History WesternAnimation / WolverineAndTheXMen2009

* AdaptationalVillainy: For some odd reason, the series is FULL of these (possibly some of these characters would have returned as heroes had the second season been made):
** Domino is a member of the ComicBook/XForce and the ComicBook/XMen in the comics, but she is depicted as a terrorist and member of the Brotherhood of Mutants in the adaptation, which results in her basically being similar role to Mystique in all but her name, appearance, personality, and powers as Mystique herself is TheDragon to Magneto in some adaptations.
** Multiple Man is depicted in this adaptation as a member of Mr. Sinister's Marauders despite being a main character in ''ComicBook/XFactor'' since the '90s.
** Likewise, the Stepford Cuckoos are shown in this series as villainous members of the Inner Circle Club despite being students at the Xavier Institute in the comics.
** Psylocke is a heroic member of the X-Men in the comics. In this adaptation, she assists the Brotherhood in one episode (although she's shown to be a reluctant recruit who only helps out the group because [[YouOweMe she owes Quicksilver a favor]]).
** Blink was associated with ComicBook/GenerationX and was a member of the ComicBook/NewMutants. Her better-known alternate version rose from ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse mainstay to leader and main hero of the ComicBook/{{Exiles}}. In this adaptation, she is a member of Magneto's Acolytes.
** Mercury was a member of the [[ComicBook/NewMutants New X-Men]] in the comics. In this adaptation, she is a member of ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s Acolytes.
** In the comics, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} were former members of the Brotherhood of Mutants who abandoned Magneto very quickly and joined ComicBook/TheAvengers. In this adaptation, Quicksilver is still a member of the Brotherhood while Scarlet Witch is loyal to her dad (although it isn't until the finale that she finally realizes what a monster Magneto is and turns against him).
** Zig-zagged with Magneto himself. While he wasn't a villain in the comics at the time the show was released, there are over 3 decades ('60s, '70s, and '90s) of comics where he was the villain meaning the show wasn't exactly pulling its villainous portrayal of him out of its ass.
** Emma Frost. Just like Magneto, she ''used'' to be one hell of a foe (even being BigBad of ComicBook/NewMutants for a time) but comic fans know that that was a long time ago, at least in the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse. In this show, she's TheMole and still the White Queen of the Hellfire Club. However, she does sacrifice her life to contain the Phoenix in the series finale.
** ''The Phoenix.'' This is far from the first adaptation to do so, but it's worth mentioning that in the comics, Jean as Phoenix was good but AntiHero-ish, had to resist darker impulses but stayed in control (she was actually Phoenix for ''quite'' some time), and even saved the universe. It took the Hellfire/Inner Circle Club's interference to cause her to become Dark Phoenix. This adaptation uses TheThemeParkVersion where the Phoenix is a 100% Bad Thing. Of course, the Inner Circle Club ''was'' trying to control the Phoenix in this version, but it wasn't quite the same as [[MasterOfIllusion Jason Wyngarde]] and [[MindControl Emma Frost]] putting her under MoreThanMindControl and pretty much breaking down her self-control bit by bit until we get a monster.
** Gambit isn't even an X-Man and all and seems to just be some kind of amoral mercenary type. To be fair, we only see him for all of ''two'' episodes, so there could be more to him.

''Wolverine and the X-Men'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' franchise. It premiered in America in 2009 and everywhere else in the world in 2008.

** Blink was associated with ComicBook/GenerationX and was a member of the ComicBook/NewMutants. Her better-known alternate version rose from ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse mainstay to leader and main hero of the Comicbook/{{Exiles}}. In this adaptation, she is a member of Magneto's Acolytes.

** This happens to ComicBook/{{Storm}} of all people. She is a major character in the comics, one of the most recognizable members of the X-Men, and featured as one of the main cast members of nearly all the previous animated adaptations. In this adaptation, she's portrayed as a background character to give Wolvie a bigger role. In fact, there's no real reason for Storm's presence in this adaptation at all since she doesn't factor into any of the story lines and the episode where she rejoins the team has nothing to do with the overall plot. It's possible that the writers only threw her in because viewers are used to seeing her in the comics and other adaptations.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Anti-{{Mutant|s}} hysteria, obviously; it's '''Franchise/XMen'''.

''Wolverine and the X-Men'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of the ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise. It premiered in America in 2009 and everywhere else in the world in 2008.

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* AdaptationalProtagonist: In the comics, for decades Wolverine was a pivotal character of the rotating EnsembleCast of the main X-Men books, ''ComicBook/UncannyXmen'' and ''ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen''. Barring, of course, his own comic book series, sprung off the main books for his [[EnsembleDarkhorse popularity]]. Whenever there is an AnimatedAdaptation of the comics, it is almost always about the X-Men as a ''team'', with Professor Xavier, Cyclops, or Storm at the helm. However, this 2008 cartoon's premise is that the X-Men dissolve after a mysterious attack where Jean Grey and Professor Xavier disappear. Years later, it is up to Wolverine to [[PuttingTheBandBackTogether reunite the X-Men]] and step up as their de facto team leader. It's even {{lampshaded}} in the title who the (new) protagonist is supposed to be.

* RedOniBlueOni: Unlike the other types of X-men series, Wolverine is the blue oni to Cyclops' red oni.

* SiblingSwitchSquick: Wolverine's former girlfriend Mariko Yashida was forced by her father to marry the Silver Samurai. In the comics Mariko and Silver Samurai are half-siblings, having the same father.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Wolverine tries to learn more about his past and goes to Canada. He arrives at the ruins of a cabin. Coincidently, Petra visits the ruins of her cabin that same day and she ran into Wolverine.

* AdaptationDistillation: This adaptation drew from many of the elements of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' lore, particularly from both of the original (mainly through elements like the formation of the X-Men, the members of the original X-Men team that was founded by Professor Xavier had consisted of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast without fur, Angel and Iceman, etc) and modern (mainly through elements like most of the character designs, the disbanding of the X-Men, Genosha, etc) versions of the X-Men that are from the mainstream Marvel Universe as well as from the Ultimate (mainly through elements like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver being raised by Magneto, Both Magneto and Quicksilver leading the Brotherhood of Mutants, Toad's design, Wolverine being taller, the event of a fleet of Sentinels being sent to Genosha to attack Magneto and the mutants living there, etc.) version of the X-Men.
** The series also uses elements that were from the live action film series (mainly through elements like the use of the [[Film/XMenTheLastStand movie]] version of Warren Worthington II, the designs of Cerebro and the Xavier institute, the Father-Daughter relationship that was between Wolverine and Rogue, the fact that the voices of many of the characters such as Professor Xavier and Magneto appear to be inspired by the voices of the actors and actresses that portray the characters in the film series, etc).

** The series also portrayed the characters that were inaccurate to their comic book counterparts in both ''Evolution'' and the film series as being much more accurate to their comic book counterparts in the terms of their names, powers, physical appearances (as well their costumes), origins, motivations, alignments, and primarily the groups that they were associated with (for example, the characters, such as Magneto, Scarlet Witch, Gambit, etc., featured in ''WATXM'' are much more faithful to their comic book counterparts than they were portrayed in the film series and ''Evolution'').

* OverprotectiveDad: Magneto is this only to Lorna.

** In the comics, ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} were former members of the Brotherhood of Mutants who abandoned Magneto very quickly and joined Comicbook/TheAvengers. In this adaptation, Quicksilver is still a member of the Brotherhood while Scarlet Witch is loyal to her dad (although it isn't until the finale that she finally realizes what a monster Magneto is and turns against him).

** ''The Phoenix.'' This is far from the first adaptation to do so, but it's worth mentioning that in the comics, Jean as Phoenix was good but AntiHero-ish, had to resist darker impulses but stayed in control (she was actually Phoenix for ''quite'' some time), and even saved the universe. It took the Hellfire/Inner Circle Club's interference to cause her to become Dark Phoenix. This adaptation uses TheThemeParkVersion where the Phoenix is a 100% Bad Thing. Of course, the Inner Circle Club ''was'' trying to control the Phoenix in this version, but it wasn't quite the same as [[TheIllusionist Jason Wyngarde]] and [[MindControl Emma Frost]] putting her under MoreThanMindControl and pretty much breaking down her self-control bit by bit until we get a monster.

* MindControlEyes: [[{{Lampshaded}} Lampshaded.]] ComicBook/ScarletWitch can't believe Nightcrawler is serious when he states that Wolverine is no longer under Mojo's control because of a change in his eyes.