X-MEN '97 Showrunner Beau DeMayo Reveals New Easter Eggs And Answers "Tolerance Is Extinction" Fan Questions

X-MEN '97 Showrunner Beau DeMayo Reveals New Easter Eggs And Answers "Tolerance Is Extinction" Fan Questions

X-Men '97 Head Writer Beau DeMayo has broken down "Tolerance Is Extinction - Part 1, including easy-to-miss Easter Eggs, the episode's cameos, unanswered questions, and the show's place in the Multiverse.

By JoshWilding - May 02, 2024 05:05 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men '97
Source: Toonado.com

The latest episode of X-Men '97 was another mind-blowing effort full of surprises and plot twists.

You can read our recap of "Tolerance Is Extinction" by clicking here. In the meantime, Head Writer/showrunner Beau DeMayo (who was dismissed by Marvel Studios for reasons which still aren't clear) has taken to X - via Toonado.com - to share some insights into this latest instalment. 

He started by addressing a few key moments, including who that mysterious woman was speaking to Bastion and some of the unique imagery included in the episode...along with a pretty sizeable Easter Egg which should make rewatches essential.

DeMayo weighed in on whether Tilby was willingly working against the X-Men, confirming that while she didn't want to become a Prime Sentinal, the journalist has been gathering intel on the team since the series started. 

He also elaborated on X-Men '97's place in the MCU's Multiverse. 

Later, the showrunner confirmed that the Spider-Man who appears is indeed the Peter Parker who took centre stage in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. On a less happy note, DeMayo seemed to confirm that both Gambit and Dazzler are very much dead following the attack on Genosha.

Finally, DeMayo chimed in to explain why he recommended a couple of specific X-Men: The Animated Series episodes before X-Men '97's three-part finale. It turns out today wasn't the first time we've met Bastion's parents! 

X-Men '97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

Eight episodes of X-Men '97 are now streaming on Disney+ with new instalments following weekly. 

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MadThanos
MadThanos - 5/2/2024, 5:18 AM
What's up with the Twin Cocks Castle?
TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 5/2/2024, 5:23 AM
@MadThanos - it's Beau DeGayo after all
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 5/2/2024, 8:07 AM
@MadThanos - Wolverine has two dicks. This is further proof. For more answers go to bleedingcool.
MadThanos
MadThanos - 5/2/2024, 8:09 AM
@ObserverIO - scary shit happening to mutants these days!
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 10:18 AM
@MadThanos - Am I misremembering or are you referring to the “ideal future” version of Moscow they showed? They have those towers.

But anyone that knows history knows that all obelisk type structures are intended to be phallic symbols.
TheShape9859
TheShape9859 - 5/2/2024, 5:22 AM
I do not accept Gambit and Dazzler are dead. Nope. Won't do it
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/2/2024, 5:44 AM
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Fully mentally prepared to see a dip in quality after S2, which should be still written by him if i'm not mistaken.


Makes sense tho, we can't have good things after all...
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 7:26 AM
It seems like a mistake for Disney to not put someone else in front of talking about the show to the public. Maybe they are just going to rehire him after the season is over. It would be stupid to have the guy you fired be the primary person talking about the show and interacting with fans.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2024, 8:20 AM
@mountainman - how can they NOT rehire him. this is the BEST show the MCU has ever done, better than Loki or Wanadavision and this guy has been nothing but awesome answering fan questions and he literally is "one of us" comic nerds who just so happens to be able to write and produce this show.

GET him back ASAP.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 9:09 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - I just have to think that the firing was over something besides the Only Fans. I would also think, that given the positive reception to the show, that they’d bring him back if it wasn’t something serious.

Maybe they are waiting for some time to pass so they don’t look stupid.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2024, 9:12 AM
@mountainman - either it was something "really bad" (which may not even be that bad but to Disney it is, idk) or, like you said, they are waiting until after the show and give it some time to rehire him cuz theyll look like dumbasses. Either way, if they don't bring him back, the show will suffer and Disney will still look like dumbasses
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 5/2/2024, 9:48 AM
@MotherGooseUPus @mountainman - I kinda feel like it was something really bad, because after what they did with James Gunn, I don't think they'd fire someone if it wasn't a big enough deal. With Gunn there was massive outcry over his firing. Demayo, we still don't actually know what happened. And we may not know what happened until after the season ends, since that news could have overshadowed this show.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 10:05 AM
@TheFinestSmack @MotherGooseUPus

We are mostly passed the period where people are canceled right away for things. Majors wasn’t fired until after the trial concluded. SNL had Shane Gillis on to host after he was canceled from them years ago for stupid reasons. I would really think (and this is coming from someone who is in no way a huge Disney defender) that if they fired him the way they did at the time they did, it had to have been something pretty major. Maybe sexually harassed or was abusive to a coworker. Or some stuff from his personal life that if it came out would look really bad. I don’t know.

Personally I think he’s been a more than capable show runner for this and I hope that if someone else picks up the reigns they do so effectively.

But I just can’t see Disney firing him and not rehiring after the overwhelmingly positive reception unless the cause was a major deal.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2024, 11:34 AM
@mountainman @TheFinestSmack - its gotta be something on the same level as what Majors did... otherwise, Disney is just being stupid or ashamed for firing him.

I hope he comes back, but, you never know
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 11:54 AM
@MotherGooseUPus - If it is truly something bad, I get the reason behind the firing. In that case, I just hope they get a new show runner on that can maintain the quality.

If it’s something stupid like the non-explicit Only Fans, they need to bring this dude back.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2024, 1:50 PM
@mountainman - agreed. im legit dying to know wtf he did.... hell, if Disney doesnt take him back, and its truly not something outrageous, wish Gunn would hire him to run a new JLU or some other show for DC
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 2:26 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - I don’t want the continuations of old shows trend to be too common. But ones that could work to continue are Spider-man TAS and Avengers EMH. I love the old Timmverse but we got so much in that area. Would love a newer take on DC heroes va their animated movie offerings.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 5/2/2024, 2:31 PM
@mountainman - fair enough. the Timmverse was THE definitive cartoon universe and set the standard that up until now, only XMen 97 has reached. and i say that as someone who thought Spiderman TAS was Better than XMen TAS...
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 2:49 PM
@MotherGooseUPus - Oh I LOVE the Timmverse. And I’d be open to see more in it. I would almost like to see new stuff in that universe vs a continuation. It feels like if you watch all of it, it has a nice ending as is. But I do guess X-Men 92 had a good ending with that final episode too so who knows.
Opticblast
Opticblast - 5/2/2024, 8:53 AM
So, 2 or more new seasons of X-Men 97 likely after this, with NO MORE Gambit?!?! This is unacceptable. This is 90s era X-Men we're talking about.
FlixMentallo21
FlixMentallo21 - 5/2/2024, 9:33 AM
@Opticblast - Considering a certain En Sabah Nur hasn’t been in play yet, for all we know, in the next season or so, Gambit might go the route of the 2005 ‘Messiah Complex’ arc and be revived (same with Banshee) as one of Apocalypse’s Horsemen.
mountainman
mountainman - 5/2/2024, 10:12 AM
@Opticblast - I truly believe that we are going to see a big roster change next season and it’ll focus a lot more on 00’s era stories (the show has already entered that period anyway). I agree that it sucks that Gambit is gone, he’s one of my favorites. But Nightcrawler joining the team is awesome. Maybe we will get characters like Iceman, Archangel, Psylocke, Colossus to officially join. Maybe we will get characters that never got their due in the old show like Shadowcat, Thunderbird, Sunfire, or some of the kids around the school from the comics to take bigger roles. Maybe we will get characters introduced in the 2000’s like Armor or Hope to join. Maybe Emma Frost joins the team. Maybe we will get more obscure characters featured.

I love the pull on my nostalgia strings and seeing that iconic 90’s roster again. But the X-Men has always been a team of rotating members in the comics. I would think that if this show runs for 3+ seasons, we aren’t going to have the same lineup the whole time. The changing character title cards every episode has been preparing us for this all season.

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