List of X-Men: Evolution episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the animated television series X-Men: Evolution, based on the X-Men comic books.
Season One
| # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | ||
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| 1 | "Strategy X" | Frank Paur | Avi Arad & Rick Ungar (story) Bob Forward (writer) | November 4, 2000 | ||
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As Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) adapts to his new home at the Xavier Institute, Mystique attempts to spy on the facility. She enlists Todd Tolanski (Toad), a mutant with frog-like abilities to scope the place out. Note: First appearance of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Prof. Charles Xavier, Storm, Nightcrawler, Toad, Mystique, Sabertooth (Only a brief view) and Magneto. | ||||||
| 2 | "The X-Impulse" | Gary Graham | Greg Johnson & Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (writer) | November 11, 2000 | ||
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Chicago native Kitty Pryde begins to exhibit the mutant ability of being able to phase through solid objects. Charles Xavier and Jean Grey head over to try to enlist her into their institute before a scheming troublemaker (who also happens to be a mutant who can create earthquakes) gets her to use her powers for wrong causes. Note: First appearance of Shadowcat & Avalanche. Also the first time that Wolverine fights his rival, Sabertooth. | ||||||
| 3 | "Rogue Recruit" | Steven E. Gordon | Simon Furman | November 18, 2000 | ||
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When Rogue accidentally triggers her mutant power by absorbing a local boy's memories, strengths, and abilities, the X-Men head off to Caldecott County, Mississippi to recruit her. However, Mystique isn't willing to let her out of her grasp. She gets to Rogue first and is able to convince her that X-Men are hunting her down. Note: First appearance of Rogue & Destiny. | ||||||
| 4 | "Mutant Crush" | Frank Paur | Katherine Lawrence | November 25, 2000 | ||
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Fred Dukes (Blob), a former sideshow entertainer from Texas, gets enlisted by Mystique into Bayville High, but his short temper and blubbery girth prevents him from making any necessary friends. He does get some help from Jean Grey in finding his way around the school, but things take a turn for the worst when he mistakes this for love. Note: First appearance of Blob. | ||||||
| 5 | "Speed and Spyke" | Gary Graham | Bob Forward (story & writer) Rick Ungar (story) | December 9, 2000 | ||
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Evan Daniels, Ororo Monroe/Storm's nephew, is exihibiting his mutant ability of projecting boned spikes. Despite knowing his powers, Daniels initially refuses to join the X-Men. However, when former basketball teammate Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) continually steals money from him (along with getting him in trouble), Evan accepts the offer in an attempt to take his former friend down. Note: First appearances of Spyke & Quicksilver. | ||||||
| 6 | "Middleverse" | Steven E. Gordon | Evelyn Gabai (story) Adam Beechen (story & writer) | January 27, 2001 | ||
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Kurt's childish behavior makes Scott mad at him. Later, Kurt (in his true form) accidentally activates a device which transfers him to a parallel dimension. There, he meets Forge, who had been trapped there since the late seventies, and together, they devise a plan to break out and return to their normal dimension. Things get complicated when the other X-Men discover the device and the Brotherhood then tries to steal it from them. Note: First appearance of Forge. | ||||||
| 7 | "Turn of the Rogue" | Boyd Kirkland | Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (story & writer) | February 3, 2001 | ||
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Scott Summers/Cyclops and Jean Grey prepare for their geology club excursion, but Mystique has different plans in mind, replacing Jean with Rogue in an attempt to put further distance between her and the X-Men. In the end, Rogue finds out about Mystique's plans and finally joins the X-Men. | ||||||
| 8 | "Spykecam" | Frank Paur | Christy Marx (writer), Rick Ungar (story), & Randy Littlejohn (story & writer) | February 10, 2001 | ||
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For extra credit, Spyke films the current events in his life. However, his project takes a turn for the worst when Sabretooth uses the video camera to find out where the Xavier Institute is in order to hunt down his rival, Wolverine. | ||||||
| 9 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Gary Graham | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | March 3, 2001 | ||
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The X-Men and the Brotherhood battle each other in a summer camp, but must cooperate when a large and unstoppable mutant threatens both Charles Xavier and Mystique. Note: First appearance of Juggernaut. | ||||||
| 10 | "Shadowed Past" | Steven E. Gordon | Bob Forward (writer) & Jules Dennis (story) | March 31, 2001 | ||
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Rogue has nightmares about Kurt being abducted. It turns out that when she absorbed Mystique's memory of her prior plan of keeping her away from the X-Men, she also absorbed many more memories, allowing the X-Men to find out that Mystique is Kurt's mother. Wolverine also discovers that Nightcrawler was the object of heinous experiments conducted by Magneto, but decides not to tell him about this yet. | ||||||
| 11 | "Grim Reminder" | Frank Paur | Greg Johnson (story) & Greg Johnson (writer) | April 14, 2001 | ||
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Wolverine's tortured origin comes back to haunt him. He goes into the Canadian wilderness to find Weapon X. He runs into not only his archrival Sabretooth, but the doctor who gave him his adamantium claws. It turns out that the doctor still plans to use Wolverine to carry out Weapon X by brainwashing him with a microchip that was implanted into Logan's brain a long time ago. It's up to Shadowcat and Nightcrawler (who accompanied Wolverine accidentally, as they were in the X-Jet when he took it) to save the day. | ||||||
| 12 | "The Cauldron (Part 1)" | Gary Graham | Simon Furman | May 5, 2001 | ||
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Scott is reunited with his brother Alex, as the X-Men are forced to fight the Brotherhood for a place in Magneto's sanctuary. Note: First appearance of Havok. | ||||||
| 13 | "The Cauldron (Part 2)" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | May 12, 2001 | ||
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Magneto holds multiple battles to find out which mutants are "worthy" of joining him on Asteroid M. The "winners" are abducted by force and offered a place in the Cauldron, where Magneto offers to increase their mutant powers to full potential. | ||||||
Season Two
| # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | ||
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| 14 | "Growing Pains" | Frank Paur | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | September 29, 2001 | ||
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The Brotherhood (minus Mystique) gatecrash the girl's championship soccer match (where Jean's team is a part of) and threaten to expose mutantkind to the world. Note: First appearance of the New Mutants and Risty. | ||||||
| 15 | "Power Surge" | Gary Graham | Doug Molitor | October 13, 2001 | ||
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Jean Grey loses control of her powers, and the only one able to contain her is Rogue. Note: Foreshadowing of the Phoenix. Introduction of Beast (in human form). | ||||||
| 16 | "Bada-Bing Bada-Boom!" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | October 6, 2001 | ||
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Boom Boom flirts with Nightcrawler, and then gets a visit from her criminal father who wants her to commit a crime for him. Tabitha reluctantly agrees, but then crosses the way of the Brotherhood, and joins them at the end of the episode. | ||||||
| 17 | "Fun and Games" | Frank Paur | Brian Swenlin | October 20, 2001 | ||
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While Professor X has to mend Juggernaut's stasis cell, the younger X-Men trick Cyclops and Jean Grey to exit the Mansion in order to have a party. However, there is a guest who causes the X-men trouble. Note: First appearance of Arcade. Also in this episode Risty is revealed to be Mystique | ||||||
| 18 | "Beast of Bayville" | Gary Graham | William Forrest Cluverius | October 27, 2001 | ||
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Dr. Hank McCoy has no energy left to fight his mutation, which forces him to be a violent Beast. When he finally becomes a monster, Spyke is the only one who can possibly reach Dr. McCoy. Note: Introduction of Beast's mutant form. | ||||||
| 19 | "Adrift" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | November 3, 2001 | ||
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Alex gets caught in a riptide while shooting some surfing footage. Scott (who's visiting his brother) goes out to rescue him, but a huge storm threatens both their lives. | ||||||
| 20 | "On Angel's Wings" | Frank Paur | Boyd Kirkland | December 15, 2001 | ||
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In Christmas time, a mysterious angel is saving people's lives. Rogue and Cyclops track down Warren Worthington, who is deeply unsure about his mutation. Magneto wants to frame him, in order to instill hate against mankind into him, forcing our two X-Men have to set things straight. Note: First appearance of Angel. | ||||||
| 21 | "African Storm" | Gary Graham | Nick Dubois | November 17, 2001 | ||
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Storm is tormented by Houngan, an evil African shaman who wants to steal her power and use it to take over Africa. Storm and the X-Men have to stop an enemy who knows every weakness of hers. | ||||||
| 22 | "Joyride" | Steven E. Gordon | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | December 1, 2001 | ||
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Lance Alvers (Avalanche) wants to join the X-Men in order to be near Kitty. Unfortunately, the rest of the Brotherhood, along with several of the X-Men, are not pleased with his decision. Meanwhile the other students have been sneaking out at night and taking the X- Men's vehicles for Joyrides and wrecking them, leaving Lance to take the blame. It's all fun and games for the students until they try to take the X-Jet for a ride. In the end Lance finds out, and with the help of Kitty, stops their Joyriding. Lance receives a full apology, but none the less, decides to return to the Brotherhood. | ||||||
| 23 | "Walk on the Wild Side" | Frank Paur | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | March 2, 2002 | ||
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The female X-Men are fed up with playing second fiddle, and form a vigilante crime-fighting group called the Bayville Sirens. For a while, things go great, but in the end, an old enemy crosses their way. | ||||||
| 24 | "Operation: Rebirth" | Gary Graham | Bob Forward | March 30, 2002 | ||
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Nick Fury informs Wolverine that Magneto has stolen a device once used to create the super-soldier Captain America. Wolverine, Rogue and Nightcrawler go to recover it. Meanwhile, Logan reminisces about his history with Captain America during World War II. Note: first appearence of Nick Fury. | ||||||
| 25 | "Mindbender" | Steven E. Gordon | Bob Forward | January 26, 2002 | ||
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A mysterious hypnotist named Mesmero kidnaps some of the X-Men and brainwashes them into committing crimes for him. Note: Foreshadowing of Apocalypse and opening his first gate. | ||||||
| 26 | "Shadow Dance" | Boyd Kirkland | Boyd Kirkland | February 2, 2002 | ||
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The Bayville High Sadie Hawkins dance arrives, and everybody is scrambling for dates. While this is going on, Forge constructs a device which lengthens Nightcrawler's teleportation reaches, however the creatures he encounters while passing through a 'separate dimension' during his teleport, manage to escape through open portals Nighcrawler leaves behind. Note: First appearance of Amanda Sefton, who knows the real Kurt Wagner and dates him. | ||||||
| 27 | "Retreat" | Frank Paur | Michael Merton | February 16, 2002 | ||
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In order to help a depressive Beast out of his slump, Kitty arranges a field trip with the New Mutants. However, hunters catch Beast, thinking him to be Bigfoot, and the young mutants must save their teacher from life in captivity. | ||||||
| 28 | "The HeX Factor" | Gary Graham | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | April 20, 2002 | ||
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Mystique returns to the Brotherhood with a mentally unstable, but immensely powerful mutant named Wanda, much to the horror of her brother Pietro. Note: First appearance of Scarlet Witch. | ||||||
| 29 | "Day of Reckoning (Part 1)" | Gary Graham, Steven E. Gordon, & Frank Paur | Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat Story By:Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland | May 11, 2002 | ||
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Anti-mutant activist Bolivar Trask abducts Wolverine and introduces him to his newest invention, the Sentinels. Meanwhile, Magneto wants to provoke all-out war between mankind and mutantkind and summons his Acolytes to create mayhem. Note: First appearance of the Acolytes (Gambit, Pyro, Colossus), the Sentinels, and Bolivar Trask. | ||||||
| 30 | "Day of Reckoning (Part 2)" | Gary Graham, Steven E. Gordon, & Frank Paur | Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat Story By:Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland | May 11, 2002 | ||
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The X-Men are shocked when Professor X teams them up with the Brotherhood to stop Magneto, but then, a shocking twist reveals that nothing was as it seemed to be. | ||||||
(When reediting this page, Walk on the Wild Side is episode 10 of season 2 according to the Marvel Youtube webpage, and takes place before Shadow Dance because Blob still has his mohawk and Duncan gets tickets for Jean. Also On Angels Wings and Operation Rebirth is out of place according to the same page, even though it may have aired on the supposed dates)
Season Three
| # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | ||
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| 31 | "Day of Recovery" | Gary Graham | Story By: Boyd Kirkland & Greg Johnson Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | September 14, 2002 | ||
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The remaining X-Men and Brotherhood members go to Area 51 to rescue their captive members. However, when Cyclops traps Mystique in Area 51 in order to blackmail her into giving up the location of where Charles Xavier is, the squads split. Without Professor X, the X-Men are now alone in a world that shuns them. | ||||||
| 32 | "The Stuff of Heroes" | Curt Geda | Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Bob Forward | September 21, 2002 | ||
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While Storm and Beast step in front of the Senate to try curbing the rampant anti-mutant crowd, the rest of the X-Men have to stop Juggernaut, who has been unleashed by Mystique and is threatening to destroy a dam. | ||||||
| 33 | "Mainstream" | Frank Paur | Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Michael Merton | September 28, 2002 | ||
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Despite rescuing Professor X, the bigotry towards mutants still exists as our heroes return to Bayville High, scorned and verbally abused by their human classmates, including their mutant-hating Principal Edward Kelly. Also, the School Board decides whether or not to allow mutants to attend school. However, Kelly enlists Duncan to team up with the Brotherhood (Avalanche, Toad, & Blob) to ensure a permanent mutant ban. This is the episode where Kitty's fragile relationship ends with Lance. | ||||||
| 34 | "The Stuff of Villains" | Gary Graham | Adam Beecham | October 5, 2002 | ||
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Wanda wants to find out where her father Magneto is, so she enlists Caliban for help. She then goes to her brother Quicksilver for info. When he refuses, Wanda delivers him to the police. When the Brotherhood tries to break him out of a prison transport (as part of Magneto's offer from Gambit), Rogue and Shadowcat appear to break up their rescue operation. | ||||||
| 35 | "Blind Alley" | Curt Geda | Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Doug Molitor | October 19, 2002 | ||
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Jean is about to confess her love to Scott when Mystique (who managed to escape from Area 51 and is out for revenge) abducts and takes him to a desert in Mexico and steals his ruby quartz glasses. Jean, who has visions of him in peril, tracks him down, although Mystique is determined to kill them both. | ||||||
| 36 | "X-Treme Measures" | Frank Paur | Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland Written By: Jules Dennis & Greg Johnson | November 2, 2002 | ||
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Spyke joins a skateboarding contest sponsored by "Pow-R 8" soda. However, Pow-R 8 is harmful to mutants, and when Spyke drinks a swig, his mutation greatly advances, poisons, and disfigures him seriously. He is saved by the Morlocks, and in the end, Spyke joins them. Note: First appearance of the Morlocks | ||||||
| 37 | "The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" | Gary Graham | Steve Granat & Cydne Clark | November 9, 2002 | ||
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Wanda tracks down Magneto to his Acolyte headquarters in a nearby ski resort. Meanwhile, Kurt is spending time with Amanda Sefton and meeting her parents. Toad steals Nightcrawler's image inducer (thereby blowing his cover in front of the Sefton household) and pursues Wanda, followed by an angry Kurt. However, when Wanda gets abducted by Magneto, the two rescue Wanda, who has been brainwashed by Mastermind into believing her father was a kind and giving man (erasing her memory of the asylum and his "death" by Sentinel). | ||||||
| 38 | "Self Possessed" | Curt Geda | Greg Johnson | November 16, 2002 | ||
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Rogue witnesses her crush Scott date Jean. She is consoled by her friend Risty, but when she accidentally touches and absorbs her at a concert, she finds out that she was Mystique all along in disguise. Absorbing Mystique's power, Rogue's alter-egos from inside that she has absorbed in the past, use the shape-shifting power she accidentally borrowed from Mystique to break free from Rogue's inner self, fighting to take control over her body and mind. Thinking everybody hates her, Rogue's latent multiple personality disorder breaks through and she loses her sanity. The X-Men have to stop their colleague, who has all their powers combined and in the verge of burning herself out. | ||||||
| 39 | "Under Lock and Key" | Frank Paur | Sean Roche | November 30, 2002 | ||
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Angel spots Gambit stealing a mysterious artifact, but when he tries to stop him, Mesmero fights him off. When the Acolytes want to steal another artifact, the X-Men fight them and discover there is a bigger plan happening. Soon both teams will face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable. Note: In this episode the X-Men team that goes up against the spider is the original team from the comics (Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Iceman, and Angel) | ||||||
| 40 | "Cruise Control" | Gary Graham | Steve Granat & Cydne Clark | August 23, 2003 | ||
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Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (without Rogue and Spyke) take a pleasure cruise. However, Magma becomes violently ill, literally suffering from earth withdrawal. When Boom-Boom transfers her to an island, she accidentally triggers a volcano. When the volcano threatens to explode again, Magma dives into its heart to silence it once and for all. Note: Originally aired out of order. | ||||||
| 41 | "X23" | Curt Geda | Story By: Craig Kyle Written By: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | August 2, 2003 | ||
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A mysterious assassin terrorizes the X-Mansion, knocking out the X-Men one by one. Wolverine finds out that it is his clone, raised without love by HYDRA, and she wants to kill him because she holds him responsible for her miserable life. Wolverine and X-23, as she is called, square off in a battle that Wolverine does not want to win. Note: Inagural debut of X-23. | ||||||
| 42 | "Dark Horizon (Part 1)" | Frank Paur | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | August 9, 2003 | ||
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Rogue falls under the mind control of Mesmero and is used as a weapon to absorb the mutant powers of every X-Man, Brotherhood, and Acolyte member. The three factions reluctantly cooperate and find out that Mesmero wants Rogue to give all her powers to Apocalypse to awaken him. | ||||||
| 43 | "Dark Horizon (Part 2)" | Gary Graham | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | August 16, 2003 | ||
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The X-Men, Brotherhood, and Acolytes track Apocalypse to Egypt, but fail to prevent him from coming back to life. Mankind is now in terrible danger. | ||||||
Season Four
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| 44 | "Impact" | Gary Graham (II) | Greg Johnson | August 30, 2003 | ||
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A strange phenomena occurs in the wake of Apocalypse. A jungle-covered Mayan pyramid takes on a technological appearance and an impenetrable force shield surrounds it, even down into the ground underneath. The X-Men receive permission from the government there to study the base. However, Magneto, in an act of revenge, makes an attack upon it. Meanwhile, Nightcrawler tries to revive his mother Mystique who is still trapped in stone, much to the dismay of Rogue. | ||||||
| 45 | "No Good Deed" | Doug Murphy | Story By:Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: William Forrest Cluverius | September 6, 2003 | ||
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In order to boost their reputation, the Brotherhood decide to stage accidents and then rescue the bystanders. The plan starts out as a success, until a staged accident runs out of hand. | ||||||
| 46 | "Target X" | Doug Murphy | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | September 13, 2003 | ||
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After being kidnapped by Omega Red, Wolverine manages to escape to a nearby forest. There he finds his clone, X-23, on a mission to destroy the person responsible for creating her, Madame Hydra. Now, the two team up to take on Hydra and destroy the Hydra base. Meanwhile, Cyclops and Jean Grey try to teach the New Mutants on advanced ways of using their mutant powers. Note: First appearance of Omega Red & Gauntlet. | ||||||
| 47 | "Sins of the Son" | Gary Graham | Marsha F. Griffin | September 20, 2003 | ||
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Charles Xavier's son David has been seemingly abducted. Charles, Storm, Cyclops, & Jean Grey track him down, and it turns out that he suffers from multiple personality disorder, and that his dominant malicious personality, called Lucas, is overwhelming him. Meanwhile, Kitty and Kurt have some misadventures while they're ill. Note: First appearance of Legion. | ||||||
| 48 | "Uprising" | Doug Murphy | Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Bob Forward | September 27, 2003 | ||
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Spyke makes his return, having turned into an angry vigilante who protects the Morlocks. He is unafraid to go in public with his disfiguring mutation, causing panic in his environment, especially since the extreme prejudice against mutants is on the rise. Anti-mutant racist Duncan Matthews and his friends go and hunt Spyke down, and they even stumble upon a small boy named Dorian Leech. Also, in a foreshadow towards the eventual fight against Apocalypse, Nick Fury of SHIELD releases Bolivar Trask and orders him to build new improved Sentinels. Note: First appearance of Leech. | ||||||
| 49 | "Cajun Spice" | Frank Paur | Michael Merton & Greg Johnson | October 4, 2003 | ||
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Gambit kidnaps Rogue in order to find his father, who is being held by a rival clan within the swamps of New Orleans. | ||||||
| 50 | "Ghost of a Chance" | Gary Graham | Greg Johnson | October 11, 2003 | ||
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Shadowcat meets Danielle Moonstar and quickly becomes friends with her. However, she wakes up the next morning and realizes that she seemingly dreamed everything up. Strangely, it appears her dreams had a deeper meaning, leading into a race-against-time search as Kitty tries to find her new friend. Note: First appearance of Danielle Moonstar | ||||||
| 51 | "Ascension (Part 1)" | Doug Murphy (part 1) | Story By: Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle, Boyd Kirkland Written By: Greg Johnson | October 18, 2003 | ||
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Apocalypse plans to turn all humans with the dormant X-gene into mutants. He has turned Magneto, Professor X, Storm, and Mystique into his Four Horsemen, and has covered the world with a network of energy pyramids to stage his plan. | ||||||
| 52 | "Ascension (Part 2)" | Frank Paur | Greg Johnson | October 25, 2003 | ||
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In order to prevent all of humankind from being turned into mutant, the X-Men, the Brotherhood, S.H.I.E.L.D., Angel, Spyke, Havok, and the New Mutants all join forces to save humanity from the ambitions of Apocalypse. Rogue defeats Apocalypse at the last minute by borrowing Leech's cancellation powers. She stops the pyramids' energy and closes his case while Apocalypse is still in there, Wolverine helps, sending him back through time. Professer X tells all the people who helped stop the catastrophe his visions of the future while he was under Apocalypse's control. | ||||||
External links
- X-Men: Evolution Episodes at Marvel.com
- TV.com: X-Men: Evolution episode list
- Toon Zone's X-Men: Evolution website
- X-Men: Evolution Page run by Kataclysm with screenshots for each episode and custom avatars
