Continuity mistake: When Gambit is saying "How are we gonna beat this thing when we can't even get close to it?", Jean Grey is on the viewer's left of the group and Cyclops is on her left. When the shot changes, Jean and Cyclops have swapped places. (00:16:31)
Audio problem: Gambit's bō staff starts making a twirling sound a split second before he starts twirling it. (00:18:40)
Continuity mistake: Beast is present when Gambit destroys the Spirit Drinker. When Professor X arrives moments later, Beast is shown to be approaching the scene with him and then notes that the Spirit Drinker seems to be missing. (00:18:45 - 00:19:25)
Continuity mistake: Wolverine's 5 o'clock shadow disappears and reappears throughout the episode.
The Phoenix Saga (1): Sacrifice - S3-E3
Revealing mistake: During the opening battle in outer space, when the green ship uses its tail to tear a hole into the larger ship, you can see the tear slightly shift downward. (00:01:47)
The Phoenix Saga (1): Sacrifice - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Xavier is telling the X-Men about their mission to take control of the space shuttle, some shots show Cyclops and Jean Grey seated immediately to the left of Jubilee and Wolverine, and other shots show a gap between them. (00:03:24 - 00:04:37)
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Continuity mistake: When Gambit is walking past Xavier in the War Room, the collar of Xavier's shirt is suddenly much wider than previously shown. (00:03:39)
The Phoenix Saga (1): Sacrifice - S3-E3
Continuity mistake: When Gambit announces his presence in the War Room, there is a rectangular panel on the wall to his left that is the same color as the rest of the wall. When the shot changes, the panel is now a darker gray. (00:03:41)
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Continuity mistake: When Xavier is talking with Cyclops in his bedroom and turns toward the window, the back of his hover chair is pointed towards the open area immediately on Cyclops' right. When the shot changes, the back of the hoverchair is directly facing Cyclops. (00:05:09)
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Continuity mistake: When Cyclops asks Storm to give the team cover, so they can infiltrate the space center, she is standing directly behind him, close enough to have her hand on his shoulder. When the shot changes, she is standing all by her lonesome. (00:06:11)
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Continuity mistake: When Wolverine is breaking open the door to the space center, he leaves a long tear around the handle. When the shot changes, the tear has disappeared, and then returns in the next shot. (00:07:05)
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Continuity mistake: When the X-Men barge into the locker room, as Gambit is running towards the camera, you can see his gloves are entirely fingerless, whereas when the team first entered space center grounds, only his thumb, index finger and pinky were fingerless. (00:08:01)
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Continuity mistake: When Cyclops knocks out all the astronauts, they are in a large locker room area. Moments later when the astronauts are shown lying unconscious, the room is now a narrow corridor. (00:08:03)
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Continuity mistake: When Cyclops is saying "They'll be safe in the isolation chamber " he and Jean Grey are standing near the lockers on the left side of the screen, four floor tiles away from the door. When the shot changes, the two of them have suddenly moved to the right, in line with the door, and only two floor tiles away from it. The floor tiles themselves are also now drastically smaller. (00:08:32)
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Other mistake: When Dr. Corbeau opens the door to the locker room, Cyclops, Jean Grey and Wolverine are in his direct line of sight. Despite this, it isn't until he takes several steps into the room that he realises they aren't his shuttle crew. (00:08:35)
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Continuity mistake: When Xavier is watching the shuttle launch, he has some sort of wheel on the right side of his hoverchair. Moments later when he regroups with Storm and Jubilee, the wheel is now missing. (00:09:17 - 00:10:07)
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Revealing mistake: After the X-Men rescue Dr. Corbeau and retreat back to the shuttle, they come upon a room with crew members passed out on the floor. Keep an eye on Wolverine in the background on the right side of the screen and you will see him literally walk through a door panel. (00:17:28)
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Revealing mistake: When Cyclops is saying "Can this thing still fly," the purple coloring of the buttons behind him on the left shift up, while their black outline remains in place. (00:17:59)
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Continuity mistake: When Beast is saying "Doctor, the solar probe, its shielding should be able to protect us," his neck alternates being different shades of blue. (00:19:05)
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Other mistake: After the shuttle crashes into the Upper New York Bay, the X-Men escape the wreckage and swim up to the surface, with Wolverine being the first one to appear. Given that Wolverine's skeleton is coated with a heavy metal, not only should he not be the first one to surface, he should actually sink instead. (00:04:06)
Answer: It appears a number of factors led to its demise. It was originally intended to air for 65 episodes, but its popularity extended that. However, there were continual production quality problems, issues regarding whether the content was suitable enough for children, as well as financial considerations that finally led to it being ended.
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