Kurt Wagner, better known as Nightcrawler, is a fictional character within Marvel Comics. He is the son of the mutant terrorist Mystique and Azazel who was fostered by Margali Szardos. Rescued by Charles Xavier, Nightcrawler went on to become a hero and member of the X-Men.
In a recent storyline while Azazel is technically genetically related to Nightcrawler, it is revealed that he was actually born to Mystique and her wife Irene Adler.
History[]
X-Men Blue: Origins revealed that his parents were actually Mystique and her wife Destiny / Irene Adler; Mystique having shapeshifted into her male form of Sherlock Holmes to conceive him, with Destiny being the one to give birth to him. This makes him a child of true love born between two women.
In other media[]
Television[]
- Nightcrawler appears in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The X-Men Adventure", voiced by G. Stanley Jones.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men, voiced by Neil Ross.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Adrian Hough. This version is a monk at a Swiss abbey.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men '97, voiced again by Adrian Hough.
- A teenage Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Evolution, voiced by Brad Swaile. This version is a student at the Xavier Institute who is insecure about his appearance and goes on to develop a relationship with Amanda Sefton.
- Nightcrawler appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Liam O'Brien. This version is initially a member of the X-Men before they disband after Professor X and Jean Grey disappear under mysterious circumstances a year prior. In the present, Nightcrawler becomes a protector to mutant refugees traveling to Genosha, enters a romantic relationship with the Scarlet Witch, and eventually rejoins the X-Men.
- Nightcrawler makes a cameo appearance in the Black Panther episode "Black Panther vs. Juggernaut and Black Knight", voiced by Nolan North.
X-Men Film Series[]
- Main article: Nightcrawler (X-Men Movies)
- Nightcrawler appears in an early script for X-Men (2000), written by Michael Chabon, before the script was scrapped.
- Nightcrawler appears in X2, portrayed by Alan Cumming.
- According to director Bryan Singer, Nightcrawler was intended to appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but was ultimately cut.
- A young Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Apocalypse, portrayed by Kodi Smit-McPhee.
- Nightcrawler makes a cameo appearance in Deadpool 2, portrayed again by Kodi Smit-McPhee.
- Nightcrawler appears in Dark Phoenix, portrayed again by Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Video games[]
- Nightcrawler appears in The Uncanny X-Men.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Madness in Murderworld.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men (1992).
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men (1993).
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men 2: Clone Wars.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Mutant Academy 2.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Next Dimension.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in X-Men: The Official Game, voiced by Alan Cumming. After helping the X-Men defeat Master Mold, he takes a sabbatical to return to Germany, feeling that he is fundamentally a man of peace.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in X-Men Legends, voiced by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, voiced again by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Nightcrawler appears as a non-player character (NPC), later a downloadable playable character for the Xbox 360, in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, voiced again by Dee Bradley Baker.
- Nightcrawler appears as an assist character in the PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PSP versions of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad, voiced again by Liam O'Brien.
- Nightcrawler makes cameo appearances in Trish and Magneto's endings in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.
- Nightcrawler appears in X-Men: Destiny, voiced again by Yuri Lowenthal.
- Nightcrawler appears as a support card in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3's "Heroes and Heralds" mode.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel: Avengers Alliance.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Heroes, voiced again by Liam O'Brien.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Contest of Champions.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Puzzle Quest.
- Nightcrawler appears as a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, voiced again by Liam O'Brien.
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