Bright Eyes

"Bright Eyes" is the seventh episode of the Marvel Comics Disney+ animated series X-Men '97. It premiered on April 24, 2024.

Synopsis[]

Cyclops focuses the X-Men on finding Bolivar Trask. However, when the team locates the Sentinel inventor, they realize that they all have been played by a mastermind.

Plot[]

As the X-Men hold a funeral for Gambit, Rogue angrily searches for Gyrich and Trask. After gaining information from Thaddeus Ross and Captain America, Rogue finds Gyrich in Mexico and absorbs his memories. Gyrich is killed later that night by a mysterious man, who is working with Sinister. While assisting in the recovery efforts at Genosha, the X-Men are contacted by Trask, who tells them that he is in Madripoor. They get Rogue on the way. Roberto and Jubilee visit Roberto's mother and tell her that he is a mutant. She asks him to keep his identity a secret. In Madripoor, the X-Men learn that Sinister and a mysterious "OZT" organization have been developing a highly advanced Sentinel program. Rogue drops Trask to his death, unknowingly activating programming that turns him into a human-Sentinel hybrid. Cable arrives, defeats Trask, and explains that Sinister is working with a greater threat that they must stop. This threat is Bastion, who reveals to Sinister that Xavier is alive in space and that Magneto, presumed dead in the Genosha attack, is also alive and is Bastion's prisoner.

Cast[]

• Ray Chase as Scott Summers/Cyclops
• Lenore Zann as Anna-Marie Raven/Rogue
• Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey
• Gavin Hammon as Bolivar Trask
• Theo Chou as Sebastion Gilberti/Bastion
• Holly Chou as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee
• Adrian Hough as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawl, Strong Guy
• Cal Dodd as James Howlett/Wolverine
• Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers/Captain America
• Gui Agustini as Roberto Da Costa/Sunspot
• George Buza as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast
• J.P. Karliak as Kevin Sydney/Morph, Intercom
• Michael Patrick McGill as Thaddeus Ross
• Christine Uhebe as Nina Da Costa
• Donna Jay Fulks as Trish Tilby, Amelia
• Chris Potter as Nathan Summers/Cable
• Todd Haberkorn as Henry Gyrich, Sweaty Soldier
• Chris Britton as Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister
• Ron Rubin as President Robert Kelly
• Ross Marquand as Charles Xavier/Professor X
• Martha Marion as Emma Frost
• Jeff Bennett as Ford

Aditional voices[]

• Davin Collins
• Terri Douglas
• Robin Atkin Downes
• Arthur Ortiz
• Michael Ralph
• Helen Sadler
• Matthew Wood
• Shelby Young

Trivia[]

• During the X-Men's battle with Trask, who's revealed to be a Prime Sentinel, various companies are featured from Marvel Comics. This includes Roxxon Corporation, Stark Industries, and Hammer Industries.
• This episode marks Bastion's television debut.
• Voice actors Josh Keaton and Michael McGill reprise their roles as Captain America and Thaddeus Ross, who both previously voiced the characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe animated series What If...?.
• Sunspot's parents already knew that he was a mutant

Gallery[]

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Media X-Men '97 • comics • Marvel Studios: Assembled Characters X-Men: Scott Summers/Cyclops • Logan/Wolverine • Anna-Marie Raven/Rogue • Ororo Munroe/Storm • Henry McCoy/Beast • Jubilation Lee/Jubilee • Jean Grey • Roberto Da Costa/Sunspot • Remy LeBeau/Gambit • Charles Xavier/Professor X • Kevin Sydney/Morph • Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler Villains: Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto • Ronan the Accuser • Helmut Zemo/Baron Zemo • Crimson Dynamo • Other Characters: Thaddeus Ross • Steve Rogers/Captain America • Tony Stark/Iron Man • Peter Parker/Spider-Man • Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange • Matthew Murdock/Daredevil • Cloak and Dagger • T'Chaka/Black Panther • Darkstar Episodes Season One: "To Me, My X-Men" • "Mutant Liberation Begins" • "Fire Made Flesh" • "Motendo / Lifedeath Pt. 1" • "Remember It" • "Lifedeath Pt. 2" • "Bright Eyes" • "Tolerance is Extinction" Locations X-Mansion • Genosha • Egypt • New York City • Wakanda • Madripoor See also X-Men Theme • Mutants • Captain America's Shield • Vibranium • Web-Shooters • Adamantium