| 1 | Tropes beginning with the letters A to C for the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. |
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| 6 | * AbledInTheAdaptation: In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Hank invents a serum that Charles can take which allows him to regain his ability to walk at the cost of his powers. |
| 7 | * AbortedArc: Beginning with ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', the films had started to build up a sort of MythArc relating to the Essex Corporation with the implication of Nathaniel Essex aka Mister Sinister becoming the franchise's GreaterScopeVillain, with continued references in ''Film/{{Logan}}'', ''Film/Deadpool2'', and ''Film/TheNewMutants''. Disney's buyout of Fox, however, ended up canceling the series before this storyline could be fully realized. |
| 8 | * AbsurdlySharpBlade: |
| 9 | ** Logan's and Laura's claws, of course. |
| 10 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Lady Deathstrike's fingernails (or talons, if you prefer) are made of adamantium and can effortlessly slice through everything in their way. |
| 11 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': |
| 12 | *** Wolverine's claws, which are coated in adamantium. Shortly after he receives his adamantium infusion, he slices up several items in a farmhouse bathroom (including a porcelain sink) with his now impossibly sharp claws, despite applying what appears to be no more than the force required to move an unrestrained arm. |
| 13 | *** Wade Wilson's katanas. |
| 14 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 15 | *** The heirloom katana that Yukio brings with her to meet Logan is able to cleanly slice barstool legs and a beer bottle, without harming the man on the stool or the guy holding the beer bottle. |
| 16 | *** Ichirō Yashida's samurai swords [[spoiler:which actually cut through Wolverine's claws.]] |
| 17 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Deadpool's katanas are able to cut through anything he uses them on in the movie with no effort on his part, with the only exception being the axes Ajax uses against him. |
| 18 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Psylocke's psionic blade can slice through a car as if it were a hot knife cutting butter. |
| 19 | * ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: |
| 20 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': Wolverine talks to Rogue on the train to convince her that she can find a place at Xavier's school. |
| 21 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Bobby Drake's strained relationship with his family after he reveals to them that he's a mutant provides some dramatic heft to the story. |
| 22 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': There's a scene where Logan catches Rogue leaving to get the cure, and he asks her if she's sure that's what she truly wants, and if she's doing it for the right reasons. |
| 23 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The many quiet talks between Charles and Erik about the latter's past and potentials as well as their differing views on human-mutant relations clinch how tragic their fall-out and eventual parting is. |
| 24 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Logan develops a romance with Mariko. |
| 25 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': There are plenty of emotional, character-driven moments (especially with the younger Xavier) in between the spectacular action sequences. |
| 26 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': There are scenes dedicated to familial connections and friendships, such as Erik and Nina, Charles and Jean, Jean and Scott, etc. |
| 27 | * ActionGirl: |
| 28 | ** Jean Grey fights both up close and [[MindOverMatter at a distance]]. |
| 29 | ** Storm is one of the most powerful X-Men because of her weather-summoning ability. |
| 30 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 31 | *** Yukio introduces herself in a bar brawl and proves competent enough to protect Logan. She later helps him fight Viper. |
| 32 | *** Mariko is proficient in soft-handed martial arts and an excellent knife-thrower, helping to [[spoiler:kill the Silver Samurai.]] |
| 33 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Blink's portal powers make her extremely effective in fighting the Future Sentinels, both in taking them out herself and assisting her teammates in fighting them. |
| 34 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Negasonic Teenage Warhead winds up being the one [[spoiler:to deliver the defeating blow to Angel Dust]]. |
| 35 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 36 | *** Mystique knocks out a few guys who are bigger than her in East Berlin. She later becomes the battle commander of the X-Men. |
| 37 | *** Jean Grey [[spoiler:unleashes the full power of the Phoenix and obliterates Apocalypse, who can only marvel at her power]]. |
| 38 | *** An unarmed Agent Moira [=MacTaggert=], who is covered in a niqab that hinders her movements somewhat, is able to disarm a man larger than she is and render him unconscious. |
| 39 | ** ''Film/{{Logan}}'': Laura is 11 years old, but is able to tear through hardened soldiers twice her size with aplomb. |
| 40 | * AdaptationalProtagonist: In the main timeline of the Marvel Comics, Mystique is introduced as a villain to Ms. Marvel in the late-1970s, later [[{{Transplant}} migrating]] to the ComicBook/XMen comics under Creator/ChrisClaremont during ''Days of Future Past'' (1981), and becoming a fixture. During certain periods of the comics, Mystique is affiliated with an X-team, but her stints are always part of some secret plan. In the ''First Class'' series, however, she becomes a major protagonist because she's reintroduced as Xavier's adoptive sister in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' (2011), and found the X-Men with him in the same movie. She later returns as a member at the end of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' (2016) and during ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' (2019). |
| 41 | * AdaptationalSkill: In an inversion, this version of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} lacks his comic counterpart's CunningLinguist skills. |
| 42 | * AdaptationDyeJob: |
| 43 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]]'s eyes are blue in the comics, but in the movie-verse, they're brown because Creator/HalleBerry refused to wear contacts.[[note]]Notably, she's the only exception: ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}'s Tyler Mane, Toad's Creator/RayPark, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s Creator/AlanCumming and ComicBook/{{Mystique}}'s Creator/RebeccaRomijn all wore coloured contacts.[[/note]] |
| 44 | ** In the comics, ComicBook/{{Magneto}} has been shown to have had white hair for the vast majority of his adult life, presumably as a side-effect of his mutation (or just as likely due to the [[PrematurelyGreyHaired trauma]] of [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust Auschwitz]]). In the films, he's introduced with ''grey'' hair (though only because, lacking ComicBookTime, the screenwriters had to make him the realistic age of a Holocaust survivor), and he has [[TallDarkAndHandsome dark brown hair]] as a younger man in the [[Film/XMenFirstClass First]] [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Class]] [[Film/XMenApocalypse trilogy]]. |
| 45 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Charles Xavier]] in the comics was blond before he lost his hair, but his movie counterpart is a brunet. |
| 46 | ** Creator/LievSchreiber's ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' has short black hair rather than the long blonde mane from the comics and first movie which Tyler Mane appropriately rocked. |
| 47 | ** Creator/TaylorKitsch's ComicBook/{{Gambit}} from the same movie has normal blue eyes unlike the comics where he's got red irises and black sclera. Whether this due to Kitsch refusing to wear contacts like Halle Berry or just a production oversight is unknown. Although when first using his [[HavingABlast power]] to attack Wolverine in the film, his irises do go red briefly. |
| 48 | ** Creator/RayPark's Toad has green skin and dark-green highlighted hair instead of normal skin and the brown hair of the comics, though since Toads can be green in real life Ray Park's portrayal is perfectly fine. Toad in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' is more accurate to his comic appearance though admittedly he wouldn't know it was him till his OverlyLongTongue comes out. |
| 49 | ** Yukio sports natural black hair in [[ComicBook/Wolverine1982 the Wolverine mini-series]] but has dyed red hair in ''Film/TheWolverine''. ''Film/Deadpool2'' retains the black hair, but adds dyed pink highlights. |
| 50 | ** Viper is blond rather than green-haired like in the comics. |
| 51 | ** Weasel has light brown hair instead of his usual black. |
| 52 | ** ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}'s hair is purple in the comics, but her film counterpart is raven-haired with purple highlights. |
| 53 | ** Pre-Deadpool Wade Wilson is depicted as a brunet instead of a blond. |
| 54 | * AdaptationNameChange: |
| 55 | ** Pyro's name is changed from Saint-John Allerdyce to the Americanized John Allerdyce. |
| 56 | ** Silver Fox has her name changed to the more Canadian-sounding "Kayla Silverfox." She was also apparently given a RaceLift, as she's played by the very light-skinned Lynn Collins, who claims to have distant Native ancestry, but otherwise looks nothing like Silver Fox. |
| 57 | ** [=MacTaggert=] is Moira's maiden name instead of Kinross. She got married and divorced within the 21-year gap between ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', and she is referred to as Agent [=MacTaggert=] before her marriage and after her divorce. |
| 58 | ** Mariko's fiancé has his name changed from "Noburo Hideki" to "Noburo Mori," possibly because, although an actual Japanese name, Hideki is a given name, not a family one. |
| 59 | ** Quicksilver's real name is changed from "Pietro Maximoff" to the more Americanized "Peter Maximoff." Presumably, this is due to the fact that the film version of Quicksilver was raised in the U.S., while his comic counterpart grew up in Eastern Europe. A supplementary website, 25 Moments, still refers to him as Pietro and so does the Italian dub. |
| 60 | ** Magneto had a daughter named Anya in the comics, but her name is Nina in the movie-verse. |
| 61 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Has [[AdaptationalAttractiveness/XMenFilmSeries its own page]]. |
| 62 | * AdaptationalBadass: |
| 63 | ** The comic book version of Pyro was a LaughingMad pyrokinetic who was hamstrung by his inability to create flames, relying on an unwieldy pair of flame throwers with very prominent fuel lines. Naturally, he was often very easily hamstrung. In the films, he's perfectly rational, albeit a bit temperamental, and he now only relies on a lighter, which in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', he attached to his glove, allowing maximum firepower with minimum inconvenience. |
| 64 | ** Quicksilver is one of the fastest characters in the Marvel comics universe, but he has limitations on just how fast, and is generally well under the speed of sound. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Hank mistakes him for a teleporter, and fans have noted that Peter's SuperSpeed and power set (he's capable of redirecting bullets with ease and shattering glass by vibrating his hands) are closer to Franchise/TheFlash, who explicitly has a speed advantage over Quicksilver in inter-company crossover stories. In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' he rescues ''all'' of Xavier's students from an explosion in only a ''fraction of a second''. Maximoff is one of the most powerful mutants in the whole X-Men film franchise. |
| 65 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': In the comics, Toad was originally conceived as a deformed, sniveling hunchback who served as TheIgor to Magneto. His super power was [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway he could hop... really high]] because of having very low-grade super-strength concentrated in his legs. However, stuntman Creator/RayPark played him as a wisecracking martial artist with wall-crawling abilities and a tongue that he could use as a whip, thus making him more capable of holding his own in a fight with the X-Men. Also, he could spit slime projectiles. |
| 66 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Mariko Yashida is a much more capable and physical badass than her comic book counterpart. |
| 67 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': In the comics, the Sentinels are just HumongousMecha, and mutants with strong powers[[note]]the X-Men in the comics are much stronger than in the movies with Storm, Magneto, Iceman, and Xavier being planetary threats; and it doesn't help that they're made of metal[[/note]] usually take them down by the dozen. They are portrayed as such in the 1973 portion of the film as well. The future Sentinels, however, with their ability to duplicate mutant powers to counter their opponents, are so overwhelmingly powerful that any fight with them is considered outright hopeless. |
| 68 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2016'': |
| 69 | *** The comic book iteration of Negasonic Teenage Warhead is a psychic with the powers of telepathy and precognition, neither of which really warrant the over-the-top name. Made significantly more fitting in the film, since she has the power to emit extremely powerful waves of heat energy, like Cannonball. |
| 70 | *** In the comics, Angel Dust could only get short bursts of strength due to her adrenaline. In the movie, her strength is permanent and she clearly has superhuman stamina to go with it, allowing her to fight Colossus in hand-to-hand combat on even terms (which the comic character never did). |
| 71 | * AdaptationalHeroism: |
| 72 | ** The film series portray Professor X as being more noble and sympathetic than his comic book counterpart, who personifies GoodIsNotNice and is a ManipulativeBastard--one of Comicbook/KittyPryde's most famous lines is [[https://biffbampop.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/xmen_168_2.jpg "Professor Xavier is a jerk!"]] The movie franchise takes the opposite route because Charles is a GuileHero, one of its [[NiceGuy nicest characters]] (he's TheCutie in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse''), and even when he occasionally makes the wrong choice, it's understood that he only had the best of intentions. As a result, the cinematic interpretation is much more likable relative to the comics', and Xavier was purposefully adapted in such a way that he became Creator/BryanSinger's favourite X-Men character (who is a big sci-fi fan and isn't a comic book reader). |
| 73 | ** Unlike the Rogue of the comics and most other adaptions, she ends up at Xavier's school from the very beginning and is never a former member of the Brotherhood. |
| 74 | ** Iceman is much sweeter and more mature than his comic book counterpart's JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]ManChild persona. |
| 75 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 76 | *** Harada. In addition to [[spoiler:pulling a HeroicSacrifice to save Logan]], he's far less of a {{Jerkass}} than his comic counterpart, who is a foreigner-hating bigot. |
| 77 | *** Yukio was much more morally ambiguous in the comics (especially in earlier appearances, where she was a mercenary/assassin/thief) than in the movie. |
| 78 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 79 | *** Mystique is given a very realistic and sympathetic motivation for her StartOfDarkness moment, in contrast to her depiction in the comics. It goes so far as to establish that [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope prior to killing Bolivar Trask]], [[ThouShallNotKill she'd never taken a single life during one of her crimes]]. [[spoiler:And additionally, she pulls a HeelFaceTurn and not only spares Trask, but rescues the president from Magneto during the climax. Presumably, this negates her role as a villain in the original trilogy via CosmicRetcon.]] |
| 80 | *** In the comics, Quicksilver is often an outright ''jerk'' (often intentionally), but in this film, he's more of a merry mischief-maker. He can easily flee on his own once the breakout goes bust, but instead, he goes out of his way to save Logan, Charles and Erik, even though he had already freed the latter from prison by technicality. Quicksilver is also clearly not impressed (if amused) by the idea that he helped free the person suspected of killing JFK once he finds out, [[spoiler:and is shown to be stunned and horrified by Magneto's "demonstration" in the climax]]. |
| 81 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': While Deadpool is still a HeroicComedicSociopath, his love for Vanessa is presented as his biggest redeeming factor, and the movie goes to great lengths to show that [[NeverHurtAnInnocent he would never hurt anyone who doesn't deserve it]]. Contrast that with the comics, where Deadpool [[LovableSexManiac sleeps around constantly]], and he has been known to work for supervillains on the odd occasion. |
| 82 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 83 | *** Mystique, a villain in the comics and in the original trilogy, has been traveling the world rescuing mutants following the events of ''Days of Future Past'', and she becomes the ''field leader of the X-Men''. She insists that she's not a hero, though. |
| 84 | *** Comic book Quicksilver was never a member of the X-Men, but his movie counterpart is. He also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14JojQfFg5E expresses his veneration]] for Mystique's courage in defeating Magneto--his own father--and preventing the latter from assassinating President Nixon.[[note]]This confirms Peter's ReactionShot in ''Days of Future Past'' where he was astonished--in a bad way--by Magneto's actions in Washington D.C.[[/note]] |
| 85 | * AdaptationalNationality: Happens to a lot of characters. Some even change Nationalities or accents due to change in actor. |
| 86 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': The Australian Saint-John Allerdyce from the comics has been adapted to an American without the "Saint" in his given name. |
| 87 | ** Piotri Rasputin aka Colossus is Americanised to Peter Rasputin in the Original Timeline. The Deadpool films flip this back to 100% Russian accented Piotr Rasputin. |
| 88 | ** X-Men Last Stand features Callisto, Arclight and possibly Psylocke/Kwannon. Callisto is Dominican instead of White American, Arclight is Dominican too instead of Vietnamese like the comics and Psylocke/Kwannon is Filipina American here instead of British English like Psylocke or Japanese like Kwannon |
| 89 | ** Juggernaut is British here, but is American in the comics. He is American later in Deadpool 2. |
| 90 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 91 | *** Sean Cassidy and Moira [=MacTaggert=] are American, but in the comics, they were Irish and Scottish respectively. |
| 92 | *** Azazel is portrayed as Russian. In the comics, its hinted he is Mesopotamian (Iraqi) |
| 93 | *** In the comic books, Charles Xavier is fully American, but this movie establishes that he's half-British through his mother, and therefore he may possess dual USA/UK citizenship. |
| 94 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The Eastern European Pietro Maximoff has been Americanized into Peter Maximoff. |
| 95 | ** Australian Aboriginal Lucas Bishop is portrayed as French Senegalese/Mauritanian. |
| 96 | ** Blink is Bahamian in the comics. Chinese in the films. |
| 97 | ** Mulato Brazilian Sunspot is portrayed by a White Mexican here. In New Mutants he is portrayed as Pardo Brazilian instead. |
| 98 | ** Toad is British in the original films just like the comics. Here he reappears as an American Vietnam War soldier |
| 99 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Ajax is English rather than American/Canadian. |
| 100 | ** X-Men Apocalypse features Archangel as British despite previously appearing as an American in X-Men Last Stand. |
| 101 | ** Psylocke yet again is Asian American, instead of British English |
| 102 | ** Caliban is Icelandic (accent and all), but his reappearance in Logan portrays him as British. Comicswise he is American through and through |
| 103 | ** Deadpool 2 portrays Firefist as a Maori New Zealander. Comics wise he is White American. |
| 104 | ** Zeitgeist is Swedish instead of American here |
| 105 | ** Black Tom Cassidy is American here instead of Irish |
| 106 | ** New Mutants features Cecilia Reyes as a Pardo Brazilian instead of being Afro-Puerto Rican. |
| 107 | * AdaptationalNiceGuy: |
| 108 | ** The movie version of [[ComicBook/IcemanMarvelComics Bobby Drake]] is much sweeter and more mature than his comic book counterpart's JerkWithAHeartOfGold[=/=]ManChild persona. |
| 109 | ** In ''Film/TheWolverine'', Harada is far less of a {{Jerkass}} than his comic counterpart, who is a foreigner-hating bigot. |
| 110 | ** ''Film/{{Logan}}'''s version of Zander Rice is nicer than his comics counterpart. They both see Laura as a weapon, but comics Rice also delighted in torturing her and went out of his way to make her life pure hell. |
| 111 | * AdaptationalSlimness: |
| 112 | ** Magneto is often drawn as a very fit and buff SilverFox, if not with outright bodybuilder proportions. Creator/IanMcKellen was chosen because of the gravitas he would bring to the role, who has always had an average build. |
| 113 | ** Rogue is an interesting example, because in the comics she underwent a FanservicePack until she was a statuesque super model and one of the curviest X-girls on par with somebody like [[TheVamp Emma Frost]]. In the first movie, Rogue is aged down to a teenager and played by Creator/AnnaPaquin, who is much shorter and skinnier than the southern bombshell from TheNineties. |
| 114 | * AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: The films change a lot of the characters' powers: |
| 115 | ** While Mystique's [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue skin]], red hair, and {{Shapeshifting}} abilities all come from the comics, her film counterpart is the first iteration of her being reptilian in appearance, like a chameleon. |
| 116 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': |
| 117 | *** To streamline the story, the Phoenix is just an aspect of Jean's mind and superpowers instead of a cosmic entity. Technically, this can also qualify as an odd case of CompositeCharacter. |
| 118 | *** Callisto is given the powers of superspeed and a mutant tracking sense that she does not have in the comics. |
| 119 | *** Part of Leech's mutation in the comics is his green skin and huge yellow eyes. In this movie, he retains his ability to suppress other mutant's abilities, but he appears as a normal human kid. |
| 120 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 121 | *** Shaw's powers in the comics is absorbing energy to boost his personal strength and stamina; in this film, he is able to absorb energy and then repurpose it in seemingly any way he wants, up to and including causing devastating explosions. |
| 122 | *** Azazel is a literal immortal demon in the comics with an assortment of near god-like powers. In the movie-verse, he is a red-skinned mutant with a demon-like appearance and the power to teleport. He basically serves as an evil expy for his son Nightcrawler, who hadn't yet been born in continuity. |
| 123 | *** Riptide in the comics created whirlwinds by spinning his whole body, and he could also fling calcified projectiles from his body like shuriken or spikes. His film counterpart isn't gifted with the second ability. |
| 124 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Both Yukio and Viper are normal humans in the comics, but in this film, Yukio is given the mutant power to see into the future, while Viper is given snake-like abilities. Interestingly, Harada, who is a mutant in the comics, is turned into a normal human in this movie. Note that this technically also qualifies as AdaptationSpeciesChange because frequently in the ComicBook/XMen universe, [[ArtisticLicenseBiology humans (homo sapiens) and mutants (homo superior) are different species.]] |
| 125 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Kitty Pryde, resident [[{{Intangibility}} intangible girl]] of the X-Men inexplicably gains the power to project people's consciousness backwards through time. This is because her role is [[CompositeCharacter combined]] with that of Rachel Summers from the comics, who does not have a film counterpart, seeing as [[spoiler:both her parents are dead in that continuity]]. Also, the filmmakers were hesitant to create a new character with time travel powers because 1) they wanted to [[MythologyGag honor the original ''Days Of Future Past'' storyline]] by including Kitty Pryde in the story with an important role, and 2) the movie already has a rather large cast, and introducing another character would've put narrative strain on the plot. |
| 126 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': In the comics, Negasonic Teenage Warhead has PsychicPowers and her name is a music ShoutOut. The movie version gets a "warhead" power to cause explosions instead. Essentially, she's a CompositeCharacter with the character Cannonball. |
| 127 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 128 | *** In the comics, the purple energy blade Psylocke projects from her hand is simply a manifestation of her telepathic powers, and it can't do any physical damage. In the movie, the blade cuts through steel and concrete, and Psylocke can also morph it into a whip. |
| 129 | *** One of the comic book Apocalypse's main powers is total control over every molecule in his body, which means he can't be hurt by mere physical force. In the film, he doesn't seem to have this power, as evidenced by [[spoiler:the way he dies]]. |
| 130 | * AdaptationalUgliness: Downplayed with Creator/IanMcKellen's Magneto. While [[SilverFox not ugly by any means]], he's considerably older than the character in the comics and much less physically imposing. While Magneto was buff and chiseled in the comics, in the original trilogy, his white hair is the result of him being seventy-something years old. Justified, since the movies don't have the comics' [[ComicBookTime sliding timescale]] or the multiple instances of him being de-aged and re-aged, so he had to be a realistic age for a Holocaust survivor. This gets rectified when you see Creator/MichaelFassbender's Erik Lehnsherr in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', where his younger self is [[TallDarkAndHandsome conventionally handsome]]. |
| 131 | * AdaptationalVillainy: |
| 132 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Multiple Man is associated with the X-Men in the comics, but his movie counterpart joins the Brotherhood of Mutants.[[note]]Although in the [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]], [[OlderThanTheyThink he was a member of the latter]].[[/note]] |
| 133 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Angel Salvadore is a member of the X-Men and ComicBook/NewWarriors in the comics, but here, she is depicted as a [[FaceHeelTurn traitor and member of the Hellfire Club]]. |
| 134 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': In the comics, Quicksilver may be a world-class asshole and suffer from HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, but he is well-meaning at the core and can be counted on to do the right thing. Here, he's just a bored teenager with a kleptomaniac streak who doesn't really care about being a productive member of society and who has to have the breakout sold to him as an opportunity to raise hell, as it's clear that he probably wouldn't have done it of his own volition otherwise. |
| 135 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Angel Dust is a semi-heroic character in the comics, while here, she's a straight-up villain. |
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| 137 | * AdrenalineTime: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Quicksilver's SuperSpeed scenes are shown this way; he sees everything in slow motion, but the movie will quickly alternate to the "standard perception" of time, which is much faster. |
| 138 | * AdvertisedExtra: |
| 139 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': |
| 140 | *** Cyclops' screen time is ''greatly'' reduced because of Creator/JamesMarsden's other commitments. |
| 141 | *** Angel is featured heavily in all the promotional material, as part of the whole "the original X-Men team in the comics finally together in film." He only has three scenes: he refuses the cure and flies away; he very briefly shows up at the X-Mansion for the sole purpose of allowing them to state categorically that the school is still open; and finally he [[spoiler:saves his father's life]] during the final battle. He does nothing in between. The promo posters even showed Angel in an X-Men uniform despite the fact that he never officially joins the team (or dons a costume) during the movie. |
| 142 | *** The same can be said of Colossus -- he has one line (which is about as long as both of his two lines in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' combined) and he's really only in the film for the FastballSpecial. |
| 143 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Gambit has limited screen time, but manages to do a few things (sets/stops a fight between Logan and Sabretooth, takes Logan to the enemy base, and saves Logan in a BigDamnHeroes moment). |
| 144 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Creator/AnnaPaquin as Rogue has a total of one scene (and a handful of seconds at that) in the theatrical release. She even got her own ''Empire'' magazine cover despite the fact that most of her scenes were cut from the final film. |
| 145 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Jubilee got a fair amount of focus in the advertising along with the co-stars who played the new recruits Cyclops, Jean, and Storm. In the middle of the movie, it looks like she's going to be on the same squad of rookies with Cyclops, Jean, and Nightcrawler, even going with them on their teen rebel mall trip as a heroic team of four to contrast the Horsemen. Then she gets knocked out and left behind at the mansion in the next scene, leaving the others as a PowerTrio instead. |
| 146 | * AgeLift: |
| 147 | ** In the comics, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, and Angel are roughly the same age, being the "First Class" with Beast as the eldest. In the movies, Iceman and Angel are quite a bit younger than Cyclops and Jean, and Beast is older than all of them, having a couple of decades on Scott and Jean. |
| 148 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' presents Bolt as a contemporary of Agent Zero, as opposed to his protégé. |
| 149 | ** In addition to Beast, by deciding to avoid ComicBookTime with ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', several characters are older than the main cast in the original trilogy. There's Havok, who's Cyclops' ''younger brother'' in the comics; Darwin, who's the same age as Havok and hence younger than the First Class of the comics; Quicksilver, Riptide and Emma Frost, who are the same age as the present day characters in the comics; Shaw, who isn't as long-lived as his movie counterpart; and Angel Salvadore, who's in fact younger than most of the characters in the original trilogy. The future of ''[=DoFP=]'' also does this to Bishop and his counterpart in the comics, who still has yet to be born in the present, yet his movie self is teammates with Blink, Sunspot, and Warpath. |
| 150 | ** Iceman and Pyro are closer in age to Cyclops and Jean in the comics, yet their movie counterparts are younger, and Banshee was an adult when he joined the X-Men in the comics. Mystique is a couple of years younger than Professor Xavier in the movies whereas her comics counterpart is roughly the same age as ''Wolverine'' and was frequently implied [[ComicBook/ImmortalXMen and later confirme]] [[SamusIsAGirl to have been]]] ''Franchise/ShoerlockHolmes''. |
| 151 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 152 | *** It {{retcon}}s away the ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' version of Angel, making him around the same age as Cyclops, Jean, and Storm as in the comics. It also retcons Jubilee into their classmate, as opposed to being a generation younger than them. |
| 153 | *** Inverted with Nina (the AdaptationNameChange for Anya), who in the comics is Magneto's eldest child, but in the movie-verse, Quicksilver is. Nina is at least 18 years younger than Peter Maximoff. |
| 154 | * AgentPeacock: When Professor X still has hair, his [[PrettyBoy porcelain doll-like face]] and [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide nurturing personality]] make him the most androgynous male lead of the franchise. He's the most formidable telepath on Earth who can [[Film/X2XMenUnited kill anyone with a thought]], and he carries a streak of vanity which is a product of his upper-class upbringing (his mother was a haughty British {{Socialite}}). Even after he becomes bald and loses his prettiness, he still adorns himself in [[SharpDressedMan snazzy suits]]. Saving the world is hard work, and he wants to look good doing it. Heck, Creator/PatrickStewart even admits on the "Two Worlds, Two Battles" documentary of ''The Rogue Cut'' that his character "has been seen as something of a peacock over all these years," so Xavier is more accurately a ''Professor'' Peacock. |
| 155 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles is a suave womanizer who is perfectly aware of how appealing he is, and he doesn't allow Hank to shave his head when he tests the Cerebro prototype ("[[NobodyTouchesTheHair Don't touch my hair]]"). He's the sole mutant who is strong enough to stop Shaw single-handedly, provided that the latter isn't wearing a telepathy-blocking helmet. (Even Erik, as mighty as he is, gets clobbered by Sebastian during their duel.) |
| 156 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Professor X is the second-most powerful mutant for most of the story, and his androgyny (in both looks and personality) is taken up a notch in comparison to ''First Class''. He graduates from a PrettyBoy to a LongHairedPrettyBoy, and the name of his hairdo, a ''feather''ed mullet, brings to mind a peacock's tail--he even fixes a handful of loose strands shortly before he reaches Moira's office. He's pushing 50, yet he still takes delight in being hip and attractive by following [[The80s '80s]] fashion trends with a ''Series/MiamiVice''-inspired wardrobe. Xavier fully embraces being a [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide sensitive guy]], as he's more overtly "[[TeamMom maternal]]" towards his students and he freely sheds TenderTears. He was [[spoiler:close to death after a botched GrandTheftMe procedure]] just a few minutes beforehand, yet Charles still has the fortitude to instigate a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind against the NighInvulnerable Apocalypse, being one of only two mutants who dishes out multiple blows on the self-proclaimed god. Xavier is so vain that even when he's already bald, his mental projection has a head full of hair during the psychic brawl. |
| 157 | * AllegoricalCharacter: Across the ''First Class'' series, Professor X represents empathy, and depending on the story, he can also be a figure of peace, hope or love. For ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he's emblematic of serenity, and without his participation during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the planet would've plunged into WorldWarIII (no Charles = no peace). For ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his 1973 self must regain hope, otherwise by 2023, mutantkind is doomed to extinction (a hopeless past Xavier = a hopeless future for mutants). For ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', his love is the only thing that can conquer fear (Jean Grey's trepidation over her [[spoiler:Phoenix Force]] disappears when she senses the utmost trust the Professor has in her), hate and anger (the last two are felt by Magneto, but once he [[spoiler:recalls how much he loves his old friend, he betrays Apocalypse]]); in this case, Charles = ThePowerOfLove. |
| 158 | ** Furthermore, Xavier's emotional state is a metaphor for America's mindset during the time period these movies depict. In 1962, the character's optimism is an extension of the hopeful outlook President Kennedy's administration tended to exude, whereas Charles' melancholia in 1973 is not unlike the general malaise American citizens felt while under the shadow of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. Xavier's descent into despair began in 1963, which is the same year Kennedy was assassinated--the end of "Camelot"[[note]]Kennedy's presidency is sometimes called this[[/note]] parallels the end of Professor X's school. At least in the AlternateTimeline, Charles starts to piece himself together again shortly after the Paris Peace Accords are signed. The80s in the USA was an era of excess and materialism (both were regarded as not just acceptable, but ''desirable''), so Xavier's vanity is at its peak in 1983, and we get to see much more of his lavish estate and everything he owns within its boundaries. The combination of his smug demeanour, dressing like he had just stepped off the set of ''Series/MiamiVice'', and driving around in a gorgeous, well-maintained vintage car announces to everyone that "[[TheBeautifulElite I'm beautiful, I'm rich]], and I love it." |
| 159 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''cott '''S'''ummers, '''M'''oira '''M'''[=acTaggert=], '''W'''arren '''W'''orthington III, '''B'''etsy '''B'''raddock, '''W'''ade '''W'''ilson, '''S'''ebastian '''S'''haw, '''F'''rancis '''F'''reeman. |
| 160 | * AllThereInTheScript: Some characters are never named. |
| 161 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': Averted. In his commentary, Creator/BryanSinger specifically mentions that he remembered that he had to namedrop Toad and Mystique, lest they just be the "nameless minions of Magneto." |
| 162 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': The movie never namedrops "Lady Deathstrike," although she is called Yuriko and she's still listed as Deathstrike in promotional material. |
| 163 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': The Asian mutant with the purple hair is identified as Psylocke in the commentary, but is never called that (or her civilian name, "Betsy") onscreen. |
| 164 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Riptide's name only appears in the end credits. |
| 165 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Mariko's grandfather is never referred to by his full name, Ichirō Yashida. He's simply called "Yashida" or "Grandfather" for most of the film. |
| 166 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A viewer who doesn't read comic books wouldn't know that Erik's wife is named Magda. |
| 167 | * AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: |
| 168 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': General Stryker's forces take over Xavier's school, which is also the X-Men's base of operations. |
| 169 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The group move into Xavier's mansion after their previous HQ, a CIA compound, is attacked and destroyed by the Hellfire Club. |
| 170 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': In ''The Rogue Cut'', Trask Industries have commandeered the X-Mansion, using it to experiment on mutants. |
| 171 | * AlternateContinuity: Several of them. |
| 172 | ** The original timeline chronologically consists of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', ''Film/XMen1'', ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', ''Film/TheWolverine'' and future scenes of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''. This reality is officially called Earth-10005. |
| 173 | ** After the TimeTravel shenanigans, the new timeline consists of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', 1973 scenes and happy future of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'', ''Film/Deadpool2'' and ''Film/TheNewMutants''. This reality currently lacks a designation, but since time travel only creates new universes in the comics this means it is not the same universe as Earth-10005. |
| 174 | ** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' was originally ambiguous as to where it belongs, but AllThereInTheManual later established it to be set in another separate timeline, which is a BadFuture to the epilogue of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' but is unconnected to other movies set in "present day". Officially it's designation in the Marvel multiverse is Earth-17315. |
| 175 | ** Both ''Series/Legion2017'' and ''Series/TheGifted2017'' occupy separate timelines of their own. |
| 176 | ** Lampshaded by [[Film/Deadpool2016 the Merc with a Mouth]]. |
| 177 | --->'''Deadpool''': These timelines are so confusing... |
| 178 | * AlternateHistory: |
| 179 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Three Mile Island housed a prison where William Stryker experimented with mutants, and the infamous nuclear incident was caused by one destroying a cooling tower. |
| 180 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The Cuban Missile Crisis was caused by Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club manipulating military officers of both America and the Soviet Union in order to cause the Third World War. Then the proto-X-Men foiled his plans. |
| 181 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Magneto [[WhoShotJFK had some hand in the "magic bullet" that killed Kennedy]], Bolivar Trask is attending the post-UsefulNotes/VietnamWar [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Peace_Accords Paris Peace Accords]] (with Mystique invading in order to kill him), [[spoiler:and Magneto wrecks havoc in Washington, revealing himself to the public thirty years before the original movie. His actions are now part a different AlternateTimeline]]. |
| 182 | * AlternateSelf: |
| 183 | ** ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse which is separate from the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', so the Charles Xavier portrayed by Creator/HarryLloyd has a different life from the Creator/PatrickStewart-Creator/JamesMcAvoy version. He's a full-blooded Englishman instead of being half-British, half-American, he was a young adult instead of a child during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and fought as a British army officer, plus he got married and had a son instead of remaining a bachelor and childless. The most glaring deviation is that he never establishes the X-Men. |
| 184 | ** Professor X has [[Characters/MCUEarth838 another alternate self]] on [[Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness Earth-838]] who's part of the Illuminati SuperTeam and is also played by Creator/PatrickStewart. |
| 185 | * AlternateTimeline: Marvel's databases officially list ''Logan'' as occurring in an alternate timeline to the post-CosmicRetcon ''Days of Future Past'' timeline, meaning that mutants officially got something resembling a happy ending in the prime timeline, [[YankTheDogsChain and the same happened in another, only for it to be taken away]]. |
| 186 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Mystique, Nightcrawler, Beast, and Apocalypse are different shades of blue. Azazel and a Horseman in Ancient Egypt who kills two traitors by ripping the flesh from their bodies are red. Toad's skin has a greenish hue. |
| 187 | * AmplifierArtifact: The Cerebro supercomputer boosts telepathy. |
| 188 | * AnachronicOrder: Ever since ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' made it easier to go with prequels. ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' preceded the original trilogy, then ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' preceded that (while also following the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII opening flashback of the first movie), ''Film/TheWolverine'' was a sequel to ''The Last Stand'' (with the opening being set in WWII as well), and then ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' acted as a sequel to both ''The Wolverine'' and ''First Class'' simultaneously due to TimeTravel. ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' follows the "past" timeline as well, albeit in an AlternateTimeline. |
| 189 | * AnachronismStew: |
| 190 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 191 | *** The film is set during the [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheColdWar Cuban Missile Crisis]], but characters walk around in modern haircuts while warships (some of which weren't active until the 1980s) fire Tomahawk cruise missiles at them. |
| 192 | *** Shaw/Schmidt plays "La Vie en rose" by Édith Piaf in the concentration camp in 1944, despite the song not being written until 1945 or released as a single until 1947. |
| 193 | *** Despite taking place in the early '60s, nobody ever comments on Angel's or Darwin's race, although them being a double minority is subtly alluded to by Shaw. |
| 194 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 195 | *** Mystique ends up getting hit with a Taser in both the original and altered events of 1973, a year before Jack Cover invented the device. |
| 196 | *** Hank has created a serum capable of both restoring Charles' mobility and specifically silencing a gene; both feats are still being researched today, and this film takes place in 1973, when genomics was just starting to grow as a field. It's implied that Hank has a boost from Raven's DNA. |
| 197 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A minor example occurs in a [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4euik8 tie-in commercial,]] which suggests that the students have access to fiber-optic internet, widescreen computers and modern cars in The80s. |
| 198 | * AndIMustScream: |
| 199 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Stryker's mind control serum makes the victim obedient, but their real self is still in there, fully aware and incapable of controlling their own body. Look at the sheer ''horror'' on Deathstryke's face when the serum controlling her briefly wears off. Particularly when she looks at her hands and remembers the pain of being bonded with adamantium, likely because she was being controlled during that process as well. Scott similarly tells Jean he couldn't stop himself from trying to kill her. |
| 200 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': [[spoiler:Wade Wilson's fate. He turned from a nice-looking, fast-talking, somewhat funny guy to a pale, disfigured person. He has no hair and [[MouthStitchedShut his mouth was sewn shut]]. He got all the powers of the mutants Weapon X captured, but he was completely under their control with no free will.]] |
| 201 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The death of [[spoiler:Sebastian Shaw. He's held immobile while a coin is pushed slowly through his skull. Xavier, who's psychically linked to Shaw in order to hold him immobile, does the screaming instead.]] |
| 202 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': In the final attempt to activate Wade's powers, Ajax sticks him in a decompression chamber designed to keep him suffering on the edge of suffocation, then leaves him there for a weekend. After it succeeds, Ajax decides to leave him in there even longer, just because he likes Wade suffering. |
| 203 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Apocalypse seals the street vendor into a wall when the guy threatens Ororo, so just his eyes (which are still moving) are visible. |
| 204 | * AndStarring: |
| 205 | ** ''Film/XMen1'' & ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': "And Creator/AnnaPaquin." |
| 206 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': "And Creator/PatrickStewart." |
| 207 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': "And Creator/RyanReynolds." |
| 208 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': "And Creator/KevinBacon." |
| 209 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen shared the "And" billing. |
| 210 | * AnimalThemedSuperbeing: |
| 211 | ** Wolverine embodies the ferocity of the animal he uses for his codename. |
| 212 | ** Toad possesses some toad-like traits, such as an OverlyLongTongue and being able to hop from one place to another at distances which are far greater than what a regular human can achieve. |
| 213 | ** Viper has an animal alias and its abilities (viper is a family of venomous snakes). |
| 214 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: |
| 215 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Raven is jealous of Amy, a woman her foster brother Charles is flirting with, so she activates her shape-shifting skill to pretend to have heterochromia. Raven knows that Charles is terrified at the prospect of his younger sister being outed as a superpowered mutant, so it forces him to abruptly end his conversation with Amy. As the siblings are walking away from the pub, Charles is exasperated at Raven for ruining his potential date. |
| 216 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Alex either rolls his eyes or ignores his younger brother Scott whenever the latter complains or is impolite. |
| 217 | * AntiHero: |
| 218 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 219 | *** Erik is an UnscrupulousHero. He shows no mercy to his enemies and uses any means at his disposal, but his enemies are ''Nazi'' and his means are ThePowerOfFriendship. Finally, he's doing all of this in the first place to avenge his murdered mother. [[spoiler:Then he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope and becomes a full-fledged Villain.]] |
| 220 | *** Raven is a ClassicalAntiHero. She's a NiceGirl with personal insecurity due to her appearance and background, that develops self-confidence and stands up for herself and her friends. |
| 221 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Wade is kinda new to the whole "morality" thing. |
| 222 | --->'''Deadpool:''' I didn't ask to be super and [[ImNotAHeroIm I'm no hero]], but when you find out your [[ArchEnemy worst enemy]] is [[IHaveYourWife after your best girl]], the time has come [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive to be a fucking superhero]]. |
| 223 | * ArcSymbol: The film series features many instances of X symbols. |
| 224 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: |
| 225 | ** The series has a whole collection of offenses. Mutants cannot be called another ''species'', given that they can still interbreed freely with normal humans. Even if you don't have a biology diploma, it ought to be obvious that there could be no universal "cure" that suppressed all the flashy mutations (but not "regular" ones like, say, heterochromia?) on any given mutant without affecting anything else, and certainly not in a matter of seconds. |
| 226 | *** Different species can interbreed, though- example: lions and tigers. And the "cure" works by suppressing the X-gene, the cause of paranormal mutations. Standard mutations like heterochromis are caused by different genes. Of course, it still fails biology because, well, there's no X-gene in real people, and one gene is unlikely to cause, y'know, superpowers. But [[ItMakesSenseInContext it does make sense in context.]] |
| 227 | ** Incidental dialogue (particularly Pyro during ''X2'') mentions "the X-gene", implying that all modern Mutations (the controversial superpower kind) stem from a single gene that appeared at some point during human history and slowly proliferated until becoming widely apparent in recent years. The Sentinels also have detectors of said gene. |
| 228 | * ArtisticLicenseGeography: |
| 229 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': There is no Laughlin City within the province of Alberta. |
| 230 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': There's a scene where Erik kills some bad guys that supposedly takes place in the Argentinian city of Villa Gesell. The establishing shot shows snowy mountains and a beautiful lake surrounded by hills; the only problem is, although you can find a lot of cities that look like that in the southern part of the country, the real Villa Gesell is a beach city located nowhere near that area. The shot resembles the Argentinian city of Villa ''La Angostura'' where, according to legend, some Nazis hid away after UsefulNotes/WorldWarII with the help of President Perón. So the mistake wasn't ''that'' big, but it was extremely hilarious for the Argentinian public. |
| 231 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The Pentagon is definitely not in Washington, DC. It's across the Potomac in Arlington, VA. It's an understandable error because it has a Washington, DC mailing address, and Arlington was once part of DC. |
| 232 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Stryker manages to go from the X-Mansion (Northern New York, Eastern USA) to Alkali Lake (stated in the first two movies to be in Alberta, Western Canada) in a helicopter, without refuelling. |
| 233 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: |
| 234 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': The movie claims to start in 1845 Northwest Territories, Canada... Except that the Northwest Territories would not become a part of Canada until 1870 (and the borders of the vast area were gradually changed until 1905, which resulted in the creation of 4 provinces and 2 territories). Canada itself was only granted Dominion status in 1867. |
| 235 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 236 | *** RFK Stadium is shown with a baseball diamond, when in real life the Washington Senators baseball team had moved to Texas in 1971, two years before this film is set. |
| 237 | *** Hank tells Logan that most of the students and teachers were drafted for UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, which is why Charles had shut down the school. In real life, most--if not all--of them could have stayed through a student deferment, and it's hard to believe that Xavier couldn't push such a thing through if he really wanted to. |
| 238 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 239 | *** It is nigh-impossible that a CNN reporter would have been allowed to film in a Polish town, especially given that Poland in 1983 was under martial law. |
| 240 | *** When Apocalypse is addressing the world, he speaks in Russian to a large group of churchgoers at a solemn Russian Orthodox Christian service. It is also highly improbable that the church would have that much attendance (religious life in the USSR was very strictly policed). |
| 241 | *** In the middle of the movie, there is a discussion about which Franchise/StarWars film is the best, which results in Jean saying the [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi third]] is usually the worst. While that is TruthInTelevision today and has been since the Special Edition release of the trilogy in 1997, in the '80s, it was the [[VindicatedByHistory now universally praised]] ''Empire Strikes Back'' that was viewed as the lowest performing of the series while ''Return of the Jedi'' was seen as a return to form. |
| 242 | * AscendedExtra: |
| 243 | ** Mystique was a one-dimensional henchman in the original trilogy. In the First Class trilogy, she becomes a main character with far more character depth. |
| 244 | ** Quicksilver was a minor character in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', and he returns in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' with a larger role in the plot. |
| 245 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': |
| 246 | *** Colossus; while he's a big fixture in the comics, this is his biggest role in any of the ''X-Men'' movies to date. |
| 247 | *** Negasonic Teenage Warhead is a minor X-Men character who died in her first appearance and has only made a few scant appearances posthumously since. Here, she's a supporting character who eventually teams up with Wade. |
| 248 | * AsYouKnow: |
| 249 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': When Logan sees the old pit where he saved Ichirō;, he is about to tell Mariko what had happened there... and [[DefiedTrope she stops him]]; she already knows that story. |
| 250 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJwFE319Yk Scott's teacher]] begins her lecture with, "As everyone knows, the existence of mutants was first discovered during the Paris Peace Accords after the Vietnam War in 1973." |
| 251 | * TheAtoner: |
| 252 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Chris Bradley after leaving Team X. |
| 253 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 254 | *** Wolverine goes to Japan to face his guilt for killing Jean Grey and to receive help from an old friend who might have the means to remove his HealingFactor and make him mortal. |
| 255 | *** Harada ends up as this near the end of the film. |
| 256 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Creator/IanMcKellen invokes this while discussing his character in the "Double Take: Xavier & Magneto" documentary. |
| 257 | --->"The Magneto that you see with me is a man of conscience, and a man with an unhappy life behind him. He's come through a great deal, and isn't taking on single-handedly, or even with the help of his Brotherhood, society as a whole. He's joined up again with his old friend, Professor X, and together, they're going to try to move things forward." |
| 258 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': This is how Creator/MichaelFassbender perceives Erik at the beginning of the story, as reported by the May 2016 issue of ''Cineplex''. |
| 259 | -->"He works in a steel factory, but he's not using his powers. I thought that was kind of interesting that he's doing honest manual labour. Penance is a bit extreme, but he's sort of left his world domination days behind him." |
| 260 | [[/folder]] |
| 261 | |
| 262 | [[folder: B]] |
| 263 | * BadassBoast: |
| 264 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': |
| 265 | *** Wade and Ajax both deliver their own boasts to each other before their confrontation. |
| 266 | ---->'''Deadpool:''' I hope they [[FeelNoPain blocked pain]] to your every last nerve, [[ToThePain 'cause I'mma go looking!!]]\ |
| 267 | '''Ajax:''' You [[HealingFactor grow back body parts]] now, Wade... [[RussianReversal When I'm finished, parts will have to grow back you.]] |
| 268 | *** A more typical one when Wade's loading the duffel bag before that: |
| 269 | ---->'''Weasel:''' You've got 3,000 rounds.\ |
| 270 | '''Wade:''' ''[[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the camera]]]'' You all know what I can do with 12. |
| 271 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 272 | *** [[spoiler:As Xavier lies on the ground and loses blood after being beaten to a pulp by Apocalypse during their BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he still reminds Apocalypse that he is alone, and Charles is ''not''. Cue Jean unleashing the Phoenix.]] |
| 273 | *** Apocalypse delivers one regarding how futile he regards nuclear weaponry. |
| 274 | ---->'''Apocalypse:''' You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel, ''but you can never strike God!'' |
| 275 | *** Erik and Charles have an exchange at the end mirroring the one they share at the end of ''Film/XMen1''. |
| 276 | ---->'''Charles''': I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul who comes to my school looking for trouble. |
| 277 | * BadassCrew: |
| 278 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': The X-Men consists of Cyclops, Jean Grey and Storm. They all view Professor X as their father figure, who trained, educated and cared for them when they were younger, and this has reinforced the team's familial-like connection over the years. |
| 279 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': The line-up has changed from the first two movies, so now the team members are Storm, Wolverine, Beast, Iceman, Kitty Pryde and Colossus. |
| 280 | --->'''Bobby Drake''': There's only six of us, Logan.\ |
| 281 | '''Logan''': Yeah. We're outnumbered. I'm not gonna lie to you. [[spoiler:But we lost Scott. We lost the Professor.]] If we don't fight now, everything they stood for will die with them. I'm not gonna let that happen. Are you?\ |
| 282 | ''(Bobby shakes his head)'' |
| 283 | --->'''Logan''': Then we stand together... X-Men, all of us. |
| 284 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 285 | *** In the BadFuture, the remaining X-Men are Professor X, Magneto, Wolverine, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, and Colossus. In The70s, it's just Charles Xavier, Beast and Logan. |
| 286 | *** According to Viral Marketing, Bishop founded the resistance group Free Mutants in 2018, and by 2023, the only survivors besides himself are Warpath, Blink and Sunspot. |
| 287 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Beast, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Mystique, Quicksilver and Moira [=MacTaggert=] (as the TokenHuman teammate) comprise the X-Men. [[spoiler:Storm [[http://s24.postimg.org/43av3q139/New_Costumes.jpg joins them]] later.]] |
| 288 | * BadassNormal: |
| 289 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': |
| 290 | *** William Stryker is as intimidating as Magneto, without any superpowers! |
| 291 | *** One cop briefly took Wolverine down with a shot to the head. |
| 292 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': |
| 293 | *** The military is smart enough to go after Magneto with non-metal weapons and took out quite a few members of his mutant army before the X-Men showed up to lend a hand. |
| 294 | *** A random security guard was the one who eventually took down Mystique. |
| 295 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Stryker was the one responsible for [[spoiler:shooting Logan in the head with an adamantium bullet, giving him amnesia]]. |
| 296 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 297 | *** Shingen Yashida. No mutant powers, no supertech, just a katana. Nonetheless, he holds his own against the Wolverine himself. Oh, and [[spoiler:Shingen was weakened by Viper's poison at the time, which was intended to kill him.]] |
| 298 | *** Harada is a mundane leader of a clan of mundane ninja. |
| 299 | *** Yukio's mutant power is a limited form of precognition that allows her to see how people will die. Her strength and skills come entirely from training, yet she kicks about as much ass as Wolverine, a nearly two-centuries old veteran warrior with an indestructible skeleton, metal claws, and an enhanced healing factor. |
| 300 | *** Logan has a very difficult time with the two determined Yakuza on top of the bullet train, who do all the same death-defying stunts as Wolverine without any superpowers at all. |
| 301 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': The Ancient Egyptians of 3600 BC defeated En Sabah Nur and his Four Horsemen without the benefit of superpowers or modern technology. |
| 302 | * BadFuture: The future is not nice to mutants to say the least. |
| 303 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' has the world ruled by sentinels with Mutants on the verge of extinction in a losing war against the Sentinels. |
| 304 | ** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' trades the Sentinel post apocalyptic future for a more regular if not a bit decrypt future in the year 2029 with the X-Men disband and nonexistent and Mutants are more or less extinct and Logan and Charles seemingly the last remaining original members are both old ,miserable, and suffering from mental illness (in Charles case) and dying (in Logan's) |
| 305 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: |
| 306 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': The Mutant Registration Act is defeated due to the Brotherhood unintentionally killing the Act's main supporter and Mystique replacing him later on. |
| 307 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Magneto stops the machine that Stryker's using to kill all the mutants. |
| 308 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Magneto halts the missiles that the US and Soviet fleets shoot at the mutants. |
| 309 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': A BrainwashedAndCrazy [[spoiler:Wolverine]] slaughters all of Stryker's soldiers holding our heroes prisoner. |
| 310 | * BeamOWar: |
| 311 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Jean Grey uses the shield variation against Cyclops' EyeBeams while he is mind-controlled. This shows how much stronger Jean is here than in the first film. |
| 312 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Iceman and Pyro utilize beams of ice and fire, respectively. When Pyro starts to gain ground, Iceman abandons the beam strategy and coats himself in ice armor, allowing him to just walk over and take down Pyro with an old-fashioned headbutt. |
| 313 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Storm's lightning and Cyclops' optic blast collide during a battle. [[spoiler:Nightcrawler teleports Cyclops away before a winner is established.]] |
| 314 | * BeardOfSorrow: |
| 315 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Logan starts out with a shaggy one, likely resulting from the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. |
| 316 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The younger Charles has one when Wolverine first visits him in 1973; Logan finds a man broken by despair. Played with, as he keeps it for the entire movie even after he begins to move beyond his personal pain. |
| 317 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Erik's beard is initially a Beard of Hiding From the Authorities, but it becomes this trope after [[spoiler:he loses his wife and daughter]]. |
| 318 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: |
| 319 | ** Magneto is very fond of this one--in ''X2'' he reverses Stryker's machine to target humans rather than mutants, and in ''First Class'' he throws the US and Soviet navies' own missiles back at them. Threatening to shoot cops with their own guns in the first ''X-Men'' movie may also qualify. |
| 320 | ** A notable subversion--threatening to use the Mutant Cure against any mutants willing to stand against the Brotherhood in ''The Last Stand''. |
| 321 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: |
| 322 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Mutants both caused and averted the Cuban Missile Crisis. And Beast not only designed the SR-71 Blackbird, but it was originally a transport! |
| 323 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Magneto was arrested for his involvement in [[WhoShotJFK Kennedy's death]] (as in the magic bullet; the ViralMarketing raises the hypothesis that Mystique in guise of Lee Harvey Oswald was the one who shot), and the Paris Peace Accords that closed America's involvement with UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar now has Bolivar Trask and some mutants in attendance. |
| 324 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Havok says that Apocalypse took the idea of the Four Horseman from the Bible. Moira counters by suggesting the Bible took the idea from ''him''. |
| 325 | * BerserkButton: |
| 326 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': When Wolverine is cage fighting, the contender is given this advice from the announcer. |
| 327 | --->'''Announcer:''' Whatever you do, [[GroinAttack don't hit him in the balls]].\ |
| 328 | '''Contender:''' I thought you said anything goes.\ |
| 329 | '''Announcer:''' Anything goes, but [[ItsPersonal he'll take it personal]]. |
| 330 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Let's just say, do ''not'' smoke while in Cerebro. |
| 331 | --->'''Professor X''': Logan, my tolerance for your smoking in the mansion notwithstanding, continue smoking that in here, and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy you'll spend the rest of your days under the belief that you're a six-year-old girl.]] I'd have Jean braid your hair. |
| 332 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Fred J. Dukes has a weight disorder. Try not to allude to it in any way. |
| 333 | --->'''Logan:''' C'mon, bub. For old times' sake!\ |
| 334 | '''Dukes:''' ...Did you just call me... ''[[UnstoppableRage BLOB]]??'' |
| 335 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': For Hank [=McCoy=], it's taunting his looks when he's in his Beast form. |
| 336 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 337 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Magneto is on the receiving end of Beast's homicidal fury when he tries to compliment the latter's blue furry form (which Hank misinterprets as an insult), and [=McCoy=] strangles Erik in response. Only Xavier is able to talk Beast down. Jekyll and Hyde indeed. |
| 338 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': After Magneto nearly [[spoiler:murders Mystique]], Beast goes into a fit of UnstoppableRage and almost succeeds in drowning [[spoiler:her]] attacker. |
| 339 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 340 | *** Nightcrawler doesn't want to fight at the East Berlin cage match, but when he's forced to, he wipes the floor with Angel (who is a BloodKnight and a multiple victor). Kurt then apologizes profusely. |
| 341 | *** Jean Grey is very fearful about [[spoiler:the "fire" growing within her]] and the harm it can cause, but when Charles is [[spoiler:on the threshold of death's door because of Apocalypse's mental assault, she releases it in all of its glory to rescue her father figure. The NighInvulnerable En Sabah Nur is reduced to ashes by the Phoenix's wrath.]] |
| 342 | *** Professor X is an AllLovingHero who is extremely dangerous because of (and not in spite of) his magnanimity. Even when his telepathy is negated by Apocalypse's PsychicBlockDefense, Charles can still use ThePowerOfLove as a weapon and he [[spoiler:defeats the self-proclaimed god with it]]. Ironically, Xavier is a conditional pacifist who has a knack for inciting others to engage in violence on his behalf. The foremost example of this is [[spoiler:the Phoenix, who is his defender in the AlternateTimeline instead of his doom because he avoids the blunder of his original timeline's self. Instead of being motivated by fear and forcibly caging Jean's "dark power" (which brought out the worst in her), Charles is motivated by love and helps her to cope with it emotionally (which brings out the best in her). The Phoenix is the most powerful entity in the movie-verse to date, and now that Jean has gained mastery over it, by extension, it's also under Professor X's command.]] In the [[Film/XMen1 first film]], Magneto belittled Xavier for being weak, [[spoiler:but in ''Apocalypse'''s denouement, Erik recognizes his friend's strength after his love for Charles redeems him during the FinalBattle ("You can convince me to do anything")]]. En Sabah Nur [[spoiler:makes a fatal error]] in underestimating his captive because the former only measures power through brute force, and Xavier is so much more than his mutation; the latter proves to be the superior [[spoiler:and the more lethal]] leader because of his empathy. |
| 343 | * BewareTheSuperman: The series plays with this trope, although it's more along the lines of '''Beware the Supermen'''. Generally, this attitude of not trusting superpowered mutants is seen in a negative light, but considering the villains that pop up, [[StrawmanHasAPoint some audience members might understand why non-mutants are so afraid.]] |
| 344 | ** Of course, Magneto was right. Colonel William Stryker (in [[Film/X2XMenUnited the second film]]) was a serious threat to mutant kind and would be only the first of many to come. |
| 345 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' appears to end in a manner which puts the world into such a setting. Up until the Cuban Missile Crisis, mutantkind was an unnoticed breed, but then the whole thing is blown wide open due to Magneto's actions against the fleets of ships at the climax. However, ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' reveals that the US government had kept the mutants' involvement a secret from the public. |
| 346 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Dr. Bolivar Trask's goal in building the Sentinels is to prevent the extinction of ''Homo sapiens'' by ''Homo superior''. |
| 347 | * BigBad: |
| 348 | ** Magneto and William Stryker alternate between the first four movies. |
| 349 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Sebastian Shaw is the lead baddie. |
| 350 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': It's only revealed during the climax that [[spoiler:Ichirō Yashida]] is behind the EvilPlan. |
| 351 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Ajax is the main villain hunting Deadpool for reneging on their deal and destroying his facility. |
| 352 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Apocalypse is the biggest threat, given the AntagonistTitle this film has. |
| 353 | ** ''Film/{{Logan}}'': Dr. Zander Rice is the scientist responsible for the mass suppression of the mutant gene. Although Pierce is the most active threat, Rice is calling the shots when trying to capture Laura. |
| 354 | * BigBrotherInstinct: |
| 355 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 356 | *** One of Charles' most admirable and flawed traits is his excessive need to protect Raven, who doesn't appreciate his coddling in the slightest. By the finale, it has driven a wedge between the two of them, resulting in Raven's choosing to side with Erik and make her own decisions for the first time in her life. |
| 357 | *** By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Erik had already begun to view Charles as a brother figure. When the Blackbird spiraled out of control, Magneto used his body to shield Xavier from injury, and he [[spoiler:''immediately'' halted his attack on the American and Soviet naval forces when Charles was shot.]] |
| 358 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 359 | *** When 1973 Charles sees Mystique again for the first time in 11 years, he caresses her hair and shoulder as a gesture of comfort while telling her that he will keep her safe among other soothing words. [[spoiler:When Magneto then points a gun in her direction]], Xavier stands in between the barrel and his foster sister, and [[spoiler:Erik later has to use his power to change the bullet's trajectory so that it won't hit Charles in the head]]. Despite their estrangement, Xavier is willing to die for Raven to save her life. |
| 360 | *** It's hinted that Peter Maximoff cares a lot about his little sister by the way he holds her while they watch TV. |
| 361 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 362 | *** Alex Summers brings Scott to Xavier's school in the hope that his former mentor can help his younger brother cope with his potentially dangerous mutant power. |
| 363 | *** When Apocalypse is asphyxiating Mystique, Charles doesn't think twice before he expresses his willingness to surrender himself, but then Moira reminds him that he can't do this because the entire planet would then fall under Apocalypse's control. Xavier collapses in tears when he realizes that he can't exchange his life for his foster sister's. |
| 364 | *** Beast behaves this way towards Cyclops. He designs a means to help the young man see without vaporizing everything. During the final battle, the two are constantly by each other's side, which is especially poignant considering [[spoiler:Scott's actual older brother and Hank's former teammate Alex had died earlier]]. |
| 365 | *** [[spoiler:Once Magneto pulls a HeelFaceTurn, he stretches his powers to their limits, doing everything he can in order to protect Charles, whom he loves like a brother, from Apocalypse.]] |
| 366 | * BigFancyHouse: |
| 367 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': When the team first arrives at Charles' residence, Erik, Sean, Alex, Moira and Hank have to tilt their head back a little to stare at the impressively large Xavier mansion, which practically looks like a small palace. It's even sarcastically lampshaded by Erik: "[[SarcasmMode Honestly Charles, I don't know how you survived, living in such hardship.]]" |
| 368 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4k6e0w The Xavier estate]] has never looked more beautiful on the silver screen--it's one of the most (if not ''the'' most) breathtaking, old-fashioned residences in cinema. It's practically a five-star hotel for mutants! The land around it is vast, lush and green, and one of its highlights is a stone-lined lake. |
| 369 | * BigNo: |
| 370 | ** Wolverine does it three times: [[spoiler:''The Last Stand'': After killing Jean. ''Origins'': When his father dies, and later when his TemporaryLoveInterest dies]]. |
| 371 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 372 | *** When young Erik wrecks Schmidt's lab in the beginning of the film in anger and grief over the murder of his mother, he lets out an extremely long "Nein." |
| 373 | *** Xavier shouts this when [[spoiler:Magneto pushes the coin through Sebastian Shaw's forehead]] and just before he tackles Magneto to the ground to try to stop him from [[spoiler:committing mass murder against the American and Soviet fleets]]. |
| 374 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Past Charles directs this at Erik, who was at the time has started levitating metal kitchen utensils and cutleries in an attempt to kill the surrounding guards. Charles was even trying to hold him back physically. |
| 375 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Apocalypse exclaims this when he realizes that [[spoiler:Charles had been freed before the GrandTheftMe procedure was completed]]. |
| 376 | * BirdsOfAFeather: |
| 377 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 378 | *** Mutants in general are thrilled to meet another mutants since each one believes they were the only one. The adolescents are then "adopted" by Charles and Erik. |
| 379 | *** It's especially intense between [[IJustWantToBeNormal Hank and Raven]] because they possess visible mutations, but they drift apart after the latter begins to accept her real appearance. |
| 380 | *** Among the young recruits, Xavier connects more strongly with [=McCoy=] than with the others because both men are scientists with a similar temperament who believe it's important to HideYourOtherness from human society. ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' even goes a step further by showing us that they become HeterosexualLifePartners. |
| 381 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Vanessa and Wade instantly get along due to sharing a dark sense of humor, a sharp wit, a talkative nature, problems against authority, etc. At one point, even Ajax remarks that she and Wade have a lot in common. |
| 382 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 383 | *** Jean is scared of her telepathic power, and Xavier himself had struggled with his psychic abilities as a child (as mentioned in ''Days of Future Past''), so he relates more strongly to Jean's situation than the difficulties the other young mutants have faced. They have a profound surrogate father-daughter bond because they are the only ones who can fully understand what it's like to be a telepath and the troubles that come with their mutant gift. |
| 384 | ---->'''Jean''': ''(upset)'' You don't know what it's like to be afraid to shut your eyes, to be trapped inside your own head.\ |
| 385 | '''Charles''': Oh, I think I do. It wasn't so long ago that I was plagued by voices myself. All their suffering, all their pain, their secrets. |
| 386 | *** Scott and Jean are able to relate to each other when their other classmates look down on them because of the uncontrollable nature of their powers, and gradually, their friendship deepens. Throughout the movie, Jean is emotionally supportive to the newcomer Scott, which mirrors their psychic rapport in the comics. |
| 387 | * BladeBrake: |
| 388 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': Wolverine averts a fall off the Statue of Liberty by hooking one of the points of the statue's crown, then spinning around it to land on top. The point falls off only after he's done. |
| 389 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' has the title hero do this to make a hard turn on a motorcycle. Interestingly, it's one of the rare times his claws don't just go clean through. |
| 390 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Psylocke narrowly survives what would have been a fatal fall by using her energy sword to slide down a building. [[spoiler:It still takes her out of the fight, though, allowing Mystique to impersonate her.]] |
| 391 | * BlatantLies: |
| 392 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Bobby Drake presents Wolverine to his parents (who think he's been attending a normal prep school) as "Professor Logan." This in itself is borderline, but when the Drakes ask Wolverine what he teaches, he replies tersely, "Art." The trailers for the film played this to maximum effect by intercutting the question and the response with a shot of Logan, claws extended, screaming and leaping towards the camera. |
| 393 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Raven claims that her eye colour change at the pub was an accident, but Charles knows that she did it on purpose, and the audience understands that Raven's motivation for the "slip-up" was jealousy towards Amy. |
| 394 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 395 | *** When Past Xavier (who is drunk and looks like he just got out of bed) is initially unwilling to hear Logan's plea for help, his excuse is: |
| 396 | --->'''Charles''': Well, tell whoever it was who sent you that I'm... busy. |
| 397 | *** When confronted by guards in the Pentagon kitchen, Charles attempts to reassure them that he and Logan are important personnel, but one part of his speech is especially unconvincing. |
| 398 | ---->'''Charles''': We are special operations C-B-F-E-C-I-C. |
| 399 | *** There's a glitch in Logan's MentalTimeTravel, resulting in his past self waking up at the worst possible time, in the middle of a botched assassination, surrounded by strange people (some of whom are blue), days after he last remembers anything. Charles briefly tries to explain the situation to him truthfully, before giving up. |
| 400 | ---->'''Charles:''' ...You're on acid. Someone gave you really bad acid. |
| 401 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 402 | *** The flamboyant East Berlin cage match announcer exclaims, "Sorry, mutants!" after Nightcrawler is electrocuted, but the former's ecstatic giggle afterwards makes it plain that it's just part of his act; he's not the least bit apologetic for any of the abuse inflicted upon the mutants. |
| 403 | *** Professor X telling Jean Grey that her "nightmare" was just a dream is a necessary fib to prevent her from running away, as Creator/BryanSinger points out in his commentary. |
| 404 | ---->'''Singer''': He lies to her. Because he knows, because he's such a powerful psychic, [...] [[spoiler:the power of Phoenix is growing inside her]], and it's going to become out of control. And she's terrified of it, but doesn't understand it. And he does understand it. And he can't let on to her that he understands it because it would be too frightening, and she would run away. |
| 405 | *** Xavier claims that he has Level 5 clearance when Moira asks him how he got into her office, which is obviously not true--he gave everyone at the CIA building a "[[PeoplePuppets break]]" with his psychic abilities. |
| 406 | *** Stryker says "I'll be right back" to his subordinates during [[spoiler:Logan's rampage]]. His next scene is when he [[spoiler:[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere he escapes by helicopter]]]]. |
| 407 | * BlessedWithSuck: |
| 408 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': |
| 409 | *** Rogue's superpower doesn't allow her to touch the ones she loves. |
| 410 | *** Wolverine's claws hurt every time they pierce through his skin. |
| 411 | *** Cyclops must ''always'' cover his eyes with a ruby quartz lens, otherwise he might accidentally kill someone. |
| 412 | *** The mutations produced by Magneto's machine are fatal. |
| 413 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Jones can change television channels by blinking, but he never sleeps. |
| 414 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Havok is very uncomfortable using his mutant ability because of its high potential for destruction, and most likely he has been incarcerated for manslaughter. |
| 415 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Yukio's mutant power allows her to foresee a person's death (including that of her own parents), but she can't do anything to prevent it from happening. |
| 416 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 417 | *** After slipping into a deep depression, the younger Charles views his telepathy as a curse because he can no longer control it. He is unable to shut out the clamour of thoughts that he doesn't want to hear, and this causes a tremendous amount of agony, to the point where he becomes addicted to a serum which numbs his ability, allowing him to sleep at night. |
| 418 | *** At the age of nine, Xavier believed that he was mentally ill (schizophrenia, most likely) due to the voices in his head, and it took him ''three whole years'' to recognize that he was actually telepathic--as dysfunctional as he is in 1973, his childhood experience must have been downright nightmarish in comparison. |
| 419 | *** This is Beast's attitude towards his physical mutation. He goes through great lengths in order to mask what he perceives to be his body's grotesque deformities. |
| 420 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 421 | *** Professor X invokes this in his opening narration ("A gift can often be a curse"). When a blindfolded Scott tells him that a mutation "doesn't exactly feel like a gift," Charles agrees and responds with, "It never does at first." |
| 422 | *** Jean Grey's ever-expanding superpowers make her life miserable because her classmates don't want to be near someone who's prone to losing control, and she's anxious that she might inadvertently hurt others. |
| 423 | * BlingOfWar: |
| 424 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Blink has the most beautiful combat uniform, according to producer Lauren Schuler Donner in the "Two Worlds, Two Battles" documentary on ''The Rogue Cut''. |
| 425 | --->"The costume that stood out to me the most is the one that Creator/FanBingbing wears. That costume weighs minimum 25 pounds. [..] What Louise [Mingenbach] did was she went off to vintage stores, found beaded collars and put them all together in this amazing design, which she puts on the back of the jacket and on the epaulettes." |
| 426 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 427 | *** Magneto's [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKTrSw5UMAEcPem.jpg Horseman armour]] is glorious, and it's certainly more awe-inspiring than his previous costumes. |
| 428 | *** Archangel's silver-and-dark-grey armour is also marvelous to behold. |
| 429 | * BloodierAndGorier: |
| 430 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Deadpool [[BoomHeadshot shoots mooks in the face]], impales them with his swords, [[OffWithHisHead decapitates them]] and then drop kicks their heads, and more. Also, no PrettyLittleHeadshots either; there are even a few scenes where the viscera from having their brains blown out can still be seen sitting on the scenery. Given the nature of Deadpool, this also doubles as BloodyHilarious. |
| 431 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 432 | *** The film has some noticeably more violent moments than most of the previous films, such as [[spoiler:during Wolverine's rampage through the Alkali Lake base]]. |
| 433 | *** [[spoiler:When Jean incinerates him with the Phoenix Force, Apocalypse's skin is shown melting off, ''revealing his skull underneath''.]] |
| 434 | *** At one point, Apocalypse decapitates a group of three men with his powers onscreen. |
| 435 | *** During the BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind between Apocalypse and Professor X, it can be surprising that the resulting NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that the former inflicts on the latter after growing in size (throwing Charles against a wall, no less) does not actually kill him. Just before pleading for help from Jean, Xavier is reduced to crawling on the floor, and not only is he covered in his own blood, but he is also lying in it. |
| 436 | *** ''Film/{{Logan}}'' all but shows how horrific it would look to get torn apart by a mutant with super sharp claws, and throughout the movie Logan and X-23 inflict a lot of gruesome injuries with one guy getting stabbed through the head. |
| 437 | * BlueIsHeroic: Blue is commonly tied to gentleness, tranquility and intelligence, which are the hallmarks of Professor Charles Xavier--the franchise's BigGood--so naturally it's part of his ColorMotif. Fittingly for a man with an [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide androgynous disposition]], blue is also linked to [[PinkGirlBlueBoy masculinity]] ''and'' [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]]; his parental authority is rooted in the blend of his TeamDad and TeamMom aspects. In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', he's introduced as a scholarly kid in blue-and-white pajamas whose instinct is to be charitable towards a starving mutant girl, laying the foundation of his future ascent into an AllLovingHero and a GuileHero. As an adult, blue is routinely incorporated into his apparel, and he's the AllegoricalCharacter for serenity. In ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', his past self is subjected to a PaletteSwap that marks the return of his familiar blues and greys to designate that he has taken up the mantle of being a hero again. In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', he's only garbed in blue after he concludes his transition from a schoolteacher to a leader of mutantkind. |
| 438 | * BodyguardingABadass: |
| 439 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Yukio tells Logan, "Think of me as your bodyguard." [[OneManArmy Wolverine]] just eyerolls and goes with it. It's understandable in this case because Logan isn't used to fighting without his HealingFactor. The "everyone can use back up" reason is employed. |
| 440 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': It's the duty of each generation of the Four Horsemen to protect the god-like En Sabah Nur. He is vulnerable when he transfers his consciousness to another body, and his traitors in Ancient Egypt took advantage of this. Without the absolute dedication of his Horsemen, Apocalypse would've died when his pyramid collapsed. |
| 441 | * BodyHorror: |
| 442 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 443 | *** Happens to Wolverine during the film's climax, when [[spoiler:Magneto impales him with several rebar pipes, entwining them within his flesh and leaving him to drown in the Potomac]]. |
| 444 | *** Several of the deaths in the BadFuture. [[spoiler:First time out, Colossus has his head caved in ''whilst in his metal form'' and Iceman's head is snapped from the the rest of his body in his frozen form, only for the events to later be {{defied}}. In the climax, Bishop explodes due to being "force fed" too much energy, Colossus is ripped in two, Sunspot loses an arm, and Iceman has most of his torso vaporized.]] |
| 445 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Angel's empowering by Apocalypse is surprisingly disturbing. He contorts his body while his wings twist and shift as they get embroidered in metal and a second, smaller pair grows, seemingly breaking part of his ribcage and skin. He's understandably screaming in pain throughout the whole transformation. |
| 446 | * BonusMaterial: |
| 447 | ** Not many ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' fans are aware that there are two rare featurettes which were only included on a very limited number of Blu-Rays: [[https://vimeo.com/31634170 "Extraordinary Abilities"]] and [[https://vimeo.com/31634488 "Magneto the Survivor"]]. (The password to view both videos is xmfc.) |
| 448 | ** There is also an [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x230q37_x-men-first-class-unused-character-sequence-professor-x-magneto-mystique-beast-emma-frost-sebastian_shortfilms unused character sequence]] with Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, Beast, Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw. |
| 449 | * {{Bookends}}: |
| 450 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': It closes with Jean Grey (in narration) giving the same speech about evolution that Professor X narrates over the opening of the first film. |
| 451 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': Yukio telling Wolverine "I'm your bodyguard." |
| 452 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 453 | *** The film opens and closes with narrations from both the old and young Charles Xavier, respectively; the former contemplates the future while the latter reflects on the past. |
| 454 | *** Logan waking up in a daze to Roberta Flack's 1969 cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in both 1973 [[spoiler:and the new AlternateTimeline (playing on an oldies station on Internet satellite radio)]]. |
| 455 | *** The mutant boy who is about to be fried by a Future Sentinel just before the main titles unexpectedly reappears in the [[spoiler:AlternateTimeline as one of Professor X's students, safe and sound]]. |
| 456 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Because this is the conclusion of a 6-movie saga, the first shot of ''[[Film/XMen1 X1]]'' can be compared to the final shot of ''Apocalypse''. In the former, we hear Professor X's voice, but he's not seen; in the latter, Xavier is staring straight at the camera, but he does not speak (although his IcyBlueEyes do convey a message--see that trope's entry). By starting and ending the hexalogy with the same character, it designates that Charles is the most important one (even if he doesn't necessarily have the most screen time).[[note]]It's deliberate because Professor X is Creator/BryanSinger's favourite X-Men character, and InUniverse, the X-Men wouldn't exist without Xavier.[[/note]] |
| 457 | * BothSidesHaveAPoint: |
| 458 | ** ''Film/XMen1'' had this trope for the Senate hearing where Dr. Jean Grey debated with politicians concerning mutants. Both sides brought up good points, which was the intention of the director. On the one hand, it is an invasion of privacy and discrimination to demand that all mutants register their names, powers, and identities with the government. On the other, mutants are genuinely superhuman, some of them with ''extremely dangerous'' abilities... abilities that law enforcement needs to know how to protect people from should a mutant decide to abuse his or her powers. |
| 459 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': |
| 460 | *** When a cure for mutants is introduced, Magneto is wary that humans will 'draw first blood' and use it to forcibly strip mutants of their powers--which is exactly what they do. Unfortunately, he, the Brotherhood and [[spoiler:the Phoenix]] then go on to launch an attack on the cure-production facility ([[spoiler:tearing the Golden Gate Bridge off its foundations in the process]]) with the stated intent of destroying the cure's source--which happens to be [[spoiler:an innocent teenage boy who is himself a mutant]], thus giving humans every reason to believe that mutants are exactly as dangerous and destructive as feared. |
| 461 | *** Also, when the heroes are discussing taking the cure. |
| 462 | ---->'''Storm''': I don't believe this. What sort of coward would take that just to fit in?\ |
| 463 | '''Beast''': Is it ''cowardice'' to want to be free from persecution? Not everyone can blend in so easily; ''you'' don't shed on the furniture. |
| 464 | * BoyishShortHair: |
| 465 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Storm's hairstyle is quite short, and it's easier to maintain when she's struggling to survive the Future Sentinels. |
| 466 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Ellie sports a buzz cut as a visual cue to the audience that her character is not a girly girl. Lampshaded by Deadpool, who makes a Music/SineadOConnor joke about it. |
| 467 | * BrainCriticalMass: Professor Charles Xavier is highly intellectual and he's the greatest psychic on the planet. |
| 468 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: |
| 469 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': |
| 470 | *** Done to Nightcrawler with a mind-control serum to make him kill/try to kill the President (it's not clear if he was meant to succeed or die in the attempt). He snaps out of it and escapes when a bodyguard shoots him. This is also done to [[spoiler:Cyclops]] later in the movie and had already been done to Lady Deathstrike. |
| 471 | *** Also [[spoiler:Charles Xavier]], by William Stryker's mutant son Jason, who is himself Lobotomized and Crazy. |
| 472 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The prototype Sentinels were constructed entirely from polymer, but Magneto controls them through metal he fused to their components. |
| 473 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[spoiler:Wolverine, when he's discovered by Jean, Scott and Kurt in the Alkali Lake base, has been turned into a mindless weapon. Jean mentions that Logan has lost his humanity and been experimented on. When he emerges, he massacres Stryker's troops in a rage without hesitation, and is only stopped when Jean reminds him of his humanity and removes his helmet.]] |
| 474 | * BreakoutCharacter: |
| 475 | ** Deadpool, sort of. He was already popular among comics fans, but the positive reception to Creator/RyanReynolds's Wade Wilson in ''Origins'' eventually led to Deadpool getting his own feature film, even though ''Origins'''s InNameOnly depiction of Deadpool himself generally rubbed fans the wrong way. |
| 476 | ** Quicksilver was a such a crowd pleaser in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' that he was given a larger role in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. |
| 477 | ** In the First Class trilogy, Mystique stands alongside Wolverine, Magneto and Xavier as one of the iconic characters of the film series. |
| 478 | * BreakTheCutie: |
| 479 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 480 | *** Charles Xavier. When the movie starts, he's a friendly, happy-go-lucky, idealistic Oxford grad whose only interests are protecting his foster sister, studying genetics, drinking yards of beer and picking up coeds. His initial reaction to meeting other mutants is a puppyish eagerness to find others like him, as well as a gung-ho enthusiasm to work with a superhuman team to fight evil. During the climax, [[spoiler:he gets smacked around in a variety of ways, including telepathically experiencing Shaw's gruesome death at Magneto's hands, getting shot in the spine, and having the US government, his best friend, and his sister all turn against him. By the finale, [[HumansAreBastards his government is trying to hunt him down]], his [[FaceHeelTurn best friend is preparing for a war against humans]], and he's crippled for life in a wheelchair.]] We know from future installments that he never quite abandons his ideals, but he's frighteningly subdued and obviously much more cautious about who knows his secrets. |
| 481 | *** Hank [=McCoy=] starts off as the dorky love interest for Raven. He then undergoes a KarmicTransformation after telling Raven that society would never accept them for the way they really looked. |
| 482 | *** Raven Darkholme starts off as an innocent WomanChild who [[spoiler:turns into a villain by the end, after being harshly rejected by her love interest Hank, and being repulsed by both humanity's intolerance and by Charles' ideals]]. |
| 483 | *** Erik Lehnsherr as a child in the early scenes, where he is subjected to the harsh treatment of the concentration camps and is forced to watch his mother die simply because he couldn't move a coin in time. |
| 484 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 485 | *** For the past decade, Professor X has been very happy running his school with Hank by his side, and he's pleased by human society being more accepting of mutants. He's then kidnapped by Apocalypse (and with Magneto's assistance, no less), his home is blown to smithereens, and he's brought half-way across the world into a situation where's he's completely at the mercy of a mutant who's more powerful than he is. Apocalypse wants to cleanse the Earth of any mutant or human who isn't strong enough to survive the new world order, and he intends to [[spoiler:exploit Xavier's telepathy to facilitate this extinction-level event by taking control of him]]. For Charles, this is a far more terrible hell than what he had endured in the previous two films. [[https://in.movies.yahoo.com/post/137684622919/x-men-apocalypse-on-set-of-the-darker- McAvoy sums up his character's suffering as:]] |
| 486 | ---->"It wasn't just the weight of the world I was feeling. It was the death of the world." |
| 487 | *** ''Literally'' in the case of Quicksilver. He's a ManChild living in his mother's basement who simply wanted to meet his estranged father. When he seeks the Professor's help in locating Magneto, Peter is abducted, imprisoned and interrogated by [[spoiler:Stryker]]. He joins the X-Men when they head to Cairo, but the reunion Maximoff had longed for with Erik doesn't come to fruition because he learns that the older mutant has another family and is [[spoiler:mourning their deaths]]. Quicksilver fears that Magneto may not embrace him as a son because Lehnsherr doesn't love his mother, so Peter assists Mystique in attempting to take down Apocalypse. The god-like mutant then [[spoiler:breaks Maximoff's leg, which leaves the latter thoroughly vulnerable, and it seems that Quicksilver will meet his death at the tip of Psylocke's katana]]. |
| 488 | * BrokenAesop[=/=]MetaphorGotten: The FantasticRacism-is-bad aesop loses a lot of steam when the group being hunted have SuperpowerLottery powers that can include almost god-like powers like Jean's Phoenix powers in X3; especially as they try to use it as a metaphor for race and homosexuality (and the like), but race and sexuality generally ''don't'' give you the means to hurt and kill huge hordes of {{Muggles}}, including sometimes [[PowerIncontinence even without meaning to]]. However, it seems mutants are hated and feared regardless of whether they're villainous, or even whether their powers are at all useful or harmful, as seen by how Stryker treats one mutant whose "power" is [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway having a lizard-like blue tongue]] and another who can remotely control TV channels (and maybe program a DVD player or something) by blinking. Generally, the metaphor seems to compare better with gun rights vs. gun control and people with various mental conditions (the socially avoidant and asocial to the autistic and schizophrenic), but these other metaphors don't get much attention and they don't mix very well with any of the others in any case. |
| 489 | * BrokenAngel: |
| 490 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': A young Warren Worthington III ''tried'' to cut his wings off to avoid being rejected by his father. |
| 491 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Angel's wing is seriously crippled after his fight with Nightcrawler, hampering his ability to fly. |
| 492 | * BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Quicksilver utilizes his super speed to punch the eponymous villain a few times. [[spoiler:The latter catches on and twists Peter's arm, traps his left foot into the ground and then breaks his right leg. As a result, in the final scene, said leg is in a cast.]] |
| 493 | * BruiserWithASoftCenter: Wolverine is near-invincible in a fight and he can be very ill-mannered in social situations, but deep down, he's actually quite sweet and caring. Those who are lucky enough to see his softer side include Rogue, Jean Grey and Charles Xavier. Although there's a part of Logan which will be always "wild," the Phoenix points out to him that Professor X has succeeded in "taming" him. |
| 494 | * BrutalHonesty: |
| 495 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': |
| 496 | --->'''Rogue:''' Are you going to kill me?\ |
| 497 | '''Magneto:''' Yes. |
| 498 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 499 | --->'''Beast''': In the future, do I make it?\ |
| 500 | '''Wolverine''': No. |
| 501 | * BulletTime: |
| 502 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Quicksilver's scenes usually just show his movement as a blur, but his bullet-time sequence, as well as highlighting how he sees the world when he runs, shows him to be not just fast enough to dodge bullets meant for him--he's fast enough to artfully rearrange them in flight so that they do not hit his allies. This is AFTER running a lap of the room and inventively messing with over half a dozen shooters on the opposing side. |
| 503 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': The entirety of the opening credits is in frozen time, with the camera whirling around a car doing a tumble while Deadpool is fighting some mooks in it, first from an extreme close-up and then slowly zooming away. In addition to the CreditsGag, this allow the viewers to catch plenty of hilarious little details, like a picture of Creator/RyanReynolds in ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' getup, or Deadpool giving a wedgie to the one bad guy on a motorcycle. |
| 504 | * TheBusCameBack: |
| 505 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Toad finally returns for his first appearance since ''[[Film/XMen1 X1]]''. He was in the military, and after Mystique saves him from Trask Industries, he's working in a kitchen somewhere. |
| 506 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 507 | *** Moira [=MacTaggert=] returns after being absent in ''Days of Future Past''. |
| 508 | *** After a [[Film/X2XMenUnited 13-year-long absence]] from the silver screen, we ''finally'' see Nightcrawler again! |
| 509 | *** Jubilee returns in a larger role after nearly a decade of sitting ''X-Men'' movies out. Angel, who was introduced in ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', also "waited" the same amount of time. |
| 510 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 511 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': Despite his prominence in the overarching franchise (and his role as TheDragon to Trask), William Stryker suffers the most injuries and beatdowns out of anyone in the film. He's blasted by Havok in the opening scene, tasered after Mystique's failed assassination of Trask, and beaten again when Nixon and his team discover Mystique is in the room with them. It's really no wonder he seems to hate mutants so much later on, when he spends all of his screen time in this one getting his ass beaten by them. |
| 512 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': |
| 513 | *** Colossus' main role in the movie is to get mocked and/or punched in the balls by the other, less self-righteous characters. |
| 514 | *** Since there's absolutely zero chance of Deadpool dying, much of the movie involves him humorously absorbing injuries that would be career-enders or deadly for anyone whose superpowers didn't include a healing factor that makes Wolverine's look sickly. |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder: C]] |
| 518 | * TheCameo: |
| 519 | ** Creator/PatrickStewart in [[spoiler:''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and ''Film/TheWolverine'']]. |
| 520 | ** Creator/HughJackman and Rebecca Romijn in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. |
| 521 | ** Creator/IanMcKellen in [[spoiler:''Film/TheWolverine'']]. |
| 522 | ** Creator/HughJackman in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. Wolverine appears (initially BrainwashedAndCrazy) as a prisoner in Stryker's underground facility at Alkali Lake. [[spoiler:He shows just long enough to massacre most of Stryker's troops (and have the mechanical apparatus strapped to him removed by Jean) before he escapes into the forest.]] |
| 523 | * CannotSpitItOut: Quicksilver just can't tell Magneto in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' that the latter is his father. Peter knows he'll say it to him some day, but just couldn't do it even when standing right in front of him at a moment where doing so could've convinced Erik to fight against Apocalypse sooner. |
| 524 | * CollateralAngst: |
| 525 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Edie Lehnsherr is murdered by Dr. Klaus Schmidt just so her son Erik would embark on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against his former captor. |
| 526 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 527 | *** [[spoiler:Erik's wife and daughter are killed off to fuel his anguish for the rest of the story, and to make him vulnerable to Apocalypse's influence.]] |
| 528 | *** [[spoiler:In a rare male example, Alex dies to kick-start his younger brother's Scott CharacterDevelopment.]] |
| 529 | * CosmicRetcon: Also overlaps with CanonDiscontinuity, [[spoiler:by making the events triggered by Wolverine's MentalTimeTravel in ''Days of Future Past'' erase ''everything'' after this early point in the X-Men's career. Most notably, all that remains of the events of X3 are some actor choices (the older Beast and Kitty have their ''The Last Stand'' actors still) as proven by future Scott and Jean still being alive.]] |
| 530 | * CantHaveSexEver: Rogue takes this to can't ''kiss'' ever. Even that requires touching her longer than is safe, as proven when Iceman frosted his lips to try it in X3. |
| 531 | * CaptainObvious: |
| 532 | ** ''Film/XMen1'' |
| 533 | *** When Logan sees Cerebro for the first time, his astute observation is, "This is certainly a big, round room." |
| 534 | *** Storm's much maligned observation: "Do you know what happens to a toad when it's hit by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else." This was supposed to be the payoff to a RunningGag where Toad constantly brags about things a toad can do in response to WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway questions, and it was ''supposed'' to be delivered much more offhandedly; think of the line as it would be said in a show like ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. For some reason, it was left in as an OrphanedPunchline. |
| 535 | * CareBearStare: |
| 536 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Xavier uses his telepathy to help Erik recall a happy memory from long ago in order to unlock the full potential of his friend's powers. |
| 537 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': [[spoiler:A dying and weakened Professor X enters a state of DissonantSerenity so that he can focus his residual psychic powers to transmit to Jean Grey his absolute faith in her that she can let loose the Phoenix without killing him. Through ThePowerOfLove, she finally sheds her deep-seated misgivings, and she's able to direct her devastating flames solely at the intended target (namely Charles' would-be murderer Apocalypse).]] |
| 538 | * CatchAndReturn: |
| 539 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 540 | *** Magneto catches and then reverses a barrage of missiles. |
| 541 | *** Sebastian Shaw's ability to absorb and release energy is also a form of this. |
| 542 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': During their climactic fight, Deadpool catches one of Ajax's axes and tosses it back at him. |
| 543 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Storm generates strong winds to launch a car towards the X-Men. Beast is able to slow it down slightly, twirls the car around with its remaining momentum, and then hurls it back towards her with his SuperStrength. [[spoiler:Storm would've been crushed to death if Psylocke didn't arrive in the nick of time to cut the car in half.]] |
| 544 | * CentralTheme: The entire movie series is driven by fear and the discrimination that results from that. Humanity fearing mutants and their powers and mutants fearing what humanity may eventually do against them. In that conflict Professor X and Magneto find themselves on opposite ends as far as the response: build a bridge to better the world or strike first and declare mutant superiority in the ensuing war. |
| 545 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': The importance of maintaining hope, even in the face of hardship and tragedy, because hope can conquer anything, and that just because someone has lost their way, it doesn't mean they're lost forever. |
| 546 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': The main threads throughout the story are families coming together, and that love is stronger and more powerful than fear, hate or anger. |
| 547 | * CerebusRetcon: Sort of, since the original incident was pretty dark in itself, but Mystique poisoning Charles in the first movie becomes much more sinister in hindsight when the prequel ''First Class'' decided to retcon that the two are foster brother and sister. |
| 548 | ** However, it is possible that she and Magneto may have known beforehand that the poison would have been ultimately harmless and have intended to simply keep Charles out of the way of their plan. |
| 549 | * ChainedToABed: |
| 550 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Emma Frost is chained to the bed's ''metal railings''. No points for guessing who did it and how. |
| 551 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Unlike most male examples of this trope, it's PlayedForDrama, not for [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]]. Apocalypse (with Archangel's assistance) places [[spoiler:Charles flat on a slab and restrains him with cuffs as a set-up for the GrandTheftMe procedure, which involves a terrifying MindRape where Xavier's mind, body and soul are being violated]]. |
| 552 | * ChangingOfTheGuard: The original trilogy and ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' featured Wolverine as the main protagonist, but ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' has Magneto and Professor X as the two lead characters. |
| 553 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 554 | ** Wolverine has had the most character development throughout the film series. |
| 555 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' explores Erik Lehnsherr's StartOfDarkness. |
| 556 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' focuses primarily on Charles Xavier's transition from a BrokenBird to gradually embracing the role of an AllLovingHero. As Simon Kinberg explains in the January 2014 issue of ''Total Film'': |
| 557 | --->"...very early on we made the decision that it was young Charles' arc, and that really the emotional story of the movie is watching him go from the guy who's lost his legs, lost his best friend, lost his sister, and in some ways lost his mind, to a guy who will become the all-powerful, benevolent Professor Xavier. [=McAvoy=] is really about as far as one can be from the Patrick Stewart that we know from ''X1'', and we're really watching him take the first big step towards owning that chair and being a leader." |
| 558 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 559 | *** Charles' idealism is ripped away from him again, but instead of breaking into pieces like he did in between ''First Class'' and ''Days of Future Past'', his experience with Apocalypse hardens him, resulting in a [[http://collider.com/x-men-apocalypse-news-things-to-know/ slightly darker]] (according to WordOfGod), but wiser[[note]]he corrects the mistakes he had made with Raven and [[spoiler:Jean]][[/note]] Professor X than Creator/PatrickStewart's version in the original timeline. |
| 560 | ---->'''Simon Kinberg''': [[http://www.empireonline.com/movies/x-men-apocalypse/x-men-apocalypse-spoiler-special-podcast-bryan-singer-simon-kinberg/ 'I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul looking for trouble.']] The way that James said that line, to me, it's almost a Magneto delivery. It's a threat. And there's a response from Fassbender where he gives a little smile. And the little smile to me, that I read that smile and Michael and I talked about that smile, the smile was Magneto understanding Charles has learnt my lesson. That's a militant Charles Xavier. |
| 561 | *** Kodi Smit-[=McPhee=] elaborates on his [[http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/meet-the-x-men-apocalypse-cast-storm-magneto-cyclops-psylocke-more-943 character's journey.]] |
| 562 | ---->"Nightcrawler, he's kind of scared of his own shadow at this point, so he's probably pretty terrified. Through everything he does in this movie it's kind of, as we say, the stepping-stones of becoming the brave hero he is." |
| 563 | * CharacterTics: |
| 564 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Pyro has a compulsive need to open and close his lighter. His habit irritates Mrs. Drake. |
| 565 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Angel Dust likes to chew on a matchstick. |
| 566 | * TheCharmer: |
| 567 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles uses his bubbly exuberance and [[PowerPerversionPotential his psychic powers]] to pick up women in pubs on campus. Creator/MichaelFassbender [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umnOwvfR3d4 has admitted]] that he had portrayed Erik as being captivated by Xavier's charisma. |
| 568 | --->'''Fassbender''': The first thing that James [[=McAvoy=]] did was he brought a little mischief, a little bit of a rebel to Professor X. Which I think really was very clever because looking at it from where Erik is standing, there was something about that he found very endearing, and he was charmed by this man. I think that's why the fans really react to the bromance thing, there's a real sort of Butch Cassidy element that he brings to it, James, which I thought was really smart. |
| 569 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 570 | *** When Moira informs Charles that her investigation in Cairo is classified, he wraps up his bold-faced lie about having Level 5 clearance with a twinkle in his eye and a winning smile. Since he doesn't appear to be using his telepathy, Moira completely buys what he's selling with his charm because she then gives him a summary of what she had discovered about En Sabah Nur's cult. |
| 571 | *** During the jet ride to Cairo, Quicksilver (who is a stranger to all of the X-Men present except for Beast[[note]]and Hank had only met the speedster once a decade ago[[/note]]) freely admits that he's a "total loser," but instead of sounding pathetic, his allies are amused and charmed by his self-deprecation. While it's not strictly part of canon, [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4euik8 this commercial]] portrays Peter as a romantic suitor when he tries to woo a young woman with his [[PowerPerversionPotential super-speed]]. Since this ad was approved by the producers, we can infer that it's part of his personality to court a lady with roses and candlelight. |
| 572 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 573 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': The coin that Dr. Schmidt gives to Erik, which Magneto later [[spoiler:forces through Sebastian Shaw's head]]. Also foreshadowed when Erik [[spoiler:impales a drawing of Shaw's head with it earlier in the film]]. |
| 574 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': [[spoiler: Ichirō Yashida's life support equipment is used to discover the machine suppressing Logan's healing factor.]] |
| 575 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 576 | *** The PowerNullifier that both Charles and Hank have been using to suppress their powers [[spoiler:is useful when dealing with robots that can detect mutant powers]]. |
| 577 | *** Magneto is accused of using his powers to [[MagicBullets curve the bullet]] which killed JFK. [[spoiler:He later uses this power to try and kill Mystique when a gun is knocked from his hand after firing a single bullet.]] |
| 578 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 579 | *** The business card for Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters that Quicksilver received (or stole) in the last movie helps him find the mansion. |
| 580 | *** The fact that electrical fields interfere with teleportation comes into play during the cage fight [[spoiler:and on Stryker's helicopter. Near the end, when Apocalypse tries to teleport away, Storm's lightning attacks disrupt him and gets him killed.]] |
| 581 | * ChessMotifs: [[SmartPeoplePlayChess Xavier and Magneto play chess frequently]]. Since the former is the BigGood and the latter is the BigBad of the franchise, Charles usually plays the [[LightIsGood white side]] while Erik has the [[DarkIsEvil black pieces]]. |
| 582 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': Professor X and Magneto play chess in the latter's prison cell, and Xavier wins the match, which parallels the X-Men's victory over the Brotherhood earlier in the story. |
| 583 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': Magneto [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil holds back]] Pyro, TheDragon, and sends in the {{Mooks}}, saying "in chess, the pawns go first." [[note]]Apparently, Magneto has never heard of the Reti opening, which starts with a knight move and is fairly popular on professional levels.[[/note]] After the first wave gets mowed down, he adds "that's why the pawns go first." After being depowered, a civilian-dressed Lehnsherr is seen playing chess by himself in a park (he refuses to play with someone else because he is [[spoiler:grieving over Xavier's death]]), and concentrating on the metal chess pieces. One moves, ever so slightly, and then the credits roll. |
| 584 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles and Erik are seen playing chess a few times. The one move that is actually shown is Erik taking Charles' Queen with his King. The chess game is almost directly followed by scenes showing that Erik is able to understand Raven and consider her natural blue state beautiful while Charles does not. At the end of the movie, Raven, Charles' foster sister and closest ally, leaves Charles' side and joins Erik in his anti-human agenda. Oddly enough, the villains of this movie are the Hellfire Club, which used chess pieces as rank names in the comics, but this isn't addressed in the movie. |
| 585 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': During the plane ride to Paris, Erik tries to convince Charles to play chess for old time's sake; the latter refuses at first (it's an indicator of their practically non-existent friendship), but eventually relents. Xavier tells him, "You have the first move," a rare instance where Lehnsherr is assigned the [[LightIsGood white side]] for the game, which apparently symbolizes that he's on the X-Men's team. [[spoiler:The first thing Magneto does once they reach the Parisian hotel is betray them.]] |
| 586 | * ChickMagnet: |
| 587 | ** Wolverine; Rogue had a crush on him, Jean flirts with him, Mystique attempted to seduce him, Kayla was his girlfriend, plus he had a fling with Mariko and Gwen (the mob boss' daughter). |
| 588 | ** Magneto; he was romantically involved with Ms. Maximoff and Mystique, and in the AlternateTimeline, he was married to Magda. |
| 589 | ** Iceman; Rogue and Kitty have fallen for him. |
| 590 | ** In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Charles has the attention of Amy (the blond woman with heterochromia--she has a FunnyBackgroundEvent showing her continued interest), his sister figure Raven (who has a crush on him) and Moira (there is a deleted scene where she and Charles are making out after drinking too much champagne, and at the end, they kiss). |
| 591 | * ChivalrousPervert: |
| 592 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Iceman adores Rogue, and although he's supposed to be looking the other way, he can't resist taking a peek at her while she's changing into his mother's old clothes. |
| 593 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': |
| 594 | *** Charles Xavier boldly hits on co-eds, but when his latest target for conquest sincerely needs help, he's all business. |
| 595 | *** Sean Cassidy is introduced flirting with a girl, who seems to find him comical more than anything else. He also wolf-whistles at Angel. |
| 596 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 597 | *** [[http://www.allocine.fr/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18650173.html In this French interview]], Creator/JamesMcAvoy discloses Xavier's lust and adoration for Moira. |
| 598 | ---->"Definitely he has... the hots for her! ''(laughs)'' She gives new meaning to his life, undoubtedly. [...] Charles is madly in love with Moira and he will do everything to protect her." |
| 599 | *** Professor X may even have a bit of competition because Quicksilver blows a couple of kisses at Moira and holds her in a traditional dance pose before rescuing her from an explosion. [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4euik8 In this commercial]], Peter ''sniffs the hair'' of the young woman he's (very much) interested in, and he performs elaborate gestures just so that she can better enjoy the romantic movie she's watching. |
| 600 | * ChromeDomePsi: Hank recommends to Charles that he shaves his head in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' so that Cerebro will work more efficiently. It's strongly implied in the other films that Xavier is a more potent psychic when he's bald. |
| 601 | * CircusBrat: In ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', Nightcrawler spent most of his life with the Munich circus before he was kidnapped by Colonel Stryker. In the AlternateTimeline, he leaves the circus when he's still a teenager. |
| 602 | * CivvieSpandex: Which was even ported to the early-2000s comics. |
| 603 | * CodeName: Yeah, um, all of them. (Many of the characters have real names, but we haven't listed them. Greatest lampshade comes in the first movie when Wolverine asks Xavier: |
| 604 | -->Sabretooth? ''(looks at Ororo)'' Storm? ''(looks at Xavier)'' What do they call you, Wheels? |
| 605 | ** ''First Class'' has a scene where the younger mutants make up code names for themselves, Charles and Erik. |
| 606 | * ColorCodedCharacters: |
| 607 | ** Although Professor X is comfortable enough with his masculinity to confidently wear "feminine" hues such as [[Film/XMenFirstClass periwinkle]], [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast pink]] or [[Film/XMenApocalypse lilac]], he's mainly associated with various shades of blue, grey and white. |
| 608 | ** While not in her X-Men uniform, Jean Grey often likes to dress in red clothing. |
| 609 | ** Quicksilver's civilian attire is usually accompanied by something silver, whether it's a jacket, pants, sneakers and/or sunglasses. |
| 610 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Emma Frost's wardrobe consists exclusively of white outfits. |
| 611 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 612 | *** Yukio has an affinity for [[FieryRedhead fiery red]]. |
| 613 | *** Viper has a preference for green. |
| 614 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': Black must be Negasonic Teenage Warhead's favourite because that's the only colour she wears when she's not in her X-Men suit. |
| 615 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 616 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': When Hank unveils his set-up so that any mention of what happened in Paris on TV is recorded, he proudly notes that it'll record from all three networks ''and'' PBS. Logan, coming from a future where there are far more than three networks, makes a sarcastic comment about it. Hank, not understanding what Logan is getting at, gets slightly offended and reiterates he's also got it set-up to record PBS. |
| 617 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 618 | *** When Hank inquires to Charles about what he's seeing with Moira through Cerebro, Xavier completely misinterprets the question. |
| 619 | ---->'''Hank''': Moira [=MacTaggert=]?\ |
| 620 | '''Charles''': ''(with a goofy grin on his face)'' Uh huh.\ |
| 621 | '''Hank''': Give me the details.\ |
| 622 | '''Charles''': She looks amazing. She has barely aged a day.\ |
| 623 | '''Hank''': No, I meant, what is she doing there? |
| 624 | *** Peter mentions that he's the son of Magneto, causing a BigWhat When Raven asks him how was that possible, he says that [[TheTalk Magneto had met his mother and the two of them had sex]]. |
| 625 | * ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with in just about every way possible. |
| 626 | * ComicBookTime: |
| 627 | ** Originally averted, as the original trilogy was set within a particular time frame in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Aughts]], and characters more or less aged in real time. The obvious exception was Logan thanks to his HealingFactor. Also Magneto was portrayed as being a realistic age for a Holocaust survivor while Xavier, who is roughly the same age as Erik, was also aged to fit this. |
| 628 | ** However, it started getting played straight with ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' because the past scenes were set about 11 years after the events of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', yet the cast barely appears to have aged. It becomes even ''more'' egregious in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', as despite being set ten ''more'' years later, Xavier, Magneto, Beast, Havok and Moira hardly look to be more than a few years older, rather than than the ''twenty-one'' they ought to be showing. ''Dark Phoenix'', which was released eight years after ''First Class'', took place in 1993, a full ''thirty-one'' years yet all the returning characters look the same and don't act like it has been three decades. |
| 629 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2'' completely mocks it when several members of the X-Men ( consisting of Cyclops, Beast, Quicksilver, Storm, and Professor X himself) cameo and are all portrayed by their ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' actors. |
| 630 | ** Despite the issues stated above, the franchise does overall avert it as it grounds it's events in real history and time is passing, meaning the above mentioned issues are more examples of UnderageCasting and the characters being OlderThanTheyLook. Erik is a Holocaust survivor and in the present a mostly realistic age for one, meets Charles in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis and Xavier's school is shut down due to drafting during the Vietnam War. |
| 631 | * CommonalityConnection: Bobby and Logan have a little chat about their inability to be close to the woman they have strong feelings for in ''Film/X2XMenUnited''. |
| 632 | * CompositeCharacter: Some of the characters are amalgams of various mutants from the comics. Which explains [[SuperPowerLottery weird power combinations]] such as Callisto. |
| 633 | ** Rogue in the first three movies has the comic Rogue's powers and appearance but the comic Kitty Pride's personality and relationship with Wolverine. |
| 634 | ** Stryker is a combination of the homonymous preacher from the arc "God Loves, Man Kills", and Weapon X's Professor Thornton. |
| 635 | ** Pyro combines the name and powers of his comic book counterpart with Quicksilver's attitude and original position as Magneto's [[TheDragon Dragon]]. |
| 636 | ** Angel Salvadore has her comics powers, but the wings of Pixie. |
| 637 | ** Shaw is a composite of Sebastian Shaw and Mr. Sinister, combining Shaw's powers and personality with Sinister's immortality and obsession with mutant genetics. |
| 638 | * ContinuitySnarl: [[ContinuitySnarl/XMenFilmSeries Has it's own page.]] |
| 639 | * ConvenientlyCoherentThoughts: |
| 640 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Played with when Jean Grey starts to lose control of her psychic abilities. Apparently she can usually tune out the garbage and focus on the particular thoughts she's looking for, but when her [[PowerIncontinence powers start to malfunction]], she hears ''every thought of every person'' in the very crowded museum she's in. This gives her a headache, which causes her to involuntarily short out all the TV screens around her. |
| 641 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': A justified case near the climax. Among the cacophony of thoughts at the White House, 1973 Xavier can distinctly hear Mystique's inner voice speaking, "This is for you, brothers and sisters." When you are Professor Charles Xavier, it's not convenience; it's skill. |
| 642 | * CoolHelmet: Unlike the previous models of the Cerebro helmet, the inner wiring of The80s version [[http://cdn2-www.comingsoon.net/assets/uploads/gallery/bts-x-men-apocalypse/xmna28.jpg lights up when activated.]] |
| 643 | * CoolShades: |
| 644 | ** Justified with Cyclops--he's always wearing them because they keep his particular mutation in check. |
| 645 | ** In [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast 1973]], Logan, Charles and Erik sport fashionable '70s-style sunglasses. |
| 646 | ** In [[Film/XMenApocalypse 1983]], Xavier, Scott, Alex, Quicksilver and Stryker are seen in '80s-style sunglasses. |
| 647 | * CoolTeacher: |
| 648 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Charles adopts this role when he trains the young mutants; he is always friendly, supportive and caring. |
| 649 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Professor Xavier is well-liked by his students because of his warm and pleasant disposition. He even dresses cool by [[The80s '80s]] standards (his clothing is more casual than what he wore in the original trilogy and in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), which makes it a little easier for the youngsters to relate to him because he puts in some effort in following current trends. |
| 650 | * CoverBlowingSuperpower: |
| 651 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': By taking a beating in the cage match without a single bruise, Wolverine gives his opponent fair reason to suspect his mutant status. Then the guy goes at him with a broken bottle and Logan busts out the claws, removing any doubt. |
| 652 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': Magneto is a fugitive, so he pretends to be a regular human while living in Poland. When Erik Lehnsherr uses his superpower to save a coworker's life, everyone who had witnessed it immediately learns that he's a mutant, and his metallokinesis is a dead giveaway to the steel mill employees that the man they knew as "Henryk Gurzsky" is actually the world's most wanted criminal. |
| 653 | * CrashIntoHello: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Scott and Jean first meet when the former bumps into the latter, and Jean would've dropped all of her textbooks and notes if it weren't for her telekinesis. To be fair, Scott's eyes were concealed at the time as he still hadn't learned how to safely use his powers yet. |
| 654 | * CrassCanuck: ''Film/XMen1'': Northern Albertans are depicted as rude, beer-loving, rough-and-tumble rednecks. |
| 655 | * CreatorCameo: |
| 656 | ** Creator/StanLee in the first and third movies. |
| 657 | ** Creator/ChrisClaremont in the third. |
| 658 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 659 | *** Len Wein and Creator/ChrisClaremont appear as members of the government committee Trask speaks to. |
| 660 | *** Mystique disguises herself as cinematographer Newton Thomas Siegel as she walks away from the commotion at the Paris Peace Accords. |
| 661 | *** Immediately after Past Magneto uses his power to throw several Parisian police officers backwards, Creator/BryanSinger can be seen as a bystander filming him. |
| 662 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 663 | *** Creator/StanLee and his wife are one of the many shots of frightened citizens watching the [[spoiler:nuclear bombs launch into space]]. |
| 664 | *** Composer John Ottman is an officer at the facility monitoring missile launches who is briefly seen during Apocalypse's NewEraSpeech. |
| 665 | * CrucifiedHeroShot: |
| 666 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Inverted. This happens twice, once to Emma Frost and again with Sebastian Shaw, and neither of them are heroes. |
| 667 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': After Wolverine becomes a HumanPincushion, he strikes this pose, mostly because all the tethers attached to the arrows are forcing him into it. |
| 668 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': There is a brief moment where the younger Charles, who is bleeding and LooksLikeJesus, is trapped under beams which form the distinctive shape of an X, almost like a cross. |
| 669 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: For a series that is mostly PG-13, people die in this series in ways that are pretty gruesome, especially in the installments directed by Singer. |
| 670 | ** ''Film/XMen1'': [[spoiler:Senator Kelly]] literally dissolves into a puddle of water and then dies after being exposed to Magneto's mutant making machine. |
| 671 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Magneto rips the iron out of a corrupt security guard's blood so he can fashion his escapee from prison. Note that he is also ''[[SlasherSmile smiling]]'' as he does this. |
| 672 | ** ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'': [[spoiler:Xavier]] being literally disintegrated by the Phoenix. You can even seen the flesh on his knuckles slowly fly off as he's being killed. |
| 673 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Magneto shoves a coin very slowly through [[spoiler:Sebastian Shaw's head]] as the latter is completely helpless to do anything about it. Charles, the one holding [[spoiler:Shaw immobile]], is feeling everything Shaw is. |
| 674 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': The victims who get killed Viper (at one point, she lashes her tongue at a random Yakuza member and his skin immediately starts to have boils and dissolving as his eyes turn white). In the unrated cut, Wolverine feeds a ninja into a chipper shredder ''Film/{{Fargo}}''-style. |
| 675 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' might take the cake, thanks to the Future Sentinels and how they gleefully kill off any mutant by simply adapting to whatever their power is and flying it back in their face. Hell, half of that film's NightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel/XMenDaysOfFuturePast page]] is devoted to it! |
| 676 | ** {{Parodied}}, like many things, in ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}''. At one moment when Wade gets his hands on Smith, [[GoryDiscretionShot he pushes the camera way so that the audience doesn't see what kind of torture he's inflicting on the guy]]. But we do hear Smith's screams, and they ain't pretty. |
| 677 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' has many examples involving the the titular antagonist and his Four Horsemen. In the prologue, we see his henchmen kill people by ways of melting their skin off, setting them on fire and even mashing them into balls of flesh and bone, to swallowing people into the ground, and that's not even going into the wide spread destruction that he delivers onto Cairo. |
| 678 | * CrusadingWidow: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', [[spoiler:after Erik loses his wife and daughter, he takes up En Sabah Nur's offer to get the ultimate revenge against a world which has been cruel to him, a world which he feels deserves to be destroyed.]] |
| 679 | -->[[spoiler:'''Magneto''']]: They took everything away from me. Now, we'll take everything from them. |
| 680 | * CrushingHandshake: Iceman does this to Wolverine in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' by freezing the older mutant's hand when Rogue introduces them. Bobby is aware that Rogue has a crush on Logan, so he wanted to subtly assert his position as her boyfriend. |
| 681 | * {{Cult}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pastin69D5c Moira informs Charles and Alex]] in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' that cults began to sprang up after the public discovered the existence of mutants, and some of these secret societies believe those with special abilities are part of a SecondComing. |
| 682 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 683 | ** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': |
| 684 | *** Warpath doesn't stand a chance when facing three Sentinels with only a knife in the opening battle. |
| 685 | *** [[spoiler:Wolverine vs. Magneto. Even without adamantium covering his bones, Magneto has a baseball stadium full of metal to weaponize, preventing Wolverine from even landing a single hit before he's disabled.]] |
| 686 | *** Magneto's fight with a Sentinel only lasts a few seconds. |
| 687 | *** {{Subverted}} with Wolverine's fight with the mafia goons. The audience and Wolverine himself believes that it won't even be a problem for him, but then we learn that Wolverine doesn't have his adamantium (which besides making his claws super-sharp, also protect him from a headshot and absorb the impacts of the bullets). Wolverine still wins fairly easily (he's still ImmuneToBullets because of his HealingFactor), but it's not entirely one-sided. |
| 688 | ** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'': |
| 689 | *** Apocalypse in general against anyone who goes up against him, [[spoiler:except for Jean]]; the one who comes the closest to get good hits in is Quicksilver, and [[spoiler:he's ultimately dispatched]]. Professor X is at a ''tremendous'' disadvantage when he confronts Apocalypse on the astral plane because the latter can [[{{Sizeshifter}} sizeshift]] to an impressive degree. After being crushed like a bug and smashed against a wall like a rag doll, Xavier is left crawling and he's covered in blood. Mystique gets one sneak attack on Apocalypse and then it's over. His hand constricts her throat, asphyxiating her. |
| 690 | *** [[spoiler:Jean]], meanwhile, shows that [[spoiler:Apocalypse]] was ultimately small peanuts compared to [[spoiler:the Phoenix Force]]. |
| 691 | * CuteBookworm: In ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', Hank is shy and geeky, and Raven finds him endearing. |
| 692 | * TheCutie: This is how Charles is characterized in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse''. He's sweet, compassionate, naïve, peace-loving and cheerful. His PrettyBoy features highlight his childlike attributes, and he retains the puppyish enthusiasm that he had as a kid. Even the aloof and grumpy Erik [[DefrostingIceKing melts]] under Xavier's charm and affectionately labels him as "[[Film/XMenFirstClass adorable]]." Charles is given more comedic lines in ''Apocalypse'' than in previous movies to increase his dorkiness factor. |
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