Real Name: En Sabah Nur
Mutant Powers: It's a bit unclear. What IS clear is that this version of Apocalypse has more powers than his old version. Observed powers include: The ability to hover; the ability to communicate telepathically; telekinesis; the ability to send out force blasts; superhuman strength and endurance; to activate machinery by merely willing it; to take control of machinery; the ability to grow and shrink in size by taking in mass from an extradimensional source; and the ability to convert his appendages into something else, like a gun. The latter three have only been observed after he "upgraded" himself in "Ascension", though.
Voice Actor: David Kaye (who also does the voice for Megatron in Beast Machines, Beast Wars, Armada, and Energon, Noble in Beast Machines, and Professor Xavier)
Guest Appearances: "Dark Horizon, Part 2"; "Impact"; "Ascension, Part 1"; and "Ascension, Part 2"
Back Story: As an infant, Apocalypse
was abandoned to die in the desert. Oh, yeah, did I mention that this was
about 3,000 B.C.? Anyways, a tribesman named Baal found the baby and took
him as his own. Apocalypse grew up under Baal, and it was quickly realized
by others that he was unnaturally good at combat. No one could beat him.
Word made its way up to the Egyptian pharaoh Rama Tut, who considered this
kid a threat to his throne and ordered him killed. An army came and engaged
Baal's tribe, and everyone was killed... except for En Sabah Nur. He, in
retaliation, fought his way to and apparently killed Rama Tut, taking over
the Egyptian kingdom. He mastered all of the secrets of Rama Tut's secret
technology (as it was clear by the flashbacks that Rama Tut was a traveler
from the far-flung future). He found a device called the Eye of Ages, and
came up with a plan to use it to turn the entire world into Mutants, using
himself as the power source. His advisors caught wind of this plan, though,
and after Apocalypse started to power the machine, they shut him in it-
Apocalypse was too weak to do anything about it. They then shut him behind
three doors, in the hopes that he would never again walk the Earth.
But of course, he would.
Roughly 5,000 years later, Apocalypse telepathically gathered an "acolyte"
of sorts- a mind-controlling mutant named Mesmero. Mesmero's cleverness
eventually got Apocalypse freed, and Apocalypse tried to re-instate his
master plan for the world. He uncovered three ancient pyramids around the
world- in Mexico, China, and Egypt- and was going to use the Sphinx to
power the three pyramids- which were actually very high-tech structures
underneath their "old stone" facade. He then upgraded himself by merging
with some of the technology to strengthen himself, and then tried his plan
again. Rogue, having absorbed Leech's powers, was able to stop him, though,
and shut him in the device again. Logan slashed the controls, and the time-traveling
device slipped through the cracks of time. Apocalypse has not been seen
since.
Personality: Apocalypse has had, what, five lines? Not much of a personality can be discerned from that. Still, from what I've been able to figure out, Apocalypse very much believes that he should rule the world, but he's not so headstrong that he'll ignore obvious dangers. He's a very thoughtful, stern individual, and only speaks when something needs to be said. He has absolutely no compassion at all, and is definitely THE arch-villain.
Final Reflections: I really liked the Evo version of Apocalypse. Not only did David Kaye really do his voice justice, but Apocalypse just seemed like so much more of a competent bad guy than the "classic" Apocalypse, who was definitely a threat, but was... rather stupid and too wordy. I also liked how it took a while for Apocalypse to achieve his "cyborg" form, instead of outright having it. I mean, really, why would a 3,000-year-old man make himself look like a cyborg? I wish this version of Apocalypse would've come back and gotten some more lines, if in some alternate reality X-Men: Evolution got a few more seasons.
(Pictures courtesy of Matt.)