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=== '''Jubilation Lee/Jubilee''' ===
Actually introduced in 1989, Jubilee was intended to do for the new fans of the 1990s what Shadowcat did in the 1980s -- serve as a viewpoint character for teenagers. As such, she became Wolverine's scrappy kid sidekick, and spent several years following him around, swinging between sarcastic mockery of his [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] excesses and mortal terror expressed through [[Totally Radical]] dialogue. Then she got transferred to the junior team, Generation X, where she spent some time as the annoying one who won't shut up and then some more time as the [[Genius Ditz]] team strategist.
When Generation X got cancelled, it all went a bit south for Jubilee; after her own series failed to attract a significant readership and was swiftly retooled into a limited series (in fairness, Nightcrawler and Gambit had series at the same time; neither made it past a dozen issues), she was sidelined, then depowered. She returned for a spell in the (non X-Men) [[New Warriors]] reboot with [[Powered Armor]], an [[Most Common Superpower|enormous rack]], and her first proper [[Code Name]] (Wondra).
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* [[Asian Airhead]]: Jubilee, a Chinese valley girl is personified as a flighty, vain mallrat, who also happens to be gorgeous.
** Of course, she herself has a very low opinion of her appearance.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: In her very early appearances, she had short hair and a flat chest that she could be mistaken as an effeminate boy depending on the art.
** On at least two occasions she was required to go undercover as a delivery '''boy'''. Since the other two women on the team were undercover as hot women in slinky dresses, she found this rather annoying.
** In a side-story in Wolverine, she's fully mistaken for a boy by a tribe in the Savage Land and engaged to one of their princesses.
* [[Betty and Veronica|Betty]]: For Synch's Affections.
* [[Book Dumb]]
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Comes with the Vampire thing.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]
* [[Captain Ethnic]]: Only this because of her powers.
* [[Casting couch]]: Jubilee briefly tried her hand at an acting career. That is until her agent attempted to invoke this trope. It did not end well for the guy.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To X-23 particularly. Although many of the new mutants look up to her. Except for [[Jerkass|Surge]]
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: She no longer has any mutant powers, but she's now a vampire which includes the typical powers of super strength, super speed, [[Healing Factor]], the ability to turn into vapor, and is eternally 19. Of course she now has a thirst for human blood and may potentially lose control one day and kill everyone around her. Plus all those silly vampire weaknesses.
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* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: (with Wolverine)
* [[Kid Appeal Character]]: In the '90s cartoon (and the '90s comics, for that matter), she was basically Wolverine's latest sidekick.
* [[Kid Sidekick]]: She started out as a sidekick of Wolverine, before joining [[Generation X]].
* [[L Is for Dyslexia]]: but with math
* [[The Lancer]]: To Night Thrasher, after she joined the [[New Warriors]].
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* [[Made of Iron]]
* [[Naive Newcomer]]
* [[Outdated Outfit]]: Jubilee is the most extreme example of this. Although it's semi-possible as an outfit that a young girl would think is "cool" in the 1980s, the bright yellow trench coat and wrap around sunglasses became just plain painful as the 90s continued.
** Particulary in the 90s cartoon series.
* [[Pettanko]]: Served for some years as the X-Men's only notable aversion of the [[Most Common Superpower]].
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* [[Sarcastic Devotee]]: Towards Wolverine, for a while in the '90s.
* [[Shout-Out]]: She originally wore the yellow trenchcoat with a red shirt and green shorts. Anyone who didn't think "Robin" never read classic [[Batman]].
** This was taken to the logical conclusion in the Amalgam Universe: she becomes Sparrow, side kick to Dark Claw (Batman and Wolverine merged).
* [[The Munchausen]]: "When I was with the X-Men..."
* [[Totally Radical]]
* [[Walking Techbane]]: Happens in the '90s X-Men cartoon.
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* [[The Atoner]]: He joined the X-Men due to {{spoiler|unwittingly helping the Marauders commit genocide on the Morlocks}}. Admittedly, Gambit {{spoiler|never intentionally took part in said genocide}} and continues to be a much loved thief with a heart of gold to (some) fans, but still...
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Gambit used to be protective of the de-aged Storm and both of them became thieving partners before she had turned back to normal. Nowadays, he becomes a mentor of Laura Kinney (X-23) in X-23 solo series.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Not only that Gambit had a dark past, he also has bad luck with his love life - his first childhood friend Belladonna is crazy, [[Stuffed in A Fridge|his French girlfriend was murdered by Sabretooth]] and he is suffering in a [[Masochism Tango]] relationship with Rogue. He is also shunned by his own teammates after learning his small involvement in the Morlock Massacre. Now he is a character that [[Demoted to Extra|hardly appears in comics]] as most writers either dislike him or don't know what to do with him.
* [[The Charmer]]
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* [[Death Dealer]]: One of the most iconic examples.
* [[Depending on the Artist]]: Some artists and/or colorists cannot get his eye colors right.
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French]]
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: When Gambit was made into Death by Apocalypse, not only does his hair turn white and his skin blue-black, but he finally gets the memo that black cloaks are cooler and wears a black bondage cloak instead of his usual, shabby trenchcoat.
* [[Fake Defector]]
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* [[Having a Blast]]
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: The exploding playing cards, not the bo staff.
* [[Insane Forgiveness]]: Toward his father, the Thieves and Assassins Guilds, the X-Men and, depending on your opinion, Rogue.
* [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]: Tied with Wolverine and Iceman for the title of Fandom Slut.
* [[Long Lost Sibling]]: In ''some'' continuities, he's the third Summers brother.
* [[The Masochism Tango]]: With Rogue.
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: If Gambit had not gone to Mister Sinister for surgery to remove a portion of brain tissue to control his powers, he would have been too dangerous to live. On the other hand, an alternative version of Gambit aptly called New Sun was a very destructive force.
* [[Progressively Prettier]]: He wasn't all that good-looking in his first appearances, but became steadily more attractive from artist to artist.
* [[Psychic Static]]: Gambit has been known to employ the intentional version, at one point revealing to several Xavier Academy students that he [[Brain Bleach|pictures the Blob naked]] in order to make sure that telepaths like Rachel Summers and Emma Frost aren't eavesdropping on his thoughts.
** At one point, he could also block telepaths simply by keeping a charged object with him, but this ability seems to have been dropped.
* [[Ragin Cajun]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Under his trenchcoat, he wears a magenta vest as well as lots of magenta stripes on the sleeves and pants.
* [[Simple Staff]]: The Bo staff.
* [[Southern Gentleman]]: Especially towards Rogue... who often appreciates this.
* [[Stepford Snarker]]: Usually Gambit doesn't like to talk about his past or anything personal. Instead, he hides his negative feelings by using snark and charm that he could pass himself off as laid-back and charming to others.
* [[Street Smart]]
* [[Technicolor Ninjas]]: Look up at [[Real Men Wear Pink]]'s description. Now bear in mind that the character is a ''thief''.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type V in recent appearances, but started out more as type IV, and softened to type III over the years.
* [[Anticlimax]]: For years he was convinced Gambit would betray and destroy the X-Men. As it turns out, the culprit in Bishop's future was Onslaught. The two patched things up with a simple apology from Bishop.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Recently, he has a mechanical arm after he lost his left arm to the mutant-eating monster Predator X.
* [[Bad Future]]
* [[But Not Too Black]]: Bishop has a long, straight hair that doesn't seem right for an African American. However, it was revealed that Bishop isn't of African descent but Australian Aboriginal, most of whom do have straight hair (if different facial structure).
** To be precise, it was revealed that Gateway is his grandfather; in all likelihood Bishop is only part Australian Aborigine.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: As he comes from the dystopian future, he started off as a brash mutant cop who had difficulty with adjusting the X-Men before finally settling down until recently, he went on a [[Face Heel Turn]].
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Shard
* [[Energy Absorption]]
* [[Facial Markings]]: As he comes from the [[Bad Future]], he has an 'M' (for Mutant) branded on his left face.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]
* [[Future Badass]]
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A younger clone of Magneto, whom everyone thought WAS Magneto (this had happened before). Turns out he was just a pawn in a bigger plan, and was subsequently killed, but not before trying to get into Rogue's pants (also had happened before).
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: During that time when Joseph was introduced, there was a [[Betty and Veronica]] love triangle with Rogue as the center figure, Joseph as the Betty, and Gambit as the Veronica.
* [[Cloning Blues]]
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: The Christmas story where Joseph's present for Rogue was a machine that enabled her to touch people skin to skin. He used it to give her a chaste kiss on the forehead. Of course the device was never mentioned ever again.
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At first a troublemaker for the other X-Men, she managed to become a stable and accepted part of the team. However, after some failed attempts by writers and artist to make her more appealing, she mysteriously disappeared from one issue to another, without any explanation ever given.
Afterwards it went even more downhill for her. She reappeared in a mediocre one-shot, was part of an ill-fated series and finally got depowered on M-Day while keeping her mutated appearance. She is currently not being featured.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type V originally. She was the loose cannon on a team with ''Wolverine'', but eventually healed and reformed during [[Alan Davis]]' run, at the end of which, she probably didn't qualify for more than Type I. After that she turned to downright villain and finally back to her original form.
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* [[Dark Age of Supernames]]: Subverted, for someone who comes from the 90's, has the power to grow knives out of the body and was more anti than hero, she has a surprising soft and normal codename.
** This was almost played straight, as her codename was originally "Sheath," but this was rejected by the editors for sounding too sexual.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: She was in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 2'', then she fell off the radar in a big way. In universe, S.H.I.E.L.D. once rewrote her mind to let her think she was a normal teenager. She turned out to be smart enough to attend university, then her mind started resisting the process.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]
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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Well, if you'd been born with bones sticking out all over your body and had the only people who ever cared for you massacred before your eyes as a child, how well-adjusted would ''you'' be?
* [[Healing Factor]]: The other reason why she survived the heart removal, and how she can remove the bones from her body without bleeding to death. Strangely not official part of her powerset.
* [[Heroic Sociopath]]
* [[Knife Nut]]: Marrow almost always uses bone knives which grow from her own body as weapons. She is drawn with them on nearly each cover she appears on. Despite being made from a fragile material like bone, they are sturdy and sharp enough to cut through or into metal.
** Recently, she started using literal knives when she was depowered.
* [[Les Yay]]: The fact that Marrow used to look at Kitty while she slept is sort of suspect, but by her own account, she's jealous of how pretty she is.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Her [[Throw the Dog a Bone|development]] under Davis.
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: She prefers to work as a normal doctor than to work in a superhero team.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Though ironically she is a Puerto Rican.
* [[Secret Public Identity]]
* [[The Medic]]: She still serves this role for the X-Men on occasion, most recently patching up Magneto after {{spoiler|he brought Kitty Pryde back from space}}.
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* [[Shoo Out the New Guy]]: to a point that you'd think the [[Trope Namer]] is a [[Shout-Out]] to ''him''!
* [[Squick]]
* [[Totally Radical]]
=== '''Nate Grey/X-Man''' ===
Uh... the cloned offspring of Cyclops and Jean Grey from an alternate reality where everyone was evil and he was raised by Mr Sinister to kill Apocalypse and came to our world by accident. You with me so far? Okay, so ''then'' it got really complicated...
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type II in his original appearances, but apparently grew out of it.
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]
** Now he is {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Badass in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Poor Nate grey became a prisoner of Norman Osborn at the end of Dark X-Men mini-series. Then, he was transferred to [[Complete Monster|Sugar Man]] who used him as a living battery in order to open up the portals to go back to Age of Apocalypse universe. Fortunately, the New Mutants defeated Sugar Man and saved Nate before he could die.}}
* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: {{spoiler|As said in the above, after months of imprisonment and torture, Nate Grey was reduced to using low-level telekinesis as his only remaining power.}}
* [[Divided We Fall]]: The first encounter with Professor Xavier (who had been long dead in his universe) going bad led Nate to keep his distance from the X-Men for a long time.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: After Nate Grey had landed in the mainstream Marvel Universe while fighting in the battle in Age of Apocalypse universe, the results of him adjusting to the new world are rather overwhelming.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
* [[Goo-Goo Godlike]]
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* [[Odd Friendship]]: With [[Spider-Man]].
* [[Parental Incest]]: Although combined with [[Fridge Logic]]. Nate had a relationship with Madelyne Pryor who is a clone of Jean Grey, an alternate version of the woman whose DNA he was created from, making her essentially his genetic mother. And it got worse when she was killed and impersonated by Jean Grey from yet another alternate universe.
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Nate was considered to be the most powerful mutant in the world with Phoenix-level power. Justified that he was originally created as a weapon by Age of Apocalypse's Mister Sinister to kill Apocalypse.
* [[Power Degeneration]]: Nate's power put a huge strain on his body and would kill him before he turned 21.
** Though he vaguely got better
* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]
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