Mike Tyson Mysteries (TV Series)
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| Mike Tyson Mysteries | ||
| From left: Yung Hee Tyson, Mike Tyson, Marquess of Queensberry, and Pigeon. | ||
| Genre | Comedy Mystery | |
| Created by | Warner Bros. Animation | |
| Developed by | Hugh Davidson | |
| Directed by | Ethan Spaulding Jeff Siergey | |
| Voices of | Mike Tyson Norm Macdonald Rachel Ramras Jim Rash | |
| Composer(s) | Jason Bradt | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of Seasons | 2 | |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Sam Register | |
| Producer(s) | Hugh Davidson | |
| Editor(s) | Dave Mendel | |
| Running time | 11 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Animation Williams Street | |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | Adult Swim | |
| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV | |
| Audio format | Stereo | |
| Original release | October 27, 2014 – present | |
| Chronology | ||
| Website | ||
Mike Tyson Mysteries is an American adult animated television series, and the first to be produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Adult Swim. It premiered October 27, 2014. The series features Mike Tyson solving mysteries, in the style of I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, Scooby-Doo!, Jonny Quest and Mr. T. The show is also currently showing on Netflix Canada. On December 10, 2014, Adult Swim renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on November 1, 2015, and concluded on June 12, 2016.
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[edit] Premise
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
- Mike Tyson (voiced by himself) – The title character of the series, Mike Tyson is a retired boxer who now solves mysteries. He is portrayed as being wildly out of touch with reality, confusing a chess Grandmaster with the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, or Elon Musk with Elton John, thinking a binary code spells out 'Oooh', and eating junk food without realizing he's on a diet. He has a reputation for doing unusual things like taking an oatmeal bath with cooked oatmeal, owning a pet grizzly bear, and using mosquitoes to help him sleep, along with pronouncing the names of many other characters incorrectly, even by calling his own daughter Yang instead of Yung in Episode 2.
- Pigeon (voiced by Norm Macdonald) – An alcoholic, sexually depraved, sarcastic pigeon. He claims to be a former human who was turned into a pigeon by his ex-wife as a curse for cheating on her. His real name is revealed to be Richard, although everyone still calls him Pigeon. He is disliked by Marquess and Yung Hee, but Tyson is seemingly oblivious to his obnoxious nature.
- Yung Hee Tyson (voiced by Rachel Ramras) – Mike's 18-year-old adopted daughter. Born in 1998, she was left by her birth mother on Mike's doorstep when she was a baby.
- Marquess of Queensberry (voiced by Jim Rash) – Named for the real life father of modern boxing John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, this flamboyant ghost provides Mike with intellectual advice. His name is pronounced "Marcus" and rendered as if Marquess is his actual name, rather than a title.
[edit] Recurring characters
- Deezy (voiced by Chuck Deezy) - Mike Tyson's agent.
[edit] Reception
[edit] Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | October 27, 2014 | February 8, 2015 | |
| 2 | 20 | November 1, 2015 | June 12, 2016 | |
[edit] Season 1 (2014–15)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The End" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson | October 27, 2014 | 1.01 |
| Mike and the gang travel to Cormac McCarthy's ranch to help him with his unfinished novel. There, they are warned by the ranch's property caretaker of a Chupacabra attacking McCarthy's horses. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Ultimate Judgment Day" | Ethan Spaulding | Story: Kevin Shinick Teleplay: Hugh Davidson | November 3, 2014 | 0.97 |
| Responding to a binary code distress message, Mike and the gang travel to IBM's headquarters which is hosting a chess rematch between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue. There, they must figure out who sent the message and why. Complications arise when Mike knocks out Kasparov before the match. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Heavyweight Champion of the Moon" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson & Patrick Devine | November 10, 2014 | 0.97 |
| Mike and the gang pick up Buzz Aldrin at the airport in Las Vegas. Just before Aldrin lets Mike in on the biggest secret of the universe, he is killed in yet another one of Mike's car accidents. To solve the mystery of the universe, Mike "borrows" Elon Musk's rocket to travel to the Moon. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Is Magic Real?" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson & Ted Michaels | November 17, 2014 | 0.89 |
| After receiving a message from an "Old Wizard" asking is magic real, Mike and the gang travel to the Camelot Hotel, where they meet the sender - an elderly man who had a winning streak at gambling, but lost it all one night and was banned from the casino. The gang take the Old Wizard to another casino, where Pigeon gets him a $1 million buy-in from Robert Redford, in exchange for some time with Yung Hee. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Mite Tyson" | Jeff Siergey | Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras | November 24, 2014 | 1.35 |
| Mike is brought to the hospital after his skin is riddled with mite bites. When Mike, Marquess, Yung Hee, and the doctor suspect that the mites are coming from Pigeon, the gang kicks him out of the house. But when Mike discovers that he was misdiagnosed, the gang rushes out to get Pigeon back before he becomes a test subject for cosmetic products. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "A River Runs Through It Into a Heart of Darkness" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson | January 11, 2015 | 1.56 |
| A businessman wants Mike's help in winning over jungle-dwellers who are firmly against his canal project. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Kidnapped!" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson & David Hoffman | January 18, 2015 | 1.69 |
| A Russian mobster abducts Yung Hee after Pigeon fails to pay a gambling debt, forcing Pigeon and Marquess to work together in Mike's absence to rescue her. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "House Haunters" | Jeff Siergey | Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras | January 25, 2015 | 1.55 |
| The Team helps a married couple with purchasing a new house, but the situation takes a turn for the worse when Marquess discovers a terrifying secret about one potential home. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Night Moves" | Ethan Spaulding | Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras | February 1, 2015 | 1.67 |
| Mike must make a difficult choice when Yung Hee's new boyfriend turns out to believe he is a werewolf and Yung Hee's is scratched during her date. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Ty-Stunned" | Jeff Siergey | Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf & Rachel Ramras | February 8, 2015 | 1.53 |
| Mike and the gang take on the most dangerous mystery yet - a murder mystery. However, Mike becomes distracted by purchasing hummus and arranging endorsement deals with his agent Deezy, causing a chain of events that lead to the home of the killer. | ||||||
[edit] Season 2 (2015–16)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] See also
- I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali, another animated series about a professional boxer
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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