Episode Description
In which Canada is complicated, the X-Perts join Twitter, Rachel cares about a Wolverine story, Angel had one job, Kitty Pryde is pretty cool, Cyclops gets a hat, neither of us knows how to pronounce “Aleytys,” Doctor Doom is a terrible date, and the X-Men have an awful lot of signature moves.
X-Plained[]
- Department H
- Department K
- Director X
- The Weapon Plus Program
- Weapon P.R.I.M.E.
- Weapons I-XVI
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage
- The new normal
- Stevie Hunter
- The Wendigo
- Berserker rage
- Yard work
- Wolverines
- Angel’s one move
- The N’Garai (again)
- Lee Forrester
- D’Spayre
- Magic-Feather villains
- Man-Thing
- Doctor Doom
- Arcade
- Why it sucks to be Havok
- The X-Perts’ relative areas of X-pertise
- Cyclops vs. Storm
- Signature moves
Listener Questions[]
- I have a question about the openings, some variation of which I was SURE was going to be asked in the all-question-spectacular. Is Miles always the one with the “WHAT?!?” because Rachel actually knows more/has read more X-Men comics? Or is it just a dynamic you decided on for your “characters” on the show? Even if it was just an artistic choice, and not based in fact, I’m curious: who’s read more X-Men? And, just in case the answer to this question is different, who knows more about Marvel’s Merry Mutants?
- How did Storm become leader of the X-men over Cyclops and who do you think is the better leader?
- Can you catalog all the many patented Danger Room tried-and-tested maneuvers such as the "Fastball" from Colossus and Wolverine?
Corrections[]
- Lee’s dad’s house is in Florida, not Louisiana; Doctor Doom is not in Europe but in New England, where has taken over Toad’s theme park, because that was definitely a thing.