Nightcrawler really is part demon. An evil creature with red skin, pointed ears, and a tail already gives Azazel, Nightcrawler’s birth father, quite a resemblance to Satan. … Of course, Kurt himself is a well-known servant of God, so to say he has issues with his dad is an understatement.

Who killed Nightcrawler?

Recently, Nightcrawler died while trying to save Hope (Hope Summers), the Messiah child, from the anti-mutant villain Bastion.

Why is Nightcrawler a bad guy in X2?

Nightcrawler loves fighting, something the movies got completely wrong. The films show him fighting, but he doesn’t enjoy it. In X2, he only attacked the White House because Stryker was controlling him. The X2 video game later explained that Nightcrawler left the X-Men before X3 because they were too violent for him.