Mighty Max (TV series)

Max receives a package in the mail containing a small statue inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs that read: "You have been chosen to be the cap-bearer. Go to the mini-mart and wait for a sign, Mighty Max". Shocked by the message, Max drops the statue, shattering it and revealing a red baseball cap emblazoned with a yellow 'M'.

Upon arriving at the minimart, Max is chased by a lava-monster sent by Skullmaster. As Max flees, the cap activates a vortex which transports him instantly from his current location to the Mongolian desert. Max is met by Virgil and Norman where he learns that his destiny had been foretold in a prophecy, circa 3,000 BC.

Based on: Mighty Max Trapped in Skull Mountain

Max's afternoon plans are interrupted when Virgil explains that he must again save the world. This time he is whisked away to protect the Earth from an invasion of brain-devouring aliens. Neither Max nor Virgil's skills include complex computer codes. A very reluctant Max must turn to the school's most annoying computer nerd, Ernie, in order to break the alien codes and save the planet.

Based on: Mighty Max Terminates Wolfship 7

Max's attempts to attract the attention of Jiffie, a girl in his class, are interrupted by a short stint in Egypt with Bea. There Max finds and snatches an amulet, presenting it to Jiffie and winning her affection. The amulet however belongs to a cult of snake-creatures and they arrive to reclaim it. They then kidnap Jiffie, planning to sacrifice the new bearer of the amulet so that their leader can continue his immortal existence. Max and Bea must then rescue the clueless Jiffie while avoiding the clutches of the snake cult. Note: Despite being mentioned in the episode, this is the only episode that Virgil and Norman did not appear.

Based on: Mighty Max Conquers the Temple of Venom

Max and his mom travel to Turkey, where they are met by Virgil and Norman. Max's mom does not seem very surprised to see a walking, talking bird creature but refuses to believe that her son is some sort of super hero (she recognizes Virgil by name, so it is conceivable that Max has introduced his new friends to his mother between episodes and she has had some time to adjust). Max and Norman are arrested when Max is accused of stealing his cap from a vendor's stand. The seller has them both thrown into the local prison at gunpoint at which Max finally convinces Norman to stop beating up the police. Meanwhile Virgil and Max's mom must work together to recover the cap after the vendor sold it. In the prison, Max and Norman are accosted by a large hulking creature named Torlak who apparently wants to feed them to the Eye of Cyclops living in the caverns beneath the prison. As usual, adventures ensue and the day is saved.

Based on: Mighty Max Outwits Cyclops

Posing as the god Loki, Skullmaster convinces a Nordic sorcerer called Ravendark to awaken sleeping the Doom Dragon from its enchanted sleep. Virgil Max and company do battle with the Dragon, during which Norman reveals that he was recognized as Thor in ancient times.

Based on: Mighty Max Slays the Doom Dragon

While on an expedition in the Congo, Max's mom uncovers and is captured by a lost civilization of talking gorillas who enslave primitive human beings. Max, Virgil, and Norman arrive and find the civilization. When they locate Max's mom, they are taken captive by the gorilla general and taken before the Ape King.

Based on: Mighty Max Saves the Kingdom of Gargantua

Max's mom brings a figurine back from Haiti that turns out to be filled with zombie parasites.

Based on: Mighty Max Neutralises Zomboid

Norman struggles with his fear of facing Spike, an old adversary of his family who murdered his father. Spike vowed ten thousand years ago to finish off Norman as well, and he intends to keep that promise.

Guest starring Brad Garrett as the voice of Spike.

Based on: Mighty Max Hammers Spike

Max, Virgil, Norman, and a rich Texan travel underwater in a submarine to battle a giant octopus that is responsible for capturing and destroying ships. While underwater, the group encounters a squid civilisation.

Based on: Mighty Max Caught by the Jaws of Doom

Skullmaster uses the crystal of souls to awaken the former inhabitants of an ancient city to retrieve the cosmic cap from Max along with his head. When the zombies arrive Norman and Max decide to stand their ground, but Virgil urges that fighting is pointless and dangerous because the zombies are soulless and cannot be killed. His warnings are ignored, so Virgil escapes with the cap intending to destroy it to save both Max and Norman. Max and Norman remember that the cap is indestructible, but Virgil is willing to go so far as sacrificing himself for his friends.

Max, Virgil, and Norman travel to Scotland where there are reported sightings of werewolves. While there, Norman and Virgil are imprisoned as suspects and Max meets a man named Cameron who turns out to be a werewolf. Max and Cameron investigate and learn that a scientist named Professor MacDougal is stealing the blood of natural werewolves in an effort to turn herself into an even more powerful werewolf and steal their immortality in the process. Max and Cameron defeat MacDougal with the help of the other werewolves and Cameron takes his pack into the forest to live in peace.

Based on: Mighty Max Hounds Werewolf

Space aliens take over a science station in the Arctic and assume the identities of its researchers. The aliens can only survive in freezing cold temperatures and plan to make the earth their new home by altering the entire planet's climate by creating a new ice age. It is up to Max, Norman, and Virgil to stop them, but matters are complicated when they learn that the aliens can disguise themselves as ordinary humans.

Based on: Mighty Max Liquidates the Ice Alien

Max has been having nightmares about Skullmaster's zombie legions tracking him down, so Virgil suggests that they gather a band of heroes and enter Skull Mountain to destroy the Crystal of Souls. Max then travels to the four corners of the Earth gathering heroes (Hanuman, the monkey King, Beowulf, who slew the monstrous Grendel with his bare hands, Jonayaiyin, a Native American shaman, and Modjadji, an African warrior queen). This "maxnificent seven" enters Skull Mountain and battles an army of Skullmaster's monsters. From each of the heroes Max learns a lesson in bravery, then enters Skullmaster's inner sanctum alone and finds the courage to destroy the Crystal of Souls. The heroes make a last stand to enable Max, Norman and Virgil to escape. At the very end, Max is shown placing flowers near a cross with mementos from each hero on it, as a memorial.

With Skullmaster's Crystal of Souls broken, the former ruler of the Earth's core Lava Lord is released from his prison. He plans to retake his kingdom from Skullmaster with a giant robot called Magus. Meanwhile, Max is getting tired of never being able to have fun because of his duties as the Mighty One. Virgil agrees that he can give up saving the world if he goes on one last quest to strike at Skullmaster while he is weakened. Once in the underworld, Virgil is captured by Skullmaster's minions. Because of a prophecy that they are destined to die together, he attempts to forge an alliance with the fowl.

Based on: Mighty Max Blasts Magus

Lava Lord meets Skullmaster's forces with Magus, but thanks to Virgil's tactical advice Lava Lord is knocked out of his robot, which allows Max and Norman to hijack it. They head to Skull Mountain to get to the bottom of Virgil's betrayal. Although suspicious of Virgil at first, Max realizes that his partnership with Skullmaster was a complex ploy to let Max get his hands on Magus. However, Skullmaster uses Virgil as a shield, and Max refuses to kill Skullmaster at the cost of Virgil's life. Instead, he allows Skullmaster and Warmonger to escape to the Earth's surface with them.

After being released from his inner earth prison, Skullmaster travels to Malananuka the Dragon Isle where he preys on and deceives some of the native inhabitants into drinking dragon's blood. This transforms them into reptilian humanoid Zilards that become mindless slaves obedient to his commands. Max, Virgil, and Norman head to the island to stop him and encounter a young native who is stuck in mid transformation because he did not fully drink the dragon's blood and was previously found by a circus. Together they attempt to rescue the rest of the natives who have not drank the blood of the dragon while contending with Skullmaster, Warmonger, the Zilards, and a giant dragon whose wingbeats move Malananuka.

Based on: Mighty Max Storms Dragon Island

The citizens of the town of Schlepak are disappearing. Max, Virgil, and Norman investigate when a young girl informs them that a monstrous creature has captured her brother. They discover that a mad scientist who, having been ignored by the townspeople for his entire life, has created a slime creature called Corpus which devour metal and human beings. After Norman is consumed, Max and Virgil set out to defeat the scientist and rescue the townspeople. As a running joke through the episode, the name of the scientist is never revealed. Every time he attempts to disclose it, something interrupts him.

'Based on: Mighty Max Survives Corpus

The ancient Emperor of Rats, Lao Chu, has been freed from his spiritual prison, possessing the body of Ki Wan, the historian who freed him. Max must now find a way to stop the evil creature's plan of a rat-dominated world. The complex puzzles of Lao Chu's temple may present a challenge to even the mathematically precise Virgil.

Based on: Mighty Max Traps Rattus

Max plays a videogame called "Dementoids", and is called to investigate a sighting of a giant digital monster like one from the game. They find that a villain called Cyberskull is responsible, and he has created a virus that can turn the real world into a digital horror zone. Max pits his skill at the "Dementoids" game to use against Cyberskull, and ultimately manages to destroy the virus, returning the world to normal and trapping the Cyberskull in cyberspace.

Based on: Mighty Max Bytes CyberSkull

Max and his iguana Thor join Virgil and Norman to investigate an island full of "dinosaurs". Instead they find that an evil scientist on the island, Dr. Zygote, has invented a way to "de-evolve" modern animals. After Zygote turns Thor into an enormous prehistoric lizard, Max confronts the twisted genius and turns his own evolution ray on him. Set to evolve instead of de-evolve, the ray turns Zygote into a hideous floating creature with an enormous brain. Out of control, the scientist crashes through his observation dome and dives into the sea below. A satisfied Max then uses the ray to revert the animals back to normal, including his beloved Thor.

Based on: Mighty Max Blows Up Mutasaurus

Norman must face one of his few fears - spiders - when Max and company find themselves confronting a mutated scientist obsessed with spiders. Determined to stop Max and crew, the scientist (calling himself "Doctor Arachnoid") releases a two-story tall spider on them. Max figures that the only way he can make Norman face the spider is to place himself in the creature's path, forcing the Guardian to defend him.

Based on: Mighty Max Trapped by Arachnoid

As Canadian lumberjacks cut down a redwood in the forest, they unwittingly free Lokjar, the ancient demon of violence. Lokjar cuts a bloody path of destruction to find his magic axe and key to his indestructible face mask that binds his terrible powers. Mighty Max and friends races to find the items first but Norman who faced the immortal demon in the past is determined to destroy him instead. Max must talk some sense to Norman before Lokjar is freed from his bonds.

Based on: Mighty Max Tangles With Lockjaw

Max, Bea, Virgil and Norman discover that what appears to be an invasion of beetles, accompanied by a giant beetle-like monster, are actually space aliens.

Based on: Mighty Max Zaps Beetlebrow

Talon, a sentient skull carried about by an enormous bird, attempts to escape the astral plane but the guardian of the only portal out refuses to admit anyone but the cap-bearer. Talon's bird claws at the gate, causing natural disasters in the real world. When Max and the others investigate Max disregards warnings from Virgil not to enter a portal to the astral plane and finds himself pursued by Talon. Talon steals his cap, allowing him to escape and begin stealing souls from Manhattan, but Max manages to return by convincing the gatekeeper that even without the cap, he is still the cap-bearer. Talon seems unstoppable, but while on the astral plane Max found the disc that is the source of Talon's immortality, and traps him on the astral plane again by tossing the disc through the portal.

Based on: Mighty Max Crushes Talon

Max and his mom visit the La Brea Tar Pits where they encounter a caveman named Gor and a sabertooth tiger who are destined to fight for eternity ever since both of them were exposed to a radioactive meteorite.

Guest starring Ron Perlman as the voice of Gor.

Based on: Mighty Max Grapples with Hellcat

Max, Norman and Virgil find themselves in a circus inhabited by a clown, Freako. They learn that Freako, who was born with a permanent clown's face, is now out for revenge by capturing kids and turning them into sideshow-like mutants.

Based on: Mighty Max Out-Freaks Freako

Another boy by the name of Maximillion is discovered by Virgil as a potential chosen one. With the prophecy being unclear as to which one is the true cap bearer, the two compete in a competition of heroic deeds in order to prove their value. Meanwhile Skullmaster works on infiltrating an ancient city in order to get a hold of the Lemurian Arcana, the most powerful book of spells in the world. Maximillion is revealed to be a spy of Skullmaster designed to get a hold of the cosmic cap in order to activate the portal into the city. Virgil eventually reveals that he moved the book 5,000 years ago at the time of Skullmaster's imprisonment, and is coerced into revealing its location in exchanges for Max's life. Skullmaster, now with the book, leaves through a portal provided by Maximillion. Before Maximillion can go through, he is tackled by Max who manages to steal away the necklace that was controlling him. With Virgil now furious at Max for allowing Skullmaster to have everything he needs to conquer the world, Max reveals that he ripped out several pages from the Arcana while Skullmaster had a hold of him. Skullmaster is furious that his victory is only bittersweet as he only has half of the book and no cosmic cap in his possession.

Cyberskull is back and this time, he seeks to create a physical body for himself.

Mighty Max is summoned to Ireland to stop an evil beyond imagination from being unleashed. Max, Norman, Virgil meet a young villager named Katlin and discover that Katlin's father leads a secret sect of Druids who plan to awaken Fuath, a clockwork stone giant to conquer the world as revenge for humanity rejecting their dominion. When Fuath proves to be uncontrollable and goes on an rampage, Max must uncover the secret of what powers Fuath and put a stop to it once and for all.

Based on: Mighty Max Shatters Gargoyle

Norman must do battle with a lion-headed warrior known as "The Conqueror" from dawn till dusk in order to extend his life for another 10,000 years. In preparation for the lethal contest, Norman bids Max and Virgil farewell as he feels he must do this task alone. Max determines not to let Norman take on this fight alone, and must retrace his steps from memory through various portals in order to reunite with his companions in Greece.

Based on: Mighty Max Defeats the Conqueror

Strange radiation readings in the desert outside of Las Vegas, Nevada bring Max and company to the area. In caverns nearby, they find a crazed nuclear scientist who plans to use giant mutated scorpions and his own natural immunity to radiation as a means to take revenge on those who caused his condition. He believes that the world itself needs to be cleansed by "pure, beautiful" radiation.

Based on: Mighty Max Stings Scorpio

Dr. Zygote returns in his evolved form, but over the past time since their last encounter, has learned to use many of his psychic powers. In his continuing quest for evolution, he abducts a young boy who has the ability of telekinesis, and attempts to use his genetic material to further advance his own evolutionary state. The abduction of the young boy alerts Virgil and Norman who then meet up with Max in order to track down the missing boy.

Based on: Dr. Zygote (Shrunken Head)

A man revives the serpent demon Naja, who begins gathering the pieces of an idol of Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction, to revive her as well. Max and the gang try to stop him, along the way picking up pieces of an idol of the god Shiva. Naja manages to summon and enslave Kali, but Max is able to assume Shiva's powers and release Kali, who kills Naja before returning with Shiva's spirit to their home.

Based on: Mighty Max Strikes Fang

Max finds himself working with Jules Verne after the legendary author and scientist's multi-tentacled submarine - the Nautilus - is stolen by a band of pirates led by none other than Nemo himself. Verne, having slept in a cryogenic chamber for years, found himself facing the grandson of the pirate captain made infamous in his book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. The younger Nemo claimed the Nautilus as his family's own, and planned to use it to dominate the shipping lanes and recapture the former glory of his family's name.

Based on: Mighty Max Sinks Nautilus

Max, Norman, and Virgil head to London to investigate a sudden string of attacks where victims are being drained of blood. Virgil insists that a vampire is on the prowl and that the only way to stop it is the use of traditional folklore and tools to slay it. When they encounter Countess Moska, a vampire that displays fly-like qualities unheard of the bloodsuckers of legend, Max must discover a new way to stop Moska's reign of terror before she unleashes a new generation of vampires.

Guest starring JoBeth Williams as the voice of Countess Moska.

Based on: Mighty Max Squishes Fly

Max's mom again finds herself in danger when a ring placed on her hand compels her to go to Egypt. Following out of concern, Max and company find that the ring belongs to Isis, an ancient Egyptian goddess who has been living among humans for a few thousand years. Now a little unhinged, she is attempting to awaken her husband Osiris hoping that he will destroy the human race for its many faults and injustices. However, Osiris spares humanity after learning Max is the "Chosen One" and departs along with his wife.

Guest starring Kate Mulgrew as the voice of Isis.

Based on: Mighty Max Grips the Hand

Skullmaster and Warmonger travel to "Zero Island" off the western coast of Africa in order to offset the balance of nature by disturbing the ancient Hydra, a monster with two heads: one representing light and the other dark who keeps in balance the good and evil power of nature. Using some of the magic of the Lemurian Arcana, Skullmaster causes the balance in Hydra to tip in favor of darkness. However, Warmonger takes this chance to betray Skullmaster by keeping the page of control from the book for himself and orders Hydra to destroy Skullmaster. Max, Virgil, and Norman show up in time to realize what is happening and attempt to protect Skullmaster out of fear that it will disrupt the prophecy since Max is destined to defeat Skullmaster. They fail to protect Skullmaster who is seemingly killed and Max is forced to use the most powerful page that they had obtained from the Arcana in order to put the light energy of Hydra back in balance. The island sinks as a result and Warmonger escapes only to find out that Skullmaster had arranged all this to force Max to use his page of the Arcana, the one thing he feared most. Skullmaster promises that Warmonger will be rewarded for his loyalty later on.

Based on: Mighty Max Head to Head With Hydra

Aliens from a planet orbiting Sirius come to Earth, and while trying to stop them Max unwittingly starts a heated argument between Norman and Virgil that keeps them from working together through the entire episode. Max finally gets them to settle the dispute and work together. Aboard the aliens' ship, Max finds out that they have been stealing toxic waste, a source of fuel for them, and happily let the aliens go on their way with it.

Based on: Mighty Max Takes On Terror Talons

Max's birthday falls on the winter solstice, the day that is filled with the most darkness. Having now reforged his Crystal of Souls and filled it with the souls of the Zilards of Malananuka the Dragon Isle, Skullmaster now puts in to play his final plan for victory he has been working towards ever since his escape from Skull Mountain. Virgil and Norman show up at Max's birthday party to show him the prophecy in their home in the Himalayas Mountains. There, they reveal to him that the Prophecy is a set of murals that have been predicting the future based on current events and it now shows that Skullmaster is ready to begin his conquest of the world. Skullmaster and Warmonger launch a surprise attack on the three in their home leaving them with no choice but to run. As they are running, Virgil informs Max that they must evade Skullmaster until after the Winter Solstice or else Skullmaster will win. As they flee from portal to portal, they encounter previously defeated monsters Eye of Cyclops controlling the Cyclops skeleton and Cyberskull who were revived by and under Skullmaster's control. Eventually, they encounter Arachnoid's giant mutated spider they had previously fought and Norman had a fear against as this time Norman realizes that his destiny is about to conclude.

In order to buy Max and Virgil time to escape, Norman engages Arachnoid's mutated spider in battle realizing that the time of his destiny has come. Max resists leaving Norman to die, but Virgil forces him to flee explaining to him that this moment was foretold on by the prophecy; the mural in their home. After fleeing, Max is furious that Virgil let Norman die upon which Virgil explains that each person's end is foretold and that Virgil's end will be at Stonehenge, a place Max must avoid until after the solstice. Skullmaster and Warmonger show up again, and in order to save Max, Virgil sends him to the Astral Plane, the one place Skullmaster cannot follow. Skullmaster abducts Virgil and takes him to Stonehenge while relaying a message to Max through Talon (the monster in the Astral Plane) that if he fails to show up, he will kill Virgil. Desperate for help, Max heads to Skull Mountain to recruit Lava Lord's help in getting revenge on Skullmaster. Lava Lord takes his new and improved Magus to Stonehenge with Max. Skullmaster summons Fuath to battle with Lava Lord and Magus while Max attempts to save Virgil. After Fuath is defeated, Skullmaster overcomes Lava Lord and Magus with the power of the Crystal of Souls and then demands that Max hand over the cosmic cap in exchange for Virgil's life. Despite Virgil's protest, Max agrees upon which Skullmaster kills Virgil and orders Warmonger to restrain Max while he explains what is about to happen. Now with the Cosmic Cap (which changes into a cosmic crown) and Crystal of Souls, Skullmaster stands in the center of Stonehenge, where he absorbs the powers of time itself on the sunset of the winter solstice and is able to rewrite the past, present, and future. While Warmonger has been killed by Skullmaster as part of the reward that Skullmaster promised Warmonger, Max grabs a hold of the staff with the Crystal of Souls. Using his connection with the cap, Max is able to partially absorb the energy as well and uses it to reverse time back to when he first got the cap. Now back at the beginning, he realizes that he is reliving the past and decides that this time around he is going to ensure he fulfills his destiny.