History Awesome / XMen97

* Magneto shows the devastating power of an Omega Level Mutant by flying to an arctic pole after he's freed from Bastion's captivity by Val Cooper, and unleashing a ''worldwide'' EMP that shuts down every Prime Sentinel on the planet. However, as Wolverine puts it, this is his way of declaring war.

** Wolverine gets jettisoned out of the mansion and into the sky by Prime Sentinel! Tilby. He cuts slices through several Sentinels on his way back down and ''still'' keeps fighting after he crashes.
** TAS! Wolverine actually getting to cut people with the censors out of his way, body parts and all is a cathartic moment. Robotic zombies or not.

** The fact that at the end of the day it wasn't an Omega level mutant like Magneto or a physical powerhouse like Rogue who was able to stop the Tri-Sentinel and save the day. It was Gambit, the Rajun Cajun [[WeakButSkilled using his wits and quick thinking in conjunction with his powers that finally ended the machine's rampage]].

** Wolverine gets jettisoned out of the mansion and into the sky by Prime Sentinel! Tilby. He makes cuts down several Sentinels on his way back down. And ''still'' keeps fighting after he crashes down.
** TAS! Wolverine actually getting to cut people down with the censors out of his way, body parts and all. Robotic zombies or not.

* Magneto showing the power of an Omega Level Mutant; flying to an arctic pole after he's freed from Bastion's captivity by Val Cooper, and unleashing a ''worldwide'' EMP that shuts down every Prime Sentinels. However, as Wolverine puts it, this is his way of declaring war.

** TAS! Wolverine actually getting to cut people down, body parts and all. Robotic zombies or not.

* Magneto's worldwide EMP to shut down the Prime Sentinels after he's freed from Bastion's captivity by Val Cooper. However, as Wolverine puts it, this is his way of declaring war.
** The Worldwide EMP shows off just what an Omega Level Mutant means.

* Scott, Jean and Cable [[BadassFamily fighting side by side]] against the Prime Sentinels. Flying in the Blackbird, followed by Scott riding them out of it in his ''Porsche'' just before the Bird hits the ground and explodes. Then they ride through a nearby cave (which the Sentinels try to cave in to trap them). Cable shoots the Sentinels as Cyclops blasts his way through the debris. All while Jean takes the wheel with her telekinesis. Scott blasts his way out, the car flies through the hole, and Jean lifts them out and lands, blocking the exploding car behind them.

** Wolverine gets jettisoned out of the mansion and into the sky by Prime Sentinel! Tilby, he makes cuts down several Sentinels on his way back down. And ''still'' keeps fighting after he crashes down.

** Realizing the Sentinels are putting themselves back together, Nightcrawler skewers the them "bamf'"s them out of the room Rogue's in. This ends with him and Wolverine mutually stabbing a Sentinel form the from and back; leading to a close perspective from Nightcrlawers

* Scott, Jean and Cable [[BadassFamily fighting side by side]] against the Prime Sentinels.

** Hell, getting to see Kurt's expert swordsmanship fighting the Prime Sentinels with three swords!

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** And then Gambit, Morph, and Wolverine team up to take out Master Mold, through Gambit supercharging Wolverine's claws and Morph turning into the Blob to launch Wolverine through Master Mold's neck, decapitating it.

* After seeing Storm be {{Depower}}ed by the X-cutioner's weapon, Magneto uses his powers to juggle X-Cutioner agaisnt the ground and slam him against a metal seal from the walls of the courtroom. His monologue before using his powers is spine-chilling:

* Magneto is his last moments uses his powers to shield and keep back Rogue and Gambit from Tri-Sentinels beam he does this while also creating a shield for himself, Leech and the surrounding mutants. The level of concentration and effort must have been incredible.
* Gambit managing to destroy the Tri-Sentinel using the cable it used to ''impale him'', charging the ''whole, massive'' robot with kinetic energy starting from the cable's contact in his wound. [[DavidVsGoliath He did what other, more powerful mutants couldn't]]. It [[HeroicSacrifice cost him his life]], but he saved every remaining life on Genosha:

* The Prime Sentinel is terrifyingly effective, managing to take out the entire team of X-Men confronting it, and slamming Cyclops' head to the pavement. He then asks mockingly [[TemptingFate how it feels to be abandoned by the future.]] Cue EMP grenade from Cable frying the thing.

!! In General

** When the Friends of Humanity manage to tie him up, one of them foolishly thinks removing Scott's visor will keep him from firing his optic blast.

** Rogue starts off by tossing a bisected Sentinel coming after her into another Sentinel, before bringing ''that'' one down with a ''[[WrestlerInAllOfUs Bulldog]]'', and chucking its severed head at another Sentinel.
--->'''Rogue''': ''[[{{Pun}} Heads up!]]''
** Beast [[SuperStrength flips a Sentinel on its back]], dives in its chassis and hacks it to take control.
--->'''Beast''': [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Louis, I think this is the start of a beautiful, involuntary friendship.]]
** Storm demolishing a pack of Sentinels by creating a ''glass tornado'' in the Saharan Desert. The lead-up to Storm's arrival at the fight immediately establishes her power in a way that most adaptations have [[AdaptationalWimp never truly been able to manage]].

->'''Storm''': Do not think. Be silent. Heed my commands and you shall survive.

** He then lifts the seal, and the entire panel of judges, out of the building and up into atmosphere. Once he's reached altitude he dangles them all over the Earth and makes it clear that he could easily let go and send them all plummeting to their deaths: but this time he ''won't'', because he intends to honor Charles' dream of peace.

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* Cyclops uses his EyeBeams to supercharge Bishop, who unleashes two powerful bursts of energy to eliminate the demons surrounding them.
-->'''Bishop''': ''[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Time for an exorcism, punks!]]''

* The battle between Magneto and the Goblin Queen is visually stunning; Magneto shatters the windows of the church they're fighting in, but the Goblin Queen casually dodges his magnetic blasts and metal projectiles. Then she reminds him that her power isn't limited to metal like his and overwhelms him with a FlechetteStorm of glass shards before sending him into the ground.
-->'''Goblin Queen''': I applaud [[DoubleEntendre your magnetism, but my telekinetic charm]] extends beyond mere metal.

** Back in the series premiere, Madelyne needed a boost from Cerebro to remotely access Gyrich's mind. Jean is able to reach Madelyne remotely with no assistance, despite still being physically weakened from her ordeal with Sinister.

* Jubilee teaming up with her simulated future counterpart in order to take down Mojo and escape the Mojoverse with Roberto.
* Future! Jubilee displays better control of her powers than her present self; using her powers to skate across the ground and create sparkling, DeadlyDisc[=s=] ala [[Franchise/DragonBall Krillin's Destructo Disc/Kienzan]].

** Doubles as Tearjerker, but his retaliation when innocents are crushed under the statue of Charles Xavier is as epic as it is tragic. With tear-stained eyes, he launches an entire train right into the sentinel's head(s) and goes fully on the offensive.
-->'''Magneto:''' THEY SHALL BE AVENGED!!

* Gambit managing to destroy the Tri-Sentinel using the cable it used to ''impale him'', charging the ''whole, massive'' robot with kinetic energy starting from the cable's contact in his wound. [[DavidVsGoliath He did what other, more powerful mutants couldn't]]. It [[HeroicSacrifice cost him his life]], but he saved every remaining life on Genosha.
-->'''Tri-Sentinel''': [[AC: Mutant Intruder Neutralized.]]\\
'''Gambit''': (''Smirking'') [[DefiantToTheEnd The name's Gambit, mon ami]].... [[TitleDrop Remember it.]]

** The fact that at the end of the day it wasn't an Omega level mutant like Magneto or a physical powerhouse like Rogue who was able to stop the Tri-Sentinel and save the day. It was Gambit, the Rajun Cajun [[WeakButSkilled using his wits and quick thinking in conjunction his powers that finally ended the machine's rampage]].

* Fans of Nightcrawler were ''ecstatic'' to see him added to the opening credits as a full member of the team.

* In the wake of Gambit's death, Rogue is going on a rampage to find Henry Peter Gyrich, attacking a US Army base. This includes effortlessly demolishing soldiers and tanks, one of which she takes out with a divekick straight out of VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom.

* The Prime Sentinel is terrifyingly effective, managing to take out the entire team of X-Men confronting it, and slamming Cyclops' head to the pavement, asks mockingly [[TemptingFate how it feels to be abandoned by the future.]] Cue EMP grenade from Cable frying the thing.
* While she ultimately loses the fight, Jean finally gets a chance to throw down at full power, briefly matching the Prime Sentinel blow for blow in a near Anime/DragonBallZ-caliber aerial fight.
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* When Professor X has had enough trying to play by the Shi'ar's rules, he effortlessly dominates everyone on the room with his psychic power and seats them all in a classroom on the mental plane. When Deathbird tries to object, he puts her back in her seat and shoves an apple in her mouth. He then proceeds to give them a very gentle, teacherly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dressing down]] about the evils of imperialism; basically their whole culture.

* Jubilee teams up with her simulated counterpart in order to take down Mojo and escape the Mojoverse with Roberto.

* Magneto is his last moments uses his powers to shield and keep back Rogue and Gambit from Tri-Sentinels beam he does this while also creating a shield for himself,Leech and the surrounding mutants. The level of concentration and effort must have been incredible.

** The fact that at the end of the day it wasn't an Omega level mutant like Magneto or a physical powerhouse like Rogue who was able to stop the Tri-Sentinels and save the day. It was Gambit, the Rajun Cajun [[WeakButSkilled using his wits and quick thinking in conjunction his powers that finally ended the machine's rampage]].

* Trapped in a claustrophobic situation with The Adversary bearing down on her and with Forge about to die, Storm realizes that it wasn't just the X-Cutioner's power nullifying gun that was preventing her from using her powers, but her own fear and doubt. Cue a ''massive'' lightning bolt that disintegrates the demon and causes a weather event that can be seen in space. [[HesBack The Mistress of the Elements is back.]]
* [[SuperManSubstitute Gladiator]] easily subdues Deathbird's attempted rebellion with speed, strength, invulnerability, super-breath and laser eyes.
* When Professor X has had enough trying to play by the Shi'ar's rules, he effortlessly mentally dominates everyone on the room and places them in a classroom on the mental plane. He slaps down Deathbird when she tries to object. Then he proceeds to give them a very gentle teacherly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dressing down]] about the evils of imperialism.

** The fact that at the end of the day it wasn't an Omega level mutant like Magneto or a physical powerhouse like Rogue who was able to stop the Tri-Sentinels and save the day. It was Gambit, the Rajun Cajun [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway using his wits and quick thinking with his powers that finally ended the machines rampage]].

* When Professor X has had enough trying to play by the Shi'ar's rules, he effortlessly mentally dominates everyone on the room and places them in a classroom on the mental play. He slaps down Deathbird when she tries to object. Then he proceeds to give them a very gentle teacherly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech dressing down]] about the evils of imperialism.

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