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X-Men: The Movie
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There are many, many ways that the movie is different from the actual mainstream continuity of the comics. For one, the school has far more mutants in it than the casts of Uncanny, X-Men, Generation X, and the Hellions/New Mutants/X-Force kids combined.
The team in the movie consists of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm, all led by Xavier. In movie continuity, Cyclops and Jean are not yet married (though they share a room in the mansion), and Jean is a doctor. Wolverine and Rogue first meet in Canada, instead of meeting when Rogue runs away from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and comes knocking at Xavier's door.
Rogue, in the regular comics, has the powers of flight and invulnerability, which she gained from Ms. Marvel (Avengers Annual #10). She's also had her distinctive white stripe from the get-go. Furthermore, the Rogue of the comics has *never* revealed her real name on-panel, and it's strongly believed that if anyone knows it other than Rogue's original parents, it would be Mystique (Rogue's foster mother) or Destiny (Mystique's long-time companion).
The Toad of the comics was always an Igor-like hunchback to Magneto, and usually did little more than jump around uttering annoying lines. The Toad of the movie, however, can climb walls much more efficiently, has a strong tongue that can grasp items, and a rather nasty ooze.

[Wolverine]



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Quite a few cameos of (and homages to) familiar characters appear in the movie. They are: