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''Wolverine and the X-Men'' is a 2009 American
animated series An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes should typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either ...
by
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. It is the fourth of five animated adaptations of the
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characters, the other four being ''
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'', '' X-Men: The Animated Series'', '' X-Men: Evolution'', and an anime adaptation known simply as ''X-Men''.


Plot

The story begins with
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and Rogue having an argument about him leaving. When Wolverine goes to
Charles Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
and
Jean Grey Jean Elaine Grey is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix and Dark Phoenix. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack K ...
, they get headaches. An explosion occurs, and Charles and Jean disappear. The resulting trauma caused the X-Men team to disband and go their separate ways, leaving Xavier's once highly revered league of mutant peace preservers out of commission. Due to the loss of the Professor, Jean, and severe damage to the mansion, many of the X-Men have withered in their faith towards the stability of their former team and have since detached themselves from their former community. Some examples include
Cyclops In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( ; el, Κύκλωπες, ''Kýklōpes'', "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops ; , ''Kýklōps'') are giant one-eyed creatures. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguish ...
' subsequent isolation resulting from Jean's disappearance,
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's relocation back to her home continent of Africa, and Iceman's move back into his parents' home in the quiet suburbs. One year later, the MRD (short for the Mutant Response Division), a government-supported organization created for the detainment and subsequent registration of existing mutants, begins capturing mutants from all over the country in response to the countless human protesters determined to protect the safety of humankind. This course of action causes Wolverine and Beast to ally and resolve to bring the once defunct X-Men team back together again. Meanwhile, Rogue is in the street and attacked by the
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. They trick her into joining them, and she later smiles devilishly as she enters their base, appearing to have switched allegiance to become an evil mutant. Thanks to the generosity, wealth, and resourcefulness of
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, the slowly reforming X-Men team begins to see a promising return to its former glory with the rejoining of junior members Iceman,
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and
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along with the reconstruction of the previously demolished Xavier Institute. Unfortunately, without the necessary capabilities of a competent
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to operate
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, the possibility of locating some of the more globally scattered X-Men members along with the missing Charles Xavier and Jean seems all but a pipe dream. Fortunately, this problem does not last for very long when
Emma Frost Emma Grace Frost is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129 (Jan. 1980), and was ...
, the beautiful former Headmistress of a now inactive mutant school of her own in Massachusetts, makes a surprising appearance on the doorstep of the Mansion with an interesting proposal: membership with the X-Men in exchange for utilizing her telepathy to pinpoint the missing Xavier's whereabouts. Upon the team's – and particularly Wolverine's – reluctant acceptance of the offer, Emma's efforts prove successful as she is able to locate a comatose Charles on the shores of
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in the care of
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. After their arrival on Genosha and a short confrontation with the Master of Magnetism himself, Magneto eventually permits the X-Men to take his old friend's body back to the sanctity of the Mansion where he is certain that Xavier will be placed in proper care. Upon their return, Xavier telepathically contacts the X-Men twenty years from the present in an alternate dystopian future and informs Wolverine that he is to lead and reunite the X-Men if they wish to successfully prevent the inevitable war that will cause the world to fall under the domination of
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and the Sentinels. Throughout the course of the entire season, Emma's role as the X-Men's primary acting telepath enables the team to relocate the rest of the other members in the hopes of reforming once again and assisting in Xavier's cause. While some were met with initial hesitancy such as with Nightcrawler, others such as Storm were more than willing to accept the offer once Xavier's vision had been put into perspective. The X-Men overcome many hardships and obstacles along the way, eventually achieving their ultimate goal of locating Jean and finally discovering the truth surrounding the mystery of what caused the Mansion's explosion, along with Xavier and Jean's subsequent disappearances. Meanwhile, Magneto welcomes new mutants to Genosha, one of whom is Nightcrawler. Magneto claims that Genosha is a safe and secure area for mutants, rather than a threat. At first Nightcrawler believes this, but upon closer inspection, Genosha is exposed as a method to use mutants' powers by Magneto. Nightcrawler eventually escapes, but is captured by Mystique when he arrives back at the mansion. Elsewhere, Wolverine begins to have some visions from the past, and Emma offers to sort out his visions telepathically. In his visions, Wolverine meets a lone mutant girl, figure from the past Sabretooth, and finally discovers many mysteries about his past. Cyclops has constant memories about Jean and is depressed. He believes she is still alive, so, with the help of Emma, he seeks out
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. The X-Men and Mister Sinister have a confrontation that does not result in them finding out any new info about Jean's whereabouts. Wolverine has Cyclops swear an oath to be in the X-Men again and promise not to go off searching for Jean. Somewhere across town, Jean is shown waking up in a random hospital after months of being in a coma. It is later revealed in the three-part first-season finale "Foresight" that the previously assumed attack on the Mansion was not from the efforts of a third party, but rather from the result of Jean who unwittingly releases the immense and highly destructive strength and power of the Phoenix Force, that originally lay dormant deep within her subconscious, in an attempt to halt an oncoming telepathic attack led by Emma (who was secretly working as a double agent for the Inner Circle and the Stepford Cuckoos). Along with Sebastian Shaw,
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,
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, and
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, it was the Inner Circle's utmost duty to not only obtain the power of the Phoenix Force by abducting Jean from the protection of Xavier and the Mansion, but to also obliterate the ancient being's existence before it could fully mature and consequently bring forth unparalleled destruction onto the world as it had done numerous times in the past throughout Earth's history. However, in a move that was completely unknown to Emma at the time, the rest of the Inner Circle members all shared an entirely different and more sinister vision than Frost had initially believed: to control and manipulate the power of the Phoenix Force and have it cater to their own hidden agenda. Upon realizing the error of her ways, Emma betrays the Inner Circle and attempts to redeem herself in the eyes of the X-Men by not only rescuing Jean but, by also following through with her original plan of destroying the cosmic entity before it could mature. Unfortunately, her actions result in her apparent death. Rogue apologizes to Wolverine, and finally rejoins the X-Men for good. The now fully reformed X-Men are praised for their actions by Professor Xavier, but are warned of a new danger approaching: the
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.


Characters

The overall situations and the look of the series and character designs were inspired by the
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comic series.


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X-Men (present)

* Logan Howlett / Wolverine (Leader) * Scott Summers / Cyclops * Emma Frost / White Queen * Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast * Ororo Munroe / Storm * Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler * Warren Worthington III / Angel * Kitty Pryde / Shadowcat * Bobby Drake / Iceman * Anna-Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue * Piotr Rasputin / Colossus * Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix * Jonathon Silvercloud / Forge


X-Men (future)

* Charles Xavier / Professor X"Hindsight (Part 1)" * Lucas Bishop / Bishop * Ray Carter / Berzerker * Neena Thurman / Domino"Hindsight (Part 2)" * Julian Keller / Hellion * Kamal * Sarah Rushman / Marrow * Lorna Dane / Polaris (Magneto's daughter, and Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's younger sister) * "Rover" (a Sentinel who has befriended the future X-Men) * Telford Porter / Vanisher * Logan Howlett / Wolverine * Laura Kinney / X-23 (Wolverine's female clone)


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* Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver (Magneto's son, Scarlet Witch's twin brother, and Polaris' older brother) * Dominikos Petrakis / Avalanche * Fred Dukes / Blob * Mortimer Toynbee / Toad * Neena Thurman / Domino * Anna-Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue


Acolytes

* Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto"Hindsight (Part 3)" * Raven Darkholme / Mystique"Greetings From Genosha" * Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch (Magneto's daughter, Quicksilver's twin sister, and Polaris' older sister) * Lorna Dane / Polaris"Battle Lines" * Sarah Ryall / Scanner * John Allerdyce / Pyro * Clarice Ferguson / Blink * Cain Marko / Juggernaut * Cessily Kincaid / Mercury * Seamus Mellencamp * Suvik Senyaka * Kleinstock Brothers


Marauders

* Nathaniel Essex / Mister Sinister"eXcessive Force" * Phillippa Sontag / Arclight * Michael Baer / Blockbuster * Nathan Christopher Charles Summers / Cable (Cyclops's and Jean Gray's son and Rachel's half-brother) * Kodiak Noatak / Harpoon * Jamie Madrox / Multiple Man *
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* Warren Worthington III / Archangel"Guardian Angel"


Inner Circle

* Sebastian Shaw"Shades of Grey" *
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*
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* Selene Gallio * Emma Frost * Stepford Cuckoos"Foresight, Part I"


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/ Project: Wideawake

* Sen. Robert Kelly * Warren Worthington II (father of Angel) *
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* The Sentinels * The Prowlers *
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"Future X" * Dr. Sybil Zane *
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* Dr. Kavita Rao * Agent Haskett * Dr. Peterson


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* Truett Hudson / Prof. Andre Thorton * Dr. Abraham Cornelius * Victor Creed / Sabretooth * Christoph Nord / Maverick * Laura Kinney / X-23 * Logan Howlett / Wolverine * Raven Darkholme / Mystique


Other mutants

* En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse * Ashley Crawford / Big Bertha * Tabitha Smith / Boom Boom * Amando Munoz / Darwin * Alison Blaire / Dazzler * Mark Sheppard / DJ * Sooraya Qadir / Dust * Maria Callasantos / Feral"X-Calibre" *
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* Angelica Jones / Firestar * Remy LeBeau / Gambit"Thieves Gambit" *
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* Jubilation Lee / Jubilee * Monet St. Croix / M * M-Twins *
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* Alison Crestmere / Magma * Sarah Vale / Network * Robert Hunter / Nitro"Time Bomb" * Christy Nord / Petra"Past Discretions" (Maverick's daughter) * Megan Gwynn / Pixie * Betsy Braddock / Psylocke * Max Jordan / Quill *
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(Cyclops' and Jean Grey's daughter, and Cable's half-sister) * Santo Vaccarro / Rockslide * Jennifer Stavros / Roulette * Karl Lykos / Sauron *
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"Overflow" * Shatter * Kenuichio Hirada / Silver Samurai"Code of Conduct" * Sammy Paré / Squidboy * Noriko Ashida / Surge * Everett Thomas / Synch * John Proudstar / Thunderbird *
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* Hope Abbott / Trance *
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"Foresight, Part II" * Vindaloo (comics), Venkat Katregadda / Vindaloo * Washout (comics), John Lopez / Washout * Wolf Cub (comics), Nicholas Gleason / Wolf Cut * Wolfsbane (comics), Rahne Sinclair / Wolfsbane * Meggan (character), Meghan Puceanu


Supporting characters

* Mojo (comics), Mojo * Spiral (comics), Spiral * Reavers (comics), The Reavers * Nick Fury"Wolverine Vs. Hulk" * Hulk, Bruce Banner / Hulk * Wendigo (comics), Wendigo * Mariko Yashida


Episodes


Voice cast


Main voice cast

* Steve Blum – Wolverine (character), Wolverine / Logan, Vanisher, Vindaloo (comics), Vindaloo,
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* Susan Dalian –
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, Dr. Kavita Rao, Jean Grey's Nurse * Jennifer Hale –
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, Tabitha Smith, Boom Boom * Danielle Judovits –
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,
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* Tom Kane –
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, Professor Thorton * Yuri Lowenthal – Iceman (Marvel Comics), Iceman * Nolan North –
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, Colossus (comics), Colossus, Pyro (Marvel Comics), Pyro, Berzerker (comics), Berzerker * Liam O'Brien – Warren Worthington III, Angel / Archangel, Nightcrawler, Nitro (comics), Nitro * Roger Craig Smith –
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, Hellion (Marvel Comics), Hellion, Kamal, Rover the Sentinel * Fred Tatasciore – Beast, Hulk, Blockbuster (Marvel Comics), Blockbuster, Juggernaut (comics), Juggernaut, Harpoon (comics), Harpoon * Kieren van den Blink – Rogue (Marvel Comics), Rogue * Kari Wahlgren –
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, Magma (comics), Magma, Dr. Sybil Zane, Petra (comics), Kristie Nord * Neil Denis - Spyke and Cable (character), Cable * Jim Ward (voice actor), Jim Ward – Professor X, Warren Worthington II, Abraham Cornelius, Sentinels


Additional voices

* Charlie Adler – Mojo (comics), Mojo, Reavers (comics), The Reavers * Tamara Bernier Evans, Tamara Bernier – Mystique (comics), Mystique * Clancy Brown –
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* Benjamin Bryan – Young Scott Summers * A. J. Buckley – Toad (Marvel Comics), Toad * Corey Burton – John Grey * Grey DeLisle – Betsy Braddock in other media, Psylocke, Spiral (comics), Spiral, Network (comics), Network * Alex Désert – Nick Fury (Ultimate Marvel character), Nick Fury * Richard Doyle (actor), Richard Doyle – Senator Robert Kelly * Chris Edgerly – Agent Haskett * Crispin Freeman – Multiple Man, Maverick (comics), Maverick * Kate Higgins – Scarlet Witch, Pixie (X-Men), Pixie * Mark Hildreth (actor), Mark Hildreth – Quicksilver (comics), Quicksilver * Michael Ironside – Colonel Moss * Dominic Janes – Squidboy * Phil LaMarr – Gambit (Marvel Comics), Gambit,
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* Peter Lurie – Sabretooth * Gabriel Mann (actor), Gabriel Mann – Dr. Bruce Banner * Vanessa Marshall –
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* Graham McTavish – Sebastian Shaw * Liza del Mundo – Polaris (Marvel Comics), Polaris * Laraine Newman – Marjorie * Kevin Michael Richardson – Shadow King, Bishop (comics), Bishop * James Sie – Yakuza Leader, Ogun (comics), Sensei Ogun * André Sogliuzzo – Arclight (comics), Arclight * Stephen Stanton – Blob (comics), Blob * April Stewart –
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* Tara Strong – Marrow (comics), Marrow, Dust (comics), Dust, Firestar (comics), Firestar, X-23, Stepford Cuckoos * James Patrick Stuart – Avalanche (comics), Avalanche * Gwendoline Yeo – Domino (comics), Domino,
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, Mariko Yashida * Keone Young – Kenuichio Harada, Silver Samurai


Production

Toonz Animation India and First Serve International formed a joint venture Toonz First Serve to produce ''Wolverine''. By November 2007, Toonz First Serve began production on the series. The show was being sold by Marvel Entertainment in the US and by Liberation Entertainment internationally. In May 2008, the series was pick up by CBeebies. On November 4, 2008, a second season, consisting of 26 episodes was confirmed as being in production by Toonz Entertainment and Marvel Animation. During Comic Con 2009, images of season 2 were shown, consisting of Bastion (comics), Bastion, Cable (comics), Cable, Colossus (comics), Colossus, Deadpool, Havok (comics), Havok, Jubilee (comics), Jubilee, and Magik (Illyana Rasputin), Magik. It was announced that these characters were to appear in season 2. Colossus was set to receive a reintroductory storyline and would have been a regular character in season 2. Joshua Fine also revealed that Holocaust (Marvel Comics), Holocaust, Sunfire (comics), Sunfire, and Unus the Untouchable, Unus The Untouchable would have made appearances in season 2. Joshua Fine confirmed that Deadpool (comics), Deadpool would have been in a Weapon X episode also featuring X-23, X-23 / Laura Kinney, and other obscure characters.


Cancellation

On April 13, 2010, Comics Continuum reported that (according to an inside source) a second season seemed very unlikely. On April 15, 2010, Marvel Animation Age confirmed the recent report that ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' would not be returning for a second season. The reason for this was due to financial problems with their financing partner due to Disney purchasing Marvel while Fox owned the movie rights to the X-Men.


Later allusions in other Marvel media

* Steven Blum, Tom Kane, and Fred Tatasciore reprise their respective roles as Wolverine, Professor Thornton, and Hulk in ''Hulk Vs. Wolverine'' (a prequel to the series). * Alex Désert, Gabriel Mann, Tatasciore, Blum, and Kane all reprise their respective roles as Nick Fury, Bruce Banner, Hulk, Wolverine and Professor Thornton in ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. ** The MRD is also mentioned in passing in ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. * Nolan North reprises his role as Cyclops in the animated series ''Black Panther (TV series), Black Panther''. * Blum, Liam O'Brien, Jim Ward (voice actor), Jim Ward, and Kane each return as Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Professor X, and Magneto in ''Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game), Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Video Game''. But only Blum and Ward reprise their characters for ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. * Blum, Tara Strong, Kane, Susan Dalian, Jennifer Hale, and Ward return as the voices of Wolverine, X-23, Magneto, Storm, Jean Grey, and Sentinel in ''Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'' and ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3''. * Blum, North, Phil LaMarr, and Kari Wahlgren return to voice Wolverine, Cyclops, Gambit, and Emma Frost in ''X-Men: Destiny''. * Blum, Hale, and Tatasciore reprise their roles of Wolverine, Jean Grey, and Beast in ''Marvel Anime: X-Men'' while Gwendoline Yeo reprises her role of Mariko Yashida in ''Marvel Anime: Wolverine''. * Blum, Kate Higgins, O'Brien, Tatasciore, Wahlgren, and Ward return as Wolverine, Scarlet Witch, Nightcrawler, Beast, Hulk, Emma Frost, and Professor X in ''Marvel Heroes (video game), Marvel Heroes''. * Blum, Kane, Higgins, and O'Brien reprise their respective roles as Wolverine, Magneto, Scarlet Witch, and Nightcrawler in ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order''. ** Tatasciore also reprises his roles as Hulk and Beast in ''Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order''.


Broadcast history


United States

However, the speculation came to a rest as according to Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Quarterly reports, the show was set to air in the United States in Spring 2009. It was also confirmed in an article by USA Today's website in which it specifically mentions the cartoon starting on January 23, 2009, on Nicktoons. On January 23, 2009, the show premiered in the United States, with the first two episodes shown back-to-back on NickToons, which were re-aired on Nickelodeon two days later. The next 6 episodes followed weekly before a two-month break. New episodes began on May 22, 2009, as advertised with commercials on the channel then stopped after June 19, 2009, till the network advertised that they will be showing new episodes on July 31, 2009, after or before new episodes of ''Iron Man: Armored Adventures''.


United Kingdom

On June 23, 2008, a second preview for the series, starring the main X-Men team, was released to announce the special screening of the 3-part pilot episodes that aired at the San Diego Comic-Con International, San Diego Comic-Con in late July 2008. Press releases indicated that the first episode was due to premiere on August 2, 2008, on BBC Two in the UK, however, it was postponed and premiered on January 4, 2009, on the CBBC Channel. Initially, one new episode aired every Sunday, but on January 25, 2009, CBBC started airing two new episodes every Sunday. The time slots varied, and the episodes were available for viewing on the BBC iPlayer for a limited time after they aired. As of mid February 2009, some new episodes were shown on weekdays instead of at the weekend. Some episodes with scenes showing heavy violence were censored and Episode 17 was not shown on CBBC as there was a duel to the death in the storyline (along with one scene depicting blood). CBBC in the UK overtook Canada on March 4, 2009, when it aired the 20th episode, "Breakdown.” In 2009, BBC Alba started broadcasting the series dubbed into Scottish Gaelic as "An Sionnach Sgianach is Na Seòid". premiere on November 16, 2013, on Kix (UK and Ireland TV channel), Kix channel in the UK.


Canada

Early news had speculated the show to air in Fall 2008 in the United States. The series started airing on YTV on Saturday, September 6, 2008, in the 7:00 p.m. time slot. When its time slot was switched to Saturday morning programming, Crunch, it aired at 11:30 a.m. Starting in January 2009, the show was also shown on Teletoon (Canadian TV channel), Teletoon, where only episodes that previously aired on YTV were shown.


Latin America and Brazil

In Brazil and Latin America, the series aired on Jetix Brazil and Jetix (Latin America) starting August 25, 2008 from Mondays to Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. Unusually, all 26 episodes of the first season were aired in Brazil and Latin America before the series started in any other country. Also, the series airs in Rede Record in Brazil from Mondays to Fridays at 7:00 p.m., starting November 9, 2009. In Mexico, the series aired on Azteca 7.


Australia

In Australia, the first series aired on ABC1 Sunday mornings. The series was then repeated weekdays in early morning and late afternoon timeslots. The show then aired on ABC3, along with other series from Marvel Animation on Sunday nights.


Merchandise

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Reception

Due in part to the abundance of advertising for the series done by Nicktoons and Marvel, the Nicktoons premiere of ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' garnered over 3,500,000 viewers, one of the network's highest ratings ever. * Hindsight, Part One – 3,436,000 viewers * Hindsight, Part Two – 4,589,000 viewers


Home media


United Kingdom

The first announced DVD was a UK release by Liberation Entertainment, which was set to be released in November 2008 However, the UK branch of Liberation closed, leaving the release cancelled. E1 Entertainment finally released the series starting with a Volume 1 release featuring the first 7 episodes in April 2009. The second volume was released on October 19, 2009, to coincide with the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on DVD. This volume contained an additional 7 episodes. On February 8, 2010, Volume 3 was released containing the next 6 episodes, leaving the last 6 episodes to be released in Volume 4 on July 26, 2010. The complete boxed set with all twenty-six episodes was released on July 11, 2011.


United States

The holder of the DVD license for the show in the US is Lionsgate Entertainment (who partners with Marvel Animation). On April 21, 2009, they released ''Volume 1: Heroes Return Trilogy'' featuring the first three episodes. The next release, ''Volume 2: Deadly Enemies'' came out on July 21, 2009, and features the next five episodes. ''Volume 3: Beginning of the End'' was released on November 3, 2009, with five more episodes. ''Volume 4: Fate of the Future'' was released on February 2, 2010, with five more episodes. ''Volume 5: Revelation'' was released on May 4, 2010, along with Volume 5 of '' X-Men: The Animated Series''. Marvel formally announced the sixth and final part of the series, ''Volume 6: Final Crisis Trilogy'' was released on August 17, 2010. The complete series was released on DVD on October 12, 2010. The entire series was later put on Disney+.


Canada

Liberation Entertainment released a single-disc "Season 1: Chapter 1" package on April 14, 2009, with the first four episodes of the series. A second single disc package, "Season 1: Chapter 2" holding the next four episodes was released on July 21, 2009, although the packaging mentioned a fifth episode that was not included for unknown reasons. Also, a 5-disc set of the complete first season in Steelbook packaging was released September 15, 2009. The set includes all 26 episodes in widescreen format, character bios, an image gallery and an audio commentary on the episode Overflow.


Mexico

Buena Vista Home Entertainment Mexico announced the release of the first DVD R4 containing the initial 6 episodes by Fall 2008. As of May 2009, the whole 26 episodes of the first season were available in different stores. A Wolverine comic was packed with the DVD set as part of the promotional merchandise for the release of ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''.


Australia

Magna Home Entertainment has announced that the full first season (26 episodes) has been released in Australia with a Limited Edition Wolverine Mold Case. ''Wolverine and the X-Men: X-Calibre'' (6 Episodes) and ''Wolverine and the X-Men: Wolverine VS The Hulk'' (6 Episodes) has been released with ''Wolverine and the X-Men: Hunting Grounds'' (7 Episodes) released on July 8, 2009. Wolverine and the ''X-Men: Breakdown'' (7 Episodes).


Bulgaria

''Wolverine and the X-Men'' was going to be released on DVD, but there is still no information about any date. The trailer can be seen on the ''Biker Mice from Mars (2006 TV series), Biker Mice from Mars'' Season 1 DVD.


Russia

The whole series was released on DVD in Russia.


Italy

Panini Comics released the first season under its ''Panini Video'' imprint. It was the last DVD published by Panini.


References


External links

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