Month: November 2025
505 – The Amulet of Ass
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In which Widget takes a heel turn; there is some confusion over sword identification; we appreciate Sir Benedict of the Falls; the Braddock family has a lot going on; and Otherworld changes hands.
X-PLAINED:
- Names for flying horses
- Excalibur (2001 miniseries) #1-4
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (briefly) (again)
- The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Darkmoor Research Facility
- Sword and amulet distribution
- Strider the Horse
- Why all the horses of Asgard have Tolkien names
- Sir Benedict of the Falls and his many axes
- One way to win a bridge fight
- Sword pops
- Several continuity errors
- Holographic James Braddock
- The Dad Cave
- Otherworld eugenecists
- A coronation
- A twist
- Some potential X-Factor lineups
- Life expectancies of mutants with healing factors
NEXT EPISODE: Cable fights some guys.
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As Mentioned in Episode 504 – One Day, Four Ways
504 – One Day, Four Ways
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In which Banshee is chronically hapless; the team gets new costumes (again); Chamber is a self-fulfilling prophecy; toddlers will sell you out in a hot minute; Moira MacTaggert is definitively not in; we are frustrated by excessive ambiguity; and it’s not Rashômon, but it’ll do.
X-PLAINED:
- Banshee post-Generation X
- Generation X #71-74
- Interior decorating
- New costumes (again)
- Chamber, but a housecat
- A meet-cute
- Teen angst
- Fashion
- An extremely awkward conversation
- A brief history of boba in the United States
- A fracas
- Fun things to do with extra skin
- Evolving teacher-student relationships
- Poor interrogation technique
- Husk vs. international terrorism, in general
- Ghosts of the Massachusetts Academy
- Villains and heroes we think would be neat as the reverse
- A world in which Peridot of Steven Universe imprinted on X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: Fast times in Otherworld!
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