History Characters / MarvelComicsRogue

* {{Irony}}: She permanently absorbed Ms. Marvel's Kree powers at Mystique's behest, which ultimately leads to her parting ways with her adoptive mother. It becomes even more ironic when you consider that Mystique has shapeshifting powers and Krees and Skrulls are known enemies. Even more ironically, this brings her ''back'' into contact with Ms. Marver (now going by the codename Binary), though the latter furiously quits the X-Men when Xavier accepts Rogue into the fold.

* MsFanservice: She is a very attractive, red-haired SouthernBelle woman who tends to wear costumes that highlight her very buxom breasts, voluptuous yet athletic body, long toned legs, toned stomach and big butt.

* TheLeader: For a brief while, led one of the X-Men's teams (the "adjectiveless" one). It didn't end well.

* ClingyJealousGirl: To ComicBook/{{Gambit}} occasionally, though normally not the "clingy" part as that could [[TouchOfDeath kill him]]. She was especially jealous of Bella Donna whom Gambit almost wed in a ArrangedMarriage. She also brings up every single woman Gambit has been romantically involved with (or just flirted with) during their [[TheShrink couple's therapy]].

* MayDecemberRomance: During Magneto's first period as a reforming super-villain who actually joined the X-Men, Rogue was depicted as being very attracted to him and he reciprocated the interest, despite Rogue being a young woman in her late teens at the earliest and Magneto being old enough to have kids that were Rogue's age. They broke up in the mainstream universe, but the fling carried on in more than one alternate universe -- in the Age of Apocalypse universe particularly, where Rogue ended up giving birth to at least one Magneto-fathered child after she eventually gained some control over her powers. After ''X-Men Legacy'' #249, it seemed a full romance would develop, however this was based on fake memories from Age of X, until she ended it in ''X-Men Legacy'' #274.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Never stated outright, but it's clear Rogue has a strong attraction for the bad boys or rogues. When faced with a choice between Joseph (a clone of Magneto) and Gambit, Rogue, of course, chooses Gambit, even telling Remy that she always loved him.

* TropeCodifier: While ComicBook/AnimalMan was the TropeMaker for the CivvieSpandex leather jacket trend of UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks, Rogue really helped make it popular. To this day, she's one of the few characters to have the jacket considered an iconic part of her look, rather than just a passing fad like ComicBook/BlackWidow, [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Crystal]], [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thunderstrike]] or [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHercules Hercules]].

* EightiesHair: ComicBook/{{Rogue}} got [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZrAd-MGkb-fQpHVLISL0ovPU0ishTl7aqdQ&usqp=CAU big hair]] when Marc Silvestri became penciler in the late Eighties. Then there's her big mass o' Jim Lee given curls, as shown through ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' (though that came out in the 90s).

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: One of the most infamous examples: In Wolverine #75, she is being sucked out of an airplane and screams at ComicBook/{{Gambit}} to help her. Except she can fly. Regularly pointed out as a glaring example of {{Chickification}} of her character.

In 2018, after many years of WillTheyOrWontThey, she and Gambit tied the knot in ''X-Men: Golden #30''.

* IdentityAbsorption: This is her mutant power.

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: She isn't a mind-reader, but she can absorb people's memories, which can be very discomforting. When this happened with individuals of the totally evil Dire Wraiths this caused Rogue [[VomitIndiscretionShot to be physically sick on-panel]] on two separate occasions.

* ComboPlatterPowers: ZigzaggingTrope.

* DaddysGirl: For Professor Xavier, with later comics such as ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' having her [[InnerMonologue thought bubbles]] saying things like “Do it for Charles”, which makes sense since Xavier was the one who willingly to accepted Rogue into the X-Men despite her villainous past with Mystique.

* DamselInDistress: Spends some time between ''X-Men'' vol 2. issue 200 and the end of [[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]] under the ministrations of Mr. Sinister, comatose thanks to having several billion other minds in her head with her.

* DreamPeople: In her miniseries, she meets a mysterious man immune to her draining touch who claims to be a "mutant dream". According to him one day a woman who wanted a baby had a dream about giving birth and woke to a real child crying in her house, raising it in spite of her confusion. He's capable of crossing in between reality and a DreamLand and he seeks Rogue's help in stopping her mother from corrupting it and thus corrupting the waking minds of everyone. When Rogue stops her mother, it turns out she was just a dream of her after the real one died.
* EightiesHair: ComicBook/{{Rogue}} got [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZrAd-MGkb-fQpHVLISL0ovPU0ishTl7aqdQ&usqp=CAU big hair]] when Marc Silvestri became penciler in the late Eighties. Then there’s her big mass o' Jim Lee given curls, as shown through ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' (though that came out in the 90s).

* FlyingBrick: How she uses [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]] Kree/human powers, in fact Rogue is the TropeNamer, as her main strategy with flying is to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram]] into her foes at high speeds. However, she loses this when she loses them.
** She regains this after permanently absorbing the essence of ComicBook/WonderMan in ''Uncanny Avengers''.

* FunetikAksent: Her Southern accent gives A buttload of examples. Just see the quote above.

* MayDecemberRomance: In more than one alternate universe -- in the Age of Apocalypse universe, even gaining some sort of control over her powers, enough to mother at least one child by Magneto. After ''X-Men Legacy'' #249, it seemed a full romance would develop, however this was based on fake memories from Age of X, until she ended it in ''X-Men Legacy'' #274.

* PlayingWithFire: When she stole Sunfire's powers.

%% * ShipSinking: Subverted with Antarctica. The writers, and a good chunk of the readers, assumed that would be the end of the Rogue/Gambit relationship. While it did leave its mark, the relationship eventually recovered and both characters seem perfectly content to forget it ever happened.

* SuperStrength: One of Rogue’s main powers after permanently absorbing Ms Marvel and later Wonder Man abilities. She can get even stronger absorbing from the likes Juggernaut, Thor, Hulk and She-Hulk. She’s generally one of the X-Men’s heaviest hitters having slugged it out with almost every major Marvel powerhouse from Gladiator to Hyperion. Her best strength feat is likely halting Exitar the Celestial’s fall to Earth though it took Rogue absorbing all the powers of Earth’s heroes for her to pull it off.
* SympathyForTheDevil: During ''Uncanny Avengers'', she's one of the few willing to try to defend the actions of Cyclops and the rest of the Phoenix Five, claiming that everything they did was an attempt to save Mutant-kind after Wanda nearly drove them to extinction, and that the only reason they descended into extremism was because of events Wanda herself inadvertantly caused.
* {{Tomboy}}: She spend much of her youth in Mississippi as a troublemaker (which earning her the nickname of “Rogue”) and in the present wasn’t as feminine compared to Jean, Storm or Pyslocke. Although this gradually changed.

* NeverLiveItDown: Anyone who knows her love life will never let her live down the fact she had an intense but short fling with Magneto, whether it be her teammates, her enemies, or Magneto's own children. The Red Skull once even outright mocked her repeatedly for this by calling her "Magneto's whore" instead of her name.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Never stated outright, but it's clear Rogue has a strong attraction for the bad boys or rogues. When faced with a choice between Joseph (a much nicer Magneto clone) and Gambit, Rogue, of course, chooses Gambit, even telling Remy that she always loved him.
* AlternateCompanyEquivalent: In regard to her team, Rogue pretty much functions as an equivalent to ComicBook/WonderWoman. They are both the beautiful and headstrong female FlyingBrick of their respective groups (Justice League of America — X-Men) whose entire fighting style is largely about constricting their opponents (Diana with her lasso, Rogue with her hands) and subsequently forcing said enemies into submission once their strength is drained away. There’s also more peripheral connections both being raised solely by women, their respective love interests (Steve Trevor and Gambit) being far physically weaker than them and a major storybeat for both of them being about breaking away from their respective mothers (Hippolyta and Mystique) to forge their own destinies and join a group of heroes, much to their respective mothers’ dismay.

* DistressedDamsel: Spends some time between ''X-Men'' vol 2. issue 200 and the end of [[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]] under the ministrations of Mr. Sinister, comatose thanks to having several billion other minds in her head with her.

* FirstKiss: Subverted, as she had her powers emerge during her first kiss, [[BlessedWithSuck putting the boy in a permanent coma]]. Ouch. her first non-disastrous kiss was with ComicBook/{{Gambit}} when ComicBook/{{Legion}} was [[NowOrNeverKiss collapsing reality]] and they [[https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/x-men_41_last_kiss.jpg decided to go out snogging]]. In a {{Retcon}} it is revealed that Gambit and Rogue kissed even earlier when they [[MeetCute first met]] under the Shadow King’s influence. Rogue, however, vehemently discounts the experience stating [[KissingUnderTheInfluence it wasn’t their independent choice]].

* DependingOnTheArtist: Her white streak started as a pair of streaks on her temples, moved to the center of her head, and then to just her bangs. Whether she’s pure brunette (besides her white streak) or closer to auburn is zigzagged by artists too. [[note]]In a FourthWallMailSlot in one of the '80s ''X-Men'' issues, Wolverine claims he isn't even sure if Rogue bleaches the SkunkStripe, or if her hair is naturally white and she dyes most of it brunette.[[/note]] Her curvaceous goes back and forth too depending on much {{Fanservice}} the comic contains. Her eye colour while most commonly green, has been depicted as being blue on occasion.

She was also featured in the fourth volume of ''ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen'' which features an all-female cast including ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Jubilee|MarvelComics}}, Rogue, ComicBook/KittyPryde, [[ComicBook/RachelSummers Rachel Grey]], and ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}. Rogue was removed from this series' cast after the ''ComicBook/BattleOfTheAtom'' crossover, to avoid contradicting her temporary death in ''Uncanny Avengers''.

** More generally, Rogue invokes this towards ComicBook/{{Jubilee}} whom she is CoolBigSis too, and in both the comics and 90s cartoon anyone who messes with Jubilee pays through the nose (if they are lucky).

* ForgottenPhlebotinum: While she can't have a relationship with anyone due to her powers, Comicbook/{{Gambit}}'s mutant powers used to allow him to touch her without an issue, which has since been forgotten. In addition, there have been numerous items that temporarily disabled mutant powers, many of which have been captured by the X-Men but are never mentioned in relation to this issue. [[WordOfGod At least one writer]] has admitted that there is no in-universe reason someone like Forge couldn't whip up a gadget to temporarily nullify Rogue's powers whenever she wanted, but that would make her character "less interesting".

* ReformedButRejected: The X-Men were not happy ''at all'' when Professor X foisted her on them (it insured Binary would never join), and it took some time and no little heroism on her part to earn their trust. Not long after managing that, Comicbook/{{Dazzler}} joined up with her own unresolved grudges.

She has a long off and on romance with TheCharmer ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, which culminated in their getting married. In the 2000s, with the help of Professor Xavier and Danger, she gained the ability to control her powers.