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

in one of the most anticipated episodes for Season 1, JC and Rod dive into "Come the Apocalypse". After failing to enslave Rogue, the opportunity for a Cure tricks four unknowing mutants into becoming the Horsemen of the Apocalypse for one of Marvel's oldest villains. With War, Famine, Pestilence and Archangel as Death, Apocalypse reveals himself to the world and becomes one of the X-Men's biggest threats.

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

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After the aside of the Juggernaut's attack, the team finds out more of the whereabouts of Professor X who has traveled to Muir Island. There Gottfried Adler claims to have developed a cure for mutations. The X-Men find themselves somewhat divided as some are fiercely against it while Rogue secretly looks to get rid of the powers that prevent her from touching another person. As expected, things aren't as they seem and we find out this is all a front of Apocalypse and his minion Mystique looking to turn Rogue into their slave, only to be interrupted by Pyro and Avalanche. Oh, and we get more of Cable too!

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

All our links: https://linktr.ee/cyclopsiwfmpod

Returning to a destroyed mansion, JC and Rod react to the first TAS appearances of both Juggernaut and Colossus, which of course somehow degrades into talking about how some mutants want to get busy. With stakes so high in recent episodes, this one helps keep the X-Men grounded.

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

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Filled with mutant cameos galore including the lowkey introduction of some pivotal players, Slave Island takes Storm, Jubilee and Gambit to a tropical paradise gone wrong. Forced to work for the island's regime, the mutants must band together to escape all while the man named Cable uses guerilla tactics to subvert their rule. 

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

All our links: https://linktr.ee/cyclopsiwfmpod

Wolverine decides he needs to get some space and find himself so he heads up to the great white north. But, as anyone who knows Wolverine, the Canuck can't seem to find peace anywhere and he is followed by Sabretooth (who seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to find ice bridges. At the same time, Gambit, Storm and Jubilee get rewarded with a undercover mission / vacation to the supposedly mutant loving nation of Genosha. Per usual, Cyclops fights with his own team. 

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

Wondering where we got our name for the podcast? Captive Hearts covers the most meme-tastic episode of X-Men: TAS as we see Wolverine have his heart broken as Jean lets him know, "Cyclops is waiting for me" before a big date. In the most famous shot of the series, Wolverine lusting over the framed photo of Jean & Scott on his bed only to find out they've gone missing, being captured by the Morlocks. There, the team encounters a group of mutants who can't live their day to day lives amongst "normal" humans because of their dramatic physical mutations who have their sights set on Cyclops. 

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

Deadly Reunions splits the X-Men into two epic confrontations against two of their most infamous villains. On one side, Cyclops, Rogue, Storm and Xavier try to stop Magneto as he continues his assault on humanity at a chemical plant. On the other, Wolverine and Jubilee clash with Wolverine's oldest foe, a bloodthirsty Sabretooth who has played possum to infuriate the X-Mansion on behalf of (you guessed it) Magneto.  

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

Sometimes friend, sometimes foe, this is the first episode of X-Men: The Animated Series to feature Magneto. As seen by his inclusion in the opening credits and his involvement in the comics for 30 years prior to the debut of the cartoon, Erik Magnus Lehnsherr was destined to play a massive part in this series. With an episode giving an homage to X-Men #1, JC and Rod give their thoughts on the debut of the infamous Magneto

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

Join Rod & JC as they explore "Night of the Sentinels", the two part premiere of X-Men: The Animated Series, Season 1, Episodes 1 and 2. In this episode, we get our first introduction to mutants and the humans who fear them as they have one of their first public missions after encountering the young Jubilee as she is attacked at the mall by the Sentinels. 

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus. 

"Cyclops is Waiting for Me" Theme written and performed by Ron Wasserman (ASCAP) and Rod Kim (ASCAP)

Launching Monday, January 24th... 

Cyclops is Waiting for Me is our weekly podcast series where we are going back and watching EVERY-SINGLE-EPISODE of the original 1992 X-Men: The Animated Series in their original intended script order building up to the release of X-Men 97’, coming to Disney Plus.

SPOILER WARNING: We are a recap show about a series that came out 30 years ago. There will be spoilers. If you don’t want it spoiled for you, pause the podcast, watch the episode and come back. We will do our best to avoid mentioning anything about future episodes we haven’t covered yet.

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