Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler is a comic book character that first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1
Kurt Wagner is a current X-man and the former leader of Excalibur. The Amazing Nightcrawler, he has physical mutations including blue fur and a prehensile tail, teleportation, shadow melding and wall crawling abilities. He is a devout Catholic, a trained acrobat and a skilled swordsman.
Origins of Nightcrawler
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When Nightcrawler was born the townsfolk were horrified by Mystiques son's demonic appearance and so she threw him into a river, shape-shifted into another form and then claimed that she had killed the son and the mother. Azazel however would not allow his son to die and so he saved him and gave him to one of his other lovers, and servant, Margali Szardos to raise. Margali however tells a different tale to hide the truth, she says that he was discovered by her when she was walking by his house. She discovered his father, Eric Wagner, had died of a heart attack outside and found his mother lying next to him dead.
Margali took him in and raised him along with her real children Stefan and Jimaine (later known as Amanda Sefton) at the Bavarian circus where she worked as a fortuneteller to hide the truth about her sorcery. Kurt had amazing agility and soon his mutant abilities would manifest. Because of these gifts he did acrobat shows for the circus audience, people assumed it was a man in a costume.
When a millionaire circus owner from Texas approached them to try and get them to join his circus, he planned to move the circus to America and demanded that Kurt be in the freak show. Kurt was appalled at this and so he quit the circus and headed to Winzeldorf, Germany. He arrives there to find that his brother Stefan went insane and had been murdering children and so he battles him, hoping to stop the atrocity. Kurt accidentally kills Stefan by breaking his neck (as children Stefan had made Kurt swear to kill him if ever he took an innocent life) and the villagers thought Kurt was the demon that killed the children.
Professor X comes in time to save Kurt from being killed and offered him to join the X-Men. He tried to tell Margali about her son but she was not at the circus at the time. Kurt becomes a valued member of the X-Men and has gone on many missions since he joined. Professor X originally gave Nightcrawler an image inducer to hide his appearance in public, but after being accused of being ashamed of his appearance by Wolverine, Nightcrawler threw the image inducer away. During the period when he still used the image inducer, Nightcrawler met an air-stewardess, Amanda Sefton, and often double-dated her and her friend Betsy along with Colossus.
When fighting Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy in Ireland, Nightcrawler was knocked into some shadows by Juggernaut. When he was woken up by the leprechauns that lived in the castle, Nightcrawler found out that his body turned invisible when he was in deep shadows (his eyes, however, did not turn invisible).
Months later, shortly after the Dark Phoenix Saga, Nightcrawler received a crystal figurine of himself on his twenty-first birthday. When he touched it, it exploded into black smoke, and Nightcrawler appeared to be dead. However, his soul had merely been spirited away to a pocket dimension, within which was a replica of Dante's Hell. In the ninth circle of punishment, Nightcrawler met with Margali Szardos, who he convinced that he had not purposely killed her son. Jimaine then revealed herself to have been the person who had sent Kurt the crystal statue, so that he could make amends with his foster mother. Jimaine also was revealed to be Amanda Sefton, who had begun dating Kurt so that she could find out whether he hated Stefan and killed him for it. Relieved to know this, Nightcrawler started dating Amanda regularly, more than he had been before.
When Kitty Pryde joined the X-Men, she was originally put off by Nightcrawler's appearance and avoided talking to him. However, after an encounter with the Morlock Caliban, Kitty realized how childish she was being and what the result would be if she treated Nightcrawler differently from the rest of the X-Men because of his appearance.
Nightcrawler and his fellow X-Men were forced to rush to Washington at one point because of an assassination attempt on Senator Robert Kelly's life, which if executed would set in motion the Days of Future Past storyline. During the fight with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Nightcrawler met Mystique, and was shocked at how similar their appearances were. When he questioned Mystique, she merely told him to ask his foster mother, Margali Szardos. Before Nightcrawler could question Mystique further, she disappeared. Nightcrawler wouldn't find out the mystery connecting Mystique and him for many years.
When fighting Dracula, the extent of Nightcrawler's religious faith became apparent when he used two stakes to fend off Dracula. Wolverine had previously tried this, but upon hearing Dracula taunt Wolverine and say that it would only work for those who believed, Nightcrawler used this knowledge to his advantage.
Years later, the X-Men were fighting Nimrod, the supreme Sentinel. Nightcrawler decided to try injuring Nimrod by teleporting part of it away with him. Unfortunately, this trick had been tried on Nimrod before, so Nimrod simply fired an energy signature disruption at Nightcrawler, causing Kurt to disintegrate. No one even knew if he had survived.
Nightcrawler had survived, and had teleported to the New York harbors. While there, he was almost killed by a mob, as his teleportation powers had been damaged, and he could now only teleport a few times a day without seriously straining himself.
Due to his teleporting "disability", Nightcrawler was easily beaten by Riptide during the Mutant Massacre, despite a warning from Wolverine. As a result he wound up mortally wounded and left in a coma on Muir Island for several weeks. When he finally awoke, the X-Men were thought to be dead. Kurt then stayed at Muir Island to recuperate for the following few weeks.
He also worked out the new limits of his powers: that he could only teleport once a day or else he risked seriously injuring himself. Around this time, Nightcrawler joined the team Excalibur, fighting alongside Shadowcat, Captain Britain, Meggan and Rachel Summers.
Limited Series
Nightcrawler is given an assignment by Storm to investigate a mysterious murder of 13 children at Metro-General Hospital. The problem was all the kids were killed in a locked room. Nightcrawler meets the only survivor who doesn't want to talk to Kurt because of his demonic looks. Kurt then finds burnt hooves marks on the roof of the hospital. Kurt follows the marks roof to roof until they stop at a high rise. There is a party going on and the one throwing it is Dr. Childs. But the spying is cut short by yelling in the streets. Another doctor says Dr.Childs is the one who killed the kids. He cant say anything else cause he spontaneously burst into flames.
Kurt jumps from a building and then teleports the man into the lake. To Kurt's surprise he is still burning and now Kurt is burning. The man pushes Kurt away and burns. Kurt calls Storm and tells her what happened. She asks him was it Meta or Mystical, and tells him he should contact Stephan Strange if it is mystical. Kurt goes to Limbo to talk to Amanda Sefton. She tells him that the boy who survived could be a magician and not know it. He tied knots into a string and doesn't know why. Kurt goes back with his image inducer and talks to the kid. The kid tells Kurt he started feeling hot and sick and then he started tying knots into his string and it went away. He then says Dr.Childs came in and asked him questions. The Dr.Childs came in and told Kurt the interview was over. Kurt yells back and says your not the legal guardian. But Dr.Childs show a woman and says this is his legal guardian. The boy says no its not. Kurt walks away with the womans hands on the boy. He turns around to see a demon holding the boy.
Kurt talks to the boy again to be interrupted by the nurse who tells him that Dr.Childs was being attacked by the boy's legal guardian. Kurt teleports down and Dr.Childs screams that he cant cross the circle. kurt teleports and grabs the woman and teleports her into a church. Here a gas comes out of her and she faints. They go to limbo and figure out she was possessed by thirteen demons. She says how she was in a shelter and Dr.Childs came and got her out. But the demons inside her wanted out and they attacked Dr.Childs, thats when he put them in a circle to hold them inside her. They figure out that the boy has been keeping the fourteenth demon inside himself. Dr.Childs visit the boy and tells him their going somewhere private where they can continue his treatments.
Kurt goes back to the hospital to get Seth. But Dr.Childs already took Seth. Dr.Childs and the boy goes in a room filled with 13 demons in a circle. Dr.Childs goes up to one of the people and says reveal yourself, it was Kurt using his image inducer. Dr.Childs cuts the rope Seth used to keep the demon inside himself, he starts to fell hot and something is coming out of his chest. Kitty comes in and makes the boy intangible and the demon comes smoothly out. The demon kills the people at the party and Amanda comes in and sends the demons back to hell.
Nightcrawler, Storm, Wolverine and the Nurse who Kurt meet in the Hospital and who he goes out with. They are in the subway when a train goes straight by to fast. Kurt teleports them on the train while the Nurse jumps on Kurt. She checks the conductor to see whats wrong. Wolverine makes sure the passengers sit down. Storm short circuits the wires. Kurt then sees a person out on the railroads. He teleports there and the man tries to kill him with a mining tool only to have him pass right by Kurt and disappear. Storm and Logan leaves the city with Kurt with his girlfriend. The city wants to talk with someone who have been at the incident. The mayor tells him bout the disturbances and asks him to go in the subway and check it out. Nightcrawler is then in the middle of a group of ghosts.
Kurt touches one of the ghost and sees the whole history of the ghost. He see him working in the mines where that subway is. The ghost attacked Kurt so he fought back. Kurt then stopped asking the ghost do they need help. The lead him to a tool that was left there by someone. He takes it to Beast with no results. Then he takes it to Amanda who tells him how old it is. Kurt goes to the mayor's speech and have him pat tribute to the workers who died in the mines, the ghost are there and start vanishing.
Kurt is having dreams about his life and his history. He travels with his girlfriend and Logan to his circus. It's still there but it is engulfed by flames. Amanda's mom comes to limbo to see her tied up and bruised by a demon. Kurt comes to the circus and helps everyone. He remembers someone who is there a person who drugged him and put him in a cage. Amanda's mom then captures the demon and asks him questions of why is he here. Nightcrawler looks outside and sees 3 demons and a big group of zombies. Nightcrawler and Logan fights the demons and zombies. just in time Amanda comes in and destroys all the demons and zombies. The man who drugged Kurt coughs up a group of flies and they possess Logan. Kurt and Logan fights until the demon comes out of logan and Kurt kills him.
Nightcrawler in the X-Men
Kurt becomes extremely happy with his new home and family the X-Men. Eventually he would battle Margali who blamed him for her son’s death. She cursed him into a pocket dimension and kept him trapped there. The X-Men along with Doctor Strange helped free Kurt and he explains to Margali about what really happened with her son, they reconcile right after. Kurt began to have self-doubt in himself when the Beyonder left him behind during one of the X-Men’s missions. He spent days thinking about why the Beyonder left him, he eventually saves a girl from Arcade and in the process regains his confidence.Nightcrawler in Excalibur
Eventually he and Kitty Pryde left the X-Men and went to the United Kingdom. After working together so well they decided to create Excalibur. They stay in the UK and goes on adventures with the Excalibur for a while. Kitty and Kurt were working in the UK because the X-Men supposedly died in a battle, and the two became angry at them for not telling them it was fake.While with Excalibur Nightcrawler had deep feelings for Meggan. Nightcrawler looked out for Meggan and didnt like the way Brian was treating her. He normally made smart remarks and tried to comfort Meggan with no result. Here Nightcrawler had a hard time teleporting where it would hurt him to do it.
They eventually returned to the X-Men when Excalibur disbanded. Later Kurt wanted to become a priest and became co-leader with Angel. He never achieves priesthood but soon discovers who his real parents, one of which is Mystique. His father turns out to be Azazel, the leader of an all mutant crew that resemble demons, called Neyaphem. Azazel has had many children with many different women but never stayed or cared for them. When Nightcrawler learns that he was his father he not only flat out rejects him, but also helped defeat him.
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Kurt becomes a leader of the Uncanny team for a period of time leading Wolverine, Psylocke, Marvel Girl, Cannonball, and Bishop. After a few missions with the Uncanny team Kurt helps Storm liberate a part of Africa that was under oppression by Storm’s uncle. When Professor re-emerge after M-Day and had lost his powers, he reveals to the team about Vulcan. Xavier then takes a team of X-Men, including Kurt, to go into space and after Vulcan.Kurt was one of the X-Men that returned home from space, along with a newly re-powered Xavier, Warpath, Darwin and the new member Hepzibah. Unlike the others, during the Extremists arc, Nightcrawler followed Xavier and attempted to help him on his adventure to find Magneto.
During the Messiah CompleX, Nightcrawler took out Exodus when the X-Men first attacked the Marauders, by teleporting him outside and slamming his face into the snowy floor. He was then gravely injured by Scalphunter, who shot him. Nightcrawler was out of action until New X-Men #46, where he teleported all the injured out of the Med Lab, but was then teleported with the others to Muir Island, and took part in the final battle.
After the X-Men were "disbanded", Nightcrawler, Colossus and Wolverine go to Europe. While there, Wolverine messes with Nightcrawler's image inducer, making him appear as if he's Angelina Jolie. After a visit to Russia, and the three are traveling back through Europe by train. Suddenly they're ambushed by Red Room robots. Wolverine begins to fight, and Nightrawler teleports Colossus outside. Nightcrawler is then shot by one of the robots and begins to fall. Wolverine then jumps to catch him, and puts himself underneath Nightcrawler, so when they hit land he'll take most of the force. Wolverine is in a room connected to a machine that will shock him whenever the person feels like to. Until Rasputin tells him what the man wants. Rasputin says no. The man then brings in Nightcrawler, who has a neck holder that will shock him if he tries to teleport. He does teleport rigt on top of Wolverine who is then cut loose by the electricity that shocked Kurt.
Powers of Nightcrawler
Kurt's mutant power is teleportation. He is actually opening a portal to and traveling almost instantaneously through another dimension. When teleporting, Kurt leaves behind a whiff of brimstone and a characteristic "bamf" sound as the air around him implodes. After some training sessions, Kurt has developed the ability to bring more with him when he teleports, including other people. Kurt's teleportation range is limited, but he can travel up to two miles. He must also have visited the place before, or he risks teleporting into a solid object, which could be fatal as two things cannot occupy the same space in that particular instant in time. Kurt still have a spatial awarness which means depending on the distance he teleports he has a way of not ending up in walls. This style of teleportation is physically demanding not only for Kurt, but particularly for others he brings along with him who are not used to it. When used offensively, the stress of rapid succession of teleports can incapacitate a normal person. It has been hinted that his physiology may make travel less physically stressful. His teleportation is more easily done following the magnetic poles of the earth (north and south) he can travel about 3 miles north and south and 2 miles east and west. His power can also be used more aggresively than this: He can grab ahold of, say, a person's head, and then teleport, concentrating in taking only the head with him (AoA), effectively killing his enemy, although in the 616 reality, Kurt has never done this because of his high regard for human life.
Kurt has many demonic traits in his appearance. He is covered with dark blue fur, has yellow eyes, long sharp canines, and pointed ears. His hands and feet are both larger than average, with two large fingers and a thumb on each hand and two large toes with a toe-like protrusion on his heels (which allows him to grip with his feet). He also has a prehensile tail that is strong enough to lift his own weight, which allows him to hang upside down like a monkey.
The dimension he travels through constantly bends the light around him, making him appear in shadow during normal daylight and rendering him nearly invisible in the dark. There has been dispute over whether Nightcrawler's agility level is actually superhuman, or if his life as a circus acrobat has caused him to be extremely (but not superhumanly) agile. He can also use his tail to fight with a sword, grab things and can even hang from it. Kurt can also cling to any surface, allowing him to scale walls. Kurt also possesses great agility, speed, and stealth. He's capable of also crawling on walls and camouflage in the darkness. He's a skilled swordsman as well.
Characteristics
Gender: Male
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Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 145 lbs (66 kg)
Eyes: Yellow
Hair: Blue
Skin: Blue
Nationality: German
Unique Traits: only three fingers on each hand, he has two long toes pointing forward and one long two pointing backward, a prehensile tail, pointed ears, fang-like canine teeth, and his body is coated with a blue-colored fur.
Alternate Realities
Earth-295Nightcrawler of the reality known as ( Age of Apocalypse) has a more pirate-like and vicious style, and is known as Kurt Darkholme instead of Kurt Wagner. In here Kurt is a darker individual. He has two sabers that he use. In this version Nightcrawler hates churches, and he also is very close to his mom Mystique. Kurt is sent by Magneto to Avalon to get Destiny. He and Mystique go and are attacked by the Pale riders.
Earth-2182
In another reality Nightcrawler fell in love with Scarlet Witch, and they had a daughter - Nocturne who eventually ended up in Earth-616. She sees Earth-616 Nightcrawler as a father-figure and they have become close friends.
First Appearance: X-Men Millennial Visions 2000
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate universe Nightcrawler was rescued by the X-Men from the Weapon X program. While accepted as a member of the X-Men for a time, he seems to be a bit insane, and have a fixation with Dazzler. He went so far as to kidnap Dazzler, keeping her in a cave where the other members of the team could not find her while she healed. After the kidnapping of Charles Xavier by Cable, Nightcrawler escaped the mansion, looking for a place where he can fit in. He was recently told about the Ultimate Morlocks, who he may seek out. Toad and Kurt were captured by the Morlocks and were called spies. When the Disbanded X-Men came to rescue them, Nightcrawler refused to leave and became the leader of the Morlocks. Recently, Nightcrawler has rejoined the X-men. After taking the power enhancing drug Banshee, Kurt now wields javelins of energy. His appearance has drastically changed. His hands are almost clawed and his tail is semi pointed at the end.He appears quite similar to his Earth-616 counterpart, except he makes gold-yellow smoke instead of purple when teleporting, and he appears to be much younger. Nightcrawler also joins Dazzler and his othr teamates to help Colossus, whom he first despised for being gay. Eventually, the two made up, and the team of six, one being Cyclops, went off to fight Northstar, Colossus' boyfriend. They find him, but he appears to be dead, and Piotr looses his mind. Kurt then goes to Jean for help, begging her to help them save both themselves and Piotr who was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Jean helps, and both Dazzler and the rest go back to normal lives, but still part of the x-men. However, Kurt Wagner and Dazzler his presumed girlfriend both pass away during Magneto's Ultimate Wave, which hits New York in the face, in Ultimatum issue 98. It was quoted by Jean that neither of them deserved to die, because both were referring to the beauty of life as humans, rather than mutants
Earth-9997
In the Earth X reality Nightcrawler was revealed to be Belasco.
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In the reality known as Here Comes Tomorrow Nightcrawler is a henchman of Sublime/ Beast and have been infused with the powers of Cyclops, Madrox and Angel. He is known as Crawler. Earth-58163
In the House of M reality Nightcrawler is a member of SHIELD's Red Guard. Earth-9997
The Nightcrawler of the Earth X reality became Belasco. He lost his arm while "bamfing" away from the Grey Gargoyle. His arm remained in stone but Nightcrawler appeared elsewhere in human form. The mutated populous of Earth-9997 feared and attacked him for his normalcy. He was beaten to death or near death by the mob when he was confronted by Mephisto who lead him to believe that Nightcrawler will always be feared because he is a demon. Nightcrawler then took on the guise of Belasco an evil sorcerer described by Dante Aligheri. He was subsequently trapped in ice by Mephisto and sent back in time accidentally by Captain America, where he would appear in front of Shanna, with little to no memory of his life as Nightcrawler.
Earth-597
On Earth-597 Nightcrawler is known as Belasco and is a Nazi and member of Lightning Force. He is also considered the ruler of Limbo. He has red skin and horns protruding from his forehead. Similar to his Earth-616 counterpart he possesses a prehensile tail and pointed ears. His feet and hands however were much more like a humans in this reality.
First Appearance: Excalibur 9
Earth-2149
In the Marvel Zombiverse, Nightcrawler is one of the last heroes to infected by the zombie plague. He was bitten by the zombified version of the Fantastic Four.
Earth-811
In the Days of Future Past reality Nightcrawler and Amanda Sefton had a daughter named Blue. They were among the first to die when the United State outlawed mutants. Earth-904
In this reality Nightcrawler was a member of the Warriors Three. Earth-12
In this reality Kurt Wagner is known as Nightcrawler and is a friend and teammate of Mimic of the Exiles.
First Appearance: Exiles 14
Earth-Professor's Secret Service
The X-Men deem themselves the representatives of their fellow mutants, and Professor X becomes the leader of Genosha. First Appearance: X-Men: Millennial Visions 2000
X-Men: The End
Kurt is married to another mutant who appear very much similar to him and they have a child named T.J. Wagner, But in this reality, T.J. is a boy. Nocturne also exists in this reality.
Earth-Dark Phoenix
In this reality Nightcrawler was put on trial with his fellow X-Men and Jean Grey (then possessed by the Dark Phoenix). Nightcrawler unknowingly battled against the Exiles.
First Appearance: Exiles 3
"What if the All-new, All-different X-Men have never existed?",
In "What if the All-new, All-different X-Men have never existed?", where Kurt was never recruited by Xavier and became a thief under the tutelage of Erik The Red. When he found out the X-Men's sacrifice, he fought the Dark Phoenix hiding behind the sun. He reasons that the X-Men would be remembered for what they did, and not for his own actions.
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Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends
Nightcrawler guest-starred in the episodes of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. The X-Men have received a threat from a cyborg. Kurt then teleported to know him. He was then trapped by Cyberiad using a plasma bubble that is immune to his teleportation. Cyberiad created his hologram that let the other X-Men follow him into different difficult challenges for the X-Men. Nightcrawler was then saved and together they have defeated the Cyberiad.
Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Pryde of the X-MenPryde of the X-Men
Kurt was an X-Man who was often misjudged because of his inhuman appearance. Kitty Pryde also feared him at first. When the X-Men attempted on retrieving the stolen power circuit from the Brotherhood, Kurt was blocked by Blob. Knowing that he would have nothing to do against the Blob. he just teleported and faced Magneto along with Kitty Pryde. When the power circuit have been destroyed, Kurt have to stay in a machine to sustain a machine, however weakening him and will later cause his death. Kitty convinced him to get away from the machine. Kurt did not listen and continued for the sake of humanity. Professor X then instructed Kurt to teleport when it is nearly exploding. However, he was then led into Earth's atmosphere that would burn him. The X-Men thought that he was dead. Suddenly, they heared a sound from the locker. It was Nightcrawler who is safe yet exhausted. Kitty apologizes to him for misjudging him.
Pryde of the X-Men
Nightcrawler was shown as a 25 year old mutant with demonic appearances. Mystique had a relationship with a wealthy baron who believed that Mystique is human (Mystique disguises with her shape shifting abilities.) When Nightcrawler was born, they were all scared by knowing that the baby was blue and looks demonic. Mystique and the baron decided to separate. Mystique then abandoned Nightcrawler. The X-Men met Nightcrawler when Rogue, Gambit and Wolverine are in Germany for a ski trip. Wolverine have heard a news that a demon is existing in the place. He later found out that it was not a demon but a mutant with demonic appearance but have a religious side within. The townsfolk burned the monastery for believing that Kurt was a demon. Logan convinced them about Kurt's good personality and learned the lesson of faith. After some events, Nightcrawler unexpectedly came to the X-Men for help to look for his mother that he have not known for his entire life. Jubilee wondered why he still wants to look for his mother even if she abandoned him. Nightcrawler admits that there are negative feelings that he felt for that, thus, his faith in God led him into loving his mother unconditionally. Mystique and Kurt have met and talked about the past. Though Mystique repeatedly rejected Kurt, he still says that he love his mother and that he would love her even through all that she have done to him. When Graydon Creed attempted on killing them, Nightcrawler have saved Mystique, though after being stucked in a flood, Nightcrawler was able to teleport. Mystique have survived using her shape shifting abilities. Full of regrets, Mystique realized how wrong she is to abandon such a good son like Nightcrawler and cried.
This version of Kurt Wagner is not entirely religious but insecure for his uncommon appearance. He went to Xavier Institute and was interviewed by Jean and Scott. Kurt found a new home who accepts him. Professor X gave him a device called holographic inducer that would let him appear normal. Mystique with the help of Toad then spied on the facility. Later revelations have revealed that Mystique was his mother and Rogue was his foster sister. It is also possible that Magneto was his father because it was revealed that he was the product of his genetic experimentation. A human named Amanda Sefton also dates with him regardless of his mutation. During the events that led Mystique to turn into stone, he tried his best to save her from being broken even with the Brotherhood stealing her statue form and Rogue's hatred for Mystique.
The Evolution version of Nightcrawler had multiple crushes on mutiple female characters. The characters of Kitty Pryde, Tabitha Smith, and Amanda Sefton all have been fitted into this bill. Kurt starts off flirting with fellow member Kitty Pryde, fails, and they both become close friends, the closest in the X-Mansion. Tabitha Smith is a character Kurt seemed to have vague feelings for, but Amanda Sefton endedup being his girlfriend in the end. It was not specified if Kurt and Amanda ended up together, but they were just episodes before the series finale.
Kurt was on a ship going to Genosha together with other mutants. He became friends with Squid Boy and other mutants en route to Genosha. They defeated the Reavers with their united abilities while on the ship. His origins were shown through flashback, as the circus complex from canon comics are used in this incarnation. Kurt joined the refugees heading to Genosha instead of rejoining the X-Men when they came for him, sharing a tender moment with Kitty Pryde before declining. Then in Genosha, he met Scarlet Witch and was introduced to this new mutant haven. He developed a good friendship with her. However, Dust warned him about the true intentions of Magneto for creating Genosha, Nightcrawler became more curious and discovered Magneto's real intention. As a result, Scarlet Witch attacked him. However, his teleportation had saved him for the time being. He teleported with the best of his ability, over to the Institute and tried to inform the X-Men. But when he arrived , he was beaten by Mystique taking the form of his fellow comrade, Wolverine. Then, he was taken back to Genosha, and imprisoned.
After several days, maybe weeks, Mojo and his gang kidnap the Scarlet Witch and Wagner, and imprison them in a submarine forest. There they fought for their lives against a brainwashed Wolverine and several other dangers. In the end, they survived, including Wolverine, and made their way back to the institute. Kurt asked Scarlet Witch to come back with him, knowing well she didn't belong next to her father. She declined rather politely, and went back to her father, and he back to his former life. It was hinted several times in the episode Battle Lines that Kurt and Pryde resumed their close friendship.
Wolverine and the X-Men: Wanda kisses Kurt
Wagner's last scenes before the first season ended were with him fallen alongside Pryde during the three-way battle with Magneto's Sentinels, the Phoenix, and the Hellfire Club. His last scene was him standing behind Pryde, Soams, and Storm whilst Wolverine spoke to the holographic image of Proff. X.
Nightcrawler in Film
X2X2: X-Men United
This version shares much of the same history (the circus, Catholicism, and being native to Germany) with the comic book inspiration. One major difference between the comic book Nightcrawler and his film counterpart is that he wears ordinary civilian clothing as opposed to an X-Man uniform, as he is not actually a member of the X-Men in the film (or in the tie-in video game either), but instead an ally of the team. Also, the flash of smoke that accompanies Nightcrawler's teleportation ability appears a dark navy blue in the film, as opposed to the bright reddish-purple as it appears in the comics. 
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Unlike the traditional versions, in the movie Nightcrawler has blue flesh instead of blue fur. His skin is also decorated by angelic symbols which reflects the spirituality of the character's faith and his devout practice of Catholicism. In the film, Nightcrawler is brainwashed with a fluid from William Stryker's mutant son in order to attempt an assassination on the President of the United States. The opening scenes of the movie are almost a showcase of Nightcrawler's powers, with him versus the Secret Service, defeating them in a memorable fashion. Storm and Jean Grey are sent to find him and bring him back to the mansion, and Wagner goes with them. He helps Storm save the children and stop Stryker's Cerebro at the Alkali Lake facility and joins the team at the end, saving Charles when Stryker's Cerebro was destroyed.
Appearances in Video games
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X-Men: Next Dimension
In this game, Nightcrawler can teleport toward, behind, or above the opponent, following it with any attack he chooses. He also carries a large sword he uses to deadly effect. Nightcrawler's incredible acrobatic attacks rival the other agile fighters greatly, which include Beast and Toad. X-Men Legends
Nightcrawler also appeared as a playable character here.X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
To his credit, Nightcrawler possesses the most powerful ultimate ability in the second game. He has a special dialogue with Mister Sinister.Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Nightcrawler also appears as a NPC in the middle of this game, when you're forced to choose between rescuing him or another mutant from two suspended cages.Other Video Game Appearances
Nightcrawler has also appeared as both a Non Playable (NPC) and Playable character in X-Men games on the NES, SNES, and the Sega Genesis home consoles. Kurt is also a Playable in the classic 1990's arcade X-Men game, which allowed up to eight friends to play at the same time.
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| Super Name: | Nightcrawler |
| Real Name: | Kurt Wagner |
| Aliases: |
Bamf Kurt Darkholme Kurt Wagner Gainsborough Herr Indigo Belasco Crawler Misfit |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Male |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | Giant-Size X-Men #1 |
| Appears in: | 1071 issues |
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X2: X-Men United
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