X-MEN 97 Episode 1 FULL Breakdown, Marvel Easter Eggs and Ending Explained

Welcome back everyone It's Charlie This will be my full X-Men 97 Episode one video There are a whole bunch of Easter Eggs and references Does it not feel like it's Saturday morning cartoons all over again? Like they brought it all back? So we'll break it all down. If your brand new to the channel. Be sure to subscribe to get all the episodes. they'll be ten episodes total this season. My episode two video will post right after this, too. They'll be one episode per week. They just did a double ep

isode premiere as you probably noticed during the intro scene, this is just meant to be a continuation of the original X-Men animated series for production reasons. They just call it X-Men 97 instead of calling it X-Men. The Animated series Season six. but that's basically what it is. The plot is based on the plot of what they would have done had they done X-Men the animated series season six. the reason why they're using the 97 in the title is because 1997 is when Season six would have original

ly aired had they done it. Kevin Feige revealed that his only two conditions for allowing them to make this is to actually bring the series back was that they bring the original cast back There were a couple of actors that passed away. They had to recast. but the other big condition that he had was that they get the rights to the X-Men animated Series theme song which I've used in a bunch of my videos, but they use remixed versions during these new episodes. Marvel's been using that bunch. They

probably secured the rights a while ago because they used it a couple of times in the live action MCU movies to reference mutant related stuff like when they brought Patrick Stewart back is the live action version based on the one from the animated series. then during the Ms.. Marvel series when they revealed that she was a mutant, too. when we get the brand new live action X-Men movie inside the MCU, when they start recasting the actors, they'll probably use another remixed version of that orig

inal animated series theme song. the actual title of episode one is To Me, my X-Men is a reference to the catchphrase in the comics originally said by Professor X, but since then a bunch a bunch of different characters have spoken it. the interesting thing about it, too, is that he didn't say that in the original 1960s X-Men comics when they first debuted, he just started saying that catchphrase. More recently in the newer comics the title is also a reference to Cyclops being the team leader. Wh

en things pick up, he says the catchphrase a couple of times. And then Magneto says, a twist on it at the end of the series when he takes over the X-Men team. in a bit of an inversion on the phrase, because he's basically making it seem like things are really bad, like big cliffhanger. But in reality it's sort of the beginning of the redemption of Magneto. Like that's part of the reason why Professor X left him all of his things after he quote unquote died, even though we know he's still alive.

there's a reason for the last will and testament why the government thinks that he's dead. We'll talk about that during the video. they start with a brand new version of the Marvel Studios intro, but it's a marvel animation logo for like the new subbrand they created for all their animated series. So all the animated episodes for any animated series will probably have this in front of it. Going forward from now. There are a bunch of different Easter eggs in the background. They basically do the

same thing with this. They do with the Marvel Studios intro where they change it based on all the new movies that come along, the new TV series. They start with Spider-Man from the original 1960s cartoon. Like this is the OG version of Spider-Man. They actually canonized him during Spider-Man across the spider-verse, like he tried to fight Miles Morales in a really hilarious way. this version of the thing is from the original Fantastic Four cartoon. Like, they kind of go through the timeline of

the original, like really classic shows into present day animated shows. Then we get a version of Wolverine from X-Men, the animated series back in the nineties. Next is Silver Surfer from the original Silver Surfer cartoon back in the day, this is the watcher from the new What if series like we moved into present day animated series This is zombie Captain America also from what if there's actually going to be a marvel zombies TV series in the next year. I think it's airing next year based on th

e versions from What If in the end with Star-Lord, Black Panther, from what If season one, what they'll probably do as we get new animated series is they start bringing stuff back and introducing brand new animated series. They'll just change all these scenes in the intro like they did with the traditional Marvel Studios logo. then they start with the original X-Men, the animated series intro, but updated with modern character models, like they changed the animation to make it look a little more

shiny, more 3D. but all the backgrounds are meant to be the same ones from the original X-Men animated series with a couple minor changes like now they have brand new intro scenes that they added for Bishop in Morph who weren't in the original intro the same way. For more special intros seen here. This is all meant to be references to his Mr. Sinister plot during the original series. They also probably use this Mr. Sinister scene because he's the main villain of season one, so they want more Mr

. Sinister stuff going on during the intro. end, at the end here, when the brotherhood of mutants in the X-Men are running at each other, they swap some of the characters, like the rosters are a little bit different on the Brotherhood of Mutants, there's Juggernaut. Emma Frost, Eureka or Lady Death Strike, whichever you want to call her Pyro Mystique, Saber Tooth. And I'm not sure who this guy is in the white armor. He looks familiar though, when the camera moves left, there are sentinels in the

middle. There weren't sentinels in the original version running after these mutant characters. the people are also different, too. I'm not sure who these characters are. I think they're just meant to be a random mutants. in the X-Men roster is meant to be their current main roster right now. they also made this version widescreen. The original version. The intro was four by three letterbox because the original show aired in four by three. they've been using a lot of Easter eggs to promote the s

how. When they do the promos, they do them in four by three letter box to reference the way they originally aired those episodes. and if you watch the episodes on Disney plus, they're also still four by three. the way they explained the new animation is that it's meant to be hand-drawn, but they tried to do it as close as possible to the style of the original character models from the original animated series. it's kind of a blend of 3D and 2D animation, fun fact to the original X-Men. The anima

ted series was animated in Japan by a Japanese studio. That doesn't mean that it's anime. It was just animated in Japan by the same Japanese studio that animated Spider-Man. The Nineties series, which is also referenced during this episode. Like there's some Easter eggs for that nineties version of Spider-Man and for Venom. for those of you that are new to the series didn't watch it back in the day the reason why it starts to look really crappy animation in the later seasons is because they kept

cutting the budget originally aired on Fox and Fox cut the budget so they had to move the show to a cheaper animation studio which did really janky looking animation. when the series picks up in episode one, it's meant to be literally like right after the end of the season five finale. So like it's fresh off of Professor X leaving the planet in the rest of the world thinks that he's that thinks that he's dead, even though we know he's not that means that the series is still set in the 1990. So

like all the technology, like all the clothing, all the designs, everything is meant to look very nineties style as opposed to the MCU, which is that in present day in the 2020s, a lot of people wondering about that, too. This is set in its own universe. Like this isn't happening inside the MCU as they start on New York City, they start panning around. You notice there are anti mutant fliers all over the place because we're still fresh off that storyline at the end of season five, like whole mut

ant rights storyline, essentially. we'll probably see a version that kind of play out in the live action MCU movies in Marvel Phase seven After Secret Wars, when they started doing a lot of live action X-Men stuff, it would not be an X-Men story if everybody didn't want them dead because they're different. Notice in the background of the alleyway, you see Callisto and Leetch, they're both more like characters from the original series on the TV. The news is talking about Professor X's attempted a

ssassination, even though the news thinks that he's like everyone around the world thinks that he's dead. Even the government. this is part of the attack by Henry Gingrich, who they introduced later in the series. he's the person who originally worked for the Department of Defense, that funded Trask building of the Sentinels back during the original episodes his department was kind of like their universe's version of damage control, the way they're using that inside the MCU. if they do sentinels

in the live action MCU movies, it'll probably damage control to tries to create them. Then we see the Friends of Humanity come back. They've captured Roberto D'Costa sunspot from the comics. this is there's someone out there, some mysterious figure, this buying up all the mutants that they can find. Mary, theory right now is that's going to wind up being Mr. Sinister who just wants to experiment on them. That's his whole thing. He's meant to be the main villain of season one, even though he did

n't appear during episode one. Sunspot starts teasing his backstory a little, saying he's from a very wealthy family. His father runs Da Costa International. They're extremely wealthy. His father also eventually became a member of the Hellfire Club in the comics. Notice they're using a mutant control collar to suppress his powers, and he's saved by storm. And the other X-Men who show up they use this scene to sort of show everybody in action, but they kind of slowly roll. The team is like the en

tire team doesn't come back until later in the episode they show the new Sentinel based weapons are using. They're just like Sentinel blasters. they look a little bit like basic arm cannons. one of the reasons why they're using sentinels in this episode is it's meant to reference the beginning of the original X-Men Animated series. In those first two episodes, when they introduced the Jubilee character in a similar kind of way. This episode has a lot of references back to the original beginning

of the show. Notice the storm flies in, saying her trademark catch phrase Mistress of the elements. some of this is for member Barry's like, Hey, remember the original animated episodes? Wasn't that cool but a lot of this episode is also designed to introduce brand new viewers to the characters who didn't watch those original animated episodes. notice Bishop is fighting with the team. That is a bit of a change. He's not always on the team, but there'll be a lot of time travel, like cable will be

back this season. we get introduced to the new version of Cyclops, the voiceover actor. That's because the original voiceover actor died. But for the most part they try to get as many of the original voice actors that are still alive. this old joke with them taking his visor off and him pleading with them, but then kind of pulling back on. It is a joke that they pulled during the first couple of episodes of the original series to then when they leave, they have the newspaper that flies by refer

encing both Spider-Man asking if he was a mutant, too. That's a long conversation. The whole idea is the Spider-Man is a mutate like there's a difference between mutants and mutates In order to be a mutant, you have to be born with your powers and with the x gene that later expresses people with biological powers that only get them later in life are called mutants like the Hulk in Spider-Man, for instance, or both mutates also noticed on the paper you have Peter Parker and Eddie Brock both writi

ng about the Hellfire gala. The Hellfire gala is something that we'll see later this season. It's something from the comics and it also confirms that we're probably going to see Spider-Man in Venom show up during the season, probably the versions from Spider-Man, the 1990s animated series, The Producers and the showrunner said that there will be a lot of cameos this season, like a lot of crossover characters, just because they had so many Marvel characters from outside the X-Men show up during t

he original animated episodes. For instance, Deadpool showed up during the original episodes, Doctor Strange and Clea also appeared during those original episodes to they basically said that there were no limits on the characters that they could use during this because it's set during the nineties in a completely alternate universe like there's no limits on what they can do Gambit and Rogue return making some food inside the expansion morph returns Walking in pretending to be Professor X he chan

ges a bunch of times during the episode. A lot of people asking why he looks different than he did during the original animated series when he was walking around in the original animated series, he was just making himself look human. It'd be kind of like Mystique walking around, making herself look human then changing to her natural state and just looking blue like this. So this is what Morph is meant to look like in his base. Natural state. a very pregnant looking Jean Gray returns. It might be

Jean Gray or this could be a version of Madeleine Pryor, depending on how close they're going to be to the original comics with this whole storyline on the show. They want you to think that this is Jean Gray that is pregnant with baby cable. But in the comics, it was actually Madeline Prior who gave birth to cable, and she was meant to be a clone of Jean Gray, created by Mr. Sinister is part of this long running plot. We know that Madeline Prior is going to show up during the season, but it's n

ot clear which episode she shows up in. But there are a couple moments during this episode that made me wonder if this is really Jean Gray or if it's Madeline Prior pretending to be Jean Gray. And it's part of some Mr. Sinister plot because she keeps talking about them quitting the X-Men. I'm like, Is this part of some Mr. Sinister plot? they might just change cable's origin story for the actual show so that it is actually Jean Gray that gets pregnant with him and gives birth to him. then they b

ring bees back. He's taking care of Sunspot in his lab. Notice he has an animal farm book on his shell. Very apropos, because of all the mutant rights subplot. What's going on in the government right now? The Jay Leopold book is a reference to Julia Lee Wilde, who's one of the writers of the original X-Men Animated Series. a lot of people also asking about the Beast Post-Credits scene with the X-Men Post-Credits scene from the Marvel's movie. They're probably going to reference that maybe during

Deadpool and Wolverine, but if not in that movie, then it's some movie in the future. Kelsey Grammer's beast will also probably come back in secret wars. I don't know if he's featured in Deadpool in Wolverine, but this is what beast is going to look like in live action for like the next couple of years at least. this is also the same technology, like the same motion capture technology that they do for the Hulk. And they're going to be doing for the new version of the thing in the new fantastic

Four movie Jubilee returns, they kind of start setting up this friendship between her and Roberto D'Costa. Like they're going to start going out at some point during the series. she takes on spot to play with the Danger Room, sort of reintroduced that. They play a magneto simulation also to set at the big twist with him returning at the end of the episode to within the context of the X-Men comics, the danger room is kind of like a cross between a holodeck from Star Trek, but with some added phys

ical objects, leg, in the live action X-Men movies, they actually added some physical elements to the danger room. But in the comics, a lot of it was holographic. they bring Wolverine back. Then they show you a picture of the original X-Men roster, the original team from the comics in the 1960s. In their original costumes, we'll probably see Iceman and Angel return at some point. But we also saw a morph turn into a version of Angel later in the episode They bring the Val Cooper character back fr

om the original episodes. She's also a comic book character, kind of like liaison between the U.S. president and mutants inside the government. within the context of the MCU, there'd be like a Val type of character. But someone who was working for damage control, they said at the subplot with the Sentinels returning Trask slowly rebuilding them in master mold when she references the storyline about him running off after trying to replace President Kelly's brain. That's from the old episodes. Tha

t's an actual plot that they did They reference what happened to master mold them destroying the factory. But we remember master mold survives, and we find out later in the episode that Trask just repaired him, Then, even though they show Professor X's death certificate, I think the whole idea here is that he wanted Magneto to take over the team, which is why he created a will, left it to them and wanted the government to think that he was dead in order to be sort of a martyr for mutant rights.

But I do think they'll bring him back maybe at the end of season one or in season two at some point. Currently, they're also working on season three right now, like they're finishing season two episodes, but they're also going to be making season three. So they'll probably be some big cliffhanger at the end of season one. In the end of season two. Jean Gray starts referencing their time working with that original X-Men team when they were originally students at the academy. like I said, when she

starts asking Cyclops about leaving the team, I don't know if this is some sort of ruse by Mr. Sinister, like some long term plan or if it's actually meant to be real. Jean Gray, who actually does just want to leave the team. generally them leaving the team is just meant to help set up Magneto, taking over the team. we get a couple of X-Men basketball references. Their outfits are all based on their original basketball outfits, like there were a couple of times in the comics back in the ninetie

s when they did play basketball. that is the rivalry between Wolverine and Cyclops, something everybody remembering all the memes. Later. Morph also teases Wolverine with his love for Jean Gray. Like I still got the hots for her, but she's pregnant with the other guy's child. Then they kind of give sunspot this arc where he starts off being really selfish and Jubilee starts teasing him for being selfish, like, trust fund, baby, you don't care about anybody else but yourself. I think this is all

just building up towards him actually becoming part of the team. the wall, they're clubbing it up. Cyclops, Bishop and Storm go to Riker's Island, still a New York City area to interrogate Guy Rich, who's in prison. The whole anti mutant storyline, like I said, probably going to be the next big arc in the MCU after Secret Wars. when he literally says tolerance is extinction. That's actually the title of the two part finale for season one. then he and also other people in the episode keep dumping

on Cyclops for being a terrible leader of the X-Men. Clearly not as good as Professor X, but also to set up Magneto, taking over the team as a much stronger personality, a much stronger leader than when Jean Gray uses Cerebro to get into his mind. She winds up seeing visions of a potential future cable as a baby. Graves of everyone. Like humans and mutants, everyone dies. And the potential evolved future final boss form of master mold Some of this is to tease the coming of cable. Eventually, li

ke eventually we'll see an older version of cable show up. In there's a whole Mr. Sinister connection to Cable's origin story. but I also think a lot of this vision is just meant to set up the big battle at the end of the episode. like some of this will not come to pass because of the way they defeat master Mold. At the end of the episode. but things will still go crazy in the future. Like they'll still have some post-apocalyptic future potentially because of what Mr. Sinister is planning. So th

ey figure out that Trask is behind master mold returning. They take the X jet notice, morph on the main team again. The while they're flying out to the desert, the Sentinels attack them, destroying the X jet. I'm sure they'll fix it eventually. Also, Roberto cost at the end of the episode was like, You know what? I got a jet to. notice the cool way that they save the day here, too. Like, the jet blows up. Everybody's in midair. So all the X-Men, they can fly or can morph into people who can fly,

like morph changes into a version of Angel. you have rogue. You have storm. They can fly naturally, so they save everyone. But they do a cool thing with Cyclops powers. It's actually a cool use of his abilities. he uses his eye blast to slow his descent. And I can't remember if they'd actually done this in the comics or not. But he gets his very own version of a hardcore superhero landing. Deadpool would be proud. And he says the catchphrase to me, my X-Men, and they played the X-Men theme song

again. They play it a lot during this episode, we find out the track is repaired, master mold and repaired some of the sentinels, they look super janky. Like he didn't build new sentinels. He just repaired a bunch of the old ones that had been junked. they have a big action scene to show the team working together with all their powers is super cool. I love this scene and they played the full version of the X-Men theme song. when they say Omega level threat detected, that's because Storm is an O

mega level mutant in the comics, one of the most powerful ones on the planet. Now, in the comics, the list of who gets to be, you know, make a level mutant always changes at any given time. Generally, you're not meant to have that many on planet Earth at any one given time in, for example, Scarlet Witch is more powerful than Storm. So even amongst Omega level mutants, there's a tier list, like Professor X, for example, is an Omega level mutant. we get to see more of changing into the blob again

to do a version of the fastball special, like a bit of a twist on the fastball special where he takes out master mold in Val Cooper returns with the government forces to clean up the sentinels in master mold. Kind of like what damage control would do in the MCU. I know I made Val MCU references, but Jubilee invites sunspot to stick around and then reminds him about her origin story with the X-Men team during the first two episodes of the original series. Like almost the exact same thing happened

to her that happened to him when he references the X-Men, being a family that will accept you. And that's nice. It's because his father is not a mutant and hates mutants And it sounds like he's implying that he hasn't told his father or his parents he's a mutant just because he's worried about what they'll think of him, He shows off a little bit of his powers. They're meant to be just like they look in the comics solar base, energy powers. This is what he looks like with them all activated. the

n they get ready to play a larger version of the basketball game, just a reference to all those nineties basketball games they played in the comics when they're interrupted by Magneto, who breaks back into the expansion and shows them the last will and testament of Professor X naming him his sole heir. So all of his wealth, everything he owns, the X-Men, everything belongs to Magneto. Now In the end, on the cliffhanger where he says the same line, but in a darker way to me, my X-Men like I said,

this is a bit of a setup because the whole idea is that Professor X wants this to be the redemption of Magneto, like they're long time friends who just disagreed with each other over their methods. It doesn't mean the Professor X hated Magneto or anything like that. they're basically showing that Magneto is going to become a much more hardcore, darker leader for the X-Men, that the team itself will become a little more hardcore under his leadership during the end credits. They have a cool looki

ng character selection screen that looks kind of like a video game, but that's actually how they did the original outros in the early X-Men episodes. So it was basically just designed to look just like the original episodes. They also had a version of this inside their X-Men computers in the original series too. basically just showing you what all their different powers are all these consulting producers that they list off here, too, were people who made the original series. That's why the A-Rod

's name is here. He's a consulting producer because he was one of the producers of the original series during the end credits, they also play a remixed version of the X-Men theme song to like a slightly different version. there's a whole bunch of Easter eggs and references during episode one. So if you spotted any during the episode that I didn't talk about during the video, just write them below in the comments in my episode two video we'll post next. I'll try to get that up in the next couple

of hours. big reminder. After this, though, every week will just be one episode per week. It was only a double episode premiere, you're talking more about live action X-Men stuff in the MCU. We're supposed to get a new Deadpool and Wolverine trailer pretty soon Everybody click here for that X-Men 97 Episode 2 Video Update the link as soon as I posted and click here for all my Deadpool and Wolverine videos. Thank you so much for watching, everyone stay safe and I'll see you guys in the next one!