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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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Trivia: Although this film marked Michael Keaton's return to the role of Batman, he was originally supposed to reprise the role the year prior in a Batgirl film, which also would have seen J.K. Simmons reprising the role of Commissioner Gordon from Justice League. Although it had completed filming and was gearing up for post-production, Warner Bros ultimately decided to cancel the film's release and ended up using it as a tax write-off.

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Trivia: This was Patty Jenkins' first directorial effort in 14 years. This is despite the fact that her previous film, Monster, received critical acclaim and featured an Academy Award-winning performance from Charlize Theron.

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Trivia: Michael Keaton said at Cinemacon 2024 that this was the most fun he ever had making a film.

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Trivia: Ryan Gosling showed up to the premiere of this film dressed as Beavis from Beavis and Butt-Head. He had previously dressed up as the character a few weeks prior for an episode of Saturday Night Live, alongside SNL cast member Mikey Day, who was dressed as Butt-Head.

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Trivia: Chris Hemsworth has blamed himself for this film's negative reception, stating he got carried away with the comedic improv and didn't stick the landing.

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Trivia: Originally intended for theatrical release, this film ultimately had to be released through streaming after the North Korean government threatened to retaliate against the United States. A cyber crimes group allegedly tied to North Korea also hacked Sony's emails and made threats against theaters that had planned to show the film.

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