History Trivia / MightyMax

* TheWikiRule: [[http://mightymax.wikia.com/wiki/Mighty_Max_Wiki The Mighty Max Wiki]].

** Near the end of the toyline's run there were plans for three large "Mega Head" playsets. Of the three, only "Mighty Max Assaults Skullmaster" was actually released. There was also one based on Skullmaster's minion Warmonger, and one called "Doom" which is based on an unknown villain (but ''not'' the Doom Dragon). These other two Mega Heads were advertised and even had working prototypes made for them, but they were never actually put into production.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is sadly hard to find these days, at least in physical copy. The full series is up on Website/YouTube with the permission of the rights owners. It was last rerun on the Creator/USANetwork's ''Action Extreme Team'' block in the mid 90s.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The show was not very well liked by the network due to its dark tone. There was no way for censors to easily cut the darker moments without rendering entire episodes incomprehensible, and the network got tired of dealing with complaints about it. The show was cancelled halfway through the second season, abandoning that season's ResetButton ending, which was obviously intended to lead into a third season that never managed to get made.

* FanNickname: "''Toys/PollyPocket'' [[SpearCounterpart For Boys]]"

* AbsenteeActor: Virgil and Norman do not appear in "Snakes and Laddies" (although both are still mentioned). To an extent, "Werewolves of Dunneglen," too. They do show up, but they've been arrested as murder suspects and spend the whole episode in jail while Max deals with the MonsterOfTheWeek on his own.

* InternationalCoProduciton: Between Creator/FilmRoman of the US, Bohbot Entertainment of Germany, Canal Plus of France and Bluebird of the UK.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is sadly hard to find these days, at least in physical copy. The full series is up on Website/YouTube with the permission of the rights owners.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Max is Creator/RobPaulsen, Virgil is Creator/TonyJay (who even narrated a few of the later toy commercials), Norman is Creator/RichardMoll, Max's Mom is Creator/TressMacNeille, and of course Skullmaster is Creator/TimCurry.
** Creator/FrankWelker is Warmonger and various monsters, but as usual he's trickier to point out unless you've had experience watching cartoons with his monster voices. The exception is when he's voicing Lava Lord. So long as you know he did the voice of Megatron in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'', you'll know it's him because it's the same ever-so-creepy rasping voice.
** Similarly, fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheTick'' will instantly recognize Virgil's voice as [[Creator/TonyJay Chairface Chippendale]]. (Now imagine Virgil etching his name into the moon with a high-powered heat ray.)
** [[Creator/DanCastellaneta Homer Simpson]] battles a lava monster in the very first episode.
-->"TASTE MY LOUIEVILLE SLUGGER, SUCKER!"
** In the first season finale, Beowulf is Creator/JimCummings using his [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Doyle]] voice, but with Swedish overtones.
** A stealthy version: Creator/RonPerlman does a guest voice in one episode, although it's hard to tell since he's a caveman who doesn't speak English.
** In the Mexican Spanish dub:
*** [[Creator/EduardoGarza Max]] is [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Gaara of the Desert]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo Kurosaki]] and [[Manga/DragonBall Krillin]].
*** Virgil was [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Genma Saotome]]
*** Norman was [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Chief Wiggum]].

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is sadly hard to find these days, at least in physical copy. The full series is up on Website/YouTube, and no one seems interested in trying to take it down.

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Most of the episodes of the show were based loosely on toy playsets, with an emphasis on the word "loosely." Sometimes key elements are removed or added, often [[AdaptationalHeroism villains become anti-villains or even straight heroes]], and their individual power levels are either [[AdaptationalBadass ratcheted up]] or [[AdaptationalWimp toned down]].

* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: Most of the episodes of the show were based loosely on toy playsets, with an emphasis on the word "loosely." Sometimes key elements are removed or added, often [[AdaptationalHeroism villains become anti-villains or even straight heroes]], and their individual power levels are either [[AdaptationalBadass ratcheted up]] or [[AdaptationalWimp toned down]]. Of course, {{YMMV}} as to whether this makes the show better or worse.

*** Many more heroes and villains. There were planned to be eight sets of four (32 total characters) planned, presumably with four villain sets and four hero sets. Of the eight, only four of the Figure Packs are known. They are Skullmaster's Marauders, Norman's Heroes, Max's Avengers, and The Dark Company.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Near the end of the toyline's run there were plans for three large "Mega Head" playsets. Of the three, only "Mighty Max Assaults Skullmaster" was actually released. There was also one based on Skullmaster's minion Warmonger, and one called "Doom" which is based on an unknown villain (but ''not'' the Doom Dragon). These other two Mega Heads were advertised and even had working prototypes made for them, but they were never actually put into production.
** It's been revealed there was also a planned fourth toyline called "Into the Battle Zone" that would've aged Max up a few years and had him and the other characters carrying guns around. From what can be seen it looks like it was trying to cash in on the trends governing gritty 90's comic books.

** In the first season finale, Beowulf is Jim Cummings using his [[WesternAnimation/TheMask Doyle]] voice, but with Swedish overtones.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is sadly hard to find these days, at least in physical copy. The full series is up on Youtube, and no one seems interested in trying to take it down.

* FanNickname: "PollyPocket [[SpearCounterpart For Boys]]"
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Near the end of the toyline's run there were plans for three large "Mega Head" playsets. Of the three, only "Mighty Max Assaults Skullmaster" was actually released. There was also one based on Skullmaster's minion Warmonger, and one called "Doom" which is based on an unknown villain (but ''not'' the Doom Dragon). These other two Mega Heads were advertised and even had working prototypes made for them, but they were never actually put into production.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series is sadly hard to find these days, at least in physical copy. The full series is up on Youtube, and no one seems interested in trying to take it down.