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As Mentioned in Episode 426 – A Gift from the Lower Regions

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Karel’s planet may be far from Earth, but his people still appreciate a good Terminator 2 reference. (Uncanny X-Men #358)
Tu is a very Chris Bachalo character. (Uncanny X-Men #358)
Lookit this pulp hero-looking scallawag! (Uncanny X-Men #358)
They’re so dysfunctional. I love it. (Uncanny X-Men #358)
I TOLD YOU THE BEAR WAS CANON (Uncanny X-Men #358)
Deathbird is horny on main. (Team X 2000)
In the far future of 2018, it will be illegal to cover your navel. (Team X 2000)
It’s not Cable and Domino’s tub, but I suppose it’ll do. (Team X 2000)
Team X! (Team X 2000)
You know it’s a really dark future when Doom is fighting on the same side as the good guys (see also: Age of Apocalypse, the Summers Rebellion). (Team X 2000)
IT’S VERY SEXUAL (Team X 2000)
The more you know! (Team X 2000)
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426 – A Gift from the Lower Regions

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In which the Shi’ar have zero chill; Bishop and Deathbird do space opera; we travel to the far-future year of 2018; Alanna Nerimani stretches the definition of “bird”; Deathbird is the cool aunt; Bishop needs a break from dark futures; and Bishop and Sauron have an intimate encounter.

X-PLAINED:

  • The current number of Summers brothers
  • Uncanny X-Men #358
  • Team X 2000
  • The Shi’ar Empire (more) (again)
  • Shi’ar voices
  • Parker Posey vs. Posie Parker
  • Sexual dimorphism in art
  • The Ursaa
  • Organs
  • The Chnitt
  • Karel
  • Several cameos
  • Nullifier charges
  • Tu
  • The first appearance of Cyclops’s Captain America teddy bear
  • 2018
  • Alan Smithee
  • Gith
  • Deathbird’s terrible childhood
  • Shi’ar-occupied Earth
  • Alanna Nerimani
  • Your cool murder aunt
  • Earth-9922
  • Deathbird’s war journals
  • The Morlocks (but not those ones)
  • Team X (but not that one)
  • Bribery
  • A very sexual encounter
  • Explorations of disability and ableism in comics
  • Beast’s long, slow heel turn

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