Well in the xmen animated series from 97 when we get to see his family and they all are wearing that as well because they are part of some group of thieves.
Look at Gambit's hands (only two fingers exposed). He charges objects through his skin (opposite of Rogue). The black part of his suit helps him control his powers.
@@JoJoOnRUclips I think because it stands out more for him as Stan points out, because his Trenchcoat makes him look less like he's wearing a onesie like the rest of them.
It's only because it looks cool. Comic book artists draw eyes in a second, it's second nature to them, but under cowls and masks they don't look good. Some artists still draw the eyes, though (e.g.recent Neal Adams,) and it looks terrible, imo.
If you want a functional reason, hiding the eyes is normal because an opponent can get a lot of tells seeing someone's eyes. A person generally will flick a glance toward where they're intending to attack. Heck, seeing the eyes can let an opponent know an insult got a reaction. This is why a lot of cops and other law enforcement wear sunglasses.
If the character has a secret identity the white eyes helps to give a sense of mystery. It's also easier to color just white than to color a tiny iris with precision with a brush. That takes extra moments, carefulnes and change to tiny brush. Slightes miss and it becomes very noticeble because viewers attention is always to the eyes. Back in the early days it was difficult to line up the colors perfectly with the inkwork in the printing process. Often the colorist chose to just make the eyes skincolored to avoid the problem.
One of the things you learn when you practice with a staff is that long hair keeps you safe. It acts like a cat's whiskers and tells you when the staff is getting too close to your head. If his cowl or whatever keeps his hair out of his face, then that's not a trivial detail. He's giving himself extra senses by taking care of his composure.
That checks out considering this checks out with warrior cultures in the past. If you study history you would be surprised the amount of cultures that valued long hair. Long hair had a variety of different pros and some cons .
These "head socks" were such a '90s thing. Some members of the X-Men, X-Factor, Cable's Six Pack and about every Image Comics character wore them at some point; just like Rob Liefeld's pouches (which actually served a practical purpose). Shatterstar from X-Force wore a sturdy, brown leather version of a head sock which actually functioned as a helmet (well, sort of).
I'm pretty sure we've seen Wolverine be burnt to a crisp (including having his hair burnt off), and then regenerating into his classic hairstyle. So the latter.
It has become so ingrained in me that Gambit just has the thing that I didn't even question it when I saw the live action version. I just accepted "Yeah, that's Gambit's outfit"
@@discmanthecdlord no that’s not the it’s actually in its own universe you can even check in marvel database x men the animated series and pryde of the x men are in their own realities
did no one see original silver surfer, spider man and his amazimg friends? we got captain america, hulk, and iron-man in those. most kids saw mandarin, modok, and mysterio for the first time outside comic books there.
So the black parts of his suit are all actually connected. This includes his gloves, pants and headsock. It’s all just one long body suit. The other pieces are tacked on, like the chest plate, boots and coat. The existence of this comic trope exists as far back as X-Men #1, where all the X-Men had a full body covering. Angel was the first to remove the skull cap. Then Cyclops. And since then, it’s mostly been an “optional” look for the X-Men.
This is basically the same thing as why Akira Toriyama introduced Super Saiyan. To save time on drawing and it happened to make the character look cool
I figured the largest reason for Gambits nearly fool body covering elements in his costume (not just his head, but arms, and most of his hands) was so him and Rogue could have an easier time touching. In ‘97, notice anytime she kisses him she either uses her own glove to protect their lips. Or she’ll kiss his cheek (which is covered by that head piece). His hands, with the exception of 3 fingers are also fully covered. Now of course, in the comics Gambit & Rogue are completely capable of touching one another skin to skin and have been for years.
I think I read somewhere in the comics that Gambit wears the bright purple body armor for the same reason batman wore the bat symbol with the yellow background. It's bright and gives criminals or opponents with guns a place to concentrate fire as a distraction. In those moments of confusion is when he takes them down 👌🏾💯
This isn't unique to Gambit. It was just a thing in earlier comics and I loved it. "Open face, open hair headgear" was donned by Cyclops (his goat costume), Sabertooth, Angel (pre-Horseman), Jean Grey. It's just part of the costume. It was really heavily used in X-men as sort of "non-masked yet costumed" superheroes. 😅
objection! Cyclops's version stops at the visor, it doesn't go up to the hairline. So really when he takes his visor off, the cloth on the back of his head should just fall down.
Functionally- keeps his hair out of his have Aesthetically- his hair splits down the middle so it works well for that as composition Lore Contrived- family trademark
Something to remember is that time you woke up in a start and it took you a second to calm down, maybe you were sweating? Maybe it happened more than once, but you weren't immediately in the appropriate state of mind to determine that you were dreaming, it took you a few seconds. It happens. Or how about that time you got black out drunk and made some very absent minded decisions. You don't remember touching this or that, but the evidence is there... Rogue has to have her entire body covered, because if she so much as accidentally touches you, well. You know. Imagine touching her eye, wtf... I can only assume it's similar for Gambit, anything he physically touches can become supercharged, it's why his gloves are only partly fingerless. If he needed the whole glove to be fingerless, he could simply explode it off. As someone who frequently enjoys indulging in the occasional substance or two, I am comfortable in saying that it's possible that it's probably to keep him from, I don't know, getting drunk, having a bad dream, and exploding the god damn bed in his sleep. It's a fair assumption, when you consider how many different ways that could happen in the Marvel universe, anything from Jean projecting her own bad dream from down the hall, all the way to a demon bear saw an opportunity to give you bad dreams, and so on. His childhood must have been a real bitch, huh? Imagine how often that must have happened before he decided to go with that, I believe he's had that look since his first official appearance, can you imagine it as an item they sell exclusively in the Marvel Universe? If it's not, then howcome Gambit isn't making money selling these things, there's clearly a market for them.
i don't think anybody thought Gambit talked funny until Deadpool started saying it, i literally never heard anybody in irl or any story where Gambit was in it saw anybody say this
cajun accents are like THE funniest weirdest accent, and because they're a tiny group nobody likes (they got kicked out of french canada for being so unlikeable) there's nobody whining that it's unPC to make fun of them. That combined with the fact that almost nobody talks that way anymore (just like nobody has that 'southern belle' dialect Rogue's sporting anymore) makes it increasingly hard to find anyone who can understand it.
As a comic book artist I can also add that it helps center the face when you draw the head. The Image guys like Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri and Whilce Portacio also started adding jackets and coats to replace capes and accesorize the costumes. It's especially with Rogue and Gambit's case in which her jacket and his trenchcoat IS essential to their look.
I love how Channing Tatum's costume has the headpiece despite it being totally unnecessary and even weird looking in a live-action context. One of the things that helped the MCU go over with fans was the characters looking and acting like their comic selves.
It would make a lot more sense if it did cover his ears. Having built in ear protection when your power is making things blow up would make a lot of sense and help with the not drawing ears thing.
Yes, it is an armor said that was established by forge and also, you left out. It was actually armor invented by Mr. Fantastic. Mr. Fantastic was the one who invented the armor maintenance so that their skin tights were not only bulletproof against. A small arms fire, but they were also, as you said, pressure suits. I hope the Future fantastic four and x men mov8es explain this
i always like this stuff because like, comic book artists don't tend to make up much out of whole cloth. Everything's made out of something legit, because they mostly used references and had really rigid training for consistency. What I wanna know is what his armor is, that stuff is cool, especially the boots. I used to think Scarlet Spider was wearing a breastplate, because the way McFarlane drew it made it look metallic and ribbed. Anyway I would say Gambit is wearing something with superhero-mask "math" if you will. You take a 'cowl' which has always been in superhero stuff (the original x-men wore them, the kind without a nose cover unlike batman and space ghost and daredevil) , you remove the 'zorro mask' part, now you have Cyclops's cowl from the old days, or The Whizzer's classic outfit. Then you chop off the top so his hair can poke out, BUT you leave the forehead band in place (otherwise you get 90s Cyclops)
In the BTS of Deadpool and Wolverine, you see that Hugh Jackman actually wears something like this for his Wolverine mask. Like a head sock. Then the front piece (that has the nose and wings) slides into place and you get the full mask. It’s a solid base.
My headcanon was that Gambits "headbrace" was a security feature that prevented his head from accidentally getting charged by his powers and exploding.
I forget entirely if I was told this or if I just made it up my self but when I was a kid watching the early 90s show, I had the impression it was some kind of containment suit, which also expained why he dressed differently than the other Xmen, and seemed to tend to stay in costume even in casual time. I think it was something about preventing him from accidentally "charging" things he didn't intend to. It is possible that if I just made it up it was because his gloves conceal two out of his five fingers, I do know when I was a kid I thought his power had something to do with skin touching skin, so the glove would keep his pinky from touching his ring finger, and his index finger from touching his middle finger. I think in my head it all came down to kind of an inversion of Rogue's ability, which I think I assumed was why they liked each other. She pulls the energy out of anything she touches, he crams energy in to what ever he touches. I know thats not actually what he does but it was me as a kid watching a cartoon show.
it was fkn hilarious how they made gambit speak and behave in DP3 also ..dude was obviously not "the original" as he would not end up with all the others
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Capes are in there as well - they're dramatic, and allow the artist to indicate movement in a static medium by the way it whips around the character's body.
The Gambit is the lightweight full-face helmet in their portfolio and was designed to provide the highest possible level of comfort and ventilation without compromising on protection.
I always thought it had something to do with the fact he couldn't touch things that weren't specially treated, so it reduced the space he could do it by accident. Like his gloves.
The Head piece is part of a onesie of their outfit. It’s like wearing a wet suit that is flame retardant and static resistant. It helps characters like Gambit control his kinetic energy, or Jean Grey with her telekinetic powers, or Havoc focus his cosmic energy. There’s many others. If you go back and look at the original X-Men Blue team you’ll see they had those covering their entire heads like masked hoods. It’s their team’s tights. Like Fantastic Four the uniforms are durable to their abilities. It’s a protective layer! Plus they evolved into what they wear now. As they get older you watch them going away from those uniforms as mutants are being hunted and the X-men are divided.
Pretty much same reason many superheroes wear capes in comics. Sure, it's a great way to show direction of motion and has dramatic effect but mostly it's to cover body details that takes too long to draw. Spawn for example usually has a VERY detailed costume but having his cape cover everything 95% of the time makes it much quicker to get the work done.
As a real world use, I would say a wicking headpiece that has areas cut out. The wicking function absorbs sweat, which would be nice in the south and would help hide his face from the side in shadows. Honestly for the life of me, I have never figured out why Disney and WB never made a deal with underarmor. Their material is wicking and has that smooth polish superhero outfit look and is in a real person's budget. Hell that's what they should have used for Hollands home Meade Spiderman outfit in Homecoming. But I digress. Also when looking at gambit's gloves, they are just pool gloves just with a alternate cut instead of it being the thumb, index and middle finger that is covered. Which tactically gives him the choice if he needs to feel for something or not leave finger prints.
One of the most recent examples of this showing up, not in X-Men, is Mercy from Overwatch. She wears one, though it doesn't cover her forehead. I always assumed it was part of a flight suit or some form of a balaclava, something that helps the helmet fit over your head, but then your hair gets in the way.
Actually, the 2022 Gambit miniseries written by Chris Claremont specifically addresses Gambit's attire, including the face mask. It is alien armor that protects against high impact assaults, such as bullets, but doesn't do much to protect against the smaller attacks like a punch or knife.
Was going to say X-men have been out since before the 90’s… but after doing a google search. It seems the headgear style in question started in the 90’s, as even cyclops in the 80’s was style wearing the full head cover, it was in the 90s that he started exposing his hair in the uniform
Now that you mention it, having it cover the jugular, back of the head , would give them protection against attacks to the throat and being open at the crown means you won’t be sweating as much.
Same reason school aged main characters in anime are always sat next to a window or the way back. It provides for some good cinematography and is easier for the background artists.
I always figured as a theives guild thing, its part of a full mask setup so that the head thing allows for a airtight seal, think gas mask type thing etc. so as theives, part of a more “ninja” type head/face mask and he just doesnt wear the mask part but kept the head sock for the look and light armor it provides.
Rogue wears gloves to protect others from coming into contact with her skin, I always figured the headsock was for the same reason. Only some of his fingers are exposed, I assumed in order to better direct his energizing powers.
I like to think that, aside from environmental protection or armor, it could have helped to limit his psionic abilities a bit so he didn’t get too destructive.
Gambit's looks separate because the armor and coat, but his outfit is a black version of the superhero suit with the breastplate and coat on top of it.
I think it is an extension of his costume. according to Gambit, himself. he wears the costume he does to mask his heat signature to sensors when he is trying to sneak into places to steal things. also, if you pay attention to the specific fingers on his hand that is covered he has the fingers covered that he would use to crack a safe and not leave fingerprints or any kind of oil impression from his hands.
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Fair point, editing took an embarrassingly long time
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Well in the xmen animated series from 97 when we get to see his family and they all are wearing that as well because they are part of some group of thieves.
Look at Gambit's hands (only two fingers exposed). He charges objects through his skin (opposite of Rogue). The black part of his suit helps him control his powers.
Hmm interesting never thought of it that way.
@@brendeng618 Remember the suit Professor X made for Havok in "X-Men - First Class"? It's the same idea.
Oh ya that makes sense great movie!
seems like if you were a thief you would want to cover your face and not every part of the head but the face.
Uhh, it's him, Angel, Jean, Cyclops, Havok, Polaris. It's a pretty common look among the X-Men.
Yet Gambit's is the only one anyone really talks about.
Not just the Xmen. Some non-mutants wear a variation of it as well.
Take superior iron man when you remove his helmet. It kinda looks similar.
Wolverine's hairline does that on its own
Sabertooth has been drawn with one as well except his ears are covered yet visible.
@@JoJoOnRUclips I think because it stands out more for him as Stan points out, because his Trenchcoat makes him look less like he's wearing a onesie like the rest of them.
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It's the same reason Batman and Wolverine have white-eyed cowls: they look cool and make things easier for the artists.
It's only because it looks cool. Comic book artists draw eyes in a second, it's second nature to them, but under cowls and masks they don't look good. Some artists still draw the eyes, though (e.g.recent Neal Adams,) and it looks terrible, imo.
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If you want a functional reason, hiding the eyes is normal because an opponent can get a lot of tells seeing someone's eyes. A person generally will flick a glance toward where they're intending to attack. Heck, seeing the eyes can let an opponent know an insult got a reaction. This is why a lot of cops and other law enforcement wear sunglasses.
@@Tiewazwtf are you on about? Stop smoking crack. 🤦🏿♂️ 😂😂
If the character has a secret identity the white eyes helps to give a sense of mystery. It's also easier to color just white than to color a tiny iris with precision with a brush. That takes extra moments, carefulnes and change to tiny brush. Slightes miss and it becomes very noticeble because viewers attention is always to the eyes. Back in the early days it was difficult to line up the colors perfectly with the inkwork in the printing process. Often the colorist chose to just make the eyes skincolored to avoid the problem.
You finally got around to the real reason, it makes the artists job easier and less costly for the ink.
One of the things you learn when you practice with a staff is that long hair keeps you safe. It acts like a cat's whiskers and tells you when the staff is getting too close to your head. If his cowl or whatever keeps his hair out of his face, then that's not a trivial detail. He's giving himself extra senses by taking care of his composure.
hehe fun, curious where info from tho
It's an interesting theory
That checks out considering this checks out with warrior cultures in the past. If you study history you would be surprised the amount of cultures that valued long hair. Long hair had a variety of different pros and some cons .
These "head socks" were such a '90s thing.
Some members of the X-Men, X-Factor, Cable's Six Pack and about every Image Comics character wore them at some point; just like Rob Liefeld's pouches (which actually served a practical purpose).
Shatterstar from X-Force wore a sturdy, brown leather version of a head sock which actually functioned as a helmet (well, sort of).
Now the question is, is Wolverine’s hairdo a result of him wearing the mask or did his hairstyle influence the design of the mask?
The second one.
Why not both
reminds me of a stupid little drawing i did once of batman taking his cowl off and his hair has gotten mushed into the bat ears so it's sticking up.
Right? Been wondering about that my whole life
I'm pretty sure we've seen Wolverine be burnt to a crisp (including having his hair burnt off), and then regenerating into his classic hairstyle. So the latter.
It has become so ingrained in me that Gambit just has the thing that I didn't even question it when I saw the live action version. I just accepted "Yeah, that's Gambit's outfit"
"Purple plastic abs"
Uh, that's pink...
@0:10 not the oldest one
Yes that’s true before that one we had the cancelled pryde of the x men
@@theteddyshow6379interesting. I thought that was the actual pilot. Great info 🙏
@@hornedgod2873I mean it technically counts as a pilot for 1997 cartoon
@@discmanthecdlord no that’s not the it’s actually in its own universe you can even check in marvel database x men the animated series and pryde of the x men are in their own realities
did no one see original silver surfer, spider man and his amazimg friends? we got captain america, hulk, and iron-man in those. most kids saw mandarin, modok, and mysterio for the first time outside comic books there.
So the black parts of his suit are all actually connected. This includes his gloves, pants and headsock. It’s all just one long body suit. The other pieces are tacked on, like the chest plate, boots and coat. The existence of this comic trope exists as far back as X-Men #1, where all the X-Men had a full body covering. Angel was the first to remove the skull cap. Then Cyclops. And since then, it’s mostly been an “optional” look for the X-Men.
This is basically the same thing as why Akira Toriyama introduced Super Saiyan. To save time on drawing and it happened to make the character look cool
I figured the largest reason for Gambits nearly fool body covering elements in his costume (not just his head, but arms, and most of his hands) was so him and Rogue could have an easier time touching. In ‘97, notice anytime she kisses him she either uses her own glove to protect their lips. Or she’ll kiss his cheek (which is covered by that head piece). His hands, with the exception of 3 fingers are also fully covered. Now of course, in the comics Gambit & Rogue are completely capable of touching one another skin to skin and have been for years.
It was a common headgear during Jim Lee’s run. Gambit, Havok (as a Genoshan soldier and when he joined X Factor), Polaris, Sabretooth to name a few.
I have no problems with that I'm just wondering why it looks like hard rubber on Channing 😭 it reminds me too much of Clooney Batman
yeah it wasnt a great success but they tried
(Sigh)
To please the fanboys or not?
The costume just didn't look right in the movie it look like cosplay😅
Probably because practically, an elastic headband is pretty hard to get to stay in one place. A form-fitted rubber thing will stay where you put it.
It's just a headsock... End of story.
I think I read somewhere in the comics that Gambit wears the bright purple body armor for the same reason batman wore the bat symbol with the yellow background. It's bright and gives criminals or opponents with guns a place to concentrate fire as a distraction. In those moments of confusion is when he takes them down 👌🏾💯
That movie isn't even a spoiler anymore.
It is
@@airrider-jk9ik Highest selling R rated movie + Gamibit meme, everybody has seen it
@@airrider-jk9ikyou had time to watch it
@@Half_Bl00d_H3R0 I have seen it
It’s still spoilers
it doesnt take a day to do research, edit and do voice overs. it was a spoiler when this was made, it isnt anymore.
It's the thief guild uniform right?
Remember it in the old 1996 Xmen cartoon where all the thieves wore it, the group he originated from.
Isn't it part of the thieve's guild armor? (That they wear a gas mask over.)
It always reminded me of the head gear greco roman wrestlers wear.
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This isn't unique to Gambit. It was just a thing in earlier comics and I loved it. "Open face, open hair headgear" was donned by Cyclops (his goat costume), Sabertooth, Angel (pre-Horseman), Jean Grey. It's just part of the costume. It was really heavily used in X-men as sort of "non-masked yet costumed" superheroes. 😅
objection! Cyclops's version stops at the visor, it doesn't go up to the hairline. So really when he takes his visor off, the cloth on the back of his head should just fall down.
Mentioned in the video, even cited more than you.
Seeing people refer to 90s comic as "earlier" makes me feel old. I mean, you're not *wrong* though.
It looks like a ski mask that has been cut.
Sometimes the only reason for something it's only function is it looks cool
True, and with superheroes, that's most of the time :p
It didn't look cool in live action😅
Functionally- keeps his hair out of his have
Aesthetically- his hair splits down the middle so it works well for that as composition
Lore Contrived- family trademark
Finally someone is talking about it
TIL Gambit's headgear was inspired by Flash Gordon. Amazing.
1:56 "Mutants, aliens, or whatever this thing is" He's actually a mutant alien. Really. His name's Warlock (no, not that one)
2nd Hokage wields it better.
0:49 that’s soooo smart^^^ more people need to say this in their videos lol
i thought he was just insecure about his forehead
I am insecure about my forehead.
@@biancaluedeker me too!
Btw his Body armor was NOT pink , purple nor red its MAGENTA like spider gwen , Jubilee , & on Archangels costume. It made him unique .
Gambit got on that kodak black sheisty mask
Something to remember is that time you woke up in a start and it took you a second to calm down, maybe you were sweating? Maybe it happened more than once, but you weren't immediately in the appropriate state of mind to determine that you were dreaming, it took you a few seconds. It happens. Or how about that time you got black out drunk and made some very absent minded decisions. You don't remember touching this or that, but the evidence is there... Rogue has to have her entire body covered, because if she so much as accidentally touches you, well. You know. Imagine touching her eye, wtf... I can only assume it's similar for Gambit, anything he physically touches can become supercharged, it's why his gloves are only partly fingerless. If he needed the whole glove to be fingerless, he could simply explode it off. As someone who frequently enjoys indulging in the occasional substance or two, I am comfortable in saying that it's possible that it's probably to keep him from, I don't know, getting drunk, having a bad dream, and exploding the god damn bed in his sleep. It's a fair assumption, when you consider how many different ways that could happen in the Marvel universe, anything from Jean projecting her own bad dream from down the hall, all the way to a demon bear saw an opportunity to give you bad dreams, and so on. His childhood must have been a real bitch, huh? Imagine how often that must have happened before he decided to go with that, I believe he's had that look since his first official appearance, can you imagine it as an item they sell exclusively in the Marvel Universe? If it's not, then howcome Gambit isn't making money selling these things, there's clearly a market for them.
i don't think anybody thought Gambit talked funny until Deadpool started saying it, i literally never heard anybody in irl or any story where Gambit was in it saw anybody say this
Well I did but I often struggle with accents, so take it with a grain of salt.
They did. When I was a kid, my friends and I would mock the accent
It's a weirdly uncommon Louisiana accent I found it cute
cajun accents are like THE funniest weirdest accent, and because they're a tiny group nobody likes (they got kicked out of french canada for being so unlikeable) there's nobody whining that it's unPC to make fun of them. That combined with the fact that almost nobody talks that way anymore (just like nobody has that 'southern belle' dialect Rogue's sporting anymore) makes it increasingly hard to find anyone who can understand it.
In the movie he got shot a lot during the battle in the void, so take that fact and its thickness, and can be interpretated as a body armor.
As a comic book artist I can also add that it helps center the face when you draw the head. The Image guys like Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri and Whilce Portacio also started adding jackets and coats to replace capes and accesorize the costumes. It's especially with Rogue and Gambit's case in which her jacket and his trenchcoat IS essential to their look.
3:12 comic accurate height of wolverine
I love how Channing Tatum's costume has the headpiece despite it being totally unnecessary and even weird looking in a live-action context. One of the things that helped the MCU go over with fans was the characters looking and acting like their comic selves.
Its cleary a thingamajig doohickey yokeamebob, they sell them everywhere.
It would make a lot more sense if it did cover his ears. Having built in ear protection when your power is making things blow up would make a lot of sense and help with the not drawing ears thing.
Yes, it is an armor said that was established by forge and also, you left out. It was actually armor invented by Mr. Fantastic. Mr. Fantastic was the one who invented the armor maintenance so that their skin tights were not only bulletproof against. A small arms fire, but they were also, as you said, pressure suits. I hope the Future fantastic four and x men mov8es explain this
2:22 So that is why they are immune to cold because I really don’t know why some mutants in marvel are kill able and most are not.
Coif is correct pronounced both ways because i said so
The title and opening are perfect. I think we all thought it but never seen a video about it. Lovely!
i always like this stuff because like, comic book artists don't tend to make up much out of whole cloth. Everything's made out of something legit, because they mostly used references and had really rigid training for consistency.
What I wanna know is what his armor is, that stuff is cool, especially the boots. I used to think Scarlet Spider was wearing a breastplate, because the way McFarlane drew it made it look metallic and ribbed.
Anyway I would say Gambit is wearing something with superhero-mask "math" if you will.
You take a 'cowl' which has always been in superhero stuff (the original x-men wore them, the kind without a nose cover unlike batman and space ghost and daredevil) , you remove the 'zorro mask' part, now you have Cyclops's cowl from the old days, or The Whizzer's classic outfit.
Then you chop off the top so his hair can poke out, BUT you leave the forehead band in place (otherwise you get 90s Cyclops)
Ngl when DCUO came out and had this as a costume option I was ecstatic because that was one of my favorite character designs growing up as a kid.
Mr sinister did surgery on him removing a large piece of his brain cause he couldn’t control his abilities just covers his scar
In the BTS of Deadpool and Wolverine, you see that Hugh Jackman actually wears something like this for his Wolverine mask. Like a head sock. Then the front piece (that has the nose and wings) slides into place and you get the full mask. It’s a solid base.
My headcanon was that Gambits "headbrace" was a security feature that prevented his head from accidentally getting charged by his powers and exploding.
"Meh, it was the '90's" can explain away a lot of things.
I forget entirely if I was told this or if I just made it up my self but when I was a kid watching the early 90s show, I had the impression it was some kind of containment suit, which also expained why he dressed differently than the other Xmen, and seemed to tend to stay in costume even in casual time. I think it was something about preventing him from accidentally "charging" things he didn't intend to. It is possible that if I just made it up it was because his gloves conceal two out of his five fingers, I do know when I was a kid I thought his power had something to do with skin touching skin, so the glove would keep his pinky from touching his ring finger, and his index finger from touching his middle finger.
I think in my head it all came down to kind of an inversion of Rogue's ability, which I think I assumed was why they liked each other. She pulls the energy out of anything she touches, he crams energy in to what ever he touches. I know thats not actually what he does but it was me as a kid watching a cartoon show.
it was fkn hilarious how they made gambit speak and behave in DP3
also ..dude was obviously not "the original" as he would not end up with all the others
It's a form-fitting, padded cowl.
Of course, Gambit can’t let things be easy for the artists so he cut ear holes in his headsock. 😂
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Capes are in there as well - they're dramatic, and allow the artist to indicate movement in a static medium by the way it whips around the character's body.
The Gambit is the lightweight full-face helmet in their portfolio and was designed to provide the highest possible level of comfort and ventilation without compromising on protection.
I like to think it's a normal balaclava from his thief days, but he ripped the top open so it wouldn't mess up his hair.
I always thought it had something to do with the fact he couldn't touch things that weren't specially treated, so it reduced the space he could do it by accident. Like his gloves.
Thumbs up for the conclusion: "it's so they don't have to draw ears"
Feels like the super hero mask that got devolved until it was useless. Shows the mouth then hair then face then eyes.
The Head piece is part of a onesie of their outfit. It’s like wearing a wet suit that is flame retardant and static resistant. It helps characters like Gambit control his kinetic energy, or Jean Grey with her telekinetic powers, or Havoc focus his cosmic energy. There’s many others. If you go back and look at the original X-Men Blue team you’ll see they had those covering their entire heads like masked hoods. It’s their team’s tights. Like Fantastic Four the uniforms are durable to their abilities. It’s a protective layer! Plus they evolved into what they wear now. As they get older you watch them going away from those uniforms as mutants are being hunted and the X-men are divided.
Pretty much same reason many superheroes wear capes in comics. Sure, it's a great way to show direction of motion and has dramatic effect but mostly it's to cover body details that takes too long to draw. Spawn for example usually has a VERY detailed costume but having his cape cover everything 95% of the time makes it much quicker to get the work done.
As a real world use, I would say a wicking headpiece that has areas cut out. The wicking function absorbs sweat, which would be nice in the south and would help hide his face from the side in shadows. Honestly for the life of me, I have never figured out why Disney and WB never made a deal with underarmor. Their material is wicking and has that smooth polish superhero outfit look and is in a real person's budget. Hell that's what they should have used for Hollands home Meade Spiderman outfit in Homecoming. But I digress. Also when looking at gambit's gloves, they are just pool gloves just with a alternate cut instead of it being the thumb, index and middle finger that is covered. Which tactically gives him the choice if he needs to feel for something or not leave finger prints.
Once you showed the old Flash Gordon comics, that just made it all make sense. This is a comic trope.
100% answered my question. Thank you
From a person growing up thinking the same thing, thank you
One of the most recent examples of this showing up, not in X-Men, is Mercy from Overwatch. She wears one, though it doesn't cover her forehead. I always assumed it was part of a flight suit or some form of a balaclava, something that helps the helmet fit over your head, but then your hair gets in the way.
Actually, the 2022 Gambit miniseries written by Chris Claremont specifically addresses Gambit's attire, including the face mask. It is alien armor that protects against high impact assaults, such as bullets, but doesn't do much to protect against the smaller attacks like a punch or knife.
Was going to say X-men have been out since before the 90’s… but after doing a google search. It seems the headgear style in question started in the 90’s, as even cyclops in the 80’s was style wearing the full head cover, it was in the 90s that he started exposing his hair in the uniform
Or he just wants to protect his neck and ears from the cold and maybe even all the noise during the fights.
A member of the thieves guild must have his armor.
Wasn't THE oldest, but was the oldest that was actually cool.
Now that you mention it, having it cover the jugular, back of the head , would give them protection against attacks to the throat and being open at the crown means you won’t be sweating as much.
Hey, Gambit’s pink armor is awesome! It’s bulletproof after all!
Thank you for this. I thought I was the only one wondering.
Thanks!! I always wondered what was that... Internet is such a great place 🙌🏻
I'd like to imagine that it's body armor fitted like a wet suit, but Gambit didn't like how it messes with his hair, so he cut the top off.
"Answer is: Some 90's comic design crap. Dont ask. It won't make sense." - Cable
The in canon answer is that in the thieves guild that gambit was a part of the all wore that, and I guess he liked it.
I always thought it was some kind of cowl.
Something to keep the sweat off of his face when he's in battle and throwing cards
Same reason school aged main characters in anime are always sat next to a window or the way back. It provides for some good cinematography and is easier for the background artists.
1:57 Shapeshifting techno-organic mutant alien.
aaahhh cropped tank top Gambit, always a sight for sore eyes, thanks for the refresher 😍
my research in my twenties led me to call it a diadem, but like a tactical variation
He was raised by a thief guild. Perhaps it was customary.
Chatting Tatum loooks so goofy as gambit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I always figured as a theives guild thing, its part of a full mask setup so that the head thing allows for a airtight seal, think gas mask type thing etc. so as theives, part of a more “ninja” type head/face mask and he just doesnt wear the mask part but kept the head sock for the look and light armor it provides.
I read a comic saying that it was armor, specifically againts bullets. That it works really well... As long as it's not going directly to his face
Gambit's head gear originates, like a lot of Superhero costume visuals, from Flash Gordon.
Rogue wears gloves to protect others from coming into contact with her skin, I always figured the headsock was for the same reason. Only some of his fingers are exposed, I assumed in order to better direct his energizing powers.
I like to think that, aside from environmental protection or armor, it could have helped to limit his psionic abilities a bit so he didn’t get too destructive.
Gambit's looks separate because the armor and coat, but his outfit is a black version of the superhero suit with the breastplate and coat on top of it.
I think it is an extension of his costume. according to Gambit, himself. he wears the costume he does to mask his heat signature to sensors when he is trying to sneak into places to steal things. also, if you pay attention to the specific fingers on his hand that is covered he has the fingers covered that he would use to crack a safe and not leave fingerprints or any kind of oil impression from his hands.
seems strange to target gambit when most of them have something weird on their heads lol
For years, I've been wondering what that mask thing was even called