Mighty Max (TV Series) Norman's Conquest (1993) User Reviews

Bizarro Norman!!!

[Foreverisacastironmess123 · 8/10 · 5 February 2014]

I like the random bit of poetry at the beginning that Virgil reads. At least it sounds a lot like Virgil, they don't show who it is.. Speaking of voices, it's ridiculously obvious it's Rob Paulson also doing the one of the annoying negative British stereotype scientist. When Max meets him it's a pretty good example of someone talking to himself(!) If ya look fast enough you can spot Ernie in the classroom! Okay, for what it's worth this action-packed episode is apparently 'adapted' from the Horror Head "Mighty Max Hammers Spike", although the miniature version of Spike was a very different conception to what they did with him in this. It must have been hard work, but also a lot of fun being the group of animators and episode developers who had to look at the toys and think, what kind of story can we make out of this one? And no way in hell was this show ever some cheap gimmick designed to promote the toys. I've seen cartoons like that, they don't last and nobody remembers them. To me at least, this show was special, and in my opinion it eventually came to outshine and outlive the toy series. Spike sure was one crazy bloodthirsty dude, he was kinda like a deranged, evil version of Norman. He certainly seemed to get to Norman quick enough to say that he awoke on the other side of the world and didn't have access to the portals himself or anything..eh, screw the rules, we have plot dammit! He's good enough as a relentless psycho of a bad guy, but there were huge gaping flaws in his character design that bugged the heck out of me. Like his voice, the situation clearly called for something deep or menacing, but it was just irritatingly over-the-top and dumb sounding. I can't believe the guy who did the voice was the same actor who played Robert on "Everybody Loves Raymond!" Also the face was too cartoony and goofy looking for me to take the character seriously. But despite this, he was still seriously mental for a show aimed at kids. He was also a masochist to boot! How do you get a head full of sticks and not die from that crap?! I think they may have messed with his brain! It's a good fight, but not as fun as Norman's battle against the Doom Dragon - although strangely just like with that epic clash Norman spends the majority of the fight running! In the end he does get the better of the insane savage and drops him to his icy death in a pretty serious moment. He let him off easy, should have lopped-off his head and stuck it on a pike for what he did to his father! Twenty years old and this show is still a blast to watch, it had such a great blend of fantasy action and adventure, combined with the more subtle macabre themes and adult dangers and references to popular movies. Like for instance the look and atmosphere of the beautifully animated scenes set in the ancient past reminded me of "Conan the Barbarian", and the hectic modern action made me think of "Highlander." I love the ending. Always good to have a story that fleshes out and adds to the back-story of one of the main characters in some way, and this gives Norman some more background and emotion at the end. All in all, like most of them it's great fun and very nostalgic for me. Be seeing ya!

Norman Gets an Episode

[shelbythuylinh · 8/10 · 3 January 2022]

Glad that he does cause next to Max, Norman is my second favorite. We find out that he is afraid of Spike the man he claims killed his father when Norman was a child.

And how that Norman took on the roles not just of Max's guardian but that over in other heroes like Thor. To gain his 10,000 years there among other things. Spike has scared Norman it seems though the latter does not want to show it.

But Max's encouragement and Virgil's wise words help him defeat his enemy and nemesis there and honor his father.