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Episode 32: The Stuff of Heroes

Introducing: Reporter Man? The Chairman of some US Government Thing?

The Gist of It: This ep opens with the cops/army dudes/inspectors running around and inspecting the Institute. Some reporters get nosy and shoved out of the area and cut to... some news report on mutants (which has inspectors looking at Freddy's lovely heart boxers... at least now we know he doesn't wear briefs). Rogue and Logan watch this from some convenience store, and Rogue complains about looking fat. Silly girl. Anywho, some army guys bust in, as they are prone to doing in this ep, and so Rogue and Logan repare to fight. In order to leave us hanging in suspense, the episode cuts to... the opening credits!!

And so, a fight scene between Rogue, Logan and the army dudes ensues, and Logan manages to kick their asses because he's cool like that. And thus, more army dudes come into the store, and manage to get defeated by whipped cream and newspapers (wow, those wacky muties sure know how to be creative in a fight!). Logan and Rogue then ride away on Logan's motorcycle.

Meanwhile, some reporter talks about mutant sightings, then cuts to a press conference in Washington with the guv'mint people. They're about ready to talk about how evil mutants are when... Storm and Beast come in! Storm reveals that they're mutants and that the "witch hunt" must stop.

Cut to: a train. Juggernaut's in the train, resting much like one of those train hobos, and some little man talks to a burly police cop about it. Burly Police Guy tries to get him out of the train, so Juggernaut ever so politely informs him that "I'm Juggernaut!" and... leaves the train relatively peacefully. Relatively.

And now we cut to... a cave! Scott's in the process of brooding, and so Jean tries to talk to him. After first being a little pissy, they talk about how "the Professor would want you to blah blah blah" and whatnot, then have a moment. Awww. This moment is quickly interrupted by Kurt, who's trying to get Evan's mini-TV to work so that they can watch the news. He gets the TV working, so they watch (after Kitty and Bobby make some adjustments).

Meanwhile, Logan and Rogue escape on the bike while helicopters chase them. Logan, being the big cool guy that he is, falls off the bike after getting whacked with a tree branch because he didn't duck, but all is well as he's able to get back on and they ride into the sunset!

In Washington, Beast and Storm talk about the Sentinel attack, and are suddenly blamed for it when the ever wise and intelligent chairman says "Well, maybe you guys built it! And you couldn't control it!" Yeah. That's about all the X-Men get to see, as Logan and Rogue kind of bust in followed by helicopters. Logan wants to go and fight the army guys in the helicopters because they're "the enemy", but Scott refuses, saying that the Professor wouldn't want that. Being the ever mature grownup, Logan says that since Scott wants to be in charge, he's leaving. And so, he leaves. The X-Men fend off the helicopters and manage to get to their chopper. Jean makes it so that the helicopters chasing them can't fly anymore, and the X-Men escape.

Back somewhere else, a reporter van drives and is almost hit by a flying police car. This is the result of Juggy, who's single handedly defeated the entire police force of Random Town, USA.

Back in Washington, the Chairman blames mutants for world hunger, war, unhappiness (okay, maybe not), and says that they're monsters when Beast tries to talk some sense into him. Being the delightful and understanding soul that he is... he continues to call mutants monsters. They then bring the Juggernaut thing on TV, show how he's throwing tanks and causing problems, and the Chairmen does the "Nyah nyah, I told you so!" thing.

In the chopper, the X-Men are also watching Juggy in action. They talk about how he's unstoppable and loose and whatnot, and so before the commercial break, Scott gets the "I am determined" look on his face.

Meanwhile, Juggs gets ready to do some nastiness that'll hurt the city by using a damn (why, I do not know), and then proceeds to begin breaking said dam. Scott doesn't want to get involved, reasoning that the people are just going to blame mutants for their problems, but Jean asks him "What would the Professor do?" (reminds me of those little "What Would Jesus Do?" bracelets that used to be soooo popular), and Scott gets resolve and decides to come to the rescue.

And so, Jurt saves some army guys who would otherwise have been unsaved in Juggy's mindless destruction, smiles for the camera, and then the X-Men proceed to beat up on Juggs. There is then a big fight scene. Jean and Bobby stop up the dam and Kurt unfastens Juggernaut's helmet while the guy's down. Juggs then tosses Kurt and, instead of refastening his helmet like a smart man, proceed to cause more brainless destruction. And so, Scott whoops his ass with an insanely large and powerful optic blast and-- it doesn't stop Juggernaut. Nothing stops the Juggernaut. He is the Juggernaut. Therefore, he cannot be stopped. And so, the Juggernaut grabs Scott's face and is about to crush his skull or punch him or something, when the X-Men attack him and Rogue absorbs his powers. This still doesn't stop him, but she manages to kick his ass and Bobby has him encased in ice.

The Chairman watches this from TV and is all like "Huh?" and Storm's like "Seeee, they use their powers for good! Jackass." Only she doesn't say that last part. Anywho, back at Some Town, USA, the X-Men prepare to leave, and Rogue kind of stumbles, so Scott helps her. She says that she knows where the Professor is because she got a large chunk of Juggy's mind, and so we quickly cut to Juggernaut's prison, where Prof X is being held in the glowing green goo that had Juggy trapped. The guard man's all like "Wow, that's weird!" and lets the Prof out and then Logan comes back all "You done well, kid" to Scott.

The President then comes on TV and says that muties are a-ok by him, has Trask arrested for being a jerk and building giant robots, and tells the American people to have an open mind and be nice to those that are different. There's then a scene of the X-Men hanging around the rubbles of the Institute with the Prof and then...

Magneto and his "Acolytes" are watching TV! And that's all they really do. We just see them (sans Pyro >.>), Pietro, then a close up of Magneto.

The end!

Brotherhood Moments: If you count Pietro as part of the Brotherhood still, then yeah, there's one. The veeeeery end, where he's watching the news with the "Acolytes"

My Opinion: Uhh, okay... is it just me, or does Rogue have a new voice actor? She sounded a little different. Anywho, I liked the episode... I mean, I REALLY liked it a lot, but Juggernaut seriously pissed me off towards the end. There's only so strong you can make a character before he becomes unbearably annoying (hence the reason why I loathe Apocalypse). I mean, c'mon, Scott's uber-blast-from-hell should've at least had him winded! And speaking of which, Scott seriously impressed me in this ep when he did that. I'm proud of him :D

Oh, and the ending, where they get Professor X back, seemed kinda rushed. The whole episode was action and angst, then the end was like "*lightbulb goes off in head* I know where the Professor is! *they get the Professor back* *the end*". I dunno, I mean, I guess there's only so much time you CAN devote to that anyway, and it would've been boring if they prolonged the "Finding Professor X" part, but still. So sudden. Oh yeah, and the lack of Pyro saddened me at the end. Remember how in Season 1 Pietro would just magically go missing in Brotherhood scenes? I have a feeling that's what's going to happen with Pyro in Evo >.> But still, nifty ep!

Rating (out of 5): 4. Very nifty episode! I'd give it a 5, but by the end of the ep I was just like "Oh, just kill Juggernaut already, I don't care anymore!"

BH Babble:

: Man, I can't believe they showed my boxers on TV!
: Yeah, that was more than I wanted to see.
: At least now we know he doesn't wear briefs :D
: Geez, Freddy, when was the last time you washed those things?
: ...
: Er... hehe? :D
: ...
: I see you're still mad about the... thing with the... uh... I'm gonna be leaving now... *zips off*



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