10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About Cyclops
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- There's a lot more to Scott Summers than flashy eye beams and dead wife's.
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As a kid, you agree with Wolverine. As an adult with responsibilities, you agree with Cyclops. Not everyone heals quickly. He is responsible for his whole team getting home every time.
Not necessarily but yes. The dynamic between woulverine and cyclops is meant to portrait rationality vs impulsive behavior
You're right - as a kid Wolvie was my favorite but Cyclops was always my 2nd. Now he is my all time favorite Marvel character
This adult , children comparison has to end
bcz most adults do what they do is bcz people before them did so and people after them would continue to do so
Being adult doesnt even closely mean Wise
@@uvindukulathunga3860 Yeah ok bro.
I think the most important responsibilities as an adult are to your family, your friends and your loved ones, and despite Wolverine’s gruff exterior and sometime rash behavior, he has always seemed to demonstrate a better understanding of that to me than Cyclops. I can understand Cyclops, and in some cases I can respect him, but in the comparison between the two characters I cannot agree with him. That outcome hasn’t changed with age, only the reasoning behind it.
Cyclops once said that the reason he doesnt use the alphabet to name his plans is cuz that would imply that he only had 26 plans for each situation
thats a badass strategist
I remember this! 👏
I really loved that Story! It was in the Fear Itself series against an Ultra powered Juggernaut
There’s also the incredible pressure he puts on himself, which I think is the dividing line between people who identify with him and people who don’t. If you have perfectionist tendencies and/or a heavy sense of responsibility, Scott is extremely relatable, flaws and all.
Cyclops also bested an enraged Wolverine in the Danger room, purely using his martial arts as well. His hand to hand skill is severely underrated, as well as his tactical skills.
Under rated by who?
@@ShinzoUchihaX How many know he is one of Marvel's best martial artists?
@@Cervando anyone thats a fan of comics.
@@ShinzoUchihaXwell can you explain why we have 20 years of x-men movies not displaying any of these traits? It’s obvious why ppl say Cyclops is underrated
@@gotchagirlinroom3035 name one comic book movie depicted properly.
Rekt
Cyclops is one of my favorite characters and people don't understand that he's more than a one-dimensional he got layers that make him very interesting
He’s actually one of the most complex yet well rounded characters as the X-men’s leader probably one of the best in marvel comics. To me he’s #1 I’m leadership always being the eternal underdog that makes miracles
like onions? And Shrek?
@@calebelectric ⁰
you mean normal not 3rd
@@calebelectric no
Anyone who knows anything about Cyke knows he's not to be trifuled with. The man is the morally flawed version of the ultra perfectionist planner. He thinks of every concievable scenario when written correctly. He is not a robot and has his own human-mutant coexistence ideas which often puts him at odds with Xavier, and makes him an occasional Magneto supporter. It's an amazingly consistent take on a realistic 'good' person. Very underrated in most media, I'm glad comic book fans know the real score.
#1 people get wrong about Cyclops is that they think his blasts are laserbeams. They carry no heat as they are concussion blasts. It's just a massive amount of force
I think we can chalk that up to the visual representation. Normally, concussive force can't be seen so they went with red to help us visualize it and because it looks cool.
It’s basically like being punched really fast at light speed. That’s how I explain it .
Yeah, instead of heat beams, they're more like punch lasers
Yeah when I was a kid I always thought it was a Lazer beam myself didn't learn it was a force blast until later on
@@25Erix it's from a different dimension so that's why it's different.
One of the best Cyclops moments comes in the Fear Itself miniseries. An Asgardian boosted Juggernaut is coming for San Francisco and the X-men have to stop him, except their first assault fails. Cyclops is asked by Logan:
Logan: So what's plan B?
Cyclops: 2
Logan: What?
Cyclops: Plan 2. Plan B implies you don't have more than 26 options.
The man is the best tactician in the MCU
Wolverine falls in line when Scott says it's time to go to work. That should be all anyone needs to know
Scott and Charles friendship truly ended long before he "killed" him while Charles was mentally attacking him🤷🏿♂️ Charles had so many secrets it became hard to trust him especially when it was found out the Charles made Cyclops forget about his youngest brother!!
He’s a great Leader, he always thinks about everyone besides himself. But sometimes ppl don’t listen and u can’t control everybody. Also out of all the X-men he has the best suit besides Gambit. I love how he comes in blasting in the forefront with his beams leading the way! He’s definitely underrated in a lot of ways, not to mention how young he is to carry all that weight since a teen.
Huge thing people always get wrong about Cyclops: that he willingly made out with Emma Frost on his wife's grave. No, actually, if you read the original arc, he WALKED AWAY from Emma Frost on his wife's grave, then walked away from the X-Men entirely.
This led to a bad future demonstrated in the "Here Comes Tomorrow" arc, which led to the resurrection of Jean Grey. Upon discovering that Cyclops walking away from the X-Men is part of what led to the dystopian future that she had woken up to, Jean reached out back in time via the Phoenix Force to the moment he walked away from Emma and instead nudged him and Emma together.
In other words, Jean was the one who told him to kiss Emma on her own grave, but he's the one that got the blame for it.
His life is nothing but a living hell
@@pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195 just like Spider-Man.
@@pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195 What are you talking about? Cable is his son
@@Mcelly58 when was I talkin about Cable?
@@pyrothefriendlyarsonist9195 It was said that cyclops is life is a living hell and it’s not. Got a wife who loves him he has two children love him he is respected throughout the mutant community…. No way is that a hell.
After seeing this, Cyclops is pretty much Batman and Superman put together. He’s Superman for his strength and power and Batman for his intellect, strategies, and overall antiheroism.
I loved that you made the section about his power nice and brief. Cyclops is damn powerful, his eyes are portals to a dimension of pure chaos energy that he then focuses into an optic blast. He practices a lot of restraint. Glad you made this list, so many people get this guy wrong.
Scott is easily the next best person to replace Cap as one of the best leaders in the Marvel Universe.
I once read a cool concept for an Mcu x men movie where scott was a high school quarterback and that’s where he learned to be a good leader, and him getting hit in the head during a game caused him to lose control of his powers
Agreed
@@rams_r_champs yuck..I hate that concept...lol..it sounds better if he was a good leader because he was raised to be the perfect weapon since he was little. It's more badass but tragic at the same time that this little boy was taught war strategies and tactics instead of letting him grow up and play like a normal kid
They're practically the same character.
@@ItzMeWill How about you guys leave the writing to the professionals...
Fox Studios were too busy making Wolverine and Friends movies to give Scott his proper credit.
Still to this day Cyclops is my favorite Marvel character. I hope he’s done justice once he’s in the MCU. Please make him a main focus of the X-men and not Logan
Agreed. He’s much more essential to the X-Men and their success than Wolverine.
I hope the MCU dies for good and doesn't tarnish Cyclops more than perlmutter and disney's spite over the xhmen rights already has
I loved that era when he always flew around on a jet pack, and constantly was super proud of said jet pack
X-men evolution made me really love cyclops. Such great writing for him there
He also survived fighting Wolverine in a "No Holds Barred" fight during the Schism.
Loved this. Good job. Cyclops is definitely misunderstood. There are a lot of stories that let him shine as the leader and as a guy who is always under constant pressure not to mess up because it could cost someone their life.
Cyclops is the heart of the XMen and has suffered with bad writers. He is the best XMen and those of us that read the comics understand. FoxMen we’re awful and look forward to seeing what the MCU and Kevin Fiege have in store. May Cyclops has his day in the sun.
Disney's Marvel probably won't do any better job than Fox did. Disney is garbage look at Star Wars Luke Skywalker.
I remember one writer point-blank stating in an interview, that he hated Scott Summers, and he was writing X-men at the time!!
The Fox-men movies pissed me off as we've seen cyclops use his beams maybe 10 times. He never uses them strategically, we don't get to see him let loose with his full force and he's stuck using his visor to operate his beams. Very frustrating and a poor recreation of what he is.
@@paradox5672 I want to be optimistic
@@patrickbittner8458 I hope things will change. I think if Feige can turn a b list character like Iron Man into what he is today, I like Cyclops’s chances to shine.
Magneto: scott, you're sounding like me ...
Cyclops: Shut up, you keep saying that. EVERYONE keeps saying that. I'm nothing like you.
Cyclops: I'm WINNING
It’s weird that Cyclops is often portrayed as a bad guy for not liking Wolverine, like dude keeps coming for his wife of course he hates him
A lot of people forget that Cyclops is one of the top martial artists in the Marvel Universe however the comics to be more specific the ones from the 80s, early 90s, and mid 90s on regular basis showed that he is the top H2H fighter on the X-Men even Logan admits in terms of pure skill Scott is better then him and it shows as Scott has mastered boxing, kickboxing, Muay-Thai, pankration, karate, tae-kwan-do, aikido, judo, various Chinese martial arts, jeet-kun-do, and Krav-Maga as well as mastering the art of Blindfighting. However, the comics starting with the ones in the late 90s have forgotten that Scott is a master martial artist and only seem to have him as a pure long-range fighter.
Heck the only recent piece of X-Men media in the 2000s besides the various fighting games including MVC2 that accurately portray Scott as a good H2H fighter was X-Men Evolution as various episodes including the S3 episode where he took on Mystique without his glasses/visor and won have him beating enemies with his martial arts skills. Here's hoping X-Men 97 actually showcases Scott's martial arts prowess.
They did him a big disservice in the cinematic world. Basically a non-factor. Wolverine was the spotlight and that was that.
They always casted him wrong. The first guy looked like he'd get confused with the instructions to work a toaster while the second guy was doing a bad Ferris Bueller impression.
@@jollyrancher9016 🤣🤣🤣
@@kennygsmooth83 The reason they did that was because from around 1980 to 2010, Cyclops suffered from a LOT of bad writing and writers who admitted they didn't want him around.
You forget the time when Mastermind convinced Storm, Colossus, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler that he was the Phoenix. He was able to dodge enough of a full strength punch from Colossus with only a broken rib, and STILL keep surviving the X-men in full panic mode trying to take down God’s little sister on a meth fueled rampage.
He was great in the 90’s cartoon… well they all were! 😂
Cyclops is one of the most developed and tragic characters in marvel and I hate how he's treated in the mainstream audience over wolverine
Same.
@@SpFlash1523same
Scott "Slim" Summers is my favorite X-Man
Because he's not suffering from homesickness, mistaken identity, or even being a part of a whole other team before
Just the love of his life keeps dying, no one listens to him, and he's color blind
"My friends tell me I have a thing for redheads. I... have no idea if that's true." Scott, from a random solo series he had back in the 90's.
Seeing this just reminds me how Jim Lee's art and designs still hold up to this day.
If marvel remakes xmen they definitely gotta focus on cyclops
I really want to understand cyclops more as a character aswell as his abilities and powerful feats. Any recommendations
Recommendations:
1. Uncanny X-men #122-131 (Proteus Saga)
2. Uncanny X-men #174-175 (Cyclops takes X-men alone)
3. Astonishing X-men vol. 1-4
4. Messiah Complex
5. Utopia (Cyclops leads X-men to victory against the dark avengers)
6. X-men: Schism #1-5
That’s a few recommendations feats of Cyclops impressive feats in leadership and fighting abilities.
@@calebelectric thank you sir
@@daniaalkhan4702 No problem
@@calebelectric when Professor X was resurrected and he and Scott met again for the first time, was it a heartfelt reunion?
Cyclops is solar powered. He can't control his eyes due to a head injury after he jumped out a burning plane holding his brother Alex. Alex is Havok, another X-Man. Alex absorbs cosmic radiation which he turns into superheated plasma blasts. Alex can fight the Hulk to a draw.
The third brother, Gabriel is crazy powerful and can convert energy as I take it. Alex and Scott can't hurt each other with their powers. Scott is also a highly skilled pilot and holds a commercial license. Hope that helps.
Can we PLEASE get a movie version that actually does justice to the character???
5:47
In _AoA_ Cyke took Logan's hand. Let's not forget that. Granted he had his eye cut out in that same fight.
Its a reason why scott is the undisputed leader of the x-men team
My issue with Cyclops is I feel his character is to ingrained with Jean and his other relationship, my favorite depictions of scot was X-men evolution where he had the same exact qualities but he was more than just Jeans boyfriend for the longest time they weren’t even dating, which I liked because it made him feel like he was his own person outside of a woman. Any other depiction I just feel like Cyclops is just a bitter man who seems to not know what he wants in life. But hats just me I don’t deny that I could be very wrong that’s just how I feel.
I agree. Cyclops is WAY more than just Jean Grey’s boyfriend.
Will,strategic and reliable Scott.
Man Cyclops Wolverine and Gambit are top tier in x men
Wolverine : of course Scott is a badass ! He would have to be to put up with me.
Cyclops is the man. Nuff said.
I love Scott especially when he became The mutant revolutionary I mean seriously the guy was a child soldier for Xavier I hope they do him right in the MCU
Finally some justice for my favorite X-men 💪
Why does the vanilla flavored xman make so much sense. Lmaooooo...
I really think it's time Cyclops stopped needing the visor. I understand the original point of it - to turn powers into a curse and that makes for an interesting twist on things - but this is no longer the 1960s, it's not novel or interesting, and mostly it means Cyclops has to build his life around his visor. and to be sure, it serves as a reminder in every single panel that Cyclops's powers don't work right. I'd like to see Cyclops in control of his powers once and for all, and then they could do better things with his character.
Even if they upgraded his visor to some red contact lenses, that'd be fine.
The reason he needs the visor anyway is because he can't control his power. Much like Rogue's inability to touch someone without draining them (as far as I know, that's still the case in one universe or another), Scott's mutant ability didn't come in completely when it went active. If it had, he could control it completely. But because it got stuck, he can't. Mutants aren't as interesting if all of them could control their powers. Rogue because who she is BECAUSE she can't control her power.
Sorry but if Scott could control his power, he just becomes a watered-down version of Superman, just with concussive blasts instead of laserbeams. That doesn't make him unique. Superman already has Expies in Hyperion and Shazam. We don't need Scott added to that list.
@@25Erix If Scott could control his blasts he still wouldn't be even close to Superman. In any event, even if Scott has a high power level, power levels aren't what make a character interesting. But Scott as a character is largely built around how his eyes are a curse. It's dull. It's played out. Rogue does it better anyway.
His visor make him unique
No.
Another thing is that Scott is immune to his own blast.
you could turn cyclops into a head from futurama, and he'd still be just as useful. they could have a member of the team that says " I'm the member with cyclops's head!!" *brandishes the container with cyclops head.*
Cyclops is not a “one eyed wonder”, he has two eyes.
It's a figure of speech.
Everything everybody hates about Cyclops, they love about Batman.
Agree
cyclops also beats wolverine, storm, nightcrawler, colossus, shadow-cat, and rogue in uncanny 175 they all are under masterminds influence and see scott as the phoenix returned, oh and he beats them after colossus breaks his ribs which is the point he realised he had to fight back.
Marsden portrayed cyclops fairly well.
If I'm not mistaken, his beans don't come out of his eyes but they're actually portals to another world. When he opens his eyes then his then the portals are open, if I'm correct
Anyone else get this 4 times in their notifications? Guess they REALLY want me to see this. 😆
I'm happy to see that more and more people are trying to elevate Cyclops character.
When i was young i used to love Wolverine, but as time went on I've started to feel much more sympathy towards Scott. Maby due to the fact that now my responsabilities are much greater than in previous years.
Cyclops was a Villain during the age of apocalypse and only switched sides at the end
Love this
The one superpower thing is not usually used to ridicule many other characters. Black Canary is thought of as a cool chick. Speedsters have only "one power" but it gives them other powers as well. Many characters only have superhuman strength but it can lead to invulnerability, enhanced speed, leaping ability, e.t.c. Even Superman doesn't actually have 2 powers that we thought he did: his lungs can eject air or pressurize it to very low temperatures.
Technically all of Superman's powers are tied to his bio-electric aura.
Cyclops would probably be able to beat Iron Man
one of my fav characters, people always tickle me when they say he isn't powerful.
I enjoyed most of the list. However, in my opinion, it would be more compelling overall, if they had used more references for the controversial misunderstandings. Great video though, would love to get some greatest X-men arcs to read or something!
Ah, but the problem with adding Doreen to the MCU is, she'd quickly overshadow the other heroes.
As always thank you so very much for the video.
And happy holidays.
He's an absolute chad that done dirty in fox-men films and was made second film to Wolverine?
Can you do a video on Bishop please
Cyclops beams in my marvel universe series are strong enough to give hulk one to second degree burns at its most powerful which is in equal power to Zeus full power thunderbolt blasts.
He is the most Shafted character in the movies him and Storm
It is pretty weird that he's so constantly into telepaths
Actually it's the other way around. According to Emma, his mind is one of the most complex any telepath can ever hope to see. The challenge to "figure him out" is a catnip most telepaths can't help but be attracted to.
But also, people tend to form a type based on their first crush.
4:46 shortest entry ever written, and somehow that's what makes it funny
Cyclops also beat Shadowcat, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm and Rogue all by lonesome too. Seriously, the only person in the MU who even remotely gives him a run for his money tactically is Captain America.
Thats old asf u prolly wouldnt be able to come close now😂😂 especially against wolverine💯
@@klydejohnson7520 they said “tactically.”
Storm literally outsmarted and beat him without her powers to take over as leader. So clearly that's not true
@@onyx081 kkkkkkkk
@@onyx081 Well except for the fact that he didn't want the job and was being psychically controlled to lose and has fought and beat her since then.
That he abandoned his wife and child for Jean.
Edit: 1:45: if you ever do a “10 things everyone gets wrong about Jean Grey” that should be one of the items. She only died ONCE when Xorn/Magneto sent a magnetic pulse through her body. In the Phoenix/Dark Phoenix Sagas, that was not Jean, but a copy created by the Phoenix Force, while the real Jean was in a cocoon, still alive and further developing her powers, and when Xorn killed her in the early-2000s, she stayed dead until, I think it was the late 2010s.
Bad writing
dont forget Ms. Forester
I always wanted eyes look him as a kid lol
I love Cyclops. :)
Extremely under appreciated character. Damn shame. True fans know.
IMO Cyclops is like marvel's superman , not in a sense that he's op , he's pretty skilled but his scenes are sometimes uninteresting. He's not boring but he does give that mainstream vibe.
So, Scott Summers was not only a sympathizer, but secretly leading the X-Men in ''Age of Apocalypse''!
Anna Kendrick as Squirrel Girl :D
C'mon ma dudes, no comment about how everyone gets his power wrong? Where his power comes from? How he's also a champion? The fact that he has brain damage and refuses to get it fixed? That he can actually see colour, his vision isn't just red? There were so many good points you could have raised regarding the characters misconceptions. But no, everyone thinks that he can be beaten by every other xman.... Really?!
"I want this thing off my lawn..."
Captain America with eye blasts instead of a shield.
Edit: Give him the shield, Marvel. Give it to him now.
Throw in the hammer too. ;)
He can't help it!! He drives Psychic Women WILD!! XD
Cyclops FTW.
One trick pony - If that trick involves shooting laser (energy blast) from your eyes, I say it was a damn good trick. I want one.
Team Cyclops all day I believe that's who professor X appointed the leader of the X-Men
Cyclops rides a V-Rod. So at least he has good taste in motorcycles.
How do u not mention one of his kills is professor x
Remember Cyclops and Wolverine are polar opposites. Why they clash so many times. Hell one of the anime X sent Storm with Wolverine to get Cyclops back to the team and had Storm play referee after the events of the dark phoenix saga.
One additional fact; Cyclops has 2 brothers. Havoc and Vulcan. Vulcan I personally would like to see teased and introduced in a gaurdians of the galaxy movie. Have a legitimate fight scene between him Star Lord.
Isn't Cyclops eye-beam of a force nature? (Force beam)
Paint it how you want it 😏
Scott + Emma > Scott + Jean. Emma gets him and made him a stronger leader.
Who is with him now?
@@markhousel2712 unsure. I'm behind on comics right now.
At least you didn't try to argue that he's not a jerk, sometimes he's a jerk. I've heard it argued that he isn't , but that's the thing about interpretation, is unique to yourself. You didn't bring up one point about him I didn't agree with, but he has done some pretty jerky things. Comics are full of your favorite characters acting like jerks. Cyclops will probably never be my favorite x-man, but he far from unlikeable. Could be Xavior is a bigger jerk, I do recall a cover with Kitty Pride saying something to that effect.
i argue that he is a jerk that means well. he is just shit at communicating.
Just because you're jerk doesn't mean you're not a good person. I actually have grown to like him more than I have.
Why haven’t they write any good/interesting stories about Scott Summers?
Did you forget you get stronger with his brother havoc
Not proteus...that's morph LOL
I was looking for this comment before I made it myself! That’s definitely Morph from Exiles.
Wait, what the ? He was a DJ? What comic was this in?
#6 guess there's no hope for me...
OOH YEAH MY PARENTS AND KANE AND KEKE OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS REMEMBER HIM
Cyclops was portraited as a doosh in XVA and following comics. That's when the character lost love from fans...well not all fans but u get my meaning.
I hate Bendis so very much. I wish we could have had several more years of Kieron Gillen and Jason Aaron.
@@adamgreenspan4988 They run out of villains they started demonizing the best of heroes. Look what they did to Tony Stark in Civil War and Captain America hydra agent? The explanation that it wasn't Steve was sloppy writing.
Number 1.5
He has heat vision
1:15) Wait, when did New-52 Nightwing cross over into the marvel universe
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