X-Men: The Animated Series
Whatever It Takes
TV Flash files “Whatever It Takes” as hour 16 of 76 in the TV Flash guide — X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997) on Fox Kids, season 2, episode 3, aired 1993-11-06, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E03: listed hour 16 of 76 in the X-Men: The Animated Series guide, hour 3 of 13 in season 2. It aired 1993-11-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Till Death Do Us Part Part Two” (S02E02). Next is “Red Dawn” (S02E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Jean Grey uses Cerebro to detect a tearing in the astral plane in a part of Africa. Rogue and Storm decide to investigate the astral plane disturbance. Shani tells Storm that MjNari caused the destruction. Storm agrees to let the Shadow King host her body instead of the boy. Wolverine confronts Morph, who says he has get through this by himself. Storm forces the Shadow King to leave her body. MjNari lures the Shadow King into the astral plane opening. Xavier and Magneto find they are in the Savage Land and discover they cannot use their powers. Two villain try to abduct Magneto, who falls into a river and Xavier tries to save him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Whatever It Takes sit in the X-Men: The Animated Series guide?
S02E03 is listed hour 16 of 76 — hour 3 of 13 in season 2, season 2 episode 3.
When did X-Men: The Animated Series S02E03 air?
Whatever It Takes aired 1993-11-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is it standalone or serialized?
Serialized comic arcs, including ambitious storylines like the Phoenix Saga. The previously-on was homework, not a recap gag.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Saturday-morning mutants with comic-book continuity and a previously-on that trained kids to follow serial pain. The Phoenix Saga as children’s television that refused to stay cute — prejudice as superpower metaphor, voiced with soap-opera gravitas. Marvel’s TV breakthrough years before the films: leather jackets, moral lectures, and a theme song that still works like a summoning.
The work, first: Saturday-morning mutants in leather jackets, a previously-on that trained kids to follow serial pain, soap-opera gravitas in a slot that usually wanted toys. The Fox Kids series (1992–1997) treated Marvel lore seriously — Xavier's team fighting prejudice and supervillains in serialized comic arcs, the Phoenix Saga as children's television that refused to stay cute. Cedric Smith, Norm Spencer, Catherine Disher, Cal Dodd's Wolverine, Lenore Zann's Rogue, George Buza's Beast. Darker, denser kids'…
Filed against
- Cedric Smith as Professor X
Cedric Smith voiced Professor X on X-Men: The Animated Series — Saturday-morning mutants, comic continuity, serial pain for kids, Phoenix that refused to stay cute. Prejudice as superpower metaphor, soap-opera gravitas from a wheelchair…
- Norm Spencer as Cyclops
Norm Spencer’s Cyclops trained Saturday-morning kids to follow serial pain on X-Men: The Animated Series — 1990s mutants, comic-book continuity, a previously-on, the Phoenix Saga as children’s television that refused to stay cute.…
- Catherine Disher as Jean Grey
Catherine Disher voiced Jean Grey on X-Men: The Animated Series — Saturday-morning mutants, comic-book continuity, a previously-on that trained kids on serial pain, the Phoenix Saga as children's television that refused to stay cute.…
- Cal Dodd as Wolverine
Cal Dodd voiced Wolverine on X-Men: The Animated Series — Saturday-morning mutants with comic-book continuity, a previously-on that trained kids to follow serial pain, the Phoenix Saga refusing to stay cute. Prejudice as superpower…
- Lenore Zann as Rogue
Lenore Zann's Rogue gave X-Men: The Animated Series a Southern-mutant ache — Saturday-morning continuity, a previously-on that trained kids to follow serial pain, Phoenix Saga as children's television that refused to stay cute. Prejudice…
- George Buza as Beast
George Buza voiced Beast on X-Men: The Animated Series — Saturday-morning mutants with comic-book continuity, a previously-on that trained kids to follow serial pain. Prejudice as superpower metaphor, soap-opera gravitas in a blue hide.…