Line #110 Characters/MarvelComicsRogue


1	!!Anna Marie [=LeBeau=] / Rogue
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3	''[[caption-width-right:350: All the looks of Rogue. Artwork by Russell Dauterman]]''
4	!!!'''Nationality:''' American
5	!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
6	!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Avengers Annual'' #10 (August, 1981)
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8	->''"When ah went to the X-Men, ah was desperate. They had every reason to turn me away. But they didn't. Ah figured if they believed in me, ah owed it to them to believe in myself. To try. To get better. Ah found out ah could. So much more than ah ever imagined possible. Ah'm still learnin' that. Biggest lesson was that there were people who cared enough to help...but at the end of the day, it was up to me. Ah ain't gonna lie. It was hard. Still is. And ah live knowin' it could all unravel if ah make one wrong move. But it all started with someone believing in me. And me takin' that first step. Ah believe in you. Now it's your move."''
9	-->-- '''Anna Marie (Rogue)'''
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11	Rogue is a Creator/MarvelComics {{superhero}}ine associated with ComicBook/XMen. Her real name is Anna Marie with an unrevealed surname. She's also sometimes known as "Anna Raven", taken from her adoptive mother's name, Raven Darkholme a.k.a. ComicBook/{{Mystique}}. She was created by Creator/ChrisClaremont and Michael Golden, introduced into the Franchise/MarvelUniverse in ''Avengers Annual'' #10 in 1981.
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13	Anna Marie is a mutant girl with the power to temporarily absorb superpowers and memories from anyone she touches. It's potentially fatal and permanent if contact is held too long. She's a Southern run away from a family in Mississippi and was adopted by Mystique and Destiny (though canon is inconsistent on whether she ran away because of or before her powers manifested) and joined the [[Characters/XMenBrotherhoodOfMutants Brotherhood of Mutants]]. During her debut, she hospitalized the superheroine [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] by permanently absorbing her powers of super-strength and flight; after a 2-issue battle against ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} (issues #22-23), Rogue sought out and joined the X-Men in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #171, when the psychic imprints she had absorbed threatened to drive her insane. She went on from that point to become a mainstay in the X-Men's roster.
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15	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. However, at one point she lost the ability to control them, but during the Mr. and Mrs. X series, she was able to control her powers once again by going over the important events in her life in ''Mr. and Mrs. X #9''.
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17	After the event ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'', Rogue joined the ComicBook/UncannyAvengers, a team formed as a mix of two of Marvel's most famous teams, ComicBook/TheAvengers and the X-Men. Other X-Men members who joined this team include Sunfire and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (until his death). She temporarily left the team because of a FaceHeelTurn during the ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' storyline.
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19	She was also featured in the fourth volume of ''ComicBook/XMen'' 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''.
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21	In 2018, after many years of WillTheyOrWontThey, she and Gambit tied the knot in ''X-Men: Gold #30''.
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24	!!Rogue provides examples of the following tropes:
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29	* 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 ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' (though that came out in the 90s).
30	* AbusiveParents: Anna's relationship with Mystique and Destiny is complicated. Raven and Irene were genuinely loving adoptive mothers, but did raise her into the mutant terrorist life - and Raven took it very personally when Rogue left her to go to the X-Men for help. Since then, Mystique has occasionally made it her business to interfere in Rogue's life (and ''especially'' her love life) whether Rogue wants it or not. Since Destiny's resurrection, she's done much the same thing - although sometimes at cross-purposes with her wife.
31	* ActionGirl: Rogue is one of the strongest and most competent female X-Men and Marvel heroines in general, putting her fighting prowess to good use in every battle and taking out swarms of enemies alone on several occasions. Her various acts of heroism cement her as one of the most iconic members of the team.
32	* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Ultimate Rogue first appears in issue #7, while her original counterpart didn't join the X-Men until ''Uncanny X-Men'' #171.
33	* AdaptationalHeroism: She's an interesting example as Rogue has been consistently portrayed as a hero for decades in the main comics, however, most adaptations or AlternateUniverse stories either remove her background as a supervillain or significantly downgrade it into her being a petty thief[=/=]con artist.
34	* AdaptationalModesty: She’s a pretty famous MsFanservice in the comics and 90s cartoons but the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' have her dress modesty with none of the SensualSpandex Rogue is often known for. ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' does this as well mainly due to Rogue being [[AgeLift a good deal younger]] than she is in the comics and previous cartoon.
35	* AdaptationalWimp: It’s generally agreed the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' hit Rogue with this very hard, thanks to combining her character with Kitty Pryde (as well as a bit of Jubilee). In the comics she’s spent most of her time as a FlyingBrick who is confident and sassy, her film counterpart however is a depressed teen who never once flies around or gets SuperStrength and has a good deal of {{angst}} about not being able to touch people or kiss boys without putting them in comas. In fairness to the filmmakers, Rogue in the comics does have many moments where she’s upset about being BlessedWithSuck, it’s just that she offset her angst by frequently kicking ass and saving the day while Fox films only ever focused on the IJustWantToBeNormal part of her character. A deleted scene ''Last Stand'' gave her some CharacterDevelopment with her accepting her powers by refusing to take the cure for her mutation, but a change of directors' mid-production had Rogue take the cure instead.
36	* 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. That being said.....
37	** SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She always ends up marrying the more noble man. In 616 she ultimately chooses to marry the more heroic Gambit. In the Age of Apocalypse she marries Magneto, who was more noble than that reality's Gambit.
38	* AntiHero: Currently of the [[KnightInSourArmor "Disney Antihero"]] type, but where she falls has [[DependingOnTheWriter depended on the various writers]].
39	* AssimilationBackfire: On occasion, touching someone can mean Rogue gets far more than she bargained for, one way or another. Absorbing Carol Danvers eventually nearly got Rogue's mind taken over by Danvers completely (and in one ''What If...?'', it happened permanently), or trying to absorb a recently resurrected Hulk. Rogue got shocked by contact with a suicidal Bruce Banner, and the problem of all that UnstoppableRage.
40	* TheAtoner: She became this after an encounter with one of Carol Danvers' ex-lovers. Arguably one even before -- she shows great remorse when she comes face-to-face with Carol herself and takes a laser blast for Wolverine, almost dying in the process. Even today, when she and Carol have made up most of their differences and Carol has long since regained her powers, Rogue still feels guilty about it.
41	* BackstoryInvader: Inverted in one of her solo series, where Blindspot was retconned into being a friend of Rogue and a member of the Brotherhood, but since she has the power to manipulate memories, she was able to erase all knowledge of her existence after going into hiding.
42	* BadPowersGoodPeople: Leeching energy from others is generally something evil characters tend to use, but Rogue tries her best to make it a temporary borrowing boost rather than a selfish draining power.
43	* BattleCouple: Rogue and Gambit have had a long, rocky history of on-again-off-again dating. They're both powerful fighters in their own right and work well together in battle. As of issue #30 of ''ComicBook/XMenGold'', they're even married.
44	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She was very grateful to Xavier for giving her a chance when nobody else would.
45	** In ''[[ComicBook/XMen Uncanny X-Men]]'', as a former supervillain, Rogue was made to feel distinctly unwelcome when she first joined the X-Men. In UXM #172 she accompanies her new teammates to Tokyo to attend Wolverine's wedding. On seeing her, Wolverine comments that if it were up to him, he'd cut out her heart, but his fiancee, the aristocratic Mariko Yashida, says that Rogue [[SacredHospitality as a guest is entitled to all due courtesy and respect]] and welcomes her. Effectively Mariko was merely acting in accordance with the ethical and social rules of her class, but it still was the first time Rogue was unreservedly welcomed by anyone since she left the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and so in the following issue Rogue shows no hesitation to lay down her life to prevent her death ("Lady Mariko was kind t'me -- she accepted me, right off -- ah won't let her come to any harm!"). The fire from Viper's blaster actually hurts her badly, but Rogue accepts her likely death philosophically. However, Logan now feels indebted to her for saving the woman he loves and making Rogue absorb his healing factor.
46	* BeyondRedemption: She obsessed over feeling she's this due to her actions with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants -- it took her at least 10 issues to realize she was not as irredeemable as she believed.
47	* BigDamnKiss: She gives a damn good one to Gambit in ''Rogue & Gambit #5'' on page 16, which shows several images throughout the decades of them kissing.
48	* BigSisterInstinct:
49	** She showed this around [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]], of all people, back in the 90s, intermittently keeping an eye on him from a distance and trying to help keep him out of trouble. Since Nate was TheDreaded, a WeirdnessMagnet even by X-Men standards, and none too eager to join up with the X-Men, there wasn't too much she could do - though she did give Bishop a memorable dressing down when he wound up picking a fight with Nate over concerns that Nate was an irresponsible threat to everyone around him. Remarkably, she was also one of the few people who the HotBlooded Nate grudgingly listened to, and actually liked.
50	** More generally, Rogue invokes this towards ComicBook/{{Jubilee\|MarvelComics}} 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).
51	* BlessedWithSuck: Yes, technically the ability to copy other mutants' powers by touching them makes her very adaptable, but draining people's life energy whenever she touches them is about as sucky as it gets. And absorbing 'everything else about that person, including memories and personality traits. And she can't not do so, rendering her incapable of having any sort of intimate relationship. At the extreme end, she can essentially steal people's souls and hold on to them forever (happened with Ms. Marvel, but not quite intentionally and Ms. Marvel survived it).
52	* BoyishShortHair: originally started off with very short hair when she was first introduced. After she made a HeelFaceTurn however, her hair [[BeautyEqualsGoodness grew longer]], with Creator/JimLee giving her iconic massive hair.
53	* BrainyBrunette: She is smart enough to not only fly a spaceship and build motorbikes but once outsmarted an extra-dimensional being and brought him into the main universe. She also reads a lot of books in her spare time.
54	* BreakoutCharacter: When she was introduced, nothing much was expected of Rogue; her main purpose was helping to counteract the infamous ''ComicBook/TheAvengers #200'', as her erasure of [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel's]] mind helped drain most of the emotional trauma Carol suffered due to her MindRape and MedicalRapeAndImpregnate at the hands of Marcus Immortus. After joining the X-Men, Rogue became one of the most popular members of the team.
55	* BrownNoteBeing: She is a being whose touch causes life energy loss.
56	* CantHaveSexEver: Her mutation makes sex impossible because her powers cause her to hurt whatever living things she comes into contact with. Her partners would effectively need full-body condoms.
57	** The problem isn't insurmountable, however. There have always been characters immune to Rogue's absorption power (e. g. the Avengers' Wonder Man in her debut story) and also quite a few who could protect themselves through their own powers (e. g. Magneto in the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse) or through a machine (e. g. the apparatus Joseph built as a Christmas present). Another way out was exposing Rogue to the powers of mutants (e. g. Leech) or machines (e. g. the one used in the "love grotto" story in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #350, the first time she ever has sex with Gambit or anyone, Rogue later states in ''X-Men'' #82 that their first time is described as the gentlest touch she had ever known and a passion so intense that the ice heart of Antarctica could not withstand it) or mystical devices (e. g. the Siege Perilous) that can strip mutants of their powers, at least temporarily. And then, there's the number of [[MentalAffair powerfully telepathic]] characters around. In any case, with some help from Professor X and Danger Rogue finally learned to control her absorption power.
58	*** In ''ComicBook/MrAndMrsX'', she wears a collar that gives her headaches but suppresses her mutation so she can [[spoiler:consummate her marriage to Gambit]].
59	** On one occasion, where the X-Men were in the Savage Land, where mutants powers are neutralised, Rogue realised she could touch people. Gambit made one of his usual leering suggestive remarks and was totally shocked when Rogue replied, "You've been after this for years but now you'all gonna GET it!" and jumped on him and gave the most frightful seeing-to. He was still shaking and crying when they got back to the X-Mansion. When Cyclops asked him "So, how was it for you?" Gambit replied "Oh, c'est horrible! Quand ca femme a fait a moi! I will NEVER feel clean again!"
60	* TheCape: Ever since her HeelFaceTurn Rogue has been a caring and heroic person who as a FlyingBrick flies around saving people and kicking the asses of villains. She’s got similarities to Supergirl the cousin of TropeNamer.
61	* CasualKink: ''Uncanny Avengers'' has her reveal that she and Gambit engage in BDSM. It's actually a plot point since it allows her to free herself after being captured and fight her way out of the Red Skull's base.
62	* ChildhoodHomeRediscovery: After many years of amnesia brought on by overuse of her powers, she eventually got her own memories back, and thus found her way back to the aunt who raised her as a child.
63	* CivvieSpandex: One of her two most iconic outfits. [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdOMbLoQS8yJZuKBQUBRViOC0sZT6B9OD0JA&usqp=CAU A brown bomberjacket over her yellow and green spandex suit]] by Jim Lee. It’s NewerThanTheyThink as she had several costumes before it, but thanks to ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' it’s the look most people think of when they think of Rogue. Funnily enough Rogue’s old enemy ComicBook/CarolDanvers has [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRa7dguJRT-iSyKmOL_0WH-featlyiJ71Bffw&usqp=CAU picked up this look as well]].
64	* ClingyJealousGirl: To ComicBook/{{Gambit}} occasionally, though normally not the "clingy" part as that could [[TouchOfDeath kill him]]. She was especially jealous of Bella Donna, his wife via ArrangedMarriage. She also brings up every single woman Gambit has been romantically involved with (or just flirted with) during their [[TheShrink couple's therapy]].
65	* ClothingDamage: Rare example played as much for [[PlayedForDrama drama]] as {{Fanservice}}, happened to her a ''lot'' in Claremont's run. Since any skin-to-skin contact activates Rogue's powers, absorbing the powers and psyche of whoever she touches, Rogue naturally favors bodysuits that cover her neck-to-toe. Sadly, despite the X-Men having access to unstable molecule uniforms, Rogue is never provided with one, and her clothes are nowhere near as NighInvulnerable as she herself is (thanks to absorbing ComicBook/CarolDanvers' powers). As such, Rogue's uniform is frequently shredded by enemies, and then Rogue will inadvertently touch or be touched by someone. Sometimes this not only takes an enemy out of the fight but gives Rogue a power boost to make her even more effective. Other times, the enemy's psyche overwhelms her own, depriving the X-Men of one of their heavy hitters and adding to the strength of the enemy team.
66	* ColorMotif: Green. One thing that sets her apart is that whereas almost every X-man has had an outfit with a ton of blue, at one point or another, Rogue has always had green. [[https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/rogue/costume-gallery None of her outfits]] made significant use of blue.
67	* ComboPlatterPowers: ZigzaggingTrope:
68	** Invoked. By absorbing multiple power sets within a short period of time, Rogue can literally mix and match powers to suit the situation, allowing herself to become a one-woman army in the right circumstances. For a time, she even had the power to "recall" absorbed powers, so she could invoke literally any and every power she had ever absorbed, allowing for truly broken combinations.
69	** Played straight in that, when introduced, Rogue had managed to permanently assimilate several of the powers of ComicBook/CarolDanvers, gaining her FlyingBrick and SuperReflexes powers and an even more inconsistent version of Carol's HyperAwareness on top of her default PowerParasite mutation. She also had a form of InsanityImmunity during this time; her "doubled" consciousness, due to having Carol's mind copied inside of her own, made her extra resistant to {{telepathy}}.
70	** Subverted when Rogue eventually lost the powers she had copied from Carol.
71	** Played straight again when she gained a permanent copy of several powers of Sunfire, namely his {{Flight}}, [[WreathedInFlames fiery plasma aura]] and {{Hand Blast}}s of [[PlayingWithFire ionized blasts of solar fire]]. Subverted in that she eventually lost these powers too.
72	** Played straight yet again when she regained FlyingBrick and SuperReflexes powers by permanently absorbing powers from ComicBook/WonderMan, in addition to gaining his {{Immortality}} power, which means she no longer physically ages, and doesn't need food, water or oxygen.
73	** For a short period of time, she was also unable to be recorded by electronic surveillance -- this power was ultimately dropped unceremoniously.
74	* CompositeCharacter: Movie Rogue = Rogue + ComicBook/KittyPryde. Which gets rather awkward when Kitty becomes a main supporting character and a rival for her for Bobby Drake's/Iceman's affections in ''X3''.
75	* ConspicuousGloves: She wears gloves so as not to accidentally touch anyone, [[PoisonousPerson since touch with her skin causes her to absorb others' powers, often harming or potentially killing them]].
76	* ContainmentClothing: Because of her powers rely on skin contact, she has to wear gloves to prevent herself from affecting others accidentally.
77	* ContinuitySnarl: After so many writers have done retcons on it, her origin is one huge mess.
78	* CoolBigSis: Rogue became this to ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} when she learned he was the son of her surrogate mother Mystique.
79	* CulturalTranslation: In Brazil, she is called "Vampira" (the female form of ''vampire''), somewhat fitting with her power-sucking mutant ability.
80	* 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.
81	* DaddysLittleVillain: She literally started off as the loyal minion of her adoptive mother Mystique in her Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and would commit any crime to please her evil blue mama. After absorbing ROM and Dazzler’s compassion and memories she has a HeelRealisation and joins the X-Men, much to Mystique‘s anguish and fury.
82	* 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.
83	* DarkIsNotEvil: Her colour scheme as a one of the X-Men during latter half of the 80s was green and black which are usually villainous colours, not helped by the fact her powers have bad connotations as well. Yet she’s still one of the heroes and a deeply compassionate one at that.
84	* 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 white streak in her hair, 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.
85	* DependingOnTheWriter:
86	** Whether she has an upper limit to her power or any limit to how much she can absorb at all is entirely up to who is writing her. The usual stance from Marvel is that Rogue has no limit to her ability which is more or less proven in ''Uncanny X-Men'' where she’s able to absorb collective powers of Earth’s heroes to prevent Exitar’s collision with Earth or the time she absorbed Genis-Vell‘s cosmic powers, but plenty of other comics contradict that with Rogue struggling to absorb from certain characters, even fainting after trying to take Magneto’s powers.
87	*** One consistency in regard to this, is that while Rogue can often pretty much take any power she wants, she often lacks the experience or knowledge to effectively utilise said power. This was seen in her villain days when she absorbed Storm’s power and lost control or much later on when she absorbed Scarlet Witch’s Chaos Magic but couldn’t make use of it, as Wanda explained she simply lacks the imagination and training to do so.
88	** Whether she can effectively absorb from [[PhysicalGod gods]] is zigzagged by writers throughout Rogue’s comic history. The most brought up example of her being unable to absorb from gods is during the time she fought Ares in ''X-Men Legacy'' and got overloaded by his power with Gambit telling her to let go stating it’s too much for her. This causes a ContinuitySnarl as in other comics (including her very first appearance) Rogue has no absolutely no difficulty taking power from Thor as well as Juggernaut who is powered by the god Cyttorak.
89	** Whether her absorbing Cyclops' power means she also has his PowerIncontinence (which is also one of those things which varies by writer, which doesn't help). Sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't.
90	* DiscardAndDraw: She first gained Ms.Marvel's powers long-term, but eventually, those powers were lost. Soon, she absorbed Sunfire's in their place, which are rather similar to the powers Ms Marvel had in her Binary days, though on a lesser scale. Most recently as of this writing, she has permanently absorbed the powers of Wonder Man; so, ''pretty'' close to the FlyingBrick powers she's most known for.
91	* DiscriminateAndSwitch: Played for laughs in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. Rogue worries aloud that her teammates aren't listening to her orders because she's a woman, but ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} counters by saying maybe they're doing so because she's a {{mutant\|s}}.
92	* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: ComicBook/{{Rogue}} accidentally snaps Grim Reaper's neck with a single punch after she absorbed Wonder Man's powers. [[IamNotLeftHanded She was holding back]].
93	* 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.
94	* DubNameChange:
95	** In Spanish-translations:
96	*** She is known as "Pícara" in Spain. A fairly direct translation.
97	*** Rogue was known as "Titania" in the Mexican dub of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'', which is pretty far from her original name, but was accepted thanks to her super-strength in the series. However, her name wasn't translated from the Venezuelan dub of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', which took some of the translations from the Mexican dub, and the character name has remained unchanged in future Latin American works involving Rogue.
98	*** In the Brazilian Portuguese translation, originally for the comics and consistently carried to other media, she's named Vampira, which translates as "[Female] Vampire". The translator said that, as he wasn't able to choose among the many actual translations of her name, he chose Vampira as a reference to her draining powers.
99	** In French, she is known as "Malicia".
100	* EasilyForgiven: '''Nope'''. The X-Men collectively gave Xavier a ''massive'' WhatTheHellHero speech for recruiting her after everything she did under Mystique, with Storm threatening to quit immediately if Rogue is given a spot on the team and ''the entire rest of the team following suit''. Even to this day Dazzler holds a bitter grudge against her for her crimes against her and it took until 2019's ''Captain Marvel'' before Carol and Rogue finally reconciled, although Carol noted they probably will never be friends.
101	* EnergyAbsorption: She suffers from a LifeDrain [[BlessedWithSuck "gift"]]: if she physically touches anyone, she immediately and uncontrollably begins pulling the life force from their body. In most cases this allows her to [[MegaManning copy other mutants' powers]], but touching non-mutants can put them into comas or outright kill them (this also happens with mutants, but their powers go before their vital energy does). It's also revealed that her powers also drain ''mental'' energy, meaning that other people's thought patterns and personalities are forcibly ingrained into her own mind, leaving her with severe issues.
102	* FanServicePack: She was homely in her debut and had only a modest physique. In her first appearences in ''Uncanny'' as a villain, she had a somewhat crazed look in her eyes and was drawn to be unattractive as well. Then she [[BeautyEqualsGoodness joined the X-Men]] and ProgressivelyPrettier kicked in, though she was till drawn as somewhat more plain and less curvy than Storm or some of the other female members, though she was becoming attractive in the artwork. Things started to change by the time of ''Secret Wars II'', when in a tie-in comic, Rogue (who had been looking for Rachel Summers all night) took a look at her reflection in a window and decided she wanted to pay more attention to her appearance. Taking the rest of the day off, she went to Bloomingdales' and got a complete makeover. From there, she went from ProgressivelyPrettier to on a track to becoming supermodel hot. By time Creator/JimLee drew her Rogue was now one of most beautiful, buxom, curvaceous female characters in all of Marvel Comics, and her outfits went from jumpsuits to SensualSpandex to a bikinis and Daisy Dukes. Among the X-Men Rogue is only really rivalled by ComicBook/{{Storm\|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/EmmaFrost and BoobsAndButtPose-incarnate ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} when it comes to attractiveness.
103	* 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\|MarvelComics}} when ComicBook/{{Legion\|MarvelComics}} 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]].
104	* FlyingBrick: Her most iconic "secondary" power set is a combination of {{Flight}}, SuperStrength and NighInvulnerability. Originally acquired from draining [[ComicBook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]], she spent her formative years with this archetype, losing it when she was stripped of Carol's powers, only to eventually regain it by permanently absorbing the essence of ComicBook/WonderMan. When she has it, her main strategy that doesn't revolve around her draining touch tends to be going airborne so that she can [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram into her foes at high speeds]], so she's arguably the TropeNamer.
105	* FlightStrengthHeart: While still possessing ComicBook/MsMarvel's powers, she had a latent [[SpiderSense seventh sense]] that allowed her to detect danger. She used it perhaps twice in the comic books. Ms. Marvel herself rarely used the power, either.
106	* FlowerMotifs: Her and ComicBook/{{Gambit}} sometimes make use of flower symbolism. When they are reunited [[spoiler:after Gambit's sojourn in Antarctica]], Gambit presents her with a white rose, claiming it represents "new beginnings." She's contemptuous about it though, pointing out that "white lilies mean death. Does that go for roses too?" In actual fact, Gambit is probably correct -- white roses traditionally mean innocence/purity.
107	* ForbiddenFruit: She is this for Gambit. Her mutant powers keep her from touching others or else they will be rendered comatose. Gambit, [[TheCasanova relentless and successful womanizer]], finds himself stuck on the notion of a woman that even he can't have. It helps that the two have a fair deal in common, having similar [[SouthernBelle cultural]] [[RaginCajun backgrounds]] and being on the wrong side of the law before joining the X-Men, making her that much more irresistible for him. Needless to say, they ''always'' take advantage of any time her powers are down.
108	* 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 A) she can fly and B) a hypothetical uncontrolled terminal velocity face-plant from a subsonic start ''might'' bruise her ''a little''. Regularly pointed out as a glaring example of {{Chickification}} of her character.
109	* 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".
110	* FunetikAksent: Naturally, being a Southern American gal who debuted in the 80s, her dialogue is typically written with an ''extremely'' thick Southern drawl. Just see the quote above.
111	* GeniusBruiser: She generally has the potential to be this by absorbing the memories/skills of others, as in one comic Rogue could diffuse a bomb by touching a unconscious bomb disposable specialist. Even without taking other people’s smarts she’s very bookish along being an expert pilot and mechanic, which greatly goes against the usual Southern Bell BrainlessBeauty stereotype.
112	* GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter: Comes about when she’s having a heart to heart with ComicBook/{{Gambit}} and expressing the tender moments where they could have physical contact. Unfortunately for her, she had some [[{{Telepathy}} psychic powers]] at that point and was broadcasting her naughty thoughts to everyone, which was very embarrassing for her.
113	* GhostMemory: Absorbing people's memories is one side effect of her powers.
114	* GoodFeelsGood: She kissed [[ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight ROM]] during her time at the Brotherhood, and instead of absorbing his powers, she instead absorbed at least part of his compassion, kindness, and decency. Much to her shock, she liked it, and by the end of the issue, she was questioning her loyalties. This was a major factor in her HeelFaceTurn.
115	* HatesBeingTouched: A variation; she dislikes her friends touching her and used to flee from ComicBook/{{Gambit}} when he'd get too cozy. This is not because she has a phobia of being touched, but due to her [[PowerParasite mutation]], she [[TouchOfDeath risks]] putting them in a coma or killing them. One time Rouge got handed a baby while she had her gloves off and completely freaked out. Rogue actually yearns for [[IJustWantToBeLoved physical contact]], though. When her mutation is nullified, Rogue is very familiar with her teammates (including kissing Bishop), but especially with Gambit.
116	* HappilyMarried: To Gambit, as of 2018.
117	* HeadbuttingHeroes: ComicBook/MsMarvel carried a grudge against her for quite a while for {{Mind Rap\|e}}ing her to steal her powers back when Rogue was still a villain working for Mystique. They eventually reconciled (but whether any given writer [[DependingOnTheWriter remembers]] that is up for grabs).
118	* HeelFaceTurn: One of the most famous comic book examples of a villain-turned-hero, Rogue was an unapologetic member of Mystique's Brotherhood of Mutants and was a recurring enemy of the X-Men, the Avengers, and Dazzler in her solo series.
119	* HourOfPower: According to one ''ComicBook/XMen'' source ComicBook/{{Rogue}}'s power drain ability (in the comics) tends to last for about a 1:60 ratio -- that is, for every second she holds it, she has what she took for 60 seconds. LifeEnergy and memories may work on a different scale, of course, and since it's possible for her to take powers permanently, this ratio breaks down the longer she holds on, but, well, AWizardDidIt. It was later [[RetCon revealed]] that the limits to her powers were ''psychological'', not physical. After she was "reset" and her trauma-induced mental blocks restored, she could call up any previous power or memory she had absorbed at will, as well as be able to touch someone without draining them. That said, the 1:60 ratio was rarely outright stated to begin with, and it's very possible that later writers never heard of it, so it's more likely just a non-definite exponential ratio.
120	* HyperAwareness: She was originally a copy of a copy, having used her default PowerParasite ability to permanently add Carol's ComboPlatterPowers to herself. Her Cosmic Awareness showed up even less frequently than Carol's did, and she lost the power when Carol's "essence" was permanently expunged from her body.
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124	* IconicOutfit: Rogue basically has two: the green suit with light green or white trimmings and a hood which she wore from her first appearance to the first Secret War, and the green and yellow suit worn with a headband and a bomber jacket which Jim Lee introduced in ''X-Men'' vol. 2 #1 and which she wore throughout most of the 1990s and in the animated series. In between and since then, she has often changed her costume, but she did return to variants of her original costume on a number of occasions. Also, considering that she only wore it in ''Uncanny X-Men'' #269 and 274, the makeshift costume she made from odds and ends in the Savage Land is still insanely popular with cosplayers, fan-artists, and other fans.
125	* IdentityAbsorption: She can copy the person's knowledge as well as their powers.
126	* IKissYourHand: She occasionally finds herself the recipient of a kiss on her hand. Gambit, Nightcrawler, and a few other good friends have been known to do this for her. Unfortunately, because of her dangerous mutant ability, Rogue still has to leave her gloves on. But to her, it's the thought that counts.
127	* InsatiableNewlyweds: Whenever Rogue is lacking her TouchOfDeath or wearing a power dampener she and Gambit tend to screw each other’s brains out, such as [[TheirFirstTime her first time]] with him during their imprisonment in Antarctica. During their honeymoon in ''ComicBook/MrAndMrsX'', Kitty made the mistake of [[InterruptedIntimacy making a video call while they were busy]] and had to cover her eyes until they put a ModestyBedsheet on.
128	* InTheHood: Subverted. When she first joins the X-Men, her costume has a large hood, but you can count on one hand how many times she's actually seen wearing it. Later costume designs include a similarly styled hood, which she wears on occasion, but not enough for it to be a signature look like her skunk stripe.
129	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Although a villain originally, she has become TheCape since joining the X-Men and refused ever go back despite Mystique’s best efforts. She has frequently fought for both mutantkind and humanity and while still having messed up on occasion, in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' Rogue is the one actively saving Earth from getting destroyed by Exitar the Celestial. Rogue’s InternalMonologue during said event affirms that since Charles Xavier gave her a second chance to be a better person, she won’t ever let that sentiment down. Given she’s adoptive sister of the aforementioned Nightcrawler, this is to be expected.
130	* IndirectKiss: Since she can't touch someone without draining the life out of them, she will usually do something like [[HandGagging put her (gloved) hand over their mouth]] and kiss that instead.
131	* {{Irony}}: She permanently absorbed Ms. Marvel's Kree powers at Mystique's behest, which ultimately leads to her parting ways with her adoptive mother and joining the X-Men. It becomes more ironic in a meta sense when you consider that Mystique has Skrull-like shapeshifting powers and Krees and Skrulls are known enemies. Even more ironically, this brings Rogue ''back'' into contact with Ms. Marvel (now going by the codename Binary), though after a short skirmish the latter furiously quits the X-Men when Xavier accepts Rogue into the fold.
132	* ItOnlyWorksOnce: In an issue of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', she absorbed ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s powers and defeated Nimrod, the mutant killing robot from the future, by teleporting a chunk of his body away. The next time the X-Men fought Nimrod, Nightcrawler simply tried the same trick again, only to discover that Nimrod had adapted himself so that not only did it not work but the attempt messed Nightcrawler up quite badly.
133	* KissOfDeath: Her best-known application of her power was by kissing an (AlwaysMale) adversary and absorbing his psyche. She did this quite a few times over the course of her career.
134	* TheLeader: She's held leadership positions on a few occasions, including a rapid response team of X-Men and former villains, and later on the Avengers Unity Division. In 2024's From The Ashes event she became the leader of a team of X-Men operating out of New Orleans.
135	* LightningBruiser: When not hit with {{Chickification}} by writers she can mow through villains like a hot knife through butter being strong enough to throw Juggernaut around, fly fast enough to arrive back at the X-Mansion from orbit in less than a minute and tough enough to NoSell the crushing powers of Graviton. Rogue’s most impressive example of this likely during her fight against Master Mold where after absorbing Colossus’s steel skin to increase her mass she flies into the stratosphere before rocketing back down to Master Mold with the force and speed of a meteor, obliterating the KillerRobot.
136	* TheLostLenore: For years, she was haunted by Cody, the first boy she ever kissed, who was left in a lifelong coma because of her powers. This is exploited in her 1997 series, where supervillains Belladonna and Candra kidnap Cody as part of a plan to get revenge on her.
137	* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: She and Remy take turns on this. Early on, Gambit was the one hot for Rogue, with her being extremely wishy-washy about her desire to be with him and angsting about her powers and past. Then, when she got over it and finally returned his feelings, ''his'' DarkAndTroubledPast came to light and ''he'' became the wishy-washy party. From then on, it's continuously jumped back-and-forth between the two. In particular, during his 2012 series, Rogue becomes hostile to Gambit's new lover as the three work together, and when he calls her out on her attitude, she [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove says she still loves him.]]
138	* 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, but Rogue had continuous doubts about the relationship and she ended it in ''X-Men Legacy'' #274.
139	* MetaPower: Can absorb the powers, memories, and skills of any person she touches. Unfortunately, she isn't in control of this power and has to wear a full body costume to avoid draining someone to the point of death when she touches them.
140	* 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.
141	* MostCommonSuperPower: She has some very buxom breasts. Especially in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
142	* MsFanservice: Especially in the Jim Lee days, in which she was not only drawn as a curvy bombshell but frequently wore very skimpy clothing when not in uniform. Her depictions since then vary as to how much fanservice she serves up, but her look from the early 90s remains her most iconic, particularly thanks to its use in X-Men: The Animated Series and the Marvel vs Capcom fighting games.
143	* MySkullRunnethOver: Variation: this is an unfortunate by-product of her absorbing powers. She retains pieces of the psyches and personalities she drains even after the powers fade. This was the reason behind her HeelFaceTurn, and it's gotten better or worse by varying degrees over the years. During one storyline, just before [[ComicBook/XMenMessiahComplex Messiah Complex]], she wound up absorb a living weapon composed of the population of at least one planet, and several ''billion'' minds it had picked up on the way to Earth. It took a touch with Hope Summers to purge her of it.
144	* NiceGirl: Eventually Rogue becomes this being one of the more outgoing and welcoming members of the X-men albeit with a little southern sass.
145	* NotBloodSiblings: With Mystique's biological son, Nightcrawler; the two of them often flirt shamelessly.
146	* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: 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.
147	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She is known as "Rogue" to everyone. Her real name was revealed in the comics around the time when the X-Men movies came out. Her ''last name'', though, is still a mystery despite the readers now knowing her past. In ''ComicBook/XMenForever'', her full name, apparently, is, ironically enough, "Anna Marie Raven."
148	* PlayingCardMotifs: Inextricably linked to the Queen of Hearts thanks to her relationship with Gambit.
149	* PlayingWithFire: When she stole Sunfire's powers, she naturally gained his ability to generate blasts of plasma.
150	* PowerCopying: She is possibly the best-known example in the world of comics. However, her power works on bare skin contact and works [[BlessedWithSuck whether she wants it to or not]] and, in most cases, puts the "donor" into a coma that lasts as long as the powers are transferred to Rogue. In the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel and the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', she even sucks the life out of the victim. This has been a constant source of angst, but since then she has gained better control, so that touching people isn't always a near death sentence.
151	* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Just how long does she hold powers, and just how dangerous is her touch? If we don't count times her powers were altered as part of a story ("full control" and "instant death touch" both happened for a reason and were temporary) we've seen her refuse to touch anyone for any reason except under the most extreme circumstances because she'll probably put them in a coma and cause permanent mental damage, and we've seen her casually absorb powers left and right with the donor awakening in a minute or two unharmed. On one occasion, she touched a guest character briefly while giving her water to determine (through memory absorption) if she was telling the truth. The character didn't ''notice,'' let alone spend months in a coma or something.
152	* PowerIncontinence: A long-running problem for her. She later gained full control over her abilities but, as of Uncanny Avengers #23, she's lost control of them again.
153	* PowerParasite: It's her superpower, making her a Power Sponge. In her first appearance, she got her Flying Brick ability by absorbing it from Ms Marvel. Since Rogue's power also absorbs memories and personality traits, it took Ms. M years to recover.
154	* ProgressivelyPrettier: In her early days with the Brotherhood and then the X-Men, Rogue was something of a string-bean. As the 90s rolled in, and mysteriously around the time Jim Lee started drawing ''Uncanny'', Rogue started "filling out", as it were.
155	* PsychicLink: Since Mystique used Hope to purge Rogue of Strain 88 and its effects, the two shared a small psychic link.
156	* RapeAsDrama: When Rogue is captured by the Genoshans, who have a superpowered individual named Wipeout who "turns off" mutant abilities, some of the Genoshan guards "took liberties" with the depowered Rogue. The comics go out of their way to state (without actually using the word) that Rogue wasn't ''actually'' raped, while at the same time making it brutally clear she was, at the very least, molested. Because Rogue had never been able to be physically intimate with someone else because of her mutant ability, the experience was especially traumatic for her, and left some fairly impressive psychological wounds (Rogue lets Carol Danvers' personality take "the driver's seat" for the entire remainder of her time in Genosha specifically because it's the only way she can cope). ''Mr. And Mrs. X'' indicates that the fear of ever being in such a vulnerable position again is part of why she can't control her powers; if nobody can touch her then nobody can hurt her.
157	* 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.
158	* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Rogue and Gambit are constantly hooking up, breaking up for whatever reason, and getting back together as they manage to overcome whatever the latest bout of insecurity is. Both characters have a lot of emotional baggage and legitimate reasons to distrust each other, but at the same time they also love each other intensely and can understand each other. The 2018 mini-serial "Rogue & Gambit" actually revolves around the two getting couples therapy, which grows to include seeing each other's perspective on events from their history.
159	** Finally, ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' #30 saw the two of them get married.
160	* TheRunaway: All versions of the backstory of Rogue have her running away from home as a young teen or pre-teen, although no two issues have been able to agree on whether she ran away after her mutation activated and left a boy in a coma or had already run away from home before that because of an unstable and/or abusive home life.
161	* ShapeshifterStruggles: Part of her powers of [[PowerParasite power-stealing]] involves changing her appearance if the power has a specific physical component to it. Since Rogue already has issues arising from not being able to be touched, early in her career she didn't want to tarnish her beauty by risking looking like Colossus or Nightcrawler if she took their powers.
162	* ShipSinking: Invoked in the infamous "Trial of Gambit" in ''Uncanny X-Men Volume 1 #350''. After Erik the Red puts Gambit on trial and reveals to the X-Men that Gambit not only worked for Mister Sinister, but was, however indirectly, responsible for the Mutant Massacre that wiped out the Morlocks, Rogue is the X-Man most vociferously disgusted with Gambit. To the point that the issue ends with her calling him, paraphrased, a self-centered monster incapable of love and abandoning him to fend for himself in the wilderness of Antarctica, despite Gambit pleading with her for mercy and protesting that he truly loves her. The writers, and most fans, naturally assumed that if Gambit ''did'' somehow survive and make it back to civilization, then this would be the end of the Rogue/Gambit relationship forever. Subverted, in that ultimately the two of them actually managed to forgive each other and got back together, seemingly content to forget the whole incident ever happened.
163	* SouthernBelle: Rogue in the hands of Creator/ChrisClaremont originally was an aversion, as her lower-class origins and tomboy youth on the Mississippi made her more similar to Huckleberry Finn than anything. In a later story she still subverted the trope as she only dreamed of being a Scarlett O'Hara-type belle, while in her everyday life wearing pretty unladylike, sometimes masculine clothes and leading the life of a superhero.
164	* StatusQuoIsGod: More than once, Rogue's managed to shake her death touch, but sooner or later the next writer will come along, and she's right back to "cain't touch yuh!"
165	* SuperpowerLottery: During a storyline in the early 2000s, she was jumpstarted by [[SuperEmpowering Sage]] and got full access to the powers of everyone she'd ever touched. It didn't last, of course, but it was '''awesome''' for a while.
166	* SuperStrength: One of Rogue’s main powers after permanently absorbing Ms Marvel's and later Wonder Man's 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.
167	* 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 inadvertently caused.
168	* {{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.
169	* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: She's a fiery Mississippi tomboy who can bench press a truck and tries to avoid dressing more femininely due to her TouchOfDeath. Conversely Rogue herself actually dreams of being a Scarlet O'Hara type and she does look beautiful in a dress (as Gambit is quick to note). Rogue also loves reading romance books, cooks a wonderful pie, and has gotten upset at being unable to get cozy with a “cute guy”. During Jean and Scott's wedding, Rogue excitedly used her {{flight}} to catch the bridal bouquet in mid-air before the rest of the X-Women could even react.
170	* TouchOfDeath: Always a risk with her powers. When she was infected with the Strain 88 virus, if she touched anyone they immediately dropped dead. Seeing a theme here?
171	* TouchTelepathy: She can also absorb the knowledge and memories of whoever she touches.
172	* TropeCodifier: While ComicBook/AnimalMan was the TropeMaker for the CivvieSpandex leather jacket trend of MediaNotes/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]].
173	* {{Tsundere}}: Especially in the '90s X-Men cartoon.
174	* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Seeing Gambit hurt or almost killed is usually Rogue’s biggest BerserkButton. She once (after taking She-Hulk’s strength and temper) punched through ComicBook/IronMan after seeing him hit Gambit with his Unibeam. Literally '''no one''' is safe from her wrath when her Cajun gets hurt as best seen in ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' where ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} (one of the most ludicrously powerful mutants in existence) almost killed Gambit in a fight and the immediate response from Rogue is to beat the tar out of the ancient mutant before killing him on the spot.
175	* VoluntaryVampireVictim: A number of her teammates and allies have volunteered to be drained by her, often at considerable risk to themselves, for various reasons. In the comics, as well as in the first movie, Wolverine let his healing factor be drained by her, in order to save her life when she was severely wounded. A few times her PowerIncontinence was even exploited to force the issue.
176	* WhyWasteAWedding: Marries Gambit in ''ComicBook/XMenGold'' #30, after Kitty gets cold feet when she's about to marry Colossus. They even [[LampshadeHanging note it would be a shame to waste the ceremony that's been set up just because the original bride & groom called it off at the last moment]].
177	* WrenchWench: Rogue is a highly skilled mechanic, who has worked on various vehicles from motorcycles to the Blackbird.
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