Superboy (TV Series)

Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk (1989)

Michael J. Pollard: Mr. Mxyzptlk

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Quotes 

• Mr. Mxyzptlk : Hiya, folks. Mxyzptlk is the name. Dimension-hopping is the game.

• Mr. Mxyzptlk : Supey, baby, I'm so glad you could make it. Oh, I gotta apologize for the surroundings. You know, it ain't much, but we like to call it home.

  Superboy : Looks like a rooftop to me.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : You hurt me, Supey. You wound me, you know that? But the ventilation's sensational, huh?

• Superboy : Who are you?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Oh, naughty, naughty, Supester. You're not paying attention. My name is Myxzptlk. M-X-Y-Z-P-T-L-K. But don't try and say that fast, or you get your tongue wrapped around your eyeteeth.

  Superboy : And I won't be able to see what I'm saying.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Don't ever do that!

  [disappearing and re-appearing] 

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Don't you ever, *ever*, steal my line again.

• Superboy : What do you want from me?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Where I come from, we all get a lot of yuks out of you human beings. You know, messing up all the time.

  Superboy : [sarcastic]  I'm glad we entertain you. Really.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : But I'll tell you what's really entertaining is, you know, when you're two people like that? When you're Clark and Superboy?

  [laughing in amusement] 

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Now, listen, Superboy, your secret's safe with me. I wouldn't tell anybody. And, you know, if the whole world knows about it, it's all spoiled. But here's the deal: you know, in the Fifth Dimension, we got our eye on you, you know? And you got what we want. And we always get what we want.

  Superboy : Whoa, whoa. Whoa, back up, back up. There's a fifth dimension?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : [disappearing and re-appearing]  You're a good-looking kid. Got a lot of style. You know, but in the smarts department, you ain't exactly world-class. You dummy! The Fifth Dimension is another universe! It's a parallel universe. But it's nothin' like this.

  Superboy : What does that have to do with me?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : It's the powers. It's the super-duper powers. You know, anybody can do magic in the Fifth Dimension, but that's all they can do is magic, you know? So, we've been watching you. You know, we'll get you over there. You know, we'll look you over. You know, then maybe you could show us and then we could all become super, too.

  Superboy : I'm not going anywhere. I'm not interested, not even a little.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Please, Supey! Maybe I can change your mind. Turn on those, uh, super-duper powers. And you see that lady down there? Over there? And the building next to it?

  [he sees Mxy knock a box of flowers off a sill and flies down to stop it] 

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Yay, Supe!

• Mr. Mxyzptlk : Ask yourself this, Supester. Can I be everywhere at once? What if stuff like this was happening all over town?

  Superboy : Is that a threat?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : That's a prediction. Where I come from, we settle things with wagers. Uh... are you a betting man?

  Superboy : Will you get to the point, please?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : You know that Lana chick? She's not too hard on the eyes. For a human, that is. So the bet is I can make her fall in love with me within 24 hours. I lose, I cut out.

  Superboy : And if you win, what happens?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Oh, yeah, if I win, you know the answer to that one. I win, we go back to the Fifth Dimension, and we, you know, make it a happenin' place.

  Superboy : There's also a third possibility here. That I stop you right now.

• Mr. Mxyzptlk : Listen, I got a joke for you.

  Lana Lang : [unenthused]  Okay.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Knock, knock.

  Lana Lang : Who's there?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Jimmy.

  Lana Lang : Jimmy who?

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Jimmy a kiss.

  Lana Lang : [squealing in disgust as he kisses her]  Uck!

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : Great, huh? Sensational?

  Lana Lang : Ugh, that was disgusting! Now I know what it's like to be kissed by a toad. Blech!

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : [to himself]  I think I need a little more work on this.

• Mr. Mxyzptlk : Superboy, I'm so glad you could come to see me. It saves me having to come see you.

  [he disappears, then re-appears] 

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : [singing]  I've come from afar/To make you a star.

  [he disappears again] 

  T.J. White : Okay... that does it. No more chili dogs before bedtime.

  Mr. Mxyzptlk : [re-appearing again]  Look, I know these losers are your people, and I love you for your loyalty to them. Really. But we got things to discuss. So what say you we make a meet on top of the biology building in say, oh, mm, 28 seconds?

  [he disappears yet again] 

  T.J. White : We are dreaming, aren't we?

  Lana Lang : Uh... it's too silly to be a dream.

  Superboy : It was no dream.