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** Kitty has been a superhero, and specifically an X-Man, since she was thirteen. In her better depictions in the last decade or so, she's savvy to the point of near-ennui.
** Kitty has been a superhero, and specifically an X-Man, since she was thirteen. In her better depictions in the last decade or so, she's savvy to the point of near-ennui.
* [[Intangible Man]] (her powers)
* [[Intangible Man]] (her powers)
* [[Kid Sidekick]]: She started out as a sidekick to Wolverine until she had grown into an independent woman when she moved to Excalibur.
* [[Kid Sidekick]]: She started out as a sidekick to Wolverine until she had grown into an independent woman when she moved to Excalibur.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]
* [[Naive Newcomer]]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Ninja hacker genius superhero. With a pet dragon.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Ninja hacker genius superhero. With a pet dragon.
* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Kitty can walk on the air. Which gets her where she needs to go, but at a normal walking pace.
* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Kitty can walk on the air. Which gets her where she needs to go, but at a normal walking pace.
* [[Pillars of Moral Character]]: She gave [[God Is Evil|The Beyonder]] [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|a]] [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], which was pretty much the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the entire [[Crapsack World|Marvel Universe]].
* [[Pillars of Moral Character]]: She gave [[God Is Evil|The Beyonder]] [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?|a]] [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]], which was pretty much the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for the entire [[Crapsack World|Marvel Universe]].
* [[Power Incontinence]]: Back then, Shadowcat was stuck in her ghost state after her powers went haywire when she tried to phase an injured Rogue from a marauder Harpoon in the ''Mutant Massacre'' crossover.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: Back then, Shadowcat was stuck in her ghost state after her powers went haywire when she tried to phase an injured Rogue from a marauder Harpoon in the ''Mutant Massacre'' crossover.
** This is not the only time she had experienced this. Recently, she was {{spoiler|brought out of the space bullet by the repowered Magneto. However, because she had been in her phased state too long, she was now stuck in her ghost state and [[And I Must Scream|not to mention, she could not speak and touch]] anyone.}}
** This is not the only time she had experienced this. Recently, she was {{spoiler|brought out of the space bullet by the repowered Magneto. However, because she had been in her phased state too long, she was now stuck in her ghost state and [[And I Must Scream|not to mention, she could not speak and touch]] anyone.}}
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** 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.
** 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.
* [[Team Pet]]: Lockheed.
* [[Valley Girl]]: she's book smart, but has been portrayed as ditzy and slightly shallow at times. This was [[Flanderized]] almost beyond recognition in the first episodes of ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]''.
* [[Valley Girl]]: she's book smart, but has been portrayed as ditzy and slightly shallow at times. This was [[Flanderized]] almost beyond recognition in the first episodes of ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]''.
* [[Walking Techbane]]: If she phases through anything electrical, it shorts out. This makes throwing her at a Sentinel's head a viable attack, and was used by Chris Claremont to let her beat Rogue and Phoenix by ''phasing through their brains''.
* [[Walking Techbane]]: If she phases through anything electrical, it shorts out. This makes throwing her at a Sentinel's head a viable attack, and was used by Chris Claremont to let her beat Rogue and Phoenix by ''phasing through their brains''.


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* [[Playing with Fire]]: When she stole Sunfire's powers.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: When she stole Sunfire's powers.
* [[Power Incontinence]]
* [[Power Incontinence]]
* [[Power Parasite]]: It's her superpower, making her a Power Sponge. In her first appearance, she got her Flying Brick ability by absorbing it from Ms Marvel. It took Ms M years to recover.
* [[Power Parasite]]: It's her superpower, making her a Power Sponge. In her first appearance, she got her Flying Brick ability by absorbing it from Ms Marvel. It took Ms M years to recover.
* [[Progressively Prettier]]: When she was first created and joined the team, Chris Claremont had artists draw her as rather unattractive-looking, making her skinny, unkept, with an unpleasant-looking crew-cut hairstyle. This changed almost immediately upon Jim Lee's assignment to the book, and her 90's look, which shows her as supermodel-level hot, has been her default.
* [[Progressively Prettier]]: When she was first created and joined the team, Chris Claremont had artists draw her as rather unattractive-looking, making her skinny, unkept, with an unpleasant-looking crew-cut hairstyle. This changed almost immediately upon Jim Lee's assignment to the book, and her 90's look, which shows her as supermodel-level hot, has been her default.
* [[The Runaway]]: All versions of the backstory of Rogue have her running away from home as a young teen or pre-teen, although no two issues have been able to agree on whether she ran away after her mutation activated and left a boy in a coma, or had already run away from home before that because of an unstable and/or abusive home life.
* [[The Runaway]]: All versions of the backstory of Rogue have her running away from home as a young teen or pre-teen, although no two issues have been able to agree on whether she ran away after her mutation activated and left a boy in a coma, or had already run away from home before that because of an unstable and/or abusive home life.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Though depictions since [[The Movie]] tend to follow Anna Paquin's styling, where only the front bangs are white, as opposed to the full white stripe from front to back.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Though depictions since [[The Movie]] tend to follow Anna Paquin's styling, where only the front bangs are white, as opposed to the full white stripe from front to back.
** Depending on the writer, either it's a secondary physical mutation, the effect of the absorption of her power (the preferred explanation since [[The Movie]]), or she alters her hair cosmetically by choice (the default assumption in the '80s, especially since the art evolved from her having two streaks to one -- in the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|letter column]] of one issue from that time period, when the practice was to have one of the characters answering the fans' letters, Wolverine claimed that Rogue's hair was dyed). In some stories, the streaks are there in her canonical childhood backstory; in her short-lived solo title in 2004 a flashback showed her with white bangs as an infant.
** Depending on the writer, either it's a secondary physical mutation, the effect of the absorption of her power (the preferred explanation since [[The Movie]]), or she alters her hair cosmetically by choice (the default assumption in the '80s, especially since the art evolved from her having two streaks to one -- in the [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot|letter column]] of one issue from that time period, when the practice was to have one of the characters answering the fans' letters, Wolverine claimed that Rogue's hair was dyed). In some stories, the streaks are there in her canonical childhood backstory; in her short-lived solo title in 2004 a flashback showed her with white bangs as an infant.
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* [[Bishonen]]: The reason for Longshot's attractiveness.
* [[Bishonen]]: The reason for Longshot's attractiveness.
* [[Boldly Coming]]: He's been romancing "alien" (human and human-mutants) women since first stepping foot on Earth. Since his marriage to Dazzler ended, he's been making ''plenty'' of human women very, very happy. Sometimes repeatedly.
* [[Boldly Coming]]: He's been romancing "alien" (human and human-mutants) women since first stepping foot on Earth. Since his marriage to Dazzler ended, he's been making ''plenty'' of human women very, very happy. Sometimes repeatedly.
* [[Born Lucky]]: His powers.
* [[Born Lucky]]: His powers.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Ladies ''love'' him.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Ladies ''love'' him.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: In his first appearance, Ultimate Longshot drew the eye of Ultimate Colossus. Who, in fairness, ''is'' gay.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: In his first appearance, Ultimate Longshot drew the eye of Ultimate Colossus. Who, in fairness, ''is'' gay.
* [[The Fool]]
* [[The Fool]]
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* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Explicitly a part of how his luck powers work in the earlier parts of his continuity. So long as his motives are pure rather than selfish, everything that can ''possibly'' go in his favor will do so, frequently in drastic fashion. If he attempts to use his luck for his own profit, however - such as his attempt in his introductory LS to work as a stuntman - his luck turns against him and reality quite painfully ensues.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Explicitly a part of how his luck powers work in the earlier parts of his continuity. So long as his motives are pure rather than selfish, everything that can ''possibly'' go in his favor will do so, frequently in drastic fashion. If he attempts to use his luck for his own profit, however - such as his attempt in his introductory LS to work as a stuntman - his luck turns against him and reality quite painfully ensues.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: He has a real name, but doesn't remember it.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: He has a real name, but doesn't remember it.
* [[Outdated Outfit]]: Aside from his leather jumpsuit, he still also has a mullet.
* [[Outdated Outfit]]: Aside from his leather jumpsuit, he still also has a mullet.
** Later on in the X-Factor issues, he got a slight haircut.
** Later on in the X-Factor issues, he got a slight haircut.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Longshot has psychometry, in which he can read "psychic imprints" that people leave on objects that they have handled and sometimes can even look into the future of the person or object he touches.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Longshot has psychometry, in which he can read "psychic imprints" that people leave on objects that they have handled and sometimes can even look into the future of the person or object he touches.
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* [[Artificial Limbs]]
* [[Artificial Limbs]]
* [[The Atoner]]: He joined the X-Men to make up for making a superhuman-depowering gun. And also in the hope of getting into Storm's pants.
* [[The Atoner]]: He joined the X-Men to make up for making a superhuman-depowering gun. And also in the hope of getting into Storm's pants.
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: (In X-Men Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon)
* [[Ditzy Genius]]: (In X-Men Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon)
* [[Florence Nightingale Effect]]: Storm first, then Mystique.
* [[Florence Nightingale Effect]]: Storm first, then Mystique.
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
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* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His real name is not revealed.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: His real name is not revealed.
* [[Techno Wizard]]: A classic example.
* [[Techno Wizard]]: A classic example.
* [[Totally Radical]] (in ''X-Men Evolution'' cartoon. Made rather funny because he actually looked a LOT like Fez from ''[[That 70s Show]]''...)
* [[Totally Radical]] (in ''X-Men Evolution'' cartoon. Made rather funny because he actually looked a LOT like Fez from ''[[That '70s Show]]''...)
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]?: Storm fans ''hated'' Forge for breaking up with her just as she was going to accept his proposal, leaving her for Mystique. Debate over who was wrong for the break up [[Internet Backdraft|can get intense]], but the two ex-lovers eventually met up and agreed that both were at fault to some extent.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]?: Storm fans ''hated'' Forge for breaking up with her just as she was going to accept his proposal, leaving her for Mystique. Debate over who was wrong for the break up [[Internet Backdraft|can get intense]], but the two ex-lovers eventually met up and agreed that both were at fault to some extent.
** And then Warren Ellis transformed him in a [[Did Not Do the Research|dangerous]] [[Ron the Death Eater|villain]], justifying this choice with repeated references to [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|his unfortunate love story with Storm]]. And then he {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]}}.
** And then Warren Ellis transformed him in a [[Did Not Do the Research|dangerous]] [[Ron the Death Eater|villain]], justifying this choice with repeated references to [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|his unfortunate love story with Storm]]. And then he {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]}}.
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