X-Men ’97 Creator Reveals Alternate Season 1 Ending

An alternative ending for X-Men ’97 Season 1 has been revealed.

X-Men ’97 is an animated Marvel series that debuted on Disney+ in March 2024. The show was created by Beau DeMayo; however, DeMayo was fired as head writer of the show shortly before it premiered after he completed work on the first two seasons.

On X, DeMayo shared a screenplay of a scene that was ultimately cut from X-Men ’97.

What happens in the alternate X-Men ’97 Season 1 ending?

The cut X-Men ’97 ending scene would have seen Forge come face-to-face with Kitty Pryde and her pet dragon Lockheed, along with Colossus. Kitty, Lockheed, and Colossus don’t appear in the final, finished version of the first show; although, there is a moment where Morph briefly shape-shifts into Colossus.

Read the full scene below:

The synopsis for X-Men ’97 Season 1 reads, “Marvel Animation’s X-Men’97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.”

The show’s voice cast includes Ray Chase as Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Cal Dodd as Logan/Wolverine, J. P. Karliak as Morph, Lenore Zann as Rogue, George Buza as Dr. Henry “Hank” McCoy/Beast, A. J. LoCascio as Remy LeBeau/Gambit, Holly Chou as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee, Isaac Robinson-Smith as Lucas Bishop, Matthew Waterson as Erik “Magnus” Lehnsherr/Magneto, Ross Marquand as Professor Charles Xavier, and Adrian Hough as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler.

X-Men ’97 Season 1 is available to stream on Disney+ in its entirety. The second season is currently being developed but does not yet have a premiere date, while a third season is also in the works.