History YMMV / TheGifted2017

** Evangeline Whedon is resumably uncerimously killed offscreen without her ever turning into a dragon, and with very little screentime.

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

** Despite being [[ComicBooks/DaysOfFuturePast an evil mutant hunter]], no one expected Ahab considering he is closely associated with Rachel Summers and the contemporary setting of the show.

* 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 their 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.

* TheScrappy: Jace Turner. Aside from everything mentioned in UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below, people have grown bored with his repetitive story. Many have called him unnecessary and redundant now, as bigger, stronger and more interesting threats present themselves. He hasn’t gotten much better in Season 2, especially after getting involved with the Purifiers. And keep in mind all of this happened [[spoiler:before he killed off Clarice]].

** Josh Schwartz and Creator/PeterGallagher, 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.

* TheScrappy: Jace Turner. Aside from everything mentioned in UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below, people have grown bored with his repetitive story. Many have called him unnecessary and redundant now, as bigger, stronger and more interesting threats present themselves. He hasn’t gotten much better in Season 2, especially after getting involved with the Purifiers.

* TheScrappy: Jace Turner. Aside from everything mentioned in UnintentionallyUnsympathetic below, people have grown bored with his repetitive story. Many have called him unnecessary and redundant now, as bigger, stronger and more interesting threats present themselves.

* JerkassWoobie: Jace Turner is actively aiding in the unfair oppression of mutants but it's hard to not understand ''why'' when you learn [[spoiler: his daughter died because of an escalation at a Pro-Mutant Rally. ''Even more so'' after Dreamer accidentally takes away the memory of losing her and he has to learn it from his wife all over again.]]

** 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]].

** [[spoiler:Lorna]] arguably crosses it too. Not for the fact that she decides to kill [[spoiler:[[AssholeVictim Senator Montez and Dr. Campbell]]]], but for [[spoiler: willingly destroying an entire plane, full of people who have nothing to do with them]] to do so.

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

* {{Squick}}: While not noticeable on the first viewing, Rebecca's actress, Anjelica Fellini, turned twenty-four during the airing of the second season. Her making out with Percy Hynes White, seventeen at the time of filming, came off as creepy rather than cute.

* RootingForTheEmpire: 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.]]
** Reeva's speech from the ComicCon season 2 trailer about how trying to live peacefully with those who'd destroy you on the basis of your species won't work also sounds pretty reasonable given the above. (Also, [[EvilIsCool she's just really stylish]].)

* NarmCharm: Polaris and Eclipse's romantic moment culminating in Aurora Borealis is cheesy as all get out (particularly when Polaris makes a point to mention the magnetosphere. [[MythologyGag GET IT?!]]) but at the same time, it's quite beautiful.

** Rebecca might have crossed it beforehand, but she really does it when [[spoiler:turns a room of people inside out, against the orders of the Inner Circle. And only smiles at their horrified faces]].

* UnfortunateImplications: When Marcos is explaining the Inner Circle to a new acquaintance and she says that what they're doing doesn't sound bad, he responds by comparing them to Hitler. This includes Lorna, whose father is arguably the most famous Jewish character in comics.

* DesignatedVillain: A lot of the times, Lorna. Despite the attempts to paint her as an extremist, it's hard not to note that she has a point that the mutant underground wasn't actually doing much to help mutants. She brought down an entire plane to kill Campbell and Montez...but it was clearly a private plane, not a commercial one, with few, if any, people on it that were unconnected to the people she was trying to kill. She fought John and Clarice...when they came after her at the mental hospital when she was just there to rescue a mutant, not hurt anyone.

* UnfortunateImplications: When Marcos is explaining the Inner Circle to a new acquaintance and she says that what they're doing doesn't sound bad, he responds by comparing them to Hitler. This includes Lorna, whose father is arguably the most famous Jewish character in comics.