Season Five
"Beyond Good and Evil" was meant to be an ending to the series, until FOX bought a few more episodes at the last minute. As such, the final six episodes have a different animation style. Saban hired a studio in the Philippines (simply called the Philippine Animation Studio, which also worked on the second season of the 1994 Fantastic Four series) because the animation studio AKOM (the company that did the previous four seasons) was unavailable due to other projects in their pipeline.
| Script # | Title | Writer(s) | Original Airdate | Villain(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | "The Phalanx Covenant (Part 1)" | Steven Melching & David McDermott | September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07) | Phalanx |
| The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. The alien Warlock allies with Beast, Forge, and Mr. Sinister to defeat the Phalanx. | ||||
| 68 | "The Phalanx Covenant (Part 2)" | Steven Melching & David McDermott | September 7, 1996 (1996-09-07) | Phalanx |
| The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth. Warlock, Beast, Forge and Mr. Sinister are trying to find help but Magneto at first sees this as his chance to watch humanity go down until he learns his son Quicksilver has been captured by the Phalanx. | ||||
| 69 | "Storm Front (Part 1)" | Mirith Colao | November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02) | Robots |
| The alien Arkon comes to Earth and begs Storm to return with him to his planet, to save it from meteorological chaos which threatens his people. After much pleading, Storm agrees, but leaves a clue for the other X-Men to follow. Once successful, Storm is proclaimed savior throughout this universe. Then Arkon asks her to marry him. | ||||
| 70 | "Storm Front (Part 2)" | Brooks Wachtel | November 9, 1996 (1996-11-09) | Arkon |
| Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly. Meanwhile the X-Men discover that Arkon is a ruthless tyrant. | ||||
| 71 | "Jubilee's Fairytale Theatre" | Brooks Wachtel | November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16) | Magneto, Sabretooth |
| Jubilee leads a group of school children on tour of a cave on Mansion property, only to be caught in a cave-in. As the water in the cave rises, she keeps the kids calm by spinning a medieval fairy tale of knights, princesses, trolls and dragons. Some of these characters might just seem to resemble the X-Men. As she tells the kids the stories, the real X-Men arrive and save them. | ||||
| 72 | "The Fifth Horseman" | Steven Melching & David McDermott | February 8, 1997 (1997-02-08) | Fabian Cortez, Apocalypse |
| Fabian Cortez kidnaps Jubilee because Apocalypse is trapped in Astral Plane and needs a host body. Cortez brings her to a temple, but Beast comes and rescues Jubilee and destroys the temple. At the end, when Apocalypse comes out of a portal, he takes over Cortez's body, transforming it into his form and banishing Cortez from it. | ||||
| 73 | "Old Soldiers" | Len Wein | February 22, 1997 (1997-02-22) | Red Skull |
| Wolverine thinks back to the time when he fought during World War II and teamed up with Captain America. Wolverine and Captain America must break into a Nazi establishment to rescue a kidnapped scientist, and fight the Red Skull. | ||||
| 74 | "Hidden Agendas" | Steven Melching & David McDermott | September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06) | Army officials |
| Sam Guthrie's parents have contacted Professor Xavier about their son's mutant powers. Rogue goes back to the South to check things out and finds Sam living the life she never had. Family and friends support the young Cannonball, but Rogue must teach him how the rest of the world lives when shadowy Army officials attempt to use the youthful mutant. | ||||
| 75 | "Descent" | Steven Melching & David McDermott | September 13, 1997 (1997-09-13) | Mister Sinister |
| In London, England's Victorian era, two scientists, Dr. James Xavier and Dr. Nathaniel Essex, hotly debate Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Essex believes mutants are the next genetic step forward and begins a bizarre experiment involving mutant evolution. The origin of Mr. Sinister is revealed, as Dr. Xavier attempts to stop Essex before he goes too far. | ||||
| 76 | "Graduation Day" | James Krieg | September 20, 1997 (1997-09-20) | Magneto, Henry Gyrich |
| It's the final episode for the X-Men. At a Mutant/Human Relations Summit, Henry Peter Gyrich attacks and cripples Professor Xavier with an energy disruptor. The X-Men and Moira MacTaggert try to save Xavier, but all seems lost. Lilandra comes and has a cure, but Professor Xavier must leave with her and go with her to the Shi'Ar Empire to be cured. Meanwhile, Magneto makes final preparations to take over the world with his mutant army, but on the eve of the invasion Cyclops, Wolverine, and Jean Grey infiltrate Genosha to tell Magneto that Xavier is dying. He halts the assault on humankind out of respect for his greatest enemy, equal, and only friend. The final scene of the show depicts a lasting moment as all of the X-Men and Magneto stand outside the X-Mansion and say goodbye to Xavier as he leaves with Lilandra and her ship to the Shi'Ar home world. |
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