Mr. Mxyzptlk

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

Mister 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. It also appears that once he leaves, any effects of his magic is removed.
• 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 gets banished to the Fifth Dimension for 90 days.

Appearances

TV series

• Challenge of the Superfriends
• The World's Greatest Superfriends
• Superfriends
• Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show

Behind the scenes

• Mister 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, Mxyzptlk had a voice that sounded very nasally. From The World's Greatest Superfriends onward, his voice was toned down.

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.