X-Men/Characters/80s Members: Difference between revisions

* [[Rummage Sale Reject]]: In her early days on the team Kitty attempted to design her own costume a number of times. As these were always based on what a girl her age would supposedly consider cool - in the '80s - they were always hideous. Most notable is the [http://media.photobucket.com/image/%2522kitty%20pryde%2522%20roller%20skates/caker23/more%2520pix/XMenSprite.jpg Dazzler-inspired one] that included a whole array of eye-searing colors, metallic gold tights, leg warmers, and ''roller skates'' (also notable for causing Professor X to send her back to her room to change into something less ridiculous before they could leave for the mission du jour).

* [[Shoulder-Sized Dragon]]: Lockheed.

** An old enemy of Logan's got hold of Kitty in the infamous "Kitty Pryde & Wolverine" limited series and taught her ninjitsu, the better to find and assassinate Logan himself. Kitty retained some of that skill set, and augmented it later with Krav Maga lessons from Wolverine. Kitty is a surprisingly adept unarmed combatant, and is very good at mixing it with her phasing ability.

* [[Team Pet]]: Lockheed.

 

=== '''Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock/Psylocke''' ===

A pilot, secret agent, supermodel, and twin sister of Captain Britain. She developed psychic powers and spent some years as a supporting character in her brother's book, then had a brief but disastrous go at filling in for him and was blinded by his nemesis. After that she tried to quit superheroing but was kidnapped by Mojo and rescued by the New Mutants. She was initially a character with mediocre fighting skills but excellent telepathy. However, [[Chris Claremont]], who has a dominatrix fetish, had her kidnapped in China and turned into a [[McNinja]], getting magically body-merged with the mutant assassin Kwannon (resulting in the assassin looking like Psylocke, and Psylocke looking Asian but with her face still recognizable) and picking up super martial arts skills. She even got a psychic knife, which after she switched her powers from telepathy to telekinesis turned into a telekinetic katana.

 

* [[Thigh-High Boots]]

* [[Thong of Shielding]]

** There were somewhat justifying circumstances to that. Wolverine had previously "popped a claw" into 'tooth's head, and as he told her after she smacked him with a Psychic Knife: -->"Since the runt popped his claw on me -- the glow don't work no more."

** Anyway, [[Depending on the Writer]]... it counted as played straight (ninjas ''do'' evade a lot of attacks, unlike her previous, armor-clad self... plus her psychic blade in combination with her superior telepathy proved often to be a [[Game Breaker]]) or subverted ([[The Worf Effect]] mentioned above).