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The Worst Episodes of X-Men: Evolution

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The Worst Episodes of X-Men: Evolution

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

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  1. Background image for Adrift
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #1 - Adrift

    S2:E6

    Havok is swept out to sea while surfing in Hawaii, and Scott saves him, but they both end up stranded and have to work together to survive.

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  2. Background image for The HeX Factor
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - The HeX Factor

    S2:E15

    Mystique frees a mutant called the Scarlet Witch from an asylum, hoping she'll help the Brotherhood, but Mystique doesn't know the witch is seeking revenge on Quicksilver and Magneto.

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  3. Background image for Cruise Control
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #3 - Cruise Control

    S3:E13

    The X-Men are on vacation with Storm as their guardian. Amara falls ill while on the ship.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Craig Kyle
  4. Background image for Mindbender
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #4 - Mindbender

    S2:E10

    Jean is possessed by a mutant with telepathic powers, which he uses to control the students and have them help him in his plot to release the imprisoned Apocalypse, a mutant who wishes to enslave the human race.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Operation: Rebirth
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #5 - Operation: Rebirth

    S2:E14

    Magneto steals plans for a top-secret project that produced super soldiers. Wolverine worked on it during World War II.

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    Director:Boyd Kirkland
  6. Background image for Bada-Bing Bada-Boom
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Fun and Games
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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    Director:Frank Paur
  9. Background image for On Angel's Wings
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Walk on the Wild Side
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Day of Reckoning (1)
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Day of Reckoning (1)

    S2:E16

    At Xavier's urging, the Brotherhood and the X-Men unite to battle Magneto; and the Institute begins to self-destruct while students are trapped in the mansion.

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  12. Background image for Day of Recovery
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for The Stuff of Heroes
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #12 - The Stuff of Heroes

    S3:E2

    Rogue and Wolverine duck a squad of soldiers when the nationwide alert goes out against mutants, while Storm and Beast go into a meeting of Congress to defend themselves. Meanwhile Juggernaut goes on a rampage and the X-Men feel obliged to take him down.

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    Director:Curt Geda
  14. Background image for The Stuff of Villains
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #13 - The Stuff of Villains

    S3:E4

    Wanda goes searching for Pietro. Meanwhile the brotherhood's members are expelled from school, much to Lance's dismay.

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    Director:Gary Graham
  15. Background image for The Toad, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - The Toad, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

    S3:E7

    Wanda receives a clue from one of Magneto's minions, Pyro, directing her to a ski resort. Meanwhile, Kurt is meeting Amanda's parents for the first time, and the Toad believes he can use Kurt's holo-inducer to disguise himself and win Wanda's love.

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  16. Background image for Self Possessed
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Self Possessed

    S3:E8

    Rogue begins to lose control of all the people she's ever absorbed as they fight to take over. She discovers unsettling information about Mystique. Scott and Jean go on a date... or do they?

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    Director:Curt Geda
  17. Background image for Under Lock and Key
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Under Lock and Key

    S3:E9

    Mesmero mentally controls Gambit into stealing half of the Spider Stone from Angel.

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    Director:Frank Paur
    Writer:Sean Roche
  18. Background image for X23
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - X23

    S3:E10

    A mysterious female 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.

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  19. Background image for Growing Pains
    6.5/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Growing Pains

    S2:E1

    When Cyclops and Nightcrawler save people from a car crash they question Xavier's desire to keep their identities a secret. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood terrorize people in a crowded stadium.

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  20. Background image for SpykeCam
    6.7/10(322 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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    Director:Frank Paur
  21. Background image for The Beast of Bayville
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Joyride
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Joyride

    S2:E8

    Avalanche wants to join the Institute, but has trouble being accepted by the others, especially after he's accused of taking joyrides on the X-vehicles at night.

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  23. Background image for Shadow Dance
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Retreat
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - Retreat

    S2:E12

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

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    Director:Frank Paur
  25. Background image for Day of Reckoning (2)
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Day of Reckoning (2)

    S2:E17

    A traitor in the battle threatens the efforts of the X-Men and the Brotherhood against Magneto, who has another secret weapon -- the Sentinel robot.

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  26. Background image for Mainstream
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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    Director:Frank Paur

Worst Episodes Summary

"Adrift" is the worst rated episode of "X-Men: Evolution". It scored 6/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by Steven E. Gordon and written by Greg Johnson, it aired on 11/3/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The HeX Factor".