The BEST episodes of X-Men: Evolution

Every episode of X-Men: Evolution ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of X-Men: Evolution!

Loosely following the main stories from the original comic, X-Men: Evolution accompanies the lives of six mutants (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Rogue, and a new original character named Spyke) who attend Xavier's Institute for the Gifted, where they ought to learn how to control their powers and use them for good. These teenagers must face a world that both fears and despises them.

Last Updated: 8/5/2026Network: The WBStatus: Ended
Ascension (2)
star
9.70
33 votes

#1 - Ascension (2)

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/25/2003

The X-Men and Brotherhood struggle against the horsemen as Apocalypse’s plan escalates. With time running out, the teams fight desperately to stop him, but the outcome remains uncertain as they face unforeseen challenges.

Directors: Frank Paur
Writer: Greg Johnson
Dark Horizon (2)
star
9.16
32 votes

#2 - Dark Horizon (2)

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/16/2003

As all the monsters in the tomb attack, the teammates fight to survive and find a way out.

Directors: Gary Graham
Blind Alley
star
9.09
32 votes

#3 - Blind Alley

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2002

Mystique escapes from imprisonment while the X-Men repair and rebuild the Institute. Disguised as Alex, she lures Scott into a trap - leaving him stranded in the middle of the Mexican desert without his glasses.

Directors: Curt Geda
Writer: Doug Molitor
On Angel's Wings
star
8.97
32 votes

#4 - On Angel's Wings

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/15/2001

Xavier starts worrying about the existence of mutants becoming public knowledge when the media starts reporting multiple sightings of a man with angel wings. With most of the X-men on Christmas leave, and Cerebro down for repairs, Scott and Rogue are left having to track the man down themselves.

Directors: Frank Paur
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Dark Horizon (1)
star
8.95
59 votes

#5 - Dark Horizon (1)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/9/2003

As Jean's and Scott's graduation day approaches, Rogue suddenly leaves the mansion.

Directors: Frank Paur
Cruise Control
star
8.84
32 votes

#6 - Cruise Control

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/23/2003

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

Directors: Gary Graham
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Shadow Dance
star
8.78
32 votes

#7 - Shadow Dance

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/2/2002

Forge is working on a device that will enhance Kurt's teleportation powers.

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
Bada-Bing Bada-Boom
star
8.68
59 votes

#8 - Bada-Bing Bada-Boom

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2001

After being grounded for reckless behavior during a training mission, Tabitha doesn't need her father showing up asking her to steal money for ""her mother""...

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Greg Johnson
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Ascension (1)
star
8.66
32 votes

#9 - Ascension (1)

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/18/2003

Professor X and Storm attempt to communicate with Apocalypse, but their efforts fail. Apocalypse sends out four horsemen to protect his spheres, and the X-Men split into teams to confront them.

Directors: Doug Murphy
Writer: Greg Johnson
The Stuff of Heroes
star
8.60
58 votes

#10 - The Stuff of Heroes

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2002

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.

Directors: Curt Geda
Writer: Bob Forward
The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
star
8.53
32 votes

#11 - The Toad, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2002

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.

Directors: Gary Graham
Operation Rebirth
star
8.50
32 votes

#12 - Operation Rebirth

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/30/2002

Magneto steals the remaints of the top secret "Rebirth" project, a project Wolverine helped shut down all the way back in World War II.

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Bob Forward
Fun and Games
star
8.46
59 votes

#13 - Fun and Games

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2001

A malfunction in Juggernaut's stasis field leaves the X-Men without adult supervision. Deciding to hold a party, they ditch Scott and Jean in the wilderness. However, things soon get out of control, when one of the guests gives himself access to Cerebro.

Directors: Frank Paur
Impact
star
8.32
31 votes

#14 - Impact

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/30/2003

Magneto hunts Apocalypse, but the X-Men hesitate. Kurt brings Mystique back from the Brotherhood, leading to a fight. Jean finds Apocalypse, and the X-Men investigate but fail to stop him. Apocalypse defeats Magneto. Rogue learns she can save her mother but shatters the statue, ignoring Kurt’s plea.

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Greg Johnson
Grim Reminder
star
8.25
32 votes

#15 - Grim Reminder

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/14/2001

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.

Directors: Frank Paur
Writer: Len Uhley
The Beast of Bayville
star
8.24
86 votes

#16 - The Beast of Bayville

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2001

The kids get worried when the normally cool and collected teacher Hank McCoy starts having fits of animal rage.

Directors: Gary Graham
Turn of the Rogue
star
8.19
32 votes

#17 - Turn of the Rogue

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/3/2001

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...

Directors: Boyd Kirkland
Writer: Greg Johnson
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Mindbender
star
8.13
31 votes

#18 - Mindbender

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/2002

Jean has nightmares about huge circus clowns, then is controlled by the master of that circus, with Nightcrawler, Kitty, and Spyke controlled also.

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Bob Forward
Walk on the Wild Side
star
8.13
31 votes

#19 - Walk on the Wild Side

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/2/2002

When Jean and Amara feel like the boys think they are stronger than the girls are, Tabitha decides that they should form a girl's crime fighting club as the Bayville Sirens.

Directors: Frank Paur
Day of Reckoning (2)
star
8.13
32 votes

#20 - Day of Reckoning (2)

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/11/2002

The Brotherhood and X-Men arrive where Magneto is with his new allies.

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X-Treme Measures
star
8.13
32 votes

#21 - X-Treme Measures

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2002

Evan enters an extreme Skateboarding competition, and puts his skills to the test. But something is wrong: A mysterious woman is watching and following him during the competition.

Directors: Frank Paur
Power Surge
star
8.06
31 votes

#22 - Power Surge

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2001

Jean's abilities start growing in sudden bursts. At first she tries to ignore it, but with each burst she has increasing trouble regaining control. Meanwhile the school gets a new science/phys. ed. teacher.

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Doug Molitor
No Good Deed
star
8.06
31 votes

#23 - No Good Deed

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/6/2003

The Brotherhood stages accidents for fame, framing the X-Men. After their arrest, the X-Men help stop a final disaster, with Avalanche preventing the explosion and promising no more heroics.

Directors: Doug Murphy
Sins of the Son
star
8.06
31 votes

#24 - Sins of the Son

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/2003

Xavier’s son, David, is kidnapped by Lucas, who has multiple personalities. Xavier and the X-Men rescue him, and David learns Ian is actually Lucas. Xavier fails to erase Lucas, who disappears. Meanwhile, Kitty and Kurt are too sick for school.

Directors: Gary Graham
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Strategy X
star
8.02
84 votes

#25 - Strategy X

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/4/2000

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.

Directors: Frank Paur
Writer: Bob Forward
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