DRG4's Exclusive X-Men Cartoon Pilot Differences

There were many production delays leading up to the premiere of X-Men in the fall of 1992. The show was originally going to premiere over the Labor Day weekend at the beginning of September, but it was soon pushed to the end of October. The "Night of the Sentinels" two-parter was rushed to the air and billed as a "sneak preview" even though it truly wasn't ready for broadcast. Consequently, there were many animation errors in these two episodes. However, they were corrected when FOX re-aired the pilot in early 1993. The original version has never been rebroadcast, so the following deleted scenes, changes, and additions cannot be found on any VHS release or ABC Family Channel rerun, so enjoy this exclusive look at X-Men's original pilot.

This is the first time pictures and video of these differences have been put on the Internet. It took me a while to get all of this together, so please don't steal these pictures or video files.

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Deleted Scenes

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After Jubilee knocks Rogue and Storm down, Storm said, "I belive it's called youth, Rogue" (in response to Rogue saying, "What bug crawled up her shorts?").

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After Gambit sees the Sentinel about to smash through the mall store-window, he runs back to push the sales-girl out of the way, and she said, "Well, call me irresistible!"

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Changes Made for Reruns

After Jubilee was captured, the X-Men were watching TV. In the original airing, Jubilee was sitting there with them. On the rebroadcast, she wasn't.


The uniforms of the soldiers waiting behind the door were made to be consistent between Parts 1 and 2.

The picture on the left is from the original version of Part 1. The picture on the right is from the original version of Part 2. The green soldiers are currently used on reruns of Part 1.


The oversized Wolverine (or undersized Sentinel) battle was reworked so that both characters were proportionately sized.

It's kind of hard to tell the difference in these pictures, but you should be able to tell that the Sentinel looks a little bigger in the picture on the right (the modified version).


Cyclops' glasses were re-painted red during his visit to Jubilee's parents' home.

This was a necessary edit since many people didn't know it was Cyclops visting Jubilee's parents on the original airing since he wasn't wearing his trademark ruby-quartz glasses.


The picture Gyrich showed to Jubilee's foster parents in Part 1 was incorrect on the original airing.

In the original airing (seen on the left), the picture had both Rogue and Storm in costume. The corrected version (on the right) has Rogue in her civilian outfit.


When Rogue drained Wolverine in Part 2, the hand was redrawn so that she touched him with her bare hand, instead of having the green bodysuit under the glove touch him.


There were many problems with Gambit's eyes throughout both episodes. The original version gave him normal-looking eyes at many instances. The majority of these instances have been corrected on reruns.


There were also problems with Beast's coloring. The black outline in his fur was missing in many scenes during the original broadcast. Again, most of these instances have been fixed on reruns.


Lightning effects were added during Storm's outdoor battle with the Sentinel.


Cracks were added to the floor to show Rogue's impact after being hit by the Sentinel.


Another example of Gambit's eyes being colored incorrectly.


Extended Scenes

(REALPLAYER VIDEO FILES)

In Part 2, after the Sentinel says, "We will take the mutant (Beast) into custody," the soldier turns and says, "Forget it, robot. He's my prisoner." It then cuts to Beast. The original version did not feature the soldier talking back to the Sentinel.

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The corrected version featured a longer scene of Wolverine stabbing his claws into the Sentinel's back in the final battle.

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A shot of Cyclops shooting a Sentinel was added for the corrected version.

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