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* ShipSinking: In only a few dozen issues, Claremont drops an anvil on Jean/Logan, Jean/Scott, Kitty/Peter, Ororo/T'Challa, and Jean/Hank.

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The title was intended to reflect the X-Men's journey through a more consequential and more grounded world, where characters not only die, but STAY dead, certain characters also go through new, even questionable, changes and never revert back to their status quo. Claremont insists that all changes are permanent. The series lasted only two years before being cancelled for low sales.

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The title was intended to reflect the X-Men's journey through a more consequential and more grounded world, where characters not only die, but STAY dead, certain characters also go through new, even questionable, changes and never revert back to their status quo. Claremont insists that all changes are permanent. The series lasted only two years years, relaunching with a second volume, before being cancelled for due to low sales.



* AdaptationalVillainy: The Trask family. Original flavor Bolivar was a misguided scientist who helped defeat the original Sentinels when they turned on him. Here, his father worked with the Nazis and fled to Argentina when the war was over, with Bolivar and his daughter continuing the work.



* AsYouKnow: A rather impressive version where Cyclops does this to ''himself'' at one point, recapping the team's plan in full detail apparently for his own benefit.
* BackportedDevelopment: Despite supposedly diverging around 1993, publication-wise, the Dora Milaje and Everett Ross -- both introduced in 1998 -- make appearances.



* TheBusCameBack: As the series begins, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler have returned to the X-Men after being in ''Excalibur'' (where they stayed in regular continuity until the title ended).
* CallBack: When Rogue goes walkabout in vol 2, one of the reasons it's hard to track her is the X-Men's immunity to being detected by machines, given to them by Roma after they defeated the Adversary (a plot point forgotten after Claremont left) is still in effect.



* CanonForeigner: Siegfried Trask, daughter of Bolivar Trask, instead of Anya, who does not exist in this universe.
* CartwrightCurse: Jean Grey has a hard time keeping her boyfriends alive.



* CartwrightCurse: Jean Grey is having a hard time keeping her boyfriends alive.
* CloningBlues:

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* CartwrightCurse: Jean Grey is having a hard time keeping her boyfriends alive.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: At [[spoiler:Beast's]] funeral, they're given a stirring eulogy by the President of the United States which manages to avoid mentioning that he's a Mutant or an X-Man. Jean notes this is par for the course.



* FakingTheDead: The entire team does it at the beginning of the second volume, making it look like the X-Mansion went up and took them with it, so they can investigate the Consortium.



* GoodScarsEvilScars: Storm has a huge scar that came right across her face and between her eyes as a result of Kitty slashing her across the face in retaliation for Storm killing Logan.

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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Storm has a huge scar that came right across her face and between her eyes as a result of Kitty slashing her across the face in retaliation for Storm killing Logan.



* KilledOffForReal: The revolving door on mutant heaven has been shut - nobody to die in this series has ever come back, and Claremont says it'll stay that way.

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* KidnappedScientist: The Morlocks abduct Moira so she can cure their burnout, something she was already working on anyway.
* KilledOffForReal: The revolving door on mutant heaven has been shut - nobody to die in this series has ever come back, and Claremont says it'll stay that way.comes back.



* LastDisrespects: The ''Alpha'' one-shot that kick-starts the series begins with Nick Fury giving Charles his opinion on Magneto's death; "good riddance."
* MindOverManners: In the third issue of vol 2, Jean and Scott have a psychic conversation while Nick Fury is in the room. He points out this is pretty rude of them.



* PlotArchaeology: Way back in the ''Magik'' limited series, the elderly Storm in Limbo with Illyana couldn't use her Mutant powers in her old age. Claremont revisits that plot-thread with an explanation as to the "whys".



* PutOnABus: Claremont dismisses most of the existing student body that was active in the 1990s by having them be placed in secret sub-groups and never mentioned again.

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Claremont dismisses most of the existing student body that was active in the 1990s by having them be placed in secret sub-groups and never mentioned again.again.
** Psylocke, Colossus, Forge, Iceman and Archangel, who were all part of the team in the opening arc of ''X-Men'', are all gone as well.
** Professor X leaves Earth in the ''Giant-Size'' one-shot.



* ShipSinking: In only a few dozen issues, Claremont dropped an anvil on Jean/Logan, Jean/Scott, Kitty/Peter, Ororo/T'Challa, and Jean/Hank.

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* ShipSinking: In only a few dozen issues, Claremont dropped drops an anvil on Jean/Logan, Jean/Scott, Kitty/Peter, Ororo/T'Challa, and Jean/Hank.
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* SymbolicCastFadeout: The comic had a cast list showcase with the X-Men having their picture. When they are killed, they have a "dead" cross posted over their faces in the following issue and then are removed, and when Wolverine was killed off in the comic's second arc, his crossed-off picture remained in the cast list for the next six issues to hammer home that ''[[AnyoneCanDie yes]]'', he was Killed Off for Real.
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* TheseusShipParadox: Brought up regarding [[spoiler:Storm being split into three different figures; "Perfect Storm" is essentially a clone created by the Consortium, while the original Storm's body is regressed to an amnesiac teenager and her mind and essence is converted to an energy form that is provided with an artificial body by Tony Stark, the energy form eventually merging with the teen Storm to restore them both to adulthood]].

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* TheseusShipParadox: Brought up regarding [[spoiler:Storm being split into three different figures; "Perfect Storm" is essentially a clone created by the Consortium, while the original Storm's body is regressed to an amnesiac teenager and her mind and essence is converted to an energy form that is provided with an artificial body by Tony Stark, the Stark. The energy form eventually merging merges with the teen Storm to restore them both to adulthood]].adulthood, affirming that they are ''both'' Storm while Perfect Storm is the clone]].
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* TheseusShipParadox: Brought up regarding [[spoiler:Storm being split into three different figures; "Perfect Storm" is essentially a clone created by the Consortium, while the original Storm's body is regressed to an amnesiac teenager and her mind and essence is converted to an energy form that is provided with an artificial body by Tony Stark, the energy form eventually merging with the teen Storm to restore them both to adulthood]].
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* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler:The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this. Though Moira [=McTaggert=] mentioning that Logan's and Sabertooth's healing factors replenish their lifespan provides a possible {{Handwave}}.]]

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* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler:The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this. Though Moira [=McTaggert=] mentioning that Logan's and Sabertooth's healing factors replenish their lifespan provides a possible {{Handwave}}.]]
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: This version of Sabretooth is Wolverine’s father.
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* Really700YearsOld: In this universe, even though his body is that of a young boy, Mister Sinister has still been around for the whole of the 20th Century and is still very much young-looking in the 21st.
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* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler:as well as a stolen claw]], and Lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.

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* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler:as well as a stolen claw]], and Lampshaded lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.

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* AlternateUniverse: The continuity remains more or less the same as the 1990s era of the Marvel Universe, with changes occurring only when an X-Man makes a life-changing decision (Peter Rasputin beginning a relationship with The Black Widow). Interestingly, recent 616 events are also covered and better explained or abruptly ended (The dwindling Mutant population and Storm's marriage). It's officially Earth-161 of the Marvel {{Multiverse}}.
* AnyoneCanDie: The series kicks off with the death of Wolverine, and later kills off [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], Beast, and ComicBook/BlackPanther.]]

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\n* AlternateUniverse: The continuity remains more or less the same as the 1990s era of the Marvel Universe, with changes occurring only when an X-Man makes a life-changing decision (Peter Rasputin beginning a relationship with The Black Widow). Interestingly, recent 616 events are also covered and better explained or abruptly ended ended. (The dwindling Mutant population and Storm's marriage). marriage.) It's officially Earth-161 of the Marvel {{Multiverse}}.
* AnyoneCanDie: The series kicks off with the death of Wolverine, and later kills off [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/IronMan [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]], Beast, and ComicBook/BlackPanther.]]



* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this. Though Moira [=McTaggert=] mentioning that Logan's and Sabertooth's healing factors replenish their lifespan provides a possible {{Handwave}}.]]

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* CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The source of mutant's power is their life. Once the power runs out, they die. What's unclear is how the likes of the 5000 year old [[Characters/XMenVillains Apocalypse]], who explicitly has {{immortality}} as one of his powers, is supposed to fit into this. Though Moira [=McTaggert=] mentioning that Logan's and Sabertooth's healing factors replenish their lifespan provides a possible {{Handwave}}.]]



** There is at least one Storm clone running around. It's either the Evil Storm or the Kid Storm. [[spoiler: Actually, it's Perfect Storm -- Kid Storm is the real deal, only with her psyche having been ripped from her and made into a sentient energy field. By the end of the series there were THREE Storms running around.]]

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** There is at least one Storm clone running around. It's either the Evil Storm or the Kid Storm. [[spoiler: Actually, [[spoiler:Actually, it's Perfect Storm -- Kid Storm is the real deal, only with her psyche having been ripped from her and made into a sentient sapient energy field. By the end of the series there were THREE Storms running around.]]



** [[spoiler: And an evil clone of Wolverine.]]

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** [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And an evil clone of Wolverine.]]



* CuteMonsterGirl: Rogue after accidentally swapping her and Nightcrawler's powerset becomes a surprisingly cute female counterpart to Nightcrawler, blue skin, devil's tail, elfin ears, fangs and all.

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* CuteMonsterGirl: Rogue after accidentally swapping her and Nightcrawler's powerset becomes a surprisingly cute female counterpart to Nightcrawler, blue skin, devil's tail, elfin ears, fangs fangs, and all.



** [[spoiler: Mariko Yashida]] is the second leader of the Consortium, [[spoiler: having taken over essentially to vent her rage both for Wolverine's death and the fact that Wolverine was having an affair with Jean Grey.]]

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** [[spoiler: Mariko [[spoiler:Mariko Yashida]] is the second leader of the Consortium, [[spoiler: having taken over essentially to vent her rage both for Wolverine's death and the fact that Wolverine was having an affair with Jean Grey.]]



* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler: as well as a stolen claw,]] and Lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.

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* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler: as [[spoiler:as well as a stolen claw,]] claw]], and Lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.
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* TheGhost: Madelyne Pryor -- and that she died -- is mentioned several times, but nothing at all is revealed about how it happened. (Everyone seems to recall her in only a positive light.)

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* TheGhost: Madelyne Pryor -- and that she died -- is mentioned several times, but nothing at all is revealed about how it happened. (Everyone Everyone seems to recall her in only a positive light.)light though, and Cyclops shows he's determined to be a devoted father to their son due to failing her in ways not elaborated.
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Rogue after accidentally swapping her and Nightcrawler's powerset becomes a surprisingly cute female counterpart to Nightcrawler, blue skin, devil's tail, elfin ears, fangs and all.
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* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde, full-stop. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler: as well as a stolen claw,]] and Lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.

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* {{Xenafication}}: Kitty Pryde, full-stop.Pryde. Justified in that she's taking on Wolverine's personality traits [[spoiler: as well as a stolen claw,]] and Lampshaded non-humorously by her friends and family worrying about the darker turn her character's taking.

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