You have to realize you're Evil (with a capital E) when even Dr. Doom is like "yo, maybe you went too far"

Gen X 🤝 Gen Y 🤝 Gen Z “This is the coolest fucking thing i’ve ever seen”

Everyone needs a friend like Nightcrawler

I know Doom is pretty evil himself but he's also got a weird sense of honor so I do appreciate him being like "All that genocide shit? I'm not with it"

Jean had one conversation with Nightcrawler and then she's buckling Cable in and bossing him around like the Twin Auntie who stepped up and I'm kinda living for it!!!

This show is an absolutely perfect example of how source material ADAPTATIONS should be done. None of these storylines "happened that way in the comics" but you're still getting the full impact of each story involved in the retelling. Absolute masterclass

Honestly showing up literally 5 minutes after Magneto EMP'd the whole planet likely causing untold amounts of destruction and being like "Im here fam dont worry" is the most Xavier thing that Xavier could do!

Adam's immediate laughing and crying at how amazing this show is, is the most relatable thing ever lol

That sad "..daboo dee daboo diiiie.." was too perfect 😂

Adam's shirt has never been more spot on for an episode than today.

"The U.N. lady," voiced by Catherine Disher, who was the original voice actor for Jean Grey in the 90's X-men TAS.

"Family... is a choice." With Adam looking right at Jay at 6:53? Awesome, heartwarming, and exactly why we tune in on the regular

If Dr Cooper isn't Mystique, a human just said Magneto was right. Also, it is so powerful that the first word Magneto says after Genosha is "Enough".

To answer Jay’s question, the majority of mutants DON’T have powers. Just visual or health differences (an example being the morlocks), and most of the ones that do have powers aren’t as trained for battle as the Xmen. So the majority of the people hating on mutants in-universe are hating on the ones that simply look different or cause accidents. To quote something i saw someone say, “They are the exception, that’s why they are the X-men”.

I love their take on Bastion's origin (remember, Nimrod was in the past, trying and failing to kill young Charles in "One Man's Worth")

For me, it goes X-men theme song with Batman the Animated Series, in a close second.

Fun fact for you guys and anyone else who didn’t know this: Beau DeMayo said to watch the One Man’s Worth arc to prepare for this episode and here’s why: you can see Bastion’s parents before they became his parents. His mom is the waitress who tells on Logan and Storm for being a mixed race couple and his dad is one of the guys fighting them wearing a black leather jacket.

THAT’S **MY** SPIDER-MAN!!!!

Oh Adam how prescient was that t-shirt choice, dude... the pov shot of Nightcrawler bamfing through the brimstone dimension was so badass!!!

What this show establishes is that guys like the Hulk or Spider-Man are accidents whereas the Mutants are inevitable, they are replacing the humans. I think the show is an allegory for the far right theory of "The Big Replacement".

Nightcrawler with the "nine" double entendre. ❤9️⃣

The Phoenix girl you thought was Hope was Rachel Summers. The difference between mutants and mutates is replacement. Think of it like Mexicans coming in to the states and people are starting to have Mexican blood. As opposed to people learning Spanish. The Hulk is a person learning Spanish while the X-men are all half Mexican. And the funny part is that Bastian's plan is to make people mad that "Mexicans" are taking their jobs, while hiring "Mexicans."

“Is that Hope?” Poor Rachel. 😢

6:36 Jesus CHRIST, Adam 🤣🤣🤣 I thought I was gonna pass out laughing at that

I said this on discord too, but…a hill I’m ready to die on: this ep is the single best 30 minutes of superhero content ever put on a screen. Not “xmen content” or “animated superhero content” or even “marvel content.” The single best 30 minutes of superhero programming in human history

X-Men fans have never been spoiled this much outside of comics in history! Whether it’s the deadly tag team of Nightcrawler and Wolverine, the Summers Family fighting a horde of Prime Sentinels, Bastion’s on screen debut as one of the the biggest and most formidable villains in Marvel history, Magneto proving again why he’s one of the most OP characters in comics history, and Charles Xavier ending the episode with “To me my X-men”. *AND THIS IS JUST PART ONE!?!?!?!* If parts 2 and 3 are this great or even better this will go down as the greatest comic book tv show ever made!

I think the reason most heroes are accepted but not mutants is because mutants symbolize the idea that humanity will/has essentially become obsolete. So it breeds hatred/biggotry

Okay but can we talk about that look Adam gave Jay when Kurt was talking about how family is who you choose 😭 Also I feel you guys I am usually speechless for a second after each episode this show is SO PEAK!!!

The Gummy Bears theme song also deserves a mention for "this kids show theme song didn't need to go this hard"

I love that this episode was so awesome it literally made Adam cry.

I googled this guys. Work on a second season had begun by July 2022, and writing on the second-season finale started by July 2023. DeMayo had finished writing for the second season and began discussing ideas for a potential third season by March 2024, when he was fired by Marvel Studios ahead of the series' premiere.

The reason for why Mutants get the short-end of the stick is because they're easily Othered for being naturally different. With Hulk, it's like "oh that poor poor man, what a tragedy!" or with Spider-Man it's "Wow! Look at the guy who responsibly used his accident to be a good person!"

Logan was wrong. Magneto didn't start a war. He accepted the declaration against his people.

My god that Eiffel 65 reference was just sooo well timed. Hahaha also shows how old we are too.

6:36 - the CACKLE I let out...Adam I love you so much!

I am so happy that they’re not going to try to save Genosha with Time Travel. Gambit literally had one of the most epic and beautiful ending of any marvel character since Iron Man. Let him have it; and I am so happy they didn’t cheapen it with a lazy “poof time travel”.

I would’ve never imagined this show to be as great as it is. Literally bringing my excitement for marvel back

She has to say her "friend Storm" because Nightcrawler hasn't met Storm yet in this universe.

4:42 That was Rachel Summers. Recall she has those distinctive Naruto-like marks along her face. I'm still trying to figure out how the Prime Sentinels managed to subjugate a seemingly Phoenix-empowered Rachel Summers. But since she was conceived when Jean Grey was still bonded to the Phoenix, it might be a narrative liberty.

6:36 Made me spit my drink Adam.

I love your reactions so so much… you guys are my #1 reactors… I will literally stop what I’m doing when I see you upload a reaction

This is the best X-Men ever.

I like this take on Bastion better honestly.

06:37 That blue joke 🤣 chef's kiss 😘😂😂😂

I figured it was Madame Masque with Zemo and Doom. The laughter at the end pretty much summed this episode up 😂

X-Men 97 has been approved for three seasons, possibly a 4th. Beau Demayo has written an entire three season arch for the story, but if he's not working with them, the rest of the writers will basically be following his road map at least.

6:36 had me doing a spit take in the middle of a powerful moment. 😂 There is so much to love about this show, and as someone who is deep into American Civil War history, Val Cooper’s speech hit hard and is one of the highlights. This is a rich series with messages that run deep and never does it insult our intelligence. Plus, it is giving Nightcrawler a huge glow up, and I am here for it. I love Kurt as a character and they are nailing him.

Id say Ducktales is the best 90s intro for me, followed by this and then TMNT. Honorable mention to Angry Beavers for having a song that is impossible to get out of your head after you've heard it again. Man, we used to be spoiled

The way Adam looked at Jay when Nightcrawler said, "Family is a choice" ...

Mannnnn, every second of this episode I was genuinely like 😱 also..I'm 90% sure thats the legend Simon Templeman Voicing Dr Doom! He was the voice actor from the old F4 cartoon! and of course Kain from the Legacy of Kain games!

Fun fact: Beau DeMayo, a writer on Moon Knight, was asked to make the pitch for this revival. He also wrote a number of the episodes, which explains why it's so good. Moon Knight is easily one of, if not the, best written Marvel productions ever.

The 3rd season is in production, though they're looking for a new head writer for it. Beau De Mayo completed the writing for all of season 2 before he was released. And the Phoenix power wielding character was Rachel Summers, not Hope.

Why are we more ok with accident powers (Hulk) vs mutants? Same reason we hate any new and growing population. We're afraid of losing power. We're afraid of being replaced. We can waive a hand at the Hulk because it's not an entire race of hulks being born. Asguardians mostly stay out there in space. But my child might be a mutant. My child might be different from me. My world view might not perpetuate to the next generation. And we as humans can't stand the notion that we might be becoming irrelevant.

I was freaking out the whole episode! This was the best penultimate episode. This is how you do X-Men!❤❤❤

not the eiffel 66 line - you legit cracked me up.

Great reaction first time viewer here. The guy in the pink hoody reminded me of my late friend David, since he looks so similar, he was a good fan of anything comics related. I imagine if he was alive today we would be enjoying this gem of a show and talking like you did at the end like we used to do. Sometimes I feel bad for all the wonderful animations he didnt get to see, since he died 14 years ago. I miss you my friend, I hope somehow you could watch all of this wherever you are.

There was a crossover between the original Spider-Man and X-men cartoon were Spidey says that he isn't proud to be a freak and wishes he could be normal, where as the X-men believe in embracing their powers/mutations. Which I think represented the differences in their thinking.

Come to me my XMen > Thunder, thunder, thunder, thundercats!! HOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Not Hope, Rachel Summers, Scott and Jean’s daughter from a different time line, the future past timeline. She becomes a host for a portion of the Phoenix force as she travels through time herself when the Phoenix force senses her passing by and feels Jean, her mother, she is telepathic and telekinetic, powerful af. She was once a “hound”, used by the Sentinel regime to hunt mutants. She helped Kitty push her consciousness back in time to her younger self to warn the past of the coming doom. The comics explain why humans hate mutants and support heroes, heroes are seen as humans/aliens that fight for mankind, mutants are seen as mankind’s inevitable replacements, if we have learned anything from history, man destroys things it fears to be stronger than itself. Second season is green lit, show runner was fired some say it’s because of his only fans account, yes he has(d) prior to being hired so they knew already, but it’s really because he was found to be difficult to work with and the third season is now being written, all announced.

6:37 took me a second but thanks for the laugh

* Denver the Last Dinosaur theme has entered the chat *

22:08 two ways to answer this, in universe and out 1) Mutants being the next step in human evolution - when some humans hear that, they feel obsolete. Survival instincts kick in, they feel like they're being replaced by "genetic freaks" 2) that's kinda the point/allegory. It doesn't make sense to hate them because they're different. They're just like everyone else, just different-which can be scary.

Seeing yalls reactions made me so happy especially with ur reaction Jay! Its insane how good this show is !

18:50 was literally the exact same reaction I had after this episode. This makes me so happy! 😅

Adam, that's not Hope at 4:41, Bro. That's Rachel Summers. Her showing up is tremendously significant to Cable's history. Not to mention Scott and Jean.

I don't know Jay, the Steeet Sharks intro theme was also a banger

The person you thought was Hope is actually Rachel Summers: Jean and Scott's daughter, and Cable's sister.

“Healing generational divides.” YES!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Kurt is quickly being made the heart of the team. Uh oh.

1.) It took me waaay too long to get that song reference. Nicely done 2.) The Christopher Daniel Barnes was asked if he’d reprise his role as the Wall Crawler and CBD was all for it.

Did anyone else notice that when Xavier called the x-men to him, "jean" has her hair down, despite us JUST seeing her with it in a ponytail? I think Madelyne is alive, and she heard the call since Jean is already with Cyclops and Cable.

6:45 Aww Adam's little glance at Jay. Family is a choice indeed!

I’m honestly ashamed of the number of times I refreshed my page to wait for this video…

Adam's version of the Jay's incontrollable laugh is great 😂

Finally, Marvel gives Logan the very thing the original animated series denied him in the first place: slicing and dicing through human guts, Jack Hughman style! (I know they're basically Sentinels but still...)

I really like the discussion in the end with "why only mutants and not the other superheroes". The thing is, the bigotry is more or less a thing with other superheroes too. Hulk, for instance, has most of his stories revolving around him being seen as a monster and being chased by the military for that. Spiderman, while on a far smaller scale, still got berated and called a menace for a long long time. They legit had a whole "civil war" revolving around the issue of regulating superheroes. And then there's organizations like SHIELD that are known for having contingencies against all these heroes in case they need them. Point is, humanity in Marvel does indeed fear superhumans in general. What makes it worse with mutants is the xenophobia on top of it, the fact that mutants are somehow fundamentally different and hence not "one of us". Not to mention the fact that "mutants are the next step in evolution" is basically seen as "mutants are gonna replace all of us" rather than "we'll all eventually evolve to be mutants".

Close!!! That was Rachel Summers. The actual daughter of Scott and Jean.

This show has absolutely zero business being even half as good as it is, holy hell. This is insane.

6:34 Stop it!!! 😂😂😂 That dabade dabadi...omg.

*points directly at spiderman* “YOUR BEXT BUD, I SWEAR IF YOU ARENT NEXT I WILL RAMPAGE”

Also yes, there is a Season 2 confirmed to be in the works, I THINK they also have confirmed a Season 3, but I can't be 100% sure.

6:35 Adam was so smug and so proud of himself, but it was for a good reason, I'll allow it. 😂

That wasn't Hope that was Rachel Summers daughter of Scott and Jean. She's from Days of Future's Past Time Line. You can tell by the Hound marks on her face when she was forced to hunt other mutants before she escaped them and went back in time and Joined X-Men then Excalibur back in the 80s/90s. She's still part of the X-Groups til this day. Edit: There are enough Summers to have one on each X-Team out there. Same could be said of Wolverine's kids too.

Every time you guys post a video, the call just goes out “To me, My Vlisteners”.

Nightcrawler dual wielding swords gives me Mollymauk Tealeaf vibes. Long may he Reign!

I was in college when the original show first aired, and was in full time employment by the end so I never got the chance to experience the childhood joy of the show. Still watched it because of the comics

So many cameos......OMG it's was hype overload. So much just got green lighted for possibilities of stories and villains as well as other shows like this being made........and I'm SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!

YES! Swat Katz is the best theme song of all time! Ducktales is also a contender.

The 2nd season is being worked on as we speak and the 3rd and 4th seasons are greenlit. Basically, heroes like The Fantastic Four and Avengers are publicly known to be humans with superpowers or known aliens. They know what their getting from them. Mutants are an unknown variable who are can be anywhere and are toted to be basically humanity's replacement and humans fear and hate that. Btw, that wasn't Hope at the beginning that was Rachel Summers,Scott and Jean's daughter from the Days of Future Past timeline.

Ive been putting off work all day waiting for my BOIS faces when nightcrawler BAMFS wolverine and we get that pov!

It's not Hope, the girl repairing the SF bridge with scars on her face and Phoenix flames is Cable's half-sister/Scott & Jean's daughter from an alternate dystopian future from the Days of Future Past storyline. Her name is Rachel Summers and she's amazing.

Jay's asking the right question, and this has been a topic of discussion in the comics. The Mutant Registration Act was a precursor to the Super-human Registration Act. Spidey voiced the unfairness and asked the question when is he going to get targeted. The issue is that people view folks like the Avengers as "heroes" and mutants as "insurgents" and "rebels." Also there's the whole existential threat thing. Iron Man doesn't risk making home sapiens extinct. Homo sapien superior does.

Also...HELL YES to the SWAT Kats intro theme 😂

The red-headed woman isn't Hope, it's Rachel Summers, a major figure in X-Men. She's Cyclops's and Jean Grey's daughter and raised Cable in the future. The black marks on her face is from where she was turned into a Hound by Ahab.

The 90s Spidey show had that crossover with the X-men when Peter started mutating. I wonder if the sentinels are going to detect a hint of that in Spidey here, and target him as well.

Hey, it's everyone's favorite Tomax and Xamot!!

A friendly reminder that this IS ONLY A PART 1 OF 3 WHAT THE BAMF IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 2

We're shocked every week 😂😂😂😂 I love it.

The SADDEST daboodee daboodaaaaaa 😢

Kurt is the best boy!