X-Men: Evolution S1 E13

## Plot

The other kids question Toad about what happened, and he tells them about Magneto. Xavier telepathically contacts Logan and tells him to lose the battle on purpose. Cue a timely helicopter on the island. I guess that's what Sabretooth used to get there, but still. The kids and Toad returned to the trashed mansion. Mystique is still there. They all ride together with Logan in a new jet, called the XM Velocity, to go rescue the others. Or just get revenge, in Mystique's case. Scott's family was in a plane crash, and his parents gave the only two parachutes to Scott and Alex. Scott's parachute caught on fire, and he hit his head pretty hard. He spent a month in a coma, and the incident left him unable to control his mutant power thanks to brain damage, which is why he has to wear ruby quartz sunglasses. He was told he was the only survivor. Alex was adopted by foster parents in Hawaii. They're finally together again after a decade. Magneto is offering to advance their mutations through a genetic enhancer he built. To prove that it works, Sabretooth goes through it. Velocity isn't made of metal, so Magneto can't control it. Alex and Scott go through the enhancer, but Xavier warns them too late that the machine will alter their minds and get rid of their emotions. Alex is given the code name Havok. Why these people like to spell their code names wrong is beyond me. They use their advanced powers to take down Velocity. Apparently, getting rid of their emotions also made them stupid too, because the jet crash lands *inside the space station* and the two are buried under rubble. No! The Velocity! It was brand new! And so cool! The X-Men and Brotherhood duke it out. Oh yeah, round two! Xavier, Storm, Rogue, and Jean are freed. They have to rendezvous at the X-Jet in the observation deck. Mystique goes through the enhancer. Magneto goes inside after her and tells her to get out. Technically, it's his fault since he threw her in there. Unintentionally, but still. When the station starts collapsing, everyone decides to get the heck out of there while they're still alive. They leave Scott and Alex behind. Mystique comes out of the enhancer, evolved and with scales, like her movie counterpart. Scott and Alex change their minds, but the station completely collapses and Asteroid M starts falling out of the sky. Scott and Alex use their powers to save everyone. This burns out their advanced powers and returns them to normal. Two escape pods made it out in the destruction. One for Magneto and one for Mystique. And they'll be back. Sooner than you think, too.

## Review

I loved this finale! So instead of going to the institute, Alex decides to head back to Hawaii to be with his foster family and his friends. He video chats Scott often though. Seriously though, what happened to Sabretooth? He either took one of the escape pods and Magneto survived another way, or the writers or story boarders or animators just forgot to add a third one or show him escaping as well. Maybe he was originally supposed to die before something caused them to change their minds, since he shows up in later episodes. Making stuff is hard, especially if it's animated and there isn't a lot of budget or time to go around.