List of X-Men: Evolution episodes

For the X-Men series starting in 1992, see List of X-Men (TV series) episodes.

The following is a list of episodes for the animated television series X-Men: Evolution, based on the X-Men comic books.

Season one

#	Code	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Villains(s)
1	S01 E01	"Strategy X"	Frank Paur	Avi Arad & Rick Ungar (story) Bob Forward (writer)	Toad and Mystique
As Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) adapts to his new home at the Xavier Institute, Mystique attempts to spy on the facility with a young boy who has toad-like powers. Note: First appearance of Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Prof. Charles Xavier, Storm, Nightcrawler, Toad, Mystique, Sabertooth (Only a brief view), Paul, Duncan Matthews and Magneto.
2	S01 E02	"The X-Impulse"	Gary Graham	Greg Johnson & Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (writer)	Avalanche and Sabretooth
Kitty Pryde discovers her mutant abilities of phasing through solid matter. Xavier sends Jean Grey on a mission to recruit her as one of the X-Men, only to find out that she has already been won over by Lance Alvers, otherwise known as the mutant Avalanche with the ability to cause earthquakes and tremors. Note: First appearance of Shadowcat & Avalanche. Also the first time that Wolverine fights his rival, Sabretooth.
3	S01 E03	"Rogue Recruit"	Steven E. Gordon	Simon Furman	Mystique, Destiny and Rogue
When Rogue accidentally triggers her mutant ability by absorbing a local boy's memories, strengths, and abilities via mere skin contact, the X-Men head off to Caldecott County, Mississippi to recruit her. However, Mystique isn't willing to let her out of her sights because she wants her daughter to become one of them, so Destiny & Mystique get to Rogue first to convince her that X-Men are hunting her down. Note: First appearance of Rogue & Destiny.
4	S01 E04	"Mutant Crush"	Frank Paur	Katherine Lawrence	Blob
Fred Dukes (Blob), a former sideshow entertainer from Texas, gets enlisted by Mystique into Bayville High. But his short temper and blubbery girth prevents him from making any necessary friends. He does get some help from Jean Grey in finding his way around the school, but things take a turn for the worse when he mistakes this for romantic love. Note: First appearance of Blob.
5	S01 E05	"Speed and Spyke"	Gary Graham	Bob Forward (story & writer) Rick Ungar (story)	Quicksilver
Evan Daniels, Ororo Monroe/Storm's nephew, is exhibiting his mutant ability of projecting a multiple of boned spikes and projectiles. Despite knowing his mutant abilities, Evan's initially refuses to join the X-Men. However, when former basketball teammate Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) continually steals money from him (along with getting him in trouble), Evan accepts the offer in an attempt to take his former friend down. Note: First appearances of Spyke & Quicksilver.
6	S01 E06	"Middleverse"	Steven E. Gordon	Evelyn Gabai (story) Adam Beechen (story & writer)	Blob, Toad and Avalanche
One day, Kurt's childish behavior clashes with Scott's dead seriousness once too often. Later, Kurt (in his true form) accidentally activates a device which transfers him to a parallel dimension. There, he meets Forge, who had been trapped there since the late seventies, and together, they devise a plan to break out and return to their normal dimension. Things get complicated when the other X-Men discover the device and the Brotherhood then tries to steal it from them. Note: First appearance of Forge.
7	S01 E07	"Turn of the Rogue"	Boyd Kirkland	Rick Ungar (story) Greg Johnson (story & writer)	Mystique
Scott Summers/Cyclops and Jean Grey prepare for their geology club excursion, but Mystique has different plans in mind, replacing Jean with Rogue in an attempt to put further distance between her and the X-Men. In the end, Rogue finds out about Mystique's plans and finally joins the X-Men.
8	S01 E08	"SpykeCam"	Frank Paur	Christy Marx (writer), Rick Ungar (story), & Randy Littlejohn (story & writer)	Sabretooth
For extra credit, Spyke films the current events in his life. However, his project takes a turn for the worse when Sabretooth uses the video camera to find out where the Xavier Institute is in order to hunt down his rival, Wolverine.
9	S01 E09	"Survival of the Fittest"	Gary Graham	Pamela Hickey & Dennys McCoy	Juggernaut, Mystique, Toad, Blob and Avalanche
The X-Men and the Brotherhood battle each other in a summer camp, but must cooperate when a large and unstoppable mutant named Cain Marko (Juggernaut) threatens both Charles Xavier and Mystique. Note: First appearance of Juggernaut.
10	S01 E10	"Shadowed Past"	Steven E. Gordon	Bob Forward (writer) & Jules Dennis (story)	Mystique and Magneto
Rogue has nightmares about Kurt being abducted and experimented on (as a baby) by a dark figure (Magneto). It turns out that when she absorbed Kurt's memory, prior to her mother's (Mystique's) plan to keep her away from the X-Men, she also absorbed many more memories allowing the X-Men to find out that Mystique is Kurt's mother. However, Magneto finds out about all this and orders the Brotherhood to stop Mystique before she tells Nightcrawler all of his past.
11	S01 E11	"Grim Reminder"	Frank Paur	Greg Johnson(story & writer)	Sabretooth and the Doctor
Wolverine's tortured origin comes back to haunt him as he finds out that a wild monster ravaged Mount Mckinley. He goes into the Canadian wilderness to find the beastly creature. He runs into not only his archrival Sabertooth, but the doctor who gave him his adamantium skeleton and adamantium claws. It turns out that the scientist still plans to use Wolverine to carry out his Weapon X animal program by brainwashing him with a microchip that was implanted into Logan's brain a long time ago. It's up to Shadowcat and Nightcrawler to save the day before the mind-controlled Wolverine and Sabertooth destroy them both.
12	S01 E12	"The Cauldron – Part 1"	Gary Graham	Simon Furman	Alex and Magneto
Scott is reunited with his younger brother Alex, who is recruited by Magneto to join him. As the X-Men are forced to fight the Brotherhood for a place in Magneto's sanctuary. Note: First appearance of Havok.
13	S01 E13	"The Cauldron – Part 2"	Steven E. Gordon	Greg Johnson	Magneto
Magneto holds multiple battles to find out which mutants are "worthy" of joining him on Asteroid M. The "winners" are abducted by force and offered a place in the Cauldron, where Magneto offers to greatly strengthen and increase their mutant abilities to their full and maximum potential despite Professor X telling them that it will alter their mind and body.

Season two

#	Code	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Villain(s)
14	S02 E01	"Growing Pains"	Frank Paur	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	Toad, Blob, Avalanche and Quicksilver
The Brotherhood (minus Mystique) gatecrash the girls' championship soccer match (in which Jean's team is taking part) and threaten to expose mutantkind to the world. Note: First appearance of the New Mutants (Iceman, Cannonball, Magma, Jubilee, Berzerker, Sunspot, Boom Boom, Wolfsbane and Multiple Man) and Risty. The DVD has a deleted scene where Avalanche is nearly killed by pushing Shadowcat away from a falling, burning mascot statue and she phases him out of the rubble. This event, along with the two becoming lab partners in the next episode, leads to the show's subplot of Lance and Kitty dating (much to their teams' disapproval).
15	S02 E02	"Power Surge"	Gary Graham	Doug Molitor	Jean Grey
Jean Grey suddenly loses control of her telepathic and telekinetic abilities. And the only one who can stop her psionic abilities from further going haywire is Rogue. Note: Foreshadowing of the all-powerful Phoenix Force entity. Introduction of Hank McCoy.
16	S02 E03	"Bada-Bing Bada-Boom!"	Steven E. Gordon	Greg Johnson	Boom Boom's father
Boom Boom romantically flirts with Nightcrawler, and then gets a visit from her criminal father who wants her to commit a crime for him.
17	S02 E04	"Fun and Games"	Frank Paur	Brian Swenlin	Arcade and Mystique
While Professor X has to mend Juggernaut's stasis cell, the younger X-Men trick Cyclops and Jean Grey into leaving the Mansion in order to have a party. Note: First appearance of Arcade. Also in this episode, Risty is revealed to be Mystique. Error: Just after Webber gains access to the Cerebro computer, part of the Cerebro screen appears in front of Risty for a second.
18	S02 E05	"The Beast of Bayville"	Gary Graham	William Forrest Cluverius	Beast
Dr. Hank McCoy has no strength left to fight his bestial mutation, which forces him to be a violent and angry Beast. Note: Introduction of Beast's mutant form.
19	S02 E06	"Adrift"	Steven E. Gordon	Greg Johnson	Huge Storm
Alex gets caught in a riptide while surfing using a surf board fitted with a webcam. Scott goes out to rescue him, but a huge storm threatens both their lives.
20	S02 E07	"On Angel's Wings"	Frank Paur	Boyd Kirkland	Magneto
During Christmas time, a mysterious angel is saving lives. Rogue and Cyclops track down Warren Worthington, who is deeply unsure about his mutation. Note First appearance of Angel.
21	S02 E08	"African Storm"	Gary Graham	Nick Dubois	Hungan
Storm is tormented by Hungan, an evil African shaman who wants to steal her weather-controlling/manipulating abilities and use them to take over Africa.
22	S02 E09	"Joyride"	Steven E. Gordon	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	The New Recruits
Lance Alvers (Avalanche) wants to join the X-Men in order to be closer to Kitty. However, he has trouble fitting in and, after antagonizing Scott, becomes the prime suspect for several recent joyrides committed by some cocky New Mutants.
23	S02 E10	"Walk On The Wild Side"	Frank Paur	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	Car thieves
The female X-Men are fed up with playing second fiddle, and form a vigilante crime-fighting group called the Bayville Sirens.
24	S02 E11	"Operation Rebirth"	Gary Graham	Bob Forward	Sabretooth and Magneto
Nick Fury informs Wolverine that Magneto has stolen a device once used to create the super-soldier Captain America. Wolverine, Rogue (who knows the location, having absorbed Magneto's memories in "On Angel's Wings") and Nightcrawler (whose teleporting capabilities are able to get him inside Magneto's base) go to recover it. Note: First appearance of Nick Fury. Guest appearance by Captain America.
25	S02 E12	"Mindbender"	Steven E. Gordon	Bob Forward	Mesmero
A mysterious hypnotist named Mesmero kidnaps some of the X-Men (Jean Grey, Spyke, Nightcrawler and Kitty Pryde) and brainwashes them into committing crimes for him. Note: First appearance of Mesmero. Foreshadowing of Apocalypse and opening his first gate.
26	S02 E13	"Shadow Dance"	Boyd Kirkland	Boyd Kirkland	Other world creatures
The Bayville High Sadie Hawkins dance arrives, and everybody is scrambling for dates. While this is going on, Forge constructs a device to greatly strengthen and magnify Nightcrawler's teleportation abilities to the point where he teleport across much longer and greater distances, however the demonic creatures he encounters while passing through a separate dimension during his teleporting, manage to escape through open portals Nightcrawler leaves behind. Note: First appearance of Amanda Sefton.
27	S02 E14	"Retreat"	Frank Paur	Michael Merton	Two hunters
In order to help a depressive Beast out of his slump, Kitty arranges a field trip with the younger X-Men(Spyke, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Iceman). However, hunters catch Beast, thinking him to be Bigfoot.
28	S02 E15	"The HeX Factor"	Gary Graham	Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	Mystique, Blob, Quicksilver, Avalanche, Toad and Scarlet Witch
Mystique returns to the Brotherhood with a mentally unstable, but immensely strong and powerful mutant named Wanda Maximoff, much to the horror of her twin brother Pietro. Note: First appearance of Scarlet Witch and Agatha Harkness. Error: Close to the beginning, Lance's voice comes out of Pietro's mouth.
29	S02 E16	"Day of Reckoning" Part One"	Gary Graham, Steven E. Gordon & Frank Paur	Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland	Bolivar Trask, Magneto, and Mystique
Anti-mutants activist Bolivar Trask abducts Wolverine and introduces him to his newest invention, the Sentinels. Meanwhile, Magneto wants to provoke all-out war between mankind and mutantkind and summons his Acolytes to create mayhem. Note: First appearance of the Acolytes (Gambit, Pyro, Colossus), the Sentinels, and Bolivar Trask.
30	S02 E17	"Day of Reckoning" Part Two"	Gary Graham, Steven E. Gordon & Frank Paur	Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland	Magneto, Mystique, Gambit, Quicksilver, Pyro, Sabretooth and Colossus
The X-Men are shocked when Professor X teams them up with the Brotherhood to stop Magneto, but then, a shocking twist reveals that nothing was as it seemed to be. Error: Gambit's eyes are white with a reddish-brown iris like everyone else's eyes, instead of his usual black on red with a black pupil.

(When reediting this page, Walk on the Wild Side is episode 10 of season 2, according to the Marvel YouTube webpage, and takes place before Shadow Dance, because Blob still has his mohawk and Duncan gets tickets for Jean. Also On Angel's Wings and Operation Rebirth is out of place according to the same page, even though it may have aired on the supposed dates)

Season three

#	Code	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Villain(s)
31	S03 E01	"Day of Recovery"	Gary Graham	Story By: Boyd Kirkland & Greg Johnson Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat	Bolivar Trask and his men
The remaining X-Men and Brotherhood members go to Area 51 to rescue their captive members. They team up with the Brotherhood and Nick Fury points them in the right direction, they save the others, but, Cyclops leaves Mystique behind. Note: First appearance of Caliban
32	S03 E02	"The Stuff of Heroes"	Curt Geda	Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Bob Forward	Juggernaut
While Storm and Beast step in front of the Senate to try curbing the rampant anti-mutant crowd, the rest of the X-Men have to stop Juggernaut, who has been unleashed by Mystique and is threatening to destroy a dam.
33	S03 E03	"Mainstream"	Frank Paur	Story By: Greg Johnson Written By: Michael Merton	Duncan, Avalanche, Toad and Blob
Despite rescuing Professor X, the bigotry towards mutants still exists as our heroes return to Bayville High, scorned and verbally abused by their human classmates, including their mutant-hating Principal Edward Kelly. Also, the School Board decides whether or not to allow mutants to attend school. However, Kelly enlists Duncan to team up with the Brotherhood (Avalanche, Toad, & Blob) to ensure a permanent mutant ban. Note: Lance and Kitty's relationship becomes strained during the fight in the school parking lot, where they realize that their romantic relationship will not work out as long as they're on different, opposing teams. Also Jean Grey and Duncan's platonic relationship ends.
34	S03 E04	"The Stuff of Villains"	Gary Graham	Adam Beecham	Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Gambit, Avalanche, Toad and Blob
Wanda wants to find out where her father Magneto is, so she enlists Caliban for help. She then goes to her brother Quicksilver for info. When he refuses, Wanda delivers him to the police. When the Brotherhood tries to break him out of a prison transport (as part of Magneto's offer from Gambit), Rogue and Shadowcat appear to break up their rescue operation. Note: This is the first episode in which Gambit refers to Rogue as "cherie" (French for "cherished one" or "darling")
35	S03 E05	"Blind Alley"	Curt Geda	Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Doug Molitor	Mystique
Jean is about to confess her strong and deep mutual romantic love to Scott when Mystique (who managed to escape from Area 51 and is out for revenge) abducts Scott and abandons him in the desert in Mexico without his ruby quartz glasses. Jean, who has vivid telepathic visions of him in peril, tracks him down, but Mystique is determined to kill them both. Note: Scott and Jean's platonic relationship grows to an even closer and deeper romantic relationship after this episode.
36	S03 E06	"X-Treme Measures"	Frank Paur	Story By: Greg Johnson & Boyd Kirkland Written By: Jules Dennis & Greg Johnson	Pow-R 8
Spyke joins a skateboarding contest sponsored by "Pow-R 8" soda. However, Pow-R 8 is harmful to mutants, and when Spyke drinks a swig, his mutation greatly advances, poisons, and disfigures him seriously. He is saved by the Morlocks, and in the end, Spyke joins them. Note: First appearance of the Morlocks.
37	S03 E07	"The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe"	Gary Graham	Steve Granat & Cydne Clark	Scarlet Witch, Magneto and Mastermind
Wanda tracks down Magneto to his Acolyte headquarters in a nearby ski resort. Meanwhile, Kurt is spending time with Amanda Sefton and meeting her parents. In a bid to win Wanda's affections, Toad steals Nightcrawler's image inducer (thereby blowing his cover in front of the Sefton household) and pursues Wanda, followed by an angry Kurt. However, when Wanda gets abducted by Magneto and is brainwashed by Mastermind into believing her father was a kind and giving man (erasing her memory of the asylum she was sent to), the two team up to rescue her. Note: First appearance of Mastermind and Margali Szardos.
38	S03 E08	"Self Possessed"	Curt Geda	Greg Johnson	Mystique
Rogue witnesses her infatuated crush, Scott, date Jean. She is consoled by her British friend, Risty, but when she accidentally touches and absorbs everything from her at a concert, she finds out that she was Mystique all along in disguise. Absorbing Mystique's power, Rogue's alter-egos from inside that she has absorbed in the past, use the shape-shifting ability she accidentally borrowed from Mystique to break free from Rogue's inner self, fighting to take control over her body and mind. Thinking everybody hates her, Rogue's latent multiple personality disorder breaks through and she loses her sanity. The X-Men have to stop their friend and colleague, who has all of their mutant abilities combined and in the verge of burning herself out. Note: This episode reveals that Mystique adopted Rogue when she was only four years old.
39	S03 E09	"Under Lock and Key"	Frank Paur	Sean Roche	Magneto, The Acolytes and Mesmero
Angel spots Gambit stealing a mysterious artifact, but when he tries to stop him, Mesmero fights him off. When the Acolytes want to steal another artifact, the X-Men fight them and discover there is a bigger plan happening. Soon both teams face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable. Magneto and The Acolytes destroy the spider-like creature. However, it was actually a guardian to prevent Apocalypse's release and now that it is destroyed, the second gate will open. Note: In this episode the X-Men team that goes up against the spider is the original team from the comics (Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Iceman, and Angel).
40	S03 E10	"Cruise Control"	Gary Graham	Steve Granat & Cydne Clark	Volcano
Taking a break from superhero duty, the X-Men (without Rogue and Berzerker) take a pleasure cruise. However, Magma becomes violently ill, literally suffering from earth withdrawal. When Boom Boom and Iceman take her to an island, she accidentally triggers a volcano. When the volcano threatens to explode again, Magma dives into its heart to silence it once and for all. Note: Originally aired out of order.
41	S03 E11	"X23"	Curt Geda	Story By: Craig Kyle Written By: Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	Wolverine's clone and Deborah Risman
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. Note: Inaugural debut of X-23. First appearance of Dr. Deborah Risman.
42	S03 E12	"Dark Horizon – Part 1"	Frank Paur	Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	Rogue (brainwashed), Mesmero and Apocalypse
Rogue falls under the mind control of Mesmero and is used as a weapon to absorb the mutant abilities of every X-Man, Brotherhood, and Acolyte member. The three factions reluctantly cooperate and find out that Mesmero wants Rogue to give all of her stolen abilities to Apocalypse to awaken him. Note: Gambit's eyes change from red on black to brown on white at 17:18.
43	S03 E13	"Dark Horizon – Part 2"	Gary Graham	Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	Apocalypse
The X-Men, Brotherhood, and Acolytes track Apocalypse to Egypt, but fail to prevent him from coming back to life. Mankind is now in terrible danger.

Season four

#	Code	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate(s)
44	S04 E01	"Impact"	Gary Graham (II)	Greg Johnson	August 30, 2003 (2003-08-30)
A strange phenomenon occurs in the wake of Apocalypse: A jungle-covered Mayan pyramid takes on a technological appearance and an impenetrable force shield surrounds it, even down into the ground underneath. The X-Men receive permission from the government there to study the base. However, Magneto, in an act of revenge, makes an attack upon it. Meanwhile, Nightcrawler tries to revive his mother Mystique who is still trapped in stone, much to the dismay of Rogue. Note: First appearance of Apocalypse in powered up mutant form.
45	S04 E02	"No Good Deed"	Doug Murphy	Story By:Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: William Forrest Cluverius	September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)
Wanda accidentally causes an accident on the subway, and by helping the civilians the Brotherhood improve their Image. In order to boost their reputation, the Brotherhood decide to stage accidents and then rescue the bystanders. The plan starts out as a success, until a staged accident runs out of hand.
46	S04 E03	"Target X"	Doug Murphy	Craig Kyle & Chris Yost	September 13, 2003 (2003-09-13)
After being kidnapped by Omega Red, Wolverine manages to escape to a nearby forest. There he finds his clone, X-23, on a personal mission to destroy the person responsible for creating her: Madame Hydra. Now, the two team up to take on Hydra and destroy the Hydra base. Meanwhile, Cyclops and Jean Grey try to teach the New Mutants much more advanced ways of using their mutant abilities. Note: First appearance of Madame Hydra, Omega Red & Gauntlet. Wolverine is shown wearing his X-Men uniform in the Hydra base after he was captured, with no explanation of how he got it. He was not wearing it while on the run with X-23 in the woods.
47	S04 E04	"Sins of the Son"	Gary Graham	Marsha F. Griffin	September 20, 2003 (2003-09-20)
Charles Xavier's son David has been seemingly abducted. Charles, Storm, Cyclops, & Jean Grey track him down in Scotland, and it turns out that he suffers from multiply identity disorder, and that his hidden malicious personality, (born out of his hatred and agony for his father and his evil will), called Lucas, is overwhelming him. Meanwhile, Kitty and Kurt have some not so good adventures while they're ill with a cold, as Kurt teleports involuntarily as he sneezes in his sleep. Note: First appearance of Legion (consisting of David's horrible, dark self Lucas; his scared, wickedly afflicted self Ian; and his own good, kind self.
48	S04 E05	"Uprising"	Doug Murphy	Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle Written By: Bob Forward	September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)
Spyke makes his return, having turned into an angry vigilante who protects the Morlocks. He is unafraid to go in public with his disfiguring mutation, causing panic in his environment, especially since the extreme prejudice against mutants is on the rise. anti-mutantists Duncan Matthews and his friends go and hunt Spyke down, and they even stumble upon a small boy named Dorian Leech. Also, in a foreshadow towards the eventual fight against Apocalypse, Nick Fury of SHIELD releases Bolivar Trask and orders him to build new improved Sentinels. Note: First appearance of Leech.
49	S04 E06	"Cajun Spice"	Frank Paur	Michael Merton & Greg Johnson	October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)
Gambit kidnaps Rogue but claims he's trying to help her forget what she did to Mystique, a deed which has pushed her into insecureness. But actually Gambit's just using her to help him find his adopted father who has been kidnapped. The X-Men notice Rogue's missing, and Wolverine goes on a hunt to search for her. Note: At the end Gambit slips Rogue the Queen of Hearts as she's about to leave, earlier in the episode he told her how she is "his lucky lady." Gambit calls Rogue "Cherie" four times in this episode.
50	S04 E07	"Ghost of a Chance"	Gary Graham	Greg Johnson	October 11, 2003 (2003-10-11)
Shadowcat meets Danielle Moonstar and quickly becomes fast best friends with her. However, she wakes up the next morning and realizes that she seemingly dreamed everything up. Strangely, it appears her dreams had a deeper meaning, leading into a race-against-time search as Kitty tries to find her new best friend. Note: First appearance of Danielle Moonstar
51	S04 E08	"Ascension – Part 1"	Doug Murphy (part 1)	Story By: Greg Johnson, Craig Kyle, Boyd Kirkland Written By: Greg Johnson	October 18, 2003 (2003-10-18)
Apocalypse plans to turn all humans with the dormant X-gene into mutants, while killing those who aren't strong enough. He has turned Magneto, Professor X, Storm, and Mystique into his Four Horsemen, and has covered the world with a network of energy pyramids to stage his plan. Note: Professor X wields what appears to be a psionic scythe while battling the X-Men as a Horseman of Apocalypse, demonstrating incredibly strong psionic abilities similar to those of Psylocke.
52	S04 E09	"Ascension – Part 2"	Frank Paur	Greg Johnson	October 25, 2003 (2003-10-25)
In order to prevent all of humankind from being turned into mutants, the X-Men, the Brotherhood, S.H.I.E.L.D., The Acolytes, Angel, Spyke, Havok, and the New Mutants all join forces to save humanity from the ambitions of Apocalypse. Rogue defeats Apocalypse at the last minute by borrowing Leech's ability to cancel other mutant abilities. She stops the pyramids' energy and closes his case with Apocalypse still inside. Wolverine helps, sending him back through time. In the end, Professor Xavier shares his visions of the future while he was under Apocalypse's mind control: The discrimination and persecution of mutants continues Magneto as teacher of the New Mutants The Brotherhood working for S.H.I.E.L.D. Jean taken over by the Phoenix Force within her

External links

• X-Men: Evolution Episodes at Marvel.com
• TV.com: X-Men: Evolution episode list
• Toon Zone's X-Men: Evolution website
• X-Men: Evolution Page run by Kataclysm with screenshots for each episode and custom avatars