Cyclops is Waiting for Me - An X-Men: The Animated Series Weekly Recap

This one-off episode brings back a character who never made their way into X-Men: Evolution, the Silver Samurai. Giving another glimpse into the past of this version of Wolverine, Logan's love life causes some issues for the team (to say the least). Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE we can find...

Another episode dedicated to future Xavier with wild hound-style sentinels and more trauma caused by Magneto's parenting? LFG! Rod's Interview with Jem's Singing Voice!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQIONiF2WDc Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE we can find. This podcast started with the original...

Everyone's non-problematic TV exec who is actually the entire problem. Coming from deep within the reality era, this 2009 take on Mojo is one of this grossest incarnations yet with the Wolverine and The X-Men team really leaning in while he brings Nightcrawler, Scarlet Witch and a "Special Guest" into the mix. Rod's Interview with Jem's Singing Voice!: https://www.youtube.com...

After a war seemingly kicked off, Wolverine gets a call that sends him back up to Canada and dives back into the Weapon X program. JC and Rod chat about this take on Weapon X with some new members revealed as well as the WatX intro of Evolution's biggest contribution to X-Men lore. Donate to Extra Life to Benefit the Children's Hospital Los Angeles: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fus...

Maybe because we didn't have much experience with it prior but JC and Rod didn't expect a series so filled with callbacks to earlier episodes and solid payoffs. At the halfway mark of the season/series, Magneto makes his big move and we get some awesome character moments and fight scenes with basically everyone. Totally understandable why this is one of the top rated episodes of the series...

Unhinged Cyclops along with the introduction of Mister Sinister, despite a cringeworthy use of the capital X in the title this episode has what we love about X-Men. Oh, and that voice of Sinister, definitely wasn't expecting that! Coincidentally, right before we recorded this JC got to meet the voice of Cyclops, Nolan North! Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where w...

Per X-Men animation tradition, Wolverine needs some memory loss tied to flashbacks and a trip to Canada where he crosses paths with an old teammate and a fight breaks out. Unfortunately, this episode counters the (spoiler-y) director's canon we were following about Sabretooth being offed in Hulk vs. Wolverine being in this same timeline. But on the plus side, more Department H and, more import...

A voice that needs no introduction, Lenore Zann is the voice that many of us hear in our heads when reading Rogue in comics to this day. As the first member of both the original X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men '97 casts to join us, JC and Rod get to hear some amazing tales about her career, the journey after becoming one of Marvel's most identifiable voices and even finding out how im...

After a LONG voyage at sea, Nightcrawler arrives with refugees to Genosha as the X-Men find someone has infiltrated the institute. Joining us for this episode is LA's Nightcrawler Alain Diaz to discuss his favorite episode of Wolverine & The X-Men starring his favorite mutant! Follow Alain on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amdiaz_art/?hl=en Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly pod...

Future Charles gets captured by sentinels while the modern day team... doesn't really do much. But Bishop and a bunch of character cameos are there and put some heavy stakes on the success of Wolverine and his team to prevent the late 2020's from being a pretty awful place. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN...

Some people aren't good parents. Like Magneto. But some kids are the problem. Like Quicksilver. We get X-Men and Brotherhood on this globehopping episode along with the introductions of Nitro (the guy who causes the first heroic Civil War in the comics) and Psylocke! And we finally get our future buddy Charles back. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are goi...

Despite what IMDb told us that last week's bonus episode for the Hulk vs. Wolverine movie being inspired by Incredible Hulk Issue 181, this episode actually more closely follows Wolverine's debut issue. While it definitely takes some creative license, this encounter between Logan, Banner and the Wendigo hits that classic vibe for us (and has a more satisfying ending than the straight to home video...

So this is a fun one because it is semi-canon to Wolverine & The X-Men but it isn't available "anywhere". Maybe some light Googling will help you find this mini movie where this animated version of Logan encounters The Hulk for the first time with some members of a Department H run team of mercs. Friend of the Pod Pablo joins us to help fill in some gaps in the comic lore in a not-safe for Nic...

We've been wondering where Kurt has been since his quick scene in the pilot episode. We get the answer along with a surprise appearance from the Pirates of Dark Wa- we mean everyone's favorite trans-dimensional TV executive's crack team of recruiters. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE w...

So our "mission of the week" framing theory goes out the window as no Professor X drops in from the future. Instead, our favorite swamp rat Gambit breaks into the mansion to steal a power inhibitor (which proves to be a massive issue for every version of Forge ever). JC's Solving for X Appearance: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wkbkzy0eodDWUqu11GNax?si=9jIwv82QQNeIxzTBS1...

Future Professor X's Mission of the Week kicks off with Logan and crew sent to save the ENTIRE continent of Africa because Storm is going to do "something" and it's going to be a big something. Listen up as the boys talk about this Storm focused episode and how it compares to the way her history has been shown in other X-Men cartoons. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekl...

While we haven't found out what has happened one year prior to the events of Wolverine and the X-Men, we find out part of Xavier's fate and the formal debut of WatX's version of Magneto. Rod and JC are in for the ride for the rest of this season (and really hoping we don't get hit with a cliffhanger...). Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are goi...

Despite the first sentinel being pulled right from Spider-Man '94, things heat up with the WatX debuts of the Brotherhood (including Domino) and formal introductions to Iceman, Kitty and this very interesting version of Rogue. The end of 2025 feels like it is already going to be rough considering how strong this series is kicking off! Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast seri...

2024 was quite a year for mutants. This year, 2025 will be dedicated for Cyclops is Waiting for Me to Wolverine and the X-Men. Much like X-Men: Evolution, Rod and JC missed this one during it's original airing but we are already hooked with the show's mystery and the big super hero feel of it. In Hindsight, we missed out. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our now bi-weekly podcast series where we are g...

Thank you for joining JC and Rod on this X-Men: Evolution journey. While we were fully prepared for a full on cliffhanger, we were pleasantly surprised with how the series wrapped up. Sadly, we would have loved to see more of this. Join us for one last X-Men: Evolution discussion talking about the 2nd of the two part series finale and our favorite characters and moments of the series. Oh, and see...

It all comes down to this. The two part series finale of X-Men: Evolution brings most of the stories to a head with Apocalypse and a scheme to activate all the world's dormant X-genes. Join Rod and JC in these final two episodes of Evolution (including next week) as we get to look at the end of a series with 20 years of hindsight to compare to. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast serie...

X-Men: Evolution has shown just how much potential the New Mutants can have with this final episode before the series finale with the introduction of Danielle Moonstar. And we get a guest appearance from friend of the pod and someone who makes JC's Pokemon fanaticism look like rookie stuff, Kellie Faciane-Whisler, aka PokeKellz. While some "rules" may get broken in the episode, this one took us on...

You can't have an X-Men cartoon series that doesn't dedicate at least one episode to the relationship between Rogue and Gambit. And while hot goth Rogue and fboy facial hair Gambit aren't the same as their comic counterparts, it's about time we got to see them spending some time embracing southern hospitality. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watch...

After being gone for half a season, Spyke and the Morlocks return as mutant tensions erupt in Bayville. Is the energy drink that poisoned mutants back? No. Not at all. But at least high school jocks somehow got free laser cannons. Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-X-MEN-ANIMATED-EPISODE we can find. This podcast started with th...

With Professor X's son David debuting here, this is one of the episodes that hurts when you know a fifth season never happened. Diving deeper into Xavier's past is always fun and knowing about the potential of his son compared to comics and other media, it's a little bit of a kick to the shins. Oh, and Professor X in all media continues the trend of being awful with exes. Cyclops is Waiting for Me...