ANDREW HOUSTON
Earth-92131
Real Name: Andrew Houston
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-92131) human mutant
Occupation: Student
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Nicole Brunner, Cyclops (Scott Summers), Dr. Taylor Prescott, Professor Charles Xavier
Enemies: None
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Unrevealed;
formerly temporarily Xavier's School for the Gifted, Westchester, New York
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (February 17, 1996)
Powers/Abilities: Andrew possessed the mutant ability to energize objects and living matter with sparkling energy, causing them to emit a glowing crystalline-like radiance.
Height: Unrevealed (4'5" by approximation)
Weight: Unrevealed (75 lbs. by approximation)
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" - BTS) - Andrew was a young mutant boy who, alongside the young mutant Nicole, came under the tutelage of Dr. Taylor Prescott, a man who strongly believed in peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (fb)) - One day, Dr. Prescott brought Andrew and Nicole to meet Charles Xavier and his recently formed X-Men. Prescott and Xavier shared the belief that humans and mutants could one day live together in harmony. Upon meeting Xavier and a young Cyclops, Prescott encouraged the children to demonstrate their mutant gifts. Andrew used his powers to energize a plant, causing it to glow with sparkling energy, after which Nicole used her abilities to create a crystalline patch of grass across the school floor. Unable to fully control her powers, Nicole's creation rapidly spread across the tiled floor and up the walls until Cyclops halted its growth with a quick optic blast. Startled by the sudden attack, Andrew and Nicole quickly rushed back toward Dr. Prescott. Charles Xavier then gently extended his hand toward Andrew, offering to help teach and guide the children.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (fb) - BTS) - Years later, both Andrew and Nicole had matured and significantly refined their mutant abilities. Upon learning Cyclops intended to visit their former mentor Dr. Prescott in order to investigate the mutant community he had established in Skull Mesa, the pair used their powers to create a small crystalline statue depicting themselves standing beside Prescott for Cyclops to present to him as a gift.
Comments: Created by Mark Onspaugh and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
Andrew was an original character created for the show. According to statements found within the wonderful book X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, the characters Andrew and Nicole were named after real-life family members connected to the production staff. Andrew's name was taken from Andrew Houston, the son of supervising director Larry Houston, while Nicole was named after Nicole Brunner, daughter of artist Frank Brunner. The modelsheet for Andrew reveals he was originally meant to be called Jim.
Although never explicitly confirmed, it was strongly implied that Andrew and Nicole remained at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in order to further develop and learn to control their mutant abilities.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Andrew Houston has no known connections to
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X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p262 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (using powers)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Secrets, Not Long Buried" (energized plant)
Appearances:
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)
First Posted: 06/28/2026
Last Updated: 06/28/2026
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