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->''"When I was eight, I had a list of things I wanted to be when I grew up. You know the kind of list I mean. All the kind of stuff you think is '''possible'''. All the stuff you can believe about yourself before life starts punching you in the mouth. I wanted to be a pilot like my dad. I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a pirate. I wanted to be a knight. I wanted to be a '''hero'''. I wanted to do '''good'''. I've seen the man I become. I don't like him very much."''
-->-- '''Scott Summers'''
''Cyclops'' is an ongoing monthly comicbook series published by Marvel Comics, debuting in May 2014. The series focuses on the time-displaced [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Scott Summers]], who was plucked out of his own time along with his friends by the present day Beast at the beginning of the ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' series. He is told that this was done in order to stop his modern day self, who is described to him as essentially being the next Magneto, from starting Mutant rebellion. This Cyclops meets [[WellIntentionedExtremist his modern day self]], and eventually sides with him after learning that all was not as it seemed. He eventually discovers that his father Corsair (Christopher Summers) is actually alive, and after a while, Scott leaves his team in order to spend time with his father, and to have the childhood he never had.
The two quickly learn that they don't really know how to go about their relationship. Chris was never a parent to a teenager, as he was abducted by aliens when Scott and Alex Summers were pre-teens, and Scott doesn't really know how to be a teenager, since he was always preoccupied with saving the Mutant race even before the time-travel occurred. Chris decides that the two need to bond, so they embark on a father-son road trip across the universe.
Since this book is essentially a spin-off from the "Trial of Jean Grey" story arc, this page contains unmarked spoilers regarding ''All-New X-Men''.
!Tropes associated with Cyclops 2014
* AmbiguousGender: Vass, who works for Baroque, has an androgynous appearance and is not referred to with gender pronouns in their first appearance. Although there is no guarantee their species has sexes recognizable by humans.
* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: The entire series is essentially this for Scott and Christopher.
* BadassAdorable: Scott. Just not with a sword.
* BecomingTheMask: Scott found himself getting along a little too well with some of the more ruthless Space Pirates. A little longer and he may have actually have stayed with them.
* BrainBleach: Hepzibah says something that turns Scott on, so he has this reaction.
* BrokenPedestal: After spending some time with his dad, he realises that he wasn't the romanticised space pirate like he thought. [[spoiler:They eventually make up though.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Scott, by some Kaloseri, which seem to be an alien race of nudists.
* {{Expy}}: Ch'od looks ''a lot'' like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Abomination]].
* FishOutOfWater: Unlike his modern incarnation, this version of Scott has only ever been to space once, literally days before the beginning of the series. It really says something when an Earth superhero, or any in the Marvel Universe for that matter, doesn't know [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion what a Skrull is]].
* FutureMeScaresMe: Even after learning that Modern!Scott isn't that bad, Scott still doesn't like what he becomes.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Scott bounces his optic blasts off a pillar, splitting it into three smaller ones, to take out some bounty hunters.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Corsair]] has one, and is injecting [[spoiler: himself]] with something to try to fight it off. Turns out, it's due to the way [[spoiler: he was brought back from the dead]] and he has to inject himself to keep the effect going.
* LatexSpaceSuit: ''Everyone'' has skintight space suits.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Ch'od says Scott has his father's sense of humor and Hep says he's as brave.
* NoodleIncident: Baroque, one of Corsair's friends, says that whatever he told Scott about himself and Ch'od's all-nude revue is BlatantLies.
* ParentalNeglect: Corsair, both to Modern!Scott and Teen!Scott, which is why he thinks he's a bad parent.
* RecoilBoost: While Scott is immune to his own powers, in space, the recoil of his beams sends him flying backwards. Hep and Chris quickly figure out a way to use this to his advantage, and give him a face-mask with an energy field that is synchronized with his visor, to avoid the whole ExplosiveDecompression issue.
* SpaceFriction: Averted. Scott tries to stop himself from hitting a ship by stopping his beams, but the remaining force is still there...
* SpacePirates: The Starjammers.
* TeamPet: Cr'reee for the Starjammers.
* TimeSkip: Between issues 2 and 3, a lot of time has passed. Enough for Scott to grow disillusioned about his dad, ''and'' for him to see Corsair buying drugs consistently enough to think he's a junkie. [[spoiler:Of course, once his Dad comes clean about it being the only thing keeping him alive, things moderately improve.]]
* TheUnintelligible: Cr'reee.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Corsair and Scott in issues 4 and 5 when they are stranded.
* WalkingTheEarth: Well, space, but it still applies. Scott and Corsair decide to travel space for father-son bonding.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe White-Skinned Space Babe]]: Hepzibah.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. Hepzibah is very nice to Scott, and he really likes her. Although she's not ''actually'' his stepmother, he himself says she's his "almost-stepmother".
* WomanScorned: Vileena didn't take Scott breaking her heart well... to say the least...
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->''"When I was eight, I had a list of things I wanted to be when I grew up. You know the kind of list I mean. All the kind of stuff you think is '''possible'''. All the stuff you can believe about yourself before life starts punching you in the mouth. I wanted to be a pilot like my dad. I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a pirate. I wanted to be a knight. I wanted to be a '''hero'''. I wanted to do '''good'''. I've seen the man I become. I don't like him very much."''
-->-- '''Scott Summers'''
''Cyclops'' is an ongoing monthly comicbook series published by Marvel Comics, debuting in May 2014. The series focuses on the time-displaced [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Scott Summers]], who was plucked out of his own time along with his friends by the present day Beast at the beginning of the ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' series. He is told that this was done in order to stop his modern day self, who is described to him as essentially being the next Magneto, from starting Mutant rebellion. This Cyclops meets [[WellIntentionedExtremist his modern day self]], and eventually sides with him after learning that all was not as it seemed. He eventually discovers that his father Corsair (Christopher Summers) is actually alive, and after a while, Scott leaves his team in order to spend time with his father, and to have the childhood he never had.
The two quickly learn that they don't really know how to go about their relationship. Chris was never a parent to a teenager, as he was abducted by aliens when Scott and Alex Summers were pre-teens, and Scott doesn't really know how to be a teenager, since he was always preoccupied with saving the Mutant race even before the time-travel occurred. Chris decides that the two need to bond, so they embark on a father-son road trip across the universe.
Since this book is essentially a spin-off from the "Trial of Jean Grey" story arc, this page contains unmarked spoilers regarding ''All-New X-Men''.
!Tropes associated with Cyclops 2014
* AmbiguousGender: Vass, who works for Baroque, has an androgynous appearance and is not referred to with gender pronouns in their first appearance. Although there is no guarantee their species has sexes recognizable by humans.
* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: The entire series is essentially this for Scott and Christopher.
* BadassAdorable: Scott. Just not with a sword.
* BecomingTheMask: Scott found himself getting along a little too well with some of the more ruthless Space Pirates. A little longer and he may have actually have stayed with them.
* BrainBleach: Hepzibah says something that turns Scott on, so he has this reaction.
* BrokenPedestal: After spending some time with his dad, he realises that he wasn't the romanticised space pirate like he thought. [[spoiler:They eventually make up though.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Scott, by some Kaloseri, which seem to be an alien race of nudists.
* {{Expy}}: Ch'od looks ''a lot'' like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Abomination]].
* FishOutOfWater: Unlike his modern incarnation, this version of Scott has only ever been to space once, literally days before the beginning of the series. It really says something when an Earth superhero, or any in the Marvel Universe for that matter, doesn't know [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion what a Skrull is]].
* FutureMeScaresMe: Even after learning that Modern!Scott isn't that bad, Scott still doesn't like what he becomes.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Scott bounces his optic blasts off a pillar, splitting it into three smaller ones, to take out some bounty hunters.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Corsair]] has one, and is injecting [[spoiler: himself]] with something to try to fight it off. Turns out, it's due to the way [[spoiler: he was brought back from the dead]] and he has to inject himself to keep the effect going.
* LatexSpaceSuit: ''Everyone'' has skintight space suits.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Ch'od says Scott has his father's sense of humor and Hep says he's as brave.
* NoodleIncident: Baroque, one of Corsair's friends, says that whatever he told Scott about himself and Ch'od's all-nude revue is BlatantLies.
* ParentalNeglect: Corsair, both to Modern!Scott and Teen!Scott, which is why he thinks he's a bad parent.
* RecoilBoost: While Scott is immune to his own powers, in space, the recoil of his beams sends him flying backwards. Hep and Chris quickly figure out a way to use this to his advantage, and give him a face-mask with an energy field that is synchronized with his visor, to avoid the whole ExplosiveDecompression issue.
* SpaceFriction: Averted. Scott tries to stop himself from hitting a ship by stopping his beams, but the remaining force is still there...
* SpacePirates: The Starjammers.
* TeamPet: Cr'reee for the Starjammers.
* TimeSkip: Between issues 2 and 3, a lot of time has passed. Enough for Scott to grow disillusioned about his dad, ''and'' for him to see Corsair buying drugs consistently enough to think he's a junkie. [[spoiler:Of course, once his Dad comes clean about it being the only thing keeping him alive, things moderately improve.]]
* TheUnintelligible: Cr'reee.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Corsair and Scott in issues 4 and 5 when they are stranded.
* WalkingTheEarth: Well, space, but it still applies. Scott and Corsair decide to travel space for father-son bonding.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe White-Skinned Space Babe]]: Hepzibah.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. Hepzibah is very nice to Scott, and he really likes her. Although she's not ''actually'' his stepmother, he himself says she's his "almost-stepmother".
* WomanScorned: Vileena didn't take Scott breaking her heart well... to say the least...
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->''"When I was eight, I had a list of things I wanted to be when I grew up. You know the kind of list I mean. All the kind of stuff you think is '''possible'''. All the stuff you can believe about yourself before life starts punching you in the mouth. I wanted to be a pilot like my dad. I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a pirate. I wanted to be a knight. I wanted to be a '''hero'''. I wanted to do '''good'''. I've seen the man I become. I don't like him very much."''
-->-- '''Scott Summers'''
''Cyclops'' is an ongoing monthly comicbook series published by Marvel Comics, debuting in May 2014. The series focuses on the time-displaced [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Scott Summers]], who was plucked out of his own time along with his friends by the present day Beast at the beginning of the ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' series. He is told that this was done in order to stop his modern day self, who is described to him as essentially being the next Magneto, from starting Mutant rebellion. This Cyclops meets [[WellIntentionedExtremist his modern day self]], and eventually sides with him after learning that all was not as it seemed. He eventually discovers that his father Corsair (Christopher Summers) is actually alive, and after a while, Scott leaves his team in order to spend time with his father, and to have the childhood he never had.
The two quickly learn that they don't really know how to go about their relationship. Chris was never a parent to a teenager, as he was abducted by aliens when Scott and Alex Summers were pre-teens, and Scott doesn't really know how to be a teenager, since he was always preoccupied with saving the Mutant race even before the time-travel occurred. Chris decides that the two need to bond, so they embark on a father-son road trip across the universe.
Since this book is essentially a spin-off from the "Trial of Jean Grey" story arc, this page contains unmarked spoilers regarding ''All-New X-Men''.
!Tropes associated with Cyclops 2014
* AmbiguousGender: Vass, who works for Baroque, has an androgynous appearance and is not referred to with gender pronouns in their first appearance. Although there is no guarantee their species has sexes recognizable by humans.
* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: The entire series is essentially this for Scott and Christopher.
* BadassAdorable: Scott. Just not with a sword.
* BecomingTheMask: Scott found himself getting along a little too well with some of the more ruthless Space Pirates. A little longer and he may have actually have stayed with them.
* BrainBleach: Hepzibah says something that turns Scott on, so he has this reaction.
* BrokenPedestal: After spending some time with his dad, he realises that he wasn't the romanticised space pirate like he thought. [[spoiler:They eventually make up though.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Scott, by some Kaloseri, which seem to be an alien race of nudists.
* {{Expy}}: Ch'od looks ''a lot'' like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Abomination]].
* FishOutOfWater: Unlike his modern incarnation, this version of Scott has only ever been to space once, literally days before the beginning of the series. It really says something when an Earth superhero, or any in the Marvel Universe for that matter, doesn't know [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion what a Skrull is]].
* FutureMeScaresMe: Even after learning that Modern!Scott isn't that bad, Scott still doesn't like what he becomes.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Scott bounces his optic blasts off a pillar, splitting it into three smaller ones, to take out some bounty hunters.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Corsair]] has one, and is injecting [[spoiler: himself]] with something to try to fight it off. Turns out, it's due to the way [[spoiler: he was brought back from the dead]] and he has to inject himself to keep the effect going.
* LatexSpaceSuit: ''Everyone'' has skintight space suits.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Ch'od says Scott has his father's sense of humor and Hep says he's as brave.
* NoodleIncident: Baroque, one of Corsair's friends, says that whatever he told Scott about himself and Ch'od's all-nude revue is BlatantLies.
* ParentalNeglect: Corsair, both to Modern!Scott and Teen!Scott, which is why he thinks he's a bad parent.
* RecoilBoost: While Scott is immune to his own powers, in space, the recoil of his beams sends him flying backwards. Hep and Chris quickly figure out a way to use this to his advantage, and give him a face-mask with an energy field that is synchronized with his visor, to avoid the whole ExplosiveDecompression issue.
* SpaceFriction: Averted. Scott tries to stop himself from hitting a ship by stopping his beams, but the remaining force is still there...
* SpacePirates: The Starjammers.
* TeamPet: Cr'reee for the Starjammers.
* TimeSkip: Between issues 2 and 3, a lot of time has passed. Enough for Scott to grow disillusioned about his dad, ''and'' for him to see Corsair buying drugs consistently enough to think he's a junkie. [[spoiler:Of course, once his Dad comes clean about it being the only thing keeping him alive, things moderately improve.]]
* TheUnintelligible: Cr'reee.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Corsair and Scott in issues 4 and 5 when they are stranded.
* WalkingTheEarth: Well, space, but it still applies. Scott and Corsair decide to travel space for father-son bonding.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe White-Skinned Space Babe]]: Hepzibah.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. Hepzibah is very nice to Scott, and he really likes her. Although she's not ''actually'' his stepmother, he himself says she's his "almost-stepmother".
* WomanScorned: Vileena didn't take Scott breaking her heart well... to say the least...
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->''"When I was eight, I had a list of things I wanted to be when I grew up. You know the kind of list I mean. All the kind of stuff you think is '''possible'''. All the stuff you can believe about yourself before life starts punching you in the mouth. I wanted to be a pilot like my dad. I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a pirate. I wanted to be a knight. I wanted to be a '''hero'''. I wanted to do '''good'''. I've seen the man I become. I don't like him very much."''
-->-- '''Scott Summers'''
''Cyclops'' is an ongoing monthly comicbook series published by Marvel Comics, debuting in May 2014. The series focuses on the time-displaced [[{{ComicBook/Cyclops}} Scott Summers]], who was plucked out of his own time along with his friends by the present day Beast at the beginning of the ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' series. He is told that this was done in order to stop his modern day self, who is described to him as essentially being the next Magneto, from starting Mutant rebellion. This Cyclops meets [[WellIntentionedExtremist his modern day self]], and eventually sides with him after learning that all was not as it seemed. He eventually discovers that his father Corsair (Christopher Summers) is actually alive, and after a while, Scott leaves his team in order to spend time with his father, and to have the childhood he never had.
The two quickly learn that they don't really know how to go about their relationship. Chris was never a parent to a teenager, as he was abducted by aliens when Scott and Alex Summers were pre-teens, and Scott doesn't really know how to be a teenager, since he was always preoccupied with saving the Mutant race even before the time-travel occurred. Chris decides that the two need to bond, so they embark on a father-son road trip across the universe.
Since this book is essentially a spin-off from the "Trial of Jean Grey" story arc, this page contains unmarked spoilers regarding ''All-New X-Men''.
!Tropes associated with Cyclops 2014
* AmbiguousGender: Vass, who works for Baroque, has an androgynous appearance and is not referred to with gender pronouns in their first appearance. Although there is no guarantee their species has sexes recognizable by humans.
* AwkwardFatherSonBondingActivity: The entire series is essentially this for Scott and Christopher.
* BadassAdorable: Scott. Just not with a sword.
* BecomingTheMask: Scott found himself getting along a little too well with some of the more ruthless Space Pirates. A little longer and he may have actually have stayed with them.
* BrainBleach: Hepzibah says something that turns Scott on, so he has this reaction.
* BrokenPedestal: After spending some time with his dad, he realises that he wasn't the romanticised space pirate like he thought. [[spoiler:They eventually make up though.]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: Scott, by some Kaloseri, which seem to be an alien race of nudists.
* {{Expy}}: Ch'od looks ''a lot'' like [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Abomination]].
* FishOutOfWater: Unlike his modern incarnation, this version of Scott has only ever been to space once, literally days before the beginning of the series. It really says something when an Earth superhero, or any in the Marvel Universe for that matter, doesn't know [[ComicBook/SecretInvasion what a Skrull is]].
* FutureMeScaresMe: Even after learning that Modern!Scott isn't that bad, Scott still doesn't like what he becomes.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Scott bounces his optic blasts off a pillar, splitting it into three smaller ones, to take out some bounty hunters.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler: Corsair]] has one, and is injecting [[spoiler: himself]] with something to try to fight it off. Turns out, it's due to the way [[spoiler: he was brought back from the dead]] and he has to inject himself to keep the effect going.
* LatexSpaceSuit: ''Everyone'' has skintight space suits.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Ch'od says Scott has his father's sense of humor and Hep says he's as brave.
* NoodleIncident: Baroque, one of Corsair's friends, says that whatever he told Scott about himself and Ch'od's all-nude revue is BlatantLies.
* ParentalNeglect: Corsair, both to Modern!Scott and Teen!Scott, which is why he thinks he's a bad parent.
* RecoilBoost: While Scott is immune to his own powers, in space, the recoil of his beams sends him flying backwards. Hep and Chris quickly figure out a way to use this to his advantage, and give him a face-mask with an energy field that is synchronized with his visor, to avoid the whole ExplosiveDecompression issue.
* SpaceFriction: Averted. Scott tries to stop himself from hitting a ship by stopping his beams, but the remaining force is still there...
* SpacePirates: The Starjammers.
* TeamPet: Cr'reee for the Starjammers.
* TimeSkip: Between issues 2 and 3, a lot of time has passed. Enough for Scott to grow disillusioned about his dad, ''and'' for him to see Corsair buying drugs consistently enough to think he's a junkie. [[spoiler:Of course, once his Dad comes clean about it being the only thing keeping him alive, things moderately improve.]]
* TheUnintelligible: Cr'reee.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Corsair and Scott in issues 4 and 5 when they are stranded.
* WalkingTheEarth: Well, space, but it still applies. Scott and Corsair decide to travel space for father-son bonding.
* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe White-Skinned Space Babe]]: Hepzibah.
* WickedStepmother: Averted. Hepzibah is very nice to Scott, and he really likes her. Although she's not ''actually'' his stepmother, he himself says she's his "almost-stepmother".
* WomanScorned: Vileena didn't take Scott breaking her heart well... to say the least...
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->''"Because a leader knows, it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty into an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go."''
[[TheHero The very first X-Man]] and [[TheLeader deputy leader of the X-Men]] turned [[TheCaptain General of Mutantkind]]. He first appeared in ''[[ComicBook/XMen The X-Men]]'' #1 (September 1963), created by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Creator/JackKirby.
Leader of the ComicBook/XMen and Xavier's top student, Scott Summers is skilled at [[TheStrategist strategy]] and [[TheCaptain managing people]], but [[NotGoodWithPeople fails at most attempts at personal interaction]]. The years of pressure in being an example for other mutants and a combat field leader have wound him up into a tight-assed, stuffed shirt: this brings him into conflict with just about any other mutant who doesn't have standards as high as Cyclops, which is nearly all of them. His powers are energy beams that shoot out of his eyes, which are strong enough to level mountains, and uncontrollable unless filtered with ruby quartz; it's implied that his inability to control his powers has subconsciously driven him to have control and order in every other facet of his life.
[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Post-House of M]], 98% of all mutants lost their powers. With his race near extinction, Cyclops came to the conclusion that Xavier's vision was no longer going to cut it. Survival was the new primary objective. This saw Cyclops transition from the Field Leader and "Headmaster" of the X-Men, [[WellIntentionedExtremist to the General of Mutants]].
[[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen After personal differences and disagreements on how to deal with the oncoming threat of the Phoenix spiraled out of control and resulted in the death of Xavier and the return of the X-Gene]], Cyclops was held responsible for the mess and imprisoned, now considered a FallenHero and a terrorist by his former allies. Plagued by guilt, he originally planned to let himself be killed in prison so that at least he could go down as a martyr until he realized that the new mutants arising after this are going to be hounded and hunted. Escaping with the help of his former Extinction Team, Cyclops founded a new Xavier school using the former site of Weapon X and has now began work on protecting the new mutants, despite being hated and feared.
As well as that, under the claim of trying to save Scott from himself, Beast [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen went back in time and brought the original five X-Men to the present, Scott among them]]. Teen Scott originally is disgusted by what he was told of his adult self until he comes to realize that a lot of it isn't quite the truth and, with the rest of the team, [[ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom jumps ship to join him after they find out they can't return to their home timeline]].
At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunited with a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
Following the 2019 relaunch of the X-franchise in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'', his traditional role as the linchpin and StandardisedLeader of the X-Men has been taken to its logical extreme. Unlike the other X-books, which feature a core cast of characters, each issue of the X-Men follows a different eclectic team of mutant powerhouses, with Scott as the [[TeamUpSeries only consistent member]].
Other than being a staple of the franchise, Cyclops has starred and co-starred in several series. Teen Cyclops has [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops2014}} his own ongoing series]].
Portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden in the original trilogy of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', by [[Series/DanceAcademy Tim Pocock]] as a teenaged Scott in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and by Creator/TyeSheridan as a younger Scott in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
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!! Cyclops appears in:
[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder: Notable Comics]]
* ''X-Men Origins: Cyclops'' (2010)
* ''ComicBook/{{Cyclops 2014}}''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Other Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfCyclopsAndPhoenix''
* ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''
* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}''
* ''ComicBook/NewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''
* ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMen''
* ''ComicBook/XFactor''
* ''ComicBook/XMenForever''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Major storylines]]
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''
* ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills''
* ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}''
* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse''
* ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
* ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''
* ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''
* ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anime]]
* ''Anime/XMen'' anime (2011): voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa and Creator/ScottPorter
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014): Guest spot, voiced by Takahiro Yoshimizu
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action Films]]
* ''Film/XMen1'' (2000): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' (2003): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' (2009): teenage version portrayed by Tim Pocock
* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016): younger version portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019) portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): First animated appearance. Guest spot, voiced by Vic Perrin
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (1981): Guest spot, voiced by George [=DiCenzo=] and Neil Ross
* ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' (1989): voiced by Michael Bell
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1992-1997): voiced by Norm Spencer
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (2000-2003): voiced by Kirby Morrow
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' (2009): voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' (2009-2011): voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMen'' (1992): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse'' (1994): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (1994): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' (1996): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperheroesVsStreetFighter'' (1997): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' (1998): appears as a [[AssistCharacter partner character]]. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantAcademy'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''X-Men: Mutant Academy 2'' (2001): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'' (2002): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Tim Morrison.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' (2004): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes
* ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/JoshKeaton.
* ''X-Men: The Official Game'' (2006): appears as NPC. Voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' (2006): appears as playable hero exclusive to Xbox 360 version. Voiced by Scott Macdonald.
* ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' (2009): appears as playable hero exclusive to [=PS2=], PSP, and Wii versions. Voiced by Zach Hanks.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny'' (2011): appears as NPC. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' (2011): appears as cameo in Phoenix's ending.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Creator/ScottPorter.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019): appears as an NPC in the base game and later playable as a free post-launch DLC.
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!!Cyclops provides examples of:
* NinetiesAntiHero:
** Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison's ''New X-Men'' and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
* AbusiveParents: While he was not biologically Scott's father and instead a foster father (and an illegal one at that), Jack Winters treated him as more of a weapon than a child and physically abused him.
** To a lesser extent, Charles Xavier's treatment of him drifts into this, too, being emotionally distant, forcing multiple hard jobs on him from the age of 15–16, including killing his previous foster father, and being trigger happy with erasing his memories, although some people might argue his treatment was worse than Jack's because of the messing around in Scott's brain.
* TheAce: Scott is a great strategist, excellent leader and is the one who is willing to make the decisions for the best of his team and race (mutant kind). All in all, Scott is good at what he does. Even Magneto bowed to him due to respect.
* ActionHero: Duh. Scott is an X-Men, the leader of the X-Men to be exact. His role is defined by action.
* AgeLift: In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' he's the younger brother, instead of the older one.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wolverine may not always like him personally, but as Creator/JossWhedon reminded us, there's a ''very good reason'' Scott's the one in charge.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Cyclops, while a boy scout in general, definitely fits the 'troubled aloof stoic' bad boy criteria, and is the first to point out he's dangerous to be around. Even before his recent descent into AntiHero badassery, he's had a steady stream of women pursuing him, including ComicBook/JeanGrey, Madelyn Pryor, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott "'''S'''lim" '''S'''ummers.
* AloofBigBrother: To Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan).
** Averted in his first meeting with Gabriel as Scott is entirely nice and friendly to him and completely breaks down at his apparent death. Then Xavier completely erases any memory of Vulcan's existence from his memory because he wasn't getting over it quickly enough for him.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Generally subverted, Scott tends not to fare well in parallel universes, typically ending up evil or dead or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs evil and dead]] or just shunted aside to allow a more marketable character the spotlight. You can play a drinking game reading the original run of ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'': sip your drink every time he appears without dialogue, take a shot every time somebody else is the leader of the X-Men, take two every time he dies. You’ll be blind drunk by the time [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]] shows up.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Scott tends to be paranoid and has difficulty expressing emotions. It's clear that he has some type of disorder, but there has been no confirmation of what in canon.
** One of his most consistent character flaws is his persistent codependency; he is unable to function outside a relationship. Whenever Jean dies, he becomes an utter emotional wreck and walks away from his responsibilities as an X-Man. This has yet to be discussed within the books.
* AntiHero: Originally ClassicalAntiHero or KnightInSourArmor, but recently briefly drifted to UnscrupulousHero or GuileHero when assembling X-Force, although he later reconsidered. Seems to have settled at CrazyPrepared badass under Warren Ellis and others.
* ArchEnemy: Mr. Sinister.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Scott's EyeBeams, which have had competing explanations over the years. Originally lasers and later "force blasts", the explanation for why Scott's body [[RequiredSecondaryPowers didn't suffer any recoil]] when unleashing that much force became that the blasts originated from a "non-Einsteinian" dimension or universe. Explanations as to how Scott can make his blasts reflect off of walls like lasers off of mirrors or how he can use them to cushion his body when falling (that is, recoil suddenly being a thing when useful) tend to be ignored.
* AwesomeByAnalysis:
** He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at in that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
* BackFromTheDead: He's returned from the dead twice:
** In ''ComicBook/PhoenixResurrection'', [[spoiler: he was temporarily resurrected (and then promptly killed off) as an attempt by the Phoenix to get Jean to bond with it again.]]
** Then in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'' at the end of the story. [[spoiler: After the original five X-Men return to the past, setting them back to normal, it's revealed that the original Cyclops is back from the dead. Retaining the memories of his time-displaced teenage self.]]
* BadassBoast: Often makes statements to this effect to his enemies, with the threats usually being implied and the confidence with which he says them making them that much more frightening.
* BadassFamily: His entire family, including his father Chris (Corsair), his brothers Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan), his two wives Madelyne Pryor and Jean Grey, his children Nathan (Comicbook/{{Cable}}), Comicbook/RachelSummers (the second Phoenix/Marvel Girl) and Nate (ComicBook/XMan) and his adopted granddaughter the mutant messiah Hope Summers. This could also extend to Scott's other relatives.
* BadassInCharge: Scott is the leader of the X-Men and not only that, but the [[TheCaptain General]] or leader of the entire mutant race.
* BarbarianLongHair: In Age of Apocalypse he sported long hair, with PeekABangs. While long hair is not a problem, the haircut in front of his face was. [[spoiler:It was there to hide his missing eye.]]
* BatmanGrabsAGun: He usually doesn't resort to lethal force unless you push him really, really far. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887064-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_one.jpg Donald Pierce]] learned this [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887067-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_two.jpg the hard way]].
* BerserkButton: Harm an innocent Mutant. He dares ya.
* BettyAndVeronica: Scott was Jean's Betty to Angel and Wolverine's Veronicas. Later had Madelyne as Betty and Jean as Veronica. Later had Jean as Betty and Emma as Veronica.
** For a short while, Psylocke was a Veronica herself, though this was apparently a side-effect of her FreakyFridayFlip (she said it was the other woman's personality pushing her to flirt).
* BigBad: When the Phoenix Force had taken control of Scott, he became a deadly and dangerous being.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He and Havok fight a fair amount, but Scott still treats him this way. Vulcan, not so much until Hickman's run.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Iceman and some of the younger X-Men as well.
* BigDamnHeroes: Too many times to count in X-Men history. And if ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' and ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'' are any indicator it seems Cyclops pulling this for Champions may become a recurring thing as well.
* BigGood: To his team and sympathizers. Before Schism, he was this to all of mutantkind.
* BigNo: Has one after [[spoiler:Warpath's]] death.
* BlessedWithSuck: Scott's powers ought to be as controllable as any other energy blaster, but he suffered a concussion in his youth (his parents had pushed him out of a plane when they were attacked by the Shi'ar), which somehow lead to his inability to shut off his powers after they emerged. Emma Frost later removed a mental block to give him control of his powers, since he had apparently been subconsciously keeping his eyes on to ensure he'd never hurt anyone with his powers (her explanation).
* BlindfoldedVision: Scott has edged into this on occasion, usually after losing his visor in circumstances where "blast everything in sight" is not a viable option. Notable examples include the occasion when he beat up six men with his eyes shut... while counting every step he took so he could find his way back to his fallen glasses, and his first confrontation with Cassandra Nova.
* BlindWeaponMaster: Cyclops of the X-Men has two options when he loses his [[SunglassesAtNight glasses]]: Keep his eyes open and [[EyeBeams kill]] [[PowerIncontinence everything in sight]], or keep them shut and ''beat the living hell out of his opponents'' while counting his footsteps so he can find his way back to where his glasses landed.
* BlindWithoutThem: Scott is seen as a special case. Though technically able to see without his ruby-quartz glasses, he cannot turn off the concussive beams that continually shoot from his eyes. He is thus forced to keep his eyes shut in order to keep from destroying everything around him. He can therefore be said to be "voluntarily blind" in the same way that the Inhuman's Black Bolt (whose voice is a similarly uncontrollable sonic weapon) is often said to be "voluntarily mute". They are contained because his body is immune to his own power: The beams which flow from his eyes flow right back in to his eyelids with no loss of energy.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Emma Frost (White Queen), Elisabeth Braddock (Psylocke) and Jean Grey and Madelyne Pryor were four well-known telepaths that were linked to Scott, but he only had serious relationships with Jean, Madelyne and Emma. Psylocke flirted shamelessly for a time, but it ended rather quickly.
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Cyclops' eye beams knock bad guys back, but not Cyclops himself. It's one of the ways he's immune to his own power.
* BoringButPractical: In the early days of the comic, there were a ''lot'' of villains who could either resist or reflect his optic beams, so Cyclops usually had to resort to blasting the ground beneath them so they would lose their balance.
* BreakTheCutie: Let's see: Parents die at a young age, sent to an OrphanageOfFear, has his younger brother taken away from him, almost kills several people when his power activates, taken in by an abusive criminal who he is forced to kill, his girlfriend dies, then he meets a woman who looks just like his girlfriend, he marries her, then his girlfriend comes back from the dead, he leaves his first wife who then tries to cause [[Comicbook/{{Inferno}} hell on earth in revenge]] and then she dies, his second wife leaves him, he gets possessed by Apocalypse, his therapist takes advantage of his mental state to have an affair with him, and this isn't even the tip of the iceberg.
** Then when he seems to have found happiness with the therapist who took advantage of him she has a mental breakdown trying to kill everyone, then he gets tortured by an alien after suffocating in space, then his people that he has been trying to protect and whose rights he has been fighting for gets decimated, then his son and adopted granddaughter who might save everyone go missing in the timestream, then someone drops the Phoenix on him, then his girlfriend cheats on him which she had done before but this time she tells him, while they are both high on the Phoenix and getting invaded by his former friends, and then he [[spoiler:kills his father figure]], which causes him to have an emotional breakdown and start a school that is more or less a terrorist cell, then he is faced with his younger self ''and'' the younger version of his wife at the exact age when he first fell in love with her and she despises him, then a few weeks later she ''hits on him'', then he gives up the school and goes on to [[spoiler:die from M-pox]]. After that [[spoiler:his legacy somehow]] becomes "guy who is worse than Hitler and started a war with the Inhumans".
*** Let's face it: There are days when it seems that the universe exists [[CosmicPlaything just to screw with Scott Summers]]
* BrokenAce: He's the leader of the X-Men and the leader of the mutant race, but oh boy, has Scott ever endured so much pain, chaos and tragedy throughout the course of his life. Underneath that stoic facade is most definitely an emotionally broken and fragile man.
* BrokenBird: He's honestly more of a male version of this than TroubledButCute.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Has shown multiple times that he does not depend on his powers to win.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter "X"]]: He wears a X-button on his costume like all of the other X-Men members.
** Scott also makes a signature X cross with his arms, symbolizing the X-Men.
** He also has [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with an X printed on them]].
* ByronicHero: As of lately, Scott is becoming more of this. He is serious, stoic and has a dark, tragic past.
* CainAndAbel: Kind of. Havok is occasionally evil and more usually just pissed off. Vulcan is a more obvious example, though [[FanonDiscontinuity not everyone accepts him as canon]].
* CallBack: Once Cyclops had absorbed Emma's share of the Phoenix Force, he goes into the "I AM PHOENIX" gloating similar to Jean Grey during the Phoenix[=/=]Dark Phoenix sagas.
** After the apparent death of [[TheMentor Professor X]], he throws in with his ex and a number of former teammates to keep mutants safe and teach them how to command their powers while maintaining tactical[=/=]philosophical opposition to the people running his old alma mater. The original concept of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' or his post-''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' status quo?
* CannotSpitItOut: A non-romantic variant. In the very first issue of ''X-Men Unlimited'', it was revealed that Cyclops was so courteous to Professor X he literally cannot call him "Charles". He'll call him "Professor" or "Xavier" or "Professor Xavier", but he'll never call him "Charles".
* TheCaptain: Scott has always been seen as the captain of the X-Men. Now, not only is he the captain of the X-Men team, but he is also seen as the captain of the entire mutant race.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Throws himself out of an alien spaceship, thousands of metres in the air, while falling he meets Iceman, who informs him of how much of a risky move that was, Scott's response? "Not really. I knew you'd be there. Hit the gas".
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Is well aware of this, as per the page quote.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Not strength or speed or any such thing, Scott's ridiculous trick shots, the ones that rebound off multiple walls and around corners to hit the enemy in the back? Training.
** Though sometimes it's said to be a part of his power-set, refined by training.
* TheCharmer: Scott has a lot of charisma and therefore ends up attracting many members of the opposite sex.
** He's unfortunately unable to maintain relationships with the ones he attracts though; Scott may attract the ladies easily but man, does he have a bad track record with women. Its not completely his fault though, after-all Maddy and him were having problems prior to him leaving (and he intended to and did eventually return to her, only to find her gone), while Jean was at the time of his 'psychic affair' (which was a case of his therapist, Emma Frost, taking advantage of him) contemplating cheating on him with Logan. He's dated other women too, but not nearly as seriously as these two (with exception of Emma, though their breakup has been far more amicable).
* TheChessmaster: He's the current page image, and as you might imagine, they don't call him "The General of the Mutants" for nothing. The ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants'' story arc exemplifies this beautifully. Post-''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', this has become one of Scott's most defining characteristics. It ultimately ends up become deconstructed because his teammates, most notably Wolverine and Beast, end up resenting Scott for treating them like chess pieces.
* ChickMagnet: Telepaths in particular can't keep their hands off him.
* ChildSoldiers: Scott went from being orphaned in a traumatic military action (Shi'ar) to being trained to lead a secret army, all before becoming an adult. His recent treatment of the remaining mutants (especially minors) drifts into this trope as well. Recent X-Men author Kieron Gillen even [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/03/kieron-gillen-uncanny-xmen-interview/ cited]] this characteristic as his central motivation for the character.
** His entire mentality is that of a soldier. He was raised to be a soldier, looks at life from a soldier's perspective, and acts like a military man at all times. In ''First Class'', he even admits that had it not been for his power being uncontrollable, he would have likely enlisted once he was old enough. Its notable that his father was an air force pilot, and in the Film Universe, Alex was in a military prison when Xavier found him. It runs in the family.
* CockFight: With {{Wolverine}} over Jean Grey.
* ColorBlindConfusion: It's not brought up often, but Cyclops is effectively color blind as a result of the ruby quartz visor that's used to keep his [[PowerIncontinence eye beams from destroying everything]] tinting everything a shade of red. How he's able to fly [[CoolPlane the Blackbird]] isn't explicitly stated, though it's likely the controls have been calibrated so he can see them.
* ConflictBall: With Captain America in [=AvX=]. The fighting started when Captain America turned up on Utopia and told Cyclops that, regardless of the X-Men's opposition, the Avengers were going to take Hope off-world in the event she couldn't control the Phoenix Force. Cyclops responded by optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, and prompting him to call in the rest of the Avengers to start fighting. The entire mess would've been avoided if the two leaders of the superhero and mutant communities had actually talked things over like adults.
** Though admittedly, Scott did kind of have reason to be suspicious of Cap, since a) he was gambling everything on Hope being able to control the Phoenix and restart Mutantkind, b) Cap was getting his information on the Phoenix from Wolverine, who even the other Avengers (notably Spider-Man) suspected was going to try and kill Hope before she could become the Phoenix - which is exactly what he tried to do as soon as he got the chance.
* ContainmentClothing: His special shades that contain his optic blasts.
* ContrivedCoincidence: How his time displaced younger self learns the truth about his "regular aged" self.
* ControlFreak: Deconstructed, since being a control freak makes him an effective leader and strategist, it's also the main reason he doesn't get along with his teammates outside of a combat setting (especially Logan). It's been made clear that because his powers are uncontrollable, Cyclops compensates by attempting to have total control over every other aspect of his life.
* CoolShades: A lot of times, if he has to wear red shades all the time, they might as well be stylish ones on his off-time.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Should his team ever go rogue, Cyke has ways of dealing with them.
** Possibly best demonstrated during ''Uncanny X-Men's'' ''Fear Itself'' tie-in. Faced with an even-more-unstoppable-than-usual Juggernaut, Cyclops tries one plan, which doesn't work, and is asked "time for plan B?" Cyclop's response? "That would assume I only have twenty-six plans."
* CurbStompBattle: Cyke with Wolverine. [[spoiler:Wolverine ends up being the one who is curb-stomped.]]
* {{Cyclops}}: Scott's superhero alter ego name. He's named Cyclops because of his large visor spanning his head. (Underneath the visor, he's actually got two eyes, though. Getting a look at them can be rather dangerous, however.)
** Cyclops did have one eye in the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline, since [[{{Wolverine}} Weapon X]] gouged out his left eye. Cyke blasted off Logan's left hand in retaliation.
* {{Dandere}}: Scott in the beginning was known to be extremely reserved and shy.
* DarkMessiah: ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, of all people, considers him the most shining example of a mutant savior. And technically, he was right: following [=AvX=], Cyclops' actions did bring mutants back from the brink of extinction.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A pretty long and horrible one, as noted elsewhere in the page.
* DeadAllAlong: In ''Comicbook/DeathOfX'' it is revealed [[spoiler:Cyclops died very early on, and the "Cyclops" we've been following throughout most of the story is merely a psychic illusion created by Emma Frost.]] Which explains a lot of why he is taller, younger-looking, and less sure of what he is going to say than before.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's not known to do it as much as other X-Characters, but if the situation is getting on his nerves, he'll pop off a smart ass comment. Especially in Creator/JossWhedon's hands, and in stories set/written before his descent into full on leadership.
* DeathSeeker: During ''[=AvX=] Consequences'', Scott reveals that he's willing to die now that he's officially lost everything. He gets past it, though.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's a fearless rebel leader who's been trained his whole life to fight for mutantkind. If you read that as 'fanatical ChildSoldier terrorist,' congratulations! You now understand his character arc.
* DelayedRippleEffect: When his past self was brought to the present, Scott had no recollection of such event in his youth. It was only after past Scott was brought back to his own time than present Scott woke up with all memories of this adventure.
* DemotedToExtra: In the movies, to many fans' dismay. [[spoiler:It's even worse that Scott is [[KilledOffForReal killed off]] in the third ''X-Men'' film.]]
* {{Determinator}}: It most cases, Scott isn't the type of person to just give up, especially when it's something that is important or life and death.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Scott's good at these, really good. He's played Norman Osborn, the Vampire Nation, Dracula (who he used in his plan to take down the vampire nation) and multiple commanders of invading alien races with no trouble whatsoever. He's even good enough to give Captain America, ''the'' master strategist in the Marvel Universe, the run-around during ''Avengers vs X-Men''.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Scott must always wear a special visor or pair of glasses to contain his optic blasts. When these devices are removed, he keeps his eyes shut, rendering him blind. Due to an important instance of this, he has since learned how to fight blind by using his hearing to pinpoint opponents and simply always scrutinizing his surroundings to know the lay of the land. One side story shows that he also counts his steps and memorizes which way he turns so that he can retrace his path and find his eyewear.
** Even with the visor/glasses, he's still colorblind, only able to see in shades of red. It's possible he shouldn't be able to pilot an aircraft such as the Blackbird, but there are custom control panels that have indicators based on number of lights, rather than color. Presumably, the Blackbird has one of them.
** Bonus points for the reason he can't control his optic blasts: at a young age he was in an accident and suffered severe head trauma, but fortunately there wasn't any damage to any "important" parts of the brain. This was before he developed the ability to obliterate everything in sight... Sadly, this actually plausible explanation (a rare sight in comic books) has been re-explained or outright removed several times, with many writers defaulting to "he just can't control it because that's how it is."
* DisappearedDad: His father, Chris, wasn't in his life growing up. Instead, Scott has always seen Professor X as a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] throughout his life.
* DissonantSerenity: The entire building is exploding, there are giant killer robots all around, he's lost his glasses... and Cyclops is calmly walking towards the villain, warning her that if he hears her ''breathe'' wrong, he'll open his eyes.
* DoomMagnet: Scott has been through so many bad things throughout his life, that it is endless. See TraumaCongaLine.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: As much as Cyke gets tossed around by all kinds of villainous ladies, his rocky 1st marriage crossed a line. Though Madelyne Pryor is better known as the ''Goblin Queen'' their history as husband and wife wasn't healthy. To this day, despite ''punching'' his ''face'', the incident of domestic violence is rarely addressed. Maddie is even viewed [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetically]] over [[JerkAss unpopular]] Cyclops.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Arguably a victim of this.
** Done by his ex-wife Madelyne Pryor (and a clone of Jean Grey) when Scott is in relationship with Emma after Jean's death in ComicBook/NewXMen. Maddie psionically impersonates Emma and has virtual sex with Scott, without him realizing the deception at first.
** When Jean wouldn't take his PTSD seriously in Comicbook/NewXMen, he asks Emma for help. She persuades him that having sex with her while she pretends to be Jean will cure him.
--->'''Emma''' (lying on a bed in Jean's Phoenix uniform): So, anyway… I am song and fire and life incarnate… but the truth is, no matter how hard I try, I can't help playing with '''fire'''. How about you, darling?
--->'''Scott''' (frowning, taking off his jacket): Sure, Jean. Why not?
* TheDreaded: During Gillen's run, he ''wanted'' him as his team to be this, because he knows mutants will never be accepted so he might as well scare the racists from assaulting them.
* EmbarrassingNickname: A common nickname for Scott is ''Slim'', dating back to the first issue of the comic.
* EnemyMine: Now that they all hate his guts, he's found himself forced to team up with Captain America, Wolverine, and the rest of his former allies quite a lot.
* EnergyAbsorption: Early X-Men issues imply that Scott's body absorbs solar energy that powers up his optic blasts, the same way his brother Alex absorbs cosmic radiation. Cyclops and Havok are also immune to each other's power beams. Scott also has some degree of absorbing energy from his opponent's attacks like solar power, but is not invulnerable to the pain of them
* ExtradimensionalPowerSource: Other explanations for his powers as described above is that his eyes are an aperture into a non-Newtonian dimension of exotic photons that interact with foreign matter as pure force. Eventually this became blended in the explanation that his body metabolizes solar energy to maintain said aperture in his eyes.
* EyeBeams: With PowerIncontinence, resulting in SunglassesAtNight.
* FatherToHisMen: While not played up by some writers, especially ones who don't write him well at all, Cyclops tends to have a very good relationship with the younger X-Men, primarily because he treats them like adults while still nurturing them. Notably, he has a relationship with Pixie that's not too unlike that of Wolverine and his many young female sidekicks.
* FictionIsntFair: Post-''ComicBook/AvengersVersusXMen'', a number of writers, particularly Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, would acknowledge the fan sentiment that he was being persecuted for things that most Marvel heroes would be (and have been) EasilyForgiven for, complete with having the more idealistic O5 X-Men side with him over Wolverine and allowing Cyclops to make [[StrawmanHasAPoint fairly well reasoned]] arguments for himself. He would still be treated like garbage by the majority of superheroes though, making it an example of this trope.
* FightsLikeANormal: Since his power causes way too much collateral damage for most situations.
* FourStarBadass: As Captain Commander he’s the military leader of the new mutant homeland of Krakoa.
* FriendToAllChildren: As an adult, he generally tends to get on better with teenaged heroes better than he does with people his own age.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Downplayed as Scott's past self was much less terrified by present Scott's turn to extremism, even if they ultimately couldn't find an agreement. It is however implied that getting past Scott's memories via DelayedRippleEffect and seeing himself from that perspective is what lead Scott to his HeelRealization as much as his death and resurrection.
* GenerationXerox: Subverted with Cyclops and Surge in that they're not related in any way. Other than that however, Surge is effectively a younger Cyclops, complete with crippling self doubt and a power that needs to be kept in check by an external device (in this case, her gauntlets). Her relationship with X-23 is also starting to mirror that between Scott and Logan, right down to the love triangle.
* GenreBlindness: Pointed out to him by Jamie Madrox when the latter and his team visited Utopia. It was Jamie's contention that humanity at large feared mutants because they could not tell good mutants from evil ones. Scott insisted that was ridiculous, just as [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Magneto, Emma Frost and Namor]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments came into the room to greet Jamie]].
* GlassCannon: He may be able to melt a mountain if he wants to, but he's still just as fragile as any other human.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Given that the glasses used to hold back his Eye Beams, taking them all the way off usually meant something was gonna get broke in a hurry.
** Cyke's visor, and shades as Scott Summers, are used to control the shape and strength of the blast even when he's actively using his powers. You don't fully understand until you see him take them off all the way and open his eyes fully. When that happens, "something" isn't gonna get broke - everything will get broke. For this reason, it's a weapon of last resort. However, if you absolutely have to get a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]] [[https://imgur.com/a/fWXGt off your lawn]], it'll get vaporized.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When a villain (or ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) is really getting on Cyclops' nerves, a glow can be seen through/around his shades or visor. As his EyeBeams are [[PowerIncontinence always on]], this probably indicates that their blast is becoming far more intense.
* GodzillaThreshold: As noted elsewhere, any time he willingly [[TheGlassesComeOff takes off his glasses or visor]]. As they're his PowerLimiter, and even the limited opening of the visor is an incredibly destructive power, Scott is understandably ''very'' reticent to let loose to that degree. If he's going without eyewear intentionally, things have gone extremely badly already.
* GoodIsNotNice: It's not that he's a mean person, but he's very serious and finds it hard to relax. Considering his childhood, it's no surprise. However, [[CombatPragmatist he's not above fighting dirty when the situation calls]].
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better. During ''Avengers versus X-Men'', he was taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Scott is rather extreme in his leadership and often makes controversial decisions on behalf of the team and the mutant race, but he only does so to preserve the mutant race and also, to protect the well-being of his team. Scott admits that he doesn't take killing lightly, but that sometimes, tough and controversial decisions need to be made in order to achieve things.
* GuileHero: He's willing to resort to manipulating others in order to achieve his endgame. Although there are some who will disapprove of his actions or decisions, Scott does what he feels is best for his team and for mutant kind, even if the decisions he makes are unpopular.
** Solidified in ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants''. [[spoiler: To add some context, Utopia was surrounded by Vampires, fighting on every side and platform. Jubilee and Wolverine have both been turned, and the latter is standing only a few feet away, ready to cut his head off and turn the rest of the X-Men. Cyke's response? Pulling out a control to reactivate Wolverine's HealingFactor, turning him back. That's right, Scott discovered he was immune to vampirism and that the vampires wanted to turn him, so he deactivated his HealingFactor and allowed him to be turned, just so he could turn him back right when they were relying on him to lead their forces. The vampires, still in shock, are promptly slaughtered. Meanwhile, Scott's earlier plan, to bring back Dracula and have him take back the vampire horde, appeared to have failed and was forgotten...only for it to turnout Dracula had been tracking down Xarus all this time, and after curbstomping his son and taking back his place, Cyke warns him that he could kill him with the push of a button. Dracula claims that he knows he's bluffing, but still lets them leave in peace. In short, do NOT threaten the safety of Cyclops' people, and when he says that he will slaughter you, he means it.]]
* HandicappedBadass: The simplest way to stop Cyclops from using his powers is to take away his visor, meaning that he's usually fighting blind as well as lacking his powers.
* HappilyMarried: To Madelyne and Jean. At least for almost 20 years. But then things happened and changed...
* HazyFeelTurn: Was his murdering the Professor while possessed by The Phoenix in ''Avengers vs. X-Men'' his [[invoked]]MoralEventHorizon? Frankly, the writers can't seem to make up their mind about it. DependingOnTheWriter Scott ranges from ReformedButRejected [[TheAtoner Atoner]] who's going about his own way of carrying on Xavier's legacy to a [[NeverMyFault blame shifter]] who refuses to face up to his crimes. Either way, post [=AvX=]-storylines has seen him as being an outlaw.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to his love life and his tragic life.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Mutants are nearly all gone and there's an evil sentient robot out to destroy them all. Cyclops responds by assembling a black-ops unit to ensure that any threat they face that can't be beaten the traditional way is taken care of, and moving the X-Men into a more paramilitary setting. However, he specifically did so with the plan of these being temporary measures until mutants are at a safe number again and no longer relying solely on his intervention to survive.
** However and this is somewhat ignored, as well as taking more action to ensure the safety of the remaining mutants, he did considerable amounts of work for human-mutant relations, such as accepting help from non-mutant sources, working closely with San Francisco's mayor to bring peace, and hired a PR agent to help turn public opinion on untrusted individuals such as Magneto around.
* HeelRealisation: Basically has this after [[spoiler:his resurrection by young Cable; looking back on his actions prior to his death, he realises that his focus on mutants over humans basically made him as bad as his enemies, leaving him resolved to correct that and restore the X-Men legacy]].
* TheHero: Self-identifies as this and tried for as long as he could to live up to that.
* HeroAntagonist: He is this himself and he sees the Avengers and the Fantastic Four as his, as he even urges his supporters not to hate them.
** BigGood: After Xavier stepped down from this role, Scott took it up until [=AvX=].
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jean Grey. And Madelyne Pryor. Oh, and Colleen Wing. Lee Forrester's blonde hair looked kind of reddish in some comics, too.
* HeroicBSOD: Cyclops, in Creator/JossWhedon's Astonishing ComicBook/XMen run, has a severe one of these when [[spoiler:Emma Frost reveals to him that his inability to control his powers is the result of a complex he developed about self-control as teenager, rather than a brain injury resulting from a concussion, as he had previously believed.]] He spends an issue or two in a completely catatonic state, his powers not functioning. He soon recovers enough to move around and lead the team (perhaps even more effectively than usual, with his self-control issues out of the way) and [[spoiler:later surprises everyone by revealing (with a point blank blast in the face of his interrogator) that his powers still work, and that he now has full control over them. At the end of the arc, this control fades as the "clarity" he got from Emma's intervention wears off. See StatusQuoIsGod.]]
** He seems to be prone to hitting these when he fails to stop people being hurt. Even prior to joining the X-Men. When he was 12 years old he hit one because he couldn't stop another orphan jumping off of the roof of the orphanage. Seriously.
* HeroicBuild: In some artists depictions, Scott is drawn much more muscular than others.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has been described as hating himself so much that he can't imagine anyone else not hating him.
--->'''Cyclops:''' I thought you said you couldn't read minds.
* HeroInsurance: Cyclops always advises the team to avoid collateral damage (ie, no throwing random cars at bad guys), or at least cut a check to affected parties afterwards, since a mere diversionary tactic could mean years of debt for a civilian.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: After ''AVX'', also crossing with ReformedButRejected. He's not a bad guy by any means, and all he's concerned with now is protecting the new mutants from those who wish to harm them. He's yet to kill anyone doing so, and wants nothing more but to bury the hatchet with his former team and allies so they can work together to honor Xavier's memory. However, the fact that 'those who wish to harm them' often includes trigger-happy police officers who he's forced to fight to deal with them, along with many of his forme team having personal grievances that clouds their judgement (and soils other people's perceptions of him when they tell others about it), he's became SHIELD's number one priority. Subverted though, as the public in general are actually rather supportive of him and see him as a freedom fighter opposing a corrupt institution, while its the ''superhero community'' who hate him.
** After ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he became this posthumously. Details were sparse other than "he went crazy and died doing something terrible" until ''Death of X''. There, it was revealed [[spoiler:that the bad publicity wasn't even his fault at all. He was one of the first mutants to die from M-Pox, and everything that "he" did afterward was a psychic projection created by a grief-stricken Emma Frost]].
** His younger self tries to rectify this, all the while believing that [[spoiler:sassing Blackbolt it a completely legit cause of death]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Angel, he's close to Beast and Iceman too (or at least was) but Angel is the one consistently portrayed as his best friend. Also had something like this that majorly overlapped with VitriolicBestBuds with Wolverine.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Yes, teenage Scott, it's a brilliant idea to go and live with a man who you randomly met in a forest while completely blind, oh wait, it wasn't. Given how his teen self, upon arriving to the future, ended up trusting Mystique, he definitely had a problem with this. He grows out of it, obviously.
* {{Hunk}}: Scott is depicted as an attractive, well-built, all-American, heroic superhero. He's tall, muscular and brawny with good looks.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Cyclops's glasses/goggles don't just let him control his powers, they also limit them. If he's willing to take his visor off for even a few seconds, you're in trouble.
** In ''Astonishing X-Men'', [[spoiler:Cyclops had his powers psychically de-activated by Emma Frost and had been captured and tortured by an alien warlord. When he finally tells the warlord that the X-Men's secret weapon "Leviathan", was completely fictional (thus throwing out any reason to keep him alive), he starts laughing. The warlord attacks him, demanding to know what else he's been lying about. Cue the eye beams.]]
** Another instance of this is in the first volume of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. Cyclops is being restrained by a Sentinel because it has figured out that he operates his optic blasts by pressing a button on the side of his visor. Scott then reveals that he can also do it by snapping his fingers.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ever since M-Day, Scott's been put in charge of the remaining mutants, and he's had to adapt to that. If he doesn't do everything within his power, no matter how questionable, every mutant will die. To his credit, however, he also took a more proactive approach to building relations between humans and mutants, and was working closely with the Mayor of San Francisco to ensure peace between mutants and the people of San Fran, including hiring a PR agent to help ensure the X-Men look heroic.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Cyclops was raised by the most powerful telepath in the world, married a second telepath (trained by the first), and dated a third telepath after his wife died. He's also has been possessed by several quasi-demonic evil entities on numerous occasions. As a result, he has built up amazing psychic blocks and resistance over years of training, to the point where he was able to take in a shard of [[MadeOfEvil The Void]] and lock it in a room in his mind, where it has [[TemptingFate yet to be heard from again.]] He was also able to keep a leash on the [[CrystalDragonJesus Phoenix Force]] for a surprisingly long time until ComicBook/TheAvengers forced him to go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero full-on Dark Phoenix.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Cyclops can hit six fast-moving targets, some of them behind him, with a single shot. It's explained that part of his mutation is incredible spatial reasoning and intuition, allowing him to pull off stunts like this. [[MundaneUtility It also makes him really good at pool]].
* InSpiteOfANail: His inability to control his optic blasts is canonically due to a ChildhoodBrainInjury (or possibly psychological block) caused by jumping out of his parent’s plane. However, his PowerIncontinence and the visor are such iconic traits of him that he still has them in [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universes]] where he didn’t, or couldn’t possibly have suffered a similar accident.
* InhumanEyeConcealers: Wears either sunglasses with ruby-quartz lenses or an adjustable visor to contain the uncontrollable energy blasts his eyes project.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The Askani (led by Rachel Summers), in a sense, since they helped Scott and Jean raise their "son" Nathan Summers to prevent Apocalypse's reign in the future.
* InterruptedCooldownHug: In ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga. Near the climax, Scott is talking Dark Phoenix down, trying to appeal to Jean's better nature with ThePowerOfLove, with her face getting noticeably less inhuman and softer... until Professor Xavier mind-blasts her from behind, and she returns to full-fledged psychosis.
** This turns out to be just the way to calm the phoenix. Scott does it to Jean in Phoenix:Endsong. Wanda does it to Hope in [=AvX=]. Xavier tries to do it to Scott in [=AvX=], but goes about it in the wrong way.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the founding members of ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', due to his time-displaced teenage self being a member of that team and Scott getting his memories of that time with DelayedRippleEffect once teen Scott return to his place in time. As a result, adult Scott considers them his friends despite being something like twice their age.
* IronicNickname: Scott is nicknamed ''Slim'' by Wolverine possibly because he is slim built (especially during the old days when Scott was more lean and wiry in appearance; Scott became more muscular later on.)
* {{Jerkass}}: Scott is highly capable of displaying not so nice behaviour towards others.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Perhaps the true reason why others continue to follow his orders.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his jerkass-like behaviour, his heart is ultimately in the right place. Scott has his moments when he's not the nicest guy in the world and reacts very poorly when his teammates get hurt (even with ones that are far higher on the JerkAss scale than him), proving that he does care after all.
* KnightInSourArmor: His character development has largely consisted of him growing more cynical, not without reason. Mostly being let down by people he trusted. Among other things, he was tricked into cheating on his wife, was cheated on by his phoenix-crazed girlfriend, and his father figure kept his little brothers existence from him.
* TheLawOfPowerProportionateToEffort: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He has EyeBeams with the power to destroy mountains that appear whenever he opens his eyes. Using this power is based on a gesture (opening his eyes), but to stop that from [[StoryBreakerPower becoming broken]], he not only has PowerIncontinence, but two different energy sources for these beams are introduced to provide limits.
** One energy source says that Cyclops absorbs sunlight and metabolizes it. Therefore, using his stored up energy fatigues him very quickly, which explains why he always looks as if he's straining to use his abilities.
** The other energy source says that his energy comes from "a non-Euclidean dimension of limitless energy", and that his eyes are portals to this dimension. The energy passing through his body causes him a great deal of stress, and that ''also'' explains why he seems to visibly struggle to use his powers.
* TheLeader: Scott is the leader of the Original X-Men team.
** Scott categorizes as Type I, II, III, and IV.
** More than just the original team, Scott is, with the possible exception of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the most capable team leader in the Marvel 616 Universe, and probably more closely associated with team leadership than anyone in Marvel ''or'' DC comics.
*** This is demonstrated in ComicBook/HouseOfM when the heroes who have received their memory back (including several non-X-Men) all turn to Scott for orders.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: What Scott did to the abusive criminal mentioned earlier in the page when he tried to make him kill a security guard, at the age of about 16. No, he didn't get therapy for this, either.
* TheLostLenore: In ''Death of X'', [[spoiler:he is this trope to Emma. Most of what she does in that storyline is motivated by the shock of his death (and to a lesser extent, the Terrigen Mists threatening to wipe out mutantkind...again).]]
* LoveInterest: To many different women, but his main love interests are Jean Grey and Emma Frost.
* LoveTriangle: Scott has been in a few love triangles, but the main ones are between himself, Jean, and Wolverine, and himself, Jean and Madelyne, and himself, Jean and Emma.
* LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe: One of the better known examples - "Only my ruby-quartz visor can contain my optic blasts!"
* MessiahCreep / DarkMessiah: After ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Cyclops took it upon himself to be the guardian for all the remaining mutants. Eventually this grew into Cyclops doing whatever it took to protect mutant kind. This all comes to a head in [=AvX=], where [[spoiler:once he's possessed by the Phoenix, his dedication to making the world safe for mutants causes him to develop AGodAmI-like behavior, and repeated attacks by the Avengers drive him off the wall.]]
* MentalAffair: With Emma. Jean catches them in the act, but later comes to realize that they love each other and that she should let them be.
* MindLinkMates: Scott had a form of this with his wife Jean Grey, while their marriage was happy and blissful, of course. It was established by Jean during the Dark Phoenix Saga, which is the version of her that may or may not have been the phoenix thinking it was her.
** Had a form of this with [[StrangledByTheRedString Emma Frost]].
** Young Scott and Teen Jean have one, forged by accident as they were fighting Emma Frost.
* MoreHeroThanThou: With Wolverine. This was a constant in their dynamic.
* MrFanservice: Scott is a physically attractive male and he has attributes and appeal that magnetize the opposite sex. In later issues, he'll often find a reason to be topless [[spoiler:to show the scars Wolverine left]], to the point of once having half his costume burned off.
* MundaneUtility: Do not ever challenge him at pool. As noted, he has an incredible grasp of spatial geometry. Also, as lampshaded by Jean in an early issue of the original comic's run, he apparently can use his eyebeams to cut a cake.
* NeckLift[=/=]NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Doctor Doom in ComicBook/SecretWars2015 #4.]].
* NervesOfSteel: Scott rarely shows any emotion, weakness or vulnerability. He pushes his emotions aside in order to achieve his goals.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Scott is the Noble to Wolverine's Roguish.
* NoSocialSkills: Scott is known to be shy, reserved and stoic. His social skills aren't the strongest.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Although Scott is the leader, he isn't the best people person socially. He is actually pretty good at reading people, but [[AmbiguousDisorder doesnt know how to handle it]] except in a straightforward manner.
* NotSoDifferent: Although he was always Xavier's top student, over time his personality and methods actually came more and more to align with ''Magneto's.'' Following the Schism, Xavier remained teaching under Wolverine's leadership while Magneto allied with Cyclops' team. Even the "Cyclops Was Right" meme is a derivative of "Magneto was Right."
* TheOathBreaker: Married Madelyne Pryor, fathered a child with her, and then ditched them the minute Jean Grey came back from the dead. (During ''Inferno,'' Mr. Sinister claims to have psychically manipulated Cyclops into that betrayal, but even Creator/ChrisClaremont, the guy who wrote that story, considers it a blemish on Cyclops' character.)
* OhCrap: Cyclops has one after optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, only for the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier to decloak above him, with the Avengers assembled.
* OneWayVisor: Cyclops wears one of these with his costume.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After he [[spoiler:chokes on Terrigen mist]] he becomes slightly less eloquent and more dramatic. If you read ''[=AvX=]:Consequences'', you'll know that's not how he does [[spoiler:suicidal]].
* PapaWolf:
** To {{Comicbook/Cable}} and ComicBook/XMan. Slightly less so with Rachel, but it's there.
** Also to Mutantkind as a whole, especially since Marvel NOW. Harm just one of his kind, and he'll track you down.
** And the Champions.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor... it's not pretty to put it mildly.
* PhlebotinumBattery: Cyclops' red optic blasts are charged by solar power. In a pinch they can be charged by Storm's lightning (which turns them white) but it is not at all pleasant for him.
** This goes back-and-forth. It's also established that Cyclops's eyes are a portal to a [[AssPull non-Euclidean dimension of pure energy]], and that he has limitless amounts of energy to tap into when he opens them, so long as his body withstands it. This has also been ''combined'' with the aforementioned solar power in some stories.
* PinballProjectile: Cyclops' optic blasts have a habit of doing this.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Cyclops with Captain America. See ConflictBall for more info.
* PowerIncontinence: Cyclops, without his trademark visor he wears as part of his costume, or a pair of ruby quartz glasses out of costume, would be firing his EyeBeams 24/7. (In fact, he is firing them 24/7, they're just being blocked.)
** [[spoiler:This limitation was said to be a mental block, and was fixed by Emma Frost for a short while. After that he either decides that he is better off with the mental block, or whatever she did with his brain wore off.]]
** Used to be from having hit his head in the accident that killed his parents.
** There was a throwaway scene in one of the comics shortly after Wolverine lost his Adamantium (and briefly regressed to a neanderthallic state) where Cyclops hit his head in some kind of rune-covered pit, and a caption stated, "A subtle change is worked in an area of his brain damaged so long ago", so it's possible both explanations are correct.
** After the events of [=AvX=], the visor can't block his eyebeams anymore. The only thing that can are his own eyelids.
* PowerLimiter: Cyclops' goggles, which keep his uncontrollable Eye Beams under wraps. If he takes his glasses off completely and opens his eyes fully he can hold off even the Juggernaut (for a little while, anyway) and once atomized a Sentinel. The bad news is that it means destroying everything else in the area too, so he doesn't do it often.
* PowerOfTheSun: Cyclops stores solar power to use his optic blasts. In the 90's cartoon, he was once BroughtDownToNormal by a foe who just kept him indoors long enough for him to drain his reserves.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Habitually dresses in yellow and blue, with a bright red visor over his eyes.
* PromotionToParent:
** He didn't have to raise his younger brother, but it's been acknowledged that Havok wouldn't be so dependent on him (nor Cyclops so eager to save him from himself) if their parents hadn't been abducted by aliens.
** Following Xavier stepping down, he basically becomes this to the entire Mutant race. However, as its been revealed Xavier did some questionable things behind the scenes, its showed that Cyclops has done the same, only difference being that now we see first hand as he does them.
* PureEnergy: Scott releases blasts of "pure concussive force" from his eyes.
* PyrrhicVictory: Attempted to be invoked by Cyclops, as at the end of the day [[spoiler:the effects of M-Day have been undone and ties between the mutant and superhero communities have been strengthened.]] Captain America counters this in a WhatTheHellHero moment.
* RealMenWearPink: If the apps on his computer are to believed he plays Hello Kitty games and also owns a [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/71be47fdd1c4744de3c0c491ca71b27e/tumblr_nqsgriE8Jf1r1ins0o1_400.png Captain America teddy bear.]] As for the real men part, despite his MemeticLoser status, he can beat up several people with his eyes shut.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he is able to control his power without ruby quartz.
* RedOniBlueOni: Scott is the Blue to Wolverine's Red.
* RelativeError: Some readers, upon first reading ''X-Men: Deadly Genesis,'' assumed that the Marvel Girl depicted therein was Cyclops's new girlfriend instead of his daughter. This also happened canonically to Cyclops and Havok in an issue of ''X-Factor''.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Scott needs to wear a visor or he'll blast everything in front of him whenever he has his eyes open.
** Also, Newton's third law means that Scott needs abnormally strong neck muscles or his neck will get broken by the recoil. Although it's implied that any force coming directly from his blasts is absorbed by his body.
** He's immune to his own beams so he doesn't end up shooting through his eyelids.
* TheRival / ShadowArchetype: With {{Wolverine}}. In damn near every medium expect the two to be polar opposites in terms of characterization. In more recent years, the two have actually reversed roles, with Cyclops now being the WellIntentionedExtremist, even though he's right most of the time.
* SayMyName: As Jean dies, Scott and Jean call each other's names.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Nathaniel Essex is Scott's childhood bully in the Nebraskan orphanage. Creator/ChrisClaremont had the idea for this bully to become Mister Sinister, one of Scott's greatest arch-nemeses. Since Claremont's departure from Marvel, it turned up to be the orphanage's headmaster is the actual Sinister.
* ShirtlessScene: Scott has plenty of times when he's without a shirt. In fact, if he encounters fire in a fight, it ''will'' burn the top half of his costume off.
* ShrinkingViolet: A male version as a teenager. His self esteem is still definitely not the highest. He is confident enough about things like decisions and strategies, but feels unloveable.
* SinglePowerSuperheroes: Probably the most known example in comics.
* TheSmartGuy: Scott is quick, smart, and intelligent. He is good at strategizing.
** DependingOnTheWriter, he either has an innate knowledge of trigonometry from his powers or he is a mathematical genius whose skill comes from training.
* SociopathicHero: Kind of. To some, Scott is definitely falling into this territory as of lately. His decisions are rather extreme in nature. He doesn't seem to show an overwhelming amount of guilt or remorse for his extreme actions. Hell, Scott doesn't seem to show all that much emotion at all lately.
* SoldierVersusWarrior: Very much on the soldier side, in contrast to Wolverine, who is firmly in the warrior camp.
* TheSpock: After taking on the reins as the leader, Cyclops becomes the cold and calculating variant. Wolverine and Beast typically played TheMcCoy to counter balance it. One thing that contributed to the schism was that there was no longer a Jean Grey or Professor Xavier [[TheKirk to play the middle man]].
* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the last couple of years, some writers have found they just cannot get enough of this guy, to the point where ''he'' overshadows everyone else on the team. A refreshing change from the [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} usual spotlight hog]], but still not likely what the fanbase had in mind.
* StandardizedLeader: Wiki/TheOtherWiki has noted that if Cyclops is in the field, he is TheCaptain, regardless of whose party it was before he arrived.
* StarCrossedLovers: Arguably, Scott's relationship with Jean classifies as this. They have faced endless tragedy and something always manages to tear the two apart.
* StatusQuoIsGod: A very dark and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed one]], Cyke will NEVER be able to gain control over his power, no matter what, any time he finally does is met with a downer ending with him losing it again. He once gained it in the ''X-Men First Class'' two parter "Catalyst", but was forced to give it up to because it was now godlike level of power.
* StepfordSnarker: He is cold and often sarcastic. He is also broken, probably beyond repair. He has been known to hide his hurt in situations behind sarcasm.
* StillTheLeader: Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men. Storm won and took charge while Cyclops retired to lead a civilian life. However, he's always been in overall command since he rejoined the X-Men several years later. Technically, Storm outranked him for the better part of 20 years, until Xavier made Cyke and Emma Frost the co-headmasters while he was away for some time. He later went on to become the leader of the entirety of mutantkind for a while.
* TheStoic: Scott is always calm and composed; he doesn't show any emotion, well, [[NotSoStoic not most of time at least]].
* TheStrategist: During ''Fear Itself'', he noted that he was going to Plan 2. When asked why he didn't call it Plan B, he replied, "That would imply I only have twenty-six plans."
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be sweet and understanding. Can be strict and cynical. There is no in-between.
* SunglassesAtNight: For a long time because he couldn't control his powers.
* SuperHero: Like all of his fellow X-Men.
* SuperWeight: Level 3, bordering on Level 4 on his more powerful days (though always with the {{Glass Cannon}} disadvantage). During ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, he became a Level 5 when he was first powered up by a 1/5 of the Phoenix and after he absorbed the whole Force he became a Level 6.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: 6'3", brunet and attractive.Yep.
** TallDarkAndSnarky: Can also be very snarky when he wants to be.
* TangledFamilyTree: Formerly trope namer. Just as an example, you might have to go through a couple Elseworlds to do it, but you could make a case that Scott is Galactus's father-in-law.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Where do you think ''[[MemeticMutation Cyclops was right]]'' comes from? In the end, he was entirely right about the Phoenix not intending to destroy the Earth (originally) and Hope being the harbinger of Mutantkind's rebirth. That doesn't mean however that he is fine with every hard descision he made.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Well, at least none that don't take advantage of his PTSD to have sex with him. In all honestly, Scott's descent down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism could have been avoided if anybody could have been bothered to fork out to send him to a proper psychologist.
* TheyDo: Scott with Jean when they get married.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Scott is this of The Elite Mutant Force who serve as CoDragons to Sinister.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Way back when, Scott was utterly stiff on the job, but capable of if not relaxing then at least acting like a normal person, even cracking the occasional joke (comparing Nightcrawler to Chewbacca when the subject of seeing ''Star Wars'' came up). Several decades of trauma later... not so much.
** After ''Messiah Complex'', is more callous and more ruthless than before. Honestly, it's like the universe is telling him to be a jerk or let mutants die off horribly. Still yet, every time he ''does'' do something truly questionable, he'll admit it's wrong and apologise eventually. He may have used X-23 as a weapon, but she was completely there of her own free will, and he promised to never ask her to do that again when it was over.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Subverted. Scott isn't a villain, but fits more of the {{antihero}} archetype. However, Scott often resorts to going to extremes and making tough decisions to preserve the life of the mutant race. He always wants the best possible for the mutants and wants the mutant race to be respected, not feared. In order for Scott to achieve his goals for the greater good of his race, he has had to resort to some morally questionable decisions and actions.
* TragicHero: His wife keeps dying, as she acknowledges with her dying words. His relationship with Emma failed and he died before they could get back together. His friends want nothing to do with him. He wound up accidentally killing his father figure, and everyone acts as though he did it on purpose.
* TraumaCongaLine: See DoomMagnet. The amount of chaos that Scott has gone through is absolutely endless.
* TrueLoveIsBoring: No matter what, Scott and Jean are not allowed to have happy life. Or Scott and Madelyne. Or Scott and Emma. Or Scott--fuck it. Just Scott.
* UnderwearOfPower: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marvel_Cyclops_8654.jpg His former costume]]. It's not even needed to have very sharp eyes to notice there's a bulge on it.
* UnknownRelative: Due to their TangledFamilyTree, neither him nor his brothers are aware that they're all actually the great-great-grandsons of the centuries-old villainess called Black Womb (Amanda Mueller), which makes them also related to another shady figure called Fontanelle, who has mostly had dealings with Gambit, and is none other than their great-grandaunt, which is quite a feat given that she's older than their deceased grandparents!
* UnluckyEverydude: Cyclops is not unattractive – physically. His SugarAndIce personality can make him off-putting to certain women – women who aren't telepathic, that is, including female students who develop crushes on him. Telepaths can see through his act and know what he's really like. Wolverine chews him out for not seeing how his mysterious facade drives women crazy trying to crack his shell. He sarcastically acknowledges that he is good-looking, but fails to understand the psychological component to his attractiveness. That or he realizes it is better for him not to know.
* UnscrupulousHero: Scott's intentions may be heroic, but Scott is not afraid to make the tough decisions which can be considered less than heroic, honorable or noble. He's also not afraid to kick your ass (or kill you) if you pose a threat to the entire race of mutants.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Literally for while, given the name of the mutant enclave he was running. Expanded globally during the time he and some of his teammates were vessels for the Phoenix Force. Also, the simple fact that he was willing to put his faith in the Phoenix providing salvation for mutantkind, despite the fact that it had previously and was currently destroying inhabited worlds.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Emma Frost wasn't the noblest female or had the best intentions, but she has stated that he was the only man she ever wanted to give a shit about her. She really did love him and would do anything for him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Wants to secure a safe future for mutants and is ready to do things he wouldn't have done in the past for it.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Whenever he loses his powers, it's shown that his eyes are big, brown and make him look incredibly vulnerable. Several members of the fandom think his eyes are his most attractive feature, which is cruelly ironic.
* WhatTheHellHero: He recently assembled a black ops[=/=]wetwork team, ''over the objections of [[{{Wolverine}} the homicidal]] AntiHero he orders to lead it'', and hides it from the X-Men at large because the "X-Men do not kill." Later Wolverine calls him out on his willingness to allow children to fight on the front lines (though in his defense, that's not that much different then how the X-Men have been since they were first formed. Logan's comments were also made with ComicBook/{{X 23}} in mind, who he was trying to help find a normal life of ''not'' being a LivingWeapon).
** This is pretty much how Scott reacts when ever somebody tells him he's acting like Magneto.
** Taken to extreme lengths with everyone's reaction to finding out Scott assembled the X-Force, a black ops team with the most dangerous mutants to go and kill the X-Men's most deadly enemies who could possibly eradicate the last of the mutants. What they (and sadly some fans) fail to notice is that that is exactly what has prevented every last mutant on earth from being eradicated. Note that the second that Bastion and the Purifiers are defeated, Scott disbands the team since they won't be up against anyone as dangerous as them in the meantime.
* WhenHeSmiles: When Scott smiles his adorkability levels go through the roof.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: After Cyclops [[spoiler:kills Xavier as the Dark Phoenix]], he breaks down crying and blames Captain America and the Avengers for it.
* WillfullyWeak: Cyclops could take down or kill everyone below the power level of [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Sue Storm, Ben Grimm]], etc. just by taking off his visor. He doesn't, mostly because he's afraid of letting his full power out and losing control.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Since 1963, Scott Summers Jean Grey live in a constant cycle where they're unsure whether a relationship is a good idea or they should stay just friends, they get together, live happy for a while until one of them dies temporarily or something makes them break up, and the cycle begins anew. In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', their time-displaced teenager counterparts (nicknamed Tyke and Jeen by fans) are stuck in the "unresolved sexual tension" phase due to this.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: When Scott is possessed by the Dark Phoenix, he goes completely dark side and insane.
* YouRemindMeOfX:
** After Cyclops says that Phoenix could be used to "put the world back on track", Magneto points that Cyclops is starting to sound like him.
** It turns out this is a BerserkButton for Cyclops when this happens one too many times. For a while, people have been saying this to him when he gets particularly protective of mutant kind, and this bit is essentially him spitting back. [[spoiler:But, Scott was Phoenix powered and as such insane, he replies that the difference is "he's winning".]]
* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses: Some drunkards try to pick a fight with (civilian-dressed) Cyclops. He says the stock phrase, so one of them takes off his glasses.
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'''And never forget, [[MemeticMutation Cyclops was right!]]'''
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->''"Because a leader knows, it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty into an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go."''
[[TheHero The very first X-Man]] and [[TheLeader deputy leader of the X-Men]] turned [[TheCaptain General of Mutantkind]]. He first appeared in ''[[ComicBook/XMen The X-Men]]'' #1 (September 1963), created by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Creator/JackKirby.
Leader of the ComicBook/XMen and Xavier's top student, Scott Summers is skilled at [[TheStrategist strategy]] and [[TheCaptain managing people]], but [[NotGoodWithPeople fails at most attempts at personal interaction]]. The years of pressure in being an example for other mutants and a combat field leader have wound him up into a tight-assed, stuffed shirt: this brings him into conflict with just about any other mutant who doesn't have standards as high as Cyclops, which is nearly all of them. His powers are energy beams that shoot out of his eyes, which are strong enough to level mountains, and uncontrollable unless filtered with ruby quartz; it's implied that his inability to control his powers has subconsciously driven him to have control and order in every other facet of his life.
[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Post-House of M]], 98% of all mutants lost their powers. With his race near extinction, Cyclops came to the conclusion that Xavier's vision was no longer going to cut it. Survival was the new primary objective. This saw Cyclops transition from the Field Leader and "Headmaster" of the X-Men, [[WellIntentionedExtremist to the General of Mutants]].
[[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen After personal differences and disagreements on how to deal with the oncoming threat of the Phoenix spiraled out of control and resulted in the death of Xavier and the return of the X-Gene]], Cyclops was held responsible for the mess and imprisoned, now considered a FallenHero and a terrorist by his former allies. Plagued by guilt, he originally planned to let himself be killed in prison so that at least he could go down as a martyr until he realized that the new mutants arising after this are going to be hounded and hunted. Escaping with the help of his former Extinction Team, Cyclops founded a new Xavier school using the former site of Weapon X and has now began work on protecting the new mutants, despite being hated and feared.
As well as that, under the claim of trying to save Scott from himself, Beast [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen went back in time and brought the original five X-Men to the present, Scott among them]]. Teen Scott originally is disgusted by what he was told of his adult self until he comes to realize that a lot of it isn't quite the truth and, with the rest of the team, [[ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom jumps ship to join him after they find out they can't return to their home timeline]].
At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunited with a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
Following the 2019 relaunch of the X-franchise in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'', his traditional role as the linchpin and StandardisedLeader of the X-Men has been taken to its logical extreme. Unlike the other X-books, which feature a core cast of characters, each issue of the X-Men follows a different eclectic team of mutant powerhouses, with Scott as the [[TeamUpSeries only consistent member]].
Other than being a staple of the franchise, Cyclops has starred and co-starred in several series. Teen Cyclops has [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops2014}} his own ongoing series]].
Portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden in the original trilogy of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', by [[Series/DanceAcademy Tim Pocock]] as a teenaged Scott in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and by Creator/TyeSheridan as a younger Scott in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
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!! Cyclops appears in:
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[[folder: Notable Comics]]
* ''X-Men Origins: Cyclops'' (2010)
* ''ComicBook/{{Cyclops 2014}}''
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[[folder: Other Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfCyclopsAndPhoenix''
* ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''
* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}''
* ''ComicBook/NewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''
* ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMen''
* ''ComicBook/XFactor''
* ''ComicBook/XMenForever''
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[[folder: Major storylines]]
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''
* ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills''
* ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}''
* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse''
* ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
* ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''
* ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''
* ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom''
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[[folder: Anime]]
* ''Anime/XMen'' anime (2011): voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa and Creator/ScottPorter
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014): Guest spot, voiced by Takahiro Yoshimizu
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action Films]]
* ''Film/XMen1'' (2000): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' (2003): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' (2009): teenage version portrayed by Tim Pocock
* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016): younger version portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019) portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): First animated appearance. Guest spot, voiced by Vic Perrin
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (1981): Guest spot, voiced by George [=DiCenzo=] and Neil Ross
* ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' (1989): voiced by Michael Bell
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1992-1997): voiced by Norm Spencer
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (2000-2003): voiced by Kirby Morrow
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' (2009): voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' (2009-2011): voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMen'' (1992): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse'' (1994): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (1994): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' (1996): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperheroesVsStreetFighter'' (1997): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' (1998): appears as a [[AssistCharacter partner character]]. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantAcademy'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''X-Men: Mutant Academy 2'' (2001): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'' (2002): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Tim Morrison.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' (2004): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes
* ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/JoshKeaton.
* ''X-Men: The Official Game'' (2006): appears as NPC. Voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' (2006): appears as playable hero exclusive to Xbox 360 version. Voiced by Scott Macdonald.
* ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' (2009): appears as playable hero exclusive to [=PS2=], PSP, and Wii versions. Voiced by Zach Hanks.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny'' (2011): appears as NPC. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' (2011): appears as cameo in Phoenix's ending.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Creator/ScottPorter.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019): appears as an NPC in the base game and later playable as a free post-launch DLC.
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!!Cyclops provides examples of:
* NinetiesAntiHero:
** Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison's ''New X-Men'' and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
* AbusiveParents: While he was not biologically Scott's father and instead a foster father (and an illegal one at that), Jack Winters treated him as more of a weapon than a child and physically abused him.
** To a lesser extent, Charles Xavier's treatment of him drifts into this, too, being emotionally distant, forcing multiple hard jobs on him from the age of 15–16, including killing his previous foster father, and being trigger happy with erasing his memories, although some people might argue his treatment was worse than Jack's because of the messing around in Scott's brain.
* TheAce: Scott is a great strategist, excellent leader and is the one who is willing to make the decisions for the best of his team and race (mutant kind). All in all, Scott is good at what he does. Even Magneto bowed to him due to respect.
* ActionHero: Duh. Scott is an X-Men, the leader of the X-Men to be exact. His role is defined by action.
* AgeLift: In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' he's the younger brother, instead of the older one.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wolverine may not always like him personally, but as Creator/JossWhedon reminded us, there's a ''very good reason'' Scott's the one in charge.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Cyclops, while a boy scout in general, definitely fits the 'troubled aloof stoic' bad boy criteria, and is the first to point out he's dangerous to be around. Even before his recent descent into AntiHero badassery, he's had a steady stream of women pursuing him, including ComicBook/JeanGrey, Madelyn Pryor, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott "'''S'''lim" '''S'''ummers.
* AloofBigBrother: To Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan).
** Averted in his first meeting with Gabriel as Scott is entirely nice and friendly to him and completely breaks down at his apparent death. Then Xavier completely erases any memory of Vulcan's existence from his memory because he wasn't getting over it quickly enough for him.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Generally subverted, Scott tends not to fare well in parallel universes, typically ending up evil or dead or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs evil and dead]] or just shunted aside to allow a more marketable character the spotlight. You can play a drinking game reading the original run of ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'': sip your drink every time he appears without dialogue, take a shot every time somebody else is the leader of the X-Men, take two every time he dies. You’ll be blind drunk by the time [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]] shows up.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Scott tends to be paranoid and has difficulty expressing emotions. It's clear that he has some type of disorder, but there has been no confirmation of what in canon.
** One of his most consistent character flaws is his persistent codependency; he is unable to function outside a relationship. Whenever Jean dies, he becomes an utter emotional wreck and walks away from his responsibilities as an X-Man. This has yet to be discussed within the books.
* AntiHero: Originally ClassicalAntiHero or KnightInSourArmor, but recently briefly drifted to UnscrupulousHero or GuileHero when assembling X-Force, although he later reconsidered. Seems to have settled at CrazyPrepared badass under Warren Ellis and others.
* ArchEnemy: Mr. Sinister.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Scott's EyeBeams, which have had competing explanations over the years. Originally lasers and later "force blasts", the explanation for why Scott's body [[RequiredSecondaryPowers didn't suffer any recoil]] when unleashing that much force became that the blasts originated from a "non-Einsteinian" dimension or universe. Explanations as to how Scott can make his blasts reflect off of walls like lasers off of mirrors or how he can use them to cushion his body when falling (that is, recoil suddenly being a thing when useful) tend to be ignored.
* AwesomeByAnalysis:
** He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at in that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
* BackFromTheDead: He's returned from the dead twice:
** In ''ComicBook/PhoenixResurrection'', [[spoiler: he was temporarily resurrected (and then promptly killed off) as an attempt by the Phoenix to get Jean to bond with it again.]]
** Then in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'' at the end of the story. [[spoiler: After the original five X-Men return to the past, setting them back to normal, it's revealed that the original Cyclops is back from the dead. Retaining the memories of his time-displaced teenage self.]]
* BadassBoast: Often makes statements to this effect to his enemies, with the threats usually being implied and the confidence with which he says them making them that much more frightening.
* BadassFamily: His entire family, including his father Chris (Corsair), his brothers Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan), his two wives Madelyne Pryor and Jean Grey, his children Nathan (Comicbook/{{Cable}}), Comicbook/RachelSummers (the second Phoenix/Marvel Girl) and Nate (ComicBook/XMan) and his adopted granddaughter the mutant messiah Hope Summers. This could also extend to Scott's other relatives.
* BadassInCharge: Scott is the leader of the X-Men and not only that, but the [[TheCaptain General]] or leader of the entire mutant race.
* BarbarianLongHair: In Age of Apocalypse he sported long hair, with PeekABangs. While long hair is not a problem, the haircut in front of his face was. [[spoiler:It was there to hide his missing eye.]]
* BatmanGrabsAGun: He usually doesn't resort to lethal force unless you push him really, really far. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887064-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_one.jpg Donald Pierce]] learned this [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887067-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_two.jpg the hard way]].
* BerserkButton: Harm an innocent Mutant. He dares ya.
* BettyAndVeronica: Scott was Jean's Betty to Angel and Wolverine's Veronicas. Later had Madelyne as Betty and Jean as Veronica. Later had Jean as Betty and Emma as Veronica.
** For a short while, Psylocke was a Veronica herself, though this was apparently a side-effect of her FreakyFridayFlip (she said it was the other woman's personality pushing her to flirt).
* BigBad: When the Phoenix Force had taken control of Scott, he became a deadly and dangerous being.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He and Havok fight a fair amount, but Scott still treats him this way. Vulcan, not so much until Hickman's run.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Iceman and some of the younger X-Men as well.
* BigDamnHeroes: Too many times to count in X-Men history. And if ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' and ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'' are any indicator it seems Cyclops pulling this for Champions may become a recurring thing as well.
* BigGood: To his team and sympathizers. Before Schism, he was this to all of mutantkind.
* BigNo: Has one after [[spoiler:Warpath's]] death.
* BlessedWithSuck: Scott's powers ought to be as controllable as any other energy blaster, but he suffered a concussion in his youth (his parents had pushed him out of a plane when they were attacked by the Shi'ar), which somehow lead to his inability to shut off his powers after they emerged. Emma Frost later removed a mental block to give him control of his powers, since he had apparently been subconsciously keeping his eyes on to ensure he'd never hurt anyone with his powers (her explanation).
* BlindfoldedVision: Scott has edged into this on occasion, usually after losing his visor in circumstances where "blast everything in sight" is not a viable option. Notable examples include the occasion when he beat up six men with his eyes shut... while counting every step he took so he could find his way back to his fallen glasses, and his first confrontation with Cassandra Nova.
* BlindWeaponMaster: Cyclops of the X-Men has two options when he loses his [[SunglassesAtNight glasses]]: Keep his eyes open and [[EyeBeams kill]] [[PowerIncontinence everything in sight]], or keep them shut and ''beat the living hell out of his opponents'' while counting his footsteps so he can find his way back to where his glasses landed.
* BlindWithoutThem: Scott is seen as a special case. Though technically able to see without his ruby-quartz glasses, he cannot turn off the concussive beams that continually shoot from his eyes. He is thus forced to keep his eyes shut in order to keep from destroying everything around him. He can therefore be said to be "voluntarily blind" in the same way that the Inhuman's Black Bolt (whose voice is a similarly uncontrollable sonic weapon) is often said to be "voluntarily mute". They are contained because his body is immune to his own power: The beams which flow from his eyes flow right back in to his eyelids with no loss of energy.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Emma Frost (White Queen), Elisabeth Braddock (Psylocke) and Jean Grey and Madelyne Pryor were four well-known telepaths that were linked to Scott, but he only had serious relationships with Jean, Madelyne and Emma. Psylocke flirted shamelessly for a time, but it ended rather quickly.
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Cyclops' eye beams knock bad guys back, but not Cyclops himself. It's one of the ways he's immune to his own power.
* BoringButPractical: In the early days of the comic, there were a ''lot'' of villains who could either resist or reflect his optic beams, so Cyclops usually had to resort to blasting the ground beneath them so they would lose their balance.
* BreakTheCutie: Let's see: Parents die at a young age, sent to an OrphanageOfFear, has his younger brother taken away from him, almost kills several people when his power activates, taken in by an abusive criminal who he is forced to kill, his girlfriend dies, then he meets a woman who looks just like his girlfriend, he marries her, then his girlfriend comes back from the dead, he leaves his first wife who then tries to cause [[Comicbook/{{Inferno}} hell on earth in revenge]] and then she dies, his second wife leaves him, he gets possessed by Apocalypse, his therapist takes advantage of his mental state to have an affair with him, and this isn't even the tip of the iceberg.
** Then when he seems to have found happiness with the therapist who took advantage of him she has a mental breakdown trying to kill everyone, then he gets tortured by an alien after suffocating in space, then his people that he has been trying to protect and whose rights he has been fighting for gets decimated, then his son and adopted granddaughter who might save everyone go missing in the timestream, then someone drops the Phoenix on him, then his girlfriend cheats on him which she had done before but this time she tells him, while they are both high on the Phoenix and getting invaded by his former friends, and then he [[spoiler:kills his father figure]], which causes him to have an emotional breakdown and start a school that is more or less a terrorist cell, then he is faced with his younger self ''and'' the younger version of his wife at the exact age when he first fell in love with her and she despises him, then a few weeks later she ''hits on him'', then he gives up the school and goes on to [[spoiler:die from M-pox]]. After that [[spoiler:his legacy somehow]] becomes "guy who is worse than Hitler and started a war with the Inhumans".
*** Let's face it: There are days when it seems that the universe exists [[CosmicPlaything just to screw with Scott Summers]]
* BrokenAce: He's the leader of the X-Men and the leader of the mutant race, but oh boy, has Scott ever endured so much pain, chaos and tragedy throughout the course of his life. Underneath that stoic facade is most definitely an emotionally broken and fragile man.
* BrokenBird: He's honestly more of a male version of this than TroubledButCute.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Has shown multiple times that he does not depend on his powers to win.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter "X"]]: He wears a X-button on his costume like all of the other X-Men members.
** Scott also makes a signature X cross with his arms, symbolizing the X-Men.
** He also has [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with an X printed on them]].
* ByronicHero: As of lately, Scott is becoming more of this. He is serious, stoic and has a dark, tragic past.
* CainAndAbel: Kind of. Havok is occasionally evil and more usually just pissed off. Vulcan is a more obvious example, though [[FanonDiscontinuity not everyone accepts him as canon]].
* CallBack: Once Cyclops had absorbed Emma's share of the Phoenix Force, he goes into the "I AM PHOENIX" gloating similar to Jean Grey during the Phoenix[=/=]Dark Phoenix sagas.
** After the apparent death of [[TheMentor Professor X]], he throws in with his ex and a number of former teammates to keep mutants safe and teach them how to command their powers while maintaining tactical[=/=]philosophical opposition to the people running his old alma mater. The original concept of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' or his post-''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' status quo?
* CannotSpitItOut: A non-romantic variant. In the very first issue of ''X-Men Unlimited'', it was revealed that Cyclops was so courteous to Professor X he literally cannot call him "Charles". He'll call him "Professor" or "Xavier" or "Professor Xavier", but he'll never call him "Charles".
* TheCaptain: Scott has always been seen as the captain of the X-Men. Now, not only is he the captain of the X-Men team, but he is also seen as the captain of the entire mutant race.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Throws himself out of an alien spaceship, thousands of metres in the air, while falling he meets Iceman, who informs him of how much of a risky move that was, Scott's response? "Not really. I knew you'd be there. Hit the gas".
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Is well aware of this, as per the page quote.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Not strength or speed or any such thing, Scott's ridiculous trick shots, the ones that rebound off multiple walls and around corners to hit the enemy in the back? Training.
** Though sometimes it's said to be a part of his power-set, refined by training.
* TheCharmer: Scott has a lot of charisma and therefore ends up attracting many members of the opposite sex.
** He's unfortunately unable to maintain relationships with the ones he attracts though; Scott may attract the ladies easily but man, does he have a bad track record with women. Its not completely his fault though, after-all Maddy and him were having problems prior to him leaving (and he intended to and did eventually return to her, only to find her gone), while Jean was at the time of his 'psychic affair' (which was a case of his therapist, Emma Frost, taking advantage of him) contemplating cheating on him with Logan. He's dated other women too, but not nearly as seriously as these two (with exception of Emma, though their breakup has been far more amicable).
* TheChessmaster: He's the current page image, and as you might imagine, they don't call him "The General of the Mutants" for nothing. The ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants'' story arc exemplifies this beautifully. Post-''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', this has become one of Scott's most defining characteristics. It ultimately ends up become deconstructed because his teammates, most notably Wolverine and Beast, end up resenting Scott for treating them like chess pieces.
* ChickMagnet: Telepaths in particular can't keep their hands off him.
* ChildSoldiers: Scott went from being orphaned in a traumatic military action (Shi'ar) to being trained to lead a secret army, all before becoming an adult. His recent treatment of the remaining mutants (especially minors) drifts into this trope as well. Recent X-Men author Kieron Gillen even [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/03/kieron-gillen-uncanny-xmen-interview/ cited]] this characteristic as his central motivation for the character.
** His entire mentality is that of a soldier. He was raised to be a soldier, looks at life from a soldier's perspective, and acts like a military man at all times. In ''First Class'', he even admits that had it not been for his power being uncontrollable, he would have likely enlisted once he was old enough. Its notable that his father was an air force pilot, and in the Film Universe, Alex was in a military prison when Xavier found him. It runs in the family.
* CockFight: With {{Wolverine}} over Jean Grey.
* ColorBlindConfusion: It's not brought up often, but Cyclops is effectively color blind as a result of the ruby quartz visor that's used to keep his [[PowerIncontinence eye beams from destroying everything]] tinting everything a shade of red. How he's able to fly [[CoolPlane the Blackbird]] isn't explicitly stated, though it's likely the controls have been calibrated so he can see them.
* ConflictBall: With Captain America in [=AvX=]. The fighting started when Captain America turned up on Utopia and told Cyclops that, regardless of the X-Men's opposition, the Avengers were going to take Hope off-world in the event she couldn't control the Phoenix Force. Cyclops responded by optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, and prompting him to call in the rest of the Avengers to start fighting. The entire mess would've been avoided if the two leaders of the superhero and mutant communities had actually talked things over like adults.
** Though admittedly, Scott did kind of have reason to be suspicious of Cap, since a) he was gambling everything on Hope being able to control the Phoenix and restart Mutantkind, b) Cap was getting his information on the Phoenix from Wolverine, who even the other Avengers (notably Spider-Man) suspected was going to try and kill Hope before she could become the Phoenix - which is exactly what he tried to do as soon as he got the chance.
* ContainmentClothing: His special shades that contain his optic blasts.
* ContrivedCoincidence: How his time displaced younger self learns the truth about his "regular aged" self.
* ControlFreak: Deconstructed, since being a control freak makes him an effective leader and strategist, it's also the main reason he doesn't get along with his teammates outside of a combat setting (especially Logan). It's been made clear that because his powers are uncontrollable, Cyclops compensates by attempting to have total control over every other aspect of his life.
* CoolShades: A lot of times, if he has to wear red shades all the time, they might as well be stylish ones on his off-time.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Should his team ever go rogue, Cyke has ways of dealing with them.
** Possibly best demonstrated during ''Uncanny X-Men's'' ''Fear Itself'' tie-in. Faced with an even-more-unstoppable-than-usual Juggernaut, Cyclops tries one plan, which doesn't work, and is asked "time for plan B?" Cyclop's response? "That would assume I only have twenty-six plans."
* CurbStompBattle: Cyke with Wolverine. [[spoiler:Wolverine ends up being the one who is curb-stomped.]]
* {{Cyclops}}: Scott's superhero alter ego name. He's named Cyclops because of his large visor spanning his head. (Underneath the visor, he's actually got two eyes, though. Getting a look at them can be rather dangerous, however.)
** Cyclops did have one eye in the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline, since [[{{Wolverine}} Weapon X]] gouged out his left eye. Cyke blasted off Logan's left hand in retaliation.
* {{Dandere}}: Scott in the beginning was known to be extremely reserved and shy.
* DarkMessiah: ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, of all people, considers him the most shining example of a mutant savior. And technically, he was right: following [=AvX=], Cyclops' actions did bring mutants back from the brink of extinction.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A pretty long and horrible one, as noted elsewhere in the page.
* DeadAllAlong: In ''Comicbook/DeathOfX'' it is revealed [[spoiler:Cyclops died very early on, and the "Cyclops" we've been following throughout most of the story is merely a psychic illusion created by Emma Frost.]] Which explains a lot of why he is taller, younger-looking, and less sure of what he is going to say than before.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's not known to do it as much as other X-Characters, but if the situation is getting on his nerves, he'll pop off a smart ass comment. Especially in Creator/JossWhedon's hands, and in stories set/written before his descent into full on leadership.
* DeathSeeker: During ''[=AvX=] Consequences'', Scott reveals that he's willing to die now that he's officially lost everything. He gets past it, though.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's a fearless rebel leader who's been trained his whole life to fight for mutantkind. If you read that as 'fanatical ChildSoldier terrorist,' congratulations! You now understand his character arc.
* DelayedRippleEffect: When his past self was brought to the present, Scott had no recollection of such event in his youth. It was only after past Scott was brought back to his own time than present Scott woke up with all memories of this adventure.
* DemotedToExtra: In the movies, to many fans' dismay. [[spoiler:It's even worse that Scott is [[KilledOffForReal killed off]] in the third ''X-Men'' film.]]
* {{Determinator}}: It most cases, Scott isn't the type of person to just give up, especially when it's something that is important or life and death.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Scott's good at these, really good. He's played Norman Osborn, the Vampire Nation, Dracula (who he used in his plan to take down the vampire nation) and multiple commanders of invading alien races with no trouble whatsoever. He's even good enough to give Captain America, ''the'' master strategist in the Marvel Universe, the run-around during ''Avengers vs X-Men''.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Scott must always wear a special visor or pair of glasses to contain his optic blasts. When these devices are removed, he keeps his eyes shut, rendering him blind. Due to an important instance of this, he has since learned how to fight blind by using his hearing to pinpoint opponents and simply always scrutinizing his surroundings to know the lay of the land. One side story shows that he also counts his steps and memorizes which way he turns so that he can retrace his path and find his eyewear.
** Even with the visor/glasses, he's still colorblind, only able to see in shades of red. It's possible he shouldn't be able to pilot an aircraft such as the Blackbird, but there are custom control panels that have indicators based on number of lights, rather than color. Presumably, the Blackbird has one of them.
** Bonus points for the reason he can't control his optic blasts: at a young age he was in an accident and suffered severe head trauma, but fortunately there wasn't any damage to any "important" parts of the brain. This was before he developed the ability to obliterate everything in sight... Sadly, this actually plausible explanation (a rare sight in comic books) has been re-explained or outright removed several times, with many writers defaulting to "he just can't control it because that's how it is."
* DisappearedDad: His father, Chris, wasn't in his life growing up. Instead, Scott has always seen Professor X as a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] throughout his life.
* DissonantSerenity: The entire building is exploding, there are giant killer robots all around, he's lost his glasses... and Cyclops is calmly walking towards the villain, warning her that if he hears her ''breathe'' wrong, he'll open his eyes.
* DoomMagnet: Scott has been through so many bad things throughout his life, that it is endless. See TraumaCongaLine.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: As much as Cyke gets tossed around by all kinds of villainous ladies, his rocky 1st marriage crossed a line. Though Madelyne Pryor is better known as the ''Goblin Queen'' their history as husband and wife wasn't healthy. To this day, despite ''punching'' his ''face'', the incident of domestic violence is rarely addressed. Maddie is even viewed [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetically]] over [[JerkAss unpopular]] Cyclops.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Arguably a victim of this.
** Done by his ex-wife Madelyne Pryor (and a clone of Jean Grey) when Scott is in relationship with Emma after Jean's death in ComicBook/NewXMen. Maddie psionically impersonates Emma and has virtual sex with Scott, without him realizing the deception at first.
** When Jean wouldn't take his PTSD seriously in Comicbook/NewXMen, he asks Emma for help. She persuades him that having sex with her while she pretends to be Jean will cure him.
--->'''Emma''' (lying on a bed in Jean's Phoenix uniform): So, anyway… I am song and fire and life incarnate… but the truth is, no matter how hard I try, I can't help playing with '''fire'''. How about you, darling?
--->'''Scott''' (frowning, taking off his jacket): Sure, Jean. Why not?
* TheDreaded: During Gillen's run, he ''wanted'' him as his team to be this, because he knows mutants will never be accepted so he might as well scare the racists from assaulting them.
* EmbarrassingNickname: A common nickname for Scott is ''Slim'', dating back to the first issue of the comic.
* EnemyMine: Now that they all hate his guts, he's found himself forced to team up with Captain America, Wolverine, and the rest of his former allies quite a lot.
* EnergyAbsorption: Early X-Men issues imply that Scott's body absorbs solar energy that powers up his optic blasts, the same way his brother Alex absorbs cosmic radiation. Cyclops and Havok are also immune to each other's power beams. Scott also has some degree of absorbing energy from his opponent's attacks like solar power, but is not invulnerable to the pain of them
* ExtradimensionalPowerSource: Other explanations for his powers as described above is that his eyes are an aperture into a non-Newtonian dimension of exotic photons that interact with foreign matter as pure force. Eventually this became blended in the explanation that his body metabolizes solar energy to maintain said aperture in his eyes.
* EyeBeams: With PowerIncontinence, resulting in SunglassesAtNight.
* FatherToHisMen: While not played up by some writers, especially ones who don't write him well at all, Cyclops tends to have a very good relationship with the younger X-Men, primarily because he treats them like adults while still nurturing them. Notably, he has a relationship with Pixie that's not too unlike that of Wolverine and his many young female sidekicks.
* FictionIsntFair: Post-''ComicBook/AvengersVersusXMen'', a number of writers, particularly Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, would acknowledge the fan sentiment that he was being persecuted for things that most Marvel heroes would be (and have been) EasilyForgiven for, complete with having the more idealistic O5 X-Men side with him over Wolverine and allowing Cyclops to make [[StrawmanHasAPoint fairly well reasoned]] arguments for himself. He would still be treated like garbage by the majority of superheroes though, making it an example of this trope.
* FightsLikeANormal: Since his power causes way too much collateral damage for most situations.
* FourStarBadass: As Captain Commander he’s the military leader of the new mutant homeland of Krakoa.
* FriendToAllChildren: As an adult, he generally tends to get on better with teenaged heroes better than he does with people his own age.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Downplayed as Scott's past self was much less terrified by present Scott's turn to extremism, even if they ultimately couldn't find an agreement. It is however implied that getting past Scott's memories via DelayedRippleEffect and seeing himself from that perspective is what lead Scott to his HeelRealization as much as his death and resurrection.
* GenerationXerox: Subverted with Cyclops and Surge in that they're not related in any way. Other than that however, Surge is effectively a younger Cyclops, complete with crippling self doubt and a power that needs to be kept in check by an external device (in this case, her gauntlets). Her relationship with X-23 is also starting to mirror that between Scott and Logan, right down to the love triangle.
* GenreBlindness: Pointed out to him by Jamie Madrox when the latter and his team visited Utopia. It was Jamie's contention that humanity at large feared mutants because they could not tell good mutants from evil ones. Scott insisted that was ridiculous, just as [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Magneto, Emma Frost and Namor]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments came into the room to greet Jamie]].
* GlassCannon: He may be able to melt a mountain if he wants to, but he's still just as fragile as any other human.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Given that the glasses used to hold back his Eye Beams, taking them all the way off usually meant something was gonna get broke in a hurry.
** Cyke's visor, and shades as Scott Summers, are used to control the shape and strength of the blast even when he's actively using his powers. You don't fully understand until you see him take them off all the way and open his eyes fully. When that happens, "something" isn't gonna get broke - everything will get broke. For this reason, it's a weapon of last resort. However, if you absolutely have to get a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]] [[https://imgur.com/a/fWXGt off your lawn]], it'll get vaporized.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When a villain (or ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) is really getting on Cyclops' nerves, a glow can be seen through/around his shades or visor. As his EyeBeams are [[PowerIncontinence always on]], this probably indicates that their blast is becoming far more intense.
* GodzillaThreshold: As noted elsewhere, any time he willingly [[TheGlassesComeOff takes off his glasses or visor]]. As they're his PowerLimiter, and even the limited opening of the visor is an incredibly destructive power, Scott is understandably ''very'' reticent to let loose to that degree. If he's going without eyewear intentionally, things have gone extremely badly already.
* GoodIsNotNice: It's not that he's a mean person, but he's very serious and finds it hard to relax. Considering his childhood, it's no surprise. However, [[CombatPragmatist he's not above fighting dirty when the situation calls]].
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better. During ''Avengers versus X-Men'', he was taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Scott is rather extreme in his leadership and often makes controversial decisions on behalf of the team and the mutant race, but he only does so to preserve the mutant race and also, to protect the well-being of his team. Scott admits that he doesn't take killing lightly, but that sometimes, tough and controversial decisions need to be made in order to achieve things.
* GuileHero: He's willing to resort to manipulating others in order to achieve his endgame. Although there are some who will disapprove of his actions or decisions, Scott does what he feels is best for his team and for mutant kind, even if the decisions he makes are unpopular.
** Solidified in ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants''. [[spoiler: To add some context, Utopia was surrounded by Vampires, fighting on every side and platform. Jubilee and Wolverine have both been turned, and the latter is standing only a few feet away, ready to cut his head off and turn the rest of the X-Men. Cyke's response? Pulling out a control to reactivate Wolverine's HealingFactor, turning him back. That's right, Scott discovered he was immune to vampirism and that the vampires wanted to turn him, so he deactivated his HealingFactor and allowed him to be turned, just so he could turn him back right when they were relying on him to lead their forces. The vampires, still in shock, are promptly slaughtered. Meanwhile, Scott's earlier plan, to bring back Dracula and have him take back the vampire horde, appeared to have failed and was forgotten...only for it to turnout Dracula had been tracking down Xarus all this time, and after curbstomping his son and taking back his place, Cyke warns him that he could kill him with the push of a button. Dracula claims that he knows he's bluffing, but still lets them leave in peace. In short, do NOT threaten the safety of Cyclops' people, and when he says that he will slaughter you, he means it.]]
* HandicappedBadass: The simplest way to stop Cyclops from using his powers is to take away his visor, meaning that he's usually fighting blind as well as lacking his powers.
* HappilyMarried: To Madelyne and Jean. At least for almost 20 years. But then things happened and changed...
* HazyFeelTurn: Was his murdering the Professor while possessed by The Phoenix in ''Avengers vs. X-Men'' his [[invoked]]MoralEventHorizon? Frankly, the writers can't seem to make up their mind about it. DependingOnTheWriter Scott ranges from ReformedButRejected [[TheAtoner Atoner]] who's going about his own way of carrying on Xavier's legacy to a [[NeverMyFault blame shifter]] who refuses to face up to his crimes. Either way, post [=AvX=]-storylines has seen him as being an outlaw.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to his love life and his tragic life.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Mutants are nearly all gone and there's an evil sentient robot out to destroy them all. Cyclops responds by assembling a black-ops unit to ensure that any threat they face that can't be beaten the traditional way is taken care of, and moving the X-Men into a more paramilitary setting. However, he specifically did so with the plan of these being temporary measures until mutants are at a safe number again and no longer relying solely on his intervention to survive.
** However and this is somewhat ignored, as well as taking more action to ensure the safety of the remaining mutants, he did considerable amounts of work for human-mutant relations, such as accepting help from non-mutant sources, working closely with San Francisco's mayor to bring peace, and hired a PR agent to help turn public opinion on untrusted individuals such as Magneto around.
* HeelRealisation: Basically has this after [[spoiler:his resurrection by young Cable; looking back on his actions prior to his death, he realises that his focus on mutants over humans basically made him as bad as his enemies, leaving him resolved to correct that and restore the X-Men legacy]].
* TheHero: Self-identifies as this and tried for as long as he could to live up to that.
* HeroAntagonist: He is this himself and he sees the Avengers and the Fantastic Four as his, as he even urges his supporters not to hate them.
** BigGood: After Xavier stepped down from this role, Scott took it up until [=AvX=].
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jean Grey. And Madelyne Pryor. Oh, and Colleen Wing. Lee Forrester's blonde hair looked kind of reddish in some comics, too.
* HeroicBSOD: Cyclops, in Creator/JossWhedon's Astonishing ComicBook/XMen run, has a severe one of these when [[spoiler:Emma Frost reveals to him that his inability to control his powers is the result of a complex he developed about self-control as teenager, rather than a brain injury resulting from a concussion, as he had previously believed.]] He spends an issue or two in a completely catatonic state, his powers not functioning. He soon recovers enough to move around and lead the team (perhaps even more effectively than usual, with his self-control issues out of the way) and [[spoiler:later surprises everyone by revealing (with a point blank blast in the face of his interrogator) that his powers still work, and that he now has full control over them. At the end of the arc, this control fades as the "clarity" he got from Emma's intervention wears off. See StatusQuoIsGod.]]
** He seems to be prone to hitting these when he fails to stop people being hurt. Even prior to joining the X-Men. When he was 12 years old he hit one because he couldn't stop another orphan jumping off of the roof of the orphanage. Seriously.
* HeroicBuild: In some artists depictions, Scott is drawn much more muscular than others.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has been described as hating himself so much that he can't imagine anyone else not hating him.
--->'''Cyclops:''' I thought you said you couldn't read minds.
* HeroInsurance: Cyclops always advises the team to avoid collateral damage (ie, no throwing random cars at bad guys), or at least cut a check to affected parties afterwards, since a mere diversionary tactic could mean years of debt for a civilian.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: After ''AVX'', also crossing with ReformedButRejected. He's not a bad guy by any means, and all he's concerned with now is protecting the new mutants from those who wish to harm them. He's yet to kill anyone doing so, and wants nothing more but to bury the hatchet with his former team and allies so they can work together to honor Xavier's memory. However, the fact that 'those who wish to harm them' often includes trigger-happy police officers who he's forced to fight to deal with them, along with many of his forme team having personal grievances that clouds their judgement (and soils other people's perceptions of him when they tell others about it), he's became SHIELD's number one priority. Subverted though, as the public in general are actually rather supportive of him and see him as a freedom fighter opposing a corrupt institution, while its the ''superhero community'' who hate him.
** After ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he became this posthumously. Details were sparse other than "he went crazy and died doing something terrible" until ''Death of X''. There, it was revealed [[spoiler:that the bad publicity wasn't even his fault at all. He was one of the first mutants to die from M-Pox, and everything that "he" did afterward was a psychic projection created by a grief-stricken Emma Frost]].
** His younger self tries to rectify this, all the while believing that [[spoiler:sassing Blackbolt it a completely legit cause of death]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Angel, he's close to Beast and Iceman too (or at least was) but Angel is the one consistently portrayed as his best friend. Also had something like this that majorly overlapped with VitriolicBestBuds with Wolverine.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Yes, teenage Scott, it's a brilliant idea to go and live with a man who you randomly met in a forest while completely blind, oh wait, it wasn't. Given how his teen self, upon arriving to the future, ended up trusting Mystique, he definitely had a problem with this. He grows out of it, obviously.
* {{Hunk}}: Scott is depicted as an attractive, well-built, all-American, heroic superhero. He's tall, muscular and brawny with good looks.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Cyclops's glasses/goggles don't just let him control his powers, they also limit them. If he's willing to take his visor off for even a few seconds, you're in trouble.
** In ''Astonishing X-Men'', [[spoiler:Cyclops had his powers psychically de-activated by Emma Frost and had been captured and tortured by an alien warlord. When he finally tells the warlord that the X-Men's secret weapon "Leviathan", was completely fictional (thus throwing out any reason to keep him alive), he starts laughing. The warlord attacks him, demanding to know what else he's been lying about. Cue the eye beams.]]
** Another instance of this is in the first volume of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. Cyclops is being restrained by a Sentinel because it has figured out that he operates his optic blasts by pressing a button on the side of his visor. Scott then reveals that he can also do it by snapping his fingers.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ever since M-Day, Scott's been put in charge of the remaining mutants, and he's had to adapt to that. If he doesn't do everything within his power, no matter how questionable, every mutant will die. To his credit, however, he also took a more proactive approach to building relations between humans and mutants, and was working closely with the Mayor of San Francisco to ensure peace between mutants and the people of San Fran, including hiring a PR agent to help ensure the X-Men look heroic.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Cyclops was raised by the most powerful telepath in the world, married a second telepath (trained by the first), and dated a third telepath after his wife died. He's also has been possessed by several quasi-demonic evil entities on numerous occasions. As a result, he has built up amazing psychic blocks and resistance over years of training, to the point where he was able to take in a shard of [[MadeOfEvil The Void]] and lock it in a room in his mind, where it has [[TemptingFate yet to be heard from again.]] He was also able to keep a leash on the [[CrystalDragonJesus Phoenix Force]] for a surprisingly long time until ComicBook/TheAvengers forced him to go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero full-on Dark Phoenix.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Cyclops can hit six fast-moving targets, some of them behind him, with a single shot. It's explained that part of his mutation is incredible spatial reasoning and intuition, allowing him to pull off stunts like this. [[MundaneUtility It also makes him really good at pool]].
* InSpiteOfANail: His inability to control his optic blasts is canonically due to a ChildhoodBrainInjury (or possibly psychological block) caused by jumping out of his parent’s plane. However, his PowerIncontinence and the visor are such iconic traits of him that he still has them in [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universes]] where he didn’t, or couldn’t possibly have suffered a similar accident.
* InhumanEyeConcealers: Wears either sunglasses with ruby-quartz lenses or an adjustable visor to contain the uncontrollable energy blasts his eyes project.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The Askani (led by Rachel Summers), in a sense, since they helped Scott and Jean raise their "son" Nathan Summers to prevent Apocalypse's reign in the future.
* InterruptedCooldownHug: In ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga. Near the climax, Scott is talking Dark Phoenix down, trying to appeal to Jean's better nature with ThePowerOfLove, with her face getting noticeably less inhuman and softer... until Professor Xavier mind-blasts her from behind, and she returns to full-fledged psychosis.
** This turns out to be just the way to calm the phoenix. Scott does it to Jean in Phoenix:Endsong. Wanda does it to Hope in [=AvX=]. Xavier tries to do it to Scott in [=AvX=], but goes about it in the wrong way.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the founding members of ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', due to his time-displaced teenage self being a member of that team and Scott getting his memories of that time with DelayedRippleEffect once teen Scott return to his place in time. As a result, adult Scott considers them his friends despite being something like twice their age.
* IronicNickname: Scott is nicknamed ''Slim'' by Wolverine possibly because he is slim built (especially during the old days when Scott was more lean and wiry in appearance; Scott became more muscular later on.)
* {{Jerkass}}: Scott is highly capable of displaying not so nice behaviour towards others.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Perhaps the true reason why others continue to follow his orders.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his jerkass-like behaviour, his heart is ultimately in the right place. Scott has his moments when he's not the nicest guy in the world and reacts very poorly when his teammates get hurt (even with ones that are far higher on the JerkAss scale than him), proving that he does care after all.
* KnightInSourArmor: His character development has largely consisted of him growing more cynical, not without reason. Mostly being let down by people he trusted. Among other things, he was tricked into cheating on his wife, was cheated on by his phoenix-crazed girlfriend, and his father figure kept his little brothers existence from him.
* TheLawOfPowerProportionateToEffort: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He has EyeBeams with the power to destroy mountains that appear whenever he opens his eyes. Using this power is based on a gesture (opening his eyes), but to stop that from [[StoryBreakerPower becoming broken]], he not only has PowerIncontinence, but two different energy sources for these beams are introduced to provide limits.
** One energy source says that Cyclops absorbs sunlight and metabolizes it. Therefore, using his stored up energy fatigues him very quickly, which explains why he always looks as if he's straining to use his abilities.
** The other energy source says that his energy comes from "a non-Euclidean dimension of limitless energy", and that his eyes are portals to this dimension. The energy passing through his body causes him a great deal of stress, and that ''also'' explains why he seems to visibly struggle to use his powers.
* TheLeader: Scott is the leader of the Original X-Men team.
** Scott categorizes as Type I, II, III, and IV.
** More than just the original team, Scott is, with the possible exception of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the most capable team leader in the Marvel 616 Universe, and probably more closely associated with team leadership than anyone in Marvel ''or'' DC comics.
*** This is demonstrated in ComicBook/HouseOfM when the heroes who have received their memory back (including several non-X-Men) all turn to Scott for orders.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: What Scott did to the abusive criminal mentioned earlier in the page when he tried to make him kill a security guard, at the age of about 16. No, he didn't get therapy for this, either.
* TheLostLenore: In ''Death of X'', [[spoiler:he is this trope to Emma. Most of what she does in that storyline is motivated by the shock of his death (and to a lesser extent, the Terrigen Mists threatening to wipe out mutantkind...again).]]
* LoveInterest: To many different women, but his main love interests are Jean Grey and Emma Frost.
* LoveTriangle: Scott has been in a few love triangles, but the main ones are between himself, Jean, and Wolverine, and himself, Jean and Madelyne, and himself, Jean and Emma.
* LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe: One of the better known examples - "Only my ruby-quartz visor can contain my optic blasts!"
* MessiahCreep / DarkMessiah: After ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Cyclops took it upon himself to be the guardian for all the remaining mutants. Eventually this grew into Cyclops doing whatever it took to protect mutant kind. This all comes to a head in [=AvX=], where [[spoiler:once he's possessed by the Phoenix, his dedication to making the world safe for mutants causes him to develop AGodAmI-like behavior, and repeated attacks by the Avengers drive him off the wall.]]
* MentalAffair: With Emma. Jean catches them in the act, but later comes to realize that they love each other and that she should let them be.
* MindLinkMates: Scott had a form of this with his wife Jean Grey, while their marriage was happy and blissful, of course. It was established by Jean during the Dark Phoenix Saga, which is the version of her that may or may not have been the phoenix thinking it was her.
** Had a form of this with [[StrangledByTheRedString Emma Frost]].
** Young Scott and Teen Jean have one, forged by accident as they were fighting Emma Frost.
* MoreHeroThanThou: With Wolverine. This was a constant in their dynamic.
* MrFanservice: Scott is a physically attractive male and he has attributes and appeal that magnetize the opposite sex. In later issues, he'll often find a reason to be topless [[spoiler:to show the scars Wolverine left]], to the point of once having half his costume burned off.
* MundaneUtility: Do not ever challenge him at pool. As noted, he has an incredible grasp of spatial geometry. Also, as lampshaded by Jean in an early issue of the original comic's run, he apparently can use his eyebeams to cut a cake.
* NeckLift[=/=]NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Doctor Doom in ComicBook/SecretWars2015 #4.]].
* NervesOfSteel: Scott rarely shows any emotion, weakness or vulnerability. He pushes his emotions aside in order to achieve his goals.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Scott is the Noble to Wolverine's Roguish.
* NoSocialSkills: Scott is known to be shy, reserved and stoic. His social skills aren't the strongest.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Although Scott is the leader, he isn't the best people person socially. He is actually pretty good at reading people, but [[AmbiguousDisorder doesnt know how to handle it]] except in a straightforward manner.
* NotSoDifferent: Although he was always Xavier's top student, over time his personality and methods actually came more and more to align with ''Magneto's.'' Following the Schism, Xavier remained teaching under Wolverine's leadership while Magneto allied with Cyclops' team. Even the "Cyclops Was Right" meme is a derivative of "Magneto was Right."
* TheOathBreaker: Married Madelyne Pryor, fathered a child with her, and then ditched them the minute Jean Grey came back from the dead. (During ''Inferno,'' Mr. Sinister claims to have psychically manipulated Cyclops into that betrayal, but even Creator/ChrisClaremont, the guy who wrote that story, considers it a blemish on Cyclops' character.)
* OhCrap: Cyclops has one after optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, only for the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier to decloak above him, with the Avengers assembled.
* OneWayVisor: Cyclops wears one of these with his costume.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After he [[spoiler:chokes on Terrigen mist]] he becomes slightly less eloquent and more dramatic. If you read ''[=AvX=]:Consequences'', you'll know that's not how he does [[spoiler:suicidal]].
* PapaWolf:
** To {{Comicbook/Cable}} and ComicBook/XMan. Slightly less so with Rachel, but it's there.
** Also to Mutantkind as a whole, especially since Marvel NOW. Harm just one of his kind, and he'll track you down.
** And the Champions.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor... it's not pretty to put it mildly.
* PhlebotinumBattery: Cyclops' red optic blasts are charged by solar power. In a pinch they can be charged by Storm's lightning (which turns them white) but it is not at all pleasant for him.
** This goes back-and-forth. It's also established that Cyclops's eyes are a portal to a [[AssPull non-Euclidean dimension of pure energy]], and that he has limitless amounts of energy to tap into when he opens them, so long as his body withstands it. This has also been ''combined'' with the aforementioned solar power in some stories.
* PinballProjectile: Cyclops' optic blasts have a habit of doing this.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Cyclops with Captain America. See ConflictBall for more info.
* PowerIncontinence: Cyclops, without his trademark visor he wears as part of his costume, or a pair of ruby quartz glasses out of costume, would be firing his EyeBeams 24/7. (In fact, he is firing them 24/7, they're just being blocked.)
** [[spoiler:This limitation was said to be a mental block, and was fixed by Emma Frost for a short while. After that he either decides that he is better off with the mental block, or whatever she did with his brain wore off.]]
** Used to be from having hit his head in the accident that killed his parents.
** There was a throwaway scene in one of the comics shortly after Wolverine lost his Adamantium (and briefly regressed to a neanderthallic state) where Cyclops hit his head in some kind of rune-covered pit, and a caption stated, "A subtle change is worked in an area of his brain damaged so long ago", so it's possible both explanations are correct.
** After the events of [=AvX=], the visor can't block his eyebeams anymore. The only thing that can are his own eyelids.
* PowerLimiter: Cyclops' goggles, which keep his uncontrollable Eye Beams under wraps. If he takes his glasses off completely and opens his eyes fully he can hold off even the Juggernaut (for a little while, anyway) and once atomized a Sentinel. The bad news is that it means destroying everything else in the area too, so he doesn't do it often.
* PowerOfTheSun: Cyclops stores solar power to use his optic blasts. In the 90's cartoon, he was once BroughtDownToNormal by a foe who just kept him indoors long enough for him to drain his reserves.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Habitually dresses in yellow and blue, with a bright red visor over his eyes.
* PromotionToParent:
** He didn't have to raise his younger brother, but it's been acknowledged that Havok wouldn't be so dependent on him (nor Cyclops so eager to save him from himself) if their parents hadn't been abducted by aliens.
** Following Xavier stepping down, he basically becomes this to the entire Mutant race. However, as its been revealed Xavier did some questionable things behind the scenes, its showed that Cyclops has done the same, only difference being that now we see first hand as he does them.
* PureEnergy: Scott releases blasts of "pure concussive force" from his eyes.
* PyrrhicVictory: Attempted to be invoked by Cyclops, as at the end of the day [[spoiler:the effects of M-Day have been undone and ties between the mutant and superhero communities have been strengthened.]] Captain America counters this in a WhatTheHellHero moment.
* RealMenWearPink: If the apps on his computer are to believed he plays Hello Kitty games and also owns a [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/71be47fdd1c4744de3c0c491ca71b27e/tumblr_nqsgriE8Jf1r1ins0o1_400.png Captain America teddy bear.]] As for the real men part, despite his MemeticLoser status, he can beat up several people with his eyes shut.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he is able to control his power without ruby quartz.
* RedOniBlueOni: Scott is the Blue to Wolverine's Red.
* RelativeError: Some readers, upon first reading ''X-Men: Deadly Genesis,'' assumed that the Marvel Girl depicted therein was Cyclops's new girlfriend instead of his daughter. This also happened canonically to Cyclops and Havok in an issue of ''X-Factor''.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Scott needs to wear a visor or he'll blast everything in front of him whenever he has his eyes open.
** Also, Newton's third law means that Scott needs abnormally strong neck muscles or his neck will get broken by the recoil. Although it's implied that any force coming directly from his blasts is absorbed by his body.
** He's immune to his own beams so he doesn't end up shooting through his eyelids.
* TheRival / ShadowArchetype: With {{Wolverine}}. In damn near every medium expect the two to be polar opposites in terms of characterization. In more recent years, the two have actually reversed roles, with Cyclops now being the WellIntentionedExtremist, even though he's right most of the time.
* SayMyName: As Jean dies, Scott and Jean call each other's names.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Nathaniel Essex is Scott's childhood bully in the Nebraskan orphanage. Creator/ChrisClaremont had the idea for this bully to become Mister Sinister, one of Scott's greatest arch-nemeses. Since Claremont's departure from Marvel, it turned up to be the orphanage's headmaster is the actual Sinister.
* ShirtlessScene: Scott has plenty of times when he's without a shirt. In fact, if he encounters fire in a fight, it ''will'' burn the top half of his costume off.
* ShrinkingViolet: A male version as a teenager. His self esteem is still definitely not the highest. He is confident enough about things like decisions and strategies, but feels unloveable.
* SinglePowerSuperheroes: Probably the most known example in comics.
* TheSmartGuy: Scott is quick, smart, and intelligent. He is good at strategizing.
** DependingOnTheWriter, he either has an innate knowledge of trigonometry from his powers or he is a mathematical genius whose skill comes from training.
* SociopathicHero: Kind of. To some, Scott is definitely falling into this territory as of lately. His decisions are rather extreme in nature. He doesn't seem to show an overwhelming amount of guilt or remorse for his extreme actions. Hell, Scott doesn't seem to show all that much emotion at all lately.
* SoldierVersusWarrior: Very much on the soldier side, in contrast to Wolverine, who is firmly in the warrior camp.
* TheSpock: After taking on the reins as the leader, Cyclops becomes the cold and calculating variant. Wolverine and Beast typically played TheMcCoy to counter balance it. One thing that contributed to the schism was that there was no longer a Jean Grey or Professor Xavier [[TheKirk to play the middle man]].
* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the last couple of years, some writers have found they just cannot get enough of this guy, to the point where ''he'' overshadows everyone else on the team. A refreshing change from the [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} usual spotlight hog]], but still not likely what the fanbase had in mind.
* StandardizedLeader: Wiki/TheOtherWiki has noted that if Cyclops is in the field, he is TheCaptain, regardless of whose party it was before he arrived.
* StarCrossedLovers: Arguably, Scott's relationship with Jean classifies as this. They have faced endless tragedy and something always manages to tear the two apart.
* StatusQuoIsGod: A very dark and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed one]], Cyke will NEVER be able to gain control over his power, no matter what, any time he finally does is met with a downer ending with him losing it again. He once gained it in the ''X-Men First Class'' two parter "Catalyst", but was forced to give it up to because it was now godlike level of power.
* StepfordSnarker: He is cold and often sarcastic. He is also broken, probably beyond repair. He has been known to hide his hurt in situations behind sarcasm.
* StillTheLeader: Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men. Storm won and took charge while Cyclops retired to lead a civilian life. However, he's always been in overall command since he rejoined the X-Men several years later. Technically, Storm outranked him for the better part of 20 years, until Xavier made Cyke and Emma Frost the co-headmasters while he was away for some time. He later went on to become the leader of the entirety of mutantkind for a while.
* TheStoic: Scott is always calm and composed; he doesn't show any emotion, well, [[NotSoStoic not most of time at least]].
* TheStrategist: During ''Fear Itself'', he noted that he was going to Plan 2. When asked why he didn't call it Plan B, he replied, "That would imply I only have twenty-six plans."
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be sweet and understanding. Can be strict and cynical. There is no in-between.
* SunglassesAtNight: For a long time because he couldn't control his powers.
* SuperHero: Like all of his fellow X-Men.
* SuperWeight: Level 3, bordering on Level 4 on his more powerful days (though always with the {{Glass Cannon}} disadvantage). During ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, he became a Level 5 when he was first powered up by a 1/5 of the Phoenix and after he absorbed the whole Force he became a Level 6.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: 6'3", brunet and attractive.Yep.
** TallDarkAndSnarky: Can also be very snarky when he wants to be.
* TangledFamilyTree: Formerly trope namer. Just as an example, you might have to go through a couple Elseworlds to do it, but you could make a case that Scott is Galactus's father-in-law.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Where do you think ''[[MemeticMutation Cyclops was right]]'' comes from? In the end, he was entirely right about the Phoenix not intending to destroy the Earth (originally) and Hope being the harbinger of Mutantkind's rebirth. That doesn't mean however that he is fine with every hard descision he made.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Well, at least none that don't take advantage of his PTSD to have sex with him. In all honestly, Scott's descent down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism could have been avoided if anybody could have been bothered to fork out to send him to a proper psychologist.
* TheyDo: Scott with Jean when they get married.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Scott is this of The Elite Mutant Force who serve as CoDragons to Sinister.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Way back when, Scott was utterly stiff on the job, but capable of if not relaxing then at least acting like a normal person, even cracking the occasional joke (comparing Nightcrawler to Chewbacca when the subject of seeing ''Star Wars'' came up). Several decades of trauma later... not so much.
** After ''Messiah Complex'', is more callous and more ruthless than before. Honestly, it's like the universe is telling him to be a jerk or let mutants die off horribly. Still yet, every time he ''does'' do something truly questionable, he'll admit it's wrong and apologise eventually. He may have used X-23 as a weapon, but she was completely there of her own free will, and he promised to never ask her to do that again when it was over.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Subverted. Scott isn't a villain, but fits more of the {{antihero}} archetype. However, Scott often resorts to going to extremes and making tough decisions to preserve the life of the mutant race. He always wants the best possible for the mutants and wants the mutant race to be respected, not feared. In order for Scott to achieve his goals for the greater good of his race, he has had to resort to some morally questionable decisions and actions.
* TragicHero: His wife keeps dying, as she acknowledges with her dying words. His relationship with Emma failed and he died before they could get back together. His friends want nothing to do with him. He wound up accidentally killing his father figure, and everyone acts as though he did it on purpose.
* TraumaCongaLine: See DoomMagnet. The amount of chaos that Scott has gone through is absolutely endless.
* TrueLoveIsBoring: No matter what, Scott and Jean are not allowed to have happy life. Or Scott and Madelyne. Or Scott and Emma. Or Scott--fuck it. Just Scott.
* UnderwearOfPower: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marvel_Cyclops_8654.jpg His former costume]]. It's not even needed to have very sharp eyes to notice there's a bulge on it.
* UnknownRelative: Due to their TangledFamilyTree, neither him nor his brothers are aware that they're all actually the great-great-grandsons of the centuries-old villainess called Black Womb (Amanda Mueller), which makes them also related to another shady figure called Fontanelle, who has mostly had dealings with Gambit, and is none other than their great-grandaunt, which is quite a feat given that she's older than their deceased grandparents!
* UnluckyEverydude: Cyclops is not unattractive – physically. His SugarAndIce personality can make him off-putting to certain women – women who aren't telepathic, that is, including female students who develop crushes on him. Telepaths can see through his act and know what he's really like. Wolverine chews him out for not seeing how his mysterious facade drives women crazy trying to crack his shell. He sarcastically acknowledges that he is good-looking, but fails to understand the psychological component to his attractiveness. That or he realizes it is better for him not to know.
* UnscrupulousHero: Scott's intentions may be heroic, but Scott is not afraid to make the tough decisions which can be considered less than heroic, honorable or noble. He's also not afraid to kick your ass (or kill you) if you pose a threat to the entire race of mutants.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Literally for while, given the name of the mutant enclave he was running. Expanded globally during the time he and some of his teammates were vessels for the Phoenix Force. Also, the simple fact that he was willing to put his faith in the Phoenix providing salvation for mutantkind, despite the fact that it had previously and was currently destroying inhabited worlds.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Emma Frost wasn't the noblest female or had the best intentions, but she has stated that he was the only man she ever wanted to give a shit about her. She really did love him and would do anything for him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Wants to secure a safe future for mutants and is ready to do things he wouldn't have done in the past for it.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Whenever he loses his powers, it's shown that his eyes are big, brown and make him look incredibly vulnerable. Several members of the fandom think his eyes are his most attractive feature, which is cruelly ironic.
* WhatTheHellHero: He recently assembled a black ops[=/=]wetwork team, ''over the objections of [[{{Wolverine}} the homicidal]] AntiHero he orders to lead it'', and hides it from the X-Men at large because the "X-Men do not kill." Later Wolverine calls him out on his willingness to allow children to fight on the front lines (though in his defense, that's not that much different then how the X-Men have been since they were first formed. Logan's comments were also made with ComicBook/{{X 23}} in mind, who he was trying to help find a normal life of ''not'' being a LivingWeapon).
** This is pretty much how Scott reacts when ever somebody tells him he's acting like Magneto.
** Taken to extreme lengths with everyone's reaction to finding out Scott assembled the X-Force, a black ops team with the most dangerous mutants to go and kill the X-Men's most deadly enemies who could possibly eradicate the last of the mutants. What they (and sadly some fans) fail to notice is that that is exactly what has prevented every last mutant on earth from being eradicated. Note that the second that Bastion and the Purifiers are defeated, Scott disbands the team since they won't be up against anyone as dangerous as them in the meantime.
* WhenHeSmiles: When Scott smiles his adorkability levels go through the roof.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: After Cyclops [[spoiler:kills Xavier as the Dark Phoenix]], he breaks down crying and blames Captain America and the Avengers for it.
* WillfullyWeak: Cyclops could take down or kill everyone below the power level of [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Sue Storm, Ben Grimm]], etc. just by taking off his visor. He doesn't, mostly because he's afraid of letting his full power out and losing control.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Since 1963, Scott Summers Jean Grey live in a constant cycle where they're unsure whether a relationship is a good idea or they should stay just friends, they get together, live happy for a while until one of them dies temporarily or something makes them break up, and the cycle begins anew. In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', their time-displaced teenager counterparts (nicknamed Tyke and Jeen by fans) are stuck in the "unresolved sexual tension" phase due to this.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: When Scott is possessed by the Dark Phoenix, he goes completely dark side and insane.
* YouRemindMeOfX:
** After Cyclops says that Phoenix could be used to "put the world back on track", Magneto points that Cyclops is starting to sound like him.
** It turns out this is a BerserkButton for Cyclops when this happens one too many times. For a while, people have been saying this to him when he gets particularly protective of mutant kind, and this bit is essentially him spitting back. [[spoiler:But, Scott was Phoenix powered and as such insane, he replies that the difference is "he's winning".]]
* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses: Some drunkards try to pick a fight with (civilian-dressed) Cyclops. He says the stock phrase, so one of them takes off his glasses.
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'''And never forget, [[MemeticMutation Cyclops was right!]]'''
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->''"Because a leader knows, it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty into an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go."''
[[TheHero The very first X-Man]] and [[TheLeader deputy leader of the X-Men]] turned [[TheCaptain General of Mutantkind]]. He first appeared in ''[[ComicBook/XMen The X-Men]]'' #1 (September 1963), created by writer Creator/StanLee and artist Creator/JackKirby.
Leader of the ComicBook/XMen and Xavier's top student, Scott Summers is skilled at [[TheStrategist strategy]] and [[TheCaptain managing people]], but [[NotGoodWithPeople fails at most attempts at personal interaction]]. The years of pressure in being an example for other mutants and a combat field leader have wound him up into a tight-assed, stuffed shirt: this brings him into conflict with just about any other mutant who doesn't have standards as high as Cyclops, which is nearly all of them. His powers are energy beams that shoot out of his eyes, which are strong enough to level mountains, and uncontrollable unless filtered with ruby quartz; it's implied that his inability to control his powers has subconsciously driven him to have control and order in every other facet of his life.
[[ComicBook/HouseOfM Post-House of M]], 98% of all mutants lost their powers. With his race near extinction, Cyclops came to the conclusion that Xavier's vision was no longer going to cut it. Survival was the new primary objective. This saw Cyclops transition from the Field Leader and "Headmaster" of the X-Men, [[WellIntentionedExtremist to the General of Mutants]].
[[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen After personal differences and disagreements on how to deal with the oncoming threat of the Phoenix spiraled out of control and resulted in the death of Xavier and the return of the X-Gene]], Cyclops was held responsible for the mess and imprisoned, now considered a FallenHero and a terrorist by his former allies. Plagued by guilt, he originally planned to let himself be killed in prison so that at least he could go down as a martyr until he realized that the new mutants arising after this are going to be hounded and hunted. Escaping with the help of his former Extinction Team, Cyclops founded a new Xavier school using the former site of Weapon X and has now began work on protecting the new mutants, despite being hated and feared.
As well as that, under the claim of trying to save Scott from himself, Beast [[ComicBook/AllNewXMen went back in time and brought the original five X-Men to the present, Scott among them]]. Teen Scott originally is disgusted by what he was told of his adult self until he comes to realize that a lot of it isn't quite the truth and, with the rest of the team, [[ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom jumps ship to join him after they find out they can't return to their home timeline]].
At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunited with a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
Following the 2019 relaunch of the X-franchise in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'', his traditional role as the linchpin and StandardisedLeader of the X-Men has been taken to its logical extreme. Unlike the other X-books, which feature a core cast of characters, each issue of the X-Men follows a different eclectic team of mutant powerhouses, with Scott as the [[TeamUpSeries only consistent member]].
Other than being a staple of the franchise, Cyclops has starred and co-starred in several series. Teen Cyclops has [[ComicBook/{{Cyclops2014}} his own ongoing series]].
Portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden in the original trilogy of the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', by [[Series/DanceAcademy Tim Pocock]] as a teenaged Scott in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and by Creator/TyeSheridan as a younger Scott in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
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!! Cyclops appears in:
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[[folder: Notable Comics]]
* ''X-Men Origins: Cyclops'' (2010)
* ''ComicBook/{{Cyclops 2014}}''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Other Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfCyclopsAndPhoenix''
* ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''
* ''ComicBook/{{Marvel 1602}}''
* ''ComicBook/NewXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen''
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''
* ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMen''
* ''ComicBook/XFactor''
* ''ComicBook/XMenForever''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Major storylines]]
* ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''
* ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills''
* ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}''
* ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse''
* ''ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}''
* ''ComicBook/HouseOfM''
* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion''
* ''ComicBook/DarkReign''
* ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''
* ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''
* ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom''
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Anime]]
* ''Anime/XMen'' anime (2011): voiced by Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa and Creator/ScottPorter
* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' (2014): Guest spot, voiced by Takahiro Yoshimizu
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live-Action Films]]
* ''Film/XMen1'' (2000): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' (2003): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' (2006): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' (2009): teenage version portrayed by Tim Pocock
* ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' (2014): portrayed by Creator/JamesMarsden
* ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016): younger version portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
* ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019) portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' (1966): First animated appearance. Guest spot, voiced by Vic Perrin
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (1981): Guest spot, voiced by George [=DiCenzo=] and Neil Ross
* ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' (1989): voiced by Michael Bell
* ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' (1992-1997): voiced by Norm Spencer
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' (2000-2003): voiced by Kirby Morrow
* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen'' (2009): voiced by Creator/NolanNorth
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperheroSquadShow'' (2009-2011): voiced by Creator/CarlosAlazraqui
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/XMen'' (1992): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantApocalypse'' (1994): appears as a playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' (1994): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' (1996): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperheroesVsStreetFighter'' (1997): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'' (1998): appears as a [[AssistCharacter partner character]]. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Norm Spencer.
* ''VideoGame/XMenMutantAcademy'' (2000): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''X-Men: Mutant Academy 2'' (2001): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Ray Landry.
* ''VideoGame/XMenNextDimension'' (2002): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Tim Morrison.
* ''VideoGame/XMenLegends'' (2004): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/RobinAtkinDownes
* ''X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse'' (2005): appears as a playable hero. Voiced by Creator/JoshKeaton.
* ''X-Men: The Official Game'' (2006): appears as NPC. Voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' (2006): appears as playable hero exclusive to Xbox 360 version. Voiced by Scott Macdonald.
* ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2'' (2009): appears as playable hero exclusive to [=PS2=], PSP, and Wii versions. Voiced by Zach Hanks.
* ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'' (2011): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/XMenDestiny'' (2011): appears as NPC. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3'' (2011): appears as cameo in Phoenix's ending.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' (2012): appears as playable hero.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Creator/ScottPorter.
* ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperheroes'' (2013): appears as playable hero. Voiced by Nolan North.
* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance3TheBlackOrder'' (2019): appears as an NPC in the base game and later playable as a free post-launch DLC.
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!!Cyclops provides examples of:
* NinetiesAntiHero:
** Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison's ''New X-Men'' and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
* AbusiveParents: While he was not biologically Scott's father and instead a foster father (and an illegal one at that), Jack Winters treated him as more of a weapon than a child and physically abused him.
** To a lesser extent, Charles Xavier's treatment of him drifts into this, too, being emotionally distant, forcing multiple hard jobs on him from the age of 15–16, including killing his previous foster father, and being trigger happy with erasing his memories, although some people might argue his treatment was worse than Jack's because of the messing around in Scott's brain.
* TheAce: Scott is a great strategist, excellent leader and is the one who is willing to make the decisions for the best of his team and race (mutant kind). All in all, Scott is good at what he does. Even Magneto bowed to him due to respect.
* ActionHero: Duh. Scott is an X-Men, the leader of the X-Men to be exact. His role is defined by action.
* AgeLift: In ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' he's the younger brother, instead of the older one.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Wolverine may not always like him personally, but as Creator/JossWhedon reminded us, there's a ''very good reason'' Scott's the one in charge.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Cyclops, while a boy scout in general, definitely fits the 'troubled aloof stoic' bad boy criteria, and is the first to point out he's dangerous to be around. Even before his recent descent into AntiHero badassery, he's had a steady stream of women pursuing him, including ComicBook/JeanGrey, Madelyn Pryor, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, and ComicBook/EmmaFrost.
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott "'''S'''lim" '''S'''ummers.
* AloofBigBrother: To Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan).
** Averted in his first meeting with Gabriel as Scott is entirely nice and friendly to him and completely breaks down at his apparent death. Then Xavier completely erases any memory of Vulcan's existence from his memory because he wasn't getting over it quickly enough for him.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Generally subverted, Scott tends not to fare well in parallel universes, typically ending up evil or dead or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs evil and dead]] or just shunted aside to allow a more marketable character the spotlight. You can play a drinking game reading the original run of ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'': sip your drink every time he appears without dialogue, take a shot every time somebody else is the leader of the X-Men, take two every time he dies. You’ll be blind drunk by the time [[BewareTheSuperman Hyperion]] shows up.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Scott tends to be paranoid and has difficulty expressing emotions. It's clear that he has some type of disorder, but there has been no confirmation of what in canon.
** One of his most consistent character flaws is his persistent codependency; he is unable to function outside a relationship. Whenever Jean dies, he becomes an utter emotional wreck and walks away from his responsibilities as an X-Man. This has yet to be discussed within the books.
* AntiHero: Originally ClassicalAntiHero or KnightInSourArmor, but recently briefly drifted to UnscrupulousHero or GuileHero when assembling X-Force, although he later reconsidered. Seems to have settled at CrazyPrepared badass under Warren Ellis and others.
* ArchEnemy: Mr. Sinister.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Scott's EyeBeams, which have had competing explanations over the years. Originally lasers and later "force blasts", the explanation for why Scott's body [[RequiredSecondaryPowers didn't suffer any recoil]] when unleashing that much force became that the blasts originated from a "non-Einsteinian" dimension or universe. Explanations as to how Scott can make his blasts reflect off of walls like lasers off of mirrors or how he can use them to cushion his body when falling (that is, recoil suddenly being a thing when useful) tend to be ignored.
* AwesomeByAnalysis:
** He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at in that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
* BackFromTheDead: He's returned from the dead twice:
** In ''ComicBook/PhoenixResurrection'', [[spoiler: he was temporarily resurrected (and then promptly killed off) as an attempt by the Phoenix to get Jean to bond with it again.]]
** Then in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'' at the end of the story. [[spoiler: After the original five X-Men return to the past, setting them back to normal, it's revealed that the original Cyclops is back from the dead. Retaining the memories of his time-displaced teenage self.]]
* BadassBoast: Often makes statements to this effect to his enemies, with the threats usually being implied and the confidence with which he says them making them that much more frightening.
* BadassFamily: His entire family, including his father Chris (Corsair), his brothers Alex (Havok) and Gabriel (Vulcan), his two wives Madelyne Pryor and Jean Grey, his children Nathan (Comicbook/{{Cable}}), Comicbook/RachelSummers (the second Phoenix/Marvel Girl) and Nate (ComicBook/XMan) and his adopted granddaughter the mutant messiah Hope Summers. This could also extend to Scott's other relatives.
* BadassInCharge: Scott is the leader of the X-Men and not only that, but the [[TheCaptain General]] or leader of the entire mutant race.
* BarbarianLongHair: In Age of Apocalypse he sported long hair, with PeekABangs. While long hair is not a problem, the haircut in front of his face was. [[spoiler:It was there to hide his missing eye.]]
* BatmanGrabsAGun: He usually doesn't resort to lethal force unless you push him really, really far. [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887064-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_one.jpg Donald Pierce]] learned this [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/9/99951/1887067-cyclops_kills_donald_pierce_two.jpg the hard way]].
* BerserkButton: Harm an innocent Mutant. He dares ya.
* BettyAndVeronica: Scott was Jean's Betty to Angel and Wolverine's Veronicas. Later had Madelyne as Betty and Jean as Veronica. Later had Jean as Betty and Emma as Veronica.
** For a short while, Psylocke was a Veronica herself, though this was apparently a side-effect of her FreakyFridayFlip (she said it was the other woman's personality pushing her to flirt).
* BigBad: When the Phoenix Force had taken control of Scott, he became a deadly and dangerous being.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He and Havok fight a fair amount, but Scott still treats him this way. Vulcan, not so much until Hickman's run.
* BigBrotherMentor: To Iceman and some of the younger X-Men as well.
* BigDamnHeroes: Too many times to count in X-Men history. And if ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' and ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'' are any indicator it seems Cyclops pulling this for Champions may become a recurring thing as well.
* BigGood: To his team and sympathizers. Before Schism, he was this to all of mutantkind.
* BigNo: Has one after [[spoiler:Warpath's]] death.
* BlessedWithSuck: Scott's powers ought to be as controllable as any other energy blaster, but he suffered a concussion in his youth (his parents had pushed him out of a plane when they were attacked by the Shi'ar), which somehow lead to his inability to shut off his powers after they emerged. Emma Frost later removed a mental block to give him control of his powers, since he had apparently been subconsciously keeping his eyes on to ensure he'd never hurt anyone with his powers (her explanation).
* BlindfoldedVision: Scott has edged into this on occasion, usually after losing his visor in circumstances where "blast everything in sight" is not a viable option. Notable examples include the occasion when he beat up six men with his eyes shut... while counting every step he took so he could find his way back to his fallen glasses, and his first confrontation with Cassandra Nova.
* BlindWeaponMaster: Cyclops of the X-Men has two options when he loses his [[SunglassesAtNight glasses]]: Keep his eyes open and [[EyeBeams kill]] [[PowerIncontinence everything in sight]], or keep them shut and ''beat the living hell out of his opponents'' while counting his footsteps so he can find his way back to where his glasses landed.
* BlindWithoutThem: Scott is seen as a special case. Though technically able to see without his ruby-quartz glasses, he cannot turn off the concussive beams that continually shoot from his eyes. He is thus forced to keep his eyes shut in order to keep from destroying everything around him. He can therefore be said to be "voluntarily blind" in the same way that the Inhuman's Black Bolt (whose voice is a similarly uncontrollable sonic weapon) is often said to be "voluntarily mute". They are contained because his body is immune to his own power: The beams which flow from his eyes flow right back in to his eyelids with no loss of energy.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Emma Frost (White Queen), Elisabeth Braddock (Psylocke) and Jean Grey and Madelyne Pryor were four well-known telepaths that were linked to Scott, but he only had serious relationships with Jean, Madelyne and Emma. Psylocke flirted shamelessly for a time, but it ended rather quickly.
* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Cyclops' eye beams knock bad guys back, but not Cyclops himself. It's one of the ways he's immune to his own power.
* BoringButPractical: In the early days of the comic, there were a ''lot'' of villains who could either resist or reflect his optic beams, so Cyclops usually had to resort to blasting the ground beneath them so they would lose their balance.
* BreakTheCutie: Let's see: Parents die at a young age, sent to an OrphanageOfFear, has his younger brother taken away from him, almost kills several people when his power activates, taken in by an abusive criminal who he is forced to kill, his girlfriend dies, then he meets a woman who looks just like his girlfriend, he marries her, then his girlfriend comes back from the dead, he leaves his first wife who then tries to cause [[Comicbook/{{Inferno}} hell on earth in revenge]] and then she dies, his second wife leaves him, he gets possessed by Apocalypse, his therapist takes advantage of his mental state to have an affair with him, and this isn't even the tip of the iceberg.
** Then when he seems to have found happiness with the therapist who took advantage of him she has a mental breakdown trying to kill everyone, then he gets tortured by an alien after suffocating in space, then his people that he has been trying to protect and whose rights he has been fighting for gets decimated, then his son and adopted granddaughter who might save everyone go missing in the timestream, then someone drops the Phoenix on him, then his girlfriend cheats on him which she had done before but this time she tells him, while they are both high on the Phoenix and getting invaded by his former friends, and then he [[spoiler:kills his father figure]], which causes him to have an emotional breakdown and start a school that is more or less a terrorist cell, then he is faced with his younger self ''and'' the younger version of his wife at the exact age when he first fell in love with her and she despises him, then a few weeks later she ''hits on him'', then he gives up the school and goes on to [[spoiler:die from M-pox]]. After that [[spoiler:his legacy somehow]] becomes "guy who is worse than Hitler and started a war with the Inhumans".
*** Let's face it: There are days when it seems that the universe exists [[CosmicPlaything just to screw with Scott Summers]]
* BrokenAce: He's the leader of the X-Men and the leader of the mutant race, but oh boy, has Scott ever endured so much pain, chaos and tragedy throughout the course of his life. Underneath that stoic facade is most definitely an emotionally broken and fragile man.
* BrokenBird: He's honestly more of a male version of this than TroubledButCute.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Has shown multiple times that he does not depend on his powers to win.
* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter "X"]]: He wears a X-button on his costume like all of the other X-Men members.
** Scott also makes a signature X cross with his arms, symbolizing the X-Men.
** He also has [[GoofyPrintUnderwear boxers with an X printed on them]].
* ByronicHero: As of lately, Scott is becoming more of this. He is serious, stoic and has a dark, tragic past.
* CainAndAbel: Kind of. Havok is occasionally evil and more usually just pissed off. Vulcan is a more obvious example, though [[FanonDiscontinuity not everyone accepts him as canon]].
* CallBack: Once Cyclops had absorbed Emma's share of the Phoenix Force, he goes into the "I AM PHOENIX" gloating similar to Jean Grey during the Phoenix[=/=]Dark Phoenix sagas.
** After the apparent death of [[TheMentor Professor X]], he throws in with his ex and a number of former teammates to keep mutants safe and teach them how to command their powers while maintaining tactical[=/=]philosophical opposition to the people running his old alma mater. The original concept of ''ComicBook/XFactor'' or his post-''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' status quo?
* CannotSpitItOut: A non-romantic variant. In the very first issue of ''X-Men Unlimited'', it was revealed that Cyclops was so courteous to Professor X he literally cannot call him "Charles". He'll call him "Professor" or "Xavier" or "Professor Xavier", but he'll never call him "Charles".
* TheCaptain: Scott has always been seen as the captain of the X-Men. Now, not only is he the captain of the X-Men team, but he is also seen as the captain of the entire mutant race.
* CasualDangerDialogue: Throws himself out of an alien spaceship, thousands of metres in the air, while falling he meets Iceman, who informs him of how much of a risky move that was, Scott's response? "Not really. I knew you'd be there. Hit the gas".
* TheChainsOfCommanding: Is well aware of this, as per the page quote.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Not strength or speed or any such thing, Scott's ridiculous trick shots, the ones that rebound off multiple walls and around corners to hit the enemy in the back? Training.
** Though sometimes it's said to be a part of his power-set, refined by training.
* TheCharmer: Scott has a lot of charisma and therefore ends up attracting many members of the opposite sex.
** He's unfortunately unable to maintain relationships with the ones he attracts though; Scott may attract the ladies easily but man, does he have a bad track record with women. Its not completely his fault though, after-all Maddy and him were having problems prior to him leaving (and he intended to and did eventually return to her, only to find her gone), while Jean was at the time of his 'psychic affair' (which was a case of his therapist, Emma Frost, taking advantage of him) contemplating cheating on him with Logan. He's dated other women too, but not nearly as seriously as these two (with exception of Emma, though their breakup has been far more amicable).
* TheChessmaster: He's the current page image, and as you might imagine, they don't call him "The General of the Mutants" for nothing. The ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants'' story arc exemplifies this beautifully. Post-''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', this has become one of Scott's most defining characteristics. It ultimately ends up become deconstructed because his teammates, most notably Wolverine and Beast, end up resenting Scott for treating them like chess pieces.
* ChickMagnet: Telepaths in particular can't keep their hands off him.
* ChildSoldiers: Scott went from being orphaned in a traumatic military action (Shi'ar) to being trained to lead a secret army, all before becoming an adult. His recent treatment of the remaining mutants (especially minors) drifts into this trope as well. Recent X-Men author Kieron Gillen even [[http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/03/kieron-gillen-uncanny-xmen-interview/ cited]] this characteristic as his central motivation for the character.
** His entire mentality is that of a soldier. He was raised to be a soldier, looks at life from a soldier's perspective, and acts like a military man at all times. In ''First Class'', he even admits that had it not been for his power being uncontrollable, he would have likely enlisted once he was old enough. Its notable that his father was an air force pilot, and in the Film Universe, Alex was in a military prison when Xavier found him. It runs in the family.
* CockFight: With {{Wolverine}} over Jean Grey.
* ColorBlindConfusion: It's not brought up often, but Cyclops is effectively color blind as a result of the ruby quartz visor that's used to keep his [[PowerIncontinence eye beams from destroying everything]] tinting everything a shade of red. How he's able to fly [[CoolPlane the Blackbird]] isn't explicitly stated, though it's likely the controls have been calibrated so he can see them.
* ConflictBall: With Captain America in [=AvX=]. The fighting started when Captain America turned up on Utopia and told Cyclops that, regardless of the X-Men's opposition, the Avengers were going to take Hope off-world in the event she couldn't control the Phoenix Force. Cyclops responded by optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, and prompting him to call in the rest of the Avengers to start fighting. The entire mess would've been avoided if the two leaders of the superhero and mutant communities had actually talked things over like adults.
** Though admittedly, Scott did kind of have reason to be suspicious of Cap, since a) he was gambling everything on Hope being able to control the Phoenix and restart Mutantkind, b) Cap was getting his information on the Phoenix from Wolverine, who even the other Avengers (notably Spider-Man) suspected was going to try and kill Hope before she could become the Phoenix - which is exactly what he tried to do as soon as he got the chance.
* ContainmentClothing: His special shades that contain his optic blasts.
* ContrivedCoincidence: How his time displaced younger self learns the truth about his "regular aged" self.
* ControlFreak: Deconstructed, since being a control freak makes him an effective leader and strategist, it's also the main reason he doesn't get along with his teammates outside of a combat setting (especially Logan). It's been made clear that because his powers are uncontrollable, Cyclops compensates by attempting to have total control over every other aspect of his life.
* CoolShades: A lot of times, if he has to wear red shades all the time, they might as well be stylish ones on his off-time.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Should his team ever go rogue, Cyke has ways of dealing with them.
** Possibly best demonstrated during ''Uncanny X-Men's'' ''Fear Itself'' tie-in. Faced with an even-more-unstoppable-than-usual Juggernaut, Cyclops tries one plan, which doesn't work, and is asked "time for plan B?" Cyclop's response? "That would assume I only have twenty-six plans."
* CurbStompBattle: Cyke with Wolverine. [[spoiler:Wolverine ends up being the one who is curb-stomped.]]
* {{Cyclops}}: Scott's superhero alter ego name. He's named Cyclops because of his large visor spanning his head. (Underneath the visor, he's actually got two eyes, though. Getting a look at them can be rather dangerous, however.)
** Cyclops did have one eye in the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse timeline, since [[{{Wolverine}} Weapon X]] gouged out his left eye. Cyke blasted off Logan's left hand in retaliation.
* {{Dandere}}: Scott in the beginning was known to be extremely reserved and shy.
* DarkMessiah: ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, of all people, considers him the most shining example of a mutant savior. And technically, he was right: following [=AvX=], Cyclops' actions did bring mutants back from the brink of extinction.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: A pretty long and horrible one, as noted elsewhere in the page.
* DeadAllAlong: In ''Comicbook/DeathOfX'' it is revealed [[spoiler:Cyclops died very early on, and the "Cyclops" we've been following throughout most of the story is merely a psychic illusion created by Emma Frost.]] Which explains a lot of why he is taller, younger-looking, and less sure of what he is going to say than before.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's not known to do it as much as other X-Characters, but if the situation is getting on his nerves, he'll pop off a smart ass comment. Especially in Creator/JossWhedon's hands, and in stories set/written before his descent into full on leadership.
* DeathSeeker: During ''[=AvX=] Consequences'', Scott reveals that he's willing to die now that he's officially lost everything. He gets past it, though.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: He's a fearless rebel leader who's been trained his whole life to fight for mutantkind. If you read that as 'fanatical ChildSoldier terrorist,' congratulations! You now understand his character arc.
* DelayedRippleEffect: When his past self was brought to the present, Scott had no recollection of such event in his youth. It was only after past Scott was brought back to his own time than present Scott woke up with all memories of this adventure.
* DemotedToExtra: In the movies, to many fans' dismay. [[spoiler:It's even worse that Scott is [[KilledOffForReal killed off]] in the third ''X-Men'' film.]]
* {{Determinator}}: It most cases, Scott isn't the type of person to just give up, especially when it's something that is important or life and death.
* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Scott's good at these, really good. He's played Norman Osborn, the Vampire Nation, Dracula (who he used in his plan to take down the vampire nation) and multiple commanders of invading alien races with no trouble whatsoever. He's even good enough to give Captain America, ''the'' master strategist in the Marvel Universe, the run-around during ''Avengers vs X-Men''.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Scott must always wear a special visor or pair of glasses to contain his optic blasts. When these devices are removed, he keeps his eyes shut, rendering him blind. Due to an important instance of this, he has since learned how to fight blind by using his hearing to pinpoint opponents and simply always scrutinizing his surroundings to know the lay of the land. One side story shows that he also counts his steps and memorizes which way he turns so that he can retrace his path and find his eyewear.
** Even with the visor/glasses, he's still colorblind, only able to see in shades of red. It's possible he shouldn't be able to pilot an aircraft such as the Blackbird, but there are custom control panels that have indicators based on number of lights, rather than color. Presumably, the Blackbird has one of them.
** Bonus points for the reason he can't control his optic blasts: at a young age he was in an accident and suffered severe head trauma, but fortunately there wasn't any damage to any "important" parts of the brain. This was before he developed the ability to obliterate everything in sight... Sadly, this actually plausible explanation (a rare sight in comic books) has been re-explained or outright removed several times, with many writers defaulting to "he just can't control it because that's how it is."
* DisappearedDad: His father, Chris, wasn't in his life growing up. Instead, Scott has always seen Professor X as a [[ParentalSubstitute father figure]] throughout his life.
* DissonantSerenity: The entire building is exploding, there are giant killer robots all around, he's lost his glasses... and Cyclops is calmly walking towards the villain, warning her that if he hears her ''breathe'' wrong, he'll open his eyes.
* DoomMagnet: Scott has been through so many bad things throughout his life, that it is endless. See TraumaCongaLine.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: As much as Cyke gets tossed around by all kinds of villainous ladies, his rocky 1st marriage crossed a line. Though Madelyne Pryor is better known as the ''Goblin Queen'' their history as husband and wife wasn't healthy. To this day, despite ''punching'' his ''face'', the incident of domestic violence is rarely addressed. Maddie is even viewed [[SympathyForTheDevil sympathetically]] over [[JerkAss unpopular]] Cyclops.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Arguably a victim of this.
** Done by his ex-wife Madelyne Pryor (and a clone of Jean Grey) when Scott is in relationship with Emma after Jean's death in ComicBook/NewXMen. Maddie psionically impersonates Emma and has virtual sex with Scott, without him realizing the deception at first.
** When Jean wouldn't take his PTSD seriously in Comicbook/NewXMen, he asks Emma for help. She persuades him that having sex with her while she pretends to be Jean will cure him.
--->'''Emma''' (lying on a bed in Jean's Phoenix uniform): So, anyway… I am song and fire and life incarnate… but the truth is, no matter how hard I try, I can't help playing with '''fire'''. How about you, darling?
--->'''Scott''' (frowning, taking off his jacket): Sure, Jean. Why not?
* TheDreaded: During Gillen's run, he ''wanted'' him as his team to be this, because he knows mutants will never be accepted so he might as well scare the racists from assaulting them.
* EmbarrassingNickname: A common nickname for Scott is ''Slim'', dating back to the first issue of the comic.
* EnemyMine: Now that they all hate his guts, he's found himself forced to team up with Captain America, Wolverine, and the rest of his former allies quite a lot.
* EnergyAbsorption: Early X-Men issues imply that Scott's body absorbs solar energy that powers up his optic blasts, the same way his brother Alex absorbs cosmic radiation. Cyclops and Havok are also immune to each other's power beams. Scott also has some degree of absorbing energy from his opponent's attacks like solar power, but is not invulnerable to the pain of them
* ExtradimensionalPowerSource: Other explanations for his powers as described above is that his eyes are an aperture into a non-Newtonian dimension of exotic photons that interact with foreign matter as pure force. Eventually this became blended in the explanation that his body metabolizes solar energy to maintain said aperture in his eyes.
* EyeBeams: With PowerIncontinence, resulting in SunglassesAtNight.
* FatherToHisMen: While not played up by some writers, especially ones who don't write him well at all, Cyclops tends to have a very good relationship with the younger X-Men, primarily because he treats them like adults while still nurturing them. Notably, he has a relationship with Pixie that's not too unlike that of Wolverine and his many young female sidekicks.
* FictionIsntFair: Post-''ComicBook/AvengersVersusXMen'', a number of writers, particularly Creator/BrianMichaelBendis, would acknowledge the fan sentiment that he was being persecuted for things that most Marvel heroes would be (and have been) EasilyForgiven for, complete with having the more idealistic O5 X-Men side with him over Wolverine and allowing Cyclops to make [[StrawmanHasAPoint fairly well reasoned]] arguments for himself. He would still be treated like garbage by the majority of superheroes though, making it an example of this trope.
* FightsLikeANormal: Since his power causes way too much collateral damage for most situations.
* FourStarBadass: As Captain Commander he’s the military leader of the new mutant homeland of Krakoa.
* FriendToAllChildren: As an adult, he generally tends to get on better with teenaged heroes better than he does with people his own age.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Downplayed as Scott's past self was much less terrified by present Scott's turn to extremism, even if they ultimately couldn't find an agreement. It is however implied that getting past Scott's memories via DelayedRippleEffect and seeing himself from that perspective is what lead Scott to his HeelRealization as much as his death and resurrection.
* GenerationXerox: Subverted with Cyclops and Surge in that they're not related in any way. Other than that however, Surge is effectively a younger Cyclops, complete with crippling self doubt and a power that needs to be kept in check by an external device (in this case, her gauntlets). Her relationship with X-23 is also starting to mirror that between Scott and Logan, right down to the love triangle.
* GenreBlindness: Pointed out to him by Jamie Madrox when the latter and his team visited Utopia. It was Jamie's contention that humanity at large feared mutants because they could not tell good mutants from evil ones. Scott insisted that was ridiculous, just as [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Magneto, Emma Frost and Namor]] [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments came into the room to greet Jamie]].
* GlassCannon: He may be able to melt a mountain if he wants to, but he's still just as fragile as any other human.
* TheGlassesComeOff: Given that the glasses used to hold back his Eye Beams, taking them all the way off usually meant something was gonna get broke in a hurry.
** Cyke's visor, and shades as Scott Summers, are used to control the shape and strength of the blast even when he's actively using his powers. You don't fully understand until you see him take them off all the way and open his eyes fully. When that happens, "something" isn't gonna get broke - everything will get broke. For this reason, it's a weapon of last resort. However, if you absolutely have to get a [[HumongousMecha Sentinel]] [[https://imgur.com/a/fWXGt off your lawn]], it'll get vaporized.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When a villain (or ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}) is really getting on Cyclops' nerves, a glow can be seen through/around his shades or visor. As his EyeBeams are [[PowerIncontinence always on]], this probably indicates that their blast is becoming far more intense.
* GodzillaThreshold: As noted elsewhere, any time he willingly [[TheGlassesComeOff takes off his glasses or visor]]. As they're his PowerLimiter, and even the limited opening of the visor is an incredibly destructive power, Scott is understandably ''very'' reticent to let loose to that degree. If he's going without eyewear intentionally, things have gone extremely badly already.
* GoodIsNotNice: It's not that he's a mean person, but he's very serious and finds it hard to relax. Considering his childhood, it's no surprise. However, [[CombatPragmatist he's not above fighting dirty when the situation calls]].
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better. During ''Avengers versus X-Men'', he was taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Scott is rather extreme in his leadership and often makes controversial decisions on behalf of the team and the mutant race, but he only does so to preserve the mutant race and also, to protect the well-being of his team. Scott admits that he doesn't take killing lightly, but that sometimes, tough and controversial decisions need to be made in order to achieve things.
* GuileHero: He's willing to resort to manipulating others in order to achieve his endgame. Although there are some who will disapprove of his actions or decisions, Scott does what he feels is best for his team and for mutant kind, even if the decisions he makes are unpopular.
** Solidified in ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants''. [[spoiler: To add some context, Utopia was surrounded by Vampires, fighting on every side and platform. Jubilee and Wolverine have both been turned, and the latter is standing only a few feet away, ready to cut his head off and turn the rest of the X-Men. Cyke's response? Pulling out a control to reactivate Wolverine's HealingFactor, turning him back. That's right, Scott discovered he was immune to vampirism and that the vampires wanted to turn him, so he deactivated his HealingFactor and allowed him to be turned, just so he could turn him back right when they were relying on him to lead their forces. The vampires, still in shock, are promptly slaughtered. Meanwhile, Scott's earlier plan, to bring back Dracula and have him take back the vampire horde, appeared to have failed and was forgotten...only for it to turnout Dracula had been tracking down Xarus all this time, and after curbstomping his son and taking back his place, Cyke warns him that he could kill him with the push of a button. Dracula claims that he knows he's bluffing, but still lets them leave in peace. In short, do NOT threaten the safety of Cyclops' people, and when he says that he will slaughter you, he means it.]]
* HandicappedBadass: The simplest way to stop Cyclops from using his powers is to take away his visor, meaning that he's usually fighting blind as well as lacking his powers.
* HappilyMarried: To Madelyne and Jean. At least for almost 20 years. But then things happened and changed...
* HazyFeelTurn: Was his murdering the Professor while possessed by The Phoenix in ''Avengers vs. X-Men'' his [[invoked]]MoralEventHorizon? Frankly, the writers can't seem to make up their mind about it. DependingOnTheWriter Scott ranges from ReformedButRejected [[TheAtoner Atoner]] who's going about his own way of carrying on Xavier's legacy to a [[NeverMyFault blame shifter]] who refuses to face up to his crimes. Either way, post [=AvX=]-storylines has seen him as being an outlaw.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In regards to his love life and his tragic life.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Mutants are nearly all gone and there's an evil sentient robot out to destroy them all. Cyclops responds by assembling a black-ops unit to ensure that any threat they face that can't be beaten the traditional way is taken care of, and moving the X-Men into a more paramilitary setting. However, he specifically did so with the plan of these being temporary measures until mutants are at a safe number again and no longer relying solely on his intervention to survive.
** However and this is somewhat ignored, as well as taking more action to ensure the safety of the remaining mutants, he did considerable amounts of work for human-mutant relations, such as accepting help from non-mutant sources, working closely with San Francisco's mayor to bring peace, and hired a PR agent to help turn public opinion on untrusted individuals such as Magneto around.
* HeelRealisation: Basically has this after [[spoiler:his resurrection by young Cable; looking back on his actions prior to his death, he realises that his focus on mutants over humans basically made him as bad as his enemies, leaving him resolved to correct that and restore the X-Men legacy]].
* TheHero: Self-identifies as this and tried for as long as he could to live up to that.
* HeroAntagonist: He is this himself and he sees the Avengers and the Fantastic Four as his, as he even urges his supporters not to hate them.
** BigGood: After Xavier stepped down from this role, Scott took it up until [=AvX=].
* HeroesWantRedheads: Jean Grey. And Madelyne Pryor. Oh, and Colleen Wing. Lee Forrester's blonde hair looked kind of reddish in some comics, too.
* HeroicBSOD: Cyclops, in Creator/JossWhedon's Astonishing ComicBook/XMen run, has a severe one of these when [[spoiler:Emma Frost reveals to him that his inability to control his powers is the result of a complex he developed about self-control as teenager, rather than a brain injury resulting from a concussion, as he had previously believed.]] He spends an issue or two in a completely catatonic state, his powers not functioning. He soon recovers enough to move around and lead the team (perhaps even more effectively than usual, with his self-control issues out of the way) and [[spoiler:later surprises everyone by revealing (with a point blank blast in the face of his interrogator) that his powers still work, and that he now has full control over them. At the end of the arc, this control fades as the "clarity" he got from Emma's intervention wears off. See StatusQuoIsGod.]]
** He seems to be prone to hitting these when he fails to stop people being hurt. Even prior to joining the X-Men. When he was 12 years old he hit one because he couldn't stop another orphan jumping off of the roof of the orphanage. Seriously.
* HeroicBuild: In some artists depictions, Scott is drawn much more muscular than others.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Has been described as hating himself so much that he can't imagine anyone else not hating him.
--->'''Cyclops:''' I thought you said you couldn't read minds.
* HeroInsurance: Cyclops always advises the team to avoid collateral damage (ie, no throwing random cars at bad guys), or at least cut a check to affected parties afterwards, since a mere diversionary tactic could mean years of debt for a civilian.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: After ''AVX'', also crossing with ReformedButRejected. He's not a bad guy by any means, and all he's concerned with now is protecting the new mutants from those who wish to harm them. He's yet to kill anyone doing so, and wants nothing more but to bury the hatchet with his former team and allies so they can work together to honor Xavier's memory. However, the fact that 'those who wish to harm them' often includes trigger-happy police officers who he's forced to fight to deal with them, along with many of his forme team having personal grievances that clouds their judgement (and soils other people's perceptions of him when they tell others about it), he's became SHIELD's number one priority. Subverted though, as the public in general are actually rather supportive of him and see him as a freedom fighter opposing a corrupt institution, while its the ''superhero community'' who hate him.
** After ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', he became this posthumously. Details were sparse other than "he went crazy and died doing something terrible" until ''Death of X''. There, it was revealed [[spoiler:that the bad publicity wasn't even his fault at all. He was one of the first mutants to die from M-Pox, and everything that "he" did afterward was a psychic projection created by a grief-stricken Emma Frost]].
** His younger self tries to rectify this, all the while believing that [[spoiler:sassing Blackbolt it a completely legit cause of death]].
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Angel, he's close to Beast and Iceman too (or at least was) but Angel is the one consistently portrayed as his best friend. Also had something like this that majorly overlapped with VitriolicBestBuds with Wolverine.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Yes, teenage Scott, it's a brilliant idea to go and live with a man who you randomly met in a forest while completely blind, oh wait, it wasn't. Given how his teen self, upon arriving to the future, ended up trusting Mystique, he definitely had a problem with this. He grows out of it, obviously.
* {{Hunk}}: Scott is depicted as an attractive, well-built, all-American, heroic superhero. He's tall, muscular and brawny with good looks.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Cyclops's glasses/goggles don't just let him control his powers, they also limit them. If he's willing to take his visor off for even a few seconds, you're in trouble.
** In ''Astonishing X-Men'', [[spoiler:Cyclops had his powers psychically de-activated by Emma Frost and had been captured and tortured by an alien warlord. When he finally tells the warlord that the X-Men's secret weapon "Leviathan", was completely fictional (thus throwing out any reason to keep him alive), he starts laughing. The warlord attacks him, demanding to know what else he's been lying about. Cue the eye beams.]]
** Another instance of this is in the first volume of ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. Cyclops is being restrained by a Sentinel because it has figured out that he operates his optic blasts by pressing a button on the side of his visor. Scott then reveals that he can also do it by snapping his fingers.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Ever since M-Day, Scott's been put in charge of the remaining mutants, and he's had to adapt to that. If he doesn't do everything within his power, no matter how questionable, every mutant will die. To his credit, however, he also took a more proactive approach to building relations between humans and mutants, and was working closely with the Mayor of San Francisco to ensure peace between mutants and the people of San Fran, including hiring a PR agent to help ensure the X-Men look heroic.
* ImmuneToMindControl: Cyclops was raised by the most powerful telepath in the world, married a second telepath (trained by the first), and dated a third telepath after his wife died. He's also has been possessed by several quasi-demonic evil entities on numerous occasions. As a result, he has built up amazing psychic blocks and resistance over years of training, to the point where he was able to take in a shard of [[MadeOfEvil The Void]] and lock it in a room in his mind, where it has [[TemptingFate yet to be heard from again.]] He was also able to keep a leash on the [[CrystalDragonJesus Phoenix Force]] for a surprisingly long time until ComicBook/TheAvengers forced him to go [[NiceJobBreakingItHero full-on Dark Phoenix.]]
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Cyclops can hit six fast-moving targets, some of them behind him, with a single shot. It's explained that part of his mutation is incredible spatial reasoning and intuition, allowing him to pull off stunts like this. [[MundaneUtility It also makes him really good at pool]].
* InSpiteOfANail: His inability to control his optic blasts is canonically due to a ChildhoodBrainInjury (or possibly psychological block) caused by jumping out of his parent’s plane. However, his PowerIncontinence and the visor are such iconic traits of him that he still has them in [[AlternateUniverse Alternate Universes]] where he didn’t, or couldn’t possibly have suffered a similar accident.
* InhumanEyeConcealers: Wears either sunglasses with ruby-quartz lenses or an adjustable visor to contain the uncontrollable energy blasts his eyes project.
* InterdimensionalTravelDevice: The Askani (led by Rachel Summers), in a sense, since they helped Scott and Jean raise their "son" Nathan Summers to prevent Apocalypse's reign in the future.
* InterruptedCooldownHug: In ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga. Near the climax, Scott is talking Dark Phoenix down, trying to appeal to Jean's better nature with ThePowerOfLove, with her face getting noticeably less inhuman and softer... until Professor Xavier mind-blasts her from behind, and she returns to full-fledged psychosis.
** This turns out to be just the way to calm the phoenix. Scott does it to Jean in Phoenix:Endsong. Wanda does it to Hope in [=AvX=]. Xavier tries to do it to Scott in [=AvX=], but goes about it in the wrong way.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the founding members of ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', due to his time-displaced teenage self being a member of that team and Scott getting his memories of that time with DelayedRippleEffect once teen Scott return to his place in time. As a result, adult Scott considers them his friends despite being something like twice their age.
* IronicNickname: Scott is nicknamed ''Slim'' by Wolverine possibly because he is slim built (especially during the old days when Scott was more lean and wiry in appearance; Scott became more muscular later on.)
* {{Jerkass}}: Scott is highly capable of displaying not so nice behaviour towards others.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Perhaps the true reason why others continue to follow his orders.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his jerkass-like behaviour, his heart is ultimately in the right place. Scott has his moments when he's not the nicest guy in the world and reacts very poorly when his teammates get hurt (even with ones that are far higher on the JerkAss scale than him), proving that he does care after all.
* KnightInSourArmor: His character development has largely consisted of him growing more cynical, not without reason. Mostly being let down by people he trusted. Among other things, he was tricked into cheating on his wife, was cheated on by his phoenix-crazed girlfriend, and his father figure kept his little brothers existence from him.
* TheLawOfPowerProportionateToEffort: {{Invoked|Trope}}. He has EyeBeams with the power to destroy mountains that appear whenever he opens his eyes. Using this power is based on a gesture (opening his eyes), but to stop that from [[StoryBreakerPower becoming broken]], he not only has PowerIncontinence, but two different energy sources for these beams are introduced to provide limits.
** One energy source says that Cyclops absorbs sunlight and metabolizes it. Therefore, using his stored up energy fatigues him very quickly, which explains why he always looks as if he's straining to use his abilities.
** The other energy source says that his energy comes from "a non-Euclidean dimension of limitless energy", and that his eyes are portals to this dimension. The energy passing through his body causes him a great deal of stress, and that ''also'' explains why he seems to visibly struggle to use his powers.
* TheLeader: Scott is the leader of the Original X-Men team.
** Scott categorizes as Type I, II, III, and IV.
** More than just the original team, Scott is, with the possible exception of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the most capable team leader in the Marvel 616 Universe, and probably more closely associated with team leadership than anyone in Marvel ''or'' DC comics.
*** This is demonstrated in ComicBook/HouseOfM when the heroes who have received their memory back (including several non-X-Men) all turn to Scott for orders.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: What Scott did to the abusive criminal mentioned earlier in the page when he tried to make him kill a security guard, at the age of about 16. No, he didn't get therapy for this, either.
* TheLostLenore: In ''Death of X'', [[spoiler:he is this trope to Emma. Most of what she does in that storyline is motivated by the shock of his death (and to a lesser extent, the Terrigen Mists threatening to wipe out mutantkind...again).]]
* LoveInterest: To many different women, but his main love interests are Jean Grey and Emma Frost.
* LoveTriangle: Scott has been in a few love triangles, but the main ones are between himself, Jean, and Wolverine, and himself, Jean and Madelyne, and himself, Jean and Emma.
* LuckilyMyPowersWillProtectMe: One of the better known examples - "Only my ruby-quartz visor can contain my optic blasts!"
* MessiahCreep / DarkMessiah: After ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'', Cyclops took it upon himself to be the guardian for all the remaining mutants. Eventually this grew into Cyclops doing whatever it took to protect mutant kind. This all comes to a head in [=AvX=], where [[spoiler:once he's possessed by the Phoenix, his dedication to making the world safe for mutants causes him to develop AGodAmI-like behavior, and repeated attacks by the Avengers drive him off the wall.]]
* MentalAffair: With Emma. Jean catches them in the act, but later comes to realize that they love each other and that she should let them be.
* MindLinkMates: Scott had a form of this with his wife Jean Grey, while their marriage was happy and blissful, of course. It was established by Jean during the Dark Phoenix Saga, which is the version of her that may or may not have been the phoenix thinking it was her.
** Had a form of this with [[StrangledByTheRedString Emma Frost]].
** Young Scott and Teen Jean have one, forged by accident as they were fighting Emma Frost.
* MoreHeroThanThou: With Wolverine. This was a constant in their dynamic.
* MrFanservice: Scott is a physically attractive male and he has attributes and appeal that magnetize the opposite sex. In later issues, he'll often find a reason to be topless [[spoiler:to show the scars Wolverine left]], to the point of once having half his costume burned off.
* MundaneUtility: Do not ever challenge him at pool. As noted, he has an incredible grasp of spatial geometry. Also, as lampshaded by Jean in an early issue of the original comic's run, he apparently can use his eyebeams to cut a cake.
* NeckLift[=/=]NeckSnap: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Doctor Doom in ComicBook/SecretWars2015 #4.]].
* NervesOfSteel: Scott rarely shows any emotion, weakness or vulnerability. He pushes his emotions aside in order to achieve his goals.
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Scott is the Noble to Wolverine's Roguish.
* NoSocialSkills: Scott is known to be shy, reserved and stoic. His social skills aren't the strongest.
* NotGoodWithPeople: Although Scott is the leader, he isn't the best people person socially. He is actually pretty good at reading people, but [[AmbiguousDisorder doesnt know how to handle it]] except in a straightforward manner.
* NotSoDifferent: Although he was always Xavier's top student, over time his personality and methods actually came more and more to align with ''Magneto's.'' Following the Schism, Xavier remained teaching under Wolverine's leadership while Magneto allied with Cyclops' team. Even the "Cyclops Was Right" meme is a derivative of "Magneto was Right."
* TheOathBreaker: Married Madelyne Pryor, fathered a child with her, and then ditched them the minute Jean Grey came back from the dead. (During ''Inferno,'' Mr. Sinister claims to have psychically manipulated Cyclops into that betrayal, but even Creator/ChrisClaremont, the guy who wrote that story, considers it a blemish on Cyclops' character.)
* OhCrap: Cyclops has one after optic blasting Captain America off Utopia, only for the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier to decloak above him, with the Avengers assembled.
* OneWayVisor: Cyclops wears one of these with his costume.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After he [[spoiler:chokes on Terrigen mist]] he becomes slightly less eloquent and more dramatic. If you read ''[=AvX=]:Consequences'', you'll know that's not how he does [[spoiler:suicidal]].
* PapaWolf:
** To {{Comicbook/Cable}} and ComicBook/XMan. Slightly less so with Rachel, but it's there.
** Also to Mutantkind as a whole, especially since Marvel NOW. Harm just one of his kind, and he'll track you down.
** And the Champions.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: When he opens his eyes while not wearing shades or a visor... it's not pretty to put it mildly.
* PhlebotinumBattery: Cyclops' red optic blasts are charged by solar power. In a pinch they can be charged by Storm's lightning (which turns them white) but it is not at all pleasant for him.
** This goes back-and-forth. It's also established that Cyclops's eyes are a portal to a [[AssPull non-Euclidean dimension of pure energy]], and that he has limitless amounts of energy to tap into when he opens them, so long as his body withstands it. This has also been ''combined'' with the aforementioned solar power in some stories.
* PinballProjectile: Cyclops' optic blasts have a habit of doing this.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Cyclops with Captain America. See ConflictBall for more info.
* PowerIncontinence: Cyclops, without his trademark visor he wears as part of his costume, or a pair of ruby quartz glasses out of costume, would be firing his EyeBeams 24/7. (In fact, he is firing them 24/7, they're just being blocked.)
** [[spoiler:This limitation was said to be a mental block, and was fixed by Emma Frost for a short while. After that he either decides that he is better off with the mental block, or whatever she did with his brain wore off.]]
** Used to be from having hit his head in the accident that killed his parents.
** There was a throwaway scene in one of the comics shortly after Wolverine lost his Adamantium (and briefly regressed to a neanderthallic state) where Cyclops hit his head in some kind of rune-covered pit, and a caption stated, "A subtle change is worked in an area of his brain damaged so long ago", so it's possible both explanations are correct.
** After the events of [=AvX=], the visor can't block his eyebeams anymore. The only thing that can are his own eyelids.
* PowerLimiter: Cyclops' goggles, which keep his uncontrollable Eye Beams under wraps. If he takes his glasses off completely and opens his eyes fully he can hold off even the Juggernaut (for a little while, anyway) and once atomized a Sentinel. The bad news is that it means destroying everything else in the area too, so he doesn't do it often.
* PowerOfTheSun: Cyclops stores solar power to use his optic blasts. In the 90's cartoon, he was once BroughtDownToNormal by a foe who just kept him indoors long enough for him to drain his reserves.
* PrimaryColorChampion: Habitually dresses in yellow and blue, with a bright red visor over his eyes.
* PromotionToParent:
** He didn't have to raise his younger brother, but it's been acknowledged that Havok wouldn't be so dependent on him (nor Cyclops so eager to save him from himself) if their parents hadn't been abducted by aliens.
** Following Xavier stepping down, he basically becomes this to the entire Mutant race. However, as its been revealed Xavier did some questionable things behind the scenes, its showed that Cyclops has done the same, only difference being that now we see first hand as he does them.
* PureEnergy: Scott releases blasts of "pure concussive force" from his eyes.
* PyrrhicVictory: Attempted to be invoked by Cyclops, as at the end of the day [[spoiler:the effects of M-Day have been undone and ties between the mutant and superhero communities have been strengthened.]] Captain America counters this in a WhatTheHellHero moment.
* RealMenWearPink: If the apps on his computer are to believed he plays Hello Kitty games and also owns a [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/71be47fdd1c4744de3c0c491ca71b27e/tumblr_nqsgriE8Jf1r1ins0o1_400.png Captain America teddy bear.]] As for the real men part, despite his MemeticLoser status, he can beat up several people with his eyes shut.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When he is able to control his power without ruby quartz.
* RedOniBlueOni: Scott is the Blue to Wolverine's Red.
* RelativeError: Some readers, upon first reading ''X-Men: Deadly Genesis,'' assumed that the Marvel Girl depicted therein was Cyclops's new girlfriend instead of his daughter. This also happened canonically to Cyclops and Havok in an issue of ''X-Factor''.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Scott needs to wear a visor or he'll blast everything in front of him whenever he has his eyes open.
** Also, Newton's third law means that Scott needs abnormally strong neck muscles or his neck will get broken by the recoil. Although it's implied that any force coming directly from his blasts is absorbed by his body.
** He's immune to his own beams so he doesn't end up shooting through his eyelids.
* TheRival / ShadowArchetype: With {{Wolverine}}. In damn near every medium expect the two to be polar opposites in terms of characterization. In more recent years, the two have actually reversed roles, with Cyclops now being the WellIntentionedExtremist, even though he's right most of the time.
* SayMyName: As Jean dies, Scott and Jean call each other's names.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: Nathaniel Essex is Scott's childhood bully in the Nebraskan orphanage. Creator/ChrisClaremont had the idea for this bully to become Mister Sinister, one of Scott's greatest arch-nemeses. Since Claremont's departure from Marvel, it turned up to be the orphanage's headmaster is the actual Sinister.
* ShirtlessScene: Scott has plenty of times when he's without a shirt. In fact, if he encounters fire in a fight, it ''will'' burn the top half of his costume off.
* ShrinkingViolet: A male version as a teenager. His self esteem is still definitely not the highest. He is confident enough about things like decisions and strategies, but feels unloveable.
* SinglePowerSuperheroes: Probably the most known example in comics.
* TheSmartGuy: Scott is quick, smart, and intelligent. He is good at strategizing.
** DependingOnTheWriter, he either has an innate knowledge of trigonometry from his powers or he is a mathematical genius whose skill comes from training.
* SociopathicHero: Kind of. To some, Scott is definitely falling into this territory as of lately. His decisions are rather extreme in nature. He doesn't seem to show an overwhelming amount of guilt or remorse for his extreme actions. Hell, Scott doesn't seem to show all that much emotion at all lately.
* SoldierVersusWarrior: Very much on the soldier side, in contrast to Wolverine, who is firmly in the warrior camp.
* TheSpock: After taking on the reins as the leader, Cyclops becomes the cold and calculating variant. Wolverine and Beast typically played TheMcCoy to counter balance it. One thing that contributed to the schism was that there was no longer a Jean Grey or Professor Xavier [[TheKirk to play the middle man]].
* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the last couple of years, some writers have found they just cannot get enough of this guy, to the point where ''he'' overshadows everyone else on the team. A refreshing change from the [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} usual spotlight hog]], but still not likely what the fanbase had in mind.
* StandardizedLeader: Wiki/TheOtherWiki has noted that if Cyclops is in the field, he is TheCaptain, regardless of whose party it was before he arrived.
* StarCrossedLovers: Arguably, Scott's relationship with Jean classifies as this. They have faced endless tragedy and something always manages to tear the two apart.
* StatusQuoIsGod: A very dark and [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed one]], Cyke will NEVER be able to gain control over his power, no matter what, any time he finally does is met with a downer ending with him losing it again. He once gained it in the ''X-Men First Class'' two parter "Catalyst", but was forced to give it up to because it was now godlike level of power.
* StepfordSnarker: He is cold and often sarcastic. He is also broken, probably beyond repair. He has been known to hide his hurt in situations behind sarcasm.
* StillTheLeader: Storm challenged Cyclops to personal combat to determine who would lead the team, partly to force him to focus on his wife instead of bearing the responsibility of the X-Men. Storm won and took charge while Cyclops retired to lead a civilian life. However, he's always been in overall command since he rejoined the X-Men several years later. Technically, Storm outranked him for the better part of 20 years, until Xavier made Cyke and Emma Frost the co-headmasters while he was away for some time. He later went on to become the leader of the entirety of mutantkind for a while.
* TheStoic: Scott is always calm and composed; he doesn't show any emotion, well, [[NotSoStoic not most of time at least]].
* TheStrategist: During ''Fear Itself'', he noted that he was going to Plan 2. When asked why he didn't call it Plan B, he replied, "That would imply I only have twenty-six plans."
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Can be sweet and understanding. Can be strict and cynical. There is no in-between.
* SunglassesAtNight: For a long time because he couldn't control his powers.
* SuperHero: Like all of his fellow X-Men.
* SuperWeight: Level 3, bordering on Level 4 on his more powerful days (though always with the {{Glass Cannon}} disadvantage). During ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen, he became a Level 5 when he was first powered up by a 1/5 of the Phoenix and after he absorbed the whole Force he became a Level 6.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: 6'3", brunet and attractive.Yep.
** TallDarkAndSnarky: Can also be very snarky when he wants to be.
* TangledFamilyTree: Formerly trope namer. Just as an example, you might have to go through a couple Elseworlds to do it, but you could make a case that Scott is Galactus's father-in-law.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Where do you think ''[[MemeticMutation Cyclops was right]]'' comes from? In the end, he was entirely right about the Phoenix not intending to destroy the Earth (originally) and Hope being the harbinger of Mutantkind's rebirth. That doesn't mean however that he is fine with every hard descision he made.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Well, at least none that don't take advantage of his PTSD to have sex with him. In all honestly, Scott's descent down the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism could have been avoided if anybody could have been bothered to fork out to send him to a proper psychologist.
* TheyDo: Scott with Jean when they get married.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Scott is this of The Elite Mutant Force who serve as CoDragons to Sinister.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** Way back when, Scott was utterly stiff on the job, but capable of if not relaxing then at least acting like a normal person, even cracking the occasional joke (comparing Nightcrawler to Chewbacca when the subject of seeing ''Star Wars'' came up). Several decades of trauma later... not so much.
** After ''Messiah Complex'', is more callous and more ruthless than before. Honestly, it's like the universe is telling him to be a jerk or let mutants die off horribly. Still yet, every time he ''does'' do something truly questionable, he'll admit it's wrong and apologise eventually. He may have used X-23 as a weapon, but she was completely there of her own free will, and he promised to never ask her to do that again when it was over.
* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Subverted. Scott isn't a villain, but fits more of the {{antihero}} archetype. However, Scott often resorts to going to extremes and making tough decisions to preserve the life of the mutant race. He always wants the best possible for the mutants and wants the mutant race to be respected, not feared. In order for Scott to achieve his goals for the greater good of his race, he has had to resort to some morally questionable decisions and actions.
* TragicHero: His wife keeps dying, as she acknowledges with her dying words. His relationship with Emma failed and he died before they could get back together. His friends want nothing to do with him. He wound up accidentally killing his father figure, and everyone acts as though he did it on purpose.
* TraumaCongaLine: See DoomMagnet. The amount of chaos that Scott has gone through is absolutely endless.
* TrueLoveIsBoring: No matter what, Scott and Jean are not allowed to have happy life. Or Scott and Madelyne. Or Scott and Emma. Or Scott--fuck it. Just Scott.
* UnderwearOfPower: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marvel_Cyclops_8654.jpg His former costume]]. It's not even needed to have very sharp eyes to notice there's a bulge on it.
* UnknownRelative: Due to their TangledFamilyTree, neither him nor his brothers are aware that they're all actually the great-great-grandsons of the centuries-old villainess called Black Womb (Amanda Mueller), which makes them also related to another shady figure called Fontanelle, who has mostly had dealings with Gambit, and is none other than their great-grandaunt, which is quite a feat given that she's older than their deceased grandparents!
* UnluckyEverydude: Cyclops is not unattractive – physically. His SugarAndIce personality can make him off-putting to certain women – women who aren't telepathic, that is, including female students who develop crushes on him. Telepaths can see through his act and know what he's really like. Wolverine chews him out for not seeing how his mysterious facade drives women crazy trying to crack his shell. He sarcastically acknowledges that he is good-looking, but fails to understand the psychological component to his attractiveness. That or he realizes it is better for him not to know.
* UnscrupulousHero: Scott's intentions may be heroic, but Scott is not afraid to make the tough decisions which can be considered less than heroic, honorable or noble. He's also not afraid to kick your ass (or kill you) if you pose a threat to the entire race of mutants.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Literally for while, given the name of the mutant enclave he was running. Expanded globally during the time he and some of his teammates were vessels for the Phoenix Force. Also, the simple fact that he was willing to put his faith in the Phoenix providing salvation for mutantkind, despite the fact that it had previously and was currently destroying inhabited worlds.
* VillainessesWantHeroes: Emma Frost wasn't the noblest female or had the best intentions, but she has stated that he was the only man she ever wanted to give a shit about her. She really did love him and would do anything for him.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Wants to secure a safe future for mutants and is ready to do things he wouldn't have done in the past for it.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Whenever he loses his powers, it's shown that his eyes are big, brown and make him look incredibly vulnerable. Several members of the fandom think his eyes are his most attractive feature, which is cruelly ironic.
* WhatTheHellHero: He recently assembled a black ops[=/=]wetwork team, ''over the objections of [[{{Wolverine}} the homicidal]] AntiHero he orders to lead it'', and hides it from the X-Men at large because the "X-Men do not kill." Later Wolverine calls him out on his willingness to allow children to fight on the front lines (though in his defense, that's not that much different then how the X-Men have been since they were first formed. Logan's comments were also made with ComicBook/{{X 23}} in mind, who he was trying to help find a normal life of ''not'' being a LivingWeapon).
** This is pretty much how Scott reacts when ever somebody tells him he's acting like Magneto.
** Taken to extreme lengths with everyone's reaction to finding out Scott assembled the X-Force, a black ops team with the most dangerous mutants to go and kill the X-Men's most deadly enemies who could possibly eradicate the last of the mutants. What they (and sadly some fans) fail to notice is that that is exactly what has prevented every last mutant on earth from being eradicated. Note that the second that Bastion and the Purifiers are defeated, Scott disbands the team since they won't be up against anyone as dangerous as them in the meantime.
* WhenHeSmiles: When Scott smiles his adorkability levels go through the roof.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: After Cyclops [[spoiler:kills Xavier as the Dark Phoenix]], he breaks down crying and blames Captain America and the Avengers for it.
* WillfullyWeak: Cyclops could take down or kill everyone below the power level of [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor]], [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]], [[Comicbook/FantasticFour Sue Storm, Ben Grimm]], etc. just by taking off his visor. He doesn't, mostly because he's afraid of letting his full power out and losing control.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Since 1963, Scott Summers Jean Grey live in a constant cycle where they're unsure whether a relationship is a good idea or they should stay just friends, they get together, live happy for a while until one of them dies temporarily or something makes them break up, and the cycle begins anew. In ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', their time-displaced teenager counterparts (nicknamed Tyke and Jeen by fans) are stuck in the "unresolved sexual tension" phase due to this.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: When Scott is possessed by the Dark Phoenix, he goes completely dark side and insane.
* YouRemindMeOfX:
** After Cyclops says that Phoenix could be used to "put the world back on track", Magneto points that Cyclops is starting to sound like him.
** It turns out this is a BerserkButton for Cyclops when this happens one too many times. For a while, people have been saying this to him when he gets particularly protective of mutant kind, and this bit is essentially him spitting back. [[spoiler:But, Scott was Phoenix powered and as such insane, he replies that the difference is "he's winning".]]
* YouWouldntHitAGuyWithGlasses: Some drunkards try to pick a fight with (civilian-dressed) Cyclops. He says the stock phrase, so one of them takes off his glasses.
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** Solidified in ''ComicBook/CurseOfTheMutants''. [[spoiler: To add some context, Utopia was surrounded by Vampires, fighting on every side and platform. Jubilee and Wolverine have both been turned, and the latter is standing only a few feet away, ready to cut his head off and turn the rest of the X-Men. Cyke's response? Pulling out a control to reactivate Wolverine's HealingFactor, turning him back. That's right, Scott discovered he was immune to vampirism and that the vampires wanted to turn him, so he deactivated his HealingFactor and allowed him to be turned, just so he could turn him back right when they were relying on him to lead their forces. The vampires, still in shock, are promptly slaughtered. Meanwhile, Scott's earlier plan, to bring back Dracula and have him take back the vampire horde, appeared to have failed and was forgotten...only for it to turnout Dracula had been tracking down Xarus all this time, and after curbstomping his son and taking back his place, Cyke warns him that he could kill him with the push of a button. Dracula claims that he knows he's bluffing, but still lets them leave in peace. In short, do NOT threaten the safety of Cyclops' people, and when he says that he will slaughter you, he means it.]]
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** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at at that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
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** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at at in that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Too many times to count in X-Men history. And if ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms'' and ''ComicBook/{{Outlawed}}'' are any indicator it seems Cyclops pulling this for Champions may become a recurring thing as well.
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* DelayedRippleEffect: When his past self was brought to the present, Scott had no recollection of such event in his youth. It was only after past Scott was brought back to his own time than present Scott woke up with all memories of this adventure.
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* FutureMeScaresMe: Downplayed as Scott's past self was much less terrified by present Scott's turn to extremism, even if they ultimately couldn't find an agreement. It is however implied that getting past Scott's memories via DelayedRippleEffect and seeing himself from that perspective is what lead Scott to his HeelRealization as much as his death and resurrection.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With the founding members of ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', due to his time-displaced teenage self being a member of that team and Scott getting his memories of that time with DelayedRippleEffect once teen Scott return to his place in time. As a result, adult Scott considers them his friends despite being something like twice their age.
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At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunitedwith a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
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At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he also reunitedwith reunited with a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: He and Havok fight a fair amount, but Scott still treats him this way. Vulcan, not so much.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: He and Havok fight a fair amount, but Scott still treats him this way. Vulcan, not so much.much until Hickman's run.
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* UnderwearOfPower: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marvel_Cyclops_8654.jpg His former costume]]. It's not even needed to have very sharp eyes [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to notice there's a bulge on it]].
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* UnderwearOfPower: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Marvel_Cyclops_8654.jpg His former costume]]. It's not even needed to have very sharp eyes [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar to notice there's a bulge on it]].it.
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* StrongFamilyResemblence: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
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* StrongFamilyResemblence: StrongFamilyResemblance: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
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* NinetiesAntiHero: Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison's New X-Men and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison's New X-Men and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
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** Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
** His personality has changed later though. During Creator/GrantMorrison'sNew X-Men ''New X-Men'' and especially after he became pretty much Nineties AntiHero despite the fact that it started in 2003.
** Cyclops had his personality largely unchanged, but despite having been nicknamed "Slim" his whole life suddenly developed a chest that pro wrestlers would find intimidating.
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
* BackFromTheDead: He return from the dead twice:
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: AwesomeByAnalysis:
** He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at at that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
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** He's able to get around relying on the smallest sensory details, similar to Daredevil, when missing his glasses. He's also able to remember every action he makes after losing his glasses so to retrace his steps and retrieve them.
** According to Emma Frost in an issue of Brubaker's ''Uncanny X-Men'', Scott is ''always'' analyzing everything and everyone in the vicinity, and how he'd fight them. Including two dinosaurs he's looking at at that very moment. It's one of the reasons she loves him.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He's not known to do it as much as other X-Characters, but if the situation is getting on his nerves, he'll pop off a smart ass comment. Especially in Creator/JossWhedon's hands, and in stories set/written before his recent descent into full on leadership.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He's not known to do it as much as other X-Characters, but if the situation is getting on his nerves, he'll pop off a smart ass comment. Especially in Creator/JossWhedon's hands, and in stories set/written before his recent descent into full on leadership.
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* EyeBeams: with PowerIncontinence, resulting in SunglassesAtNight.
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* FriendToAllChildren: As an adult, he generally tends to get on better with teenaged heroes better than he does with people his own age.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Its not that he's a mean person, but he's very serious and finds it hard to relax. Considering his childhood, it's no surprise. However, [[CombatPragmatist he's not above fighting dirty when the situation calls]].
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better. Was recently taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better. Was recently taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Its It's not that he's a mean person, but he's very serious and finds it hard to relax. Considering his childhood, it's no surprise. However, [[CombatPragmatist he's not above fighting dirty when the situation calls]].
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better.Was recently During ''Avengers versus X-Men'', he was taken over by the Phoenix. Bad things happened. Also attempted by [[EldritchAbomination The Void]], but Cyke simply ''repressed'' the entity inside his mind.
* GrandTheftMe: Was possessed by Apocalypse ("[[FanNickname Cyclopalypse]]") at one point, but he got better.
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* HeelRealisation: Basically has this after [[spoiler:his recent resurrection by young Cable; looking back on his actions prior to his death, he realises that his focus on mutants over humans basically made him as bad as his enemies, leaving him resolved to correct that and restore the X-Men legacy]].
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* HeelRealisation: Basically has this after [[spoiler:his recent resurrection by young Cable; looking back on his actions prior to his death, he realises that his focus on mutants over humans basically made him as bad as his enemies, leaving him resolved to correct that and restore the X-Men legacy]].
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* KarmaHoudini: When Ultimate Cyclops defects to the Brotherhood and takes part bombings of the British Parliament and [=MI6=], nothing happens once he sees sense and returns to Xavier's side.
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** In ''Death of X'' [[spoiler:he is one of the first mutants to die of Terrigen poisoning.]]
** In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, during ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}''
* KilledOffForReal
** In ''Death of X'' [[spoiler:he is one of the first mutants to die of Terrigen poisoning.]]
** In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe, during ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}''
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** To {{Comicbook/Cable}} andComicBook/XMan.ComicBook/XMan. Slightly less so with Rachel, but it's there.
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* StrongFamilyResemblence: Of all the Summers kids, he looks the most like Corsair. In fact, before he learned who the man was, when the X-Men were having a prolonged stay in the Savage Land, Scott saw his reflection in a pond and noted with his sudden amount of stubble he looked very like Corsair... until his train of thought was interrupted.
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* InhumanEyeConcealers: Wears either sunglasses with ruby-quartz lenses or an adjustable visor to contain the uncontrollable energy blasts his eyes project.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Everyone insists on calling it "murder", even though the person was clearly amd unambiguously attacking Cyke at the time.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Scott had an affair with Emma Frost while he was still married to Jean. Technically she took advantage of him when he was in an unfit mental state to give consent – as Jean points out when calling Emma out after walking in on them – but this is what it is treated as in universe. He also had an affair with Jean Grey while he was still married to Madelyne. He thought that Madelyne was dead at that point, so he didn't think of it as cheating; but he also never divorced Madelyne, a fact which her clones will never let him forget.
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At the beginning of ''ComicBook/DeathOfX'', Scott is killed by the M-Pox sickness, but Emma Frost makes everyone believe he was murdered by Black Bolt in order to further [[ComicBook/InhumansVsXmen a conflict between Inhumans and mutants]]. In the meantime, [[ComicBook/XMenBlue Teen Scott and the rest of Original Five are working as a team based on Madripoor]], overseen by Magneto of all people. The original Cyclops returned in ''ComicBook/Extermination2018'', two (or three) years after his death, and returned to the X-Men in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', where he will also reunite with reunitedwith a returned Wolverine -- the two are stated to be the last X-Men and will rebuild the legacy of the team.
