List of X-Men episodes

The 1992 X-Men animated series debuted on October 31, 1992 on the Fox Network as part of the "Fox Kids" Saturday morning lineup. The plot was loosely adapted from famous storylines and events in the X-Men comics, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, the Phalanx Covenant, and the Legacy Virus. The show features a team line-up similar to that of the early 1990s X-Men comic books: The line-up largely resembles that of Cyclops' Blue Team, established in the early issues of the second "X-Men" comic series.

The series' first 13 episodes were notable for being possibly the first time ever that an animated series had a full season of episodes flow one into the next, creating a single continuing narrative, something the series producers fought heavily for. [cite web |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=200466 |title=Interview: Eric Lewald (Story Editor of X-Men) |accessdate=2007-11-15 |publisher=toonzone.net ] However, starting with season three, most episodes (except for multi-part stories) were shown in random order.

Each episode was assigned two different numbers internally. One is for Script Order, which indicates the number assigned by the production company. The other is for Production Order, which are the official episode numbers assigned by FOX Children's Network, indicating the order in which they received the episodes. These both vary from the order in which the series actually aired after season three. According to series writer Steven Melching, the Script Order is the "best guide in terms of overall series continuity, as this is how the stories were originally envisioned to flow together." [cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/melchwerx/xtasscrnum.html |title=X-Men Animated Archive |accessdate=2007-11-15 |publisher=members.aol.com/melchwerx/ ]

The X-Men also appeared on in episodes "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutants' Revenge". Storm later appeared in the three part episode .

As of 2008, the X-Men animated show stands as the longest running Marvel Comics based TV show, lasting for six years, with five seasons and a total of 76 episodes. The series was canceled after the episode "Graduation Day", which aired on September 20, 1997. [cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/x-men/graduation-day/episode/56180/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;13 |title="Graduation Day" Episode Page |accessdate=2007-01-30 |publisher=TVland.com ]

eason-by-season overview

eason 1

The first season order was thirteen episodes, which was standard for a network show. The Sentinel story wrapped up at the end of the season because the writers were not sure that there would be more than one season. Looking back at the previous Marvel animated adaptations, there was great fear that X-Men would fail. When the first season became a number one hit, the network ordered 39 more episodes.cite web |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=200466 |title=Interview: Eric Lewald (Story Editor of X-Men) |accessdate=2008-01-17 |publisher=toonzone.net ]

eason 4

Some of the Season 4 episodes were aired during Season 3 to compensate for episodes in that season being pushed back.

Footnotes

*note label|Note1|a|a"No Mutant is an Island" "A Deal with the Devil" and "Longshot" episodes were originally part of season 3; however, due to animation problems they were held back for two years; and consequently, Jean Grey's resurrection was not properly explained. [cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/eX66.html |title=No Mutant is an Island episode @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-07-01 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com ]
*note label|Note2|b|b"The Juggernaut Returns", "Nightcrawler" and "Weapon X, Lies, & Videotape" episodes were originally a part of season 4; however, they were pushed up to the third season to make up for "No Mutant is an Island" and "Longshot" episodes being pushed back. [cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/eX43.html |title=The Juggernaut Returns episode @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-07-01 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com ] [cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/eX44.html |title=Nightcrawler episode @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-07-01 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com ] [cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/eX45.html |title=Weapon X, Lies, & Videotape episode @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-07-01 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com ]
*note label|Note 3|c|cThis episode originally aired in primetime.
*note label|Note 4|d|dDue to production delays, this episode originally aired after "Come the Apocalypse"

References

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*cite web |url=http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=200466 |title=Interview: Eric Lewald (Story Editor of X-Men) |accessdate=2007-11-15 |publisher=toonzone.net
*cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/melchwerx/xtasscrnum.html |title=X-Men Animated Archive |accessdate=2007-11-15 |publisher=members.aol.com/melchwerx/
*cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/x-men/show/3557/cast.html?
|title=List of Writers in X-Men TV Series |accessdate=2007-01-28 |publisher=TV.com
*cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/ax1.html |title=Season 1 @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-06-23 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com
*cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/ax2.html |title=Season 2 @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-06-23 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com
*cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/ax3.html |title=Season 3 @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-06-23 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com
*cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/ax4.html |title=Season 4 @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-06-23 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com
*cite web |url=http://drg4.wariocompany.com/ax5.html |title=Season 5 @ drg4's X-Men site |accessdate=2008-06-23 |publisher=drg4.wariocompany.com
*cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/larry-houston/person/53231/appearances.html |title=List of episodes directed and produced by Larry Huston |accessdate=2007-02-01 |publisher=TV.com
*cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/frank-squillace/person/49200/appearances.html |title=List of episodes directed by Frank Squillace |accessdate=2007-02-01 |publisher=TV.com

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