History Film / XMenDaysOfFuturePast

* BareYourMidriff: Mystique has this kind of outfit when she's disguised as a blonde woman.

* MsFanservice: Creator/JenniferLawrence. Mostly seen in a skin-tight bodysuit as Mystique or alternatively [[BareYourMidriff with a midriff-baring outfit]] as Blondie.

** In the Paris subway, a sign can be seen for "Creator/VictorHugo Ave." Jackman appeared in ''Film/LesMiserables'', based on Hugo's novel of the same name.

** Played with: Bolivar Trask claims to Stryker that he does not hate mutants. He respects them, but wants to use them in order to make humanity band together. However, he still [[LackOfEmpathy thinks of them as research material rather than people.]] It's emphasized even further when Mystique gets into the presidential safe-room, and Trask refers to her as "it" when he insists that they not shoot ''[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]'' because he needs her for research purposes.

** Due to a combination of PlayingGertrude and that Creator/ElliotPage is OlderThanTheyLook, Kitty Pryde is another example.

* PlayingGertrude:
** Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen were given ageing make-up because their characters are roughly fifteen years older than they are.
** Kitty Pryde, somewhat. The viral website states the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' occurred in 2006 when Kitty appeared to be, at the most, in her mid-teens. The BadFuture is said to occur in or very close to 2023, putting Kitty in her early 30s even though the films were released just 8 years apart and Creator/ElliotPage was 26 during filming.
** Magneto is somewhere in the area of twenty to twenty-five years older than Peter, while Creator/MichaelFassbender is only a decade older than Evan Peters.

* {{Trekkie}}: It's hinted that Hank is a fan of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (an episode is playing on one of his [=TVs=]), which is fitting considering that he's a {{nerd}}. He describes Peter's mutation as "fascinating," which is a reference to Spock. Creator/BryanSinger's favourite fandom is ''Franchise/StarTrek'', so it's natural that he would want to bestow that quality on the character (who, coincidentally, can be called Dr. [=McCoy=]). His Trekkie-ness is more obvious in ''The Rogue Cut'' because Beast is enjoying the episode while sipping a beverage.

* RemakeCameo: In the French dub, Senator Brickman is voiced by Bernard Tiphaine. The latter was also the voice actor for Beast in the 90's ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon.

** [[spoiler:Blink: [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Speared]] by [[UpToEleven three]] Sentinels.]]

* Lucas Bishop / ComicBook/{{Bishop}} (Creator/OmarSy)

* KillThemAll: In the Bad Future, [[spoiler:the Sentinels find the last hideout and kill all the X-Men guarding it. Just as they get inside and prepare to blast Charles, Erik, Kitty and Logan, Past Mystique decides not to kill Trask, erasing the dystopic timeline from existence]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Not only is ''Days of Future Past'' a team movie, but one with X-Men teams from the future and the past, making the cast almost twice the size of a normal ''X-Men'' film.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Unable to cope with his powers, to use them properly and deal with all the stress caused by the things at stake, and with a guy like Wolverine who can't be anyone's mentor, Charles Xavier got the help of the best mentor that Wolverine knows about: [[spoiler:Charles Xavier! To accomplish this, 1973 Xavier reads his mind until he can manifest outside of Wolverine's future body, and talk with his future self.]]

* AllThereInTheStinger: If you haven't seen the end-credits scenes of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' or ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', good luck understanding how (or why) [[spoiler: Professor X is still alive.]]

* AllThereInTheStinger: If you haven't seen the end-credits scenes of The Last Stand or The Wolverine, good luck understanding how (or why) [[spoiler: Professor X is still alive.]]

** Logan waking up in a daze to Roberta Flack's 1969 cover of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" in both 1973 [[spoiler:and the new AlternateTimeline (playing on an oldies station on Internet satellite radio)]].

* Hank [=McCoy=] / ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}} (Creator/NicholasHoult)

* Clarice Ferguson / ComicBook/{{Blink}} (Creator/FanBingbing)

* HollywoodNerd: In his human form, [=McCoy=] is quite the PrettyBoy after he loses his NerdGlasses near the end of the movie. This is further accentuated in ''The Rogue Cut'' when Raven removes Hank's eyewear in order to see his face more clearly, and she kisses him shortly afterwards.

* {{Trekkie}}: It's hinted that Hank is a fan of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (an episode is playing on one of his [=TVs=]), which is fitting considering that he's a HollywoodNerd. He describes Peter's mutation as "fascinating," which is a reference to Spock. Creator/BryanSinger's favourite fandom is ''Franchise/StarTrek'', so it's natural that he would want to bestow that quality on the character (who, coincidentally, can be called Dr. [=McCoy=]). His Trekkie-ness is more obvious in ''The Rogue Cut'' because Beast is enjoying the episode while sipping a beverage.

** While the ComicBook/ScarletWitch is absent in the film in spite of her relationship with Quicksilver, a girl with red hair is later seen with him. Interestingly, she is only credited as "Peter's Little Sister," making her identity ambiguous (some think she's Peter's ''half''-sister ComicBook/{{Polaris|MarvelComics}}), though it definitely counts as a MythologyGag. Creator/BryanSinger says there was a cut-out scene where the little girl was told to "go bug your sister." This scene is restored in ''The Rogue Cut''.

* Alex Summers / ComicBook/{{Havok|MarvelComics}} (Creator/LucasTill)

* Erik Lehnsherr / ComicBook/{{Magneto}} (Creator//MichaelFassbender and Creator/IanMcKellen)

* Erik Lehnsherr / ComicBook/{{Magneto}} (Creator/MichaelFassbender and Creator/IanMcKellen)

* BadassBeard:
** Iceman sports one. Shawn Ashmore has said in interviews that it signifies his character's maturity.
** Bishop's thick facial hair makes him look formidable.
** Inverted with the younger Xavier; he has a beard and somewhat longer hair, but they signify how much he has let himself go.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Including a demonstration of RequiredSecondaryPowers, Quicksilver has to brace the back of Magneto's head to prevent him from getting severe whiplash while moving at super speed. Despite this, Magneto is still visibly ill and disoriented after moving so quickly.
** Right after they get caught, Quicksilver also incapacitates the guards in the room, with hijinks such as crossing two guard's arms, putting one's fist in his own face, poking another one in the face, and giving another one a wedgie. This proceeds to send ''all'' of them flying, as he did it at such speeds that the sheer momentum hit them with much more force.
** [[spoiler:Despite Wolverine not having his metal skeleton as a weakness for Magneto to exploit, their fight is still a complete curb stomp, with Wolverine only managing to deflect a few objects before he's incapacitated and thrown into the Potomac. For all of Wolverine's hand-to-hand prowess, Magneto has a superior advantage in range.]]
** After he gets a head wound during [[spoiler:his fight with Beast,]] Erik doesn't just put a bandage on it but has to clean and stitch it up using his powers.