5 Gross X-Men We Never Want on the Big Screen

When the X-Men first launched, the flashiest powerset was lasers from the eyes or a guy who looked like a walking snowman making ice slides. Indeed, telepathy and a more-acrobatic-than-average guy aren't exactly begging for big-budget special effects.

Since the X-Men film franchise launched, we've seen increasingly impressive displays of mutant abilities, from Nightcrawler's epic teleportation-fueled White House attack at the start of X2, the flaming telekinetic attack of Jean Grey in the otherwise much-maligned The Last Stand, to the truly spectacular Quicksilver scene in last year's Days of Future Past (not to mention everything featuring Blink). With production for X-Men: Apocalypse officially underway and new mutants sure to appear, the natural mind goes to all the exciting powersets and new scenes we might get to see on the big screen next.

But that's what everyone is talking about! Instead, we want to look at five powers (and by extension, the characters who have had them) that we never want to see on screen. They say everyone is someone's favorite character, but these five, and their accompanying powers, may be pushing that credo.

Maggot

Okay, this one might be a bit too easy, as he's probably the most universal punching bag in the X-Men family. But sometimes these things happen because people are right. You see, Maggot's power is that he has two giant slug-looking Maggots that serve as his digestive system, outside his body. Indeed, imagine Japheth takes you out to dinner. He orders a nice steak, then slaps a giant black slug on the table and you watch it slurp up the steak – and the plate – and the silverware – and the table. Then, when it's done, he pushes it back into his stomach. Yum. Indeed, Maggot, you can stay on the sidelines when it comes to the films. Here he is, powered up – and grosser than ever.

Skin

I'm not picking on Scott Lobdell and Joe Madureira here, I swear - they had some great stories in their X-Men runs! It just so happens that they created some characters with some pretty nasty looking powers. Skin is one of those guys who didn't get super creative when it came to his name. It would be like if Nightcrawler's code name was instead "Blue Teleporter" or if Charles Xavier rolled around calling himself "Telepathic Mind." Yes, Skin's actual mutant power is that he has excessive skin, like six feet of it, which he can stretch and use to, um, be gross. 6 feet of grey skin – we can skip that one. If you want a terrible interpretation of this and all the other characters involved, check out the Generation X tv movie!

Sugar Man

I'M SORRY, LOBDELL! Yes, once again a Scott Lobdell creation (this one with Chris Bachalo), this is one we could actually see hit the screen, as he had a major role in the Age of Apocalypse crossover (and for years following). But man is he nasty looking. Sugar Man looks a bit like I used to draw people when I was in pre-school (c'mon, you did this too): he has no torso to speak of, just legs and arms coming right out of his giant ball-shaped face. As for those arms, he has four of them. He also has a long tongue that can cut or shock people. The big key to Sugar Man though is his genetics prowess, a key to Apocalypse executing his dominance upon the world. Of course, that's a role also often carried out by the much less disgusting looking Mr. Sinister, soooo let's use him instead, huh?

Snot

"Hey, let's name ourselves after our disgusting powers!" – Snot, at a meeting with Skin and Maggot.

His name is Snot (real name never revealed). His superpower is super-sticky mucus, which he shoots out with a super powerful sneeze. Yes, we secretly love this character and hope he shows up on screen just for the ridiculousness of him. But come on, super snot? That's pretty gross.

Mole

Sensing a theme? Yes, four out of our five here bear names that tell you all there is to know about them. Mole looked like a mole, and could tunnel through anything. Mole. In fact, most of the Morlocks can probably stay off the big screen.