Xavier last words to Gambit in the OG series _Gambit how often must the scoundrel prove himself a hero before he believe it himself._

In chess, a gambit is a sacrifice to gain an advantage usually to protect and advance the queen. In this case Gambit made the ultimate sacrifice. A very poetic symbolism. A bittersweet moment. That is why this episode for me cuts deep and now you know why he is my favorite X-Men and even my favorite Marvel character of all time.

Rogue breaking up with Gambit made a teardrop... but the end just took it to another level 😭

I think she danced with Erik that way because she's trying to convince herself touch alone will suffice. You can tell during the dance she's thinking of Remy--her eyes are closed, and she's enjoying it but then she opens her eyes and is clearly disappointed it's Erik. So sad it took her that long to make the right choice and then couldn't tell him.

RIP Erik Magnus Lehnsherr aka Max Eisenhardt aka *Magneto.* RIP Remy LeBeau aka *Gambit.* RIP Alison Blaire aka *Dazzler.* RIP Sean Cassidy aka *Banshee.* RIP Sarah Rushman aka *Marrow.* RIP Samuel Paré aka *Squid-Boy.* RIP Madelyne Pryor aka *Goblin Queen.* RIP Sebastian Shaw aka *Black King.* RIP Joshua Guthrie aka *Icarus.* RIP *Callisto.* RIP *Tommy.* RIP Mark Hallett aka *Sunder.* RIP *Erg.* RIP *Leech.*

Her “Evil Mother” is her adopted mother who is actually Mystique.

1:04 In X-Men (2000) Magneto and his brotherhood of Mutants did hide out on an island. It was the place senator Kelly was brought to and turned into a Mutant but we never saw the island again. 2:31 Dazzler is so cool she as the ability to manipulate sound into light and energy beams. She used her gifts to become a major Pop Star in the Marvel universe. 3:18 Back during her first appearance in X-Men #1 (1963) Jean was introduced as Marvel Girl a title she held onto throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s from my understanding. I can't recall when the name was dropped but I think it was around the time of the Dark Phoenix Saga (1980) when she went by Phoenix and later just Jean Grey. Also calling a grown woman "girl" got alot of backlash in the 1970s so characters like The Invisible Girl of the F4 were renamed to The Invisible Woman. 5:23 Oh yeah Moira MacTaggert is the wife of Banshee in the comics and the show. She's also Scottish while Banshee (Sitting beside her) is Irish. I can't recall if she and Charles had a thing in the comics but she cares for him alot. 5:47 Max Eisenhart was revealed to be his real name with Erik Magnus Lehnsherr being an assumed identity, never brought up in the films. 9:47 This guy on the right is actually Sebastian Shaw who was played by Kevin Bacon in X-Men First Class. The movie showcased a VERY differant take on the character to the comics with the fact he's the leader of the Hellfire Club being the only thing the film took from the comics. Sebastian Shaw in the movie was like three differant X-Men characters mixed together, beside him is also Emma Frost who was also in First Class. 12:51 Rogue during her early years as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants encountered Carol Danvers, known as Ms Marvel and later Captain Marvel. Rogue infused with Danvers when she touched Ms Marvel even sending Danvers into into coma for a while. For the films they didn't have the rights to anything beyond The X-Men so Rogue never got the chance to gain these powers.

4:24 My man Wolverine!!!! I respect him for this because he really does like Jean. However, he understands that she's vulnerable because her memories are still scattered. Plus, he doesn't want to take advantage of her and Scott's complicated relationship.

Immediately after Gambit broke up with Rogue, you can see the Watcher (from What If) watching in the sky behind the fireworks.

Rogue can fly here because here she had absorbed and permanently acquired the power of Captain Marvel (back then as Ms Marvel/ Carol Danvers)

FYI, this show is loosely based on the comics in the 1990's. You might be happy to know that Gambit and Rogue got married in the comics a few years ago.......also they found a way to be able to touch each other. As far as rogue being able to fly and having super strength - before she became an xman she was a villain. She absorbed Ms. Marvel(Carol Danvers) abilities and unintentionally was able to permanently keep the super strength and flight. The movies aren't the best source to refer to on the characters because they aren't the source material.

So this is based off of 3 comic runs: E for Extinction, The fall of X, and Mutant Massacre. They somehow managed to combine 3 of the most horrific comic moments into a single episode, and do it flawlessly. As a not so funfact: 16 million died in that attack in the comics. Also the girl you said was like Jubilee is called Dazzler. She was supposed to be in the original series but was replaced by her to appeal more to kids. A person to learn with them. Oh and one more thing. Go back and look at the sky when the fire works were going off. The Watcher was there. He only shows up for important events.

RIP Gambit sad to see him shine in the episode where he dies.

He was able to put out that much energy because he knew he was already dead, he usually only puts a little because he’s not immune to their explosions.

the denial of gambits death was real asf 😭

In the comics, Rogue permanently absorbed Captain Marvel's super strength flight, memories and conscience. This left Carol in a coma for years. The reason the live-action films (produced by FOX) didn't give Rogue those abilities is because 2 decades ago, Marvel was facing bankruptcy. So they sold off the live-action rights to most of their characters to other media companies. The Hulk was sold to Universal. Spider-Man to Sony, and The Fantastic Four and X-Men to FOX. Marvel held on to most of their Avengers characters. The Marvel company itself was then purchased by Disney. Since Captain Marvel was still owned by Marvel, FOX couldn't use any storylines for Rogue that involved Captain Marvel. A few years ago, Disney bought FOX. So now, Marvel has regained access (through other business deals) to all of the characters they originally sold off, so thats why we're getting new X-Men content from them of how the characters powers and personalities were in the comics.

“Cyclops was right”, time to get with Emma Frost and become the legend.

And this is where Remy the scoundrel became Gambit the hero, and why he’s one of the most powerful mutants on earth.

I'm a grown ass man that cried at the end of a cartoon.

Mon ami. Gambit was my favorite since childhood.

the song playing at magneto rouge dancing scene is from 92, so yep pretty accurate for the time the series is on and the lyrics... TOTALLY fitting with the situation, great work out there by the creators and sound team

11:52 This entire sequence was in the vision Madeline Pryor had in the first episode! Incredible storytelling! 🙏🏽💪

Marvel girl was Jean Grey's first codename when she joined the X-Men. You'll learn more as you go on. Awesome video though keep up the good work 🤙🏽

15:21 My man Gambit! 😔🙏🏽

Just seen episode 5 and omg…..I knew something was going to happen when the intro was different with Apocalypse and Cable…that ending music too 😭 just….wow!

Gmabits skills and power level was way past 9000. I yelled NNOOOOOO!!! For him at the end.

Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of X-Men '97!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

Gambit is dead. Time for Apocalypse and his new horsemen

Love your reaction! My thought is Gambit is the key! The watcher shoes up after Rouge talks to him sitting this course up. Mastermold detects an omega level mutant which Magneto is buy so is Gambit. Also it would do him justice when in the original series they thought he was the one that would betray the Xmen.

All the issues they address are very adult, Same Issues they face in the comics my dear!

I am surprised how Beau DeMayo managed to merge 3 different comic books in one episode.

Hes a Queens Gambit. Because he sacrificed himself for the Queen. Rogue 😢😢😢

This show has brought me back

Yeah it was a flashback to Magneto's childhood. He is a holocaust survivor so he's had it rough putting it lightly. Yeah the end music is just a sad version of the usual theme song. It was a fantastic episode. As Nando v Movies has said "When the X-Men are working well it's three things. Back flips, civil rights, and soap opera"

Me when I saw the Watcher looming in the night sky: Oh boy this is not going to end well Men when Cable appeared: *THIS IS GOING TO END REALLY, REALLY BAD*

they did Rogue dirty in the movies

“I can’t feel you” as she touches the skin on his dead body. “Somethings are deeper than skin”.

9:51 Yikes! Emma Frost was savage! 😭😂

12:52 No, unfortunately. In the comics also in the original animated series, the reason she can fly because when she was a villain, she absorbed Captain Marvel's powers (Carol). Usually when Rogue touches someone, she temporarily has their powers. However, she held on to Carol for so long, the powers permanently remained in her and Carol was in a deep coma. Rogue felt guilty and left her life if crime. She was also confused since Carol's memories were inside her mind. That's when she ran into Professor X and join the X-Men! I really hope we see Rogue do this to Captain Marvel in the MCU! 💪

Magneto = Erik Magnus Lehnsherr At least that used to be his real name for decades. Now, it’s Max Eisenhart

This episode is one of the best pieces of Marvel media ever.

"The name's Gambit mon ami, remember it."

Magneto's death is a heavy blow. He's a complex figure, but undeniably significant. You might feel a mix of grief and confusion - losing such a powerful presence in the X-Men world hurts. But the episode isn't done. Gambit's heroic sacrifice adds another layer of devastation. It's a brutal one-two punch that leaves you emotionally spent. Episode 5 is a masterclass in emotional manipulation. As an X-Fan, you experience the thrill of victory, the sting of defeat, the weight of loss, and the glimmer of hope - all within a single episode. It's a wild ride that leaves you emotionally drained, but deeply invested in the story's future. And this only the halfway of the season.. I'm terrifed on the end of season cliff hangers now.. 🃏♥♦♠♣

The shenanigans are about to begin!!!! 🙏🏽💪

The Ending Reminds me of the Black wall Street Massacre 😨

Not sure if you saw the original show at all. When Prof X was on his death bed, literally, he spoke to each of his xmen telling them something perosnal. I saw a comment on another video mention how the Prof last words to gambit hit harder now since he told him, "how many times must the scoundrel prove he's a hero, before he believes it himself," or something like that. Another fun fact: not sure if you are into the comics, I just watch random reactors from time to time, but the events in this episode arent just tied to days of futures past. The sentinel wiping out mutants on genosha is from E is for Extinction. Cable mentions he is coming so most likely it isnt Cassandra nova, Prof X evil twin essentially, who sent that sentinel to genosha in the comics. I have a three hunches but i dont want to potentially spoil anything real big in regards to the main villain. I think they are using both days of future past and e is for extinction events into one. Cable is the key. I also think they will also do age of apocalypse

Gambit: "You're not penetrating me. I'm penetrating you."

People its been like almost 3 months since this episode and i still can’t process it

Rogue can fly because she permanently absorbed all of Ms. Marvel(Carol Danvers)'s powers. Rogue's "evil mother" is Mystique. Mystique is Rogue's adoptive mother. Nightcrawler is Mystique's son. Nightcrawler is Rogue's adoptive brother.

Your reaction is funny, the last part is a constant state of denial hahaha

0:12 Yes! That was Cable! 💪

That's what Jean was called when the comic books got popular in the late 70's... Marvel girl

First time catching your channel. Surprised you didn't break down more. Been watching a bunch of reactions. People are bawling their eyes out! Good job taking the shock. Unless it's all editing lol.

Just a primer on Rogue's powers: she basically absorbs powers and memories whenever she touches a person. The only reason she can also fly and is super strong and tough is because she held on to Captain Marvel (yes, her!) for too long and absorbed her powers permanently (back when she was still working with Mystique as a villainess). This did not happen in any of the live action movies. Also, captain Marvel did go into a coma, but she did eventually get better. Her history is wild in the comics by the way.

I know this tragic story where 16 million mutants died and if it's not the Professor's sister behind this because both Gray and Prier had what looked like a psychic attack so Cassandra could be behind this to knock out telepaths before geneside started happened, but then I started thinking that we've just been introduced to one of those ancient evil gods of mischief that goes by the name of The Adversary, and that character loves chaos and despair and what's more despair than what happened in this episode...

gambit in the comics becomes one of the 4 horseman of apocalypse so well see and leech could have sucked out magnetos power to make it look like he died

Gambit died not knowing she picked him, and she truly loved him. Cable better fix this shit.😢

Watch episode 22, " A Rogue's tale" it gives you all the details about her powers. Including her flight and strength after she takes out Capt. Marvel. If Gambit was alive, she could feel him.

In the comics Rogue could fly and had superpowers because she absorbed Carol Danvers Captain Marvel but in the Fox movies universe Fox didn't have the rights to Captain Marvel and therefore Rogue was stuck with her absorbing powers only.

Even Moira McTaggert died in this episode.

This is based of Rogue in the 80's comics where she had permanently absorbed Carol Danvers powers

LOVED IT!..INTENSE!! another EPIC Episode! and we're only halfway there! ....love your reactions! Love those Storm earrings...that's totally you! see on the next episode.

Looks like we're getting the radicalized Scott Summers, and remember Rogue in this series has the powers of Ms Marvel, that she kept from back when she was with her "evil mother", so Rogue is pretty tough. Don't know if she would have survived that Tri Sentinel blast, but she's pretty durable. I dunno, Gambit looked pretty dead, Magneto too. Though Shaw and Emma were nowhere to be seen during that attack. Watching this reaction made me notice something with Valerie Cooper, with her reaction to when she heard Rogue would be joining Magneto on Genosha, not going to spoil too much but I don't think she's who she appears to be. That's some other person!!!!

The creator of the show, Beau demayo, has said that the depiction of the genoshan genocide was in large part inspired by the 2016 Orlando pulse nightclub shooting. He said that the feeling of a safe space for queer people to be themselves being invaded and massacred heavily influenced his approach in writing this episode and the reactions to it in later episodes. Mutants have often been used as an analogy for oppressed groups, whether it be by race, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion, so his experiences as a black queer man heavily affected his storytelling here

After his "Acts of Vengeance" failed, Loki created the Tri-Sentinel by magically merging three prototype Sentinels built by Shaw Industries to become the cornerstone for Project Nimrod, a secret government plan to destroy mutants. Loki reprogrammed the robot to attack a nuclear power plant nearby in order to kill thousands of people; however, Spider-Man used his newfound powers of Captain Universe to destroy it.

You are correct that Rogue didn't have super strength and toughness or the ability to fly in the live-action films, but that's because she was still a teenager who had just discovered her powers. Remember that when Rogue touches someone, she begins to absorb their power and then she can use it. If the touches them too long, she absorbs the powers permanently. In the comics, she completely absorbs Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) powers giving her super strength and durability as well as the ability to fly. We just never got to see that version of her live yet. Here's hoping for the MCU version to show an adult version of Rogue with those powers (or hell, she could steal the real Captain Marvel's powers in the MCU since we have a current Carol Danvers).

E is for extinction is the story this episode is based on. It's the mutant equivalent to 9-11.

Cable or bishop will time travel and fix this

marvel girl was jean's original mutant name. i believe she used that until she became the phoenix and after she came back she just went by her name. the reason she would have asked about his relationship with jean is to show that mutants are people too. they fall in love and form families just like normal humans. people can connect with that more than they connect to the superhero who can fire concussive blasts from him eyes.

I suggest you watch the original animated series so that you’ll know more of what’s going on. The live action movies served little to no justice to the characters, their abilities, and their relationships with each other

The one you thought has powers like jubilee is called dazzler she has the ability to turn sounds into energy...if you can find the animated movie Pryde of the X-Men " you'll see a little more of her.

Interesting you picked up on the red hair. Red hair is in itself a mutation, which is probably why the artists chose it so frequently!

The reason why rouge flies she has the powers of captain Marvel. She almost killed her... you need to watch previous seasons...

Marvel Girl is Jean’s codename, like Cyclops is Scott’s. She didn’t go by Marvel Girl in the original series, they’re retconning it here by saying she doesn’t usually use it ig.

She went in and kissed Logan

BTW, loving the Storm earrings. ❤

Nightcrawler references his first appearance in the series, but they make no mention to the episode where they discover Nightcrawler is Rogue's brother

Almost NONE of the X-Men actually have red hair. Cyclops, Gambit, and Rogue all have brown hair. lol It's just the animation style and lighting. Jean is the only redhead.

The Watcher was watching.

This episode was flames! *"The name's Gambit. Remember it."

Gambit see your bet and raise it cause the cards always be in my favor

I need you to catch up on your comic book lore but other than that good reaction

If you want to learn more about Rogue, I highly recommend watching Season 2 Episode 9 of the original 90s X-Men series. The episode is called A Rogue's Tale. It's one of my favorite episodes!

New to your channel... glad I watched this video. You make great observations and are super intuitive. Nice!!!

"I don't know anything about Genosha" that's a flag.

"this is heavy as shit" and all i could think is they haven't even gotten started yet.

Magneto's real name is Max Eisenhart he changed it to Erik Magnus Lehnsherr.

Watchu mean “he’s fine” he prettt much self destructed lol

No, Rogue didn’t fly in the live action movies because she hadn’t drained that power from Captain Marvel, who didn’t exist in that universe.

"Oh no" Me: same. 🥺

Rogue got her power to fly and super strength from Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel in the comic books and 1990’s show, but Carol Danvers wasn’t in the Fox show, so she didn't get those powers.

Magnus is Magneto’s middle name. Most people seem to call him Magnus. Only close friends seem to call him Erik.

Welcome to the real world of X-Men: suffering, pain and death :) Lucky for you, the X-Men have a habit of not staying dead for long :)

they also kind of depowered or misutulized like every single mutant in the the live action. I mean there were like 3 stand outs, 4 if you include Ryan Reynolds Deadpool movies; the rest were between bad and good,.

welcome to the life of men 10:26

Rogue can fly since 1992 as far as i remember

3:12 why is it silent here?

A promise was made. We will not live our days wondering if we could have saved more. Habe keine Angst.

Hey nice reaction. I love tbe chun-li like hair style you have😊looks cute.

Didn’t even catch the queen of hearts bit