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  • FOX
  • Aug 28, 1996
  • FOX
  • Aug 28, 1996
X-Men

Summary They are mutants, genetically gifted human beings - the world's newest and most persecuted minority group. Amidst an increasing climate of fear and bigotry, one enlightened individual, Professor Charles Xavier, has created a safe haven for some of these powerful outcasts. The mutants here are taught to harness their unique abilities for ...

Created By: Margaret Loesch

  • FOX
  • Aug 28, 1996
  • FOX
  • Aug 28, 1996
X-Men
Season 5
5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Aug 28, 1996
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Summary They are mutants, genetically gifted human beings - the world's newest and most persecuted minority group. Amidst an increasing climate of fear and bigotry, one enlightened individual, Professor Charles Xavier, has created a safe haven for some of these powerful outcasts. The mutants here are taught to harness their unique abilities for ...

Created By: Margaret Loesch

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 7, 1996 • 21 m
Phalanx Covenant Part One
The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, a race of techno-organic aliens seeking to assimilate all life on earth.
Episode 2 • Sep 7, 1996 • 21 m
The Phalanx Covenant Part II
The X-Men are attacked by the Phalanx, and are trying to find help but Magneto at first sees this as his chance to watch humanity go down.
Episode 3 • Sep 14, 1996 • 22 m
A Deal with the Devil
Omega Red, the destruction machine from the former Soviet Union and a sworn enemy of Wolverine, is thawed and sent two miles beneath the ocean to salvage a disabled, toxic nuclear submarine threatening to break up near Hawaii.
Episode 4 • Sep 21, 1996 • 21 m
No Mutant Is an Island
A disillusioned Cyclops leaves the X-Men and returns to the orphanage where he grew up, only to find it under the control of a mind-controlling mutant.
Episode 5 • Oct 5, 1996 • 23 m
Longshot
Mojo uses Jubilee as a 'prize' to lure Longshot and the X-Men into a deadly contest which Mojo broadcasts live to raise ratings.
Episode 6 • Aug 28, 1996 • 21 m
Bloodlines
Nightcrawler finally meets the mother who gave him up... Mystique.
Episode 7 • Nov 2, 1996 • 21 m
Storm Front Part I
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.
Episode 8 • Nov 9, 1996 • 22 m
Storm Front Part II
Spectacular preparations for Storm's wedding to Arkon proceed quickly.
Episode 9 • Nov 16, 1996 • 21 m
Jubilee's Fairytale Theater
Jubilee and a group of children are trapped by a cave-in in the caverns underneath the Xavier Mansion, she tells a fairy tale to kill time while they wait to be rescued.
Episode 10 • Feb 8, 1997 • 21 m
The Fifth Horseman
Fabian Cortez kidnaps Jubilee because Apocalypse is trapped in Astral Plane and needs a host body.
Episode 11 • Feb 22, 1997 • 21 m
Old Soldiers
While visiting the grave of a friend in an Army Cemetary in France, Wolverine remembers a mission he did for him, while battling the Nazis and Red Skull with none other than Captain America on his side.
Episode 12 • Sep 6, 1997 • 21 m
Descent
The origin of Mr. Sinister is revealed, as Professor Xavier attempts to stop Essex before he goes too far.
Episode 13 • Sep 13, 1997 • 21 m
Hidden Agendas
Sam Guthrie's parents have contacted Professor Xavier about their son's mutant powers.
Episode 14 • Sep 20, 1997 • 21 m
Graduation Day
On the verge of Magneto's final stand against humans, the X-Men request him to save a dying Professor X. What choice will he make?
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Cedric Smith

Professor Charles Xavier, Charles Xavier, Professor X

Cal Dodd

Wolverine, Logan

Lenore Zann

Rogue

George Buza

Beast, Dr. Henry 'Hank' McCoy, Dr. Hank McCoy

Alyson Court

Jubilation Lee, Jubilee, Jubliee

Catherine Disher

Jean Grey, Phoenix

Norm Spencer

Cyclops, Scott Summers

Chris Potter

Gambit, Remy LeBeau

Alison Sealy-Smith

Storm, Ororo Munroe

David Hemblen

Magneto, Erik Magnus Lehnsherr, Magnus

Lawrence Bayne

Cable, Nathan Summers, Erik the Red, Erik the Redd, Nathan Dayspring-Summers, Captain America, Steve Rogers

Don Francks

Sabretooth, Graydon Creed Sr., Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen, Eugene Milton Judd, Phalanx, Puck, Shaman

Ron Rubin

Morph, Kevin Sydney, Ch'od

Marc Strange

Forge, Kurt Marko

Philip Akin

Bishop, Lucas Bishop

Dan Hennessey

Ruckus, Carly's father, Chrome, Scanner operator, Security Guard

Stephen Ouimette

Archangel, Cameron Hodge, Bender, Warren Worthington III, Angel, Death, Immortus, Phalanx

John Colicos

Apocalypse, En Sabah Nur

Kay Tremblay

Shard, Annalee, Shard Bishop

Lally Cadeau

Dr. Moira McTaggart, Moira MacTaggert, Dr. Moira MacTaggart, Dr. Moira MacTaggert

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