Revealing mistake: When Morph is saying "You never were very bright," part of his shirt collar has been drawn on his chin. (00:07:20)
Continuity mistake: When Wolverine falls down the mine shaft, debris is shown to be falling with him. A few shots later, there is no debris to be seen on the ground where he landed. (00:13:15)
Continuity mistake: When the opening of the Astral Plane is first shown emerging from Mt. Kilimanjaro's Kibo summit, the summit is correctly depicted as being somewhat flat. Near the end when the opening of the Astral Plane is diminishing, the mountain summit is shown to have a pyramidal peak. (00:02:35 - 00:16:50)
Continuity mistake: When the riverboat captain is talking about how Wolverine is looking for Morph, Wolverine is standing several feet away looking over the side of the boat. When the shot changes, Wolverine's left arm is suddenly behind the captain's back, offering his monkey a peanut. (00:04:41)
Continuity mistake: When Rogue is saying that Xavier could barely handle the Shadow King, Storm is looking over her right shoulder. When the shot changes, she is looking forward. (00:09:47)
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Shadow King terrorizing a young Storm, in one shot she is shown sitting on the palm of his left hand. When the shot changes, she is now on the palm of his right hand. (00:15:18)
Continuity mistake: When Shadow King is saying Rogue will not dare attack him while he is possessing Storm's body, Storm's left earring has been drawn behind her earlobe. (00:11:27)
Continuity mistake: When Storm is reunited with Mjnari after purging Shadow King from her body, Mjnari has a tear coming out of the outside corner of his right eye. When the shot changes, the tear is gone. (00:16:03)
Continuity mistake: Storm's eyes alternate between being brown and blue throughout the episode.
Continuity mistake: When Storm and Rogue are flying towards Storm's village in Tanzania, at one point Storm's hands are colored white. (00:05:25)
Continuity mistake: The graphic of Africa that Beast and Jean are observing is horizontally stretched at one point. (00:02:50 - 00:03:50)
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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