Why Was Thunderbird on the Villain Side on the X-Men Cartoon? 

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Thunderbird was going to be a villain on the X-Men animated series

Any fans of the X-Men animated series from the early 1990s are likely familiar with the opening credits.

Okay, so my pal Justin K. wrote in to ask, “Why is Thunderbird on the villains side in the intro?”

He’s right, of course, as Thunderbird is, indeed, shown as part of Magneto’s Brotherhood in the climactic part of the show where the heroes and villains charge at each other.

I asked Eric Lewald about it. Eric was a longtime writer on the series and he and Julia Lewald (who also wrote for the series) are coming out with a new book about the X-Men animated series. You can read about it here.

So obviously they were the people who would know. As it turns out, it was really just as simple as spacing. Larry Houston, who designed the credits with Will Meugniot, needed balance, and there were too many good guys on the left of the screen.

Thanks to Justin for the question and thanks to Eric for the answer!

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