TIMBERIUS
Earth-92131
Real Name: Unrevealed
Identity/Class: Alternate Earth (Earth-92131), human mutate
Occupation: Subversive
Group Membership: Savage Land Mutates (Amphibius, Barbarus, Brainchild, Vertigo)
Affiliations: Mister Sinister, Nasty Boys (Gorgeous George, Hairball, Ruckus, Slab), Sauron (Karl Lykos), Sky Raiders
formerly Morph
Enemies: Fall People, Ka-Zar, Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr), Morph, X-Men (Beast/Hank McCoy, Cyclops/Scott Summers, Gambit/Remy LeBeau, Jean Grey, Professor X/Xavier, Rogue, Storm/Ororo Munroe, Wolverine/Logan), Zabu
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Savage Land, Antartica
First Appearance: X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" (February 12, 1994)
Powers/Abilities: Timberius is covered in white fur an has sharp claws, fangs and increased agility. Timberius seems unable to speak and growls like a wolf.
Height: 5'6" (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Weight: 135 lbs. (presumably same as his 616 counterpart)
Eyes: White, no visible irises
Hair: White
History:
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" - BTS) - The man who would become Timberius was one of several Savage Land natives assembled by Magneto who'd created his headquarters (the Citadel) amidst the tropical valley within Antarctica. Calling himself the Creator, Lehnsherr subjected the group of natives to experiments which greatly enhanced their physiology, creating Timberius. Eventually Magneto chose to leave the Savage Land and his mutates while pursuing other ventures.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Till Death Do Us Part - Part I" - BTS) - Timberius and the other mutates came to follow a new leader, Mister Sinister who planned to lure extraordinary mutants to the Savage Land to acquire genetic samples needed to create an army of super mutants. To do so, Sinister worked alongside his Nasty Boys, the Savage Land Mutates, Sauron and former X-Man Morph who was under his control. Sinister devised a plan to lure both Magneto and Charles Xavier of the X-Men to the Savage Land.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" (fb) - BTS) - When Mister Sinister activated a machine to deactivate all mutant-genes within the Savage Land he outfitted the mutates with a device to shield them from those effects.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" - BTS) - Timberius waited alongside. Amphibious, Vertigo and Barbarus near Xavier's plane.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I") - When Xavier and Magneto had mounted a cliff to reach their plane to call for help, Timberius and the others countered the two. Timberius jumped Xavier and quickly overpowered the mutant. It was Vertigo who rendered the duo unconscious after which Amphibious opted to bring them to their new master to decide wether they'd live as slaves or perish. The mutates, however, were unaware they were being watched by Ka-Zar (looking for his wife Shanna) and his sabretooth Zabu who successfully lead a pack of triceratops to scare the mutates off after which they rescued Xavier and Magneto.
Later that night Timberius and the others guarded the secret passage of the Citadel when Magneto, Xavier and Ka-Zar tried to sneak inside Magneto's former headquarters. But while Ka-Zar quickly escaped both Magneto and Xavier were captured after which Mister Sinister revealed his presence to the mutants. Timberius and the others watched when Sauron successfully used his hypnotic abilities to turn him into Sinister's slave and send a distress call to the X-Men to lure them into a trap.
(X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part II") - Timberius joined the mutates and Nasty Boys "welcoming" the X-Men upon their arrival in the Savage Land. Unable to use their mutant abilities the X-Men were easy pickings as Timberius and Hairball took on Wolverine. But Wolverine alone managed to escape imprisoned by falling off a cliff while the other X-Men were incarcerated in the Citadel. Timberius was present when Sinister demonstrated his newly created devise which could imprint portions of the genetic code of any mutant into another, Sinister used the device on Magneto and Vertigo, increasing her powers in unpredictable ways. However when Vertigo used her powers on Xavier and Morph (who'd been freed by Wolverine) they quickly destroyed Sinister's machine which caused the X-Men to regain their mutant abilities. As a fierce battle erupted between the Mutates/Nasty Boys and the X-Men, Timberius attacked Cyclops but was easily knocked aside by his optic blast. In the end it was the combined might of Cyclops and Morph (using an energy weapon) which shattered Sinister into pieces after which Jean Grey dispersed them to the corners of the Savage Land. With the threat dealt with Timberius and the Mutates quickly fled.
Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, and Tom Palmer;
adapted by Len Wein and AKOM Productions. (see Appearances list for full list of artists)
The modelsheets of this character in the wonderful book "X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series" revealed he was called Timberius instead of Timberius.
Unlike on Earth-616, this Timberius has white fur. I personally think this is to make the character more menacing-looking, he also looks a bit like Whiteout.
Sauron would later return in Season 3's two-part story "Savage Land, Strange Heart" where the Sky Raiders were his to command. The Savage Land Mutates, however, were nowhere to be seen.
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. All Earth-92131 profiles on the Marvel Appendix reflected that information, however, this has since been debunked with the news that the original X-Men: The Animated Series will receive a brand new season to pick up where the original series ended. As such the reality seen in two volumes of X-Men '92 (2015-2017) now have their own reality-designation. 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. Nearly thirty years after X-Men: The Animated Series first debuted the new season will appear on Disney+ in fall 2023.
Profile by MarvellousLuke
CLARIFICATIONS:
Timberius has no known connections to
images: (without ads)
X-Men The Art and Making of The Animated Series book, p135 (main image, digitally colored by MarvellousLuke)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" (capturing Xavier)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part II" (fighting the X-Men)
Appearances:
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part I" (February 12, 1994) - Len Wein (writer), Bob Harras (story consultant), Eric Lewald (story editor), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (props), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Frank Squillace, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schultz, Charles Payne (layout design), Patricia Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Dennis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Armando Carrillo, 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), Larry Houston (producer)
X-Men: The Animated Series cartoon - "Reunion - Part II" (February 19, 1994) - Len Wein (writer), Bob Harras (story consultant), Eric Lewald (story editor), Frank Brunner, Mark Lewis (model design), Steve Olds (props), Alfredo Alcala, Cesar Magsombol, Claude Denis, Drew Gentle, Frank Squillace, Ric Chavez, Ric Quiroz, Ted Blackman, Tim Soman, Wayne Schultz, Charles Payne (layout design), Patricia Mendelson, Flavia Mitman, Tania Burton, Allyn Conley, Sparky (color key), Dennis Venizelos (color backgrounds), Armando Carrillo, 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), Larry Houston (producer)
First Posted: 03/18/2022
Last Updated: 04/11/2023
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