MIGHTY MAX Episodes 26 & 27: Armageddon Closer & Outta Here (SERIES FINALE)
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- Max's birthday falls on the winter solstice, the day that is filled with the most darkness. Skullmaster, having now reforged his crystal of souls and filled it with the souls of the citizens of Dragon Island, now puts in to play his final plan for victory he has been working towards ever since his escape from Skull Mountain. Virgil and Norman show up at Max's birthday party to show him the prophecy in their home in the Himalayas Mountains. There they reveal to him that the Prophecy is a set of murals that have been predicting the future based on current events, and it now shows that Skullmaster is ready to begin his conquest of the world. Skullmaster and Warmonger launch a surprise attack on the three in their home leaving them with no choice but to run. As they are running, Virgil informs Max that they must evade Skullmaster until after the Winter Solstice or else Skullmaster will win. As they flee from portal to portal, they encounter previously defeated monsters they had encountered through the series (like the Cyclop and Cyberskull), now revived by and under Skullmaster's control. Eventually they encounter the giant mutated spider they had previously fought and Norman had a fear against as this time Norman realizes that his destiny is about to conclude.
In order to buy Max and Virgil time to escape, Norman engages the mutated spider in battle realizing that the time of his destiny has come. Max resists leaving Norman to die, but Virgil forces him to flee explaining to him that this moment was foretold on by the prophecy; the mural in their home. After fleeing, Max is furious that Virgil let Norman die upon which Virgil explains that each person's end is foretold and that Virgil's end will be at Stonehenge, a place Max must avoid until after the solstice. Skullmaster and Warmonger show up again, and in order to save Max, Virgil sends him to the Astral Plane, the one place Skullmaster cannot follow. Skullmaster abducts Virgil and takes him to Stonehenge while relaying a message to Max through Talon (the monster in the Astral Plane) that if he fails to show up, he will kill Virgil. Max, desperate for help, heads to Skull Mountain to recruit Lava Lord's help in getting revenge on Skullmaster. Lava Lord takes his new and improved Magus to Stonehenge with Max. Skullmaster summons Fuath to battle with Lava Lord while Max attempts to save Virgil. Eventually Skullmaster overcomes Lava Lord with the power of the crystal of souls, and then demands that Max hand over the cosmic cap in exchange for Virgil's life. Despite Virgil's protest, Max agrees upon which Skullmaster kills Virgil and orders Warmonger to restrain Max while he explains what is about to happen. Skullmaster, now with the Cosmic Cap (which changes into a cosmic crown) and Crystal of Souls will stand in the center of Stonehenge, where he will absorb the powers of time itself on the sunset of the winter solstice and be able to rewrite the past, present, and future. Max, while Warmonger has been killed by Skullmaster, grabs a hold of the staff with the crystal of souls, and using his connection with the cap, is able to partially absorb the energy as well and uses it to reverse time back to when he first got the cap. Now back at the beginning, he realizes that he is reliving the past and decides that this time around he is going to ensure he fulfills his destiny.
RIP Richard Moll. 😭
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I disagree vehemently with anyone who says this two-part ending was anything but an absolute masterpiece. Everything about it screams the collective talent and passion that went into this series; the writing, pacing, dialogue, voice acting, music, deep existential themes and gritty realism for a PG cartoon build to an absolutely stunning emotional crescendo. The churning, grinding, wailing distorted guitar and sombre staccato drums fill me with a sense of dread and inexorable doom, only to be spun on a dime with Max's denouement epiphany into his heroic theme as he charges his nemesis, perfectly summarised by their exchange:
'You fool! You can't save the world!'
'I can die trying!'
'You WILL!'
The courage and self-belief of a thirteen year old boy against the unstoppable power of a 12 foot tall, 10000 year old necromancer in the process of an apotheosis brings me to tears every single time I rewatch this epic finale.
It's sad people are no longer brave enough or able to bear the light of virtue that shines through series like this. Once upon a time we were free and happy, and our culture was the best the world has ever seen.
This is basically accurate statement you have
I wonder what would happen to Virgil and Norman after the time reversed
I loved this show growing up and I would’ve loved to see a movie out of it (animated obviously)
Me too man used to wake up early for school back in the day just to watch it
Skullmaster was the most powerful and terrifying villain to ever appear in a cartoon. Aku from Samurai Jack, Professor Pericles and the Nibiru Entity from Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated, Bill Cipher from Gravity Falls, etc. were nothing compared to this awesome foe. He was THIS close to winning in the series finale. In the end, he was ultimately wasn't defeated due to Max resetting time back to the first episode in order to get another chance at defeating him for good.
This man is up there with Pucci, but instead it's the hero that did Made In Heaven.
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