What codenames has Kitty gone by in the past?
Kitty has gone by several codenames throughout the years. The firstcode name Kitty had was given to her when she joined the X-men by Professor Xavier. He thought that she should have a codename before going out on official team business and so asked her if she was happy with “Ariel” but Kitty didn’t like it, and then he asked if “Sprite” would be okay with her. She agreed and went by that codename for a while. Later on in the X-men Kitty took on the codename of “Ariel” (I guess it grew on her) and went by that codename for a while as well. Then, during the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine Limited Series, Kitty went through a forced maturity when her soul was reshaped by Ogun. Kitty then decided she was going to go and take on Ogun instead of running away, and realizing that she was no longer a Kitten, having been forced to grow up the rest of the way very quickly, Kitty took on thecode name of “Shadowcat” because she was now a full grown cat and she belonged more in the shadows then she used
