| 1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 2 | |
| 3 | ! Villainous Organizations |
| 4 | !!The Hellfire Club |
| 5 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 6 | A secret society of mutants that also fights for the protection and preservation of their race, the Hellfire Club is less discriminating in their tactics than the Underground. They dispatched the Frost Sisters with a proposal of an alliance with the Underground to take down the Hound program. [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Lorna's father]] was one of their Kings. |
| 7 | ---- |
| 8 | * BigBadEnsemble: They serve as the main mutant antagonistic force. |
| 9 | %%* EvilCounterpart: To the Mutant Underground. |
| 10 | [[/folder]] |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!!The Inner Circle |
| 13 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 14 | * BoardToDeath: [[spoiler: All of the old members are killed by Reeva and the Cukoos in the Season 2 premiere for standing in the way of their plans.]] |
| 15 | * TheChessmaster: The Inner Circle is playing a careful long game in the war to save mutantkind. The Cuckoos are...less patient. |
| 16 | * ChessMotif: As in the comics, chess is a prominent aspect of their imagery. The Cuckoos even derisively remark on their usage of the chess metaphor. |
| 17 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: They have just as much focus, if not more than the Underground in Season 2, mixed with a little VillainProtagonist. |
| 18 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: The old members don't agree to the Cuckoos' plan to [[spoiler:tip off Sentinel Services to the location of an Underground safehouse, as it puts mutants at risk. That it placed the ''Strucker'' children, whom the Inner Circle wants for their own ends, in the crossfire exacerbated it further.]] |
| 19 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: While the Underground is pretty much powerless in Season 2, they accomplish all of their goals with only minor setbacks, even [[spoiler: kickstarting the Mutant Revolution in the mid-season finale.]] |
| 20 | [[/folder]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:William]] |
| 23 | !!William |
| 24 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s1_william.png]] |
| 25 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RayCampbell |
| 26 | |
| 27 | A member of the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle. |
| 28 | ---- |
| 29 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Shows no fear before being killed by Reeva and the Frosts.]] |
| 30 | * TheMagicTouch: The exact nature of his powers is not explained, but he can turn objects into diamonds. |
| 31 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Only appears briefly in Season 1 and is killed off at the start of Season 2.]] |
| 32 | [[/folder]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | [[folder:Reeva Payge]] |
| 35 | !!Reeva Payge |
| 36 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thegiftedreevapayge.png]] |
| 37 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"This revolution's not gonna start itself."'']] |
| 38 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GraceByers |
| 39 | |
| 40 | ->''"I am not a monster unless I need to be."'' |
| 41 | |
| 42 | A high-ranking member of the Hellfire Club. |
| 43 | ---- |
| 44 | * AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, Reeva Payge is blonde instead of brunette. |
| 45 | ** RaceLift: Also she was Caucasian in the comics while in the live adaption her actress is African American |
| 46 | * AscendedExtra: In the comics, Reeva Payge appeared only for a single issue of ''X-Men II Annual'' in 1994, as the White Queen during Shinobi Shaw's stint as Black King. In the series, she has a more prominent role. |
| 47 | * BadBoss: If she deems somebody a threat to her plans, she is more than ready to execute said person, even if he or she [[WouldHurtAChild happens to be a kid]]. |
| 48 | * BigBad: For the second season, being the leader of the Hellfire Club with plans to annihilate both humans and opposing mutants. |
| 49 | * BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Revealed to be in one with Benedict Ryan, feeding him with information in order to provoke a race war.]] |
| 50 | * BrownNote: Her mutant ability is a sonic scream that can manipulate the brain's neurochemistry. This disrupts coordination and, in Marcos's case, disables the victim's control of and immunity to their own powers. |
| 51 | * CompositeCharacter: Averted. But initiaally seemed to be the case due to the RaceLift the character has undergone, she looks more like Indian Benazir Kaur, the Black Queen to Payge's White Queen in the comics. Though the flashback reveals Benazir Kaur is her best friend who died. |
| 52 | * DecapitationStrike: Orchestrates the collective assassination of the Mutant Underground leaders, and plans on doing the same with the Purifiers. |
| 53 | * TheDreaded: ''Everyone'' is wary of her, both foes and friends alike. |
| 54 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She dated a man who worked at a bank who she planned to rob. However she eventually develops feelings for him and is horrified when he's killed by Rebecca. |
| 55 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She's the most ruthless character in a show that's got a few of 'em, never hesitating to kill (or order the death of) anyone she sees as a threat to the plan, racking up an impressive body count. However, she doesn't order people to be killed if it isn't necessary, such as the hospital crew and bank employees. She looked pretty horrified when Rebecca horribly slaughtered all of the bank employees after the Inner Circle had what they wanted. |
| 56 | * FemmeFatalons: Has pretty long and dark fingernails. |
| 57 | * HeroKiller: Responsible for killing the Mutant Underground leadership, and directs the Purifiers to the Morlock hideout, resulting in a massacre. |
| 58 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Her own powers cause her demise in the end, by making Reed lose what little control he has over his own powers so that they blow up in her face.]] |
| 59 | * LeaveNoWitnesses: Orders a bunch of humans who came into contact with the Hellfire Club executed without a second thought. |
| 60 | * ManipulativeBastard: Is willing to use the Purifiers to have other mutants killed. |
| 61 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: Causing Lorna to turn on her slowly causes the Hellfire Club's one-sided advantage over the Mutant Underground to erode: Lorna manages to feed intel back to the Underground in order to impede the Club's plans, and convinces Andy to return with her to the Underground, costing the Club two of its most powerful members. |
| 62 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Reed completely vaporizes her.]] |
| 63 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: At first she seems like the standard ruthless revolutionary. However, after it's revealed that she is [[spoiler:working together with Benedict Ryan and has no problems whatsoever with throwing her own kind under the bus to achieve her goals, it is clear that her actions are more self-serving than anything]]. |
| 64 | * PlayingBothSides: It turns out she is trading information with Benedict Ryan in secret. |
| 65 | * RaceLift: The comic book version of Reeva Payge is Caucasian. |
| 66 | * StartOfDarkness: She used to be a lot more easy-going and tolerant of humans, until her friend got murdered by a Purifier. |
| 67 | * TreacherousAdvisor: Turns out to be lying about making a better world for mutants. She's willing to throw any other mutant under the bus to perpetuate a Human/Mutant war. |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | !!!The Frost Sisters |
| 71 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 72 | !! The Frost Sisters |
| 73 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cuckoo.PNG]] |
| 74 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"We can be ... very persuasive."'']] |
| 75 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/SkylerSamuels |
| 76 | |
| 77 | ->''"Time to go, boys and girls. The fun's just starting."'' |
| 78 | |
| 79 | Identical triplet sisters, the Cuckoos are each powerful telepaths in their own right. However they are able to combine their telepathy into a HiveMind which grants them considerable power. Their three known members are Esme, Sophie and Phoebe. |
| 80 | ---- |
| 81 | * ActingForTwo: Skyler Samuels is actually Acting for Three by playing all three of the Cuckoos. Amber Erwin and Rebecca Ray work as body doubles for the scenes where three Cuckoos are needed, with Samuel's face being digitally placed on them. |
| 82 | * AdaptationalNameChange: Their traditional surname of Cuckoo is changed to Frost, presumably to simplify their backstory for non-comics readers. Sophie and Phoebe reportedly gave it as a fake surname while being arrested, however. |
| 83 | * AdaptationExplanationExtrication: They are clones as in the comics, but there is no mention of the person they were cloned from, which in the comics was [[Characters/MarvelComicsEmmaFrost Emma Frost]], White Queen of the Hellfire Club. Given that they use the surname Frost, that may still be the case here, but the show was cancelled before any reference to or appearance by Emma. |
| 84 | * AdaptationalWimp: They appear unable to transform into their diamond forms. In addition to this, their combined telepathy is much weaker than that of their comics counterparts. |
| 85 | * AgeLift: The Cuckoos are teenagers in the comics, however they're young adult women when introduced in the series. |
| 86 | * AntiHero: Esme has no trouble manipulating everyone in her path to save her sisters, while the Three-in-One together [[spoiler:seem quite happy to force an ''entire'' Sentinel Services squad to commit a PsychicAssistedSuicide.]] |
| 87 | * BadassFamily: Together these three sisters can decimate an entire squadron with disarming ease. |
| 88 | * CompositeCharacter: Of the Stepford Cuckoos with the three Frost sisters (Emma, Adrienne and Cordelia Frost) |
| 89 | * CreepyBlueEyes: Their eyes glow blue when they use their powers. |
| 90 | * CreepyTwins: Well, creepy triplets. |
| 91 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:The Frost sisters are the product of cloning experiments. The man who made them was turning them into a living weapon before they escaped. In addition, there used to be five of them, but two died from a lethal failsafe measure meant to keep the group in line.]] |
| 92 | * DivergentCharacterEvolution: Her friendship with Lorna eventually leads Esme to break with her sisters and perform a HeelFaceTurn, joining the Mutant Underground for real in the series finale. |
| 93 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: One of them openly displays confusion over Thunderbird, Eclipse, and Blink passing up a chance to either capture or kill Campbell just because a group of innocent human children would've been seriously injured (or possibly killed) in the crossfire. |
| 94 | * FinishingEachOthersSentences: When not using VoiceOfTheLegion, the Cuckoos have a habit of passing their sentences around among each other, with one starting, one speaking in the middle, and the third completing it. |
| 95 | * FreudianTrio: According to Samuels, this is how the Three-in-One interact as individuals, with Esme as the Ego. |
| 96 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Their eyes glow blue when they use their powers. When all three Cuckoos are connected in their HiveMind, they shine like ''high beams''. |
| 97 | * HiveMind: When working together they form a telepathic hive mind, combining their powers and making the whole exponentially more powerful than each of the sisters alone. For example, Esme by herself needed to be fairly close to anyone she controlled, and had to manipulate Sentinel Services' agents one at a time. The Three-in-One together could take on ''an entire group at once''. |
| 98 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Esme is manipulative and self-centered when introduced but has reasons the mutants and audience find easy to sympathize with and her power abuse isn't so different from other desperate moves for loved ones we've seen. [[spoiler:Then she breaks off the Mutant Underground team - who might have reservations about what she's about to do - and she and her liberated sisters kill everyone in the Sentinel Services convoy task force with PsychicAssistedSuicide and homicide. And show no emotion about it beyond a smile.]] |
| 99 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:The Cuckoos tip off Sentinel services to the location of an Underground safehouse in [="3x1"=], in order to show their main leadership just what the Hound program is capable of. Although [[EvenEvilHasStandards the Inner Circle objects to the risk]], their plan works.]] |
| 100 | * MeaningfulName: Much like their comics counterpart's initials spelled SPICE[[note]]Mindee's real first name is Irma[[/note]] as an homage to [[Music/SpiceGirls that one music group]], Esme, Sophie and Phoebe's initials spell ESP. |
| 101 | * MythologyGag: Sophie and Phoebe gave their last name as "Cuckoo" to troll the cops when they were arrested. In the books the Three-In-One are known collectively as the Stepford Cuckoos. |
| 102 | * ShadowArchetype: To Andy and Lauren, as another example of siblings who together become exponentially powerful. Season One's BigBad uses both sibling groups to explain his plan for combining non-related mutants' powers together. |
| 103 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: In the show, the surviving trio is Esme, Sophie and Phoebe, the deaths of Mindee and Celeste being part of their aforementioned DarkAndTroubledPast. In the comics, it was Sophie and Esme who died (in unrelated incidents, both well into a period where all five had been major characters), with Celeste, Mindee and Phoebe being the trio who sticks around. |
| 104 | * {{Telepath}}: They can sense the thoughts of those nearby and manipulate them however they choose. When they're able to combine their powers, their abilities increase ''exponentially''. |
| 105 | * TwinTelepathy: The Cuckoos are all psychically linked to one another, to the point that when her sisters were captured by Sentinel Services, Esme was ''physically'' in pain from the psychic feedback of their distress. Once the Three-in-One are reunited, their psychic powers are magnified ''exponentially''. |
| 106 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: The general effect when all three of them speak in sync. |
| 107 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Although their methods put them at odds with the Underground, the foremost concern of the Cuckoos is to protect mutantkind. Even the Inner Circle are put off by their methods, though they begrudgingly admit the three do get results despite the messes they make. |
| 108 | * WonderTwinPowers: Individually, each is a powerful psychic. In tandem, they can force their will upon dozens of people simultaneously. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Sophie Frost]] |
| 112 | !!Sophie Frost |
| 113 | |
| 114 | One of the three Frost Sisters, Sophie was held by Campbell as part of the Hound Program, along with her sister Phoebe, until their rescue by Esme. |
| 115 | ---- |
| 116 | * AdaptationalVillainy: Sophie was the most unambiguously good of the original Five-in-One in the comics prior to them joining the X-Men. Here, like the others, she's a part of the Hellfire Club. |
| 117 | * FreudianTrio: As with Esme, Sophie is stated by Skyler Samuels to be part of this with Esme and Phoebe. |
| 118 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Sophie was the first of the original Five-In-One to be killed in the comics. In the show she's one of the three surviving Cuckoos. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Phoebe Frost]] |
| 122 | !!Phoebe Frost |
| 123 | |
| 124 | One of the three Frost Sisters, Phoebe was held by Campbell as part of the Hound Program, along with her sister Sophie, until their rescue by Esme. |
| 125 | ---- |
| 126 | * FreudianTrio: As with Esme, Phoebe is stated by Skyler Samuels to be part of this with Esme and Sophie. |
| 127 | [[/folder]] |
| 128 | |
| 129 | [[folder:Esme Frost]] |
| 130 | !!Esme Frost |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Esme introduces herself to the Resistance as a refugee telepath. However she is soon revealed to have an agenda of her own. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The comics version of Esme was the most ruthless and cunning of the Five-In-One. This manifested through actions such as using Kick to amp up her powers and gain control over the Cuckoos' hive mind, working with Xorn, and shooting [[ComicBook/EmmaFrost Emma]] with a diamond bullet. Here, she takes on what's traditionally Sophie's position as the most heroic Cuckoo and protests when Reeva intends to kill Andy. [[spoiler: At the end of Season 2, she even pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]] |
| 135 | * BigSisterInstinct: It's yet to be established whether Esme actually is the eldest of the triplets, but regardless she'll move heaven and hell to rescue her sisters from Trask no matter the cost, and manipulates the entire Underground into giving her the opportunity to rescue them. |
| 136 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: She appears harmless and even helped out the Mutant Underground initially, but she doesn't give a damn about any faction beyond what they can do for her sisters, and will lie and manipulate all forces to get what she wants. |
| 137 | * TheDeterminator: Esme is driven to rescue her sisters from Sentinel Services, and nearly falls into a HeroicBSOD when the first attempt fails after Turner successfully pieces together the Underground's plan to carry out a raid of Trask Industries. |
| 138 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Surprisingly, in Season 2 she shows concerns over Reeva's ruthless decisions several times, something her sisters mock her for. |
| 139 | * FreudianTrio: Esme is stated to be the Ego by Skyler Samuels. |
| 140 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After a whole season of being the most reluctantly villainous of the Frost sisters, Lorna finally manages to convince her in the season finale that she is acting no different than the people who mistreated her]]. |
| 141 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: She pretends to be capable of just reading thoughts when she can actually control the minds of others. |
| 142 | * ManipulativeBastard: When she's first "rescued" by the Underground, she ingratiates herself by exposing a Hound infiltrating the group of refugees. She then dips into the memories of the members of the Mutant Underground to know how to push them in the direction she wants, [[spoiler:gets the Struckers to try negotiating with Jace then plays them up as the bad guys when they pursue her suggestion, and then tazes Marcos as soon as she's close enough to induce the massacre of the Sentinel Services agents]]. |
| 143 | * NotInThisForYourRevolution: Esme plays along with the Underground, but her loyalty is ultimately only to her sisters, and she will manipulate ''anyone'' she has to in order to achieve her goals. |
| 144 | * SparedByTheAdaptation: Esme in the comics was part of the original Five-in-One, but was also the second to die and was never part of the final Three-in-One. Here, she's one of the surviving Three. |
| 145 | * SpotlightStealingSquad: Esme receives much more screentime and character development than either of her siblings, who are pretty much interchangeable. |
| 146 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Because of her youth and the non-physical nature of her power, Esme was grossly underestimated, with one of the main undergrounders even dismissing her as "she's just a kid". This comes back to bite EVERYONE in the ass. |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | !!!New members |
| 150 | [[folder:Sage]] |
| 151 | !!Sage |
| 152 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s1_sage.png]] |
| 153 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/HayleyLovitt |
| 154 | |
| 155 | An ex-member of the underground mutant network and the resident technician. Joins the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale. |
| 156 | ---- |
| 157 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: She is called ''Math girl'' by Andy, as she calculates odds and can mentally interact with computers. |
| 158 | * BlessedWithSuck: [[spoiler: Her thoughts are [[SpeaksInBinary in binary]], which makes her immune to telepathy. This would be considered a major asset in any situation except for the one where it actually comes into play: when Esme tries to probe her mind to determine whether she's telling the truth when she's attempting to defend herself from accusations of betrayal following the security breach that led to Max's death. At this point Reeva loses her patience and murders Sage.]] |
| 159 | * FaceHeelTurn: Ends up joining the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale. |
| 160 | * FrameUp: [[spoiler: Victim of an accidental one via Polaris's hacking, which couldn't be traced back to the latter.]] |
| 161 | * ImmuneToMindControl: Due to her mind working like a computer, telepaths are only able to read ones and zeros out of her mind. |
| 162 | ** [[spoiler:ImmunityDisability: This proves to be her doom, as she can't convince Reeva and the Frost sisters of her innocence.]] |
| 163 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed by Reeva when she is suspected of running through the security footage and exposing Max's location, resulting in the latter's demise.]] |
| 164 | * MythologyGag: There are stickers of the United Kingdom flag on her computer, referencing one of her aliases in the comics, Britannia. |
| 165 | * NeverTellMeTheOdds: She says that there is chance of over 80% for the mission to rescue Reed and Lorna to fail. She is naturally proven wrong. |
| 166 | * PhotographicMemory: One subset of her powers is eidetic memory. |
| 167 | * {{Technopath}}: She has the ability to mentally interact with computers. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Tex[=/=]Fade]] |
| 171 | !!Tex[=/=]Fade |
| 172 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_caps_1x03_exodus_02_fade.jpg]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JeffDanielPhillips |
| 175 | |
| 176 | An ex-contact of the Mutant Underground. He's a bartender. Joins the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale |
| 177 | ---- |
| 178 | * AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, the only mutant employing the Fade alias is called [=DiLorenzo=]. |
| 179 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Fade is a crime lord. |
| 180 | * FaceHeelTurn: Ends up joining the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale. |
| 181 | * {{Invisibility}}: His power, which cloaks himself and whatever's he's touching, hiding it not only from sight but masking sound, as well. |
| 182 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Caitlin shoots him in the Season 2 finale, after he takes Reed in a headlock.]] |
| 183 | * ProperlyParanoid: Was initially suspicious of Reed just turning up at his bar while being hunted and he was right to be, as he was ordered to lead Turner to the Mutant Underground. |
| 184 | * TheResenter: He gets very pissed when he meets Reed again at the hideout, even getting into a fight with him. Thankfully, he is later convinced that he is on their side. Though that seems to change again later on. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Mark[=/=]Bulk]] |
| 188 | !!Mark[=/=]Bulk |
| 189 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s1_mark.jpg]] |
| 190 | |
| 191 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RenesRivera |
| 192 | |
| 193 | An ex-member of the Mutant Underground with superhuman strength. Joins the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: He's the series' version of Mark Hallett, a.k.a. Sunder (of the Morlocks), but his codename is yet to be mentioned. As of Season 2, he is named ''Bulk''. |
| 196 | * FaceHeelTurn: Ends up joining the Hellfire Club in the Season 1 finale. |
| 197 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Apparently makes it out unscathed in the Season 2 finale.]] |
| 198 | * OutOfFocus: Only appears in a few scenes in a minor role. |
| 199 | * SuperStrength: His power. |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Rebecca/Twist]] |
| 203 | !!Twist |
| 204 | |
| 205 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AnjelicaBetteFellini |
| 206 | |
| 207 | A powerful mutant rescued by the Hellfire Club from a mental hospital where she was tortured. |
| 208 | ---- |
| 209 | * AxCrazy: Beneath her cheerful facade, she is ''seriously'' disturbed and dangerous. |
| 210 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: To Andy, who was the only person to show her kindness. |
| 211 | * BodyHorror: She is able to turn things inside out. Yes, it works on people; no, she is ''not'' shy about using it this way! |
| 212 | * BigDamnKiss: Rebecca and Andy share one after he manages to connect with her. |
| 213 | * EtTuBrute: Her parents call Sentinel Services on her. She kills them before the collar takes its full effect on her. |
| 214 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Andy gets her to focus her powers by concentrating on her traumas. This has massive consequences, as she flips out on [[BullyingADragon a captive]] who calls mutants monsters and [[LudicrousGibs twists everything, and everyone, in the room]] from the outside, leaving nothing but their bloody remains. And later, after being freed from Reeva's confinement, she proceeds against Andy's protests to get revenge by attempting to kill not just Reeva but [[MisplacedRetribution everyone else in the meeting room]], forcing Andy to intercept her, accidentally [[NeckSnap killing her when his blast causes her neck to snap against one of the wall corners]]. |
| 215 | * ItIsDehumanizing: Andy takes great offense to the Frost sisters constantly referring to Rebecca as a weapon instead of treating her like a person. This attitude ultimately allows him to bring her out of her shell, getting their plans back on track. |
| 216 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Her attempts at getting revenge on the Inner Circle for locking her up in yet another isolation cell ends with Andy rushing to their defense. Unfortunately, Andy accidentally breaks her neck to save the Inner Circle.]] |
| 217 | * MindOverMatter: Rebecca has the power to twist objects relative to their axes. This can involve turning an object around horizontally or vertically, or turning it inside-out. |
| 218 | * SelfMadeOrphan: She killed her parents after they sold her out. |
| 219 | * SpaceMaster: Her power works, per her description, through pushing objects on a separate axis than other telekinetics, which allows her to twist objects inside out or invert their position relative to their surroundings. |
| 220 | * TheSociopath: Turns an entire room of people inside out and her only reaction is to smile. Her ruthlessness scares even BigBad Reeva. |
| 221 | * TroubledTeen: Her disturbed mentality was kicked off by her parents effectively disowning her when they sold her out to Sentinel Services, and then later being tortured in a mental facility. |
| 222 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She may have been completely unhinged and too powerful to not keep in check, but she had been sold out by her parents, tortured in a mental institution, and seen as little more than a chess piece by her leader, with only one person who cared for her. Too bad she had such a short fuse and a dangerous power. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Max, Heather and Tico]] |
| 226 | !!Max, Heather and Tico |
| 227 | |
| 228 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JamesCarpinello (Max), Creator/ChelleRamos (Heather), Creator/TyshonFreeman (Tico) |
| 229 | |
| 230 | Three convicted mutant hitmen and mass murderers, freed by the Inner Circle. |
| 231 | ---- |
| 232 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Heather and Tico apparently make it out alive and well in the Season 2 finale.]] |
| 233 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Max, during a confrontation with Marcos.]] |
| 234 | * TerribleTrio: A trio of mass murderers who use their powers in conjunction. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | !!Sentinel Services |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 240 | An organization charged with apprehending mutant fugitives. They operate independently from conventional law enforcement. |
| 241 | ---- |
| 242 | * BigBadEnsemble: They serve as the main human antagonistic force in Season 1. |
| 243 | * TheDreaded: The Underground worries over regular law enforcement as it is, but learning that ''Sentinel Services'' has become involved raises the bar even further. |
| 244 | * MeaningfulName: Their name abbreviates to "[[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany SS]]." And their actions very much fit the metaphor. |
| 245 | * MythologyGag: Their name comes from the infamous giant murder-bots that have long been mainstays of the X-Men mythos. |
| 246 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: It's ''really'' hard to feel bad for them when [[spoiler:the Frost Sisters unleash their combined telepathy on them, forcing many of their agents to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide]]. |
| 247 | * StateSec: Ostensibly subject to the Department of Justice to manage mutant attacks, but they are ''extremely'' well-armed and equipped, often sporting military-grade equipment. They also have the authority to co-opt local police. |
| 248 | * {{Unperson}}: Hinted to be the fate of mutants who wind up in their hands; rather than a very likely short life in prison, those in the custody of Sentinel Services simply disappear, never to be seen again. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Ed Weeks]] |
| 252 | !!Agent Ed Weeks |
| 253 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edweeks.jpg]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/JesseONeill |
| 256 | |
| 257 | Turner's partner at Sentinel Services. |
| 258 | ---- |
| 259 | * EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: He interrogates Reed's mother in a very investigative and agressive way, which is shown to Reed to make him comply. |
| 260 | * NumberTwo: Turner has authority over Weeks, giving orders for him to carry out during missions. |
| 261 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: He's [[spoiler:made to shoot himself from below the jaw by Esme.]] |
| 262 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As Turner becomes more extreme, Weeks expresses his reservations that he's going too far. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Gus[=/=]Pulse]] |
| 266 | !!Gus[=/=]Pulse |
| 267 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pulse.png]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ZachRoerig |
| 270 | |
| 271 | A former member of the Mutant Underground, apparently killed on a rescue mission years back, but turned out to be brainwashed into a loyal agent of Sentinel Services. |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: He doesn't even speak, let alone recognize his old friend John. |
| 274 | * DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:He regains his sense of self in his final moments, apologizing to John for what he's done.]] |
| 275 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Gains these quite noticeably when his abilities are active. |
| 276 | * HunterOfHisOwnKind: He helps hunting his own kind down and keeps their powers in check. |
| 277 | * PowerNullifier: His power is to shut down systems, and he can also shut down mutant powers. |
| 278 | * TokenSuper: Seemingly the only mutant in the ranks of Sentinel Services. He's evidently the beta-run for the Hound Program, as Sentinel Services starts deploying more of them when Campbell manages to work out a deal with Jace. |
| 279 | [[/folder]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !! Trask Industries |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Roderick Campbell]] |
| 284 | !!Dr. Roderick Campbell |
| 285 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s1_roderick_campbell.jpg]] |
| 286 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see him scarred]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/campbell2_4.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 287 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GarretDillahunt |
| 288 | |
| 289 | A researcher into mutation and collaborator of Sentinel Services with his own agenda. |
| 290 | ---- |
| 291 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: By a very minor degree. He's still a sociopath in the series, but he treats his actions as a [[NecessarilyEvil necessary evil]] as opposed to the sadistic tendencies he had in the comics. |
| 292 | * AdaptationalWimp: While Ahab never ''quite'' rose to mainstream X Men villainy, being the ArchEnemy of [[SuperPowerLottery Rachel Gray]] meant that he was always considerably more powerful than the great majority of X Men villains in terms of raw power and he was ''always'' treated as a [[KnightOfCerebus dangerous player anytime he appeared]] as a [[ScarilyCompetentTracker hunter]]. This version of Roderick lacks any of the PsychicPowers he had in the comics that made him so dangerous. |
| 293 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Is killed by Polaris in a plane crash.]] |
| 294 | * BeardOfEvil: He later shaves it after his face is scarred. |
| 295 | * BigBad: Takes over as this for the first Season as soon as Jace goes to him for help, providing him with the means to continue the hunt for the Mutant Underground after being taken off the case and even going so far as to giving a Department of Justice officer a stroke to proceed with the operation. |
| 296 | * {{Dehumanization}}: Repeatedly labels mutants in degrading ways like ''assets'' or ''animals''. |
| 297 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As many fans pointed out, Dr. Campbell's obsession with experimenting on siblings and pairs heavily resembles Dr. Menegele, the infamous [[SickbedSlaying Angel of Death]]. |
| 298 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: It's revealed that he had a brother with cystic fibrosis who he cared for. |
| 299 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Acts friendly and social, but it's clear that this is nothing but a veneer for the ice-cold sociopath underneath. |
| 300 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Gets a rather nasty burn on his face after getting caught in [[spoiler:Otto Strucker's]] blast. |
| 301 | * HateSink: Hated in and out of universe. |
| 302 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Kills Dreamer to get the Strucker children to cooperate.]] |
| 303 | * {{Jerkass}}: In SPADES. |
| 304 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Killing Sonya in cold blood just to get the Strucker children to cooperate.]] |
| 305 | * MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: He wants to research the Strucker children and is willing to offer Jace whatever resources he needs as long as he can gets his hands on them. Jace refuses on legal grounds [[spoiler:at first]]. Later on, he [[spoiler:shoots Dreamer in cold blood after the Strucker siblings refuse to cooperate with his tests.]] |
| 306 | * NecessarilyEvil: He's aware that the Hound program is inhumane, but compares it to using the Atom Bomb on Japan to end World War II. |
| 307 | * SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: What he does to the Hounds is ''horrible'', and even hardened agents like Turner are creeped out by this. |
| 308 | * TwoFaced: After being attacked by Otto Strucker, he gets a nasty burn scar on the right side of his face, which visually emphazies how evil he is. |
| 309 | [[/folder]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | [[folder:Hounds]] |
| 312 | !!Hounds |
| 313 | |
| 314 | Mutants brainwashed by Roderick Campbell to hunt down other mutants |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * AddledAddict: Part of Campbell's brainwashing them involves keeping them addicted to Kick. They're so dependent on the drug that withdrawal is fatal. |
| 317 | * AndIMustScream: Their mental conditioning leaves them unable to reveal intel, regardless of how much they want to. |
| 318 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Hounds' conditioning resembles how real-life pimps keep their victims under control, specifically the use of forced drug additions to break their will. |
| 319 | * HunterOfHisOwnKind: They are mutants brainwashed to hunt and kill other mutants. |
| 320 | * ManchurianAgent: Conditioned into infiltrating the enemy undetected, without them even knowing what they really are until they get the signal to attack. |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !! The Guerra Cartel |
| 324 | |
| 325 | [[folder:Carmen Guerra]] |
| 326 | !!Carmen Guerra |
| 327 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s1_carmen.png]] |
| 328 | |
| 329 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MichelleVeintimilla |
| 330 | |
| 331 | The current leader of the resident drug cartel and former lover of Marcos. |
| 332 | ---- |
| 333 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: She used to be afraid of her father hurting people and tried to make him stop. But now, as the leader of the Cartel, she isn't doing it any differently. |
| 334 | * DealWithTheDevil: Marcos makes a deal with her in order to get information on Lorna's prison transport. In exchange, he's at her beck-and-call for blowing up the drug shipment of a rival gang. |
| 335 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: Has no problems in employing mutants to work for her. |
| 336 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Guerra" is Spanish for "War". |
| 337 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Or rather, she ''forces'' Marcos to work with her. |
| 338 | [[/folder]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | [[folder:Lodo]] |
| 341 | !!Lodo |
| 342 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lodo.png]] |
| 343 | |
| 344 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Bob Jennings |
| 345 | |
| 346 | Carmen's mutant lackey. |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * BaldOfEvil: Not a single hair on his head. |
| 349 | * TheDragon: To Carmen. |
| 350 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: He gets some ''nasty'' facial scarring. |
| 351 | * TheParalyzer: Has the ability to freeze people in place, seemingly unaware of what's going on until they're released. |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | !!The Purifiers |
| 355 | |
| 356 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 357 | An anti-mutant hate group. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | * AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, the Purifiers have paramiltiary training and hunt down mutants to kill them. In the series, they are no less hateful, but resort to harassment. In Season 2, they are presented as closer to their comic book counterparts, but are still not nearly as organized and trained. |
| 360 | * BigBadEnsemble: They eventually replace Sentinel Services as the main human antagonistic force in Season 2. |
| 361 | * CompositeCharacter: The AdaptationalWimp trope makes them more similar to the Friends of Humanity in the ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' from the '90s. |
| 362 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: People of all races are present at their hate group meetings. |
| 363 | * KickTheDog: They tag Blink's car with "Mutant" then light it on fire. |
| 364 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: At a meeting they use the Nazi slogan "they will not replace us", appropriately enough. |
| 365 | * WithUsOrAgainstUs: Some members are willing to kill humans that allied themselves with mutants. But the more rational-minded members tell them that will only turn the public against the Purifiers. |
| 366 | [[/folder]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | [[folder:Officer Ted Wilson]] |
| 369 | !!Ted Wilson |
| 370 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tg_s2_ted_wilson.jpg]] |
| 371 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Tom O'Keefe |
| 372 | |
| 373 | A Police Officer at the Metropolitan Police Department and secretly the leader of a Purifiers cell in Washington, D.C. |
| 374 | ---- |
| 375 | * TheBadGuysAreCops: Well an individual cop, but he is the leader of the local branch of Purifiers. |
| 376 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: He gets to be the first example of what [[spoiler:Reed's MakeThemRot power]] does to living flesh. It is not a pretty sight. |
| 377 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Is an anti-mutant bigot and antagonist. |
| 378 | * RabbleRouser: He makes a speech against mutants at the Purifier assembly and wants to organize a counter-protest against the mutant groups emboldened by the attack on the hospital. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | [[folder:Jace Turner]] |
| 382 | !!(Former) Agent Jace Turner |
| 383 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thegiftedjaceturner.png]] |
| 384 | %%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]] |
| 385 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Coby Bell |
| 386 | |
| 387 | ->''"We have you surrounded. Anyone in the Mutant Underground who wishes to surrender will not be harmed. You'll be handed over to the proper authorities."'' |
| 388 | |
| 389 | A high-ranking agent of Sentinel Services who gets dispatched to capture the Struckers. He's also trying to bring down the Mutant Underground. After being fed up with all the red tape, he quits and tries to retire. But in Season 2, he realizes that he can't let go of his obsession and joins the Purifiers. |
| 390 | ---- |
| 391 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: It's clear that especially from a mutant POV, Sentinel Services is bad news and disappears people on a regular basis. It's also clear that society at large treats mutants as akin to terrorists (Andy's incident at the school is straight up reported as though it had been an intentional attack on children, when it was just a kid lashing out against bullies with powers he hadn't known he had), and most would consider Turner a hero. He loses all ambiguity by Season 2. |
| 392 | * BaldOfEvil: Or Bald of AmbiguouslyEvil maybe. |
| 393 | * DistressedDude: Gets kidnapped by Marcos and Lorna in order to get him to reveal what Sentinel Services did to Pulse. [[spoiler:Dreamer accidentally makes him forget about the death of his daughter while probing his mind.]] |
| 394 | * {{Expy}}: His backstory is similar to the latest [[http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/X-Cutioner_(Alex%27s_father)_(Earth-616) X-Cutioner]], who also lost a child in a similar manner. |
| 395 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He tells Kate that he has children too. [[spoiler: His daughter was killed by a mutant.]] |
| 396 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Possible example of this, or possibly just him being an InspectorJavert: he isn't at all comfortable with the idea of his prisoners being taken by "contractors". After his MindRape, he changes his mind about it. However, he is still appalled by Dr. Campbell's methods of getting what he wants, and argues against it. |
| 397 | ** In Season 2, he joins the Purifiers, but never fully embraces their brand of FantasticRacism and actively attempts to steer the group away from the more extreme methods that they are typically known for. After leading a Purifier raid into the Morlock tunnels, he is visibly shaken upon discovering that the Morlocks are not the cell of mutant terrorists that the Purifiers leadership had intentionally misled him to believe, but a group consisting largely of innocent mutant civilians (including children as young as his own daughter was). |
| 398 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: His daughter was killed in the crossfire of a battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood.]] |
| 399 | * GetItOverWith: [[spoiler: Tells John to kill him after being on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, wishing to be with his daughter. He gets spared however.]] |
| 400 | * TheHeavy: Overall, he is the most recurring enemy of the Underground. |
| 401 | ** In Season 1 he is not really the BigBad, since he is just one of many goverment officials after all, but he is left in charge of bringing down the Mutant Underground, and he's definitely the most fleshed out Sentinel Services agent. |
| 402 | ** In Season 2, he joins the Purifiers after previously quitting Sentinel Services, staying a thorn in the side of the Underground. |
| 403 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: Every time he's given reason to reconsider how callous to mutant rights he's being and actually treat them like people, circumstances arise that justify stronger conviction. |
| 404 | * InspectorJavert: His job is to arrest mutants who break the law, even if they did so through no fault of their own. He's willing to take children from their parents and harass Reed's family if he thinks it will lead him to a bigger arrest. [[spoiler:After losing Polaris, he's determined to target every associate of the Mutant Underground network, regardless of how loose their connection might be.]] |
| 405 | * ItsPersonal: He makes it clear to Dreamer in no uncertain terms that he's not hunting the Underground because of law and order, but because of this. |
| 406 | * {{Jerkass}}: He has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, especially with mutants. Escalates after [[spoiler: accidentally being forced to forget and then relive the grief of his daughter's death.]] |
| 407 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: While his daughter's death has always been a factor in his actions, he always acted lawfully and acted within the proper procedures. After [[spoiler: getting {{Mind Rape}}d by Dreamer]], he only cares about winning no matter whose rights he has to step on, even selling out criminal information to what he once denounced as a private contractor and tapping into phones without a warrant. When the latter is pointed out to him, he yells at the man who did it. |
| 408 | * KnowWhenToFoldEm: He's shown to be a competent and determined tactical commander in "eXit strategy." He's also not particularly afraid of mutant powers, pursuing the Struckers after both kids use them. However, [[spoiler:once Polaris gets loose and takes the guns away from him and his men, he immediately orders a full-scale retreat.]] |
| 409 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: He ends up forgetting [[spoiler:his daughter's death]] thanks to an interrupted mind probe [[spoiler:by Dreamer]]. |
| 410 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: Even in Season 2, after joining the Purifiers, he is shown to have more standards than his trigger-happy compatriots, arguing for the incarceration of the Underground instead of killing them all. |
| 411 | * MarriedToTheJob: In Season 2, he is retired, but has some serious troubles letting his vendetta against the Mutant Underground go, something his wife calls him out on. It eventually leads to his wife divorcing him when he simply can't let the issue go. |
| 412 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:After a conversation with the Struckers and additional motivation from his wife, he really seems to think about his actions and actually gets the mutant prisoners out of Trask Industries...only to see all of his men brutally slaughtered by Esme, which only strengthens his hatred towards mutants.]] |
| 413 | * PunchClockVillain: He's much calmer and less violent than most anti-mutant government employees, including his partner. While he is very firm that he ''will'' be taking the mutants in over the objections of their mother, he also attempts to negotiate with her and convince her that it's for their own protection. He even sympathizes with Reed choosing his family over his job. Veers far away from this later in the season, when he allies himself with Campbell; tells Sonya he doesn't care if she's sorry, he just wants her to suffer for what she did to him; and launches an assault on the Mutant Underground, intending to use lethal force on everyone inside the building. He also becomes more of a workaholic as time goes on, even after quitting Sentinel Services in frustration; his CatchPhrase to his wife is "When the job's done", which she eventually lampshades as "The job will ''never'' be done" before divorcing him. |
| 414 | * SmugSnake: He tends to talk like a sarcastic jerkass whenever he thinks he has the upper hand on someone. His veneer of arrogance is shattered whenever his plans are foiled. |
| 415 | * VillainousBreakdown: First when Reed abandons his mission of leading him to the Mutant Underground, and then a major one after Reed and Lorna escape captivity. And he really loses it when Dreamer inadvertently forces him to experience learning about his daughter's death all over again, openly telling his team he doesn't care about following the law while bringing the group in. |
| 416 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: His input to the Purifiers is leading them to gain good will by reducing collateral damage and more effectively targeting mutants without having to handle red tape. |
| 417 | * WouldHitAGirl: Has no problems with violently pushing Kate to the ground. |
| 418 | * WouldHurtAChild: And no problems with ordering fire on the Strucker kids either. |
| 419 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Turner (and Sentinel Services) are quite comfortable and effective with a law enforcement-type approach to the Mutant Underground, most of whose powers are only annoying or weak. There's a lethal blindspot that there may still be X-Man-grade mutants capable of true weaponized mass destruction, which is exactly where Season 1 goes. [[spoiler:Esme and her sisters finally bring this home to him by murdering his entire team including his partner Ed at will.]] |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder: Benedict Ryan]] |
| 423 | !!Benedict Ryan |
| 424 | ->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterGallagher |
| 425 | A popular TV news host, an anti-mutant advocate and secretly a big supporter of the Purifiers. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: He and Reeva are working together towards their mutual goal of escalating the conflict between mutants and humans.]] |
| 428 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Esme forces him to confess his crimes at the end of the Season 2 finale.]] |
| 429 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: From a washed up radio host to America's top TV Anti-Mutant show host |
| 430 | * PompousPoliticalPundit: Acts as this on his news show, supporting the Anti-Mutant cause. |
| 431 | * RabbleRouser: A hate mongering host who constantly rallies his listeners against mutants. |
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