SEASON 1

STRATEGY X
THE X-IMPULSE
ROGUE RECRUIT 
MUTANT CRUSH
SPEED & SPYKE
MIDDLEVERSE 
TURN OF THE ROGUE
  
SPYKECAM
 
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

SHADOWED PAST
GRIM REMINDER
THE CAULDRON - PART ONE
THE CAULDRON - PART TWO

STRATEGY X
Episode # 1, First aired on Nov. 4, 2000
Written by Bob Forward
Story by Rick Ungar and Avi Arad.

1st Appearances: Scott Summers (Cyclops), Jean Grey, Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler), Professor Charles Xavier (Professor X), Ororo Monroe (Storm), Logan (Wolverine),
1st Appearances: Todd Tolensky (Toad), Raven Darkholme (Mystique), Duncan Matthews.
Cameos: Victor Creed (Sabertooth), Erik Magnus (Magneto)

JEAN: 
How about you Kurt? Got a special gift that brought you here?

KURT: 
*bamf* Maybe. 

The first episode of the series begins with Scott and Jean at a Bayville High football game. After an accident involving Todd and Duncan (a football player) and some explosions, Professor X is called in to alter a few memories before picking up new student Kurt Wagner. Meanwhile, Principal Darkholme encourages Todd to ‘get to know’ the students at the Institute. 

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information for this episode.

Welcome to the X-Men Nightcrawler, hope you survive the Xperience!

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THE X-IMPULSE
Episode # 2, First aired on Nov. 11, 2000

 Written by Greg Johnson
Story by Ungar and Greg Johnson.

Supporting Cast: Jean Grey, Professor X, Scott, Kurt, Logan
1st Appearances: Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat),
Villains: Mystique, Sabertooth
1st Villain Appearance: Lance Alvers (Avalanche)

LANCE: 
Check this. *earth rumbles* Gettin' the picture? 

KITTY: 
Uh, no. You’re just like some freak. Leave me alone. 

LANCE:
You can run but you can’t hide. Cause I’m going to rock your world.

Kitty Pryde has newly discovered her phasing mutant powers. Unsure whether they are a boon or a curse, she makes the acquaintance of Lance Alvers, a boy at her school with earthshaking abilities. Professor X and Jean travel to Chicago to offer Kitty a chance to study at the Institute, as Kitty is tempted to side with Lance and his offer to use their powers for profit.

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information for this episode.

Avalanche and Shadowcat

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ROGUE RECRUIT
Episode # 3, First aired on Nov, 18, 2000

Written by Simon Furman.

Supporting Cast: Kurt, Kitty, Scott, Jean, Storm, Logan, Professor X
1st Appearances: Rogue, Cody
Villains: Mystique,
1st Villain Appearance: Irene (Destiny)

ROGUE:
What’s happening to me? What am I? Who am I? 

Professor X discovers another new mutant and the X-Men travel to Mississippi to convince this girl to join them. Unfortunately, Mystique is interested in Rogue and her powers as well, and conspires to turn her away from the X-Men. 

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information for this episode.

Will Rogue have a change of heart?

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MUTANT CRUSH  
Episode # 4, First aired on Nov. 25, 2000

Written by Katherine Lawrence

Supporting Cast: Jean, Logan, Scott, Kurt, Rogue
1st Appearance: Terran
Villain: Mystique,
1st Villain Appearance: Fred Dukes (Blob)

FRED: 
This is going to be the best night you’ve ever had. Dinner, dancing…

JEAN:
Fred, this is all wrong. Now you can’t force someone to like you. 

FRED:
Why not? I’m stronger than everyone. 

New student at Bayville High, Fred Dukes develops a huge crush on Jean Grey. Unfortunately, Fred is also a mutant known as the Blob, the strongest boy in the world with a temper and jealous streak a mile wide. Can kidnapping Jean make her his girlfriend? 

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information for this episode.

As Jean Grey talks to the Blob, he falls for her kindness.

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SPEED & SPYKE
Episode # 5, First aired on De. 9, 2000

Story by Rick Ungar and Bob Forward
Written by Bob Forward

Supporting Cast: Storm, Professor X, Scott, Jean, Rogue
1st Appearance: Evan Daniels (Spyke)
Villain: Mystique, Magneto, Lance, Fred, Todd
1st Villain Appearance: Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)

STORM:
Seems like that boy has been competing with you ever since you were babies. 

Storm visits her sister in New York, only to discover during a basketball game that her nephew, Evan Daniels has inherited the X gene and is a mutant. Evan’s classmate, teammate, and chief competition Pietro also turns out to be a mutant, one with super speed. How far will Evan and Pietro’s competition carry them, and can Spyke be convinced of his need to join his aunt at the Institute? 

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information for this episode.

Quicksilver challenges Spyke

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MIDDLEVERSE
Episode # 6, First aired on Jan. 27, 2001

Story by Evelyn Gabai and Adam Beechen
Written by Adam Beechen 

Supporting Cast: Kurt, Kitty, Scott, Jean, Spyke, Rogue
1st Appearance: Forge 
Villain: Todd, Lance, Fred, Mystique

SCOTT:
Listen—

KURT:
No, you listen. There’s a sound I want you to hear, and it’s *bamf*.

After an argument over whether or not to go to Duncan Matthews party, Kurt accidentally teleports into the high school basement and discovers a long lost laboratory. In the ensuing explosion, he is trapped in an pocket dimension called the Middleverse. Within Middleverse, he finds Forge, genius mutant, creator of the exploding lab, and trapped since the 70s. The X-Men must learn to trust Kurt in order to bring Kurt and Forge back as Rogue struggles with her role in the Brotherhood. 

X-TRIVIA: 
Logan uses nicknames to refer to the X-kids. For example, he refers to Jean as "Red". What are his nicknames for Kurt, Kitty and Evan? 
Click here for answer.

** Special Thanks to Shaaarii for providing the information and trivia for this episode.

Forge makes a new friend, Nightcrawler

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Rogue helps CyclopsTURN OF THE ROGUE  
Episode # 7, First aired on Feb. 3, 2001

Written by Johnson, story by Ungar and Greg Johnson

Supporting Cast: Cyclops, Rogue

Supporting Cast: Mystique

Scott and Rogue must survive a Geology Club field trip into stormy mountains, while realizing that the people they trust most have been lying to them.

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What trouble have you got into, Spyke?SPYKECAM  
Episode # 8, First aired on Feb. 10, 2001

Written by Christy Marx and Randy Littlejohn, story by Ungar, Marx and Littlejohn.

Supporting Cast: Spyke, X-Men

Supporting Cast: Brotherhood of Mutants, Sabretooth

Spyke gets an assignment to document teen life events with a digicam - just as Sabretooth attacks the Institute.

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The unstoppable Juggernaut's after XavierSURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Episode # 9, First aired on Mar. 3, 2001

Written by Hickey and McCoy.

Supporting Cast: Professor X, X-Men

Supporting Cast: Mystique, Brotherhood of Mutants

1st Appearance: Juggernaut

It's survival training, mutant style. But while the X-Men are proving their mettle in the wilderness, the unstoppable Juggernaut escapes from prison (with the help of Mystique) to exact a little revenge against his brother - Professor Xavier.

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What mysteries lies in Rogue's dream? Only Xavier knows, and soon will Rogue and Nightcrawler.SHADOWED PAST
Episode # 10, First aired on Mar. 31, 2001

Written by Forward, story by Jules Dennis.

Supporting Cast: Nightcrawler, Rogue, Professor X

Supporting Cast: Mystique, Magneto (shadows) Brotherhood of Mutants

Rogue's recurring nightmares somehow related to Nightcrawler, leads Nightcrawler to investigate the truth about his past.

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Wolverine is having nightmares that could link him to his past.GRIM REMINDER
Episode # 11, First aired on Apr. 14, 2001

Written by Len Uhley, story by Johnson.

Supporting Cast: Wolverine, X-Men

Supporting Cast: Brotherhood of Mutants

A dormant, undiscovered computer chip in Wolverine's brain is reactivated, luring him to Canada... and to a hidden lab from his past.

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Alex Summers, the long lost brother of Cyclops has just discovered that he is a mutant.THE CAULDRON - PART ONE
Episode # 12, First aired on May 5, 2001

Written by Furman.

Supporting Cast: Nightcrawler, Professor X

1st Appearance: Alex Summers (Havoc)

Supporting Cast: Brotherhood of Mutants

1st Full Appearance: Erik Magnus as Magneto

As fights break out between good mutants and bad, Scott learns that his brother is still alive after 10 years, and must get to him before Magneto includes him in his dangerous plans.

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Will Magneto win the war?THE CAULDRON - PART TWO
Episode # 13, First aired on May 12, 2001

Written by Johnson.

Supporting Cast: Nightcrawler, Professor X

Supporting Cast: Brotherhood of Mutants, Magneto

Magneto's ambitious plan for mutant kind takes shape upon his fortress, Asteroid M.

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Trivia Answer for Episode 6: Middleverse:
Logan’s nicknames for the X-kids: Jean = Red, Kurt = Elf, Kitty = Half-pint, Evan = Porcupine

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RE-RUNS:

STRATEGY X: 11.25.00 12.04.00   01.13.01     04.21.01    
THE X-IMPULSE: 12.02.00 12.05.00 01.06.01 02.24.01
ROGUE RECRUIT:   12.06.00 12.16.00 1.20.01   03.24.01      
MUTANT CRUSH: 12.07.00 12.23.00 1.20.01
SPEED & SPYKE:     12.30.00 02.17.01          
MIDDLEVERSE:  02.24.01 04.07.01
TURN OF THE ROGUE:         03.10.01        
SPYKECAM:  03.17.01
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST:                   
SHADOWED PAST:  04.28.01
GRIM REMINDER:                   
THE CAULDRON - PART ONE: 
THE CAULDRON - PART TWO:                  

SEASON 2 || SEASON 3 || SEASON 4
CN SCHEDULE || X-Men: Evolution Episode Guide

Source: Comics Continuum, Marvel Comics sites.