History XMenFilmSeries / TropesDToF

** Logan's strong preference for beer stems from his [[CanadaEh Canadian]] background, and it's also an indicator that he has lived for many years as a vagabond.

*** Professor X and Quicksilver are GlassCannon mutants with a StoryBreakerPower in addition to being light-hearted, [[TheCharmer charismatic]] {{Pretty Boy}}s and {{Chivalrous Pervert}}s, and they even share an attraction towards Moira.[[note]]It's downplayed in Quicksilver's case, but he is flirty with her just before he saves her from an explosion at Xavier's school.[[/note]] The former is a CoolTeacher and the latter is a CoolLoser. They have both undergone a ManChild phase and have parental issues--Charles had experienced [[ParentalNeglect emotional neglect]] from his mother, and Peter grew up [[DisappearedDad fatherless]]. Xavier and Maximoff are Erik's brother figure and biological son, respectively (and Magneto had abandoned both of them), yet ironically, Quicksilver is more comfortable staying with the Professor (who will become his mentor and ParentalSubstitute) than revealing to Lehnsherr that they're related. Xavier also shows an almost fatherly concern for Peter's safety during the battle against Apocalypse because Charles anxiously utters the young mutant's name when he's able to sense through his telepathy that Maximoff [[spoiler:has been seriously injured]]. They are the only two mutants who manage to land a few direct punches on Apocalypse--Quicksilver does this in the physical world, and Xavier does this on the astral plane, [[spoiler:although Apocalypse gets the upper-hand on both of them]], and they are both examples of BreakTheCutie.

** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A minor example with Professor X, who owns a [[http://br.web.img1.acsta.net/newsv7/16/04/28/16/03/489905.jpg white shirt with vertical strips of semi-transparent material,]] so parts of his chest are somewhat visible. It's a deliberate attempt by the filmmakers to evoke the HotTeacher trope, as he was a HotScientist in ''First Class''. Even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj7Vs5xS2zs V-neck of Xavier's lilac shirt]] and the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfnMzOdUEAE5638.jpg:large 3/4 sleeves of his blazer]] expose a bit more flesh underneath his neck and around his lower arms than the conservative clothing that is archetypal to his character, so although he's not presented as outright sexy, the costume designer is nonetheless depicting Charles in a more sensual manner than in previous movies.

** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Mystique has a [[ShesGotLegs leg take from below]].

** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': [[{{Wolverine}} Jimmy]]'s father is murdered, leading the boy to kill the assassin, Thomas Logan... and he discovers that Logan is his real father. So Jimmy is forced to run away along with Logan's other son, Victor.

** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Bobby Drake "comes out" with his mutant powers to his parents, who respond, [[HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster "Have you tried ''not'' being a mutant?"]] Director Creator/BryanSinger and actor Creator/IanMcKellen are gay, and were asked for assistance in writing this scene, basing it on a "coming out" conversation.

* FamousLastWords:
** ''Film/XMen1'':
*** "Well, I think you've got... one less person to... to be afraid of..." [[spoiler:Robert Kelly to Storm, right before his unstable mutation turns him fully into water.]]
*** "Don't you people ever die?!" [[spoiler:Toad, as Storm rises back up from the elevator shaft and blasts him with lightning.]]
*** "You owe me a scream." [[spoiler:Sabretooth to Storm, before Cyclops blasts him off the Statue of Liberty.]]
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'':
*** "What are you doing?" [[spoiler:Mitchell Laurio to Magneto, as Magneto uses the metal Mystique injected into Mitchell to kill him and escape.]]
*** "He's going to be so mad at me!" [[spoiler:Jason Stryker, when the hallucination he has trapped Charles in collapses due to Storm.]]
*** "One day someone will finish what I've started, Wolverine! One day! One day!!!" [[spoiler:William Stryker, Jr., as Wolverine abandons him, chained up as the floodwaters come in.]]
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'':
*** "No. No." [[spoiler:Cyclops, after Jean cures his PowerIncontinence and she loses control of the Phoenix.]]
*** "Don't let it control you." [[spoiler:Charles Xavier, as he loses a mental battle with the Phoenix and is vaporized.]]
*** "Save me." [[spoiler:Jean Grey to Wolverine, as she is destroying the compound where the cure was stored.]]
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'':
*** "I'm not afraid of you. I'm afraid of dying." [[spoiler:Chris Bradley to Victor, as Victor is about to harvest Chris for the Deadpool.]]
*** "It's funny how innocent people tend to die around you!" [[spoiler:Agent Zero, mocking Wolverine for the people that Zero killed in an effort to kill Wolverine. Logan blows up the crashed helicopter Zero is trapped in.]]
*** "I'm not Bradley, Victor. I'm not scared of your creepy black coat." [[spoiler:John Wraith, before trying to kill Victor. Victor grabs John's spine as he rematerializes from a teleport, killing him.]]
*** "Walk until you bleed... then keep walking!" [[spoiler:Kayla Silverfox using her persuasion powers on William Stryker as she's bleeding to death.]]

*** "Alles ist in Ordnung!"[[note]]"Everything is fine!"[[/note]] [[spoiler:Edie Eisenhardt to her son Erik, trying to calm him down as she is about to be executed.]]
*** "You're one of them?!" [[spoiler:Bob Hendry, after trying to blow up Shaw with a grenade and finding that Shaw can easily absorb the energy. Shaw then uses this energy to kill him.]]
*** "Alex! Do it!" [[spoiler:Darwin, shielding Angel Dust right before Alex shoots Shaw with an energy beam. Shaw absorbs the energy and then gives it to Darwin, and Darwin fails to adapt fast enough to survive.]]
*** "I don't want to hurt you, Erik. I never did. I want to help you. This is our time. Our age. We are the future of the human race. You and me, son. This world could be ours." [[spoiler:Sebastian Shaw, before Erik gets his anti-telepath helmet off. Once Charles paralyzes him, Erik telekinetically moves a coin through his skull.]]
** ''Film/TheWolverine'':
*** "What kind of a monster are you?" [[spoiler:Shingen Yashida, to which Logan [[TitleDrop answers]] "The Wolverine".]]
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** "Is everybody all right?" [[spoiler:Storm in the final defense of the monastery, right before a Sentinel stabs her and tosses her over the cliff.]]
*** "No!" [[spoiler:Bishop, as he is overloaded by Sentinels hitting him with too much energy for him to handle.]]
*** "Now!" [[spoiler:Colossus to Blink, ordering her to send him through a portal to build up momentum and crash through some Sentinels. He is torn apart a few minutes later when too many Sentinels overwhelm him.]]
*** "Go, go!" [[spoiler:Warpath, before being killed by Sentinels at the final defense of the monastery.]]

*** (in Polish) "I won't let them take you!" [[spoiler:Nina Gurzky, as she commands a flock of crows to attack the policemen arresting Erik. She is then accidentally shot by an arrow along with her mother.]]
*** (in Polish) "Please calm yourself, Nina!" [[spoiler:Magda Gurzky trying to placate Nina, same.]]
*** "HEY!! Hey, asshole!" [[spoiler:Havok to Apocalypse and the Four Horsemen in response to their kidnapping of Xavier, before his chest beam misses the shot at the portal they vanish through and destroys a main generator in the mansion. This sets off an explosion that destroys the entire building and kills him instantly.]]
*** "I see now... all has been revealed..." [[spoiler:En Sabah Nur, as the Phoenix vaporizes him.]]
** ''Film/{{Logan}}'':
*** "Our boat... the Sunseeker...." [[spoiler:Charles Xavier, as he dies from the stab wound left in his chest by the X-24.]]
*** "Take your friends and run. They'll keep coming... And coming... You don't have to fight anymore. Go. Don't be what they made you... Laura. [...] So... this is what it feels like... [[spoiler:Logan, after being stabbed through the torso by a tree trunk, compounded with the multiple wounds that would no longer heal thanks to the adamantium poisoning that left him a broken man.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: See MrFanservice and MsFanservice for more blatant examples.
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Mystique has a [[ShesGotLegs leg take from below]].
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Colossus' X-suit lacks sleeves to show off his muscular physique.
** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': For fans of the male form, there are Creator/RyanReynolds' muscular arms and Liev Schrieber's ripped abs.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The only notable male examples are a well-toned Erik covered in a ''very'' skin-tight wetsuit and Alex displaying his bare, muscular arms during training, plus a section of his chest when the energy output device is removed from his combat uniform.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A minor example with Professor X, who owns a [[http://br.web.img1.acsta.net/newsv7/16/04/28/16/03/489905.jpg white shirt with vertical strips of semi-transparent material,]] so parts of his chest are somewhat visible. It's a deliberate attempt by the filmmakers to evoke the HotTeacher trope, as he was a HotScientist in ''First Class''. Even the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj7Vs5xS2zs V-neck of Xavier's lilac shirt]] and the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfnMzOdUEAE5638.jpg:large 3/4 sleeves of his blazer]] expose a bit more flesh underneath his neck and around his lower arms than the conservative clothing that is archetypal to his character, so although he's not presented as outright sexy, the costume designer is nonetheless depicting Charles in a more sensual manner than in previous movies.
* FantasticAesop: Don't discriminate against mutants, and don't try to cure them; because that would be racist, [[AndThatsTerrible and racism is bad]].
* FantasticRacism: The main driving conflict of the series.
** The attempts by non-mutants to find a cure for mutants in the films, and the mutants that are ashamed of their abilities lean more towards a GayAesop. This parallel has been explicitly stated to have interested Creator/BryanSinger and Creator/IanMcKellen, both openly gay, in the franchise.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Although mutants are generally treated better in the AlternateTimeline, some places are less tolerant than others (e.g. the East Berlin fight club exploits mutants for entertainment), as Raven points out to Charles.
--->'''Raven''': Out there, mutants are still running, hiding, living in fear. Just because there's not a war, doesn't mean there's peace.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper:
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles believed that he could help the emotionally damaged Erik find some measure of peace and happiness by offering the latter friendship and a home, but [[spoiler:Erik repays Charles' kindness with betrayal, abandonment, and a permanent (if accidental) spinal cord injury]].
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': [[spoiler:1973 Magneto's sole contribution to the venture is to derail things the ''moment'' he sees a chance to advance his cause at the expense of everyone else. As the endings of ''First Class'' and ''X2'' show, this is something of a habit for him.]]
* FastballSpecial:
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': During a fight against a [[spoiler:simulated]] Sentinel, Wolverine turns to Colossus and asks "How's your throwin' arm?" The move itself was considerably altered, resembling more of a hammer toss than a fastball throw, to compensate for the fact that Creator/HughJackman is much taller compared to his comic book counterpart. The second time... [[EpicFail Magneto gets involved]].
** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Negasonic Teenage Warhead uses her powers to throw Deadpool up to the carrier where Francis is, using an airplane wing as a shield to protect him from the plasma.
* FatalFlaw: For Professor X, it's arrogance. He has a habit of attempting to control those who are close to him, with or without the help of his psychic abilities. He's more inclined to do this with the women in his life (e.g. his foster sister and his surrogate daughter) than with the men. This paternalistic attitude stems from him being born in the early 1930s as a privileged male (Xavier was a male chauvinist in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), and as a highly skilled telepath, he thinks he can understand a person better than s/he can know him/herself, and therefore he believes that he knows best in terms of what it is they truly "need."
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Upon meeting Jean Grey, Xavier had placed constraints upon her powers which then led to the creation of [[SplitPersonality the Phoenix]], a PersonOfMassDestruction who ends up vaporizing a ''lot'' of people, [[spoiler:including Charles himself]]. Under the circumstances, her vast raw power, disregard for the sanctity of other minds, and the fact that her parents seemed to be outright afraid of her (and not without reason--pre-teen Jean is quite different from her warm-hearted and motherly adult self), this perhaps was not unwarranted.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'':
*** Trying to control Raven's life drove her away from him, which eventually resulted in her becoming the assassin Mystique who shared Magneto's goal of mutant supremacy.
*** Instead of trusting Moira to not divulge his and his students' location to her CIA superiors, he simply erases her memories of them. To be fair, Charles was worried that the CIA would torture her for information, but it's still a symptom of him of not having faith in a woman whom he cares about (an ImpliedLoveInterest, in this case).
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Part of 1973 Xavier's CharacterDevelopment revolves around realizing this and learning to trust instead of control. [[spoiler:It pays off when he proves just how much he trusts in Raven's good nature to do the right thing, instead of attempting to manipulate her. She doesn't murder Trask, and the bad Sentinel future is averted.]]
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':

* FlatCharacter:
** ''Film/XMen1'': The lower-raking members of the Brotherhood don't get any meaningful scenes; their sole purpose is to carry out Magneto's orders.
** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': We know nothing about Lady Deathstrike before she was brainwashed by Stryker.
** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Colossus becomes a full X-Man, but still only has a single line and no discernible personality whatsoever. On the Brotherhood side, Multiple Man, Arclight and Psylocke all fail to receive any development.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The Hellfire Club is very underdeveloped; Riptide has no lines at all, and Azazel has next to none. Emma has the largest role aside from Shaw and gets some more development for it, but still lacks any sort of motive or backstory to speak of.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The Free Mutants are nothing more than RedShirts.
** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': The writers didn't give Angel Dust any depth outside of her role as Ajax's second-in-command.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Psylocke and Angel are {{Blood Knight}}s who receive virtually no characterization.

* DarkerAndEdgier:
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The film adapts one of the darkest X-Men storylines ever, and, while it has many humorous moments, the overall tone (especially that of the BadFuture scenes) is pretty bleak.
** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' is the darkest film in the entire ''X-Men Film Series'', being the second film in the ''X-Men'' film series to be rated R after ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. The screenplay page that was revealed by James Mangold started like this: "Now might be a good time to talk about the 'fights' described in the 100 next or so pages. Basically, if you're on the make for a hyper choreographed, gravity defying, city-block destroying, [[TakeThat CG fuckathon]], [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope this ain't your movie]]." Mangold also described it as ''Film/LittleMissSunshine [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Film/Scarface1983''.

** ''Film/{{Logan}}''is the darkest film in the entire ''X-Men Film Series'', being the second film in the ''X-Men'' film series to be rated R after ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. The screenplay page that was revealed by James Mangold started like this: "Now might be a good time to talk about the 'fights' described in the 100 next or so pages. Basically, if you're on the make for a hyper choreographed, gravity defying, city-block destroying, [[TakeThat CG fuckathon]], [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope this ain't your movie]]." Mangold also described it as ''Film/LittleMissSunshine [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Film/Scarface1983''.

** ''Film/{{Logan}}'': Being the second film in the ''X-Men'' film series to be rated R after ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. The screenplay page that was revealed by James Mangold started like this: "Now might be a good time to talk about the 'fights' described in the 100 next or so pages. Basically, if you're on the make for a hyper choreographed, gravity defying, city-block destroying, [[TakeThat CG fuckathon]], [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope this ain't your movie]]." Mangold also described it as ''Film/LittleMissSunshine [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Film/Scarface1983''.

** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Kitty Pryde, played by 5'1" Creator/EllenPage, humiliates the Juggernaut, portrayed by 6'2" Vinnie Jones, by taking advantage of Leech's PowerNullifier ability. She tricks her much bigger foe into using his own momentum to knock himself out when he smacks his head against wall.