Line #388 Characters/XMenTheOriginalTeam


1	[[WMG:[[center:[-''ComicBook/XMen'' '''[[Characters/XMen Main Character Index]]'''\
2	'''The X-Men'''\
3	'''The Original Team''' \| [[Characters/XMen60sMembers '60s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen70sMembers '70s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen80sMembers '80s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen90sMembers '90s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen2000sMembers 2000s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen2010sMembers 2010s Members]] \| [[Characters/XMen2020sMembers 2020s Members]]\
4	'''Other Teams'''\
5	Characters/ChildrenOfTheAtom \| [[Characters/ExcaliburMarvelComics Excalibur]] \| Characters/GenerationHope \| Characters/GenerationX \| Characters/NewMutants \| Characters/NewXMenAcademyX \| [[Characters/SWORDMarvelComics S.W.O.R.D.]] \| Characters/XClub \| Characters/XCorp \| Characters/XFactor \| Characters/XForce \| Characters/XStatix \| Characters/XTerminators\
6	'''Antagonists'''\
7	[[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryAToI Rogues Gallery A to I]] \| [[Characters/XMenRoguesGalleryJToR Rogues Gallery J to R]] \| [[Characters/XMenRoguesGallerySToZ Rogues Gallery S to Z]] \| [[Characters/XMenVillainousOrganizations Villainous Organizations]] \| [[Characters/XMenAcolytes Acolytes]] \| [[Characters/XMenArakko Arakko]] \| [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood of Mutants]] \| [[Characters/XMenClanAkkaba Clan Akkaba]] \| Characters/ChildrenOfTheVault \| [[Characters/XMenExternals Externals]] \| [[Characters/XMenHellfireClub Hellfire Club]] \| [[Characters/XMenHellions The Hellions]] \| [[Characters/XMenMarauders Marauders]] \| [[Characters/XMenMojoverse Mojoverse]] \| [[Characters/XMenMorlocks Morlocks]] \| [[Characters/XMenMutantLiberationFront MLF]] \| [[Characters/XMenOrchis Orchis]] \| [[Characters/XMenSentinels Sentinels]]\
8	'''Other Characters'''\
9	[[Characters/XMenSupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]] \| [[Characters/XMenMutants Mutants]] \| [[Characters/XMenXavierInstitute Xavier Institute]] \| [[Characters/XMenKrakoans Krakoans]] \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsSavageLand The Savage Land]] \| [[Characters/MarvelComicsShiar Shi'ar]] \| [[Characters/{{Starjammers}} The Starjammers]] \| Characters/{{NYX}} \| [[Characters/{{Cable}} Cable's supporting cast]] \| [[Characters/{{Deadpool}} Deadpool's supporting cast]] \| [[Characters/{{Wolverine}} Wolverine's supporting cast]]-]]]]]
10
11	!!The Original Team
12
13	[[quoteright:722:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c25ab39d_d064_40d5_8c09_37f742f69bda.jpeg]]
14	[[caption-width-right:722:"You, me, Jean, Warren and Hank. We were the Beatles, Scott. Don't you ever forget it."]]
15
16	[[foldercontrol]]
17
18	[[folder:Professor X / X]]
19	!!Professor Charles Francis Xavier / Professor X / X
20	[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xavier00.jpg]]
21	!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Onslaught, Consort-Royal, Founder, Doctor X, Warlord, Entity, Prisoner M-13
22	!!!'''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
23	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
24	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
25
26	The original founder of the X-Men. An idealist who believes that humans and mutants can live together in peace. He's pragmatic about it, though, considering he essentially runs a combat school. Lost the use of his legs during a fight with an alien called Lucifer who was planning an AlienInvasion, got it back after an intimate encounter with [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong the Brood]], was put back in his chair by the Shadow King, and is currently walking once again. Likes to keep secrets, thinking that redundant plans and safechecks are best for everyone, but this tends to bite him on the ass more often than not. Also tends to be obsessed about the cause to the detriment of his social life. Xavier is the world's most powerful telepath, being able to read and fully control the minds of large groups of people at a time.
27	----
28	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX
29	[[/folder]]
30
31	[[folder:Cyclops]]
32	!!Scott Summers / Cyclops
33	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12c01324_52bc_4ffb_b2fb_e9f2b217d0d4.jpeg]]
34	!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Slim, Slym Dayspring, Eric the Red, Mutate #007, Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, Captain Krakoa
35	!!!'''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
36	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
37	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
38
39	The first X-Man, Scott Summers possesses the mutant ability to draw ambient energy from another dimension through his eyes, which are actually portals to said dimension. Usually channeling this energy into concussive force blasts, he is visually distinctive for the ruby quartz visor he wears to control his devastating power. A born leader, Cyclops succeeded his mentor Professor X to command the X-Men.
40	----
41	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Iceman]]
45	!!Robert Louis "Bobby" Drake / Iceman
46	%%
47	%%Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16873852190.94993500
48	%%Previous thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16695916170.72394900&page=1
49	%%Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
50	%%
51	%%
52	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9e1221a0_dae6_452b_8bfe_498201e63f29.jpeg]]
53	[[caption-width-right:350:Fighting villains and personal demons for years has never stopped him [[AnIcePerson cold]].]]
54	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Drake Roberts, Mister Friese, Frosty
55	!!! '''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
56	!!! '''Species:''' Human mutant
57	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
58
59	-> ''"My name is Bobby Drake. Iceman. I've been an [[ComicBook/XMen X-Man]], an [[ComicBook/XFactor X...Factor-ian]], a [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defender]], a [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champion]] (don't ask). I've been a super hero since before I was old enough to shave. I've stood side by side with the toughest, most powerful heroes in the known universe and always held my own. But today... today I need to be something more. So go ahead, call me a joke if you want. Label me the X-Man with the lamest power ever. But a man of untapped potential? Don't you dare ever call me that again!"''
60
61	As the youngest member of the original five X-Men, Bobby's abilities are mainly [[AnIcePerson ice-related]], but he can also manipulate temperature and moisture, making him one of very few [[PhysicalGod omega-level mutants]]. His true power was unknown to him for quite some time, however, thanks in part to being riddled with insecurities -- a product of growing up with his [[AbusiveParent abusive father]] before being taken in by Charles Xavier. In spite of his rough upbringing, Bobby is known for his playfully sarcastic nature, if also being slightly guilty for his sensitive tendencies.
62	\
63	During the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel era, there were two Bobby Drakes populating the mainstream Franchise/MarvelUniverse: original Bobby, who's since grown into adulthood, and a [[FishOutOfTemporalWater time-displaced]] teenage Bobby, who (with his fellow original X-Men) was pulled from the 1960s into the present. Each served on a distinct faction of the X-Men: adult Bobby with the ComicBook/ExtraordinaryXMen, teenage Bobby with the ComicBook/AllNewXMen. At the end of ''ComicBook/{{Extermination\|2018}}'', however, the younger, time-displaced Bobby was returned back to his own time period and had his memories wiped.
64	\
65	Historically, he was also a member of ComicBook/TheDefenders, the original ComicBook/XFactor lineup, and the (much-maligned) [[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions of Los Angeles]].
66	\
67	Iceman is notable for being one of Marvel's most prominent --if not ''the'' most prominent-- gay characters. While his sexuality was speculated (and joked about) for decades, he officially came out of the closet in 2015 -- [[BrokenBase it went down about as well as you'd probably expect]]. Regardless, many were happy to see one of Marvel's oldest characters undergo such a reinvention, helping further the publisher's ongoing efforts to bolster diversity in their comic line.
68	\
69	He was portrayed by Canadian actor Creator/ShawnAshmore in the original trilogy of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', as well as ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. Ashmore would also provide his voice in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow''.
70	\
71	No relation to a certain [[Film/TopGun Tom Kazansky]].
72	----
73	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsIceman
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Angel / Archangel]]
77	!!Warren Kenneth Worthington III / Angel / Archangel
78	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/standard_incredible.jpg]]
79	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Avenging Angel, Dark Angel, Death, Master of the Seven Seeds
80	!!! '''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
81	!!! '''Species:''' Human mutant
82	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
83	->''"Savior... killer... harbinger of hope or destruction. I am unsure who-- or what-- I am. But I'd like to find out."''
84
85	A beautiful, somewhat conceited wealthy young man who has wings which allow him to fly. Initially one of the proudest members of the group, became more and more progressively useless when several other mutants were introduced who could fly, as well as do many other useful things. Once lost his wings in a fight, which caused him to do a FaceHeelTurn to get cybernetic replacement wings. Sometime after that, he developed regenerative blood which caused anyone touching it (foremost himself, obviously) to heal from any injury. Recently, this wasn't seen as quite enough, so Angel was upgraded to have the ability to switch at will between feathered Angel and evil, razor-winged Archangel forms.
86	----
87	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsAngel
88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Beast]]
91	!!Henry Philip "Hank" [=McCoy=] / Beast
92	%% Image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1619234787073400900
93	%% Please do not replace or remove without starting a new thread.
94	%%
95	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beast_decades.png]]
96	!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Blue Gorilla, Kreature, Mutate #666
97	!!! '''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
98	!!! '''Species:''' Human mutant
99	!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
100
101	->''"You’re right! Every day I wake up and I look in the mirror and I feel like more of a monster than the day before… Every day! So why not just rip off your face with my teeth? Shall I tell you? Because I believe in art… And music and literature and… and reason! Because I don’t believe in the law of the jungle!"'' (To Cassandra Nova in ComicBook/NewXMen)
102
103	->''"Some of us prefer the spotlight of the melody... like a shrill, brilliant violin... or a fun, emotive sax. While others harmonize in the background. Some serve a necessary function by mindlessly beating drums and crashing cymbals... pleasuring in their violent rhythm. And there are those who are as versatile as a cello... able to play melody or harmony, to swing between the brightest and darkest notes. And I... I am their conductor."''
104
105	A brilliant scientist, athlete, and bibliophile, at first the only thing that indicated that Hank [=McCoy=] was a mutant were large hands and feet, and, later, an overall simian aesthetic. However, an experiment to enhance his already superhuman strength and agility transformed him into a blue-furred ape creature and later a blue lion man. Beast is a genius in genetics and biology and enjoys quoting Shakespeare. His even-handed and professorial attitude tend to keep the other members from panicking in situations. He's actually been in more teams than any other X-Man, having been a member of ComicBook/TheAvengers and ComicBook/TheDefenders before; accordingly, being in the public eye as a member of the high-profile Avengers has made him one of the most accepted mutants by society at large.
106	\
107	Introduced as one of the original five ComicBook/XMen, Hank was a [[SuperIntelligence genius-level intellect]] whose mutation manifested itself in the form of gorilla-like physiology and enhanced strength, but remained otherwise human-looking. Because of his combined brains and brawn, he's often regarded as a {{trope codifier}} of the {{genius bruiser}} trope. It wasn't until nearly a decade later, however, that Hank would transform into a ''literal'' blue, furry {{beast man}}.
108	\
109	Despite his monstrous appearance, Hank remained upbeat and witty for years, and continued serving as a stalwart X-Man and professor at the Xavier Academy in the following decades. He also became known for his pro-mutant activism and accolades in the fields of genetics and biochemistry. However, after [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], Hank grew angry and frustrated at his failures to prevent or reverse the depowering of almost all mutants and had a severe falling out with Cyclops over the morality of X-Force and other issues. From there, he became convinced that only he had the intellect to solve the problems facing mutantkind, to the concern of the rest of the X-Men who called him out for his increasingly reckless and immoral actions. Upon the founding of [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoa]], little remained of the witty and kind Dr.[=McCoy=], and Hank was appointed the head of the new X-Force to act as the new nation's "mutant [=CIA=]", wielding a large amount of unchecked power which he believed only he had the intellect, right, and ability to hold.
110	\
111	Beast is also notable for being one of the few Marvel characters to serve as an X-Man, [[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avenger]], ''and'' [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defender]], while also spending a period of time with ComicBook/TheInhumans as well. He was specifically placed on The Avengers by Steve Englehart because of his light-hearted personality, serving as a foil to some of their more serious members.
112	\
113	Because of his status as a founding X-Man, Beast has appeared quite often in other media. He's been in every animated X-Men series to date, and even two {{anime}} featuring Marvel characters.
114	\
115	Beast also appears in most of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', portrayed by a number of actors throughout the franchise -- most notably Creator/NicholasHoult and Creator/KelseyGrammer as the younger and older incarnations of the character, respectively.
116	----
117	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsBeast
118	[[/folder]]
119
120	[[folder:Marvel Girl / Phoenix]]
121	!!Jean Elaine Grey / Marvel Girl / Phoenix
122	[[quoteright:297:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goddess_phoenix_i_7571.jpg]]
123	!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Jean Grey-Summers, Dark Phoenix, White Phoenix of the Crown, Redd Dayspring
124	!!!'''Nationality:''' American, Krakoan
125	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
126	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''X-Men'' #1 (September, 1963)
127
128	Jean Grey was one of the five original X-Men. An omega-level mutant telekinetic and telepath, Jean has gained near limitless powers as a recurrent host of the Phoenix Force. She is known for her many returns from death and as the deceased wife of Cyclops.
129	----
130	-> See Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey
131	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / XMenTheOriginalTeam