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* ValuesDissonance: "The Brain Suckers Cometh!" ends with a comical scene of Ernie being CapturedByCannibals, which, back in TheNineties, wasn't seen quite as racist as it is today.
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* CultClassic: Between its deconstructive take on the KidHero and associated tropes and the often dark and shocking nature of the show, combined with Mattel seemingly forgetting about the franchise's existence, it's definitely this.

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* CultClassic: Between its deconstructive take on the KidHero and associated tropes and the often dark and shocking nature of the show, combined with Mattel Creator/{{Mattel}} seemingly forgetting about the franchise's existence, it's definitely this.



* NarmCharm: When we see the previous Mighty One with Virgil what we see is a Greek warrior dressed in battle attire and a 90's baseball cap. It should look ridicules but the weight the Cap carries is so great that it transcends being a mere baseball cap and makes him look like someone that should be called the Mighty One.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were three licensed games: two handhelds made by Tiger Electronics and Systema which were generally considered SoOkayItsAverage by LCD handheld standards and faded into obscurity, and the much more notorious ''The Adventures Of Mighty Max'' for the SNES and Sega Genesis. ''The Adventures Of Mighty Max'' was so horrible that the publisher didn't even put it on sale in most markets; it could only be rented at selected Blockbuster stores. In markets where it was available, it was packed with tapes of the episodes ("[[Recap/MightyMaxS1E4DayOfTheCyclops Day of the Cyclops]]" for the SNES version, and "[[Recap/MightyMaxS1E5LetSleepingDragonsLie Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!]]" for the Genesis version) presumably because they knew they needed to sweeten the pot to move copies.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: in "Zygote Music" Dr.Zygote [[HollywoodEvolution evolves himself really far]] into what's supposed to be some kind of EnergyBeing, but, due to LimitedAnimation and unfortunate coloring choices, looks more like a flying, spinning beach ball.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the shining examples of this among kids' animation in the 90s. The TotallyRadical humor was really the only thing that diminished how much NightmareFuel and FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the show was able to pack in. The show killed off extras in incredibly horrible and varied ways on a near-OnceAnEpisode basis--everything to monsters cutting apart loggers with their own chainsaws to mummies conducting onscreen child sacrifice--usually to set up the episode's villain. The GrandFinale went even further by [[spoiler:killing off the entire supporting cast onscreen and the hero being completely unable to beat InvincibleVillain, albeit still foiling his plans and allowing for second shot at beating him.]]

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* NarmCharm: When we see the previous Mighty One with Virgil what we see is a Greek warrior dressed in battle attire and a 90's [[TheNineties '90s]] baseball cap. It should look ridicules but the weight the Cap carries is so great that it transcends being a mere baseball cap and makes him look like someone that should be called the Mighty One.
* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were three licensed games: two handhelds made by Tiger Electronics and Systema which were generally considered SoOkayItsAverage by LCD handheld standards and faded into obscurity, and the much more notorious ''The Adventures Of of Mighty Max'' for both the SNES [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] and Sega Genesis. UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis. ''The Adventures Of of Mighty Max'' was so horrible that the publisher didn't even put it on sale in most markets; it could only be rented at selected Blockbuster stores. In markets where it was available, it was packed with tapes of the episodes ("[[Recap/MightyMaxS1E4DayOfTheCyclops Day of the Cyclops]]" for the SNES version, and "[[Recap/MightyMaxS1E5LetSleepingDragonsLie Let Sleeping Dragons Lie!]]" for the Genesis version) presumably because they knew they needed to sweeten the pot to move copies.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: in "Zygote Music" Dr. Zygote [[HollywoodEvolution evolves himself really far]] into what's supposed to be some kind of EnergyBeing, but, due to LimitedAnimation and unfortunate coloring choices, looks more like a flying, spinning beach ball.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the shining examples of this among kids' animation in the 90s.'90s. The TotallyRadical humor was really the only thing that diminished how much NightmareFuel and FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the show was able to pack in. The show killed off extras in incredibly horrible and varied ways on a near-OnceAnEpisode basis--everything to monsters cutting apart loggers with their own chainsaws to mummies conducting onscreen child sacrifice--usually to set up the episode's villain. The GrandFinale went even further by [[spoiler:killing off the entire supporting cast onscreen and the hero being completely unable to beat InvincibleVillain, albeit still foiling his plans and allowing for second shot at beating him.]]
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* FanficFuel: The reversed timeline that Max produced within the finale. Just exactly how much different his adventures would be now that he has the knowledge of his previous ones? Also, would his allies from the previous episodes survive their fate now that Max has the ability to do so? Would make a nice InWantOfNail story.

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* FanficFuel: The reversed timeline that Max produced within the finale. Just exactly how much different his adventures would be now that he has the knowledge of his previous ones? Also, would his allies from the previous episodes survive their fate now that Max has the ability to do so? Would make a nice InWantOfNail SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong story.
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* FanficFuel: The reversed timeline that Max produced within the finale. Just exactly how much different his adventures would be now that he has the knowledge of his previous ones? Also, would his allies from the previous episodes survive their fate now that Max has the ability to do so? Would make a nice ForWantOfNail story.

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* FanficFuel: The reversed timeline that Max produced within the finale. Just exactly how much different his adventures would be now that he has the knowledge of his previous ones? Also, would his allies from the previous episodes survive their fate now that Max has the ability to do so? Would make a nice ForWantOfNail InWantOfNail story.
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* FanficFuel: The reversed timeline that Max produced within the finale. Just exactly how much different his adventures would be now that he has the knowledge of his previous ones? Also, would his allies from the previous episodes survive their fate now that Max has the ability to do so? Would make a nice ForWantOfNail story.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the shining examples of this among kids' animation in the 90s. The TotallyRadical humor was really the only thing that diminished how much NightmareFuel and FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the show was able to pack in. The show killed off extras in incredibly horrible and varied ways on a near-OnceAnEpisode basis--everything to monsters cutting apart loggers with their own chainsaws to mummies conducting onscreen child sacrifice--usually to set up the episode's villain. The GrandFinale went even further by [[spoiler:killing off the entire supporting cast onscreen and even denying the hero any sort of meaningful victory against the InvincibleVillain.]]

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: One of the shining examples of this among kids' animation in the 90s. The TotallyRadical humor was really the only thing that diminished how much NightmareFuel and FamilyUnfriendlyViolence the show was able to pack in. The show killed off extras in incredibly horrible and varied ways on a near-OnceAnEpisode basis--everything to monsters cutting apart loggers with their own chainsaws to mummies conducting onscreen child sacrifice--usually to set up the episode's villain. The GrandFinale went even further by [[spoiler:killing off the entire supporting cast onscreen and even denying the hero any sort of meaningful victory against the InvincibleVillain.being completely unable to beat InvincibleVillain, albeit still foiling his plans and allowing for second shot at beating him.]]

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