History YMMV / TheMaxx

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] got some heat for his comments on the series while reviewing the anthology one-shot ''Darker Image #1''. He didn't even ''insult'' it - he just admitted to having no clue what was going on (and given he was reviewing a small sample of the series and apparently hadn't had much exposure to the rest...).

* BrokenAesop: The cartoon version has this thanks to the GeckoEnding. The series points out that Julie's pushing people away and and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame them for their problems]] (to the point of [[Main/{{Jerkass}} saying rape victims are responsible for them getting raped]]) is a shitty attitude to have. However in the final episode, [[spoiler: pushing away the Maxx is what gets him to recover his original identity]], thus meaning pushing people away was a good thing.

* BrokenAesop: The cartoon version has this thanks to the GeckoEnding. The series points out that Julie's pushing people away and and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame them for their problems]] to the point of [[Main/{{Jerkass}} saying rape victims are responsible for them getting raped]] is a shitty attitude to have. However in the final episode, [[spoiler: pushing away the Maxx is what gets him to recover his original identity]], thus meaning pushing people away was a good thing.

* BrokenAesop: The cartoon version has this thanks to the GeckoEnding. The female, Julie Winters, is a social worker, who sucks at her job because she pushes away people and [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming blame them for their problems]] to the point of [[Main/{{Jerkass}} saying rape victims are responsible for them getting raped]]. The series points out this is a shitty attitude to have. However in the final episode, [[spoiler: pushing away the Maxx is what gets him to recover his original identity]], [[UnfortunateImplications thus validating all the horrible things she said]].

* FridgeLogic: Oh so much. One of the most shining examples from the cartoon was the denouement when Maxx finds his own Outback, which is gardening in a little greenhouse. This is significant because the "animals" in Julie's Outback are all plants. This leads to several possible conclusions:
** Julie helped Maxx find his own Outback.
** Julie and Maxx were meant for each other and the conclusion is a tragedy.
** Maxx's own Outback is the reason why he was so good at protecting her, which was why she could never grow with him around.

* UglyCute: The Iszes.

** The last episode of the animated series, in which Julie leaves the city. The Maxx is clearly upset about this, and this shows during their last dialogue in the series -- but [[BittersweetEnding she's right that it proves to be his salvation,]] as he apparently regains his memory because of it. Also, unlike in the comic, the story ends here.

** The last episode of the animated series, in which Julie leaves the city. The Maxx is clearly upset about this, and this shows during their last dialogue in the series. Also, unlike in the comic, the story ends here.

* TearJerker: The last episode of the animated series, in which Julie leaves the city. The Maxx is clearly upset about this, and this shows during their last dialogue in the series. Also, unlike in the comic, the story ends here.

s* TearJerker: The last episode of the animated series, in which Julie leaves the city. The Maxx is clearly upset about this, and this shows during their last dialogue in the series. Also, unlike in the comic, the story ends here.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Mr. Gone's FreudianExcuse is tragic, utterly averts DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale, and pointedly does not give Gone a pass for any of his subsequent behavior, leading to his HeelRealization. In short, it's a rare comic that deals with several aspects of rape, all of them maturely.
* TearJerker: The last episode of the animated series, in which Julie leaves the city. The Maxx is clearly upset about this, and this shows during their last dialogue in the series. Also, unlike in the comic, the story ends here.

* DeaderThanDisco: Subverted; Maxx remains one of the rare few books from the early days of Image that is well loved by both modern comic fans and critics.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of Image Comics during its early years.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Of Image Comics during it's early years.

* HellIsThatNoise: The animated series featured a flashback story from Mr. Gone's past and Julie's childhood, involving a dying bunny in a box and the scratching noises it made with its good leg.
** [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4e3iq_mr-gones-fairytale_creation The lovely noises start at around 4:20.]]

* DeaderThanDisco: Subverted; Maxx remains one of the rare few books from the early days of Image that is both well loved by modern comic fans and critics.

* SeasonalRot: The comic series went downhill fast after issue 21. Mr. Gone's CharacterDevelopment was perhaps the only good thing to come of it.

* MisaimedFandom: Mr. Gone is often quoted for saying "Of course I have a problem with women. Everybody has a problem with women. Because women taunt, and tease, and are attractive, and punish you for being attracted," which some fans thought to be insightful and accurate. In fact, Mr. Gone is a rapist, and this attitude was intended as a representation of how a rapist thinks.
* MoralEventHorizon: Though the first StoryArc (the one adapted into the tv series), did not make this explicit, Mr. Gone literally rapes several women during his villain career. A later StoryArc of the ComicBook dealt with this and his reasons for doing it in a way that transcended cliche.
* NightmareFuel Mr. Gone, including [[spoiler:some of his stages of decomposition]], the dark Isz, [[spoiler:the dying rabbit under little Julie's bed that keeps scratching and scratching]], [[spoiler: a baby with his eyes removed and the sockets sewn back up]], [[spoiler:retrieving severed toes and fingers from inside the "fairies" that have eaten them]].

* DeaderThanDisco: Surprisingly, no. This is one of the few DarkAge comics that people remember fondly. Mostly because it was incredibly well crafted and a good deal deeper than most of what came out.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel Mr. Gone, including [[spoiler:some of his stages of decomposition]], the dark Isz, [[spoiler:the dying rabbit under little Julie's bed that keeps scratching and scratching]], [[spoiler: a baby with his eyes removed and the sockets sewn back up]], [[spoiler:retrieving severed toes and fingers from inside the "fairies" that have eaten them]].

* MisaimedFandom: Mr. Gone is often quoted for saying "Of course I have a problem with women. Everybody has a problem with women. Because women taunt, and tease, and are attractive, and punish you for being attracted," which some fans find to be insightful and accurate. In fact, Mr. Gone is a rapist, and this attitude was intended as a representation of how a rapist thinks.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] got some heat for his comments on the series while reviewing the anthology one-shot ''Darker Image #1''. He didn't even ''insult'' it - he just admitted to having no clue what was going on (and given he was reviewing a small sample of the series and apparently hadn't had much exposure to the rest...).

* SeasonalRot: The comic series went downhill fast after issue 21. Mr. Gone's CharacterDevelopment was perhaps the only good thing to come of it.

* HePannedItNowHeSucks: [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] got some heat for his comments on the series while reviewing the anthology one-shot ''Darker Image #1''. He didn't even ''insult'' it - he just admitted to having no clue what was going on (and given he was reviewing a small sample of the series and apparently hadn't had much exposure to the rest...).

* SeasonalRot: The comic series went downhill fast after issue 21. Mr. Gone's CharacterDevelopment was perhaps the only good thing to come of it. Of course, YourMileageMayVary.