Monday, August 12, 2019

Max Thunderman: From Potential Villain to Hero


I've been watching The Thundermans TV series, I can't help wondering why Max Thunderman's parents Barb and Hank didn't seem worried about their son's aspirations to be a villain. They seemed to think it was a phase he was going through before he became a hero. Meanwhile, he was hanging with villains such as Dark Mayheim and enacting various plans and schemes to further his goal in becoming the ultimate supervillain. That doesn't seem like a phase to me and he even called his bedroom (which is the basement), his evil lair.

When Max wasn't actively creating villainous things to do, he was being encouraged not only by Dark Mayheim but by his friend/pet Dr. Colosso, the so-called former villain who was turned into a rabbit, to continue to do bad things. Max wasn't all bad, during his "evil phase" he did show that he cared from time-to-time and would go against his villainous tendencies to do what was right (usually at the last minute). I like that he eventually became a hero like the rest of his family but before that he truly was headed towards a path of villainy.

Something else that I really like about Max is that he is extremely intelligent but he does poorly in school because he's really lazy and doesn't make any effort to focus on his education. However, outside of school, there is no end to his intellectual endeavors, he's a tech genius who creates a lot of interesting inventions which he continued to do once he chose to be a hero.

I still think Max's parents should have been more concerned about his interest in being a supervillain. However, he ultimately made the choice (with a little help from his twin sister Phoebe) to be good and surprisingly he's a really amazing at being a hero.

(Max Thunderman and Dr. Colosso)

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