Shaturday Morning Cartoons - Pryde of the X-Men!

The Shatty Gang dives headlong into the Danger Room to watch the 1989 animated X-Men pilot "Pryde of the X-Men", a surprisingly well-made if exhausting adaptation of the legendary Marvel comic book. Is it a solemn allegory for prejudice or a character-filled extravaganza designed to make action figure manufacturers swoon? Yes! But first, the Shats get their freak(s) on with the Doom Patrol, watch bizarre clips of earlier X-Men cartoons, and receive a 1983 Yummy Award. They also watch X-Men pasta commercials, play a high-stakes game of Mutant or Not-ant, and offer no fewer than three lessons that they've learned. In the words of an inexplicably Australian Wolverine: Crikey, Bub!
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[@jfrancis6191]

The girl in the Pizza Hut ad has the best hairdo I’ve ever seen.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Jim Steranko, watching this, was suddlenly gut-punched with the news that Caitlin disavows their friendship.

[@themoldcars]

This series is my favorite thing. I like Found Footage a lot, but I LOVE Shaturday Mornings.

[@thelongspring]

I was gifted this on VHS two times by my grandparents, it was just this one episode. I was disappointed it wasn’t the Fox show and was so confused by Wolverine’s Australian accent. I still watched it 100 times.

[@seegeepee]

"Yes, Kitty, I'm fine... but I'll never walk again."

[@elpegaso]

Loved the X-Men growing up. Collected the comics, and watched the 90s show. I have the Pizza Hut tapes, too. Great episode, I feel like the shatty 60s Marvel versions are in our future.

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

Nick: "Fourteen? She looks thirty."

[@jackgladney]

Welker having the time of his life as Peter Lorre as Slimer there.

[@JP4MEDIA]

I already referenced the ability of Hindsight twice today. And tomorrow I will look back on this moment too.

[@tjlynch9594]

In L.A. in the mid sixties there was a show called Shrimpenstein ,a puppet The host of the show was Professor Schtick , between live action antics they played cartoons one of which was the Mighty Marvel Marching Society . Sub bad animation .but since the stories were lifted straight from the comics they were engaging. There are a few segments Shrimpenstein on you tube .

[@bastien-]

Goldballs (now known as Egg) is a former roommate of Miles Morales, and an integral part of the mutant circuit known as The Five, who enable mutants to be resurrected. If you wanted to get really weird, you could have mentioned Eye Scream and Soft Serve, two mutants who can create any flavor of ice cream--one from their body, and the other via "pooping" it out of a portal to the ice cream dimension that is located on their butt. Yes, this is 100% true.

[@cookiemadison8529]

I take great offense at you bad-mouthing those 60s marvel cartoons. I absolutely LOVE them!!!

[@RRRobertLazer]

I Lol'd at skeletor cereal was six hears old

[@thaddeus_maximus]

I have the majority of the ToyBiz toys and at least one of the Pizza Hutt videos

[@bastien-]

Chop & Adamantium

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

Still habe this on vhs

[@RRRobertLazer]

Yeah this was peak childhood it was all downhill from there

[@jackgladney]

Socks with sandals? Kitty needs to work on her costume.

[@joehuiras4955]

Nick disappeared for about 4 second 38 minutes in. Not saying there needs to be a punishment but...

[@dfstout7531]

Guess none of you have watched the new Xmen 90s cartoon on Disney +?

[@nonconnahordeath]

12:14 what in the Tarantino?

[@GangstaMojo]

The reason you just gave about wolverine having an Australian accent is not true. Stan Lee himself said he envisioned wolverine being Australian this is why he has an Australian accent in both Spidey and his amazing Friends and pride of the X-Men. This came out before wolverine had his own origin story prior to his origins saga wolverine and always meant to be Australian

[@elpegaso]

Due to Hugh Jackman, he's still Australian.

[@GangstaMojo]

@@elpegaso FYI Mel Gibson was the inspiration for wolverine. Specifically his character Mad Max.

[@elpegaso]

@@GangstaMojo always got the impression they pulled from Clint Eastwood, in his Dirty Harry films. Honestly could be any tough guy.

[@dngillikin]

1.) Stan Lee did not create Wolverine and had nothing to do with Wolverine's creation. Wolverine was created by Len Wein and John Romita, Sr. 2.) Wolverine debuted as a character in 1974. Mad Max was released in 1979. Mel Gibson made his film debut in 1977, three years after Wolverine's first appearance.

[@jackgladney]

@@dngillikinWait, would Stan Lee just take credit for somebody else’s work like that?

[@Kittyrins]

As an Aussie who loves the X-Men 90's show like Caitlin, the accents are hilariously bad. Though I'd have eaten this show up as a kid had it been aired.