MOLE
Earth-92131
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-92131) human mutant
Occupation: Adventurer
Group Membership: None;
formerly Magneto's army (Arclight/Philippa Sontag, Blockbuster/Michael Baer, Callisto, Copycat/Vanessa Carlysle, Dawnsilk, Feral/Maria Callasantos, Forearm/Michael McCain, Garrison Kane, Kangaroo/Frank Oliver, Marianna, Moondragon/Heather Douglas, Reaper/Pantu Hurageb, Sunder, Sunfire/Shiro Yoshida, Toad/Mortimer Toynbee, Tusk, Warpath/James Proudstar and unrevealed others)
Affiliations: Ape, Bishop of Earth-31393 (Lucas Bishop), Erg, Glow Worm, Lady Gardener, Lifter (Ned Lathrop), Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr), Peeper (Peter Quinn), Dr. Taylor Prescott, Senyaka (Suvik Senyaka), Shocker (Randall Darby), Slither (Aaron Salomon), Strobe (Juliana Worthing), Dr. Darrell Tanaka, Tommy, Watchdog, X-Men (Beast/Hank McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Gambit/ Remy LeBeau, Jean Grey, Professor X/Charles Xavier, Rogue)
Enemies: Friends of Humanity, Chet Lambert, Solarr (Bill Braddock);
formerly Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Hammer Bay, Genosha;
formerly Skull Mesa, Nevada, United States of America;
formerly Asteroid M, Earth's orbit;
formerly New York City, New York
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I" (October 23, 1993)
Powers/Abilities: Mole is a mutant with the physical appearance of a mole, he has no additional abilities (see comments).
Height: 5'10" (by approximation)
Weight: 200 lbs. (by approximation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Brown
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I") - While out at night, Mole became the victim of anti-mutant violence when he was chased by human supremacists the Friends of Humanity. Mole, whose physical mutation was undeniable was eventually caught and assaulted near a local burger restaurant.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part I" - BTS) - Hoping to increase anti-mutant sentiment in the country, Friends of Humanity leader Graydon Creed worked with a scientist to create an artificial virus to infect humans, passing it off as a mutant plague. Unbeknownst to Creed the scientist was in fact mutant supremacist Apocalypse.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part I") - When the so-called mutant plague was sweeping the nation anti-mutant attacks increased. As such several mutants like Mole were quarantined in a large building surrounded by an angry mob. Shocked at the mob's anger, Mole quickly closed the window to shield them from tomatoes that were being thrown.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part I") - Mole witnessed the arrival of the time-traveling Bishop of Earth-31393, 2055 A.D.. Bishop whose future had been ravaged by the mutant plague had come to stop it. Bishop did his best to stop the angry mob from attacking the quarantined building in which Mole had been kept, the situation, however, quickly escalated. Soon the X-Men arrived to deal with the situation at hand.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part II") - Another time-traveller Cable, hailing from Earth-13393, 3999 A.D. learned he had to stop Bishop from preventing the mutant plague as to save his own timeline that suffered temporal storms due to Bishop's changes to the timestream. To do so Cable arrived at the same moment as Bishop, thus deleting his encounter with the X-Men.
Bishop once again visited the quarantined building where Mole was kept, however, this time Cable was on the opposite building preparing to shoot Bishop. Once again Bishop's involvement caused the situation to escalate but this time when the X-Men appeared they noticed Cable who was about to shoot Bishop. Mole watched as the X-Men assisted Bishop and fought Cable. In the end Cable, Bishop and the X-Men joined forces to stop Apocalypse and end the mutant plague, this time both saving Bishop and Cable's timelines.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Sanctuary - Part I" - BTS) - Mole and mutants from around the world watched as Magneto spoke at the United Nations, announcing the liberation of mutantkind. Magneto revealed that he and several missing scientists had built a mutant-only home on Asteroid M in the Earth's orbit. Magneto invited all mutants, explaining a first exodus would take place near Genosha.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Sanctuary - Part I") - Eager to join Magneto and move to Asteroid M, Mole quickly made his way to a local airport where large groups of mutants had gathered to buy a ticket to the African nation where the first exodus would take place. Mole, Copycat, Kangaroo and several other mutants gathered on the African planes where Charles Xavier, Gambit and Beast of the X-Men had gathered hoping to persuade Magneto to stop his plan, fearing other nations would retaliate. Soon Magneto arrived with his transport welcoming the mutants and X-Men aboard. Instead of bringing the mutants directly to Asteroid M, Magneto first went to Genosha to free their enslaved mutants.
Upon arrival Magneto urged the Genoshan mutants to cast off their bonds and join them, in a mighty show of force Mole, Tommy, Random and the other mutants left the transport to form a powerful front. Magneto's call, however, was answered by the Genoshan magistrates who refused to release their prisoners which in turn led to the mutant convoy to attack them. Assisted by the Acolytes (a group of mutants pledging allegiance to Magneto's righteous cause) a fierce battle followed in which Mole and the mutants quickly gained the upper hand, prompting the Genoshan magistrates to release a group of Sentinels to level the playing field. In the end Magneto, repowered by his Acolyte Fabian Cortez destroyed the Sentinels, forcing the Genoshan magistrates to flee and freed the Genoshan mutants.
Finally arriving on Asteroid M, Mole and the other newcomers were welcomed and some of them even invited to a ceremonial toast alongside Magneto. Disappointed Magneto wasn't the fearless leader he'd hoped for, Fabian Cortez confronted Magneto, taking away his powers. Believing Magneto would serve their cause better as a martyr Cortez trapped him in his chambers and opened the airlock, causing Magneto's chambers to be pulled into Earth's atmosphere. Suspicious of Asteroid M's alarm, X-Men Beast and Gambit quickly located Cortez only to be accused of killing their enigmatic leader Magneto.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Sanctuary - Part II") - Although Professor X and Beast successfully escaped, Gambit was taken prisoner by the Acolytes. Mole, Shocker, Peepers and several other mutants called out for his blood when Cortez presented them with Gambit, the supposed assassin of Magneto. Sometime later Cortez addressed world leaders, threatening to attack them unless they would release all mutants in captivity and pay restitution for human crimes against them, a feat which Mole, Arclight, Glow Worm and other mutants celebrated. Unbeknownst to Mole and the others, a small strike team of X-Men arrived at Asteroid M to not only save Gambit but deactivate all of Asteroid M's active warheads. In the end Magneto, revived, destroyed the active warheads after which he attacked and defeated Cortez. In a mighty show of force Magneto finally destroyed Asteroid M, Mole and all other mutants were safely returned to the African planes, under the watchful eyes of Mjnari and the Black Panther.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" - BTS) - Mole moved to Skull Mesa, Nevada where Dr. Taylor Prescott had established a community where mutants could live in peace. However, the town was soon taken over by the villainous Solarr and his allies Chet Lambert and Toad after learning of it's underground goldmine. Dr. Taylor Prescott opposed the villains but was placed in suspended animation and soon had all of the town's residents living in fear by attacking anyone who questioned his authority, forcing some like Forearm, Slither, Random and Sunder to work in the goldmine.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" - BTS) - When the X-Man Cyclops had come to Skull Mesa to meet his old friend Dr. Taylor Prescott he was confronted by Solarr and his allies. Through the following days Cyclops learned Solarr had taken over the city forcing the residents to live in fear. Determined to stop Solarr, a temporary depowered Cyclops fought back.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried") - Mole, Ape, Tommy and several other mutants gathered at the town's square when Solarr openly confronted Cyclops. Solarr falsely claimed Cyclops was one of the subversives who wished to destroy their lives, something he'd warned the townspeople of before. Solarr continued, explaining that a crystal sculpture Cyclops was carrying was in fact a transmitter to summon his friends. Cyclops, who was bound to a large golden sculpture of Solarr with Toad's green muck urged the townsfolk to see Solarr for who he really was, a tyrant who held the innocent Dr. Taylor Prescott in the goldmine. Deciding to finally stand up to Solarr, one of the townsfolk, Tusk attacked Solarr and freed Cyclops. As a full fledged fight erupted other townsfolk like Lady Gardener and Dr. Darrell Tanaka helped Cyclops while others like Arclight, Slither, Copycat, Ape and Sunder stood with Solarr, Mole was one of the few who abstained from fighting. Cyclops, repowered thanks to Tanaka used his optic blast on the crystal sculpture to take them out with a single blast. When Solarr was defeated Dr. Prescott was quickly freed and was reunited with Cyclops after which he told the X-Man they would deal with Solarr and his men in Skull Mesa.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" - BTS) - Mole moved to Genosha where former slave-workers had built their own civilization who viewed Magneto as their leader.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day") - From Genosha, Mole, Sunfire, Feral and several other mutants watched the televised debate between Henry Gyrich and Charles Xavier over the "mutant containment bill". Worldwide viewers were shocked when Gyrich attacked Xavier, used an energy disruptor to reveal Xavier's mutant nature to the world. Enraged even one such as Xavier would be attacked on television, Sunfire rallied the Genoshan mutants to stand besides Magneto and declare war on humankind.
As time went on the world saw many localized mutant uprisings which caused the impatient Genoshan mutants to wonder when their enigmatic leader Magneto would finally lead them into war against humankind. Then, moments later Magneto addressed his people and calling all mutants from around the world to stand beside them.
However, the X-Men also picked up the message which led them to send a small strike team consisting of Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine to try and persuade Magneto to stop. During the night when Mole was sleeping, Sunfire and Feral noticed suspicious movement in the encampment, discovering the X-Men. However, because it was night, both mutants didn't recognize the mutant heroes and inadvertently woke up the sleeping mutants who gathered round the X-Men. But just then Magneto appeared again which allowed the X-Men to sneak away. The X-Men successfully reached Magneto after which they revealed Charles Xavier was dying and could be saved if he'd help them send a message to Shi'ar empress Lilandra. Determined to help Xavier, Magneto called off the impending mutant war and left with the X-Men.
Comments: Created by Louise Simonson and Terry Shoemaker;
adapted by Mark Edwards Eden and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
In his first appearance Mole states he only has a physical mutation and no additional abilities. On Earth-616 Mole had the ability to energize anything he touches, temporarily making the matter immaterial, allowing him to pass through it.
One of the entries has been put in italic as these events had been deleted from the timestream by Cable's involvement.
On Earth-616, Mole was part of the Morlocks and although they appeared many times in X-Men: The Animated Series he was never seen among them. On a personal note, I love how this Mole has more appearances than his 616-counterpart.
When, in 2015's Secret Wars, the Multiverse was destroyed following the incursions of planets it appeared as if Reality-92131 was drafted onto Battleworld as the Westchester domain. However, this has since been debunked. As such the reality seen in the two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015 and 2016-2017) now have their own reality-designation of Earth-15730. The X-Men '92: House of XCII (2022) series was inspired by both the animated series and Hickman's House of X run but is its own separate reality. The limited series X-Men '97 (2024), however, is Reality-92131 and bridges the gap between the original X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon and the new X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Mole has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I" (main image)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I" (attacked by the Friends of Humanity)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part I" (quarantined)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (hiding from Cyclops in Skull Mesa)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" (following Sunfire's call to war)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I" (October 23, 1993) - Mark Edwards Eden (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Denis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Armando Carillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michale Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboards), Abel Laxamana, Alan Gibson, Cesar Magsombol, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Messina, Steve Simone (storyboard cleanup),AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part I" (December 11, 1993) - Mark Edwards Eden (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Denis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Armando Carillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michale Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboards), Abel Laxamana, Alan Gibson, Cesar Magsombol, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Messina, Steve Simone (storyboard cleanup),AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Time Fugitives - Part II" (December 18, 1993) - Mark Edwards Eden (writer), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (prop design), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Denis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Armando Carillo, Dan Veesenmeyer, Don Manuel, Frank Squillace, Greg Garcia, John Fox, Keith Tucker, Larry Houston, Lewis Williams, Michale Swanigan, Pat Agnasin, Patrick Archibald, Romeo Francisco, Tenny Henson, Vic Dachele (storyboards), Abel Laxamana, Alan Gibson, Cesar Magsombol, Del Barras, Romeo Lopez, Rudy Messina, Steve Simone (storyboard cleanup),AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Sanctuary - Part I" (October 21, 1995) - Steven Melching, David Dermott (writers), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Darrel Bowen, Russel Chong, Mark Lewis, Steve Olds, Frank Squillace (prop design), Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson (color key), Philip Kim, Dennis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Sue Peters (animation director), Patrick Archibald, Francis Barrios, Romeo Francisco, Curt Geda, Greg Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, Rick Hoberg, Larry Houston, Jim Janes, Doug Murphy, Tom Nesbitt, Frank Squillace, Michael Swanigan, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Patrico Aganasin, Abel Laxamana, Mark Lewis, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac, Andre Nieves, Phil Stapleton (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor), Tifany Lenhart (assistant editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Sanctuary - Part II" (October 28, 1995) - Jeff Saylor (writers), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Darrel Bowen, Russel Chong, Mark Lewis, Steve Olds, Frank Squillace (prop design), Cesar Magsombol, Frank Squillace, Wayne Schulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Trish Mendelson (color key), Philip Kim, Dennis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Sue Peters (animation director), Patrick Archibald, Francis Barrios, Romeo Francisco, Curt Geda, Greg Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, Rick Hoberg, Larry Houston, Jim Janes, Doug Murphy, Tom Nesbitt, Frank Squillace, Michael Swanigan, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Patrico Aganasin, Abel Laxamana, Mark Lewis, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac, Andre Nieves, Phil Stapleton (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sharon Janis (editor), Tifany Lenhart (assistant editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (February 17, 1996) - Mark Onspaugh (writer), Frank Brunner (model design), Mark Lewis (model design, prop design, storyboard clean-up), Darrel Bowen, Russell Chong, Steve Olds (prop design), Frank Squillance (prop design, layout design, storyboards), Cesar Magsombol, Wayne Shulz, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Patrick Archibald, Francis Barrios, Romeo Francisco, Curt Geda, Greg Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, Rick Hoberg, Jim Janes, Doug Murphy, Tom Nesbitt, Michael Swanigan, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboards), Patricio Agnasin, Abel Laxamana, Romeo Lopez, Tec Manalac, Andre Nieves, Phil Stapleton (storyboard clean-up), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Sue Peters (animation director), Larry Houston (producer, director, storyboards), Sharon Janis (associate producer, editor)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" (September 20, 1997) - James Krieg (writer), Roy Burdine, Mark Lewis (model design), James Agnasin (model clean-up), Marcos Borregales, Vadim Sokolov (prop design), Patricio Agnasin, Zhaoping Wei (layout design), Joe Dempsey, Romeo Francisco, Bob Fuentes, Rick Hoberg, Aleta Kozak Tom Nesbit, Danny Taverna, Thomas Tholen, Danilo Tolentino, Dan Veesenmeyer (storyboard design), Patricio Agnasin, Ernie Chan, Vinton Heuck, Abel Laxamana, John T. Miller, Kirk Van Wormer (storyboard clean-up), Trish Mendelson (color key), Ladonna Hannover, Trish Mendelson (ink and paint), Kelly Akins, Rey Zipagan (color backgrounds), Philippines Animation Studio Inc. (animation), Tom McLaughlin (producer)
First Posted: 05/10/2020
Last Updated: 07/26/2024
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