The BEST episodes of X-Men: Evolution season 1

Every episode of X-Men: Evolution season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of X-Men: Evolution season 1!

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: 11/20/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
Turn of the Rogue
star
8.08
113 votes

#1 - 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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The Cauldron (2)
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8.01
88 votes

#2 - The Cauldron (2)

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/12/2001

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.

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Greg Johnson
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Grim Reminder
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7.93
104 votes

#3 - 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
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The Cauldron (1)
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7.91
104 votes

#4 - The Cauldron (1)

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/5/2001

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.

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Simon Furman
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SpykeCam
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7.83
107 votes

#5 - SpykeCam

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/10/2001

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.

Directors: Frank Paur
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Rogue Recruit
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7.75
147 votes

#6 - Rogue Recruit

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/18/2000

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.

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Simon Furman
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Mutant Crush
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7.67
120 votes

#7 - Mutant Crush

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/25/2000

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 too seriously.

Directors: Frank Paur
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Survival of the Fittest
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7.60
106 votes

#8 - Survival of the Fittest

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2001

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.

Directors: Gary Graham
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Strategy X
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7.60
234 votes

#9 - 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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Middleverse
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7.53
114 votes

#10 - Middleverse

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/27/2001

Kurt accidently finds an abandoned lab, and is sucked into a pocket dimension by a strange device he finds there.

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Adam Beechen
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Speed and Spyke
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7.43
117 votes

#11 - Speed and Spyke

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/9/2000

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"".

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Bob Forward
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The X-Impulse
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7.33
145 votes

#12 - The X-Impulse

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2000

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.

Directors: Gary Graham
Writer: Greg Johnson
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Shadowed Past
star
6.72
130 votes

#13 - Shadowed Past

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2001

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?

Directors: Steven E. Gordon
Writer: Bob Forward
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