X-Men/Characters/70s Members: Difference between revisions

← Older edit

X-Men/Characters/70s Members (view source)

Revision as of 11:13, 31 December 2014

27 bytes removed , 9 years ago

m

update links

VisualWikitext

Dai-Guard

Autopatrolled users, Bots, Confirmed users, Administrators

39,327

edits

Revision as of 21:27, 1 November 2013 (view source) prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:Characters.X-Men70sMembers 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Characters.X-Men70sMembers, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)		Latest revision as of 11:13, 31 December 2014 (view source) Dai-Guard (talk \| contribs) m (update links)
(7 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 6: === '''Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler''' === A mutant from Germany, Nightcrawler possesses superhuman agility, wallcrawling, a [[Prehensile Tail~~\|prehensile tail~~]], and the ability to teleport. Despite his demonic appearance, he is a devout Catholic and was even an ordained priest for some time. Nightcrawler was raised in a circus, where he was accepted with the other "freaks", and grew to have a playful and happy-go-lucky personality. He's apparently a fan of swashbuckling fiction, as for a time, he took up swordplay and started to wear an almost pirate-like costume. Kurt later discovered that the villainous terrorist Mystique was his mother, who had to abandon him because he couldn't change his shape and blend in with her. This also makes him Rogue's adoptive half-brother. Nightcrawler, while never heavily featured, is generally considered to be the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] and manages to consistently rank in the top 5-10 most popular X-Men. He's also one of the most lucky with women, as his unusual appearance and approachable personality tends to draw women to him really easily. Especially the tail and the fuzzy. Chicks dig the fuzzy. But not anymore... Nightcrawler's unique design was a carryover from an earlier Dave Cockrum pitch to DC for new members of the [[Legion of Super -Heroes]]. In that case, Nightcrawler would have been an alien. * [[Adorkable]] - His original characterization was this just through his wacky antics; later interpretations and adaptations often have him as a huge fan of one fandom or another--see [[Ultimate X -Men]]. * [[Badass Adorable]] * [[Badass Preacher]] Line 16: * [[Cute Little Fangs]] * [[Dark Is Not Evil]] * [[Dual -Wielding]] - Or rather, ''triple'' wielding, thanks to his prehensile tail. * {{spoiler\|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]] - While impaled with Bastion's mechanical hand, Kurt manages to gather enough strength to teleport himself and Hope, the possible mutant messiah, away from the enemy before dying. That's a badass moment, but the thing that makes it a dying moment of awesome is that he managed to teleport from Las Vegas to the coast of San Francisco, ''while having a mechanical hand right through his chest''.}} * [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] * [[Fetish Fuel]] - The tail. Just... the tail. * [[Flanderization]]: His religious devotion in later years. It actually took a very long time and very near-death experience for him to be shown as religious at all, stating that it was a private matter between him and God. Later on, his status as a practicing Catholic would become his entire character, to the point where he began training to be a priest. * [[Fun Personified]] Line 28: * [[Irony]]: A devout Catholic that looks like a demon and is implied to ''travel through Hell'' while teleporting. * [[Killed Off for Real]] * [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] ("Mystique, you are my mother") * [[Nice Guy]]: One of the nicest in the Marvel Universe. * [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Nightcrawler's "true love" is his adoptive sister, Amanda "Daytripper" Sefton. Line 54: ** Or, in the case of Riptide, ''twisted in half.'' * [[Cain and Abel]]: With Mikhail * [[Chrome Champion]] * [[Dead Little Sister]]: Poor, poor Illyana. * [[Determinator]]: Another good reason not to piss him off. * [[Face Heel Turn]]: Joined Magneto for a while after the aforementioned death of his little sister. His personality didn't change all that much, though, which made it a very poor fit, and he went back to the X-Teams within a couple of years. ** See also his [[~~X Men Evolution\|~~X-Men: Evolution]] incarnation. * [[Fastball Special]] - He and Wolverine cornered the market on this, their [[Combination Attack]] being both the [[Trope Maker]] ''and'' [[Trope Namer]]. * [[Genius Bruiser]]: An absolute giant of a man who can duke it out with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters, but an exceptionally bright and insightful man as well. * [[Gentle Giant]] * [[Good Hurts Evil]]: His [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] has been shown to be as harmful as his metal body when it comes to most demons and [[Legions of Hell]]. * [[Husky Russkie]] * [[Ho Yay]] - As mentioned below, Ultimate Colossus is a [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]] with an unrequited crush on Wolverine. In mainstream, they're just [[Heterosexual Life Partners\|'''very''' good friends.]] Sometimes this shows with Nightcrawler as well. * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: To stop the Legacy Virus, which had infected and eventually killed his sister, Piotr sacrificed himself so that no other mutants would fall victim to it's curse. Don't worry though, [[Unexplained Recovery\|he got better]]. * [[Implacable Man]]: You piss him off and ''nothing'' will stop him. [[Complete Monster\|Riptide]] found this out the hard way. Line 70: ** FYI, Riptide was a psychopath and had, in plain view, slaughtered dozens of innocent people. * [[Made of Iron]]: Literally, via [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]. * [[Martial Pacifist]] * [[May -December Romance]]: He started dating Kitty when she was ''how'' old? 14?! And he was almost 20... To his credit, when a depressed Kitty actually asked him to sleep with her for the first time, Peter refused on the grounds of her still being underage. {{spoiler\|They only consummated their relationship several years later.}} * Things like this [[Squick\|disturbed]] then-Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter to no end, finally leading him to not only demand in no uncertain terms an end to the relationship arc, but to personally write a story arc in ''[[Secret Wars]]'' in which Colossus falls in love out of nowhere to force a "breakup" story in ''Uncanny X-Men''. To be fair, it was an awesome story, that started out a [[Tear Jerker]] and ended with Colossus on the wrong end of a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] administered by Juggernaut... * [[Pillars of Moral Character]]: [[Depending Onon the Writer]] * [[Spock Speak]] * [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]] (Ultimate Universe only) * [[Super Strength]] * [[Technical Pacifist]] * [[The Big Guy]] * [[The Cape (trope)]] === '''Sean Cassidy/Banshee''' === Line 90: * [[Cain and Abel]]: With Black Tom Cassidy, his cousin (or brother, in some continuities). * [[Captain Ethnic]] * [[Did Not Do the Research]]: His creators didn't find out that the mythical Irish banshee was a [[One -Gender Race]] of females until it was too late. [[Executive Meddling]]: Actually, writer Roy Thomas wanted to make Banshee a woman. But when he was introduced in the sixties, he was supposed to be the villain, and the editors thought the idea of a female villain was too controversial. The etymology of his codename doesn't help. Derives from "bean sidhe"("woman of the sÃde" or "woman of the fairy mounds"). The sidhe (People of the mounds) in Irish Legend being a powerful, supernatural race, comparable to the fairies or elves. His codename specifically identifies Sean as a fairy woman. * {{spoiler\|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]] - or rather, a 747.}} * [[I Believe I Can Fly]]: Attempted to explain as him riding on soundwaves. No, just... no. ** It came with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in the TV series, when he gave Wolverine a ride. * [[Make Me Wanna Shout]] * [[Officer O 'Hara]] * [[Oireland]] * [[Older and Wiser]] Line 106: Sunfire got his powers from his mother being poisoned by the radiation from the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. He vowed to use his radiation powers to fight a one-man war of revenge on the U.S., with the help of his [[Manipulative Bastard]] uncle Tomo. After his uncle revealed his true colors by murdering Sunfire's father, he surrendered himself to authorities. He was invited to a new version of the X-Men, but only agreed to be on reserve status, because his temper and radiation powers combined means he doesn't play well with others. * [[Anti -Hero]]: Type III * [[Captain Ethnic]] * [[Combo -Platter Powers]] * [[Handicapped Badass]]: His legs are now cybernetic due to Lady Deathstrike cutting them off. * [[Heel Face Turn]] * [[Hot -Blooded]] (And HOW!) * [[Jerkass]] * [[My God, What Have I Done?]] (after what his uncle did...) * [[Playing ~~With~~with Fire]] * [[The Atoner]] Line 121: An Apache Indian and Vietnam veteran with the mutant abilities of superspeed, strength, and invulnerability - and super-tracking which was basically a standard requirement for all Native American superheroes until recently. He joined the X-Men solely for excitement and glory, despite resenting "the White Man". He died in vain, and acted against orders - trying to keep a minor supervillain from getting away, causing a plane crash that he did not survive. * [[Anti -Hero]]: To the point that editors felt that he and Wolverine were too similar, and that one of them had to go. * [[Ineffectual Loner]] * [[Not So Invincible After All]] * [[Positive Discrimination]]: Notably averted; apart from having a terrific set of [[Combo -Platter Powers]], he ''was'' a stone cold [[Jerkass]] who meshed poorly with the rest of the team, and paid ''dearly'' for it. * [[Sacrificial Lamb]] * [[Super Strength]] * [[Teeth -Clenched Teamwork]]: He was questioning his decision to join the team up until his death. * [[We Hardly Knew Ye]] {{reflist}} [[Category:X-Men (Franchise)/Characters]]▼ [[Category:X-Men 70 s Members]] [[Category:Characters]] ▲[[Category:X-Men ~~(Franchise)~~/Characters]]