The 25 Best Things About The ’90s "X-Men" Cartoon

It was the longest-running Marvel cartoon for a reason. And the reason was it was the best cartoon ever. posted on January 23, 2013 at 10:57am EST

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1. Professor X’s hovering wheelchair.

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2. That thing where Storm transformed her clothes with lightning.

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3. How Cyclops was always trying to calm Wolverine down.

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4. The fact that Jean Grey was basically naked and no one seemed to care.

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5. Same with Sabertooth.

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6. Every time Beast quoted the classics.

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7. Jubliee’s style.

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8. And the fact that her powers were wildly inconsistent.

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9. Jean Grey’s large majestic hair when she became Phoenix.

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10. Gambit in general.

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11. How Storm couldn’t use her powers without explaining what she was going to do.

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12. That one time Rogue wore that tight dress at the mall and fought a sentinel.

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13. Bishop’s big ol’ thighs.

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14. When the Blob said this.

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15. That one time Colossus showed up.

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16. And also that one time Nightcrawler showed up.

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17. The fact that all the townspeople coming after Nightcrawler had pitchforks and torches even though it was 1995.

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18. How Wolverine was always going on vacations to see old girlfriends in Japan or fight Sabertooth or something.

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19. The Days of Future Past storyline.

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20. That one time Wolverine read the Bible in a church.

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21. The handful of episodes Morph appeared in.

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22. That one time Rogue had to give Cyclops CPR and absorbed his powers.

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23. The Danger Room.

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24. Everything about Magneto.

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25. How Wolverine could only use his claws to slice robots because it was a kid’s show and humans aren’t allowed to get sliced.

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26. But most of all, this theme song, because it’s the greatest theme song in the history of theme songs.

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yes to #10 I wish this gambit was in the movie. the hell was his accent???
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anybody else think the theme kind of sounds like “i’m your baby tonight” by whitney houston?
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Gambit was in the “Wolverine Origins” movie.
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Gambit was the best. Why has he not appeared in any of the other cartoon series or movies? Is moment in wolverine was not sufficient enough. I need more!!!
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  Well he was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and he was in a few episodes of Wolverine and The X-Men but I agree, Gambit is needed. One of the best characters ever.
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Why does this list of 25 things have 26?
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I LOVE THAT DOG!
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Xmen cartoon series best show ever growing up and will always will be!!
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Don’t forget the time a stone temple pillar was pushed over and immediately caught fire!
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the only thing missing from the 90s series was Kitty
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Uhh, she’s wearing an orange catsuit in #4. She’s no more naked than any of the other female characters.
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holly shiz! it is Whitney Houston’s I’m Your Baby Tonight, haha
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wolverine and the X-men was the adaptation I always wanted to see… and of course it got canceled
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#27 Because Stephenie Meyer used to watch this with her kids, and came up with a whole pantheon of vampire/x-men in Twilight.
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gregc19 3 months ago

This show was awful. I am a long time X-Men fan and when this show came out I was so disappointed. Not only was the animation amazingly bad for it’s time but the characters were all very 1 dimensional. It was like they took something I truly loved (and still love to this day) and ripped out it’s soul. The worst infraction this show had though was that the writers didn’t know how to write Cyclops and Jean. Instead they focused on Wolverine so much that an entire generation grew up thinking Cyclops was a douche and Wolverine was the shit when in the comics it’s actually just the opposite.
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xanderf 3 months ago

here here!!! *tip don’t watch the theme song several times before sleeping like i did. nuclear dreams, nuclear!
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10. Gambit in general. YES! Gambit is my favorite X-Man because of this show.
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1. Professor X’s hovering wheelchair.

2. That thing where Storm transformed her clothes with lightning.

3. How Cyclops was always trying to calm Wolverine down.

4. The fact that Jean Grey was basically naked and no one seemed to care.

5. Same with Sabertooth.

6. Every time Beast quoted the classics.

7. Jubliee’s style.

8. And the fact that her powers were wildly inconsistent.

9. Jean Grey’s large majestic hair when she became Phoenix.

10. Gambit in general.

11. How Storm couldn’t use her powers without explaining what she was going to do.

12. That one time Rogue wore that tight dress at the mall and fought a sentinel.

13. Bishop’s big ol’ thighs.

14. When the Blob said this.

15. That one time Colossus showed up.

16. And also that one time Nightcrawler showed up.

17. The fact that all the townspeople coming after Nightcrawler had pitchforks and torches even though it was 1995.

18. How Wolverine was always going on vacations to see old girlfriends in Japan or fight Sabertooth or something.

19. The Days of Future Past storyline.

20. That one time Wolverine read the Bible in a church.

21. The handful of episodes Morph appeared in.

22. That one time Rogue had to give Cyclops CPR and absorbed his powers.

23. The Danger Room.

24. Everything about Magneto.

25. How Wolverine could only use his claws to slice robots because it was a kid’s show and humans aren’t allowed to get sliced.

26. But most of all, this theme song, because it’s the greatest theme song in the history of theme songs.

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