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* The Masked Mutant, a sociopathic shape-shifting comic villain who is hellbent on killing his biggest fan. To this end, he takes on [[ShapeshiftingSeducer the form of an attractive young girl]] [[{{Squick}} to get close to him]], graphically disintegrates his own henchman ''on page'', and finally tries to kill the boy by ''melting him in acid''. It's also worth noting that the book [[NothingIsScarier never explains just what he is or how he became real]]. It gets worse when you consider the FridgeHorror of The Masked Mutant: He impersonates a teenage girl so flawlessly that Skipper still believes "Libby" was on his side right up until the moment that The Mutant reveals the deception. In short, he can not only shapeshift, but he's a fairly skilled actor too. Imagine what someone like that could do if they had a motive beyond "kill my biggest fan": The mutant could have impersonated any number of influential figures and seized a great deal of political power. He'd be a regular [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Barty Crouch Junior]].

!!The episode contains examples of:

* The episode gives us a first person view of the titular mutant spying on Skipper from behind some foliage, and then landing on his bus shortly before he introduces himself to Skipper as "Libby".
** He also impersonates a bus driver later on, creating plenty of ParanoiaFuel. Who else could the Mutant have impersonated in Skipper's life? Wilson? His parents?
** After Skipper gets zapped by the scanner in the Mutant's HQ and thus [[spoiler:turned into a comic book character]], he occasionally starts to see things in "comic book vision". There's no explanation for this until the end, and it's very random and very creepy.

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* The Masked Mutant, a sociopathic shape-shifting comic villain who is hellbent on killing his biggest fan. To this end, he takes on [[ShapeshiftingSeducer the form of an attractive young girl]] [[{{Squick}} to get close to him]], graphically disintegrates his own henchman ''on page'', and finally tries to kill the boy by ''melting him in acid''. It's also worth noting that the book [[NothingIsScarier never explains just what he is or how he became real]]. It gets worse when you consider the FridgeHorror of The Masked Mutant: He impersonates a teenage girl so flawlessly that Skipper still believes "Libby" was on his side right up until the moment that The Mutant reveals the deception. In short, he can not only shapeshift, but he's a fairly skilled actor too. Imagine what someone like that could do if they had a motive beyond "kill my biggest fan": The mutant could have impersonated any number of influential figures and seized a great deal of political power. He'd be a regular [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Barty Crouch Junior]].

!!The episode contains examples of:

* The episode gives us a first person view of the titular mutant spying on Skipper from behind some foliage, and then landing on his bus shortly before he introduces himself to Skipper as "Libby".
** He also impersonates a bus driver later on, creating plenty of ParanoiaFuel. Who else could the Mutant have impersonated in Skipper's life? Wilson? His parents?
** After Skipper gets zapped by the scanner in the Mutant's HQ and thus [[spoiler:turned into a comic book character]], he occasionally starts to see things in "comic book vision". There's no explanation for this until the end, and it's very random and very creepy.
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* The Masked Mutant, a sociopathic shape-shifting comic villain who is hellbent on killing his biggest fan. To this end, he takes on [[ShapeshiftingSeducer the form of an attractive young girl]] [[{{Squick}} to get close to him]], graphically disintegrates his own henchman ''on page'', and finally tries to kill the boy by ''melting him in acid''. It's also worth noting that the book [[NothingIsScarier never explains just what he is or how he became real]]. It gets worse when you consider the FridgeHorror of The Masked Mutant: He impersonates a teenage girl so flawlessly that Skipper still believes "Libby" was on his side right up until the moment that The Mutant reveals the deception. In short, he can not only shapeshift, but he's a fairly skilled actor too. Imagine what someone like that could do if they had a motive beyond "kill my biggest fan": The mutant could have impersonated any number of influential figures and seized a great deal of political power. He'd be a regular [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Barty Crouch Junior]].

!!The episode contains examples of:

* The episode gives us a first person view of the titular mutant spying on Skipper from behind some foliage, and then landing on his bus shortly before he introduces himself to Skipper as "Libby".
** He also impersonates a bus driver later on, creating plenty of ParanoiaFuel. Who else could the Mutant have impersonated in Skipper's life? Wilson? His parents?
** After Skipper gets zapped by the scanner in the Mutant's HQ and thus [[spoiler:turned into a comic book character]], he occasionally starts to see things in "comic book vision". There's no explanation for this until the end, and it's very random and very creepy.

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