Gambit
Gambit is a comic book character that first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #266
Gambit is a thief turned X-Man. He is constantly weighing his carefree life of crime with a pursuit of justice alongside the X-men. He is also Cajun and speaks with a New Orleans Accent.
Gambit Origins
The baby Remy
At age eight, Remy met and befriended a young girl named Belladonna. A few days later, he was taken in and adopted by the leader of the Thieves Guild, Jean-Luc himself, after a failed pickpocket attempt which had been secretly arranged by Jean as a way of meeting the young mutant.
Marrying Bella Donna
The Thieves Guild was at war with the Assassin's Guild but Remy was meant to be the one to unite the two guilds through an arranged marriage to the head of the Assassin's Guild's granddaughter, Belladonna whom he had befriended as a child years beofre. On his wedding day, Remy was challenged to a duel by Belladonna's brother, Julien. When Remy killed him in self-defense, he had to be banished to ease the tension between the Guilds.
Professional Thief
Enter Gambit
Remy and Ororo
The Trial of Gambit
Judgment
X-Men
X-Treme X-Men
Unable to live a normal life for too long, the two were pulled back into the world of the X-Men, to battle Elias Bogan. Remy's powers were jump started by the mutant Sage.
70 years from now in Bishop's future, Gambit goes by the name, Witness, because he is supposed to be the only one to know the identity of the person who betrayed the X-Men, leading to a world where mutants are hunted down and killed. When Bishop traveled to the present time-line he tried to kill Gambit when he realized that he was the same old man from his time line, henceforth, he had to be the traitor. During the onslaught story arc it was revealed that it was Xavier who was the traitor.
Unused to dealing with his mutant power after having lost it, Gambit was accidentally blinded by one of his own cards shortly after wards. Rogue began to distance herself from Gambit when he started lashing out at her. Even though he was blind he gained the ability to read his playing cards like they were tarot cards, predicting an attack by the Brotherhood. Rogue would later ask Sage to heal Remy's vision.
Mystique was never around of her foster daughter's decision towards a lover. So she infiltrated the school and joined Gambit's squad in an attempt to separate Gambit and Rogue. Mystique even offered Remy the chance to sleep with her after transforming into Rogue. It is still unknown as to what exactly happened.
Horseman of the Apocalypse
Gambit as Death
Recently, Gambit has attacked Cable on his island nation of Providence to get to the data stored in the computers there. He and Sunfire mortally wounded Cable, but were unable to get the information they wanted when Cable sacrificed himself to destroy the mainframe.
Marauders
Marauders
Messiah Complex
Messian Complex
Divided We Stand
Gambit along with Xavier have went to a mental institution which held Ryking before they discovered that Ryking was killed by a brain hemmorage. Gambit and the Professor then went to the Nuclear Research Facility in Alamogordo. Due to several headaches experienced by Xavier, they have decided to wait but another group of Assassins Guild have appeared to attack them. Professor X was then abducted and have discovered that the one responsible for the attacks was Sinister's former lover. Meanwhile, Gambit together with the conjunction of Sebastian Shaw's efforts have defeated the remaining assassins. Together, they have formed a team to destroy the Cronus machine which have led to Xavier's rescue. Gambit made a very dangerous attempt as he uses his powers on Shaw to charge him with enough energy to destroy the machine. After the mission against the Assassins, Gambit together with Xavier went to Australia to look for Rogue who is till affected by the events of the Messiah Complex.
Gambit, Rogue, & Danger
Powers & Skills of Gambit
At his full power, Gambit is able to charge any organic or non-organic matter within his line of sight through thought. The failure to control his abilities in his youth forced him to turn to Mister Sinister, who excised the portion of his brain stem responsible for his full abilities. Later, while he is trapped in Victorian England, he returns to Sinister to have his grey matter reimplanted, restoring his abilities to their full potential. He uses his powers to return to present-day by transforming himself into living energy which joins with the kinetic flow of the timestream. After the surgery performed by Mister Sinister, Gambit's powers were restored to their natural potential. He was able to use his power simply by looking at an object that he wished to charge, including living tissue. Gambit could also manipulate the potency of the energy release and could even exercise a measure of control over time. With access to his full power, Gambit is able to manipulate the potency of his bio-kinetic energy to burn, cause molecular discomfort, incinerate and create timed detonations. However, he burns out all of his power after fighting New Sun.
Gambit's Mutation also gives him red and black eyes
Following his climactic battle with the New Sun, Gambit lost this enhanced level of power. He regained his original powers with Sage's help. Gambit is also able to heal himself by stimulating his cellular activity, although this ability has only been demonstrated once.
Gambit's ability to tap energy also grants him superhuman agility and dexterity, as well as creating a static interference that shields his mind from detection and intrusion by even the most powerful telepaths.
Gambit also possesses a hypnotic charm that allows him to exert a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows Gambit to compel others to believe what he says and agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Gambit's charm.
As the Horseman Death, Gambit demonstrates the ability to convert inert materials into toxic substances (such as transforming breathable air into poisonous gases) and has the potential to ingest diseases and plagues. He could control the deadly gas as well.
Gambit seems to be somehow suppressing the Horsemen in his mind. If the Horsemen is psychically tempered with it seems that Gambit can again transform into him causing his appearance to once again change. While in this form again he has been able to sense a telepath that was erasing his presence. He has also shown to still be able to charge his cards though when hitting someone the person's skin turns black (seemingly associated with severe pain), and they disintegrate or possibly get sucked into the card (seeing as the card is still present, still charged, and smoking with energy). Gambit has shown to be able to transform back into his regular form.
Abilities
Remy is an expert weapon fighter. He specializes in the Savate style of fighting with a Bo staff, while he is also trained in traditional dueling and fencing. He can throw small objects with extraordinary accuracy. Though never confirmed, this uncanny accuracy may be a factor of his mutant powers, given that he very often throws playing cards much farther and with much greater accuracy than any human has even been known to achieve. He is also a skilled duelist and fencer.Gambit is bilingual (fluent in both English and Cajun French). He can also change his accent to reflect his role. He is cunning, observant, patient as well as a master thief. He is also a master card shark and gambler. Gambit can weigh the risks based on what is to be gained or lost. He is willing to gamble everything for those he loves most. Hence his name.
Paraphernalia
Gambit often wields playing cards and telescopic bo staff. Gambit's weapons of choice are playing Cards, a collapsible bo staff, and throwing spikes.Alternate Universes
Ultimate Gambit
Earth-1610: Ultimate X-Men
In the Ultimate universe, Gambit has similarities to his mainstream counterpart but he doesn't have his bow staff with him. It is speculated that his father is Mr. Sinister although it is not confirmed. He was later invited to join the X-men by Professor X but refused and he was recruited by the Fenris twins who wanted to dominate mutants by economic empowerment. They gave him order to recruit Rogue and when she wanted nothing to do with the twins activities, Remy helped her escaped. After that, Rogue quit the X-men to be with Remy. He died saving Rogue from Juggernaut, a possessive ex-boyfriend. Rogue permanently absorbed his powers.
Eath-295 Age of Apocalypse
Earth-295: Age of Apocalypse
In the reality known as Age of Apocalypse Gambit also fell in love with Rogue, but she ultimately chose Magneto since she was able to touch him through the protection of their magnetic powers. He formed a different thieves guild and named them the X-Ternals, which included his new lover Lila Cheney. However, despite the long running animosity between them, Magneto summoned Gambit asking for his help. His team were to use Lila's previously un-tested teleportation powers to travel across the galaxy and steal the M'Kraan Crystal. He lost both the crystal and Magneto's son Charles to Rictor. Nevertheless, he was accepted back in the X-men and in a mission to save Magneto in Apocalypse's citadel, he was forced to kill a crazed Colossus.
Earth-371
Earth-371
In Earth-371 Gambit was a member of Weapon X. He sacrificed himself in a battle with Hyperion by charging Magik's Soulsword and stabbing it in Hyperion's exposed spinal column, killing them both in the explosion.Earth-8545: Legacy Virus Merged with Warlock
Gambit was one of those powered beings and humans that were infected by a pandemic consisting of the Legacy Virus that have mutated with Warlock's technarch virus 
Earth-9923Earth-9923
New Son is an alternate reality Gambit. In his own reality, the New Sun's kinetic charging powers had flared out of control, burning the world and killing everyone. As a result, the New Sun hunted down and killed versions of himself in other realities to ensure that they would not repeat his mistakes
Earth-9923
Earth-1191 (Bishop Future) "Witness"
Earth-1191
In the future Bishop comes from, Gambit was an aged, but immensely powerful figure known as the Witness. See Witness.Earth-6706
In this world Gambit is the son of Namor and Invisible Woman. His name is still Remy. His powers are to create invisible force fields, much like his mother Sue Storm and he is able to breathe under water. He recently joined the dimension-traveling team Exiles.Earth-58163: House of M
Gambit was a thief that was captured by Ms. Marvel. Though, his full history was not discussed and differentiated from his original counterpart.
Earth-2149
Earth-2149: Zombies Universe
Gambit was infected by a virus that have caused him to become a zombie. Gambit was one of the residents of the Xavier Institute when it was attacked by the virus containing zombies.Gambit arrives at the SHIELD helicarrier with his other team mates and Magneto. He then became one of the zombie horde that have attacked the Silver Surfer.Earth-9997: Earth X
On Earth X it is said that Remy died but it wasn't gone into in how he died.
Earth-1298: Mutant X
Gambit was the former leader of the New Orleans Thief Guild and was the husband of Belladonna. During one of his missions, he have met Bloodstorm, an X-Woman named Storm who have been converted into a vampire. He offered loyalty to her and requested her to convert him to a vampire as well. Bloodstorm then bit him on his neck and his transformation as a vampire then started. As he joined forces with Bloodstorm, they both have saved a pair of clone girl and boy in Sinister's headquarters. The girl who was named Raven have been adopted by Gambit and brought her to his hometown to live as a family together with his wife. Julien, Belladonna's brother then attacked their hometown where his wife was killed. Gambit then decided to join The Six, a group of mutant vampires. As he became a target for most of their enemies, he assured himself about the safety of Raven and sent him to Magneto and the X-Men in the moon. He continued his membership with the Six and became active in various missions. The day then came when they have been attacked by Dracula and most of the team wee slaughtered. Gambit then escaped using a plane.
X-Men : The End
Earth-41001 X-Men : The End
Here Gambit is revealed to be Mr. Sinister's son/clone, from his own DNA before it was altered by Apocalypse. The reason for Gambit's creation is that when Sinister switches bodies he needed one that was unscathed by Apocalypse, in order to defeat him this had to be the case, Gambit's powers are derived from some DNA of Scott Summers that is included in his own DNA. But after Apocalypse heard of the plan, Gambit was stolen and left in the care of the Thieves Guild. In this version Gambit is married to his on-again off-again girlfriend Rogue, together the two have sired two children Oliver and Rebecca. Oliver is a member and leader of the team GeNEXT in another different time-line.Earth-Offspring
Gambit and Storm had a daughter who was named Medea. Their daughter possesses both of their powers and also joined the X-Men. Their daughter also works with the children of some of their former X-Men co members led by Kitty Pryde and Logan.Earth-1038: The Retro Men
The old retro fashion have come back to fashion which influenced the X-Men's fashion sense. Gambit, as a member of the X-Men have worn retro based uniform that looks like the original uniform of the first X-Men.Earth-95120: Marvel Riot Age of Apocalypse
Gambit was a member of the X-Men led by Magneto. Magneto then have to split the team to perform different missions in fixing the reality.X-Men: Misfits
X-Men: Misfits
As with the Gambit of regular Earth-616, he has distinguished eyes that are black instead of white. He is a very mysterious and silent character, having spoken only the once. During school time Gambit was seen playing with his deck of cards, but has yet to be seen using his mutant powers.
What if? Universes
Earth-979 What if Mr. Sinister Learned the Greatest Secrets of the Marvel UniverseGambit is a member of the X-Men but he betrayed them in exchange for his mission for Mr. Sinister. He have stolem the files from the Cerebro and gave it to Mr. Sinister. In exchange, Mr. Sinister have offered a cure for the Legacy Virus. Gambit then reappeared to propose to Rogue for a marriage using a ring. Rogue just got mad and refused knowing that Gambit is too bad to betray the team. He also offered a cure for Rogue's powers which disables her from living a normal life. When Rogue took the serum, she kissed Gambit just to prove that the cure was fake and she can still absorb the powers of others with her touch. Consuming too mush life force from Gambit, he have died during the process.
Earth-983 What if Gambit Condemed Gambit to Death?
The X-Men have discovered Gambit's connections to the villainous Mr. Sinister. He was sent to Antartic but his efforts have made himself all the way to Paris where he conversed with the X-Men. The X-Men then made a discussion about his life. Wolverine was on his side to fight for his life. Meanwhile, Angel decided to spare him his death to be able to shun him from the team forever. Then, the opposing Marrow who have decided death for Gambit have impaled Gambit with a bone causing his immediate death.Earth-97913 What if Wolverine Had Remained Feral?
Gambit was shown as a hologram in Wolverine's past. Though, his status and history regarding Wolverine's past were still unrevealed.Earth-200524 What if Cyclops Got an Eye Infection?
Gambit was a member of the X-Men and have witnessed Cyclops' eye infection became worse as he blasts unconsciously.Earth-1031 X-Men Millennial Visions
In this reality, the X-Men have to stay together even if Professor X, their mentor for so many years was already dead. Gambit have married Rogue and formed a great relationship. His trademarks in using cards as weapons are also imitated by his wife.Earth-1043 Brotherhood Millenial Visions
Destiny have foreseen a future of her Brotherhood members. Gambit was one of the members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants led by Magneto. Though, he have not displayed any superhuman abilities. He had affection with Magneto's wife named Rogue Darkholme, who was Rogue merged with Mystique. They started seeing each other secretly without the knowledge of Magneto.Television & Films
X-Men Animated SeriesX-Men The Animated Series
Gambit is a prominent member of the X-Men here, and a very prominent character overall. Gambit and Rogue have also shared a kiss, which ended up in Rogue absorbing his powers. Despite the kiss Gambit and Rogue are shown to be friends and not a lot of romantic tension between them is seen. His past is also shown which includes the Thieves Guild and Belladonna. He was then accused by Bishop as a traitor as he assassinates Senator Kelly. It was revealed that it was Mystique who disguised as Gambit. He have relationship with Rogue. Gambit also pretends as a traitor so that he would have access in freeing his team mates from the Slave island.
X-Men Animated Series
X-Men EvolutionX-Men : Evolution
He appeared in numerous episodes here as one of Magneto's henchmen for hire. Again Gambit and Rogue's relationship is never really shown, although their is some romantic tension between them. Gambit have abducted Rogue while she is about to go to Bayville. He then took Rogue on a train and have brought her to his father's location to help him save his father, Jean-Luc from the kidnappers using Rogue's powers. Both of them have studied each others' psychology and had affection for each other. When the situation got worse, the X-Men have detected Rogue and saved her. With Wolverine being so angry, he got mad to Gambit. Wolverine went mad at him. Gambit also became one of Magneto;s acolytes who have helped him avoid the existence of Apocalypse. As Rogue got metally controlled by Mesmero, she have kissed Gambit and have been one of those mutants whom she absorbed powers. Though not depowered, his powers became a contribution for Apocalypse to be reanimated. In the final episode when Xavier glimpses into the future Gambit along with many others are shown to be new additions to the X-Men.
X-Men Evolution
Wolverine and the X Men
Wolverine and The X-Men
Gambit later is hired by Senator Kelly to steal Magneto's helmet as a symbol of declaring war, which would eventually in Prof. X's future would lead to the release of the Sentinels on the human side. There, he reveals the truth about Kelly's intentions, and in the mean time, woos Polaris, much to Scarlet Witch's disappointment. Polaris and Gambit share an unexpected kiss, planted by Polaris, and Wanda throws Gambit in prison. However, that was not a problem for long, because Polaris released him within hours probably, and then they agreed to run away together. In between wooing Polaris, angering Wanda, and annoying Magneto, Gambit still manages to pull off stealing the helmet. In the end, it is revealed, that Gambit's true intention was never to really steal the helmet, but to destroy Genosha from the inside. However, he still does manage to pull off stealing the helmet, but is in return is stopped by Polaris, whom he betrayed minutes before. He leaved with a broken boat, no dice, and without the girl.
Unlike other animated versions of X-Men, Remy Lebeau did not have any interaction or assume flirting with the character of Rogue during the entire season, when usually, the essences of flirtation and sexual attraction is usually associated with his character when she is introduced. The character of Bella Dona has not been introduced into the show either, and relatively little is known about Remy's past, only that he's an accomplished thief. It is shown in the show that Remy had some lingering feelings for Polaris, but was forced to do the needful, and betrayed her in the end, but not without teaching her a lesson she'd use in the finale only five episodes away. However, that didn't stop her from stumping him and retrieving her father's helmet, and that didn't stop her from still holding on to her feelings for him either.
Gambit in Wolverine And The X-men "Future X"
X2: X-Men United
Gambit's name is in a list of mutant files on Stryker's computer.X-Men: The Last Stand
Gambit was supposed to appear in the moving prison sequence, however his character was cut.X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Origins
His full origin remains unknown. Blob provided Wolverine with some information; that for the two years while Remy LeBeau was imprisoned, he earned the nickname Gambit because played card games with the guards, always winning their money.
Video Games
X-Men Next Dimension
An extremely powerful playable character here.X-men and X-men 2 Clone Wars
Both games featured Gambit as a starting character. X-men Mutant Apocalypse has him as a playable character. He also appears in the Marvel vs Capcom series. Gambit is one of the X-men taken out by Dr Doom in Marvel Ultimate Alliance.X-Men Legends
Again a playable character, but not as prominent or powerful as in Dimension.X-Men Legends 2 : Rise Of Apocalypse
A more prominent and powerful playable character, more so than the former game.Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
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| Super Name: | Gambit |
| Real Name: | Remy Etienne LeBeau |
| Aliases: |
Le Diable Blanc Witness Death Robert Lord New Sun Dirge The Gambler Ragin' Cajun Remy McKenzie Remy Picard |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | The Uncanny X-Men #266 |
| Appears in: | 716 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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