X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 9

"Beyond Good and Evil - Part 2: Promise of Apocalypse"
Release Date	November 11, 1995
Director(s)	Larry Houston
Writer(s)	Jan Strnad
Producer(s)	Larry Houston
Previous and Next Episodes
Previous	"Beyond Good and Evil - Part 1: The End of Time" (November 4, 1995)
Next	"Beyond Good and Evil - Part 3: The Lazarus Chamber" (November 18, 1995)

 Cyclops is right. If Apocalypse and Sinister have joined forces and are able to instantaneously travel through time and space, all existence is in danger. 

—Professor X

Appearances

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Jean Grey
  • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
  • Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Cameo)
  • Rogue (Cameo)
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (Cameo)

Supporting Characters:

• Shard (Bishop)
• Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (First full appearance)
• Archangel (Warren Worthington III)

Antagonists:

• Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani) (First full appearance)
• Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (Main story and flashback)
• Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)
• Sabretooth (Graydon Creed, Sr.)
• Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
• Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr)

Other Characters:

• Lilandra Neramani
• Imperial Guard
  • Oracle
  • Gladiator (Kallark)
• Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
• Bender
• Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Mentioned)
• Magda Lehnsherr (Mentioned)
• Clan Chosen
  • Cable (Nathan Summers)
  • Tyler
• Gamesmaster (Jeremy Stevens) (Cameo) (First appearance)
• Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh) (Cameo) (First appearance)
• Mesmero (Vincent) (Cameo) (First appearance)

Races and Species:

• Shi'ar
• Strontians
• Various unnamed Aliens
• Mutants
• Humans

Locations:

• Late 1990s
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New York State
        • Westchester County
          • X-Mansion
            • War Room
    • United Kingdom
      • England
        • Castle Worthington (First appearance)
        • London
          • Tower Bridge
  • Shi'ar
    • Shi'ar Imperial Palace
• Axis of Time (Main story and flashback)
  • Chronopolis (Main story and flashback) (Unnamed)
• 3999 AD
  • Graymalkin Facility (First appearance)

Items:

• Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses
• X-Uniforms
  • Hoverchair
  • Cyclops' Visor
  • Wolverine's Suit
• Cable's Computer (Behind the scenes) (Mentioned)
• Temporal Transceivers
• Time Portal (Behind the scenes)
• Cerebro
• Magneto's Helmet

Vehicles:

• U.S. Tinman (Destroyed)

Synopsis

When Oracle, the psychic member of the Imperial Guard is kidnapped by Apocalypse, Professor Xavier deduces his scheme involves capturing mutants with telepathic abilities. The X-Men are split up to track them down before the villains can, which puts Wolverine and Shard in the middle of a scuffle between Archangel and a ninja named Psylocke.

Notes

• Psylocke's brother, whom she claims "fights for the good of all mutants", is the non-mutant Marvel Comics superhero Captain Britain (seen in a cameo in "The Phoenix Saga (4): The Starjammers").
• Shard claims Archangel is "destined to join the X-Men" (though, as Angel, he apparently was part of the team once, as shown in flashbacks from "Proteus (1)", "Sanctuary (1)", and the upcoming "Xavier Remembers").
• Magneto's deceased wife, mentioned here, will play a major part in the episode "Family Ties".

Trivia

• Wolverine calls Psylocke "black-haired", and Archangel calls her "raven-haired", despite the fact she has PURPLE hair.
• The license plate on Psylocke's jeep reads: THX 1138.

See Also

• 17 image(s) from X-Men: The Animated Series Season 4 9