Mutant X

A television series created by Marvel Studios (a division of Marvel Comics), Mutant X centers around the eponymous team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. Like hundreds of other unsuspecting people, the members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments by Genomex, which now wants to control these New Mutants for its own purposes. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out their fellow New Mutants, help them come to terms with their abilities and protect them from those who want only to exploit their powers.

Mutant X is unrelated to the Comic Book series of the same name, or anything else involving mutants and X-es. However, according to Volume 5 of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcovers, the Mutant X TV series takes place on Earth-704509, making it an Alternate Reality in the Marvel Multiverse.

Even though the series had high ratings and was renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 due to the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the production companies.


 * Action Girl: Shalimar
 * All Your Powers Combined: Gabriel Ashlocke.
 * Anyone Can Die:
 * Badass Normal: Adam
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * Cape Busters: The Genetic Security Agency (GSA).
 * Catgirl: Shalimar has cat DNA! No ears or tail, though.
 * Career Killers/Murder, Inc.: Blue Bolt from the episode "Under The Cloak of War" is a group of Badass Normal Assassins with high-tech weapons.
 * Cool Ship: The Helix.
 * Dating Catwoman
 * Dropped A Bridge On Her:
 * Elaborate Underground Base: The Sanctuary.
 * The Empath: Emma.
 * Mr. Fanservice: Brennan.
 * Evil Albino: Eckhart.
 * Evil Twin: "Double Vision".
 * Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke
 * Girls Behind Bars: "The Taking of Crows"
 * Green Lantern Ring: One character's electricity powers were treated as this. In fact this is so common in media it could probably be its own trope.
 * Hell-Bent for Leather
 * I'm Not Hungry: Aldous Berkeley
 * La Résistance
 * Law of Inverse Paternity: "Whiter Shade of Pale"
 * Literal Cliff Hanger: At the end of Season 2.
 * Mad Scientist: Eckhart
 * Arguably, Adam. According to Canon, Eckhart isn't a scientist, but Adam is.
 * Monster Of The Monster."
 * Mutants
 * Mysterious Past
 * Myth Arc: A different villain each season.
 * One Person, One Power - everyone except Ashlocke.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
 * Restraining Bolt
 * Shock and Awe: Brennan
 * Superhece.
 * Swiss Cheese Security
 * Team Dad: Adam
 * True Companions
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Shalimar
 * Will They or Won't They?: Shalimar and Brennan.
 * And to a lesser extent, Jesse and Emma as well.