Max Mordon

Max Mordon is a world-famous archaeologist explorer and the hidden main antagonist in the 2012 animated film Tad, the Lost Explorer.

In the film, he is idolized by the hero, Tad Stones, a brickmason who dreams of being an adventurous explorer like him. Mordon is also dating Sara Lavrof, who joins Tad is his adventure to retrieve the lost idol of Paititi, which is being hunted by the evil Odysseus Corporation. In the scientific community, Mordon is regarded a joke and a bad-taste one, with real archaeologists like Tad's friend Prof. Humbert and Sara's father Prof. Lavrof both showing little respect for Mordon's recklessness and the fact that he seems to be more concerned with cultivating his celebrity image than doing actual archaeology of any kind.

Later, Mordon is much more than a narcissist: he is an actually evil man who is working alongside the Odysseus Corp. to get his hands on the idol, in hopes of achieving eternal life. To do that he kidnaps his bride's father (as Lavrof is the only one who can translate the ruins) and pretends to be kidnapped as well to conceal his real goals. During the journey, Max loses much of his men. When he actually manages to get the idol later, it turns out that the statue does make those who hold it immortal, but it does so by turning them into mummies who are obligated to guard the idol forever. As a result, Max is turned into a mummy, much to his horror. Upset by this turn of events, Max demanded the curse to be lifted, only to learn in shock that it's permanent. The other mummies of Paititi then arrives to take the megalomanical Mordon to their hidden city, dragging him to the darkest cell to serve an eternal life sentence as punishment for his actions. As he is being dragged away, Max cries out in agony over his sealed fate.