The BEST Episodes of X-Men: The Animated Series
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2021
Network: FOX
They are mutants, genetically gifted human beings - the world's newest and most persecuted minority group. Amidst an increasing climate of fear and bigotry, one enlightened individual, Professor Charles Xavier, has created a safe haven for some of these powerful outcasts. The mutants here are taught to harness their unique abilities for the betterment of the human race. They fight against hostile Government agencies and mutant supremacist Magneto, and his factions, which seek to destroy the human race.
#1 - Graduation Day
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired Sep 20, 1997
Due to a serious injury, Professor Xavier is dying and must leave with Lilandra and go with her to the Shi'Ar Empire. He bids farewell to his X-Men. The last scene of this show ends with all of the X-men standing outside the mansion watching Lilandra's ship carrying Xavier flying away.
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#2 - The Dark Phoenix: The Fate of the Phoenix (4)
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired Nov 26, 1994
The X-Men face the Shi'ar Imperial Guard in a trial by combat to spare the life of Jean Grey, though even they begin to question the safety of the universe as long as the Dark Phoenix remains alive inside her.
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#3 - Orphan's End
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired Feb 25, 1995
Cyclops discovers that Corsair, the leader of the interstellar band of pirates known as the Starjammers, is his father. He's a fugitive on the run from the Shi'ar empire, and seeks his help in proving his innocence. But can the man who abandoned him as a child truly be trusted?
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#4 - The Phoenix Saga: Child of Light (5)
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired Sep 9, 1994
Shi'ar Emperor D'Ken's rise to power via the M'Kraan Crystal is causing a universal implosion. The X-Men, Imperial Guard, and Starjammers find themselves overpowered and unable to stop it. Jean Grey must unleash her destiny as the host of the Phoenix, even at a most personal cost.
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#5 - Time Fugitives (2)
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Dec 18, 1993
To stablize his own timeline, Cable comes to the present to prevent Bishop from saving mutant-kind from Apocalypse's plague.
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#6 - A Rogue's Tale
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Jan 8, 1994
Haunted by visions of a strange woman, Rogue must come to grips with the dark secrets of her past prior to joining the X-Men.
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#7 - Days of Future Past (1)
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Mar 13, 1993
A mutant from more than half a century into the future, named Bishop, arrives in the present, attempting to change history for the better, by stopping an X-Man from committing an assassination. But between being chased by a future breed of Sentinel, and the details of his mission being fuzzy, he's got his work cut out for him.
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#8 - The Final Decision
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Mar 27, 1993
Recovering from their initial battle with the X-Men, Gyrich and Trask have resumed Project Wideawake by creating the ultimate Sentinel: the Master Mold, a walking factory capable of creating Sentinel robots at an assembly-line pace. The X-Men must join with their oldest nemesis, Magneto, to destroy the Master Mold and prevent the extermination of all mutantkind.
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#9 - Family Ties
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired May 4, 1996
X-Factor's Quicksilver, and his sister, the Avenger called Scarlet Witch, seek revenge against Magneto when they learn that he was responsible for their birth mother's death. But the trio is unaware of the common bond between them, nor the true purposes of the mysterious man who brought them all together.
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#10 - The Phoenix Saga: Cry of the Banshee (3)
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired Sep 7, 1994
Professor Xavier's claims of the capture of his alien soulmate Lilandra by Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy are met with skepticism.
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#11 - The Phoenix Saga: The Starjammers (4)
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired Sep 8, 1994
Lilandra seeks to protect the M'Kraan Crystal from her wicked brother, the Emperor D'Ken. But the interstellar pirates known as the Starjammers capture it, and Cyclops, in an effort to enact their own revenge scheme on the emperor.
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#12 - The Phoenix Saga: Sacrifice (1)
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Sep 5, 1994
Following visions from recent dreams, Professor Xavier sends his X-Men on a mission to the Eagle One Space-Station, putting them in the middle of an interstellar conflict.
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#13 - Days of Future Past (2)
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired Mar 20, 1993
Aware of an impending assassination which will create a catastrophic future, the X-Men must deal with threats both outside and within their team.
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#14 - The Phoenix Saga: The Dark Shroud (2)
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Sep 6, 1994
The X-Men barely survive their return trip from space, Jean Grey discovering herself changed by the experience. Professor Xavier's dark half is given form, and proceeds to attack his students.
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#15 - The Juggernaut Returns
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired May 6, 1995
Professor Xavier's step-brother, and sworn enemy, the Juggernaut loses his powers to a bumbling archeologist. He must overcome the pain of their childhood together, and have the powers restored to him to save his life.
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#16 - Storm Front (2)
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 9, 1996
Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly. But as Jubilee helps Storm, the new queen, prepare for the wedding, Jubilee can't help notice how badly the palace workers are treated. When Storm mentions this to Arkon, he reminds her she is new to his world, and asks her for her trust. meanwhile Wolverine, Cyclops and Beast discover there are fleet ships bringing slaves from the neighboring planet. Arkon, it seems, is a ruthless tyrant. Storm must know the truth. Back at the castle, Storm has been making a few discoveries of her own.
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#17 - Old Soldiers
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired Feb 22, 1997
Wolverine thinks back to the time when he fought during World War II and teamed up with Captain America.
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#18 - Beyond Good and Evil (4)
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired Nov 25, 1995
Two of Apocalypse's former evil allies, the captive Wolverine, the loose cannon Cable, and the exiled Bishop, come together to free the kidnapped psychics and save reality from being rewritten.
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#19 - One Man's Worth (1)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired Sep 9, 1995
Bishop & Shard recruit Wolverine & Storm for a time travel mission to save Professor Xavier's life. Except they're from the parallel timeline where he died before founding the X-Men, a world where humans and mutants are in a constant war with one another. Not only do they pair lack a connection to him, but correcting history may put an end to their marriage.
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#20 - The Dark Phoenix: Dazzled (1)
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired Nov 12, 1994
The flirtation between Cyclops and a mutant singer named Dazzler exacerbates the Phoenix-controlled side of Jean Grey, leaving her open for manipulation by a secret sect of mutants coveting her immense powers for their own evil designs.
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#21 - Beyond Good and Evil (2)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 11, 1995
When Oracle, the psychic member of the Imperial Guard is kidnapped by Apocalypse, Professor Xavier deduces his scheme involves capturing mutants with telepathic abilities. The X-Men are split up to track them down before the villains can, which puts Wolverine & Shard in the middle of a scuffle between Archangel and a ninja named Psylocke.
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#22 - The Dark Phoenix: The Dark Phoenix (3)
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired Nov 19, 1994
As the Dark Phoenix grows increasingly hostile, even destroying an entire star system, the X-Men struggle to figure out a way to stop her without harming their teammate Jean Grey.
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#23 - Bloodlines
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired Oct 26, 1996
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 -- she has never known her birth parents and feels pretty hostile toward them, whoever they are. 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. There are more 'bloodlines' here than anyone imagined, including the Friends of Humanity who arranged this 'reunion' in the first place.
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#24 - Time Fugitives (1)
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Dec 11, 1993
Bishop returns from the future to again attempt to fix his world, this time trying to stop a plague from infecting mutants. But his noble actions lead to a far greater tragedy.
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#25 - Weapon X, Lies, And Video Tape
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired Jun 11, 1995
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. Old passions and rivalries are re-ignited as the four former government agents break into the lab, leading to an explosive climax and the realization that some secrets are best left buried...
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