Cyclops appears in X-Men: Evolution, voiced by Kirby Morrow.[citation needed] This version is a confident, self-assured, extroverted teenager and student of Bayville High School in addition to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters who displays a close brotherly relationship with teammate Nightcrawler and eventually enters a relationship with longtime friend Jean Grey. After graduating from Bayville High, Cyclops becomes an instructor at Xavier's School.
Cyclops appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Nolan North as an adult,[citation needed] and Benjamin Bryan as a child.[citation needed] This version was originally a member of the X-Men until the group disbanded after Professor X and Jean Grey disappeared under mysterious circumstances. As the latter helped him become more experienced and coordinated with his abilities, Cyclops became a brooding loner and initially refuses Wolverine's efforts to re-recruit him into the X-Men in favor of obsessively searching for Grey. Eventually, Cyclops reluctantly rejoins the group and enters a relationship with Emma Frost before rescuing Grey.
Cyclops appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High!", voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.[2] This version's appearance resembles that of his X-Men: The Animated Series incarnation.
Cyclops appears in the Black Panther episode "Black Panther vs. Juggernaut and Black Knight", voiced again by Nolan North.[1]
He first appears in X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), portrayed by James Marsden.[citation needed] All throughout, he serves as a field leader for the X-Men until he is killed by the Phoenix. Due to his role being increasingly reduced in response to Logan's popularity, several fans and critics grew upset by this. One IGN contributor wrote, "Cyclops was misunderstood, miswritten, misdirected and generally mismanaged in this series."[citation needed]
A young Summers makes a minor appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, portrayed by Tim Pocock.[4] For this appearance, his optic blasts can generate heat in addition to concussive force.
Cyclops appears as a playable character in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006).[citation needed] Additionally, a brainwashed thrall of Cyclops, referred to as "Dark Cyclops", under Doctor Doom's control appears as well, voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.[citation needed] Furthermore, he appears as a downloadable playable character in the Xbox 360 and 2016 re-release versions of the game, voiced by Scott MacDonald.[13]
Cyclops appears in the Wolverine versus Sabretooth motion comic, voiced by Trevor Devall.[1]
Cyclops appears in the Wolverine: Weapon X motion comic, voiced again by Trevor Devall.[1]
Cyclops appears in the novel X-Men: Shadows of the Past, by Michael Jan Friedman.[citation needed]
Cyclops appears in the novel X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy, by Steven A. Roman.[19] This version is a member of a detachment of X-Men who were inside the Starlight Citadel when Doctor Doom, Magneto, and the Red Skull obtained a flawed Cosmic Cube and separately rewrite reality to their liking. Due to the citadel protecting them during Doom's changes, the X-Men work to restore their original reality. However, Cyclops becomes one of Magneto and the Red Skull's followers amidst their changes until Jean Grey restores him, allowing Cyclops to help the X-Men foil Doom's plot to seize the citadel and defeat the Red Skull.[20]
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