Jean Grey in other media

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Jean Grey is a member of the X-Men, and has been included in almost every media adaptation of the X-Men franchise, including film, television and video games.

Adaptations of Jean Grey in other media
Created byStan Lee
Jack Kirby
Original sourceComics published by Marvel Comics
First appearanceX-Men #1 (September 1963)
Films and television
Film(s)X-Men (2000)
X2 (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
The Wolverine (2013)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Television
show(s)
X-Men: The Animated Series (1992)
X-Men: Evolution (2000)
Wolverine and the X-Men (2008)
Marvel Anime: X-Men (2011)
X-Men '97 (2024)
Games
Video game(s)X-Men Legends (2004)
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (2009)
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011)
Marvel Super War (2019)

Television edit

 
Jean Grey as the Phoenix in X-Men: The Animated Series.
  • Jean Grey as Marvel Girl appears in the "Sub-Mariner" segment of The Marvel Super Heroes.[citation needed] This version is a member of the Allies for Peace.
  • Jean Grey appears in a flashback in the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode "The Origin of Iceman".[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey appears in X-Men: The Animated Series, voiced by Catherine Disher. Additionally, Grey as Dark Phoenix appears in a self-titled four-part episode, voiced by Tracey Moore.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey appears in Spider-Man (1994), voiced again by Catherine Disher.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey appears in X-Men: Evolution, voiced by Venus Terzo.[citation needed] This version is a teenage student at Bayville High School in addition to the Xavier Institute and a popular soccer player. In the first two seasons, she dates football player Duncan Matthews while struggling with her burgeoning feelings for longtime friend and teammate Scott Summers. In the third season, Grey breaks up with Matthews and enters a relationship with Summers after saving him from Mystique. In a vision of the future that Professor X has in the series finale, Grey becomes possessed by the Phoenix Force and an enemy of the X-Men.
  • Jean Grey appears in Wolverine and the X-Men, voiced by Jennifer Hale.[citation needed] One year prior to the series, the Phoenix Force emerged within her, destroying the X-Mansion and leading to the X-Men's disbandment. Following this, Grey became amnesiac and manipulated by the Inner Circle, who seek to use the Phoenix Force for their own ends. By the series finale, the club transfers the Phoenix Force to the Stepford Cuckoos, but they lose control of it, leading to Emma Frost defecting to the X-Men and sacrificing herself to send it into space. Afterward, Grey regains her memories and rejoins the X-Men.
  • Jean Grey appears in The Super Hero Squad Show episode "Mysterious Mayhem at Mutant High!", voiced by Hynden Walch.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix appears in Marvel Anime: X-Men, voiced by Yurika Hino in Japanese and again by Jennifer Hale in English.[citation needed] In flashbacks, Mastermind attempted to force her to use the Phoenix Force to facilitate his plans, but she nearly destroyed the world and sacrificed herself to prevent it. In the present, the X-Men receive assistance from a psychic imprint of Grey amidst their efforts to foil Mastermind's plot to use a powerful mutant child named Takeo.
  • A young Jean Grey appears in the Iron Man: Armored Adventures episode "The X-Factor", voiced again by Venus Terzo.[citation needed] While on the run from Magneto, she assumes the alias of "Annie Claremont" and enrolls at Tomorrow Academy. After joining forces with Iron Man and War Machine to foil Magneto's plot to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly, Grey is taken in by Professor Charles Xavier.
  • Jean Grey appears in X-Men '97, voiced again by Jennifer Hale.[1]

Film edit

Two incarnations of Jean Grey appear in the X-Men film series, portrayed by Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner. Throughout the films X-Men (2000), X2, and X-Men: The Last Stand, the first incarnation serves as a member of the X-Men until she is possessed by the Phoenix Force and killed by Wolverine. Additionally, she makes minor appearances in The Wolverine in which her death haunts the titular character, and X-Men: Days of Future Past in which she was revived after the X-Men averted a post-apocalyptic future. In the films X-Men: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix, the second incarnation joins the X-Men to fight Apocalypse before sacrificing herself to use the Phoenix Force's power to defeat the D'Bari.

Video games edit

Merchandise edit

  • Jean Grey as the Phoenix and Dark Phoenix received several figures in the Marvel Legends line.[18]
  • Jean Grey as the Phoenix received a figurine in the "Superhero Squad" line. Additionally, a Dark Phoenix variant was released as part of a Toys "R" Us-exclusive boxset.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey, based on Famke Janssen's portrayal, received figures in the original X-Men film trilogy's tie-in toylines.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey-Summers received a figure in Toy Biz's Famous Covers line.[citation needed]
  • Jean Grey received a figurine in The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection.[citation needed]

Miscellaneous edit

  • Jean Grey appears in the novel X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy, written by Steven A. Roman. This version is a member of an X-Men detachment who were inside the Starlight Citadel when Doctor Doom, Magneto, and the Red Skull separately obtained a flawed Cosmic Cube and rewrote reality to their liking. Due to the Citadel protecting them from Doom's changes, Grey and the X-Men work to restore their original reality. Though Grey becomes a follower of Magneto and the Red Skull amidst their changes, the original gains control of her counterpart in the latter's reality before rejoining the X-Men in stopping Doom and the Red Skull.[19]
  • Jean Grey serves as inspiration for The Refrigerator Monologues character Julia Ash.[20]

References edit

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  19. ^ Roman, Steven A. (2004). X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy. ibooks, Incorporated. ISBN 0-7434-9774-0.
  20. ^ Johnson, Ross (7 June 2017). "A Guide to the Comic Book Wives and Girlfriends Who Inspired the Refrigerator Monologues". Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.