Kitty Pryde Character Review
Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Uncanny X-Men (January 1980) and was created by writer-artist John Byrne.
A mutant, Pryde possesses a "phasing" ability that allows her and objects or people with which she is in contact to become intangible. This power also disrupts any electrical field she passes through, and lets her simulate levitation. At the time of her membership, under the codename Sprite (suggested by Storm in lieu of Professor X's suggestion, Ariel), Pryde was the youngest person invited to join the team of mutant superheroes the X-Men. Her current codename is Shadowcat.
During her early years, she was portrayed as a "kid sister" to many older members of the X-Men, filling the role of literary foil
to the more established characters. In the years since her
introduction, she has aged and matured, and has become a main character
on her own.
Kitty Pryde was portrayed by three separate actresses in the X-Men film series. Sumela Kay and Katie Stuart had brief cameos as Kitty Pryde in the 2000 film X-Men and the 2003 sequel X2: X-Men United, respectively. In 2006, Ellen Page portrayed Kitty Pryde as a main character in the third installment of the film trilogy, X-Men: The Last Stand, and is set to portray her again in X-Men: Days of Future Past. She is ranked #47 in IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes. (More about Kitty Pryde Character Review..Keep Reading !)
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Powers and Abilities (Kitty Pryde)
Kitty is a mutant
with the ability to pass through solid matter by passing her atomic
particles 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" or quantum tunneling and it renders her almost completely intangible to physical touch. Shadowcat passes through objects at the same 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.
However, contrary depictions of the duration of her phasing ability have
been presented, such as when she has phased miles within an object. The
use of her abilities also interferes with any electrical systems as she
passes through by disrupting the flow of electrons from atom to atom, including the bio-electric systems of living bodies if she concentrates in the right way. This typically causes machines to malfunction or be destroyed as she
phases through them, and can induce shock and unconsciousness in living
beings.
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, causing her to seemingly walk on air. While phased, she is
immune to most physical attacks, and has inconsistent showings of some
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. Some energy attacks also prove problematic for Kitty. For example, 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 can also harm her in her phased state, as
demonstrated in a battle with a N'Garai demon whose claws left no visible marks, but caused Kitty severe pain as they passed through her intangible body.
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 can extend her phasing effect to
her own clothing or any other object with mass up to that of a small
truck, as long as she remains in contact with it. Kitty can also make
objects intangible by maintaining contact with them. She has threatened
to leave people phased into a wall and used her power offensively to
harm the Technarch Magus and Danger. Kitty's powers seem to have increased over the years. During an X-Treme X-Men story arc where she is kidnapped by Reverend William Stryker,
she phases out of sync with Earth's rotation to move from one place in
the world (only east or west) to another seemingly instantaneously. At
the climax of Astonishing X-Men,
Kitty phases a 10 mi (16 km) long "bullet" composed of super-dense
alien metals through the entire planet Earth. This is her greatest
phasing feat to date, causing her considerable strain, but she is unable
to phase out of the bullet. It has been suggested that depending on the
density of the person or object moved, she would be able to incinerate a
person or object by dragging it to the center of the earth and leaving
it there.
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Besides her mutant powers, Kitty is a genius in the field of applied technology and computer science.
She is highly talented in the design and use of computer hardware. She
is a skilled pilot of piston and jet engine aircraft, and a competent
pilot of certain advanced interstellar vehicles. She has previously
shown a unique ability to wield the Soulsword and also be harmed by it. Since her possession by the ninja demon Ogun, she has been consistently shown to be an excellent hand-to-hand combatant, having since been endowed with a lifetime of training in the martial arts of Japanese ninja and samurai, such as aikido, karate, and ninjutsu. She is also trained in the Israeli martial art of Krav Maga. She is a professional-level dancer
in both ballet and modern dance. She speaks fluent English, Japanese,
Russian, and the royal and standard languages of the alien Shi'ar and Skrull, and has moderate expertise in Gaelic, Hebrew, and German.
Kitty also shares a mental/empathic connection with Lockheed
(her pet dragon); both she and the alien dragon can "sense" each
other's presence at times and generally understand one another's
thoughts and actions.
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In Other Media (Film/Movie)
- 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 books which she had left behind, grabs them, and phases through the door on her way out. Xavier responds with a cheerful "Bye, Kitty" while Wolverine (who had never seen her before in the movies) is startled.
- In X2: X-Men United, she has a brief appearance played by Katie Stuart. She is shown phasing through walls and through people to escape William Stryker's military forces during their attack on the X-Mansion. Another scene shows her falling through her bed to avoid an assault. She shares a room with Siryn; in the novelization it is stated that this is because her phasing ability gives her partial protection from Siryn's scream. Around the end of the movie when the President of the United States asks Professor Xavier how he got the files he gave him, Xavier replies that he knows a little girl that can walk through walls.
- In X-Men: The Last Stand, she is portrayed by Ellen Page and has a central role, rather than her cameo appearances in the two previous films. She serves as a rival to Rogue for the romantic attentions of Iceman, since their close friendship and their kiss (deleted scene) makes Rogue increasingly jealous and frustrated. She also joins the X-Men in the battle on Alcatraz Island, breaking off from the battle to save Leech from the Juggernaut. In the novelization of the film, it is hinted that at some point Kitty had a romantic relationship with Colossus, but that it had long since run its course, although Colossus appears to still retain feelings towards her.
- Ellen Page will reprise her role in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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