History Comicbook / TheMaxx

* OffWithHisHead: Julie cuts off manages to cut off Mr. Gone's head a couple times over the course of the series. He spends a large amount of time trying (and failing) to put it back on.

** The animated series had BeavisAndButthead appear on a TV. Well, it was an {{MTV}} production after all.

* HairofGold,HeartofGold: Julie counts cause she finds the Maxx to be interesting.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Strange InUniverse example: The character's name is spelled "Sarah" at first, before being written as "Sara" after the TimeSkip, but, bizarrely enough, her name is spelled as "Sara" in flashbacks during the second half. As well, Artimis/Artemus/Artemis's name is never consistently spelled right.

* ActionSurvivor: Julia proves to be this when she was able to escape Mr. Gone in the second issue/episode and [[OffWithHisHead behead]] him.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The comics and the animated series often deconstruct many superhero related tropes, such as TheCowl and WorkingClassHero (The Maxx is even referred as such by one kid in the sixth episode of the series): Not only The Maxx constantly fails to save people from Mr. Gone, his vigilante actions only cause him to end in jail, forcing July to bail him out. Ultimately, most of the actions done by the main character as a superhero fail to have the same effect they would have in a more conventional comic book.

* OffWithHisHead: Julia cuts off manages to cut off Mr. Gone's head a couple times over the course of the series. He spends a large amount of time trying (and failing) to put it back on.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The comics and the animated series often deconstruct many superhero related tropes, such as TheCowl and WorkingClassHero (The Maxx is even referred as such by one kid in the sixth episode of the series): Not only The Maxx constantly fails to save people from Mr. Gone, his vigilante actions only cause him to end in jail, forcing July to bail him out. Ultimately, most of the actions done by the main character as the superhero fail to have the same effect they would have in a more conventional comic book.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The comics and the animated seriesoften deconstruct many superhero related tropes, such as TheCowl and WorkingClassHero (The Maxx is even referred as such by one kid in the sixth episode of the series): Not only The Maxx constantly fails to save people from Mr. Gone, his vigilante actions only cause him to end in jail, forcing July to bail him out. Ultimately, most of the actions done by the main character as the superhero fail to have the same effect they would have in a more conventional comic book.

* {{Deconstruction}: The comics and the animated seriesoften deconstruct many superhero related tropes, such as TheCowl and WorkingClassHero (The Maxx is even referred as such by one kid in the sixth episode of the series): Not only The Maxx constantly fails to save people from Mr. Gone, his vigilante actions only cause him to end in jail, forcing July to bail him out. Ultimately, most of the actions done by the main character as the superhero fail to have the same effect they would have in a more conventional comic book.

Sam Kieth's very strange [[TheNineties 1990s]] series from ImageComics lasted for 35 issues (March, 1993-February, 1998). In 1995 it was adapted into a short and generally very faithful animated series on Creator/{{MTV}}.

->''And me? Old Mr. Gone? Only ''I'' can see that the secret which unites them could destroy them. I could be helpful... Bah, screw it. I think I'll have some fun with them first. [[EvilLaugh Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hah!]]!"''

As the story goes on, the role of protagonist shifts from the Maxx to Julie to [[spoiler:Mr. Gone's daughter]] Sarah James, who was introduced early in the storyline... but all the characters are ultimately part of the same story.

* AdaptationDecay: The setting was licensed for a module for the obscure ''Heroes & Heroines'' RPG. It included none of the psychodrama of the comic, and was instead just a standard good vs. evil story of the player as the Maxx trying to save Julie from Mr. Gone, before he sacrificed her to become the ruling wizard of a mystical fortress in the Outback.

* AdaptationDecay: The setting was licensed for a module for the obscure ''Heroes & Heroines'' RPG. It included none of the psychodrama of the comic, and was instead just a standard good vs. evil story of the player as the Maxx trying to save Julie from Mr. Gone, before he sacrificed her to become the ruling wizard of a mystical fortress in the outback.

* CaptainErsatz: The Image characters ComicBook/TheSavageDragon and Mako guest-starred in the comic, but were replaced by a detective and a different shark guy for the animated version. Another Image character, {{Pitt}}, also guest-starred in the comic, but the issue was adapted - [[AdaptationDistillation perhaps for the better]] - as a solo adventure (the part where Maxx is very small and attempting to make his way around Julie's apartment).

** The Crappon Inna Hat dream sequence from episode 7 of the animated version is done as a full nod to Dr. Seuss, complete with rhyming speech and a shifted art style.

* BlandNameProduct: Mr. Gone drinks 8Up. A few real-life TV shows and brand names were changed for the animated version. However both version reference the cosy SitCom world of ''{{Cheers}}'', ironically.

* CaptainErsatz: The Image characters TheSavageDragon and Mako guest-starred in the comic, but were replaced by a detective and a different shark guy for the animated version. Another Image character, {{Pitt}}, also guest-starred in the comic, but the issue was adapted - [[AdaptationDistillation perhaps for the better]] - as a solo adventure (the part where Maxx is very small and attempting to make his way around Julie's apartment).

* CardboardBoxHome: TheMaxx used to live in a cardboard box until Julie took him in.

-->--'''Mr. Gone''' ''OpeningNarration''

-->''"Most of us inhabit at least two worlds: The real world, where we're at the mercy of circumstance... and the world within, the unconscious, a safe place, where we can escape. The Maxx shifts between these worlds against his will. Here, homeless, he lives in a box in an alley. The only one who really cares for him is Julie Winters, a freelance social worker. But in Pangea, the other world, he rules the Outback, and is the protector of Julie, his jungle queen. There he cares for her. But he always ends up back in the real world.''
-->''And me? Old Mr. Gone? Only ''I'' can see that the secret which unites them could destroy them. I could be helpful... Bah, screw it. I think I'll have some fun with them first. [[EvilLaugh Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-hah!]]!"''

Sam Kieth's very strange [[TheNineties 1990s]] series from ImageComics lasted for 35 issues (March, 1993-February, 1998). In 1995 it was adapted into a short and generally very faithful animated series on {{MTV}}.

!!''TheMaxx'' provides examples of:

-->'''Julie''': You! I always knew you weren't dead. Now I want the truth!
-->'''Gone''': Talk to Descartes, toots!

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Julie. The fact that she even walks barefoot in dingy alleys suggests she's always barefoot unless explicitly shown to be wearing shoes in an earlier panel.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Until late 2009, when MTV finally released the show in its entirety on DVD.

** If anything, the entire series is a very surreal {{Deconstruction}} of this type of hero and the comics being released around at the time.

** If anything the entire series is a very surreal {{Deconstruction}} of this type of hero and the comics being released around at the time.