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boywonder13
03-24-2006, 10:24 PM
Well i'm writing an article for retrojunk.com about the best episodes of X-Men TAS.

I know u gives have a very strong opinion. Can u please tell me the top 5 multiparts/stories season by season.

I plan on writing season 1/2 together than three/4 and than 5 with the top ten episodes from the series!

Well Read here what I have (it is very rough and not refined, i just wrote down ideas):sweat: :) :


Well the point of this article is just to point out what were the best episodes of X-Men TAS Season by season to show what they should do of they do not release the whole series on DVD. They should release the Best of X-Men: The Animated Series. Now in my opinion that would be pretty cool. This is also to help people who don't want to download the whole series or wans to buy some of the videos and DVD's released. You can find alot of the episodes on VHS, which is pretty rare.
In every season I will try to pick the best episodes and will not let there be more than five, it's a pretty hard decison to narrow it down to a mazimum of five because this show is just really, really good.
Well each season will have the epsiodes which will have a brief plot summary, and than a review of the episode and why I think it is good. Also at the end I will give other good episodes that I did not include and also bad episodes that should be avoided.
Before you continue on I suggest you grab something to drink and to eat because this is a pretty lenghty article.
Also SPOILER WARNING for those who have not seen the series and want to in the future or thoise who plan on rewatching them soon.
Grab a drink and get ready!
SEASON 1
- Night of the Sentinels (1 and 2, but mostly 2 was the better part).
This episode started the animated series we know today that would in my opinion change who cartoons were in the 90s. The show and episode was clearly much like an 80s episode from Transformers, He-Man or GI Joe except it had that extra depth that would really start a animation revolotuion along with Batman TAS. It's the heart and drama of this episode that makes it good along with the amazing dialogue, and action sequences.
Also these two episodes captured very well what made the comic books a sucess. Mutants are being feared across the world and Jubilee finds out that she is one of them, she thinks that she is a freak and and outcast. Her foster parents don't know what to do with her. She feels like she is alone until she meets the X-Men and finds out that she is not alone in a nice conversation with Storm in which a very good thing was said, "people fear what they don't understand".
Another interesting fact was the fact that the X-Men attacked a federal government building. They did some illegal for a right cause, but it is still illegal. Wheter this tries to show that evil powers work in the government but it also showed that everrybdouy does bad. (ROUGH I KNOW IT BARELY MAKES SENSE)
The final thing was something cartoons have had in the past but not so profound. A good natured fun loving character was "killed". Sure characters were killed in other shows but nothing so profound as this. Was it Cyclops fault Morph was killed? Could he have been saved? These are questions you ask when you watch this episode.
If you are accustomed to the show you know what happens to morph in the future seasons, one of the best characters arcs of the shows and of TV.
To close this review I am going to talk alittle about Symbolism here, what Jubilee symbolizes in the show and to Wolverine. She symbloizes the future. Even though friends may die in the battle there is still hope in the future. Jubilee in the episode brings Wolverine back to the team.
In the series Finale Professor X backs this up by saying, "Jubilee; You are the future. When I look at your face, I see hope."


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Remember that this is a rough draft of only one episode. Please give me Critiscm!:)

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Mercy Drive
03-24-2006, 10:45 PM
Well i'm writing an article for retrojunk.com about the best episodes of X-Men TAS.

I know u gives have a very strong opinion. Can u please tell me the top 5 multiparts/stories season by season.
The show had running arcs, and many episodes not really connected had cliffhangers like season two. Season Four was when the episodes really stopped interacting. I'll try and help anyway

1. Out Of The Past/Phoenix Saga/No Man Is An Island/Dark Phoenix Saga

2. Enter: Magneto/Deadly Reunions: Magneto debuts, battles X-Men, Sabretooth debuts, is taken in by Xavier, Wolverine does not trust him, Sabretooth nearly kills Jubilee, Magento battles X-Men at a chemical plant in one of the series' best battles.

3. Sanctuary: Magneto creates Asteroid M for mutants to inhabit, is manipulated by an accolyte called Cortez. Xavier reunites with old flame, Magneto betrated by Cortez Magneto thought dead, comes back pissed, pwns Accolyte. Asteroid M blows up. Magneto is depressed and remains with it

4. Days Of Future Past/Final Decision: Bishop arrives in the present to stop Gambit from killing Kelly, Gambit is being set up by the brotherhood, Kelly is captured by Magneto, Magento is pwned by Sentinals, Kelly is captured by Master Mold, X-Men pwn Sentinals.

5. Until Death Do Us Part: Scott/Jean "wedding", return of Morph, Mr. Sinister, Storm gets Rodney Kinged

boywonder13
03-24-2006, 10:58 PM
Thakns for the help, I understand that but I am trying to get the best episodes or multiparts.

Liek Night of the Sentinels 1/2 or Dayys of Future Past 1 and 2 and also have one shots episodes like No Mutant (not man,Cyke wishes though) is an island!

I think that was one of the ebst episodes of season 3 besides the phoenix saga

Spider-Man
03-26-2006, 02:59 PM
Graduation Day, Beauty and the Beast, and Nightcrawler really deserve some notice as some of the best material the series had to offer. Even the Nightcrawler follow-up episode (was that Bloodlines?) is also one of the best the series gave us. There was a lot of great writing in this series but it could not overcome some of the animation at times.

dustincomplete
03-26-2006, 08:54 PM
I rather enjoyed any episode featuring Morph - as there was always the chance with him around the people weren't always who they seemed to be.

Too bad everyone thinks he was annoying.

boywonder13
03-26-2006, 11:23 PM
Thanks, I'm gonna do it season by season. This is what I have for Season One:

Night of the Sentinels (1,2)

Deadly Reunions

Days of Future Past (1,2)

The Final Decision

And for the Bad Episodes and didn't but any cause this season was pretty good.

What ya'll think of my choices!

RAINMAN
03-27-2006, 10:25 AM
Good choices. But I think you should note that cold vengance has the best wolvie vs saberthoot battle.

boywonder13
03-27-2006, 01:22 PM
Good choices. But I think you should note that cold vengance has the best wolvie vs saberthoot battle.

Yeah, I atually do in the Notable Mentions section at the end.

Stu
03-27-2006, 01:35 PM
Repo Man, Graduation Day, Bloodlines and Beauty and The Beast are my favourites of the bunch. I also like The Final Decision and Sanctuary.

boywonder13
03-27-2006, 02:54 PM
Do you guys want me to right down long explanations of why the episode is good or a brief paragraph or two reason???:confused:

Stu
03-27-2006, 03:28 PM
http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen has my reviews of each of the episodes I've highlighted (and all the others too). :)

RAINMAN
03-28-2006, 01:09 AM
I don`t know how to pick 5 out of S2. It was maybe the best season of the series. Just make sure repo man is one the top 5.