List of X-Men: Evolution Episodes - Season Three

Season Three

# Code Title Director(s) Writer(s) Original Airdate(s)
31 S03 E01 "Day of Recovery" Gary Graham Story By: Boyd Kirkland & Greg Johnson
Written By: Cydne Clark & Steve Granat
September 14, 2002 (2002-09-14)

The remaining X-Men and Brotherhood members go to Area 51 to rescue their captive members. However, when Cyclops traps Mystique in Area 51 in order to blackmail her into giving up the location of where Charles Xavier is, the squads split. Without Professor X, the X-Men are now alone in a world that shuns them.

Note: First appearance of Caliban
32 S03 E02 "The Stuff of Heroes" Curt Geda Story By: Greg Johnson
Written By: Bob Forward
September 21, 2002 (2002-09-21)
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
September 28, 2002 (2002-09-28)

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 teams. Also Jean Grey and Duncan's relationship ends.
34 S03 E04 "The Stuff of Villains" Gary Graham Adam Beecham October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)

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 "darling")
35 S03 E05 "Blind Alley" Curt Geda Story By: Greg Johnson, Boyd Kirkland & Craig Kyle
Written By: Doug Molitor
October 19, 2002 (2002-10-19)

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
November 2, 2002 (2002-11-02)

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 November 9, 2002 (2002-11-09)

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 November 16, 2002 (2002-11-16)
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.
39 S03 E09 "Under Lock and Key" Frank Paur Sean Roche November 30, 2002 (2002-11-30)

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 will face a spider-like being which is virtually unstoppable.

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 August 23, 2003 (2003-08-23)

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
August 2, 2003 (2003-08-02)

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 August 9, 2003 (2003-08-09)

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 August 16, 2003 (2003-08-16)

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.

Note: In this episode, three core members of the original comic super-team Excalibur (Kurt, Kitty, and Piotr) are separated from everyone else.

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