Welcome back everyone It's Charlie This will be my full X-Men 97 Episode one video There are a whole bunch of Easter Eggs and references Does it not feel like it's Saturday
morning cartoons all over again? Like they brought it all back? So we'll break it all down.
If your brand new to the channel. Be sure to subscribe to get all the episodes. they'll be ten episodes total this season. My episode two video will post right after this, too. They'll be one episode per week. They just did a double episode premiere
as you probably noticed during the intro scene, this is just meant to be a continuation of the original X-Men
animated series for production reasons. They just call it X-Men 97 instead of calling it X-Men. The Animated series Season six. but that's basically what it is. The plot is based on the plot
of what they would have done had they done X-Men the animated series season six. the reason why they're using the 97 in
the title is because 1997 is when Season six would have originally aired
had they done it. Kevin Feige revealed that his only two conditions
for allowing them to make this is to actually bring the series back was that they bring the original cast
back There were a couple of actors that passed away. They had to recast. but the other big condition that he had
was that they get the rights to the X-Men animated Series theme song which I've used in a bunch of my videos, but they use
remixed versions during these new episodes. Marvel's been using that bunch. They probably secured the rights a while ago
because they used it a couple of times in the live action
MCU movies to reference mutant related stuff like when they brought Patrick Stewart back is the live action version
based on the one from the animated series. then during the Ms.. Marvel series
when they revealed that she was a mutant, too. when we get the brand new live action X-Men movie
inside the MCU, when they start recasting the actors, they'll probably use another remixed version
of that original animated series theme song. the actual title of episode one is To Me, my X-Men is
a reference to the catchphrase in the comics originally said by Professor X, but since then a bunch
a bunch of different characters have spoken it. the interesting thing about it, too,
is that he didn't say that in the original 1960s X-Men comics when they first debuted,
he just started saying that catchphrase. More recently in the newer comics the title is
also a reference to Cyclops being the team leader. When things pick up,
he says the catchphrase a couple of times. And then Magneto says, a twist on it at the end
of the series when he takes over the X-Men team. in a bit of an inversion on the phrase, because he's basically making it seem like
things are really bad, like big cliffhanger. But in reality it's sort of the beginning
of the redemption of Magneto. Like that's part of the reason why Professor X left him
all of his things after he quote unquote died,
even though we know he's still alive. there's a reason for the last will and testament
why the government thinks that he's dead. We'll talk about that during the video. they start with a brand new version
of the Marvel Studios intro, but it's a marvel animation logo for like the new subbrand
they created for all their animated series. So all the animated episodes for any animated series
will probably have this in front of it. Going forward from now. There are a bunch of different Easter eggs
in the background. They basically do the same thing with this. They do with the Marvel Studios intro where they change it based on all the new movies
that come along, the new TV series. They start with Spider-Man from the original 1960s
cartoon. Like this is the OG version of Spider-Man. They actually canonized him
during Spider-Man across the spider-verse, like he tried to fight Miles Morales
in a really hilarious way. this version of
the thing is from the original Fantastic Four cartoon. Like,
they kind of go through the timeline of the original, like really classic shows into present day
animated shows. Then we get a version of Wolverine from X-Men,
the animated series back in the nineties. Next is Silver Surfer from the original Silver
Surfer cartoon back in the day, this is the watcher from the new What if series
like we moved into present day animated series This is zombie Captain America also from
what if there's actually going to be a marvel zombies TV series in the next year. I think it's airing next year based on the versions
from What If in the end with Star-Lord, Black Panther, from what If season one,
what they'll probably do as we get new animated series is they start bringing stuff back and introducing
brand new animated series. They'll just change all these scenes in the intro
like they did with the traditional Marvel Studios logo. then they start with the original X-Men,
the animated series intro, but updated with modern character models, like they changed the animation
to make it look a little more shiny, more 3D. but all the backgrounds are meant to be the same ones
from the original X-Men animated series with a couple minor changes
like now they have brand new intro scenes that they added for Bishop in Morph
who weren't in the original intro the same way. For more special intros seen here. This is all meant to be references to his Mr. Sinister plot during the original series. They also probably use this Mr. Sinister scene because he's
the main villain of season one, so they want more Mr. Sinister stuff going on during the intro. end, at the end here,
when the brotherhood of mutants in the X-Men are running at each other,
they swap some of the characters, like the rosters are a little bit different
on the Brotherhood of Mutants, there's Juggernaut. Emma Frost, Eureka or Lady Death Strike, whichever
you want to call her Pyro Mystique, Saber Tooth. And I'm not sure who this guy is in the white armor. He looks familiar though, when the camera moves left,
there are sentinels in the middle. There weren't sentinels in the original version
running after these mutant characters. the people are also different, too. I'm not sure who these characters are.
I think they're just meant to be a random mutants. in the X-Men roster is meant to be their current
main roster right now. they also made this version widescreen. The original version. The intro was four by three letterbox
because the original show aired in four by three. they've been using a lot of Easter eggs
to promote the show. When they do the promos, they do them in four by three letter box to reference
the way they originally aired those episodes. and if you watch the episodes on Disney plus,
they're also still four by three. the way they explained the new animation is that it's meant to be hand-drawn,
but they tried to do it as close as possible to the style of the original character
models from the original animated series. it's kind of a blend of 3D
and 2D animation, fun fact to the original X-Men. The animated series was animated in Japan
by a Japanese studio. That doesn't mean that it's anime. It was just animated in Japan
by the same Japanese studio that animated Spider-Man. The Nineties series,
which is also referenced during this episode. Like there's some Easter eggs
for that nineties version of Spider-Man and for Venom. for those of you that are new to the series
didn't watch it back in the day the reason why it starts
to look really crappy animation in the later seasons is because they kept cutting the budget
originally aired on Fox and Fox cut the budget so they had to move the show to a cheaper animation
studio which did really janky looking animation. when the series picks up in episode one, it's meant to be literally like
right after the end of the season five finale. So like it's fresh off of Professor
X leaving the planet in the rest of the world thinks that he's that thinks that he's dead,
even though we know he's not that means that the series is still set in the 1990. So like all the technology, like all the clothing,
all the designs, everything is meant to look very nineties
style as opposed to the MCU, which is that in present day in the 2020s,
a lot of people wondering about that, too. This is set in its own universe. Like this isn't happening inside the MCU as they start
on New York City, they start panning around. You notice there are anti mutant fliers
all over the place because we're still fresh off that storyline at the end of season five,
like whole mutant rights storyline, essentially. we'll probably see a version that kind of play out
in the live action MCU movies in Marvel Phase seven After Secret Wars, when they started doing
a lot of live action X-Men stuff, it would not be an X-Men story if everybody didn't
want them dead because they're different. Notice in the background of the alleyway,
you see Callisto and Leetch, they're both more like characters
from the original series on the TV. The news is talking about Professor
X's attempted assassination, even though the news thinks that he's like
everyone around the world thinks that he's dead. Even the government. this is part of the attack by Henry Gingrich,
who they introduced later in the series. he's the person who originally worked
for the Department of Defense, that funded Trask building of the Sentinels back
during the original episodes his department was kind of like their universe's version of damage control,
the way they're using that inside the MCU. if they do sentinels in the live action MCU movies,
it'll probably damage control to tries to create them. Then we see the Friends of Humanity come back. They've captured
Roberto D'Costa sunspot from the comics. this is there's someone out there,
some mysterious figure, this buying up all the mutants that they can find. Mary, theory right now
is that's going to wind up being Mr. Sinister who just wants to experiment on them. That's his whole thing. He's meant to be the main villain of season one,
even though he didn't appear during episode one. Sunspot starts teasing his backstory
a little, saying he's from a very wealthy family. His father runs Da Costa International. They're extremely wealthy. His father also eventually became a member
of the Hellfire Club in the comics. Notice they're using a mutant control collar
to suppress his powers, and he's saved by storm. And the other X-Men who show up they use this scene to sort of show
everybody in action, but they kind of slowly roll. The team is like the entire team
doesn't come back until later in the episode they show the new Sentinel based weapons are using. They're just like Sentinel blasters. they look a little bit like basic arm cannons. one of the reasons
why they're using sentinels in this episode is it's meant to reference the beginning of the original X-Men
Animated series. In those first two episodes, when they introduced
the Jubilee character in a similar kind of way. This episode has a lot of references
back to the original beginning of the show. Notice the storm flies in, saying her
trademark catch phrase Mistress of the elements. some of this is for member Barry's like, Hey,
remember the original animated episodes? Wasn't that cool
but a lot of this episode is also designed to introduce brand new viewers to the characters
who didn't watch those original animated episodes. notice Bishop is fighting with the team. That is a bit of a change. He's not always on the team, but there'll be a lot
of time travel, like cable will be back this season. we get introduced to the new version of Cyclops,
the voiceover actor. That's because the original voiceover actor died. But for the most part they try to get as many of
the original voice actors that are still alive. this old joke with them taking his visor off and him
pleading with them, but then kind of pulling back on. It is a joke that they pulled during the first couple
of episodes of the original series to then when they leave, they have the newspaper
that flies by referencing both Spider-Man asking if he was a mutant, too. That's a long conversation. The whole idea is the Spider-Man is a mutate
like there's a difference between mutants and mutates In order to be a mutant, you have to be born
with your powers and with the x gene that later expresses people with biological powers
that only get them later in life are called mutants like the Hulk in Spider-Man, for instance,
or both mutates also noticed on the paper you have Peter Parker and Eddie Brock
both writing about the Hellfire gala. The Hellfire gala
is something that we'll see later this season. It's something from the comics and it also confirms that we're probably going to see
Spider-Man in Venom show up during the season, probably the versions from Spider-Man,
the 1990s animated series, The Producers and the showrunner said
that there will be a lot of cameos this season, like a lot of crossover characters,
just because they had so many Marvel characters from outside the X-Men show up during the original
animated episodes. For instance, Deadpool showed up during the original
episodes, Doctor Strange and Clea also appeared during those original episodes
to they basically said that there were no limits on the characters that they could use during this
because it's set during the nineties in a completely alternate universe
like there's no limits on what they can do Gambit and Rogue return
making some food inside the expansion morph returns Walking in pretending to be Professor X
he changes a bunch of times during the episode. A lot of people asking why he looks different
than he did during the original animated series when he was walking around in the original
animated series, he was just making himself look human. It'd be kind of like Mystique
walking around, making herself look human then changing to her natural state
and just looking blue like this. So this is what Morph is meant
to look like in his base. Natural state. a very pregnant looking Jean Gray returns. It might be Jean Gray or this could be a version
of Madeleine Pryor, depending on how close they're going to be to the original comics
with this whole storyline on the show. They want you to think that this is Jean Gray
that is pregnant with baby cable. But in the comics, it was actually Madeline Prior
who gave birth to cable, and she was meant to be a clone of Jean
Gray, created by Mr. Sinister is part of this long running plot. We know that Madeline Prior is going to show up during the season,
but it's not clear which episode she shows up in. But there are a couple moments during this episode
that made me wonder if this is really Jean Gray
or if it's Madeline Prior pretending to be Jean Gray. And it's part of some Mr. Sinister plot because she keeps talking about them
quitting the X-Men. I'm like, Is this part of some Mr. Sinister plot? they might just change cable's
origin story for the actual show so that it is actually Jean Gray
that gets pregnant with him and gives birth to him. then they bring bees back. He's taking care of Sunspot in his lab. Notice he has an animal farm book on his shell. Very apropos, because of all the mutant rights subplot. What's going on in the government right now? The Jay Leopold book is a reference to Julia Lee Wilde,
who's one of the writers of the original X-Men
Animated Series. a lot of people also asking about the Beast Post-Credits scene with the X-Men
Post-Credits scene from the Marvel's movie. They're probably going to reference
that maybe during Deadpool and Wolverine, but if not in that movie,
then it's some movie in the future. Kelsey Grammer's beast
will also probably come back in secret wars. I don't know if he's featured in Deadpool in Wolverine,
but this is what beast is going to look like in live action
for like the next couple of years at least. this is also the same technology, like the same motion
capture technology that they do for the Hulk. And they're going to be doing for the new version
of the thing in the new fantastic Four movie Jubilee returns, they kind of start setting up
this friendship between her and Roberto D'Costa. Like they're going to start going out at some point
during the series. she takes on spot to play with the Danger Room,
sort of reintroduced that. They play a magneto simulation also to set at the big
twist with him returning at the end of the episode to within the context of the X-Men comics,
the danger room is kind of like a cross between a holodeck from Star Trek,
but with some added physical objects, leg, in the live action X-Men movies, they actually added
some physical elements to the danger room. But in the comics, a lot of it was holographic. they bring Wolverine back. Then they show you a picture of the original X-Men
roster, the original team from the comics in the 1960s. In their original costumes, we'll probably see
Iceman and Angel return at some point. But we also saw a morph
turn into a version of Angel later in the episode They bring the Val Cooper character
back from the original episodes. She's also a comic book character,
kind of like liaison between the U.S. president and mutants inside the government. within the context of the MCU,
there'd be like a Val type of character. But someone who was working for damage control,
they said at the subplot with the Sentinels
returning Trask slowly rebuilding them in master mold when she references the storyline about him running off
after trying to replace President Kelly's brain. That's from the old episodes. That's an actual plot that they did
They reference what happened to master mold them destroying the factory. But we remember master mold survives,
and we find out later in the episode that Trask just repaired him, Then,
even though they show Professor X's death certificate, I think the whole idea here is that he wanted Magneto to take over the team,
which is why he created a will, left it to them and wanted the government to think that he was dead
in order to be sort of a martyr for mutant rights. But I do think they'll bring him back maybe at the end
of season one or in season two at some point. Currently, they're also working on season three right
now, like they're finishing season two episodes,
but they're also going to be making season three. So they'll probably be some big cliffhanger
at the end of season one. In the end of season two. Jean Gray starts referencing their time
working with that original X-Men team
when they were originally students at the academy. like I said, when she starts asking Cyclops about leaving the team,
I don't know if this is some sort of ruse by Mr. Sinister, like some long term plan
or if it's actually meant to be real. Jean Gray,
who actually does just want to leave the team. generally them leaving the team is just meant to help
set up Magneto, taking over the team. we get a couple of X-Men basketball references. Their outfits are all based
on their original basketball outfits, like there were a couple of times in the comics
back in the nineties when they did play basketball. that is the rivalry between Wolverine and Cyclops,
something everybody remembering all the memes. Later. Morph
also teases Wolverine with his love for Jean Gray. Like I still got the hots for her,
but she's pregnant with the other guy's child. Then they kind of give sunspot this arc
where he starts off being really selfish and Jubilee starts teasing him for being selfish, like, trust fund,
baby, you don't care about anybody else but yourself. I think this is all just building up towards him
actually becoming part of the team. the wall, they're clubbing it up. Cyclops, Bishop and Storm go to Riker's Island,
still a New York City area to interrogate Guy Rich, who's in prison. The whole anti mutant storyline, like I said, probably going to be the next big arc in the MCU
after Secret Wars. when he literally says tolerance is extinction. That's actually the title of the two part
finale for season one. then he and also other people in the episode keep dumping on Cyclops
for being a terrible leader of the X-Men. Clearly not as good as Professor X, but also to set up
Magneto, taking over the team as a much stronger personality, a much stronger leader than when Jean
Gray uses Cerebro to get into his mind. She winds up seeing visions of a potential future cable
as a baby. Graves of everyone. Like humans and mutants,
everyone dies. And the potential evolved future final boss form of master mold
Some of this is to tease the coming of cable. Eventually, like eventually
we'll see an older version of cable show up. In there's a whole Mr. Sinister connection to Cable's origin story. but I also think a lot of this vision is just meant
to set up the big battle at the end of the episode. like some of this will not come to pass
because of the way they defeat master Mold. At the end of the episode. but things will still go crazy in the future. Like they'll still have some post-apocalyptic future
potentially because of what Mr. Sinister is planning. So they figure out that Trask is behind
master mold returning. They take the X jet notice, morph
on the main team again. The while they're flying out to the desert,
the Sentinels attack them, destroying the X jet. I'm sure they'll fix it eventually. Also, Roberto cost at the end of the episode was like,
You know what? I got a jet to. notice the cool way that they save the day here, too. Like, the jet blows up. Everybody's in midair. So all the X-Men, they can fly
or can morph into people who can fly, like morph changes into a version of Angel. you have rogue. You have storm.
They can fly naturally, so they save everyone. But they do a cool thing with Cyclops powers. It's actually a cool use of his abilities. he uses his eye blast to slow his descent. And I can't remember
if they'd actually done this in the comics or not. But he gets his very own version of a hardcore
superhero landing. Deadpool would be proud. And he says the catchphrase to me, my X-Men,
and they played the X-Men theme song again. They play it a lot during this episode,
we find out the track is repaired, master mold and repaired some of the sentinels,
they look super janky. Like he didn't build new sentinels. He just repaired a bunch of the old ones
that had been junked. they have a big action scene to show the team
working together with all their powers is super cool. I love this scene and they played the full version
of the X-Men theme song. when they say Omega level threat detected,
that's because Storm is an Omega level mutant in the comics,
one of the most powerful ones on the planet. Now, in the comics, the list of who gets to be, you know,
make a level mutant always changes at any given time. Generally,
you're not meant to have that many on planet Earth at any one given time in, for example,
Scarlet Witch is more powerful than Storm. So even amongst Omega level mutants,
there's a tier list, like Professor X, for example, is an Omega level mutant. we get to see more of changing into the blob again
to do a version of the fastball special, like a bit of a twist on the fastball special
where he takes out master mold in Val Cooper returns with the government forces
to clean up the sentinels in master mold. Kind of like what damage control would do in the MCU. I know I made Val MCU references, but Jubilee invites
sunspot to stick around and then reminds him about her origin story with the X-Men team
during the first two episodes of the original series. Like almost the exact same thing happened to her
that happened to him when he references the X-Men, being a family
that will accept you. And that's nice. It's because his father is not a mutant
and hates mutants And it sounds like he's implying that he hasn't told
his father or his parents he's a mutant just because he's worried about what they'll think of him,
He shows off a little bit of his powers. They're meant to be just like they look in the comics
solar base, energy powers. This is what he looks like with them all activated. then they get ready to play a larger version
of the basketball game, just a reference to all those nineties basketball games
they played in the comics when they're interrupted by Magneto,
who breaks back into the expansion and shows them the last will and testament of Professor
X naming him his sole heir. So all of his wealth, everything he owns, the X-Men,
everything belongs to Magneto. Now In the end, on the cliffhanger
where he says the same line, but in a darker way to me, my X-Men like I said, this is a bit of a setup
because the whole idea is that Professor X wants this to be the redemption of Magneto, like they're long time
friends who just disagreed with each other over their methods. It doesn't mean the Professor X hated Magneto
or anything like that. they're basically showing that Magneto
is going to become a much more hardcore, darker leader for the X-Men, that the team itself
will become a little more hardcore under his leadership during the end credits. They have a cool looking character selection screen
that looks kind of like a video game, but that's actually how they did the original outros
in the early X-Men episodes. So it was basically just designed to look
just like the original episodes. They also had a version of this inside
their X-Men computers in the original series too. basically just showing you
what all their different powers are all these consulting producers that they list off
here, too, were people who made the original series. That's why the A-Rod's name is here. He's a consulting producer because he was
one of the producers of the original series during the end credits, they also play a remixed version of the X-Men
theme song to like a slightly different version. there's a whole bunch of Easter eggs
and references during episode one. So if you spotted any during the episode
that I didn't talk about during the video, just write them below in the comments in my episode
two video we'll post next. I'll try to get that up in the next couple of hours. big reminder. After this, though,
every week will just be one episode per week. It was only a double episode premiere, you're
talking more about live action X-Men stuff in the MCU. We're supposed to get a new Deadpool
and Wolverine trailer pretty soon Everybody click here for that X-Men 97 Episode 2 Video Update the link as soon as I posted and click here
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