the phrase of the week.

mutatis mutandis has appeared twice in my short life, and supprizingly both in cartoons. it literally translates as "that having been changed which had to be changed", while its modernized form is a bit more accessible: "with the necessary changes". initially used as the moto for Xaviers School for Gifted Youngsters (thats X-men lore, if you dont know), the term also appeared in an Aeon Flux episode called "purge", while Trevor Goodchild is explaining his motivation for "righting wrongdoers." this makes me wonder if Peter Chung- animator and creator of aeon flux- is giving his quiet form of a Hi-Five to Stan lee...