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Trivia: The character Negasonic Teenage Warhead is named after a Monster Magnet song, which appears on their album "Dopes To Infinity."

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Hidden Agenda - S5-E13

Trivia: The character Kenny Jenkins is wearing a Punisher T-shirt. (00:05:50)

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Bloodlines - S5-E6

Trivia: The trick-or-treaters that show up to the mansion are dressed up as Spider-Man, Daredevil and the lesser-known Devil Dinosaur. (00:03:15)

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Longshot - S5-E5

Trivia: When Xavier is reading Longshot's mind, one of the aliens seen resembles the Twi'leks from the Star Wars films. (00:10:05)

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No Mutant Is an Island - S5-E4

Trivia: The foot soldiers on Killgrave's video are dressed like the Marvel Comics villain Scarecrow, not to be confused with the Batman villain of the same name. (00:11:25)

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The Phalanx Covenant: Part 1 - S5-E1

Trivia: This episode has a similar plot to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and in particular the scene where Warlock deduces that President Kelly has been assimilated by the Phalanx because he knew of Warlock's association with Beast without Beast having told him is a reference to the 1978 film where it is deduced that the police are pod people when they acknowledge the name of Donald Sutherland without him having told them. (00:13:05)

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The Phalanx Covenant: Part 1 - S5-E1

Trivia: The truck at the beginning of the episode that says "Joe's Calamari" is a reference to Marvel Comics Executive Vice President and executive producer on this show, Joseph Calamari. (00:01:05)

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Trivia: Wilson Fisk's code-name of Kingpin isn't acquired until season 2. However, his eventual nom de guerre is foreshadowed in season 1 by the way of Ben Urich's cork-board in his office, which features a king of diamonds playing card pinned to it.

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Trivia: When all the Avengers are attempting to lift Thor's hammer, Captain America is able to move it slightly. In the comics, Cap is one of the few characters noble enough to be able to lift Thor's hammer (notable others being Storm and Beta Ray Bill).

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Love in Vain - S4-E14

Trivia: The reptile-like aliens in this episode are based on the Brood, an insect-like alien species from the comics. Apparently the Fox censors found the Brood from the comics to be too scary for young children, so their appearance was changed and their name was changed to the Colony. Although a Brood alien can be seen in the season 2 episode "Mojovision" and a Brood queen can be seen in the season 3 episode "Cold Comfort."

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Beyond Good and Evil: Part 4 - S4-E11

Trivia: At the end of the episode, Archangel tells Psylocke that although he doesn't know why, he was concerned for her safety when she was held captive by Apocalypse. This is a nod to the two having been a romantic item in the comics at one point. (00:19:05)

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Trivia: The opening bars of the music that plays in any swamp level (known as "Bayou Boogie" on the soundtrack) is very similar to the opening bars of "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

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Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2 - S4-E9

Trivia: You can add this show to the list of films and TV series that make reference to the film "THX 1138" as it is the number on Archangel's license plate.

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Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1 - S4-E8

Trivia: The license plate on Cyclops' car says "SLIM." Slim is Cyclops' nickname in the comics. (00:11:45)

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Sanctuary: Part 1 - S4-E6

Trivia: The character that is watching Magneto and the other mutants depart is Black Panther, who in the comics is the ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, and at the time of this writing is set to make his feature film debut in "Captain America: Civil War", followed by his own film in 2018. (00:08:55)

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Proteus: Part 1 - S4-E4

Trivia: The group of aliens that Proteus walks by in the bar are a group of interdimensional bounty hunters called Technet. They primarily appeared in the pages of the X-Men offshoot comic Excalibur. (00:09:10)

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Courage - S4-E3

Trivia: This episode marks the return of the Sentinels. Before Xavier expresses his wonder as to who brought the Sentinels back, Beast relates Morph's predicament to the story of Ahab. In the comics, a character named Ahab was the leader of the Sentinels in an alternate future.

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Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape - S3-E19

Trivia: During Wolverine and Sabretooth's first joint flashback, they are shown stealing a device from Omega Red labeled "C-Synt." This is short for Carbonadium Synthesizer, which in the comics is capable of damaging Wolverine's healing factor as well as protecting Omega Red from his own "death factor." (00:08:00)

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Weapon X, Lies, and Video Tape - S3-E19

Trivia: The title for this episode is a reference to the film "Sex, Lies, and Videotape."

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

Trivia: This two-part episode is loosely based on the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline that ran in the comics at roughly the same time. Some of the characters in the episode are even wearing the same costumes they wore in the comics.

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