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deleted 'Jean Grey and Phoenix were separate characters in the comics', simply false. te entity or just Jean's Superpowered Evil Side depends on who's writing.


** Jean Grey and Phoenix were separate characters in the comics, but were rewritten into separate personalities in a single body for the movie. But whether Phoenix was a separate entity or just Jean's SuperpoweredEvilSide depends on [[RetCon who's writing]].
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Kill Em All was renamed Everybody Dies Ending due to misuse. Dewicking


* SparedByTheAdaptation: The novelization reveals that Psylocke survived the movie's gratuitous KillEmAll ending.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: The novelization reveals that Psylocke survived the movie's gratuitous KillEmAll ending.EverybodyDiesEnding.
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* GrandFinale: Clearly the original intention given the NothingIsTheSameAnymore moments littered across the whole movie and it was also marketed as such before more X-Men sequels were planned. By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Cyclops, Jean, and Professor Xavier were confirmed dead while Magneto, Mystique, and Rogue were depowered. For the case of Professor Xavier though, the end-credits revealed he did a GrandTheftMe, teasing a potential SequelHook that indeed ended up getting followed up on with Days of Future Past]].
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* BadWithTheBone: A version of [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution Sp]][[ComicBook/XForce ike]] fought Wolverine and only fired long bone shafts out of his wrists.

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* BadWithTheBone: A version of [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution Sp]][[ComicBook/XForce ike]] Spike fought Wolverine and only fired long bone shafts out of his wrists.



* NotHisSled: In ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', Wolverine managed to open his way to Jean, and she accepted her fate and requested him to kill her. But he goes back at the last moment: he loves her, he can't bring himself to kill her. Same thing in [[WesternAnimation/XMen the animated series]]. Same context in the film... [[WouldHitAGirl completely opposite outcome]].

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* NotHisSled: In ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'', Wolverine managed to open his way to Jean, and she accepted her fate and requested him to kill her. But he goes back at the last moment: he loves her, he can't bring himself to kill her. Same thing in [[WesternAnimation/XMen the animated series]].''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. Same context in the film... [[WouldHitAGirl completely opposite outcome]].
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* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Mystique sells out Magneto’s brotherhood in retaliation for being abandoned for losing her powers in circumstances beyond her control.
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* PrefersTheTrueForm: Raven takes on the form of an attractive human woman, but when she and Magneto get together, he says he prefers her real mutant appearance. She drops the disguise and returns to her blue-skinned, red-haired form.
--->'''Magneto:''' ...Perfection.

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* PrefersTheTrueForm: Raven takes on the form of an attractive human woman, but when she and Ironically inverted, where Magneto get together, he says he prefers her real cruelly dismisses Mystique, after she's injected with the mutant appearance. cure, leaving her naked, depowered, and (in human terms) completely gorgeous.
--->'''Magneto:''' Such a shame.
She drops the disguise and returns to her blue-skinned, red-haired form.
--->'''Magneto:''' ...Perfection.
was so beautiful.
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* PrefersTheTrueForm: Raven takes on the form of an attractive human woman, but when she and Magneto get together, he says he prefers her real mutant appearance. She drops the disguise and returns to her blue-skinned, red-haired form.
--->'''Magneto:''' ...Perfection.
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* CradlingYourKill: Wolverine [[spoiler:holds Jean's body in his arms after he's forced to stab her.]]
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** The normally [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnette pallid]] Callisto is played by Creator/DaniaRamirez, a dark-skinned Latina actress.

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** The normally [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnette [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette pallid]] Callisto is played by Creator/DaniaRamirez, a dark-skinned Latina actress.
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** The normally [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnete pallid]] Callisto is played by Creator/DaniaRamirez, a dark-skinned Latina actress.

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** The normally [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnete [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnette pallid]] Callisto is played by Creator/DaniaRamirez, a dark-skinned Latina actress.
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** Callisto is also played by a dark-skinned Latina actress.

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** The normally [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunnete pallid]] Callisto is also played by Creator/DaniaRamirez, a dark-skinned Latina actress.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim? Upon discovering that the US troops are armed with plastic cure-dart firing weapons, Magneto orders Arclight to target just the weapons rather than the people wielding them with her shockwaves. What makes this especially jarring is that in a deleted scene, he'd implored Jean to unleash her powers against the advancing guards people, only for Jean to inscrutably and silently refuse, just seconds before turning to Arclight out of desperation.
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** Kid Omega kills Dr. Rao by hugging her and then extending his spikes.

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** Kid Omega Omega/Quill kills Dr. Rao by hugging her and then extending his spikes.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Proportionally to ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', a truckload of mutants are introduced from the comics to this film. Only a handful of them get to be more than extras, though.
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* ApathyKilledTheCat: At a Mutant Awareness Meeting held in a church discussing how to react to the news of Worthington Labs' Mutation cure; where Mutants like Callisto said that the cure is nothing more than a method for the Humans to exterminate the Mutants while the speaker explained that Mutants should try organizing to form committees and talk with the government to raise Mutant awareness. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Magneto cites a familiarity of the situation as exactly how this sort of attitude is what originally allowed for Nazi Germany to rise to power.]]

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* ApathyKilledTheCat: At a Mutant Awareness Meeting held in a church discussing how to react to the news of Worthington Labs' Mutation cure; where Mutants like Callisto said that the cure is nothing more than a method for the Humans to exterminate the Mutants while the speaker explained that this cure was entirely voluntary and that Mutants should try organizing to form committees and talk with the government officials to raise Mutant awareness. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Magneto cites a familiarity of the situation as exactly how this sort of attitude is what originally allowed for Nazi Germany to rise to power.]]
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* ApathyKilledTheCat: At a Mutant Awareness Meeting held in a church discussing how to react to the news of Worthington Labs' Mutation cure; where Mutants like Callisto said that the cure is nothing more than a method for the Humans to exterminate the Mutants while the speaker explained that Mutants should try organizing to form committees and talk with the government to raise Mutant awareness. Magneto cites a familiarity of the situation as exactly how this attitude is what originally allowed for Nazi Germany to rise to power.

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* ApathyKilledTheCat: At a Mutant Awareness Meeting held in a church discussing how to react to the news of Worthington Labs' Mutation cure; where Mutants like Callisto said that the cure is nothing more than a method for the Humans to exterminate the Mutants while the speaker explained that Mutants should try organizing to form committees and talk with the government to raise Mutant awareness. [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Magneto cites a familiarity of the situation as exactly how this sort of attitude is what originally allowed for Nazi Germany to rise to power.]]
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* ApathyKilledTheCat: At a Mutant Awareness Meeting held in a church discussing how to react to the news of Worthington Labs' Mutation cure; where Mutants like Callisto said that the cure is nothing more than a method for the Humans to exterminate the Mutants while the speaker explained that Mutants should try organizing to form committees and talk with the government to raise Mutant awareness. Magneto cites a familiarity of the situation as exactly how this attitude is what originally allowed for Nazi Germany to rise to power.
-->'''Magneto:''' No one ever talks about [Extermination]... they just do it. And you go on with your lives ignoring the signs all around you. And then one day when the air is still and the night has fallen; they come for you. It is only then when you realize that while you're talking about 'Organizing' and 'Committees', the Extermination has already begun. Make no mistake my Brothers, they will draw first blood: they will ''force'' their cure upon us. [[DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs The only question is: will you join my Brotherhood and fight, or wait for the inevitable genocide?]] Who will you stand with, the Humans... or ''us''?
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* AmbiguousSituation: Mystique, or [[spoiler:Raven, gives the government key information on Magneto's whereabouts after she loses her powers [[WomanScorned and he discards her]].]] The troops that show up apprehend the Brotherhood are thoroughly embarrassed to find [[spoiler:absolutely no one other than Madrox, AKA Multiple Man, who'd been lying in wait to waste their time at the key moment Magneto begins his coup de grace at Alcatraz.]] Was this a bizarre coincidence, was Magneto ''that'' CrazyPrepared, or did Mystique and Magneto [[spoiler:arrange her false defection to buy him the time needed to assault Alcatraz?]] The film's original ending explicitly confirmed the latter, but the final cut leaves the incident ambiguous.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Mystique, or [[spoiler:Raven, gives the government key information on Magneto's whereabouts after she loses her powers [[WomanScorned and he discards her]].]] The troops that show up apprehend the Brotherhood are thoroughly embarrassed to find [[spoiler:absolutely no one other than Madrox, AKA Multiple Man, who'd been lying in wait to waste their time at the key moment Magneto begins his coup de grace at Alcatraz.]] Was this a bizarre coincidence, was Magneto ''that'' CrazyPrepared, or did Mystique and Magneto [[spoiler:arrange her false defection to buy him the time needed to assault Alcatraz?]] The film's original ending explicitly all but confirmed the latter, but the final cut leaves the incident ambiguous.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Mystique, or [[spoiler:Raven, gives the government key information on Magneto's whereabouts after she loses her powers [[WomanScorned and he discards her]].]] The troops that show up apprehend the Brotherhood are thoroughly embarrassed to find absolutely no one other than Madrox, AKA Multiple Man, who'd been lying in wait to waste their time at the key moment Magneto begins his coup de grace at Alcatraz.]] Was this a bizarre coincidence, was Magneto ''that'' CrazyPrepared, or did Mystique and Magneto [[spoiler:arrange her false defection to buy him the time needed to assault Alcatraz?]] The film's original ending explicitly confirmed the latter, but the final cut leaves the incident ambiguous.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Mystique, or [[spoiler:Raven, gives the government key information on Magneto's whereabouts after she loses her powers [[WomanScorned and he discards her]].]] The troops that show up apprehend the Brotherhood are thoroughly embarrassed to find absolutely [[spoiler:absolutely no one other than Madrox, AKA Multiple Man, who'd been lying in wait to waste their time at the key moment Magneto begins his coup de grace at Alcatraz.]] Was this a bizarre coincidence, was Magneto ''that'' CrazyPrepared, or did Mystique and Magneto [[spoiler:arrange her false defection to buy him the time needed to assault Alcatraz?]] The film's original ending explicitly confirmed the latter, but the final cut leaves the incident ambiguous.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Mystique, or [[spoiler:Raven, gives the government key information on Magneto's whereabouts after she loses her powers [[WomanScorned and he discards her]].]] The troops that show up apprehend the Brotherhood are thoroughly embarrassed to find absolutely no one other than Madrox, AKA Multiple Man, who'd been lying in wait to waste their time at the key moment Magneto begins his coup de grace at Alcatraz.]] Was this a bizarre coincidence, was Magneto ''that'' CrazyPrepared, or did Mystique and Magneto [[spoiler:arrange her false defection to buy him the time needed to assault Alcatraz?]] The film's original ending explicitly confirmed the latter, but the final cut leaves the incident ambiguous.


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* UngratefulBastard: Magneto abandons Mystique after she's de-powered by a weaponised mutant cure. This is after she'd [[TakingTheBullet taken the bullet]] for ''him'' in the first place, and had been his most [[TheDragon loyal, competent, and cunning minion]] for two movies besides. His callous disregard for her service is practically an IdiotBall, as she was also his closest confidant and possessed insight into his plans and strategies, which she promptly offers up to the government. The original ending ameliorated this with TheReveal that Magneto and Mystique [[spoiler:had been playing the long con, and that the suspiciously useless information she gave the government was indeed a diversion to buy Magneto time to invade Alcatraz,]] but the final cut leaves this connection ambiguous.
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** When a cure for mutants is introduced, Magneto is primarily wary that humans will 'draw first blood' and use it to forcibly strip mutants of their powers--which is exactly what they do. Unfortunately, he, the Brotherhood and [[spoiler:Jean Grey]] then go on to launch an attack on the cure-production facility ([[spoiler:with Magneto tearing the Golden Gate Bridge off its foundations in the process]]) with the stated intent of destroying the cure's source -- which happens to be [[spoiler:an innocent teenage boy who is himself a mutant]], thus giving the humans every reason to believe the mutants are exactly as dangerous and destructive as feared.

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** When a cure for mutants is introduced, Magneto is primarily wary that humans will 'draw first blood' and use it to forcibly strip mutants of their powers--which is exactly what they do. Well, they do utilize it to strip a mutant( namely Mystique) of her powers, but they do not " draw first blood" since the depowering took place while security was attempting to use the "cure" on Magneto while he was in the process of murdering other security personnel during a jailbreak for Mystique. Unfortunately, he, the Brotherhood and [[spoiler:Jean Grey]] then go on to launch an attack on the cure-production facility ([[spoiler:with Magneto tearing the Golden Gate Bridge off its foundations in the process]]) with the stated intent of destroying the cure's source -- which happens to be [[spoiler:an innocent teenage boy who is himself a mutant]], thus giving the humans every reason to believe the mutants are exactly as dangerous and destructive as feared.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: We never see [[spoiler: Logan stab Jean, we only see her reaction, followed by a wide shot.]]
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* CanonDiscontinuity: The time travel shenanigans from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' have erased this film from the timeline via CosmicRetcon.

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* CanonDiscontinuity: The time travel shenanigans from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' have erased this film from the timeline via CosmicRetcon. Possibly not even affected, since the “prequels” only make sense as reboots.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Cyclops, Rogue and Mystique see their roles reduced due to the actors' limited availability. Creator/JamesMarsden joined Creator/BryanSinger on ''Film/SupermanReturns'', Creator/AnnaPaquin was filming ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale and Creator/RebeccaRomijn was comitted to ''Pepper Dennis''.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Cyclops, Rogue and Mystique see their roles reduced due to the actors' limited availability. Creator/JamesMarsden joined Creator/BryanSinger on ''Film/SupermanReturns'', Creator/AnnaPaquin was filming ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale ''Film/TheSquidAndTheWhale'' and Creator/RebeccaRomijn was comitted to ''Pepper Dennis''.
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-->''"Hello, [[ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert Moira]]."''

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-->''"Hello, [[ComicBook/MoiraMacTaggert [[Characters/XMenMutants Moira]]."''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]''[[note]]From left to right:[[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]], ComicBook/{{Beast}}, and ComicBook/ProfessorX.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]''[[note]]From left to right:[[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]], ComicBook/{{Beast}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}, and ComicBook/ProfessorX.[[/note]]]]



* BadassCrew: The line-up has changed from the first two movies, so now the team members are ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Colossus}}.

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* BadassCrew: The line-up has changed from the first two movies, so now the team members are ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Colossus}}.
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** This moment serves as Magneto's KickTheDog: for all his grand-standing on mutant rights and brotherhood and superiority, he's [[NotSoDifferent just as willing to watch them get slaughtered]].

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** This moment serves as Magneto's KickTheDog: for all his grand-standing on mutant rights and brotherhood and superiority, he's [[NotSoDifferent just as willing to watch them get slaughtered]].slaughtered.
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* BadassCrew: The line-up has changed from the first two movies, so now the team members are ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Colossus}}.

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* BadassCrew: The line-up has changed from the first two movies, so now the team members are ComicBook/{{Storm}}, Franchise/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde and ComicBook/{{Colossus}}.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]''[[note]][[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]], ComicBook/{{Beast}}, and ComicBook/ProfessorX.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]''[[note]][[ComicBook/KittyPryde ]]''[[note]]From left to right:[[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]], ComicBook/{{Beast}}, and ComicBook/ProfessorX.[[/note]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Take a stand.]]'']]]]''[[note]][[ComicBook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey Phoenix]], ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]], ComicBook/{{Beast}}, and ComicBook/ProfessorX.[[/note]]]]

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