The Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution

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   8.8/10(9 votes)

   #1 - Survival of the Fittest

   S1:E93/3/2001

   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.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey

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   Writers:Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey
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   8.8/10(9 votes)

   #2 - The Cauldron (1)

   S1:E125/5/2001

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

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.8/10(9 votes)

   #3 - The Cauldron (2)

   S1:E135/12/2001

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

   Director:Steven E. Gordon

   Writer:Greg Johnson

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   Director:Steven E. Gordon

   Writer:Greg Johnson
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   8.2/10(9 votes)

   #4 - Turn of the Rogue

   S1:E72/3/2001

   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...

   Director:Boyd Kirkland

   Writer:Greg Johnson

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   Director:Boyd Kirkland

   Writer:Greg Johnson
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   8.1/10(9 votes)

   #5 - Shadowed Past

   S1:E103/31/2001

   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?

   Director:Steven E. Gordon

   Writer:Bob Forward

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   Director:Steven E. Gordon

   Writer:Bob Forward
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   8.0/10(10 votes)

   #6 - Rogue Recruit

   S1:E311/18/2000

   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.

   Director:Steven E. Gordon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Steven E. Gordon

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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #7 - The X-Impulse

   S1:E211/11/2000

   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.

   Director:Gary Graham

   Writers:Rick Ungar, Greg Johnson

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   Director:Gary Graham

   Writers:Rick Ungar, Greg Johnson
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   7.8/10(9 votes)

   #8 - SpykeCam

   S1:E82/10/2001

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

   Director:Frank Paur

   Writer:Christy Marx

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   Director:Frank Paur

   Writer:Christy Marx
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   7.6/10(9 votes)

   #9 - Grim Reminder

   S1:E114/14/2001

   A news report from the Canadian mountains triggers something deep inside Wolverine, and he starts having berserk fits. To find out why, he 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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   Director:Frank Paur

   Writer:Len Uhley
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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - The Beast of Bayville

    S2:E510/27/2001

    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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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Shadow Dance

    S2:E112/2/2002

    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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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Retreat

    S2:E122/16/2002

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

    Director:Frank Paur

    Writer:Michael Merton

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writer:Michael Merton
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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Mainstream

    S3:E39/28/2002

    During the rebuilding of the manor, Kitty and Kurt intercept a bunch of graffiti artists disguised as monsters. The older students get to go 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

    Writer:Michael Merton

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writer:Michael Merton
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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - No Good Deed

    S4:E29/6/2003

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

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Ascension (1)

    S4:E810/18/2003

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

    Director:Boyd Kirkland

    Writer:Greg Johnson

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    Director:Boyd Kirkland

    Writer:Greg Johnson
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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Ascension (2)

    S4:E910/25/2003

    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

    Writer:Greg Johnson

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writer:Greg Johnson
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    7.3/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Power Surge

    S2:E310/13/2001

    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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    7.2/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Strategy X

    S1:E111/4/2000

    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.

    Director:Frank Paur

    Writers:Avi Arad, Rick Ungar, Bob Forward

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writers:Avi Arad, Rick Ungar, Bob Forward
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    7.2/10(9 votes)

    #19 - Middleverse

    S1:E61/27/2001

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

    Director:Steven E. Gordon

    Writer:Adam Beechen

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    Director:Steven E. Gordon

    Writer:Adam Beechen
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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Bada-Bing Bada-Boom

    S2:E210/6/2001

    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.

    Director:Steven E. Gordon

    Writer:Greg Johnson

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    Director:Steven E. Gordon

    Writer:Greg Johnson
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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Fun and Games

    S2:E410/20/2001

    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

    Writer:Brian Swenlin

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writer:Brian Swenlin
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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - African Storm

    S2:E711/17/2001

    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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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - On Angel's Wings

    S2:E912/15/2001

    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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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Walk on the Wild Side

    S2:E133/2/2002

    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.

    Director:Frank Paur

    Writers:Cydne Clark, Steve Granat

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    Director:Frank Paur

    Writers:Cydne Clark, Steve Granat
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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Day of Recovery

    S3:E19/14/2002

    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.

    Director:Boyd Kirkland

    Writers:Cydne Clark, Steve Granat

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    Director:Boyd Kirkland

    Writers:Cydne Clark, Steve Granat