaptationDisplacement best remembered today]] as that girl with the gun who appears beside him in VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: As the nineties kicked in, Creed was experiencing something of a low point, having just gotten off a stint of being Mr. Sinister's whipping boy and being portrayed as a StarterVillain in the animated series and video games of the day. Cue artists giving Sabretooth a slight redesign, making his costume less corny and drawing him as more of a LightningBruiser than LeanAndMean. Suddenly the Sabretooth of the comics was back to being a fearsome and dreaded presence again in no time.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name alone is usually a sign that things are about to get a whole lot worse.
* NietzscheWannabe: Believes that the world is a completely worthless place filled with disgusting scum, including himself, and that he's the only one who has acknowledged it and is reveling in the thoughts and urges that everyone holds but will not admit to.
* OffingTheOffspring: He's heavily implied to kill his own son Graydon in the X-Men animated series.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His reason for joining up with [[KnightTemplar Exodus]]'s incarnation of the Brotherhood of Mutants. Exodus [[EvenEvilHasStandards is not impressed]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: "Little baby Saul? Dead? Without my permission? Hell, I don't think so."
%%* PermaStubble
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: He murdered his father, a hideously abusive bastard who treated him like an animal at a very young age, but continued to financially support and visit his mother up until her death because she was the only person who ever showed him kindness.]]
* PoisonousCaptive: During the period in TheNineties when the X-Men were holding him captive in their basement and trying to reform him. It's later revealed that Xavier's utter failure to redeem Victor played a large part in his corruption which led him to assume the persona of Onslaught.
* PsychoForHire: Emphasis on "psycho".
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He raped and brutally killed Silverfox, Logan's sweetheart at the time, when Logan was not around. ''Then'' he wrote a big-lettered message "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" (it was during Logan's birthday) with [[CouldntFindAPen her blood]] in the wall just to piss Logan off. Also overlaps with WouldHitAGirl.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: His real age isn't known. While it's quite likely that he is well over a century in age, this very well could be an implanted memory from Weapon X.
* ReliableTraitor: Whether it's Weapon X, the Brotherhood, Apocalypse, or even the X-Men themselves, no one who employs him ever really trusts him.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: He was actually an ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' villain before Claremont snagged him for the X-Men. These days you'd never know he'd been the enemy of any hero but Wolverine.
* {{Sadist}}: Making others suffer is the one thing that truly drives him.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He WILL find you, no matter how many pains you take to cover your tracks.
* SendInTheClones: An AbortedArc for Sabretooth in the eighties centered around TheReveal that the X-Men had never actually faced the real Sabretooth, and that ''[[UpToEleven every time]]'' they'd tangled with him, it was really a clone created by Mr. Sinister, with the real Sabretooth having been unseen since his very first appearance. Later story arcs rolled with the idea of Sinister making imperfect clones of Sabretooth, but didn't go so far as to retcon earlier appearances, with the end result being something of a ContinuitySnarl as to whether the [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind degraded Creed]] of the Marauders was the real thing or just a convenient copy.
%%* SerialKiller
* SmugSuper: Unbelievably arrogant and is absolutely convinced of his complete physical and intellectual superiority over just about everyone who isn't obviously more powerful than him.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He will follow Wolverine anywhere, but his intentions are anything but romantic.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Occasionally drawn with these, which helps make his bestial nature even more apparent.
* SuperSenses: If his tracking skills are anything to go by, his senses might be better than Logan's (whose tracking skills are still excellent, of course).
* SuperStrength: On the low-end of the scale, to be sure, but he is certainly stronger than any normal human.
* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: He prefers to inflict violence and psychological torture on Logan, but sometimes does petty things such as following him into a diner and stealing pie off his plate just to annoy him.
* {{Troll}}: "Final Execution." [[spoiler:He reveals he set up the entire Brotherhood scheme purely as an excuse to force Wolverine into a position where he'd have to kill his last remaining child, ''just to piss him off''. And he gives no thought to the fact that all his comrades save Mystique are dead or comatose by the end, either; he's satisfied knowing he got a reaction out of Logan he could never get personally]].
** Possibly the best example of this is his "annual tradition" detailed in Claremont's run: every year on what Logan believes to be his birthday, Sabretooth will track him down, regardless of where he is, beat him to near death, and then simply walk away, just so Logan knows Sabretooth can kill him whenever he wants to.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Sabertooth has been on X-Men at least twice (though, one of those times it was a situation where they didn't want to kill him, but didn't trust anyone else to deal with him - he was an involuntary teammate).
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: A constant in nearly all the mediums Creed appears in is that while he ''starts off'' much more savage and dangerous than Wolverine, either by training or adamantium Logan usually ends up getting the upper hand on him. More than once this has escalated to Wolverine flat-out ''dismissing'' Creed, usually before putting him down in what could charitably be called an afterthought.
** An AbortedArc back in the eighties intended to [[JustifiedTrope justify this]] by way of CloningBlues.
* VillainProtagonist: Briefly, when he had his own series.
* WouldHurtAChild: Threatened to eviscerate Jubilee once, and had Psylocke not come along to save her butt, he would have done exactly that.
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