This is a complete transcript of the first episode of X-Men: Evolution. It should be fairly accurate, but I'm not going to claim that it's perfect. I wrote what I could remember, then I watched the episode again and added what I forgot the first time. Then I watched the parts I wasn't sure of, and fixed them. So I might have missed something. That's what happens when your computer is downstairs and your VCR is upstairs.
The (somethings) are words I couldn't figure out. If anyone knows what they are, please tell me.
Kahlana
We start off at a football game. First some Bayville cheerleaders. Then some football players who do some football things.
Football player: Blue 22. Blue 22. Hut! Hut!
Football action ending with Number 11 (Duncan) scoring a touch down for Bayville and ending up on his back, clutching the football. Jean leans down and takes some pictures of him.
Duncan: Hey, Jean. Is that one for the yearbook?
Jean: No. This is for my _personal_ collection.
Scott watches them walk across the field from the top of the bleachers.
Announcer: A touchdown by Duncan Matthews!
Meanwhile, Toad is among the spectators, picking pockets. Three of the Bayville players notice.
Bayville player to Duncan: Tolensky's at it again.
Other Bayville player: Oh man. It's unbelievable.
Duncan: Someone should teach him a lesson. Hey, coach, can we be excused a minute?
Coach: (checks the score, Bayville is way ahead) Yeah, sure.
They head towards the bleachers, Duncan leading.
Back to Scott who is playing with a quarter. The quarter slips through his fingers.
Scott: Oh, man, my cash. (looks down, sees Toad picking the pocket of the guy in front of him.) Hey, check it, looks like someone's taking up a collection.
Blond guy: (something) should we call the cops?
Scott: (stands) Keep that option open.
******
Under the bleachers. Toad is hanging on near the middle, reaching up.
Toad: Got another one. Heh heh. Waaaoww!
Someone yanks him down. He falls into the mud with money falling around him.
Duncan: Well, if it isn't Toady Tolensky picking up a little spare change.
Toad: Uh... heh heh, Duncan, I can explain-
Duncan: Shut up, frogface!
Duncan slams him into the bleachers.
Other guy: Let's crush him, Dunc!
Scott: (suddenly appearing) Let's not, "Dunc". Just chill. The wallets are still there. Let's have him give back the cash, no harm done.
Toad: (nodding, holds up a handful of money) Yeah. Yeah. Here's the money.
Duncan: What do you care about this scuzzo, Summers?
Scott: Not much. But I'm not crazy about three against one, either. Let's settle this peacefully.
Duncan: I think me and my buds are going to squash this slimeball. So you and your stupid sunglasses at night can just bail.
Duncan throws Toad down and stamps his foot in front of Toad's face, splattering him with mud.
Scott: I said, "Stop it"!
Scott runs at Duncan and throws him into the other two. All fall down. The other football players start to help Duncan up then notice that Toad is taking advantage of the distraction. They drop Duncan back in the mud and run after Toad. Now it's just Scott and Duncan.
Duncan: (getting up) Big mistake, Summers!
They fight. Duncan is bigger, but Scott seems to be doing Ok until Jean shows up.
Jean: Scott? Scott, NO!
Scott looks over and Duncan gets him. Scott is slammed back into the supports and his glasses are knocked off. His eye beams tear up the ground under the bleachers and Duncan goes flying off somewhere. The blast gets too close to a tank of propane near the field and it explodes. Big explosion. Quick view of Jean, she looks horrified.
******
An ambulance and police have arrived. Someone removes Duncan's helmet.
Medical person: Take it easy, son. Try not to move.
Duncan: (moans)
Cop: What happened here?
Duncan: My head... can't remember.
Medical person: Concussion. (to cop) So, what do you think happened here?
Cop: Hmmm. Well, it looks to me like-
Prof X concentrates from inside his car.
Cop: Of course. There must have been a leak in that propane tank.
******
Under the bleachers
Jean approaches the smoking rubble.
Jean: It's too hot to touch. At least with my hands.
Jean uses her telekinesis to lift some burning boards and to lift Scott's glasses into her hand. Scott is sitting on the ground, legspulled up to his chest, eyes squeezed shut.
Jean: Are you OK? (puts Scott's glasses on his face)
Scott: Jean! Oh, man, I-
Jean: Shh, I know. Listen, you better split.
******
The field
Jean has found her way to Duncan who is lying on a stretcher.
Jean: Duncan, are you alright?
Duncan: Sure, Jean. You know me, skull like concrete. (taps the side of his head) OOWWW!
Jean: Aw. You poor baby.
Scott is watching from beside the bleachers. His shoulders are hunched, he doesn't look happy. Toad approaches.
Toad: Thanks, Summers. I mean really. Y'know?
Scott: Sure. (leaves)
Toad crouches down. A fly buzzes around him. He eyes it for a moment then SCHLUP!
Prof X: (to Storm) Things are under control here. But we'd better hurry. We have a train to catch.
******
At the Bayville train station.
Prof X waits with Storm. A blond kid gets off.
Storm: Kurt?
Prof X: That's not Kurt. (Looks toward a different exit) This is.
Kurt gets off the train. He is wearing a hooded robe that covers him completely.
******
Mountains somewhere.
Logan roars along on his motorcycle, stops at a little gas station. Looks at a newspaper. The headline is "Explosion at high school. Student barely escapes injuries in freak accident."
Logan: Hum. Trouble at home.
Logan grabs the paper and heads toward the counter.
Elderly clerk: You, uh, gonna buy that paper?
Logan: 'S why I'm holding it, bub. Bottle of water, too. Cold.
Clerk: (getting the water) Warm weather we're having, for this time of year.
The clerk sets the bottle down. Logan snatches it, slices the top of the bottle off with his claws, downs the entire contents and slams the empty bottle onto the counter.
Logan: Recycle that for me, will ya.
The clerk stares, having missed the whole thing, and only knowing that the upper half of the bottle is sitting on the counter next to the bottom half. Logan pays with a twenty and leaves without his change.
Logan gets back on his motorcycle. Sabretooth is watching him from a nearby peak.
Sabretooth: Grrrrrrr...
******
The mansion.
Scott: Give it up, Jean, it's hopeless.
Jean is in the bathroom, brushing her hair and using her telekinesis to hold up a mirror.
Jean: Just a second!
Scott: C'mon, we're going to be late!
Jean: Almost done!
Scott: Do you want me to blow this door...
Jean opens the door and looks at him.
Scott: ...down?
Jean: So, are we going or what?
Jean touches his chin as she goes by, Scott smiles a little.
Scott: We're heading out, Professor!
Prof X: Just a minute you two. Come here. There is someone I want you to meet.
Jean and Scott go into the study where Prof X, Storm and Kurt are waiting. Kurt is still wearing his robe with the hood pulled up.
Prof X: This is Kurt Wagner. He arrived on the train late last night.
Scott: Hey, Kurt. This is Jean. I'm Scott. How ya doing?
Scott offers his hand. Kurt looks at it and backs away toward the Professor.
Prof X: It's all right, Kurt. You're among friends here.
Kurt steps forward and shakes hands with Scott.
Kurt: Hello.
Scott glances down and starts slightly, raising an eyebrow. Kurt quickly withdraws his hand.
Prof X: I was just telling Kurt how I made this institute for gifted youngsters. Youngsters whose gifts are not always an asset, right, Scott?
Scott: So, uh, you heard about last night?
Prof X: It was hard not to, it was on all the news channels. Fortunately no one was badly hurt in last night's incident and the true cause was not discovered but you must be more careful, Scott.
Scott: Come on, Professor, I'm packing a bazooka behind each eyeball. What do you want from me?
Prof X: Control, Scott! (to Kurt) Scott's eyes project an optic force beam.
Kurt: (lowers hood) Cool.
Jean: So what about you, Kurt? Got a special gift that brought you here?
Kurt teleports across the room and swishes his tail around.
Kurt: Maybe.
Prof X: I'll show Kurt around while you two are at school.
******
Bayville High, principal's office.
Toad is sitting in a chair, watching his feet. The principal's door opens and she calls him in.
Ms. Darkholme: Mr. Tolensky?
Toad gets up and follows her into the office. She makes a face and waves her hand in front of her face.
Ms. DH: Ugh. Excuse me while I open a window.
While she is opening the window, Toad hops onto a chair.
Ms. DH: Ahh. There. So, Toad, (he smiles at the name) shall we have atalk about your new friend, Scott Summers?
Toad: What about him? He's cool. If it weren't for him those jockswould have stomped my skull flat.
Ms. DH: Hmmm, yes. As you have noticed, Scott has special powers.There are other like him. We need to know more. (comes up behind him) Much more.
Toad: Uh, well, I don't know...
Ms. DH: (distorted voice) SILENCE! You'll do as you're told!
She grips his shoulder and her hand turns into purple claws. She changes into the sharp-toothed monster seen at the end of the trailer.
******
The mansion, Kurt's room
Kurt: Wow. This bedroom... is mine?
It's a huge room with bed, stereo, mirror, chairs, desk, all thethings you would expect in a bedroom at an expensive boarding school.Kurt is still wearing his robe, with the hood down.
Prof X: Of course, Kurt. That's why your parents sent you here.Because they knew you would be happy.
Kurt: Happy? (walks toward Prof X, looks into the mirror) How can I behappy when I look like this? I scare people.
Storm puts a small box on the bed.
Prof X: Mm, I have a surprise for you, Kurt. (hands him a watch) Put this on.
Kurt puts on the watch/image inducer and his appearance changes to the human appearance I'm sure everyone reading this has seen.
Kurt: I don't believe it!
Kurt looks into the mirror, checks behind, presumably for his tail, then flexes his fingers.
Kurt: I, I'm normal!
Storm: Of course you're normal, Kurt. But not because of that machine.
Prof X: Storm is right, Kurt. Normal is what you truly are. Never think otherwise. (turns off the image inducer) This is just a disguise, so you will not be persecuted by those who do not understand your gifts.
Kurt: I understand, Professor. But nonetheless, (turns it back on) you RULE!
Storm and Prof X leave. Kurt looks into the box Storm put on his bed and finds his X-Men uniform.
******
Bayville High, Scott's locker
Students are moving around the halls, talking to friends, getting stuff from their lockers. Scott stops at his locker.
Scott's blond friend: (something) in the cafeteria.
Scott: Just grabbing my lunch. Save me a seat! (gets his lunch, closes his locker)
Toad: Hey, Summers.
Toad does a little spin than backflips up onto Scott's locker.
Toad: What's up?
Scott looks around; the hallway is deserted.
Scott: That's quite a jump.
Toad: Like it? I'm surprised you could see it through them smokies of yours. Here, let me help.
Toad spits out his long, slimy tongue and grabs Scott's glasses.
Scott: HEY! (covers eyes with his arms, drops his lunch)
Toad: Whatsamatta, Summers? (shakes slime off the glasses) Afraid to, heh heh, open your eyes?
Scott: Obviously, we both know what will happen if I do. (hold out his hand) Now give me back my shades before I go nuclear on you.
Toad: You got it!
Toad throws the glasses into the air, catches them with his tongue and smacks them into Scott's outstretched hand.
Scott: UGH!
Toad: So you and me, we got somethin' in common.
Scott: Yeah. (wipes at the ooze on his glasses) Now we're BOTH slimy.
Toad: (leaps down) Nope... I mean we ain't like other people.
Scott: And your point is...
Toad: (leaps so he's hanging onto the locker next to Scott) I just wanna talk. Get to know each other better. You know, maybe (SCHLUP-snatches Scott's lunch from the floor and eats it, bag and all) do lunch.
Scott: I'll think about it. (walks away)
Toad: Yeah, you think about it. Me, I got better things to do. (backflips out an open window)
******
Prof X is in his study reading a book. Red lights start flashing and the wall opens up to show Cerebro, a big pile of technology with various buttons and keypads and moniters. He look at one of the screens which has a map of the high school. There is a blinking red light, probably Toad.
Prof X: Hm. So, out in the open.
Phone rings.
Prof X presses a button on his chair.
Prof X: Hello, Scott.
Scott: (from a payphone at school) Man, Professor, you know it always weirds me out when you do that.
Prof X: Sorry, Scott. What are you calling about?
Scott: This guy at school... well, he's kinda like us.
Prof X: Hmm, yes. Todd Tolenksy.
Prof X presses a button and a little compartment opens. He takes out the headset and puts it on.
Scott: You know him?
Prof X: Cerebro just picked up a reading on him. He must be using his powers openly now.
Scott: Well, he's not the kind of guy I'd really like to share a room with. To put it bluntly, he has the personal hygiene of a dead pig.
Prof X: We cannot turn our backs on anyone, Scott. You know that.
Scott: Yeah. I know. Bye.
Kurt walks in, wearing his costume.
Kurt: What's that thing, Professor?
Prof X: That "thing" is Cerebro. It detects the manifestation of special powers, which is how I found you.
Kurt: (points to picture of Toad on the big screen) So this guy is one of us?
Prof X: That remains to be seen. *Storm?*
Storm is in her room, watering her plants with a miniature storm cloud.
Storm: Yes, Professor?
Prof X: *There is someone I'd like you to audition for me.*
******
The mansion, evening
Storm throws open the glass doors on her balcony. She has changed into her costume. She soars into the air.
Toad hops up to the fence surrounding the mansion grounds. He grips the bars and looks up.
Toad: Heh. Cake.
He jumps over the fence and bounds toward the mansion. He stops to look up at the developing storm and sees Storm flying through a break in the trees and the clouds gathering after her. It starts to rain. Toad makes a face.
Toad: Whoa. Now that is just freaky.
Storm starts to fire lightning bolts at Toad.
Toad: EEEEK!
She fires, he jumps, fire, jump, fire, jump.
Inside the mansion Kurt is wandering around. He looks up at the sound of thunder then continues down the huge staircase to the entrance. He gets to the bottom and approaches the door. The doors slams open and Kurt has to brace himself against the force of the wind.
Toad: EEEEEEEEEEK!
Toad comes flying through the open door and hits Kurt. They roll across the floor until Kurt manages to fling him off. They come up facing each other and pace in a circle like a couple of alley cats.
Toad: Whoa! What are you? Some kind of ratty plush toy?
Kurt: (sniffing) Ugh, the name's Nightcrawler. And at least I don't reek like unwashed lederhosen.
Toad: You blue-furred freak!
Toad leaps for Kurt who 'ports away. Toad makes a face at the smoke and tries to wave it away.
Kurt: (hanging from a huge light two stories up) As you say in America, Neener, neener, neener!
Toad: That ain't gonna help you, boy!
Toad leaps up to the light. Kurt jumps off just before he reaches it, and lands on the wall.
Kurt: You're so slow! (winks)
Toad: Grrrrrr
Kurt: You couldn't catch flies on a windshield!
They go down a hallway, clinging to the walls, hopping from one side to the other.
Storm flies in through the still open door. Prof X comes down a hall.
Prof X: Tolensky is indeed gifted. He could be one of us.
Storm: Sometimes, Professor, I feel your good heart blinds even you from the truth.
Kurt and Toad come down a different hallway, knocking things over.
Kurt: Over here! No, over here! Over here!
Toad: I'm going to rip out your pointy tail you fuzzy gecko!
They are back at the big staircase. Or another big staircase.
Toad: Monkey boy! Come here!
Toad tries to get Kurt with his tongue. Kurt jumps away and Toad hits a window.
Kurt: Ha!
Prof X: This test is over. Todd Tolensky does indeed have the X gene. He may stay here if he so desires.
Toad: The only thing I DESIRE is blue boy's fuzzy head!
Kurt is on another of those giant lamps and Toad leaps for him, catching Kurt's arm with his tongue before Kurt can jump away. They struggle on the light for a moment then fall off. Kurt 'ports before they hit the ground, to the surprise of Storm and Prof X.
They reappear in midair in the Danger Room. THUMP.
Kurt: (something) Where are we?
Toad: You're asking me, (something)? You're the one who brought us here.
Kurt: I think I am going to regret it, (something)!
Kurt points at some giant weapons which are coming out of the walls to aim at them. They bounce around, avoiding the blasts.
Toad: EEEEEK!
Cut to Scott and Jean who are getting into uniform.
Prof X: *Scott, Jean! Nightcrawler and Toad have teleported into the Danger Room.*
Scott: Oh man, the Danger Room has automated defenses!
Jean: It'll attack them with everything it's got!
Prof X: *Hurry!*
Kurt and Toad are still bouncing around. I'm not going to go into detail here. Jean and Scott run in.
Scott: I'll take care of the cannons. You keep them away from the tentacles.
Jean: (takes off) On it!
More bouncing... Jean lifts Kurt up just before he's caught.
Kurt: You are an angel!
Jean: On occasion. How about you, are you a demon?
Toad is being squished between metal panels. Scott blasts him out.
Scott: Tolensky, over here!
Prof X and Storm finally reach the control room.
Prof X: Automatic override. Voice print- Charles Xavier.
Computer: Confirmed. Shut down in 5 seconds.
Kurt: (still held by Jean's telekinesis) Now I get it! It's a training area. Watch. ('ports to a cannon) I just pull the plug and- WWAAOOW!
The cannon shakes Kurt off and begins firing in all directions. One blast hits Scott and Toad and slams them into a wall. Storm hits it with a lightning bolt. Everything else turns off.
Toad: Man, I've seen enough. I am out of here! (hops away)
Scott: Tolensky! I'm sorry, Professor. I couldn't stop him.
Prof X: That's all right, Scott. He wasn't ready to be one of us.
Kurt: I blew it, too, Professor. I'm sorry. You've been wonderful but I guess I just don't belong here. ('ports away)
Prof X: Nightcrawler, wait!
Scott: No sweat, Professor. I'll handle this.
******
Outside the mansion
Toad jumps out a window and lands on a outdoor table. It breaks and he tumbles up to Logan, who just got back.
Logan: Going somewhere, bub?
Toad puts up his fists like he's going to fight and Logan pops his claws. Toad cringes.
Prof X: Logan, NO! Let him go.
Toad: (scared look) Heh heh....
Logan: Hrrm.
Logan retracts his claws and stands aside. Toad hops away, mumbling to himself.
Logan: (sniff, sniff) I came back because I thought I smelled trouble. (sniff, sniff) Of course, it could have just been stink boy over there.
Prof X: I'm afraid not. Welcome home, old friend.
******
Kurt appears in the hanger.
Kurt: Vas ist das?
Scott: The SR-77 Blackbird. Twice as fast as the SR-74 and with four times the firepower.
Kurt: Sehr gut. Is it yours? Please tell me you get to fly it.
Scott: It's ours. And if you stick around a while, I'll show you how to pilot this bad boy. So what do you say? Want to be a member of our team?
Kurt: Me? I almost got you killed a few moments ago.
Scott: Yeah... don't do that again. But look, we all make mistakes sometimes. I know I do. That's why we're here. To learn not to make mistakes like that.
Kurt: And you don't mind... the way I look?
Scott: (laughs) Dude, just don't hassle me about my shades and we'll be fine.
Kurt: (smiles) We have a deal then.
Scott: Come on. I'll show you where they hide the sodas.
******
Ms. Darkholme's office
Ms. DH: I don't believe it! You were actually inside and you RAN AWAY!
Toad: So I freaked.
Ms. DH: And no doubt, the good professor wiped your mind so you don't remember ANYTHING!
Toad shakes his head.
Ms. DH: GET OUT!
Toad leaps out, knocking over his chair.
Ms. DH slams the door.
Ms. DH: AAAARRGH! RRAAARGH!! (shifts into Mystique)
Mystique goes to pick up the chair. Things on her desk start moving around.
Magneto: Don't be so hard on the boy, Mystique. We don't want to thin our ranks now do we?
Mystique: No, sir. I'll be more careful.
Magneto: See that you are.
Paper clips fly into Mystique's face.
Mystique: Aaah!
Magneto: Remember, this is only the beginning.
Magneto shadow in the window.