List of X-Men: Evolution episodes
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The following is a list of episodes for the animated television series X-Men: Evolution, based on the X-Men comic books.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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[edit] Season One
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"Strategy X" | Frank Paur | Avi Arad & Rick Ungar (story) Bob Forward (writer) |
November 4, 2000 | 1 | |
| General introduction of the teaching staff, Scott, Jean, Nightcrawler and Toad. Also introduced are Wolverine (supporting role), and Sabretooth (cameo), foreshadowing their ongoing rivalry. Also forshadowed is the competition between Scott and Duncan (as captain of the football team) for Jean. The need for the Xavier institute as a place for training youthful mutants is underscored by first Cyclops, and then Nightcrawler getting involved in fights and having mishaps with their powers. This marks the beginning of the first arc in the series centered on recruitment by both the X-Men and the Brotherhood. The arc carries the two thematic elements introduced in this episode as well: the need for training and guidance is the first, and the consequences of what can happen without these, or when that guidance is misapplied is the second. A subelement of the first theme shows the mutants are most likely to experience problems when they act alone, and have no one to turn to. The arc is most fully developed in the character of Rogue (introduced in episode 3). | ||||||
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"The X-Impulse" | Gary Graham | Greg Johnson & Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (writer) |
November 11, 2000 | 2 | |
| Introduction of Shadowcat and Avalanche. In Strategy X we were introduced to characters who had already grown use to their mutant abilities and how they cope with them. Now we have two new characters who are still learning how to deal with just acquired powers. One has already made his choice (Lance) and now he is in competition with Jean and Xavier for Kitty Pryde. A theme which was hinted at in Strategy X is accelerated with this episode, as newly discovered mutants become objects of competition, and the hierarchical structure of the competing sides are starting to fill in (Xavier/Jean, Magneto/Mystique/Avalanche). We also see a short battle between Wolverine and Sabretooth as part of the "B" plot, and a clear indication that this relationship is a private affair. | ||||||
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"Rogue Recruit" | Steven E. Gordon | Simon Furman | November 18, 2000 | 3 | |
| Introduction of Rogue, and the first demonstration of the X-Men working as a team. When Rogue accidentally triggers her powers at a dance, Mystique fools her into believing the X-Men are hunting her down. After much damage, she succeeds in this, but Rogue's eventual defection is foreshadowed here as well. We also see the use of the danger room as a training facility and the start of Jean Grey's interest in Scott. Kitty's initial discomfort with Kurt is started here, something which drives up his anxiety levels which he resolves with goofyness and showing off. | ||||||
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"Mutant Crush" | Frank Paur | Katherine Lawrence | November 20, 2000 | 4 | |
| Introduces Blob, who is recruited by Mystique just ahead of Jean and Logan and placed into Bayville High. When he blows his top on the first day of school at a smart remark of Duncan's, Jean intervenes and befriends him. Blob, however, misinterprets this as a romantic interest - and when he discovers a picture of Scott and Jean he becomes enraged and abducts her. Interweaved with this is a running subplot which throws Scott and Rogue together for a class project, and the two learn something about each other. As members of the X team discover Blob's hiding place, they try to rescue Jean. It is Rogue, however, who ends up finally rescuing her, for reasons she doesn't quite understand. Her character continues to evolve, and with strong foreshadowing that her arrangement with the Brotherhood may not be a lasting one. We also see some indications of closer ties between Scott and Jean, although nothing apparently is "official" yet. Also foreshadowed is Nightcrawler's relationship with Rogue and Mystique, who seems to be keeping close tabs on the both of them. | ||||||
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"Speed and Spyke" | Gary Graham | Bob Forward (story & writer) Rick Ungar (story) |
December 2, 2000 | 5 | |
| Introduction of Spyke and Quicksilver. They used to be teammates at a high school basketball team, but as Pietro (Quicksilver) grew jealous of Evan's (Spyke) popularity, he tried his best to make Evan's live to take a downward turn, by framing him for trying to steal some items belonging to other students - although no one yet knows who would be behind it. Evan is proposed by his aunt, Storm, to join the X-Men, but he refuses at first. When he discovers Pietro's ruse, he ends up being caught in the crime scene by police and sent to jail. He is let out in the next day, decided to give Pietro his payback. Then, assisted by Cyclops and Jean, he manages to pin Pietro to submission and leave him to be arrested, though Magneto breaks him out later. | ||||||
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"Middleverse" | Steven E. Gordon | Evelyn Gabai (story) Adam Beechen (story & writer) |
January 27, 2001 | 6 | |
| Introduction of Forge. Kurt's childish behavior makes Scott mad at him and, 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 of there. | ||||||
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"Turn of the Rogue" | Boyd Kirkland | Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (story & writer) |
February 3, 2001 | 7 | |
| Rogue and Cyclops join an excursion, set up by Mystique to kill Cyclops. First hints that Rogue is crushing on Scott. Rogue finds out the truth about Mystique, saves him and joins the X-Men. | ||||||
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"Spykecam" | Frank Paur | Christy Marx (writer), Rick Ungar (story), & Randy Littlejohn (story & writer) | February 10, 2001 | 8 | |
| Spyke films an ordinary day in life. Rogue and Kitty argue about a Dracula play at school. Meanwhile, Sabertooth attacks again, and is defeated by Wolverine, with aid from Rogue. | ||||||
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"Survival of the Fittest" | Gary Graham | Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy | March 3, 2001 | 9 | |
| The X-Men and the Brotherhood battle each other in a summer camp, but must cooperate against a bigger threat. Introduction of Juggernaut. | ||||||
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"Shadowed Past" | Steven E. Gordon | Bob Forward (writer) & Jules Dennis (story) | March 31, 2001 | 10 | |
| Rogue has nightmares about Kurt being abducted. It turns out that she absorbed Mystique's memories, and the X-Men find out that Mystique is his mother. Wolverine also discovers that Kurt was the object of heinous experiments by Magneto, but decides not to tell him. | ||||||
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"Grim Reminder" | Frank Paur | Greg Johnson (story) & Greg Johnson (writer) | April 14, 2001 | 11 | |
| Wolverine is tortured by nightmares. He goes into the wilderness and stumbles upon Sabretooth and Weapon X, and is brainwashed. Shadowcat and Nightcrawler (who accompanied Logan accidentally, as they were in the X-Jet when he took it) have to save the day. | ||||||
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"The Cauldron (Part 1)" | Gary Graham | Simon Furman | May 5, 2001 | 12 | |
| Scott is reunited with his brother Alex, as The X-Men and The Brotherhood battle each other for a place in Magneto's sanctuary. | ||||||
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"The Cauldron (Part 2)" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | May 12, 2001 | 13 | |
| Magneto holds a tournament 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, in which mutant powers are increased to "their full level". Introduction of Havok. | ||||||
[edit] Season Two
| Image | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | # | |
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"Growing Pains" | Frank Paur | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | September 29, 2001 | 14 | |
| The Brotherhood (sans Mystique) gatecrash a soccer match of Jean's team and threaten to expose mutantkind to the world. Introduction of the New Mutants and Risty. | ||||||
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"Power Surge" | Gary Graham | Doug Molitor | October 13, 2001 | 15 | |
| Jean Grey loses control of her powers, and the only one able to contain her is Rogue. | ||||||
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"Bada-Bing Bada-Boom!" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | October 6, 2001 | 16 | |
| 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. | ||||||
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"Fun and Games" | Frank Paur | Brian Swenlin | October 20, 2001 | 17 | |
| 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 with sinister intentions. Introduction of Arcade. | ||||||
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"Beast of Bayville" | Gary Graham | William Forrest Cluverius | October 27, 2001 | 18 | |
| 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. Introduction of Beast. | ||||||
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"Adrift" | Steven E. Gordon | Greg Johnson | November 3, 2001 | 19 | |
| When Cyclops and Havok are on a boat tour, a great storm comes and nearly kills them. | ||||||
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"On Angel's Wings" | Frank Paur | Boyd Kirkland | December 15, 2001 | 20 | |
| 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, and the two X-Men have to set things straight. Introduction of Angel. | ||||||
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"African Storm" | Gary Graham | Nick Dubois | November 17, 2001 | 21 | |
| Storm is tormented by Houngan, an evil African shaman who wants to take over Africa. Storm and the X-Men have to stop an enemy that knows every weakness of hers. | ||||||
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"Joyride" | Steven E. Gordon | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | December 1, 2001 | 22 | |
| Lance Alvers, aka Avalanche, wants to join the X-Men in order to be near his girlfriend, Kitty Pryde. Unfortunately, the rest of the Brotherhood, along with several of the X-Men, are not pleased with his decision. | ||||||
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"Walk on the Wild Side" | Frank Paur | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | March 2, 2002 | 23 | |
| The female X-Men are fed up of playing second fiddle, and form a vigilante crime-fighting group. For a while, things go great, but in the end, an old enemy crosses their way. | ||||||
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"Operation: Rebirth" | Gary Graham | Bob Forward | March 30, 2002 | 24 | |
| 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. | ||||||
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"Mindbender" | Steven E. Gordon | Bob Forward | January 26, 2002 | 25 | |
| A mysterious hypnotiseur named Mesmero kidnaps some of the X-Men and brainwashes them into committing crimes for him. | ||||||
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"Shadow Dance" | Boyd Kirkland | Boyd Kirkland | February 2, 2002 | 26 | |
| The Bayville High dance arrives, and everybody is scrambling for dates. Jean is highly jealous of Scott's date. In the meanwhile, Forge constructs a device which augments Nightcrawler's teleportation, but is unaware that vicious monsters from Kurt's bamf dimension will now be able to enter Earth. Introduction of Amanda Sefton, who knows of the real Kurt Wagner and dates him. | ||||||
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"Retreat" | Frank Paur | Michael Merton | February 16, 2002 | 27 | |
| In order to help a depressive Beast out of his slump, Kitty arranges a field trip with the New Mutants. Hunters catch Beast, and the young mutants must save their teacher from life in captivity. | ||||||
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"The Hex Factor" | Gary Graham | Cydne Clark & Steve Granat | April 20, 2002 | 28 | |
| A mentally unstable, but immensely powerful mutant called Wanda is abducted from a mental institution and becomes the newest Brotherhood member, much to the horror of her brother Pietro. The new Brotherhood defeats the X-Men single-handedly. Introduction of Scarlet Witch. | ||||||
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"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 | 29 | |
| Anti-mutant racist Bolivar Trask abducts Wolverine and introduces him to his newest invention, the Sentinels. In the meanwhile, Magneto wants to provoke all-out war between mankind and mutantkind and summons his Acolytes to create mayhem. | ||||||
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"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 | 30 | |
| The X-Men are shocked when Professor X teams them up with the Brotherhood to stop them, but then, a shocking twist reveals that nothing was to be as it seemed to be. Introduction of the Acolytes, the Sentinels and Bolivar Trask. | ||||||
[edit] Season Three
| Image | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | # | |
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"Day Of Recovery" | Gary Graham | Story By: Boyd Kirkland & Greg Johnson Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat |
September 14, 2002 | 31 | |
| The remaining X-Men and Brotherhood members go to Area 51 to save their captive members. However, when Cyclops traps the treacherous Mystique in Area 51 to blackmail her into saying where Professor X is, the squads split. The X-Men are now alone in a world which shuns them. | ||||||
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"The Stuff Of Heroes" | Curt Geda | Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Bob Forward |
September 21, 2002 | 32 | |
| Storm and Beast step in front of the Senate and try to curb rampant anti-mutant racism. The X-Men fight have to stop Juggernaut, who was unleashed by Mystique and is threatening to destroy a dam. Seeing this Congress decides not to pass any anti-mutant laws. | ||||||
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"Mainstream" | Frank Paur | Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Michael Merton |
September 28, 2002 | 33 | |
| The outed X-Men return to Bayville High and are scorned and verbally abused. Worse of all, Principal Edward Kelly is now prejudice of every mutant of Xavier's and New York. The School Board decides whether to allow mutants to attend school. The Brotherhood attack to get even with Scott. The X-men stop them only using their powers to save people. The School Board votes to allow them to attend school. | ||||||
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"The Stuff Of Villains" | Gary Graham | Adam Beecham | October 5, 2002 | 34 | |
| Wanda wants to find out where her father Magneto is and threatens Caliban and then her brother Quicksilver for info. When he refuses, Wanda delivers him to the police. When the Brotherhood wants to break him out of a prison transport, Rogue and Shadowcat appear and prevent Pietro from falling to his death. However, he is less than grateful and with help of Gambit, becomes new leader of the Brotherhood. | ||||||
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"Blind Alley" | Curt Geda | Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Doug Molitor |
October 19, 2002 | 35 | |
| Jean confesses that she loves Scott. However, Mystique abducts Cyclops to a desert in Mexico and steals his ruby quartz glasses. Jean tracks him him down, but followed by Mystique who wants to kill them both. | ||||||
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"X-Treme Measures" | Frank Paur | Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland Written By: Jules Dennis & Greg Johnson |
November 2, 2002 | 36 | |
| Spyke joins a skateboarding contest sponsored by "Power8" soda. However, Power8 is harmful to mutants, and when Spyke drinks a swig, his mutation advances and poisons and disfigures him seriously. He is saved by the Morlocks, and in the end, Spyke joins them. | ||||||
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"The Toad, The Witch And The Wardrobe" | Gary Graham | Steve Granat & Cydne Clark | November 9, 2002 | 37 | |
| Wanda tracks down Magneto to his Acolyte HQ in a near by 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). | ||||||
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"Self Possessed" | Curt Geda | Greg Johnson | November 16, 2002 | 38 | |
| Rogue witnesses her crush Scott date Jean. She is consoled by her friend Risty, but when she accidentally touches and absorbs her, she finds out that she was Mystique in disguise. 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. | ||||||
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"Under Lock and Key" | Frank Paur | Sean Roche | November 30, 2002 | 39 | |
| Angel spots Gambit stealing a mysterious artifact, but when he wants to stop them, Mesmero fights him off. When the Acolytes want to steal another artifact, the X-Men fight them and discover that there is a bigger plan happening. Soon both teams will face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable... | ||||||
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"Cruise Control" | Gary Graham | Steve Granat & Cydne Clark | August 23, 2003 | 40 | |
| Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (sans Rogue) 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. (Originally aired out of order) | ||||||
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"X-23" | Curt Geda | Story By: Craig Kyle Written By: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost |
August 2, 2003 | 41 | |
| 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 makes him responsible for her miserable life. Wolverine and X-23, as she is called, square off in a battle which Wolverine does not want to win. | ||||||
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"Dark Horizon (Part 1)" | Frank Paur | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | August 9, 2003 | 42 | |
| Rogue falls under 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. | ||||||
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"Dark Horizon (Part 2)" | Gary Graham | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | August 16, 2003 | 43 | |
| The reluctant team tracks him down to Egypt, but fail to prevent Apocalypse from coming back to life. Mankind is now in terrible danger. | ||||||
[edit] Season Four
| Image | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) | # | |
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"Impact" | Gary Graham (II) | Greg Johnson | August 30, 2003 | 44 | |
| Strange phenomenon occur in the wake of Apocalypse. A jungle-covered Mayan pyramid complex becomes activated as one of Apocalypse's bases when his craft alights on top of it. The pyramid takes on a tech-ish appearance, and an impenetrable force shield surrounds it, down even into the ground underneath. A nearly-identical base in China is shown in news coverage as being attacked by the Chinese army, with the consequence of an area of several miles radius being utterly destroyed. Meanwhile, Nightcrawler pleads with Agatha Harkness to revive his mother Mystique, who is still turned into stone. Agatha states that a touch from Rogue might restore her, but instead of saving her foster mother, Rogue pushes her over a cliff to Nightcrawler's echoing cries as it shatters. Back in Mexico, the X-Men receive permission from the government down there to study the base, and while they are doing so Magneto makes an attack upon it. He smashes tanks from the surrounding army forces into the force shield to no effect, and then reaches out with his powers to pluck orbital satellites from thy sky, sending them at high speed into the force shield, and again to no avail. Finally, Appocalypse emerges, and in a one-sided combat Magneto is wrapped in a ball of force and disappears, presumably destroyed utterly. We see in the season finale, however, that the master of magnetism was actually transformed into one of Apocalypse's four horsemen. | ||||||
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"No Good Deed" | Doug Murphy | Story By:Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: William Forrest Cluverius |
September 6, 2003 | 45 | |
| In order to boost their reputation, the Brotherhood decide to stage accidents and then rescue the bystanders. In the beginning, they are successful, but then, a staged accident runs out of hand. The X-Men just save the day, and the Brotherhood stops with their deeds. | ||||||
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"Target X" | Doug Murphy | Craig Kyle & Chris Yost | September 13, 2003 | 46 | |
| X-23 returns and wants to hunt down the people who tortured her. Wolverine is dragged into the mess by an old enemy, and the two tackle HYDRA and its leader Viper and bring the terrorists down. Introduction of Omega Red and Gauntlet. | ||||||
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"Sins of the Son" | Gary Graham | Written By: Marsha F. Griffin | September 20, 2003 | 47 | |
| Charles Xavier's son David has been seemingly abducted. The X-Men track him down, and it turns out that he suffers from multiple personality disorder, and that his dominant malicious personality, called Lucas, overwhelmed him. In the end, Lucas defeats the X-Men and breaks free. Introduction of Legion. | ||||||
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"Uprising" | Doug Murphy | Story By:Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Bob Forward |
September 27, 2003 | 48 | |
| 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 world is under extreme prejudice against mutants. Anti-Mutant racists, Duncan Matthews and his friends hunt Spyke down, and stumble on a small boy called Leech. When the X-Men fight Duncan's gang (and try to stop Evan from causing more damage), Leech stops the battle with his powers and is "outed" as a mutant. Spyke realizes that his rage has destroyed Leech's chances for a normal life. Also in this episode a pyramid in China is surrounded by an impenetrable force shield. The Chinese government attack by bombing the force shield but fail and destroy the landscape surrounding the pyramid. SHIELD release Bolivar Trask ordering him to build new improved Sentinels so that they can fight Apocalypse. | ||||||
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"Cajun Spice" | Frank Paur | Michael Merton & Greg Johnson | October 4, 2003 | 49 | |
| Gambit abducts Rogue, so that her powers can aid him in finding his abducted father. The mission is a success, but Rogue finds out that Gambit had some additional, deeply egotistical goals attached. In the end, she states that he did the wrong thing for the right reasons, and that she forgives him. | ||||||
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"Ghost of a Chance" | Gary Graham | Greg Johnson | October 11, 2003 | 50 | |
| Shadowcat meets Dani Moonstar and quickly becomes friends with her. But suddenly, she wakes up and realizes that she seemingly dreamt everything up, but then, it seems that her dreams had a deep meaning. In the end, Nightcrawler and her find out what really happened and that Dani Moonstar is more than a piece of fiction. | ||||||
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"Ascension (Part 1)" | Doug Murohy (part 1) | Story By: Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle, Boyd Kirkland Written By: Greg Johnson |
October 18, 2003 | 51 | |
| 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. | ||||||
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"Ascension (Part 2)" | Frank Paur | Greg Johnson | October 25, 2003 | 52 | |
| The X-Men, the Acolytes, the Brotherhood, SHIELD, Angel, Spyke, and the New Mutants all join forces to save humanity from the ambitions of Apocalypse. | ||||||
[edit] External links
- 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
