| “ | Max Mordon on the case! | „ |
| ~ Max Mordon's catchphrase. |
Maximillian "Max" Mordon is the main antagonist of the 2012 Spanish animated film Tad: The Lost Explorer. He appears to be an archaeological explorer, but later turns out to actually be a mercenary from Odysseus Inc. who seeks to find the Idol of Paititi in order to gain immortality. He is Kopponen's boss and Tad Stone's archenemy and former idol.
He was voiced by Pep Antón Muñoz (who, in their Spanish dubbed versions, also voiced Tzekel-Kan in The Road to El Dorado, Captain Hook in P.J. Hogan's Peter Pan, Smek in Home, Hotep in The Prince of Egypt, Prince John in House of Mouse, Hades in Disney's Hercules franchise, Alexander Minion in Spy Kids, Hopper in A Bug's Life, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in 007: No Time to Die, Count Volpe in Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and a M.A.D. agent in Inspector Gadget) in Spanish, and by Adam James in the English dubbed version.
History[]
Ever since his childhood, Max Mordon is idolized by Tad Stones, a brickmason from Chicago, Illinois who dreams of being an adventurous explorer like him. Mordon is also dating Sara Lavrof, who joins Tad in his adventure to retrieve the lost idol of Paititi, which is being hunted by Odysseus Inc. (led by the pursuing Kopponen). In the scientific community, however, 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.
During the journey, Tad learns about Max's true nature and the latter secretly ordered his men to kill him and Freddy. Tad later exposes Max's true intentions to Sara. Max informs Sara to dismiss Tad. Max then exposes that Tad is not a professor as he claimed but a bricklayer. But Max also unintentionally reveals his own true nature to Sara, causing her to realize that Max is the mastermind behind the evil operation, kidnapped her father, and tried to kill Tad and Freddy. Sara slaps Max in the face, furiously calling off their engagement. Max nonetheless holds Sara and Tad at gunpoint as he orders his goons to move on.
As the group travels through the temple, several of the booby-traps were activated, causing Max to lose Kopponen and all of his remaining men. However, Max actually manages to get the idol and intends to break the crystalized seal. He is briefly overpowered by a giant golem that was owned by the Mummy at first, but then steals it from him. Max fights against Tad, who manages to knock him off the golem and defeat him. However, Max takes over Paititi's idol and he is about to receive immortality. Though it would seem that Max has finally succeeded in his goal to become immortal, it turns out that the statue only grants immortality to those who hold it by turning them into mummies obligated to guard the idol as a price. As a result, Max is transformed into a mummy, looking ugly, skinny and with wrappings around him, much to his horror.
Upset by this turn of events, Max demanded that there must be an antidote to revolve the curse, only to learn in horror that Professor Lavrof told him there is no antidote. Tad then glares at Max, then grabs him by the throat after being called Toad, bringing him to the mummy council. The other mummies of Paititi then arrive and take Mordon to the darkest cell of the dungeon as a punishment for his actions. As he is being dragged away, Max cries out in agony over his fate while demanding that he will be released, even asking to contact his agent as he appears on TV.
It's completely unknown what happened with Max's program after that, but it can be deduced that it was cancelled after his disappearance from public or that it got a new host.
Personality[]
Max Mordon is first introduced as a confident celebrity who is respected by everyone he sees. However, Mordon is actually an manipulative narcissist who doesn't care for anything expect his goal of achieve eternal life. He also pretends to be kidnapped to hide his true plans from Professor Lavrof's daughter, Sara, to whom Max was engaged. Additionally, he was more interested in preserving his celebrity image than doing real archaeology.
Appearance[]
Max Mordon is a tall and slim middle-aged man with dark brown hair, blue eyes, with olive green cargo pants and a white safari shirt with a red ascot.
After becoming a mummy. Max became skinny, with big eyes, broken teeth, sharp nails, pink skin and tons of bandages.
Quotes[]
| “ | This is the last time I have to worry about you, pathetic bricklayer! | „ |
| ~ Max fighting Tad. |
| “ | Too bad, Toad! LOSER! | „ |
| ~ Max Mordon insulting Tad Stones as he achieves his goal (which would ultimately be his undoing). |
| “ | No! No, this can't be! Sara, help me!! (Sara Lavrof: Get away from me.) | „ |
| ~ Max Mordon after becaming a mummy. |
| “ | Don't even think about it, Toad. (Tad Stones: My name is Tad!) | „ |
| ~ Max Mordon as a mummy before Tad grabs his neck. |
| “ | What!?! No. NO! Who are you talking to? You can't do that! I'm Max Mordon! I'm the most famous archeaologist in the WORLD! No, NOOOOOOOoooooooo!!!!! | „ |
| ~ Max Mordon's last lines. |
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Trivia[]
- Max Mordon seems to be a parody of both René Belloq and Walter Donovan, the main antagonists of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the first and third films of the Indiana Jones film series (which Tad, the Lost Explorer parodies): like Belloq, Mordon is a mercenary, is disregarded in the scientific community and allies with seek-artifacts organizations; and like Donovan, Mordon seeks to achieve eternal life and is interested on one of the protagonists' father, who was a renowned archaeologist (though unlike Donovan, Max actually achieved eternal life, but not as he expected).
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Odysseus Inc. Rackham's Gang Others | ||