Kurt Wagner

Kurt Wagner is the alter ego of Nightcrawler from the Marvel Comics series The X-Men. He generally appears as a main character in all the X-Men universes such as Marvel Comics: Earth-616, Ultimate X-Men, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, and X-Men Movieverse.
==Canon==
Nightcrawler possesses the mutant ability to teleport short-distances. Also his mutation is also physical - due to it, he has enhanced night vision, superhuman agility, prehensile tail, and ability to stick to walls.
 
Nightcrawler first appeared as in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). 
Alan Cumming plays him in the X-Men Movieverse (Although he only appears in X2). 
He made his first animated appearance in an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (in 1981) voiced by Stanley Jones. He also appears as a main character in the 1989 pilot of Pryde of the X-Men voiced by Neil Ross. Kurt only makes two appearances in the X-Men: The Animated Series voiced by Paul Haddad. Nightcrawler had two main animated character roles in X-Men: Evolution where he is voiced by Brad Swaile and in Wolverine and the X-Men voiced by Liam O'Brien.
==Fandom==
The most popular het pairings for Kurt are Kurt/Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat) and Kurt/Amanda Sefton (Daytripper). 
===Terminology===
* Fuzzy Blue Elf - probably the most common nickname for Kurt.
* "Bamf!" - Is the sound that he makes when he teleports, it's often used in fanfics (and canonically in the comics) as a way to tell when he uses his power.
* See List of X-Men Pairing Names for a list of Kurt-related pairing names.
===Comics===
===X-Men: Evolution===
The first major pairing for Kurt in the Evolution universe was Kitty/Kurt, later Kurt/Tabitha gained popularity in Season 2 and with the appearance of Amanda Sefton (and her accepting him for who and what he looked like) - the Kurt/Amanda pairing gained popularity.
===X-Men Movieverse===
The most popular pairing for Kurt in the Movieverse is Kurt/Ororo due to their canon interactions during X2. With Kurt's appearance in X-Men Apocalypse, a few more pairings appeared within the fandom: Kurt/Warren, Kurt/Pietro, and Kurt/Scott.
===Wolverine and the X-Men===
The most popular pairing for Kurt in this universe is Kurt/Wanda, although there are still fans of Kurt/Kitty.
==Fanworks==
===Fics===
===Arts===
* Kurt, Mystique and Azazel
File:Normal 1529.jpg|"Corrupted" scene by Bluefooted
===Vids===
* Nightcrawler Fan-Video
* The great quotes of: Nightcrawler
===Meta===
===Recs===
==Communities and Archives==
*Nightcrawler works tagged on AO3
*Nightcrawler (Kurt W.) works at FFN under the X-Men comics category.
**Kurt Darkholme works.
*Nightcrawler works at FFN under the X-Men: Evolution category.
*Nightcrawler works at FFN under the WXM category.
*Nightcrawler works at FFN under the X-Men Movieverse category.
===LiveJournal Communities===
* Nightcrawler Fans!
* Kurtaholics Anonymous
* The Demon And The Devil (Gambit/Kurt)
==Links and Resources==
* Nightcrawler at the Marvel Database
* Nightcrawler at Uncanny X-Men.net
* God's Child, Kurt's fanlisting
===FanPop Clubs===
* Nightcrawler
===Deviantart Groups===
* Nightcawler Fanclub
* Kurt Wagner Fanclub
* NC Luv Club
* Bamf
* Blue Fuzz Ball Fans
* Of Shifting and Bamfing (Kurt, Mystique & Azazel)
* Kurmanda (Kurt/Amanda)
===Fansites===
* Nightcawlers
* Bamf Central
* Blue-Elf.com
* A Demon's Eyes (static)
* Blue Fuzz Ball (static)
* Fuzzy Elf (static)
* Night's Demon (defunct)
* Blue Fuzzy Elf (defunct)
* Dark Blue Obsession (defunct)
* Kurt's Ledge (defunct)
* Wagnerszenen (defunct)
* Amphibians and Brimstone (Kurt/Toad)
* Misled Outcasts (Rogue & Kurt, static)
* Rogue and the Demon (Rogue & Kurt, defunct)
==References==
==Navigation==
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