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The Best Episodes of Mighty Max

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Mighty Max is an American animated action/sci-fi television series that aired from 1993 to 1994 to promote the British Mighty Max toys, an outgrowth of the Polly Pocket line, created by Bluebird Toys in 1992.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 20 - Good Golly Ms. Kali
    9.4/10(89 votes)

    S2:E20

    Max, Norman, and Virgil attempt to stop a dark serpent creature known as Naga who has been awakened. He seeks the means to gain control of Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction and death. Naga plans to unleash her destructive power upon all of India.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Christy Marx, Katherine Lawrence

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  2. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 26 - Armageddon Closer (1)
    8.9/10(75 votes)

    S2:E26

    Max is miserable during his birthday celebration because Virgil and Norman haven't arrived or communicated with him in a while. He creates a ruckus by tearing apart his birthday presents and cake in search of a message from the two, but there is nothing. He is happy when they do arrive, but is puzzled when they tell him that he must leave immediately to take care of something urgent relating to his birthday. Virgil and Norman takes Max to their home where he jokes, but is serious about hanging out with the two sometime in the future. Virgil is mysteriously saddened by Max's comment. He reveals to Max the source of most of his knowledge by partly pulling down a curtain to reveal a large mosaic of pictures. Which show the events that have transpired so far in Max's journey since he received his call as the Mighty One. Virgil goes briefly through it and reveals that Skull Master is not dead as they originally thought, but is alive and well and has reconstructed the crystal of souls wi

    Director:Bob Hathcock
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 13 - The Maxnificent Seven
    8.8/10(90 votes)

    S1:E13

    Virgil, Norman, and Max travel across the world to recruit the help of different heroes to join them in their crusade to destroy the crystal of souls. During this journey, Max starts to become uncertain about his destiny and wonders if he should be the one to lead this group.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 12 - Tar Wars
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    S2:E12

    Construction unearths and frees an immortal saber tooth tiger that begins to wreck havoc on modern day California. Also freed is an immortal caveman who has spent most of his life battling this unstoppable enemy. He joins forces with Max, Norman, Virgil, and Mom to stop a creature that should have been extinct a long time ago.

    Director:Kent Butterworth
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 14 - Max vs. Max
    8.6/10(60 votes)

    S2:E14

    Max being the Mighty One is put into question when a boy from England named Maxamillion comes to the attention of Virgil. It is revealed that Maxamillion shares the same birth date as Max and has also received the call that Virgil had earlier sent out in search of the Mighty One. Max who been reluctant since day one about being the prophesized hero connected to the cosmic cap feels that the weight of the entire universe has been lifted off his shoulders. He gladly takes off the cap and offers it to Maxamillion, but Norman stops him saying that Virgil wasn't stating that Max isn't the Mighty One, just that this confusion of identities needs to be cleared up by any means possible. Virgil decides to put the two through tests in order for him and Norman to identify the true Mighty One. Max searches within himself and decides that he is going to fight and not give up so easily because he has become accustomed somewhat to the cap and the duties that this calling entails making Norman ver

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 10 - Bring Me the Head of Mighty Max
    8.5/10(72 votes)

    S1:E10

    Skull Master uses the crystal of souls to awaken the former soulless undead inhabitants of the Lost City of Atlantis to retrieve the cosmic cap from Max along with his head. When the underwater zombies arrive on the scene, Norman and Max decide to stand their ground to combat them. Virgil tells them that this is totally pointless and dangerous because the zombies cannot be killed, as they are soulless and already dead. His warnings are ignored, so Virgil decides to take the cap away from Max to save the lives of both the Mighty One and Norman. He travels through the portals to find a place where he could destroy the cap. Max and Norman remember that the cap is indestructible and Virgil already knows that. That Virgil is going to find any futile means to destroy the cap even if it means sacrificing himself in the process. Can Max and Norman get there in time to save their fowl feathered friend?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 5 - Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    S1:E5

    Skull Master tricks a sorcerer by the name of Ravendark who is cursed within a cave to reawaken and release an evil dormant dragon from the earth saying that this will finally give him freedom. What Ravendark doesn't know is that he is not freeing himself by releasing the dragon that will tear the earth apart, but he is freeing Skull Master. Max, Virgil, and Norman fail in preventing the dragon from waking up. Now they must convince Ravendark to put it back to sleep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 8 - Norman's Conquest
    8.3/10(71 votes)

    S1:E8

    Norman struggles with his fear of facing Spike an old adversary of his family who murdered his father when he was a boy escaping from an ice prison. Spike vowed a thousand years to finish off Norman as well, and he intends to keep that promise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 12 - Out in the Cold
    8.3/10(68 votes)

    S1:E12

    Space aliens take over a science station in the arctic and assume the identities of the researchers in order to carry out their devious plan. The aliens can only survive in freezing cold temperatures and they want to make the earth their new home by altering the entire planet's climate by creating another ice age. It is up to Max, Norman, and Virgil to stop them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 1 - Pandora's Box (1)
    8.3/10(67 votes)

    S2:E1

    Lava Lord escapes from his prison after the destruction of the crystal of souls and is out to seek his vengeance on the one who imprisoned him, Skull Master. An all out war breaks out in the center of the earth between the armies of Skull Master and Lava Lord. Virgil tells Max that now is the time to strike in order to fullfill his destiny of destroying Skull Master. With Norman, they travel to Skull Mountain where things start to go wrong. They are separated from each other and Virgil is captured by Skull Master. Norman and Max regroup and attempt to find Virgil. When the two find him, they are horrified to discover that Virgil has turned to evil by joining the side of Skull Master. TO BE CONTINUED

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 2 - Pandora's Box (2)
    8.3/10(66 votes)

    S2:E2

    Lava Lord attempts to destroy Skull Master with the help of his creation, ""Megus"", but is unsuccessful. Max and Norman are hurt and confused by Virgil's betrayal. Their doubts are put to rest when they discover that Virgil has not become evil, but has setup Skull Master. Virgil helps Max and Norman take control of Megus. This gives Max the opportunity to fulfill his destiny as the weapons of Megus are locked on Skull Master, ready to fire. Skull Master quickly grabs hold of Virgil to use as his protection. Max is on the brink of ridding the world of Skull Master, but he won't fire because his friend's life is more important to him than fulfilling the prophecy. Despite Virgil's objections, Max chooses not to kill Skull Master in order to save the wise old fowel. During the final moments of the confrontation, Max uses a portal to transport him, Norman, and Virgil back to the surface. But in the process he also frees Warmonger and Skull Master who releases the dragon. On the dragon

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 6 - The Cyberskull Virus
    8.3/10(62 votes)

    S2:E6

    Max gets into an ongoing debate with Virgil about his love for videogames and its importance in the real world. Virgil believes that it is a waste of time and that mathematics is a subject that Max as the Mighty One should devote his time to learning, which includes Lemurian Calculus. With Norman, the two must put their opinions in the background and attempt to find common ground as Max must know combine his gaming skills with Virgil's knowledge of Mathematics to stop a warped computer programmer who has perfected the means of becoming one with his own computer program. No longer human, he becomes ""Cyberskull."" An unstoppable computer generated cybernetic destructive machine bent on digitizing the whole world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 6 - Rumble in the Jungle
    8.2/10(70 votes)

    S1:E6

    While on an expedition in the Congo, Max's mom uncovers and is captured by a lost civilization of talking gorillas who enslave human beings. Max with the help of Virgil and Norman set out to rescue his mom and the enslaved humans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jack Zurla, Mark Zaslove

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  14. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 21 - Around the World in Eighty Arms
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    S2:E21

    A band of pirates led by the grandson of Captain Nemo have stolen the famous submarine, the Nautilus from author Jules Verne who has awakened after being cryogenically frozen. These thieves use the sub to pillage other ships. Now Verne must work together with Max and his friends to stop Nemo and retrieve his invention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Zaslove

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  15. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 23 - The Mommy's Hand
    8.2/10(61 votes)

    S2:E23

    Max is at home one day when he gets a message from Virgil to head for the town dump. He gets there and is transported to Egypt to investigate several disappearances. People have been vanishing and there is a mysterious door covered in egyptian hieroglyphics. A female egyptologist comes by and asks them to come by the museum. That night, they sneak into the museum and find the egyptologist praising a huge statue of Osiris. She tells him that soon they will have the final part and their plan to fruition. Max accidentally knocks over a plant and the furious lady condemns them to the realm of the ancient dead (""You mean Miami?""). Virgil, Norman and Max fall into the ground and into a huge underground chamber where they meet Anubis, ruler of the dead. Anubis quickly chains them, and then has them wrapped up in bandages as mummies and is about to have them buried alive when Norman breaks loose of the bandages and frees the others. They are chased by mummies, but they manage to escap

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Gordon Bressack, Charles M. Howell IV

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  16. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 11 - Werewolves of Dunneglen
    8.1/10(87 votes)

    S1:E11

    Max, Virgil, and Norman travel to Scotland, where there are reported sightings of werewolves. While there, Norman and Virgil are imprisoned and Max meets a man and discovers that he is a werewolf. They do some investigating and learns that a scientist is stealing the blood of natural werewolves to perfect the means of turning herself into an ultimate powerful werewolf. Max outsmarts and defeats her. The man and his pact of werewolves head off into the forest to live in peace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 11 - Souls of Talon
    8.1/10(66 votes)

    S2:E11

    Against Virgil's warning, Max uses the cap to travel to the astral plane where he encounters a large deformed eagle and its master, an evil giant skull named Talon that devours souls. Talon steals the cap and uses it to escape into Max's dimension, leaving the Mighty One trapped there. Talon ever hungry, views the human population as an all you can eat buffet as he begins feeding off their souls. Max struggles to find a way out of the astral plane so that he can stop Talon's feeding frenzy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 18 - Scorpio Rising
    8.1/10(60 votes)

    S2:E18

    A scientist who has lived in an underground environment filled with high levels of radiation for a long period of time has lost his mind and caused him to develop an immunity to the radiation. Now Virgil, Norman, and Max must stop him because he is out to seek revenge for his condition with the help of his giant radioactive scorpions by exposing the entire planet and its population to radiation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 19 - Zygote Music
    8.1/10(60 votes)

    S2:E19

    Professor Zygote returns, and this time he's kidnapped a young boy with telekinetic powers, believing him to be the key to human evolution. It's up to Max and his companions to stop Zygote from completing his plans, but what can Max do when Zygote evolves himself into a being of pure thought with unimaginable psychic power?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 4 - Day of the Cyclops
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    S1:E4

    While vacationing with his mom in Turkey, Max is accused of stealing a baseball cap and gets the cosmic cap taken away from him and is imprisoned. Norman attempts to free Max from the prison, but they encounter and must do battle against a giant Cyclops. Meanwhile, Virgil and Max's mom search desperately for the missing cap.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 13 - Clown Without Pity
    8.0/10(61 votes)

    S2:E13

    Max must rescue Norman, Virgil, and a group of children who have been imprisoned and turned into mutants for a circus freak show by the deranged Freako the Clown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Mark Zaslove

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  22. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 3 - Snakes & Laddies
    7.9/10(78 votes)

    S1:E3

    When Max brings an ancient necklace back from Egypt and gives it to a girl named Jiffie, it turns out to have a curse that causes her to be kidnapped for sacrifice to a snake god.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Mighty Max Season 1 Episode 1 - A Bellwether in One's Cap
    7.8/10(88 votes)

    S1:E1

    Eleven-year-old Max receives a baseball cap that turns out to be the key to a series of teleport ""portals"" left by the ancient Lemurians, which as the foretold ""Mighty One"" he must use to defeat the evil Skull Master.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 8 - Along Came Arachnoid
    7.8/10(65 votes)

    S2:E8

    Max and Virgil discover that Norman who is basically not afraid of anything has a fear of spiders when they go head to head with a scientist who has mutated himself into a spider and now has control of all arachnids that he has mutated and enlarged in size. Norman must now attempt to conquer his fear in order to help Max and Virgil prevent the scientist from conquering and overrunning the entire earth with giant mutant spiders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Reed Shelly, Bruce Shelly

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  25. Mighty Max Season 2 Episode 5 - The Year of the Rat
    7.7/10(67 votes)

    S2:E5

    Rats across the world begin to have glowing red eyes and exhibit strange violent behavior. Max, Norman, and Virgil head to China, the location where this brewing problem seems to stem from. There they come face to face with Laoshu, the Emperor of the Rats who has somehow escaped from his prison and is bent on having dominion over the earth to rule with his fellow rats. Laoshu tricks Max into solving a puzzle that traps the Mighty One and his friends within a never-ending maze. While searching for a way out, the three encounter an archeologist named Kaiwan who reveals that while doing research on the legend of the Emperor of the rats, he had accidentally released Laoshu from his prison. After Laoshu was freed, Kaiwan tells them that Laoshu took over his body by driving his spirit out. Now Kaiwan's spirit wanders around trapped within the maze. The archeologist learns that Max is the Mighty One and reveals that Max is prophesized in the legend to be the one that has the ability to

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Christy Marx, Katherine Lawrence

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Best Episodes Summary

"Good Golly Ms. Kali" is the best rated episode of "Mighty Max". It scored 9.4/10 based on 89 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Christy Marx, Katherine Lawrence, it aired on 11/23/1994. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Armageddon Closer (1)".