Mighty Max (1993–1995): Season 1, Episode 1 - A Bellwether in One's Cap - full transcript
Young Max receives a very special cap in the mail, and learns that he is the foretold "Mighty One" whom it is said is destined to defeat the ultimate evil of the Skullmaster.
- A Bellwether in ones Cap -
Dig!
Swallow.
Snow.
Eat me a hole...
So I may bring pain...
To unleash my torment.
Upon them, up, in the surface,
In the sun,
dig a path for me,
to be, free!
Mom? I'm home!
Mom?
Hi Max, mom here.
I'm off to make the collie, mucho
grande swapped me. I'll be back late.
Dinner is yesterday's
buffalo stew. See ya' then.
A third volcanic Island has
lifted its firy head from the Pacific.
Scientists are unsure what it means.
Other than, there will be a
hot time in the old town tonight.
Bless these homework, O' wise one.
Hey, miss me Thor?
(Knocks at the door)
Whoa! Package delivery.
Probably some from mom's.
Ah, just leave it please!
Wow! This ain't from mom.
It's for me?!
Wonder who could have sent it.
Cool! Looks Egyptian.
Ah, that's it.
Ok, ok.. ah...
that's an "In which"
That's a... "nit."
which means, charm,
Mighty.
"You have been chosen,
to be the cap bearer?"
"Go to the mini mart, and
wait for a sign, Might Max."
Might Max?!
I'm dreaming!
What has happened?!
The chosen one
could have done this.
She's coming, as prophesied.
To destroy me!
And I'm so close to release.
Go! Find him first.
And bring me his beating heart.
And I'll eat it, raw.
(panting)
Whoa! What a rush.
Man, I don't think they
made this one in Taiwan.
Hmm, guess I blew
a fuse or something.
So? Think I'm dumb enough
to go to that mini mart?
Boy, I hope this is some kind of joke.
Well, at least I'll pick up an
ounce of primo-colic if nothing else.
Not the cupcakes!
- Big Ed?
Back, back! Taste my
Louisville Slugger, sucker!
Get out of here, Max!
Whoa!
Blast him a bye bye
whenever he wish!
I don't believe it!
Second floor, whoa!
What?!
Whoa!
(Grunt)
Ouch! Feew, eew
At last! The Mighty One.
Ah, I see you received my package
as prophesied, 5,000 years ago.
Do help him up, Norman?
After all, you are the
guardian of the mighty one.
Hey!
Eiiya!
Don't mess with me, buddy!
I know the ancient art
of, uhm.. uhm.. Foo-do!
Yeah, yeah and I
can rip your eyes out
and show them to you
people before you die!
Right then, just follow us
to the portal, mighty max.
It must be around
here somewhere.
Ah. Glad that's settled.
I'd hate to hurt either
of you two guys.
So, where are we?
- Mongolia.
Mongolia?!
Hey, what are you talking
about man? How I'd get here?
Hey! Wait for me!
Okay, now what's this all about? And
how come you look like a... chicken.
My name is Virgil, and I
am a fowl, not a chicken.
You are Mighty
Max, the chosen one.
Chosen one?
Oh, what I win? Cash,
prizes, video games?
Where's that McMahon?
- All will be explained,
but we must hurry.
Just step forward
into the portal.
Look, I just see rock.
And if you think...
What's happening?!
(all grunt)
(coughing)
All right.
If you don't come clean with what
just happened, man, I am gone.
Virgil: Well, if you insist.
Virgil: But I've only had five
eons to practice this speech.
Virgil: Here goes.
Every person has a gift, and
in their gift lies their destiny.
You, Mighty Max, are a hero.
And you have been chosen to
wear the last cosmic cap to victory.
As such, you the
wearer of the cap,
have access to the long-lost
transport of the gods.
Hey, hey, it's glowing.
Sort of a super subway
system, as it were.
Come along.
You are the focus of
the powers of good.
You and I are here
to aid and serve.
Na, don't feel so bad, big guy.
There'll be other
heads to chop, I'm sure.
I am very wise
and shall instruct you in
the ways of being a hero.
My speciality.
Great. Chicken
teaching me to be brave.
Norman is your guardian.
The ultimate
bodyguard, as it were.
He's quite unstoppable.
He shall protect
you from the smaller
inconveniences that
crop up from time to time.
Where is that portal?
Basically, you're it.
Mighty Max.
Yeah, but this mighty
stuff, it sounds woosie.
Mighty is a title of
courtesy like Mr. or King.
Hey, this is my block.
I'm back home.
You are mighty. Understand?
Yeah, if you say so. Just
don't call me that, okay?
Yes, Mighty Max.
And another thing.
What was the flaming pyro thingy
waiting for me at the mini mart?
A lava beast and at
the ordained mini mart.
Skullmaster knows of you.
Then he must almost be free.
if he has sent his minions.
Is there something
you're not telling me?
Look, I think I should know. whether
this house has a basement or not, okay?
I mean, I've only
lived here all my life.
No, no, it says
so in the scroll.
I'm sure there's a
basement around here.
Looking for this?
Ha, ha. I guess there is one.
Whoa! You mean this
was down here all the time?
Cool!
Stop! Look at your cap!
This is the gateway
to Skull Mountain.
In my basement?
What better place?
You are the chosen one.
Oh, great, Verge.
So Skullmaster is on
the other side of that?
And he's probably got a million
zillion lava beasts with him, huh?
Come on, I gotta have to be a
complete moron to go through there then.
I'm not going, no matter what.
Whoa!
Ahh!
-Ah!
Vergil!
He's gone.
Wow.
I guess a chosen one's gotta
do what a chosen one's gotta do.
Well, here's to
saving the world.
And mom, and my friends,
and Vergil!
Ah, no chance we have
the wrong address, huh?
Norman!
Norman! Big guy!
Oh!
At last... The chosen one.
Turn around so I may see you.
No, no, don't tell
me. Let me guess.
Skull- Master, right?
You're the chosen one.
Prophesied to destroy me.
(Giggles)
You're a worm.
An insect.
And, nothing.
Hey, don't get me steamed,
Bonehead, or I'll gnaw your ankles off.
Gee, I hope I
sound tough enough.
Five thousand years of anger and fear,
and now I find you are... normed at all.
Great! Then we can be friends?
Shake?
whop, whop, whop.
On second though...
Ah, wait! I think I hear
my mom calling me.
You know, I'd really
love to stay and chat,
but she's a real monster if I'm not
home by dinner, so...
More than me.
(gasp)
Time to die.
Chosen one.
The crystal!
Well, well, well.
One more step, big fella,
and this puppy takes a fall.
Comprende?
Don't touch that crystal!
You were saying?
No!
(evil laugh)
Do you think you can
run away from me?!
Virgil!
Virgil! How's it hanging, bud?
Ah, the Chosen One.
I knew you'd come.
Yeah, well, can't let you
go hogging the glory at all.
Ah, wonderful.
Now on to Scull-Master.
Yeah, look, Virgil, before
we do anything rash...
So!...
The Chosen One!
Uh-oh. I think we're
in deep dish pizza now.
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Attack!
Hey, Virgil, can chickens fly?
What was that?
Yeahooo!
- Let go off me!
I'm in the right!
Hey, Norman! Catch!
This is gonna be fun.
(laugh)
That was fun.
-Oh, Man, that was great!
Would someone mind, terribly?
Thank you.
Mighty Max says, find us
the portal out of here fast,
or kiss your kebabs goodbye.
(All screaming)
(Mighty Max screams)
Ha, ha! We made it
Next stop, the good old US of A!
What are those things?
Looks like someone's rototeller
got a little out of hand, huh?
The portal should be just up
ahead, maybe another 30 feet.
Virgil! The portal's 30 feet
out there in mid-air? Over that?
Oh, man, someone tell
me there's another way out.
There isn't.
Skull-Master!
Have no fear, you
are destined to win.
Um, good to see you
again, Mr. Skull-Master.
Skully, so, how are you doing?
(Skull-Master screams)
You can't escape.
I'll rip your limbs
from your body,
and slowly suck the
marrow from your bones.
That's it, we're has been's,
but I'm taking that sucker with me.
Hang on! I don't
know what I'm doing!
Here goes nothing!
My tunnels!
You're destroying my tunnels!
Open wide and say "ah!".
(Screaming)
Yes! Don't mess with
Mighty Max, Ya' big bozo!
What are you doing?
Being the Mighty One!
I hope you're right about that
portal being out there, Virgil.
The map has never been
wrong in 5,000 years, and...
what?
No, you don't mean...
What, like we have
a chance here?
Am I Mighty Max or aren't I?
One...
You will die, chosen one.
You will die!
Go for it!
(Screaming)
You will die!
(all grunts)
Hey, hey, we're not dead!
We made it! Ha ha!
What? Alive? And
so boned on Earth?
But where on Earth?
Somewhere in Australia, I think.
Should be a portal to Madagascar,
only 50 miles or so from here.
50 miles? No way, Jose!
Hey, I'm the Mighty
One, you remember?
I just saved the world
from certain destruction.
I ain't moving!
Find a closer portal!
There aren't any!
Tough. I'm not going.
Um, Virgil? Norman?
Hey, you guys, I was
just kidding around!
Can't you take a joke? Ha, ha.
So Norman, buddy,
a big hunk of nothing!
How about a piggyback ride, huh?
After all, I am Mighty Max! Heh.
Oh, please?!
Well, this week, we went
to Mongolia and Egypt,
and then to India, where
we saw the Taj Mahal.
In 1630, Shah Jahan started
building it as a shrine for his wife.
It took 20,000 men
22 years to complete.
You know, I think it'd take just
about that long to clean my room.
See you next week!
Dig!
Swallow.
Snow.
Eat me a hole...
So I may bring pain...
To unleash my torment.
Upon them, up, in the surface,
In the sun,
dig a path for me,
to be, free!
Mom? I'm home!
Mom?
Hi Max, mom here.
I'm off to make the collie, mucho
grande swapped me. I'll be back late.
Dinner is yesterday's
buffalo stew. See ya' then.
A third volcanic Island has
lifted its firy head from the Pacific.
Scientists are unsure what it means.
Other than, there will be a
hot time in the old town tonight.
Bless these homework, O' wise one.
Hey, miss me Thor?
(Knocks at the door)
Whoa! Package delivery.
Probably some from mom's.
Ah, just leave it please!
Wow! This ain't from mom.
It's for me?!
Wonder who could have sent it.
Cool! Looks Egyptian.
Ah, that's it.
Ok, ok.. ah...
that's an "In which"
That's a... "nit."
which means, charm,
Mighty.
"You have been chosen,
to be the cap bearer?"
"Go to the mini mart, and
wait for a sign, Might Max."
Might Max?!
I'm dreaming!
What has happened?!
The chosen one
could have done this.
She's coming, as prophesied.
To destroy me!
And I'm so close to release.
Go! Find him first.
And bring me his beating heart.
And I'll eat it, raw.
(panting)
Whoa! What a rush.
Man, I don't think they
made this one in Taiwan.
Hmm, guess I blew
a fuse or something.
So? Think I'm dumb enough
to go to that mini mart?
Boy, I hope this is some kind of joke.
Well, at least I'll pick up an
ounce of primo-colic if nothing else.
Not the cupcakes!
- Big Ed?
Back, back! Taste my
Louisville Slugger, sucker!
Get out of here, Max!
Whoa!
Blast him a bye bye
whenever he wish!
I don't believe it!
Second floor, whoa!
What?!
Whoa!
(Grunt)
Ouch! Feew, eew
At last! The Mighty One.
Ah, I see you received my package
as prophesied, 5,000 years ago.
Do help him up, Norman?
After all, you are the
guardian of the mighty one.
Hey!
Eiiya!
Don't mess with me, buddy!
I know the ancient art
of, uhm.. uhm.. Foo-do!
Yeah, yeah and I
can rip your eyes out
and show them to you
people before you die!
Right then, just follow us
to the portal, mighty max.
It must be around
here somewhere.
Ah. Glad that's settled.
I'd hate to hurt either
of you two guys.
So, where are we?
- Mongolia.
Mongolia?!
Hey, what are you talking
about man? How I'd get here?
Hey! Wait for me!
Okay, now what's this all about? And
how come you look like a... chicken.
My name is Virgil, and I
am a fowl, not a chicken.
You are Mighty
Max, the chosen one.
Chosen one?
Oh, what I win? Cash,
prizes, video games?
Where's that McMahon?
- All will be explained,
but we must hurry.
Just step forward
into the portal.
Look, I just see rock.
And if you think...
What's happening?!
(all grunt)
(coughing)
All right.
If you don't come clean with what
just happened, man, I am gone.
Virgil: Well, if you insist.
Virgil: But I've only had five
eons to practice this speech.
Virgil: Here goes.
Every person has a gift, and
in their gift lies their destiny.
You, Mighty Max, are a hero.
And you have been chosen to
wear the last cosmic cap to victory.
As such, you the
wearer of the cap,
have access to the long-lost
transport of the gods.
Hey, hey, it's glowing.
Sort of a super subway
system, as it were.
Come along.
You are the focus of
the powers of good.
You and I are here
to aid and serve.
Na, don't feel so bad, big guy.
There'll be other
heads to chop, I'm sure.
I am very wise
and shall instruct you in
the ways of being a hero.
My speciality.
Great. Chicken
teaching me to be brave.
Norman is your guardian.
The ultimate
bodyguard, as it were.
He's quite unstoppable.
He shall protect
you from the smaller
inconveniences that
crop up from time to time.
Where is that portal?
Basically, you're it.
Mighty Max.
Yeah, but this mighty
stuff, it sounds woosie.
Mighty is a title of
courtesy like Mr. or King.
Hey, this is my block.
I'm back home.
You are mighty. Understand?
Yeah, if you say so. Just
don't call me that, okay?
Yes, Mighty Max.
And another thing.
What was the flaming pyro thingy
waiting for me at the mini mart?
A lava beast and at
the ordained mini mart.
Skullmaster knows of you.
Then he must almost be free.
if he has sent his minions.
Is there something
you're not telling me?
Look, I think I should know. whether
this house has a basement or not, okay?
I mean, I've only
lived here all my life.
No, no, it says
so in the scroll.
I'm sure there's a
basement around here.
Looking for this?
Ha, ha. I guess there is one.
Whoa! You mean this
was down here all the time?
Cool!
Stop! Look at your cap!
This is the gateway
to Skull Mountain.
In my basement?
What better place?
You are the chosen one.
Oh, great, Verge.
So Skullmaster is on
the other side of that?
And he's probably got a million
zillion lava beasts with him, huh?
Come on, I gotta have to be a
complete moron to go through there then.
I'm not going, no matter what.
Whoa!
Ahh!
-Ah!
Vergil!
He's gone.
Wow.
I guess a chosen one's gotta
do what a chosen one's gotta do.
Well, here's to
saving the world.
And mom, and my friends,
and Vergil!
Ah, no chance we have
the wrong address, huh?
Norman!
Norman! Big guy!
Oh!
At last... The chosen one.
Turn around so I may see you.
No, no, don't tell
me. Let me guess.
Skull- Master, right?
You're the chosen one.
Prophesied to destroy me.
(Giggles)
You're a worm.
An insect.
And, nothing.
Hey, don't get me steamed,
Bonehead, or I'll gnaw your ankles off.
Gee, I hope I
sound tough enough.
Five thousand years of anger and fear,
and now I find you are... normed at all.
Great! Then we can be friends?
Shake?
whop, whop, whop.
On second though...
Ah, wait! I think I hear
my mom calling me.
You know, I'd really
love to stay and chat,
but she's a real monster if I'm not
home by dinner, so...
More than me.
(gasp)
Time to die.
Chosen one.
The crystal!
Well, well, well.
One more step, big fella,
and this puppy takes a fall.
Comprende?
Don't touch that crystal!
You were saying?
No!
(evil laugh)
Do you think you can
run away from me?!
Virgil!
Virgil! How's it hanging, bud?
Ah, the Chosen One.
I knew you'd come.
Yeah, well, can't let you
go hogging the glory at all.
Ah, wonderful.
Now on to Scull-Master.
Yeah, look, Virgil, before
we do anything rash...
So!...
The Chosen One!
Uh-oh. I think we're
in deep dish pizza now.
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Attack!
Hey, Virgil, can chickens fly?
What was that?
Yeahooo!
- Let go off me!
I'm in the right!
Hey, Norman! Catch!
This is gonna be fun.
(laugh)
That was fun.
-Oh, Man, that was great!
Would someone mind, terribly?
Thank you.
Mighty Max says, find us
the portal out of here fast,
or kiss your kebabs goodbye.
(All screaming)
(Mighty Max screams)
Ha, ha! We made it
Next stop, the good old US of A!
What are those things?
Looks like someone's rototeller
got a little out of hand, huh?
The portal should be just up
ahead, maybe another 30 feet.
Virgil! The portal's 30 feet
out there in mid-air? Over that?
Oh, man, someone tell
me there's another way out.
There isn't.
Skull-Master!
Have no fear, you
are destined to win.
Um, good to see you
again, Mr. Skull-Master.
Skully, so, how are you doing?
(Skull-Master screams)
You can't escape.
I'll rip your limbs
from your body,
and slowly suck the
marrow from your bones.
That's it, we're has been's,
but I'm taking that sucker with me.
Hang on! I don't
know what I'm doing!
Here goes nothing!
My tunnels!
You're destroying my tunnels!
Open wide and say "ah!".
(Screaming)
Yes! Don't mess with
Mighty Max, Ya' big bozo!
What are you doing?
Being the Mighty One!
I hope you're right about that
portal being out there, Virgil.
The map has never been
wrong in 5,000 years, and...
what?
No, you don't mean...
What, like we have
a chance here?
Am I Mighty Max or aren't I?
One...
You will die, chosen one.
You will die!
Go for it!
(Screaming)
You will die!
(all grunts)
Hey, hey, we're not dead!
We made it! Ha ha!
What? Alive? And
so boned on Earth?
But where on Earth?
Somewhere in Australia, I think.
Should be a portal to Madagascar,
only 50 miles or so from here.
50 miles? No way, Jose!
Hey, I'm the Mighty
One, you remember?
I just saved the world
from certain destruction.
I ain't moving!
Find a closer portal!
There aren't any!
Tough. I'm not going.
Um, Virgil? Norman?
Hey, you guys, I was
just kidding around!
Can't you take a joke? Ha, ha.
So Norman, buddy,
a big hunk of nothing!
How about a piggyback ride, huh?
After all, I am Mighty Max! Heh.
Oh, please?!
Well, this week, we went
to Mongolia and Egypt,
and then to India, where
we saw the Taj Mahal.
In 1630, Shah Jahan started
building it as a shrine for his wife.
It took 20,000 men
22 years to complete.
You know, I think it'd take just
about that long to clean my room.
See you next week!