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Trivia: Chris Potter became a huge fan of Cable's story arc after taking over his voice role from Lawrence Bayne. Potter didn't pay attention to Cable's story arc from the original animated series since he wasn't the one voicing him.

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Bright Eyes - S1-E7

Trivia: When Bastion is killing Gyrich for almost ruining his surprise, the subtitles ironically spoil the surprise of Bastion's identity by revealing him to be the man speaking.

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Bright Eyes - S1-E7

Trivia: When Rogue confronts Captain America, the licence plate on Cap's motorcycle reads AVN A10. This is a reference to Avengers Annual #10, which was Rogue's first appearance.

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Remember It - S1-E5

Trivia: Lenore Zann's vocal performance for this episode was inspired by a family member who passed away from bone cancer at the age of 17.

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Fire Made Flesh - S1-E3

Trivia: The wedding photo in Scott and Madelyne's bedroom is a recreation of the cover for X-Men #30.

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Trivia: Cedric Smith is the only living main cast member from the original animated series to not return for a role in this series. Catherine Disher, who voices Valerie Cooper in this series and voiced Jean Grey in the original series, and who also used to be married to Smith, doesn't believe Marvel even approached him about returning for this series, as he is now in his 80s and is retired.

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Trivia: Ross Marquand, who voices Professor X, was inspired to become a voice actor by the original animated series.

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Trivia: According to former showrunner Beau DeMayo, they were not allowed to use Deadpool in the first season, likely due to his impending third film.

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Trivia: Taking inspiration from this show, a homeowner in Westchester, New York remodelled their Airbnb to resemble the X-mansion.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 3 - S1-E10

Trivia: The different aliases for Magneto shown in the Magneto Protocol are names of people who have previously portrayed him: David Hemblem, who voiced Magneto in the original animated series, as well as Ian [last name redacted] and Michael [last name redacted], which are meant to be Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, who portrayed Magneto at different ages in the X-Men films.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 3 - S1-E10

Trivia: The various power levels shown for Magneto in the Magneto Protocol are reminiscent of Marvel trading cards, which would show similar various power levels on the back sides of a card.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 2 - S1-E9

Trivia: The motorcycle seen in the Muir Island hangar is the Wolverine Mutantcycle, a toy that was released in 1991.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 2 - S1-E9

Trivia: SPOILER: The final shot of Magneto ripping the adamantium out of Wolverine's body is a faithful recreation of the panel from X-Men #25 where the incident originally happened.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 2 - S1-E9

Trivia: When Rogue is joining Magneto, she hyperbolically mentions Morph being a member of the X-Men for 30 minutes before being killed. This is a reference to Morph being killed (though, later brought back) just a few minutes into the second episode of the original series, which would have been around 30 minutes of total runtime.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 1 - S1-E8

Trivia: Bastion's mother actually appeared in the original animated series. She was the diner waitress from the "One Man's Worth" two-parter.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 2 - S1-E9

Trivia: This episode sees the X-Men splitting into two strike forces, the Blue and Gold Teams, with the Blue Team traveling to Asteroid M to confront Magneto, and the Gold Team traveling to the Galapagos Islands to stop Bastion. This is loosely adapted from X-Men Vol. 2 #1, in which the Blue and Gold Teams were first established at Cyclops' proposal, with the Blue Team similarly traveling to Asteroid M to deal with Magneto.

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Tolerance Is Extinction - Pt 2 - S1-E9

Trivia: When Cable scoffs at the uniform Cyclops gives him to wear, Cyclops asks if he was expecting black leather. This is a reference to the first X-Men film, when Wolverine scoffed at the X-Men's black leather uniforms, only for Cyclops to ask him if he preferred yellow spandex instead.

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Remember It - S1-E5

Trivia: In this episode we learn that Cyclops has been having a psychic affair with Madelyne Pryor, and Emma Frost, a.k.a the White Queen, was eavesdropping on one of their sessions. In the comics, it's actually Emma Frost that Cyclops began having the psychic affair with.

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Bright Eyes - S1-E7

Trivia: Trask refers to Mr. Sinister's Sentinel attack on Genosha as a "mutant massacre." In the comics, there is a storyline called "Mutant Massacre," which saw Sinister tasking a group of mutants called the Marauders to kill the Morlocks. Years later, it was revealed that Gambit was hired to help sneak the Marauders into the Morlock tunnels, making him culpable in the act. This is contrary to Gambit helping to save some Morlocks from the Sentinel attack in this show.

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Bright Eyes - S1-E7

Trivia: The title of this episode is likely a reference to Rogue calling Cable "Bright Eyes" in the season 2 episode "Time Fugitives, Part 2" of the original series.

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