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1	->''Mr. Mxyzptlk is a great character because he effectively inverts the entire Superman storytelling model.''
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3	->''Superman stories are in many ways about God. Superman can be capricious ([[{{Superdickery}} as he often was with his tricks in the Silver Age]]). Superman can be [[ThouShaltNotKill merciful.]] Superman can be [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre compassionate.]] Of course, the Superman-as-God metaphor has been stretched awfully thin at this point so I won’t go into further detail on that score, but you get the point: most Superman stories are about a being more powerful than humanity ever can be.''
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5	->''And then Mxyzptlk comes along [[AlwaysABiggerFish and now Superman isn’t squat.]] This is because while Superman is a dandy metaphor for God, Mxyzptlk, for all practical intents and purposes, [[RealityWarper is God.]] Mxyzptlk can’t be beaten, stopped or destroyed; he only goes away when you satisfy the rule he made up on a whim. And, like God, he’s basically unknowable; [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm you can see aspects of Mxyzptlk but never the whole.]]''
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7	-->-- "[[http://mightygodking.com/2010/11/11/thursday-whos-who-mr-mxyzptlk/ Who's Who]]", '''Mightygodking.com'''
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10	->'''246''': David, who is the most evil cartoon character ever created? It was before 2000, a long time before. \
11	'''David''': Well, I’m guessing it would have to be someone who is doing or did something really bad. \
12	'''246''': Yes. \
13	'''David''': One of those people who destroyed the earth? Or tried to, like Marvin the Martian. \
14	'''246''': We’re not on earth, so that wouldn’t affect us. \
15	'''David''': Someone who destroyed, or would have destroyed something. \
16	'''246''': You’re getting warmer. \
17	'''David''': Everything. Someone who destroyed, or could have destroyed the universe. \
18	'''246''': Uh huh, and who might that be? \
19	'''David''': Damn, this seems so familiar. Oh shit. It just hit me. I wouldn’t have thought of it otherwise. You think backward, as you say, so it wouldn’t be someone really vicious, it would be someone cute. And I can only think of one character that fits those qualifications. \
20	'''246''': And whom do you get? \
21	'''David''': The Great Gazoo from WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones. \
22	'''246''': Why? \
23	'''David''': He got sent to earth as punishment for creating a machine that could annihilate the entire universe. \
24	'''246''': You got it. \
25	'''David''': Sure. But I don’t understand why you consider him the most evil cartoon character. \
26	'''246''': You pointed it out exactly. ''Because'' the character of The Great Gazoo is cute. He looks harmless. Hidden evil is much worse and more dangerous than obvious evil. Now, I might have given him a pass on being ‘evil’ except that he knew what his device would do and he knew what the consequences of his actions were.

Context Quotes / GreatGazoo