History Trivia / XMen

*** Having an affair with Emma Frost while married to Jean Grey, then Kissing Emma in front of Jean's grave. Usually summed Up as Cyke being a horny jackrabbit. However, Jean herself contemplated having an affair with Logan while Scott was in the middle of an emotional breakdown, which Emma took advantage of. Emma was Scott's therapist at the time, and she told him that the best way to deal with his problems was to have psychic sex with her. So basically, he was raped and is hated for it. And Jean actually used her abilities to ''force'' Cyclops into loving Emma via MindRape. So he was actually raped by ''two women'', and those two are either treated like saints who could do no wrong and had a crappy husband (Jean) or are rewarded for their unethical behaviour (Emma).

*** Having an affair with Emma Frost while married to Jean Grey, the. Kissing Emma in front if Jean's grave. Usually summed Up as Cyke being a horny jackrabbit. However, Jean herself contemplated having an affair with Logan while Scott was in the middle of an emotional breakdown, which Emma took advantage of. Emma was Scott's therapist at the time, and she told him that the best way to deal with his problems was to have psychic sex with her. So basically, he was raped and is hated for it. And Jean actually used her abilities to ''force'' Cyclops into loving Emma via MindRape. So he was actually raped by ''two women'', and those two are either treated like saints who could do no wrong and had a crappy husband (Jean) or are rewarded for their unethical behaviour (Emma).

** The ''Astonishing X-Men'' ongoing series took full four years to complete a 25-issue storyline. As a result, [[Comicbook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]] being PutOnABus was spoiled by ''Messiah Complex'': since its events couldn't take place before it, Kitty was nowhere in sight. The series is notoriously hard to fit into Marvel continuity, as it appears to take place over at most a few weeks, but the second arc is set prior to ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' (Xavier and Comicbook/{{Magneto}} are hanging out on the ruined Genosha), the third is set after ''ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}'' (Maria Hill has taken over from Nick Fury as director of SHIELD), and the final arc includes a dialogue reference to ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' having happened! The series was first written by Creator/JossWhedon and then Creator/WarrenEllis continued the trend. [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder The reason is the same]].

** Grace also says that he doesn’t view his treatment as discrimination, but rather “general ineptness,” and concludes:

* {{Defictionalization}}: There are now actual weapons [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzler_%28weapon%29 called Dazzlers]] that actually use light to temporarily blind or disorient people.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://x-men.wikia.com/wiki/ X-Men Wiki]]

* TropeNamers: The ''X-Men'' franchise in various media has named the following tropes:
** BlackBugRoom
** DangerRoomColdOpen (previously known as ProfessorXLikesWatchingTeenagersSweat)
** FastballSpecial
** HaveYouTriedNotBeingAMonster (From the ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' movie)
** TheJuggernaut
** ThePawnsGoFirst (From the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' movie)
** SummersFamilyTree (now renamed TangledFamilyTree)
** SuperRegistrationAct
** WolverineClaws
** WolverinePublicity
** WolverineWannabe

* NamesTheSame: A CapeBusters organization above and a group of power-hungry mutants were both called the Gauntlet.

** Dazzler was going to be a regular character in an X-Men cartoon produced in the 80s. A pilot for ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' had Dazzler as part of the main team, voiced by Alexandra Soddart. The idea was later retooled into the more familiar ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon. Dazzler would later appear in an episode adapting the Dark Phoenix Saga.

** According to showrunners of the 90's ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, Kitty was actually the first choice for the "kid" character, but having already been used in the failed 1989 ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' pilot[[note]]pitched to Creator/{{NBC}}, and later used as the basis for the ''VideoGame/XMen'' arcade game[[/note]], executives said no, so ComicBook/JubileeMarvelComics was used instead.

* ImageSource:
** TheChessmaster
** GeniusBruiser
** IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
** LightningBruiser
** StartOfDarkness

* QuoteSource:
** MundaneUtility

** The ''Astonishing X-Men'' ongoing series took full four years to complete a 25-issue storyline. As a result, [[Comicbook/KittyPryde Shadowcat]] being PutOnABus was spoiled by ''Messiah Complex'': since its events couldn't take place before it, Kitty was nowhere in sight. The series is notoriously hard to fit into Marvel continuity, as it appears to take place over at most a few weeks, but the second arc is set prior to ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' (Xavier and Comicbook/{{Magneto}} are hanging out on the ruined Genosha), the third is set after ''ComicBook/SecretWar'' (Maria Hill has taken over from Nick Fury as director of SHIELD), and the final arc includes a dialogue reference to ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' having happened! The series was first written by Creator/JossWhedon and then Creator/WarrenEllis continued the trend. [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder The reason is the same]].

** IWantMyBelovedToBeHalpy

** ''Wizard Magazine'' once suggested Creator/AlanCumming for Nightcrawler. Guess who played him in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''?

* OvershadowedByControversy:
** There was controversy in ''X-Factor'' over Monet's skin being whitened, which many fans called out as a RaceLift. In 2006 X-Factor vol 3 issue 4, [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1318606/1318606_900.png the letters page shows a fan inquiring to Peter David about it and he responds that what her skin should be is confusing, but notes that she did have dark skin and they would likely darken her a bit.]] On his website in 2010, another fan inquired about it and [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1318337/1318337_900.png he responded that even though she was progressively being darkened, he was still getting fan complaints asking why she was white]].
*** Years after ''X-Factor'' ended, David Yardin, who did many of the covers [[https://twitter.com/davidyardin/status/1037524266017669120 stated that Monet was getting many shades lighter than her original look, and as such he made sure she had dark skin on the covers he did]].

* InSeriesNickname: Madelyne Pryor has been called Maddie, Lynne, Queeny, and any number of other things by characters both in and out of universe.

* FanNickname: Buckethead for Magneto

* SocietyMarchesOn: For three decades (starting from 1976) the comics unashamedly featured Wolverine chain smoking cigars and cigarettes all the time. Not anymore.

** Before ''ComicBook/{{Inferno}}'' and the entire [[{{Retcon}} clone retcon]] was ever even cooked up, Claremont and artist Marc Silvestri toyed with elevating [[Characters/MarvelComicsMadelynePryor Madelyne Pryor]] into a gun-wielding ActionGirl who would serve as a BadassNormal member of the X-Men... [[https://twitter.com/chrisarrant/status/1313655586471522306 really!]] But editorial (and [[CreatorBacklash/ComicBooks Louise Simonson]]) wanted Cyclops whitewashed and that Pryor be [[DeathOfTheHypotenuse eliminated]] and [[UnPerson erased out]]... [[{{Irony}} permanently]].