Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor
I’m somewhat aware of the latter show but not so much the former.
We begin with the great white whale, a symbol of self-destructive revenge… I think (never read the book) jumping up and diving back into the water. We then see the title “Moby Dick”, just there to piss off the literati.
We then see a superhero caveman. Clearly thinking “NOT GOOD ENOUGH”, he raises his club, which shoots a beam with a classic laser sound which adds “And Mighty Mightor” to the title.
We then see shark men riding other sharks. Moby Dick rams into them and fucking explodes.
Just as Herman Melville envisioned.
It is then we see Mightor flying down to bully an ape with “Stop hitting yourself”.
The fist seamlessly wipes to a dino stampede. Mightor looks on, sees another dinosaur runs the other way, then gets between them to stop them from fighting, because he… doesn’t like the dinosaurs fighting, I guess. Then he throws one away. How do you decide which one is the bad guy in this situation? Why are EITHER of them?
We then see a little boy dressed as Mightor sitting on a bird that’s also wearing a mask. In case someone recognizes it, I guess.
We then see Mightor beat up an ogre-type thing, then carrying off Mini-Mightor who looks… very rigid.
Mightor then grabs a pterdonactyl or something by the beak and throws it at a bunch of others because FUCK THOSE GUYS, I guess.
The intro then ends with Mightor holding his club aloft and rising to the air. The end…
Wait, didn’t this have a whale?
Next we have an interstitial intro to the Mightor cartoon.
We start with a T-Rex on a thin branch bridge trying to menace an old man.
“While on a hunting trip, Tor and his faithful companion Tog rescue an ancient hermit.”
And sure enough, a guy who kind of looks like Namor and his winged chubby dino knock down the log. Good thing the scenario meant it was really easy to kill the terrible thunder lizard but I mean, let’s not prolong the origin story I guess.
The ancient Hermit does look pretty terrified, BTW.
“Grateful, the old man give Tor a club, which possesses great powers.”
That happens. You don’t even need me this time.
“Tor raises the club and becomes Mightor and Tog is transferred into a firebreathing dragon.”
That but also… transferred? Not transformed? I hope he wasn’t put INSIDE the dragon.
Also, Tog looks the same. But with fire breathing. So it doesn’t seem like he was transferred or formed. Just… given a neat power.
“Together, they become champions of good and the nemesis of evil.”
Then they just incinerate some dinosaurs for apparently no reason.
“Mightor!” yells Mightor
There’s also something that is apparently closing credits but I’m not interested.
But I did find an interstitial for Moby Dick, the cartoon that both headlines the show but also seems like the show actually isn’t invested in. In fact, I don’t know if anyone is. This is the best quality video I could find.
We see two boys in underwater suits on a little raft.
“When a typhoon suddenly strikes, Tom and Tub are swept miles away the aquas vessel the Sea Explorer and find themselves in uncharted waters surrounded by menacing sharks.”
Sure enough, all that happens and a tiny shark even hops out of the water to threaten them.
“When all seems lost, they’re rescued by the giant white whale Moby Dick.”
He beats up the shark and then shakes off the water like a dog.
“Tom and Tub happily realize they have found a new friend who will protect them as they face the perils of the deep together.”
The kids ride on the whale back above and then below water. Tub is almost definitely the more obese child. Someone in his life is cruel.
Did It Make Me Want To Watch It?
Mightor, I guess.
What Did I Find on Wikipedia?
Despite Moby's name coming first, he had only one short per half-hour episode, sandwiched between two with Mightor
Weird.
Also, apparently the original Space Ghost cartoon had a story arc called the Council of Doom where he met both series cast due to time travelling. I want to see it now.
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