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Time Fugitives: Part 2 - S2-E8

Trivia: SPOILER FOR X-MEN '97: When Jean Grey scans Cable's mind, she sees an image of Cyclops, and seemingly herself as well, with her hair down (as opposed to her usually having it in a ponytail). Following the revelation in X-Men '97 that the Jean Grey seen in the first few episodes was actually a clone, producer Larry Houston revealed that he deliberately drew the Jean seen in Cable's mind to have her hair down, to suggest it was actually the clone who is Cable's real mother.

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Trivia: Lenore Zann originally turned down the role of Rogue, as she had no interest in working on a cartoon, deeming it not serious enough. Her agent eventually convinced her to audition. When she finally read for the part, the casting directors immediately told her that she was exactly what they were looking for.

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One Man's Worth: Part 1 - S4-E1

Trivia: Showrunner Eric Lewald has said the inspirations for this two-part episode were "It's a Wonderful Life" and a "Star Trek" episode titled "The City on the Edge of Forever."

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The Phoenix Saga (1): Sacrifice - S3-E3

Trivia: The orange space suits that the X-Men wear more closely resemble those worn by Russian cosmonauts than the black and white space suits worn by American astronauts. This is likely the result of the animation company in the Philippines being given notes to draw the characters in space suits, but in their research probably came across the Russian design, and not knowing any better or investigating further, went with that style.

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No Mutant Is an Island - S5-E4

Trivia: When Kilgrave is applying makeup to his face as Cyclops and Sarah are approaching his mansion, there is a dartboard on the wall with a picture of Daredevil on it. Kilgrave's first comics appearance was in Daredevil #4 in 1964. (00:13:51)

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Out of the Past (2) - S3-E2

Trivia: The Spirit Drinker is based on the Monster from the Id from the 1956 film Forbidden Planet.

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'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 - S2-E1

Trivia: When Morph says "Making copies," it's a reference to a Rob Schneider skit from Saturday Night Live. (00:14:03)

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Trivia: The success of this series was one of the main reasons producer Lauren Shuler Donner acquired the film rights from Marvel.

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Trivia: Kitty Pryde - a.k.a. Shadowcat - is the only character that appeared in the failed predecessor "Pryde of the X-Men" to never appear in this series.

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The Dark Phoenix (2): The Inner Circle - S3-E12

Trivia: The shot of Wolverine rising out of the water is a faithful recreation of the panel from the comic the episode is based on. (00:04:58)

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Savage Land, Strange Heart (2) - S3-E9

Trivia: Garokk's line of "Gaze upon my works and tremble" is a reference to the line "Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet "Ozymandias." (00:13:25)

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Nightcrawler - S3-E18

Trivia: Cal Dodd, who voiced Wolverine, has said that this is his favorite episode of the series.

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Trivia: Cedric Smith and Catherine Disher - who voiced Professor X and Jean Grey, respectively - were married at the time the show was in production.

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Trivia: The scene where Wolverine longingly strokes a picture of Jean Grey has not only become an internet meme, but an action figure depicting the scene was created by Mondo, and is set to begin selling to consumers starting with the 2021 San Diego Comic Con.

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Trivia: Apocalypse is the only villain to appear in every season.

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Trivia: Despite its guitar-driven sound, the theme song for this show was actually written entirely on a keyboard using MIDI technology. Composer Ron Wasserman attributed this to having hardly any gear to work with, which only consisted of a nice mixer board that had EQ in it, and one compressor. He even admitted to pouring a Coke into the first console so that they would buy him a new one.

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Out of the Past (2) - S3-E2

Trivia: Cyclops and Jean's waiter Sidney is a caricature of Sidney Iwanter, a writer for the show. (00:08:20)

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Mojovision - S2-E11

Trivia: When the camera is panning across Mojo's studio audience after he has abducted the X-Men, you can see an older man in the middle of the crowd. This man is a caricature of Marvel Comics legend Jack Kirby. Coincidentally, Kirby died the day after this episode originally aired. (00:07:52)

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Whatever It Takes - S2-E3

Trivia: Mjnari was modelled on producer/director Larry Houston's son, Adrian.

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Trivia: A few weeks into the show's production, the staff was informed by Marvel that their character designs had to be changed. This is because the characters were modelled on artist Jim Lee's redesigns in the comics, and he, along with some other artists, were in the process of leaving Marvel Comics to found Image Comics. To convince Marvel to change their minds, storyboard artist Will Meugniot submitted a deliberately awful looking model sheet that looked reminiscent of 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons.

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