Mr. Mxyzptlk
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| Mr. Mxyzptlk | |
|---|---|
| File:Mxyzptlk.png Imagine saying his name five times fast. | |
| Species | Imp |
| Gender | Male |
| Marital status | Single |
| First appearance | CotSF: "The Rise and Fall of the Super Friends" (1978) |
| Played by | Frank Welker |
Mr. Mxyzptlk (pronounced miks-ill-plick) is a mischievous Imp from the Fifth Dimensional planet of Zrff, and a recurring villain in the Super Friends franchise. He is a practical trickster with reality-warping powers who enjoys making the lives of Superman and the Super Friends team difficult. He is voiced by Frank Welker.
Character description
Powers
As an imp, Mxyzptlk posses magical abilities that allow him to have the following:
- Reality alteration: He can manipulate reality and the laws of the universe in such a way as to appear magical, though it does appear that there is a limit to his powers.
- Flying: His magic also grants him the ability to fly.
- Teleportation: He can disappear and reappear with or without the snap of his fingers.
Weakness
He only has one weakness. If he is tricked into saying his own name backwards Klytpzyxm (pronounced kilp-ill-skim), he returns back to the Fifth Dimension for 90 days. It also appears that once he leaves, any effects of his magic are removed.
Appearances
TV series
- Challenge of the Superfriends
- The World's Greatest Superfriends
- Superfriends
- Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
Comics
Biography
Behind the scenes
- Mr. Mxyzptlk is a DC Comics character created by Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. He debuted in Superman Vol. 1 #30 (September 1944).
- In Challenge of the Superfriends and The World's Greatest Superfriends, Mxyzptlk was originally given a squeaky voice. From the 1980 Superfriends shorts onward, his voice was toned down to the one similar to Frank Welker's perfomance as Toyman.
In popular culture
- In the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Mxyzpixilated," Clark Kent mispronounces Mxyzptlk's name as miks-ill-plick (as in how he was addressed in Super Friends), whereas Mxyzptlk corrects him by saying it as mix-yez-spit-lick in this series.
