The Cauldron - Part 1

"The Cauldron - Part 1" is the twelfth episode of Season One of X-Men: Evolution and the 12th episode of the series overall. It premiered on Kids' WB on May 5, 2001 and was paired with "The Cauldron - Part 2" to form the first part of a two-part season finale.

Overview
''As mysterious metal pods appear, picking up mutants one at a time, Cerebro detects a new mutant in Hawaii: Alex Masters -- previously known as Alex Summers, Scott's believed-to-be deceased younger brother. In a race to get to Havok before Magneto can recruit him, the X-Men are forced to fight the Brotherhood for a place in Magneto's sanctuary.''

Trivia

 * The first appearance of Alex Masters, also known as Havok.


 * Wolverine refers to the plane crash in which Scott suffered his brain damage.


 * This is the first time we see Mystique demonstrate her fighting skills.
 * In comic canon, she was a skilled assassin who could kill a man with her bare hands.


 * Mystique refers to Storm as "Windrider" - this was an epithet often used in the comics.


 * During the episode, Sabretooth taunts Wolverine about it being hard to stay afloat with metal bones - this was something brought up in the comic series, as well as in the short stories used to round out the Classic X-Men series.
 * If you missed that, it was a series started in the mid to late 1980s that started reprinting X-Men issues starting with Giant Size X-Men #1.


 * Asteroid M was also referred to as Sanctuary - which was the two-part episode dealing with Asteroid M in the 1992 X-Men series was called "Sanctuary" (Parts 1 & 2).


 * In the comics, Havok was a frequent ally of the X-Men, but often refused to join.


 * Towards the end of the episode, Mystique gets knocked into the machine that enhances her mutant powers and she comes out looking like she does in the X-Men films.
 * This form is different from the form she has in Season Two through the rest the series and never seen again.


 * This episode along with "Shadowed Past," "Grim Reminder" and "The Cauldron - Part 2" was released on the DVD X-Men Evolution: X-Posing The Truth.

Errors

 * The hatch of Magneto's 'evolver' constantly disappears.


 * After Mystique shapeshifts from the cat to human form, she pulls out a cell phone. Where did that come from?