History Series / TheGifted2017

* AbandonTheDisabled: One of Dr. Garber's patients is Shawna, a young mutant girl with Down syndrome whose parents left her at the clinic because they didn't want to deal with a daughter who was both developmentally-disabled and a mutant.

The show was cancelled by FOX in 2019 after two seasons, but it's been reported that Creator/{{Hulu}} (which Marvel's parent company Creator/{{Disney}} owns a majority stake in) could possibly pick it up.

The show was was cancelled by a FOX in 2019 after two seasons, but it's been reported that Creator/{{Hulu}} (which Marvel's parent company Creator/{{Disney}} owns a majority stake in) could possibly pick it up.

* ABNegative: A gunshot victim needs a blood transfusion but being a fugitive cannot go to the hospital. Helpfully, Andy remembers that he is O-, the universal donor and can be safely used for a field transfusion.

''The Gifted'' is notable for drawing inspiration from deeper dives in ''X-Men'' lore than have previously been seen in live-action, and --like sister series ''Series/{{Legion|2017}}''-- is [[SchrodingersCanon ambiguously set]] in the universe of the films.

The show was was cancelled by a FOX in 2019 after two seasons.

[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTzW9rMcbzk Offical Trailer]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYX4BOhFQTU&t=3s Season 2 Trailer]]. ''The Gifted'' has been renewed for a second season, subtitled "Dawn of the Mutant Age", and returned in late 2018.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Reed Strucker, the prosecutor who specialised in mutant cases, is forced to go through what he put other mutants and their families through and watch his family suffer under the laws he supported.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Reeva, when she thinks Sage is a spy, doesn't get the Cuckoo Triplets to verify this by reading her mind. This, after just having them do the same in another matter. Instead, she just kills Sage on the spot. Of course, this was necessary to protect Lorna from discovery and [[RuleOfDrama draw out the plot]].

** Parents kicking their kids out for coming out as what they've always been, people who can't get jobs based on how they look, racist lynch mobs, all sounds very familiar. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Reminiscent of what goes on in this world even]].

[[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTzW9rMcbzk Offical Trailer]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nYX4BOhFQTU&t=3s Season 2 Trailer]]. ''The Gifted'' has been renewed for a second season, subtitled "Dawn of the Mutant Age", and will return in late 2018.

* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: Invoked by Polaris once she escapes custody and power restraints. Down to a payback of using a piece of rebar as a painful collar on one of her adversaries.

* DealWithTheDevil: After being pushed too far, Agent Turner agrees to work with [[MadDoctor Dr Campbell]] whose specialty is [[MindControl brainwashing]] mutants. He almost immediately sees the violations of human rights that entails.

** When Reed's powers begin manifesting, his arms glow red hot that could disintegrate anything he touches, referencing Satan's Claw, Baron Strucker's signature gauntlet in the comics.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Dr. Madeline Garber, who worked with Otto Strucker to suppress the mutant gene in Reed. She was very helpful when she met Reed once more and was delighted to learn that Lauren's X-Gene in her blood will help cure Reed. Until Lauren discovers that Dr. Garber's research on the Strucker genetics will be used to eventually ''purge'' the X-Gene from ''all'' mutants. When Garber learns that her plan was revealed, she calls mutants a "curse from God" and "should never have been born. Her brother was even the founder of the mutant-hate group Purifiers, so she wants to end the human-mutant violence by wiping out the mutant gene.

** When Reed's powers begin manifesting, his arms glow red hot that could distintegrate anything he touches, referencing Satan's Claw, Baron Strucker's signature gauntlet in the comics.

''The Gifted'' is a 2017 {{superhero}} {{science fiction}} series airing on Creator/{{FOX}}, based on the Creator/MarvelComics ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise. Created by Matt Nix (''Series/BurnNotice''), the show is a co-production between Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and Creator/MarvelTelevision, with a pilot directed by Creator/BryanSinger of the ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series.

Set in a {{bad present}} where the X-Men are gone and anti-mutant sentiment is rampant, ''The Gifted'' follows a family on the run from a [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction hostile government agency]] after parents Reed (Stephen Moyer) and Kate (Creator/AmyAcker) Strucker learn their teenage children Lauren & Andy (Natalie Alyn Lind & Percy Hynes White, respectively) are mutants themselves.

* CompositeCharacter: [[PowerOfTheSun Eclipse]] exists in the X-Men comics as an alternate-universe version of ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}, real name Roberto Da Costa; here Marcos is more clearly a straight {{expy}}. In addition, like Cyclops's brother Havok, he can project light as plasma waves and focused beams, and has a relationship with Polaris.

* AbusiveParents: Like in other ''X-Men'' properties, common for mutants.
** Marcos's father kicked him out when he manifested as a mutant and he refused to hide them. As a result he spent some time homeless.

** Marcos's parents kicked him out when he manifested as a mutant, and he spent some time homeless.

** Polaris, a mutant whose power is MagnetismManipulation, confronts a large number of police and squad cars with her team behind her, similar to Magneto in the first X-Men movie. Polaris is this alternate universe's Magneto's daughter.

** Blink's hair is entirely purple in the comics, but her series counterpart still has black hair with purple highlights.