Mindbender

Mindbender

January 26, 2002 TV Episode X-Men Evolution

Studio
Film Roman Productions.
Distributor
Marvel Productions, Ltd.

Synopsis

Has Jean Grey gone mad? After a fearful nightmare, she disappears from the mansion and steals some rings. Grey "recruits" other X-Men to help her with her job. Just what exactly is going on? A mysterious hypnotist named Mesmero kidnaps some of the X-Men and brainwashes them into committing crimes for him.

Characters

Cyclops/Scott Summers, Wolverine/Logan, Jean Grey, Professor Charles Xavier, Apocalypse/En Sabah Nur, Rogue, Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner, Shadowcat/Katherine "Kitty" Pryde, Iceman/Robert "Bobby" Drake, Mesmero, Berserker/Ray Crisp, Cannonball/Samuel Guthrie, Jubilee/Jubilation Lee

Credits

Directing

Director
Steven E. Gordon

Producing

Producer
Boyd Kirkland
Executive Producers
Avi Arad, Stan Lee, Rick Ungar
Animation Producer
Mike Wolf
Executive Producers, Animation
John W. Hyde, John Bush

Writing

Writer
Bob Forward
Story
Greg Johnson

Voices

Voice
Kirby Morrow (Cyclops/Scott Summers), Scott McNeil (Wolverine/Logan), Venus Terzo (Jean Grey), David Kaye (Professor Charles Xavier, Apocalypse/En Sabah Nur), Meghan Black (Rogue), Brad Swaile (Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner), Maggie Blue O'Hara (Shadowcat/Katherine "Kitty" Pryde), Andrew Francis (Iceman/Robert "Bobby" Drake), Ron Halder (Mesmero), Tony Sampson (Berserker/Ray Crisp), Bill Switzer (Cannonball/Samuel Guthrie), Chiara Zanni (Jubilee/Jubilation Lee)

Editing

Editor
Al Breitenbach
Assistant Editor
Jose Moreira

Crew

Executive Story Editors
Greg Johnson, Bob Forward
Voice Director
Karl Willems
Casting
Randi Riediger
Storyboard Artists
Eric Wight, Gary Graham, Kuni Tomita, Matt Youngberg, Rick Farley, Rick Hoberg
Colourist
Joe Cook
Character Designers
Steven E. Gordon, Kimberly Bowles
Background Supervisor
Ted Blackman
Prop Designers
Chuck Puntuvatana, Ed Klautky
Background Designers
Alan M.W. Simmons, Christian Lignan, George W. Stokes
Background Painters
Lin Zheng, Eric Semones, Natasha V. Liberman
Colour Key Designer
Stacy L. Inness
Animation Timers
Karen Peterson, Richard Bowman
Lip Sync
Erik Peterson
Track Reader
Laurie A. Wetzler
Finishing Supervisor
Jim Cerrotta
Symphony Editor
Mark Needham
Post Production Supervisor
Patrick Inness
Director Of Post Production
Sandy Kumashiro
Post Production Assistant
Carrie Wassenaar
Sound Recordist
Michael Iske
Assistant Sound Recordist
James Corrigall
Dialogue Editors
Michael Iske, Eric Leblanc

Companies and other credits

  • Casting: Inter Pacific Productions
  • Picture Finishing: Vitello Productions
  • Sound Recordist: The Ocean Group
  • © 2000 Marvel Entertainment Group
  • Inc
  • All Rights Reserved

Production notes

You think high school's hard enough? Try adding mutant abilities into the mix! In a world that rejects mutantkind, Professor Xavier takes in alienated mutant teenagers to his Institute for gifted youngsters and teaches them how to wield their special abilities and assimilate into high school at the same time. But it's not all football games and cheerleading for these teenage X-Men, on top of homework and crushes saving the world from Magneto and the evil Brotherhood of mutants in between third and fourth periods is no cakewalk. Spanning four full epic seasons totaling over 52 episodes, it's no surprise that X-Men Evolution snagged two Emmy Awards. The acclaimed animated series takes the beloved X-Men comic book mythos and reinvents it in the bubble of high school life. Teenage Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Nightcrawler and others trade punches with the likes of Magneto and Apocalypse whilst surviving class with professors like Wolverine, Storm and Beast- needless to say things get a little hairy. So if you thought high school was rough enough, try being an X-Man!