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Nightcrawler - S3-E18

Trivia: This episode heavily implies that Gambit is an atheist. In the comics, he is Catholic.

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Trivia: When the film was first announced, it was jokingly called "Captain America: Serpent Society" before its actual title was revealed a few minutes later.

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Trivia: Despite the character's current massive popularity, Deadpool only made three unofficial cameos on this show, as the character was not nearly as popular in the early 90s. Once as a mental projection during a psychic session between Professor X and Sabretooth in the season 1 episode "Deadly Reunions"; as an illusion created by the dark side of Professor X's consciousness in the season 3 episode "The Phoenix Saga Part 2: The Dark Shroud"; and as form that Morph took during a confrontation with Wolverine in the season 2 episode "Whatever It Takes." Deadpool was set to make his first official appearance in a television series in the second season of "Wolverine and the X-Men", but that show was canceled before this ever came to fruition.

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Trivia: This film spent several years in development hell largely because Fox wasn't sure that the film could be profitable, based in part on the character's negative reception in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and desire by the filmmakers for it to be rated R. It wasn't until computer animated test footage was leaked online to universal praise that the film was finally given the green light. Despite the hurdles the film had to overcome to get made, it ironically became not only the highest grossing film in the X-Men franchise (both domestically and worldwide), but the highest grossing R-rated film of all time worldwide.

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Trivia: The rock band Filter contributed music to this show, including their hit single "Hey Man Nice Shot" being used in the season 3 episode "D.P.O." as well as appearing on a couple X-Files soundtracks. Filter's lead singer Richard Patrick is the younger brother of Robert Patrick, who would later be cast in this show as Agent John Doggett.

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Trivia: In the comics, Kilgrave's code name is the Purple Man, due to his purple skin. His skin is never purple in this show, except once when shouting at the very end, but his comics counterpart is referenced by the fact that much of his wardrobe consists of purple clothing.

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The Alien Costume: Part 1 - S1-E8

Trivia: When Peter Parker is testing the costume changing capabilities of the symbiote, he suggests "that guy from Aerosmith," and materializes a suit similar to what Joe Perry from Aerosmith wears. Joe Perry composed the theme song for this show. (00:14:20)

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Trivia: When being played on basic cable or regular TV, John McClane's catchphrase "Yippee ki yay, mother fucker!" is sometimes oddly redubbed as "Yippee ki yay, Mr. Falcon!" Falcon is the call sign for General Esperanza's original flight, which half explains the odd wording.

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Trivia: Jeremy Ratchford, the actor who voiced Banshee, would go on to portray the same character in the 1996 made-for-television film "Generation X."

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One Man's Worth: Part 1 - S4-E1

Trivia: The man that aids Wolverine in the coffee shop is Johnny Strabler, Marlon Brando's character from the film "The Wild One." (00:16:45)

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Tricky Dick - S3-E3

Trivia: Dick's rant about his perceived evils of rock music is identical to Reverend Moore's (also played by John Lithgow) opposition to dancing from the film "Footloose."

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Trivia: Contrary to the heroic figure he's portrayed as being in the film, the real-life Chris Kyle was quite the controversial person. By his own admission, he would ignore rules of engagement and stated that he enjoyed killing people in Iraq and that he wished he would have killed more, even referring to Iraqis as "savages." He also falsely claimed in his book and in subsequent radio/television interviews to have punched-out former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura for making disparaging remarks about Navy SEALs at a SEAL reunion in 2006. As a result, Ventura sued Chris Kyle - and later his estate after Kyle's death - and was awarded $1.8 million in damages for defamation of character and unjust enrichment. It was also revealed in May 2016 that Kyle had embellished his military record, claiming in his book to have won two Silver Stars and five Bronze stars, all for valor. In actuality, he had only been awarded one Silver Star and four Bronze Stars. Prior to publishing his book, Navy officials warned him not to include the discrepancy. The Navy concluded its investigation of the matter in July 2016, and reduced his medal count accordingly. Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/navy-finds-american-sniper-chris-kyle-exaggerated-medal-count-article-1.2705473.

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Trivia: The character Negasonic Teenage Warhead is named after a Monster Magnet song, which appears on their album "Dopes To Infinity."

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Hidden Agenda - S5-E13

Trivia: The character Kenny Jenkins is wearing a Punisher T-shirt. (00:05:50)

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Bloodlines - S5-E6

Trivia: The trick-or-treaters that show up to the mansion are dressed up as Spider-Man, Daredevil and the lesser-known Devil Dinosaur. (00:03:15)

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Longshot - S5-E5

Trivia: When Xavier is reading Longshot's mind, one of the aliens seen resembles the Twi'leks from the Star Wars films. (00:10:05)

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No Mutant Is an Island - S5-E4

Trivia: The foot soldiers on Killgrave's video are dressed like the Marvel Comics villain Scarecrow, not to be confused with the Batman villain of the same name. (00:11:25)

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The Phalanx Covenant: Part 1 - S5-E1

Trivia: This episode has a similar plot to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and in particular the scene where Warlock deduces that President Kelly has been assimilated by the Phalanx because he knew of Warlock's association with Beast without Beast having told him is a reference to the 1978 film where it is deduced that the police are pod people when they acknowledge the name of Donald Sutherland without him having told them. (00:13:05)

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The Phalanx Covenant: Part 1 - S5-E1

Trivia: The truck at the beginning of the episode that says "Joe's Calamari" is a reference to Marvel Comics Executive Vice President and executive producer on this show, Joseph Calamari. (00:01:05)

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Trivia: Wilson Fisk's code-name of Kingpin isn't acquired until season 2. However, his eventual nom de guerre is foreshadowed in season 1 by the way of Ben Urich's cork-board in his office, which features a king of diamonds playing card pinned to it.

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