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** To be fair though in the series the X-men is composed of only eight people(Beast, Kitty Pride, Emma Frost, Storm and Cyclops, and Forge, Bobby Drake, Nightcrawler and Rogue) and of the 8 only 6 have any combat experience (Forge can only build things and Nightcrawler was stilled in Genosha prison). While most of these people are powerhouses, it should be noted that most of them are GlassCannon as they dont have superhuman durability or healing powers so they can't take a hit and can easily be KO or killed with the right attack, which is why this series is heavily filled with WolverinePublicity. Because he is the only one that can SURVIVE most of the things they do. So in a quick and effective ambush attack you can easily take out most of them. The only problem is how they manage to take out Beast(who has SuperToughness) or Emma Frost(who should be able to sense the ninjas).
*** Cyclops and Storm are both well trained hand to hand combatants so... yeah.
*** Storm's power are not that much useful indoors. Cyclops can be taken out by attacking from behind or use knock out gas like they did to Emma Frost, and these are 'ninjas' so they are train in hand to hand combat as well. Like mention above, the two are powerhouses, but if you manage a hit them with a suprise attack they are going to stay down for a while. Besides the ninjas attack during the nighttime so half the X-men were probably asleep.
* WouldHurtAChild: Colonel Moss almost did on a little girl in "Hindsight (Part 1)".
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* WouldHurtAChild: Colonel Moss almost did on a little girl in "Hindsight (Part 1)".
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* MagicPants: Episode 7, ''"Wolverine vs. The Hulk",'' has both Bruce Banner's magically expanding pants whenever he transforms from being the Hulk. Also featured in that episode were the S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives who were turned into [[TheWendigo wendigoes]] beasts covered in fur mysteriously regaining their cclothes when they are cured of their affliction.
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* BigBad: Master Mold in the BadFuture. There are a couple of contenders for the main timeline, but it probably comes down to either Magneto, Senator Robert Kelly, or [[spoiler:the Inner Circle]]. For the aborted next season, it would appear to be [[spoiler:Apocalypse]].
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*** Cyclops and Storm are both well trained hand to hand combatants so... yeah.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Jim Ward's voice as Professor Xavier and TomKane's voice as Magneto were inspired by the [[Film/{{X-Men}} live-action versions]] played by, respectively, PatrickStewart and IanMcKellen. Likewise, FredTatasciore's Beast seems patterned on KelseyGrammer's Beast from X3, JenniferHale as Jean Grey evokes the sound of her film actress counterpart FamkeJanssen while NolanNorth as Cyclops vaguely evokes his film counterpart JamesMarsden, Kieren van den Blink as Rogue evokes film actress AnnaPaquin, LiamOBrien's Nightcrawler was partially inspired by Creator/AlanCumming's portrayal from X2, and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson's Shadow King sounds exactly like Creator/FrankWelker's [[InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]][=/=][[TransformersGenerationOne Sound]][[Film/{{Transformers}} wave]][=/=][[SuperFriends Darkseid]] voice.
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* GenderFlip: Arclight was changed from a woman into a man for the show. According to the commentary for "eXcessive Force", this was done because the crew was uncomfortable with having Cyclops attacking a woman while looking for Mister Sinister.
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[[caption-width-right:250:[[FanNickname Sniktbub]] [[AndZoidberg and some other guys]].]]
''Wolverine and the X-Men'' is the newest AnimatedAdaptation of the ''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'' franchise, premiering in America sometime in 2009 and everywhere else in the world mid-2008.
The show begins with the destruction of the Xavier Institute, and Professor Xavier and Jean Grey missing, apparently dead. A distraught Cyclops disbands the team, and everyone heads in their own directions. After a run-in with some token anti-mutant villains, {{Wolverine}} decides the X-Men must be reassembled, and begins locating the missing members.
[[WolverinePublicity As the title may have told you, this show heavily focuses on Wolverine]], even becoming the leader of the X-Men. That said, there were more than enough ADayInTheLimelight episodes to prevent things from being too repetitive, and the show explores the "Days Of Future Past" and "Genosha as Mutant Refuge" concepts in more depth than any other adaptation. Forge and Emma Frost are made part of the main cast for the first time.
Despite early reports of plans for Season 2, [[http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=518 it was canceled after just one season]], joining {{The Spectacular Spider-Man}}, which was canceled not too long before.
While the show itself proved to be too good to last, its legacy did live on in a very unusual way. Two years after the series' cancellation, Marvel launched a new [[ComicBook/{{WolverineAndTheXMen}} comic series of the same name]], which again focused on Wolverine re-building the school and reluctantly assuming the leadership role of to a group of X-men (albeit under different circumstances). While some character have been know to make the jump from [[CanonImmigrant from an adaptation to its source material]] before, this is one of the few time a source material has come to mirror the ''premise'' of its adaptation. Sometimes, you just can't keep a good (or bad) idea down.
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!!In addition to all the usual ComicBook/{{X-Men}} related tropes, this show contains examples of:
* AbandonedWarehouse: In the second episode, Avalanche levels an entire street of what the news conveniently announces as "empty warehouses".
* AdvertisedExtra: Angel for one. He appears in only a handful of episodes, but is prominently featured in the opening sequence's cast shot.
** Colossus was featured in some early promotional material - he even got an action figure! - but was PutOnABus in the pilot, never to be seen again.
* AfterTheEnd: the BadFuture Xavier is stuck in and the rest of the X-men are trying to prevent
* AirVentPassageway: Averted and even lampshaded in ''Thieves Gambit'', when Logan and Remy are sneaking into Bolivar Trask's warehouse.
-->'''Wolverine:''' What now? Airducts?\\
'''Gambit:''' Only in the world of cinema. In real life, they ''never'' hold.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Anti-[[{{Mutants}} mutant]] hysteria, obviously; it's '''Franchise/{{X-Men}}'''.
* AnIcePerson: Bobby Drake/Iceman.
* AntiHero: In this adaptation Cyclops is more anti-heroic than Wolverine...
* {{Badass}}: Wolverine, again.
* BadassLongcoat: Cyclops and Gambit.
* BadassPacifist: Beast always offers his foes a chance to surrender.
* BadFuture: Xavier is [[spoiler:stuck in a future run by Sentinels]]. At the end of the first season, though, the X-Men [[spoiler:manage to change history and prevent the Sentinel uprising. Unfortunately, this merely creates a completely different BadFuture ruled by evil SocialDarwinist Apocalypse. It really sucks to be Charles Xavier.]]
* BatmanGambit: Gambit's plan to steal {{Magneto}}'s helmet [[spoiler: was to admit that he was sent there to steal Magneto's helmet so he could walk around freely thus he could have an easier time stealing Magneto's helmet. [[KansasCityShuffle Turns out the helmet was just misdirection]] so that he could cripple their infastructure with a few well-placed explosives.]]
* BeastAndBeauty: Kurt (Nightcrawler) and Wanda (ScarletWitch).
* BetaCouple: Possibly Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake (Iceman).
** There was also Nightcrawler and Scarlet Witch
* BigBad: Master Mold in the BadFuture. There are a couple of contenders for the main timeline, but it probably comes down to either Magneto or [[spoiler:the Inner Circle]]. For the aborted next season, it would appear to be [[spoiler:Apocalypse]].
* BookEnds: The show had a three-part premier called "Hindsight" and a three-part finale called "Foresight".
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Mojo does this to Wolverine in an episode. Also Archangel. Although it's not made clear if this is entirely the case at first certainly by the end of the series he seems to be a mindless puppet of Sinister's.
* BreakTheCutie: Polaris.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Wolverine's former girlfriend Mariko Yashida was forced by her father to marry the Silver Samurai. In the comics Mariko and Silver Samurai are half-siblings, having the same father.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Warren Worthington III is ''not pleased'' that his father bankrolls the anti-mutant movement, and isn't afraid to say it his face. [[spoiler:Scarlet Witch and Polaris give Magneto the same treatment after he crosses the MoralEventHorizon in the finale.]]
* ChewToy: Forge.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Jim Ward's voice as Professor Xavier and TomKane's voice as Magneto were inspired by the [[Film/{{X-Men}} live-action versions]] played by, respectively, PatrickStewart and IanMcKellen. Likewise, FredTatasciore's Beast seems patterned on KelseyGrammer's Beast from X3, JenniferHale as Jean Grey evokes the sound of her film actress counterpart FamkeJanssen while NolanNorth as Cyclops vaguely evokes his film counterpart JamesMarsden, Kieren van den Blink as Rogue evokes film actress AnnaPaquin, LiamOBrien's Nightcrawler was partially inspired by Creator/AlanCumming's portrayal from X2, and Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson's Shadow King sounds exactly like Creator/FrankWelker's [[InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]][=/=][[TransformersGenerationOne Sound]][[Film/{{Transformers}} wave]][=/=][[SuperFriends Darkseid]] voice.
* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Because Logan is a [[CanonSue perfectly level-headed leader that makes infallible decisions and always wins his fights and never puts the team at unacceptable risk]], the dissenting troubled anti-hero Cyclops [[SarcasmMode must always be wrong.]]
** Comes up again in the following episode where Cyclops doubts Rogue's sincerity in coming to warn the X-Men of the Brotherhood's antics.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Arclight has the gender of the AgeOfApocalypse character and hence is a male, but the powers of the classic Arclight and sports a SpearCounterpart's version of her costume. Toad is basically the ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}'' version with the [[UltimateMarvel Ultimate]] look.
** Warren Worthington II is a combination of Cameron Hodge (CorruptCorporateExecutive who funds several anti-Mutnat programs and [[spoiler:has Angel's wings amputated]]) and the [[Film/{{X-Men}} movie]] version of Warren Worthington II (also funds Anti-Mutant program, such as a "cure" for mutants' believes what he did saw best for [[spoiler:his son]], though in reality, was only serving himself; and [[spoiler:realizes the error of his way, though in this case, too late to really do anything.]])
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Master Mold in the BadFuture.
* ContinuitySnarl: According to WordOfGod, the ''Wolverine'' short of ''HulkVS'' takes place in the same universe as this show. That said, there are some things that in ''HulkVS Wolverine'' that contradict ''[=WatXM=]'' like [[spoiler:Wolverine remembering Weapon X and their members and meeting them again in the short when he has no idea who they are when he meets up with Sabretooth after years in the series. Also, Bruce Banner has no idea who Wolverine is in ''[=WatXM=]'', despite Wolverine being the reason for his two main Hulk-outs in the short and Wolvie first meeting Bruce Banner while he was Banner]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive:
** Mojo, as usual.
** Warren Worthington II [[CaptainObvious (Warren Worthington III AKA Angel's father)]] finances senator Kelly's anti-mutant campaign platform, and provides the MRD's R&D and hardware as well; needless to say, [[CallingTheOldManOut his son disagrees vocally]]. Unfortunately, by the time [[HeelRealization he realizes he's being a gigantic dick]], it's too little too late, both to stop the anti-mutant movement from becoming a viable political and paramilitary force on its own and [[spoiler:to save his son from becoming Mister Sinister's brainwashed minion]], leaving him with nothing but now cold and empty financial and material comforts and a mountain of regrets. Karma's a bitch sometimes.
* CurseCutShort: ''Wolverine vs. The Hulk''.
-->'''Wolverine:''' Oh, you gotta be kidding me, Fury. Mystical curse my a- * violently grabbed by Hulk*
* CutShort: Since the show was cancelled before a second season could air, the show ends on a cliffhanger where [[spoiler:the X-men must try and avert the Age of Apocalypse.]]
* DarkIsEvil: The Shadow King.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Nightcrawler, [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready as always]].
* {{Dark Skinned| Blond}} WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Storm.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen De]][[IncrediblyLamePun frost]][[DefrostingIceQueen ing Ice Queen]]: When introduced, Emma acts pretty much like anyone familiar with the comics would expect. Compare that Emma with the one we see in the end. [[CharacterDevelopment Hoo boy]].
* DemonicPossession: The Shadow King.
* DemotedToExtra: Storm. Yes, ''Storm'' is shoved in the background to give Wolvie a bigger role. In fact, there's no real reason for her presence at all: she doesn't factor into any of the storylines, and the episode where she rejoins the team has nothing to do with the overall plot. It's possible that the writers only threw her in because viewers are used to seeing her.
** Actually, she did help save them all from being killed by Nitro.
* DerailingLoveInterests: Happens to both Jean Grey and Emma Frost. Jean actually gets derailed right from the pilot when she's shown berating her boyfriend Cyclops for getting into a fight with Wolverine over her, which naturally casts her in a negative light. Jean is then MIA for most of the season while Emma Frost is around, trying to see if she can maybe get Cyclops on her side by being at least somewhat more sympathetic towards him (more so than most of the other X-Men anyway), only to [[spoiler:get blown up for her trouble at the end of the series, leaving Jean to have Cyclops all to herself.]]
* DesignatedLoveInterest: Jean Grey to Cyclops (for the few minutes that she actually appears).
* DespairEventHorizon: Cyclops after losing Jean Grey.
* DeusExitMachina:
** Jean Grey and Charles Xavier suffering from comas inflicted to them from a bomb in the pilot episode during the shows run kept major plots from being resolved far too quickly with their all-powerful telekinesis and telepathy respectfully .
** Future!Polaris traveling with Bishop and Xavier's group of mutants would have reduced the Sentinels from major threats to cannon fodder due to her Magnetism powers, so she has to stay behind in the same episode she was introduced.
* DishingOutDirt: Dust, namely [[VoluntaryShapeshifting she's the dirt]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: Apparently, one of the longest sentences in Genosha's prison is for people who kiss Lorna.
** Well that person later turn out to be a a con artest who attempted to blow up Genosha's infrastructure
as well as stealing Magneto's helmet(which is very important as telepathy is really the only thing that can possibly take him down, hence why he wears it all the time)
** Cyclops blasts Wolverine repeatedly for hitting on his girlfriend Jean Grey and for annoying him in general.
*** In the series finale Jean herself violently binds Emma Frost to a wall with pipes for kissing Cyclops while he was unconscious. (see DoubleStandard below)
* DitzyGenius. Forge, and how.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hmmm, [[AceLightning Tamara Evans]] voices [[spoiler:a shape-shifting villainess who's secretly in love with the show's male protagonist. Or at least the man he used to be.]]
* DoubleStandard: It's a crime for Cyclops to lose his temper and lash out at Wolverine for hitting on his longtime girlfriend Jean Grey, but it's okay for Jean to violently attack Emma Frost when Emma gets a little too friendly with Cyclops. (see Hypocrite below)
* DownerEnding: Due to ExecutiveMeddling.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Happens to Storm in the episodes in which he takes part in battles. She appears, makes a major power play, and is knocked out almost immediately. The writers even acknowledge that she's too powerful to work into their universe properly.
* EmpathyDollShot: A scene of two children running from Sentinels, and one dropping a teddy bear is in the opening theme.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Senator Kelly and Magneto had a deal in which the MRD would deport all their captives to Genosha. The deal ended when Magneto learned that Kelly was secretly keeping the most powerful mutants under lock and key.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Rogue, after an apparent ReverseMole. Though ultimately revealed to be a double-ReverseMole.]]
* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Some episodes used lasers, though in episode 18 the Brotherhood are attacked with firearms that resemble, and sound like, real life weaponry. The trope is immediately played straight again though, as Toad is caught in a net. However, when you think about it this makes more sense as the MRD's purpose is mainly to capture and not to kill. Despite this, {{Quicksilver}} is able to scavenge a handgun and use it to cause a Sentinel to fall down to its destruction.
* FastballSpecial: However, because Colossus has hardly appeared, some interesting variations (like Wolverine being thrown by the Blob or propelled by one of Cyclops' laser blasts) have occurred instead.
* FirstGirlWins
* FluffyTheTerrible: Rover, a reprogrammed Sentinel. Although he's pretty nice to his TrueCompanions, and Marrow especially becomes very attached to him.
* GambitPileup: Let's see: Kelly's working an angle, Magneto's working an angle against him, the Inner Circle is working the X-Men, Xavier's working the X-Men too, and then there are people like Sinister and Weapon X, who were planning for the [[SequelHook season 2 that never happened.]]
* GenghisGambit: [[spoiler:Magneto plans to have Genosha razed by Sentinels as a pretext to rally all of mutantkind to a war with humanity.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Beast, as usual.
* {{Goth}}: Domino's fashion style. She rocks the look.
** Nightcrawler's design here also has some Goth influence, but his personality couldn't be [[PerkyGoth further from the stereotype]].
* HarmlessFreezing: Iceman encases people in ice a few times, but they never have lasting effects from it.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: One episode featured Nightcrawler teaching a groups of mutants with "useless" powers this.
* HelloNurse: Emma Frost. Her introduction into the series has practically every male at the X-Mansion (aside from Wolverine and Beast) gawking over her.
** Jean Grey and Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch aren't too shabby either.
*** Heck, in flashbacks Cyclops had a bit of a ''Hello Nurse'' reaction to Jean when they first met as teenagers.
* HeelFaceTurn: Semi-used. [[spoiler:Mid-season, Rogue reveals that she only joined the Brotherhood in order to infiltrate them, because she learned some unpleasant things from Toad's mind.]] And while [[spoiler:Emma may not have been working for the X-Men per-se, her goals were always good (stop the Phoenix). It's the Inner Circle who had a FaceHeelTurn when they decided to use the Phoenix as a tool for their own power.]]
* HeelRealization: Warren Worthington II has this epiphany right after he loses what he truly cared about most due to his own actions.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Emma Frost. Had the second season happened, she would apparently have returned.]]
* HighschoolSweethearts: Cyclops and Jean Grey, albeit a twisted example.
* HonorBeforeReason: When Cyclops attacks Wolverine for hitting on Jean Grey the clawed one refuses to fight back simply because he promised Jean he wouldn't (Granted, Wolverine brought this on himself since he hit on a woman who was already in a relationship). He also holds to promises he made to Mystique and Yuriko years earlier.
* HulkSpeak: The Hulk in his guest appearance, naturally.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Wolverine chews out Cyclops for running off by himself [[spoiler:to hunt for the missing Jean Grey amongst the cronies of Sinister and then the bad man himself]] instead of working with the team, and then goes off and does the exact same thing in the next episode! This is repeatedly lampshaded, though, and Rogue straight up calls him out on it repeatedly.
** Jean Grey herself ultimately proves to be this towards Cyclops. She chastised the Hell out of him for losing his temper and zapping the crap out of Wolverine when Wolverine hit on her. So what does Jean do in the series finale when she sees Emma Frost kissing an unconscious Cyclops? She violently throws Emma up against a wall, binds her there with pipes, and is about to curbstomp her until Cyclops intervenes.
** Xavier could also be considered this, at least in regards towards Cyclops. He pretty much ignored Cyclops's personal problems while always putting time aside for Wolverine.
*** Well Xavier could be Justified, as he is trying to save the world from a from a robots that are trying to take over the world, so he would not have time to use his rare MentalTimeTravel moments for some Cyclop's girlfriend trouble. And Wolverine being an ex-CIA agent, along with having the greatest combat expertise and experience would be perfect for the more Black Ops-style X-men then the original X-men which was more like a peace organization.
* InstantExpert: Rogue, but just temporary.
* InTheBlood: Commented on by Gambit when he steals Magneto's helmet and break's Polaris's heart (well, kinda) by revealing he was leaving without her. This, understandably, pisses off Polaris and she uses her powers to take back Magneto's helmet and almost sinks Gambit's boat.
-->'''Gambit:''' Of course, she has her daddy's powers... and her sister's temper.
* IntangibleMan: Shadowcat.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Iceman and Shadowcat; literally, in Shadowcat's case.
* KickTheDog: Selene revealing that [[spoiler: Emma is the one who accidentally caused the explosion that broke up the team, and then stole Xavier's body so that she could plant it on Genosha and buy her way onto the team. All while Emma begs her not to say it.]] Plus, Selene is clearly enjoying it.
* KillerRobot: Sentinels.
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler:Magneto. In order to let mutants roam free, he plans to have millions of mutants and humans alike killed.]]
* LaResistance
* LaserGuidedKarma: In "Hindsight", a camper calls MRD about Wolverine, and then rats out on his neighbors just for showing kindness to him for saving their daughter. His RV ends up getting smashed by a MRD helicopter, thanks to Wolverine.
** After giving Cyclops a hard time about losing his temper and sucker punching Wolverine for hitting on her, Jean Grey gets a taste of her own medicine in the finale when she sees an unconscious Cyclops get kissed by Emma Frost. Not that Jean takes her Laser Guided Karma lying down.
* TheLoad: Cyclops of all people is portrayed as this, even in flashbacks to his earlier years.
** Toad to the Brotherhood. He repeatedly gets captured and needing his teammates to break him out. They were actually going to let him rot in "Time Bomb" before he told them about Nitro.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The X-Men cast is large enough that some of them don't actually get anything to do. The series throws in villains and secondary characters so often that few of them get any buildup or development, even some characters that are important to the plot aren't introduced until the very last minute (such as the [[spoiler:Inner Circle, who don't appear until the last three-parter]]), or appear to have monumental importance for a single episode before being relegated to extras (Tildie).
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Emma Frost falls for Cyclops ''hard''; as mentioned elsewhere, [[HeroicSacrifice standard]] [[RedemptionEqualsDeath rules]] apply.]]
* LoveTriangle: Wolverine/Jean Grey/Cyclops and Emma Frost/Cyclops/Jean Grey.
* LovingAShadow: This seems to be the entire basis of Cyclops's relationship with Jean Grey.
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Apocalypse to Sinister]], though if you're familiar with many other versions [[ItWasHisSled you probably guessed that]].
* ManipulativeBitch: Emma Frost, naturally.
** Jean Grey herself has a hint of this herself with the way she coaxed Cyclops via telepathy when they were teenagers.
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: Taken to a very, very, ridiculous degree. What happens in the past directly affects the future in real time. Even worse when you realize that [[TimeyWimeyBall the future affected the present that affects the future]].
* MechanicalEvolution: The future Sentinels begin copying the powers of captured mutants.
* MindControlEyes: {{Lampshaded}}. ScarletWitch can't believe Nightcrawler is serious when he states that Wolverine is no longer under Mojo's control because of a change in his eyes.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Emma Frost. After accidentally causing the explosion at the Xavier Institute, she stole Xavier's body so that she could buy her way onto the team and eventually have another chance to find Jean. Or more precisely, the Phoenix. Though she did have good intentions...]]
* MoodMotif: The music from the three movies is threaded throughout the show's theme music.
* MostCommonSuperpower: When those costumes come complete with plunging necklines, makes no sense for most of the women to NOT be blessed up top.
* MsFanService: Emma Frost, whose costume design has gone completely unchanged from one of her comic looks. And considering how she [[{{Stripperiffic}} usually dresses]]... they [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar sure were lucky for being able to do so]].
** Jean Grey also gets a little bit of this when she gets an off camera wardrobe upgrade from her regular attire to a spiffy red dress.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The one good thing to come out of "Guardian Angel" was [[spoiler:Warren Sr. realizing how badly he screwed up and severing his ties with Kelly]].
* MythologyGag:
** A lot of background mutants are cult favourites such as Dazzler; Wolverine wearing his silly original costume in the flashback in ''Wolverine vs The Hulk''.
** The number of mutant cameos is frankly ridiculous(ly awesome). Seriously, there was a whole action sequence in one episode that was just dealing with ''Fever Pitch''.
** And when the Marauders Blockbuster and Vertigo are first seen, they're harassing the Morlock Berserker, in reference to their part in the infamous Morlock Massacre storyline.
* NeverSayDie: Averted with a few uses of the word "kill", but most notably when in episode 17 when the theme is a duel to the death between Logan and the Silver Samurai. Other instances Kurt and Wanda run from a [[spoiler:mind controlled Wolverine]] and when Logan and Beast try getting Bobby to rejoin. In episode 16 [[spoiler:Polaris in the bad future explicitly refers to Magneto as dead, and we almost see the firewave rush over him and burn him to death]]. This trope can pretty much be considered averted.
* NotAsYouKnowThem: Not as prevalent as one would expect. Besides Cyclops and Wolverine's role swap, and Storm's DemotedToExtra, the rest of the cast is pretty much spot-on.
** Depending on which media you were introduced to them. Rogue and Kitty seem to be movie versions, Emma is the comics version, Forge is no version we've ever seen, Polaris is a DaddysGirl, etc.
** Angel is apparently good friends with Wolverine in the series, whereas the comic book Angel couldn't stand Wolverine and once quit the team because of it.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Between Iceman and Shadowcat as they both rolled into each others arms just as Angel walks on them.
* ObliviousToLove: Nightcrawler seems to have no idea just how badly Scarlet Witch is into him. Similarly, Cyclops never seems to realize that Emma Frost is interested in him.
* OhCrap: Nightcrawler's reaction to Mojo sending a brainwashed [[spoiler: Wolverinie]] after him and Wanda. "Oh, dang."
* OverprotectiveDad: Magneto, but only to Lorna.
* ParentalSubstitute: Rogue thinks of Logan as this. Or at least, as an absentee-version of it, since he keeps leaving for days or weeks at a time.
* PinkMeansFeminine: flashbacks show Jean Grey wearing a pink shirt (with blue and purple hair bands) as a teenager. Also Kitty is seen wearing pink at least once.
* ThePhoenix: As a motif.
* PokemonSpeak: Rover, a Sentinel that Polaris built out of scrap, only says the word "[[CrushKillDestroy Destroy]]". [[spoiler:Before being destroyed, he says to Marrow, "Run."]]
* PowerStrainBlackout: Christy faints after using her powers to save Wolverine and her father.
* PunchClockVillain: The MRD could be considered this, even though they aren't focused very much personally.
* RebelliousPrincess: Polaris.
* RecursiveAdaptation: The UltimateMarvel, [[Film/{{X-Men}} movie]], and ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men Evolution}}'' versions of many characters seem to have more influence on their portrayal here than the mainstream MarvelUniverse characterizations.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Poor Emma Frost...]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Unlike the other types of X-men series, Wolverine is the blue oni to Cyclop's red oni.
* ReverseMole: Played with. [[spoiler: Initially, Rogue looks like this in ''Hindsight Part 2''. She pretends to join the Brotherhood, but is working with the X-Men against them. But this is all a ploy. She's really working with the Brotherhood to use the X-Men to help push the anti-mutant agenda, thus justifying further anti-human activities by the Brotherhood and pushing along the path to war.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: in ''Battle Lines'', Rogue reveals that ''all of that'' was part of her plan; she was on the X-Men's side all along. She read some disturbing things from Toad's mind, so she decided to hook up with them to keep an eye on them. She even tried to tell the X-Men about it once in a prior episode, but [[ParentalSubstitute Logan wasn't there]], which pissed her off enough to not bother.]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Xavier seems to have it. Or does he? As a telepath in contact with people from the past he can read from their minds what he told them to avert, even when it no longer happened.
* RobotBuddy: Rover.
* SacrificialLamb: Jean Grey in the first episode. [[spoiler:At least, that's what they wanted us to believe.]]
* SayMyName: Cyclops: SINISTER!!!!!!!!
* SecondLove:
** Emma Frost is set up to be this towards Cyclops but [[spoiler:her death makes the development null]].
** Mariko is Wolverine's second love,[[spoiler: with Mystique being his first back when he worked for Weapon X]].
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Prof X sends them messages from the BadFuture, in the hope they can stop it.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Nightcrawler says this about the Scarlet Witch. She is visibly sad.
* ShipTease: Angel and Storm. We only get to see it in one episode, though, thanks to the show's cancellation. [[spoiler:And it's the episode where Angel is brainwashed and turned into Archangel, no less.]]
** The also teased the hell out of Nightcrawler and Scarlet Witch. See SheIsNotMyGirlfriend.
* ShoutOut:
** Logan calls Hank [[StarWars Chewie]] in the first episode.
** In the episode that focuses on Jean, there is a scene where Bobby Drake (Iceman) is clearly playing a RealLife ''Iron Man'' game. More specifically, the main console game based on the [[Film/IronMan first film]].
* SpiderTank: The Sentinel Prowler.
* SpotlightStealingTitle: '''''Wolverine''''' and the X-Men. You might not notice the second part at first on some posters.
* SpotlightStealingSquad: For a show called "Wolverine and the X-Men" Nightcrawler gets ''way'' more focus than anyone else ([[CaptainObvious other than Wolverine, of course]]).
* SunglassesAtNight: Cyclops, as usual, to contain his otherwise-uncontrollable mutant powers.
* SupportingLeader: In the future it's Xavier, but in the present Magneto (oddly enough) cites Nightcrawler as one of these characters. One episode shows that he actually does have fantastic leadership skills and his time with the X-Men has made him well-respected in the mutant community.
* TeleportationSickness: In "Hunting Grounds", the Scarlet Witch when Nightcrawler teleports both of them repeatedly.
* ThisIsReality: See AirVentPassageway above.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The way time changes in the future from the present.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Domino, to the Brotherhood.
* TookALevelInBadass: Nightcrawler is decidedly more badass than he appears in other adaptations.
* TookALevelInDumbass: Quicksilver, as noted below.
* TooDumbToLive; Oh sure Inner Circle go ahead and try to probe Phoniex's mind without Emma Frost, the one who know what she's doing. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.
* TrojanPrisoner: Gambit is able to get onto Genosha by [[spoiler:admitting that Senator Kelly sent him there to steal Magneto's helmet. Turns out he's actually there to cripple their infrastructure and leave them open to invasion.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: Toad stands by the Brotherhood, no matter what. Even during the aforementioned battle with the Sentinels, he stayed with them.
** And of course, Cyclops with his seemingly indestructible determination to hold out hope for Jean Grey's eventual return.
* TheUnFavourite: Magneto makes it ''very'' clear which of his three children he has the least regard for. [[spoiler:It's Quicksilver.]]
** May or may not occur between Xavier and Cyclops (see below).
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite his best efforts, Quicksilver can never get daddy to cut him any slack, or even recognize he might be useful at anything. To be fair though, he is a complete idiot.
** Though he does manage to set up the X-Men in a clever fashion in the second episode of the three part Series pilot.
*** May or may not occur with Cyclops, who is cast aside by Xavier who proceeds to smother Wolverine with guidance and moral support.
**** Though the reason Xavier is smothering Wolverine with support is because he is trying to save the world from killer robots that will eradicate mankind. Cyclops is mentally unbalanced due to his girlfriend trouble, and Wolverine is the only one on the team with experience and combat skills to fill his leadership rolls.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Despite what she had done, Emma was never evil at all, and she was far from what you could call a villain. Everything she had done was in order to save the world from the Phoenix Force. Too bad the rest of the Hellfire Club has [[TakeOverTheWorld other plans]]...]]
** Senator Kelly and Magneto, on opposite sides of the mutant conflict and both convinced the other will be the one to start the war. [[spoiler: Strangely enough, this does not stop them from working together on occasion albeit with the intention of stabbing the other in the back eventually]].
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Evoked (though never outrightly asked by any of the cast) with Jean Grey and Emma Frost in regards to Cyclops, due mostly to the fact that Cyclops is not portrayed with any admirable traits. Wolverine makes a joke about to Cyclops's face in their first encounter (and suffers for it not long after).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Colossus appeared in the first episode as a team member, but never returned after the rest of the team was reunited. He was supposed to in Season 2, however.
** X-23. She had a voiceless cameo in 'Stolen Lives', body-guarding Professor Thorton as he made his escape, and four of her helped Wolverine in the future in the final episodes. Future Logan states that he found them in a Weapon X facility in stasis, but given that that future won't happen, four of her seems unlikely now. So, what happened to her?
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Subverted in the episode where Nightcrawler saves a sinking ship with help from a bunch of mutants with marginal-seeming powers.
* WhatTheHellHero: In the Hulk episode, both Wolverine and Banner call shenanigans on Nick Fury for unleashing Hulk into the area in the first place. For his part, Fury defies their WhatTheHellHero, maintaining that SHIELD doesn't answer to them and if Fury decides to continue to use them both for his own ends, they won't get two words on the subject.
** This is pretty much Jean's reaction to Cyclops zapping Wolverine after Wolverine hit on her without knowing she made the clawed one promise her he wouldn't fight Cyclops.
** Jean has this reaction towards Cyclops again in the series finale when he tries to take on the Phoenix - though that time she was trying to save his life.
** Pretty much everyone has this reaction towards Cyclops throughout the series, since people who lose their loved ones apparently don't deserve sympathy.
*** He IS giving sympathy, the only problem is that Cyclops is letting his love for Jean Grey take priority over everything else. Which is okay an all, but eventually its going to start annoying people who are TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM A HUMAN-MUTANT WAR and Killer robots, most likely most of the X-men(particularly Wolverine) got tired of his shit.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Quicksilver.
* WindowPain: Cyclops puts Wolverine out, forcibly, via optic blasts, through a window in Episode 2.
* WolverinePublicity: The title and the posters show him prominently.
* TheWorfEffect:
** [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]] only makes two appearances in the series. In the first he was clobbered to demonstrate how powerful another character was. His second sequence is barely a cameo, where he escapes entirely off-screen. He doesn't even get to say a word. Commented upon in his first appearance when he gets launched halfway across a city and knocked out cold.
-->'''Kitty Pryde:''' Juggernaut? As in, "The ''Unstoppable'' Juggernaut?" What could do that to him?\\
''Cue giant monster.''\\
'''Kitty Pryde:''' Never mind.
** Wolverine, despite having his name in the title, is not slacking on his indestructible punching bag duties. Against anyone with a name he either loses, stalemates, or gets a beatdown before winning. The hazards of having blades as your main offense when you aren't allowed to cut anyone.
*** The whole team suffers this in ''Code of Conduct'' when they all get kidnapped by ninjas to lure Wolverine into a trap against Silver Samurai. Yes, you read that right: the X-Men, who battle Magneto, Mr. Sinister, Sentinels and the occasional space alien among other threats, all got kidnapped by ordinary human ninjas. [[SarcasmMode And Xavier wonders why the X-Men failed to save the world in the future...]]
** To be fair though in the series the X-men is composed of only eight people(Beast, Kitty Pride, Emma Frost, Storm and Cyclops, and Forge, Bobby Drake, Nightcrawler and Rogue) and of the 8 only 6 have any combat experience (Forge can only build things and Nightcrawler was stilled in Genosha prison). While most of these people are powerhouses, it should be noted that most of them are GlassCannon as they dont have superhuman durability or healing powers so they can't take a hit and can easily be KO or killed with the right attack, which is why this series is heavily filled with WolverinePublicity. Because he is the only one that can SURVIVE most of the things they do. So in a quick and effective ambush attack you can easily take out most of them. The only problem is how they manage to take out Beast(who has SuperToughness) or Emma Frost(who should be able to sense the ninjas).
* YoureInsane: Scott to Sinister in ''Shades of Grey''.
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