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American-Canadian animated series about the X-Men. Contrary to the other X-men shows, the characters are teenagers instead of adults.
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Ascension - Part 2In order to prevent all of humankind from being turned into mutants, the X-Men, the Brotherhood, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Acolytes, Angel, Spyke, Havok, and the New Mutants all join forces to save humanity from the ambitions of Apocalypse. - 02
Rogue RecruitAfter being kept in the dark about her powers for years, a young female mutant touches a fellow student and absorbs his strength, his memories - his life. Afraid and confused, and unable to differentiate her memories from the absorbed ones she runs away - straight in to the hands of Mystique. - 03
Strategy XWhen high-schooler Todd Tolanski starts exhibiting toad-like mutant powers, Mystique sees a perfect opportunity to get a spy into Xavier's institute.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Strategy XNovember 4, 2000When high-schooler Todd Tolanski starts exhibiting toad-like mutant powers, Mystique sees a perfect opportunity to get a spy into Xavier's i - S01E02
The X-ImpulseNovember 11, 200015-year-old Kitty Pryde wakes up one day and finds herself able to walk though objects. She tries to ignore it, but finds that hard when she - S01E03
Season's bestRogue RecruitNovember 18, 2000After being kept in the dark about her powers for years, a young female mutant touches a fellow student and absorbs his strength, his memori - S01E04
Mutant CrushNovember 25, 2000The only thing bigger than Fred Dukes' strength and size, is his temper, which makes his first day at school rather difficult. When Jean Gre - S01E05
Speed and SpykeDecember 9, 2000—Ororo's nephew starts exhibiting mutant powers, but he's more interested in settling a rivalry with a fellow mutant than hearing about a ""s - S01E06
MiddleverseJanuary 27, 2001—Kurt becomes trapped in an alternative universe created by another young mutant known as Forge, who himself has been stuck there for more th - S01E07
Turn of the RogueFebruary 3, 2001—Scott and Rogue end up on a geology club field trip together. Scott tries to be friendly to her, but it turns out Mystique has other plans.. - S01E08
SpykeCamFebruary 10, 2001—As an extra credit project, Evan is given a camera to record the ""current events"" in his life. Though most of them aren't keen on being ca - S01E09
Survival of the FittestMarch 3, 2001—While the X-Men are at a summer camp, learning survival training, Mystique releases Cain Marko - the unstoppable Juggernaut - in hopes of ge - S01E10
Shadowed PastMarch 31, 2001—Rogue's nightmares seem to show images from Kurt's past, but in them he's far too young to remember. So where did they come from? - S01E11
Grim ReminderApril 14, 2001—A news report from the Canadian mountains triggers something deep inside Wolverine, and he starts having berserk fits. To find out why, he t - S01E12
The Cauldron - Part 1May 5, 2001—As mysterious metal pods appear, picking up the mutants one at a time, Cerebro detects a new mutant in Hawaii: Alex Summers - Scott's believ - S01E13
The Cauldron - Part 2May 12, 2001—Magneto reveals the his plans for the winners of his challenge - to fully unlock their powers with a machine he has built. Back at the mansi
Season02
- S02E01
Growing PainsSeptember 29, 2001—When Scott and Kurt use their powers to save several people from a car crash, the question of how much they're willing to ignore to keep the - S02E02
Bada-Bing Bada-BoomOctober 6, 2001—Boom Boom flirts with Nightcrawler, and then gets a visit from her criminal father who wants her to commit a crime for him. - S02E03
Power SurgeOctober 13, 2001—Jean's abilities start growing in sudden bursts. At first she tries to ignore it, but with each burst she has increasing trouble regaining c - S02E04
Fun and GamesOctober 20, 2001—When the Professor, Wolverine, and Storm are away on personal matters, the younger X-Men decide to have a party at the mansion, but a nerdy - S02E05
Beast of BayvilleOctober 27, 2001—Henry McCoy, a teacher at Bayville High (and a former student of Xavier's) undergoes a strange transformation into a blue-furred beast. - S02E06
AdriftNovember 3, 2001—Scott becomes lost at sea when trying to find his brother, who was swept out by a freak wave while surfing. - S02E07
African StormNovember 17, 2001—An African witch-doctor comes to the institute to steal Storm's powers while she is faced with the decision to send Evan back to his parents - S02E08
JoyrideDecember 1, 2001—Lance comes to the mansion, wanting to join the X-Men. Unfortunately he has a hard time fitting in, and it doesn't get any easier when he ge - S02E09
On Angel's WingsDecember 15, 2001It's Christmas time and a mysterious "angel" has been sighted in New York City, saving those in need. - S02E10
MindbenderJanuary 26, 2002—Jean has nightmares about huge circus clowns, then is controlled by the master of that circus, with Nightcrawler, Kitty, and Spyke controlle - S02E11
Shadow DanceFebruary 2, 2002—Forge constructs a device to lengthen Nightcrawler's teleportation reaches. - S02E12
RetreatFebruary 16, 2002—While Beast is taking Kitty, Bobby, Evan, and two other new recruits on a camping trip, a few hunters decide that Beast is really a Big Foot - S02E13
Walk on the Wild SideMarch 2, 2002—When Jean and Amara feel like the boys think they are stronger than the girls are, Tabitha decides that they should form a girl's crime figh - S02E14
Operation RebirthMarch 30, 2002—Magneto steals the remaints of the top secret "Rebirth" project, a project Wolverine helped shut down all the way back in World War II. - S02E15
The HeX FactorApril 20, 2002—Mystique returns to the Brotherhood with a mentally unstable, but immensely powerful mutant named Wanda Maximoff. - S02E16
Day of Reckoning Part OneMay 11, 2002—Wolverine suddenly vanishes, as the Brotherhood members team up with the X-Men to defeat Magneto. - S02E17
Day of Reckoning Part TwoMay 11, 2002—The Brotherhood and X-Men arrive where Magneto is with his new allies.
Season03
- S03E01
Day of RecoverySeptember 14, 2002—The X-Men and Brotherhood deal with the after math of the world finding out about mutants. Mystique, diguised as Professor X, manages to blo - S03E02
The Stuff of HeroesSeptember 21, 2002—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 Juggernau - S03E03
MainstreamSeptember 28, 2002—During the rebuilding of the manor, Kitty and Kurt intercept a bunch of graffiti artists disguised as monsters. The older students get to go - S03E04
The Stuff of VillainsOctober 5, 2002—Wanda goes searching for Pietro. Meanwhile the brotherhood's members are expelled from school, much to Lance's dismay. - S03E05
Blind AlleyOctober 19, 2002—Mystique escapes from imprisonment while the X-Men repair and rebuild the Institute. Disguised as Alex, she lures Scott into a trap - leavin - S03E06
X-Treme MeasuresNovember 2, 2002—Evan enters an extreme Skateboarding competition, and puts his skills to the test. But something is wrong: A mysterious woman is watching an - S03E07
The Toad, The Witch and The WardrobeNovember 9, 2002—Wanda receives a clue from one of Magneto's minions, Pyro, directing her to a ski resort. Meanwhile, Kurt is meeting Amanda's parents for th - S03E08
Self PossessedNovember 16, 2002—Rogue appears to have problems with her powers, as the residual impressions of everyone she has touched start flashing through her mind and - S03E09
Under Lock and KeyNovember 30, 2002—The Acolytes and the X-Men face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable. - S03E10
X23August 2, 2003—A mysterious female assassin terrorizes the X-Mansion, knocking out the X-Men one by one. Wolverine finds out that it is his clone, created - S03E11
Dark Horizon - Part 1August 9, 2003—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 m - S03E12
Dark Horizon - Part 2August 16, 2003—The X-Men, Brotherhood, and Acolytes track Apocalypse to Egypt, but fail to prevent him from coming back to life. - S03E13
Cruise ControlAugust 23, 2003—Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (without Rogue and Berzerker) take a pleasure cruise.
Season04
- S04E01
ImpactAugust 30, 2003—Nightcrawler tries to revive his mother Mystique who is still trapped in stone, much to the dismay of Rogue. - S04E02
No Good DeedSeptember 6, 2003—The Brotherhood stage accidents in order to make themselves look like heroes and use their new found fame to make the X-men look bad. - S04E03
Target XSeptember 13, 2003—Wolverine is kidnapped, but escapes in the forest. X23 returns and teams up with Wolverine to take on Hydra! - S04E04
Sins of the SonSeptember 20, 2003—David Haller, Xavier's son, who has lived away from his father's knowledge, contacts him seeking help. He has been kidnapped by a man called - S04E05
UprisingSeptember 27, 2003—During a wave of anti-mutant violence, Spyke returns, having further mutated as a vigilante and protector of the sewer-dwelling Morlocks. - S04E06
Cajun SpiceOctober 4, 2003—Gambit kidnaps Rogue and tells her he is trying to help her to forget what she did to Mystique. When everyone notice she is missing, Wolveri - S04E07
Ghost of a ChanceOctober 11, 2003—Kitty is saved from a rockslide by a mutant girl named Danielle Moonstar. Danielle quickly joins the institute, but immediately causes troub - S04E08
Ascension - Part 1October 18, 2003—Apocalypse plans to turn all humans with the dormant X-gene into mutants. - S04E09
Ascension - Part 2October 25, 2003In order to prevent all of humankind from being turned into mutants, the X-Men, the Brotherhood, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Acolytes, Angel, Spyke, H
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