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The Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution

Every episode of X-Men: Evolution ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution!

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Teenagers Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Spike fight for a world that fears and hates them.

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    X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 9 - Survival of the Fittest
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Survival of the Fittest

    S1:E9

    While the X-Men are at a summer camp, learning survival training, Mystique releases Cain Marko - the unstoppable Juggernaut - in hopes of getting his help in obtaining Xavier's mutant location system.

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  2. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 12 - The Cauldron (1)
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #2 - The Cauldron (1)

    S1:E12

    As mysterious metal pods appear, picking up the mutants one at a time, Cerebro detects a new mutant in Hawaii: Alex Summers - Scott's believed to be deceased brother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 13 - The Cauldron (2)
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    #3 - The Cauldron (2)

    S1:E13

    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 mansion, those left behind regroup, and decide to pay Magneto a little visit.

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  4. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 7 - Turn of the Rogue
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Turn of the Rogue

    S1:E7

    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...

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  5. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 10 - Shadowed Past
    8.1/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Shadowed Past

    S1:E10

    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?

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  6. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 3 - Rogue Recruit
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Rogue Recruit

    S1:E3

    After 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.

    Writer:Unknown

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  8. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 2 - The X-Impulse
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #7 - The X-Impulse

    S1:E2

    15-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's approached by Jean Grey and a mutant trouble maker, who both say they know what she's going through and want to help her. Meanwhile Wolverine's old nemesis, Sabertooth, arrives in town - looking for trouble.

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  9. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 8 - SpykeCam
    7.8/10(9 votes)

    #8 - SpykeCam

    S1:E8

    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 caught on tape, Sabertooth is most definitively interested in the result.

    Director:Frank Paur

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  10. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 11 - Grim Reminder
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #9 - Grim Reminder

    S1:E11

    A news report from the Canadian mountains triggers something deep inside Wolverine, and he starts having berserk fits. To find out why, he takes the Blackbird to the site, not knowing that Kitty and Kurt are sitting in the back.

    Director:Frank Paur
    Writer:Len Uhley

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  11. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 5 - The Beast of Bayville
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Beast of Bayville

    S2:E5

    The serum Hank McCoy uses to control his mutation no longer works, and his students are afraid of his angry outbursts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 11 - Shadow Dance
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Shadow Dance

    S2:E11

    Forge invents a teleporter, and Nightcrawler uses it to travel large distances, but inadvertently opens a portal that allows strange creatures to follow him back to the school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 12 - Retreat
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Retreat

    S2:E12

    Beast is mistaken for Bigfoot by hunters while he's on a camping trip with the students.

    Director:Frank Paur

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  14. X-Men: Evolution Season 3 Episode 3 - Mainstream
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Mainstream

    S3:E3

    During the rebuilding of the manor, Kitty and Kurt intercept a bunch of graffiti artists disguised as monsters. The older students get to go back to Bayville High for one day before attending a hearing to determine their ultimate fate, while they are banned from using their powers.

    Director:Frank Paur

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  15. X-Men: Evolution Season 4 Episode 2 - No Good Deed
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - No Good Deed

    S4:E2

    The Brotherhood cause mishaps so they can stop them and appear to be heroes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. X-Men: Evolution Season 4 Episode 8 - Ascension (1)
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Ascension (1)

    S4:E8

    Xavier finds Apocalypse in Egypt, and Apocalypse unleashes four horsemen, who battle the X-Men.

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  17. X-Men: Evolution Season 4 Episode 9 - Ascension (2)
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Ascension (2)

    S4:E9

    The battle against Apocalypse rages as X-Men, the Brotherhood, and Acolytes join forces to stop him from turning all humans into mutants.

    Director:Frank Paur

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  18. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 3 - Power Surge
    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Power Surge

    S2:E3

    Jean's telepathy changes, arriving in surges she can't control; and Hank McCoy joins the faculty as a science-and-gym teacher.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 1 - Strategy X
    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Strategy X

    S1:E1

    Mystique sees an opportunity to get a spy in Xavier's institute when the morally shady Todd Tolanski starts exhibiting mutant powers. Kurt Wagner, Xavier's latest recruit, arrives and tries to familiarize himself with his new life as part of the X-Men.

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  20. X-Men: Evolution Season 1 Episode 6 - Middleverse
    7.2/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Middleverse

    S1:E6

    Kurt accidently finds an abandoned lab, and is sucked into a pocket dimension by a strange device he finds there.

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  21. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 2 - Bada-Bing Bada-Boom
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Bada-Bing Bada-Boom

    S2:E2

    Nightcrawler has a crush on a new student. The wild girl is grounded for breaking the rules, but things get worse when her father arrives and asks that she help him in a bank robbery.

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  22. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 4 - Fun and Games
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Fun and Games

    S2:E4

    The young X-Men are left alone in the mansion when the adults respond to a jailbreak, and they throw a party that doesn't end well.

    Director:Frank Paur

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  23. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 7 - African Storm
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - African Storm

    S2:E7

    The X-Men help Storm when her abilities are threatened by a visiting African witch doctor who attempts to steal her powers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 9 - On Angel's Wings
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - On Angel's Wings

    S2:E9

    Xavier suspects that a flying "angel" seen above New York is a mutant, and he sends Cyclops and Rogue to find him before Magneto does.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. X-Men: Evolution Season 2 Episode 13 - Walk on the Wild Side
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Walk on the Wild Side

    S2:E13

    The women form a team of crime fighters after Jean and Amara are teased for having weaker powers, and they call themselves the Bayville Sirens.

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  26. X-Men: Evolution Season 3 Episode 1 - Day of Recovery
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Day of Recovery

    S3:E1

    X-Men and the Brotherhood deal with the aftermath of the world finding out about mutants. The Institute is blown up, and Mystique posed as Prof. X to blow it up. Some of the X-Men and Brotherhood are captured, leaving the mutants that escaped to find them and the Professor.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Survival of the Fittest" is the best rated episode of "X-Men: Evolution". It scored 8.8/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey, it aired on 3/3/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Cauldron (1)".