- Fantastic Max
"Fantastic Max" is an
animated cartoon series created by Mike Young. An American/Welsh co-production, the series was produced byHanna-Barbera Productions andKalato Ltd in association withS4C . It centers on a diaper-wearingtoddler named Max, who has adventures in outer space with two of his toys: FX, a pull string alien doll from a planet called Twinkle-Twinkle and AB Sitter, aC3PO -likeandroid made of blocks.In the United States, "Fantastic Max" ran in syndication for two years as part of the weekly "Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera" program block. The first episode aired on Sunday,
September 11 ,1988 , and the last first-run episode aired onFebruary 1 ,1990 .Characters
Heroes
*Max (voiced by Ben Ryan Ganger)
*FX (voiced byNancy Cartwright )
*AB (voiced byGregg Berger )
*Zoe (voiced byElisabeth Harnois )
*Dad (voiced byPaul Eiding )
*Mom (voiced byGail Matthius )
*Ben (voiced byBenji Gregory )Villians
*Bronx - a
ringmaster . Only appearance was "Monkey See, Monkey Zoo".
*Goldie - (voiced byHank Azaria ) A spacegypsy voiced byHank 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 withwhipped 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.
*Dumping Jack Trash - agarbage 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 fromSuperted when that cartoon phased out in 1988.
*XS - FX's mischievous little cousin who first appeared in "Carrot Encounters of the Third Kind".Episodes
1988
# "The Loon in the Moon"
# "Toys will be Toys"
# "All in a Babe's Work"
# "Attack of the Cubic Rubes"
# "Monkey See, Monkey Zoo"
# "The Big Sleep"
# "Cooking Mother's Goose"
# "Journey to the Center of my Sister"
# "Carrot Encounters of the Third Kind"
# "The Baby Who Fell to Earth"
# "Beach Blanket Baby"
# "Stitches in Time"
# "From Her to Twinkle Twinkle"1989
# "Boo Who?"
# "Ben, the Blackmailer"
# "Cowboy Max"
# "Straight Flush"
# "Rats Like Us"
# "Grab Bag Rag"
# "Movie Star Max"
# "To Tell the Tooth"
# "Dr Max and Baby Hyde"
# "Guess Who's Coming to Dinar"
# "A. B. Phone Home"
# "Puzzle Puzzle Toil and Trouble"
# "Blarney Fife"
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