History Trivia / XMenEvolution

** It's quite possible that the fifth season would've continued the storyline that began in "Sins of the Son" as well as having Danielle meeting the X-Men for real, as foreshadowed in Kitty's dream in the penultimate episode of the series.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The show isn't streaming yet on international versions of Disney+, due to Warner Bros. still owning distribution rights to the show outside the US.

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: The casting of Michael Donovan as Sabretooth opposite Creator/ScottMcNeil as Wolverine is rather amusing considering their respective roles as [[WesternAnimation/DoubleDragon Billy and Jimmy Lee]].

** WordOfGod has also stated there was pressure put on the show at times to include more superheroes and characters from the wider Marvel universe. The producers though wanted to keep their own universe small and the focus on mutants rather than having to explain how The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, Spider-Man or ComicBook/TheMightyThor fit in. Nonetheless, compromises were evidently made; ComicBook/CaptainAmerica guest starred in a Season 2 episode, Nick Fury and SHIELD became a recurring presence in the show's latter half, and HYDRA (led by Viper) served as the villains of two episodes in the fourth season.

* RoleReprise: In the Brazilian dub, there's three from ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': Fernanda Baronne as Rogue (she was the character's second voice in the 90's show), José Santa Cruz as Magneto, and Eduardo Dascar as Gambit.

* FakeAmerican: Most of [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution the series']] voice cast were Canadian.

* RoleReprise: In the Brazilian dub, there's three from ''WesternAnimation/XMen'': Fernanda Baronne as Rogue (she was the character's second voice in the 90's show), José Santa Cruz as Magneto and Eduardo Dascar as Gambit.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The fashion, technology (particularly a camera Spyke uses in a season 1 episode), noticeable emphasis on sports, and [[TotallyRadical some lingo]] make it apparent that the series takes place in the early 2000s.

** Fully {{Averted}} now by being available on Creator/DisneyPlus, albeit exclusively in the United States. Edits have also been made to several episodes across the series. For just one example, Sabretooth's assault on Rouge, Spyke and Kitty in the Season 1 episode "Spyke Cam" is changed in order to remove the animation of Sabretooth striking Kitty. As such, the scene awkwardly cuts from Kitty looking at her unconscious friends in shock, to the sight of her flying backwards and slamming into a tree.

* CreatorBacklash: The designers didn't like Mystique's first season look, with the reason given for its use being that they ran out of time. They're much more pleased with her later design with darker skin and black clothes.

** ExecutiveMeddling also led to the creation of X-23. Marvel executives wanted more Wolverine, but the show's producers felt the focus should be on the kids. X-23 was seen as a compromise since she would be a young female clone of Wolverine. Judging by the fan reaction, the X-23 example is perhaps the best proof that all Administrivia/TropesAreTools and even the "worst" can sometimes yield pleasing results.

** From ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Quicksilver and Jean are the respective male and female halves of Ranma, Scarlet Witch is Ukyo, and Nightcrawler is Mousse.

** From ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[Creator/BradSwaile Nightcrawler]] is Light, Gambit is L, [[Creator/KirbyMorrow Cyclops]] is Teru Mikami, Mystique's Rem, Colossus is Raye Penber, [[Creator/TabithaStGermain Danielle Moonstar]] is Naomi Misora, [[Creator/MattHill Forge]] is Sidoh, and [[Creator/SaffronHenderson Callisto]] is Sachiko Yagami, and [[Creator/VenusTerzo Jean Grey]] is Wedy. Including the dub of the live-action movies, [[Creator/MichaelDobson Blob]] is also [[GenderFlip Rem]] and [[Creator/RonHalder Mesmero]] is Watari.

* FakeAmerican: Most of [[WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution the series']] voice cast were Canadian. A particularly egregious example is Captain ''America'', once again voiced by the very ''Canadian'' Creator/DavidHayter who previously played the role in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

** The first season's action scenes were restricted by the network, who felt that kids shows had gotten too dark and violent for the demographic they wanted to reach. After the first season was a success, they were allowed a lot more leeway. Boyd Kirkland has spoke positively about this, saying that this allowed for the first reason to properly develop the characters and their personalities.

** It's quite possible that the fifth season would've continued the storyline that began in "Sins of the Son" as well as having Danielle joining the team for real.

** In relation to the planned Phoenix saga for the series, the Shi'ar race, Madelyne Pryor, Bishop, Cable and Rachel Summers were also planned to appear in the fifth season as well as the possiblity of having Scott's father Corsair showing up

** Forge was going to give Kurt the Star Trek "live long and prosper" sign and Kurt would try and return it unsuccessfully at the end of [=MiddleVerse=], but the [=KidsWB=] didn't want the show to reference ''Star Trek''.

** ExecutiveMeddling also led to the creation of X-23. Marvel executives wanted more Wolverine, but the show's producers felt the focus should be on the kids. X-23 was seen as a compromise since she would be a young female clone of Wolverine.
*** Judging by the fan reaction, the X-23 example is perhaps the best proof that all Administrivia/TropesAreTools and even the "worst" can sometimes yield pleasing results.

* TheOtherDarrin: Creator/AndreaLibman voiced X-23 in her self-titled episode. When the character returned in "Target X", she was voiced by Brittney Irvin.

* {{Tuckerization}}: The AlphaBitch that bullies Kitty in her introduction episode is called Riley Finn, after a character from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. As has been noted before, Kitty's comics personality was a big influence on Buffy's.

** At one point, Creator/GrantMorrison wanted to include Rogue in the team lineup for his run on ''ComicBook/NewXMen'', and indicated that he planned to base her appearance and personality on ''Evolution'''s interpretation of the character. Had this actually happened, it's possible that the canonical Rogue would have been brought more in line with Evolution!Rogue.

** Fully {{Averted}} now by being available on Creator/DisneyPlus, albeit exclusively in the United States. Edits have also been made to several episodes across the series. For just one example, Sabretooth's assault on Rouge, Spyke and Kitty in the Season 1 episode "Spykecam" is changed in order to remove the frames of Sabretooth striking Kitty. As such, the scene awkwardly cuts from Kitty looking at her unconscious friends in shock, to the sight of her flying backwards and slamming into a tree.

** Fully {{Averted}} now by being available on Creator/DisneyPlus...in the United States only. [[NoExportForYou Not so for other countries.]]

* FakeAmerican: Most of the series' voice cast were Canadian. A particularly egregious example is Captain ''America'', once again voiced by the very ''Canadian'' Creator/DavidHayter who previously played the role in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.

** Fully {{Averted}} now by being available on Creator/DisneyPlus.

** From ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[Creator/BradSwaile Nightcrawler]] is Light, Gambit is L, [[Creator/KirbyMorrow Cyclops]] is Teru Mikami, Mystique's Rem, Colossus is Raye Penber, [[Creator/TabithaStGermain Danielle Moonstar]] is Naomi Misora, [[Cretor/MattHill Forge]] is Sidoh, and [[Creator/SaffronHenderson Callisto]] is Sachiko Yagami, and [[Creator/VenusTerzo Jean Grey]] is Wedy. Including the dub of the live-action movies, [[Creator/MichaelDobson Blob]] is also [[GenderFlip Rem]] and [[Creator/RonHalder Mesmero]] is Watari.

** Later in the series, three of the X-Men were PutOnABus, supposedly because the cast was too large. Wolfsbane, a character who hardly spoke, was an obvious choice. Jubilee, however, had a very minor role but ''did'' have a few subplots with Bobby and Sam, and appeared considerably more than Wolfsbane. Then later [[TheScrappy Evan]] decided to live in the sewers because his powers were growing out of control. The irony is that Sunspot, a character who appeared even less than Wolfsbane, stayed even though he did virtually nothing for the rest of the series, resulting in two girls being the only New Recruits dropped..