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** [[House of M]]
...and too many more to name. Every major character has had at least one miniseries, usually several. [
== In addition to the comic series, they have also been adapted to television: ==
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** Given enough time, every team develops this. It's the main reason the "All-New, All-Different" crowd is as tight as it is.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The original team founded by Xavier: Cyclops ([[The Hero]]), Beast ([[The Smart Guy]] and [[The Big Guy]]), Angel and Iceman (taking turns being [[The Lancer]]) and Marvel Girl ([[The Chick]]). Professor X was [[The Mentor]] and Mimic eventually joined as [[The Sixth Ranger]] (and arguably took over as [[The Lancer]] too ... but then, stealing other people's abilities was kinda his thing.)
* [[Five
* [[Flight of Romance]]: This trope is taken to a extreme when Angel has sex with Husk in mid air in front of her ''mother'', Nightcrawler, and several other people.
* [[Follow the Chaos]]: Sort of a running gag, except they don't find it funny.
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: ''Everyone,'' but special mention goes to Mystique.
* [[Heroes Gone Fishing]]: Mutant baseball.
* [[Hero
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: It's gotten less frequent since [[Joe Quesada]] became editor-in-chief, though.
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Frequently in the older comics and in the movies.
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* [[Lost Aesop]]: Is being a mutant supposed to be a good thing or a bad thing? Many X-Folks have pointed out how the X-Men don't do much beyond [[Conflict Ball|fight other mutants or mutant-haters]]. Then there's [[Blessed With Suck]] mutants like Rogue who [[I Just Want to Be Normal|want to lose their mutant "gifts" altogether]]. [[Muggles]] want to [[Muggle Power|gain those same gifts]] because [[I Just Want to Be Special|mutants are special]]. But anytime either side tries to change their situation with the best intentions in mind, things go wrong real fast and [[Status Quo Is God|status quo reasserts itself]].
** Perhaps it's a case of "be yourself," which in the real world is the best solution.
** As a general rule, the more powerful they are, the more likely they are are to actually ''be'' a threat to humanity. This is especially true of Omega level mutants. Even in a best case scenario you have instances like [[Goo
* [[The Magic Touch]]: Gambit has the power to turn anything he touches into an explosive.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Mr. Sinister, resident [[Evilutionary Biologist]].
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* [[Nested Mouths]]: Bliss the Morlock has an extra mouth on her tongue.
* [[Never Hurt an Innocent]]: Magneto, [[Depending On the Writer]].
* [[Nineties Anti
* [[Noble Male, Roguish Male]]: Cyclops (Noble) and Wolverine (Roguish) in some depictions.
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: [[Deadpool]]. His entry at the top should really tell you all you need to know, but if you're still in doubt you can just go ahead and check my- I mean HIS [[Shameless Self Promoter|awesome main article]]... Uuh... I have to go now. Ciao!
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: The proper pronunciation of the "M'kraan crystal" has been a source of frustration for fans for years. It doesn't help that [[X-Men (Animation)|the 90's cartoon]] pronounced it "Em-Krahn" while the video game ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance]]'' pronounced it "Muh-Kran".
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* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]: The powers of several characters have been inconsistently portrayed.
** Magneto is the most notable example, with his power level depending heavily on which side of the [[Face Heel Revolving Door]] he is on at any given time. As a rule, when he is being a villain he has practically unlimited power. When behaving more benignly his powers are usually dialed back substantially.
** Professor X also tends to drift around a bit, usually in response to how much he might [[Story
** Wolverine's healing factor was not nearly as invincible in earlier stories as it is of late.
* [[Power Incontinence]]: Most mutants start out with little to no control over their powers when first activated. Mutants not [[Blessed With Suck]] can gain control through careful practice.
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** [[Psychic Static]]
* [[Random Power Ranking]]: In the comic, they have Greek letters for a mutant's power level. Omegas, the highest, can manipulate matter on the atomic level.
* [[Randomly
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Often averted, many mutants need technological assistance to keep their powers from being a danger to themselves or others. For example, Cyclops needs to wear a visor or he'll blast everything in front of him whenever he has his eyes open.
* [[Retcon]]: Absurdly common, especially with characters with mysterious pasts.
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* [[Sapient Ship]]: The Brood used [[Mind Rape|lobotomized]] [[Space Whale|Space Whales]] for transport, and the surviving ones at liberty were both sentient and ''not happy at all'' about the situation.
* [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]: The Brood exist to mutilate and enslave other races, transforming them into still more of their depraved kind. The Phalanx exist to convert all other entities in the universe into part of their race of living circuitry. Both have clashed with the X-Men.
* [[Self
* [[
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|Banshee}}'s death in ''Deadly Genesis''. Not only does Vulcan kill him, but the plane he was trying to save at the time crashes, killing everyone aboard. This is often cited among fans as one of the absolute least-satisfying X-deaths, and as one they want to see reversed.
* [[Slash Fic]]: Very common.
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* [[Super Family Team]]: For various related X-men.
* [[Super Registration Act]]
* [[Super
* [[Super Human Trafficking]]
* [[Superman Stays Out of Gotham]]: Why the Avengers and other non-mutant heroes on friendly terms with the X-Men don't get involved in their [[Fantastic Racism]] troubles: because they don't have to deal with it themselves. [[Lampshaded]] during the [[Marvel Civil War|Civil War]] when Emma Frost gives a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech to Tony Stark asking why the X-Men should care about Stamford when none of the other heroes got involved after the destruction of Genosha.
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