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Shalimar Fox

Shalimar Fox (played by Victoria Pratt) is a character on the Canadian Sci-Fi television show Mutant X. She is a sexy, alluring and tough member of Adam's team of New Mutants. She is classified as a Feral New Mutant, with DNA that has been spliced with a Feline, giving her incredible agility, enhanced speed, senses, metabolism, strength and reflexes as well as a fiery temperament to go along with it.

Biography[]

Shalimar is one of the genetically engineered humans called "New Mutants" who possess superhuman abilities.

Shalimar has a difficult relationship with her family, forming one of the subplots of the show's early seasons. She is a member of the organization Mutant X, which attempts to see to the welfare of New Mutants, as well as preventing them from abusing their powers.

Shalimar was called by the code name Shadow Fox in early drafts of the show before they decided not to use code names.

Shalimar is also romantically involved with the New Mutant and team member Brennan.

Personality[]

Shalimar is very protective and can be short-tempered when others she cares about are hurt. This is shown in the the first episode when she gets angry at Emma for insulting Jesse. She is very kind as she does convince Adam to give Emma a second chance.

Powers and abilities[]

Powers[]

Feline Physiology: Shalimar possesses Feline characteristics, granting her enhanced physical abilities that are well beyond normal human capability. Her Feline characteristics are that of a cougar. As a result, her strength, athleticism, senses, instincts and metabolism function in a far greater capacity than normal humans. When using her abilities, her eyes sometimes take on a glowing yellow cougar-like appearance.

  • Enhanced Strength: Shalimar's Feline powers make her very strong and athletic; Shalimar’s strength is considerably greater than normal human being, allowing her to to easily overpower, lift and toss others. Subsequently, she is also able to bend steel objects, rip apart metallic web, tear doors off of their hinges, and knock a human unconscious with one punch.
    • Leaping Ability: Shalimar's enhanced strength and athleticism grants her the ability to leap across tremendous heights and distances, and achieve incredible acrobatic feats in the air. She is also able to effectively utilise these acrobatics to her advantage in combat with other humans and Ferals.
  • Enhanced Speed: Shalimar is able to run and move at speeds much faster than even the finest normal human athlete, she is also capable of catching up to or outrunning speeding vehicles relatively easily.
  • Superhumanly Acute Senses: Shalimar possesses superhumanly acute senses of sight, smell, and hearing comparable to those of certain animals. She is capable of seeing with greater clarity and at greater distances than an ordinary human, and retains this same clarity, even in near-total darkness. Also, her enhanced sight allows her to see phenomena beyond the normal visual spectrum, for example, infra-red radiation. Shalimar’s hearing is similarly enhanced; enabling her to both hear sounds that ordinary humans can't, as well as hear sounds with greater clarity and across greater distances. Shalimar is also able to use her sense of smell to hunt and track a target by scent.
    • Danger Sense: After further mutations, Shalimar is able to feel a danger to herself, like she has eyes at the back of her head threatening to overwhelm her human side.
  • Superhuman Agility: Shalimar's natural agility, balance, and coordination are enhanced to levels beyond the human body's natural limits; enabling her to easily perform complex acrobatics and gymnastics, as well as move with seemingly gravity defying grace.
  • Superhuman Reflexes: Shalimar's natural reaction time is enhanced to levels beyond the human body's natural limits.
  • Enhanced Metabolism: Shalimar's metabolism allows her to heal much faster, more extensively, and efficiently than normal humans.

Abilities[]

  • Martial Arts: Like all the other members of Mutant X, she is also a skilled martial artist.
  • Technology Usage: Like all the other members of Mutant X, Shalimar has usage of technology such as her com-link ring, Sanctuary computers and the Double Helix.

Weaknesses[]

  • Pyrophobia: Like all Feline Ferals; Shalimar has a heightened fear of fire.
  • Hypnosis: As she is part animal, she is prone to the form of hypnosis.

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Trivia[]

  • Shalimar is very territorial like Feline, Ursine and Canine Ferals and has a heightened fear of fire like Feline Ferals. Unlike her animal counterparts, however, Shalimar does prefer her meat medium well. Shalimar taught Jesse how to hack into the NuJack GPS system. According to the Mutant X comic book Dangerous Decisions, Shalimar did attend some high school.
  • Shalimar's age: Adam first found Shalimar when she was 15. Shalimar states in "A Normal Life" that she had been working with him for 10 years, making her about 25 years old. This fits the information in her official site profile, which states that she is in her mid-twenties.
  • Notes on Shalimar's original character: In an interview, actress Victoria Pratt stated that the character of Shalimar Fox was originally supposed to be very tough and bitchy, with a combative attitude towards Emma. Having played a similar role in her acting career (Sarge in the television show "Cleopatra 2525"), Victoria asked that her character be made softer and friendlier before taking the part. According to early casting breakdowns, Shalimar's codename was "Shadow Fox." Her codename was deleted after the Fox vs. Marvel lawsuit, thus breaking some of the similarities to the X-Men film.
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