The Best Episodes of X-Men: Evolution Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.1/10(461 votes)

   #1 - 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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   7.0/10(390 votes)

   #2 - 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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   7.5/10(378 votes)

   #3 - 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

   Writer:Unknown
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   6.9/10(357 votes)

   #4 - Mutant Crush

   S1:E411/25/2000

   The only thing bigger than Fred Dukes' strength and size, is his temper, which makes his first day at school rather difficult. When Jean Grey makes contact, trying to be friendly, he takes it just a bit to seriously.

   Director:Frank Paur

   Writer:Katherine Lawrence

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   Director:Frank Paur

   Writer:Katherine Lawrence
5. 

   6.8/10(341 votes)

   #5 - Speed and Spyke

   S1:E512/9/2000

   Ororo's nephew starts exhibiting mutant powers, but he's more interested in settling a rivalry with a fellow mutant than hearing about a ""school for freaks"".

   Director:Gary Graham

   Writer:Bob Forward

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   Director:Gary Graham

   Writer:Bob Forward
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   6.9/10(338 votes)

   #6 - 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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   7.6/10(337 votes)

   #7 - 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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   6.7/10(331 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
9. 

   7.4/10(327 votes)

   #9 - 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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   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey
10. 

    7.6/10(322 votes)

    #10 - 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
11. 

    7.2/10(310 votes)

    #11 - 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
12. 

    7.6/10(315 votes)

    #12 - 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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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown
13. 

    7.7/10(320 votes)

    #13 - 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