On this episode of XXL Men, we dive into the X-Men: The Animated Series episode “Whatever It Takes” — where Storm faces off against one of the show’s weirdest and creepiest threats: a demonic psychic cloud with possession on the brain, because apparently the writers looked at Storm and said, “What if her problems got significantly more supernatural?”
We’re talking about the Shadow King, Storm’s connection to Mjnari, the episode’s mystical horror energy, and the way this one leans hard into Storm’s history, power, and spiritual strength. It’s a wild blend of action, nightmare fuel, emotional stakes, and Saturday morning cartoon chaos that somehow works because Storm can sell basically anything.
We also get into how completely unhinged this premise is in the best possible way. This is not just mutant politics or robot punching. This is evil astral cloud nonsense. This is psychic warfare. This is Storm having to battle a malevolent force that wants inside her mind and body, which is a sentence only X-Men could make feel normal.
Watch, like, comment, and subscribe — and let us know: is “Whatever It Takes” an underrated Storm spotlight, or one of the most gloriously bizarre episodes in the whole series?
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