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Enter Magneto - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Sabertooth is attacking the courtroom, he knocks out three guards with a chair. A couple of shots later, only one guard is on the ground, and when the shot changes again, none of the guards are on the ground anymore. (00:11:15)

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Night of the Sentinels: Part 2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Jean removes Cerebro and collapses to her knees, the chair she was sitting in disappears when the shot changes, as does the large roundtable and chairs in the center of the room. Additionally, two red stripes suddenly appear on Cerebro after Jean sets it on the floor. (00:07:42)

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Night of the Sentinels: Part 1 - S1-E1

Factual error: When the Sentinel reaches out to try to grab the dog, it smashes its hand against the grass and produces numerous cracks in the lawn with a metal clanging sound. Neither of these things would happen. The grass would have a bunch of divots in it, and the sound would be similar to something heavy falling in dirt. (00:02:09)

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The Cure - S1-E9

Other mistake: When Avalanche places the sack over Adler, the sack is covered in holes, but no part of Adler's body or clothing is visible through the holes. The holes are the same color as the rest of the sack. (00:14:53)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Cyclops and Jean are approaching the newspaper kiosk, its opening is facing the sidewalk. When the shot changes to them walking past it, the opening has been replaced by a wall with newspaper clippings and a painting on it. Moments later, they are approaching the same kiosk, after he tells her that his mind is on nothing but her. (00:05:13)

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Captive Hearts - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Leech begins to telekinetically steal fruit from the vendor cart, he is stealing a red apple and what appears to be an orange with a yellow peel. When the shot changes, the orange is now orange in color, and as the two pieces of fruit move towards Leech, the orange is on his right, and the apple on his left. When the shot changes, the orange is now yellow in color again, and the fruits have swapped sides. (00:05:52)

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A Rogue's Tale - S2-E9

Plot hole: In the season one episode The Cure, when Pyro and Avalanche are in the bar on Muir Island waiting for Mystique to arrive, Avalanche says "This friend of yours better show up soon or I'm going back to jail, just for something to do!" Rogue then comes in and Pyro suggests to Avalanche that Rogue could be Mystique, to which Avalanche responds "What do you mean it could be? Don't you know what she looks like?", leading Pyro to tell Avalanche that Mystique is a shape-shifter. This dialogue implies that Avalanche has no idea who Mystique is, which is further substantiated when Pyro and Avalanche kidnap Mystique later in the episode while she is in the guise of Dr. Adler, and Avalanche didn't recognize Mystique when she revealed her true form. However in this episode it is shown that Pyro and Avalanche were both previously members of Mystique's Brotherhood of Mutants, so Avalanche should already know who Mystique is without Pyro having to tell him. Rogue was also a member of that group yet neither Pyro nor Avalanche recognize her.

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Trivia: Following Disney's acquisition of Fox, the creators of this show pitched a revival to stream on Disney+. Producer Larry Houston has said he would come out of retirement specifically to work on this. The revival - titled X-Men '97 - was announced on Disney+ Day in November of 2021 for a 2024 premiere date, with much of the surviving original cast returning.

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Question: Does anyone know why Gambit was featured less and less in episodes as the show went on? He was one of the most popular characters in not just X-Men, but all of Marvel Comics around the time this series first aired, so unless it had something to do with his voice actor's contract, it seems odd they wouldn't have utilized him more.

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Answer: Chris Potter, the original Gambit voice actor, did indeed quit the role in the 4th season. His last episode was The Phalanx Covenant Part 1 so it seems reasonable that Fox would limit the use of the character even though it was recast. It doesn't appear that Potter left the role due to animosity, he stated in an interview that he wished to play Gambit in the first live action X-Men film.

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