List of X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 characters

Cast and characters

Hero teams

X-Men

• Cyclops / Scott Summers – The field commander of the X-Men, who is shown to be in his late twenties. He is generally aloof and has occasionally expressed doubts about his leadership. He is in a relationship with Jean Grey throughout the series before eventually marrying her. His eyes can emit powerful beams of light energy, which he controls by either closing his eyes or hiding them behind ruby-quartz crystals, usually in the form of sunglasses. In X-Men '97, Cyclops is still in a relationship with Jean and starts to be friendly towards Madelyne Pryor due to Mister Sinister switching the two.
• Wolverine / Logan – He remembers little of his past, and while he never kills opponents, it is implied that he would if the other X-Men did not hold him back. He is also in love with Jean, which, along with Cyclops's decision to leave Morph and Beast behind following a Sentinel attack, causes him to resent Cyclops. He possesses a regenerative healing power and heightened senses, along with claws and an adamantium endoskeleton, which are not part of his mutant abilities. In X-Men '97, Wolverine helps in the fight against the Prime Sentinels. He is part of the X-Men's Blue Team that goes to confront Magneto on Asteroid M. After Wolverine wounds Magneto, he proceeds to rip the Adamantium off of Wolverine's bones.
• Rogue – She is shown to be in her mid-twenties and speaks with a Southern accent. She has the power to draw out a human's energy from a touch, allowing her to absorb their psyche, skills, and powers for a duration. This can cause unconsciousness and, in some cases, comas. She also has the powers of super strength, invulnerability, and flight, which she gained from Ms. Marvel after draining most of her energy, causing her to fall into a coma and gain her powers permanently. Like in the comics, she previously put her boyfriend, Cody, in a coma when her powers manifested during their first kiss. Despite reciprocating Gambit's feelings for her, she pushes him away out of fear of harming him. She was the adoptive daughter of Mystique, having been taken in when she ran away from home after her father rejected her for being a mutant.
• Storm / Ororo Munroe – A member of the X-Men who was orphaned at an early age and spent her childhood living on the streets, often stealing to survive. Early on in the series, she defeats Callisto to become the leader of the Morlocks, but later gives the position back to her. She is capable of controlling weather and can fly through bursts of wind. Like her comic counterpart, Storm is claustrophobic. In X-Men '97, Storm loses her powers when X-Cutioner uses a special weapon that depowered her when it was meant to be used on Magneto. Storm regains her abilities when fighting Adversary.
• Beast / Henry "Hank" McCoy – A member of the X-Men who is kindhearted and highly intelligent; however, as shown in "Beauty and the Beast", he can be aggressive to protect those he loves, as he falls in love with a blind patient he is treating and goes to rescue her after the Friends of Humanity kidnap her. He has the powers of agility and super strength; following an experiment to remove his powers, McCoy mutated further into a blue ape-like form.
• Gambit / Remy Lebeau – He is originally from New Orleans and speaks with a thick Cajun accent and is shown to be in his late twenties. In the past, he was affiliated with the civil war between thieves and assassins. Over time, he and Rogue's relationship develops into a more mature, loving one. While he is shown to have a cocky personality, he is also shown to have a strong sense of honor and loyalty to those he considers family, especially the X-Men. This is shown in episodes such as "Sanctuary ", when he sacrifices himself so the others can escape, and "X-ternally Yours", when he passes up the chance to wipe out the Assassins Guild and chooses the X-Men over the ties he has to either guild. He has the power to charge objects with kinetic energy which become explosive when thrown. His strength and agility possibly come from this, as he can charge himself with energy. In X-Men '97, Gambit is still in a relationship with Rogue. He is killed in the episode "Remember It" when he sacrifices himself to save Genosha from the upgraded Master Mold's attack, which leaves Rogue heartbroken.
• Jubilee / Jubilation Lee – The youngest of the X-Men, who was previously an orphan sent to many foster homes. In the first episode, she is captured by the Mutant Control Agency as bait to draw out the X-Men but is rescued. She is carefree and wants to be seen as an adult by others, but the team appreciates her involvement. She has the power to create pyrokinetic sparks from her hands, which she can use to attack from a distance or disable machinery. In X-Men '97, Jubilee is briefly trapped in Mojo's Motendo as she is aided by its character Abscissa.
• Jean Grey – The heart and soul of the X-Men, who usually is at Professor X's side to aid him. Unlike most adaptations, she is depicted as being his first student. Her costume is largely the same as the one she wore in Uncanny X-Men #281 when she joined Storm's Gold Team, although her hair is tied back rather than worn loose. Throughout the series, she and Scott's relationship is explored in more depth and she takes on a central role in the "Phoenix Saga". She has the power of telekinesis and minor telepathic skills similar to Professor X. After the Phoenix possesses her, her powers are expanded, but eventually turn evil when it refuses to leave the sensation of being in a human body. In X-Men '97, Jean is briefly swapped with Madelyne Pryor by Mister Sinister.
• Professor X / Charles Xavier – The founder of the X-Men. Unlike in the comics, "Sanctuary" shows that he lost the use of his legs "battling Magneto" and he uses a yellow hover-chair instead of a wheelchair. His dark side briefly manifests during the "Phoenix Saga". He possesses powerful telepathic abilities, allowing him to see people's minds or control their thoughts or actions. After Professor X is hit by a sonic device used by Henry Peter Gyrich in "Graduation Day", this puts him in a dying state where Magneto is persuaded to help him contact Lilandra Neramani. She came to Earth and took Professor X to the Shi'ar Empire to be healed by their technology. In X-Men '97, Professor X's will had him placing Magneto in charge of the X-Men. After fully recovering and assisting in the Kree-Shi'ar War, Professor X was to be wed to Lilandra. When Deathbird and the Imperial Guard retaliate when Professor X doesn't want to have his past erased, he takes them to the Astral Plane to teach them about co-existence. After a vision about the Wild Sentinel attacking Genosha, Professor X declines the wedding plans and asks to be taken back to Earth immediately.
• Morph – A member of the X-Men and a close friend of Wolverine who was seemingly killed by the Sentinels. He reappears as a recurring villain in the second season, which reveals that Mister Sinister saved and brainwashed him. Although Professor X frees him from brainwashing, he is briefly incapacitated as he recovers. He later appears in the episode "Courage", and in the series finale, "Graduation Day", where he briefly appears as Professor X is dying from illness. He has the power to shape-shift into any form that he comes across, which includes humans as well as non-human species and animals. In X-Men '97, Morph is still with the X-Men and is referred to as non-binary.
• Bishop / Lucas Bishop – Bishop was originally a "tracker", a mutant collaborating with the Sentinels hunting down members of the Resistance until he was deemed unnecessary and marked for extermination, which prompted him to join the Resistance. He travels back in time to stop the assassination of Senator Kelly and prevent the "Days of Future Past" timeline from occurring. While he succeeds in saving Kelly, in his timeline there is no recollection of the X-Men as they have all died. Later, he returns to stop the spread of Apocalypse's techno-organic virus; however, he also faces resistance from Cable, who knows the virus is necessary as it will also lead to the salvation of mutant-kind. He also shows up in some more episodes, where he and his sister travel back in time to stop Trevor Fitzroy from killing Xavier in the past, causing a constant war between mutants and humans in the X-Men's time, and his time changes into one in which the few surviving mutants are known only as slaves to Master Mold. They eventually manage to save Xavier, but Bishop gets trapped in the Axis of Time when Apocalypse throws him out of time. He eventually saves the entire timeline when he accidentally begins to free the psychics in the "Beyond Good and Evil" arc. In X-Men '97, he has joined the X-Men. After a baby Nathan Summers is infected by Mister Sinister, Bishop takes him into the future to be cured.
• Magneto / Erik Lensherr – In the series, Magneto first appears in the third and fourth episodes as an antagonist where he launches nuclear missiles, but the X-Men stop it. Then he seeks to destroy a factory, but the X-Men stop him again. In the first season's finale, he helps the X-Men defeat the Master Mold and the Sentinels. He appears in nearly every episode in the second season, in which he and Professor Xavier are powerless and travel throughout the Savage Land. At the end of that season, the X-Men save them from Mr. Sinister, and they regain their powers. In the fourth season, he allies with Apocalypse but turns on him after discovering his true agenda and aids the X-Men in defeating him. Later, he constructs Asteroid M as a haven for mutants, but his dream is ruined by the fanatical Fabian Cortez. Broken, he secludes himself in the Arctic and does not care about the possible destruction of life on Earth until he receives news from Beast, Forge, Mr. Sinister, and Amelia Voght that the Phalanx has kidnapped his son, Quicksilver, in the second part of the two-part, fifth-season premiere. He teams up with them to defeat the Phalanx and saves everyone he has captured. By the end of the series, he has gathered up an entire army of rebellious mutants only to receive news from Wolverine, Cyclops, and Jean Grey that Professor X is dying. In X-Men '97, Professor X's will was that Magneto runs the X-Men in his absence. After being pardoned for his crimes at the United Nations, Magneto accompanied Gambit and Rogue to Genosha at the time when it was suggested to be declared its nation. When a Wild Sentinel attacked, Magneto was believed to be killed, though it was later revealed that he survived with Bastion holding him prisoner. After Val Cooper frees Magneto, he escapes to the Arctic where he unleashes a powerful planet-wide EMP that disables all the Prime Sentinels and electronics throughout the Earth, which Wolverine quickly determines is his way to declare war on humanity. Magneto retreats to Asteroid M where Cyclops' Blue Team confronted him. After being wounded by Wolverine, Magneto rips the Adamantium off his bones.
• Nightcrawler / Kurt Wagner – Nightcrawler only made guest appearances in the episodes "Nightcrawler" and "Bloodlines" and never joined the X-Men. He was shown first in an episode that featured him as a monk in a Swiss abbey, persecuted by one of his superiors and the townspeople who believed him to be a demon. Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine helped him through his trials. The second episode reveals his origins as the birth son of Mystique, discovered by his foster-sister Rogue. In the end, after a discussion with Rogue, Mystique seemingly dies to save both of them from Graydon Creed. In X-Men '97, he appears in the episode "Remember It", where he travels to the mutant nation Genosha and meets up with Gambit, Magneto, and Rogue. After the Wild Sentinel attack caused by Mister Sinister, Nightcrawler joins the X-Men.
• Sunspot / Roberto da Costa – Da Costa first appears in "To Me, My X-Men", the pilot episode of X-Men '97. He is the second newest recruit of the X-Men with the mutant ability to channel large concentrations of solar energy. His character arc is similar to that of Jubilee when she first joined the team, and they develop a close relationship.