History YMMV / TheGifted2017

* IncestYayShipping: Lauren and Andy have heavy IncestSubtext. They overtly paralleled with their ancestors, Andreas and Andrea, who it's heavily implied were a couple and had a son together. Their powers are tied to the quasi-shippy act of HoldingHands. There's a sexual metaphor in their powers -- [[PubertySuperpower awakened at puberty]]; alluring yet dangerous; something they ''can'' do alone but which is [[WonderTwinPowers much better when they do it together]]. Many of the conversations about their superpowers could be read as conversations about a romantic relationship, if one lacked knowledge of the context. Lorna and Marcos are their BetaCouple foil -- another couple whose superpowers visually glow and entwine, another couple divided on opposite sides of Season 2.
-->'''Andy:''' I've been having, like, thoughts, I guess. At first it felt like I was just missing my family. Now it feels like something different. it feels like I should be with Lauren.

* CompleteMonster: Season 2: [[FantasticRacism Benedict Ryan]] is the most recognized anti-mutant TV news host in America, and is secretly the leader of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Purifiers]], an anti-mutant hate militia. He would have the Purifiers persecute mutants all over the country, having them tortured and killed while using his show to praise their atrocities and persuade the public to commit similar acts of violence towards mutants. [[BigBadDuumvirate Collaborating]] with [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Reeva Payge]] in orchestrating a war between humanity and mutants, he would use the intelligence given to him by Reeva about Morlock's sanctuary to lead the massacre there killing numerous mutants, [[WouldHurtAChild children included]], while he would give Reeva intel about highly-populated human areas, leading to high casualties on that front as well.

** The WhamShot in the Season 1 finale that [[spoiler:Polaris is now dressing ''sexy'', meaning she's [[EvilIsSexy evil]].]]

* EvilIsSexy:
** The Frost Sisters. They ''are'' based on the Stepford Cuckoos/Three-In-One, the daughters of the ''ComicBook/XMen'''s resident MsFanservice ComicBook/EmmaFrost, after all!
** Also [[spoiler:Polaris]], in the first season finale.
** Reeva Payge is both gorgeous and a sharp dresser.

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were fine with Percy Hynes White's casting because he is a good silent actor when it comes to dramatic scenes, but his voice can come off as pretty whiney.

** Andy’s girlfriend Rebecca is an AxCrazy ChaoticEvil who believes that MurderIsTheBestSolution, yet is depicted as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, due to [[FreudianExcuse her parents selling her out]] to a BedlamHouse. However, when the audience finally sees what actually happened, Sentinel Services is called on her because she tried to use her powers to kill one of her school teachers. Before she was taken away, Rebecca used her powers to kill both her parents, who were shown to be terrified of her.

* CompleteMonster: [[FantasticRacism Benedict Ryan]] is the most recognized anti-mutant TV news host in America, and is secretly the leader of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Purifiers]], an anti-mutant hate militia. He would have the Purifiers persecute mutants all over the country, having them tortured and killed while using his show to praise their atrocities and persuade the public to commit similar acts of violence towards mutants. [[BigBadDuumvirate Collaborating]] with [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Reeva Payge]] in orchestrating a war between humanity and mutants, he would use the intelligence given to him by Reeva about Morlock's sanctuary to lead the massacre there killing numerous mutants, [[WouldHurtAChild children included]], while he would give Reeva intel about highly-populated human areas, leading to high casualties on that front as well.

* SpiritualSuccessor: This series owes ''a lot'' to ''Series/{{Heroes}}''.

** Polaris messing with the screws in Reed's knee is seriously cringe-inducing. UpToEleven when she actually rips them out.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: All of the Struckers, While some enjoy their connection to the von Strucker supervillains from the comics, the family dynamic, and powers of the kids, other viewers find themselves annoyed at the amount of screentime they get over more interesting characters, the fact they constantly have to learn the same lessons over and over, and the relatively flat performances of the teenage actors.
** Of all the characters that break the base, Andy is the most controversial. Many fans sympathize with him for being bullied in the past and even sympathize with his willingness to fight and kill the enemy, but at the same time, many fans feel, despite the good points, that Andy is too brash, impulsive, and rude to harbor any kind of sympathy despite the good motives. It doesn't help that he would be a major cause in family drama later in the season.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Season 2 states that one should never give up on a good cause, even when the odds are completely stacked against them. Because all it can take to defeat evil is one decisive move. [[spoiler:The Mutant Underground fail for the majority of the season, while the Inner Circle start off successful at first. But as soon as Reeva's true ways are revealed, everything slowly starts falling apart and leaves her wide open for Reed to finally defeat her [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his life]], decapitating the Inner Circle for good]].

** Of all the characters that base the base, Andy is the most controversial. Many fans sympathize for being bullied in the past and even sympathize with his willingness to fight and kill the enemy, but at the same time, many fans feel, despite the good points, that Andy is too brash, impulsive, and rude to harbor any kind of sympathy despite the good motives. It doesn't help that he would later be a major cause in family drama later in the season.
** Moving off the Strucker family, the Hounds are WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with their powers and conditioning by Dr. Campbell, but the problem, as many other fans pointed out, is that they're basically FacelessMooks with powers because they have no other backstory outside of conditioning. They don't even have names.
* CompleteMonster: [[FantasticRacism Benedict Ryan]] is the most recognized anti-mutant TV news host in America, and is secretly the leader of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Purifiers]], an anti-mutant hate militia. He would have the Purifiers persecute mutants all over the country, having them tortured and killed while using his show to praise their atrocities and persuade the public to commit similar acts of violence towards mutants. [[BigBadDuumvirate Collaborating]] with [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Reeva Payge]] in orchestrating a war between humanity and mutants, he would use the intelligence given to by Reeva about Morlock's sanctuary to lead the massacre there killing numerous mutants, [[WouldHurtAChild children included]], while he would give Reeva intel about highly-populated human areas, leading to high casualties on that front as well.
* CreepyAwesome: The Frost sisters share a hive mind, alternate between speaking in unison and splitting up sentences between them, and, when they combine their powers, are strong enough to force an entire squad of Sentinel Services agents to kill themselves and each other.

** Also, [[spoiler:Polaris]], in the first season finale.

* HarsherInHindsight: In the Season 1 finale, Lauren asks if an evacuation call is real despite it containing the phrase "This is not a drill." This was unfortunately much more understandable by the time it aired, as two days earlier there had mistakenly been a nuclear attack warning in Hawaii containing the same phrase, which took more than a half hour to be corrected.

** While many things Sentinel Services did prior to that were already pretty extreme, they always somewhat remained in WellIntentionedExtremist territory. This changes after John and Clarice [[spoiler:come to the latters old foster home and find out that the innocent family was murdered by their agents]].
** Dr. Campbell [[spoiler:having his assistant to ''give a high-ranking officer of the Department of Justice'' a stroke before she could shut down Turner's expanded surveillance. Even Turner, who had been going full-on KnightTemplar over Dreamer erasing memories of his daughter's death, [[EvenEvilHasStandards was appalled]] by the lengths Campbell is prepared to go to in order to achieve his goals]]. As if that weren't enough, [[spoiler:he murders Dreamer]] in order to coerce Andy and Lauren into using their powers so he could measure them.

** Jace Turner, for all the moral ambiguity his character had throughout the first season, firmly crosses it when he [[spoiler:tells his men to [[TakeNoPrisoners kill everyone inside the Mutant Underground base, men, women and children]]]].

* MemeticMutation: Andy Warhol [[labelnote:Explanation]]Andy's season 2 hairstyle reminds many people of this artist. Even Percy Hynes White acknowledges the resemblance, actually considering using Andy Warhol as a Halloween costume.[[/labelnote]]

*** Even more so upon an interview with Matt Nix where he said that it was done to avoid stepping into movie territory and to add a touch of a [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] vibe by not using his name.
*** Similarly, the refusal to every actually delve any further than just the X-Men, when referring to them and the Underground as being chosen to help mutants by the aforementioned team is pretty narmy.

** Every single time Reeva uses her power. Between the actress' downright goofy facial expression, the simplistic visual effect, and the seriously non-intimidating sound, it never once feels like anything that should be as big a danger as it is.

** You're not going to find many fans on the side of Sentinel Services, however [[spoiler: the Frost sisters (who are painted in the show as very extreme, to the point of not caring about killing children) do have a lot of fans. Some were actually ''glad'' when Lorna joined their side and took out the plane carrying Dr. Campbell and Senator Montez (and the repeated reminders that there were also a lot of innocent people on the plane seem to specifically be put in because the crew was well aware no one would buy killing these two as any kind of irredeemable action). A lot of does come from the dire situation mutants are (in a level that's extreme, even for this franchise) and the Mutant Underground making no headway in the fight and just hiding.]]

** In general, many fans found themsmelves siding with the Inner Circle in Season 2, mostly because they are actually ''successful'' in what they do, while the Underground is more or less presented as [[FailureHero being ineffective in what they try do accomplish]].

* StrangledByTheRedString: While Clarice and John did have a couple moments hinting at the development of their relationship, they barely knew each other before Sonya gave Clarice memories of her own feelings for John, memories that haunted her for several more episodes. Instead of a more natural exploration of their relationship and the difference between Sonya and Clarice's feelings, the show pushed them together by having them kiss in the season one finale. By the first episode of season two, they're living together.

** The Strucker family as a whole, due to the rights of Wolfgang Von Strucker clearly being with Marvel Studios, Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker are mutants whose rights lies with Fox. The X-gene being inherited means their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren all are potential mutants.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: As usual for ''X-Men'' stories, the series can be read as a metaphor for persecuted minorities. In this case, minorities persecuted by the authorities, being denied decent health care, having difficulties finding jobs due to their appearance and ultimately falling into illegality to ensure their survival. Sound familiar? Furthermore, the storyline of the wealthy, suburban, white Strucker family who discovers with astonishment how laws apply differently on the over side of the societal ladder, can be interpreted as a metaphor of discovering their privilege as regular humans.

** Jace Turner, who despite his tragic backstory [[spoiler: involving his daughter, has no qualms arresting teenagers and throwing them into prison for powers they can't control, and has to be convinced that drugging and brainwashing teenagers is a bad thing.]]

** Josh Schwartz and Peter Gallagher, who worked together on Series/TheOC, are now [[DuelingWorks currently on two different]] Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}} shows. Josh Schwartz has been running, [[AccidentalPun ahem]], Series/Runaways2017 during the same time The Gifted has been running, though Peter joined the latter show during Season 2.

** Seeing Raymond J. Barry and Natalie Alyn Lind as heroic characters on a FOX Marvel TV show is amusing in light of them both playing villains on a FOX [[Series/{{Gotham}} DC Comics TV show.]]

** The show tries to depict Rebecca as a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds with the FreudianExcuse of her parents selling her out and ending up in a mental institution. She was always AxCrazy and believed that MurderIsTheBestSolution. The only reason she was in the BedlamHouse in the first place is because she tried to use her powers to kill one of her school teachers never showing the slightest bit of remorse, then killed her terrified parents when they called Sentinel Services. When she escaped after her MoralEventHorizon instead of just running away she tried to kill the Inner Circle. Rebecca is a BrokenAesop to the shows stance of FantasticRacism because she basically personifies EverythingIsRacist. If she wasn’t a mutant she would be considered a CompleteMonster.