(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island") - Warpath, Avalanche, Rictor and other slave-workers were in for a shock when three of the X-Men: Storm, Gambit and Jubilee were also imprisoned and forced to work alongside them. However, when the Magistrates deactivated the collars Storm immediately tried to escape and was quickly rendered immobile by a Sentinel and placed in the "box" (isolation). Not long after, the slave-workers once again stopped work when the Magistrates noticed a fire in the nearby forest (courtesy of time traveler Cable), to be safe all slave-workers were returned to their cells.

   That night, the slave-workers were woken by the optimistic Jubilee, who escaped her cell and urged the mutants to join an uprising. Warpath and the others refused, believing they would be released when the work on the dam was finished. However, the following morning morale had shifted as the mutants told Jubilee they would join the uprising. Sadly Jubilee's uprising failed when she proved unable to deactivate the power-dampening collars.

(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" - BTS) - The following day, Gambit acquired the power-dampening collar's key, freed his friends and together agreed to free the slave-workers.

(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island") - Warpath, Caliban, Mystique and many other slave-workers were shocked when the X-Men returned, successfully deactivating the power-dampening collars. Freed, Warpath and the others joined the X-Men in their fight against the Magistrates and Sentinels. Having defeated them, Jubilee urged the former slaves to help them deal with the Sentinel factory. Sunfire, speaking for the former slaves refused reminding her of their last failed uprising and explained they would take over Genosha as a whole after which they left. To deal with the Sentinel factory, Storm then summoned a powerful storm causing the dam to collapse and destroy the factory.

(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day" - BTS) - Warpath had apparently stayed in Genosha where the former slave-workers had built their own civilization who viewed Magneto as their leader.

(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Graduation Day") - When mutant uprisings were seen throughout the world following the televised attack on Charles Xavier over a "mutant containment bill", many of the Genoshan mutants impatiently wondered 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 Warpath was seen sleeping next to Copycat and Arclight the of the Genoshan mutants 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.

(X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Motendo" - BTS) - When X-Man Jubilee and newcomer Sunspot were abducted by the interdimensional Mojo they found themselves in a video game with levels based off of Jubilee's memories. In one of those levels, Jubilee and Sunspot witnessed enslaved mutants such as Warpath, Domino, Blob and Sunfire constructing the Genoshan dam.

Comments: Created by Chris Claremont and Sal Buscema;
    adapted by Mark Edward Edens and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)

Warpath has the dubious honor of appearing in the opening of the X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon next to X-Men villains such as Juggernaut and Sabretooth. Comic Book Legends Revealed's Brian Cronin asked Eric Lewald about his appearance alongside the villains, Larry Houston, who designed the credits with Will Meugniot, needed balance, and there were too many good guys on the left of the screen. So he added in some characters from an early episode where the X-Men visit Genosha. The guy with the big pink head was also added from that episode. However, when the animated series returned in 2024 as X-Men '97 he, and the unidentified guy with the big pink head were replaced by the White Queen (Emma Frost) and Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama).

Eric and Julia Lewald's book the X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series printed the original model sheet for the character, revealing he was in fact Warpath.

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.

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CLARIFICATIONS:
Warpath has no known connections to

• Warpath, the original this version was based on--New Mutants I#16
• or any other alternate Warpath

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X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p58 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" (closeup)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" (attacking Magistrates)

Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Slave Island" (February 13, 1993) - Mark Edward Edens (writer), Kathi Castillo, Rick Hoberg, Louis Williams (model design), Thibault Descamps, Steve Olds (prop design), Steve Olds (layout design), Jeff Richards, Dennis Venizelos (background design), Flavia Mitman, Trish Medelson (color key design), Dan Gausett, Michael Swanigan, Romeo Francisco, Douglas P. Battle, Clint Taylor, Grey Garcia, Adrian Gonzales, John Ahern, Armando Carillo (storyboard directors), Fred Carillo, Pat Agnasin, Rudy Mesina, Cesar Magsombal, Steve Simone, Abel Laxamana (storyboard cleanup), AKOM Productions (animation studio), Eric Lewald (story 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)
X-Men '97: The Animated Series cartoon - "Motendo" (April 3, 2024) - Beau DeMayo, Charley Feldman (writers), Chase Conley (director), Roger Oda (art director), David Maximo (assistant director), Naseer Pasha (animation lead), Jarret Ballard, Christopher Graybill, Marisa Ledina, Anthony Martin, Russell McCoy, David Miller III (composite artists), Marty Walker (lead retake animator), John Berry, Fabian Corona, Allister Jones, Chayadoll Lomtong, Daisy Schofield (retake animators), Jon Davies (pixel animator), Walter Kim, Derek Kosol, Mark Taihei, Adri Torres (prop designers), Martin Britt, Jerry Gaylord, Ibraheem Jara (storyboard artists), Justin Brown, Amber Blade Jones, Jordan Willis (storyboard revisionists), Marvel Studios (animation), Beau DeMayo, Victoria Alonso, Louis D'Esposito, Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum (executive producer), Dana Vasquez-Eberhard (co-executive producter)

First Posted: 05/01/2020
Last Updated: 07/26/2024

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