Line #11 Trivia/XMenTheAnimatedSeries


1	!Trivia tropes for ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''
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3	''WesternAnimation/XMen97'' has [[Trivia/XMen97 its own page]].
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5	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
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7	* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/XMenTheAnimatedSeries What Could Have Been]]
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10	* ActingForTwo: In the first season episode "[[Recap/XMenS1E8TheUnstoppableJuggernaut The Unstoppable Juggernaut]]", Rick Bennett provides the voices for both Colossus and Juggernaut.
11	* AllStarCast: The Creator/TVTokyo Japanese dub cast includes many famous voice actors, such as Creator/KoichiYamadera (Cyclops), Creator/MasashiEbara (Wolverine), Creator/YukoKobayashi (Rogue), Creator/AkioOtsuka (Colossus), Creator/TesshoGenda (Cable) and Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo (Magneto) among others.
12	* AscendedFanNickname: While officially just called "X-Men," the series has the "[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]]" moniker included on iTunes.
13	* CreatorBacklash: According to the 2020 book ''X-Men: The Art and Making of the Animated Series'', writer Julia Lewald and showrunner Eric Lewald weren't fond of the artistic decision to give ComicBook/CaptainAmerica red trunks.
14	* CreatorsFavorite: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8S0O92saVk During an interview done by]] Creator/DougWalker as WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, Julia Lewald (one of the writers) stated she and the rest of the crew behind the show's favorite character was Beast. Eric Lewald (showrunner) said that his was Professor Xavier.
15	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: During the above interview, among the episodes they personally worked on, Julia Lewald stated her favorites were "[[Recap/XMenS1E11DaysOfFuturePastPart1 Days of Future Past, Part 1]]" and "[[Recap/XMenS2E10BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]". In the case of Eric Lewald, his favorite episode was "[[Recap/XMenS4E9OneMansWorthPart1 One Man's]] [[Recap/XMenS4E10OneMansWorthPart2 Worth]]".
16	* CrossRegionalVoiceActing: The original series did this both ways. In the show itself, Storm's first voice and Gladiator's redone voice were performed by Americans (as noted below), while the cast returned to do their roles for the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' crossover.
17	* DuelingDubs:
18	** The Japanese version had two dubs, tthe first one aired on TV Tokyo in the 90's which pretty much threw the original script out of the window and turned the series into a comedy (unsurprisingly, this dub was directed by Yoshikazu Iwanami, the same director behind the infamous Main/GagDub's of WesternAnimation/BeastWars and WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987). The second dub aired on Toon Disney in the early 2000's and its available on Disney+ Japan, with the many voice actors from WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends. Unlike the Tv Tokyo dub, this one is very faithful to the original english script.
19	** The same goes for the Latin American Spanish dub, as there are two dubbed versions: one dubbed in Mexico for TV, and another one dubbed in Argentina for Disney+.
20	* EditedForSyndication: A few episodes had [[http://notblogx.blogspot.com/2012/04/wizard-x-men-turn-thirty-august-1993.html retakes]] and were rebroadcast with different and corrected scenes. "Night of the Sentinels Pt. I" had three versions: 10/31/92, 1/9/93, and 4/3/93. "Night of the Sentinels Pt. II" had three versions: 11/7/92, 1/9/93, and 4/10/93. Both episodes aired as a one-hour special on 1/9/93. "Enter Magneto" had two versions: 11/27/92 and 1/16/93. "Slave Island" had two versions, the first on 2/13/93 did not have the cliffhanger ending with the X-Mansion wrecked.
21	* ExiledFromContinuity: Kitty Pryde was apparently barred from appearing in this continuity because of the failure of the earlier ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' pilot.
22	* FakeAmerican: Most American characters – such as Cyclops, Jean Grey, or Jubilee – are voiced by Canadian actors. Professor X is voiced by an Englishman, Rogue (who is meant to be from Louisiana) is voiced by Creator/LenoreZann, an Australian raised in Canada who spent time in LA before moving back to Canada, and the German Nightcrawler is voiced by the Canadian Adrian Hough.
23	* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/StanLee was not creatively active with Marvel comics at the time the series was being produced so his involvement wasn't particularly big on the series. He gave some producers notes on the first thirteen episodes.
24	* MemeAcknowledgment:
25	** When Creator/DisneyPlus's official Website/{{Twitter}} account revealed the ''X-Men '97'' {{revival}} in late 2021, [[https://twitter.com/disneyplus/status/1459198116121362432 they did so]] with a meme of [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wolverine-crush Wolverine wistfully gazing at a picture frame]].
26	** Hasbro's 2022 [[https://hasbropulse.com/products/marvel-legends-series-x-men-wolverine-90s-animated-series 90's Wolverine figure]] also includes what's referred to as "and... that picture frame!" and the stock photos indicating that the picture can be removed from the frame, much akin to a Meme Template.
27	* TheOtherDarrin:
28	** Gambit was first voiced by Creator/ChrisPotter, but was voiced by Creator/TonyDaniels in the final season.
29	** Creator/IonaMorris voiced Storm in the first season and the first few episodes of the second one, but left the show and was replaced with Creator/AlisonSealySmith.
30	** Colossus was voiced by Creator/RickBennett in his appearance in "The Unstoppable Juggernaut", while Creator/RobertCait voiced him in "Red Dawn".
31	** Creator/RandallCarpenter voiced Mystique in the first two seasons, while Creator/JenniferDale voiced her for the remainder of the show.
32	** Apocalypse was voiced by Creator/JohnColicos in his first appearance and Creator/JamesBlendick in his second appearance.
33	** Master Mold gets a new voice actor in Season 4, who sounds completely different. Justified as it's a new model of Master Mold made after the original was destroyed.
34	** In the French dub, voice actor replacements were pretty common. For example, among the nine main characters, the only ones whose voice actors weren't replaced over the course of the series consisted of Wolverine, Rogue, Beast, and Gambit (who were voiced by Creator/JeanBarney, Francine Lainé, Bernard Tiphaine, and Antoine Nouel respectively).
35	* TheOtherMarty:
36	** For Mister Sinister's cameo appearance at the end of "The Final Decision," an actor was directed to read the line in a campy fashion. The writers would later develop Sinister as a more serious villain. After [[Creator/ChrisBritton Christopher Britton]] was hired to voice the character, he re-recorded Sinister's original cameo. The re-recorded cameo appeared in various reruns for years, though the DVD release would feature the original version.
37	** This also applies to Gladiator in his appearances, with his lines originally recorded by an unknown and {{uncredited\|Role}} actor (presumed to be [[Series/RoboCopTheSeries Richard Eden]]) before replacing him with Creator/RichardEpcar (who also went uncredited) for TV airings and reruns. Similar to the Mister Sinister example above, the DVD release features the original performance.
38	* OutOfOrder: Some episodes that were intended for season 4 were pushed up to the third season. In turn, some season 3 episodes were pushed back - most ridiculously the episode "No Mutant Is An Island" which is supposed to take place during [[spoiler:Jean's death]] between the Phoenix Saga and the Dark Phoenix Saga.
39	** "The Unstoppable Juggernaut" originally had to be aired after "The Cure" and "Come the Apocalypse" due to animation problems. The preceding episode "Slave Island" needed to have its ending tweaked to show the mansion intact, but the change still caused continuity hiccups (such as Xavier's being away and the mansion needed to be rebuilt). This was all cleaned up in reruns.
40	** The series was initially uploaded to Creator/DisneyPlus in this incorrect airdate order. In July 2022, the episodes were finally rearranged to the intended production order.
41	* PostScriptSeason: WordOfGod states the "Beyond Good and Evil" four-parter was originally intended to be the GrandFinale. A renewal order led to more episodes being produced before the final end with "[[Recap/XMenS5E10GraduationDay Graduation Day]]."
42	* RoleReprise: In the Japanese Toon Disney dub, many of the characters are reprised by their voice actors from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' (though Cyclops is reprised by Creator/TakashiNagasako from the second dub of that cartoon).
43	* StarMakingRole: For Creator/LenoreZann and Creator/CalDodd.
44	* TroubledProduction: "No Mutant is an Island," "Longshot," and "A Deal with the Devil" had to be pushed back two years due to severe animation problems. Production was lucky, though, that other episodes were ready to go and fill out the slots. "Longshot" was such a case that the original studio attached to it (Creator/HongYing, who also animated "No Mutant is an Island") was replaced entirely by a different studio and held over until the show's fifth season, explaining why the designs return to those of the first four seasons rather than using the ones for Season 5.
45	** An even more severe case happened with the "Night of the Sentinels" two-part pilot, to the point where the [[Creator/{{AKOM}} animators]] refused to fix them until Fox threatened to sever the contract.
46	* UnfinishedEpisode: While 76 episodes were produced, there remains one script that never made it into active production. It was called "Bring Me Charles Xavier," and would've brought back Comicbook/{{Colossus}}, [[Comicbook/{{Magik}} Illyana]], Omega Red and Darkstar for a "hard-edged" story set in Russia. The script ultimately went unproduced after multiple note-givers raised concerns about the premise of the story.
47	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/XMenTheAnimatedSeries Has its own page.]]

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