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X-Men: Evolution

TV·2000–2003·4 seasons, 52 episodes·The WB·Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction·30m·7.5·Created by Robert N. Skir, Marty Isenberg, David Wise

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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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  1. 01X-Men: Evolution S04E09Ascension - Part 2S04E09 · 10.0In 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.
  2. 02X-Men: Evolution S01E03Rogue RecruitS01E03 · 8.0After 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.
  3. 03X-Men: Evolution S01E01Strategy XS01E01 · 7.5When 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

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2000–01Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01X-Men: Evolution S01E01Strategy XNovember 4, 2000 7.5When high-schooler Todd Tolanski starts exhibiting toad-like mutant powers, Mystique sees a perfect opportunity to get a spy into Xavier's i
  2. S01E02X-Men: Evolution S01E02The X-ImpulseNovember 11, 2000 7.515-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
  3. S01E03X-Men: Evolution S01E03Season's bestRogue RecruitNovember 18, 2000 8.0After being kept in the dark about her powers for years, a young female mutant touches a fellow student and absorbs his strength, his memori
  4. S01E04X-Men: Evolution S01E04Mutant CrushNovember 25, 2000 7.5The only thing bigger than Fred Dukes' strength and size, is his temper, which makes his first day at school rather difficult. When Jean Gre
  5. S01E05X-Men: Evolution S01E05Speed and SpykeDecember 9, 2000Ororo's nephew starts exhibiting mutant powers, but he's more interested in settling a rivalry with a fellow mutant than hearing about a ""s
  6. S01E06X-Men: Evolution S01E06MiddleverseJanuary 27, 2001Kurt becomes trapped in an alternative universe created by another young mutant known as Forge, who himself has been stuck there for more th
  7. S01E07X-Men: Evolution S01E07Turn of the RogueFebruary 3, 2001Scott 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..
  8. S01E08X-Men: Evolution S01E08SpykeCamFebruary 10, 2001As 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
  9. S01E09X-Men: Evolution S01E09Survival of the FittestMarch 3, 2001While the X-Men are at a summer camp, learning survival training, Mystique releases Cain Marko - the unstoppable Juggernaut - in hopes of ge
  10. S01E10X-Men: Evolution S01E10Shadowed PastMarch 31, 2001Rogue'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?
  11. S01E11X-Men: Evolution S01E11Grim ReminderApril 14, 2001A news report from the Canadian mountains triggers something deep inside Wolverine, and he starts having berserk fits. To find out why, he t
  12. S01E12X-Men: Evolution S01E12The Cauldron - Part 1May 5, 2001As mysterious metal pods appear, picking up the mutants one at a time, Cerebro detects a new mutant in Hawaii: Alex Summers - Scott's believ
  13. S01E13X-Men: Evolution S01E13The Cauldron - Part 2May 12, 2001Magneto 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

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0217Episodes2001–02Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S02E01X-Men: Evolution S02E01Growing PainsSeptember 29, 2001When 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
  2. S02E02X-Men: Evolution S02E02Bada-Bing Bada-BoomOctober 6, 2001Boom Boom flirts with Nightcrawler, and then gets a visit from her criminal father who wants her to commit a crime for him.
  3. S02E03X-Men: Evolution S02E03Power SurgeOctober 13, 2001Jean's abilities start growing in sudden bursts. At first she tries to ignore it, but with each burst she has increasing trouble regaining c
  4. S02E04X-Men: Evolution S02E04Fun and GamesOctober 20, 2001When 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
  5. S02E05X-Men: Evolution S02E05Beast of BayvilleOctober 27, 2001Henry McCoy, a teacher at Bayville High (and a former student of Xavier's) undergoes a strange transformation into a blue-furred beast.
  6. S02E06X-Men: Evolution S02E06AdriftNovember 3, 2001Scott becomes lost at sea when trying to find his brother, who was swept out by a freak wave while surfing.
  7. S02E07X-Men: Evolution S02E07African StormNovember 17, 2001An 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
  8. S02E08X-Men: Evolution S02E08JoyrideDecember 1, 2001Lance 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
  9. S02E09X-Men: Evolution S02E09On Angel's WingsDecember 15, 2001 6.3It's Christmas time and a mysterious "angel" has been sighted in New York City, saving those in need.
  10. S02E10X-Men: Evolution S02E10MindbenderJanuary 26, 2002Jean has nightmares about huge circus clowns, then is controlled by the master of that circus, with Nightcrawler, Kitty, and Spyke controlle
  11. S02E11X-Men: Evolution S02E11Shadow DanceFebruary 2, 2002Forge constructs a device to lengthen Nightcrawler's teleportation reaches.
  12. S02E12X-Men: Evolution S02E12RetreatFebruary 16, 2002While 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
  13. S02E13X-Men: Evolution S02E13Walk on the Wild SideMarch 2, 2002When 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
  14. S02E14X-Men: Evolution S02E14Operation RebirthMarch 30, 2002Magneto steals the remaints of the top secret "Rebirth" project, a project Wolverine helped shut down all the way back in World War II.
  15. S02E15X-Men: Evolution S02E15The HeX FactorApril 20, 2002Mystique returns to the Brotherhood with a mentally unstable, but immensely powerful mutant named Wanda Maximoff.
  16. S02E16X-Men: Evolution S02E16Day of Reckoning Part OneMay 11, 2002Wolverine suddenly vanishes, as the Brotherhood members team up with the X-Men to defeat Magneto.
  17. S02E17X-Men: Evolution S02E17Day of Reckoning Part TwoMay 11, 2002The Brotherhood and X-Men arrive where Magneto is with his new allies.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0313Episodes2002–03AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01X-Men: Evolution S03E01Day of RecoverySeptember 14, 2002The X-Men and Brotherhood deal with the after math of the world finding out about mutants. Mystique, diguised as Professor X, manages to blo
  2. S03E02X-Men: Evolution S03E02The Stuff of HeroesSeptember 21, 2002While 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
  3. S03E03X-Men: Evolution S03E03MainstreamSeptember 28, 2002During the rebuilding of the manor, Kitty and Kurt intercept a bunch of graffiti artists disguised as monsters. The older students get to go
  4. S03E04X-Men: Evolution S03E04The Stuff of VillainsOctober 5, 2002Wanda goes searching for Pietro. Meanwhile the brotherhood's members are expelled from school, much to Lance's dismay.
  5. S03E05X-Men: Evolution S03E05Blind AlleyOctober 19, 2002Mystique escapes from imprisonment while the X-Men repair and rebuild the Institute. Disguised as Alex, she lures Scott into a trap - leavin
  6. S03E06X-Men: Evolution S03E06X-Treme MeasuresNovember 2, 2002Evan enters an extreme Skateboarding competition, and puts his skills to the test. But something is wrong: A mysterious woman is watching an
  7. S03E07X-Men: Evolution S03E07The Toad, The Witch and The WardrobeNovember 9, 2002Wanda 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
  8. S03E08X-Men: Evolution S03E08Self PossessedNovember 16, 2002Rogue appears to have problems with her powers, as the residual impressions of everyone she has touched start flashing through her mind and
  9. S03E09X-Men: Evolution S03E09Under Lock and KeyNovember 30, 2002The Acolytes and the X-Men face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable.
  10. S03E10X-Men: Evolution S03E10X23August 2, 2003A mysterious female assassin terrorizes the X-Mansion, knocking out the X-Men one by one. Wolverine finds out that it is his clone, created
  11. S03E11X-Men: Evolution S03E11Dark Horizon - Part 1August 9, 2003Rogue 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
  12. S03E12X-Men: Evolution S03E12Dark Horizon - Part 2August 16, 2003The X-Men, Brotherhood, and Acolytes track Apocalypse to Egypt, but fail to prevent him from coming back to life.
  13. S03E13X-Men: Evolution S03E13Cruise ControlAugust 23, 2003Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (without Rogue and Berzerker) take a pleasure cruise.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season049Episodes2003Aired 10.0Season avg
  1. S04E01X-Men: Evolution S04E01ImpactAugust 30, 2003Nightcrawler tries to revive his mother Mystique who is still trapped in stone, much to the dismay of Rogue.
  2. S04E02X-Men: Evolution S04E02No Good DeedSeptember 6, 2003The Brotherhood stage accidents in order to make themselves look like heroes and use their new found fame to make the X-men look bad.
  3. S04E03X-Men: Evolution S04E03Target XSeptember 13, 2003Wolverine is kidnapped, but escapes in the forest. X23 returns and teams up with Wolverine to take on Hydra!
  4. S04E04X-Men: Evolution S04E04Sins of the SonSeptember 20, 2003David 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
  5. S04E05X-Men: Evolution S04E05UprisingSeptember 27, 2003During a wave of anti-mutant violence, Spyke returns, having further mutated as a vigilante and protector of the sewer-dwelling Morlocks.
  6. S04E06X-Men: Evolution S04E06Cajun SpiceOctober 4, 2003Gambit 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
  7. S04E07X-Men: Evolution S04E07Ghost of a ChanceOctober 11, 2003Kitty is saved from a rockslide by a mutant girl named Danielle Moonstar. Danielle quickly joins the institute, but immediately causes troub
  8. S04E08X-Men: Evolution S04E08Ascension - Part 1October 18, 2003Apocalypse plans to turn all humans with the dormant X-gene into mutants.
  9. S04E09X-Men: Evolution S04E09Ascension - Part 2October 25, 2003 10.0In 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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