3. Teaming Up With The Hero To Combat A Bigger Evil
Appears In: X-Men 2 & Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer X-Men United saw Magneto and Professor Xavier's mutant sides teaming together to take down their common enemy, in the mutant-hating William Stryker, while Fantastic Four 2 saw Dr. Doom temporarily being forced to team with the Fantastic Four to take down the Silver Surfer. Given that the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie is apparently going to make a villain out of one of the characters, we can expect that the film will eventually see them putting their differences aside to combat a bigger foe also. While it's interesting to see the usual dynamic shaken up like this sometimes, it's soon enough going to become a risible cliche, and it's rarely one shot through with the adequate strength of conviction (X2 being the exception that proves the rule, perhaps).