X-Men: Evolution: Difference between revisions

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While the previous (and very popular) ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' series spent a lot of time condensing the mythology of [[X-Men (Comic Book)|the long-running comics]], this series purposefully tried to go its own way. It was an effort to not bog the story down to [[Continuity Lock Out]] and keep most stories individualized. The animation and story scripting was consistently high but it was also impossible to ignore the [[Spinoff Babies]] vibe, though it was nice to see a franchise supposedly based around a school for mutants actually spend time in school for once.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Toyed with in regards to Avalanche and Shadowcat. [[Word of God|One of the writers on the show]] mentioned how Avalanche and Shadowcat was a classic good girl and guy from the wrong side of the tracks love story. So while Kitty was turned-off from the angry and violent Lance, she was attracted to the [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] Lance who was still a jerk,. but at least ''tried'' not to be.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Magneto, as usual. At his heart, all he wants is to make mutants better off in the world, he's just a real dick about it. However, due to the [[Composite Character]] nature of Avalanche in this series, he settles as this: He's angry, bitter, and quick to annoy and has a noted antagonistic relationship towards the X-Men and a criminal past, but at his core he comes off as a big brother to the other Brotherhood members and is the member most likely to team up with his enemies when needed.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Berzerker, an obscure Morlock in the comics, left the sewers to join the New Mutants in this version.

** Iceman could count as an in-show example. See "Under Lock and Key", where he stows away in the X-Jet, and thus we have the five original X-Men onscreen.

{{quote|'''Rogue:''' "My powers are your powers, an' I can take more than one!"}}

* [[Badass Cape]]: Magneto and Storm.

* [[Badass Teacher]]: Even before mutating into his Beast form, Hank McCoy was Bayville High's uber-muscular gym coach, and a science teacher whose first lesson was {{spoiler|a stinkbomb}}.

** Later, Jean and Scott become this to the younger students. Say what you want, but if your teacher could effortlessly lift the whole class into the air or split an apple in half by ricocheting a blast off the walls while avoiding each student, you would be worshipping them.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: Due to sensitivity after September 11th, cuts were made to the episode "Growing Pains". In the episode, Avalanche risks his life to save Shadowcat from debris; but because network censors were worried about children's reactions to a character having something fall down on them, the scene was cut. So at the end of the episode, Lance appears to be holding Kitty for no real reason. Frank Paur, who directed many episodes of the series, believes this censorship made viewers confused about the Lance and Kitty romance initially since it established why Kitty changed her opinion of him from Season One. All DVD releases restore this scene.

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

** [[Screwed by the Network]]: Apparantly, the cancelation was because the Executives at Marvel didn't feel like the show was good enough to continue. Suposedly, they were never really behind the series, which annoyed the ocasional show director and art designer Steven E. Gordon as a number of ideas in the show were stolen/adopted by writers at Marvel.

* [[Exposed to the Elements]]: In the above-mentioned episode Rogue was quite clearly wearing a see-through blouse over a bustier with her coat hanging open the whole time. On a trip into snow-covered mountains.

** Not to mention the fact that [[Brad Swaile|Nightcrawler]] is [[Death Note|Light]], and Gambit is [[Death Note|L]]!

*** For even more ''Death Note'' goodness, Cyclops is also Teru Mikami and Mystique's Rem.

** Wolverine is [[Scott McNeil|Scott freaking McNeil]]. Pick a reference, any reference. Most notable is [[Beast Wars|Dinobot]] and [[Beast Wars|Rattrap]].

*** Speaking of which, try picture Wolverine [[Dragonball Z|yelling]] [[Dragon Ball Abridged|"DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODGE!"]]. Pure. Freakin'. Hilarity.

*** [[Kelly Sheridan|Wanda]] is also [[Ranma ½|Ukyo]]. (And [[Barbie]]. ...) The Ocean Group is prolific.

**** Yeah...yeah, it's Barbie. But still, it's always nice to hear Kelly Sheridan's voice in ANYTHING....

** [[Mark Hildreth|Angel]] is Quicksilver in ''[[Wolverine and the X-Men]]''.

*** Mark Hildreth playing a [[Stoic]] hero associated with angelic imagery? [[Gundam Wing|You don't say...]]

** There are a few others as well, including Lance's guitar riffs and that tinkly piano bit that always plays whenever Magneto's within a hundred yards.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Semi-averted. All of the main X-Men wind up with five outfits: their battle suits, a formal one, and by the third season, three normal outfits that they alternate between. Still fairly limited, but at least they change it up a bit.

* [[Little Stowaway]]: Kurt and Kitty in "Grim Reminder", Bobby in "Under Lock and Key".

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Once the New Mutants were introduced.

** Scott gets this a lot. Also any time they hit the beach or the pool, most of the guys will be in swim trunks.

* [[Shout-Out]]: One episode had Blob watching [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1igjfEN251qztemoo1_1280.png a cartoon with characters that suspiciously looked like] the ''[[Powerpuff Girls]]''.

** "On Angel's Wings" gives us a brief glimpse of Warren reading a [[Spider-Man|Daily Bugle]] newspaper, as well as a [[Iron Man|Stark Industries]] building. Might be a [[Mythology Gag]] due to the fact that pretty much 90% of the major [[Marvel Universe]] players are based in New York City.

** The Season 2 episode "Retreat" has a Bigfoot Watcher showing off his Bigfoot Caller to a buddy. He says what store you can get them in, and tells his friend to ask for [[X Files|Mulder]]. To cement the reference, a clip of the X-Files theme is played before the scene transition.

** In ''Cruise Control,'' [[An Ice Person|Bobby]] goofs off by creating an iceberg in front of the cruise ship specifically to rip on [[Titanic]].

 

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