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This list regards the 1990s X-Men series; for the series starting in 2000, see List of X-Men: Evolution 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.[1] 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." [2]
The X-Men also appeared on Spider-Man in episodes "The Mutant Agenda" and "Mutants' Revenge". Storm later appeared in the three part episode “Secret Wars”.
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.[3]
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Season-by-season overview
Season 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.[4]
| Script # | Title | Writer(s)[5] | Original Airdate[5] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Night Of The Sentinels (Part 1)" | Mark Edward Edens | October 31, 1992 | XM-101 |
| Jubilee is attacked by robots called Sentinels at a local mall, but she is saved by the X-Men and taken to the X-Mansion for her safety. The X-Men discover that the group running the Mutant Registration Program intend to track down and eliminate mutants. Later the X-Men find the Sentinel base and infiltrate the base to destroy the files on mutants. The episode ends in a cliffhanger when Storm opens the door to a room where many armed soldiers are hiding, waiting to ambush the X-Men. | ||||
| 02 | "Night Of The Sentinels (Part 2)" | Mark Edward Edens | November 7, 1992 | XM-102 |
| Wolverine smells the soldiers' gun oil and quickly closes the door before the soldiers fire. Storm enters and sweeps the guards away with her wind power. After destroying the files on mutants, the X-Men escape to the Blackbird, but are stopped by the sentinels. During the fight with the Sentinels, Morph is shot and presumed dead. While Beast gets blasted against the fence and gets an electrocuted and is captured. The rest retreat to the Blackbird on Cyclops’ command. Later Jubilee decides that it is best to stay at the X-Mansion. | ||||
| 03 | "Enter Magneto" | Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell |
November 27, 1992 | XM-103 |
| After Beast's trial, Sabretooth demands that Beast be set free, prompting the guards to shoot and injure Sabretooth. Cyclops aids Sabretooth and brings him to the Mansions' infirmary. Later, Magneto attacks a military missile facility. As the X-men arrive, Magneto is preparing to launch nuclear missiles in order to ensure a war between mutants and humans. Cyclops, Storm, and Wolverine face off with Magneto, but are unable to stop him. Later Storm uses her control over wind and lightning to cause the missiles to short-circuit, deactivating them and drop them into the water. Having prevented a nuclear war, the X-men return home to the mansion having learned the full power of Magneto. | ||||
| 04 | "Deadly Reunions" | Don Glutt | January 23, 1993 | XM-104 |
| Magneto destroys a chemical plant in order to attract Professor X. Cyclops, Rogue, Storm, and Professor X proceed to the chemical plant, while Jubilee is left to guard Sabretooth. Professor X enters the chemical plant to confront Magneto. Just as Magneto appears to beat Professor X, Professor X telepathically forces Magneto to recall his younger years. Magneto retreats in panic. Back at the X-Mansion Sabretooth growls in disgust and complains about his wrist bindings. Jubilee loosens the restraints, and Sabretooth captures Jubilee. However, Wolverine leaps from the shadows and attacks him. Their battle is interrupted with the return of Professor X and the other X-Men. This distraction provides Sabretooth an opportunity for escape, slashing deep wounds in Wolverine's chest as he does so. | ||||
| 05 | "Captive Hearts" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
January 30, 1993 | XM-105 |
| A group of mutants called Morlocks capture Jean and Cyclops, when they go out. Morlocks' leader Callisto kidnapped Cyclops, so that he would rule the Morlocks beside her. Jean uses her Telepathic powers and tells the Professor that they have been captured. Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, and Storm go to search for them. When the X-Men find Jean and Cyclops, Storm challenges the Morlocks' leader for the leadership to save Cyclops and Jean. Calisto has no choice but to accept the challenge. After a brief fight Storm defeats Calisto and becomes the new Morlocks' leader, but having saved Jean and Cyclops, she makes Calisto the leader again. | ||||
| 06 | "Cold Vengeance" | Michael Edens | February 6, 1993 | XM-106 |
| Wolverine flees to Canada to seek solitude in the Canadian wilderness. He finds peace among a group of Baffin Island Eskimos, only to discover Sabretooth has been stalking him all this time, and has taken the people of the village captive, and plans to kill them all. Wolverine is able to defeat Sabertooth and rescue the civilians. Back at the X-Mansion, Gambit tells the X-Men that he heard the people at Genosha welcome mutants, and he wants the team to go check it out. Professor Xavier sends Storm, Gambit, and Jubilee to Genosha as tourists. While in Genosha, Storm, Gambit, and Jubilee are attacked and captured by a Sentinel. | ||||
| 07 | "Slave Island" | Mark Edward Edens | February 13, 1993 | XM-107 |
| Gambit, Storm, Jubilee and a host of other mutants are made to work as slaves in Genosha in order to complete a dam which will power a Sentinel factory. Special collars on Mutants' necks prevent them from using their power's, but after a while Gambit manages to escape. While running he finds Cable who is looking for the one responsible for slaving the mutants. So Cable gives Gambit a key to unlock his collar. Then Cable goes to the factory producing the Sentinels and Starts attcking. Meanwhile, Gambit helps the other mutants get free. So now all the mutants start fighting with the Guards and Sentinels. Then all the mutants flee. Storm creates a huge storm to bring down the dam. When the dam is destroyed, the flood destroys the entire sentinel factory. Then the other X-Men arrive and they board the X-Jet and leave for the X-Mansion. Cyclops calls Professor, but no one answers. When they get to the X-Mansion, they find that it has been destroyed. Right here this episode ends. | ||||
| 08 | "The Unstoppable Juggernaut" | Julianne Klemm | March 6, 1993 | XM-108 |
| After the X-Men find the X-Mansion destroyed, Wolverine goes looking for the suspect, followed by Storm, Rogue and Jubilee. Later Jubilee find a mutant made out of pure steel. Thinking he is the one responsible for trashing the school, she goes after him, but Wolverine says he was not the one, because he smelled different. Jubilee and Wolverine find Juggernaut, robbing a bank, and unsuccessfully try to apprehend him, but Juggernaut is too strong. Soon the other X-Men arrive at the scene. Jean explains that she can't mind-control Juggernaut as long as his helmet is on. Cyclops think they can defeat him, as long as they work as a team. The plan works, thanks to the combined attacks of the X-men and the strength of Colossus. Rogue manages to absorb some of his powers, revealing why he destroyed the mansion: Xavier is his half brother and he wanted to take revenge because his parents treated Xavier better than him. Wolverine releases his helmet, and Jean wipes his mind clean. At end of the episode the X-Men start rebuilding the Mansion. | ||||
| 09 | "The Cure" | Mark Edward Edens | February 20, 1993 | XM-109 |
| A doctor at the Muir Island Mutant Research Center claims to have found a cure for the mutant gene. Rogue flies to the island seeking the "cure". Rogue visits Dr. Adler and tells him how she is considering the treatment. Dr. Adler sends her on her way, and Apocalypse appears. Dr. Adler reverts to Mystique and they discuss Rogue's powers. Later Cable attacks Dr. Adler but the X-Men defeat them. Later Rogue changes her mind about the treatment and leaves. At the end Warren comes for the treatment and goes into Dr. Adler's lab. Later, Mystique finds Apocalypse and tells him of Warren, and he replies that he is planning on destroying the world. | ||||
| 10 | "Come The Apocalypse" | Michael Edens | February 27, 1993 | XM-110 |
| The immortal mutant Apocalypse turns mutants who journeyed to Muir Island seeking the fictitious cure into the Horsemen – Famine, Pestilence, War, and Death. The Horsemen start destroying everything across the planet. The X-Men arrive and battle the Horsemen. Rogue eventually grabs Archangel and absorbs his memory, sucking Apocalypse's power out of him. Archangel, appalled at what he has become, blasts the other Horsemen away. Apocalypse flees in a spaceship, and the diversion allows the other Horsemen to escape also. | ||||
| 11 | "Days Of Future Past (Part 1)" | Julia Jane Lewald | March 13, 1993 | XM-111 |
| A mutant named Bishop travels through time from 2055 AD to the present in order to stop a member of the X-Men from assassinating someone. When he comes to the present he can not remember who the assassin is. Later he turns to the X-Men for help. The episode ends on a cliffhanger ending where it's revealed that Gambit is the suspect. | ||||
| 12 | "Days Of Future Past (Part 2)" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
March 20, 1993 | XM-112 |
| As Bishop shoots Gambit, the X-Men stop him. Later they go to Washington, where the Brotherhood of Mutants plan to assassinate Senator Robert Kelly. Mystique poses as Gambit and tries to kill Kelly, but the real Gambit saves the Senator. Then Bishop goes back to his time. Later, when Professor X goes to see Senator Kelly, he finds that Magneto has kidnapped the Senator leading to another cliffhanger ending. | ||||
| 13 | "The Final Decision" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
March 27, 1993 | XM-113 |
| Magneto brings Senator Kelly to a sunken ship to kill him, so that mutants and humans would go to war. Sentinels attack Magneto and take Senator Kelly. When the X-Men finally find where Magneto is, the Sentinels are already gone with the senator. The Sentinels take Senator Kelly to Master Mold. Master Mold wants to replace all the world leaders' brains with computers, so that Sentinels could control the world. The X-Men go to the Sentinels' base and save the Senator. Kelly realizes that some Mutants can be good. Cyclops and Jean become engaged. And there is a hint that we will soon meet a character named Sinister | ||||
Season 2
| Script # | Title | Writer(s)[6] | Original Airdate[6] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | "Till Death Do Us Part (Part 1)" | Mark Edward Edens | October 23, 1993 | XM-201 |
| As Jean Grey and Cyclops attempt to tie the knot, Mister Sinister uses Morph to lay traps to destroy the X-Men one by one. | ||||
| 15 | "Till Death Do Us Part (Part 2)" | Michael Edens | October 30, 1993 | XM-202 |
| Mister Sinister and the Nasty Boys kidnap Cyclops and Jean Grey, to run some tests on them. But the X-Men get there in time, defeat Sinister and the Nasty Boys, and rescue Cyclops and Jean. | ||||
| 16 | "Whatever It Takes" | Julia Jane Lewald | November 6, 1993 | XM-203 |
| The Shadow King lures Storm home to Mt. Kilimanjaro by 'possessing' her young spiritual son Mjnari, so Rogue and Storm travel to Africa to stop The Shadow King. After a brief fight Mjnari lures Shadow King back into the Astral Plain and The Shadow King is again trapped there. | ||||
| 17 | "Red Dawn" | Francis Moss & Ted Pedersen |
November 13, 1993 | XM-204 |
| Omega Red, the ultimate living weapon, is resuscitated by three corrupt generals who want to reclaim and rule the crumbling old Soviet empire. So Colossus comes to the X-Men for help to save his country and its fragile freedom from these forces of tyranny. Later the X-Men find Omega Red, and fight him, but they are unable to stop him. In the end, the X-Men — with the help of Darkstar and Colossus — defeat him with a trick. Instead of fighting him, Storm uses her powers to freeze him. Omega Red falls back into his cryogenic sleep, and Russia is saved. | ||||
| 18 | "Repo Man" | Len Wein | November 20, 1993 | XM-205 |
| Vindicator and Alpha Flight capture Wolverine. They demand to know the secret of his Adamantium skeleton. As Vindicator runs tests on Wolverine, he goes too far and Wolverine gets in a lot of pain. At this point, the members of Alpha Flight decide that enough is enough and decide to free Wolverine. Alpha Flight defeats the battle droid guards, allowing Wolverine, hungry for revenge, to defeat Vindicator in a big fight. After this Wolverine sheathes his claws and tells his former Alpha Flight comrades to mind their own business in the future. He then walks away. | ||||
| 19 | "X-Ternally Yours" | Julianne Klemm | December 4, 1993 | XM-206 |
| Gambit is forced to return to his southern roots by an ancient tithe, an old family feud and the kidnapping of his brother, Bobby. Bella Donna of the Assassin's Guild uses the kidnapping to lure Gambit into her clutches and force him into completing the aborted marriage, in exchange on his brother and the tithe. But Bella gives the Thieves a fake tithe, ensuring their destruction at the hands of the X-Ternal. Fortunately for Gambit, the rest of the X-Men follow him back to the bayou; with Gambit's help they successfully confront the Assassins at the designated place and time and expose their deception. When the X-Ternal comes, Jean Grey forces a telepathic link with the X-Ternal, forcing her to see the truth. Realizing that she had been duped, the X-Ternal takes away Bella's powers, and the X-Men return home. | ||||
| 20 | "Time Fugitives (Part 1)" | Michael Edens | December 11, 1993 | XM-207 |
| "Time Fugitives" begins in New York City, in 3999 AD. Here Time is changing itself. Cable uses his time device and sees that Bishop traveled from 2054 AD to the present to stop a plague, which Apocalypse started. Because he stopped the virus from being created, the antibodies that protected mutants from further plagues were never created. | ||||
| 21 | "Time Fugitives (Part 2)" | Elliot S. Maggin | December 18, 1993 | XM-208 |
| Cable comes to the present to stop Bishop and save his own future world. After a battle with Bishop and the X-men he flees. When he checks out the X-Men's biography, he sees that he can use Wolverine's healing power to create the antibodies needed to preserve his future. So, with Wolverine's help, Cable saves both his and Bishop's time line | ||||
| 22 | "A Rogue's Tale" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
January 8, 1994 | XM-209 |
| When Mystique, Rogue's foster mother, forces her to revisit her own past. Rogue's overpowering flashbacks drive her from the X-Men and into the waiting arms of Ms. Marvel, Rogue's first enemy. Her mind is trapped in Rogue's body because Rogue had absorbed her entire mind. On a psychic plane, an avenging Ms. Marvel and an apologetic Rogue battle it out. Jean Grey uses Cerebro and goes inside Rogue's mind. In Rogue's mind, Ms. Marvel grabs Jean, but Rogue stops her, and Rogue and Ms. Marvel start fighting. Then Jean creates a cage in Rogue's mind and Rouge locks up Ms. Marvel. Rogue returns to normal. | ||||
| 23 | "Beauty & The Beast" | Stephanie Mathison | January 15, 1994 | XM-210 |
| Against all odds, Dr. McCoy (Beast) falls in love with Carly, a blind patient of his. Carly's father is a rampant mutant hater until the Friends of Humanity thugs kidnap Carly. Wolverine infiltrates the Friends of Humanity headquarters, so when they bring Carly there Wolverine saves her. | ||||
| 24 | "Mojovision" | Brooks Wachtel | February 5, 1994 | XM-211 |
| An alien, Mojo, kidnaps and casts the X-Men as his latest all galaxy television hit. He uses his psychic powers to pit them against one another on a far distant planet, but Longshot betrays Mojo and frees the X-Men. The X-men destroy Mojo's Studio and Longshot sends them back to Earth. | ||||
| 25 | "Reunion (Part 1)" | Len Wein | February 12, 1994 | XM-212 |
| A captured Xavier and Magneto are the bait as Mister Sinister lures the other X-Men to his Savage Land castle. After capturing the team, Sinister plans to use their genetic material to update Magneto's lowly band of 'mutates' to create his own army of unstoppable mutants. | ||||
| 26 | "Reunion (Part 2)" | Michael Edens | February 19, 1994 | XM-213 |
| Upon touchdown in Savage Land, the X-Men lose all their mutant skills and are immediately captured by Sinister's Nasty Boys. Wolverine escapes and teams up with native Ka-Zar, defeating Sinister and freeing their friends. | ||||
Season 3
After the "Phoenix Saga", episodes were aired in a more random sequence. Also, due to animation problems with a few episodes, several would not appear until the fourth or even fifth season.
| Script # | Title | Writer(s)[7] | Original Airdate[7] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | "Out Of The Past (Part 1)[c]" | Michael Edens | July 29, 1994 | XM-301 |
| Wolverine's former love, a Japanese woman named Yuriko, lures Wolverine and the X-Men into the Morlocks' tunnels. She hopes to make a stunning alien discovery. They discover a ship, and Wolverine opens it. | ||||
| 28 | "Out Of The Past (Part 2)[c]" | Len Wein | August 5, 1994 | XM-302 |
| Yuriko's alien discovery — a Shi'ar vessel — turns out to be a prison cell containing a voracious, gaseous prisoner, the M'Kraan Spirit Drinker. It immediately sucks life out of Yuriko and her cohorts, the Reavers. Soon the X-Men discover that electricity makes the alien explode and use electricity to defeat the alien. | ||||
| 29 | "Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Sacrifice" | Michael Edens | September 5, 1994 | XM-303 |
| Shi'ar emissary Erik the Red takes over the Eagle One space station. The X-Men go to the space station to stop Erik the Red from killing the astronauts. While returning, they collide with an energy wave. Jean pilots the shuttle while the others sit in a chamber that shields them from the radiation. | ||||
| 30 | "Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Dark Shroud" | Mark Edward Edens | September 6, 1994 | XM-304 |
| Jean Grey's psycho-kinetic shield fails. She is possessed by the Phoenix and cannot remember her ordeal. Meanwhile, Xavier goes to Muir Island to recuperate; an alien named Lilandra Neramani comes to assist in the M'Kraan matter, but Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy kidnap her. | ||||
| 31 | "Phoenix Saga (Part 3): Cry Of The Banshee" | Michael Edens | September 7, 1994 | XM-305 |
| The X-Men and Banshee go to save Lilandra. Here they are met by Gladiator. They have a hard time defeating him, but are aided by Jean Gray when she becomes the Phoenix. | ||||
| 32 | "Phoenix Saga (Part 4): The Starjammers" | Mark Edward Edens | September 8, 1994 | XM-306 |
| Jean Grey, using the Phoenix's powers, transports all the X-Men to Lilandra's ship where the Empress has hidden the M'Kraan Crystal. Starjammers attack and steal the M'Kraan Crystal from the X-Men. The Starjammers want to trade it to D'Ken, so that they will get close enough to kill him, but they are double-crossed. D'Ken unleashes the Crystal's power and gains new powers. | ||||
| 33 | "Phoenix Saga (Part 5): Child Of Light" | Mark Edward Edens | September 9, 1994 | XM-307 |
| D'Ken gets pulled into the Crystal, and becomes one with the universe inside it. Later, Phoenix fixes the Crystal and traps D'Ken in it. To protect the Crystal she takes it to the sun. The Phoenix Saga ends with Cyclops mourning Jean's apparent death. | ||||
| 38 | "Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 1)" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
September 10, 1994 | XM-312 |
| Sauron kidnaps Storm to the Savage Land in order to feed from her mutant energy. Separated from the rest of the X-Men, Storm is encouraged by Sauron to free her inner tempest of energy, awakening Garokk. | ||||
| 39 | "Savage Land, Strange Heart (Part 2)" | Robert N. Skir & Marty Isenberg |
September 17, 1994 | XM-313 |
| Garokk fuses with the island's volcano and the surging planetary force below it. Realizing his mistake, Sauron absorbs Garokk's energy and becomes as strong as Garokk. Sauron defeats Garokk, and the X-Men return home. | ||||
| 34 | "No Mutant Is An Island" | Sandy Scesny | September 21, 1996 | XM-308 |
| Cyclops, still in mourning after Jean Grey's "death", quits the X-Men and returns to the orphanage he grew up in and encounters his friend Sarah. She tells him that a wealthy man has decided to adopt all the mutant children, especially Rusty; his true intentions are to make them his army to kill all humans in order to create a world where mutants are accepted. Cyclops must stop him and save the mutant children. Cyclops returns to the mansion, and he and the X-Men discover that Jean Grey has not perished after all. | ||||
| 35 | "Obsession" | Adam Gilad | September 24, 1994 | XM-309 |
| Archangel has become obsessed with destroying Apocalypse, who he blames for ruining his life. Beast finds an alternative to defeating Apocalypse. The X-Men trap Apocalypse in a force field, create a pod around it, and jettison it into the space; they then return to the X-Mansion. | ||||
| 36 | "Longshot" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
October 5, 1996 | XM-310 |
| Longshot, rebel from another world, tumbles into this world with no memory. It turns out that Longshot is on the run from Mojo, maniacal inter-dimensional TV executive. Mojo uses Jubilee as a 'prize' to lure Longshot and the X-Men into a deadly contest which Mojo broadcasts 'live' to raise ratings. The X-Men eventually defeat Mojo. | ||||
| 37 | "Cold Comfort" | Len Uhley | February 4, 1995 | XM-311 |
| Former X-Man Bobby 'Iceman' Drake is caught breaking into a top-secret government installation. The X-Men free him and take him to Xavier, who is sad that his former favorite pupil apparently has gone bad. Iceman broke in because his house was trashed and Lorna Dane was kidnapped. Later, he again breaks into the compound and the X-Men follow. When they get there it turns out that the government installation was a training ground for the X-Factor. Lorna Dane faked her kidnapping to join the X-Factor and start a new life. | ||||
| 40 | "The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 1): Dazzled" | Jan Strnad | November 12, 1994 | XM-314 |
| The Phoenix continues to inhabit Jean's body, brazenly taking over at will. When the Inner Circle Club find about the Phoenix's power, they use Jason Wyngarde to create a new history in the mind of the confused Jean/Phoenix. Wyngarde creates a passionate romance between himself and her. When the X-Men come to rescue Jean, they find her fighting alongside Wyngarde. | ||||
| 41 | "The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 2): The Inner Circle" | Steven Levi | November 12, 1994 | XM-315 |
| As Professor X and Emma Frost battle for psychic control of Jean, the Inner Circle members quarrel over how to dispose of their prisoners, the X-Men. Phoenix sees through the deception and escapes, but says "You made me do evil, and now I thirst for more." | ||||
| 42 | "The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 3): The Dark Phoenix" | Larry Parr | November 19, 1994 | XM-316 |
| When the X-Men confront Phoenix and ask it to give up Jean's body, Phoenix vows to destroy the team. To re-energize, she flies up through the D'Bari Star System, passing a very surprised Shi'ar Star Cruiser crew. As they watch in horror, she feeds upon and destroys an entire star system. To defend space life as they know it, the Shi'ar empress Lilandra decrees Phoenix/Jean Gray must die. | ||||
| 43 | "The Dark Phoenix Saga (Part 4): The Fate Of The Phoenix" | Brooks Wachtel | November 26, 1994 | XM-317 |
| The X-Men battle Lilandra's Imperial Guards for custody of Phoenix/Jean Grey. When Phoenix falls in battle, Xavier startles everyone by commanding the X-Men to stop the now-vulnerable Phoenix. In the end, Phoenix comes to her senses, realizes she's done wrong, and leaves Jeans' Body. | ||||
| 44 | "Orphan's End" | Doug Booth | February 25, 1995 | XM-318 |
| Cyclops discovers that Corsair may be his father. Corsair is on the run from Shi'Ar authorities, who demand that Cyclops turn him over to them. It later comes to light that the Shi'Ar police officers are corrupt and are attempting to kill a witness under Corsair's protection. The X-Men defeat the corrupt Shi'Ar officers. Cyclops invites Corsair to stay for a while, hoping to clear things up, and Corsair accepts. | ||||
| 45 | "Love In Vain" | Martha Moran | February 10, 1996 | XM-401 |
| In a New Mexico desert, Wolverine witnesses the crash of a spaceship carrying horrific, alien bug-like creatures — the Family — which overwhelm him. The X-Men defeat the Family. | ||||
| 46 | "Juggernaut Returns[b]" | Doug Booth | May 6, 1995 | XM-319 |
| Juggernaut's life is at risk when someone else uncovers the Ruby of Cyttorak and claims the powers of Juggernaut for himself, going on a crime spree. Cyclops and Wolverine find the new Juggernaut and intervene. He drops the Ruby and Wolverine and Cyclops escape with it. Professor X gives the Ruby back to his step-brother, restoring the original Juggernaut. He throws the Ruby into space and leaves the X-Men without a fight. | ||||
| 47 | "A Deal With The Devil" | Eric Lewald | September 14, 1996 | XM-402 |
| Omega Red, the destruction machine from the former Soviet Union and a sworn enemy of Wolverine, is thawed and sent two miles beneath the ocean to salvage a disabled, toxic nuclear submarine threatening to break up near Hawaii. His only condition: Wolverine and Storm go down with him as insurance. Once in the sub, Omega Red reveals his plan to use the missile to cause destruction. Rogue destroys the sub, rendering it unable to launch its warheads. The submarine sinks deeper into the ocean, leaving Omega Red trapped inside. | ||||
| 48 | "Sanctuary (Part 1)" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
October 21, 1995 | XM-403 |
| Weary of battling for mutant supremacy, Magneto offers to transport all mutants to an orbiting asteroid named Asteroid M where they can live peaceful and human-free lives; however, Fabian Cortez tricks Magneto into an escape pod and launches him into space. When the X-Men arrive to investigate Magneto's intentions, Cortez blames Magneto's disappearance on them and accuses them of assassinating Magneto. | ||||
| 49 | "Sanctuary (Part 2)" | Jeff Saylor | October 28, 1995 | XM-404 |
| As Magneto plummets helplessly to Earth, Fabian Cortez assumes control of Asteroid M and sends hundreds of missiles towards Earth. Magneto frees himself and returns in time to destroy both the missiles and Asteroid M. Everyone escapes before the asteroid is destroyed. | ||||
| 50 | "Xavier Remembers" | Stephanie Mathison | April 27, 1996 | XM-405 |
| When Professor X suffers a slight concussion, his powerful psychic mind is suddenly open to manipulation. The Shadow King takes advantage of this and takes possession of Xavier, leaving his mind trapped on the Astral Plane. Jean Grey again traps Shadow King on the Astral Plane, and Professor X regains control of his body. | ||||
| 51 | "Courage" | Michael Edens & Sandy Scesny |
September 23, 1995 | XM-406 |
| The day Morph rejoins the X-Men, terrorists attack a top-secret, high-tech weapons factory; the alert interrupts his homecoming party. Morph and Wolverine investigate and discover that the Sentinels are back. Morph hesitates to fight the Sentinels and has a flashback of getting shot by a Sentinel. Eventually, he overcomes his fear and defeats them, but he leaves the X-Men in the end, saying he's not ready yet. | ||||
| 52 | "Secrets, Not Long Buried" | Mark Onspaugh | February 17, 1996 | XM-407 |
| When Cyclops flies solo to a tiny, western, desert community to see an old friend, his plane is blasted out of the sky. Injured and unable to use his powers, he struggles into town, only to discover his friend is missing and the town is caught in the grips of a militant, mutant-only, anti-human hate group: The Children of the Shadow. The Children of the Shadow hunt him down. When his powers return, Cyclops gets help from some mutants and defeats them. | ||||
Season 4
Some of the Season 4 episodes were aired during Season 3 to compensate for episodes in that season being pushed back.
| Script # | Title | Writer(s)[8] | Original Airdate[8] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | "Nightcrawler[b]" | Len Uhley | May 13, 1995 | XM-320 |
| Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine take a ski trip in Germany. While Gambit and Rogue seem to be enjoying themselves, Wolverine is restless, and longs for some action. When he hears reports of a demon hiding in a local monastery, his investigation reveals not a demon, but a mutant, Nightcrawler, whose devilish appearance is in stark contrast to his peaceful and deeply philosophical nature. Later the townsfolk attack and burn the monastery. The X-Men convince the townsfolk not to fear what they do not understand, Wolverine, too, learns something about the nature of faith. | ||||
| 54 | "One Man's Worth (Part 1)" | Richard Mueller | September 9, 1995 | XM-408 |
| Trevor Fitzroy and Bantam travel back in time to 1959 and kill Professor X. This creates an alternate present time-line, where a human-mutant war has destroyed everything. Bishop and Shard arrive in 'alternate present,' where humans battle violently against 'The Leader' Magneto, and his followers who include husband and wife Wolverine and Storm. Bishop and Shard recruit Wolverine and Storm to help stop Fitzroy, but they fail. | ||||
| 55 | "One Man's Worth (Part 2)" | Gary Greenfield | September 16, 1995 | XM-409 |
| Failing to stop the assassination of Xavier, Bishop, Shard, Storm and Wolverine travel forward to the future, a future changed so much that Forge's time travel machine has never been tested, and Forge has no idea who these four time travelers are. After they convince Forge, they go back a few minutes before Xavier died and save him. Everything reverts to normal | ||||
| 56 | "Proteus (Part 1)" | Bruce Reid Schaefer | September 30, 1995 | XM-410 |
| Moira MacTaggert is trying to help her son Kevin (Proteus), but when he escapes from Muir Island she calls on the X-Men for help. Proteus who has never been off the island is wreaking havoc while trying to find his father. | ||||
| 57 | "Proteus (Part 2)" | Luanne Crocker | October 7, 1995 | XM-411 |
| When Proteus discovers that his deadbeat dad is a prominent politician, he storms the Union Hall right in the middle of his dad's campaign speech on 'family values.' Proteus tells his father that he is his son, his father denies it and runs off in horror, crying for help. Angered at his father's reaction, Proteus creates havoc, but Professor X later calms him down, and he stops the rampage. Then he goes back to Muir Island with Moira MacTaggert. | ||||
| 58 | "Family Ties" | Marley Clark | May 4, 1996 | XM-412 |
| High Evolutionary and his New Men capture Magneto, Quicksilver, Beast, Wolverine and Scarlet Witch, to do experiments on them. He also reveals that Magneto is Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's father. The other X-Men later defeat High Evolutionary and His New Men, and save the captured mutants.During this episode, High Evolutionary transformed Wolverine into a werewolf. | ||||
| 59 | "Bloodlines" | Len Uhley | October 26, 1996 | XM-423 |
| Nightcrawler gets a mysterious message. He is informed that his birth mother (whom he never knew) is in trouble. He turns to the X-Men for assistance. Jubilee is baffled that Nightcrawler wants to help the mother who abandoned him. Nightcrawler admits there has been pain, but his faith in God has helped him overcome her rejection. The plot thickens when one of the team members recognizes Nightcrawler's mother's voice... | ||||
| 60 | "Lotus And The Steel" | Ted Pedersen & Francis Moss |
February 3, 1996 | XM-413 |
| Wolverine, losing control, quits the X-Men and returns to the rural Japan of his younger days, in an effort to find himself. He works peacefully with a former spiritual teacher, the monk Oku, to build a temple. But the neighboring village is about to be attacked by bandits, led by the merciless Silver Samurai, unless payment is made. Some of the villagers want to resist, and ask Wolverine for help. Wolverine is torn. This is just the sort of thing he had wanted to leave behind. Wolverine bests the Samurai in single combat by taking advantage of Samurai's habit of teleporting in behind him: Wolverine anticipates the move and disables the teleportation device, humiliating Samurai. | ||||
| 61 | "Weapon X, Lies, & Videotape[b][c]" | David McDermott & Steven Melching |
June 11, 1995 | XM-321 |
| A cryptic postcard unleashes a flood of maddening and painful memories in Wolverine that threaten to drive him insane. To keep his mind from being torn apart, Wolverine and Beast travel to the one location that may hold the answers to his hidden past: the ruins of the top-secret Weapon X lab where Wolverine's bones were laced with Adamantium. There he encounters other former 'test subjects' — Sabretooth, Maverick and Silver Fox — who are suffering similar mental breakdowns. Later they find out that many of their memories were implanted, and their true memories are destroyed with the lab. | ||||
| 62 | "Have Yourself A Morlock Little X-Mas" | Eric Lewald & Larry Parr |
December 23, 1995 | XM-414 |
| As all of the X-Men prepare for a festive Christmas, foster child Jubilee is thrilled. She, Storm, and grouchy humbug Wolverine go last-minute shopping in Manhattan, only to be caught in a life-or-death crisis involving Leech, the littlest Morlock. Leech needs blood transfusion, so Wolverine's blood is given and then Leech gets better. | ||||
| 63 | "Beyond Good And Evil (Part 1): The End Of Time" | Steve Cuden | November 4, 1995 | XM-415 |
| In 3999 Apocalypse tricks Cable and steals Cable's time device and goes back in time, but he accidentally falls in the axis of Time. Apocalypse hires Mister Sinister to kidnap psyche all across the universe. Meanwhile, Jean and Scott try and get married again. | ||||
| 64 | "Beyond Good And Evil (Part 2): Promise Of Apocalypse" | Jan Strnad | November 11, 1995 | XM-416 |
| Apocalypse kidnaps Psylocke, Jean Grey and Professor X. Meanwhile Bishop also gets trapped in the axis of time. Also, Cable breaks into a government base to steal a time-device. | ||||
| 65 | "Beyond Good And Evil (Part 3): The Lazarus Chamber" | Michael Edens | November 18, 1995 | XM-417 |
| Cable also uses another time-machine and comes to the present to get the X-Men's help in destroying Apocalypse's Lazarus Chamber. They go back in time to ancient Cairo and destroy the chamber. Apocalypse plans to use the psychics to destroy all time, and recreate a universe, where he will rule unchallenged. | ||||
| 66 | "Beyond Good And Evil (Part 4): End And Beginning" | Dean Stefan | November 25, 1995 | XM-418 |
| As the true and terrifying nature of Apocalypse's final plan emerges, several in his band team up with the X-Men to stop him. With Bishop's help the psychics are freed. At the end the psychics destroy Apocalypse by taking him out of the Axis of Time, so he could age without the help of his chamber. | ||||
Season 5
"Beyond Good And Evil" was meant to be an ending to the series, until FOX bought a few more episodes at the last minute. The final six episodes have a different animation style (Saban did the animation themselves) due to the original animation studio (Graz Entertainment) that worked on the series going bankrupt.
| Script # | Title | Writer(s)[9] | Original Airdate[9] | Prod. # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | "Phalanx Covenant (Part 1)" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
September 7, 1996 | XM-419 |
| The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. The alien Warlock allies with Beast, Forge and Mister Sinister to defeat the Phalanx. | ||||
| 68 | "Phalanx Covenant (Part 2)" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
September 7, 1996 | XM-420 |
| The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. The alien Warlock allies with Beast, Forge and Mister Sinister to defeat the Phalanx. | ||||
| 69 | "Storm Front (Part 1)" | Mirith Colao | November 2, 1996 | XM-421 |
| The alien Arkon comes to Earth and begs Storm to return with him to his planet, to save it from meteorological chaos which threatens his people. After much pleading, Storm agrees, but leaves a clue for the other X-Men to follow. Once successful, Storm is proclaimed savior throughout this universe. Then Arkon asks her to marry him. | ||||
| 70 | "Storm Front (Part 2)" | Brooks Wachtel | November 9, 1996 | XM-422 |
| Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly. Meanwhile the X-Men discover that Arkon is a ruthless tyrant. | ||||
| 71 | "The Fifth Horseman" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
February 8, 1997 | TBD |
| Fabian Cortez kidnaps Jubilee because Apocalypse is trapped in Astral Plane and needs a host body. Cortez brings her to a temple, but Beast comes and rescues Jubilee and destroys the temple. At the end, when Apocalypse comes out of a portal, he takes over Cortez's body, transforming it into his form and banishing Cortez from it. | ||||
| 72 | "Jubilee's Fairytale Theater" | Brooks Wachtel | November 16, 1996 | TBD |
| Jubilee leads a group of school children on tour of a cave on Mansion property, only to be caught in a cave-in. As the water in the cave rises, she keeps the kids calm by spinning a medieval fairy tale of knights, princesses, trolls and dragons. some of these characters might just seem to resemble the X-Men. As she tells the kids the stories, the real X-Men arrive and save them. | ||||
| 73 | "Old Soldiers" | Len Wein | February 22, 1997 | TBD |
| Wolverine thinks back to the time when he fought during World War II and teamed up with Captain America. Wolverine and Captain America must break into a Nazi establishment to rescue a kidnapped American scientist, and fight the Red Skull. | ||||
| 74 | "Hidden Agendas" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
September 13, 1997 | TBD |
| Sam Guthrie's parents have contacted Professor Xavier about their son's mutant powers. Rogue goes back to the South to check things out and finds Sam living the life she never had. Family and friends support the young "Cannonball," but Rogue must teach him how the rest of the world lives when shadowy Army officials attempt to use the youthful mutant. | ||||
| 75 | "Descent" | Steven Melching & David McDermott |
September 6, 1997 | TBD |
| In London, England's Victorian era, two scientists, Dr. James Xavier and Dr. Nathaniel Essex, hotly debate Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Essex believes mutants are the next genetic step forward and begins a bizarre experiment involving mutant evolution. The origin of Mr. Sinister is revealed, as Dr. Xavier attempts to stop Essex before he goes too far. | ||||
| 76 | "Graduation Day" | James Krieg | September 20, 1997 | TBD |
| It's the final episode for the X-Men. At a Mutant/Human Relations Summit, Henry Peter Gyrich attacks and cripples Professor Xavier with a psychic energy disrupter. The X-Men and Moira MacTaggert try to save Xavier, but all seems lost. Lilandra comes and has a cure, but Professor Xavier must leave with her and go with her to the Shi'Ar Empire to be cured. He bids farewell to his X-Men. The last scene of this show ends with all of the X-men standing outside the mansion saying goodbye to Professor X. | ||||
Spider-Man crossover
The 1994 Spider-Man animated series had two guest appearances by X-Men characters. The first was a double episode story where Spider-Man visits the X-Men, and the other was a triple episode involving Storm from the X-Men with other Marvel characters.
| Ep# | Title | Writer(s) | Original Airdate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | "The Mutant Agenda" | John Semper, Stevent Grant & J.M. DeMatteis[10] | September 30, 1995[10] |
| Spider-Man's progressing neogenic mutation is making him ill and he seeks the aid of Professor Charles Xavier. In doing so he meets the X-Men but is disappointed to learn that Xavier does not 'cure' mutancy, only helps those born that way to accept and control their abilities. Later, Beast tells Spider-Man to go to Dr. Herbert Landon, who is working on a cure for mutants. When Spider-Man leaves, Landon's men kidnap Beast. Later Wolverine attacks Spider-Man, thinking he had something to do with Beast's disappearance. The episode ends with Spider-Man and Wolverine fighting. Part 1 of 2. | |||
| 18 | "Mutants' Revenge" | John Semper & Michael Edens[11] | October 7, 1995[11] |
| Wolverine catches up with Spider-Man, who is hot on the trail of the missing Hank McCoy. Later Hobgoblin steals the mutant technology that Dr. Herbert Landon had prepared for the Kingpin. Spider-Man and Wolverine follow him and discover Beast's location as well as the plot to destroy all mutant-kind; the two team up and rescue Beast from becoming the first test subject of Landon's plot. When Landon accidentally falls victim to his own experiment he is changed into a giant monster that feeds on electrical energy; the X-Men and Spider-Man once again work together and defeat Landon and the Hobgoblin. Part 2 of 2. | |||
| 61 | "Secret Wars, Chapter I: Arrival" | John Semper and Karen Milovich[12] | November 7, 1997[12] |
| Madame Web sends Spider-Man to a planet, where the Beyonder tells Spider-Man he must pass a test to see who is stronger: Good or evil. Beyonder sends evil, aka Red Skull, Alistair Smythe, Doctor Doom, the Lizard, and Doctor Octopus, to a planet, and causes a year to pass. Spider-Man's job is to save the planet. He's sent to the world, and Beyonder tells him he gets to have help. Spider-Man calls for the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Captain America, and Storm. Later, Mr. Fantastic cures the Lizard and he joins the team. | |||
| 62 | "Secret Wars, Chapter II: The Gauntlet of the Red Skull" | Virginia Roth[13] | November 14, 1997[13] |
| Spider-Man summons the Black Cat from Earth. The heroes launch an attack along with the local colonists, against the Red Skull, who is assisted by Alistair Smythe and Doctor Octopus. The heroes defeat the trio and destroy its fortress; seeing their fortress destroyed, the villains escape. | |||
| 63 | "Secret Wars, Chapter III: Doomed" | John Semper, Mark Hoffmeier, and Ernie Altbacker[14] | November 21, 1997[14] |
| The heroes battle against Doctor Doom. After the heroes defeat Doctor Doom the Beyonder returns saying the game is over. He transports them all out into space and says that they did excellent in the Secret Wars, and that the heroes (not counting Spider-Man) will not have any recollection of what happened. Beyonder tells Spider-Man that now it is time for the real task. | |||
Footnotes
- 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.[15]
- 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.[16][17][18]
- c This episode originally aired in primetime.
- d Due to production delays, this episode originally aired after Come the Apocalypse
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- ^ "Interview: Eric Lewald (Story Editor of X-Men)". toonzone.net. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
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