User blog comment:Blinkn/Superhero Cartoon Questions?/@comment-3317214-20120606095739

I'm guessing that if that marriage never happened, then Cable's origins are slightly different. No big deal. Maybe the marriage happened at a different time. Maybe they used Jean instead of Madelyne.

It's been a little while since I've seen the X-Men animated series, but there's a list of characters that appear in the episode on the page for the episode at this wikia: X-Men:_The_Animated_Series_Season_4_12 There's the first part, so if they don't appear there, you can link-hop until you find them.

Yeah, the Iron Man and Fantastic Four shows of that time were kinda bad, but they had the same feel and style as the X-Men and Spider-Man shows. I really don't see why people make such a huge deal about how good the X-Men animated series was. For a lot of the reasons you can use to criticise the Iron Man and Fantastic Four shows, I find you can apply them to X-Men as well. I did watch all of the X-Men series, and whilst at first the feel seemed a bit off, it grew on me. Maybe the same could be said of the other series.

I haven't seen Avengers:UTS, just because it looks really crappy, so I don't know. But in my opinion Spider-Man: Unlimited wasn't that bad. Just different. Unexpected. A little weird, but kinda cool. Just different.

As to crossovers, all of those animated series weren't set in the same universe. You could assume that those characters existed in eachother's universes, but these shows mainly used the characters they were based on, so fair enough. The "Marvel Animated Universe" as such doesn't exist, and as far as I know, it wasn't until recently that some of the shows were heaped together into the same continuity.

I guess there was just never any interest for those characters to show up. I guess it's a shame, but what can you do... Luke Cage and Iron Fist recently appeared in the show, "Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes", so if you haven't already checked that out, I reccomend you do. In my opinion it's the best Marvel animated show ever, and probably one of the best animated shows in general I've ever seen. Their gallery of supporting characters, varying from street heroes like Luke Cage and Iron Fist to cosmic allies, such as Beta Ray Bill and the Guardians of the Galaxy is growing quickly. The show is just awesome.

All those other shows are just different adaptations. I really enjoyed Wolverine and the X-Men. It's the best representation of the X-Men outside the comics I've seen. It just feels right, and the story is really well done. X-Men: Evolution takes a different approach, but it's not a bad show. It's not your standard X-Men but I enjoyed that interpretation. Plus they told some great stories too. And Iron Man: Armored Adventures as well. That show is fantastic. It's just a different take. I don't think it's being produced for children, just because the main characters are younger. It's just a really interesting take on it, and they've done a great job.