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Set around a state high school, Bayville High, the series follows the complex lives of a group of young mutants - kids born with extraordinary powers. It follows them as they try to learn control of their 'gifts', in a world that fears and hates them for being different. The majority of the core cast are young people placed in the care of Dr. Charles Xavier, at his "Institute for Gifted Children".
Based on the hugely popular comic book series, The "X-Men : Evolution" cartoon series follows an independent storyline from either any of the original comic books, TV series or movies, although it does draw heavily from the spirit of the original comics. The core team here is made up of Xavier, Logan (Wolverine), & Ororo (Storm) as the adults/teachers, Scott (Cyclops) & Jean (...) as the senior students, and Kurt (Nightcrawler), Rogue (...), Kitty (Shadowcat) and Evan (Spyke) as the juniors. Starting with the second season, we see an even junior team (the 'New Mutants').
Facing off against Xaviers team, is a loose team founded by Principle Raven Darkholm (Mystique), comprising of Lance (Rictor), Todd (Toad), Fred (Blob), and (sometimes) Pietro (Quicksilver). The backer for this team, known as the Brotherhood, is a sinister (!) figure from Xavier's past ... Eric Lensher, aka Magneto. In addition to the Brotherhood, Magneto has other operatives, principally Sabretooth.
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| Season 1 |
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| 1 | 1.01 | Strategy X | A shy Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) joins the Xavier Institute; his blue fur has made him an outcast all his life. Mystique starts to form The Brotherhood with her first recruit, Todd Tolanski (Toad). At the end of the episode we are shown inklings that there is a greater power manipulating Mystique for his own ends ... | ||
| 2 | 1.02 | The X-Impulse | A young Detroit based schoolgirl, Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), begins to manifest strange powers, scaring her & her family. Xavier & the team try to recruit her, but she is in denial. A local yob, Lance (Avalanche), befriends Kitty & helps her accept her powers, but for his own ends. She eventually joins the X-Men; Lance is recruited by Mystique. |
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| 3 | 1.03 | Rogue Recruit | Another young mutant, Rogue, starts to manifest her powers - there is a struggle to recruit her between the two camps (Xavier & Mystique). Making full use of her shape-shifting abilities, Mystique convinces Rogue that the X-Men are evil & not to be trusted. | ||
| 4 | 1.04 | Mutant Crush | Mystique's latest recruit, Fred Dukes (The Blob), takes a shine to Jean Grey when she shows him some kindness ... a 'shine' that leads to kidnap and violence. Rogue is paired with Scott in class, and a reluctant friendship begins. | ||
| 5 | 1.05 | Speed & Spyke | Ororo Munro's (Storm) nephew, Evan (Spyke), has difficulty accepting the need for help in learning to control his powers. After taking the blame for a crime he did not commit, he joins Xavier's. His rivalry with another young mutant, Pietro (Quicksilver), threatens his tenure at Bayville. At the end, Pietro is rescued from jail by Magneto & joins the Brotherhood. | ||
| 6 | 1.06 | Middleverse | A struggle between Kurt & Rogue in an abandoned laboratory results in Kurt being transported to a parallel 'pocket universe', where he meets Forge, another mutant trapped here since the 1970's. Eventually Rogue helps the X-Men recover Kurt & Forge, much to the Brotherhood disgust. | ||
| 7 | 1.07 | Turn Of The Rogue | On a geology club outing, Scott & Rogue are paired again. Still wary of Scott, Rogue refuses to believe that Mystique is evil. However, when Mystique appears and tries to kill Scott, Rogue helps save him and joins the X-Men. | ||
| 8 | 1.08 | SpykeCam | Trying to make a video diary for extra credit, Evan keeps getting in trouble, eventually leading Sabretooth to the mansion. He, Kitty & Rogue have a plan to make amends, which works more through luck than anything else. | ||
| 9 | 1.09 | Survival Of The Fittest | While on a outdoor adventure trip, the junior X-Men and The Brotherhood come into conflict. Meanwhile, Mystique releases Xaviers brother, Cain Marko (Juggernaut) to help her steal Cerebro, Xaviers mutant tracking system. However, Cain is only interested in getting revenge on Xavier for some perceived slight. | ||
| 10 | 1.10 | Shadowed Past | Rogue starts having accurate dreams about what happened to Kurt as a baby. We discover that Kurt is Mystiques son. | ||
| 11 | 1.11 | Grim Reminder | Trying to find out about his 'missing years', Logan is drawn to a remote site in Canada; Kitty & Kurt come along for the ride, without Logan's knowledge. | ||
| 12 | 1.12 | The Cauldron (Part 1) | Discovering that Alex, Scott's younger brother, is alive and his mutant powers are manifesting, Xavier, Logan and Scott team rush to meet him, only to fall into a trap set by Magneto. The rest of the team are attacked by the Brotherhood, in a contest to prove who worthy to join Magneto ... | ||
| 13 | 1.13 | The Cauldron (Part 2) | Magneto has built a machine to enhance mutant powers; it just so happens to make those it treats his unwavering slaves. Scott & Alex willingly accept the treatment, although it proves to be temporary. The 'unchosen', from both teams, gang together to rescue the others. Magneto's base is destroyed & the whereabouts of Magneto, Mystique and Sabretooth are unknown. | ||
| Season 2 |
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| 14 | 2.01 | Growing Pains | How important is it that the existence of mutants remain unknown to the rest of society ? Scott and Kurt struggle with this after using their powers to save several people from a car accident. The Brotherhood, now leaderless without Mystique, decide the big womens soccer match is the time to announce their presence to the world. Lance is smitten with Kitty | ||
| 15 | 2.02 | Bada-Bing Bada-Boom | Tabitha, a new member of the 'baby X-Men', is a free spirit and helps get both her and Kurt trouble. When her abusive father arrives, he forces her into helping him with his criminal plans. Tabitha decides the Institute isn't right for her & joins the Brotherhood. Hank McCoy joins the staff of the school as a chemistry & physical education teacher. | ||
| 16 | 2.03 | Power Surge | Jean starts to become a threat to others, as her powers grow more quickly than she can learn to control them. Scott helps her back from the brink. | ||
| 17 | 2.04 | Fun And Games | Left alone in the mansion when Xavier has to leave urgently on Juggernaut related business, the junior X-Men hatch a plan to have a party for them and their school friends. Things get out of control when Rogue's friend Risty encourages another student ('Arcade') to break into the mansions computer systems, looking for computer games. We discover what has happened to Mystique | ||
| 18 | 2.05 | Beast Of Bayville | Hank McCoy starts behaving strangely; he mutates into the Beast, but Xavier offers him sanctuary at the Institute | ||
| 19 | 2.06 | Adrift | When Scott visits his brother, Alex, they get into trouble on a boat swept out to sea in a storm | ||
| 20 | 2.07 | African Storm | Evan (Spyke) is having problems at school & with his X-Man training. Unwilling to accept help (again) he decides it's time to give up and move back to his parents. Meanwhile, a witch-doctor from Ororo's past decides to steal her powers, but Evan saves the day. | ||
| 21 | 2.08 | Joyride | Lance (Avalanche) decides to join the X-Men - mainly to be closer to Kitty. Many of the X-Men distrust him & he gets blamed for joy-riding in the teams vehicles at night. When the real culprits take the X-Jet for a spin, Lance & Kitty save the day, but Lance decides X-life is too dangerous & rejoins the Brotherhood | ||
| 22 | 2.09 | On Angel's Wings | In a Christmas story, Scott & Rogue are sent to New York to track down an 'angel' that has been reported fighting crime around the park. | ||
| 23 | 2.10 | Mindbender | Jean goes on a crime spree, stealing ancient rings from various collections around the country & recruiting other members of the team as she goes. Mesmero has 'possessed' her, to help him gather the artifacts he needs to free his master ... | ||
| 24 | 2.11 | Shadow Dance | Forge returns to help Kurt improve his 'bamfing' abilities. Unfortunately, his device allows 'demons' from another dimension access to the school on the night of the Sadie Hawkins Dance ... | ||
| 25 | 2.12 | Retreat
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Hank takes some of the younger members of the school on a nature field-trip. Unfortunately, Beast is mistaken for Big Foot by some hunters, who set out to trap him. | ||
| 26 | 2.13 | Walk On The Wild Side | Frustrated by the macho attitude of Scott and others, Jean joins Amara (Magma) & Tabitha (Boom-Boom) in a little bit of illicit crime-figthing on the side. Soon Rogue & Kitty join too, and "The Bayville Sirens" are formed. | ||
| 27 | 2.14 | Operation: Rebirth | We learn a little of Logan's earlier life, as Magneto steals the 'Rebirth' device to help rejuvenate himself. Rogue and Kurt help destroy the device, but only after Magneto uses it on himself. | ||
| 28 | 2.15 | The HeX Factor |
Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) escapes from the asylum her father abandoned her in, thanks to Mystique's plans. She sets out to get revenge on her father, Magneto, but her plans backfire and she ends up joining the Brotherhood, almost single handedly defeating the X-Men. |
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| 29 | 2.16 | Day Of Reckoning (Part 1) | The two part season finale includes Prof. Xavier merging the Brotherhood & the senior X-Men into a single team in order to track down a missing Wolverine ... the mansion goes into lock-down & the self destruct sequence starts, threatening the lives of the junior X-Men ... |
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| 30 | 2.17 | Day Of Reckoning (Part 2) | Tracking down Wolverine, the team discover the secret Sentinel programme, giant robots designed to track down & eliminate mutants. Prof X is revealed as Mystique in disguise, Magneto is killed when a Sentinel falls on him, the mansion is destroyed & many of the X-Men are captured by the Government ... oh, the general population finally finds out about the "Mutant Menace".
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| Season 3 |
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| 31 | 3.01 | Day Of Recovery | Dealing with the aftermath of the last season, the teams carry on working together to rescue their imprisoned team mates. We find out that Magneto survived, but Xavier is still missing. . |
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| 32 | 3.02 | The Stuff Of Heroes | Times get harder for the X-Men - the military are trying to hunt them down, after they are blamed for the Sentinel debacle. The X-Men take on an escaped Juggernaut, finally tracking down the missing Xavier. Although finally cleared of the damage caused at the end of last season, the world at large remains suspicious ... |
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| 33 | 3.03 | Mainstream | Moving back into the complex beneath the damaged mansion, the start of term at Bayville High is close ... some of the students are removed by their parents, and Principal Kelly wants all the mutants expelled from the school. Allowed back, on sufferance, they are banned from using their powers until the PTA can meet. Kelly goads the Brotherhood into coming back to school to cause trouble, and provoke the X-teens. |
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| 34 | 3.04 | THe Stuff Of Villains | Trying to track down her father, Wanda searches for Pietro & gets him arrested. Things are still bad at school. Gambit is hanging around the school, and encourages the Brotherhood to bust Pietro from captivity - Kitty & Rogue try to stop them, but get into trouble with the Army ... and Xavier.
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| 35 | 3.05 | Blind Alley | Mystique escapes from Government captivity, and sets out the get revenge on Cyclops for betraying her (at the end of 3.1, "Day of Recovery"). |
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| 36 | 3.06 | X-Treme Measures | A new sports drink, Powr8, is dangerous to mutants; the Morlocks, a group of underground living Mutants, are trying to shut down the factory using violent means. Evan's powers are slipping out of his control. He joins the Morlocks. Kitty has her drivers training license ... |
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| 37 | 3.07 | The Toad, The Witch And The Wardrobe | Still trying to track down her father, for revenge, Wanda is lured into a trap - Mastermind, at Magneto's insistence, recasts her memories of childhood as pleasant ones. Toad wants to use Kurt's holo-inducer to impress Wanda, & win her love. However, Kurt needs it, as he is meeting Amanda Sefton's parents for the first time ... |
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| 38 | 3.08 | Self Possessed | Losing control of her powers, Rogue starts manifesting as all the people she has ever 'absorbed'. Mystique and Destiny try to use her problems to recruit her away from the X-Men. |
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| 39 | 3.09 | Under Lock & Key | Magneto tries to find and destroy the next key needed to release Apocalypse - until it emerges that the 'key' was actually a guardian & in destroying it, Magneto has helped the release process |
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| 40 | 3.10 | Cruise Control | On a ship-board vacation, most of the X-Men are enjoying their anonymity ... until Boom-Boom messes up, and the rest of the passengers realise the kids are mutants. Meanwhile, Scott & Jeans relationship is deepening & they want time alone; Amara is suffering a strange form of sea-sickness; and the rest of the team need time away from the boat. Escaping to an island, in several different groups, they find acceptance, especially when they help avert a volcanic eruption. |
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| 41 | 3.11 | X23 | Another product of the Weapon X programme, a disturbed young girl known as X23, decides to attack Wolverine, who she feels is responsible for her predicament. |
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| 42 | 3.12 | Dark Horizon (Part 1) | It's almost the end of term, and Scott & Jean are close to graduation. Mesmero, Apocalypse's disciple, tries to use Rogue and Mystique to help finally release his master. Magneto turns up to stop her, but without luck. The X-Men, the Brotherhood & Magneto's Acolytes team up to track him down & stop him. Flying to Egypt, most of the combined team find an underground complex belonging to Apocalypse, but he is not there - they are attacked by giant statues ... meanwhile a smaller squad track down Mesmero in Tibet, and find him in an ancient tomb ... |
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| 43 | 3.13 | Dark Horizon (Part 2) | The teams are split within Apocalypse's facility as they fight the giant statues. Eventually prevailing, they use Apocalypse's ship to transport themselves to Apocalypse's "tomb" ... arriving not quite in time to stop him from being released, using Rogue & Mystiques powers. The team try to stop him, but he easily, casually, defeats them & uses his ship to leave ... |
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| Season 4 [not shown in UK yet] |
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| 44 | 4.01 | Impact | [What is Apocalypse up to ?] | ||
| 45 | 4.02 | No Good Dead | [Are the Brotherhood now the "Good Guys" ?] | ||
| 46 | 4.03 | Target X | [The return of X23] | ||
| 47 | 4.04 | Sins of the Son | [We are introduced to Xavier's son ... so is he] | ||
| 48 | 4.05 | Uprising | [Spyke and the Morlocks return] | ||
| 49 | 4.06 | Cajun Spice | [Gambit seeks Rogue's help in dealing some unfinished business] | ||
| 50 | 4.07 |
Ghost of a Chance | [Dani Moonstar, Mirage, is introduced] | ||
| 51 | 4.08 | Ascension (Part 1) | [Apocalypse's plans start to come to fruition...] | ||
| 52 | 4.09 | Ascension (Part 2) | [... the X-Men defeat him, but with dread premonitions for the future] | ||