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  • Acceptable Targets: Graydon Creed and the Friends of Humanity
  • Complete Monster: A few examples stand out, even for a kids' show, including Mr. Sinister, Apocalypse, Fabian Cortez, Omega Red, Sauron, and D'Ken.
    • The two most shining examples of human Complete Monsters are Cameron Hodge (helping the Phalanx assimilate the entire universe to "purify" it) and Graydon Creed (trying to kill his own family because they are mutants).
  • Ensemble Darkhorse: Beast. Eric Lewald states that the writers basically considered him a guest character in Season 1, which is why he was largely sidelined. Fans and writers alike took to the character, leading to his increased prominence for the remainder of the series.
    • Morph was in the first episodes entirely for the purpose of being killed off so the writers could show how serious the series would be. However, his unexpected popularity led to him being revived in the second season.
  • Evil Is Sexy: Mystique, so very much.
  • Foe Yay: In the final episode of the series, Magneto, upon hearing that he may be the only one able to save the dying Xavier, abandons the army he had gathered and goes to save his archenemy. It is, of course, possible that they're just really good friends, but...
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  Jean Grey: "How much do you love Charles Xavier?"

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  • Genius Bonus: In "The Cure", the revelation that the scientist "Dr. Adler" is actually a disguised Mystique should come as no surprise to fans of the comics--he's named in honor of Mystique's lover, Irene Adler (AKA Destiny), who never actually appeared in the TV show.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: In "The Phalanx Covenant" two-parter: While taking over the Earth, the Phalanx intend to assimilate mutant powers to further their goals. Beast shudders at the thought of (essentially) one being having every mutant power on Earth. Flash forward a decade later to the New Avengers arc, "The Collective"...
    • Wolverine's threat to Cyclops after he marries Jean, warning him "If she's not happy, make sure I don't find out." Considering what Cyclops does with Emma Frost, with Jean finding out...
  • Ho Yay: Wolverine noticeably takes Morph's death harder than anyone else (after being perfectly willing to risk his own life to try and save him), and later makes sure to avenge him. When Morph comes Back From the Dead Wolverine quite emotional (for him), and is far more determined than anyone else to bring him back home, even chasing him to South America before reluctantly accepting that he needed time alone. He was also quite happy to have him back in "Courage" and volunteers the two of them for a mission together as soon as one comes up. For his part, Morph "dies" trying to save him and specifically calls out to him when he calls for help in "Reunion". At one point he also, while declaring he'll kill all the X-Men, thinks of killing Wolverine and suddenly snaps back to his "good" personality.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Erik, so very much.
  • Large Ham: Close to everyone.
    • Storm will MEET YOU AT THE MONORAIL!
      • Or any scene showing her powers.
    • Also the Blob: "OH BOY! TUTTI FRUTTI!"
    • Also, Bishop: "ASSASSINS!" * commercial break* "FOR THE FUTURE!!!"
    • Wolverine's snarling delivery of even the silliest of lines.
    • Any time Graydon Creed or Sabretooth have a Freak-Out. Justified by them having the same VA, and by Sabretooth being Graydons' dad.
    • "I AM APOCALYPSE! LOOK UPON THE FUTURE...AND TREMBLE!"*
    • Cortez and Magneto in "Asylum" results in Ham-to-Ham Combat, and it is glorious: "DESTROY THE FLAT-SCAN HUMANS!"
    • Magneto is excellent at being hammy. Watch "Sanctuary," parts 1 & 2, and "Graduation Day" for some prize bacon examples.
    • "THE NAME IS LADY DEATHSTRIKE!" Yes Yuriko...we know who you are
  • Magnificent Bastard: Apocalypse is behind pretty much EVERYTHING.
  • Memetic Mutation: "I am as far beyond mutants as they are are beyond you!"
    • "Mmm, turkey!"
    • PREVIOUSLY, ON X-MEN.
    • "JEEEEEEEEEEAN!"
  • Memetic Sex God: All of the main female characters, and even a few of the side female characters also. Plus Gambit and Wolverine.
  • Narm Charm: The cheesy voice acting often serves as one of the major draws for the show. Storm in particular is celebrated for being an over-the-top Mistress of Pork.
  • Periphery Demographic: Despite running as a Saturday Morning kids show, the material did not shy away from the darker content of the comics and thus continued to appeal to older comics fans as well.
  • Spotlight-Stealing Squad: While the first three seasons tried to focus on the characters fairly evenly, seasons 4 and 5 seemed to focus less and less on anyone who wasn't called Wolverine, except Rogue, Xavier and Beast. At the other end of the spectrum, Gambit appears in far fewer episodes in Seasons 4 and 5.
  • Trapped by Mountain Lions: Professor X and Magneto being stranded in the Savage Land during the entire second season. Fortunately, it rarely took up more than a minute or two per episode.
  • The Woobie: The whole cast has their moments:
    • Nightcrawler after the events of "Bloodlines".
    • Morph, during his second-season subplot and any of his later guest appearances.
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