History WesternAnimation / XMen97

** Rogue's final line in Episode 5 is a verbatim reproduction of a line from [[spoiler:WandaVision episode 8, in which Wanda utters the exact same phrase while standing over the dismantled remains of Vision]]

** The X-Men [[spoiler:donning their 80s-era costumes just prior to their attack on Asteroid M is a nod to the original ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' pilot, where they wore those same outfits. Morph's new costume, meanwhile, is based on their look from ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}'', while Jubilee's is her outfit from her time as a vampire in the comics, Cable's is his late 90s look (later immortalized in ''Videogame/MarvelVsCapcom2''), and Sunspot's is his original ''Comicbook/NewMutants'' uniform. Rogue also switches to the green, hooded outfit she wore in her initial 80s appearances as a villain ([[spoiler:fittingly right before she defects to Magneto's side).]]

* Dr. Hank [=McCoy=] / ComicBook/{{Beast}}: A furry blue scientist with a genius-level intellect and unparalleled agility.

* Daniel / Forge: The leader of the United States government contracted ComicBook/XFactor. He is the resident [[TechnoWizard Techno Wizard]] who helped Storm reclaim her powers and started a romantic relationship.

* Nathan Summers / ComicBook/{{Cable}}: Cyclops's [[KidFromTheFuture son from the future]], a battle-hardened veteran whose appearance portends coming disaster.

* SequelHook: The first season ends setting up some clear plot points for season 2: [[spoiler: Bastion and the Prime Sentinels are destroyed, but an unknown individual has transported the X-Men to different timelines. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Morph, and Storm have been transported to post-apocalyptic Egypt in 3960, where they meet Clan Askani and a young Cable. Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, Xavier, and Magneto end up in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C., where they encounter a young Apocalypse and the dome-shaped fortress of [[Characters/KangTheConqueror Rama Tut]]. In the present day, Forge and Bishop join forces to search for the time-displaced X-Men. Meanwhile, Apocalypse visits the ruins of Genosha. Taking a particular interest in the site where Gambit fell in battle, he picks up one of the fallen hero's cards]].

* SequelHook: The first season ends setting up some clear plot points for season 2: [[spoiler: Bastion and the Prime Sentinels are destroyed, but an unknown individual has transported the X-Men to different timelines. Cyclops and Jean Grey have been transported to post-apocalyptic Egypt in 3960, where they meet Clan Askani and a young Cable. Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, Xavier, and Magneto end up in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C., where they meet a young Apocalypse and the dome-shaped fortress of [[Characters/KangTheConqueror Rama Tut]]. In the present day, Forge and Bishop join forces to search for the time-displaced X-Men. Meanwhile, Apocalypse visits the ruins of Genosha. Taking a particular interest in the site where Gambit fell in battle, he picks up one of the fallen hero's cards]].

* SequelHook: The first season ends setting up some clear plot points for season 2: [[spoiler: Bastion and the Prime Sentinels are destroyed, but an unknown individual has transported the X-Men to different timelines. Cyclops and Jean Grey have been transported to the 40th Century, where they meet Clan Askani and a young Cable. Rogue, Nightcrawler, Beast, Xavier, and Magneto end up in Ancient Egypt circa 2960 B.C., where they meet a young Apocalypse what appears to be the pyramid of [[Characters/KangTheConqueror Rama Tut]]. In the present day, Forge and Bishop join forces to search for the time-displaced X-Men. Meanwhile, Apocalypse visits the ruins of Genosha. Taking a particular interest in the site where Gambit fell in battle, he picks up one of the fallen hero's cards]].

* UnexplainedRecovery: And both involve characters from the original's sister series, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':

** [[spoiler:Magneto and Rogue having a romance is not new. In the comics it started as mutual desire in the Savage Land, they were married and had an infant son in the ''Age of Apocalypse'' alternate timeline. The dynamic in that timeline was similar. Gambit wanted Rogue, Rogue liked Gambit, but not as much as he liked her, but she also had an attraction to Magneto who could actually touch her. Just like in Age of Apocalypse, Rogue was the one who went after him, the same way she twice went to his office in the second episode. In the early 2000s, they became a couple for a while in the main 616 universe.]]

* JokeAndReceive: A cross-franchise example. Back in ''Film/XMen1'', Wolverine balked at the team's black leather outfits, causing Scott to ask "What were you expecting? Yellow spandex?". Here, Cable is presented with a blue-and-yellow spandex X-Men uniform by Cyclops, who responds to the latter's derision with "What were you expecting? Black leather?"

** [[spoiler:The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1Pax-QHlA Tolerance is Extinction: Part 2]]" features Cyclops giving Cable a blue X-Men uniform jumpsuit, and when Cable balks at it, quipping "What did you expect, black leather?" This is a [[TakeThat dig]] at Creator/BryanSinger's decision to eschew the X-Men's iconic and brightly colored outfits for more generic black uniforms in his films from the ''Franchise/XMenFilmSeries'', as well as a similar potshot Singer made in the film when Cyclops told Wolverine "What would you prefer, yellow spandex?"]]

* WhamLine: The first episode ends with Magneto in Xavier's office, revealing to the gathered X-Men who Xavier has willed everything to.

* LoveDodecahedron: The regular Jean Grey/Cyclops/Wolverine LoveTriangle, thought resolved with Jean choosing Scott and Logan choosing to let her go, gets a whole new wrinkle with [[spoiler:Madelyne Pryor, a clone of Jean. None of them know when Madelyne replaced Jean and they have the same memories, leaving them uncertain if Scott fell in love with Jean or Madelyne, further complicated by Madelyne being the mother of his child. Meanwhile, Jean finally learns that Logan loved her while trying to use his memories to anchor herself. Scott loves them both, Jean isn't sure of anything, Madelyne loves Scott but also feels guilty about his love for Jean, and Logan still loves Jean but rebuffs her since it would only make her life more complicated when she's using her love for Scott as an anchor.]]

-->[[spoiler: "His name was Gambit! REMEMBER IT!]]

** [[spoiler:Appears to be the case with Nightcrawler as well. While in the original series he only made a couple of appearances, "Lifedeath Part 2" makes him a part of the opening sequence, meaning he's now a member of the X-Men.]]

* CombinationAttack: The first three episodes each feature the X-Men doing one of these.

* CombinationAttack:
** Episode 2 has Wolverine, Gambit and Morph taking down Master Mold through creative use of their respective talents. First, Gambit charges Wolverine's claws and then his staff, which he then chucks at Logan, [[RocketJump using the the resulting explosion]] to launch him towards Morph, who transforms into the Blob, allowing Logan to bounce off his stomach. Logan uses his charged claws to decapitate Master Mold.
** When fighting against demons in a psychic hallucination of Hell projected by the Goblin Queen, Cyclops uses his EyeBeams to power up Bishop who uses the energy boost to annihilate the demons.

** The fifth episode features Rogue [[spoiler:cradling a dead Gambit]] the same way [[spoiler:Lois Lane cradled a bloody Superman after his battle with Doomsday]] in ''[[spoiler:ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman]]'' as well as generic PietaPlagiarism.