Mighty Max S1 E03 - Day of the Cyclops

Original Airdate: September 26, 1993
Max and his mom travel to Turkey, where they are met by Virgil and Norman. Max's mom doesn't seem very surprised to see a walking, talking bird creature but refuses to believe that her son is some sort of super hero (she recognizes Virgil by name, so it is conceivable that Max has introduced his new friends to his mother between episodes and she has had some time to adjust). Max and Norman are arrested when Max is accused of stealing his cap from a vendor's stand. The seller has them both thrown into the (Geneva convention breaking) local prison at gunpoint at which Max finally convinces Norman to stop beating up the police. Meanwhile Virgil and Max's mom must work together to recover the cap after the vendor sold it. In the prison, Max and Norman are accosted by a large hulking creature who apparently wants to feed them to a cyclops living in the caverns beneath the prison. As usual, adventures ensue and the day is saved.