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Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Evan Peters, Olivia Munn, Jennifer Lawrence, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, and Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Connections

X-Men: Apocalypse

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Edited from

    • The Wolverine (2013)

      A short part of the Nagasaki scene from The Wolverine is used in the Jean/Xavier nightmare sequence in this film.

Featured in

    • Super Bowl 50 (TV Special 2016)

      A trailer for the film is seen.
    • "Half in the Bag" Deadpool and Comic Book Movie Predictions (TV Episode 2016)

      clips from the trailer are shown
    • "The Graham Norton Show" Johnny Depp/Jennifer Lawrence/James McAvoy/Jack Whitehall/will.i.am (TV Episode 2016)

      Clip shown
    • "Dish Nation" Episode #4.180 (TV Episode 2016)

      interviews with cast and clips
    • "Projector" X-Men: Apocalypse (TV Episode 2016)

      movie is reviewed

Features

    • "Star Trek" Who Mourns for Adonais? (TV Episode 1967)

      Seen on TV in Egypt.
    • Ms. Pac-Man (Video Game 1982)

      Quicksilver is seen playing the arcade version of the game.
    • Knight Rider (TV Series 1982–1986)

      Seen on TV.
    • X-Men (2000)

      Flashback of Erik/Magneto at Auschwitz is taken from the film.
    • X-Men: First Class (2011)

      Flashbacks of Erik/Magneto and Professor Xavier are taken from the film.

Followed by

    • Logan (2017)

    • X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)

    • The New Mutants (2020)

Follows

    • X-Men (2000)

    • X2: X-Men United (2003)

    • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

    • X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

    • X-Men: First Class (2011)

Referenced in

    • "Bum Reviews" X-Men: Days of Future Past (TV Episode 2014)

      Bum mentions the next installment
    • "Honest Trailers" X-Men: Days of Future Past (TV Episode 2014)

      Mentioned by narrator
    • "Most Craved" Peanuts Movie + X-Men: Apocalypse + Warlords of Draenor! (TV Episode 2014)

      Movie is discussed
    • "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Pharrell Williams/Oscar Isaac/Delta Rae (TV Episode 2015)

      Oscar Isaac talks about his upcoming film
    • "Honest Trailers" Iron Man (TV Episode 2015)

      Title shown in timetable

References

    • Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

      Mentioned in commentary as an influence on the opening scene.
    • Mary Poppins (1964)

      When Prof. Xavier tells the young students to return to their bedrooms after the ruckus caused by Cyclops, he says,"Spit spot": a unique phrase used by Mary Poppins to hurry the Banks children into tidying the nursery.
    • Jaws (1975)

      Riff on the line "We're going to need a bigger boat". A ship from Jaws is also seen. Bryan Singer's production company, Bad Hat Harry, is named after another line from the movie.
    • Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

      Scott aruges that the original film is still the best after seeing Return of the Jedi at a movie theater
    • Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

      Talk about the movie after leaving a movie theater.

Spoofed in

    • "How It Should Have Ended" How X-Men Apocalypse Should Have Ended (TV Episode 2016)

      How "X-Men: Apocalypse" should have ended
    • Flutter Green Forever (Short 2016)

      Timur Isaev is parody of Apocalypse.
    • "The Blockbuster Buster" X-Men Apocalypse (TV Episode 2017)

      movie is reviewed and reenacted
    • "Robot Chicken" Shall I Visit the Dinosaurs? (TV Episode 2018)

      Parody skit
    • "Robot Chicken" No Wait, He Has a Cane (TV Episode 2018)

      Apocalypse from this movie appears in the What Not to Wear sketch and the Cake Hunters sketch.

Version of

    • Pryde of the X-Men (TV Movie 1989)

      Based on Marvel's X-Men comics
    • Wolverine (Video Game 1991)

      Based on Marvel's X-Men comics
    • X-Men (Video Game 1992)

      Based on Marvel's X-Men comics
    • X-Men (TV Series 1992–1997)

      Based on Marvel's X-Men comics
    • X-Men (Video Game 1993)

      Based on Marvel's X-Men comics

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