A long time ago there was a happy kingdom ruled by a handsome prince and his true love, the fair Princess Jean...
Appearances
Featured Characters:
- Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (Main story and flashback)
- Gambit (First appearance)
- Jubilee (First appearance)
- Logan (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- X-Men (Main story and flashback)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Main story and flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashback)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (Main story and flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Jean Grey
- The Handsome Prince (First appearance)
- Princess Jean (First appearance)
- Xavier the All-Knowing (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Magnus the Malevolent (First appearance) (Apparent death)
- Metal Warriors (First appearance)
- Sabretooth (First appearance)
- Mastermind (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Spencer and other school children (First appearance)
- President Robert Kelly (Mentioned)
- Longshot (First appearance)
- Guild of Thieves (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-92131
- United States of America
- New York
- Westchester County
- X-Mansion (Main story and flashback)
- Caves under X-Mansion
- Westchester County
- New York
- United States of America
- Earth-961116 (First appearance)
- Guild of Thieves' Vault (First appearance)
- Magnus' Fortress (First appearance)
- Dungeons (First appearance)
- Great Vault (First appearance)
- Happy Kindgom's Castle
Items:
- X-Uniforms (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine's Suit (Only in flashback)
- Hoverchair (Main story and flashback)
- Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses
- Sat-Com 2000 Digital Beeper
- Metal Warriors' Helmets
- MacTaggert Crystal (First appearance)
- Gambit's Staff
Vehicles:
- X-Men Blackbird (Only in flashback)
Synopsis
Jubilee leads a group of school children on tour of a cave on Mansion property, only to be caught in a cave-in. As the water in the cave rises, she keeps the kids calm by spinning a medieval fairy tale of knights, princesses, trolls, and dragons. Some of these characters might just seem to resemble the X-Men. As she tells the kids the stories, the real X-Men arrive and save them.
Notes
- This episode was based on Uncanny X-Men #153 (January, 1982), though there are several notable changes. While the original comic book version of this story, told by Kitty Pryde, was a retelling of the Dark Phoenix Saga in a pseudo-"Arabian Nights" setting, Jubilee's version was a more archetypal "Swords & Sorcery" story set in a much more traditionally Western fantasy world.
- Outside of the two-part story where he debuted, this is one of the few times a version of Magneto has been depicted as an outright villain in the animated series without changing sides to fight alongside the X-Men.