The time traveler Bishop accused Gambit of betraying the X-Men by assassinating the Senator Robert Kelly. The traitor was later discovered to be the shape-shifting Mystique disguised as Gambit.
Professor X, Beast and Gambit once went to Asteroid M to speak with Magneto. On the asteroid, the X-Men were blamed for the murder of Magneto and chased off the asteroid. Gambit stayed behind to give the others a chance to escape. He was later rescued by the X-Men.
Gambit was one of the starring X-Men characters in the X-Men: The Animated Series of the 1990s, in which he was voiced by Chris Potter until Potter left in 1996 and was replaced by Tony Daniels until the series ended.