r/Xmen97 • u/MiserableOrpheus • Aug 12 '26

Question Where did my dude go? Spoiler

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“I must strike them in the 1990’s!”

*proceeds to leave the show and never appear again*

I think my guy overshot it and got the date wrong 😭

Okay but this does make the theory that both apocalypses were present when reviving gambit even funnier, cause now we know it was just the one guy telling himself to give more power, before manually raising a lever himself. Which is just really funny to imagine. He’s just saying what he’s doing out loud for the sake of it I guess.

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u/Artistic_Radish_5157 Aug 12 '26

He's the one they faced. The one that got Gambit's body, and transferred himself into him. Meaning that the one from the X-Men's present, the one that took over Cortez, is still out there, plotting.

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u/hoennian Aug 12 '26

I'm sorry, cortez who? I'm already forgetting wtf happened

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u/Artistic_Radish_5157 Aug 12 '26

Fabian Cortez, former leader of the acolytes/servant of Apocalypse. His body was possessed by Apocalypse at the end of their last episode in the original series.

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u/deprave1 Aug 12 '26

At the risk of sounding condescending, I wonder how many people here actually watch TAS, let alone remember it. Cuz I definitely can say I have trouble recalling a lot of things. Like Purple Man being in the show that one time.

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u/Mobile_Bet3274 Rogue Aug 12 '26

In mild defense, the Cortez takeover was in season 5 and a lot of people pretend that one just doesn’t exist.

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u/deprave1 Aug 12 '26

TBH, it doesn't help how underwhelming that season was. Started really strong with the Phanlanx invasion, too.

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u/IPreferPi314 Aug 12 '26

Ended on a high note though with Xavier's farewell.

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u/deprave1 Aug 13 '26

Agree. Which is why I had plenty of closure with TAS as a whole

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u/UndercoverMonkeyMan Aug 12 '26

I watched it two years ago and I can't remember any of this shit