Mxy’s Mix-Up
Batman, Superman, and Stargirl are defending the United Nations building from an attack by Gorilla Grodd and a few dozen of his gorilla warriors when Mr. Mxyptlk shows up. His first trick is to give all three heroes facial hair. His second trick is to cause the three heroes to swap bodies. Batman winds up in Stargirl’s body, Stargirl in Superman’s body, and Superman in Batman’s body. Hilarity ensues with only Batman (in Stargirl’s body) is anywhere near as effective as he was in his own body.
Batman picks up on a suggestion that Stargirl makes and summons more heroes including Firestorm. Mr. Mxyptlk uses the same trick on Firestorm and the six other heroes that arrive with him. Dr. Stein, the other half of Firestorm’s personality, winds up in Mr. Mxyptlk’s head and tricks him into saying his name backwards.
Mr. Mxyptlk was voiced by Gilbert Gottfried. This is the first of three episodes of this series in which Gilbert Gottfried voiced the character of Mr. Mxyptlk.
The other heroes who arrive with Firestorm are Flash, Zatanna, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Plasticman, and Shazam. Firestorm is the only one of them who gets any lines of dialogue.
I was a bit surprised by what happened to Dr. Stein or how quickly he dispatched with Mr. Mxyptlk.
This was a fun episode better than I thought it would be going in.
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