X-Men '97 (TV Series)

Mutant Liberation Begins (2024)

A.J. LoCascio: Gambit, FOH Guard, Male Rioter, Male Judge

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• [Magneto is put on trial at the UN Headquarters] 

  Magneto : As a boy, my people's homes were burned to ash because we dared to call God by another name. Then, my people hunted me with those who had once hunted them. I was a freak, born a mutant. An abomination to their misnamed gods. In history's sad song, there is a refrain. Believe differently, love differently, be of different sex or skin, and be punished. We sing this song to one another. The oppressed become oppressors. Xavier knew this and dreamed we could change, find harmony. A future where human and mutant could relinquish the past and finally...

  [Magneto sighs] 

  Magneto : You claim justice is overdue. Indeed. But so is healing.

  American Judge : Your words, while kind, do nothing to heal those hurt by your crimes.

  Magneto : And your sound-bite indignation will not heal mutant wounds. You build robots to hunt us, collars to chain our power.

  Male Judge : Humanity must protect itself.

  Magneto : Protection? That is extermination. I have only acted to avenge crimes against my people, as you act to avenge those against yours today.

  Chinese Judge : If that were the case, are we truly to believe, then, that in the face of what you consider to be extermination, you would walk Charles Xavier's path?

  Gambit : Not the worst thing that don't go Magneto's way, don't you think?

• Wolverine : What was the Professor thinking?

  Beast : 'The only safe and sure way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.' Mark Twain.

  Storm : Beast isn't wrong. The Professor had a plan.

  Bishop : Seen a lot of futures, but Magneto leading the X-Men? That's a new one.

  Gambit : Maybe we go change it back, huh?

  Rogue : Look, plenty of us at this table have paths so dirty they don't squeak no matter how much spit you got. Maybe we should take a page from the Professor's playbook and give Erik a second shot.

  [Magneto enters the room] 

  Magneto : I have arranged for the Morlocks to travel to the mutant nation of Genosha. It saddens me that none of you, nor Xavier himself, thought to use his considerable finances to do the same. But this is one of many mutant matters on which we can and will improve, my X-Men.

  Cyclops : Guess we can assume those jerks in the sewer are...

  Magneto : Alive, but not unharmed. The tragic fact that I did not consign those sapiens to the waste bin of history is proof of my desire to honor Charles Xavier's dream of mutant-human...

  [sighs] 

  Magneto : coexistence.

  Cyclops : Okay, prove it. Let Jean scan your mind, see your real plans.

  Jean Grey : Scott, no.

  Cyclops : What? You did it with Gyrich.

  Jean Grey : I accessed Gyrich's mind for information. Using my powers to assess honesty is another matter. Even if I sensed Magneto's intentions were sincere, that's today, this hour, this minute.

  Cyclops : Then we check every minute of every day.

  Magneto : I was under the welcome impression that you and Mrs. Summers were leaving us.

  Cyclops : Not a chance. I'm keeping an eye on you.

  Jean Grey : Scott, read the will again. Like it or not, this is what the Professor wanted.

  Magneto : Please, my intentions here were not to cause drama or discord.

  Storm : You must understand. You have been our fiercest foe for years. A desire for you to prove yourself is only natural.

  Magneto : And Storm, you are the closest thing to a goddess as we will ever see. So, I do not lightly deny your request and demand your trust instead. Xavier wanted this.

  Cyclops : Maybe he was wrong.

  Magneto : After all our tête-à-têtes, you have finally realized what I did ages ago. Even Charles Xavier can make a mistake.

• [last lines] 

  Cyclops : If only I hadn't left the UN, I could have...

  Bishop : You did what you had to. Storm did the same.

  Magneto : And we will respect her decision.

  Gambit : That so? The blast had your name on it. Should be you leaving, mon ami.

  Morph : I don't buy it. Not one minute. Storm will spend a day schlepping it with the basic folk and come right home, happy as a...

  [doorbell rings] 

  Morph : Ha! What did I say? She's back!

  [answers the door and sees to his surprise] 

  Morph : Jean?

  Jean Grey : I need the X-Men.

  [Jean faints. Everyone is shocked] 

  Cyclops : What? Jean?