Jean - Noooo! An X-Men: The Animated Series Podcast

No place to hide! No place to run (no place to run)! The mutant age (The mutant age)! has now begun! X-Men (X-Men)! This is the day (This is the day) X-Men (X-Men)! Coming your way! That's right...it's the 1989 X-Men animated pilot Pryde of the X-Men with cohosts Keith Justice Hayward, Sarah Mucek, and Matt Schrader.

In which the team-up between the X-Men and our friendly neighborhood Spider-man reaches its dramatic conclusion! This episode has everything: A closeted mutant! A monstrous kaiju! Wolverine making jokes! And Spider-man learning an important lesson...about FRIENDSHIP. It's Spider-man: The Animated Series, Neogenic Nightmare: Chapter 5 - Mutants' Revenge! With cohosts Matt Schrader, Keith Justice Ha...

The 90's X-Men guest-star on the Spider-man Animated Series! Rogue and Jubes are hot for Spidey. Wolverine is NOT. And Beast gets into hot water with an old colleague in Neogenic Nightmare: Chapter 4 - The Mutant Agenda! With cohosts Matt Schrader, Keith Justice Hayward, and Sarah Mucek.

In which Storm unleashes AND apologizes, Wolverine says “shrubbery,” and Garrok gets the award for Big Modesty. Finally! It’s Savage Land, Savage Heart (Part 2) with cohosts Sarah Mucek and Drew Kunas.

How could we possibly have missed The Juggernaut Returns!? An unforgettable episode featuring indelible dweeb Eugene Torbut-Weiderspan, the redemption of Cain Marko, and the Power Rangers crossover no one saw coming! "MORE MUSIC! MORE DANCING!!!" With cohosts Sarah Mucek and Michael Short.

JUMBO EPISODE! In which there can be only ONE question: "How much do YOU love Charles Xavier?" The seeds for X-Men '97 were planted here, in the SERIES FINALE of X-Men: The Animated Series, Graduation Day! With cohosts Sarah Mucek, Michael Short, and Matt Schrader.

In which Old London Town yields up something...SINISTER! (Ugh...we know.) And we pose such questions as: Where did old-timey James Xavier get those MOVES? Did Dr. Nathaniel Essex just demote HIMSELF? And most importantly, would a Victorian J. Jonah Jameson want daguerreotypes of Spider-man??? All this and so much more in Season 5, Episode 9, Descent - with cohosts Sarah Mucek, Michael Short, and M...

In which the X-Men head to that old Kentucky home of Samuel Guthrie AKA Cannonball! And we consider such questions as: Why doesn't Professor X do anything the easy way? How many guys IS Federal Agent Kirkland anyway?? And Rogue is...Ms. LeBeau? WE SEE YOU, GIRL. All this and so much more in Season 5, Episode 8, Hidden Agendas with cohosts Drew Kunas and Sarah Mucek.

In which we have very few questions because WOLVERINE meets CAPTAIN AMERICA and they fight RED SKULL and a pile of Nazis in WWII! It's Old Soldiers, with cohosts Aaron Gold, Drew Kunas, and Sarah Mucek.

In which there is no other question but: "WHY." An episode this notorious needs no introduction. It's Jubilee's Fairytale Theater! With cohosts Sarah Mucek and Michael Short.

In which JUBILEE of all people is the one who sees that the guy is just not worth it. And we ask such questions as: How many puberties has Arkon gone through (our money is on 1.5)? Does Storm's bird friends make her an official Disney princess? And how many characters with legs is quite simply too many? All this and Storm is THISCLOSE to getting hitched! It's Season 5, Episode 4, Storm Fro...

We're back in X-Men: The Animated Series to answer such questions as: Was Caliban the original before/after influencer? How many sciences does Beast know?? And what DO you call the room where a guy goes to talk to his Big Energy Boss? All this and Cortez just continuing to be the absolute worst. It's Season 5, Episode 5, The Fifth Horseman with cohosts Sarah Mucek and Michael Short.

The episode where Rogue chucks Cap's shield into a mountain! And we consider such questions as: Does Mr. Sinister do ALL the science? How did Bastion get that sick WFH setup? Is Morph slurping Diet Pringo his finest work yet? All this and so much more in Episode 7, Bright Eyes, with Drew Kunas, Sarah Mucek, and Matt Schrader.

A season finale filled with firsts! First time hearing Forge's real name! First time Cyclops is a good dad! And best of all, first time Rogue HULK CLAPS!!! All this, plus Charles helps Magneto swim through his memories and remember HIMSELF. The end to an incredible first season is here as we discuss Tolerance is Extinction (Part 3) with cohosts Marcus Bishop-Wright, Aaron Gold, and Sarah Mucek...

Tolerance is Extinction, Part 2 races toward the season climax with such questions as: Hey, why ARE the sentinels still on? What percentage of Fatal Attractions is this? And is that...THE MUTANTCYCLE??!! Plus: Sinister doing backflips in his flappy tendril cape! All this and so much more, with cohosts Sarah Mucek, Matt Schrader, and Michael Short.

Join us for Part 1 of mind-blowing 3-parter Tolerance is Extinction to answer such questions as: Does it get more badass than Nightcrawler and Wolverine's "nine reasons"? Does it get crazier than a PORSCHE inside the BLACKBIRD?? And does it get more [REDACTED] than MAGNETO IN A SPEEDO??? All this and more with cohosts Marcus Bishop-Wright, Sarah Mucek, and Ben Taylor.

In which Deathbird has no rivals for the Bad B!@$% Award! Storm faces her fears, grows out her hair, and bests the Adversary! And Professor Charles Francis Xavier RETURNS! Plus: The Carlos Pacheco rendering of Shaara and K'ythri! All this and so much more in LifeDeath Part 2. With cohosts Rob Berliner, Natalie Lopez, and Sarah Mucek.

THE EPISODE THAT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. With cohosts Aaron Gold and Sarah Mucek

2 Episodes in One! Motendo: In which Jubillee comes of age playing ALL the X-Men video games! The most corpulent Mojo returns! And so does...Abscissa??!! Then, Lifedeath Part 1: In which Storm and Forge share a candlelit, homemade dinner! But not all is as it seems. Plus: What the eff is with this demon owl??!! All this and so much more in X-Men '97 Season 1, Episode 4. With cohosts Marcus Bis...

NEW EPISODE! In which one Jean has earrings and a ponytail and one does not! Mr. Sinister does baby monitor horror! And what are Rogue and Magneto doing in the Danger Room ALL NIGHT??? It's X-Men '97 Season 1, Episode 3, Fire Made Flesh. With cohosts Sarah Mucek, Michael Short, and Matt Schrader.

In which Magneto places himself on trial in order to earn humanity's trust. Plus: Rogue rolls deep in cat similes! An omega-level mutant goes into labor and Wolverine's at the wheel! And we think it's all over when: DING DONG! Who is it??!! All this and so much more in an arguably perfect episode of X-Men '97: Mutant Liberation Begins! With cohosts Marcus Bishop-Wright, Aaron Gold,...

In which, 27 years later, THE X-MEN RETURN! And we love every moment. With cohosts Marcus Bishop-Wright, Drew Kunas, and Sarah Mucek.

In which Storm lives out some bodice-ripping fantasies with Arkon of Polemachus, who kinda-sorta abducts her to save his very-90's-FX planet! Cyclops brings his best yells to the party! Jubilee has a legitimately helpful idea! And Beast promises an unsuspecting bystander, "You will be compensated." Plus: How many X-Men does it take to make a Batman?? It's Season 5, Episode 4, Sto...

In which Beast and Warlock enlist the help of some unexpected friends to defeat the Phalanx, and we pose such questions as: Does Banshee just hang out in his Banshee outfit? Was Warlock coded in Python? How did Magneto get SO TOTALLY JACKED? And most upsetting: How did Beast know where to look at the camera?!! All this and more in Season 5, Episode 2, The Phalanx Covenant (Part 2) with cohosts Dre...

It's the Season 5 opener and who's there to kick it off but SELF-FRIEND WARLOCK!!! Query: Who's the bigger thirst trap - Rogue or Gambit? What is on Beast's "Jazz" record? Is Dr. Henry McCoy the World's Poorest Detective? Plus: Warlock's got Forge's back - er, LEG! All this and a strange, intergalactic techno-organic Disney romance in Season 5, Episode 1, The...