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As Mentioned in Episode 504 – One Day, Four Ways

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Ooh, that Arthur Adams texture. (Generation X #71)
SKA! (Generation X #71)
Steve Pugh: master of body language, even when part of that body is psionic energy. (Generation X #71)
New (new) costumes! (Generation X #71)
That guy hates Animal Magnet. (Generation X #71)
I wish I could look half this cool. (Generation X #71)
Surprise telepathy! (Generation X #71)
And they lived happily ever – DAMMIT JONO (Generation X #71)
Fashion! (Generation X #72)
Note the “Cool shoes” box in the corner. Way better than the “horrible shoes” box just a little off-panel. (Generation X #72)
I’m gonna miss these kids. (Generation X #72)
It’ll be longer than that, Jubes, at least in the US. (Generation X #72)
Kids, amirite? (Generation X #72)
It’s kinda like that one scene from Fury Road… (Generation X #73)
Miles is feeling runner envy. (Generation X #73)
Oh, Sean. (Generation X #73)
I respect a dude who course-corrects. (And I don’t mean the almost-missed exit.) (Generation X #73)
For all your reaction image needs. (Generation X #73)
Not continuity-related, just fun. (Generation X #73)
Now that is how you show an off-panel injury. (Generation X #73)
That idiot brought a car to a finger-fight! (Generation X #73)
Another great cover! (Generation X #74)
“Glad I already pre-spiked this coffee.” (Generation X #74)
Husk in the Husk-Cave. (Generation X #74)
This is what happens when the teacher forgets to say “class dismissed”. (Generation X #74)
Spooooky. (Generation X #74)
Opinions vary on what those marks came from… (Generation X #74)
We don’t get to read it either. (Generation X #74)
NEXT TIME: Fast times in Otherworld!

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

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As Mentioned in Episode 299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods

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For full effect, there really needs to be an inset panel of Storm mugging at the reader. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
Forge is a JERK. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
What the hell kind of weird drills does this universe have? (What If? vol. 2 #77)
It’s weird that there’s a universe where both of these kids exist. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
I wonder if the Phoenix designs new costumes every time; and, if so, what its aesthetic phases have been. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
Is this page foreshadowing a Days of Future Past-style dystopia? Discuss. (What If? vol. 2 #77)
No, seriously, he JUST KEEPS SAYING IT. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
That hair. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Brother Voodoo X-Plains the premise. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Uncalled for, Ben. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Damnit, Nate. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Just had to work it in again, huh? (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
The costume just isn’t the same without metal wings. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
DAMNIT, NATE. (What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse)
Why does Magneto look kind of like Keanu Reeves here? (What If? vol. 2 #81)
The more I look at the art from this issue, the angrier I get about it. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
[cries in comics editor] (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Galactus is a poet, and he didn’t even know it! (He knew it.) (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Relatable sentiment. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
Hello, mid-1990s CG. You… sure do exist. (What If? vol. 2 #81)
NEXT EPISODE: The end of a world. (Also, #300? So, that’s a thing.)

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299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods

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In which some universes are more pleasant than others; Havok is basically a Care Bear; Wolverine is a P.R. nightmare; Nate Grey tries; stealth is not among the Silver Surfer’s strengths; Night Thrasher ascends to godhood; Jay and Miles dive down the What If rabbit hole.

X-PLAINED:

  • Earth-200500 (again)
  • Earth-42409
  • What If? vol. 2 #77
  • What If? Featuring X-Men: Age of Apocalypse
  • What If? vol. 2 #81
  • Earth-77995
  • Fashion editorials
  • One of the worse versions of Forge
  • Superheroes x fashion
  • Care Bears vs. X-Men
  • The Hellfire Club of Earth-77995
  • A surprisingly normal Grey-Summers family
  • Several uses for the Phoenix Force
  • Worst-case scenarios
  • Earth-93074
  • Savage Land home ec
  • Bad choices
  • The Defenders of Earth-93074
  • How to manipulate Nate Grey
  • Narrative benefits of omnipotence
  • A time loop
  • Earth-9601
  • A meeting on the moon
  • What the Watcher watches
  • Galactus
  • The Silver Surfer
  • Grandpa Magneto
  • Some remarkable technology
  • A heavy-handed metaphor
  • Our takes on What If scenarios
  • The Corbeau-Grey scale of decision making
  • Storm’s eyes
  • Our character voices

NEXT EPISODE: X-Men Omega

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