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As Mentioned in Episode 476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan

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Moppets on the run! (Generation X #59)
The meme before the meme but after the thing that became the meme. (Generation X #59)
Generation X vs. New Warriors. (Generation X #59)
Can’t really argue with that. (Generation X #59)
R.I.P., Butter Rum. (Generation X #59)
Oh, hey, it’s Mondo! (Generation X #60)
I don’t know if it’s the pose, or the color and font of the text, or what, but I can’t shake the idea that this is their holiday card. (Generation X #60)
Have you ever seen him in the same place as Santa? I REST MY CASE. (Generation X #61)
Spirit Halloween Hellfire Club. (Generation X #60)
Look at this silly-ass Dracula. (Generation X #60)
He will hypnotize you with the power of… ugly wallpaper! (Generation X #61)
Vampire quick-change? (Generation X #62)
Vampire quick-change! (Generation X #62)
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476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan

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In which we remain adamant pro-POG advocates; Artie and Leech have adventures; Firestar and Emma Frost get some resolution; Santa Claus may or may not be the avatar of Cyttorak; Black Tom Cassidy exceeds expectations; and Monet has vampire problems.

X-PLAINED:

  • Marvel’s Revolution line
  • POGs (somewhat) (again)
  • Who’s on Generation X these days
  • Generation X #59-62
  • Artie and Leech’s adventures in NYC
  • Holidays at the Massachusetts Academy
  • Cordelia Frost (more) (again)
  • Mondo (the real one)
  • Santa Claus / Juggernaut disambiguation
  • An overly convoluted plot
  • Parenting?
  • St. Croix family problems
  • Vampire problems
  • Legacies of Generation X

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As Mentioned in Episode 468 – Sasquatch Road Trip

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Based on that kid’s shirt, Penance is really protective of fans of Harley Quinn? Yeah, I can see it. (Generation X #58)
“I just barely got away before she gave me a really questionable haircut!” (Generation X #58)
Generation X isn’t always autumnal… but it’s often autumnal. (Generation X #58)
What do you think they’re singing? My vote’s for the a cappella portion of Bohemian Rhapsody. (Generation X #58)
“Dad, you always take his side!” (Generation X #58)
Bigfoots and sharp ladies: natural enemies since the dawn of time. (Generation X #58)
Know what question she won’t answer? Literally anything about what her deal is now that she’s no longer inhabited by St. Croixes. (Generation X #58)
Hugh Jackman is fine and all, but I want Wolverine to look like that in the next X-Men movie. (Generation X Annual 1999)
“But horses? Horses make a man strong. Lady horses? Not sure what to make of those.” (Generation X Annual 1999)
I guess I wouldn’t remember that guy either. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Jubilee’s actually really good at this stuff. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Still less panic-inducing than the original iPhone alarm sound. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Smokin’ Dad Pipes, talkin’ about Dad Stuff. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Nice pacing. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Angelo Espinosa, reverse alarm clock. (Generation X Annual 1999)
And then Jubilee fired her fireworks up in the air while going AHHHHH. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Goodbyes, part one. (Generation X Annual 1999)
Goodbyes, part two. (Generation X Annual 1999)
NEXT TIME: Wolverine’s dead! And Wolverine’s back!

468 – Sasquatch Road Trip

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In which St. Croix History reminds us of a Martian with a big butt; Penance’s escape is ambiguous; Avengers Academy Infinity Comic successfully reinvents Emplate; you should not learn to flirt from Vanilla Ice; Jubilee fires two fireworks blasts into the air whilst going aaahhh; and we go in through the ears.

X-PLAINED:

  • Apocalypse’s influence
  • The Big House (about which we are confused)
  • Generation X #58
  • Cartier and/or Louis St. Croix
  • Our college’s Dean, naked jogger
  • Things that are sharp in the woods
  • HUMP
  • Penance (Hollow)
  • Emplate, spoiled teenager
  • Generation X Annual 1999
  • Epistolary fonts
  • Jubilee’s pre-X past
  • Round Wolverine
  • Hunter Brawn (again, sigh)
  • Recognizing random dudes from pictures
  • Dad Things and Dad Pipes
  • Juggernaut and Black Tom as a relationship model
  • Jubilee, competent veteran
  • A murder mystery
  • Legault, cosplaying bodyguard
  • Taking notes on comics
  • Magneto’s telepathy-blocking (or not) helmet

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As Mentioned in Episode 462 – Angst and Continuity

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Oh, that can’t be good. (Generation X #55)
Well, shit. (Generation X #55)
Cold, Emma. (Generation X #55)
Ew, but also awesome. (Generation X #56)
FUCK YEAH EMMA FROST (Generation X #56)
Aw. (Generation X #56)
She’s evil, but damn does she have an eye for fashion. (Generation X #56)
Propellor beanie! (Generation X #57)
You really, really can’t. (Generation X #57)
Bobert Drake, straight heterosexual. (Generation X #57)
The queen of the goths! (Generation X #57)
We did not describe Skin’s outfit in the podcast because frankly, words do not do it justice. (Generation X #57)
TBH, this is how most of our school dances ended, too. (Generation X #57)
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462 – Angst and Continuity

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In which the 1990s were very long; if you die in the simulation, you die in real life; Adrienne Frost is a bad person with good clothes; we judge the number 57; things just keep happening; and Penance somehow gets even more complicated.

X-PLAINED:

  • Bevatron
  • Generation X #55-57
  • The Hellions and their untimely demise (again)
  • Uncanny X-Men #281
  • A continuity conundrum
  • Many allusions and references
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Dancing between the raindrops of continuity
  • Resolution
  • Emma Frost, triumphant
  • Fashion
  • Emplate (more) (again)
  • Propeller beanies
  • Feelings
  • Explosions
  • One way to solve a problem
  • Whether you should read Dazzler: The Movie
  • The worst possible power swaps

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As Mentioned in Episode 429 – Slightly Sticky

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A goofy and fun cover for a goofy and fun comic. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
Poor Maxie… (X-Men Unlimited #20)
Poor Maxie!!! (X-Men Unlimited #20)
? indeed, Nettles. ? indeed. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
STOP HATIN’ (X-Men Unlimited #20)
I don’t think this Ferris wheel passed inspection. Or was ever inspected in the first place. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
Generation X’s greatest nemesis: a runaway Ferris wheel. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
Paige Guthrie would make a terrible babysitter. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
What was Penance doing in that closet? We’ll never know! (X-Men Unlimited #20)
And then a cop gaslit a child. (X-Men Unlimited #20)
A goofy and fun cover for a goofy and fun comic… again! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Video rental store clerks: truly the absolute worst of humanity, apparently. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
HE’S HUGE! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Friendship! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
John Henry Irons he ain’t. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Gently punched by nostalgia. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Halt, you men! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Wolfsbane’s like the kid who clearly put together their science fair project the night before the science fair. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Party one… (X-Men Unlimited #21)
…party two. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
And then Jay exploded. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
The hero we need! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
It’s a Dracularmy! (X-Men Unlimited #21)
Guido’s going to be telling this story for the rest of his life. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
The X-Factor denouement we never got. (X-Men Unlimited #21)
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429 – Slightly Sticky

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Dracularmy (X-Men Unlimited #21)

In which you should stop hatin’, there’s a big difference between fill-ins and filler, Snow Valley needs higher Ferris wheel standards, Todd DeZago must really hate video rental clerks, and we’re all monsters – some of us just smell better than others.

X-PLAINED:

  • Strong Guy’s hellacious history
  • The nature and purpose of X-Men Unlimited
  • X-Men Unlimited #20-21
  • Rock Trolls (Chambliss, Nettles, and Munson)
  • What Asgard was up to in 1998
  • Magik vs magic
  • The Snow Valley Harvest Festival
  • Jubilation Lee, one of the guys
  • Eagles vs Hats
  • Fatman, Beardlady-o, Stickman-o, & Frogman-o
  • Tic Tac Toe fundamentals
  • Angry mobs
  • Paige Guthrie, Angry Mom
  • The many potential applications of Husk’s powers
  • Falls Edge, VA vs Eagle Ridge, WV
  • Payphones & video rental stores
  • X-friends
  • Rutland, VT (again)
  • Melvin J. Weals
  • Helen Back
  • The Donnybrook Country Club
  • Cat Fancier & Motorcycle Conventions
  • The Shi’ar Wardrobe Transmogrifier
  • Steel (the Shaq one)
  • The worst pun we’ve ever seen in a comic
  • Earth: the Hipster Planet
  • Which X-Men throw the best and/or wildest Halloween parties
  • Fan-casting X-voices

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As Mentioned in Episode 419 – Stuff Happens

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Run, Penance! The retcons are coming for you! (Generation X #40)
Hey, that’s not how telepathy works! (Generation X #40)
I’d be responding with a lot more middle fingers and lawsuits than Synch is here. (Generation X #40)
Monet, I know your brother is super evil and all, but do you really have to be so mean about it? (Generation X #40)
I see someone just earned their Villainous Wordplay merit badge! (Generation X #40)
Huh, that was easy. (Generation X #40)
…as Disney’s copyright lawyers back slowly away… (Generation X #40)
This issue’s an odd and somewhat troubling one, but damn that art is great. (Generation X #41)
Jubilee: from youngest X-Man to youngest Gen X’er. (Generation X #41)
AAAAAAAHHHHHHH (Generation X #41)
And once more I say AAAAAAAHHHHHHH (Generation X #41)
I’m impressed we can tell Emma and Paige apart for once, but what really impresses me is EVERYTHING ABOUT JUBILEE’S HAIR (Generation X #42)
Is… is this how flirting works? Have we been doing it wrong? (Generation X #42)
We’ll get to this. (Generation X #42)
The color of PAIN (Generation X #42)
It must be hard to be Just Some Dude in the Marvel Universe. (Generation X #42)
Why Gaia is probably actually a Neutrino from TMNT, figure 1. (Generation X #42)
Why Gaia is probably actually a Neutrino from TMNT, figure 2. (Generation X #42)
Hi, Elsie-Dee and Albert! Bye, Elsie-Dee and Albert! (Generation X #42)
I feel like Emma makes that face at Sean a lot. (Generation X #43)
This run may be baffling and bizarre, but I can’t say I’m not having a good time. (Generation X #43)
FUN FACT: Did you know that 1996’s Super Mario RPG was the first time Princess Peach, then called Princess Toadstool, used a frying pan as a weapon? (Generation X #43)
Oh right, these guys. (Generation X #43)
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419 – Stuff Happens

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Run, Penance! The retcons are coming for you! (Generation X #40)

In which the St. Croix family is constructed largely of retcons; Generation X adjusts surprisingly quickly to a massive status quo shift; Psi-War is coming soon to a podcast near you; Snow White – I mean, Bianca LaNeige – has an intriguing but exceptionally minimal backstory; and if you die in this podcast episode, you die in real life.

X-PLAINED:

  • Hellfire Club history
  • Generation X #40-43
  • MillXnials
  • Mercy General Hospital vs Our Mother of Mercy Hospital
  • Ambiguous psionic overlap
  • Nicole & Claudette & Monet & Marius St. Croix
  • The Downtown Stomp
  • Synch, agreeable and bland (for now)
  • Vincent Adultman
  • The nature of Penance
  • A glacial but effective pace
  • Bianca LaNeige, evil Snow White from space
  • Warpy, Stinky, Spiky, Windy, Greasy, Brainy, and Blurry
  • The Enchanted Forest of Oregon
  • Claremont:Body Swaps::Hama:Getting Stuck In Other Dimensions
  • Jay vs. Accents
  • Terminal Dream Syndrome
  • A surprisingly gruesome fill-in
  • An underrated era for Emma Frost
  • Betty & Veronica, presenting like mandrills
  • Zak the Neutrino
  • Albert & Elsie-Dee (briefly)
  • The Dodsons vs Mike Allred
  • Dr. Bronner’s uncredited Marvel career
  • Our coverage of Ultimate X-Men (or lack thereof)
  • Dr. Phil Zimbardo’s xplainthexmen study

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