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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: In May 2024, OpenAI had a voice named Sky that sounded strikingly similar to Scarlett Johansson. OpenAI claimed that the voice of Sky was provided by a different actress, whose identity they did not reveal.

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Over - S2-E10

Trivia: There is a Spanish language remake of this series called "Metástasis" that takes place in Colombia. Interestingly, Colombia has a highly successful mixed private/public healthcare system that covers around 97% of its population, which runs contrary to Breaking Bad's premise that Walter White becomes a drug kingpin in order to pay for his cancer treatments and ensure his family's financial stability, due to the United States' for-profit healthcare system.

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Trivia: George Buza is the only cast member who read the comics growing up.

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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: In May 2024, Will Friedle, Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel, Betsy Randle, and William Russ had a sleepover at the real-life house whose exterior was used for establishing shots of the Matthews' house.

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Cult Fiction - S4-E21

Trivia: Rachael Leigh Cook, Rider Strong's girlfriend at the time, was approached to appear in this episode as the girl that introduces Shawn to the cult. She declined, as she wanted to focus solely on appearing in movies.

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Trivia: When Tony is struggling to prevent Thanos from snapping, if you listen closely, you can hear the nanotech in Tony's suit transferring the Infinity Stones from the gauntlet over to Tony's gauntlet.

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Trivia: "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded a parody of Don McLean's "American Pie" called "The Saga Begins" which outlines the plot of this film from Obi-Wan's point of view. Yankovic used leaked spoilers on the internet to write the lyrics, and then ended up paying to attend a screening of this film for charity to ensure that the lyrics accurately depicted the plot. He said he only had to make minor alterations after seeing the film.

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Trivia: A pair of forensic psychiatrists watched 400 films dealing with psychopathic characters over a three-year period and concluded that Javier Bardem's portrayal of Anton Chigurh is the most accurate depiction of a psychopath they have seen.

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Trivia: Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige initially advised Hugh Jackman not to return to the role of Wolverine, as he felt Logan was the perfect sendoff for his portrayal of the character.

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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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