Title: | Fantastic Max |
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Start - end: | 1988 - 1990 |
Studio: | Hanna Barbera Studios |
Official site: | Fantastic Max official site | Rate: |
Heroes
Max (voiced by Ben Ryan Ganger)
FX (voiced by Nancy Cartwright)
AB (voiced by Gregg Berger)
Zoe (voiced by Elisabeth Harnois)
Dad (voiced by Paul Eiding)
Mom (voiced by Gail Matthius)
King Crutsiz - A cheerful Knight with an orange goatee (and a moustache to go with it) who had a big riddle to solve about dragons and befriended Max, AB and FX especially when they were lost. Of course, like all Knights, he was seen riding on a horse. First and only appearance was "Stitches in Time".
Villians
Bronx - a ringmaster. Only appearance was "Monkey See, Monkey Zoo".
Goldie - (voiced by Hank Azaria) A space gypsy voiced by Hank Azaria. Only appearance was "All in a Babe's Work". His catchphrase was "Goldie the (laughs) Space Gypsy" and gypsy-style music would play in the background. He is even seen with two other space gypsie subordinates - Cosmo and Gar. Gar's name is only mentioned once by Goldie himself and, apart from only having one scene, where he fires Max and the gang with a gypsy gun filled with whipped cream vermicelli and speaks no lines, is only given a mere background appearance, is only seen for quite a while and is given no development whatsoever. Of course, Cosmo and Gar only appear in that one episode never mind Goldie himself.
Dumping Jack Trash - a garbage man who always spoke in rhyme. Only two appearances in Season 1 were "Attack of the Cubic Rubes" and "Beach Blanket Baby". He was used to replace Texas Pete from Superted when that cartoon phased out in 1988; thereby, like when older characters are dropped and are usually replaced by new characters, "Beach Blanket Baby" could be the replacement episode in this cartoon for the Superted episode "Superted at the Funfair".
XS - FX's mischievous little cousin who first appeared in "Cooking Mother Goose".
Ben (voiced by Benji Gregory) (even though he is a main character, his only appearance in series one was
"Carrot Encounters of the Third Kind".)
Evil, nasty, bad-tempered, spiteful etc. pirate - Self-explanatory; fortunately his one and only appearance was "Beach Blanket Baby".
Pumpernickel - An evil wizard with black hair and a black moustache who tortured the village peasants to pay him to prevent them being torched by the dragon. He had a pet raven who could talk and tried to take over the whole world especially after imprisoning Max and the gang. The only episode featuring him (and his raven, for that matter) was "Stitches in Time".
He's tops, I mean terrific.
I don't know another word that says it so specific.
Well here comes Max and his fun time heroes its victory again.
They owe it all to that four-ply diaper and that safety pin.
Fantastic Max.
Fantastic Max.
Well along came Max and the fun time started,
I laughed until I cried.
He's dynamite in those four-ply diapers;
He's my kind of guy.
Well there goes Max on a big time mission,
Will he loose or win?
Guess it all depends on those four-ply diapers
And that safety pin.
He's tops, I mean terrific.
I don't know another word that says it so specific.
Well here comes Max and his fun time heroes its victory again.
They owe it all to that four-ply diaper and that safety pin.
Fantastic Max.