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401 – True Tales of Double-Entry Bookkeeping
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In which Santa Claus makes problematic choices; we make good on a promise; Sebastian is the new Deadpool; Skrulls get stuck as animals more than you’d think; Nanny and Orphan-Maker celebrate; and Jubilee stops worrying and learns to love Christmas.
X-PLAINED
- Santa Claus’s flirtations with villainy
- A new direction for Generation X
- Larry Hama
- Al vs. U.S. geography
- Generation X #32-33
- Generation X Holiday Special
- New Mutants #92
- Thing One & Thing Two St. Croix
- The Circus of Crime
- The Pirates of Dark Water (somewhat)
- Hacker T. Dog
- Why Wolfsbane is scared of clowns
- Skrull Kill Crew
- Carnie Voltron
- Chief Authier
- Phat beats
- A reality biscuit
- Emplate’s pocket dimension
- Chimera and Dirtnap
- Variant interiors
- Nanny & Orphan-Maker (more) (again)
- Santa Claus (in general)
- Benefits of inconsistent characterization
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As Mentioned in Episode 392 – The Mullet of Leadership
392 – The Mullet of Leadership
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In which Chris Bachalo changes things up; we theorize about Prime Sentinel hierarchy; the headmasters go undercover; fictional characters spend a lot of time in sewers; M’s secret comes to light; J. Jonah Jameson is at his best in X-books; Jay pitches a video game; Marrow gets a makeover; and part of journalistic integrity is choosing what not to cover.
X-PLAINED:
- Banshee, recently
- Generation X #29-31
- Uncanny X-Men #346
- Bastion
- Daria
- Leave It to Chance
- Miguela Torres
- Venice Beach
- Skin’s cousin Gil
- Inconsistencies that may or may not be deliberate
- Jolt Cola™
- Yet another take on Prime Sentinels
- The Mullet of Leadership
- A cool kid
- Cat drama
- DOA (again)
- Cars
- A kiss
- Several attempted murders
- Marrow’s appearance
- Boyd and Mathers
- X-fighting games
- Mutant leadership philosophies
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men cleverly disguised as Wolverine
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As Mentioned in Episode 389 – Wreck Gotta Recognize
389 – Wreck Gotta Recognize
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In which some puns are fundamentally visual; Jubilee is a really good kid; Bastion is a bad person but a good villain; Bachalo does Romita; Seagulls are assholes (but reasonably good narrators); Skin has no time for fantasies; Hitch does Cockrum; and Operation Zero Tolerance (unofficially) begins (again).
X-PLAINED:
- Glorian, the Shaper of Dreams (Thomas Gideon) (and his dad)
- Event build-up
- Generation X #26-28
- Bad times on a raft
- Valuable lessons from the Xavier School
- Yet another somewhat pointless Nightmare cameo
- Jubilee vs. Operation Zero Tolerance
- A good conversation
- Cookin’ with Jubilee
- Seagulls
- Dreams
- The Island that Chills Like a Man
- Strong Guy on Krakoa
- How (and whether) Logan ages
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As Mentioned in Episode 380 – Arbor Day
380 – Arbor Day
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In which no one wants to be compared to Chris Bachalo; it’s always a holiday for Generation X; you may already be a Guthrie; M is a fascinating mystery; and Black Tom Cassidy (finally) makes his move.
X-PLAINED:
- What Black Tom Cassidy is up to these days
- Generation X #23-25
- Generation X (again)
- Seasons
- Visual representations of Banshee’s powers
- Several holidays
- The Blue Ridge Mountains
- A slumber party
- Emplate (somewhat)
- Bad times with Black Tom Cassidy
- The apparent death of Emma Frost
- What we do and don’t cover when
- Leech on Krakoa
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As Mentioned in Episode 378 – The Unstoppable Huggernaut
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378 – The Unstoppable Huggernaut
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In which our favorite(?) fear lord returns; Sirocco Sprawl is an extremely unpleasant fictional town; the Juggernaut is not a subtle man; we really need to get our hands on the Generation X novels; Tarot gets a logo font; and Banshee is menaced by spectral leprechauns.
X-PLAINED
- Several Juggernauts
- Soap Operas
- D’Spayre (again)
- D’Spayre vs. Nightmare
- Juggernaut #1
- Generation X Annual 1997
- Magical pants
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) and what he’s been up to lately
- Incidental reptiles
- Sirocco Sprawl, NM
- Marvin T. Rocksalt
- A spree of cartoonish destruction
- Spite (again)
- Black Tom Cassidy (again)
- A really cool skeleton
- Generation X novels
- Several episodes we should probably do someday
- A very poorly-drawn butt
- The Hellions (more) (again)
- One way to put out a fire
- Garden Plots with Skeletor
- Several nightmare scenarios
- Alex Summers’s adoptive family
- What would happen if Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau met Cameron Hodge
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