Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Wallaru – Miss Tique

Miss Tique – Mystique
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Miss_Tique
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystique_(character)

Miss Tique

Marquis Mark has sent your wizard in search of Dream Water. In your search, you come across Robbie Margot, he tells you that he has squirrelled away some Dream Water and offers to sell it to you. Alas, your wizard doesn’t take him up on the offer. You continue your search for the elusive liquid. Taika informs you that the only source of Dream Water not protected by the Great Barrier is the Pink Lake protected by the Hex-Men.

Professor Hex has taken hostages; Todd and Miss Tique. The professor has accused his hostages of drinking from the Pink Lake. Todd is adamant that neither he nor his companion have drank from the lake. They were just trying to get a photomance selfie of the lake. Miss Tique confirms that their attempt to get the selfie caused them to almost fall in the Pink Lake.

Mystique

Mystique is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist David Cockrum, the character first appeared in Ms. Marvel #16 (April 1978). A member of a subspecies of humanity known as mutants who are born with superhuman abilities, Mystique is a shapeshifter who can perfectly mimic the appearance and voice of any person. Her natural appearance includes blue skin, red hair, and yellow eyes.

Typically portrayed as a foe of the X-Men, Mystique has been both a supervillain and an antiheroine, founding her own Brotherhood of Mutants and assassinating several important people involved in mutant affairs. Stated to be over 100 years old, she commonly lives under the assumed name Raven Darkhölme, having previously used Sherlock Holmes. Mystique is the wife of Destiny / Irene Adler, the mother of the villain Graydon Creed, adoptive mother of the X-Men heroine Rogue, and the biological father of the X-Men hero Nightcrawler; conceived with her wife Destiny while in one of her male forms. Mystique has been described as one of Marvel’s most notable and powerful female antiheroes.

In live-action, Mystique appears in seven of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men films. The character was played by Rebecca Romijn in X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003), and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), while Jennifer Lawrence played a younger version in X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019). Romijn also cameoed as Mystique in First Class and will reprise the role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Avengers: Doomsday (2026).

Rebecca Romijn (left) and Jennifer Lawrence (right) as Mystique

The current list of all the (known) Wallaru references are located here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Miss Tique image is from Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Mystique artwork is copyright Marvel Comics

Mystique image is copyright Marvel Productions and 20th Century Studios.

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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