Mighty Max Episode 40: Armageddon Outta Here Part 2 of 2

[@gordonbressack]

Thanks to all the fans that have commented on this series finale. I enjoy the fact that there is much disagreement about it. It was meant to be controversial.. As for the reason for the ending: we were told the series was not being picked up and I felt that it deserved an unusual ending that would incite the fans to wonder where it might go from here. Much better than just having no end to the story. Hope you enjoyed it, or at least enjoyed hating it.

[@ThunderChunky101]

You wrote it?!

[@ThunderChunky101]

I can't believe this is the actual GB?

[@Kujakuseki01]

Gordon Bressack it’s a fantastic ending. I am 33 now and I still revisit the video because of how much this ending impacted me. I’m so impressed that you got Tim Curry to voice Skullmaster in the first place, but he is one of my favorite villains of all time. I love this series so so much and almost 20 years later I think so fondly of it.

[@Kujakuseki01]

Gordon Bressack I always LOVED how the finale two parter had a bunch of the villains from many of the non-skullmaster episodes throughout.

[@ZoltanHercules]

This is a quality ending... it fits in with the ethos of mighty max. The cycle perpetuates, or does it??

[@gordonbressack]

@College Joe: The ending doesn't suggest an endless loop. Max gets to start over again and this time he has foreknowledge of events.

[@rotraven]

RIP Gordon

[@godofthisshit]

@@rotraven Damn. RIP

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

This show was HARDCORE.

[@Kujakuseki01]

Tim Curry makes for such a phenomenal villain.

[@HowlingMonki]

When Max said, "I can die trying!" that really made me think--they don't say things like that anymore! This cartoon was probably the BEST animated adventure series I've ever had the pleasure of viewing (3rd time watching it all the way through XD) and even though it ended in a way that leaves us wanting more when we know we can't have it, it leaves room for our imaginations to pick up where the show left off! LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY ONE!

[@Smarigdine]

"I'm the Mighty One! Or haven't you heard?"

[@JimmySteller]

8:03 "You fool! You can't save the world!" "I can die trying!" "You will!" Not going to lie, that exchange is incredibly intense. For all it being a silly cartoon show, they tackled some dark subject matter.

[@cyshadow]

Man, I used to watch Mighty Max when I was like 8 and 9 years old. It was definitely the best cartoon ever. Wikipedia said that it wasn't very successful and it pissed me off. I wish they would have made more episodes.

[@oblivion85]

Part of my childhood died after the show ended

[@BYERE]

lol, before it becomes a crown, Skullmaster looks funny in a baseball cap :P

[@c1hameline]

I do miss this show. It was an awesome way to spend the morning before school.

[@WesleyEvan87]

finally say the last episode...20 years later. loved waiting MM before school, couldn't miss it.

[@SohiHien]

Thanks so much for uploading this series. It brought back so many memories. This was a great show, they don't make cartoons now like they did back then. Long Live Mighty Max!

[@Jantzen7]

Finally was able to see this show again, praise and give glory to God for this

[@jonpowell4246]

Skull master: you fool, you can't save the world Max: I can die trying Me:✊️

[@ronarprfct]

Nah, man, the knowledge they gained can be applied the second time around to defeat Skullmaster.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

I remember watching this as a kid bit thinking it was a season finale. When I didn't see more episodes after a while, I was super sad.

[@redbeanmochi]

I've only seen some of the early episodes back when it was still airing on TV so many years ago. But now, I've seen them all and I have to admit I'm glad I watched them here. The ending left me curious to see what Max will do the second time around, despite knowing what has transpired the first time. Still, it's Saturday morning nostalgia at its best. It should be Max's destiny to be put on DVD for everyone to enjoy...

[@nilesstark]

Basically straight out of the Dark Tower.

[@undeadnotunpeople]

i feel like im going to cry. i would love another season! i like how the cap morphs into whatever the cap bearer percieves it to be. it makes mote since. and now max has a chancebto save his friends and end skullmaster from the start which means he might not fail school as i imagined he missed serveral days!

[@lily03317]

@hipposhaped What always sticks out to me is the complete lack of music otherwise, and all you hear are Max's footsteps as he tries to run towards Skullmaster. That was heartbreaking.

[@losbanosmonkey]

The ending reminded me of Back to the future lol.

[@Aqua-Marine-UK_1991]

it was alot of fun watching all of these episodes again. the ending though....maybe with anyluck it might get a movie one day?

[@Lobster222]

Dude gotta love the spirit he put into that "I can die trying!" line at 8:06

[@knowledgeseeker4614]

I liked how he succeeded.

[@kenudice9841]

Max is pure Gryffindor.

[@lupinvash3]

That may have been one of the best things Rob Paulsen said

[@RAMBOJVR]

OMG I WAS GLUED TO THE T.V SET ON THE END when i saw this as a kid... the drums, mighty max guitar theme, everything spinning!!!! JUST PURE AWESOMENESS!!!!

[@MrWhitman]

I remember feeling so sad that they showed the final episode of this show. I still feel sad. It was one of the few shows that was really worth watching.

[@agentpiltdown]

Hah, so Max basically lost but got a chance to redo everything armed with the knowledge of events. Always wondered how this story wrapped up, thanks so much for sharing.

[@sonic8005]

Warmonger should've SO seen that end coming after his failed betrayel.

[@FreakyLynx]

I would have loved for this show to be renewed but... happy they received a halfway decent finale, few other shows can say the same.

[@bearerofbadnews1375]

We’re dreamworks inspired by Mighty Max finale when they made trollhunters rise of the Titans?

[@ninjapwnager]

I remember this series as a kid, I so glad you've brought it back, thanks alot man. I've just finished watching all of these and they've brought so many memories of waking up early in the morning just to watch this. However as a kid I've always thought they'd continue the series after this episode. I remember watching it over and over, hoping they would start playing new episodes once they got to this point. Guess they just decided to end it right here.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

When Skull master vaporized Virgil, that was a Holy shit moment. For him to kill Warmonger- I'm like O NO.

[@htsachakis]

well for a lot of time i was wondering if TV will play again Mighty Max...i was watching it when i was ten and i just remembered only parts of it (and of course not the end) Thanks a lot for the plesure you gave me to watch again my favorite cartoon!!!

[@VidaVisionTvFilmProduction]

thanks mann ive been loking for this searies nearly all of my life i had small memories off mighty max and have searcht eaverrywere for it!! now ive seen the hole lot and im satisfied!! thanx alot againg it wwass truly a pleasure to be able to watch it againg with more understanding....

[@lily03317]

Oh you & me both! Although I never had Polly Pockets... I had only a couple Mighty Max toys. My daily routine at age 13 was to come home from school, flip on Animaniacs, then change the channel where Mighty Max was in syndication. I have the bootleg DVDs (which I will buy official special edition ones if they're ever released), and I fully plan on showing it to my kids. It's truly one of the best, most under rated shows out there.

[@ronarprfct]

Yes, but once he thought it was too late to stop him, and knew Max's friends were unable to help him, he got cocky, and he also probably saw the risk to the cap if he killed the capbearer to be more worthy of consideration once he actually had it in his grasp and had plans for it.

[@ralphcifaretto1]

Hahaha you can tell that Lava Monster is voiced by Frank Welker. Sounds so much like Megatron....!!

[@HiyruuAzuretiem]

*wipes a tear away* Such a great series. Personally I like the Reset but not Retcon ending. By messing the prophecy over like he did... in the re-play he'd be able to save Virgil and Norman... I'd like to think anyways.

[@ciaridah]

i missed the re-run of this when i was a kid i was watching it before i went to school but i had to go... im glad i finally saw it.

[@KadenzaKat98]

The cap is really a crown??? ...Oh boy, now I've seen everything.

[@JacenEnda]

The part from emerging of the Lava mountain till Skullmaster's defeat always gives me the creeps. And the music is so epic! I can't believe that a cartoon so incredibly good got canceled. Despite many popular and awarded cartoons Mighty Max will always be my favorite one because it's the one I grew up with and learned a lot from unlike the crap they give today's kids. The finale is perfect: unconventional, just as the show was and it's a way of showing that MM will always live.

[@FlinxWeasel]

Magus was one of my favorite playsets

[@rotraven]

After watching Madoka first thing that came to my mind was the ending of this show. Such a great series and hopefully one day it will get a proper ending.

[@SimianScience]

one of the greatest endings in any show i have ever seen. Max is forever doomed to repeat this.

[@Agamemnon-w9x]

since he has the knowledge of all the events that took place, Max would be able to counter Skullmaster before he acts, and save Virgil and Norman

[@smokescreenSA]

Can't believe the balls this show had, killing everyone off in the finale lol. Good times when kids were kids.

[@LordAkron]

my god i love this show a watched near half of them in one sitting good to be born in the 80's and grow up a 90's child

[@Guy-mx4fb]

Would have liked better ending but I was also happy that everyone was alive and he could re do things the right away. While disappointed I felt satisfied and happy

[@ravvy23]

Thank you so much for uploading this vid man, I really appriciate it.

[@PenguinXIII]

I love Tim Curry. He makes such a good bad guy!

[@weenbopper]

This is the best T.V. Show ever made....Period

[@lvballa78]

thx for uploading this lol i got to relive some childhood memories of before school cartoons

[@AddressUnknown666]

"AND FOREVER MORE!" Aw, Dr. Frank'n'Furter

[@cazzacus]

I love this episode... It was my favorite ever when I was young!

[@wheredidileavemycell]

I like how he always crashes after portal jumping

[@NightsJudgement]

just finished watching them all, as with many others I saw scattered episodes as a kid and loved it. now I finally seen the finale and love it. Maybe the Mighty Max fans of the world should stand up and make them make that movie :P

[@irontusk341]

the music for this episode, pandoras box, the magnificent seven, and the axeman cometh were my favorites... i just wish they had a soundtrack for it. this is my favorite cartoon of all time.

[@hipnosapista]

I am...speechless... i liked it... A LOT.. i cant believe they did it all The destined deads part was awesome but i thought it would let me something to wish for at the end... I loved it, a think its complete i just... for me it WAS the perfect end jaja I am so happy i remember this series (And,OF COURSE max should have died countless times by now,you dont need to restrain yourself from this episode.Its a cartoon after all ) thanx for uploading this i had my childhood wish fullfilled

[@Antoniobubic1989]

I just hope that one day we will see movie release or continuation of the cartoon :))

[@peacewish]

True the ending is strange, maybe a cop-out, and I see why the fans' feelings are divided on that issue. It WOULD have been great to tie it all off with a movie;too bad. Still,you can see a lot more effort went into plot structure and continuity for this cartoon than typical for your average nineties show. Excellent voice talents too, and quippy dialogue that puts the current garbage to shame. Why is this not on DVD?You're an angel for posting these. What a great way to spend a Saturday.

[@saiberunato]

I think they were probably planning for a 3rd season (which never happened), hence the less than satisfying ending.

[@ClovisTotenkopf]

Nevermind. Frank Welker - Warmonger, Lava Lord

[@knicksfule]

I'll never forget that riff @ 7:13

[@doctimus]

The guy who played him was Frank Welker, who also player Megatron in Transformers.

[@princeofdarknessxyz1]

there needs to be a mighty max movie....I'll contact Michael Bay

[@aKILLAfromAPK]

8:01 "you fool!" to "you will!" was too intense for a cartoon. should be a dialogue in a live action movie

[@parrro88]

that rock creature in the begining sounded like megatron

[@jfive1182]

It funny Skull-Master has the same voice Animator from Hook The Peter Pan animated series

[@Varsh86]

thank you so much for these uploads! total blast from the past and i thoroughly enjoyed watching them. i just wish it would come back with the original writers etc. altho it would probably be completly dumbed down for todays kids. sigh*

[@zarth4]

One of the best cartoon series of the 90's, I have a feeling the writers might of wanted to do something more with the end but had to do something else probably because of the network. Still I like how they wrapped it up and ended the series.

[@el-kiote]

since max has knowledge of these events, wouldn't skullmaster have the same knowledge, and cover his bases too, making things just as hard as it already was for max?

[@kenudice9841]

Not necessarily. Keep in mind, this knowledge could affect all of the characters that were directly involved in their adventures, thus creating a whole new timeline.

[@lily03317]

@gordonbressack A HUGE THANK YOU Goes out to everyone involved with the Mighty Max cartoon show-- All the writers, all the voiceover actors, all the animators & artists. I grew up watching this show every day after school (when it was in syndication) and loved this show back then. I am still impressed when re-watching the show now (I am going to be 29 next month). In my heart, the show will always be top notch & its a shame its not been officially released on DVD.

[@AddressUnknown666]

@gordonbressack If so, thanks for keeping me company when I was a kid. I'm 28 now, and I clearly recall me and my friends playing Mighty Max for hours and hours, twenty years ago... Cheers from Italy.

[@ronarprfct]

Maybe he was afraid something would happen to the cap if the capbearer were dead, and ruin his plans for world domination.

[@EDifyer881]

The voice of skull master is also the voice of pretorious and max's voice is also stanley ipkiss/ the mask from the mask cartoon

[@TitaniumTriforce]

you rock out loud for uploading these man, nostalgics unite!

[@vldmaiden]

usually with series finale episodes, it leaves you feeling done empty but in this case the ending makes it feel like it never ended and the rest is up to the viewers imagination

[@hipposhaped]

The thunder at 5:30 gives me chills...

[@EternalSOV]

The only question is whether skull master rembers or not if he does new series if not max will know every move he's gonna make and will beat him with ease this time around

[@MrBeeRick]

I do think it suggests a loop of sorts though. perhaps not endless, but a number of them for sure.

[@chaospoet]

Thank You!!! And yeah they don't call him the mighty one for nothing! :-)

[@Kujakuseki01]

The ending came from an era in the world of cartoons when a "resolution of a return back to the way things were before" was popular. Look at a lot of the drama cartoons of the day. The end of the original Sailor Moon (where it should have been completely ended--NOT continued in R, S, and so on) was like this.

[@dblock679]

yea when i found out he had to wear the cap i knew it would look ridiculous

[@SmeeTheDog]

That's true there should really be a live action movie of this show.

[@VikingBoyBilly]

This ending reminds me of a game called Marathon Infinity where time traveling throws continuity out the window but makes a deep, contemplative story.

[@ronarprfct]

I don't know that Skullmaster would have knowledge of things to come also, but even if he did, Max would be more capable of utilizing his knowledge and would still beat Skullmaster. Skullmaster's possible paths are constrained by what he is trying to accomplish. Max can take any number of paths to interfere with his plans.

[@vod64]

can you post a video response showing the last 3? cause I don't think i have ever seen them. I totally thought this was the last.

[@KairuHakubi]

max isn't one to talk, he doublecrossed skullmaster before when they had a deal for him to spare virgil so he'd get the cap..

[@Toledotourbillion]

The end of a saga. Like all good things.

[@darkdragonforever]

they should another series where max is older and a more experienced fighter

[@oblivion85]

back then when i was a kid i didnt understand the ending, but now i do

[@ronarprfct]

Actually, since he has knowledge of the first time, he can and will change the sequence of events from last time. Also, thanks for spoiling the end of Donnie Darko for me, as I haven't gotten around to seeing it. No point now. I suppose I shouldn't wait so long to see things.

[@HowlingMonki]

At last I have seen the whole story that is Mighty Max. I don't know how to feel, it is a mixture of joy and the obvious sadness that is required when one's favorite show ends...I also don't know how to feel about the end, as now I wish I knew what Max did diffrently! Hm...perhaps if I do become an animator that might be something to think about. MIGHTY MAX FOREVER!

[@T1H0]

thanks arsenal, you've made more than 20k people happy

[@chickenw1re]

@gordonbressack if you had anything to do with the creation and propagation of this show, then I salute you. When I was younger I used to adore Mighty Max, although a lot of my peers, and a lot of people younger than me just didn’t appreciate it the way I did. The glorification of the intellect is superb. I think this cartoon was one of the reasons I became the person I have. So thanks. I owe you a lot. I really hope you read this because it’s not often you get to thank the people who made you

[@SkanRashke]

If only soccer moms and political correctness weren't in control of tv these days MAYBE cartoons could be this good! Mighty max is easily the best American cartoon to ever be put on the air. The best plot development, stories, and portrayal of evil. You actually see what evil's all about! "Here's your reward for your service, warmonger..". It made young kids think "Well thats a terrible idea to be one of the bad guys!" idk. I can't stand modern cartoons. Cheers to the folks responsible for MM!

[@Disneyfan82]

Why should soccer mom's and political correctness be in control of TV?

[@SkanRashke]

@@Disneyfan82 They shouldn't be. I think you misread what I typed.

[@Druzica18]

"...and this time, don't take quite so long!" Haha, Virgin maintains his classic snark no matter what, doesn't he?

[@monkeypower420]

@Joethegiantkilla The hat can't be destroyed but you would think what ever lava was left in the hat would of burned him

[@soccerballer9]

Great show!! Still a huge fan!

[@yellowstoneinc]

I loved this series so much i named my kid max after it, lol, what episode number is the one where max meets the himself as the older cap bearer?

[@LordBillGates]

It's so sick that it had an ending. Very rare for a 90's morning cartoon series.