Morph | |||||||||
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Alternate Identity | Morph | ||||||||
Powers and Abilities | Shapeshifting | ||||||||
Team Affiliations | X-Men | ||||||||
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Morph is a mutant and member of the X-Men.
Biography[]
Morph was a member of the X-Men. They were fun-loving, irreverent and jovial, described by Wolverine as "The only one who could ever make me laugh." As a result, Morph and Wolverine were very close, possibly closer than Logan was with anyone else on the team, except for Jean Grey.
Morph was seemingly killed during the team's first encounter with the Sentinels, during the raid on the Mutant Control Agency headquarters. Their death hit all of the X-Men hard and drove a powerful wedge between Wolverine and Cyclops, who was forced to make the call to leave him and Beast behind during the X-Men's retreat.
They later returned as an agent of Mister Sinister, harboring vengeful feelings towards the X-Men for leaving them behind. Posing as a priest, they performed a fake wedding for Cyclops and Jean Grey, luring the couple to an uninhabited island for his honeymoon, where they were ambushed by Sinister and the Nasty Boys. Simultaneously, they sowed discord among the X-Men by sending Jubilee to the headquarters of the Friends of Humanity, inciting Gambit to kiss Rogue and suffer the ill effects of her power just before an important mission and perhaps most importantly, luring Professor X and Magneto to Antarctica, where he was stripped of his powers and forced to fend for himself in the Savage Land throughout the majority of the series' second season.
It turned out that the vengeful Morph and the Morph the X-Men knew were two separate people, the former implanted by Sinister as a way to control him. Eventually, Morph fought their dark side and came to the aid of his former teammates, assisting Cyclops in the climactic battle against Sinister in the Savage Land.
Following these events, Morph was sent to Muir Island for treatment. After some time, they insisted on returning to the team, despite the strenuous objections of Moira MacTaggert. When they returned, however, their first mission involved the Sentinels once more. Morph was paralyzed with fear at having to face the beings that had come so close to killing them.
Eventually, Morph overcame their fear and even managed to destroy the remains of Master Mold. They once again left the X-Men after this mission, feeling that they weren't ready to be a hero yet.
They were called into action one last time when Professor Xavier was shot by Henry Peter Gyrich. Impersonating the Professor, they reached out to the mutants of the world, imploring them not to strike back at all of humanity for the actions of one bigot. They were shown with Magneto and the other X-Men in the series' final shot, implying that they remained an X-Man after Xavier's departure.
One year later, Morph had fully reintegrated into the team, helping them save Roberto Da Costa and take down Bolivar Trask's new Master Mold. They were also present when Magneto showed up to claim Xavier's assets and was subsequently tried and pardoned by the U.N..
Powers and Abilities[]
Morph is a shapeshifter, transforming their body and voice to impersonate anyone he desires, much like Mystique. While they can approximate the powers of people with physical mutations, They are unable to gain the powers of any other mutant they turns into, nor are their naturally-shifted weapons as strong as synthetic materials. For example, if they become Wolverine, their claws are more fragile than the latter's adamantium claws.
Personality[]
Morph was shown to be good-humored and could go toe-to-toe with all of their teammates. They were light-hearted, kind, funny, witty, easy to get along with and very loyal towards their friends. They were also shown to be very friendly and welcoming, such as when he was light-heartedly laughing at Jubilee's panic over Gambit and Wolverine getting into a fight, when in fact the two were training. After they was put under Mr. Sinister's control, Morph began struggling with a dissociative identity, going back and forth between the Morph their friends knew and loved and a personality filled with bitterness, hate and anger towards their fellow X-Men.
Relationships[]
Wolverine[]
Wolverine was the closest person Morph had to a best friend. Wolverine described them as "the only person that could make him laugh." They were often looked at as a duo, with Wolverine apparently having known them the best out of everyone. Outside the Mutant Registration HQ, Morph had asked of Wolverine and Beast to "give him a boost over the fence", which defined as Beast and Wolverine tossing him over the fence together. After Morph's "death", Wolverine swore revenge for his friend. After Morph returned, Wolverine desperately followed them and tried to help them remember who they were, wanting to save his friend from himself.
Cyclops[]
Morph respected Cyclops greatly and seemingly looked up to Cyclops and his girlfriend Jean Grey. After Morph's apparent "death", Cyclops chose to leave him and Beast behind for the good of the team. This led to Morph feeling intense amounts of bitterness towards Cyclops and was filled with hatred, revealing to Cyclops that they had posed as the minister officiating Jean and Cyclops' wedding day. However, when Mr. Sinister was about to attack Morph when they were down, Cyclops took a shot at Sinister and demanded that he leave Morph alone and stay away from his friends.
Jean Grey[]
Jean and Morph were hinted to be close with their friendship. It was hinted that when it came to Cyclops and Jean that Morph looked up to the couple and looked at Jean like a sister figure. To get his revenge on Cyclops for leaving them to die at the hands of Sentinels, Morph posed as the priest officiating the couple's wedding. Jean was devastated when she learned of this, trying to tell Morph that Cyclops did what he had to do at the time for the good of the team and that it wasn't anybody's fault. Jean was devastated by Morph's disappearance and had broken down crying in Cyclops' arms, taking it hard. The two were eventually reunited with Magneto and Professor X when he was captured by Sinister one more time and taken to the Savage Land.
Mister Sinister[]
Mister Sinister could be looked at as one of Morph, Cyclops and Jean Grey's worst enemies. After Morph had been left to die outside the Mutant Registration offices, Sinister kidnapped Morph and healed her their body, implanting them with mind control which caused Morph to suffer from other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) type 2. Morph desperately tried attacking Sinister several times, proving he still had some loyalty to the X-Men despite being manipulated and used.
Background[]
Morph was voiced by Ron Rubin on X-Men and by J. P. Karliak on X-Men '97.
Morph was made specifically for the series, though they are loosely based off a character named Changeling, also known as Kevin Sydney. Originally, it was going to be Thunderbird who died in "Night of the Sentinels, Part Two" since the character died in his second mission for the X-Men. However, it was pointed out that the writers were going to kill off his only Native American character early in the series. Morph was created to be a throwaway character, intended to die, so the producers could show off the dangers the X-Men face. He became so popular that they reintroduced them for the second season.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Comic Legends: Why Didn't Thunderbird Die on the X-Men Animated Series? at Comic Book Resources
External Links[]
- Marvel
- Wikipedia
- Morph (Earth-92131) at Marvel Database
- Kevin Sidney (Earth-616) at Marvel Database
X-Men | |
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Members | Beast • Bishop • Cyclops • Jean Grey • Jubilee • Morph • Nightcrawler • Psylocke • Rogue • Storm • Wolverine |
Former Members | Angel • Gambit • Iceman • Lorna Dane • Professor X |
Related | Blackbird • Danger Room • Mutant • Xavier Mansion |