List of X-Men: Evolution episodes

For the X-Men series starting in 1992, see List of X-Men 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)
1	"Strategy X"	Frank Paur	Avi Arad & Rick Ungar (story) Bob Forward (writer)	November 4, 2000 (2000-11-04)
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), Paul, Duncan Matthews and Magneto.
2	"The X-Impulse"	Gary Graham	Greg Johnson [disambiguation needed ] & Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson [disambiguation needed ] (writer)	November 11, 2000 (2000-11-11)
Chicago native Kitty Pryde discovers her mutant phasing powers. Xavier sends Jean Grey on a mission to recruit her, only to find out that she has already been won over by Lance Alvers, otherwise known as the mutant Avalanche. Kitty joins the X-Men as Shadowcat at the end of the episode. 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 (2000-11-18)
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 sights to become one of them, so Destiny & Mystique get to Rogue first to convince her that X-Men are hunting her down. At the end she joins the Brotherhood. Note: First appearance of Rogue & Destiny.
4	"Mutant Crush"	Frank Paur	Katherine Lawrence	November 25, 2000 (2000-11-25)
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 (2000-12-09)
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 (2001-01-27)
One day, Kurt's childish behavior clashes with Scott's dead seriousness once too often. 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 [disambiguation needed ] (story & writer)	February 3, 2001 (2001-02-03)
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 (2001-02-10)
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 (2001-03-03)
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 (2001-03-31)
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 [disambiguation needed ] (story) & Greg Johnson [disambiguation needed ] (writer)	April 14, 2001 (2001-04-14)
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 skeleton. 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 (2001-05-05)
Scott is reunited with his brother Alex,who is recruited by Megneto to join him. 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 [disambiguation needed ]	May 12, 2001 (2001-05-12)
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. Scott wins and enters to be able to control his powers without his visor, but it alters him. Now Scott has to choose between Magneto's plans and his commitment to his friends.

Season two

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate(s)
14	"Growing Pains"	Frank Paur	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
The Brotherhood (minus Mystique) gatecrash the girls' championship soccer match (where Jean's team is a part of) and threaten to expose mutantkind to the world. Rogue makes a new friend, an English foreign-exchange student, named Risty. Note: First appearance of the New Mutants (Iceman, Cannonball, Magma, Jubilee, Berzerker, Sunspot, Boom Boom, Wolfsbane and Multiple Man) and Risty. The DVD has a deleted scene where Avalanche is nearly killed by pushing Shadowcat away from a falling, burning mascot statue and she phases him out of the rubble. This event, along with the two becoming lab partners in the next episode, leads to the show's subplot of Lance and Kitty dating (much to their teams' disapproval).
15	"Power Surge"	Gary Graham	Doug Molitor	October 6, 2001 (2001-10-06)
Jean Grey loses control of her telepathic and telekinetic powers and abilities which are augmented and strengthened to innumerable uncontrollable levels, and the only one able to contain her is Rogue. Note: Foreshadowing of the Phoenix. Introduction of Hank McCoy.
16	"Bada-Bing Bada-Boom!"	Steven E. Gordon	Greg Johnson [disambiguation needed ]	October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)
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 (2001-10-20)
While Professor X has to mend Juggernaut's stasis cell, the younger X-Men trick Cyclops and Jean Grey into leaving 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	"The Beast of Bayville"	Gary Graham	William Forrest Cluverius	October 27, 2001 (2001-10-27)
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 [disambiguation needed ]	November 3, 2001 (2001-11-03)
Alex gets caught in a riptide while surfing using a surf board fitted with a webcam. 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	November 17, 2001 (2001-11-17)
During Christmas time, a mysterious angel is saving lives. Rogue and Cyclops track down Warren Worthington, who is deeply unsure about his mutation. Magneto wants to frame him, in order to instill hatred against mankind, forcing the two X-Men to set things straight. Note First appearance of Angel.
21	"African Storm"	Gary Graham	Nick Dubois	December 1, 2001 (2001-12-01)
Storm is tormented by Hungan, 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 her's.
22	"Joyride"	Steven E. Gordon	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	December 15, 2001 (2001-12-15)
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 younger students are sneaking out at night and taking the X-Men's vehicles for joyrides, wrecking them and leaving Lance to take the blame. It's all fun and games for the students until they try to take the X-Jet. Note: Lance and Kitty share their first, although brief, kiss in this episode.
23	"Walk on the Wild Side"	Frank Paur	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	January 26, 2002 (2002-01-26)
The female X-Men are fed up with playing second fiddle, and form a vigilante crime-fighting group called the Bayville Sirens. Until Scott and Kurt try stop them from making a huge mistake. For a while, things go great, but in the end, an old enemy crosses their way.
24	"Operation: Rebirth"	Gary Graham	Bob Forward	February 2, 2002 (2002-02-02)
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 a legendary hero of World War II. Note: First appearance of Nick Fury. Guest appearance by Captain America.
25	"Mindbender"	Steven E. Gordon	Bob Forward	February 16, 2002 (2002-02-16)
A mysterious hypnotist kidnaps some of the X-Men and brainwashes them into committing crimes for him. Note: First appearance of Mesmero. Foreshadowing of Apocalypse and opening his first gate.
26	"Shadow Dance"	Boyd Kirkland	Boyd Kirkland	March 2, 2002 (2002-03-02)
The Bayville High Sadie Hawkins dance arrives, and everybody is scrambling for dates. While this is going on, Forge constructs a device to lengthen Nightcrawler's teleportation reaches, however the creatures he encounters while passing through a 'separate dimension' during his teleport, manage to escape through open portals Nightcrawler leaves behind.[1] Note: First appearance of Amanda Sefton.
27	"Retreat"	Frank Paur	Michael Merton	March 30, 2002 (2002-03-30)
In order to help a depressive Beast out of his slump, Kitty arranges a field trip with the younger X-Men and New Mutants (Spyke, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Iceman). However, hunters catch Beast, thinking him to be Bigfoot, and the young mutants must save their teacher from life in captivity.[1]
28	"The HeX Factor"	Gary Graham	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	April 20, 2002 (2002-04-20)
Mystique returns to the Brotherhood with a mentally unstable, but immensely powerful mutant named Wanda Maximoff, much to the horror of her brother Pietro.[1] Note: First appearance of Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness. Error:Close to the beginning, Lance's voice comes out of Pietro's mouth.
29	"Day of Reckoning - Part 1"	Gary Graham, Steven E. Gordon, & Frank Paur	Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat Story By:Greg Johnson [disambiguation needed ] & Boyd Kirkland	May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)
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.[1] 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 [disambiguation needed ] & Boyd Kirkland	May 11, 2002 (2002-05-11)
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.[1] Error: Gambit's eyes are white with a reddy brown iris like everyone else's eyes, instead of his usual black on red with a black pupil.

(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 Angel's 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)
31	"Day of Recovery"	Gary Graham	Story By: Boyd Kirkland & Greg Johnson Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)
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.[2] Note: First appearance of Caliban
32	"The Stuff of Heroes"	Curt Geda	Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Bob Forward	September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)
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.[2]
33	"Mainstream"	Frank Paur	Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Michael Merton	September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)
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.[2] Note: Lance and Kitty's relationship becomes strained during the fight in the school parking lot, where they realize that their relationship won't work out as long as they're on different teams.
34	"The Stuff of Villains"	Gary Graham	Adam Beecham	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
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. Note: This is the first episode in which Gambit refers to Rogue as "cherie" (French for "darling") [2]
35	"Blind Alley"	Curt Geda	Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Doug Molitor	October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)
Jean is about to confess her love to Scott when Mystique (who managed to escape from Area 51 and is out for revenge) abducts Scott and abandons him in the desert in Mexico without his ruby quartz glasses. Jean, who has visions of him in peril, tracks him down, but Mystique is determined to kill them both.[2]
36	"X-Treme Measures"	Frank Paur	Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland Written By: Jules Dennis & Greg Johnson	November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)
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.[2] Note: First appearance of the Morlocks
37	"The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"	Gary Graham	Steve Granat & Cydne Clark	November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)
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. In a bid to win Wanda's affections, 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 and is brainwashed by Mastermind into believing her father was a kind and giving man (erasing her memory of the asylum she was sent to), the two team up to rescue her.[2] Note: First appearance of Mastermind and Margali Szardos.
38	"Self Possessed"	Curt Geda	Greg Johnson	November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
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.[2]
39	"Under Lock and Key"	Frank Paur	Sean Roche	November 30, 2002 (2002-11-30)
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.[2] 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 (2003-08-23)
Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (without Rogue and Berzerker) take a pleasure cruise. However, Magma becomes violently ill, literally suffering from earth withdrawal. When Boom Boom and Iceman take 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.[2] Note: Originally aired out of order.
41	"X23"	Curt Geda	Story By: Craig Kyle Written By: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	August 2, 2003 (2003-08-02)
A mysterious assassin terrorizes the X-Mansion, knocking out the X-Men one by one. Wolverine finds out that it is his clone, created by the Dr. Deborah Risman and 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.[2] Note: Inaugural debut of X-23. First appearance of Dr. Deborah Risman.
42	"Dark Horizon - Part 1"	Frank Paur	Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	August 9, 2003 (2003-08-09)
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.[2] Note: Gambit calls Rogue 'cherie' (french for darling) after seeing her take out Pyro. He holds her off the longest but Rogue gets him in the end with a kiss. Gambit's eyes change from Red on Black to Brown on White at 17:18.
43	"Dark Horizon - Part 2"	Gary Graham	Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	August 16, 2003 (2003-08-16)
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.[2] Note: In this episode, three core members of the original comic super-team Excalibur (Kurt, Kitty, and Piotr) are separated from everyone else.

Season four

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate(s)
44	"Impact"	Gary Graham (II)	Greg Johnson	August 30, 2003 (2003-08-30)
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. Note: First appearance of Apocalypse in powered up form.
45	"No Good Deed"	Doug Murphy	Story By:Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: William Forrest Cluverius	September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)
Wanda accidentally causes an accident on the subway, and by helping the civilians the Brotherhood improve their Image. 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 (2003-09-13)
After being kidnapped by Omega Red, Wolverine manages to escape to a nearby forest. There he finds his clone, X-23, on a personal 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 Madame Hydra, Omega Red & Gauntlet.
47	"Sins of the Son"	Gary Graham	Marsha F. Griffin	September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)
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 (2003-09-27)
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 (2003-10-04)
Gambit kidnaps Rogue but claims he's trying to help her forget what she did to Mystique, a deed which has pushed her into insecureness. But actually Gambit's just using her to help him find his adopted father who's been kidnapped. The X-Men notice Rogue's missing, and Wolverine goes on a hunt to search for her. Note: At the end Gambit slips Rogue the Queen of Hearts as she's about to leave, earlier in the episode he told her how she's 'his lucky lady.' Gambit calls Rogue 'cherie' four times in this episode.
50	"Ghost of a Chance"	Gary Graham	Greg Johnson	October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)
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 (2003-10-18)
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 (2003-10-25)
In 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. 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. Professor X tells all who helped stop the catastrophe his visions of the future while he was under Apocalypse's control. Note: One of the visions Professor X had was of the X-Men all grown up, Rogue flies into the picture which gives the impression she'll absorb all of someone's powers one day -- Miss Marvel, perhaps. Another vision is Jean as the Phoenix, and another still of is of the Brotherhood as members of SHIELD. In the group photo at the end Gambit has his arm around Rogue. And although they don't act as a couple in this version it shows they have feelings for one another and might possibly get together in the future. However, according to series director Frank Paur the view of the adult X-Men suggests a future relationship between Cyclops and Rogue.[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Jeff Swindoll (April 8, 2006). "DVD Review: X-Men Evolution: Mystique’s Revenge". Monsters and Critics. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1153647.php/DVD_Review_X-Men_Evolution_Mystique%92s_Revenge. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} Jeff Swindoll (May 28, 2006). "DVD Review: X-Men Evolution - The Complete Third Season". Monsters and Critics. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/dvd/reviews/article_1167780.php/DVD_Review_X-Men_Evolution_-_The_Complete_Third_Season. Retrieved June 8, 2011. 
3. ^ http://www.toonzone.net/forums/showthread.php?t=198587

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