Editing X-Men: Evolution (section)

===Comparison with original comics===
The ''X-Men: Evolution'' series was targeted at a younger audience and as such portrays the majority of characters as adolescents rather than adults like in ''X-Men: The Animated Series''.<ref name="Ten years tough for X-Men"/> In the series, like many animated series based on comics, completely new characters were introduced including [[Spyke]].<ref>{{cite news|title= The X-teens|newspaper= [[Sun-Sentinel]]|publisher=[[Tronc|Tribune Publishing]]|url= http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-12-10/entertainment/0012080789_1_ultimate-x-men-diamond-comics-distributors-superheroes/2|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120524102140/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-12-10/entertainment/0012080789_1_ultimate-x-men-diamond-comics-distributors-superheroes/2|url-status= dead|archive-date= May 24, 2012|access-date=October 23, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The History of Wolverine and the X-Men on TV|website=[[IGN]]|publisher=Ziff Davis|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/709/709943p3.html|access-date=October 23, 2010}}</ref> As much of the cast were teenagers, they are shown regularly attending high school in addition to the Xavier's Institute. At the latter, Professor X, Storm, Wolverine and later Beast also acted as their teachers at the institute. Beast also served as a chemistry teacher to the cast at high school prior to his transformation.

''X-Men: Evolution'' is set in [[Bayville, New York]], the state established in the episode "The Beast of Bayville", where Kitty Pryde receives a package from her parents addressed to Bayville, New York. Furthermore, in the early part of the series (until the end of season 2) most people are unaware of the existence of mutants. Also, the "Brotherhood" team is not known as the "Brotherhood of Evil Mutants" within the context of this series. They are not a team of terrorists or mutant supremacists. Instead, the Brotherhood is made up of misfit mutants and [[juvenile delinquents]] who often oppose the X-Men (in physical, social and philosophical realms).

The series was created as a stark contrast to ''X-Men: The Animated Series''. The series' [[Bible (screenwriting)|bible]] was written by [[Robert N. Skir]] and Marty Isenberg (albeit uncredited), who meant to take The X-Men back to their roots as high school students learning to control their superpowers, as when the comics termed them "The Strangest Teens of All".{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}} Whereas the Fox series reflected the then-current role of X-Men as freedom fighters battling persecution and bigotry against mutantkind, ''X-Men: Evolution'' used the theme of mutant powers as a metaphor for the struggles of adolescence.<ref name="Ten years tough for X-Men"/>

The look of the series was designed by Producer [[Boyd Kirkland]] and artist [[Frank Paur]], who created new costumes for the X-Men, replacing the comics-faithful designs of ''X-Men: The Animated Series'' with [[anime]]-influenced costumes which were much more animation-friendly.

The first season mainly concerned the characters' conflict with Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants as well as served as an introductory to many of the characters to allow people to get used to these new teenage versions. Later seasons predominantly featured Apocalypse as an adversary, introduced versions of the [[New Mutants]], [[Morlocks (comics)|Morlocks]] and Magneto's Acolytes as well as posed the U.S. Government as an adversary to all parties.

The series revealed a detailed knowledge of canon history in a number of small ways. Examples include the evolution of Cerebro from a console device, Shadowcat's initial uneasiness around Nightcrawler and [[Forge (comics)|Forge]]'s scientific arrogance along with his devices causing [[unintended consequence]]s. Rogue is shown to absorb Cyclops' powers in the correct manner. In the Fox series, she also absorbed his lack of control over his beams (which was a result of a brain injury, not inherent in his powers). ''X-Men: Evolution'' shows her with full control over them, just as Scott would if he had not sustained a brain injury. In "Survival of the Fittest", Xavier says that Juggernaut acquired his powers through mysticism (but unlike the comic, says that it unlocked a latent mutant power), and in "The Cauldron" Magneto develops his mutant-enhancing technology from that same Jewel of Cyttorak (but says that he has found it to be scientific rather than mystical). In "Day of Recovery", [[Toad (Marvel Comics)|Toad]] is seen to be quite comfortable with technology and in "Operation Rebirth", the [[Prisoner of war|POW]] camp Magneto is held in as a child is visually similar (in the opening shot) to [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]], though it is not identified as such.

In addition, [[Beast (Marvel Comics)|Beast]]'s origin is almost identical to that of the comic, despite the change in profession and setting. [[Mesmero]] is shown as part of a circus troupe, much like his appearance in the "Phoenix Saga". Aside from this, supporting characters like Bolivar Trask, Nick Fury, Captain America, Destiny, Agatha Harkness and Amanda Sefton were all taken from the X-Men comic, usually serving to homage to originals without necessarily staying completely faithful to their form.

Another difference between the comic and the show is the name changes. Toad, originally Mortimer Toynbee, is changed to Todd Tolansky who has a [[New York Accent]], and Avalanche, originally Dominic Petros, is changed to Lance Alvers. Both changed names are a play on their codenames. Also, their nationalities were changed to American from, respectively, British and Greek.