X-Men: Evolution 

This rendition of X-Men features Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Spike as teenagers as they fight for a world that fears and hates them.

Stars:

Scott McNeil, Meghan Black, Christopher Judge

3 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Kirby Morrow	...	Cyclops / ... 51 episodes, 2000-2003
Venus Terzo	...	Jean Grey / ... 50 episodes, 2000-2003
David Kaye	...	Professor Charles Xavier / ... 47 episodes, 2000-2003
Brad Swaile	...	Kurt Wagner / ... 47 episodes, 2000-2003
Maggie Blue O'Hara	...	Kitty Pryde / ... 44 episodes, 2000-2003
Scott McNeil	...	Logan / ... 41 episodes, 2000-2003
Meghan Black	...	Rogue 37 episodes, 2000-2003
Kirsten Alter	...	Ororo Munroe / ... 33 episodes, 2000-2003
Neil Denis	...	Evan Daniels / ... 30 episodes, 2000-2003
Noel Fisher	...	Toad / ... 25 episodes, 2000-2003
Christopher Gray	...	Avalanche / ... 25 episodes, 2000-2003
Michael Dobson	...	Blob / ... 24 episodes, 2000-2003
Andrew Francis	...	Iceman / ... 24 episodes, 2001-2003
Michael Kopsa	...	Beast / ... 22 episodes, 2001-2003
Colleen Wheeler	...	Mystique / ... 21 episodes, 2000-2003

Storyline

Professor Charles Francis Xavier, who has the mutant ability to read minds, searches for new mutants to train them how to use their powers for good and to prevent the mutants from harming themselves and others at his School for Gifted Youngsters. His opposition, Magneto "Master of Magnetism", is doing the same thing, but for evil purposes. He has made Mystique who is a shape-shifter, a principle of his high school to gather evil mutants to prepare them for war against non-mutants. The most interesting plot of the story is that all the heroes and villains attend the same high school. The classic battle of good vs. evil has begun again.

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Plot Keywords:

older actors younger roles | teenager | high school | school | high school student | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 November 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

X-Men: Children of the Atom

Company Credits

Production Co:

Film Roman Productions,Marvel Enterprises

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min (52 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pyro in the X-Men comics was an Australian named St. John Allerdyce. When not running around with whatever evil mutant group du jour there was, he made his living as a journalist and writer of trashy romance novels.

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Goofs

When Jean and Kurt leave the mansion, McCoy and Xavier find them at the airport buying tickets to New York City; Bayville is less than an hour by car from the city, around two in bad traffic. There are no flights from anywhere near Bayville to New York City.

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Quotes

Juggernaut: You think that fancy visor's going to stop me? Nothing stops me. I'M RAW POWER.
Cyclops: You want it raw, tough guy?
[removes his visor]
Cyclops: Then take it RAW.

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Connections

Version of X-Men 2: Clone Wars (1995)

User Reviews

Started off shaky, but got better

X-Men: Evolution may not hold a candle to the 90s series, but on its own merits it is decent. I can see why people dislike it as even on its own terms it does have glaring flaws, but I do think it should be judged on its own rather than being compared all the time. Okay, Season 1 wasn't brilliant, there was a lot of cheesy dialogue, slow and melodramatic story lines, not enough Wolverine, a great character, and too much of Spike, one like Kitty that annoys me to no end, plus Rogue seems bland to me in this series. However, Season 2 was much stronger, the pacing is much crisper, the action scenes are exciting, the writing was a little more intelligent if occasionally still with the odd cheesy one-liner and the stories were much more compelling. The animation is smooth and has some good atmosphere, while the sound effects really add to the adrenaline-rush feel of the action sequences and the music from the catchy intro to the haunting background music is very fitting. There are some good characters too, Xavier is quite likable to me, Wolverine and Gambit are great characters that could have been used more and Magneto is a very threatening presence. The voice acting is on the whole good. The crowning jewel for me was the finale, which was an epic knockout. Overall, shaky start, great end. 7/10 Bethany Cox