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* BarFullOfAliens: The bar Kevin winds up in is the same one Rogue went to in season 1, still occupied by Mutants, and Technet (a gang of alien mercenaries who usually bother the ''Excalibur'' crew).
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* BarFullOfAliens: The bar Kevin winds up in is the same one Rogue went to in season 1, still occupied by Mutants, mutants, and Technet (a gang of alien mercenaries who usually bother the ''Excalibur'' crew).
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** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from [[ChildByRape the comics]], as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, but doesn't kill them).
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** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from [[ChildByRape the comics]], as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, possesses but doesn't kill them).
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** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
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** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].Sailor Man]].
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* NoSympathy: Logan has absolutely none for Kevin or his condition, and is pretty open about it to Moira's face. Rogue calls him on it, pointing out he'd feel differently if it was someone ''he'' loved suffering.
* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying help bring him to a sense of normality, but it's not working. However, he's got ''some'' control; when Rogue accidentally touches him, she makes the surrounding area go berserk.
* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying help bring him to a sense of normality, but it's not working. However, he's got ''some'' control; when Rogue accidentally touches him, she makes the surrounding area go berserk.
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* NoSympathy: Logan has absolutely none for Kevin or his condition, condition and is pretty open about it to Moira's face. Rogue calls him out on it, pointing out he'd feel differently if it was someone ''he'' loved suffering.
* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying to help bring him to a sense of normality, but it's not working. However, he's got ''some'' control; when Rogue accidentally touches him, she makes the surrounding area goberserk.berserk.
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* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying to help bring him to a sense of normality, but it's not working. However, he's got ''some'' control; when Rogue accidentally touches him, she makes the surrounding area go
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Kevin[=/=]Proteus is here depicted as a confused boy, far from the sociopath he was in the comics.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: AdaptedOut:
** The original story had Proteus hijack one of Multiple Man's dupes, and Havok and Polaris played a role in the fight against him. Since they're part of X-Factor, they don't show up.
** Jean as well, as the Proteus storyline had a subplot of her suffering weird hallucinations, which was a lead-in to ''The Dark Phoenix Saga'', but since that's already happened Jean and her plot aren't here.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Kevin[=/=]Proteus is here depicted as a confused boy, far from the sociopath he was in thecomics.comics.
** Proteus's first victim outside the facility. In the comics, he was trying to bomb Moira's facility because the X-Men hired a boat from him, which he refused to sell out of FantasticRacism, and it was destroyed by Magneto, and he figured this was the sensible response, even thinking that if any innocents were hurt, "so much the better". Here, he's just a random guy Kevin finds.
* BarFullOfAliens: The bar Kevin winds up in is the same one Rogue went to in season 1, still occupied by Mutants, and Technet (a gang of alien mercenaries who usually bother the ''Excalibur'' crew).
* BodyHorror: What Proteus subjects Wolverine to, and it mentally breaks him.
** The original story had Proteus hijack one of Multiple Man's dupes, and Havok and Polaris played a role in the fight against him. Since they're part of X-Factor, they don't show up.
** Jean as well, as the Proteus storyline had a subplot of her suffering weird hallucinations, which was a lead-in to ''The Dark Phoenix Saga'', but since that's already happened Jean and her plot aren't here.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy:
** Kevin[=/=]Proteus is here depicted as a confused boy, far from the sociopath he was in the
** Proteus's first victim outside the facility. In the comics, he was trying to bomb Moira's facility because the X-Men hired a boat from him, which he refused to sell out of FantasticRacism, and it was destroyed by Magneto, and he figured this was the sensible response, even thinking that if any innocents were hurt, "so much the better". Here, he's just a random guy Kevin finds.
* BarFullOfAliens: The bar Kevin winds up in is the same one Rogue went to in season 1, still occupied by Mutants, and Technet (a gang of alien mercenaries who usually bother the ''Excalibur'' crew).
* BodyHorror: What Proteus subjects Wolverine to, and it mentally breaks him.
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* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
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* TheCameo: CallBack: Charles has a flashback to his engagement with Moira, along with his relationship with Amelia Voght from "Sanctuary", and his meeting Banshee back in "The Phoenix Saga, Part 2".
* TheCameo:
** Morph can be seen at at the beginning of the episode, in Moira's care.
** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
* TheCameo:
** Morph can be seen at at the beginning of the episode, in Moira's care.
** [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
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* NothingIsScarier: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
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* NothingIsScarier: We never do see NoSympathy: Logan has absolutely none for Kevin or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine his condition, and is pretty open about it to beyond the fact that Moira's face. Rogue calls him on it, pointing out he'd feel differently if it reduced was someone ''he'' loved suffering.
* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying help bring him toTearsOfFear.a sense of normality, but it's not working. However, he's got ''some'' control; when Rogue accidentally touches him, she makes the surrounding area go berserk.
* PowerIncontinence: Kevin can't control his powers. Moira's been trying help bring him to
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** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from the comics, as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, but doesn't kill them).
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** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from [[ChildByRape the comics, comics]], as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, but doesn't kill them).
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Kevin[=/=]Proteus is here depicted as a confused boy, far from the sociopath he was in the comics.
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* TheUnReveal: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
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* TheUnReveal: LighterAndSofter: The episode is a ''far'' more kid-friendly take on the comic storyline.
* NothingIsScarier: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
* NothingIsScarier: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
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* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
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* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].man]].
* TheUnReveal: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
* TheUnReveal: We never do see or learn what Proteus subjected Wolverine to beyond the fact that it reduced him to TearsOfFear.
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** Joseph McTaggert, Proteus' father (and Moira's ex-husband) is reimagined as a greedy, selfish politician rather than the vicious rapist he was in the comics.
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** Joseph McTaggert, [=McTaggert=], Proteus' father (and Moira's ex-husband) ex-husband), is reimagined as a greedy, selfish politician rather than the vicious rapist he was in the comics.comics. The adaptation also omits the detail that he forced Moira into their marriage.
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Moira's son Proteus escapes Muir Island and goes on a destructive rampage while searching for his father, and the X-Men are called in to help.
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!!Tropes:
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from the comics, as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, but doesn't kill them).
** Joseph McTaggert, Proteus' father (and Moira's ex-husband) is reimagined as a greedy, selfish politician rather than the vicious rapist he was in the comics.
* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
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!!Tropes:
* {{Bowdlerise}}:
** Proteus' backstory is significantly toned down from the comics, as are his powers (he heavily drains those he possesses, but doesn't kill them).
** Joseph McTaggert, Proteus' father (and Moira's ex-husband) is reimagined as a greedy, selfish politician rather than the vicious rapist he was in the comics.
* TheCameo: [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] is briefly seen on the docks, dressed a la [[Franchise/{{Popeye}} Popeye the sailor man]].
