The Shatty Gang dives headlong into the Danger Room to watch the 1989 animated X-Men pilot "Pryde of the X-Men", a surprisingly well-made if exhausting adaptation of the legendary Marvel comic book. Is it a solemn allegory for prejudice or a character-filled extravaganza designed to make action figure manufacturers swoon? Yes! But first, the Shats get their freak(s) on with the Doom Patrol, watch bizarre clips of earlier X-Men cartoons, and receive a 1983 Yummy Award. They also watch X-Men pasta commercials, play a high-stakes game of Mutant or Not-ant, and offer no fewer than three lessons that they've learned. In the words of an inexplicably Australian Wolverine: Crikey, Bub!