Animation Damnation: Superman The Animated Series - "Mxyzpixilated"
Added 2025-06-12 10:00:05 +0000 UTCOn this month's Animation Damnation, we're finally chatting about an episode of one of the all-time cartoon greats, Superman: The Animated Series!
The episode in question, "Mxyzpixilated," originally aired back on September 20, 1997, and features the total legend, Gilbert Gottfried, voicing the amusing villain, Mr. Mxyzptlk! How great is Gilbert, being so masterful at annoying Superman? How eerie is it when the Kents are turned into huge chickens? What's the deal with Superman using his laser eyes to shave... when he has to tidy up downtown? And, how great is this all-star voice cast? PLUS: Dear lord, how horny is this little cartoon episode, huh?
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
Superman's parents aren't dead anymore.
Mark D Myers
2025-06-25 01:43:40 +0000 UTCTime twink is the porn parody I need lol a twink getting plowed by great men in history lol
Arthur martinez
2025-06-24 13:50:36 +0000 UTCTo this day, I'm genuinely amazed they got the okay for that ending. And seconding it is a great ep in general for helping showcase Superman himself as more than just a powerhouse.
Todd B
2025-06-17 15:12:12 +0000 UTCAnd all this time I've been calling him Mixy-ez Pit-l-lick π€¦π»ββοΈ
TDB
2025-06-17 13:23:00 +0000 UTCGuys, any plans to cover King of the Hill in August? The new season will be out!
Felipe Sobreiro
2025-06-15 21:07:50 +0000 UTCAndrew doing the "Elmer Fudd as Borat" impression and then realizing what he just did after the fact is hysterical. π
Busiris
2025-06-13 07:11:31 +0000 UTCEric couldn't have been more right when he said, "He's not Zeus; he's Hercules." The inspiration for Superman's face on this show was actually Hercules from The Mighty Hercules (1963-1966). It's literally the same face, tbh.
Eren Keskin
2025-06-12 21:54:32 +0000 UTCThe opening convo reminded me of former NHL player Mark Borowiecki. You would never guess in a million years how that last name is pronounced
JK
2025-06-12 21:36:21 +0000 UTCListening to this ep and the differences between Snyder and Gunn's version of Superman put me in mind if this scene from the sequel cartoon Justice League Unlimited. "Fanboys" had been complaining for years that the animated Supes was too underpowered but they put in this speech that I think is the best representation of Superman and how careful he has to be. https://youtu.be/Cl_5UwS57X8?feature=shared
Jay Smith
2025-06-12 19:43:29 +0000 UTCSteve referencing the Dan Turpin episode has absolutely made my day!
Matt
2025-06-12 19:08:26 +0000 UTCIf you're looking for another Superman episode I suggest "The Late Mr. Kent" Great episode showing the difference between Clark and Superman with the craziest ending for a cartoon for kids!
BoyofDestiny
2025-06-12 18:34:21 +0000 UTCDini was such a Mxy fanboy. The only character he loved more was Zatanna. So much so he married a real life Zatanna. Also when the boys talk about if Mxy was Eastern European, it reminded me of the version of Mxy in Smallville was from the Balkans and it was very embarrassing.
Steven Avalos
2025-06-12 16:36:21 +0000 UTCBordering on a Side Order of Sleaze
Matzar
2025-06-12 16:32:29 +0000 UTCSupermanβs cape is the color red, which is a reference to the color spectrum, and the color red that is on it
RJ Cunningham
2025-06-12 16:18:40 +0000 UTCAlready did π
Daryl Williams
2025-06-12 13:41:04 +0000 UTC"At the end of this episode, Lois Lane is seen eating a carrot. This is a reference to Phoebe Cates demonstrating a blowjob on a carrot in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont High." I may have liked this show a little more than Batman TAS. Don't @ me.
MarkNM
2025-06-12 13:16:54 +0000 UTCI will add the IMDB note for Eric later today.
TJ Gaines
2025-06-12 12:14:44 +0000 UTCOn the first episode of Ornithological Idiots, we discuss how awesome it is when Robert Pattinson goes apeshit on that seagull in The Lighthouse
Tim O'
2025-06-12 11:31:39 +0000 UTCRIP Gilbert Gottfried. He was great as Mxyz. Supes making him spell his name in clouds was a funny move
Frank Grimes
2025-06-12 10:05:15 +0000 UTC
