History ComicBook / Storm

* ''X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men'' (1989): Voiced by Andi Chapman.

Storm is one of the most popular and recognizable members of the X-Men as well as one of the most recognizable black superheroes, and one of Marvel's most popular female heroes. She has appeared in virtually every media adaptation featuring the X-Men since the 1980's, including the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' video games, and the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', where she is portrayed by Creator/HalleBerry. Alexandra Shipp plays a younger version of Storm in ''Apocalypse''. Storm additionally has an entire ride centered around her (albeit a small-scale one) at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]], called ''Ride/StormForceAccelatron''.

* AGodAmI: She has a tendency to refer to herself as a goddess due to her abilities, which ranges from prideful boasting to full on delusions depending on the story.

'''Storm''', a.k.a. Ororo Munroe, a weather-controlling mutant and one of the most famous members of the ComicBook/XMen. She first appeared in ''Giant-Size X-Men #1'' (May, 1975), created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. Ororo is the descendant of an ancient line of African priestesses, all of whom have white hair, blue eyes, and the potential to wield magic. Her mother, N'dare, was an African princess who married American photojournalist David Munroe and moved with him to Manhattan, where Ororo was born. When Ororo was six months old, she and her parents moved to Cairo, Egypt. Five years later, during the Arab-Israeli conflict, a plane crashed into their home. Ororo's parents were killed, but she survived, buried under rubble near her mother's body. The resultant trauma left Ororo with severe claustrophobia that still affects her today.

Storm has always played a very prominent role in the world of the X-Men. In her early days after her first appearance she was a major character in the new team of X-Men following the relaunch of the mutant team in 1975. Then perhaps her definitive role was as leader of the X-Men after Professor X went into space with the Starjammers for a time. She led the team through many huge challenges: the Mutant Massacre and ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' to name but two, even through a long period when she had lost her powers. Following the return of Professor X, the X-Men were split into two teams, Gold (led by Storm) and Blue (led by Cyclops). During that period her closest male relationship was with Forge, however that somehow never fully matured and ended with the two breaking up. Following the discovery of Destiny's diaries, Storm led the X-Treme X-Men and then the X.S.E. teams. Storm later married Black Panther and taken on a new leadership role in Wakanda. The marriage lasted a long time, but [[ShipSinking came crashing]] during ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' in which Storm reluctantly took the mutants' side and caused Namor to flood Wakanda. This act enraged Black Panther that he, being both King AND High Priest of Wakanda, announced divorce even if Storm defected to the Avengers' side afterwards. After Wolverine reopened the X-Mansion in New York, Storm became Headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and lead the first [[AmazonBrigade all-female team]] of [[Comicbook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]] in April 2013. In July 2014, Storm gained her first ongoing self-titled comic, written by Greg Pak. In 2015, with both Wolverine and Cyclops gone, she leads the whole team again in Comicbook/ExtraordinaryXMen.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe / WeCanRuleTogether: No less than five of Storm's long-term enemies, including Doctor Doom and '''{{DRACULA}}''', have had designs on making her their queen or consort as part of their villainous master plan.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: She's the X-Men's team leader, she was worshiped as a Goddess, and now she's queen of Wakanda.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She was barefoot in her years in Africa. She occasionally goes barefoot currently.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Her and Logan. Some fans feel it's more. In the UltimateUniverse, it was... for a while anyway.... And now, as of ''Wolverine and the X-Men'', the relationship has been [[RelationshipUpgrade upgraded.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: Storm got hit with this pretty hard in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'', an animated adaptation where she is very timid, [[DemotedToExtra demoted into an extra]], prone to getting a TapOnTheHead to keep her from easily winning any fights, and knocked out or incapacitated numerous times more often than other X-Men of the show. This is a ''huge'' contrast from the Storm of the comics as well as the other animated X-Men series, who was one of, if not the last X-Men to be taken down in a fight.

* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' (2008): Voiced by Susan Dalian.

* MsFanservice: Liked public nudity a lot, especially in earlier appearances. Also, The costumes that she wears are this as well because of the fact that they expose her voluptuous yet well-toned body and long toned legs.

* MsFanservice: Liked public nudity a lot, especially in earlier appearances. Also, The costumes that she wears are this as well because of the fact that they expose her voluptuous well-toned body and toned long legs.

* ShesGotLegs: Whenever she wears outfit that exposes her toned long legs.

* StatuesqueStunner: Storm is one long-legged, 5'11 slab of gorgeousness.

** It should be noted that each of these instances was unique in some fashion; N'Astirh had started a HatePlague among the X-Men that was affecting everyone, Ororo included, the Brood violate every principle she believes in, and Dracula had attempted to brainwash her into becoming his concubine.

* MundaneUtility: Would frequently use her weather powers to generate small rains to water her plants of give herself a natural shower, playing into her InnocentFanserviceGirl and MsFanservice qualities. She'd even do this ''in front of the other X-Men'', using weather-power-generated SteamCensor. . . or not.

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Well, her culture didn't have a taboo about nudity... she grew out of this as the decades went past. ''Somewhat.'' While it's not in every issue like it once was, she still gets this duty more than any other X-character.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: As noted below, she's African but has white hair and a blend of African, Caucasian and Asian features. This comes from an early idea to give her features from several different races, to resemble Gaia.

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[[caption-width-right:300:The true African queen.]]

* ''Film/XMen1'' (2000)
* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' (2003)
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006)
* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014)
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016)

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (Guest spot)
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen''
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' (Guest spot)
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen''
* ''Anime/XMen''
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (Guest spot)

* ''VideoGame/XMen''
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperheroesVsStreetFighter''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelNemesisRiseOfTheImperfects''
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends''
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension''
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance''
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes''
* ''[[VideoGame/LEGOAdaptationGame LEGO Marvel Super Heroes]]''

* AnIcePerson: Comes with her control of the weather.

* MysticalWhiteHair: Her white hair was explained as a property she got from her mother's inherent magic. Her mother was an Egyptian princess.

* PhysicalGoddess: She considered herself this at times in her past, due to being worshiped as one, and often uses the term to intimidate her foes, but is in fact a mortal {{Mutant}}, if a very powerful one, and as such is always completely outmatched by ComicBook/TheMightyThor, even repeatedly under Claremont's pen. She is very powerful by human standards, and can potentially cause great natural disasters, but is very far from a world-buster or high level reality-manipulator. Her powers have shown the ability to gradually cause larger-scale weather manipulation than the usual quick-draw local effects. She ''could'' be a world-buster if she were of a mind to be and had time to make it happen, but... there are characters who could do worse in under two seconds. However, she was granted additional power by Loki at one point, and on another was shown as a member of "The Twelve". And in ''WhatIf... the X-Men Had Stayed in Asgard?'', Storm became the new Goddess of Thunder, complete with her own Mjolnir.

Storm is one of the most popular and recognizable members of the X-Men as well as one of the most recognizable black superheroes, and one of Marvel's most popular female heroes. She has appeared in virtually every media adaptation featuring the X-Men since the 1980's, including the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' video games, and the ''Film/XMen'' live-action movies, where she is portrayed by Creator/HalleBerry. Alexandra Shipp plays a younger version of Storm in ''Apocalypse''. Storm additionally has an entire ride centered around her (albeit a small-scale one) at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]], called ''Ride/StormForceAccelatron''.

* ButNotTooBlack: Black (possibly biracial - her father was American, her mother Kenyan, but it was never made clear whether or not he was white), variably dark skin, but with white and Asian features, and blue eyes. She was supposed to have features of many races, to resemble Gaia. However, this largely depends on the artist. It's important to mention that this is not due to racism, but rather to late artist Dave Cockrum's intention to make her a "woman of the world".

* MsFanservice: Liked public nudity a lot, especially in earlier appearances. Also, The costumes that she wears are this as well because of the fact that they expose her nice body and long legs.

* ShesGotLegs: Whenever she wears outfit that exposes her long legs.

* MsFanservice: Liked public nudity a lot, especially in earlier appearances.

* ShesGotLegs: Whenever she wears outfit that exposes her legs.

Storm has always played a very prominent role in the world of the X-Men. In her early days after her first appearance she was a major character in the new team of X-Men following the relaunch of the mutant team in 1975. Then perhaps her definitive role was as leader of the X-Men after Professor X went into space with the Starjammers for a time. She led the team through many huge challenges: the Mutant Massacre and ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' to name but two, even through a long period when she had lost her powers. Following the return of Professor X, the X-Men were split into two teams, Gold (led by Storm) and Blue (led by Cyclops). During that period her closest male relationship was with Forge, however that somehow never fully matured and ended with the two breaking up. Following the discovery of Destiny's diaries, Storm led the X-Treme X-Men and then the X.S.E. teams. Storm later married Black Panther and taken on a new leadership role in Wakanda. The marriage lasted a long time, but [[ShipSinking came crashing]] during ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' in which Storm reluctantly took the mutants' side and caused Namor to flood Wakanda. This act enraged Black Panther that he, being both King AND High Priest of Wakanda, announced divorce even if Storm defected to the Avengers' side afterwards. After Wolverine reopened the X-Mansion in New York, Storm became Headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning and lead the first [[AmazonBrigade all-female team]] of X-Men in April 2013. In July 2014, Storm gained her first ongoing self-titled comic, written by Greg Pak.

Storm is one of the most popular and recognizable members of the X-Men as well as one of the most recognizable black superheroes, and one of Marvel's most popular female heroes. She has appeared in virtually every media adaptation featuring the X-Men since the 1980's, including the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' animated series, the ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' video games, and the ''Film/XMen'' live-action movies, where she is portrayed by Creator/HalleBerry. Alexandra Shipp will play a younger version of Storm in ''Apocalypse''.

* FullFrontalAssault: During her role as "goddess" protecting African citizens from bandits and raiders, she often attacked foes with lightning bolts while completely naked.

* GodGuise: In her youth she was worshiped as a rain goddess until Xavier found her. In her 2014 series, the tribespeople admit that they were only humoring her because they needed the rain. They knew all along that she was "just" a crazy girl who could make rain, not a goddess. Storm in the present is rather embarassed by her past behavior.

* ButNotTooBlack: Black )possibly biracial - her father was American, her mother Kenyan, but it was never made clear whether or not he was white), variably dark skin, but with white and Asian features, and blue eyes. She was supposed to have features of many races, to resemble Gaia. However, this largely depends on the artist. It's important to mention that this is not due to racism, but rather to late artist Dave Cockrum's intention to make her a "woman of the world".