The History of The X-Men Animated Series: How Belief in the Idea Conquered A Lack of Cash
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- In this episode we cover one of the most quintessentially 90's shows of all-time: The X-Men Animated Series.
With it's earworm of a theme song and it's chronological approach to storytelling it helped to bring Marvel to the forefront of pop culture and turn it into the juggernaut it is today.
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God, i remember having a serious crush on Rogue.
Who doesn't?
Big homie .. I'm 33 years old now and I'm STILL crushin on rogue storm and others from this show
Word.
Who didn’t.
Psyloche and spider woman (love the gams that go all the way up ;)). Spider-Woman ALWAYS had a badonkadonk.
This and Batman The Animated Series were two of my most favorite comic cartoons.
Don't forget the spider Man animated series in the 90s
TMNT 1987, too.
Back to back
That's because they are the two best ever made.
Jase Doe, Those Two Along With Spider-Man The Animated Series Is My Favorite Fox Kids Animated Shows, Along With Other Fox Kids Cartoon and Shows, Like.
Fox's Peter Pan & The Pirates. (That Had The Great Actor Tim Curry Voice Acting Captain Hook).
Mighty Morphing Power Rangers. (The One that Started the Power Ranger Franchise Along With Power Rangers Dino Charge/Super Dino Charge, Power Rangers Ninja Steel/Super Ninja Steel, and Power Rangers Beast Morphers).
Monster Rancher. Anime Show.
V R Troopers.
Metabots. Anime Show.
Mystic Knights Of Tir Na Nog.
Beyblade. Anime Show.
Big Bad Beetle Borgs/Metallix.
Beyblade V-Force.
Back To The Future Animated Series.
Beyblade G-Revolution.
Big Guy and Rusty The Boy Robot.
Kirby Right Back At Ya.
Sonic X.
Mew Mew Power.
Magical Do Re Mi.
The Winx Club.
Life With Louie.
Bobby's World. (When Howie Mandel Had Hair).
Mighty Morphing Alien Rangers.
EEK The Cat.
Power Rangers Zeo.
Jim Henson's Dog City. (Yes I'm a Jim Henson Muppet's Fan).
Power Rangers Turbo.
Tiny Tune Adventures.
Cyber Six.
One Piece.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Animated Series.
Godzilla The Animated Series.
Imagine being Wolverine knowing the love of your life, Jean Grey, was getting railed by Cyclops in the very next room. No wonder he was always miserable.
Well, it's not Jean Grey's fault that she preferred Cyclops over Wolverine.
"Love of your life"??? He barely knew her and had much more meaningful relationships before and after.
Imagine not knowing what you're talking about...
Love of his life only in his head.
Real X-Men don’t love. They Rage. Against the Machine! 😂
"cueing up the VHS to record a rebroadcast that might happen" man I remember those days. You're right, kids today do not how good they have it
I wouldnt say kids have it good today. If someone asked me if i wanted to be a kid in the beginning 80's or early 90's OR in the year 2000 and on. I would want to be a kid all over again the 80s early 90s era.
That was me trying to stay up to catch and record Liquid Television on MTV.
Had them all on VHS
You're in luck mate get Disney + and you can watch the whole lot again and more , Spiderman, Hulk, Iron man , Silver surfer get that VHS out man 😁
Dude I recorded every one of these and every episode of the wildcats cartoon without missing one.
I still have those VHS somewhere
I remember waking up Saturday mornings when I was a little kid to watch this cartoon and being so excited! I couldn't afford comic books but at least I had this
The animated version of The Dark Phoenix Saga got me reading the classic storyline in trade paperback form. It was altered, but not bad.
I stop watching " Save by the Bell " on NBC on Saturdays to watch the Phoenix Saga.
I thought the trade paperback was much better, but the animated series version wasn't bad at all.
Vincent Franklin Same here!!!
The voices of the cartoon is what I hear in my head when I read comics
Same here. I was buying the X-Men comics at the time, and read them with the cartoon voices
They even used the voices for the Capcom video games.
@@SgtSega you beat me to saying this lol
Previously on X-Men :D
Margaret kill Optimus Prime...
Previously on X-Men,
Awesome shit happened!!
Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's X-Men #1 sold almost 8 million copies.
And I was one of those 8 million. I still have my copy
True, but early '90s comic sales were speculation - driven; the multiple covers accounted for a lot of those sales!
@Swamp Fox I know this. I was just pointing out WHY it sold such a huge amount of copies.
What i loved most about this series was that it played like a greatest hits. In adaping the comics it trimmed all of the fat so much so it impaired my ability to read the massively convoluted cluterfuck of the comics. It kept the mystique of Wolverine, cable, Gambit and Apocalypse without over explaning thier backgrounds. No need fot Madelyn prior. ;-)
Still the greatest and most comic accurate version of the X-Men ever put on screen. I pray that when the MCU does it's x-men films it looks to this for inspiration as an entire generation was introduced to this TRUE version of the X-Men.
It took 16 years to get Appocalypse on screen. Are you out of your fucking mind dipshit? MCU got Thanos on screen in 4 YEARS!!! People have lived and died in the god damn time it's taken for the XMEN to finally get comic accurate so shut the fuck up.
@@thesentinel5523 Sworn to avenge
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Condemn to Hell! :D
@The Sentinel - Pryde of the X-Men and A Firestarter is Born were better representations of the X-Men!
Aren't you forgetting X-Men Evolution?
Comic-accurate? Iceman was in like one episode!
Fox's kid programing game was sooo strong in the 90s. Batman TAS, X-Men, Spider-man, MMPR wow.
That theme song... am I right? Classic 90's animated show.
My son (11) and I have been watching this over the past several weeks. It's a really solid show. No other show except Batman: TAS really delved into as many mature themes, so it was a ballsy show which, honestly, probably couldn't be made today without offending PC censors. It's a definite two thumbs up from us!
Last year, I saw what my kid was watching on Disney XD and was mortified at the poor quality, so I resolved to introduce him to GOOD animation. We've watched the entire DCAU, X-Men, Spider-Man (nineties), Space Ghost, Jonny Quest and several others. Now my son can't understand why they can't make cartoons anymore. I tell him I don't know.
Kids these day would rather watch gumball and Mik and Mordy...
if you watch the video on this channel about the "history of saturday morning cartoons" it actually explains why todays animation sucks.. but basically it comes down to, companies won't make as much money off the advertising during the shows so they don't spend as much on the show.
W K you forgot Voltron and he-man and thunder cats and ninja turtles teenaged mutants and the fantastic four and and...
An AKOM animated show having errors? But Season 3 of Transformers worked out so well for them! :D
Da da da da da DUN DUN!
Da da da da da DUN DUN!
Da da da da da DUN DUN!
DA DUN da daaa!
Hey!! That's the X-Men animated series theme song!!!
It's the same music as Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight"
Looks like someone else noticed that too: th-cam.com/video/MWP8vMkAdmA/w-d-xo.html
Nick Ferrazza hit the head on the nail dude! You probly the only person to get dat right lol.
That opening song is great but so are both Japanese opening songs for it. If you haven't heard those go find and listen those as it's worth it.
Idk how I stumbled across your channel, but I have spent the past 3 days binge watching every cartoon from my childhoods history, and i would like to personally thank you for it.
You're very welcome
Same. All these obscure properties, not x men of course, but it’s my childhood coming back for me.
Better than the live action movies.
Agreed. I hope that the MCU can finally get this kind of X-Men to the silver screen 🙏
I. Th. I would trade BP for IW.
+I. Th. To each their own. I personally found BP a bit boring and predictable.
I. Th. I agree with the 1st part all xmen movies were good with exception of last stand, apocalypse, & origins however saying those other movies were trash I don't agree with iron 2 being the exception the others were good 2 great but it's all opinions just like some ppl loved man of steel & bm vs sm imo they were mediocre altho man of steel is better still not in my faves I preferred dark knight trilogy over dceu movies with exception of wonder woman
I. Th. Exactly. No one was complaining about these films when they started in 2000.
spider man and his amazing friends was the show that first introduced me to the x men,but the 90s show got me to love them.
I know what your talking about. the firestar episode in particular. And of course ice man was an xman
Same here. Saw the the juggernaut for the first time.
@@LatitudeSkyI have to disagree, the one from the 90's was the best animated Spiderman, it even had a cameo of these X-Men.
@@Hektols I loved spiderman animated series but xmen was the best
Pryde of the X-Men. A cartoon so impactful that it's spawned one of the greatest arcade games in history. And then, X-Men the animated series brings us a joining of two massive franchises that no one could ever expect in video game history
The reason X-Men #1 sold so much was it had five different covers and one of those was a deluxe edition. This was also at the height of the comic book speculator market
God damn, South Korean animations studios are like the Wizard of Oz of the animation world. You find them everywhere in the last 30 years if you actually look behind the curtain haha
Pizza Hut released some X Men cartoon videos in the early 90's.
Chedarmentos Brown it was just episodes from the animated show shown in the video.
I've still got one of the plastic cups somewhere.
Dont 4get the mini comics
@@MrMattlopez32 me too!
Godbless them
Damn the opening theme song is one of the best in the 90s cartoons!
Wow another classic that brings me back to my childhood. My father, brother and I would watch it on saturdays on fox religiously and was hooked on it. I ever wonder if they ever would release it on dvd? Especially with all the videos on past cartoons you did over the years , if they made those dvds I think I would go broke lol. Great video and you always find away to bring great memories from tv.
MATTHEW ALEXANDER xmen was was released on dvd
supercurrymax that is cool did you ever find it?
MATTHEW ALEXANDER you can get it on eBay. It's out of print now. They had each of the 5 seasons released separately then one complete collection.
MATTHEW ALEXANDER they sell them on target online. They’re about $15 each season
Skip season 6 or whatever when they changed animators and butchered gambits voice
While you mentioned Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, you didn’t mention the two episodes in that cartoon that featured the X-Men that were to be a launchpad for Pryde of the X-Men or a separate possible X-Men cartoon that never materialized.
M-Morph? MORPH! MOOOOORPH!
It's Morphin Time!
Rip morph
PTSD kicking in......
It looks like smooth sailing from here.
AAAHHHHHH COWARDS!
Yeah, X-MEN had a mature dramatic theme that made it a MUST-WATCH series!!😀😊😁
Man, I loved Apocalypse and Sinister in this show.
That was a damn good video bub...as a Canadian boy, I appreciate the corporate explanation of my childhood dreams being shattered over money with these mini-documentaries.
Batman on the weekdays and X-Men on Saturday, good times.
Just wanted to say that yes, while X-Men sold the most comics of a single issue, that just glosses over a whole lot of other reasons why it did. Being popular helped, but it was also released in the middle of the comic speculation bubble, being branded as Issue #1, and having 4(!) Variant covers. All this means that while it sold a lot, that was more because individual collectors were buying the issue in bulk in the hopes they could resale them for profit later (They didn't.)
I remember having Fox on for the debut of the first episode...and something else aired. No explanation was given and back then no explanation could ever be found! Then it finally!!! came on seemingly forever later, and I was expecting the Pryde of the X-Men theme to start because I thought it was going to be a continuation of that. Nope! I was way wrong. Definitely a good thing, though. I loved the animation but Australian Wolverine? No thanks! I loved this show so much. They really nailed the 90's X-Men. Excellent episode, Dan and Greg!
I remember those frustrating days too. The TV "Generation X" movie got me pumped, the premiere happened then ... radio silence for months. It got to the point where I started to question my own sanity and if I'd just imagined it or not - if it hadn't been for my friends also asking, "What happened to the X-Men cartoon?!" at school I'd probably have written it off as a dream.
Once you watch the Japanese X-Men opening, there's no going back.
CRY FOR THE MOOOOON!
cyclic730 japanese opening with the US soundtrack = best opening
Rahsaan Footman Back in the 90s, when the show went syndicated, they used the japanese animation with the US theme song as the end credits.
Orchestral version of the US theme trumps all.
Shock!!!!!! I said the same thing on twitter
I used to rent "Pryde of the X-Men" all of the time when I was younger.
I think X-Men #1 sold over 8 million copies.
Jeremiah Massengale correct.
It was 8.4 million, yeah
"The errors almost cost AKOM their contract", which is very interesting, because in the case of "Batman:TAS", their errors DID INDEED cost AKOM their contract for that show. They've done good, even great work from time to time, but every one of their productions is characterized by sloppy line work - in virtually every frame. From "Spiral Zone" to "Transformers" to "Robocop". Look, I would never take love of this "X-Men" away from the fans. My interest was in good animation above all else, the reason I watch animation in the first place, even if everything else was wack. I never got into this show because the animation was pretty evidently terrible, but I understand there are plenty other reasons to recommend.
I can't put into words how hard I fell into the X-men animated series pit back when it aired. I had it bad. I actually took part in a debate my 2nd grade teacher proposed of "Who would win: X-men or Power Rangers?" (X-men, obviously.) Pryde of the x-men is a phenomenal episode (We'll ignore Wolverine's terrible Australian accent.) I was lucky enough to find it on VHS at some point in the 90s. Still no idea where I got it, but it is a treasured artifact. Now...if I only had a VCR.
what?
No off topic intros?
No Unrelated Subscribe promos?!
no Advertisement!???
You just jump straight into it!? YOU FREAKIN ROCK!
Thank you!
Would you consider covering the Silver Surfer cartoon?
It was short-lived sadly, but excellent! I thought it was true to his character, and an amazing homage to Jack Kirby!
I'm a bit surprised you didnt mention the main reason the Xmen 1st season cartoon was so successful..the cards..the collectors Xmen cards...along with POGS those cards were the reason to even go to school to see what cards you could trade w your friends..and kept you watching the cartoon..I remember the infinity gauntlet card was highly sought after..that and Psychlock..although I think the latter was more of a demand due to art design and young hormonal boy issues lol
That new X-Men comic was so good too. The 1st issue is goregous and the fold out cover is awesome.
That Pryde of the X-Men episode was such a success that when I brought up the episode while discussing X-men with my college friends, they refused to believe it was real and tried to convince me I had dreamed the whole thing.
I hated that theme tune....said nobody EVER!
Mr. Ever owes me $5 too, that punk.
I liked Pryde of the X-Men - superior in every way to the '92 animated series!
@@MrJon76 Agreed, but to be fair, maintaining that level of quality for an extended series would have been stupid expensive back then. I mean, with today's technology it would be super easy, barely an inconvenience but there's a real financial reason why animation from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's was so simple and cheap looking - that was the best they could afford.
I mean, maybe there's an alternate universe where Pryde of the X-Men was more successful and convinced some studio executives to authorize funding for an entire series of that style and quality, but that would also mean that X-Men series didn't have that rocking, pulse pounding theme song, and that's not a universe I want to live in. I'd rather have slightly lower quality animation coupled with that amazing soundtrack that everyone remembers than higher quality animation with a lower quality soundtrack that might be forgotten in a decade.
@@Dargonhuman Pryde of the X-men's theme was rocking! Kids who were exposed to the '92 series first remember it more fondly because it evokes nostalgic childhood memories! I was 16 in 1992; I remember far better renditions of the X-men so that cartoon pissed me off for many reasons!
@@MrJon76 I actually saw Pryde before the 92 show, and I still think the 92 show has a better theme. Pryde's theme isn't bad, but it hasn't aged nearly as well.
I would say X-Men this was the my gateway into the X-Men comic books. Other than Hugh Jackman‘s performance as the live-action wolverine wolverine from this animated series is my go to in a ration I always hear this guys voice as wolverine.
Karl Mueller Mark Hamil is the voice of wolverine
I love the x-men ...I love 1995 x-men was the shit.. on Saturday 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
i know a couple other people who have this song still perpetually stuck in their head. It's been 26 years and counting for me
Still the only accurate representation of the powerhouse that is ROGUE! She single handedly started me off on my love affair with all things marvel so they need to do her right when Disney reboots ;)
If the MCU X-Men movies don't use the X-men: The Animated Series theme Music then they can GTFO!
!!!Thanx for the enlightenment!!! Kids these days truly believe that Spider-Man is the reason why, lol! Big noise for the X-Men
Thumbs up but this video missing the HUGE impact of the 4 players X-Men video game at arcades, which hit their peak.
I remember watching this religiously in the 90’s. This and Spider-Man and Ironman were awesome shows that they ran in the 90’s....
I always remember the bell at the end of the theme.
Xmen 1992 was amazingly detailed in both story and graphics, but my gosh could it get dark sometimes xD
I loved that series. I was a full grown adult, with a crush on Gambit.
One of my favorite scenes from that series, is Storm, Rogue and Jean Grey out for a day shopping at the mall. Just s girls' day out.
Another favorite of mine, Wolverine. Always calling Gambit, "Gumbo". And his catch phrase, "I smell 'em!".
Ah, X-Men TAS the best X-men cartoon only because Wolverine and the X-men didn't go longer.
I'd argue that Wolverine and the X-Men was still better even though it only lasted a season. That said I did grow up on this show and it's still one of the best. Far better than Evolution
I'll respectfully disagree but I did enjoy both. As much as I love Wolverine, TAS got the entire team dynamic right and had the right balance of solo stories vs big team arcs to make it pop.
Can’t wait for Marvel Legends Tiger stripe Wolverine
Just found this channel today. Already a big fan!!
My gateway drug into comics in the mid-90s, and Disney essentially going ham with it in late 2018 convinced me to get back in.
Growing up in the early 2000s, I had a bunch of X-Men: The Animated Series videos and was so confused every time I popped in "Pryde of the X-Men" and Wolverine suddenly had a brown suit and an Australian accent.
Dude I WISH I was in the 80's and 90's. They had such good stuff then I would even go as far as to say that its better than some stuff now.
yup i grew as kid in late 80s and early 90s and cartoons in that era were great!
That's awesome bro=)
Someday I hope to write a book about how awesome "geek culture" was in the 80s and 90s. It was absolutely surreal. The Marvel Trading card series in 1990 was my first introduction to all of this, and it changed my life forever.
That's an awesome idea dude! I think that'll make a spectacular book=)
Very true. Don’t care for the style of cartoon these days. Looks too childish hard to take it seriously
Aaaand this will need a second look becauseeee xmen 97 baby.......🤣
Hah, in front of my computer at just the right moment.
best themed comic cartoons 1) Batman TAS 2) X-Men TAS 3) Justice League (Unlimited)... Dont @ me, Bro
No mention of the Xmen late 80s arcade game (4plyr and 6plyr versions)... based on Pryde of the Xmen cartoon???
The whole pitch for The pride of the X-Men became the the xmen arcade game.
I hoped to hear how merchandising effected the show at the time. I remember a 2012 Comic Vine article's mention of Marvel trying to convince the IRS that the X-Men were non-human characters; this way, they could pay less taxes on toys manufactured in other countries. Instead this sparked an online debate on whether mutants should be considered human and thus, enjoy human rights.
The cartoon is an actual x men movie. The live action movies are more like wolverine movies.
Someone ought to make a compilation video of the most immortal tv intro themes without vocals. X-Men, X-Files, Simpsons... I feel like when I'm old and can't remember my own name I'll still be able to conjure up these tunes.
The theme reminds me of the Deus Ex theme
You got some of the best vids on toys/cartoons dude :-D loved this series as a kid that opening song is so good gets me pumped each time! :-D
Thank you.
Would you please do a video of the original ToyBiz X-Men line? :)
Batman the animated series got me into superheroes. X-Men the animated series got me into comics.
on man the last couple episodes are so poorly animated it's hard to watch
Like the fact that xmen and power rangers had a little connection
This music gave me chill bumps as a kid!
I’m back a year later to like my own comment and comment on my own comment. Seriously the music didn’t give anyone else chill bumps?
Margaret Loesch, I applaud you. (Slow clap begins)
That's a lot of toys that got made.
Jahmal Hairston 2nd
That theme song reminds me of sugary cereal and Saturday mornings.
It's funny, that Pride of the X-Men pilot aired so rarely that for a long time I thought scenes from it were from my dreams, and I mixed parts of that episode in with parts from the [almost equally rare] episodes of Spiderman and His Amazing Friends that guest starred the X-Men. It's crazy to think how it was only a couple years between when that pilot aired and when the 90's cartoon premiered; back then it seemed like a lifetime
R.I.P Jean Grey
She'll be back, she always comes back
Anyone else think the WildCATs cartoon was underrated?
Batboy999 short lived but it was good. Silver surfer is another i liked but it was on the tail end of super hero cartoons. The genre was pretty much dying out at that point for most of us outdrew it.
Ultraverse as well... Sigh the 90s rocked! Alot on my channel dedicated to such. Plug
I preferred Cyber Force. Unfortunately it never came to be.
WildCats was great! I’d never heard of the comics when it aired, but the art and story were great! Very similar to X-men.
Excellent history of video, Dan. The Xmen animated series is still one of my favorite Marvel cartoon series.
I religiously watched and recorded every episode on VHS when this was on. Great time to be a kid.
And now we can watch them all on DVD/Blu-ray. I have the entire set!
Seeing Pryde of the X-Men in September 1989 started my love of the franchise. Like you, Dan, 9-year-old me came back each Saturday hoping to not only taped it, but to get more episodes and was sadly disappointed each time. I eventually got the Pryde... VHS at Toys R Us in the early 90s and watched it religiously until the X-Men series launched in 92/93.
Does anyone else get the weird urge to eat Doritos whenever they think about the death of Optimus Prime? It's been happening ever since I watched this video and I can't explain why.
as i read this im eating cool ranch Doritos...
Hungry grab a snickers as well.
You were eating doritos when "it happened", weren't you...
This Uncanny Xmen is my all time favorite, better than the other Xmen series, the soundtrack even gives me goosebumps, giggles, excitement when it’s already starting. The air time was on Fridays, 7pm to 7:30 pm then Batman the animated series follows. 😎
Currently rewatching it on d+
Okay, so it's been two years since you asked that end question, and my brain has been working non stop to create a perfect mashup of all three theme songs.
So far, it's meshed the instrumentals of Power Rangers with X-Men and is working on setting the Mario Bros. lyrics to the hybrid melody. I've asked my brain to stop many times and it just replies, "lol, nope."
This was a very well done adaptation of my favorite comic book line. I was very surprised at how good it was due how so many properties usually softened by the second season, like TMNT. It did become obvious in later seasons that the quality had declined.
This show was literally my childhood and early teens. Thanks for such a great video
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
I can count on one hand the number of videos I've hit 'like' for, before actually viewing. This is now one of 'em.
And now the X-Men theme is stuck in my head. Gonna see if there are any good remixes.
Good video boys! X-men TaS was probably the most excited I'd ever been for a cartoon show. Back in the days of fresh episodes I would ban in-coming calls lock the door, and if you wanted to hang out you had to sit quietly and not ask stupid questions. Sure i was a bit of a spaz back then, but i just loved those X-men!
Absolutely LOVED X-Men: The Animated Series. Just finished watching the series yesterday for like, the billionth time.
THE BEST XMEN PRODUCTION EVER!!! LOGAN IS BEST MOVIE TO ME.
THE MORE REALISTIC THE BETTER AND 50 CHARACTERS NOT NEEDED PER FILM. PLUS STOP DWINDLING STORM AND JEAN PERSONALITES AND POTENTIAL!! PLUS ROLO IS THE WAY TO GO!!!😍
Lol had the VHS of Pryde of the Xmen- classic!!
..... So Xmen Animated Reruns were on Fox Kids in 2000 (for the Live Action Movie) WHILE Xmen Evolution was on Kids' WB AT THE SAME TIME... Three Xmens that's what I call.. Damn good Television.
Let's create a variation of the "changling" that can Morph into other people to see what it can contribute to the team as a racial equality/tolerance monacre EP1. MORPH FALLS ASLEEP IN HIS OWN BLOOD UNDER A SENTINALS FOOT. (MR. SINISTER POSSIBLY MOLESTS HIM.) 😓😶🤐
X-men was my favorite cartoon series of the 1990's it was awesome along with spiderman, iron man, and the fantastic four. The 1990's was a time to be a fan of marvel comics.
Loved this video! Just subbed. I've been doing something similar over on my own channel, check it out. I covered the x-men toys a few weeks back
In the X-MEN world, people hate mutants,... mainly because they are different. Yet, they live in the same world as other Marvel characters. Therefore, there should always be someone who says to maybe, ... let's say The Hulk,...get away from me, you mutant freak! Or say that to the Fantastic Four! Or to the Submariner! Or to Electro, or The Sandman! ECT. (Although they aren't mutants)...those who hate mutants, don't care if your born that way,...but they hate because they are different! Therefore, other heroes or even villains should be discriminated against! And it wouldn't be only on the X-MEN show.
For my money, this series is still the definitive take on these characters to this day, especially when it comes to the brilliant voices used for the likes of Beast, Wolverine, and especially Gambit (still the coolest X-Man of all as far as I'm concerned, although I do have a soft spot for the likes of Colossus too...!); plus it was the starting point for a 90s Marvel Cartoon Universe that would also help to define such characters as Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, and my personal favourites, the Fantastic Four (which itself provided the definitive voice for Ben Grimm, the ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing, but I digress...) for me, long before the movies got a proper hold of them...'Nuff Said! Excelsior (or X-Celsior if you prefer...!).
Serious X-Men question.
Dazzler?
Jubilee?
Why do they exist?! Half a century old and I've never comprehended them.