90s X-Men Cartoon: A Perfect Debut

On October 31st 1992, X-Men: The Animated Series premiered with part one of a two-part pilot. In this video, Josh from Panels to Pixels breaks down what made "Night of the Sentinels" a perfect introduction to the world of Marvel's Merry Mutants and how X-Men went on to become the number-one-rated Saturday morning kids show.
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[@julialewald6945]

Julia & Eric Lewald here - thank you for all of this! It’s gratifying that XMenTAS is remembered, and so fondly, all these years later

[@HonestFred]

It's crazy how the more things change the more things stay the same. Replace the word "mutant" with the word "gay" or "trans" and that describes 2023.

[@omniframe8612]

What's interesting about X men the animated series is that the character powers are opposed to their personalities. Rogue craves intimacy but her powers won't allow intimate touch, Wolverine is filled with hurt but his powers are focused on healing, Beast is visually a jungle creature who would seem to be wild and untamed but he's erudite and mild mannered, Cyclops as the leader is supposed to embody insight but his vision is impaired. Things like this is why the X men overall are great.

[@juliiju0484]

Watching the first X-Men movie, I realized something: it seemed more inspired by the cartoon than the comics. As comic accurate as the cartoon is, that doesn't mean that it doesn't have its original stories or characteristics, and I couldn't help but feel that the first film in the franchise was influenced by the animated series.

[@jesserussell9286]

I think people are more mad at race swapping then characters of color

[@briant.8553]

Fantastic points especially the pseudo outrage when books like the X-Men has always been about the marginalized. Unbelievable show, I hope the reboot does the original justice.

[@MattDraper]

THIS ONE’S FOR YOU, JOSH FROM PANELS TO PIXELS!!!

[@robertowens2486]

I never would have questioned the fact that Jubilee is a teenager, women, or half Asian. Jubilee is just as awesome for me now as she was while I grew up watching this show as a kid. The manufactured outrage won by you bringing it up in a manner that it might be a problem for some people. Anyone who has an issue with that most likely doesn't have a single care about XMEN the Animated series.

[@TreFKennedy]

The Mcu X-men needs to be heavily based off the 90’s X-men

[@mickeymouse7726]

Gambit is portrayed so well in this X-men show

[@Drekal684]

It's amazing how political this series gets while still being kinda true to the comics. It understood its premise, it understood its characters, and it understood fully and completely that you don't speak down to the audience, you treat them as intelligent. They'll follow along.

[@CaptainMcKayRandom]

Really great stuff here. It’s funny you mention the nuance and how the pilot isn’t just “here are the good guys and here are the bad guys,” which is pretty much how the previous Pryde of the X-Men pilot was. Might be why I noticed that one test pilot felt so tonally different from the series, even as a kid.

[@grdytrinidad]

This is my childhood.

[@LuckStat]

As one of the last true midwestern American mall rats, I've never once seen a food court that serves chili fries. Mostly just soft pretzels and slightly suspicious stir fry.

[@Trekapedia]

We got this show and Batman: The Animated Series in a matter of weeks in the same year. We were lucky and ty for the content!

[@DiegoReviews]

Xcellent work, Josh! We owe a lot to this show. Im always quoting Wolverine’s “Mooorph” from these episodes.

[@nicksretrocorner]

Have such distinct memories of this first episode

[@AgentNevets]

The show was absolutely perfect, and this video was a beautiful tribute to it…thank you so much for doing this! I love this show, and still watch it to this day.

[@outerheavengaming6196]

Man I love this channel

[@leonardobraynen1524]

That freaking intro will stand the test of the Apocalypse!!!!