# Old MTV Cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 29, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742 "2001-04-29T17:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/1 "2001-04-29T17:22:34Z")
Long about 1994-95, there was an animated show late at night on MTV. It featured a superhero-type dude in a skintight blue suit a la _The Flash_. He had a very sexy girlfriend/antagonist, and he or she ruled some sort of surrealistic alter-world where they could go when things got shitty… Got all that? I can’t for the life of me remember the name of it, or any other details. My son and I used to watch it religiously and it’s driving both of us nuts trying to dredge up the name. Can any of you MTV (when it was good) fans help us out? Anyone remember any story lines? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Arken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Arken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arken)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/2 "2001-04-29T17:26:04Z")
Sound like ‘The Maxx’ except that his suit was, IIRC, purple with a yellow stripe. He was a homeless man in our universe, but a superhero in the alternate world. Don’t remember any storylines, because I didn’t watch it very often. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/3 "2001-04-29T17:28:04Z")
Could it be [The Maxx](http://www.scruznet.com/~bfreeman/maxx.htm)? (Another site [here](http://pages.prodigy.net/maxx006/image.htm)) ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/4 "2001-04-29T17:33:02Z")
Or is it [The Tick](http://www.cis.ufl.edu/~dlopata/tick/)? ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/5 "2001-04-29T18:19:04Z")
Yeah yeah yeah, The Maxx. Purple. That’s it! Thanks for the sites, too. Once again, The Straight Dope comes through. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/6 "2001-04-29T21:54:36Z")
Hi **Nickrz** , and welcome back. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/7 "2001-05-01T06:24:31Z")
The Maxx originated as a comic book and new issues are still (occasionally) released. There was also a video of the MTV episodes. ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2001, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mtv-cartoon/63742/8 "2001-05-01T09:32:21Z")
look out for them Isz!