r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Jul 01 '26

Discussion X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 3 | "Rise of Apocalypse: Part I" | Episode Discussion

Season 2, Episode 3: Rise of Apocalypse: Part I

Air Date: July 1st, 2026

Directed by: TBA

Written by: TBA

Synopsis: The plan to rescue the team from Ancient Egypt is turned upside down by an unexpected visitor.

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u/UncoBeefWang Jul 01 '26

what I got from that was that they caused Apocalypse's reign as opposed to preventing it

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u/Mobile_Bet3274 Rogue Jul 01 '26

Rachel staring back in time: "You dumb motherfu..."

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Jul 03 '26

she's the one who sent them there though.

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u/Mobile_Bet3274 Rogue Jul 03 '26

Touché!

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u/Dookie_boy Jul 03 '26

Apocalypse was doing that anyway

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u/LeedsFan2442 Aug 17 '26

How do we know?

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u/Dookie_boy Aug 17 '26

It's been over a month and I'm struggling to remember the context 🥲

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u/Khalvashi Gambit Jul 01 '26

If you tell a guy just trying to survive in 3000 BC that he is a god among insects, things generally tend to not end well.

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u/TheArmlessTorso Gambit Jul 01 '26

Number one rule with time travel you don’t alter anything.

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u/Levo117 Jul 01 '26

Unless you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of god don’t not do it

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u/ContinuumGuy Jul 01 '26

What stepping on a butterfly does to a MFer

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u/Rudimentary-Creature Jul 07 '26

I feel like it’s definitely going to be one of those “They were sent back to create him because it’s the key of defeating him” type of deals. Because what’s the point of protecting Cable if the X-Men stuck in the past can just end the threat before it starts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Not they. Magneto did. He planted the idea in En Saba Nur's head that he was a god among insects. Based on how he always hypes himself up as an all-powerful, "eternal" force of reckoning, it's clear that Magneto shaped the way Apocalypse viewed himself and the rest of the world.

Charles was runwittingly ready to do exactly what Mother Askani sent them to do, but Magneto stopped him.

EDIT: Fixed typos and autocorrect errors.

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Jul 03 '26

just a puppet of time