KITTY PRYDE

'Katherine "Kitty" Pryde', also commonly known by the codename 'Shadowcat', is a Marvel Comics mutant superhero and a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #129 (Jan. 1980). Pryde also used the names 'Sprite' and 'Ariel' briefly.
Shadowcat possesses a "phasing" ability that essentially allows her and those she is in contact with to become "ghosts". This mutant power also disrupts any electrical fields she passes through, and lets her simulate levitation, literally letting her "walk on air." She possesses a genius level IQ, is an expert with computers, and has a significant proficiency in martial arts, such as Kung Fu, Karate, Judo, and many other kinds.
At the time of her membership, Kitty was the youngest person ever to be invited to join the X-Men. During her early years, she is portrayed as a "kid sister" to many older members of the X-Men, filling the role of literary foil to the more established characters. However in the many years since her introduction, she has aged and matured, and has become a main character on her own in various ongoing comic books, miniseries, and cartoons.

Contents

Fictional character biography

Early life

Meeting The X-Men

Joining The X-Men

Ogun

Morlock Massacre

Excalibur

Back To The X-Men

World War Hulk

Powers and abilities

Real-life Kitty Pryde

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

Amalgam

Days of Future Past

Earth X

Exiles

Magik

Marvel Zombies

Mutant X

Nazi Double

Pirate Kitty

Ultimate Shadowcat

What If

X-Babies

X-Men: The End

Other Versions

In other media

Television

Video games

Films

In popular culture

Names in translation

Footnotes

References

Fictional character biography

Early life

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde was born in Deerfield, Illinois to Carmen and Theresa Pryde. Of Jewish descent, her paternal grandfather, Samuel Prydeman, was held in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

Meeting The X-Men

Kitty started to have headaches at age thirteen, headaches which signaled the emergence of her mutant powers. She was approached by both the X-Men's Charles Xavier and the Hellfire Club's White Queen, Emma Frost, both of whom hoped to recruit her for their respective causes. Kitty was unnerved by Frost, observing that the White Queen had looked at her as if she were "something good to eat." She got along better with Xavier and the three X-men who escorted him to his meeting with her and her parents, becoming fast friends with Ororo Munroe. Ororo told Kitty who she really was and about the X-Men, which made the teenager even more enthusiastic about attending Xavier's school.
Their conversation was cut short, however, when they (along with Wolverine and Colossus) were attacked by armored mercenaries in the employ of Frost and the Hellfire Club. The X-Men defeated their assailants but were subdued by the White Queen's telepathic powers immediately after. In the confusion, Kitty had become separated from the X-Men and therefore was not captured along with them. She managed to contact Cyclops, Phoenix, and Nightcrawler. With the help of Dazzler and Pryde, those X-Men rescued their teammates and Xavier (who had also been captured).
The White Queen appeared to perish in the battle, which meant she was no longer competing with Xavier for the approval of Kitty's parents. Unfortunately, Kitty's parents hadn't heard from her in more than a day, because during that time she was first being pursued by the Hellfire Club's men and then working with the X-Men to save their friends. All they knew was that Kitty had left with Xavier's "students" to get a soda, there had been reports that the soda shop had been blown up, and that Kitty had been missing since. Understandably, they were angry at Xavier when he finally returned with Kitty in tow. At first it seemed like there was no chance of Kitty being allowed to attend the school and join the X-Men. Then Phoenix decided to use her considerable telepathic power to erase the memories of Kitty's parents and plant false ones, resulting in a complete shift in their attitude towards Xavier. Questions concerning the morality of tampering with minds in such a fashion aside, Kitty was then allowed to enroll at Xavier's school with her parents' blessing. She was the youngest person to join the X-Men up to that point.

Joining The X-Men

During her teen years, Kitty fostered a number of close relationships with others at the school and in the X-Men. She developed a crush on Colossus and became close friends with his little sister Illyana Rasputin. Initially uneasy around Nightcrawler and other mutants with physical deformities, Kitty finally overcame her fears and became close friends with him. Kitty also befriended Lockheed, a highly intelligent alien resembling a dragon, who followed her home after a mission in outer space. Lockheed is extremely loyal to Kitty, and the two of them share a psychic bond. Wolverine became something of a mentor to Kitty despite his usually gruff personality.

Kitty was later assigned to the New Mutants, a team of younger mutants established in the absence of the X-Men while they were in outer space. Kitty convinced Professor Xavier to allow her to remain a full member of the X-Men on the basis of her high intelligence, maturity, and the fact that she was already a fully-trained member of the team. During this time, Kitty began to date Colossus, but this did not last long as Colossus developed feelings for an alien woman named Zsaji whom he met on the Beyonder's planet in the first Secret Wars. Colossus' feelings toward Zsaji were primarily a side effect of her own unique healing abilities, which she had used on him after he became injured. Regardless, Colossus' feelings were real and he returned to Earth consumed with grief after Zsaji's death. He admitted to Kitty that he had cheated on her, which hurt her deeply and ended their relationship. Kitty had made good friends with a with local boy from Salem Central named Doug Ramsey around this time, but her feelings for him never went as deep as his for her, and they never actually dated, though they remained close, even moreso after Doug's status as a mutant was revealed and he joined the New Mutants under the codename Cypher. They remained friends until his death some time later.

Ogun

During the 1985 ''Kitty Pryde and Wolverine'' miniseries, Kitty is possessed by a demon, the ninja Ogun. Ogun psychically bestows upon Kitty a virtual lifetime of martial arts training. Kitty is able to resist Ogun's influence with Wolverine's help and the two form a strong teacher/student bond. Kitty returns to the X-Men, no longer the innocent they once knew, and officially adopts the codename Shadowcat.

Morlock Massacre

Kitty was badly injured by Harpoon during the Mutant Massacre story arc, with the result that she became permanently intangible. She was rushed to Muir Island along with other surviving casualties of the Massacre to be tended to by Moira MacTaggert. MacTaggert was able to keep Kitty's condition from deteriorating to the point where she completely lost physical substance and ceased to exist, but wasn't able to do any more to help her. At this time Kitty's natural state was to be intangible. Where she once had to make a conscious effort to phase, she now had to make a conscious effort to solidify and stay solid. She was saved by Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four, but not without trouble. The X-Men had gone to Richards for aid, but he had initially refused because he was not sure he would be able to help. (Reed was in a struggle with the rest of the Fantastic Four about their origins. They thought that Reed deliberately caused their accident which turned them into the Fantastic Four, thus making him very uncertain about his personal motives and abilities.) Having no where else to go, the X-Men turned to Richards' enemy Dr. Doom. This created a moral dilemma for both the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Both teams fought each other because the FF were trying to stop the treatment while the X-Men were determined to save Kitty's life. In the end, both the personal crisis of the Fantastic Four and the life of Shadowcat were saved. It was Franklin Richards, with the help of Lockheed, who brought both teams to their senses.

Excalibur

Among the others injured and brought to Muir Isle were Colossus and Nightcrawler, although Colossus left the United Kingdom shortly after being released from MacTaggert's care to join the rest of the X-Men on their mission to battle the Adversary. The X-Men sacrificed their lives to defeat the Adversary, and the battle was televised and broadcast across the world. The X-Men were resurrected later, unknown to the world at large, but chose to keep a low profile and perpetuate the belief that they were still dead. This strategy was enforced to more effectively fight their enemies. This meant avoiding contact with friends and family, including Kitty. Thinking the X-Men were dead, Kitty and Nightcrawler joined Rachel Summers, Captain Britain, and Meggan to form the Britain-based team Excalibur. During her time with Excalibur, Kitty developed a crush on Professor Alistaire Stuart which went unreciprocated since Alistaire was attracted to Rachel. Later, she had an affair with former Black Air agent Pete Wisdom, but they ended their relationship a short time before Excalibur disbanded.
After Excalibur's dissolution, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Colossus returned to the X-Men. But as soon as they returned, they faced a group of imposters following Cerebro, in the guise of Professor X. During the six-month gap, Kitty visited Genosha. Whatever she experienced there is unknown (although presumably connected to her father, living on Genosha at the time) but it had a profound effect on her. She cut her hair and began to act rebelliously, also using one of Wolverine's bone claws broken off during battle as a weapon. Kitty remained with the X-Men for a while before leaving after the apparent death of Colossus. Trying to give herself a normal life, she attended the University of Chicago. During this time, her father was killed when Cassandra Nova’s sentinels destroyed Genosha. She was also kidnapped by William Stryker, but the X-Treme X-Men team helped her escape and she assisted them on several missions.

Back To The X-Men

In the Astonishing X-Men, written by John Cassaday, at the insistence of Cyclops and Emma Frost, Kitty once again rejoined the X-Men, despite having extreme reservations about working with the former White Queen, given their history. However, this was the primary reason why Frost herself wanted Kitty on the team, as a sort of "safety" should Frost ever revert to type. Frost reasoned that the person who trusted her the least would be most likely to spot such behavior.
On one of the new Astonishing team's first missions, Shadowcat discovered Colossus was alive. After some initial awkwardness, Kitty and Peter resumed dating. In the next arc, the mansion came under attack by an old damaged Sentinel. Cyclops ordered her to take all the students down to the Danger Room. There, they found a dead student called Wing. It was revealed that the Danger Room was alive and Wing came back to life but was possessed by the Danger Room. Eventually, The X-Men got into the Danger Room and Kitty and the students were released, but then the Danger Room took form as a robot which attacked the X-Men but easily defeated them after having fought them a million times in The Danger Room. Kitty was seriously injured during the fight when Danger threw Colossus at Kitty. He turned back to human from, but then Danger threw a spike towards the two and Kitty could not phase, so it impaled the couple. Fortunately, a student called Elixir healed them both and saved them from death.
Cyclops's team then went to Genosha to defend Professor X from Danger. Danger raised the Wild Sentinel that exterminated Genosha from the depths of the sea but Colossus threw Kitty towards the Sentinel and Kitty phased through it and destroyed the Sentinel. After learning that Professor X knew that the Danger Room was alive all along, Kitty, along with the other X-Men, were disappointed in their former mentor and left Genosha.
In the next arc, just as Kitty and Colossus finally consummated their relationship, the latest incarnation of the Hellfire Club begin an assault on Xavier's School. Kitty fulfilled the role that Emma Frost envisioned, personally taking down Frost and imprisoning her, only to fall under a telepathic delusion created by Hellfire member Perfection, who claimed to be the true, unreformed Emma Frost. Under this delusion, Kitty was made to believe that she and Colossus had conceived a child, which was later taken away by the X-Men because its potential mutant abilities were supposedly dangerous. Kitty reacts in the delusion by attempting to rescue the child from a near-inescapable "box" in the depths of the school, unaware that in reality she is freeing an alien entity, "Stuff," who contains the trapped consciousness of Cassandra Nova, the apparent ringleader of this new Hellfire Club. Kitty collapses immediately afterward, driven to unconsciousness by either Perfection or Nova, as Nova's stated intention was to transfer her mind into Kitty's body. A newly awakened Cyclops revealed that the new Hellfire Club, including Perfection and Nova, are actually mental projections created by a piece of Cassandra Nova's consciousness, which became lodged in Emma's mind during the X-Men's last confrontation with her. As Cyclops killed the mental projections, Emma tried to force Kitty to kill her to get rid of Nova. Undeterred, Cassandra Nova switched her focus to attempt to transfer her mind to Hisako Ichiki.
It appears that Nova did not succeeded, as the team was transported to S.W.O.R.D.'s air station en route to Ord's Breakworld - a world that considers Colossus to be the person responsible for its future destruction and wish to kill him by destroying the Earth. S.W.O.R.D. with the help of Cyclops's team wants to strike preemptively against the Breakworld so that they do not get that chance. Enroute, however, S.W.O.R.D.'s spaceship is surrounded by the Breakworld Armada and the team initially splits up as the spaceship crashes to Breakworld. Shadowcat and Colossus, after having to fight their way from a populated area of Breakworld (with the entire populace well aware of who Colossus is) eventually are approached by a Breakworld woman who wants to help them (representing a faction of Breakworld that seeks a departure from Breakworld's gladiator type lifestyle). She takes them to her hideout and gives them a room to stay in as they wait to be contacted by the rest of the team. While Kitty and Colossus wait, Kitty takes the opportunity to pick up their romantic relationship were they left of and to discuss with a somewhat surprised Colossus (who has never seen this side of Kitty) the change in her - namely that she no longer wishes to wait for things to calm down to be happy because she realizes that this will never happen with the X-Men.
It is important to note that Astonishing X-Men arcs are, at present, a bit out of continuity with the rest of X-Men books and Kitty and the rest of the X-Men are written by other writers to be currently on Earth being involved in the Marauders attacks on the X-Men and the Hulk's return arcs. Kitty, with the help of Colossus, is seen protecting the students of X-mansion from one such attack by Marauders, although unsuccessfully.

World War Hulk

When the Hulk attacks the X-Mansion, Kitty helps the X-Men in trying to stop him, but is defeated.

Powers and abilities

Kitty has the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atoms through the spaces between the atoms of the object through which she is moving. In this way she and the object through which she is passing can temporarily merge without interacting, and each is unharmed when Shadowcat has finished passing through the object. This process is called phasing, and it renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch.
Shadowcat passes through objects at the same rate of speed at which she is moving before she "enters" them. Since she is unable to breathe while "inside" an object, she can only continuously phase through solid objects (as when she travels underground) as long as she can hold her breath.
Using her power began as an optional ability, but for a period (over ten years of published comics, approximately two years in-continuity) Kitty existed in a naturally "phased" state, and had to consciously choose to become solid. However, she has now returned to her original form; i.e. she is now naturally solid and must choose when to use her power. While phasing, she does not physically walk on surfaces, but rather interacts with the molecules of air above them, allowing her to ascend and descend. While phased, she is immune to most physical attacks, and has a high resistance to telepathy. The density of some materials ( such as adamantium) can prove deleterious to her phasing, causing her to be severely disoriented or experience pain if she tries to pass through them. Energy attacks also prove problematic with Shadowcat; an energy blast fired by Harpoon, a member of the Marauders, caused her to lose her ability to become fully tangible for months. Magic and magical beings also prove to be an enigma in regards to Kitty's phasing, as proven in a battle with a N'Garai demon that showed it could cause physical harm to Kitty even while in her phased state, as well as the Soulsword. The use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical systems (including, in some stories, the bio-electric systems of the human body), as she passes through by disrupting the flow of electrons from atom to atom.
Kitty can also extend her powers to phase other people and objects. Currently, she is able to phase at least a half a dozen other people (or objects of similar mass) with her, so long as they establish and maintain physical contact with her. She has trained herself to go automatically, by reflex, into a phasing state at any indication of danger, such as a loud noise like a gunshot, in order to protect herself.
Kitty also shares a sort of mental or empathic connection with Lockheed; both she and the alien dragon can 'sense' each other's presence at times.
Besides her mutant powers, Kitty is a genius in the field of applied technology and computer science. Since her possession by Ogun, she has been consistently shown to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having since been trained in the arts of aikido, karate, ninjutsu, and Krav Maga. She is a professional level dancer.

Real-life Kitty Pryde

John Byrne named Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde after a classmate he met in art school in Calgary in 1973. He reportedly told her that he liked her name and asked permission to use it for his first original comic character. The real-life Pryde agreed, thinking nothing would ever come of the agreement, but was later so overwhelmed by Shadowcat fans after the publication of the X-Men comics that she abbreviated her name to K.D. Pryde to avoid association with her fictional counterpart. She has since stated that she has mixed feelings about her fame, saying that she values Byrne's comics for their entertainment and artistic value but wishes that more people would appreciate her as more than just Shadowcat's namesake.^{[1] [2]}
Chris Claremont said several elements of Kitty Pryde's personality were derived from those of Louise Simonson's daughter, Julie.^[3]

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

In the Age of Apocalypse reality, Kitty grows up under harsh circumstances and her nature reflects it. She has short hair, tight clothes, and is a chain smoker. Her parents were killed in the Chicago Culls, and she is forcibly recruited into Apocalypse's army, but is later rescued by Colossus. Magneto puts Shadowcat under Logan's training, and Kate becomes a warrior (sporting a set of retractable artificial claws around each wrist to better imitate her teacher's fighting style). Along with her husband Colossus, they become teachers of Generation Next. Shadowcat assists the team in rescuing Illyana Rasputin from the Core. She is accidentally killed by Colossus in his ruthless obsession to protect his sister Illyana; coming between an enraged Colossus and his endangered sister, she never believed he would harm her. He did.

Amalgam

In the Amalgam Universe Shadowcat appears in the title ''Spider-Boy Team-Up'' merged with Legion of Super-Heroes member Phantom Girl to form the character Phantom Cat. Phantom Cat is a member of the ''Legion Of Galactic Guardians 2099''.

Days of Future Past

In the Days of Future Past timeline (Earth-811), Shadowcat goes by the name Kate Pryde. Kate attempts to go back in time to prevent the assassination of Senator Robert Kelly by Mystique and the Brotherhood of Mutants. She succeeds, only to create a separate timeline where the events of her past still came to pass. After returning to her own time, Kate helps Rachel Summers escape back to the timeline she just created. Captured by Sentinels, Kate escapes by phasing through her inhibitor collar and falling into a time warp, causing her to merge with the Sentinel that was scanning her, and arrives in the timeline Rachel is inhabiting. Kate’s mind settles in a small, metal, off-spherical body and becomes known as Widget. After a few adventures in that timeline, Widget/Kate regains her memory and returns to her original timeline where she is able to reprogram the ruling Sentinels to protect life, ending their tyranny.

Earth X

In ''Earth X'' it is revealed in the Appendix (of issue Six) that Kitty Pryde is killed saving Colossus while he could not shift into his metal form. Instead of phasing the bullet through her, she heroically takes the bullet and is killed.

Exiles

A version of Kitty Pryde codenamed Cat has appeared in Exiles #96. She is younger than her Earth 616 counterpart. She has the appearance and powers of the normal Shadowcat although she wears a different costume. After helping her defeat Doom's soldiers who have entered the Panoptichron, she is made a member by Psylocke in issue #98.

Magik

In the limited series ''Magik (Illyana and Storm)'', an alternate reality Kitty renames herself "Cat" after she is mutated by the demonic sorcerer Belasco into a more feline form, with cat eyes, whiskers, a tail, and enhanced physical abilities and senses. Trapped in Belasco's Limbo, Cat takes a militant bent towards defeating the sorcerer, eschewing the magic that her reality's Storm embraces, instead turning to skills in swordplay and physical combat. She tries to save the Illyana Rasputin of Earth-616 from corruption through magic by taking Illyana into the wilderness of Limbo and teaching the child to fight and survive. Like the Kitty Pryde of Earth 616 she became Illyana's best friend. But Illyana eventually comes under Belasco's influence and Cat is further transformed towards a feline bent, with a semi-animalistic mind completely loyal to Belasco. Cat is eventually slain by Illyana when Belasco sets Cat upon his rebellious apprentice; facing death at Cat's hands and knowing that, deep down, a part of Kitty still exists and hates her enslavement, Illyana broke Cat's neck in self-defense. In a later issue of New Mutants #71 the team finds the remains of Cat. By then she had completely decomposed to a skeleton. Illyana smashed her skull in rage over Belasco mutating her the way he did and she killed Cat herself under no influence.

Marvel Zombies

Kitty is briefly shown in the background as a zombie in Ultimate Fantastic Four #23. She is also seen in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days, when zombie Alpha Flight attack the X-Men. It is unknown how she becomes infected.

Mutant X

Storm had been taken by the vampire Dracula and unlike Earth 616, she does not return. Kitty goes off to battle her, either to save or kill her. Kitty slays several vampires in the way but Storm proves too much for her and Kitty becomes her unwilling slave for some time.
She later shows up as the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club.

Nazi Double

In the reality of Earth-597, an alternate universe where World War II was won by Nazi Germany, Kitty is forced to serve as Shadowcat alongside Nightcrawler, Meggan, and Hauptmann Englande as a member of the Lightning Force (a version of Excalibur), made a virtual slave because of her Jewish heritage. She leads a sad existence, and is easily identified by her shaved head and the Star of David tattooed on her forehead. It is indicated, from her own statements and those made by her reality's counterpart of Moira MacTaggert, that this Shadowcat is a true ghost, raised from the dead by a combination of science and magic and bound to serve the Nazi regime. This Shadowcat had the added ability to disrupt life force with her phasing power, knocking her victims unconscious, much like how her counterpart in the "prime" Marvel Universe (Earth-616) can disrupt technology that she phases through. She is also able to alter her facial features to a "demonic" aspect when attacking, and also in response to aggressive, commanding behavior from her superiors.

Pirate Kitty

In ''Uncanny X-Men #153'' Kitty tells Illyana a bedtime story and casts herself as Pirate Kitty Pryde. At first she was only a fairy tale but in ''Nightcrawler (First Series) #3-4'' it is revealed that her fairy tale is actually an alternate universe. In fact, several members of this universe, the Bamfs would come to Earth 616.

Ultimate Shadowcat

The Ultimate version of Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde) first appears as a 14 year-old girl in Ultimate X-Men #21. Kitty’s mother, worried about Kitty’s mutation, seeks help from Professor Charles Xavier. Kitty becomes a student at Xavier’s school, when her mother allows her to attend under the condition she does not take part in any X-Men missions, nor train in any "Danger Room." Kitty soon rebels against this and joins the X-Men as their youngest member. She idolizes Spider-man and had a crush on him before she even met him or saw what he looked like under the mask. She is also Jewish and wears the Star of David around her neck.
Kitty dates Bobby Drake for a short time but when she discovers that he has been keeping in touch with his former girlfriend, Kitty is furious and punches him in the stomach before dumping him. Feeling lonely and isolated from her peers at the X-Men, Kitty calls Peter Parker and soon begins a relationship with him. She starts fighting crime alongside Peter’s alter ego Spider-Man, but wears a different costume so that she and Peter can also be seen together in public without revealing his secret identity. A television program has revealed to the world that Spider-Man and Shadowcat are a couple, thus making it harder for the two to date. After an encounter with vampires, Peter confides in Mary Jane Watson which makes Kitty jealous and angry. When Kitty learns of trouble in Queens involving Mary Jane, she demands that the X-Men head over there to help. Upon learning that Peter's Aunt May had a heart attack and now knows his identity, she demands that Xavier wipe it from May's mind. He refuses and the enraged Kitty declares that she hates him before running off. At the conclusion of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #105 she witnesses Peter kissing Mary Jane, leaving her shocked and more alone than ever. In ''Ultimate X-Men'' #79, after Xavier's death she was seen packing her belongings and preparing to move back in with her mother at Queens, which happens to be Peter's neighborhood. This occurs in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #106, where she enrolls in Midtown High School and Peter still had not told her that he wanted to break up.
Recent Previews for ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #112, shows Kitty Pryde with a new super hero costume. She assist Peter with stopping the Shocker, but at this point, is still upset with Peter. ^[4]
According to the Official Handbook of the Ultimate Marvel Universe #2, the Ultimate Kitty Pryde does not have a genius IQ. This may have been incorrect or may be retconned later, as it has been implied that she has a high prowess with technology (much like the "Earth 616" Kitty Pryde).

What If

★ In ''What if (2nd Series) #6'' "What If the X-Men had Lost Inferno?", Kitty is one of the last eight remaining superheroes on the planet. She is slain by a demonic Wolverine, but her death made Wolverine come to his senses and he fights against Baron Mordo, who had joined up with the demon hordes.

★ In What If... Wolverine: Enemy of the State, Kitty is the only hero left to kill a Hydra-programmed Wolverine after he has taken down the Marvel Universe. Kitty loses her left arm phasing it through Wolverine's brain.

X-Babies

An X-Baby version of Shadowcat appears briefly in the Pint sized X-Babies one shot comic. She is wearing her cclassic blue costume and is as tall as the the other X-Babies (Roughly about 3 feet). She is named as Shadowkitty rather than Shadowcat or Kitty Pryde. She also doesn't seem to have a strong bond with the X-Baby version of Lockheed.

X-Men: The End

In the non-canonical '' future, Kitty Pryde becomes the mayor of Chicago and then President of the USA. She has three children with an unnamed partner.

Other Versions

★ In ''Excalibur'' issue 103, we see many alternative versions of Shadowcat. Many of these are ones that have appeared in other comics, such as Age of Apocalypse, but there was also one of her as a Phalanx convert, a sex dominatrix, a homeless person, a Nun, and a normal person who owns an Olde Curiosity Shoppe.

★ In ''New Mutants'' #63 Illyana (Magik) gets trapped on an alien spaceship that has been invaded by a Brood Queen. On this ship the Brood Queen created clones of the X-Men including Kitty. This one had the Ariel suit on. But it was blue instead Green (Not the classic Blue costume). These X-Men are implanted with Brood eggs. Her memories were altered by the Brood Queen like the other X-Men. But eventually they rebelled against her and are free. Illyana uses the soulsword to eliminate the Brood Eggs from their bodies. The X-Men stay on the ship; whether they are still on it to this day is unknown. In addition another Kitty Pryde appeared in this issue (although she was supposed to be recovering from her injuries from Uncanny X-Men #211 and her being cured in Fantastic Four vs X-Men #1-4). But she is only a dream of Illyana's.

In other media

Television

★ Shadowcat appeared as Sprite in "The X-Men Adventure" episode of ''Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'' which guest-starred the X-Men. She was voiced by Sally Julian.

★ Kitty Pryde (voiced by Kath Soucie) was a viewpoint character in the animated television one-shot ''Pryde of the X-Men'', as the newest member of the team.

★ Shadowcat holds significance as being the only member of the X-Men (at that point) to never have appeared in the X-Men Animated Series.

★ In the animated series '', Shadowcat is a main character and voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara. In this continuity, she is a bright and carefree teenage girl who comes from a loving Jewish family. Her love interest is Avalanche, though they start out as antagonistic. She is also pursued briefly by Evolution's Nightcrawler, and following the precedent of the comics, Kitty is initially repulsed by his appearance, but grows to accept him as her best friend. Shadowcat speaks with a strong valley girl accent early on in the series, which later fades away completely. Her character heavily matures throughout the course of the series.

★ In the new animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, Kitty Pryde will appear and she'll be voiced by Danielle Judovits.

Video games

★ Kitty Pryde appears in Konami's 1992 ''X-Men'' video arcade game, as a non-playable character (NPC). In this game, she is not known as "Shadowcat;" instead, she plays the "damsel in distress" role.)

★ Shadowcat also appears as a NPC in the '', in a cameo when the player reaches the ruins of the X-Mansion. Her relationship with Colossus remains intact in this version of her character: If the player speaks with her using Colossus, this triggers a humorous occurrence wherein Shadowcat scolds him for hypothetically flirting with the Scarlet Witch. Unlike most of the other Ultimate Marvel game characters, Shadowcat wears her mainstream-Marvel costume. There is also an item in the game X-Men Legends called Shadowcat's Touch.

★ Shadowcat is a playable character in the game ''. Although she does not demonstrate any of her phasing abilities, she attacks with her martial arts. However, she did not appear in the ''Fall of the Mutants'' storyline.

Films

Shadowcat has appeared in the three X-Men films. In each one she has been portrayed by a different actress.

★ In the film ''X-Men'', she has a small cameo, played by Sumela Kay. She is referenced as "the girl who can walk through walls" by Senator Kelly. She is shown in Xavier's class when Wolverine walks in; she returns for her forgotten books, grabs them, and phases through the wall on her way out. Xavier responds with a cheerful "Bye, Kitty".

★ In '', she has a brief appearance played by Katie Stuart. She is shown phasing through walls and people to escape William Stryker's military forces during their attack on the X-Mansion. One scene even shows her falling through her bed (a possible reference to her origin story). She is also briefly mentioned towards the end of the film when Xavier explains how he got the files from "a girl who can walk through walls."

★ In '', she is portrayed by Ellen Page and has a much larger role than in the two previous films. She serves as a rival to Rogue for the romantic attentions of Iceman. She also joins the X-Men in the battle on Alcatraz Island, breaking off from the battle to save Leech from the Juggernaut. Before Page was announced as the actress portraying Shadowcat, it was rumored that the character was going to be portrayed by Maggie Grace.
She has not been shown to "walk on air" in any of her film portrayals.

In popular culture

★ Kitty Pryde is mentioned in the Weezer song "In the Garage".

★ Shadowcat is also mentioned in the song "Missing Link" by Dinosaur Jr and Del tha Funkee Homosapien from the soundtrack for the movie ''Judgment Night''.

★ In Spike Lee's film ''25th Hour'', Edward Norton's character expresses his desire to avoid prison by stating he wishes he was "that girl from X-Men... the one who can walk through walls."

★ Kitty Pryde and the Shadowcats was the name of an all-female band that existed for several years in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

★ Kitty Pryde is mentioned in the ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead song, "An Ounce Of Prevention".

★ ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' creator Joss Whedon has acknowledged that Kitty Pryde was his inspiration for Buffy Summers. [4].

★ In Genesis, the first episode of the TV series Heroes, the character of Hiro Nakamura specifically mentions Kitty Pryde travelling through time. However, he erroneously cites the issue number as X-Men #143 whereas the actual time traveling storyline takes place in X-Men #141-142. He is later corrected on this by a fellow Hero, Charlie Andrews, who has the power of eidetic memory.

★ In the Monopoly game ''My Marvel Heroes'', Kitty Pryde's surname is misspelled "Pride."

Names in translation

Kitty's code name "Shadowcat" is translated differently in foreign languages. In French, Kitty was called "Etincelle" (sparkle) while she was named Sprite in the comic, though she is now known as Shadowcat as well, "Gata Sombra" (shadow cat) in Spain, "Sombra" (shadow) in Latin America, "Varjokissa" in Finnish, "Hatulit" ("kittiess") in Hebrew and "Lince Negra" (black lynx) in Portuguese.

Footnotes

1. [1]
2. [2]
3. [3] p. 79
4. http://comics.ign.com/articles/810/810322p1.html

References

★ UncannyXmen.net, Spotlight feature on Shadowcat

★ Open directory listing for Shadowcat